CHAPTER VII: GETTING BACK TOGETHER
Sora's POV: A Third Party
I pace, not sure what to do… "I can't believe I left that… How long were we alone? Ugh…" My pacing becomes faster and faster. "There's no way I could've left that. We were only together a few minutes. Well, fourth DID come a little faster than I thought it should. No way!" I run my hands through my hair, back up against a wall and slide down. I bang it against the wall some more. "Why did I even do that?! Since when does she have a boyfriend. How did they kiss? Kairi wouldn't have told me to do that if she had a boyfriend. She wouldn't have let yesterday happen!" I bang my head a couple more times.
"What about yesterday?" I hear a way too familiar voice say. I look up to see Riku. "What about Kairi and yesterday?"
"Nothing." I scramble up to my feet and try to get away from him. He doesn't let me.
"What's going on?"
"Nothing!"
"Sora you and her are like my best friends. Tell me what's going on."
I break. Again. I don't have much strength when it comes to Kairi. In any case. "I kissed her, okay?! I did more than that." I glare at him for getting it out of me.
"What do you mean?"
"That wasn't her boyfriend who left that on her!"
He chokes. I could've expected. "What?!"
"Yesterday in fourth period I almost kissed her. I really did after school. Today in third period I ran into her in the hallway after she saw me do something really stupid. And then I did another stupid thing, okay?"
"What did you do?"
"I kissed her! What else do you think I did?! You know me!"
"Sorry. Forgot."
"Now I have to deal with it. How did that guy kiss her?"
"Actually, he did kiss her, but she wasn't really into it. She was at the end, but I think it's because he wouldn't let her go. He wasn't being a bastard, just… It was weird. You should probably ask her."
"No! I'm not talking to her again."
"Loosen up! I don't think they're even going out to be honest."
"But you said—!"
"Relax. You were acting funny. I had to say something."
"I hate you." I'm glaring at him and at the moment mean it, but I don't really. I'd still jump in front of a bullet for him.
"Sorry." He looks like he doesn't know what else to say.
I look away to glare. "You know I didn't mean that."
"Yeah. I know. But don't blame me because you can't make up your mind."
"Huh? How do you know…?"
He smirks sarcastically. "And I just met you yesterday, right? Sora, I've known you forever. I know when you're being stupid."
"Yeah. Thanks." I say, trying to cheer myself up. It works a little. I can smile a little without as much effort.
"You know what I mean."
I sober back to the way I was before. "What to you think I should do?"
"I don't know. Maybe just stay friends."
"I can't."
"Why not? So you kissed her and her neck? Apologize. Get over it."
"I didn't just to that."
"You said that was all…"
"I did something else."
"Like what?" He laughs as if he doesn't believe me. Kairi comes around the corner.
"Don't answer that, Sora." She looks at me solemnly. Maybe not exactly sadly, just… I guess tired.
"Kairi." Riku says, a little surprised. "How long have you been there?"
"Since you left to follow Sora." She turns to me. "And if you ask me, I think you should just get over yourself and kiss me again." She closes her eyes. "I mean give us a chance."
"That too." Riku says. "A little weird for me, but whatever you want."
I close my eyes and think. "And we're not together." She says. "We had a plan, but I don't want it anymore. I'm sorry."
Forget my thoughts. "What?"
She smiles guiltily. "I was trying to make you jealous. But he really likes me, so he says. It was his idea because he wanted me to start liking him instead. He's really sweet. It was a good idea, but it never would have worked." She smiles at me.
"Yeah. Friends is way out the window. If we can say stuff like that openly, we have no business being friends. I have to think, Kairi." I feel like a jerk saying that. Especially with Homecoming coming up. I'd forgotten all about it until now. Maybe I can figure out what I want before then. It is next week, and I don't want her waiting forever. "I'll tell you by the middle of next week." Riku gets what I'm saying.
"Wait… Homecoming." Kairi's eyes light up at the realization.
Kairi's POV: Permission
I didn't even think about Homecoming! "Sora…! I didn't mean to… This sucks! I'm so sorry! I didn't even think!"
Sora laughs at me a little. I miss that. "What?"
"I didn't even think about Homecoming!"
"Don't worry about it, Kairi. I'll tell you before then." He's acting like his normal self again.
"I'm not worried about that!"
"So you'll go with me?" Riku's eyes widen and my jaw opens a little. He corrects himself. "I mean, either way?"
I swallow. "Yeah." He laughs at me again. "What?"
"Your face. You look hilarious."
Riku looks at me and laughs too. "That is pretty good." I shut my half-hung jaw and send teasing looks to both of them. Our trio's back! I giggle and they laugh. Riku stops and pulls my hair back from my neck. "So let's see this." I flinch a little and Sora's watching intently, I guess wanting to see it too. "Not that bad." He says.
"I covered it up a little." I say. He shrugs.
"Still not that bad. I've seen worse. I've given worse," He looks over at Sora. "Too bad."
"Hey!" Sora breaks out in a smile. "What's that supposed to mean?!"
"Better luck next time." Riku says. I hit him playfully, dropping my jaw from surprise. Sora's eyes get wide for a second. He just shuts up. It makes me want to kiss him. I just hug him instead and giggle. He finally laughs. Riku looks at us and smirks. "Humph."
"What?" I'm not hugging him anymore.
"Nothing." He says.
Riku's POV: Revelations
"Funny. They actually don't look too bad together. I've seen them together my whole life, but I've never thought of them together before. It's interesting, but I guess it really does make sense. However weird it may be." I smile. "So are we hanging out tomorrow after school or what?"
Sora fidgets again. It's hilarious to see him act like this! I have to stop myself from laughing at him. I can tell Kairi is too. He's about to laugh himself from embarrassment. I let it out and we all laugh together. "It was just a question!"
We try to sober. "Okay. Okay. He says. I'll be there."
"I guess I will too," Kairi says. Alright!
"So there goes my plan of maybe getting a little closer to her. Oh well. If she went to anyone else, I'm glad it'd be Sora. Osamu would've been good too. Who knows? She might actually go with him. I doubt it… Especially after what's happened between her and Sora. But I'm really glad it wasn't any of the Jaguars."They tend to use girls more than a little. We also tend not to play any sports. Too preppy. Jockey. Whatever. But Sora's cool. Even if he doesn't hang out with us. He's a good kid. I've actually been thinking about not hanging out with them either. "Osamu's right. Like I said earlier, he's smart. Anyway… if Sora goes with Kairi, maybe I can ask that other girl… She's cute. She's also Kairi's enemy, so… maybe I'll hold back for a while. Hey, that means I can still flirt. Nothing wrong with that."
Selphie's POV:
"They've been gone a while. I wonder what's going on… I heard that there were some things going on with Kairi and Sora. But who was that other guy she was kissing? I know she's not a slut. Despite what almost happened in Health yesterday. I don't care what other people say either. Amé can shut up. She's a real slut herself. Her and Ace… It's gross what they do in the hallway. I wonder what Riku was doing in here though. It's weird. I've liked him for a while but he always takes my breath away when he walks into a room." I sigh and smile. "Riku…" I'll just talk to Kairi. I have to apologize. "Maybe I should talk to Seifer first. That was a really jerky thing to do yesterday." I just wanted to get up and go over there. When Kairi got mad at me… I couldn't get mad at her back. Because I did tell him, and he was the only person. But if I knew she didn't like him, I wouldn't have told him. Maybe I should have double-checked with her. I was afraid she's lie to me, though. She never tells me who she likes. She's always lied to me. "That's it. I'm talking to Seifer the next class I have with him. And I also saw what happened in the hallway yesterday. …She said she liked someone else. So is it Sora or that guy?" I continue eating. "I can't wait. I'm going to talk to him now."
Author's Note: So, I'm bringing Riku and Selphie in more. Yay. And as all our fanfics have gone so far… you know what happens. (wow. Nickelback's "Photograph" just came on. Good song) Amazing how someone can write a whole chapter on what goes on in a hallway. Right? Well… Riku had to find out sometime. Hope you enjoyed it. Rate and Review please. (yes, even if you hated it. Please don't burn too bad. Smoked is good)
