"Take it off!"

"No!"

The bickering was very loud and any passersby who just happened to pass by would have heard it quite clearly, even though the door was closed. The passerby happened to be Kairi. She was walking down the hall to get a glass of juice in the kitchen when she went right past Sora and Riku's room. She stopped when she heard yelling and then backed up to stand outside the door. Normally an eavesdropper would have to press their ear against the door and listen very hard, but it really wasn't necessary in Kairi's case. Unless she wanted her ears blown off of course.

"Take it off Sora!" the voice heard seemed to be Riku's.

"No!" Then there was Sora's stubborn voice.

"Why not?"

"Cuz I don't want to!"

Riku's voice dropped down low.

"Take it off or you'll regret it."

Sora whined, but didn't say anything.

"If you don't do what I say, it'll be really painful in the end. You don't want that now, do you Sora?"

"mm…"

"Here, let me do it then, okay? Just come over here and then don't move…"

Then there wasn't a sound that could be heard, so Kairi cautiously stepped to the door and listened carefully. There was a bit of rustling, like cloth, but Kairi wasn't quite sure what that was, and then it was quiet for about five seconds.

"OW!!"

"What?" Riku's voice sounded irritated. "I haven't even touched you yet."

"But…it hurts!"

"Just calm down and let me take it off."

"No!"

"Sora…" Riku sighed. "Let me do it, or you'll have to get it cut off."

"NOOO!!"

"Then let me do it."

"But…"

"Do you want this stupid rubber band off your finger or not?"

W-what? A rubber band Kairi stepped back from the door, looking puzzled. That's what they were talking about? Kairi opened the door. Riku and Sora looked up. They were both on Riku's bed. Riku was holding Sora's hand in his own. Indeed there was a rubber band on Sora's index finger. Kairi blinked.

"Oh my gosh, Sora, your finger! It's…it's…eww."

Riku sighed again. "Sora was dumb enough to put a rubber band on his finger and kept it there for who knows how long." He glared at Sora. "Hopefully we'll get it off before he would have to get it amputated or something. And you know, you'd think that after your finger turned white you'd want to take it off, but did you know? Idiot Sora wanted to keep it on!

Sora pouted. "I wanted to see what color it would turn!" Riku rolled his eyes.

"You are so stupid and childish!"

"I am not childish!" Sora defended. "I'm 15! I'm almost an adult!!"

Kairi cracked up, and so did Riku. Sora frowned.

"What's so funny?" Riku and Kairi continued laughing hysterically.

"What is so funny?! All I said was 'I'm almost an adult'!" Kairi and Riku laughed even harder, although finally Riku had stopped enough to say something.

"'Almost an adult…oh my…that is the most hilarious thing ever!"

"No, it's NOT! I'm an adult in two years!"

"Three," Riku corrected, and he looked at Kairi, who was rolling on the floor still laughing.

"Sora…an adult…" she managed to wheeze out before giggling again.

"What is so funny about me being an adult?"

Kairi got up and wiped the tears from her eyes. "Sora, I think you've still got quite a ways before you really are an adult in the mind. Ah, that was the best laugh I've ever had in my life!"

Oh, this could be a second part to the chapter Shot, whichever one that was. So Tanner, who gave me the ink at the beginning, showed me a rubber band he had on his finger and it was like white/purple and I'm like "Oh my—take it off!" and he was like "No, I want to see what color it turns." Idiot.

Then I got a ride home from a friend and she was talking about world of warcraft II or something and then she said "I'm half an adult!" and I started cracking up. I think...at first because "half an adult" sounded funny, but then the thought of all of us being an adult-- that was even more hilarious. hehe.

I still have readers don't I? I'm not boring you guys away am I?! Review if you're still reading!