THE "L" IN LOVE.
A/N: High School Alternate Universe with the main cast and some randoms, some fluffs and you should review for the better of mankind.
Tony Ferguson beat that motherfucker up bro on me, the crowd straight trash, Tony the undisputed G.O.A.T
CHAPTER 1: NEW MAN ON THE BLOCK
"Kairi, remember that boy Sora? Your best friend until he left. I saw him at the mall today while shopping for your school supplies." Asked Kairi's mother, unpacking her shopping bag.
"Oh yea.. Sora, him."
"Whatever happened to you kids? I remembered you use to come home late every day just so you could go watch him swim every day and I might as well say you had a thing for him."
"NO! We're just friends, well… we were until…"
"Until what?"
"Um…. You know…. he moved and went to another school." Said Kairi, masking the truth.
It's seriously been four years since I've seen or even heard of Sora. I wonder what he looks like, what he's up to and does he still hate me… no, why do I care? He bullied me for a year straight just because of something stupid, I hate him.
-Flashback-
School has just finished, and it's the last day of grade five. Sora and his two best-friends Riku and Wakka have just finished playing an exhilarating game of footy, completely soaked in sweat with a putrid scent. They hit up the bathrooms and took a euphoric shower, with each drop of water, they are attacked with a feeling of pure relief. The school bell rung just as they finished their shower.
"Yo Sora, catch the train with us today, you never come with us." Suggested Riku.
"Can't man, I gotta walk Kairi home. You know the dealio, my parents and her parents are tight, and they force us, so we gotta." Replied Sora, shutting Riku's offer down.
"Bro I swear you in love with her or some shit, dude… not one time you walked home with the boys" Declared Wakka, suggesting an unrequited love between the two.
"You guys I swear… she's sweet, beautiful and she's funny, but that doesn't mean I like her bro, we just friends and don't you like Namine?" Sora rebuked, turning the tables.
"DUDE NO!, I SWEAR, BRO, BRUV, NA, she's not even all that, she's shy and kind of cute but that's my style, wait no..uhh uh um…" Blurted Wakka, barely able to finish his sentence at a complete loss for words.
"Uh uh uh um whatchu said, exactly shut up." Said Sora mockingly, with a clear victorious expression.
"Ight, anyway Wakka our train's coming in like 10 minutes we gotta go. See ya later, Sora." Said Riku, snatching his bag and running at full speed.
"Ight, laters." Said Sora, taking his time cleaning and packing up his things.
Ah… finally, time to go home, play Minecraft with the boys and six whole weeks of doing absolutely nothing. Kairi should be waiting for me at the front gate right now.
A formation of glossy black shoes clutter towards the front gate, but one pair abruptly stops, which in turn makes the whole pack halts in unison.
"Hey, Kairi I always see you and Sora together and honestly you look so cute together, I bet you're dating, no I'm certain." Suggested Selphie, a long time friend of Kairi.
"OMG Selphie, honestly what are you talking about…" Said Kairi, all flustered with bright pink cheeks.
"Look at you, you're blushing. I KNEW IT, HAHAHA" The group laughed at Kairi's embarrassed expression.
"NO! You're wrong. Who would want to date that fat ugly oaf, first off he's immature, he's clueless, and he's as dumb as bricks? I have a list of the dumb things he has done, and only an idiot would date him" Exclaimed Kairi, going a bit too far.
"Kairi… umm…. Look behind you." Whispered her friends, with a contorted expression.
"Ah shit, he's right behind me, isn't he?" Kairi assumed, looking at her friends for confirmation.
Her friends nod in unison, Kairi slowly turns her head around, and when she caught sight of him, he walked right past her with a deadpan expression, completely ignoring her existence. Kairi took his arm and desperately tried to explain herself.
"Sora… I'm sorry, I didn't mean any of that, it was just a joke. I'm sorry, please forgive me." Pleaded Kairi, as her friends casually walk away.
"Immature, clueless, dumb, fat, ugly that's what you said, and to think I thought we were friends, walk yourself home. Bitch." Snapped Sora, violently shaking her arm off his and nonchalantly walks home.
As of this day, their friendship was torn to bits, and Sora changed for better or for worse. When they returned for grade six, Kairi hoped to make amends, but that clearly wasn't an option as Sora's first encounter with Kairi after six weeks, didn't go as planned.
"How was your holiday?"
"Great… thanks for asking." Replied Kairi, filled with hope towards the future.
"Wasn't talking to you, talking to Selphie." Exclaimed Sora, pushing her aside and conversing with Selphie.
"You know what, since you hate me so much don't ever talk to me, loser." Groaned Kairi, accepting the fact that things will never be the same.
"GOOD, don't want to talk to your ugly ass anyway."
A whole school year went on with constant bickering between the two degenerates, every morning they would exchange insults, and it would even disrupt the class at times. The final day of the last school year, Sora finally crossed the line and threw her bag on the busy road, expectingly getting run over by a truck, Kairi finally snapped and started bawling her eyes out. Sora is generally a nice/chill guy, just not when it comes to Kairi. This truly hurt him on an emotional level, he deeply regretted making her cry but to save face, he walked off, leaving her to cry in the middle of the pathway.
The first part of school life finally ended, Sora's father received a job all the way in Destiny Islands, forcing them to move to another place. Sora was deeply hurt by this news, as it meant having to make new friends, moving into a new school, and just changing his whole lifestyle. After informing his best friends on the news, he was ecstatic as he found out that they're both moving to Destiny Islands too for better schooling. Sora's spirit was significantly lifted until he saw Kairi walking towards him.
"I heard you're moving, well… bye." Said Kairi, with not an ounce of effort.
"What? That's it?" Disappointingly said Sora.
"What do you expect? A hug? A handwritten card asking for you send mail to me. Well, you thought wrong, we're not friends, bye." Said Kairi, with evident resentment towards Sora. As she walks off, she looks back to see Sora with his head down, looking discouraged.
Whatever...
-END FLASHBACK-
"You can stop daydreaming now Kairi, would you be a dear and throw out the trash for me honey? Oh and also while you're at it give these fruits to our new neighbors" Her mother said, handing her a batch of oranges, grapes, mangos and the trash bag.
"What, we have new neighbors? What happened to the Latrels?" Asked Kairi, pleasantly surprised as the Latrels were a rowdy bunch.
"Obviously they moved silly, now hurry along."Her mother replied, nagging her to throw out the trash.
"Sora, wake up and help me carry this shit in our new home." Said Sora's father, with both his hands gripping one side of the couch.
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"wut… oh shit, it's a couch, give me ten seconds." Sora mumbled, half awake. As he walks towards to help his father, he slips and falls on his neighbor's front lawn dropping his phone.
What the fuck, damn I just got rocked.
"Hey, sir, you dropped your phone."
Sora leaps off the ground like nothing happened unintentionally ignoring a feminine voice in the background and not realizing his phone had dropped.
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What a klutz, and he forgot to get his phone.
Kairi throws out the trash and walks towards the phone on the ground, bending down with the intentions to return it.
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Oh shit, where's my phone I swear I just had it like a moment ago. Oh yea, I fell it's probably around there.
Sora slams the door open, as he hastily walks down the steps, he caught a glimpse of a beautiful young girl with lustrous auburn hair leaning forward, grabbing a familiar object.
He paces forward towards the young girl, tapping her on the shoulder and stretched out his right arm to point directly at her.
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"Who's that?" Asked Kairi, turning her head around only to discover that it was Sora Strife, her childhood friend, and bully. Her brain stuttered, her eyes widened, her heart skipped, her cheeks reddened, and her jaw dropped faster than Sora. Kairi raises her finger and directs her finger towards Sora. They lock eyes, with two totally different thoughts running through their minds.
Oh… my… god… when did he get so tall, just look at those shoulders, his eyes, his arms, his face. How did he change so much? No way this can't be Sora, there's no chance in hell that this is the same Sora that was fat, and ugly only four years ago. There's only one way to find out.
They both have their pointing finger directly pointing at each other, both opening their mouths and simultaneously talk.
"Sora?"
"Phone."
"What?"
"You holding my phone man, wait a second how do you know my name? Oh shit, my bad it says it on my phone lol, my bad G.
"SORA, IT'S ME."
"Yea, hello neighbor. Oh sorry for being rude, I haven't introduced myself yet. I'm Sora Strife, the fam and I just moved in. Pleased to make your acquaintance."
"SORA, IT'S ME, KAIRI."Shouted Kairi, getting agitated that Sora doesn't remember her.
Kairi… Kairi… Kairi… I swear I heard that name before, in something… RIGHT in that game, I played as a kid. Why is she screaming?
"Yes, and I'm Sora."
"YOU IDIOT, IT'S ME KAIRI YOUR CHILDHOOD FRIEND, THE PERSON YOU BULLIED FOR A WHOLE YEAR."
"Um… first of all, I never bullied anyone ever, so that's basically defamation."
"Are you fucking serious, we used to walk together to and from school, ring any bells?"
"Umm…. OH SHIT. KAIRI, THE CRAZY BITCH, DAMN YOU LOOK DIFFERENT ALMOST COULDN'T RECOGNIZE YOU. Wait… why are you on my neighbor's lawn?" Exclaimed Sora, as he came to a realization that not only opened his mind but expanded his eyelids to the absolute maximum.
"ALMOST? YOU DIDN'T RECOGNIZE ME….NEIGHBOR'S LAWN? I AM THE NEIGHBOR YOU IDIOT… I see you haven't changed one bit despite your looks, you're still the same clueless jerk from back then." Cried Kairi, her face brightened, a tone lighter than amber. She tightened her fist and unleashed four years of pent up rage and throws a staggering right-hook that completely misses, which causes her to slip and fall onto Sora's muscular arms.