"Hello?" he answered the cellular phone quietly after the vibration bothered him.
"Sora?" a familiar, concerned voice asked from the other side of the phone line. "Where are you?"
"Oh, I'm at school, waiting for a friend," he answered, casually. "We were gonna hang out and...stuff."
"And 'stuff'? Sora, what're you-"
"N-No! Not like th-that, Mom!" he stuttered, his ocean-blue eyes wide in surprise. "You know I wouldn't d-"
A friendly laugh entered Sora's ear, "Sora! You think I'd think you would do that? Wow, you are gullible."
He chuckled nervously as he mumbled, "O-Oh." then said, "Well, I'm probably gonna be home by seven."
"Seven? We've barely unpacked!" she almost shrieked into the phone. "How about tomorrow?"
"Bu-"
"Don't worry, you've got time," she said, trying to reassure the boy, "Besides, if your date's nice enough, she'll understand, right?" his mother said with a stern tone.
"Wh-Wh-Mom!" he shouted over the phone, "It's not a da-"
"What's not a date?" a voice asked, curiosity in the feminine voice.
Sora turned around to see Kairi standing here, grasping onto her tan messenger bag. One eyebrow was rasied as she stared at him. He gupled, in nervousness.
She's really intimidating right now, Sora gulped then said silently to himself in his mind.
"U-Uh, hey, Kairi!" he spat out, trying to cover the mouthpiece of the cellphone.
"What're you doing, Sora?" she asked him, confused.
He placed a finger to his mouth, and said "shhhhh.". When Kairi quieted down, he mouthed 'sorry', and spoke back into the phone. "You were saying, Mom?"
"Could you ask your date, since she's there already, to post-pone it to tomorrow?"
"She's not my-"
"Just ask her!"
"Wow, someone's a little irritable." Sora mumbled inder his breath, then turned to Kairi. "My Mom's kinda...frustrated right now. So, I don't think she's gonna actually let me go and..."
"Oh." her voice was subtle, and dismayed. "W-Well, that's fine with me, Sora." she gave a half-hearted smile to the boy, "You don't need to go if you're gonna get in trouble. Afterall, it's nothing important."
"Uhmm...Sorry to let you down, Kairi." he mumbled.
"I-It's fine, really, it is." she added a slight chuckle at the end.
Sora's phone made its way back to his mouth, "Mom, I'll be home soon." he said with a rushed tone, then pressed a red-coloured button and placed it in his pocket.
"I'll see you tomorrow, okay, Sora?" Kairi's tone was more joyful when she said "Besides, you'll get done unpacking and everything. It must be frustrating to move."
He nodded, "Damn right." Sora replied as he began to walk out the door. "Hey, Kairi?"
"Yeah?"
"Could you show me the exit? I can't where it is!"
Her smile grew wider as she replied, "Alright, alright." then giggled. "Or are you just too much of a lazy bum to remember?"
"A...mix of both, I guess?" he laughed.
The two walked outside of the school in almost complete silence, until, "Hey, Sora, there's a fair coming up."
"A fair?" he repeated in confirmation, eyes wide with a curiosity. "What kind?"
"Haven't you been to a fair before?"
"Well, I have, but--"
"IT's like that."
"I was kinda asking what it was for." he chuckled.
Silence came from Kairi, then she replied, "Oh. It's some yearly fundraiser. Everyone just goes for the actual fair. I don't think I know anybody who's managing the fair."
"When is it?" Sora asked almost immediately after Kairi was done.
"It's in a month or so," she answered. Then, her blue eyes turned to him, "You wanna go with me?"
"O-Oh, that's fine." he answered. "Besides, I have to make it up to you for not going with you go get ice cream."
She giggled. "That's not important anymore!" she told him, "Anyways, now that I have someone to go with, I don't have to stress!"
"Huh? What's that supposed to mean?" in a taunting-like voice, Sora asked, "Are you using me?"
But then again, he kind of felt hurt.
"N-No! Of course not!" she assured, "It's just that everyone who's going has to go with someone, and only one someone. Or else, they won't let you in."
His blue eyes squinted in confusion, "That's a strange rule," Sora commented.
"Yeah, but y'know. People are trying to enforce the act of dating or something. Or some just try and play cupid, y'know what I mean?"
"That's even stranger."
"Kinda."
"Well, at least I'm not getting left out with the festivities, right?" Sora half-heartedly chuckled, then looked around as they walked off of school grounds, "I think I can find my way home from here, Kairi. Th-Thanks for walking with me."
"No problem..." she sighed, then mumbled quietly, "I love walking with you,"
Sora whirled around, "Wh-What was that?" he asked suddenly.
Kairi almost went to cover her mouth, almost letting out a 'nothing', btu replied with "What was what?"
"That."
"What I said?"
"What was it?"
"...'No problem'?" she she asked slightly tilting her head to the right in a repeated-question manner, but Sora just shook his head.
"N-Nevermind," he told her reassuringly, before turning the opposite way, "still, thanks."
"No problem."
As they walked seperate ways, Sora muttered under his breath, "I love walking with you too, Kairi."
OMG THIS CHAPTER SUCKED MONKEY NUTS.
Sorry for such a horrible chapter for such a long time to update. DDDDD: Forgive me, -bows- PLEASE?!
dlskgnsd'ofjgdsf...I'm not sure if you even wanna review, because I wouldn't, trust me.,
lol.
I'll make the next chapter even better, I PROMISE! :DDD
Once more, I'm really sorry, this chapter wasn't the best. I was just too caught up with "Beyond Belief"...go read that if you'd like! I'd like it; It's re-write of "My World"...
So reviews over there w2ould be appreciated as well.
thanks! eCZi (it's June 26, 2008 when I posted this.)
