A/N: . this one is SOOO LATE, and now I'm behind on the other fanfic too! ARGHHH I'M SO TERRIBLE AT DEADLINES! SORRY SORRY *prostates self on ground and begs for forgiveness* Thanks for all the support and everything though! Much appreciated!
Kairi was shell-shocked; Sora was in the very house that she was staying in, in disguise as a pretty girl and as Lightning's 'girlfriend'. She knew that Sora had amnesia but was still slightly saddened by the fact that she didn't bring back any memories or even surprised him at all.
She sat there for a while in the dim lit room, thinking over the past few weeks, how she had watched her friend's life spiral out of control and eventually led to where she was now. The auburn haired girl had no idea what happened, from bright and cheery to depressing and suicidal the next.
After a few more minutes passed, she resolved herself and stood up, "I have to confront him." She decided, "But…how?" she sat back down, realizing her dilemma, if she did it directly, it might frighten the boy, she didn't want to tell the rest of her friends until she had confirmed it herself with her own eyes.
Her gaze wondered around the room, eyes brightening up as an idea popped into her head. She could have him clean up her room! She stood up and looked around, noticing a bookcase and a desk with a lamp and writing utensils.
Kairi stood up and walked up to the bookcase and gave it a rough shake, knocking the books out of place and then did the same with her desk. Turning to her own luggage, she threw her clothes around the room and nodded to herself in appreciation of her own handiwork. "This should be enough."
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Sora had been on his bed the whole day, he didn't know what to think or do, and he remembered everything. But because of this, he wanted to avoid contact with his friends and especially his sister; she had been known to be over caring and sometimes psychotic when it came to him. What confused him the most was why he did that and how he had woken up, who had saved him?
Not only had his friends and family had come, but the one person he dreaded to face nowadays was none other than Kairi, he cringed at the thought of her smiling face in the dark room he lay in. He had liked her so much, but she turned him down so quickly and shattered him, but he didn't hate her, in fact it had only bought him so much more attracted to her. Yet to escape this pain, he distanced himself away from her as much as possible hoping that the ache would slowly dissipate away instead it had the opposite effect, slowly he had become depressed even though he noticed the more he avoided her, the worse his condition became he continued to believe that eventually it would disappear.
"What am I going to do…?" he groaned to himself, closing his eyes and thought desperately. Perhaps he could go on 'vacation'? Or if it came down to it, he could hide in his room until they left. Maybe even leave in the middle of the night.
His train of thought disappeared when a small knock on his door was heard, he sat up and turned his head to look at the doorknob, watching it slowly turn and the door opening, letting in a small stream of light.
A small figure stood there, peaking in her eyes met his. It was Kairi.
"Kairi?" Sora asked, quickly covering his mouth at his mistake
"You remembered!" Kairi exclaimed, causing the boy to flinch, "You have a great memory Skye!" she praised
Sora relaxed slightly, realizing that he had met her in the morning and that he was still in his costume, he looked around and stood up and shuffled nervously, "Erm…did you need something?"
"Uhmm…I've kind of made a huge mess in my room, could you please help me tidy up?"
"I kind of don't…feel we-"
"Pretty please!" she pleaded and gave her the most adorable look she could muster
Flinching slightly, he reluctantly agreed, kicking himself mentally for being so weak against the girl he had been avoiding over the months. He shut the door to his room and followed the auburn haired girl to her room.
Kairi kept glancing backwards at the crossdressed boy her head angled slightly upwards as she glanced back. "Come on, it's just upstairs, it won't take long okay? I promise! I'll give you a massage afterwards as pay back."
Sora blushed at the thought of a massage but quickly shook it away and mumbled back, "Okay…"
He ignored the other servant's giggles and all-knowing smirks turning slightly pink at the attention, some even whispered as he shuffled by, "Looking good sora."
The two walked down a marble hallway, it was modestly decorated, with a single flower in a vase. Passing a few rooms that their friends had occupied, they arrived in front of Kairi's room, with a guilty look, she opened her door.
Sora's jaw dropped, the room had been completely trashed, the books were all over the floor and all her clothes including her underwear were across the room. He had no idea that she was such a messy girl, he turned to her and gave her a quizzical look.
Kairi returned it with a guilty look and shrugged, "So…lets get started?" she suggested
"Okay…" he mumbled again, the two began to clean up, Sora took care of the books, while Kairi gathered all her clothes.
After a short moment, Kairi decided it was time to do some probing and to confirm if the 'girl' in the room with her was really her Sora.
"So…Skye when did you become Miss Farron's girlfriend?"
Caught off guard, Sora scrambled to think of a response, "Wha? I.. ah…last week.."
"Really..? That's roughly around the same time my friend Sora left Destiny Island." She smirked as she watched his expression, turn from surprise to shock.
"Uhh…is that so?" he let out a nervous laugh, "h-how…interesting, how come?"
"Mmm…apparently he was rather depressed over something and attempted to kill himself, I heard he was supposed to arrive here sometime this week."
"O-Oh really is that so? H-How tragic!" he laughed, growing more nervous by the second, he felt like he was being interrogated.
"Mmm…it is, he had me worried so much" Kairi shook her head feigning sadness
"I'm sorry…" Sora muttered leaning forward to comfort her while trying to hide his guilt.
Kairi smirked and looked up towards the maid, and inspected 'her' face carefully, "You know…you kind of remind me of him. Your face and eyes…yes he had the brightest of blue eyes." Her hand reached forward and caressed her cheek.
Skye blushed furiously and backed off suddenly, slamming into the bookcase and knocking all the books down again.
"S-Sorry! I'm still not feeling well!" he excused and moved towards the door.
Her eyes narrowed and Kairi grabbed Sora's arm and tugged him back towards her, "Wait! Skye…I've been hearing some rumors."
Sora tumbled backwards and into Kairi's chest, blushing at the touch of breasts. "O-Oh really? Please I'm not feeling well.."
"Yep…I'll let you go soon, a servant told me that you're…Sora." The auburn haired girl murmured into his ears, noticing the instant he tensed up.
Sora was silent for a moment, "H-How…did she find out?" his mind was racing, he wiggled out of her grasp and turned to her, and said to her in the most polite tone he could muster in his feminine voice, "Excuse me? Sorry, I think you may have me mistaken Kairi." With that he exited the room quickly and silently.
Kairi let out a tired sigh, she had learnt all she needed to. It was obvious, and everything added up, the time he arrived, his eyes and face. "Sora…I found you…so why are you still running..?" she asked herself softly.
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Riku and the guys had finally arrived at the grand mansion; most of them were bruised and battered from all the struggle fights. Leon and Riku had pretty much come out unscathed, they both wanted to settle who was the better fighter but they agreed to save it for another day.
As the group stood there by the doorway with a view of the large portrait that was hung above the staircase, they were greeted by their respective personal servants.
"Dinner is ready and prepared for you sirs. If you would kindly follow me, we shall meet with the mistress of this house and your friends." An elderly butler spoke to Leon, motioning them towards off them to a doorway to the right.
The boys followed the elderly butler into a medium sized room with red carpet, in the middle of the room sat a large table. The girls had already sat down and gossiping, all except Kairi.
Riku sat down across Xion, and next to Leon, while Roxas sat across Namine and Leon to Tifa.
"So…where's Kairi?" Riku asked, nodding towards the empty seat next to Namine
Selphie chirped in, "I think she's still tidying her room!"
"Oh, I'll go get her then." The silver haired boy stood back up and headed towards the stairs.
"Okay!" the hyperactive girl waved.
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Riku stretched as he reached the third floor, his sore muscles needed to rest. He saw a familiar face, it was Skye. Breaking out into a wide smile, he decided it would be fun to mess with the girl.
"Hey there Babe how are you feeling?" he called out to the girl as he walked towards her.
Skye was startled by the sudden advances from him, "F-Fine thank you…not feeling well, please excuse me!" she pushed past him and quickly fled down the stairs.
Riku blinked, that was the first girl EVER to push past him and ignore his flirtatious advances, although he did only do it rarely but never had somebody rejected him. He was tempted to go after the girl but decided against it, he turned back towards the rooms and searched for the one Kairi was in.
After a few moments of searching he located it, he knocked and opened when he was prompted with a "Come in!"
Riku poked his head in and said, "Hey Kairi, dinners ready and everybody is waiting."
"Huh? Oh wow I didn't even realize it was this late, lets go." She stood up from her bed and walked towards the door.
Her friend looked around the room in surprise, "Wow…what happened here? Looks like someone dropped a bomb in it."
"Errr..I was trying to look for something okay?" she quickly made up and excuse and pushed him out and shut the door. "Let's go."
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Dinner was served with an exquisite French dish, Blanquette de veau. Everybody dug in and praised the chef for the fantastic meal, only one person at the table didn't seem to be enjoying herself. Kairi didn't know if she wanted to reveal her findings to anybody else, but she felt guilty every time she looked at Tifa and Leon.
She did however want to confront one person about the issue, Lightning. Her host had known about Sora's identity this whole time, she did not understand why she kept it a secret from everyone, especially from her friend Tifa.
As her friends slowly excused themselves from the table and headed off, Kairi turned to the pinkette and put on her sweetest smile and asked, "Miss Farron, may I ask you a question?"
Lightning looked up and replied, curiosity in her eyes, "Sure, whats up?"
Kairi looked at her seriously, "Why didn't you tell us that Skye was Sora?"
The Pinkettes brows rised up, a surprised look took over her face, "What the..? How'd you find out?"
The Auburn haired girl stood up and stalked over to her, "Olette told me. I also had Sora in his disguise, help me clean up my room where I made my own inspections."
A guilty look took over her face, she shifted uncomfortably, "Well…ermm…that's because he told me not to.." she let out a nervous laugh.
Kairi's facial expression darkened, "Why? Did he tell you why?" she closed the gap between them and leaned down to her level.
Lightning let out a tired sigh, "…He remembers everything. I don't know why, but he told me not to tell everyone. I promised I wouldn't but…well here you are, found out about everything."
"Oh…"
"Sorry.."
"Uhh..no no don't be its not your fault. Thanks Miss Farron." Kairi thanked and turned to leave
The pinkette grabbed her wrist with lightning fast speed, living up to her nickname, she asked in a worried tone "Wait! What are you going to do now Kairi?"
"I…I'm going to confront him."
A/N: Well this concludes this chapter, any questions, comments or concerns? THEY ARE MUCH APPRECIATED AND I WILL TRY GET BACK TO YOU d(^-^)b
