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Chapter 8: Our Little Secret:

People were walking around in the halls at school, talking to each other as usually. Namine and Riku waited for Sora to come but time was drawing closer for the final bell to ring. Namine looked down toward the floor, thinking. She had decided not to tell anyone about what Sora was up to. Riku and Namine looked around for a few minutes but then they decided to leave.

Sora and Kairi were walking among the crowd in the hall, close to where Namine and Riku were. Suddenly, Sora had stopped which Kairi noticed. Her feet had come to a halt along with his. She could tell what he was concerned about. She turned around and leaned toward him. "Listen. Everything is all right. No one has to know." she tried to reassure him in a low voice.

Sora continued to look down. He had been thinking about what had happened between them since last night. As much as he had wanted to be with her, he couldn't help but think about the vampires that were serving under him and how they would react to him being with a wolf. So he told her what he thought was the best thing. "I think this does need to end."

Kairi moved in closer to him. She had thought about the risks of them being caught together at that moment by a vampire or a wolf but at that point, she didn't care. "Let's talk about this." She wanted to grab his hand but resisted.

Sora's eyes lifted up to meet hers. He could tell that she wasn't going to leave it alone. "We'll talk about this later."

Kairi started to get upset a little that he was starting to have doubts about them again but she was going to find a way to convince him. "Yes. We will. Soon."

Sora closed his eyes as he sighed. "Fine. Meet me during fourth period and we'll talk about it then."

Kairi looked surprised. Instead of waiting to talk afterschool, he wanted to during school. "Won't we get caught?"

Sora's head turned to look up toward the security camera in the corner. Kairi's head had soon followed. "Don't worry. I know a place." Sora replied.

Together they had turned around and started heading toward their classes, saying nothing else along the way.

As the day went by, both of them waited anxiously for 4th period to come. Both of them were thinking of things to say as they sat in class. Sora was thinking of reasons why not to be with Kairi but other reasons of why he wanted to be with her kept conflicting. Kairi was determined to make him see that they could work. She believed that they would.

At fourth period, Sora's class was eating lunch during their break that they usually got in the afternoon. Sora had decided to get up from his chair a few minutes after it had started. He was sitting with Namine and Riku in the classroom at his desk. They both were surprised that he was leaving during of their break. "Where are you going?" Namine asked.

Sora looked back toward them and smiled a little at them. "I'm only leaving for a little bit. I'll be right back." Sora walked out of the room. He wasn't intending on telling them where he was going. It would only leave to trouble. Namine and Riku looked at each other confused. Sora had been more mysterious than usual and he really wasn't a secretive person. They were tempted on following him but decided to stay put and try to let it go.

Sora walked into the empty end of the hall. Further down, he saw the red-haired girl leaning against the wall waiting for him. Kairi noticed him walk pass her and she followed behind. They went to a part of the school in the hall that no one seemed to go in anymore. It was supposed to be under construction. "Is it safe here?" she asked. She wanted to know where he was leading her.

Sora looked back toward her. "Yeah. The camera here doesn't work. I made sure of that." Sora opened the door of the janitor's closet which was the only room in the hall and both of them walked inside. He closed the door behind him after she had walked in. Both of them gave each other serious looks, thinking about what they were going to say.

"Last night was a mistake. We never should have done that." Sora started off by saying. He thought by saying that, she would get the message. He had decided that he should let her go.

Kairi baled her fists at her sides. "Oh. So when you break down and mate with someone who was supposed to be your enemy, you regret it?"

Sora remained silent and looked toward the floor. Since he didn't say anything, she had decided to continue. She moved in closer to him. "There's nothing more for us to say. You wanted to mate with me and you know it. So why keep denying that there's something there?!"

Sora turned his head to the side, concerned. "What if we were discovered?" He asked the one question that had plagued his mind. He turned back to look at her, starting to get a little more serious. "Have you ever thought of the consequences of what this is? Why couldn't you just go to the Light Haven like you wanted to?"

Kairi reached over and took his hand. She had started to smile a little. She desired to be honest about what was in her heart. "You stopped me. I couldn't leave. Not unless you go with me."

Sora was a little surprised by her answer. She had let go of his hand and wanted him to be straightforward about her next question. "Honestly do you want the mate you have now?"

Sora started to think about Veronica and right away he thought there was no comparison. "No." he sighed as he closed his eyes.

Then, he opened his eyes to see her looking into his. This time, she had grabbed onto both of his hands. "We can make this work. Just you and me."

Sora smirked afterwards. "And what about your wolf pack leader? He still wants you to be his mate."

Kairi placed her hands behind her back and smiled. "Maybe if I disappear from him for a while, then maybe he'll think something happened to me."

Sora laughed a little. "No use thinking. He knows I have you."

Kairi had started to get anxious. "So anyway? Is what we have still on or not?"

Sora wrapped his arms her waist, convinced. He had wanted to be with her as much as she wanted to be with him. "Can you handle me not exactly being a wolf?" he asked.

In return, she wrapped her arms around his neck. "Only if you can handle me not being a vampire. We'll find a way to make it work." she assured him.

Sora nodded. They separated from each other. Sora walked toward the door and Kairi sat on top of a desk near the wall. She smiled. "Does that mean you're giving up?"

Sora stopped and looked back, happy. "No. Do you have to be in class right now?"

Her legs started to swing back and forth. Her hands had held onto the edge. "Yes but I'm not really interested right now."

His eyebrow arched and in return so did hers. Sora locked the door and walked back over to her. He nested himself between her legs. She giggled as they put their arms around each other. Both of them had closed their eyes and pressed their lips against each other. For the rest of the lunch period, Namine and Riku couldn't help wondering where Sora was and what he was up to.


After settling if they were going to be together, a few weeks had passed since then. Sora and Kairi continued their affair in secret from the wolves and the vampires. They stayed in the attic where he lived during the night. The wolves had made no attack against Sora for holding Kairi. When Sora would return to the other vampires in the woods, they smell a different scent on him that seemed strange but no one said anything. It made them a little suspicious especially Veronica.

While Sora was talking with Riku and Namine, Veronica walked over to them intending on finding out what Sora was up to. "Hi Sora."

Sora turned around even though he didn't want to. "Hey Veronica." he forced himself to say.

Vericona started to move in closer as she smirked. She wanted to twirl her fingers through his hair but he had leaned his head back so that she wouldn't. Seeing that he wasn't going to let her, she had decided to put her hand down. "You haven't been around the vampires lately. I thought we were supposed to be getting the wolves pretty soon."

"I'm working on it." Sora said, starting to get serious.

Veronica arched her eyebrow. She was still very suspicious of him. "Maybe you've been doing something else that we don't know about."

Sora had started to get upset along with Riku and Namine. "What are you trying to say Veronica?! Sora would never betray the vampires!" Riku started to raise his voice a little.

Veronica held up her hands so that they would calm down. "No. I didn't say that. Anyway. Could I talk to Sora for a little bit guys?"

Riku and Namine didn't want to leave but they thought that Sora could handle her so they walked away leaving Sora to face Veronica. Veronica had continued to smirk. "That's an interesting scent you got on you. It doesn't smell like anyone I know but it's all over you."

Sora growled. "Where are you trying to get at Veronica?!"

Veronica rubbed her hand under his chin. "You better not be cheating on me. Right?"

Sora pulled her hand away from his face. "Now how could I cheat on you?"

Veronica smiled evilly as she knew he was lying. Sora thought it was true since he really didn't want to be with her and wasn't. For now, Veronica would let it go and figure out another way to see what Sora was up to. She knew she wouldn't get it out of him that easily. "Okay Sora. You know you can't find anyone else to run the group better than me." She walked away as she started making plans to find out what was going on. Instead of worrying about it, Sora went back home to a waiting Kairi.


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