Hey, you're in luck! Next chapter's up! It was supposed to be posted yesterday but my internet was down.

Disclaimer: I do not own the property of Square Enix but I wish I did.

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"Bye! Have a good week end!" the whole group departed their separate ways to their homes as they waved and bid each other adieu. Each excited to get home and carry on their plans for the week end.

Sora and Kairi continued to trudge through the neighborhood to get to their home. Kairi lead the way while Sora walked sluggishly behind. Sora gazed at the figure before him as she turned her head to the side to watch a bunch of children play kickball with each other on their front lawn. He studied her features and found a frown gracing her soft lips causing him to frown too.

Kairi sighed and turned her head to face forward again. When has it been since she was truly happy just like those little children? She envied them. Children were always so care free and bubbly they never had any doubts and sorrow in their lives. She wished she was a child again so she can be happy. So they can be happy once more.

Kairi was started when Sora appeared beside her and grabbed her hand and pulled her towards a direction, "Uh…Sora? The house is that way," she pointed a slender finger north where their home was almost in sight.

He didn't bother to look back at her, "I'm taking you for some ice cream—"only then he looked back at her with a raised eyebrow, "You want some right?"

She blinked rapidly at his sudden offer with a look of disbelief, 'Sora offering to buy me ice cream? This must be a dream…' "Well?" he asked with a little impatience in his voice.

She quickly nodded with a little uncertainty before he started to get annoyed.

The walk was…pleasant to say the least. That was until Kairi noticed something warm and inviting clutched around her hand. She looked down and blushed to see that Sora's hand was still holding hers and what's worst was that he didn't seem to be letting go any time soon, but then again, neither was she.

How 'im-buh-na-riss-ing'! She thought that maybe he didn't seem to notice so why should she notice right? So if she didn't notice then she shouldn't take her hand away because if she did he would notice that she noticed what had been noticed. So the safest way to play it is to not notice, or at least pretend to. Confused?

Meanwhile Sora was trying to stop the growing heat rising in his cheeks as he closed his eyes with a scowl in annoyance. He was relieved that Kairi was walking behind him or else he'd fall right on the spot and die of embarrassment and denial.

'Calm down Sora, it's just hand holding. You've held other girls' hands before right?...Oh god, no." He had never held a girl's hand besides his mom's of course. Not that he'd just hold anyone's hand, no. He just needed a way to calm himself down with something that had happened to him through experience, too bad that didn't work. Sora is really picky when it comes to ever getting strong 'feelings' for someone and Kairi blows away all the requirements like it was just dust in the wind.

They both sighed simultaneously as they saw the ice cream parlor approaching but they both dared not to look each other. Sora decided to break the ice before they both died of the awkward quietness hanging in the air, "What flavor do you want?" Kairi's thoughts instantly went to Roxas and how he always chose to buy her a sea salt ice cream not even bothering to ask what she wanted because seriously, she was tired of it. Sure it tasted good and all, but it was getting old.

"Chocolate," she instantly answered as she recalled those sweet days when she and Sora used to sit down in front of the television screen and eat a whole tub of chocolate flavored ice cream.

"That makes two of us then." Sora quietly told her to wait near a bench while he goes and buys the frozen cream from above. Her palm immediately felt cold and empty.

Kairi waited patiently and glanced inside the parlor to see that Sora was the fourth in line from the counter. She looked to her right and her mouth instantly fell in shock at the sight in front of her. Hayner and Olette were strolling down the side walk, hand-in-hand, and with one ice cream cone. And, no they didn't buy two of them.

She quickly turned back to face the parlor before any of the two rendezvous teens recognized her. She smiled a sweet smile but with an evil glint in her eyes. This was major 'gossip with friends and friends only' material. She needed details. Kairi, Selphie, and Olette did gossip, yes. After all it is a part of a females bare necessities but she wasn't like the type to spread around rumors. They only gossiped to themselves and about each other and their other close friends but never about people they didn't know, they weren't like that t least most two of them weren't, cough—Selphie.

Kairi looked up when she heard the ice cream parlor door open and there came Sora with the delicate gifts from above. Sora raised a brow at her because of the evil glint in her eyes, he had to admit though she did look rather appealing.

Before his teen age mind could further proceed he decided to set it at the only thing that could distract him, an insult, "What got into your system?" he asked with a smirk. Okay, that was a bad one but he had to think fast.

She looked at him and sensed a challenge coming, "Oh, nothing." Such a simple come back that could even leave Sora breathless

Now that caught him off guard. He always expected her to bark back at him so he could retort and they would continue arguing over and over again, but this, this was something else.

He didn't know what to do or what to say so he stood there quietly under those confident and expecting violet eyes, but nothing came.

"Thank you!" she grabbed her ice cream cone from his hand with a sing-song voice and smiled victoriously and walked ahead leaving him standing there like a fool.

He hated her cocky ways and yet he loved it.

She turned around and smiled at him, "Come on you lazy bum!"

Yes, even sworn enemies have their moments.

She waited for him until he fell into step with her and they both continued walking and licking happily on their childhood memories. She would always wait for him, even through the hardest times. She just had to be patient and lend him a helping hand.

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This was a pretty pointless chapter but still fun to write. I just wanted to show you guys what kind of relationship they have with each other and I believe you find it to be one word: Awkward. But still there are other key points in later chapters. Please review if you want the next chapter soon! PLEASE!...Thanks for reading!

--ScattereD59DreamS