Everything was supposed to be easy now. They had finally finished everything, the world's were safe, the heartless and nobodies destroyed, and Sora had his princess back. The problem was that everyone expected him to just return to the normal happy-go-lucky kid he has always been.

Sora was tired of normal.

He was tired of the smiles he saw everyday, he was tired of his parents trying to tell him that as a hero he had to keep up appearances, he was tired of everyone asking about his relationship with Kairi.

It had gotten to the point that he wasn't sure if anything he felt for her was still real, or just the expectations that everyone else put on them. He needed to get out of there, and soon, before he lost his mind.

Sora took a deep breath and jumped down from the docks into the small boat. He was meeting the king to get away for a little bit and didn't want anyone to know he was going. Everyone would just want to throw a going away party anyway, or worse, try to convince him to stay.

Sora was a natural people pleaser, he hated it when other's were upset and usually had to do something to make them better. He was done with that now. He needed to be himself for once.

He was just about to push off from the dock when he heard the voice of last person he wanted to see.

"Sora!" cried the familiar feminine voice that he held so dear. He worked up his courage and turned to face the redhead.

"Hey, Kairi." He said half heartedly.

She ran up to him panting and hopped down into the boat, throwing her arms around him. He was a little taken aback by this, but he returned the embrace, not knowing when he would be back for another.

Suddenly, he was aware of wet tears on his neck and he positioned Kairi so he could look in her eyes.

They stayed like that for a moment, just staring at each other. Reading the thoughts going through the other's eyes. They held each other closer and Sora started to panic. How could he say goodbye to her?

Then she shocked him.

"I know how claustrophobic you've been feeling. I know you need to go. I want to join you so badly, but I can't. Not yet at least." She looked up into his shocked eyes and smiled slightly. "I just wanted you to know that I understand. I know I can't make you stay and I don't want to, but I'll come looking for you when I'm ready to leave as well."

Sora swallowed back his tears and buried his face in her soft hair. "This is why I love you." He whispered and she hugged him tighter. "When you're ready, you won't need to look. Our hearts are connected remember?"

She nodded and looked back up at him slowly. He wiped her tears away with his thumb and kissed her lightly, "Until then no crying okay? I can't stand the thought of you unhappy." She smiled up at him and nodded. They stood like that, wrapped in each other's arms for a few moments until it was time for Sora to go.

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Okay so I FINALLY got this one done. This is for Nikki who was the only one who guessed the last song. She wanted Sora/Kairi, and I honestly havn't written that pair yet. What do you think?

And, the deal is still on. Whoever can guess the song I used for this first picks a pairing and a song to be used in the next one. I think this one is a little easier as I used some wordings from the song itself.