Theme: 69. Annoyance
Pairing: SoraxKairi
Summary: Boys only annoy the girls they like the most. Right? Nah.
Rating: K
Timeline: Pre-KH1

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"SORAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!" Kairi shrieked loudly. The brown haired boy ran off laughing for the third time that day and Kairi shook her hair to try and get the sand out. She was getting sick and TIRED of his annoying pranks. How could he think they were funny? Maybe he'd like to get a taste of what it's like trying to wash every grain of sand out from his hair.

Kairi sighed unhappily and took out her comb. She checked her reflection in the water and started combing as much sand out as she could reach. The rest would have to be rinsed out by a shower later. She hated...LOATHED...the feeling of sand grains on her scalp. Sora knew this too. So why did he dump a whole bucket of sand on her?

"Probably for the same reason he put wet seaweed on my book," Kairi thought bitterly. "Or took my lucky charm and refused to give it back."

She sighed. Selphie always said that he was annoying her because he liked her. That he wanted her attention. That was always what her mom told her when she wanted to know why Tidus wouldn't stop poking her.

Kairi didn't believe a word of that. Boys shouldn't ANNOY a girl when they like her! Boys should be nice to her, offer her little gifts, say nice things...

"Wait," Kairi interrupted her own thoughts. "This is SORA after all." And she began laughing.

"Hey, Kairi!!"

The redhaired turned around just in time to catch a ball sailing towards her. Sora and Riku ran up to her with cheeky grins on their faces. Kairi gave a thin smile back, trying to show she was still mad at Sora.

"Hey Sora. Hey Riku," she said.

"Hey Kairi," Riku said. "We need you to be the judge for our usual race again."

"Alright..." Kairi agreed. "What are you two betting on now?"

"If I win, Sora has to work on the raft on his own for a whole day," Riku smirked. Kairi giggled, knowing why he deliberately chose that. Sora was so lazy and Riku was a hard worker. Making Sora work on the raft for a whole day was going to be funny to watch.

"And if you win?" Kairi turned to face Sora, who just grinned at her.

"What I want is a secret! I'll get it when I win!"

"When you win?" Riku gave a short laugh. "Thinking a little too far ahead, aren't you?"

"Nah," Sora replied. His grin grew wider and he headed off towards the beach side where he and Riku always run. Riku and Kairi glanced at each other, shrugged and followed.

It wasn't like Sora to be so cocky. He's always getting beaten by Riku in their races. Oh sure, there was one, maybe two times Sora got lucky, but Riku's score beat him by far.

Once they were on the beach, Kairi called for the race to begin. Sora and Riku stood side by side and took a running stance.

"Ready...set...GO!" Kairi yelled.

And they were off. Over the sand, over the trees, up to the little indent in the wall and rushing back to where Kairi was standing. Sora's expression seemed to change from goofy to determined...like winning meant everything now. Kairi wondered what it was Sora wanted if he did win.

Which wasn't going to happen. Riku was always one step ahead. Even before Kairi shouted, "Winner!", all three of them knew Riku had won. Sora came up behind him, panting for breath.

"That was...no fair!" he protested.

Kairi shook her head. "Sorry, Sora. Riku got here first."

"But-!"

"Arguing with the judge is not good for you, Sora," Riku said. He then smirked. "You're now going to be building the raft on your own without my help. Now get to work!"

"I can't do it on my own!!" Sora protested. Kairi shook her head.

"Yes you can! And now you can finally stop annoying me as well!"

Sora sulked unhappily, knowing he was outnumbered. "Fine, I'll go work...but first, there's something I want."

"Sora, you lost the race. You're not suppose to-" Riku's jaw dropped and he stopped talking when he saw Sora lean over and kiss Kairi on the lips. Kairi's eyes had widened and her face turned into a shade of red that was darker than her own hair. "Whoa..."

Sora pulled away, his cheeky grin back on his face. "That's all I wanted! I'll go work on the raft now. Oh, and Kairi? This is for you," he said, taking a crown of sea flowers from his pocket and putting it on Kairi's head. Dazed, Kairi reached up and touched each flower...

...and shrieked when she found a small sandcrab in one of them. Sora laughed and ran off to get the supplies for the raft.

"SORAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!" Kairi yelled angrily, chasing him.

Riku stayed rooted to the same spot, shaking his head. He tried to warn Sora that annoying Kairi wasn't the best way to get her attention.

That surprise kiss sure was something else, though.

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I REALLY enjoyed this one. XP Sora's so much fun to write.

Two down, twenty three to go.

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Pairing: ZexionxXion

(This has become a true favourite couple of mine. I want to make it work!)