Secret

I shivered. It was damn cold and I was freezing. Suddendly I felt a warm 'something' beside me. I curled up against this 'something' and sighed. That something stroke my hair and whispered my name. My eyes shot open with shock and I sat up immediately. "Geez, Sora, are you making it a routine to scare me like this?!"
He rolled with his eyes. "Don't complain! It's weekend!"
I looked at my clock. "What are you doing here than?"
He was hurt and I quickly changed my tone. "I mean, don't you like to sleep away your weekend?"
He grinned now he knew what I meant. "I wanted to hear your secret"
My eyes widened and I ducked under the covers. Sora's hand ran through my hair and he whispered: "You've promised, remember?"
I looked up at him and shot him a death glare. "I'm not a morning person!"
He chuckled. "I know"
He unzipped his jacket and hung it over my chair. He kicked his shoes off and sat beside me.
I felt his warmth burn through me and I cuddled up against him. "You ready?"
He nodded, his eyes sparked with excitement.
Wonder what it will be…
I sighed and I shivered. "Are you wondering what it will be?"
His eyes widened and he looked perplexed. H-how did she catch that?!
"You are asking yourself how I caught that?"
His jaw dropped. She can't be serious!?
"Well, I am serious…"
His eyes stared into mine. "H-how?"
"I can read minds"
His jaw dropped even further. "R-really?"
I nodded and waited for his response, spoken or not.
"I don't believe you! Okay, what am I thinking now?"
Naminé called… she's coming tomorrow… I don't want to see her…
"You thought: 'Naminé called… she's coming tomorrow… I don't want to see her…' "
He shook his head.
So, you can hear me now?
"Yes"
You've heard me all the time?!
"No… I wasn't close enough 'til a few days ago"
Close?
I sighed. "Yeah, distance is a problem"
Really? Wait a sec… but since a few days ago… you caught every, every thought?!
I glanced at him. "Hmm… no, not really. I lost you yesterday while you were having gym class… and…"
And?
"And your mind sometimes suddendly become blank"
Huh? How is that possible?
I shrugged. "I don't know. I think you have some kind of control over your thoughts or something"
When couldn't you catch my mind?
I thought for a second and I hugged him suddendly. Yeah, like I thought already: his mind was blank…
I pulled him away. "Now your mind was blank" I said unsatisfied.
He chuckled. "You don't want to hear what I'm thinking on those moments…"
She'll think I'm obsessed with her or something… Shoot… she could read my mind
I laughed out loud. "Yeah, you forgot"
He groaned. "You monster"
I shook my head. "No, you monster! Why does your mind become blank then?!"
Never mind
I hesitated a bit, but I wrapped my arms around his neck and felt his arms around my waist immediately.
"I'm tired" I whispered in his ear.
He chuckled and I felt his breath in my neck. "Want to sleep away your weekend?"
I yawned. "Your thoughts aren't that mean, so I won't take it personally"
He made a face. Well, I don't mind if you're going to sleep… I'll just stay here, okay?
I grinned. "That's more than okay"
Why?
I kissed the back of his neck and felt his breathing in my neck becoming uneven. "Because you promised, right?"
Oh, that's right… well, goodnight then
"Thanks"
I laid down and curled up against his chest. He was way too warm, but my body was still freezing now I was away from him, so I pressed myself as close as I could to the warmth of his body.
He wrapped his arms around me and I quickly fell asleep…

She's so sweet in her sleep…
I woke up and shook my head. "huh?"
Shoot… she's awake… I-I mean… Hey, finally woke up, sleepyhead?
I opened my eyes and saw his eyes spark.
He leaned in and my heart stood still. But his lips were brushing against my forehead and I relaxed.
Good afternoon
I gasped. "Is it so late already?"
He chuckled. "U-uh… You already slept your weekend away"
"You think I'm sweet when I sleep?"
He blushed. "No, just noting, you know"
My eyes narrowed, but I curled up against his chest again and I sighed. "Why are you so hot?"
His eyes widened with surprise and his heart beat quickly against my ear.
"I meant your body temperature"
His heart was steady again. "Oh"
"But I think you're attracting too" I added. It wasn't fair I could read his mind, and he couldn't read mine.
Thanks
"You're welcome"

While Sora was thinking about how to avoid Naminé the next day, his hand stroke my hair and his other hand pulled me closer to him. I wrapped my arms around his neck and shut my eyes.
I didn't want to fall asleep, but I was so tired. "Why don't you date someone to avoid her?"
He was surprised, but recovered. It's still weird you know what I'm thinking…
I shrugged. "You'll get used to it"
He laughed. "Yeah, I hope so"
I opened my eyes. "But, what are you going to do?"
"Well, why don't you come over to my place?" He tried to ask it nonchalantly, but he failed. He sounded desperately, hopeful and I suddendly heard that his voice was low. I brushed his cheek with my fingertips. "Are you really that scared you'll fall in love with her again?"
His eyes narrowed. "Is that a 'no'?"
I shook my head and shut my eyes again. Please don't refuse me… I don't want to face her alone…
My turn to narrow my eyes. "Hmm…"
I sat up a bit and thought about how to wrung his fear out of him. He was afraid of something, but didn't want to tell me.
My eyes lit up when I finally found a way.
I leaned in and my lips brushed against his. "You won't tell me?"
His eyes widened and his breathing was uneven. "I-I…"
I pulled away and followed the shape of his lips. "Sora?"
He gasped and he wrung the words out of his throat. "The last time I saw her, we had a fight… I'm scared she'll remind me of all the things I said to her, but I'm not in love with her anymore and I don't want to get reminded of all the things I did with her"
I smiled and kissed him lightly on his forehead. "Don't sweat it, I'll be there"
Thanks… It means a lot to me, you know
"I know"
He shook his head. "You know, it's real warm here"
Yeah, from all the blushing I did.
Sora pulled me away and unzipped his sweater. He grinned at me. "I'll not take my T-shirt off"
I chuckled. "You'd better not" I threw a pillow at him. He caught it and laid it on the floor. He groaned and stretched his body. He yawned. "Thanks to you I'm tired too"
I pouted and he brushed my cheek with his fingers. "Don't worry, I'm not leaving"

We sat there almost the whole afternoon. Sora's hand stroke my hair again and my fingers brushed his other hand absently. We were both in deep thoughts, but only I knew it from us both.
"Say Kairi…" Sora started, but I heard what he was going to ask already in my head.
"Yeah, I know. You know, under the doormat, there is a key from the front door. You can use it to come in" He nodded and rested his head on mine.

I heard Sora's sigh in my head. "You have to go, don't you?" I asked him, with a sad tone in my voice.
He heard it. "I'm sorry… I don't want to leave, but I'll pick you up tomorrow!"
Suddendly my mum came in. She saw our embrace and she giggled. "Oops, sorry… did I disturb you guys?"
We both shook our heads. Sora wasn't tensed, so he must be trusting my mother. I sank more into him, what causes him to blush.
Aw, they're so cute together! He looks so protective about her… and Kairi looks so happy with him… I hope they will hook up together pretty soon…
I groaned. Sora's eyes narrowed. My mother grinned and said: "Well, I wanted to check if you were still alive, but Sora was taking that job out of my hands, apparently" Sora smiled at her. "Don't worry, I'll make sure she's alive"
Yeah, you already make her seem like she really lives! See that blush!
She smiled and shut the door behind her.
What was that groan for?
I rested my head on his shoulder. "You really want to know?"
"Yeah!"
"To be exactly, she thought she wanted us to hook up pretty soon"
Sora remained quiet and tried to focus his thoughts on something else. He failed.
"You want us to hook up as well?"
He became red. "W-well… I don't know… it's still way too early to say…"
I was a bit disappointed, but knew why he said that. He didn't want an one-night stand like Roxas' relationships usually were.
"Sora?"
"Hm?"
"We'll be fine"
He was silent. Yeah… I know… but it's not that I don't want more… it's…
"I know" I whispered in his ear.
Kairi, I should have been lying to you about it, but you've read my thoughts way too much to deny I don't feel anything toward you
"I know too… but…"
Yes?
"What are we?"
He pulled an eyebrow up. Um… humans?
I chuckled. "I meant: what kind of … 'relationship' do we have? Friends or something?"
He pulled me closer, however he didn't notice it by himself.
Hmm… We're not friends anymore…
I snorted. "Anymore?"
Have it your way, we were never real friends… but since a few days we aren't best friends anymore…
"But we aren't hooked up yet"
I don't know… we're between it, I think
I struggled with myself for a while and sat up a bit. I took Sora's face between my hands. "Sora… you'll make the decision okay?"
He took my hands off his face and kissed me on my forehead. "You'll be the first who knows when I change my mind"

On five o'clock he went home. I hugged him tightly before he left.
If Naminé could steal his heart so much he wanted a relationship with her… why couldn't I?
But on the other side… maybe she still owned some parts of his heart… suddendly I became scared. What if Sora saw her and fell in love with her again?
I almost freaked out. I would do anything to fight against that! I wouldn't let her near Sora!
You jealous bitch, I thought by myself. Sora deserves better than you…
Yeah, he did. But I wanted him so badly.
Sora wasn't out the street yet, so I quickly scanned his thoughts.
I feel miserable… I want her so badly, but I just said I didn't want a relationship?! That's so stupid!
I'll lose her if I go on with this… I'll have to make my decision! I have to! But I don't want to hurry through this… but on the other side… what if she falls in love with someone else? I won't give her away! I won't!

Sora was out the street, so I couldn't hear him. My eyes started to water. I didn't like it when Sora was mad with himself. He was real hard for himself. Too hard.
I knew instinctively that next week would be the last week we could go on with our 'hanging between'. He had to make the decision next week, or I'd be heartbroken and be moving on.
But he knew my secret and I was going to meet my opponent tomorrow.
Well, I would show her I wasn't going to give Sora away!

She would have to fight for him harder than I would ever could!

(Author's note:
Urgh… it's such late… I really need my sleep, but I can't sleep… =.=
I got one review so far and one added this story to his favorites! One put this story on story alert, so I'm doing it pretty good so far…

Hideki411: Thanks for your comment! I'll try to make it less confusing xD

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Hmm… I'll give you some information about the next chapter, just because I won't be able to put the next one online:

The chapter will be called 'Naminé'. Something happens what change one relationship forever…
Which would it be? Sora and Kairi's 'hanging between' or Roxas and Xion's courtship?

Thanks everybody for supporting me! I'll put the next chapter online as soon as possible!)