Fate is Where the Heart Leads you
Chapter 2: That First Night
Sierra: Yay my story has finally begun! Do I win food now?
Me: Uhm… No. You'll win the cookies I baked for Sora after we accomplish getting to chapter ten.
Sora: YOU MADE ME COOKIES!? GIMME! :DD
Me: No! You already have enough energy as it is and I don't want to see what would happen if I gave you sugar…
Riku: Take my word for it, it's scary.
Sora: SHUSH YOU!
Me: While those two sort out their differences about why Sora should or should not have sugar, let me express my gratitude to those of you who read and reviewed! I know the first chapter seemed vague so I completely rewrote the whole thing and fixed the issues! ^^ So go give it a read before you read this chapter. On another note, I hope you guys continue to read my trainwreck of a story and let me know what you think! And here's the disclaimer, I do not not own Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy. Yet again, thank you for reading my story and I look forward to your continued support!
Sierra:
"So, are you guys ready to come in?" Sora asks while he opens the front door to the house, at this point I am extremely nervous, what if no one in the house likes me? What if they are mean people unlike Sora and Riku? "Sierra? Are you coming in or not?" Hearing Sora's voice brought me out of my doldrums, I took a deep breath and took those first few brave steps into the house. Immediately upon my entrance, Sora jumped on me and trapped me into a hug, "Welcome to your new home Sierra!" I was right, guys do have muscles, he's crushing my poor fragile body. "Sora, I can't breathe, get off of me!" He finally lets go after an extended few seconds. After regaining my composure, I hear an unknown voice calling from an unknown distance away, "Sora, are you guys home? And is Sierra with you?" The voice sound's like a woman's, and from her tone she seems to be very genuine. "Yeah, we're home! Is dinner ready or do we have time for Sierra's welcoming!" Said unknown female's voice goes up a few pitches, "Oh shoot, I'll be right there!" I can hear scampering swiftly coming closer, and closer, and suddenly I'm trapped yet again in a hug of crushing death! Why do people insist on hugging me so much? "I'm so glad to meet you Sierra! My name's Aqua and I'm Sora's aunt and I'm so glad you're here and now there are finally two females in the house and we are going to have so much fun!" I couldn't even focus on what she was saying, the hug of death was kinda crushing my ears and i could only hear her heartbeat getting faster and louder, like a train coming into the station. "Auntie get off of her you're suffocating her!" Sora whines as he attempts to pull Mrs. Aqua off of me. "Oh, I'm sorry dear, I was just extremely excited to finally meet my niece that I haven't seen since she were a baby!" Aqua jumps up and down like an excited toddler waiting to be given, she is probably the reason why Sora is hyper… Yep this household is going to be strictly decaf and caffeine free. "So Sierra, are you ready for dinner?" Aqua asks and as if on cue, my stomach grumbles and everyone laughs while I obtain a blush that would make a tomato jealous. Aqua tells Sora to take my stuff upstairs to my new room while she leads me through the house into the kitchen. As we enter the kitchen, the smell of baked goods and pot roast intoxicates my nose, as if the scent was meant to make my tastebuds float. My stomach grumbles a few more times out of excitement. "So you're that hungry I'm guessing? Get yourself seated anywhere and I'll bring the food out, just relax okay darling? Hey Riku, could you help me please? The pot roast is too heavy for me and I wouldn't want to make a mess on this special night." Riku humbly agrees and follows Aqua into the cooking area of the kitchen, while they're assorting plates and silverware for us to eat with, I can't help but to look around at my new surroundings. The whole kitchen was a moderately large space, it was probably a separate kitchen and dining place at one point in time but it must have been mended to make extra room. There were photographs, picture frames, and antiques hanging from every wall at a moderately high elevation. I wandered away from the table to look at the pictures, there were just so many! The first that caught my eye was of Sora holding a fish and a fishing pole when he was a young boy, he had the exact same grin that I saw today, it was precious. Sauntering over to the left, I saw a picture of a young Sora, Riku, and another person having fun at the beach making a sand castle. I could have sworn but that third person had a striking resemblance to Sora. I was going to peak at another picture, that was before Aqua appeared behind me and planted a party hat on my head. "Family history later!" She exclaims, "Now is the time to party and eat my new recipe!" As we all get settled at the table, Riku pulls Sora in for a quick peck on the lips. WHAAAAT. HE'S GAY, AND SORA IS GAY TOO? Oh yes, I now have shopping buddies to go into scary grown lady places with me. "Riku! No kissing my nephew at the table when Sierra is still getting used to being here, no dessert for you!" Aqua laughs while both Sora and Riku blush and laugh along, and before I know it I'm laughing too. I don't laugh too often, if I laugh people in public stare at me and then I return to my reclusive shell and attempt to fuse with the walls. Before I know it however, I'm on the floor dying of laughter because I haven't felt truly this happy in such a long time. "Wow, Sierra must have really found that funny, don't exactly understand why though" Riku scratches his head out of confusion and helps the giggly girl back into her seat. Gosh I just couldn't stop laughing, it felt so good to get it all out, and now everyone's looking at me, and then they break out laughing like I was. "Oh goodness Sierra you are too much, I can already tell that life is going to be more interesting now that you're here. Now that our laughing fits are over, how about dinner now lady and gentlemen?" Aqua reaches for the utensils and passes the dishes down to each person for us all to get our portions.
Dinner was going great, I was getting to know everyone better and the meal was delicious, I should have Aqua teach me how to cook. We all finished our meals and I decided to help Aqua clean up the leftovers and wash the dirty dishes, she decides to start up a conversation to break the awkward silence. "So Sierra, we actually got your enrollment date wrong, you actually start school with Sora and Riku tomorrow, sorry for the mishap." I drop dish that I was cleaning back into the seat, did I just hear her right? I go back to school one day after I was removed from my old school? I actually have to go to bed tonight? Well, guess it's only fair, for all I know Aqua works during the day and probably organized the early enrollment so that I wouldn't be in the house all alone. "Oh that's okay, I would've been confused about what to do here alone anyways so it's all good. Is there a uniform or anything that I have to wear?" At my old school we had to wear two uniforms, one for each other semester. It wasn't that bad, except that the boys kept trying to sneak peeps up our skirts and it just got annoying. Anyways, believe it or not, I was actually excited to go to school tomorrow.
Aqua could probably see the excitement in my eyes and trapped me in another hug. "No, there are no uniforms, the only article of clothing that the school isn't fond of is gang symbols and well… nudity. I could help you pick out an outfit if you're willing?" I agree and Aqua releases me from her hug and we continue doing the dishes. About twelve minutes afterwards, we finish and Aqua leads me back into the little dining area and she reminisces the memories from all of the photographs on the walls. She grabs one off of the wall and hands it to me, It's a picture of a young Sora and Riku at the fair with a younger Aqua and another young girl that was hugging Sora. "This was taken at the Destiny Islands Beach Fair, Sora and Riku were about ten at the time" she points specifically to the young girl hanging on Sora, "This lovely girl is Kairi, she was Sora's best friend, well, until they moved away about three years ago. She, Sora, and Riku were extremely close, they had sleepovers here almost every month and it was extremely lovely." She gently takes the photograph back from me and returns it to the wall, "On to the next one, don't want to get too melodramatic on you, I'm a bit of a cryer if you couldn't guess." She gently smiles at me and I smile back, suddenly, some very loud sounds ruin our bonding moment like a wrecking ball going through a demolition target. You could hear Sora grunting in the distance while Riku chuckles. After a few moments, the two boys come into the kitchen and put… somewhat wrapped boxes on the table, Sora makes a goofy grin and explains why the boxes seem so… something. "I am so sorry! Riku kept throwing pencils at me while we were finishing our homework and we totally forgot about the presents we got for you! So we kinda had to rush with the wrapping, and no this is not my work, you can blame Riku for this!" He sticks his tongue out at Riku and he just chuckles even more. "Well, go on, open them!" Aqua pushes me closer to the table while Riku puts the first box in my hand. "Aqua told us that you liked the 'scene' look, but wasn't really specific about what exactly, so this is the best that I could do. I hope you like it." Riku gives me a genuine smile and I tear off the wrapping paper and open the box. Inside of the box was a beanie hat that had the coloring of a gorgeous shade of purple, my favorite color. "Oh my gosh, I love it! Thank you Riku!" I exclaim and give Riku a hug, I believe I felt him flinch for a bit but he returned the mutual feelings as well, wrapping me in a hug tighter than Sora's but more gentle. Sora attempts to pull the silverette off of me, "Open mine next Sierra! I bet you'll like mine more than Riku's!" He sticks his tongue out at Riku as if to prove an unspoken point. As I start opening the second box after ripping the wrapping paper, I saw that the box had no lid whatsoever and Sora looked extremely embarrassed and flailed his arms in random directions. "I can't believe that I forgot to put the lid back on! Still, it's better than Riku's." I reach my hand into the box and I grab the fabric that was within, when I saw it I swear my heart skipped a beat. It was a purple and black dress that flowed at the bottom as I moved it from side to side, I put it to my shoulders to see how low it went and it went to my knees, perfect. "You were right Sora, this is better than Riku's gift. Thank you so much!" Sora makes a triumphant laugh and pokes Riku's face to prove to the boy that he had won. Aqua hands me the last and final box, which is the biggest box of the three which made me excited. "Okay, now for the finale! Aqua's gift of extreme awesomeness! Go on and open it!" She urges me to open the box and I attempt to rip off the paper but it just wouldn't come off! "That's not paper silly,' Aqua laughs, 'It's just a plain box, I made it all colorful so that I could trick you!" She laughs a maniacal laugh and I chuckle as I take the lid off of the box. Right afterwards, I felt as if my jaw had dropped to the floor. Inside the box were more stockings, nail polish, earrings, and skirts that I could even attempt to count in one place. "I used to be in a scene phase when I was younger, and when I graduated from high school I grew out of it. I kept all of the clothes and such pondering if I would ever return to that world for night or two if I was interested. But after seeing the picture that your dad sent me, I realized that this would be the perfect gift for you. Do you like it?" She looks at me and as if by instinct, I jump onto her and trap her in a hug. "Aqua, I freaking love it! Oh my goodness thank you so much!"
Before I know it we're all laughing again and having such a merry time. Calming down first, Aqua tells us that Sora and I need to get ready for showers and bedtime also asking Riku if he could call his parents to see if it would be okay for him to spend the night. Riku called his parents and got the okay, and Aqua had the boys help me bring my presents up to my new room. As we go up the stairs, Sora points out everyone's rooms and we turn the first corner on the left and Sora opens the door to the room. The room was larger than what I was used to, which was a good thing. Sora and Riku put the other boxes on the dresser in the room and ask if I need anything else. I tell them that I'll be fine, however I did ask them where the bathroom was since after all that laughing I'm surprised that my bladder didn't explode from all of the excitement yet. "Oh, every room has it's own personal bathroom, Aqua is really big on personal space and because Riku and I always left a mess in her bathroom every time we tried playing hide and seek when we were younger." Sora then points out that my bathroom door is in the corner next to my closet. He asks me again if there's anything else that I need and this time I'm sure that there is nothing else, so he and Riku head out of the room and probably wander to Sora's room. I flick the light switch on the opposite side of the room and wait for the light to illuminate the room. I grab the clothes from my bags and put them in the dresser first, separating the articles of clothing into their own location before proceeding to see if there were enough hangers in the closet for my shirts and the dress that Sora got me. I then use the box that Riku had my new hat in and put all of the nail polish in that, making it as organized as I possibly can. There were no hangers for the earrings so if I get an allowance in the future I would put some of the funds into getting earring racks for all of the piercings that I got from Aqua.
Now that all of the organizing is finished for now, before all of my other belongings magically arrive here, I decided to end the night by hopping in the shower before getting ready for bed. I stepped into the bathroom and saw that it was fully equipped with a single person shower, a bathtub, and a self standing sink. I look in the shower and see that someone had already put all of my shampoos, shaving blades, body washes, and bath brushes for reaching behind my back where my arms couldn't reach. I stripped off my clothes quickly and hop into the shower, turning on the hot water and immediately feeling relaxed as the water hits and cascades off of my skin. Twenty minutes in the shower to me feels like hours of pure, relaxed bliss. I get out of the shower and get dressed. I forgot to pack any pajamas so I guess I'll be stuck with my old basketball uniform from my middle school, that's right, I am that tiny weight-wise. As I get ready to get underneath the covers that were leftovers from Aqua's teen days, I suddenly have the thought of who would get me up for school or when should I be up to get prepared? I hop out of the bed and saunter out of the room. I turn the corner, hoping to find Sora's room if I remembered things correctly from when he showed me around an hour earlier. As I reach his door, I can hear strange sounds coming from the room. I put my ear against the door and I wish I wouldn't have, I could hear Sora and Riku doing… nasty things. I try to stifle my scream and head downstairs to see if Aqua would be able to tell me the things that I need to know. I go down the stairs and see her sitting in the living room watching a comedy, "Uhm, Aqua? What time should I be up and ready for school tomorrow?" I ask the question to get her attention, "Oh, don't worry about that sweetie, I'll make sure that you have enough time in the morning, go get some rest okay?" She gets off of the couch and gives me one final hug for the night. I hug her back and she whispers something in my ear, "I hope your first night here was amazing Sierra, I love you." I return the mutual feeling and silently walk up the stairs, return to my room, get comfy under the covers, and as I fall asleep, there is one thought on my mind. This was the best first night ever.
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Sora: WHY ARE YOU GIVING AWAY MY COOKIES!?
Me: THESE ARE NOT YOUR COOKIES SHUSH YOUR MOUTH! XC