Amaya's Note:

Teehee, I got you guys waiting. Jeebus, I'm so mean. Thanks for your reviews and clicking on the alert button! In this chapter, my friend, Shaun, wanted to put a little of his own touch into it. Whenever he hears or sees something so high-larious, he says, "Haha, that's a knee-slapper." So when you come across the term, knee-slapper in the chapter, keep in mind it means something funny has happened. And yes, I can talk to the Kingdom Hearts characters in my head. Haha, what a knee-slapper.

Kairi: Please stop sending scary stalker people after me.
Amaya: Why should I?
Kairi: Because they're scary!
Amaya: But you'll eventually become one of those scary stalker people later.
Sora: (smacks the back of Amaya's head) Why'd you say that? You just gave off a spoiler!
Amaya: Ow…no cookies for you.

???: Hey, I'm Ven.

Amaya: OMG! You look exactly like Roxas!! I love you! (kisses and hugs Ven tightly)

Ven: Okaay?
Amaya: Just for the less informed, the Kingdom Hearts creator, Tatsuya Nomura, has created a new game for the PSP. One of the characters is this man (VEN!) and he is one of the main characters of Birth by Sleep, which takes place 10 years before the first Kingdom Hearts. Ven looks like Roxas, who is smexy; this is why I wrote this. I LOVE YOU VEN!!! Now there's more for Roxas-fans to love. I'll shut up now. Heh. On with the story so that you don't have to listen to me rant on about VEN! But maybe I will…or won't. I LOVE YOU VEN!!!

i love you but i kissed him

speculations

"Kairi! What's going on?" Sora's legs reluctantly moved forward. He followed Kairi as she cleared something out of Kimiki's closet. "I don't get any say in this, huh?"

"No, you don't." Kairi ransacked the lavender haired mother's closet.

"So I can't even say how childish it'll be to hide in a closet. Especially Kimiki's." Kairi continued to trash the room.

"You're not going to Kimiki's closet." The booming voice exclaimed to be coming up the stairs. Luckily for the two, the Secarias lived in a semi-mansion, the only house of its kind in the complex.

Don't know what that means?

There are a lot of steps…and a lot of rooms. Spoiling the rooms of interest would divert the man and buy Sora some time to escape. If all comes to worse, Kairi would use her reasoning skills to close the trap…

But what exactly was that trap?

"Sora! A little help?" Kairi motioned Sora over to Kira's room…or something that resembled it before this tornado blew through. She was leaning heavily on the wall in the 2 –year-old's closet. After looking closer, Sora saw the little groove defining the space between the wall and the well-hidden door. "Open this and we can get out!"

"Is that what you really think, dearest Kairi? I admire your persistence and your quick thinking but your trail of messy rooms eventually would lead me here." The man stood in the doorway.

No way the adolescent minds thought together. But in her head, Kairi added This is my fight; Sora had nothing to do with it.

The man, standing at Sora's height, sauntered quickly to them. They both noticed that he had a voice-changer box concealed by a dark cloak covering the rest of his face. And at this instant, Kairi & Sora tumbled over each other as the door opened. "Sora," Kairi pushed the spikes of hair of her face. "Get off me now and run. Do not tell anyone. I wouldn't want this to get out." Sora stumbled for a while and caught what Kairi meant in her extreme sarcasm. She mouthed a 'thank-you' before crawling out of the tight venting system and shut the door. Getting off her knees, she slowly rose to her fate.

"I told you," the man murmured. He clicked off the voice box and lifted the hood. "You were going to do a great job chasing him out."

Kairi hoisted herself up. Placing her face against the cheek of the man, she barely managed to hold back a sniffle & whispered back, "I hate you."

"Oh, Kai, I love you too!" The man forced, if not tried, his kiss onto Kairi. She used all her power to resist. But in this case, strength outdid willpower.

~*~

In his time alone with his Cup of Noodles, Sora didn't use the time to ponder on the questions he truly meant to ask Kairi: You're a Sonoda…how do you live with Secarias?

After escaping the semi-mansion, Sora did try to tell anyone he could about Kairi's predicament, but with his reputation of being a doofus, no one believed him. When time came around to tell Riku & Roxas, all they did was gape at the fact he kissed her.

"Of course we believe you, Sora," Riku had joked.

"It's just makes me mad that the dude ruined your guys' moment." Roxas slapped Riku's hand and they walked away in boisterous laughter. The silver haired teen then tripped over his foot, causing the surrounding students to roar as well.

When night fell, Sora's mother called and asked where he was. After explaining his day at Kairi's house when he came home, all she did was question his actions making sure Sora hadn't done anything to the poor girl. Breakfast came the following day, and soon, so did lunch in the Destiny High cafeteria. Throughout that entire time, he hadn't said a word to his mom, Riku or Roxas…or anyone.

Kairi wasn't in school that day. None of the pieces fit together. Well, all but one little assumption Sora made: Kairi's mother died and soon, Kimiki took her in. But most of the foster children he knew called their stepparents by their actual name; could Kairi be part of those kids?

Or, Sora thought. One more idea lit in his head. Was Mrs. Sonoda really not there? The Secarian estate was big enough to hold at least two families.

Kairi was hiding something. Not just something, anymore, Sora concluded, Kairi's hiding a lot of things.

"Sora, hello? Earth to Sora, this is Naminé calling." The blonde snapped her fingers continuously, trying to grab Sora's attention. At first, she poked at his untouched lunch but after seeing his blank face, more things rose. "Mr. Pervis wants you in his office."

"Eww, Mr. Pervis?" A disgusted look flew onto Sora's face while he was acting too busy eating to bother. "All he needs is a child molester's voice before I call the police and transfer schools. He just looks so…I dunno, gross, I guess. Can't he call for me during Trig or something; I want to miss a boring class while I'm with him at least."

"No can do, Mr. Tagayaki. I saw you walk home with Kairi yesterday so spill." Naminé and Sora turned around to see Mr. Pervis walking over.

The spikes on Sora's head tilted slightly to Naminé's head. "He just said 'spill.' I think he's officially gay."

"No, I am not gay." Mr. Pervis took the seat across from Sora, right next to where Naminé was standing. She moved her way around the edge and took her place behind Sora. "I am just Kairi's, as well as a few other student's, guidance councilor. The only problem is that she's been shying away lately so I can't get any formal conversations started with her."

This time, Naminé whispered to Sora, "No surprise there." Both teens had a knee-slapper moment. Students sitting closely to the loud table stared. After a few more uncontrollable laughs, Naminé finally spoke. "So…what did you want?"

The stone serious look on Mr. Pervis' face remained. "Like I said, all I want to know is what happened while Sora was with Kairi."

Should I tell him? The message Kairi had given Sora was still in action. But with Mr. Pervis, is the time really worth it?

…He probably wouldn't believe it. By the time Sora had decided, he also formulated his answer to the councilor's initial question. After taking a deep breath, he calmly said, "When I went to Kairi's house—"

"Hold on…" Mr. Pervis held up his claw-like hands. "You went to her house?"

"Let me finish! When I went to her house, all we did was some homework. Homework, that's all. Now stop with your little perverted fantasies, Pervis."

"Fine then, might as well find out from Kairi. Have you seen her?" Mr. Pervis stood up to look back at a gaping Sora. He didn't know Kairi was in school today; he didn't expect her to. At least, not after yesterday.

"No sir, I don't."

"Very well then." The councilor stepped away with a little smirk on his face, but Sora was the only one able to see that.

When Mr. Pervis finally disappeared out of Sora and Naminé's view, she asked him, "What did you do there at Kairi's house?"

"Hm? Oh, um," He stumbled, unsure what to tell her. "I, uh—"

"KISSED HER!!" Sora & Naminé turned to their two drunken looking friends, Riku & Roxas. They wobbled oddly toward the lunch table then fell on the ground with a stupid smile on their faces. The students that were staring at the table before were still staring, along as other faces with them as well.

Naminé leaned over the two boys on the floor. "What's up with you two?"

The grin on Riku's face loosened so that he could speak. "Sora kissed Kairi!"

Said grin loosened on Roxas' face as well. "And I'm just happy for my cousin! They grow up so fast! Where does the time go?"

"Oh c'mon Roxas! We're not that old!" The brunette squatted by his friends. "Seriously, what's up?"

"I already said, I'm happy for you!"

"Doubt it. Hey have you guys seen Kairi around anyways?"

"Aww, he's looking for her now!" Riku and Roxas got up and sat on the table. The taller teenager looked back to Sora for his answer. "She was here earlier, with some woman with hair like mine?"

"It's lavender."

"Wha…how do you know?" Sora just shook his head. "Whatever. Kairi and this woman went around to all of her classes for today to just pick up her homework."

"Did she do anything unusual?"

"Kairi? No, but the woman, she was really unusual. While they were in the hallways, Veronica said something about being knocked up by you while you were at her house. Veruca reiterated her announcement and the entire group laughed. The woman—"

"Kimiki."

"Okaay then, this Kimiki stood up for Kairi then brushed off the imaginary dirt and walked away. Kairi did too, but reluctantly. When we talked to her, she wasn't even listening!"

"Yeah, and that's not the best part!" Roxas exclaimed. Riku turned to him and they shared their laughter once again. In his girly voice, Roxas tried to mimic Kairi. "'Yeah, whatever. Hey, have you seen Sora?' She didn't even look at us! Sora, whatever you're doing, keep doing it 'cause she's falling all over you!" Quietly but surely, Riku was sliding away from Roxas during his speech. Regret was written all over his face. Turning his head, Roxas also pointed a straight finger. "And don't you forget that bet we made. I would never bet against Sora; I had full confidence in him the entire time! I knew he'd be able to so the impossible!"

"You didn't side with Sora! I just called 'couldn't!' first!" Riku's point caused Roxas to shoot up and they continued on with their useless ranting. The cafeteria soon fell into an eerie silence and the silence was continued between Sora & Naminé. More questions arose in his mind, but the initial propositions still remained unanswered.

Kairi was in school, but only for her homework. Why wouldn't she just stay the entire day? We had some tests? Oh, maybe that's why. But Kairi's not that kind of girl, I'm sure of it! She had no bruises or marks, so the man didn't harm her? But why would she be looking for me?

~*~

The walk home was difficult. She had seen Sora, but he didn't see her. Once again, the scene of their kiss replayed through Kairi's mind. She never wanted that moment to stop; his lips were so soft…so perfect. No matter how badly she may have reacted to the sudden display of affection, Kairi really enjoyed it. Deep down, really deep, deep, deep down, there was still a part of her that yearned for so much more. Sora made her happy, made her laugh, made her smile—

Made her complete.

Kairi's trance continued until she tripped over her own foot and landed into the fresh blanket of snow. She now faced up to the sky where Kimiki was holding back a giggle. Her expression said you're falling over Sora…and yourself. Kairi had to laugh as well as she grabbed Kimiki's extended hand. Throughout the entire walk, no word was spoken between the two girls. The relationship shared between Kairi & Kimiki was so close; they could've been considered sisters. And Kimiki, despite her tall stature and skimpy limbs, looked just like Kairi's age. But where sisters are the strongest, Kairi & Kimiki could be the weakest.

And it was this kind of relationship that helped them form this bond.

But still, as much as she loved Kimiki, there was a stronger feeling Kairi had for Sora. It was as strong as the need for blood for vampires, the need of food for humans or even stronger than the need of Santa during Christmas! She didn't just wants his lips anymore; the touch of his skin against hers, his breath mixing with hers, anything that had to do with Sora would do well for Kairi.

She had a want to run back to Destiny High, find Sora, find an empty room, turn the lock and…well, you should know. It didn't even feel like a want; making out with Sora felt like one of Kairi's needs. She knew he felt the same way, so why should she hide how she feels? But for a while, the man would be breathing down her neck and Kairi didn't want to put anyone at the high school at any danger.

It was really lucky that Kairi never had the chicken pox. It was even luckier that Kimiki's co-worker did.

All she needed to do was bake a few get-better-soon cookies and Kairi would get confined into her room for at least 2 weeks. There was no way this plan would fail; Destiny High would be safer for another trimester…but there was always the half-empty glass of water in the back of Kairi's head.

Amaya's Note:

That was a lengthy note at the beginning, huh? I've been slaving away in front of my fancy new monitor with a few energy drinks in my hand so that I could update all my other stories as well. Read and review if you like; they're filled with the cookies of motivation!

Wow, that was stupid…oh! One more thing: I'm absolutely, positively sure that the next chapter will be the bar scene business! I'm really excited 'cause one of the 3 boys won't even understand what's going on. Haha, I can't stop feeling the anxiety. I hope it's good and I hope you guys will enjoy the rest of the story!