[A/N: Reviews are always appriciated! I apologize to any Christians I might have offended while making this story.]

Chapter Eleven

As soon as they walked into Kairi's house, she could hear her mother.
"Kairi, is that you? Don't slam the door like that, you're gonna kill me."
"How would I kill you unless I slammed your head in the door?" Kairi sighed.
"Well you could give me a fucking heart attack, that's what."
"Mom!" Kairi gasped gesturing towards Sora, who was standing in the doorway looking slightly uncomfortable.
"Oh Kairi! You have to let me know when there are people coming over, then I won't swear!"
"I told you yesterday, Ma. Sora's helping me with Trig, and I'm helping him with English."
Her mom gasped. "This is Sora? Well God, that's fantastic!"
She stepped back. "Wait, you're not Christian are you?"
Sora laughed awkwardly. "No, don't worry. You can swear as much as you want in front of me. I don't mind."
Kairi's mother looked relieved. "Well on that note, I'll leave you guys to whatever you were going to do? Hopefully not each other?"
Kairi blushed profusely, and Sora let out another awkward laugh.
"Mom please, just don't."
"Ok ok, I get it. Shutting up now." Just then Zack emerged from his room. He saw Sora standing there and gawked.
"Wow," he muttered. "Kairi actually brought home a guy." He smirked, dodging Kairi's fist.
"WHAT THE FUCK IS WITH MY FAMILY TRYING TO RUIN MY SOCIAL LIFE?!" She screamed. An uncomfortable silence settled in the room. Henry came into the room, noticed the awkward tension, then wordlessly slipped back into the kitchen.
"Come on Sora," Kairi fumed. "Let's go in my room, where there'll be less ANNOYING PEOPLE. And we are going to go into my room and we are going to shut the door and no one is going to bother us." She now spoke to her mom and brother.
"We may be doing anything, possibly even each other, but know this: we are actually studying." And with that, she wordlessly led Sora down the hall to her room.

As soon as she shut the door, Sora burst out laughing.
"What's so funny?"
"Can I just say, you're family is even better in person, especially your mom." He chuckled.
"Yeah, well I'd prefer them far away. You heard how embarrassing they are." She sighed.
"Aw, they're not so bad. It was just a bit awkward, that's all."
"A bit? You're too nice. It was extremely awkward!"
"It would have been more awkward if I was Christian."
They looked at each other and burst out laughing.
After their laughter had died down, Sora said, "I can't believe your mom thought we were going to..." He began.
Kairi cut him off. "W-Well that's my mother." She blushed.
"Maybe it would be better if you didn't tell her about the dance thing. She might get the wrong idea."
"T-That would p-probably be best." She stuttered.
Sora nodded, then took out his books.
'God I am a retard.' Kairi thought miserably.
'It was a big mistake inviting him over.'

After they finished Kairi's session, Sora's phone dinged. He picked it up, read the text, and frowned.
"Sorry, Kairi. Riku just texted me, and he needs me to come over. It sounds urgent."
"Oh, that's fine. I understand."
Sora grinned. "Thanks for understanding."

As soon as Sora left, Kairi tried calling Ventus to tell him about her excitement, but it went to voicemail.
Kairi frowned. 'He never leaves without his cell phone. Something's up.'
She was about to send him an email, when the phone rang. It turned out to be Namine, so she soon forgot her priorities as she ran to pick up the phone.
"Oh Namine, what was I thinking inviting Sora to my house? My mom was super embarrassing, like worse than usual."
Namine laughed softly on the other end. "I'm sure it wasn't that bad, you told me yourself he really wanted to meet her."
Kairi sighed. "I guess your right. So what's up?"
She could hear Namine giggling.
"What happened? Why do you sound so happy and non serious?" She teased.
"Wellllllll..." Another giggle.
"C'mon! You're gonna kill me with suspense!"
"Ok ok, I'll tell you." She took a deep breath, then answered, "Roxas kissed me. For real this time."
Kairi squealed. "REALLY?!"
"YEAH!"
"AW THATS ADORABLE YOU GUYS ARE SO CUTE!"
"STOP! My face hurts from smiling so much."
"How did it happen?" She asked.
"After his fight club stuff was done, he offered to walk me home. On the way there, he went out and asked me if I was ok with what he did yesterday, meaning the cheek kiss. I said yes, and might have told him I would be ok if it happened again and this time it was real."
"Wow, that's awesome! Did you tell Xion yet?"
"Yeah I called her as soon as I could. I waited until you were done studying with Sora to tell you."
"Well you didn't have to wait! I wouldn't have minded if you interrupted me making a fool of myself trying to understand Trig." Kairi laughed.
"Still, I know how important it is to you. So does this mean you guys are together now?"
"I don't know."
"You didn't clarify this?!"
"Um, no."
"Huh. Well I think it does. You should expect him to think so, anyways."
Namine sighed. "Is he going to expect other things of me?"
"Maybe. But if he likes you that much he'll respect your choices."
"I hope so."

Not long after their conversation, Kairi got another phone call.
"Hello, this is the Hiyashi household. Kairi speaking."
"You're going to get what's coming to you, sweetness."
It was Vanitas. Kairi sighed. "Look Vanitas, I'm sorry I publicly embarrassed you today, but you kind of deserved it after making fun of my breasts like that."
"I'm going to make you sorry you ever tried that."
Kairi snorted. "How? My life is crappy enough as it is, so I don't think you could do anymore damage. And don't bother trying to kill me, your sex buddy already tried that."
"I wonder," He snickered, "if Sora would like to know how you really feel about him?"
Kairi panicked. If Vanitas really did tell him, the dance would be off, and so would the study sessions.
"He already knows." She mentally slapped herself. That was the dumbest thing she could've said.
Vanitas laughed. "Oh does he now?"
Kairi clenched her fists. Damn, he got her.
"Why else would we be going to the dance with me?"
Silence on the other end. Then she heard the ugliest laughter.
"Oh god, that's really something!" He hooted. Kairi growled.

"You want to know a secret dear? Sora's not an ordinary person. No, he's far more 'special'."
Kairi's pulse quickened. Was he lying?
"Yeah I'm sure he is."
"I could tell you more..." Vanitas cackled.
"I'm not sure I should trust any information you tell me."
More laughter. "Come on, why would I lie to you?"
"Uh, because I hit you in the face and publicly called you a douchepants?"
"That was nothing. Actually pretty sexy."
Kairi rolled her eyes. This was exactly what she'd expect from him.
"You know," He continued, "I can tell you more about Sora, and what makes him so special."
"Oh yeah? Just like that, no catch?"
"Well, almost. I have a price for what I do, I can't just give the information to you sugar."
Kairi weighed her options. She could ask Sora herself, possibly ruining anything they had, or she could get her information from an unreliable source, asking for a ridiculous price.
"How much money would I be giving you?"
"Oh no, I would never ask you to give me any money. All I want is a little piece of you."
'Seriously?!' Kairi thought.
"Sorry Vanitas, we're going to have to work something else out."
"It's that or nothing."
"Oh come on! Couldn't I just buy you a prostitute instead?"
"Tempting, but no. I'd prefer someone I know personally, and who's pretty good at showing me up. Not to mention a damn fine body." Vanitas whistled.
"Ugh, no thanks."
"Well if you change your mind, my bedroom's always open." He laughed.
Kairi lost it. "YOU'RE SUCH A FUCKBOY!" She yelled, then hung up the phone and threw it against the wall.