021. Friends

SoKai (Completely platonic)


Sora was used to people teasing him about Kairi; Riku had done it a number of times, and despite how many times he said that he and Kairi were only friends, people enjoyed insisting and wheedling, no matter how much it got on Sora's nerves. However, when they returned to Destiny Islands, the teasing seemed to have died down, and Sora liked to hope it was because people had grown up – at least a little. He knew he had since he was last there; he was older (taller), and hopefully a bit wiser. He'd seen things that no child of his age should have seen, let along experienced, and the thing that amazed Kairi was that Sora really hadn't let it dent his optimistic and cheerful personality in the slightest.

What amazed her even more, however, was when Sora didn't immediately ask her to be his girlfriend. He spent a lot of time with Kairi, even held her hand, but she remembered that he'd done that before – he'd liked her then, right? She could have sworn he had…But he didn't ask her to go out or to be anything more than friends.

So she asked him about it one day.

"Hey, Sora?"

"Yeah, Kairi?"

"Do you ever…think about me?" she asked sheepishly, nudging at the sand with her toe as she looked up into Sora's bright blue eyes.

"Course I do," he said warmly. "You're my best friend!"

"No, no, I mean as more than a friend," she insisted.

Sora blinked at her, not really understanding what she was insinuating. "What do you mean?"

"Like, as a girlfriend, maybe?"

Sora tilted his head…then laughed brightly. "You're like my sister, Kairi!" he said brightly, grinning as he gave her hand a squeeze.

"That's a no, then?"

"We're friends, Kairi, and I'm happy for that." He leaned in and pressed a quick kiss to her cheek.

Kairi sighed, but managed to smile, kissing Sora's cheek in return. "Okay."

A/N: I HATE SoKai, I really do. .o It's just a pairing that I can't really stand, and my favorite moment was when Sora blew her off to go sob to Riku. XD So, yes, RikuSo, ftw, SoKai not so much. So I say HA to Kairi, take that.