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By the time the others got back, Kiera was extremely miffed at being left behind. She was sure to inform Sora of this as soon as he was within hearing distance, and they argued about it until she figured out where they were going.
Kiera immediately recognized the odd-looking forest and headed straight for the tree with the pumpkin on it. She waited as patiently as possible for the others, which wasn't very patiently at all.
She was a Nightmare Before Christmas fanatic! Sora sweatdropped as she continued to bounce on the balls of her feet.
"You're awfully...happy."
She turned the knob excitedly. "Of course I am! I love this movie!"
"Whoa, wait, what? Movie?"
She pretended not to hear him, diving head-first into the swirling portal.
Kiera somehow landed gracefully on her feet, much to her delight. Sora? Not so much.
She watched on with a smirk as he stumbled and just barely managed to stabilize himself; her smirk soon fell as she noticed his outfit.
"Ehhhhh? No fair! How come YOU get a costume?" Sora glanced at her, then did a double-take before openly staring.
His jaw hit the ground, muttering incoherently. Donald and Goofy joined the two, and busted out laughing at the poor Sora.
Kiera sweatdropped. "Um...Sora? Are you..all-RIGHT?"
He shook his head real fast as if clearing away evil thoughts, then seemed to suddenly remember how to speak coherent English.
"You, um...You have different clothes, too..Uhh, yeah." He ruffled the back of his hair, laughing anxiously before looking at Donald and Goofy.
His temple throbbed, and both he and Kiera sweatdropped; their friends were in a heap on the ground, rolling around and laughing uncontrollably.
"What the hell are you two laughing at?" He shouted.
Donald stopped between laughs long enough to clear his throat, smirk, look Sora dead in the eyes, and say, "Well. Looks like you got over Kairi pretty quick, Sora!"
While Sora and Donald fought like the idiots they were, Kiera inspected herself to see what had gotten into that one idiot in particular.
It appeared to be some sort of cat costume. It included a rather short skirt, some ratted and torn leggings that frayed off and ended at her knees, a black halter with orange stitching, and some ballet flats that had black and orange straps criss-crossing up her ankles.
A longer look (because quite honestly she was amazed) revealed a slinky calico tail, swishing curiously. She felt her head and her own jaw dropped.
Not only did she have soft little cat ears poking out, but her hair felt sleeker. When she was sure none of her companions were looking, she used the door knob as a mirror and saw that her hair was now stunningly shinier and richer.
Poor Sora; didn't stand a chance. Hell, SHE was attracted to herself. She couldn't help but giggle as she went to catch up with everyone else.
"Dang. I should live here. I am so keeping this outfit..."
"Sooo, Sora. Feeling better now?" Kiera asked. He eyed her suspiciously, as expected. "Whaddaya mean?"
She shrugged, clasping her hands behind her back innocently. "Ohh, I just figured you had some sort of illness. I just can't seem to think of one that's symptoms include drooling, perverted thoughts, and s-s-s-stuttering!" She teased smugly.
Donald and Goofy exchanged a look as Sora's temple throbbed menacingly. He glared at her, and she almost started to regret her statement for fear of her health.
They both stopped in the middle of the road, and she gulped. Uh-oh...
"Kiera..Just wait until I get my hands on you," he growled.
"Hey, I'm the kittie-cat here, I'LL be doing the growling!"
"I'll give you a five-second head start."
"Wow, that's real generous of you-"
"ONE..."
Kiera yelped and bolted off the road, through a field. He soon followed (five seconds later, true to his word), and they both started shouting obscenities at each other angrily.
Donald and Goofy just sweatdropped, sighed, and plopped down on a randomly-placed boulder to wait for the two to calm themselves and come back.
"Gawrsh, they sure seem angry. And...a tad lethal," Goofy commented worriedly as they watched them run up and down a few hills.
Donald waved him off with a quack, pausing as they saw Sora and Kiera exchange a rather lude finger gesture. "...Ehhh, they're just flirting."
They heard Jiminy yell triumphantly, making them both jump. "Ah-HA! So that's what they've been doing? I knew there was something 'extra' about their weird relationship!"
They both gulped as Jiminy started writing in his journal, his pen scratching furiously with every word. "If either of those two read that, you're roast duck!" Goofy exclaimed.
Kiera laughed maniacally. "Ha! You'll never catch up with me! I'm like the wind, baby, the wind! Yeah, you just-"
She was cut off by Sora's own triumphant yelling as he grabbed her by the wrist, but then they both hollered as they stumbled, rolling down the hill like extremely off-course tumbleweeds.
When they reached the bottom, they were all tangled up, Kiera on the bottom (of COURSE..) and Sora's head against her collarbone.
They both groaned, too sore to even register their positions, much less to consider moving. Kiera was the first to process it.
"..Sora?"
"What?"
She felt a shiver run up and down her spine as he spoke, since his face was against her bare skin.
Kiera sucked in a breath, then sighed impatiently. "If you could move your head just a tad, that would be just awesome."
"But I'm so sore," he whined.
"Move your fricking head to the side, that's ALL I'm asking from you!"
Sora smirked and did as she asked. "I just wanted to see you spazz out."
"I hate you. This is all your fault," she fumed.
He shifted his head again, so he could give her another smirk. "Me being awesome, devilishly charming, and goosebump-inducing is not my fault."
Dammit, she DID have goosebumps. Kiera averted his gaze, huffing moodily. "If they weren't somewhere underneath you at the moment, I'd cross my arms for extra effect," she informed him.
He continued to grin, and she huffed some more, refusing to give him the satisfaction of returning the stare.
"Kieraaaaa's warming uuup to meee," he teased in a sing-song voice over and over. Finally, Kiera got an idea on how to shut him up. A terrible, wonderful, awful idea.
She very calmly turned her head to look at him, then proceeded to give him a full-on eye inspection.
"Oh, you bet I am, Sora."
He stopped mid-chant. "Oh. Okay. Wait, what?"
This was fun.
He laughed nervously. "Y-You're joking, right, Kiera?"
She gave him a wink. "What do you think? I'd answer carefully, if I were you." The tone she used visibly sent shivers down his spine.
Oh, yes. Revenge was sweet.
Sora was momentarily stunned into open-mouthed silence, but then he smirked. "WAAAAIT a minute! I know what you're doing. Well, then, Kiera. If you weren't bluffing, you'd command me to...kiss you," he said ominously.
Now KIERA was the one stunned into silence, and he took this as her defeat. Which it wasn't, but he yelled triumphantly anyway.
"Ah-HA! You WERE bluffing!"
"I'm not bluffing!"
"Yes you are!"
She didn't respond, and fumed silently as he continued to tease her like a true moron. Finally, she let out frustrated growl. Sora sweatdropped. "I think that cat costume's starting to rub off on you."
Kiera glared at him, then grinned impishly. "So. You think I won't do it then, do you?"
"Nope," he answered confidently. She nodded slowly, taking a deep breath. "Sora, I'll give you to the count of ten to prepare yourself, 'cause we're about to kiss. Why, you ask? So you'll SHUT THE HELL UP!"
He immediately started to spazz out. "Whoa, whoa, WHOA! Kiera, noooo! I'll shut up, I promise-"
"No, you won't. You'll tease me about it to no end afterward. This is the only way to get you to shut up."
"B-But.."
"I'm counting now."
"You're not counting out loud!" He accused while pointing at her. She winced involuntarily; he made it seem like she had just killed someone.
"Since when is THAT a rule?"
Sora was going to argue, but instead slowly lowered his hand and squeezed his eyes shut briefly in annoyance.
"This isn't fair, you know," he informed her.
Kiera's temple throbbed. "Just to let you know, you have five seconds. And thanks, by the way, for those...wonderful words of encouragement, Sora. Really."
He didn't respond, just avoided her eyes. She blinked really fast, looking up at the weird Halloween Town sky.
She didn't really have any need to be nervous, but she was shaking a little by this point. Half of which was due to the fact that her first kiss was going to be with SORA of all people, but half was because of the feelings. The weird air was surrounding her again.
"6...7...8...9...10."
Kiera gulped, then took another breath. "...Sora...Whether I want to or not, I, uh...I command you to-"
She never had to try and finish her sentence, because Sora did something totally unexpected and didn't even wait to be commanded.
She expected it to be quick, awkward, the worst first kiss she could possibly have. And it wasn't, to her horror. It would've been much easier if it had been.
Instead, it was comfortable, warm, and not quick at all. Actually, technically speaking, it wasn't just one first kiss.
The way their lips were moving, it was more like at least five first kisses. They were still tangled up (though Kiera didn't think she could remember how to move at the moment even if they weren't tangled), but somehow Sora's hand ended up caressing her jaw line.
Her arms from the elbow down were still lost somewhere, so she couldn't break the kiss even if she wanted to.
She'd never find the momentum pinned down like this.
Which, y'know...of course she wanted to break off the kiss. Kiss-es. Whatever. ...Yeah, totally.
Jeez, why is it so damn hot in this world? I'll have to confront Tim Burton about this.
To their horror, they heard movement. "They rolled off somewhere near here, I think..." Donald trailed off at about the same time Sora quickly pulled away.
The two loked up, their faces turning bright red. Donald, Goofy, Jack Skellington (Oh. My. GOD.) and Zero were all staring at them.
"...Well, THERE they are! Hey, wait a minute...What were you two crazy kids doing this whole time?" Goofy asked.
They exchanged a panicked look, totally busted. "W-Well, umm...We were, uh, fighting!" Kiera exclaimed in a "duh" tone.
Sora nodded quickly. "Yeah, that's what we always do, isn't it? What else would we be...doing..?"
Donald let out a skeptical quack. "I dunno...I thought I saw you two..."
"Making out?" Jack offered way too cheerfully, making Kiera and Sora sweatdrop. "Y'know, I never thought he would be so perverted," she whispered.
"I did. Never ask about him and Sally a few New Years ago," Sora warned. "EVER." Then he cleared his throat. "And we weren't making out. We were trying to get ourselves untangled."
Everyone but Goofy sweatdropped as the latter nodded slowly. "Ohhh! That would explain why you guys were moving so slow and careful-like!"
They turned even redder, not having any idea they had been moving at all, and Kiera laughed anxiously. "Yes, that's exactly it! Well done, Goofy, you're so observant."
Donald continued to stare skeptically at them. "You two weren't yelling, though..Like you usually do.."
"But they were most definitely making some noises," Jack added. His grin was very suggestive.
Mortified, the two teens sweatdropped, temples throbbing. "WE WERE NOT MAKING OUT!" They shouted, trying spastically to untangle themselves.
The other party members sweatdropped as they yelled instructions at each other, cursing the other person whenever their plans failed.
Three head bonks and five cuss-outs later, they rolled apart with relieved sighs. Kiera stood up and brushed herself off, shooting Sora a glare. "Hey, watch where you put your hand next time!"
He flushed. "Sorry. My bad," he muttered with a nervous laugh. They then seemed to remember at the same time what they had been doing earlier; both of them turned bright red all over again and put as much distance between them as possible, positioning themselves on opposite sides of Jack.
He grinned at them. "So...who's the girl, Sora? Ohhh, wait, wait. You must be that Kairi girl Donald mentioned!"
Kiera sighed heavily, really tired of hearing about this Kairi person, and she and Sora snapped, "NO," in perfect unison.
Jack nodded. "Oh. So you're his NEW girlfriend!" Ignoring Sora's protests, Jack nudged Kiera. "If I were you, I'd dump him."
Kiera smirked. "Great idea! Sora, consider yourself dumped."
He sweatdropped. "Oh no, Kiera, I'm crushed. How can I possibly go on?" He said dramatically, clutching at his chest and staggering.
Kiera rolled her eyes and stuck her leg out, but he just jumped over it gracefully, and she huffed before continuing to walk beside Jack, who was currently smiling at their behavior.
A thought suddenly occurred to her. "Hey, wait. Skellington. What made you think I should dump him, exactly?"
Jack shrugged. "Well...I don't think I should tell you at the moment. I don't think you'll wanna hear it, you both seem pretty moody."
"It's best to just tell us, she'll never stop asking until you do," Sora warned him.
Jack looked between the two, then slid behind them smoothly before pushing the two side-by-side. "Maybe I should demonstrate. It seems obvious you care about each other a lot; very intense, mixed feelings."
He abruptly pushed them apart, much to their relief. "And if you love something, you should let it go."
Sora looked absolutely mortified by his explanation. Kiera simply shrugged. "Ehhh, I never really got that saying anyways."
How could she get embarrassed this much in under one hour?
Hahaha. Wow. Only Kiera and Sora could get themselves in that random of a situation.
NO, they arent paired now.
Just in case you flamed me for that.
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