~The Cabin in the Mountains~

The Glass Half Full

Sora

I love mornings.

Most people hate mornings, and I suppose it's understandable, mornings generally mean work, and being tired, and for young people, school.

But for me, mornings are bliss, bright sunlight streaming through windows and nothing but pent up energy in your bones ready to burst.

Plus the fact that I was waking up to a hot girl by my side.

That definitely put a pro on my morning list.

Kairi's arms shifted a bit, she was just as restless in her sleep as she was awake.

The alarm had went off at four in the morning, and naturally Kairi slept right through it, but I always wake up on time.

I slowly moved my legs so that they dangled off the side of the bed, being sure not to jostle the bed to much so that I wouldn't disturb Kairi in her slumber.

Who am I kidding. This chick could sleep through an atomic bomb.

I leaned over to grab a shirt from my suitcase, when I heard a sound that made me freeze.

"…Sora…"

Blinking slowly, I turned around to see if Kairi truly was awake. To my utter amazement, her eyelids remained shut and her lips dully parted.

To make sure she was indeed dreaming about me, I hesitantly poked her in the arm, and her not responding provided me with evidence that made a wide grin spread across my face.

Kairi was dreaming about me.

Damn, this is just too good to be true. I should record this moment, my phone is in my suitcase, if I can just grab it-

"I hate you…meanie…"

Dammit! Just…dammit.

My entire body slumped dramatically and I snuck another look at the sleeping beauty who was indeed, still sleeping.

Fuck you Kairi, little witch.

Without a care of the result of my actions, I jostled her shoulder until those big blue eyes of hers cracked open angrily.

"Ah! Sora, you asshole!" She cried, sitting up and whacking me with her pillow.

I rolled my eyes at her childish retaliation while slipping my shirt on.

"Get up moron," I said, choosing my words carefully. A few grumbles of disapproval were heard, but she got up anyways and exited to the bathroom so that she could get dressed for the day.

Humming to myself for entertainment, I slunk into the kitchen. After successfully rummaging through the large pantries, I emerged with a box of Strawberry Pop Tarts and threw them on the table.

"Are you humming 5 Seconds of Summer?" Kairi's disbelieving voice rang out from the entryway.

"So what if I am?" I asked playfully, turning away from the pantry and moving to the table.

"I don't know, I had you pegged as more of a One Direction guy," she said, gliding to the table and taking a ridiculously long time choosing a bag of Pop Tarts.

"I can't like both?"

She gave me an amused glare before snatching up a silvery bag and tearing it open eagerly.

"You like Pop Tarts?" I asked, albeit lamely because the question sort of answered itself.

"I fucking love Pop Tarts. Don't give me any of that like bullshit." She said, waving her Pop Tart enthusiastically.

I could only watch her with amusement while she ate, her head bopping along with some imaginary bass inside her mind.

"Stop staring at me! It's really weird." She said exasperatedly, throwing her hands in the air at the distressing matter.

"Maybe I'd stop staring at you if you weren't so—,"

"Holy shit! It's almost five, we gotta go!" Kairi sprang out of her chair and grabbed her winter wear that was strewn across the floor.

I followed her haphazardly, wobbling and nearly tripping over vacant items dumped all over the floor.

"Where the hell are my gloves?" I heard Kairi shout from inside our room.

"How the fuck should I know? Do you see my jacket?" I threw one of Kairi's shoes over my shoulder in search of my missing jacket.

"Uh, yeah, it's in the closet!" She said.

"I found one of your gloves!" I yelled to her, pulling the glove out of her boot and heading to the closet to retrieve my jacket.

"Really? Great! I'll be right there."

I slipped my jacket on and went back out to the door to wait for Kairi. She tripped out of the bedroom with her poofy jacket on and almost crashed directly into me, but I grabbed her before her face became one with the hardwood floor.

"Uh…you got my glove?" She asked from the awkward position I had put her in.

"Y-yeah," I stammered, pulling her glove out of my pocket and pulling her up from the ground.

"Thanks. Let's go, my mom's gonna can my ass if I'm late again." She slipped her glove on and threw open the door.

"I wasn't aware that asses could be canned," I mused as we rushed down the stairs.

She laughed. "Well, with an angry middle aged woman, anything is possible."

Everybody was already gathered downstairs, luckily it seemed that nobody had noticed our tardiness. I heard Kairi groan loudly so I looked over to see that someone was waving at us like crazy and running our way.

"Kai-ri! You have to properly introduce me to your boyfriend!" Wow. This girl seemed way too eager to meet me.

"Ah hah, Sora, this is my…uh, relative…Martha," Kairi said through gritted teeth. I politely waved at her, but Martha's face looked positively horrified.

"…My name's Amanda." She said to Kairi with a look of pure disgust.

Kairi looked genuinely shocked, and almost a bit apologetic. "I, um…I'm—,"

"Whatever," Amanda said, holding the palm of her hand up to Kairi's face. I resisted the urge to burst out laughing, Kairi's face was a priceless mixture between 'well, bitch' and 'what the fuck just happened'.

"So, Kairi tells me that you two are going through a little rough patch…" Amanda said with fake concern. I think I'm kind of seeing why Kairi hates her family so much…

"I did?" Kairi asked herself.

"Yes, you did." Amanda said with a try me bitch face. "Remember, if you two decide to split, I'll always be your rebound!" Amanda said with a sultry wink.

Is she serious?

Kairi blinked rapidly with presumably the same thoughts as me.

"Well…uh…you'll be the first to know…" She said lamely, all though I don't really blame her, there wasn't much else to say.

She sauntered away and soon enough we were both laughing.

"What…the…hell?" I said in between rare gasps.

Her face was covered with her hands and she was shaking her head.

"Is…is your entire family…like that?" I asked after our laughter had subsided.

"Well…yeah, for the most part." She said with a guilty shrug.

"Hmm…I…I think I see why you invited me now." I said truthfully.

"Misery loves company." She admitted, standing on her tiptoes so she could see Namine over the small crowd.

"Excuse me everybody! I'd like to announce today's activity!" She chimed, fixing her poofy hair. What is with girls and doing that anyways? Their hair looks fine, but they always insist on poking and prodding it.

Women.

Everybody hushed in anticipation and I saw Kairi roll her eyes. Can you say typical?

"Today, we are going down to lake Pepin and we're ice fishing!"

…Yay?

A few confused mumbles were heard, including my own.

"What the hell is ice fishing? Isn't regular fishing just as good?"

Kairi elbowed me in the gut harshly. "No, dummy. The water's frozen."

"Just like your heart." I sniffed and she shot me one of her world famous glares.

"All of the fishing supplies is in the shed, so when you're ready meet us by the trail!" Namine sang, her weird boyfriend hanging onto her every word. Man, that boy is so whipped, you could shove him in a plastic container and he'd be confused for a condiment.

"Great. This sucks, ice fishing is like watching grass grow." Kairi huffed while walking out to the shed. I followed her with a much more optimistic opinion.

"Question, do we get to eat the fish we catch?" I asked.

"We're not catching any fish." She said bluntly, grabbing a fishing pole from the shed and jamming it into my hands. "Hold this."

"What? Why not?" I asked, confused.

"Because it's ice fishing!" She said, as if it were the most simple thing in the universe to understand.

By the time she was finished getting all the supplies, I still hadn't the slightest clue what she meant.

"You lost me." I said, my eyebrow raised in confusion.

"Ugh. Ok." She stopped so that she was standing in front of me. "Ice fishing doesn't work. The fish never come. So just prepare yourself for six hours of staring at a rod."

I was about to say something, but she knew me far too well to let me finish.

"Don't you dare say that's what she said."

I closed my mouth and grinned. She twisted her mouth into an angry frown, but I knew that she was secretly laughing.

When we got to the trail, big fucking surprise everyone was already there and getting ready.

"Lake Pepin is only a few hundred feet away, so the walk shouldn't be too long. Once you get there, the holes are pre-drilled and all you have to do is pick one! Oh, and watch your step!"

My eyebrows furrowed. "What does she mean by 'watch your step'?"

"There are holes drilled in the ice, so you stick the pole in and fish. Don't fall in." Kairi said tersely.

"Oh. Have people ever—,"

"HAHA. Yes."

I nearly jumped out of my skin when a peach haired girl yelled in my ear very loudly.

"Shiki, be nice." Kairi deadpanned with a small smile.

Ah, the favorite cousin…

"Uh, nice to meet you?" I said dumbly as she cackled maniacally.

"Oh he is so cute. And yes, people, namely Kairi, have fallen in the ice holes."

Kairi moaned and slapped her face in her hand. "It was one time!"

"Oh my god. Was it cold?" I asked teasingly.

"Of course it was cold!" She snapped, her face bright red. My god is she adorable.

"Oh my god, it was hilarious. She was just walking, and BAM! She totally lost her leg to the lake." Shiki said while laughing.

"Ok. I'm just gonna leave, and you guys just go ahead and share embarrassing stories about me." Kairi said, throwing her hands up in the air.

"Great! Have you heard about the time when she—,"

"I was just joking!" Kairi cried shrilly. She looked so adorably pissed off in her giant marshmellowy coat and red face.

"Calm yourself," I said sarcastically, pulling her closer to me. She glared, but let me hold on to her anyways. Shiki raised one peachy eyebrow and smirked.

"For a fake couple, you two sure have got lots of chemistry~" She taunted, poking Kairi in the arm with her fishing pole.

"Sh! Shut up!" Kairi yelled, silencing Shiki with her glove.

"How did—,"

"She told me," Shiki explained before I could finish, jabbing a thumb in Kairi's direction.

I shook my head. "Yeesh, why is it women can't keep secrets? It really isn't that difficult."

"Shut up Sora!" Kairi defended with a small yank of the arm that was holding her against me.

"Oh, you love me honey," I teased. She stoutly ignored me and Shiki giggled far too girlishly for my liking.

"Oh yeah. You guys." She said knowingly, pointing to both of us, "are going to be a thing by the end of this vacation."

"Uhuh, no." Kairi said thinly. I twisted my gloves in her hair and shook my head as well.

"She's right. I can't date her, she's chock full o' cooties." I whispered to Shiki.

"Yup. Infectious cooties." She said while wiggling her gloved fingers enthusiastically.

"Man, you can't let cooties get in the way of a fine piece of ass!" Shiki jeered, poking my shoulder multiple times.

"I'm right here!" Kairi said, but her comment went unnoticed by us.

"Kairi may have a delicious ass, but should I really risk my own personal health just to get some?" I asked, mainly just to see Kairi's reaction.

She gasped sharply and punched my arm. "You—,"

"Have a point Sora. Buuuuut~ if you ask her out now, I'll throw in a free bottle of wine from the cellar. And handcuffs." Shiki said with a suggestive eyebrow raise.

"Shiki what the hell! Where the fuck would you get handcuffs?" Kairi screeched, cutting off the circulation in my arm.

"I have my secrets Kairi. So whaddya say Sor? Pretty sweet deal…" Shiki inspected her nails (which were covered by her gloves, making the action pretty pointless) as if this deal were a once in a lifetime deal. Which, I suppose it was, but considering I already had a deal with Kairi making another wouldn't really make a difference.

"You strike a convincing bargain, but I have one of my own with Miss Kai-ri." I pulled her close and pressed a kiss to her forehead much to her annoyance.

"I hate you." She said pointedly. Her actions betrayed her though, her grip on my arm didn't falter.

"I know,"

"Uhh…Twilight?"

"No."

"Harry Potter."

'No.

"Gone Girl."

"No."

"The…Notebook?'

"No."

"…50 Shades of Gray."

"Sora!"

"Ok, ok. Uh, Pride and Prejudice…?"

"Sora. What the hell."

"…Don't girls like that shit?"

"Not all girls, you sexist pig."

"Nya, fine. What is your favorite book Kairi?" I said, bored of the game we had started nearly an hour ago. Man, when Kairi said ice fishing was boring I was thinking book-reading boring, but this is school boring.

I nudged the fishing pole to the side. We had been sitting on the ice for far too long and my ass was frozen. Everybody else was pretty quiet too and nobody had actually caught anything. Talk about a pointless activity.

"It's Jurassic Park."

"…Really?"

"Yes."

"…Why do I find that extremely hard to believe?"

"Because you're dumb." She said childishly, shifting so that she was sitting on her knees. "Ugh, I'm so cold."

"Aren't we all?" I asked dryly. The urge to throw myself into the ice fishing hole just to escape boredom was borderline suicidal.

"…Do you like Jurassic Park?" Kairi asked timidly.

"…No." I answered slowly.

"Wha-why not?!" She sputtered, propping her arms on her hips.

"Because it's so unrealistic." I said, twisting my face into a grimace.

"That's totally-ugh. You know what, fine, fine. What do you like Sora?" She asked, perching her head on the palms of her hands in fake interest.

"Va—,"

"Don't say vaginas."

I narrowed my eyes. It was absolutely infuriating that this woman could predict my every move.

"…Uh, fine. Sharks." I said. Truth is, I couldn't give less of a damn about sharks, but I guess they were pretty bad ass. It would be a definite blow to my man pride if something I liked was not bad ass.

"Oh my god. Do you watch all those crappy shark movies on SyFy?" She asked giddily, bouncing her head in her hands.

"What? No. I am a fan of proper cinematic milestones." I said.

"Oh yeah? Like what?" Kairi asked, not believing me for a second.

Damn her.

"Uh…In-de…pendence day." I said, slow enough to see her facial reaction.

"Will Smith blowing up the white house? That's what you call a cinematic milestone?" She asked, clearly amused.

"Of course. Can you blow up the white house Kairi? Aha, I didn't think so."

"Well, maybe if I really tried…" Kairi reasoned, tapping her finger on her bottom lip.

Bored, I jerked the fishing pole to the side a bit. "Whoa! Kairi, there's a fish on the line!"

"No there isn't." She said bluntly. Damn.

"Ugh. You're no fun." I said, dropping the fishing pole in boredom.

"Ah! You idiot!" Kairi screamed, her arm shooting out to try and grab the fallen fishing pole.

She must've grabbed it, but its surprising weight dragged her down so that her entire arm was swallowed by the ice hole as she screamed.

And I could not stop laughing.

"HahaHAHAHAHA OH MY GOD!" I fell backwards and gasped for breath while she screamed some more.

"It's sO FUCKING COLD AHHHH!" She cried, yanking her hand out of the ice hole, fishing pole all but forgotten.

"HAAHAHAHAHAHAH!"

"Augh, I HATE YOU!" She jumped over the hole and on top of me, letting the freezing cold water drip off of her coat sleeve and onto my face.

"Kairi get off me!" I choked out, but she continued to smack me with her soaking wet jacket.

"You punk! You asshole! I'll—,"

"Er...Kairi? This isn't very couple-like," I warned, noticing the confused stares we seemed to be drawing.

She immediately halted, jumping off of me with sheepish fake laughter.

"Eheheheh…women, right?" I said lamely to all of the nervous faces.

"Uh…why don't you two go back to the cabin and dry off? We'll meet you back in an hour or so," Shiki covered, herding us away from all of the suspicious glares.

"Sounds good!" Kairi said quickly, grabbing my arm and dragging me back to the trail.

When we were finally far enough away from the group, Kairi decided it would be extremely fun to yell at the top of her lungs.

"YOU IDIOT WHAT WERE YOU THINKING WHO JUST DROPS A FISHING POLE DOWN A HOLE?"

"Hm, well…including me? Uh, me, Riku, Tidus, probably that mountain dude…Neko? Neku?" I rattled off.

"You-ugh!" She gasped, almost tearing out her hair in frustration.

After a few moments of silent brooding, she spoke once again.

"My hand is so fucking cold. Like. Ehhh…" She whined, shaking her arm vigorously.

"That's what happens when you dip it in ice water," I said whimsically.

"You say that like it was my fault. Let's remember who dumped the fishing pole in the lake…" She pointed out.

"Ok ok, fine. I'm sorry." I said.

She stopped moving. "Wait…really?"

"What?" I asked. Pretending not to know what she was talking about was fun.

"You…you're sorry?" She asked carefully, like I was a bomb that was about to explode.

"Mhm. What more do you want woman?!" I asked, scooping her up in my arm.

"Eh! Sora!" She cried, loosing her balance from the jolt of her waist being squeezed by my arm.

"Careful pipsqueak, wouldn't want to have to scrape your pretty face off the trail." I teased, steadying her with my other arm.

"I'm not that short!" She protested with a small tug of my arm, signifying that she wanted to be released.

I let her go slowly, unsure that I really wanted to. "Yeah you are."

"No! I'm normal sized, you're just tall!" She said with puffed cheeks.

"That may be true, but you hardly come up to my shoulders." I rested my hand on the top of her hat for demonstration.

"Not true! I'm past your shoulders!" She jumped on the tips of her toes and her cheek barely grazed my shoulder.

"Whatever you say," I said. I suppose getting a rise out of Kairi had sort of lost some of its novelty, the real deal was making her blush, now that was fun.

She smiled in victory, thinking she had won this round.

Ha, she has no idea.

Because now that pissing her off had run its course, a new challenge a was afoot.

It was time to make her fall in love with me.

Ok, so. I'm just going to get it out right now, that my interest in writing is going down the drain. Fuck me, I know, but I've had like…zip motivation, not to mention I'm almost never on anymore x I just don't know, but I promise I'll try my absolute hardest not to leave this story unfinished (because fuck incomplete fanfiction) and update a little bit faster.

And if I don't finish it, Kat will. She already writes half of this anyways.

Thank you so much for all of your support, and I will try to answer reviews in PMs, and I hope you liked Sora for a change.

XOXOKAREN