AN: Whaaaaa? Another chapter? Is your eyes deceiving you? Do you need to get them checked out? Nope! Not today. I am on fir-yaaah! Haha :P

Happy Thanksgiving to all you guys! Please send your leftovers down under! :) xox

Disclaimer: I do not own Andy Griffiths 'The Day My Bum Went Psycho', which I got inspiration for this chapter's title!

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Chapter 7: The Day His Mouth Went Psycho

Kairi definitely was not a morning person.

She struggled to open her eyes as she thrashed around the blankets to reach over her bedside table, where her mobile was making a ridiculous amount of noise. Who the hell was ringing her this early? Her fingers finally reached the smooth surface of her phone and she peered at the bright screen. The first thing she saw was something with a blue tongue was calling her. What the heck? Her eyes finally adjusted to the light a few moments later and she peered into the screen.

Sora Hikari calling…

She groaned once again before pressing the 'answer' button. "Hullo?"

A chuckle was heard on the other end. "Morning, sleepy head!"

"What do you want?" Kairi moaned drowsily. He was way too chipper in the morning.

"I'm outside."

"Mmm..."

"Did you forget?"

She scratched her head and frowned. Oh, right. The Nutella crepes. She promised he would taste the magic. "No, no. I didn't." She muttered.

"So, um, let me in?"

"Sora, it's-" she looked at her phone screen before putting it back to her ear, "- freakin' five in the morning. Five!"

A sigh was heard on the other end and she could imagine him running an annoyed hand through his hair. "You told me to come before work."

"I meant at like 7am or something! This is ridiculous." She closed her eyes and laid back on her bed. Her pillow was just oh so comfy. Maybe she could "accidentally" fall asleep before he could notice…

"Should I leave?"

Her eyes bolted open and she sighed. Now she felt bad. It wasn't his fault. Not entirely anyway. She did force him to come over and didn't specify a time. "No." She yawned and kicked the blanket off of her. "I'll be there in a second." She hung up the phone and stretched out her limbs as she stood up. Her hand ran along her table once again, looking for her glasses this time, and she put it on.

Kairi shuffled her feet as she made her way to the lounge area. It was one big room connected to the kitchen, with the island counters dividing the two different areas. She went to the windows where the balcony was and drew open the curtains. It was still dark outside. Lovely. Just lovely. She smiled to herself. The good thing about her apartment was that the sun rose on their side, meaning that they would be able to watch it this morning while eating breakfast.

She finally made her way to the door and opened it, revealing the spiky haired brunette. He was leaning against the wall on the other side with his eyes closed. Bags were evidently dark underneath his eyes, obvious that this wasn't a time he would usually be awake too. His eyes suddenly open at the sound of the door. "Finally."

"Sorry, I was-" Kairi paused to think of a reason for her slowness but failed. "Actually, I have no excuse. This is just how I am as a human being. I don't function well when I have no sleep."

"Let me guess. You stayed up late watching TV?" Sora grinned slightly.

Guilty as charge. "No." She lied through her teeth and rolled her shoulders back, her muscles were strained from the way she was lying on her couch. It could be very uncomfortable sometimes. But the way the female lead on the show found her true love made it totally worth it.

"You know, too much stimuli before bed can be bad for you. Research has shown that when you watch TV before bed it can rev up your brain activity, therefore making you sleep later."

"Whatever." Was he seriously going to lecture her this early in the morning? She yawned loudly and opened the door wider to let him through. "Just come in."

"Thanks." He pushed himself off the wall. He smirked as he walked past her. "Cute pyjamas by the way."

"Huh?" She frowned and looked down at her attire. What was he talking about? She was only wearing a black tank top and oh, her blue cotton pants with cartoon dogs that had the word 'arf!' on them. Her mother gave her these for Christmas! She huffed and followed him into the apartment. "Make yourself at home."

Sora walked in and looked around her apartment. It was quite nice, actually. Very homely. He assumed the smell in the air was from the fresh daisies that were standing in a vase on the island counter top. He took a spot at the kitchen counter and looked at the frame that was standing near the vase. It was of her and another girl with blonde hair. Though they were dressed in formal dresses, their faces were distorted in a way Sora never knew was possible. "Who's this?"

Kairi looked over to what he was talking about and leaned against the counter. "That's my housemate." She lowered the volume of her voice. "She's still sleeping and I don't want to wake her up." Memories of the events of last night played in her mind. Her housemate had stepped outside after she answered the door and didn't come back in until well after midnight. From the sound of their voices she could hear from the inside, it seemed like a distressing matter but she didn't want to press her on the matter. "Can we please keep it quiet?"

"Shouldn't I be asking you that?" He retorted in a teasing voice.

"Hey!"

"Shh! Soft voices, remember?" Sora reminded her with a smirk as he held a single finger to his lips.

"Anyway," Kairi emphasized the word to move the conversation to a different topic. "Let's start, shall we? Are you a strawberry or banana kind of guy?" She asked conversationally, grabbing the ingredients from the fridge. "Ah, can't forget this baby." She held out the jar of Nutella to him proudly.

"Banana." He replied without thinking.

"Oh?" She grinned at him as she looked at him from the fridge with a raised eyebrow. "Never thought you were that kind of guy."

Sora coughed as he caught on what she was on about. She was trying to get him back. "Do you have any nuts too?" He smirked back. Two can play at that game. "I love to have something crunchy and hard to munch on. Don't you agree?"

"Wow," she started to measure out the flour. "You're starting to sound like Roxas."

"I don't think I can be as revolting as him." He grinned. "Just kidding. But seriously, his '"charm" is very cringe-worthy."

"Oh God, tell me about it." Kairi agreed as she started to whisk the batter smoothly.

"Do you need any help?" Sora perked up and jumped off his seat, making his way inside the kitchen space.

"Um, sure," she looked at the batter and then at the stove. "You can make the crepes while I cut the fruit. Remember to make them thin."

"What?"

"Make the crepes." She repeated slowly.

"Oh, okay." He was expecting something like set the table, or peel the banana. Not this. Especially when he had never done anything like this before. But he turned the gas on anyway and waited for the pan to heat up. "To be honest, I never thought you would let me in the kitchen," he admitted.

"Huh?" She glanced up at him from the banana she was slicing. "Why? I'm not that heartless. Besides, you kind of walked in here by yourself."

"I know, but," he poured a batch into the pan and swirled it into a circle. "Women can be so defensive about their territory."

A chilled tension suddenly filled the air as the sound of her chopping ceased.

"Sora," Kairi said in a low voice, a tone he had never heard before. He slowly turned his towards the girl and made a small shriek. He swore there were fumes illuminating from her head. The tiredness under her eyes was not making her look anymore better. She held up the knife she was holding. "Do you want to get circumcised?" She asked sadistically.

He gulped as he watched her cut the tip of the banana in horror. "N-No." A sweat dropped ran down his forehead and he pulled at the collar of his shirt.

"Good." She smiled in triumph.

Silence filled the atmosphere as both of them concentrated on their tasks. A foul smell soon filled the air, making the girl stop her task and looked over at the stove with wide eyes.

"Sora!" Kairi quickly walked over to the stove to overlook his crepe. It was completely black. "You burnt it! We can't use this piece anymore." She picked the crepe out of the pan and put it in the bin. What a waste. She widen her eyes at how big the flame was and turned it down to a lower setting immediately. "Why was the flame so high?"

"It's not burnt, just extra crispy." Sora shrugged casually. "And it wasn't cooking fast enough so I turned it up."

She ignored his statement. "That's why the crepe was burnt! You put it on a low setting so that the crepe is a nice golden colour."

"But it's so slow."

"So you don't burn it." She repeated herself. It was so temping to add a 'duh' at the end but she stopped herself. The lack of sleep was clouding her judgement and made her moody as hell. That wasn't a good thing when she was hangry – hungry and angry. But she had to be the bigger person in this situation. She narrowed her eyes as she discovered another realization. "Sora, did you even spray butter?" she poured out the batter onto the pan and swirled it around until it covered the whole surface in a thin layer.

"No?" He looked at her innocently. "When was I meant to do that?"

If she could face plant right into the counter, she would. But she had too much self-respect to do that. "Oh my God. That's it." She grabbed the spatula and jabbed his side a couple of times. "Out! Out!"

"Oi- hey!" He raised his hands as he tried to defend himself. "Geesus, you're so violent! Does the kitchen make you possessive or something?"

Sora swore he saw a vein pop out of her forehead. She started to hit him faster. "How dare you! Out of my kitchen!"

"Hey!" He grabbed her arm with the spatula and sandwiched her body into the corner between the counter tops. He stood towering over her pinning her hand above her head with their chests against each other. A grin spread across his face as she glared back up at him. "Try to hit me again. I dare you." He teased challengingly.

"Kai?"

The two froze at the new voice.

Sora turned his head and he swore there was an angel in Kairi's apartment right there and then, but soon realized it was the girl in the photo frame. A young woman around his age with wavy platinum blonde locks in a fluffy white robe was standing behind the counter staring at the duo with wide eyes. A pregnant pause was in place as her eyebrows shot up suggestively at the position they were in. "Well, well, Kairi." She showed off her pearly white teeth as her lips curved into a sly grin. "You should've told me you were bringing a boy over. I didn't even hear him come in last night."

"No, um, wait! Nams-" Kairi's cheeks flared up as Sora let go of her. The last thing she wanted was her housemate to think of them that way. She wouldn't hear the end of it if she did. She became flustered and waved the spatula in front of her in several quick motions. "It's not like that! He's only here for breakfast!"

"And you're making him our beautiful crepes! You are such a sneaky little fox, oh you." She winked at housemate before giving the brunette a bright smile, ignoring her flustered housemate. "My name is Namine." She introduced herself, one hand on her chest. "What's yours?"

He was speechless. Awestruck, even. Her melodic voice was enchanting and the mere sight of her smile made him nervous. It took him a while to realize that she was talking to him. "Sora." He finally responded back.

She smile managed to grow even wider, ignoring his momentary absentmindedness. "Sora? The reason why Kai has been coming back late from work everyday?"

"Er…" he looked at Kairi.

"No!" The red haired exclaimed, a bit too quickly. With the firm look from her housemate, her cheeks started to heat up and she gave a sheepish smile. "... Probably?"

The blonde suddenly knitted her eyebrows together and she sniffed the air. "Wait, is something burning?"

Kairi widen her eyes at the brunette. "The crepe!" She had forgotten she had poured a batch. She looked back at the pan in horror and cried internally. The crepe was a dark brown. She pointed an accused finger at the barista. "This is your fault!"

"What, me?" He gasped dramatically with a hand to his chest. "You were the one hitting me!"

"Because you can't cook!"

"Guys." Namine's stern tone silenced the two as she walked over to the stove and saw the burnt product. She grabbed the spatula from her housemate and scooped up the burnt crepe before throwing it out. "It's no one's fault." Her eyes looked for the nearby pencil that was on the kitchen bench. She grabbed it and twisted her platinum hair around it before poking it through the majority of her hair, making a somewhat messy bun. "Let me handle the cooking. Kairi, you're in charge of cutting the bananas and strawberries, and setting the table. And you," she pointed the spatula towards Sora. "What are you good at?"

"Um," he rubbed the back of his head nervously. "I'm good at making coffee, I guess?"

"Excellent. Make us three mochas then." Namine ordered him as she poured the batter onto the pan. "The milk is in the fridge and the instant coffee and chocolate powder is in the cupboard."

"He's a qualified barista, Nams. He can't make amazing coffee with cheap ass crap like this." Kairi called out as she sliced a banana. "We might as well buy coffees from 7-Eleven."

"Do you have that little faith in me?" Disbelief was laced in his voice.

"First thing first, I'm the realest." She quoted in a sing-along voice, a smile was playing on her lips.

He scoffed at the remark. "Pft, please. Challenge accepted." He was stubborn as a mull when it came to proving people wrong. And he was definitely not going to let this opportunity pass.

The red haired girl gave him a testing look. "We don't even have the proper equipment."

An idea popped in his head as he flashed her a wide smile. "Don't worry, Kairi. I don't need one. Now, Namine, do you have a mason jar somewhere?" He asked the blonde as he got out the milk.

"Yeah, hold on, I'll get it for you." Namine left the stove and opened a cabinet, grabbing the glass jar. She handed it to him with raised eyebrows. "What are you going to do with this?"

"You'll see." He winked at the two girls while pouring the milk into the jar. "Prepare to be amazed, ladies."


Namine stared at her creations proudly with her hands on her hips.

Two strawberry Nutella crepes and one banana Nutella crepe with extra nuts - with Kairi prompting that Sora liked more nuts than usual - topped with icing sugar. There was even enough batter to make a small Nutella crepe cake. Damn, she was on fire this morning. Or maybe cooking served as a distraction from last night? She couldn't tell.

"Sora, please, sit here." She prompted warmly as she gestured to a seat next to Kairi at the square table in the living room. "Help yourself to whatever you need."

The brunette thanked her and placed a coffee mug each in front of the two girls and himself respectively before sitting down. Each mug were filled to the brim with milk froth and coated with a layer of chocolate powder. He looked at the food laid out in front of him and smiled. "This looks beautiful, Namine."

"Yeah, thank you, Nams!" Kairi took out her phone to take a photo of the meal.

"No, it's okay." The blonde waved her hand dismissively. "But we should thank Sora for the coffee, which is delicious by the way. How did you know to use a glass jar to froth the milk?"

Sora felt his cheeks heat up slightly at the compliment. He rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. "Just something my boss told me once." He picked up his fork and was about to stab a piece of his crepe but instead got his hand slapped away. "Hey! What gives?"

The red head shot him a glare before glancing back at her phone screen. "I'm not done yet."

"Doing what?"

"Taking a photo." She stuck her tongue out. "It has to be perfect."

"Take a photo of your own food, not mine."

"But it's part of a set!"

"Or you just want to appear to have friends," Sora rolled his eyes, ignoring the 'hey!' from the red head. He turned to the blonde, "Is she always like this?"

She gave him an apologetic smile. "Unfortunately."

Kairi stood up and angled her phone so it was facing straight down in a bird's eye view towards the food. He groaned. "Kairiiii," he whined after the tenth click. "Are you done yet?"

"Almost." With one final shutter, she put her phone away and gave the brunette a wide smile. "You may feast now."

"Thank God. I thought I was going to die of hunger," he picked the piece up with his fork and placed it in his mouth. After the first bite, he stopped.

The two girls looked at him expectedly. "Well…?"

He raised an eyebrow. "Well, what?"

"Is it good?" Kairi asked, a bit too excitedly. She was so sure that she was right, but she wanted to hear him say it for himself.

Sora thought, trying not to give his answer away on his face. He never really ate breakfast so, he didn't know what to expect. When he first heard it was going to be crepes, he thought it was a joke. But now, he knew he was going to start eating breakfast from now on. The crepes were just too damn good. Not only did he tasted the magic, he could literally feel fireworks going off in his mouth. It was like a party! His mouth was going totally crazy with the new taste exploding with flavour. Chocolate, banana, nuts, damn, was there anything else he could ask for? He chewed slowly just to annoy the red head even more, her eyes never left him.

"So…?" The anticipation was killing her.

"It's- it's…" he stopped to chew another piece in his mouth. He chuckled at her reaction. Such a child. She was literally bouncing on her chair waiting for his answer. "It is ..."

"Sora!"

"It's amazing!" Sora finally said with his mouth full. He gave a thumbs up to the blonde. "Good job, Namine."

"Yasss!" Kairi cheered and fist pumped the air. "I told you so!"

"But it's a bit of a girly treat for me." He replied and widen his eyes in realization. "I just risked my dodgy car breaking down to eat a girl's snack."

"'Are you still mad about yesterday?" Kairi rolled her eyes as started eating her own crepe. "Who cares? As long as it tastes good, that's all that matters, right?"

"Wait, Kai-" Namine couldn't help but ask. "I thought your car was fixed months ago? Why are you still getting a lift with Sora?"

The two looked at each other with blank stares. They weren't entirely sure either. "That's true." Sora gave her a funny smile. "We should be taking your car from now on!"

"What? Why my baby?" Kairi replied defensively.

"Um, you've been riding on my girl for way too long. She's down to her last few runs." Sora said in a matter-of-fact tone. "Plus, your baby has more power than mine."

"I don't think so." She crossed her arms and took a deep breath to prepare herself for the debate they were about to have.

Namine smiled warmly as she watched the two exchange quick quirks and whatnot with each other. She was eating her own meal in peace, joining in when appropriate, and noting the sunrise as its rays shined through the window. But otherwise she felt like just another figure at the table. Not that she minded, though. She had a mission to complete, after all. When Kairi excused herself from the table to get ready for work, she took the chance to drill down Sora. It wasn't everyday that her best friend brought a guy to their apartment and it was her duty as her best friend to make sure the said guy was not a serial killer. "Did you enjoy the meal, Sora?" She started off as she laid her head on her palm, with her elbow on the table.

"Ah, yes. It was really nice, thanks." The spiky brunette smiled back as he wiped his mouth with a napkin. "You're a natural cook." A ding went off in her head as she mentally gave him a brownie point for the compliment. "Are you a chef?"

"Nope," she laughed behind her palm at the thought. "I'm an architect."

He shot his eyebrows up. "No way!"

"It's true," she tucked a loose strand of hair that fell from her bun behind her ear. "You make good coffee for instant coffee. I'm guessing you're a barista?"

"Heh, you got me," he chuckled. He was more reserve with her, but she brushed it off using the excuse that they didn't know each other as well as he and her housemate did. It was their first proper conversation, anyway.

"How old are you?" She was in full throttle now. No more easy talk.

"22." He replied just as quick.

"Any current girlfriends or wives?"

"Nope."

"Children?"

"None that I know of."

"Where did you go to High School?"

"Destiny Islands High."

"Ah." She felt a pause in their conversation but she quickly pushed it away. "So, how did you and Kairi meet then?"

"She came to the café one day and I made her a drink, and then we started hanging out ever since." He explained briefly. He had a suspicion that this girl did her research and found out all the details from Kairi beforehand. Even though she didn't he was coming over today, she did know who he was once he mentioned his name. But as they kept talking, it felt as if she didn't want him to find out that she knew him.

"You were the one who made Kairi start drinking coffee, right?" Namine leaned forward on her elbow.

"Probably?" Sora assumed and narrowed his eyes. She did mention that she hated coffee on the day that they met and ever since then she hasn't complained once about her drinks. He sipped on his coffee slowly.

"That's amazing, really. Kairi is so stubborn that you must mean something to her to make her change her mind." She sweet talked around the topic, hoping she wasn't that obvious.

"I hope so." He shrugged casually.

"Oh, yeah?" That piqued her interest.

"I do like her, after all." Sora sipped his drink again.

She widen her eyes at the new piece of information. This is what she was waiting for! But she didn't expect it to slip out so easily. "Then, why-"

"As a friend." He interrupted her abruptly, placing heavy emphasis on the last word. He smirked once he saw the frown on her face. "I know what you're doing and it won't work."

She recovered smoothly and crossed her arms. "What are you talking about?"

"Look," Sora leaned in and spoke in a low tone. "I know you are trying to source out as much information as possible because it's a girl thing to do and girls love sweet juicy gossip. Especially if a guy is involved. And you're a good friend, really. I'm glad Kairi has someone like you to look out for her. But you won't get much out from me by doing that. Trust me." He had enough experience of this in the past and it annoyed him when someone did it to him. He had hope that Namine wouldn't be another of those girls like she was, but here they were. "Plus, you already know me, don't you?"

Namine set her lips in a grim line. How was she supposed to reply to that? He was right though, she did know him from Kairi's stories. "Only from what she tells me," she admitted hesitantly. Realization dawn on her as she plucked out the reason why he was acting like this from his words. "Are you angry at her then?"

"No." He shook his head and chuckled. "I don't think she can keep her mouth shut at all. But, if you want to know me then get to know me, otherwise this is just a waste of time." He said calmly. "Not from other people, not because you have to, but genuinely because you want to."

"I see." His words lingered in her mind as she nodded slowly. However, one daunting thought was stuck on her mind. "Can I ask one last thing then?"

This time, it was his turn to cross his arms. "Shoot."

She breathed in deeply before taking a stab in the dark. "Why are you afraid of love?"

A painful expression flashed on his face for a split second before he closed his eyes and contemplated on his answer. That was all she needed to see to confirm her thoughts. "Why do you think that?" He breathed out softly. Out of everything, this was the last question he expected.

"Because," she gave him a sad smile. "We are the same."

He furrowed his eyebrows as he saw the flash of emotion shooting throughout her face. In a way, she was correct, however, hers was on a different level. It was more severe, hurt and betrayal were displayed prominently. He didn't have time to respond to her as the sound of a door opening made them freeze on the spot.

"Hey, Sora-" Kairi called out cheerfully, her presence came back gracefully into the lounge room, breaking the trance the two were in. Her hair was tied up in a high pony tail and she was wearing a fitting white blouse and a navy blue skirt. "I was thinking we should go to Merlin's House on Friday night. I feel like he would like it there. I mean, his "charm" is busting to be released and there's a lot of chicks who might dig that. What do you think?"

The tension that was in the air instantly broke when the red head arrived. Sora leaned back, not realizing how close he was to the blonde, and scratched his chin. "That's the pub, right? I think I saw it on my way here." He relaxed and his demeanor went back to normal, as if the previous conversation didn't effect him at all.

"Yup!" Her breath was minty fresh could be smelt when she sat back down at the square table next to him. She bent down, trying to put her black flats on.

"I don't want him throwing up in my car if he gets drunk. He looks like a heavy drinker." Sora made a face.

"I could say the same about you." She poked his bulging stomach teasingly.

"Excuse me," he swatted her hand away defensively. "This is a food baby, thank you very much."

"Looks like he's going to pop any second."

"Don't worry," Sora grinned and winked at her. "I'll let you when he "pops", if you know what I mean."

"Who's this?" Namine spoke out a bit too late, referring to the previous topic. She had zoned out and snapped back to reality, lost in the conversation as the two got side tracked. She stood up slowly to clear the table.

"Sorry," Kairi gave her housemate an apologetic look, forgetting she was there for a moment. "Sora's boss wants us to take his brother around town since he's new. Oh!" An idea popped into her head. "Do you want to come, Nams? The more the merrier."

The blonde opened her mouth to speak, but the barista beat her to it. "Namine wouldn't want to come to a pub, would you?" He looked over at her. Honestly, she didn't strike him as the type of girl who would drink. Or party. Or anything rebellious, really. She was too angelic.

"No, I'd love to come." Namine gave him a challenging look as she defied him. She could definitely use a drink after the confrontation last night. "It looks good and I want to know more about you, Sora." She smiled, genuinely this time, at him as she came around to clear his plate. "I really do."

Sora looked at her for a moment, trying to figure out if there was an ulterior motive or if she was saying that to spite him. He found none and his own lips curved upwards at her response. "Me too." Despite his earlier mindset, he knew he'd give her another chance anyway. It wasn't that he was too nice or too easy, he just couldn't hold a grudge. He believed that there was always some kind goodness in people, no matter what the situation was.

On the other side of the table, Kairi smiled at the exchange, oblivious to whatever strange behavior was going on, and became even more excited for Friday. Her best friend and guy friend was getting along so well. She declared it was going to be a great outing.


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AN: I hope that wasn't too confusing between Sora and Namine. The hidden implications had to be somewhat subtle but I mean, it probably could have been written in a much better and clearer way. However, I am only human who is prone to many mistakes (too many if you ask me!). PM me if you are though and I will happily answer them :)

Lately, I don't know if you guys have noticed but I've been trying to increase the average word count for each chapter to 4000+ words. I swear my heart stopped when Word froze as I was about to finish this. Why did no one tell me that this was such a struggle? There's only so much grinning one character can do. And the many, many dialogue... dear God. This chapter originally had other scenes like how Sora froth the milk with a glass jar and something about Riku (haha, who missed this old man?) but I cut some of them to be in the next chapter. Expect it soon!

I'd like to personally thank Justin Bieber, Ed Sheeran, and the YouTuber who made the 1 hour loop of 'Love Yourself'. Haha, please don't judge me for being a lazy ass and not downloading it on iTunes. It served its purpose and got me through this chapter... and the next two. Tee hee hee :P But really, everyone should go listen to this song. I believe that JB only has a handful of good songs, and this is one of them.

Okay, I'll stop now.

Thanks for reading guys! See y'all next time ;)