A/N: Notice that I am not giving names to chapters anymore… it just saves me the trouble of being indecisive on what to name them… xD
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Chapter Two
That weekend, Kairi and Sora tried to teach Kiyori how to ride a bike. The little girl was so excited when Sora brought home a pink and white bicycle with a matching basket and horn that made a loud screechy sound. Kosuke and Karissa watched as Kiyori mounted the bike and tried over and over again to ride it. She was a pretty tough girl; when she would fall she would just get back up again.
"She gets that from you." Said Sora as he directed Kiyori on the bike. Kairi figured he was talking to her and blushed. Akira and a few of his friends walked up to them.
"Hey, what's going on?" Kairi asked. Akira's friends were definitely very… well, Kairi didn't know how to describe them. She just wasn't sure if she liked them or not. Bryant, the boy with spiky blonde hair and a million tattoos was very rude to Kairi most of the time. However, she still trusted Akira enough to let him hang out with him.
"We're going to go inside and play video games." Akira and his friends walked past Karissa and Kosuke, who were sitting together on the front porch. Some of them gave nasty looks to Karissa, who merely rolled her eyes and leaned on Kosuke's shoulder.
"Video games? It's like eighty degrees outside and they want to play video games?" Sora sighed.
"Sora, you probably would've done that too." Kairi giggled. Kiyori fell off the bike.
"I want to keep trying!" She got back on. Kairi didn't even think she noticed the blood on her knee, but Kairi didn't want it to get infected. Sora realized it too and told her to come inside for the day.
"So, Kosuke, are you ready for homecoming?" Karissa asked him.
"I guess so. Don't we have to play some songs there?" The band was supposed to play at least five songs. Kosuke wasn't sure if he knew them all.
"Yeah. Come on, let's go practice." Karissa took his hand and they went inside.
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Akira and his friends were playing a racing game in the TV room. They were making a lot of noise. Kosuke rolled his eyes and headed upstairs with Karissa. Before they were able to reach the middle, Bryant spoke to them.
"Look, it's the band geeks." He snickered. Everyone but Akira laughed. Akira didn't know why he hung out with these people.
"Hey, stop it." Akira told him. Bryant and the other two gave him a strange look. Kosuke and Karissa had managed to make it up the stairs without anything else said to them.
"You know they are." Bryant wouldn't let it go.
"I said stop it." Akira was getting frustrated. Before anyone could respond, Kairi walked into the room and sat on the couch. She heard what Bryant was saying so she decided she'd keep them company.
Kairi knew the worst thing she could do was ask questions, so she picked up a magazine and pretended to read it. Their conversation ceased when she entered, and all that could be heard were the sounds from the cars flying off buildings and such.
Sora and Kiyori came into the TV room. He put bandages over her cuts. Sora sat down next to Kairi as Kiyori ran upstairs. Unlike Kairi, Sora didn't really care on whether he embarrassed his children or not.
"So how are you guys doing in school?" He asked all of them.
"Uh, fine." Answered Lyle. They couldn't see it, but Akira wasn't too happy. He was probably still angry with Bryant for making fun of his brother and his girlfriend.
"How about you, Bryant?" Sora was aware of how annoying Bryant was to everyone, so he usually liked to ask him questions to get on his nerves.
"I'm doing okay." He remarked, feeling a little strange.
"What kind of grades are you making?" Sora smirked. Kairi caught on to what he was doing and played along.
"Decent ones."
The sounds of a flute and a trumpet were heard. It must've been Karissa and Kosuke. Kairi had told those two many times that if they wanted to practice, they'd do it either in the attic or her house. She headed upstairs to quiet them down. Akira's friends didn't dare to say any mean remarks about them because of Sora's presence.
Kairi cracked the door open a little and poked her head through. She put her finger to her mouth and shushed them.
"Sorry, mom." Kosuke apologized, setting his trumpet down.
"Yeah, sorry Mrs. Kiyamoto." Karissa giggled. Kairi nodded and left the door open like it was supposed to be. Lately Kosuke had been forgetting that that was a rule when a girl was in their room.
Sora finally left the teens alone, giving relief to Akira and the rest of them. He met with Kairi in the kitchen and wrapped his arms around her stomach from behind, resting his chin on her shoulder. He shut his eyes and took a deep breath.
"I think Bryant is just so annoying." Kairi whispered, putting away some forks.
"I do too, but I hated it when my parents tried to control who I did and did not talk to." Sora mentioned, tightening his grip a little. He sounded a little tired, which Kairi couldn't blame him because he worked six days a week. Good thing it was Sunday.
"You know, my boss is being an asshole again." Sora let go of her. Kairi turned to face him and put her hands on his shoulders.
"What'd he do this time?" She asked as if she's heard it a million times.
"He's so lazy. He just sits there and has no sympathy for anyone. At least my other boss helped us every now and then." Kairi didn't know what to say, so she just hugged him. He kissed her slightly on the forehead. Karissa and Kosuke entered the kitchen looking for something to eat.
"Oh goodness." Kosuke tried to ignore his parent's intimate moment and searched through the fridge. Karissa merely smiled and took the soda Kosuke handed her, giving him a polite thank you. Sora and Kairi admired the two lovebirds as they made their way out of the room and back upstairs, disregarding the rude comments from Akira's friends.
"How long are they going to let them talk like that?" Sora asked. "If that was me, I would've—" Kairi pressed her finger on his lip to shut him up because she knew what he was going to say. Sora can have tempers sometimes…
Soon Karissa and Akira's friends went home. It took about ten minutes for Kosuke to let go of her, so Sora had to make her leave. Kosuke came back inside and sat on the couch.
"I hate to say this, but some of your friends are just idiots, Akira." Kosuke admitted. Surprisingly, Akira agreed.
"I know. But…" He tried to think of a way to defend them, but nothing came. Sora heard this and crossed his arms.
"I don't think they're good people to be hanging out with, but that's just me. You make your own choices in this house. You guys know what we expect." Kairi came and stood next to him.
"Yes, we trust that you'll make the right decisions." She said.
"We will." They said at the same time. Kosuke turned on the TV.
They were such great kids. Kairi didn't really have many problems with Akira or Kosuke. Even Kiyori was brought up pretty well, which surprised both Sora and Kairi. They were glad they could trust their kids, but sometimes Kairi did question on whether they were trusting them a little too much…
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A/N: Yay! I wore my Kairi costume to school today… not very many people knew about KH2… shame on them! Anyway, there's no school tomorrow, so there might be a new chapter tomorrow depending on whether I get to go to the movies or not. I don't know. Ja ne!
