Alright everyone! I know so far my promise to update every weekend seems lost, however I want you to know that since I didn't update last weekend, I'm endeavoring to make it up to you all by posting Two chapters this weekend. You heard me, two of them. So, sit back and enjoy, this is second installment of Broken and Healed.
Warnings!! This is a yaoi!! That means this has a boy. kissing. another. boy!! If that doesn't clear things up for you, leave this story. Seriously, I'm not joking, get out. Don't stupidly force yourself to read a guy making out with another guy just to then turn around and complain to your parents and the site. That being covered, there will also probably be language and anything from implied gay sex/heterosexual sex to outright sex. If this is too much for some of you, again, I'd suggest either backing out or just skipping those sorts of scenes. I'm not one for needless page breaks, but for those peoples sensibilities I'll consent to giving a warning before any sort of outright sex scenes, okay?
Disclaimer: Basically a statement about how I never have and never will own any of the characters or original Kingdom Hearts' story line's copyrights or anything like that. To whomever does own this, you're amazingly lucky, but to the rest of you, it's not me whose the owner nor am I making any sort of profit off of this. The only part of this entire thing that is mine is this particular story plot that I'm using them in.
Now with the preliminaries out of the way we can move on to the real purpose you're all here . Enjoy!!
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Chapter Two – And the Sun Crashed into the Sea
Sora and Kairi had chosen to walk to the beach since it was only a few blocks away, but that still meant that by the time they got there, the rest of their friends – minus Riku – were already there waiting for them. As they approached the small group on the beach, a sandy-haired boy who had been digging through the cooler under the parasol looked up at them and began to wave.
"Hey guys! What took you so long? Hey Wakka, Selphie, get over here" Tidus shouted to the other two that were over tossing around Wakka's Blitz ball. Selphie gave a happy shout and ran over to join them under the parasol, while Wakka quickly grabbed his Blitz ball from where she'd tossed it in her excitement. He gave a jerk of his head by way of greeting as he joined them all.
"Hey Tidus, guys, sorry it took so long" said Sora sheepishly while rubbing the back of his head.
"Don' worry about it, man. We got to have some fun even though you guys weren't here" said Wakka in his thick island accent.
"Yeah, but where's Riku? Wasn't he coming with you guys" asked Selphie with a worried frown.
"Yeah, me and Sora talked about that on the way over; apparently he's decided to bail on today. Says he's got something important to do and can't get out of it" said Kairi with a shrug and wearing an expression that clearly asked 'what can you do'.
"More important than spending the last few moments of our precious summer break together" shouted Tidus incredulously. The rest of the group stared at Tidus, dumbstruck for a moment before Sora finally responded. "Tidus, what are you talking about?! Summer break only just started. We don't go back for months!"
"Dudes, I counted it and we only have twelve weeks! Only twelve weeks" he exclaimed, sounding like some tragedy had just occurred. The rest of the group shared a look before bursting out laughing, unable to maintain a straight face in light of their friend's perceived "plight".
"On man Tidus, keep dat kinda depressing stuff to yourself next time", said Wakka with a shake of his head, but smiling all the same. "Well come on den. We got food, tunes, a ball and we're all here at da beach. Let's start havin' some fun" said Wakka happily.
"Yeah" they all shouted joyfully.
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"Woo-hoo! Go Tidus" Kairi cheered as she watched Tidus and Wakka holding a mock fight. Sora and she had decided to sit this one out and watch the game while Selphie acted as referee and the other two boys played a round. They'd begged off this game, claiming they were too tired from the previous swimming, the many rounds of mock-Blitz Ball and volley ball. Not to mention all the dancing they'd been doing in between hand. They definitely weren't faking their fatigue, but Kairi still had another reason for having wanted to sit out with Sora.
"So" said Kairi, quietly enough that the other three wouldn't hear her, "gonna tell me what you're not?"
"That doesn't make any sense Kairi" said Sora, pretending to pay attention to the match, trying to postpone answering her.
"Are you going to tell me what you two talked about other than Riku not coming with us?" Sora shrugged.
"I thought about it, but I'm not sure I want to get my hopes up" he muttered looking down at the large beach towel they were sharing.
"Come on Sora, who else are you gonna talk to about this? The only other person that knows about you being gay is your cousin Roxas. Not even Cloud knows and he's openly gay! What's so bad about talking to me about your relationship trouble?"
"There's nothing wrong with talking to you but…well," he gave a sigh and took a drink from his soda bottle before continuing, "He told me that he wants to talk to me in private about something, something important…later…in the forest between our houses," he muttered, looking at the bottle clenched in his hands. It took Kairi a moment to process this before she responed.
"I don't understand", she said finally, "That sounds like a good thing, but you look miserable. Shouldn't you be shouting for joy? He might want to tell you that he likes you."
"But what if he's not" asked Sora quietly, "What if it's something else entirely and I go there with my hopes up, do something stupid like confess to him and…just get let down…" his voice trailed off as he realized what kind of scene he'd just painted.
He didn't want to confess and be turned down…
Like you.
The words didn't need to be spoken and Sora saw Kairi wince and stiffen out of the corner of his eye. She turned and seemed to watch the fight some more. They didn't speak for a while but finally Kairi, still watching the game, broke the silence.
"You'll survive….It won't be pleasant but, well…it won't kill you." She didn't sound happy at all and Sora regretted having said anything. He opened his mouth, about to tell her to just forget he mentioned it, but she continued before he could.
"You should be happy", she said in a much stronger tone, but he noticed she still wasn't looking at him, "because if you're right then your joy will be even greater, your hopes being confirmed and all. And if you're wrong…well at least you'll know the truth won't you? You can deal after that. It's harder, I think, trying to get by when you don't know where you stand and, while it's not pleasant, sometimes knowing this can help you to walk forward", she said and finally looked at him with sad eyes and a small smile.
Sora reached down and grasped her hand lightly in his.
"I'm sorry Kairi."
Kairi didn't respond but her smile did become a little stronger as she shook her head at him and just turned her eyes back to the game. "I understand. It's your White Knight."
They continued to hold hands without speaking a word until the game finally finished. Tidus won and Kairi cheered loudly for him. Maybe he should be happy. Even though it wasn't a conscious thought, or a hope he wished to indulge, he couldn't help that a part of him started to think that maybe Kairi was right – maybe he should hope for the best. After all, didn't the fairy princess and her White Knight always live happily ever after?
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"Aw come on, can't we stay just a little longer" pleaded Selphie as they all worked on packing things up.
"No way, Selph. The tides goin' down and so's the sun. It's getting cold and late, and I don't know about you but I could go for some real food" said Tidus as he put the last of the beach chairs away in the bed of Wakka's truck.
"Yeah Selphie, Tidus be right. We gotta head back now before da suns gone and we start gettin' cold", said Wakka as he put the stereo away in the cab of the truck.
"Alright", said Selphie with a pout. "Hey" she said, suddenly sounding excited again, "Why don't we all go out to eat once we get back to town?" The others shared a doubtful look. "Come on you guys! You said you were hungry and I don't feel like calling it a day just yet. We can go out to eat and then head back home" she begged, using the strongest puppy-look she could. Tidus was the first to cave.
"Yeah, alright; sounds like fun. You in Wakka?" Wakka shrugged the best he could, but there was a wide smile on his face.
"Dats fine by me. What about you two" he asked, turning to Sora and Kairi who had just managed to squeeze all the water-rafts into truck bed, taking up the last of the room. Thankfully there was nothing left to pack away.
"Sorry guys" said Kairi, speaking up for both her and Sora "but me and Sora have plans already. We promised Riku we'd meet him later and give him all kinds of grief for bailing on our party today" she said with a happy grin.
"Yeah right," said Tidus with a smirk, "more like you and Sora want to be alone so you can SMOOOOCH!" He and the others laughed while Sora blushed.
"Aw, Tidus is this your way of expressing your jealousy," replied Kairi with a grin "Well come here, I'll give you a smooch too" she said and proceeded to jokingly chase Tidus who'd started running away in fear, screaming about coodies. Soon enough though they all wound down again, and Sora and Kairi were waving goodbye to Wakka, Tidus and Selphie, who were riding back to town with Wakka.
"We'll call you tomorrow about plans" Selphie shouted back to them.
"Drive safe" called Kairi in return. Both watched as the car drove out of sight.
"So…when are you two supposed to meet" she asked still watching the fading tail lights.
"In about an hour" he said, also watching the road.
"Well then we better get going", Kairi said before she turned around and started walking in the direction of Sora and Riku's houses.
"Wha-?! Wait! Kairi, what are you talking about?!" He hadn't thought she meant to come with him! Kairi just laughed and started running.
"Race you" she called back happily. Sora stood dumbfounded for a moment before a grin split his face. He laughed loudly before quickly taking off after her.
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