Second Chance - Faber Drive

Kairi heard what they whispered about her. She knew what they wrote on the bathroom walls. The rumours that floated around. Not just at school, but the entire island. What was she doing with him? Sora they could see. He was such a nice boy. He always had been. But Riku? He was too...they always trailed off here, the adjectives left unsaid. Too distant. Too sad. Too quiet. Too everything. But even though he was too everything, he still wasn't enough for her. So they said.

Kairi ignored them. Let them talk. Let them wonder why she loved him. It didn't matter. Riku might not think he deserved a second chance and the rest of the island might unconsciously agree with him, but Kairi didn't. He deserved a second chance, and a third, and a fourth. However many it took until he realized that he deserved love too.