Note: This scene takes place in...wherever there is a ski resort? Lols. THIS PLACE DOES NOT COUNT AS SNOW! (Just saying...)

Ohhh...I just can't wait till Christmas!! I love the holiday spirits so much...sighs.

Disclaimer: Namine: I'm glad you're not the maker of Kingdom Hearts!

Me: I'm glad that you're just some loser girl who DOESN'T GET WITH SORA!

Namine: You're mean!!

Me: Hey, I didn't mess up a perfectly fine boy's memories.

Namine: You're still mean! At least I have Roxas! (Sticks tongue out)

Me: Not in this story, you don't!

Namine: I HATE YOU!

Me: So? I hate you so much I can't even put it in words!

Namine: Touche...

(Oh my gosh, I felt so gay writing this...I'm talking to game characters...-makes cuckoo signs-)

Spoiler: Any one notice how Olette isn't like introduced yet?


Chapter 10- Since We're Stuck


Ever since Sora and Selphie decided that by themselves that Sora would move in with Kairi, Kairi started to seriously become anal about the appearance of her house. All her lingerie was tucked in the far left corner of her room, she hid all her embarrassing baby photos- especially the one with her as a five year old, with her back bare naked playing the garden- and she always made sure that her house didn't smell funny (not that it ever did).

True, it was a pain in the ass. But as hard and annoying as it got, she really couldn't wait until Sora came over. She was looking forward to some company...or maybe just the fact with living with the one she had insanely fallen for was what made her so anxious. Either way, she couldn't wait until Sora came.

However, weeks started to pass and Sora never did ever pack and come to live with her. Maybe he had forgotten? Maybe the fact with living with her was too awkward? Although she gave him a bunch of hints during school hours, reminding him about moving in, he never seemed to get it. Kairi felt the small gap between herself and Sora start to get larger and deeper. Selphie must've noticed it too, since she always left them two alone to talk amongst themselves about things in the hallway or during English class. But every time Kairi tried to speak to him she felt like she was just annoying him so she just stopped altogether. So back they were, to square one.

November slowly dragged on, and Kairi was anxious when finally came December! December meant happiness, family, warmth, closure, and CHRISTMAS! Although Kairi was a little depressed about Sora not acting like himself, nothing could stop her holiday spirits. She decorated her house from head-to-toe in red and green- the traditional Christmas colors. Her parents were coming soon, and they told her that they would all get the tree together- like they did every single year. So Kairi patiently waited for her parents to come, tried to forget about weird Sora, and loose herself in the magical holiday spirit.

"Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la!" Kairi sang.

"Oh my gosh! Kairi stop with your Christmas carols already!" Selphie said, obviously aggravated from her best friend's overly hyper holiday cheers.

"But Selphie!!" Kairi whined. "It's Christmas soon!!" she clapped her hands for emphasis. "The time of the year where everything is supposed to be white and prettiful! Where the most romantic things happen; when people propose to other people!" Kairi gushed.

Selphie sighed. "There you go again, with your totally unrealistic Christmas love stories."

Kairi blushed and then smiled. "I only talk about it because I want to be a part of it."

Kairi and Selphie were walking down the lane, coming back from school. Today was finally the last day of school before the Winter Break. Sora said he had to do something, and abruptly left. He just got stranger and stranger...

Kairi looked down at the rocky pavement she was walking in and sighed.

"I wonder if we'll ever have a white Christmas again." Kairi wondered out loud.

"It hasn't snowed in more than ten years now..." Selphie reminded her. "It's pretty unlikely."

"Yeah..." Kairi agreed. "Arghh. I want to feel the snow again! I don't even remember what it feels like! I was like what? Seven years old?"

"Yupp! All wells."

- I want to wish you a Merry Christmas! With lots of presents to make you happy!

Selphie groaned. "Are you serious?! Even your freaking RINGTONE is Christmas songs?!"

Kairi stuck out her tongue. She pulled out her cellphone that was happily playing a tune, and flipped it open.

"Hello?" Kairi answered. Her face immediately brightened up even more; her face was positively glowing. "Mom! Dad! Where are you guys?"

Selphie turned away and looked at the bare trees- they were so depressing. How was Kairi able to be so happy when her love was acting so unlovely? She herself was pretty gloomy; it was more than two weeks since her and Wakka got together. Selphie sighed. When did...

"WHAT?!" Kairi hoarsely whispered angrily. "I...But...I've been waiting for weeks!"

Selphie looked back at Kairi, who just interrupted her chain of thinking. Kairi looked like she was trying hard not to cry. Her lips trembling were in anger or disappointment, possibly both. Her usually happy face was replaced with a scrunched up frown.

"What's wrong?" Selphie asked, as soon as Kairi abruptly shut off the phone on her parents. Selphie had never seen Kairi so mad or sad in her life.

"My stupid parents!" she yelled, before she broke down into tears. "They can't make it! I'm going to be alone for the holidays- just like my birthday!"

"Aw...Kairi..." Selphie tried to comfort, rubbing her back in circles. "It'll be okay..."

"No, Selphie! It's NOT okay! There goes my favorite day of the year! Wasted. I've tried to stay positive, but I just can't take it anymore! Sora's being a complete naive idiot, I waste forty-five minutes of my life everyday waiting for him to come, cleaning and what the hell not, and to top it all off- my parent's aren't coming! So you see, Selphie. It's NOT okay!"

Selphie widened her eyes. "I'm so sorry, Kai..."

"Don't call me Kai." Kairi said, annoyed that her friend couldn't do anything but sprinkle drops of sympathy on her.

Selphie bit her lip and curl her hair over and over again with her pointer finger- a nasty habit of hers when she felt nervous or useless. It was a feeling Selphie hated the most.

"OH!" Selphie said, brightening up. Kairi turned up to look at her. "I know what! How about we all go on a skiing trip?! You, me, Sora, and...Wakka!"

Kairi gave Selphie an "are-you-kidding-me?!" look.

"Uhm, Selphie. First off, I don't know how to ski...at all. Second of all, how the hell are we going to get there? And third of all, what makes you so sure Sora and Wakka could go?" Truthfully, Kairi didn't care about the first or second thing at all. What was most important was knowing if Sora could go or not-- maybe the skiing trip could somehow patch whatever was happening between them up.

"Well..." Selphie started, rubbing her forehead in thought. "We could always teach you how to skate...and since Wakka's eighteen, he could drive us there...and I'm sure Wakka could go; he's never that busy..." Selphie lowered her eyes. "And about Sora...I don't know. I'll convince him to go...somehow..."

Kairi rolled her eyes. "He doesn't have to go." Lie number one. "I don't really care..." Lie number two.

Selphie looked at Kairi with an irritated look.

"Sure you don't."


Kairi got home with a big headache. She immediately went to the bathroom and took a long, hot shower. She didn't even bother to pick up the dirty laundry; she just left it there. Psh, like Sora was really going to come. She was in her pink pajamas- the ones that she wore when Sora slept...oh, forget it- and left her towel on her hair. She laid in bed, peacefully trying to sleep away all her anger and depression. But of course, her phone had to ring and the exact time she was right about to fall asleep.

She lazily picked up her phone.

"What?" she rudely asked.

"Kairi!!" Selphie excitedly replied, ignoring her irritated voice. "We could all go! Wakka's driving, my mom said I could go, Sora said he would probably go, and all we need is you!"

"Selphie..." Kairi started, thinking about what exactly she wanted to say. "Uhm...I don't really feel like going...I'm depressed, tired, and I really want to just rest."

"Kairi!" Selphie said, irritated. "SORA is going!"

"So?"

"So you have to go now! Stop being a party pooper! This is a once-in-a-lifetime trip! Remember like five years ago we were talking about how awesome it would be if we got to go on a trip alone with just our boyfriends?"

"Sora is not my boyfriend." Kairi shut her off.

"Close enough. But anyways, it's finally happening! We're finally going on a trip- totally unsupervised...with two guys!! How amazing is that? Hm? How once-in-a-lifetime is that?! No matter what, you HAVE to go! I won't take no as an answer!" Selphie stubbornly told Kairi. "You're coming tomorrow, whether you like it or not!"

"TOMORROW?! But tomorrow is Christmas Eve!"

"Yeah. So? But anyways, if I were you, I'd start packing. Tomorrow is closer than you think it is. Besides, we have to get up early in the morning to get good ramps and the best lodges."

"But I don't know how to ski..." Kairi whined.

"We'll teach you!" Selphie reassured her. "Come on! You're going to be alone for the holidays ANYWAYS."

"I'm not going!" Kairi stubbornly said, before hanging up.


"I can't believe I'm going." Kairi repeated over, for what seemed like the millionth time. She struggled to stuff her thick backpack into the trunk of the small green car.

"Kairi, just shut up already!" Selphie harshly told Kairi. "Stop complaining, sheesh. You already packed your bags and everything. You're coming whether you like it or not, so you might as well enjoy it!"

Kairi sighed. Selphie was right, for once in her life. She hated to sound so mean, but she really wasn't in the mood to fall on her behind and be the ski resort's laughing stock.

Kairi stuffed her skis (that were a little too big since it was originally her mother's) into the remaining space in the car and sat down on the backseat of the car with Selphie. Sora was sitting up front with Wakka, who sitting on the driver's seat.

"It's going to be a long ride, so you might want to buckle up and get comfty?" Wakka informed them. Selphie giggled as she buckled up.

"He's so protective!" Selphie gushed.

This was going to be a long, long ride.

About forty minutes of just silence besides the music pouring out of Sora's headphones elapsed before both Kairi and Selphie couldn't stand it anymore.

"Oh my gosh! Someone say something! I'm dying here!" Kairi complained.

Selphie nodded. "Yeah. This is so lame. How much longer till the ski resort?"

"We have just about...thirty minutes or so until we get there...anyone want to start a conversation?"

Sora didn't say a word but just stared blankly out the window.

Selphie caught Kairi look at Sora with sad eyes and rolled her eyes. What was up with Sora anyways?

"Oh!! I know!" Selphie excitedly said, finally remembering the latest topic in her GGGG club. "I heard that Namine's two years older than us! Ever wonder why?"

"She's two years older than us?" Kairi asked, with widened eyes. "Oh wow...she looks like two years younger than us...maybe she got left back?" Kairi proposed, glad to have a interesting topic to talk about.

"No, I hear it was medical reasons or something. I think she got into like a coma for like two years or something along the lines of that. I'm really not that sure, but I did hear that her background is pretty mysterious."

Why oh why did she ever have to wake up from that coma?

Kairi just shrugged. "Maybe she ODed on drugs or-- IS THAT THE SKI RESORT?!" Kairi suddenly yelled out, causing everyone in the car to the direction she was pointing at.

It was a very big place, having a huge noticeable sign "DESTINY SKI RESORT" right in the smack middle of it all. The resort was covered in blanket of snow, giving off the "White Christmas", but not really, look. There were tons of families experimenting with the artificial snow (the snow was made in huge factories, which was the only way to even have a ski resort in the un-barren island she lived in) and skating through them.

"Wow..." Kairi breathed in. Her pale cheeks flushed a cherry red color from excitement, and her bored eyes immediately brightened up. "This...is amazing!" she declared.

Forgetting that she totally did not know how to ski and were not used to the ski skates on her feet, she immediately fell down when she rushed to get out of the car. They all laughed- even Sora! Well, what do you know? The only way to make Sora happy was when she was in pain! How wonderful!

"Oh!" Kairi said, raising her eyebrows at Sora. "So you think it's funny when I fall down and trip flat on my face, huh? Well I'll show you what's funny!" She picked up a handful of snow with her clothed hands, and threw it right at Sora's face. "HAHAHA!"

"Hey!" Sora said, tossing his head to get rid of the snow that stuck to his spiky, dyed hair. "That was so NOT funny!" he picked up snow in his hands as well, but his hands were much bigger so he held a lot more snow than she had. He looked at her and smiled a cocky grin. "But you know what's funny?"

"Oh my gosh! Sora no!" she begged. "It's not even fair! I don't even know how to ski!"

"Not my problem!" he told her, as he got closer and closer.

"Argh! Sora! This is sooo unfair! At least TEACH me how to ski before trying to start a snow war with me!" she compromised.

He tapped his finger on is chin, thinking through it.

"Okay...fine..." he said, loosening his hands to drop the hard ball of snow he was just holding on to.

She sighed in relief.

"Okay, so how about you..." Kairi started, before she got covered in snow by someone who tackled her onto the floor. "SORA!!" she whined, shivering from the coldness of the snow-covered floor.

"Hey, payback first." he said, before he easily stood up and started to ski away. "We'll start as soon as you catch up to me!" he laughed, as he sped away.

"Faggot!" she hissed, before desperately trying to get up from the wet snow.

But hey, she wasn't going to deny it; she was having a lot of fun.

And Sora seemed to act like his normal self again.


"OH MY GOSH! ARE YOU STUPID?!" Sora said, very irritated. "Do you speak English?" he asked Kairi, looking at her with his crystal blue eyes.

She looked back at him with puppy eyes. "But Sora!!" she whined. "This is so hard! I can't do this!!"

"Argh; it's because you're stupid." he declared.

"AM NOT!" she said, angrily. Like he was one to tell her that she was stupid! At least she didn't fail all her classes like he did...

"Kairi, I've been teaching you for the past hour how to STAND UP properly when you fall and still you don't know how to do that without my help! Any dumbass would've figured it out by now!"

"Ahh! Shuddup!" Kairi denied. "I could so skate if I really tried and put effort into it. I need some determination! Some inspiration!"

"You're all talk and never proof."

"You're all cocky and never sweet!" she counterattacked. Sora took a moment to consider what she said, and then smiled.

"Fine. How about this?" he asked, not once taking his eyes off her curious eyes. "How about...if you could ride down the biggest lane- Giant Soap Slider-, without falling once or possibly breaking a few bones, then I will do anything- mark my words- ANYTHING you ask me to do. Enough inspiration and determination?"

Kairi eyes widened in both surprise and eagerness.

"You are sooo on!" she agreed, trying to get up again.

"Ok. Well, you have until today and tomorrow to practice!" he warned her. "And one more thing." he said, looking at the crimson haired chick with daring eyes.

"What?" she asked, her eyes gleaming back at his with a new found hope.

"No help from me!"

Kairi started to slowly glide around the snow...She was finally got the hang of it! This was the third time she was able to glide without falling smack on her behind.

"HA! Take THAT!" she excitedly said, to no one in particular. It was almost ten o' clock, and in about five minutes the ski resort was going to close. She was the only one there, since everyone else retreated to the warmness of the lounge. Sora, Selphie, and Wakka left too, saying that they were going to cook some amazing dinner. Kairi told them to go on without her, that she was going to catch up soon. She really wanted to win the bet-- she didn't know what she wanted from Sora or why she was so determined to win, but once she set her mind into something she wouldn't give up.

Kairi looked at her watch.

"I still have a little more time..." she thought to herself. She looked up daringly at the Giant Soap Slider. It was so tempting...she shrugged, as she went up to tackle it. "The more practice the better!"


The kitchen started to fill up with delicious scents.

"Wow!" Selphie breathed in. "Sora! This smells delicious! Who would've thought that you had a talent?!" she said, totally oblivious of how offensive that was.

"Oh...I'll take that as a...compliment?" he asked her, unsure of what she was trying to prove.

"Of course it's a compliment! Kairi's so lucky she has a boyfriend that could cook so well!" she smiled, winking at Sora, who's face flushed red.

"About Kairi..." he asked. "Anyone see her?"

Selphie shrugged. "She's still not here yet? She said she was going to catch up soon..." Selphie looked at her watch. "Oh! It's already ten...the ski resort should be closed by now..."

"WHAT?!" Sora yelled in concern. "And you didn't notice she was still gone?!"

"She's a quiet person..." Selphie defended.

"Are you serious?! Oh wow! I'm going to go out and look for her-- you guys call me if anything's up." he told them, putting his cellphone inside the right pocket of his parka.

Selphie nodded. "Be careful..."


"Where...am I?" Kairi wondered out loud, looking around her surroundings. Nothing seemed familiar. She remembered she got on the giant slope, slipped, fell, and then rolled off somewhere. Her head was throbbing in pain, and she was freezing. She shivered- from both the winter's icy coldness and the fact that she was utterly scared.

"SORA?! SELPHIE?!" she yelled out. Only her echoes replied back. She didn't even bring her cellphone so she couldn't call anyone...not that there was any reception up there. She looked around once again, trying to find at least one clue to see where she was. She couldn't find anything. She dug under her pockets to see if there was anything to help her. She felt something warm and fluffy...she pulled it out.

It was the scarf she had knitted for Sora as a present. She's been knitting it for the past month- it was completely black except with his initials "S.S" in white. It was the reason she had bags under her eyes (she stayed up until midnight knitting it for him), the reason why there were more bandages than fingers on her hand, and why she was really excited for Christmas. She had totally forgotten about the scarf; it was smooshed from her nervous fingers occasionally fiddling with it. She looked at the scarf and sighed in sadness. She spent so much time, effort, and love into making the scarf and she wasn't even sure if she wanted to give it to Sora anymore. He was acting so strange; maybe that's why she was so determined to winning the bet. If she won the bet, she would have made him tell her why he was acting so weird. Kairi lowered her eyes and eventually closed them...she was so tired...

"KAIRI!!" a distant voice called out, immediately causing Kairi to open her eyes automatically.

"SORA?!" she called back, with a weak voice. Was it really him?!

"KAIRI!! WHERE ARE YOU?!" the voice spoke again, except a lot closer this time. It WAS Sora!

"SORA!! I'M HERE! I DON'T KNOW WHERE...BUT HERE!" she called back.

"Like that's going to help a lot..." Kairi heard Sora murmur. He was really close! She looked at a dark figure coming closer and closer. She saw the outline of Sora's figure and immediately tackled him down.

"Sora!" she said, hugging onto him tightly. "I'm really scared...I have no idea where I am..." she suddenly felt intense pain on her ankle.

"I've been looking everywhere for you!" he scolded. "Imagine if I hadn't came? Imagine if you accidentally fell asleep and froze to death?! Kairi, what the hell is wrong with you? I searched EVERWHERE for you! I was almost going to give up when I remembered that stupid bet of ours..."

Kairi's felt her eyes swell up with tears.

"I've been practicing for you!" she admitted, as a few teardrops fell down. Why was Sora so mean? Whatever happened to the Sora she first fell in love with? "You're always avoiding me! It's always so awkward to be around you! I always felt...I don't know...comfortable with you around. I feel safe and secure...I feel really protected...but lately, all you do is neglect me! I was out here practicing because I wanted to win the "stupid" bet and find out...what the hell has gotten into you?" she asked, still hugging him tightly. "What's...what's wrong with YOU?" she gushed out, before she suddenly let go of him and dropped to the floor.

"Owwww..." she groaned, holding onto her ankle with her hands.

"Kairi, you okay?" he asked, his harsh voice suddenly turning warm with concern.

"I...I think my ankle's broken..." she admitted, clutching onto it tightly.

"Well, we can't go anywhere now-- it's too dark anyways. We'll just have to stay here for the night...I have some matches and there's a log of woods right there. We could camp out here until it's morning and then we'll get some help. We're not going anywhere with your ankle in that condition..."

Kairi nodded, agreeing with what he said. She saw Sora get out in the cold again, piling a bunch of logs together and then lighting it with his matches. Sora and Kairi sat awkwardly on the snowy floor together, both looking at the red fire not saying anything. They were on opposite sides, both not daring to look up at each other.

"I don't know what's wrong with me." Sora said, breaking the sheer silence. He didn't look away from the fire. "It's just that...I don't know. Every time I see you, I want to...I don't know. Do something more..."

Kairi looked up at Sora with confusion. "Do something more? What are you talking about? I like you the way you are, Sora...I don't need you to do something more for me..."

Sora chuckled. "You're so naive, it's adorable." he said, patting her head.

Kairi blushed and straightened her messed up bangs. "I don't get...OH!" she suddenly said. She finally got it.

Sora nodded and blushed. "It's so weird; every time I see you, I have the urge to just like take you down. I'm afraid I'm just going to do that uncontrollably one day and then you'll just hate me for the rest of my life. I don't think I can bear with that..." he whispered. "Living with you is totally out of the question-- it's just like putting oil on the raging fire. I try to avoid you to not get any dirty thoughts or anything, which I hope has answered your question. Now you think I'm a total perv, don't you?"

Kairi's face turned a bright red, despite the coldness, yet she smiled and shook her head.

"No...I'm actually happy that you don't hate me or anything...I was afraid you got bored of me or something...and I'm glad that you're not pressuring me like most guys would've..." Kairi looked into Sora's guilty eyes and smiled. She stuffed her hands into her pockets, and then remembered the scarf.

"Oh yeah!" she said, taking out the scarf from her pocket. "This...is for you. Merry Christmas!" she said, excitedly holding out the black clothing towards him.

"Wow...this is really nice." he said, looking at the scarf with happiness. "Thanks! Awh, you actually spent time making a present for me..." he wrapped the scarf around his neck.

Kairi's smile was so wide, she was afraid it was going to rip.

"I...I actually got something for you too." he said, pulling out a little box. Kairi questioned what that little box would contain, and took it from his big hands. She opened it, and her eyes sparkled at the beautiful jewelry in front of her. It was a diamond necklace in the shape of a heart with a crown engraved in the middle of the heart. The diamonds shining in the moonlight, making it sparkle in the dark night. Kairi's eyes twinkled in delight almost as much as the necklace was.

"Wow..." she breathed in. "Is this really for me?" she asked, unsure if that was really hers to keep. Suddenly, her laborious scarf seemed pretty lame.

"Yeah." Sora shrugged. "Do you like it?"

"Do I like it? Sora, I love it!" she admitted, still looking at the precious treasure in front of her. She had never obtained such a beautiful Christmas present in her life. "But..." she started, closing the box. She looked at him with serious eyes. "But you have to return it."

Sora looked at her with confused eyes. "Huh? What...you don't like the color or something?"

"No, it's not that...this is just so expensive, and I feel really burdened...besides, you said you had no money...I can't accept this. It'll be like taking candy from a baby!"

Sora looked at her like she was crazy for a few minutes and then burst out laughing. Kairi looked at him with stern eyes.

"I mean it Sora, I can't take this." she handed the fancy box back to him.

"Kairi, don't worry about it!" he reassured her. "This didn't cost me a penny...I...uh...won it at an event."

Kairi looked at him with disbelieving eyes. "Sora, I'm not stupid. People don't go around giving random people expensive diamond necklaces out for free."

"Like I said, Kairi." Sora said with frustration. "I WON it at an event. So really, don't feel burdened at all. If you really feel that bad about it, then you could throw it away or whatever you want to do with it. But it's yours now."

Kairi had the urge to make him take it back, but fought it off. Instead, she nodded and put the necklace inside her warm pocket.

"Thank you...this is like the nicest thing anyone has ever done with me." Kairi said sadly, smiling. "I'm really glad to have you in my life..."

Sora blushed a deep red, and then scratched the back of his hair. "I'm glad to have you in MY life." he muttered lightly.

Kairi smiled. "Thanks..."

Kairi took a nearby twig and poked the logs to keep the fire going.

"My dad hates me because he thinks I'm not really his child." Sora randomly said. "He said that my mom's best friend, who was like my uncle to me, was my real dad. That's why I hate my dad; I mean, I don't mind him having a new wife or anything...it's just that when he just insults my mother like that, talking about her like she's some whore or something, it gets me really pissed off."

Kairi looked at Sora with widened eyes. "Wow...that was random." Kairi said, not really sure how to respond to the sudden outburst.

Sora nodded. "Yeah...well, remember when you got mad at me like a month ago about how I didn't know anything about you?"

It took a moment for Kairi to recall what exactly happened.

"Oh yeah...well, I wasn't mad at you because you didn't know me well...I was mad at you because I thought you ditched me for..."

Sora nodded, but didn't say anything. "I know...but still, what you said got stuck in my head...you said that I didn't know anything about you. I kept thinking about that, and I realized I really didn't know that much things about you. I felt so stupid...here I am, proposing that I love you and want to make love with you and yet I barely know anything about you. I felt so shallow...so I now I decided. Since we're stuck here anyways, I thought we might as well share some things about each other."

Kairi stared at him in adoration. "Wow! Sora's actually deep!" she joked, causing Sora to lightly push her.

"It's a one-time thing." he joked back.

"Haha, I might as well enjoy it!" she laughed. "So anyways...uhm...well..." Kairi started, crouching into a ball to think about what to tell Sora. Sora just told her a big part of his life; she wanted to tell him something equally as secretive. "The truth is...well, remember when I told you that my ex kept coming back to try to hook up with me again?" Sora nodded, and she took that as a sign to continue on. "Well...I kind of made a understatement. I said he stalked me-- well he actually tried to rape me...and it wasn't freaky. It was horrifying." Kairi saw Sora clutch his hands into a tight fist from the corner of her eye. "But I'm okay now-- it's all the past anyways...he moved to another country anyways...but at the time, I was so scared. I don't even know how I managed to get out of it- I thank the heavens everyday of my life for it...nobody knows about this. Just me and you. Not even Selphie." Kairi said, putting the finger to her mouth emphasizing the importance of the secret-ness.

"I'm sorry..." Sora said, shame dripping out of his apology.

Kairi twisted her head around to look straight at him. "For what?" she asked.

"I can't believe I said something that stupid-- especially when you had sexual problems like these..." Sora slapped his forehead with his hand.

Kairi shook her head. "Oh my gosh, Sora! No! I don't think you're a rapist or something like that-- you totally don't have to worry about that!" Kairi shook her hands. "Besides..." she said, grinning and turning a fierce red color. "It wouldn't be rape with you because I'd probably enjoy it."

It took Sora a moment to figure out what she said. Had she really said what he thought she said?

Kairi let Sora oogle about his wild fantasies, while she slid around and snuggled up close to him. She looked at the fire burning bright, it reminded her of how her heart felt right now. She had never felt her heart feel so happy nor warm in her life. She slowly closed her eyes and fell asleep.

"Kairi?" Sora whispered lightly, afraid she to wake her up if she was sleeping. All he got back was soft breathing, which he assumed meant she was already out cold. He smiled as he looked at the girl sleeping next to him, using his shoulder for a pillow. How could someone look so gorgeous even when they were sleeping? She was so peaceful and fragile-looking, he was afraid she was going to break into pieces if he even moved a inch. He saw that she was shivering, so he took off his own parka and wrapped it around her tiny frame. Magically, her shivering stopped. The wind was harsh, and after Sora took off the parka, all he had on was a very thin sweater-- the most warmth he got was from the fire. But even the harsh wind could not make his heart feel cold; and that's all that really mattered. His body turn into a thick block of ice, but his fiery burning hot heart will slowly melt it all away. Sora smiled.

"I think I'm officially in love with you, Kairi." he whispered into the pale darkness.


Author's Note: Oh wow, this chapter SUCKED ! It wasn't at all how I planned it out to be (cries). I was actually going to make the scene where they were alone A LOT longer. I took a lot of scenes, like...

"I was actually going to give you my virginity for Christmas!" Sora said, grinning his famous cocky grins.

"YOU'RE A VIRGIN?!" Kairi said, more shocked by that then how he wanted to have sex with her.

Sora narrowed his eyes. "You really think I'm a man whore, don't you?"

I was looking really forward to putting that scene, but it just didn't work out...that sucks...

This chapter sucked. I know, I was in a total rush writing it. This chapter was super long, which is why I shortened it so much. Blehh. The grammar probably sucked too, and my details/ descriptions are probably just as horrendous. You guys have to excuse me for this, like I said, I was writing in a rush. I really hate keeping people wait, especially since I got such nice reviews so I felt obliged to update soon(although I'm drowning in tests and quizzes...).

But anyways, enough of me nagging all day. Have a nice life! Do fun this! Live life to the fullest!! UNTIL THEN,

xheartsparklex!!

P.S.: I AM SO SORRY I didn't write the thank-you paragraph. I PROMISE (I can't swear) I will write it in the next chapter NO MATTER HOW BUSY I AM! So please, don't hate me for it. xO So, once again, review please. (I'll add you in the paragraph if you do!! Teehees!)

Here is a thank-you shout-out for all you guys who reviewed in the chapter before:

- Midnight Hikari, Krystal Lily Potter, crystalnami, zestychicken2, Farrah, RockCityRoadStar, BlacAngel, Kat-Chan3, NAOMI!! (lols), and last but DEFINITELY not least, xXChosenHeartlessByHeartXx!! I heart you guys! You guys rock to the hundredth millionth billionth power!

P.P.S: My friend drew me like the most amazing picture EVER. It's chock-full of talent, I'm dead serious. I told her that my two favorite characters in Kingdom Hearts was Kairi and Roxas and she drew me a picture of Kairi sleeping on Roxas' shoulder (I know, I know, I'm not into KairiXRoxas either), and it was like the CUTEST thing ever! I was sooo happy! Especially since it was dedicated to me. (Smiles) I'm going to put it up on deviantart sometime, and I'll put the link on my profile, so look out for that. Even if you're not a KairiXRoxas fan, you just have to see this picture. Roxas is adorablicious; I want to just gobble him up.

P.P.P.S: Sorry for all the sexual talk; but I'm actually doing what Shakespeare did in Romeo and Juliet! Foreshadowing, that's what it's called right?

P.P.P.P.S: (Sorry for so much P.S.'s) Namine didn't appear in this chapter! For once! LOLS. That's because this chapter was too long for me too add any her anywhere…she was in the disclaimer though! (Hey, you have to give me credit for that…). Oh yeah, by the way, I am fully aware that Namine's name is spelled with an accent on the "e". I'm just too lazy to put it lol.