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Ok so let me explain why there are two prologues. I wanted the first one to be the first day Roxas go to Destiny Island and somewhere I there have a little bit of Kairi as she waited for her "true love" Sora. As I continued to write I thought maybe having Kairi have her own chapter will be a little more interesting to explain more on how she felt as she thought about Sora leaving. However I didn't want this to be chapter one because this chapter surrounds only Kairi's point of view that is why there are two prologues. I hope this doesn't bug people, if it does please don't let this be the reason you stopped reading.
And now out feature presentation….
Prologue: Promise
Kairi stood alone on the getaway island where the crew would come to avoid their parents or to be alone. It was a great place to be alone, with the sea breeze constantly blowing tickling her nose with the faint smell of salt. She stood on the beach part of the island paying no mind to the tide soaking her shoes. The sun was setting beyond the horizon, casting different shades of pink, blue and purple in the sky. The silhouette of a cloud could be seen as it unconsciously floated in front of the sun.
Being alone on the island was a beautiful thing. People could never admire the sights and sounds of the island when they are with friends or other group of people, but Kairi would usually come to the island first so she could admire its beauty before she was distracted by her friends.
After Riku told her about Sora's plans to leave Destiny Island she felt her heart ache. She didn't want Sora to leave. She wanted him to stay and live the same normal life they've had for so long. She didn't want to imagine a life without Sora, to Kairi, there was no life without him in it. She needed to tell him that, she needed to tell him how she felt about him. She needed to tell him that she loved him. A smile crept on her face, "I love you." She whispered. Her smile only widens, but tears escaped her eyes regardless. She looked at the sand as more and more tears escaped her eyes and poured into the salty water crashing on the shore. She repeated the words over and over as if practicing to tell Sora silently hoping if she told him how she felt he would stay.
I love you.
I love you.
I love you.
She looked back at the setting sun and smiled she felt ready, she felt like she could tell Sora. She closed her eyes and was consumed by the sounds of the island, "Kairi." Someone suddenly said from the docks. She looked over at that direction and there stood Sora, with a worried look on his face. She smiled and quickly wiped her eyes.
"Hey." She said, her voice cracked giving Sora a hint that she was crying. Sora jumped from the dock and walked towards her, ignoring the water as well. He put his hands on her shoulder and looked straight into her eyes.
"Are you ok?" he asked her obviously worried about her. She smiled and nodded her head.
"I'm…" she paused. She was far from fine, even further from ok, but if she didn't say any of those options Sora would be worried and she didn't want that. Instead she swallowed the lump in her throat and looked up at Sora. Her heart was pounding and her mind was screaming at her, "just do it!" but the butterflies in her stomach was saying something different, "I'm fine." She finally said with a smile on her face, a smile she tried so hard to fake.
"That's good." Sora said as he steps back from her.
"yeah." She said before she looked down at sand. It drove her mad, just three simple words where so hard to say to the boy that stood in front of her. He needed to know how she felt, he needed to know without him her life would be empty. All that could be said with just three simple words, simple words, that where so hard to say. Kairi and Sora stood side by side looking at the sun set in silence. Kairi was trying to work up the nerve to tell him how she felt, while Sora stood silently enjoying her company, "when are you leaving?" she asked hoping by breaking the silence would help her tell him how she felt. Even though she hated to think about it, it was the only thing she could think of to break it.
"I leave in the morning." Sora said keeping his gaze on the setting sun, which was almost completely gone. Kairi lowered her gaze, she already knew the answer and all it did was make her heart sink even more.
"I don't want you to go." She said, Sora looking at her direction after she spoke. Her head was down and he could see the glimmer of tears fall into the sand. Sora stared at her as she continued talking, "we just reunited Sora, why do you have to go? Why can't you stay?"
"Kairi." He said before he placed his hands on her shoulder," Goofy and Donold helped me find you and Riku, now I need to return a favor and help them find the king." She hesitated to look at Sora in the eyes, but once she believed she had enough nerve to do so she returned his gaze. They stared at each other for a moment before Sora placed his hand on her cheek. Kairi only smiled and closed her eyes while placing her own hand on top of his.
"When will you be back?" she asked. Sora didn't answer for a moment.
"I don't know." He responded. It wasn't the answer she wanted to hear, "but I promise I'll return as soon as I can Kairi." Kairi opened her eyes and looked into his. She felt lost, in a good way, all that mattered was the two of them standing alone on the island.
"you promise to come back?" she asked.
"I promise." He answered, his thumb stroking her cheek, "I'll come back." Kairi closed her eyes again and suddenly felt Sora's arms wrap around her in a hug. She was caught off guard by the sudden embrace but didn't fight it, instead she smiled and returned the hug hoping the moment would last forever, but knowing full well it won't.
The alarm suddenly rang, waking Kairi up from her deep, sleep. She leaned over to her nightstand and turns off her alarm before sitting still on her bed. She yawned and stretched her arms out before letting her arms plop down. She was half awake and half asleep when she sat up from her bed and walked towards the bathroom for her morning shower. The bathroom steamed as Kairi stood in the shower looking at the floor blankly. Sora has been gone for two years, but it felt like he's been gone longer. Every night she went to sleep she would dream about him, she would dream about the times they've spent together, she dreamt about the times he almost kissed her, but the dream she would have the most was the day he left. Every time she had that dream she would wake up wishing she was still asleep. It was an empty feeling to know the only time she could see the person she loved was when she was sleeping. Taunting and teasing her with every dream. She closed her eyes and fought the urge to cry. It was like this every morning and she hated it. She felt like the loneliness was killing her even though she has her friends for support, only Sora could fill in the gap. She closed her eyes and almost gave up her fight against crying when suddenly there was a knock on the door.
"Kairi? Dear? Are you ok? Her mother asked, "You've been taking a shower for almost an hour and a half." Kairi wiped her eyes and cleared her throat. The last thing she wanted was for her mother to know she was about to cry.
"I'm fine." He called back, her voice cracking a bit.
"Ok dear." Her mother said. Kairi hoped the sound of running water disguised the state of weakness in her voice, "well Olette and Selphie are waiting for you down stairs."
"Tell them I'll be out in a minute." Kairi told her mom before she resumed her shower. Kairi lathered her hair with shampoo and rinsed it out, repeating the steps with the conditioner. Once she was done she stepped out and wrapped her naked body in a towel and brushed her teeth after words. Once she was finished she stepped out of the bathroom and into her room where she changed into her clothes.
Kairi pulled out her clothes and laid them down on her bed before he walked over to her stereo and turned it on playing her favorite CD. As the music played she took off her towel and began to dress herself. She wore a sleeveless light blue low cut shirt with a white shirt under it. Kairi never liked wearing low cuts unless she wears something under it. She also wore her favorite blue jeans which fit her perfectly, not too tight around her waist or butt but tight enough to turn heads (that's how Selphie described it), once she found her shoes she took a look at her outfit modeling to herself to make sure that was the outfit she wanted to wear, smiling with satisfaction when she liked what she saw.
Three knocks where heard on her room door followed by the door opening. Selphie and Olette, two of her closest friends, walked in her room both smiling at Kairi, "hey girl!" Selphie said as she walked up to Kairi and hugged her. Kairi smiled and hugged her back while Olette closed the door, "wow Kairi looking good." Selphie said checking out Kairi's outfit.
"Are you planning on meeting some one Kairi?" Olette asked with a playful tone in her voice.
"I'd be lying if I said no." Kairi said with a smile as she sat on her bed. Selphie and Olette smiled at Kairi and were about to ask her who the guy was but Kairi spoke first, "I just hope he shows up today to." The two girls looked at Kairi with confusion on their face. It wasn't until they realized she was talking about Sora when their smile faded slowly from their faces. Olette and Selphie looked at each other, Olette tilting her head towards Kairi, Selphie only nodded and cleared her throat, catching Kairi's attention the moment she did.
"Listen Kairi." Selphie started before she paused. She was looking for the right words without sounding negative. She sat down beside Kairi as she continued searching for the words. When she finally found them she continued to speak, "Olette and I have been talking, about the whole 'waiting for Sora thing' and we think…" Kairi looked back at the floor as Selphie continued to talk. She heard this talk before, when Sora absence reached the one year mark. They wanted Kairi to forget about Sora and just try to move on to someone new. They tried to hook her up with one of Riku's friends but when they went on the date they've spent most of the time eating their food instead of talking to get to know each other. It wasn't until Olette started talking when Kairi's attention was brought back to the conversation.
"We're not trying to be mean Kairi." Olette said before adding, "But you've been waiting for Sora for two years, how long are you going to wait before you move on?" The girls sat quietly as they waited for Kairi's answer.
"I don't know." Was the only thing Kairi said before the awkward silence took over once again. Olette and Selphie looked at each other again. Selphie knew Olette was wondering if they should continue the conversation just by the look on her face. Selphie looked at Kairi, then back at Olette and shook her head. Olette nodded silently in agreement. Kairi suddenly stood up and looked at the girls with a smile that they both knew was hard for her to fake.
"I'm going to the airport." Kairi said before adding, "You two want to accompany me?"
"Of course we'll accompany you." Selphie said as she stood up and took Kairi's arm smiling at her with her signature Selphie smile.
"We never said we wouldn't." Olette said as she took Kairi's other arm, "besides it's not like we have anything better to do then hang out with our friend as she waits for her true love." Kairi looked at both girls that hung on her arm smiling at them. She knew they didn't like how long she was waiting for Sora to return but they still wanted to go and wait with her.
"To the airport!" Selphie suddenly said as she pointed ahead of them.
"Onward!" Olette added before taking a step forward towards the exit of Kairi's room, Selphie following afterwards. Kairi watched as her two friends walked out and smiled. She had weird friends but she wouldn't replace them for the world.
The airport was normally empty around nine o'clock. The time it normally gets busy was in the afternoon. Kairi, Selphie, and Olette sat adjacent from each other staying quiet. The girls sat on a bench near the entrance of luggage pickup and close to the exit of the airport. The two girls yawned as they sat and stared at the empty airport for what seemed like hours. Olette and Selphie would start a conversation with each other while Kairi sat quietly as if she wasn't there. They would try to involve her with the conversation but she wouldn't talk long. Kairi would say a few words before she get completely oblivious of the conversation as she looked at the luggage pick up area.
As Kairi sat silently the memory of that day came into her mind once again, the day that Sora left. The image of Sora walking away was burned into her mind. She felt her heart drop and she bit her lower lip. She looked towards the waiting section, which sat inside the airport, and could see the image of Sora walking towards his plane. She felt the same heart ache and felt tears start to swell in her eyes. She quickly wiped her eyes and hoped Selphie or Olette saw her. As they waited the memory replayed in her head of the day Sora left to find the king and it hurt the same as it did that day.
The time was five o'clock in the afternoon, and the airport was busy. People walked to and fro from the luggage and the waiting area inside the airport. Kairi her friends remained seated on the same bench they've sat on for eight hours. The only time they have ever gotten up was to use the rest room or to get something to eat, in which Kairi would bring her food back to the bench in fear she will miss Sora if he came back. To Selphie and Olette that was a big if. Again the girls would talk amongst themselves and attempt to have Kairi to part take, again it ended in failure. It was nothing new to them since Kairi was always like this whenever she was in the airport. After an hour of sitting silently she finally got up, which caught both of the girls by surprise, "I'm going to use the rest room." Kairi spoke as she looked at the two girls, "if you see Sora can you tell him to wait for me?" she asked but at the same time sounding like she was pleading. Selphie nodded her head and gave her a smile of reinsurance. Kairi smiled back an head for the bathroom before she stopped and looked back at Selphie, "and please, Selphie, if he does show up can you not give him a hard time about his absence?" she asked.
"I won't Kairi." Selphie said before adding, "Now go before your bladder explodes." Kairi smiled and quickly turned around walking towards the bathroom. Selphie and Olette stared at Kairi as she walked away before looking at each other, both knowing exactly what the other was going to say.
"I'm Worried about Kairi." Olette spoke first, "I know it's not the first time she has stayed quiet during this little adventure, but the look on her eyes isn't…" she paused for a moment before adding, "Normal."
"She just wants Sora to return." Selphie explained as she kept her gaze on the rest room Kairi went to.
"I know." Olette said before staring at the spot, "but two years?"
"Kairi's in love." She said before looking at Olette, "Love makes us do crazy things."
"But two years Selphie?" Olette raised her voice but then gazed at the floor, "I think if Kairi keeps waiting, and Sora still doesn't show up…" she trailed off. She didn't want to finish that sentence or even think of how the sentence was going to end.
"Kairi is a strong girl." Selphie said smiling at Olette, "We just have to support her and she'll soon understand that two years of waiting for one person is long enough." She said trying to convince not only Olette but herself as well. Olette nodded with a hint of doubt on her face. Selphie kept the reinsuring smile until her gaze went back to the bathroom. Selphie hoped that Kairi would soon realize that moving on was a better choice for her, but even if she didn't it wouldn't mean Selphie or Olette won't be by her side to support her.
Kairi sat in the bathroom stall silently suffering alone. Tears swelled and ran down her cheeks and hitting the black and white tiled floor of the bathroom. She didn't need to use the bathroom, she just needed to leave that spot so her friends wouldn't see her cry. She sniffed and tried to cry silently so that the other girls using the rest room wouldn't notice. She missed Sora more then she has missed any one in her life. Her mind went back to the many opportunities she could have told him she loved him but every time she would back down or something would come up that she wouldn't get the chance. The thought of Sora never coming back hurt more than anything she has ever felt before. Her tears stopped falling and her cries where starting to settle down. She sniffled and tried her best to hide any evidence of her little episode. When she felt like she was ready she stood up and stepped out of the stall and stood in front of the mirror and looked at herself. Her cheeks where red and her eyes were still glossy from the tears she shed. She turned on the sink and cupped some water in her hands before slashing it on her face and wiped it off with a towel. She smeared some of her makeup but she managed to fix it. She gave herself a few extra minutes before she stepped out of the restroom and into the busy airport. She had the memory return to her and she felt a little pain but she managed to mask it with a smile to her friends, who smiled back at her.
The sun was starting to set outside of the airport. The Airport started to calm down with only a few people showing up now. Olette was leaning her head on Kairi's shoulder looking blankly at one direction while Selphie did the same. Kairi would normally wait until the last flight but decided it was time for them to go. Her friends have waited by her side for hours upon hours. She felt they deserved to do something fun with the remaining hours of sunlight, "Hey, Selphie, Olette, let's go home." Kairi finally said. Both girls quickly looked at Kairi like they just heard her speak in some foreign tongue.
"We're leaving already?" Olette asked, the expression on her face matching the surprise in her voice.
"Is that a problem?" Kairi asked. Both the girls shook their heads.
"No, but don't you normally wait until the last flight?" Selphie asked
"I think we've waited enough for today." Kairi said smiling at her, "let's go get something to eat and spend the rest of the time somewhere else." The two girls didn't argue, instead they got up and stretched their arms out before walking adjacent towards the exit of the airport, which held no sign of Sora's return once again.
The girls took two buses before they reached their spot in the neighborhood Olette lived in. Once Kairi left the airport she was Kairi again. She was talking more, joking more, and even laughing more. This was the Kairi Olette and Selphie remembered, loved, and cherished. Once they reached Olette's house they grabbed a quick bite to eat before sitting down on the front porch to continue their conversation. They were soon joined by Naminé, a girl that half of the neighborhood envied because of her relationship with Riku. Naminé was a cute, slender, short haired blond, who grew up with the three girls. Because of this there were never any secretes amongst them, the reason being they all knew each other too will for the other to even try.
The girls sat on the stares on the porch with two on the first step and the other two on the step closest to the door. They continued their previous conversation before switching it to Naminé's relationship with Riku. Even thought Naminé and Riku have dated for a long time it still made Naminé blush whenever anyone teased her about it. She was so innocent that it was sometimes hard not to take advantage of it.
"You can't say that even when you two are apart you still don't text each other." Olette said as she stared at Naminé.
"No we don't." Naminé said just before her phone beeped informing her of a new text message. Everyone looked at her phone before looking at Naminé with smiles on their faces, "not all the time." She said her cheeks turning red as she held the phone in her hand. The group laughed and watched as Naminé text Riku back.
"You know it's so cute that you and Riku talk to each other even when you're not together." Selphie said as she hugged Naminé, "sometimes I feel so jealous of you two."
"I know me too!" Olette added as she hugged Naminé as well smothering her with Selphie. Naminé looked at Kairi silently pleading for Kairi's help with her eyes. Kairi giggled and shrugged her shoulders and continued watching them smother the blond. The smothering lasted for another two minutes but the teasing continued for another five before the girls decided enough was enough and talked about something else. Suddenly Olette noticed some one standing on a side walk looking around as if he was lost. She didn't recognize the blond and continued staring at him trying to see if she could. When she couldn't she tapped Selphie's shoulder, "hey Selphie, do you know who that guy is?" she asked. The three other girls looked at Olette before looking at the lone blond who continued looking back and forth.
"I don't know." Selphie said.
"Poor guy, he looks lost." Naminé added before looking at Kairi, "why don't you go see if you can help him Kairi?" Kairi blinked and looked at Naminé.
"Why me?" Kairi asked.
"Why not?" She countered.
"I don't know him."
"So?" Naminé smiled and looked at the blond, "you could always use more friends." Olette and Selphie looked at each other and smiled showing they both had the same idea.
"Yeah Kairi, new friends are always fun to have." Olette said joining Naminé.
"And who knows, maybe that friendship will develop into something else." Selphie said in a way that made Kairi think this was some sort of conspiracy.
"I still don't see why I have to go." Kairi said as she looked at the other three girls.
"Then how about this." Olette said as she holds up her hand with sticks sticking out, "whoever gets the short stick goes and helps the blond." The three girls looked at Olette as she held her hand in a fist and waited to see who would pick the first stick. The girls just shrugged their shoulders and picked a stick before pulling it out. Kairi looked at her stick before looking back at Olette.
"Really?" Kairi asked looking at Olette like she's been set up. Olette just smiled and shrugged her shoulders innocently. Kairi smiled and shook her head. She knew something was up but decided just to go along with it, "alright then I'll be right back." Kairi said as she stood up giving the stick to Olette before she walked towards the seemingly lost blond.
"You set her up didn't you?" Selphie asked as soon as Kairi walked far out of earshot. Olette Smiled and held Kairi's stick as well as her own stick close together showing that all the sticks where short.
"Yup!" she said with a smile on her face.
"You're bad Olette." Selphie giggled along with Naminé.
Kairi walked casually towards the lost blond. She still felt set up by her friends, but she couldn't just ignore someone who needed help. She placed her hands behind her back and continued her stride towards him. The closer she got the more she could hear him talking to himself, "You look lost." Kairi said from behind him. When the blond turned around and saw Kairi walking towards him he looked slightly nervous. She stopped a couple feet ahead of him and smiled at him, trying to make him feel a little less nervous.
"Yeah, I'm a little lost." The blond told her while rubbing the back of his head, "I'm looking for a park near a beach." Kairi looked at the blond for a moment before she smiled.
"You're new here aren't you?" Kairi asked even though she already knew the answer to the question before the blond could answer. Kairi smiled and stepped closer to him. "Well the park is that way." She pointed towards the direction of the park, "just follow the path and you're bound to reach it, no problem." She said before smiling at him. The blond looked at that direction before looking back at Kairi smiled back at her with a relieved smile.
"Thanks…" He paused for a moment. Kairi looked at the blond for a moment.
"Kairi." She introduced before smiling and adding, "And it's ok…" She paused the same way he did.
"Roxas." He said and smiled at her. Kairi giggled slightly.
"Well, Roxas, you better go before you're late." She said. Roxas looked at that direction and nodded.
"Yeah, I'll see you around." he said. All Kairi did was nod her head and give him a little wave before she turned around and walked off towards Olette's house. She paused for a moment and looked behind her seeing the blond continue running towards the direction she told him to go. There was something familiar about that guy, she just met the guy but he reminded her so much of Sora. She smiled a little and shook her head before she continued walking. She just met that guy and already she was comparing him to Sora. It was a habit her friends said she needed to break.
She walked back and joined the girls on the porch. As she walked back she could see all three girls staring at her with smirks on their faces which only made Kairi's suspicious of being set up even less farfetched. The moment she took her seat with the rest of the girls she could feel all their eyes on her. She pretended she didn't notice until she met their gaze with her own, "what?" Kairi asked but had a pretty good idea why they were staying quiet and looking at her.
"So?" Olette asked.
"So? What?" Kairi asked as she continued to act like she had no clue.
"Did you get his name?" Olette asked.
"Why would I ask for his name?"Kairi asked faking a confused look on her face, "All I did was give him direction."
"You where talking to him too long to just be giving him directions Kairi." Selphie said before she placed her hands on Kairi's shoulders and shook Kairi, "Please! Please tell me you at least got his number." Again, Kairi just stared at the three girls who looked back at her with a shared anxious expression on their faces as they waited for her to answer. This just brought a smile to her face as she shrugged innocently.
"It must have slipped my mind." Kairi said. The girls let out a sigh of disappointment simultaneously.
"Sometimes I wonder about you Kairi." Selphie said as she shook her head unafraid to show her disappointment. All Kairi could do was smile, she knew Olette rigged the game so that Kairi would lose and have to go talk to the blond. She also knew the reason they did this was because they wanted her to meet someone. It was a good plan but the only flaw was Kairi didn't want to meet any one new she just talked to the blond to help him find his way. Even though it was messed up to set Kairi up like that she couldn't get mad. She was guilty of rigging some games so that her friends would have to talk to guys.
How do you think Naminé and Riku started dating?
"I'm just amazed I lost the game so fast." Kairi said before she looked Olette and added, "Can you believe that?" Olette looked back and Kairi and just giggled. She knew she was caught just by the look Kairi gave her.
"It must have been bad luck." Olette said as an excuse.
"Major bad luck." Kairi added before she giggled along with Olette. Kairi couldn't get mad, it was her friends. They just tried to help Kairi do what they believed was best for her.
As the night rolled on the girls started to get tired and one by one they started taking off towards their homes until Kairi and Olette where the only ones remaining on Olette's porch. The two girls talked for a good half hour before Olette was called inside for dinner. The girls exchanged hugs before Kairi walked off towards her home, leaving only her and her thoughts. She found herself thinking of Sora once again. She thought about how he would walk her home every night allowing them to continue talking. She remembered how they would walk slowly so that it would take longer for Kairi to get home, which she didn't mind.
She wondered if she would be able to spend time like that again with Sora. She hoped if she could, she prayed she could. By the time she reached her home she noticed the lights where off which obviously meant her parents where asleep. Kairi pulled out her keys and opened the door into a dark living room. She closed the door behind her and locked it before she blindly walked towards her room and reached it with no problem. She turned on the lights to her room and closed the door behind her. She stood still for a moment before deciding it was time to sleep. She changed into her nightgown and laid down on her bed. Sleep sounded a like a good plan but she was afraid. She didn't want to have that dream of Sora leaving again. She didn't want the only time she could be with Sora was in her dreams. Kairi slowly drifted to sleep despite her fears. As she slowly fell asleep she could hear Sora's voice saying…
I promise….