Me: Hello

Riku: she is sorry for not updating for a month

Me: well it wasn't really a month

Riku: Yes it was

Me: No one asked you're opinion

Riku: Than why did you type it

Me: because you're going to say the disclaimer

Riku: how is that relevant?

Me: I don't know

Riku: Nexlei does not own Kingdom Hears or any other random references

I scream you scream

We all scream for

Ice Cream

'Homework is an evil entity. That is the mantra of schoolchildren across the globe. It is common knowledge, and even widely accepted by studies done at prestigious universities,' Kairi stifled a laugh as she thought the last part, it was probably incorrect on many levels. But it was definitely fun to think. 'Well, I suppose there are times when homework was bearable' she added as an afterthought glancing up at her surroundings from a very large chemistry book.

Homework was a nice reason to be sitting on opposite ends, of the couch from Sora. Although, it seemed every passing second caused the center of the couch to shrink and pull her closer to her dear friend. When they had first sat down, she had stupidly positioned herself awkwardly close to him… close enough to lean her head on his shoulder. Her heart was beating so fast it almost hurt. That couldn't be a good sign.

So she suggested homework, and they both got up to grab their books. When they sat back down again, she conveniently sat far on the other side… not the smoothest of actions, and it didn't go unnoticed, but she didn't feel like she was about to have heart failure anymore.

She glanced over at Sora, unwillingly of course. He was sitting comfily on the other end of the couch with a copy of Hamlet glued to his hands. His head tilted over the book, just slightly enough so the small amount of hair that didn't manage to be completely vertical, fell in front of his eyes. She continued to watch him, every now and than he would squint his eyes perplexed at something someone said in the Shakespearian play. She couldn't help laughing… a little louder than she had originally hoped.

"What's so funny?" He looked up at her, biting his lip.

"Your face is so silly" She replied still laughing. Although, in all truth, it was more of a giggle, she was giggling at how blatantly adorable he was. That scared her.

"Dost thou not like my face?" Sora attempted to speak in Elizabethan English. Too much Shakespeare for his own good, Kairi knew this was a fact. "But, what's so funny about my face?"

"Hmmm nothing"

"Sure," Sora pretended to have a busied ego. It would be nice, he thought, to know what she was laughing at.

"Lazy bum… I was laughing at your face," Kairi said.

"Yes I know…" He pouted, scrunching his nose, "You just informed me about three sec…"

"I mean, the funny faces you were making," Kairi cleared it up, shaking her head.

"I made a funny face…" Sora looked down to his book, almost in recognition, "Oh… it's because I'm reading Hamlet".

"Ok…" Kairi didn't get it. Kairi didn't get Shakespeare in general.

"Well, you see," He paused, knowing that Kairi didn't like Hamlet much, "He pretty much called his girlfriend a whore, and told her to go to a nunnery,"

"Really?" Kairi was actually a little surprised.

"Yeah," Sora nodded his head.

"But that wasn't really a haha 'Hamlet's girlfriend was just called a whore' face,"

"It took me a minute to actually comprehend that he was saying this to the girl whom he had, so admirably, written a love letter to,"

"So he's a player?" Kairi laughed.

"No, he's a whiney emo kid who can't seem to make up his mind," Sora informed her, seemingly proud of himself that he understood the complex plot structure. Kairi changed the subject. She had decided that she wasn't going to attempt to scratch the surface of what Sora had just told her.

"I thought you were reading The Cather in the Rye," Kairi said.

"I am, this is a history assignment," Sora smiled, "the point of which is to get us interested in Shakespeare… some teachers never get it," Sora spoke the truth. Shakespeare was something that could be loved much more if it was read or seen for pleasure, not to do long overdone book projects.

"Good thing Riku isn't here, he would have made some kind of awful comment about Hamlet's girlfriend" Kairi laughed, looking over at Sora, he looked a spacey, "Um Sora, this is the part where you laugh at Riku".

"Oh, sorry," Sora looked up at her, apologetically.

"You space out too much," Kairi shook her head.

"Yeah, I do," Sora smiled as if he were proud.

Kairi was waiting for him to deny it, or at least use some kind of comeback but he didn't. So she changed the subject to one of her favorite topics.

"And what is Riku doing tonight?" Kairi laughed. They had this conversation almost every time that Riku wasn't around.

"You mean who, right?" Sora shot back customarily. Kairi laughed, Riku was an amazing friend, but he flaunted his beauty on too many girls to count. And they all fell for it.

"Yeah,"

"The brunette in chemistry," Sora said.

"Does he like her?" Kairi already knew the answer.

"Certain parts of her, yes, very much,"

"You know what I think of Riku," Kairi asked Sora rhetorically.

"Ummm you think he's a sexy beast?" Sora asked. Kairi looked at him eyes wide. She slid across the couch, bumping into him softly before slapping him upside the head.

"No,"

"Than what, Kairi dearest, do you think of Riku?" Sora added in the Kairi dearest for a laugh… well he wanted to think that and more importantly he wanted her to think that.

"I think he's afraid of commitment," Kairi said seriously.

"Commitment is very scary," Sora put in Riku's defense.

"Marriage yes… but dating not really,"

"Maybe you should ask Riku," Sora suggested a funny smile spreading across his lips.

"Maybe I should," Kairi said, challenging his idea, but having no real intention of doing so. Sora whipped out his cell phone and half a second later, Riku's face flashed on the screen and he tossed the phone to Kairi.

"You didn't…" She stared at him her jaw dropped a little, "You know he hates being interrupted when he's on a date".

"Which is why that is always my favorite time to call him," He smirked.

"Hello," Riku's voice sounded on the phone, she put it on speaker phone.

"Hi Riku," Kairi said.

"Ummm, what's up…," Riku's voice trailed off, "I can't really talk too long".

"Yeah, yeah, I know. You're on a date. But I have an important question to ask you".

"You're with Sora aren't you?" Riku asked.

"Yes," Kairi answered not seeing any relevance in this, "How did you know?"

"Sora only calls when he wants to do something, or when he knows I'm on a date"

"Right, well I have a reason to call you," Kairi laughed into the phone, the reason seeming more and more ridiculous by the second.

"And that is?"

"Are you afraid of commitment?" Kairi asked. The line went silent for a moment.

"Not that I know of," His suave voice sounded on the other side of the phone, "Kairi that was a really stupid question".

"Yeah," She said.

"Hold on…" Riku said, his voice sounding a little different this time. A girl's giggles could be heard.

"Poor girl," Kairi mumbled to Sora.

"What is Riku doing to her," Sora asked as the giggles abruptly stopped, and a long silence followed.

"Ok, I'm here," Riku said.

"Next time you do that, just hang up, ok" Sora shouted into the phone.

"Someone's a little grouchy today," Riku mumbled.

"Well that's all I wanted to ask," Kairi said.

"Well, congratulations on making me go four minutes over my cell phone limit," Riku said, his pout was evident in his voice.

"Honestly Riku, half of that time was spent, tickling, making out with or harassing the brunette," Sora said.

"Or doing other things"

"Bye Riku," Kairi refused to continue the conversation.

"Oh and Kairi?" Riku asked, "You and Sora are alone right?"

"Yeah…"

"Go easy on him, it's his first time," Riku said, this was more than likely his way of getting back at Sora for yelling, Kairi turned a red and was about to retort when the line went dead. Sora looked mortified.

"Just what does he think we are doing?" He said.

"Playing chess?" Kairi suggested.

"Hahaha lets go with that one," Sora agreed, his eyes darting away from Kairi.

Kairi looked up at the clock. It was already five, she was getting hungry.

"You staying for dinner?" Kairi asked.

"Yeah," Sora said.

"Pizza ok?" Everyone loved pizza, "My parents aren't coming back until later".

"Yeah," Sora said again.

"I'm going to run upstairs, I left the menu with the number for delivery in my room,"

Sora nodded his head and Kairi stood up from the couch, and hopped across the room to the staircase. She walked up the stairs, and into her room, digging around the mess her sister had made, looking for the small paper menu.

Sora sat on the couch downstairs, thinking of ways to get back at Riku for what he said. Nothing was immediately coming to mind. He heard Kairi shuffling around her room upstairs, looking for the menu.

He sat there on the couch, alone, for the better part of five minutes, before heading upstairs to see what was taking Kairi so long.

Being the creative genius he was, he imagined she had been swallowed up by the mess that was her room. Maybe he could jump in and save her from the monstrous crayons left on the floor by her little sister.

Or maybe he was just insane. Insane for his ideas, or insane for Kairi. He felt a little sick thinking about the last part. The day had been odd and there were no signs that it was going to get any more normal. At this point, nothing could possibly happen to make this day be reasonably close to normal.

He had climbed the stairs and made the few paces down the hallway required to reach Kairi's room. The door was open, so he walked right in.

There she was, kneeling on the ground next to a pile of old papers that looked like they hadn't been touched in weeks. She was flipping through them furiously with a look of desperation. She had not noticed he had entered the room until he plopped himself down on the floor next to her.

"Can't find it?" He already knew, but asking was fun anyway.

"What was your first clue Sherlock?" Kairi sighed. She rolled her eyes and turned away from her stack of papers to look through another that was nearby.

Sora glanced around the room. Everything seemed to be exactly the way it always was, his eyes ran across the pictures of her, Riku and himself and followed them until they reached her closet.

Something was different. Normally the door was closed, hiding her wardrobe from view. Sora had no idea why it was always shut he hadn't noticed that it always had been, until this very moment when he saw that it was open. Looking in his eyes landed on something. It was blue, light, swishy looking and the exact opposite of anything that Kairi had ever worn.

He stared at it for a moment. He was a little dumbstruck that she even owned something like this. It was so… girly, soft, feminine. Not to say that Kairi was lacking in the feminine department, Sora knew this much. Even when she only wore a frumpy sweatshirt, she was a vision to behold.

Why did she have this? She couldn't wear it to homecoming, it was to casual. She didn't wear dresses anywhere else, and it couldn't be for school.

Maybe he was looking too deep into things. He did that often, he realized. He should just ask her.

"Ok…"

"Found it!" She yelled in triumph, as she pulled out a pamphlet with a picture of a pizza on the cover.

"Good, I'm really hungry," Sora said. He wouldn't ask her now. She smiled and dialed the number on her cell phone. Just like Kairi to be too lazy to find the house phone.

After a minute on the phone, she hung up grinning.

"They said it should be a half an hour," Kairi said.

"And that makes you happy why?"

"…it's just enough time to spoil our dinner with ice cream" Kairi said in a quick tone, as if saying it fast would suddenly cut out the unhealthiness that was spoiling dinner with ice cream.

"You're amazing," Sora grinned.

"Why thank you," Kairi laughed, and the two walked out of her room and down the stairs to the kitchen.

Kairi grabbed two bowls down from a cabinet and set them on the counter. Sora had already gotten out the ice cream and whipped cream at this time.

"Yes, Chocolate, good choice," Kairi beamed.

"You mean to tell me, there are other flavors?" Sora scooped two perfectly round scoops of chocolate ice cream into Kairi's bowl, and than two into his.

"Of course not," Kairi played along, smiling. She added some whipped cream and admired her sundae, "Needs fudge," She added after a moment's deliberation.

"You're right," Sora said and he dashed across Kairi's kitchen and helped himself to the fudge as if he had lived there his entire life.

"I love how you're so comfortable with taking food from my fridge," Kairi laughed.

"I love how you're so comfortable getting comfortable on my couch," Sora said. It was true, Kairi had proclaimed Sora's famously comfy couch as her true home many times.

"That's true, and I'm very proud," Kairi poured fudge over her ice cream and sat down at the table. Sora was right behind her, and sat in the chair next to her.

It was nice, Kairi noticed, that for the last few minutes the awkwardness brought on by the events earlier that day had disappeared.

It is still just Sora, Kairi figured. No matter where they stood in a relationship, he was still Sora and she was still Kairi, and they were still best friends. That couldn't change.

She had to admit though, she did like liking him. If that had an ounce of sense to it. Now that she had had that epiphany, she was at least free to admit to herself that she enjoyed watching him read, or laugh, or make ice cream sundaes. She didn't have to lie to herself that she felt certain giddiness in his company or that when he was near she feared her heart was beating so fast that she would die.

She should tell him. She knew it wasn't fair, letting him think she was so indifferent to him. But she couldn't say the right words. Sure, she could laugh, joke, annoy or start meaningless conversations with him. But she couldn't quite get herself to admit it yet. After all she had only just admitted it to herself a few hours ago.

She looked at Sora, he had finished his ice cream, and was leaning back in the chair looking very happy with the world. She laughed when she saw his nose.

"What's so funny?" He asked.

"Your face," She said.

"Not this one again," Sora almost sighed, but he couldn't help himself smiling.

"Yeah, sorry Sora,"

"What's wrong with my face now," Sora asked. He looked thoroughly amused at their conversation.

"You somehow managed to get whipped cream on your nose," Kairi pointed.

"Brilliant aren't I?" He asked.

"In a messy kind of way," Kairi laughed. Sora reached for a napkin, but Kairi caught his hand, "I'll get it," She surprised herself.

She dropped his hand, and picked up the napkin that he had been reaching for. She gently reached up and dabbed his nose with it. He smiled slightly and crossed his eyes as if to follow her hand.

"You're too cute," Kairi said just above a whisper, he heard her. It was a few seconds later when she noticed his blue eyes staring intently at her that she computed that one of her thoughts had been said aloud. She froze, not knowing what to do. She dabbed away the whipped cream, and dropped the napkin onto the table.

He than did something that surprised her. He reached over and pulled her into a soft hug. She couldn't lie to herself and say she wasn't positively glowing at the fact he had just placed his arms so nicely around her. Something about it felt right.

She slowly wrapped her arms around him, returning the hug. She smiled, and he held her close.

"Thanks Kairi," He said. Her smile widened at hearing his voice in her ear.

A/n yeah, I know this chapter is short. And I know this is also about a month late. But I have a good excuse. The Twilight series. Every girl who had read the books is nodding their head in understanding right now. I just know it. Well, I should cut this short before I go on a rant about what exactly is so amazing about the Twilight series (Edward Cullen). The next chapter should be up soon.

Another note, to those who didn't get the Hamlet reference… the part referred to was right after the "to be or not to be" monologue. Hamlet was talking to Ophelia about how he never loved her. He said something along the lines of "Get thee to a nunnery; why wouldst thou be a breeder of sinners". If you haven't read or seen Hamlet and would like to know what on earth I am rambling about, do tell me and I would be very happy to explain. Lucky readers caught Nexlei on a Shakespeare day. Anyway Review!!!