I own nothing sadly. If I did Kairi and Sora would be together by now
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Chapter 3: Surprise welcome
"Rikku how long is this going to take? I've been doing this for ages."
Kairi slumped into a nearby chair, leaving the welcome balloons drift off. Roxas passed by her on his way to the kitchen.
"Well it won't be much longer Kairi. Sora's on his way soon. My mom and dad already picked him up and are on their way."
"But that's what Rikku said the last time!"
"Oh well. We thought that the others would be able to help today, but they're all away on a trip."
Kairi looked up in surprise.
"They're on a trip? Why didn't you go? Why didn't anyone ask me about going."
"Well we were going to be busy setting up a welcome party for Sora. And nobody asked you because you had told us that Axel wanted to be with you on that day."
Roxas froze and went back to Kairi. He then gave her the usual one armed hug he always did.
"Oh and about that jerk Axel. I'm sorry Kairi. He was stupid to break up someone like you. You know, there are quite a few guys in school that like you."
Kairi laughed and shook it off, leaving Roxas a bit confused.
"No thanks Roxas. I don't think I'll be dating anybody for a while. I'll just try to enjoy my life being single until I meet the perfect guy."
Roxas smiled and was about to continue his conversation but was dragged off by his ear by Rikku.
"Enough talking you two! We have to finish the decorations! Roxas you put up the banners, Kairi you finish placing the balloons and I'll get the food!"
Rikku quickly ran into the kitchen and all that could be heard was the banging and crashing of various objects. Kairi didn't want to go in and see what Rikku had done for fear of having to help her clean it up. Sighing, she grabbed the remainder of the welcome balloons and continued with placing them the way Rikku had instructed. After about five minutes she heard Roxas' voice from the sitting room.
"Rikku, Kairi! They're here!"
Kairi hurried over to the window and saw Roxas and Rikkus parents, Cloud and Tifa. They were always nice to her. They were like her second family.
"Kairi get over here!"
Kairi turned and saw Rikku and Roxas standing near the door, with Roxas clutching a cake. Kairi quickly went over to the both of them.
"Okay on the count of three. Ready? One..."
The handle of the door slowly opened.
"Two..."
The door opened and a foot appeared.
"Three. Surprise!"
However it was only Rikku and Roxas who said surprise. The second Kairi laid her eyes on him the word caught in her throat. The second she had seen his eyes she had forgotten everything.
"Kairi? Kairi?"
Kairi barely listened. She was too busy focused on his eyes. Something about them just drew her in.
"Kairi!"
Kairi jumped at the sound of Rikku shouting her name. She could feel a tinge of pink creeping across her face. How could she have just completely zoned out like that? Roxas stepped forward and gave his cousin a one armed hug.
"Sora! It's good to see you again man! We haven't seen each other in years!"
Sora smiled at his cousin, doing his best not to stare at Kairi. There was something about her eyes that caused him to keep trying to look at them.
"Well Sora. This is Rikkus best friend Kairi."
Sora went over to Kairi and shook her hand. He could feel his heart hammering quickly inside his chest. He didn't realize that Kairis' heart was doing the same thing.
"Why does my heart feel so weird?" Sora thought to himself.
"My heart feels so funny. Why is it acting like this?" Kairi though nervously. Even in her own mind she felt nervous.
"N-nice to meet you Sora. I'm Kairi." She muttered sheepishly, sweeping a lock of her auburn hair behind her ear.
"I'm Sora. Nice to meet you too Kairi." Sora smiled nervously. Something about her made him feel so nervous. He never acted like this around people before.
Before Sora and Kairi had a chance to say anything else they felt a pair of arms tugging at them. Before they knew it they were being dragged into the kitchen by Rikku and Roxas. Both Sora and Kairi groaned.
"This is gonna be one long party." Both Sora and Kairi thought simultaneously. They had turned to each other and gazed into each others eyes for a few seconds. When they turned away they both had a tinge of pink in their cheeks.
It was going to be a long party. But they had a feeling it was going to be worth it.
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