Side Story to Finding Hope Again
What happened between Sora and Kairi on Valentine's Day.
Sokai
Kairi's POV
Valentine's Day… I've been looking forward to this day for a long time. Well, ever since Sora has been hanging out with me a lot. I've liked him ever since we were kids and he's either not noticed or hasn't cared until recently. He tries to spend a lot of time with me nowadays and that's why I've been looking forward to this day. I thought that just maybe Sora likes me and might get me something for Valentine's Day. I really hope he does. That would be great if he liked me the way I like him. Sora is kinda dense sometimes, but that just adds to his charm.
Today was a bright and warm day even though it was the middle of winter. It felt so nice that I didn't even have to wear a jacket. Instead I wore my favorite outfit. I think Sora really likes this one, or maybe it was just a daydream. I don't know. I gathered all my stuff for school and headed out the door. I don't live that far from the school so I always walk there and back. Sometimes, Sora would go out of his way just to walk with me. I loved it when he did that; I just could never tell him that. I saw someone up ahead and for a second, I thought it was Sora coming to walk with me. As I got closer I realized that it wasn't him. Man, I got my hopes up again.
Arriving at school I headed straight to my locker and was a bit surprised to see Naminé standing by it. I was about to call out her name but she left before I could. Normally I'd have gone after her, but I figured that she probably had something to do. Shrugging it off I continued to walk towards my locker. Something was different though. When I looked in my locker there was a letter and a rose. A letter and a rose! Was it really for me? Nah…, someone probably just got the wrong locker. I didn't think that the letter was actually for me but curiosity was getting the best of me and I opened it anyway.
Dear Kairi,
Happy Valentine's Day! I hope that you're having a good day so far. This rose is just for you! Talk to you later!
Love, Sora
The rose…, it's really for me! That's so sweet of Sora! I can't believe that he actually got me something! I mean, I had hoped he would but I didn't think it would actually happen. So maybe he does like me, after all he did say 'Love Sora' at the end! I really need to talk to Naminé about this. I smiled happily, this is gonna be a great day!
Sora's POV
Crap, it's already Valentine's Day and I didn't get Kairi anything! I thought I still had plenty of time. What am I gonna do? I really wanted to get her something to show her how I feel about her, but I can't do it! I've even asked Roxas about it, but his advice isn't very good. He's been too busy with Naminé anyway. He claims that nothing's going on. Yeah right, he's so in love with her. I can tell these things because I'm so smart like that! However, if I'm so smart why didn't I get Kairi anything? Not a good idea being that I'm her boyfriend. Wait, what am I saying I'm not her boyfriend. Great, now I feel even worse. Oh well, hopefully today won't be too bad. I open my locker and stare at the jam packed mass of junk, old papers, last weeks lunch, and gum stuck to the side. However today there was something different. What's this, a letter? Someone actually wrote me a letter? My curiosity piqued, I open it and read what it says.
Dear Sora,
Happy Valentine's Day! Man, your locker is messy. Why don't you ever clean it? Anyway, the keychain necklace is for you.
Love Kairi
Wait, 'Love Kairi' Does this mean she likes me? No, it means she loves me! Yay! This is the best Valentine's Day ever! I'm gonna put the necklace on right now. It's actually a cool looking necklace, she has good tastes. I can't wait to talk to Kairi! Wait, I didn't get her anything. Dang it, why didn't I get her anything! Oh man she's gonna hate me now! Crap, what am I gonna do? I know I'll ask Roxas! The warning bell has already rang, but I catch Roxas right before he goes into his first hour class.
"Roxas, Kairi got me a Valentine's gift but I didn't get her anything! What should I do?" I asked half hoping that he had some kind of an idea.
"Well, if you didn't get her anything then you could just give her something that doesn't cost anything." He replied simply.
At first I was confused about what he was talking about. I didn't have a clue and Roxas sighed in resignation.
"Tell her how you feel, or better yet just kiss her." He said plainly.
"What!" I screamed, causing a lot of the students turned around to see who screamed. When they saw it was me they just continued on their way. I guess I'm kinda known for doing dumb things. Wait what if Kairi doesn't like that!
"Oh man." Roxas sighed again and went into his class.
The tardy bell rang as I ran towards my class.
Kairi's POV
My classes seemed to take forever. Part of me wanted to see Sora, but part also didn't. Thoughts bounced around in my mind. What if he was just trying to be nice to me? What if he doesn't like me at all? Thankfully 1st hour was over and that meant I could talk to Naminé about it. While I waited for her I thought about his gift. A single rose just for me. If I saw him, I could give him a kiss as a thank you gift. What am I saying, me kiss Sora! My face started to get really hot just thinking about it. It was just about then when Naminé finally came in.
"What's going on?" she asked curiously, almost as if she knew what was on my mind.
"Well, Sora gave me something for Valentine's Day." I said happily. Naminé started smiling while raising an eyebrow.
"Did he really?" she replied back in a seemingly innocent voice.
"Yeah, he sure did." I decided to go ahead and tell her my suspicions. "Maybe he likes me, what do you think?"
"Why don't you just ask him?" she asked innocently.
"What!" I half screamed. I instantly thought about how that situation could go, and what all might happen. I looked at Naminé again and she continued talking.
"Yeah, just tell him how you feel. Maybe he's just too scared to admit it. If you tell him he it might just be what he needs to admit it." She replied slowly, carefully choosing each word as she spoke. Somehow her words made perfect sense to me.
"Hmm…, maybe you're right! I'll ask him about it later!" I replied cheerfully. Maybe things will work out well, just maybe.
Sora's POV
Today has really been a bad day so far. I've been late for almost every single class, and I still haven't figured out what I'm gonna do about Kairi. I could take Roxas's advice, but that could turn out badly. I've got to figure something out soon, I have too. Lunch hour was rapidly approaching and I would see her then. That's when I should talk to her. Yeah, that's it that's what I'll do, I'll talk to her! Roxas and I always met after 4th hour so we can walk to the cafeteria together.
"I'm gonna talk to her." I said in a semi confident voice. "Well, I'm gonna try to talk to her." I add softly. Roxas looked really pleased with the idea though.
"Good, it's the best thing for you to do. Just don't mention the gift." He whispered carefully.
I looked at him curiously since I was still quite confused. "Pretend like you just wanna talk to her because she's special to you. If you mention the gift then it may make it seem less than special to her." He said matter-of-factly.
"How is it that you know all this stuff!?" I asked with piqued interest.
"I just know, come on, and remember to think about what you're gonna say to her." He said and went into the cafeteria. I gulped and followed him inside.
Kairi's POV
"Come on Naminé, we have to get to lunch!" I shouted to her. She was still in the Art room, and the bell had already rung. She looked around and eventually saw me. I was getting impatient and went ahead and left.
"Hey, wait for me!" she shouted as she followed me out the door.
As we neared the cafeteria I was quickly becoming somewhat of a nervous wreak. What in the world am I gonna say to him? When we walked in I saw him looking at me. I quickly turned away blushing. I got my food and sat down. I sat next to Sora, thinking that it will be easier to talk to him if I ever got the courage. Unfortunately he just ignored me. I guess that he didn't want to talk to me after all. I guess he really didn't mean anything special with that rose.
"Hey Kairi, aren't you going to talk to Sora?" Naminé asked me quietly.
"It doesn't look like he wants to talk to me, maybe I was wrong…" I muttered softly.
"No way, he might be just having a bad day. Promise me you'll talk to him later okay?" Naminé said firmly.
"Okay." I reply quietly. Once again the bell rang and I headed to P.E. The whole way there I was wondering what I might say to Sora, that's if I actually did get to talk to him.
Sora's POV
"Sora, what's wrong with you? Why didn't you talk to Kairi?" Roxas asked, obviously angry with me as we walked to P.E. I sighed in resignation.
"I just couldn't, she was so close to me and I felt so guilty for not getting her anything. Now I feel even guilty because I ignored her. She probably hates me now." I muttered sadly. Roxas shook his head as we continued walking. He seemed to be really deep thought. Right before we walked into the gym he stopped and turned to face me.
"You have to talk to her. If you don't now then you never will. This is for your own good so listen to my advice." He said while holding his fist up to my face to show that he was being serious.
I gulped and nodded in response. I didn't see her before P.E. started so I didn't talk to her then. I finally saw her while we were running and man did she look hot, in more ways than one! My emotions were starting to get the best of me. Finally P.E. was over and I walked to English with Roxas and Naminé. They kept on looking at each other and I noticed that Roxas was blushing every time he looked at Naminé. It's just like I do when I see Kairi. By this point I really didn't feel like talking at all, which sounds strange coming from me. Usually people can't get me to shut up, but today was different. I had a real problem today and I needed time to think things through. English class went by really quickly and before I knew it, it was time for Algebra, my last class with Kairi. I have to talk to her now; this would be my last chance. I put a smile on my face and walked up to Kairi. Instantly I noticed that she looked really sad. I have to cheer her up. Ok, it's time to talk to her.
"What's wrong Kairi?" I asked while feeling the temperature rise in my cheeks. She looks at me in square in the face and I think I actually saw her blushing. Does that mean she likes me? I could have really been happy right then, however she still looked so sad.
"Hayner and Seifer got into a fight and Hayner got hurt really badly." She replied sadly.
I looked at her in disbelief. I know that Hayner would be the type to get into a fight, but I never thought that he could actually get hurt.
"Do what?" Naminé half screamed in surprise and Kairi motioned to her to be a little quieter.
"He's not like in the hospital type hurt. He's just in the nurse's office with Olette." She quietly explained.
"How come she's there with him?" Naminé asked.
"She was there when it happened." I began. "I'll tell you what happened. After you guys left for English, Hayner, Olette and I headed to our classes. I had history last hour and Olette and Hayner had computers. Seifer was following us for some reason, but I didn't care. Olette and Hayner's classes are close to each other so they were walking together after I went into my class. After that apparently Seifer tried to move in on Olette. Hayner was tired of his antics and they started to fight. Hayner won, but Seifer got in some pretty good hits. Seifer was sent home and now Hayner and Olette are in the nurse's office." She explained.
"Then why are we standing around here for? Let's go see him." Naminé exclaimed.
Kairi's POV
I was really surprised when the teacher let us go. I guess she was just having a very good day. While walking down there Sora accidentally bumped into me, almost causing me fell. I didn't though, because he grabbed my wrist and pulled me back up. I was so close to his face and I started blushing like crazy. I saw that Sora was blushing as well. I looked at Naminé and she gave me a look that apparently meant, 'Now's your chance.' I nodded and was about to speak when I noticed that I was reluctantly moved away from the spot. Naminé opened the door and I heard her gasp in shock. There on the nurse's bed were Hayner and Olette kissing!
"What's going on here?" she screamed. They quickly separated and turned to us, finally noticing that we were there. They looked away blushing furiously.
"Umm..." was all that Olette could say. Hayner finally spoke up.
"Olette and I are going out now." he informed us.
Naminé turned to Sora and I and looked at us curiously. I looked away blushing badly. I quickly realized why she looked at me that way. I saw Sora looking away as well.
"Since when?" I heard Naminé ask.
"Since the fight with Seifer, Hayner was trying to protect me and I, well…, kissed him. Afterwards he asked me out." Olette admitted.
It was so cute. Why couldn't anything like that happen to me? I didn't wanna hear anymore and left the room.
"Kairi wait!" Sora shouted from behind me.
"What?" I asked as he walked up to me. Somehow he tripped and when he got up he was right by my face. We started move closer together and I closed my eyes in anticipation. It was right then the bell rang and we instantly moved apart from surprise of hearing it. I started blushing like crazy and walked away. I walked outside and sat down on the brick ledge near the school. For some reason I didn't feel like leaving just yet. Some part of me just knew that if I waited here, something good might happen. Today hadn't turned out to be the day I thought it would be at all. Once again, I was disappointed. I pulled my legs up and began to softly cry. I tried not to let anybody see me. To my dismay I hear someone walking up to me. I tried to hide my face but whoever it was put there hand under my chin and forced me to look up. I gasped in surprise. It was Sora.
"What are you doing here Sora?" I asked curiously. I tried really hard to stop crying and act like nothing had happened, but I'm not very good at concealing my feelings. My face started to heat up when I realized how close Sora was to me. His face was mere inches from mine and his hand moved from under my chin to my cheek. He carefully wiped away all of my tears with his thumb.
"I had to find you. I need to talk to you." He replied. His face looked away from mine, staring at the ground.
"What it is?" I asked. He looked back at me and sighed softly.
"I love you Kairi." He replied sweetly.
"What did you say?" I asked in disbelief. He loved me! Did he really say that?
"I love you, and I always have. I've just been too afraid to tell you. I…" he didn't get to finish his sentence because I kissed him. He immediately began to return the kiss. After a while we pulled apart and I laid my head on his shoulder while he held me. "I'm sorry that I didn't get you anything today." he whispered in my ear.
"Yes you did, you gave me a rose, remember?" I replied.
"Huh?"
"I fell so badly for not getting you anything." I replied feeling very guilty.
"But you did, you gave me that… Oh, I get it." He said.
I looked at him very confused. I didn't have a clue what he was talking about.
"Roxas and Naminé did this. They planted a gift and a letter to each of us, hoping that we confess to each other. I can't believe that they would do that, but it worked." he laughed.
"Yeah, remind me to thank them later." I replied, leaning forward to kiss him again. I was so happy! Today had turned out just the way I wanted it to. It was getting dark and Sora walked me home, the whole way his arm was around my waist and I had my head on his shoulder. Today was perfect.
