Chapter Seven – Lost
Kairi's eyes flickered open. She was lying on the forest floor. Birds were chirping happily.
"You faint a lot." She heard someone say. She looked up and saw Sora. He was trying to make a fire for some reason. Kairi sat up and rubbed her forehead. Sora turned and looked at her.
"Do you get much exercise?" He asked. Kairi didn't want to answer that. "What happened?" She said instead.
"When I came up to you, you just fainted." He shrugged and finally gave up on making the fire. Sora reached and pulled a something out of her hair. Her heart skipped a beat. "There was a leaf in your hair." He smiled and sat back. Kairi's face reddened. How did she always end up alone with him?
"I saw a fox, so I started to go after it." He pulled out his cell phone. "Here's a picture." Kairi laughed. "He looks a little angry." Sora shrugged. "Yeah. He kind of scared me and I tripped. So how did you manage to get away from your class?"
"I saw a Carolina Chickadee and I wanted to follow it…" She felt a little weird for saying it. "Isn't that the one with the white and black head?" Kairi nodded. "I love those. They're one of my favorite."
"So how much trouble do you think we'll be in when we are either found or get back to school?" Sora questioned, grinning a little. Kairi didn't want to think about that. She could stay with Sora like this for days if she had to. "I don't know. It would probably be a lot…"
"Yeah. I can't get into any more trouble, I suppose."
The smile had faded from Sora's face. He was staring at the ground. Kairi decided to change the subject.
"I saw a snake. It scared me."
"Oh really? So that was the scream I heard." He laughed. Kairi blushed. "Yeah… it was one of the poisonous ones… I'm not afraid of the non-venomous snakes."
"You really like Ecology, don't you?" He asked.
"Eh…" She paused, "Yeah. I like animals and nature."
"That's cool." He said surprisingly. Sora began to look through his binoculars up into the trees and such.
'This is so awesome… I don't even care that I'm going to get in so much trouble when we get back to school… he's so…' Kairi pondered to herself. She heard the sound of a Killdeer. Killdeer! It cawed. Kairi looked around for the bird. It was on the ground looking for food over in the distance. Sora looked over too. "Hey!" He said, making the bird become alarmed and fly off. "Sorry,"
"It's okay." Kairi sighed.
"Are you scared?" Sora asked out of nowhere.
She turned and stared at him. "No… why?"
"Oh." He grinned. "Neither am I." He leaned against the tree behind him. "This reminds me of when I was a kid… when my parents and I would go camping."
"Was it fun?" Kairi asked. She had gone camping a few years ago with her brother for a Scout Trip. It wasn't too exciting because twenty little boys that were about to be nine or ten surrounded her.
"Oh yeah. Back when my dad was alive, everything was great." He sighed and stared into the sky. "Oh… I'm sorry…" Kairi said sympathetically. Sora shrugged. "Yeah… my step dad forbids any sort of camping. He's a bastard. What's worse is that my mother is always on his side."
This sounded strange coming from one of the most popular guys in school. "That must suck. My mother and her new boyfriend are always together. He's okay, I guess."
"Man, I remember when my mom started going out with my stepfather. She was crazy about him. When they got married, everything changed. She found out that he was an alcoholic, and she still hasn't left him. I can't stand him." Kairi wanted to just hug him, but she knew that would be really weird.
"I never even knew my father. You're lucky." Sora gave her a concerned look. "Really? Whoa… I couldn't imagine what life would be like if I never knew my dad."
"Welcome to my life." She shrugged. Kairi was starting to feel crappy. She would cry over the smallest things sometimes. It was quiet.
"Um, you know there's a beetle crawling on your skirt, right?" Sora was watching it. Kairi wasn't in the mood to scream. She flicked it off of her skirt, leaving Sora a little surprised.
"You're the first girl I know that didn't go insane because of a bug. That's pretty cool." He admitted. Kairi suddenly felt a lot better. Sora was complimenting her.
"Why haven't we hung out before?" Sora asked. "I don't know…" Kairi said, not looking at him. She knew he would think her and her friends were just idiots if he saw them, and she was a little embarrassed. Plus, she hung out with Riku. Sora and Riku hated each other. Which reminded her… she just had to know why.
"What happened… with you and Riku?" She asked, hoping not to make him get pissed off at her.
"Oh." He was calm. "He lied to my face." Kairi wanted to ask how, but he answered for her.
"He told me that he didn't like my ex girlfriend at that time, when really he turned his back on me and made out with her at some party." Kairi was shocked. She couldn't believe Riku would do something like that. "Wow…"
"Yeah. I broke up with her and got rid of him at the same time. I don't like liars or cheaters." Sora crossed his arms.
"Sorry for asking about it." Kairi apologized. Sora looked at her. "It's okay." He stood up and held out his hand. "C'mon, let's find our way back to the school. I can't be in any more trouble than I already am." Kairi smiled and took his hand. There was an awkward silence when she got to her feet. They were just standing there. "Um…" Kairi started, trying to break the silence. "Right." Sora turned and started walking off into a random direction. Kairi followed. They moved past branches and vines. She tried to stay as close to him as possible.
Now that Kairi thought about it, Sora was even better than what he showed everyone at school. At school he was in good terms with everyone—well, except for Tidus, but she didn't care about him. He was even better when she started to get to know him. He may have had a few problems, but hey, even the popular people aren't perfect, she thought. He was like a dream come true.
Despite all her wonderful thoughts, Kairi's stomach started to hurt. Maybe she was just hungry, she assumed. She would be eating at lunch right now with Selphie and Namine, but for some reason, she didn't miss it right this moment. However, her stomach ached… worse than it usually did…
"Wait…" She put her hand on a tree and leaned. "Ow…" She used her other hand to hold onto her stomach. "What's wrong, Kairi?" She looked up at Sora, who seemed really anxious. "It hurts…" She whined, and it was. It was almost like a stinging sensation she was getting. This had never happened before. Usually she would be able to handle a stomachache and walking at the same time. Kairi fell onto the ground in pain.
"Kairi!" Sora yelled. He couldn't figure out what was wrong other than the fact she had a really bad stomachache. Kairi was screaming in pain. What was happening? She couldn't even hear Sora. He was becoming even blurrier as she tried to hold tears back, but she just couldn't.
"Kairi… don't worry! I'll get us out of here!" Sora tried to pick her up, but she rolled around too much. Her stomach was killing her. This wasn't normal…
Sora took out his phone. "Damn it! No service!" He tried to find service, but was unsuccessful. Kairi couldn't stop crying. "I need to go to the hospital!" She screamed. Sora didn't know what to do. They were stuck in the middle of the woods… completely lost…
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A/N: Ack. Poor Kairi! Important Note: I changed the name of this story if you didn't notice. That's what happens when I write a story without planning. –Big grin, nod- Yup, yup.
