Chapter 1: The Challenge.
I woke up to the sunlight streaming through my window. Like it always did. I grabbed my clothes, dressed, combed my hair, and brushed my teeth, not paying much attention to my morning routine's rhythm. I grabbed my wooden sword and ran outside. I knew it was childish, but it actually comes in handy sometimes. I strolled down the beach towards the cove. 'Destiny Island,' I thought. I wished I could see other worlds. I longed for change. After a creepy dream with a door, though, I decided the raft was a better idea. Highwind- the name I had wanted. When I asked Sora, his mind was already being seduced by hormones, leading him to choose Boobz instead of the totally awesome name I wanted. He lost the race, though- I had raced him over the name, and I won, sparing the raft of the weirdest name. For a stretch of time, he was completely infatuated with boobs and not caring what anyone thought. I saw Kairi down the beach from me, and I ran to her, finding her squatting.
"Whaddya doing, Kairi?" I asked.
"Poking this crab with a stick," she said. I looked back to the little thing, pinching the stick every time it came close.
"Well, let's go find Sora," I said. We couldn't just hang out without Sora. He made all the awkwardness soley on him, so I didn't have to worry about embarrassing myself in front of Kairi. She was pretty, but I never really thought of her as dateable. When we found Sora, he was climbing a tree. He was actually under a branch squirming to climb but not moving because his head was pressing into a limb right above him.
"Sora, what are you doing?" I asked.
"This tree was... Sitting here. I'm playing rapist," he said. Just like a kid. Of course, kids don't play rapist. Nobody does. Even real rapists because they only play, but it's not a game.
"Sora, that's kind of weird," Kairi said. She was holding my arm. I couldn't generate any excitement from it- I was too creeped out.
"It's fun," he insisted.
"Come down, Sora. Please?" I asked.
"Okay, Riku," he said. Then he came down. "I'm Sora and I just don't care!" he exclaimed, leaping over me. He jumped unnaturally high- he jumped clear over my head.
"Yeah yeah... Do you want to fight over who gets to buy ice cream for Kairi?" I asked. But instead of jumping at the challenge, he turned around.
"Nah. You can, Riku. I can't play with Kairi- you're the only one for me!" he said. Then he dashed off.
"What?" I asked, half to myself.
"He probably meant he can only play with you, and you alone. I guess it's because he sort of liked it better when it was just the two of you. Girls always seem to make things awkward for guys," Kairi said.
"That makes sense, but... You've never really struck me as a girl. You're just Kairi to me," I said, then realized what I'd just said. She just smiled nervously.
"Yeah... I'm just gonna get my own ice cream. You can come if you want to," she said, and started to walk. I really liked ice-cream.
"Wait up! I'm getting ice cream, too!" I shouted, running after her.
