His pudgy little fingers pranced their way up and down his beloved sand castle.

Sora was a four year old little trooper happily living at Destiny Islands. Sora was known for his bright spirit and optimistic attitude.

Sora would always come in his favorite spot: the play Island. He, Roxas, and Riku would come here every day and play together endlessly. With their routine of visiting the island, its popularity grew. New kids started taking boats out to this little island as well, and Sora ended up making new friends like Tidus, Selphie, and Wakka.

There was one place that no one knew of aside from Sora or Riku, they dubbed it: the Secret Place. It was basically a little cave with a mysterious door residing within. Sora and Riku used leaves to hide it, so that no one else could intrude their little hideout.

And right now, Sora was working on his sand castle. It had been a dream of his to make the best sand castle ever. He was taking it one step at a time. It was the sunset, and Roxas and Riku had gone and rowed back home. But this was Sora's favorite time to be on his play island, he loved being alone, watching the cool breeze flirt with the ocean.

Sora heard a weird scrunching noise. It sounded like footsteps, but there shouldn't have been anybody else here, the four year old thought he had been left alone. He looked over to see a little kid running towards his direction, their face shrouded in shadow by the sunlight. They weren't paying attention to their surroundings and ended up tripping over them self onto Sora's poor castle.

When the dust cleared, Sora unveiled his eyes. He saw a sight that made his heart stop for a second.

The person who tripped onto his castle happened to be a little blonde girl with hair that stopped at her shoulders. She was the cutest little thing you could ever imagine, and little Sora could have sworn he felt his cheeks getting hot.

Sora didn't know what to do, he had never really talked to a girl before, besides Selphie, but she didn't count. Sora felt weird in the presence of this girl, but when near Selphie, for little Sora it's like being around another boy.

Sora stood up and dusted his red shorts off, not once averting his eyes away from the mysterious little blonde girl on the verge of tears. He didn't know what to say or what to do. Should he get an adult? No, instead, he did the thing he felt was the most logical to do. He held out his hand.

The little girl looked up at him, the tears threatening to stream down her face.

"Hi," Little Sora said.

"H-hi…" said the little girl. She took his hand and he helped her to her feet. This was getting awkward, even though at the time, Sora didn't know what the word awkward meant, but he knew what he felt. And what he felt was uncomfortable. But for some reason, he didn't run away.

Sora rubbed the back of his head while darting his eyes in all sorts of directions. "U-um," he choked, "So, what's with the crying scene?"

The girl wiped her eyes with her wrist. "I can't find my sister anywhere, I'm so worried about her."

Sora put a finger to his chin. "What's she look like?"

The girl smiled and pointed to herself. "She looks just like me! She's my twin sister!"

She must be really pretty, Sora thought.

This girl was beyond CUTE. Usually Sora thought of girls as icky, but not this one. There was something different about this little girl.

"Well—uh—I guess I can help you find her."

The girl's eyes widened as she peered closer to his face. Her cuteness was killing him right now. Why was he feeling this way?

"You'd do that? Really?"

"Sure…w-why not?"

"Okay, then!" The girl smiled at him with the most radiant of smiles one could imagine for such a young toddler. "What's your name?"

Sora kept his eyes at the ground. "I'm Sora...yeah, that's right. Sora."

Sora had never been the shy type, but right now, he was the shyest of the shy.

"W-what's your name?"

The girl placed her hands on his face, which caught him by surprise, and lifted his face up so that they were looking at each other straight in the eyes. She then retrieved her hands placed her arms behind her back. "I'm Kairi Lockhart."

Her smile was contagious.

Sora woke up with a bitter taste in his mouth. Waking up was always the worst part of the day. He didn't fail to remember that he'd have to go to school with Kairi and back all day from then on, something he was by all means not looking forward to. He even considered faking sick to stay home today just so that he wouldn't have to be bothered with her.

He worked his way through it, however, and he did his daily routine for waking his lazy self up. He took his shower and got dressed.

As he was about to leave, he gave his room a look as if it were to be the last time he'd ever see it.

"Well, my beloved sanctuary, I fair thee well in case I don't come back this afternoon. I may end up killing myself out of the torture I shall receive today, for this day I walk to and from school with a beast…an ugly, gruesome, beast!"

"Sora! Come on!" yelled his mother from downstairs.

"COMING!" he returned. Sora exited his room and jogged his way downstairs. There by the door was his mother, Aerith Strife. She had her hands folded in front of her.

"Sorry sweetie, no breakfast this morning. I'll have to go out to the grocery store and pick up some things."

Sora didn't mind, but his stomach was screaming otherwise.

"Look at the bright side, at least you'll be able to get to school early."

Good news? That's not good news, that sucks!

The doorbell rang, which caught Mrs. Strife by surprise. She turned around and opened the door, where a perky Kairi Lockhart stood. Sora's eyes widened. Her hair…it was…red?!

"Hello, Kairi," greeted Aerith with her friendly smile. "My, that's actually a lovely color on you, Kairi."

Kairi returned the smile. "Thank you."

Sora was stunned, though he tried not to stare at her. The auburn shade of hair definitely was an upgrade, never had Kairi looked better! The redness of her hair complimented her makeup and facial features perfectly. Her hair reached down past her shoulders only slightly, and she looked as if she popped straight out of the TV screen. She wore a simple outfit; a T-Shirt with pink and white stripes that showed just the right amount of cleavage that wasn't too much or too little, a pink undershirt, and a short skirt that went a little bit above the knees.

The word gorgeous didn't do her justice.

"I apologize, Kairi, but I can't fix breakfast this morning. Tomorrow, perhaps?"

"Oh, that's fine. Me and Sora need to get to school early anyway." Kairi's eyes widened. "Oh, I totally forgot my phone! Be right back!"

Kairi hurried herself back into her house. Aerith began smirking at Sora like a Hyena high on drugs. Sora noticed and scowled at her. "What?!"

"I know that look in your eye. You think she's pretty, don't you?"

"Knock it off!" The last thing he needed this morning was his own mother teasing him about Kairi. Riku was bad enough.

"I bet you're happy you get to go to school with her now, huh?" She rested the side of her face on her palm. "It's a shame that she is your best friend. I've always thought you two would make the cutest couple."

"Mom!" This was getting ridiculous. He felt baffled that his mom actually thought that he and Kairi were friends, but even more so that she thought he had a romantic interest in her. What a trooper! Sora, not wanting to deal with his mother any longer, stomped his way out of the house.

"Have a nice day, honey!" Aerith giggled to herself as she closed the door. Sora waited for Kairi by her porch. She quickly walked back out, looking as good as she did before. She looked surprised, usually Sora would have just left without her by now, but he actually waited. Had she been sent to another dimension?

"Oh! You're ready, huh?" Kairi then walked past him. "Well, let's go."

They began heading off to Destiny High. This was the first time they had ever walked alone before. No Roxas, no Naminé, it had almost felt like a chapter in their life had been completed even though it really shouldn't have been that big of a deal.

Sora was feeling nervous. He'll admit, with blonde hair, Kairi was a cute girl, but with auburn hair, she was beautiful. He tried to keep himself from staring at all costs.

Kairi began giving Sora an expectant look. He finally noticed.

"What are you looking at, you little turd?" he asked frustratingly. Cute Kairi or beautiful Kairi, it didn't matter. She was still Kairi, his arch nemesis for as long as he could remember.

Kairi didn't seem to be phased by his insults this morning. She actually looked pretty cheerful, which was making Sora go even crazier, her smile along with her new look was like staring heaven in the face. "So, what do you think about my new hair? Selphie came by on Friday and dyed it for me."

Sora kept looking straight ahead, his eyes looking lazy. "You look like an apple."

Kairi's smile turned upside down. She should have known. She thought that perhaps he might have been a little nicer to her, but he was the same old grouchy Sora. "You're just a hater."

"What is there to hate on? You look like you dipped your head in a bucket of blood."

"Don't get mad at me because you can't take two seconds to do your hair."

"My hair looks fine!"

"Why are you getting so offended?"

"Because!"

Kairi rolled her eyes. "That's all you have to say? I haven't heard a comeback like that since third grade."

"Don't blame me. You're the ugly one who thought it'd be cool to run around looking like a spawn from the devil."

Kairi began to become self-conscious. She took a few strands of her hair. "Is it really that bad?" she asked with true concern. She didn't want to go to school and end up looking like an idiot.

"That bad? What the hell were you thinking? You look like some kind of stoner."

Kairi's face fell.

"Wow, I guess I really am dumb. I thought it actually looked good, but…I guess not."

Sora would be lying if he said he didn't feel a little guilt after that. Kairi turned around.

"If it looks that bad, I can't go to school looking like this. What was I thinking, listening to Selphie…?"

As she took a step, a hand took her by the shoulder. "Oh, no you don't. I'm not about to get in trouble because of you. If you go home, my mom will be all over my ass for not taking you to school."

Kairi rolled her eyes. "You're such a brat! Can't you relax or something for once in your life?"

"Oh my god," he groaned. "Shut up! Your voice is like a screeching chalkboard!"

"Your entire presence makes me feel like I'm suffocating!"

"Shut up!"

"You shut up!"

Sora turned around and was surprised to see that they were right in front of Destiny High. "Oh," he simply said. "We're here."

"I guess we spent the whole time fighting that we didn't even pay attention to how close we were getting. Well, I guess I'll see you—"she looked around and noticed that Sora was gone. He left in the middle of her farewell, how rude.

I HATE that jerk!

Sora was minding his own business, eating his sushi, sitting at the table with the guys. The talk of the school today had been Kairi's new look.

"Yo, have you guys seen Kairi?" asked an enthusiastic Wakka.

"Dude, their table is right there. Of course we've all seen her," said Riku.

"Hey, but every dude at this table has to admit, Kairi is smoking hot!" Tidus said while admiring her. Sora rolled his eyes.

"What do you think, Roxas?" asked Wakka.

"She looks good, don't get me wrong. But I have my sights set on a different girl."

The rest of the guys exchanged looks, but then gave Roxas a smirk.

"And who might that be?" Riku was always the nosy one about everyone else's personal lives.

Roxas wagged his finger. "I'm not telling." He then took a quick glance at Naminé over at the girls' table. She noticed him and gave him a shy smile and a wave, to which he returned the favor.

Sora wasn't even paying attention to their conversation; he had zoned out and was using a chopstick to play with his delicious sushi. Riku then snaked an arm around Sora's shoulder while grinning at him. "So, Sora, you gonna admit that Kairi looks like a million bucks or what?"

Sora scowled at him. "You've got to be kidding. Kairi still looks like a complete tool."

"Come on, Sora," Tidus groaned. "Even you have to admit, she looks like a supermodel over there."

"She looks like a super poser."

The guys all chuckled. Sora wasn't very amused.

"What's so funny?!" he asked offensively.

"It's all over your face, dude," said a cackling Wakka. "You're totally diggin' her, ya?"

"Uh, no I'm not, ya!" Sora mocked in a Jamaican accent.

Someone took a seat at their table, a familiar face to everyone there. He had large red locks and two teardrop tattoos beneath his eyes.

"Have you guys seen Kairi?" asked Axel. "She looks like a celebrity!"

Name: Axel Fujiwara

Sex: Male

Age: 17

Birthplace: Radiant Garden

Sexual Preference: Unknown

Likes: Setting stuff on fire, listening to dubstep and rock music, the sun, and the color red.

Dislikes: Boring people to talk to, people who won't live a little, snow, and girls with no personality.

Personality: Axel loves living in his own shoes. He goes through every day as if it were his last, always living life to the fullest. He has a thing for fire, and he likes to make his own entertainment whenever he feels it's necessary. He lives by his own rules, and no one else's. He's in the twelfth grade despite usually hanging out with Juniors. He and Roxas are best friends.

"Axel brudda, talk some sense into Sora here, man."

Axel clasped his hands together as if he were some kind of therapist. "What seems to be the problem?"

"Sora says that Kairi isn't hot with her new look," Tidus answered as he took a bite of his sushi.

Axel slammed his hands onto the table. "Are you mad, man?! Have your eyes grown numb?!"

"Dude, why are you talking like that?" asked a freaked out Sora.

Axel shrugged. "Point is, you're whacked. Kairi looks like a goddess, and you know it."

Sora stubbornly took a bite of his lunch and chewed with his eyes closed.

"I don't know what you're talking about," he replied with a mouth full.

"Don't mind him, Sora's just a hater, that's his problem." Riku grinned as he took Sora into a choke hold.

"I'm not a hater, I just tell it the way it is."

Riku let go of his grasp.

"You tell anything but the truth, ya."

"You guys are hyping Kairi up way too much. She doesn't look as good as you're all making her out to be." How stubborn.

Speaking of Kairi, she was in the midst of conversation with Selphie, Naminé, and a couple of their girl friends.

"Wow Kai, I just can't get over how good you really do look with the new hair," said one of the girls.

Kairi had been getting that a lot lately. "Thank you."

"What did I tell you, Kai?" said Selphie with a cheesy grin. "Was I right, or was I right?"

Kairi sighed with a smile on her face. "Well, with those options, I guess you were right."

"I knew it! I don't know why, but I had a feeling the color would suit you. Blonde is more of Naminé's color."

"Yes, you do look very good," said Naminé.

Kairi was feeling a little overwhelmed with all of the compliments she had been receiving. She had got one from about everyone except for Sora. Not that she cared; no way did she need his approval. Speaking of Sora…

She got up from her chair and told her friends that she'd be right back. Kairi walked over to Sora and pulled him out of his chair. "Agh! What gives?"

"Have fun!" Riku teasingly called out.

Kairi pulled him over by the restrooms. She released his arm and he rubbed it while giving her the eye.

"What's your problem? Jeez, your grip feels like a freaking dude's grip! You sure you aren't a transgender?"

She punched him in the arm.

"NYA!"

"Now listen to me, if we're going to be going to school together from now on, we need to set up a system."

Sora rolled his eyes.

"We'll meet up in the back of the gymnasium after classes, and then we can head out the back way."

"Why do we have to go the back way?"

"I don't want people to see us walking back home together, they'll get the wrong idea!"

"Hm, good thinking."

She said earlier that she didn't care whether or not Sora would say anything about her hair, but now it was starting to intrigue her if he really did like it, or if the stuff he said earlier was just a bunch of cow manure.

Everybody was saying that her hair looked great on her, but if Sora actually admitted it, then she'd truly believe all of their compliments. Sora would only compliment her if something really looked good on her, so she needed to see if she could get the truth out of him.

"So, is there anything else you want to tell me?" she asked while twirling her hair, as if trying to give the hint.

Sora folded his hands behind his head. "You stink, I hate you, you suck, fuck you, I hope you get sick tomorrow so that I don't have to walk to school with you, and you're ugly."

Kairi gritted her teeth to hold back from her anger. "Anything else?"

He examined Kairi. "Hm, you could use a bigger rack."

Kairi defensively covered her chest. "Why are you looking there, you pervert!?"

"Just telling it how it is."

"ASSHOLE!" And with that, she slapped him on the back of his head, knocking him to the floor.

"ARGH!" he cried as her hand connected to the back of his skull.

She marched her way back to her table. Sora got up after she was out of sight and cracked his neck. He hated it when she did that.

"There's going to be a field trip this upcoming Friday," said Mr. Eraqus, the modern band instructor. The class groaned.

Nobody in the classroom cared about a field trip. By the time you got to High School, field trips became less about fun and more about education. Mr. Eraqus chuckled.

"I know what you're thinking, you think we'll be going to one of those boring music halls or something."

"Wait, you're saying we aren't?" asked one of the students.

"No, we're going to do something a lot cooler. The school board helped pitch in—so we'll be taking a trip to the Gullwings concert, since they are in town."

The class roared with excitement. They were going to a rock concert this Friday? That was as awesome as awesome could get. Usually school's wouldn't take their students to a rock concert, let alone to a field trip at all whatsoever, but this was an arts school that had seemingly endless amounts of money, so they were going to do whatever the hell they wanted to.

"Of course, the trip will take place after school. The trip also won't go unnoticed by your parents, as I've made a ridiculous amount of permission slips." Mr. Eraqus scanned the room. "Mr. Nojima, help me pass things out please."

Riku got up from his seat. "Yes, sir!"

Sora was as giddy as could be, although he tried not to show it. It wasn't a secret that he was a huge fan of the Gullwings. They were a rock band consisting of three females.

Yuna, the lead singer, Rikku, the main guitarist, and Paine, the drummer, who also helped produce the instrumentals on their records. Sora had the biggest crush on Rikku, since she knew her way with a guitar, and he loves playing the guitar himself. Sora has always held inspiration from her whenever he played, and on top of that, he found her very attractive.

"Only eleventh and twelve graders will be allowed to come," said Mr. Eraqus as he and Riku finished handing out the papers. "You will also have a fifteen dollar fee to pay, without it, you won't be able to attend."

Kairi pushed the doors to the gym open slightly and it made a noisy creaking noise. She peered inside the gym; it was pitch black inside for some reason. She thought the basketball team had practice after classes today, but she supposed not.

She looked around and there was no sign of any spiky-haired teenagers.

"Hello? Sora?" she called out. An echo sounded through the entire room. She had to admit that she was pretty spooked. She had never been too keen on the dark, even well into her teenage years. Of course, she'd never admit that out loud. She decided she'd might as well suck it up and wait for Sora to get here.

She tip toed her way inside. She placed her hands against the wall to see if she could find a switch that could turn the lights on. In the midst of this, she ended up accidentally dropping her phone. "Damn it!" she cursed. She jumped when the loud echo boomed across the dark room. Even her own voice sounded scary in an echo.

She dropped to floor and began tapping on the floor with the palm of her hands to try and get a feel for her cell phone. Great, now she knew what it was like to be Velma from Scooby freaking Doo.

She continued patting her hands on the floor but not once did she feel her phone. She was starting to get worried, if she lost it, her mother would kill her. She had a pretty expensive phone.

"BOO!"

"AAAAAGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!" Kairi screamed in fear. Before she could do anything else, the lights cut on and Sora appeared next to the switch. He had dissolved into laughter, clutching his sides hard.

"You're such a sap, Kai!" he said into between guffaws. He pulled out her cell phone from his back pocket and shook it teasingly, a big smirk on his face.

Kairi wasn't very amused at all. In fact, one could say she was livid. "You bastard!" She began chasing Sora all over the gymnasium, praying to God she'd get her grimy fingers on him and make him pay for scaring the daylights out of her.

However, she was no match for him, and she ended up tiring quicker than she expected to. Sora hadn't broken a sweat, and leaned by the door while giving Kairi a grin. "What's wrong, Kai? Out of shape?"

Once she caught her breathe, she stood up and walked over to the brunet, snatching her phone out his hand while giving him a threatening look. "I'm gonna make you outta shape!"

Sora wasn't very intimidated. "Come on, let's go before you end up having an asthma attack."

He took the lead out of the gym and they proceeded to walk home side by side. Kairi couldn't help but notice that Sora seemed like he was in a much better mood this afternoon. He was still a jerk, but at least he was a content jerk.

"What's with you?" she asked accusingly.

"Nothing. I'm just pumped for the field trip this Friday, that's all."

"Oh, right. You mean the trip we're all taking to see the Gullwings."

"No, I meant the other field trip we're taking this Friday." The sarcasm was oozing in his tone.

"Piss off."

"What's the matter? You jealous just 'cause they're hot and talented, and you look like an Emma Stone wannabe?"

Kairi bit her lip. She needed to know how he felt about the hair. She didn't know why though, it was killing her needing to have Sora's approval.

"So, is my hair really that bad?"

Sora chortled. "You kidding me? I don't know what you were smoking when you dyed it that color, but you look like an idiot! I mean, what did your mom say? Does she even know it looks that bad? You were better off being a blonde, Kai. Sorry, it's just the truth."

Sora took a few more steps only to notice Kairi had stopped walking with him. He turned around to see her looking pretty down, her eyes were shrouded by her bangs as she froze in her tracks.

"Wow. I'm so stupid," she began, "I thought the hair might have been a fresh new change for me, but I guess I was just being an idiot."

Sora began to give her his full attention.

"I thought that if you liked it, then the hair might have been a truly good edition to myself. You know, I wasn't feeling very good about the way I looked recently, so I did whatever Selphie said in hopes that it ended up paying off. I was just being silly, huh? I'm just…an idiot…"

Sora was surprised. Since when had feisty little Kairi Lockhart been so insecure? It was just a change in her hair, why was she making this such a big deal?

She turned around and began walking in another direction. She figured she might as well go grab a bite to eat and feel sorry for herself elsewhere, but before she could even take another step, a hand grabbed her by the arm. She was shocked and turned around, looking at Sora straight in the face.

He looked a little embarrassed as his cheeks were a bright shade of pink, and he directed his eyes away from Kairi's at all cost. "U-um," he choked out. "Listen—maybe…maybe I wasn't being completely honest, okay?"

Kairi turned her full body towards him. "Enlighten me."

"Well," Sora gulped. He really did think she looked gorgeous with her new hair, but like hell he was going to tell her that. "Um, let's just say you don't look as irritating as you did before, okay?"

He let go of her arm and placed his hands in his pockets as he continued trying to find an excuse to not look at her in the face, but he failed. He couldn't help it any longer and ended up looking at her in the eyes.

She was giving him a warm smile and her eyes shrieked of sincerity.

"What's with the stupid face?" he asked in a childish tone.

"I think that's the nicest thing you've said to me in a long time."

Sora rolled his eyes. "Aw man! This is why I don't tell you about all of the nice things about you! You always make a big deal about it and you make that ugly puppy dog face of yours!"

Kairi continued smiling at him. He waved his hand in front of her face.

"Uh, hello? This is the part in the script where you get pissed off and start calling me names and stuff."

"You just said that you don't tell me about all of the nice things you like about me, does that mean there's more things you like about me?"

Sora's face went as red as Kairi's hair. "Huh? Psh, no! I mean—uh—nhmm—shut up!"

Kairi couldn't help but giggle as Sora's face made a pouty expression.

"Come you lazy bum, let's get back home," she said. And for the first time in a long time, she smiled a true smile that had meaning behind it. Now she knew: Sora really did like the new hair.

She felt a little pathetic for needing his approval this badly, but at least she knew she actually had it.

Later that night, Sora was in his room listening to music. Specifically, he was listening to the Gullwings music. He just couldn't believe he was going to go to their concert this Friday. Perhaps if he got lucky, he'd get a chance to meet Rikku in person. Okay, maybe he was being a little obsessive at this point.

Sora even had a poster of the Gullwings on his wall. He had hearts drawn around Rikku's pretty countenance.

He looked over at his clock, which read 10:47 PM. He figured he might as get to sleep now before he turned into an insomniac. Just as he reached over to his lamp to engulf his room in darkness, he heard something from his window.

Sora groaned. He already knew who it was.

Sora and Kairi had a system. They each had a bowl of pebbles in their rooms. Whenever one of them needed something from the other, they'd throw a pebble at the other person's window to get their attention. They came up with this method when they were toddlers and didn't have any cell phones. They had phones now, but just didn't feel like breaking the tradition.

Sora opened his window and was greeted with the sight of Kairi in nothing but a white tank top and some pink sweat pants, obviously her sleeping attire.

"What?"

"Can I borrow your Geometry book for the night? I let Selphie borrow mines and I won't have a book for class tomorrow, and since I have Geometry before you, I'd just give it back to you later."

"Too bad."

"Really? After all the times I lent you my freaking English notes back in fifth grade, you can't do this one thing?"

Sora's expression remained unmoved. "Lick. My. Furry. Balls."

Kairi wasn't getting to him, which meant she had to resort to her final attack. She made a face with big cute pupils and a quivering lip that made her look adorable. "Please…"

Oh no, it was his weakness! The puppy dog face!

Oh no! I hate it when she makes that puppy dog face! he thought. He tried closing his eyes, but his left eye ended up peering itself back open.

So…cute…

Sora threw his arms up in defeat. "Ugh, fine!" Sora grumbled as he walked over to his book bag, digging through it to find his Geometry book.

"That's twice I fell for her traps today, damn it!" he complained. Sora pulled the book out of his bag. He stepped back to his window and tossed it over to the redhead. She caught it while sticking her tongue out at him.

"Just give it back at lunch tomorrow."

"Sure thing."

Kairi rushed back into the comfort of her room and shuts her window. Sora does the same as he snuggles his way back into his covers.

"I don't think I'll ever understand that girl," he thought aloud.

Sora closed his eyes and began to let his brain bring him into the realm of dreams. Well, he would have, if not for the fact that he heard a familiar crack sound from his window once more. He irritatingly got back up from his bed and opened his window.

"WHAT?!"

"I can't sleep…"

"And you're telling me this, why?"

"Stay up with me until I get tired."

"No way! I'm not an insomniac like you!"

"Sora, please." She hit him with the puppy dog face again.

Sora punched himself mentally for falling for it for the third time in a row. Sora sighs as he slumps onto his window frame.

"Oh grow up, I don't want to hang out with you any more than you want to hang out with me."

Sora looked at her in disbelief. "Then why do you hang out with me?"

Kairi began looking out at the night sky. The stars lit the heavens with a radiant beam. "Because…"

"Because what?"

"Who else will I hang out with at this time at night?"

Sora gave her a mean expression before slumping back onto the window frame. Kairi looked back out at the sky in admiration. She sighed filled with relief.

"Hey, Sora. You ever get a weird feeling? Like, in your gut that something just doesn't feel right?"

"You're probably just hungry." Another pebble hit him in the face and he noticed the frown on Kairi's face.

"I'm being totally serious. I don't know, I just—I just don't wanna go to school tomorrow."

"I would if I were you. You could use the extra knowledge."

"Are you saying I'm dumb?"

"No, I didn't say that! I thought it, but I didn't say it."

Kairi groaned. "You're so annoying."

"And you're not?"

"Just shut up, will you?!"

"Don't feel like it."

"Oh my god, why are you so immature?"

"Why are you so crazy?"

"I'm not crazy! You look like a hippie!"

"And you're a pathetic excuse for a girl."

Next thing Sora knew, she shut her window closed fuming with anger. Sora smirked. "Works every time."

I'm really tired right now and don't feel like proofreading but I wanted to get this on the site. So if there are any errors up there, ignore em for now and I'll fix it later

I have a favor for anyone reading this, I need you to go check out 'The Art Of Attraction' by my friend, The V-Blade. It's his first fic and it's a really cute story! I think you all would like it very much if you all went to check it out!

AND LEAVE A REVIEW FOR ME PLEASE! I'D REALLY APPRECIATE IT!