This is dedicated to Crimson Daydreamer

I don't own Kingdom Hearts

SoKai Romance:

"Okay, Sora, how about we have a rematch?" the brunette turned towards his best friend, Riku and pouted, "No, you always win, I don't want to play knights anymore," that said, he resolutely crossed his arms and glared at his friend.

Riku frowned for a moment before Kairi walked up to the two of them, "what's wrong?" she asked, concern in her face. Seeing her, Riku grinned, turning to his friend he grinned surprisingly deviously for a six year old, "hey Sora, how about this time, we fight for an actual prize?" the brunette looked up at him with reluctant curiosity, "w…what's the prize?"

Riku's grin widened, "knights have to fight for a princess, don't they?" Sora frowned, "I… guess," Riku stepped back flourishing his wooden sword, "then, let's fight for a princess, whoever wins, gets a kiss from Kairi!" Sora started, turning to look in surprise at an equally astonished Kairi, "wait a minute, Riku!" they both cried indignantly.

Riku didn't give either a chance to voice their protests, charging at Sora, who yelped and scrabbled away, fumbling with his wooden sword.

He stumbled to his feet, glancing at the red-head who was watching, torn between anticipation about who would win, and annoyance about having to kiss whoever did.

Sora whacked at Riku with no real technique, simply hoping to win, for some reason, he really didn't want Riku to get a kiss from Kairi. In the end, it didn't make a difference, how hard he tried, Riku was older (by a year, but it was still enough to give him an advantage) and stronger than him. Sora ended up falling over and dropping his sword, Riku stood in front of him, hands planted on his hips triumphantly, Sora felt like crying, he had lost again and now, because he hadn't been strong enough, Kairi would have to kiss him!

Said girl crossed her arms resolutely, "I'm not going to kiss you," she said peevishly, "you just decided that I'd have to all on your own, that isn't fair," Riku wrinkled his nose, "who would want girl-cooties?" he told the girl.

He turned to Sora, "I don't want to kiss Kairi, I've changed my mind, since you lost, you have to get kissed instead, you can get girl cooties, I don't want them." Sora pouted, but before he could say anything, Riku walked off, calling over his shoulder, "I don't want to play knights anymore, Sora! It's too boring," Sora got to his feet, brushing himself off, "that's what I was trying to say earlier," he muttered, downtrodden by Riku's easy defeat of him.

"Um… Sora?" he looked up to see Kairi looking at him hesitantly, "you're not really scared of getting girl cooties from me?" Sora stared at her, in truth, he was a little scared of girl cooties, but for some reason… he wasn't worried about that sort of thing with Kairi.

"No," he answered truthfully; Kairi smiled, 'you were very good at fighting," she told him shyly, Sora blushed then looked down, kicking at a clump of grass, "not good enough to beat Riku," he muttered despondently.

Kairi hesitated, looking at him for a moment before stepping forward and placing a warm kiss on his cheek, Sora glanced up at the girl sharply; face red, his cheek was tingling where she had kissed him. She smiled, "a cheer-up kiss, not a loser kiss," she told him before turning and running off home.

It was at that point, at the young age of five, staring after the only girl in the world that he wasn't scared of getting cooties from, that Sora realised that he cared about his best friend, Kairi. A lot.

I hear there's an epidemic of the cooties in preschool playgrounds now-a-days

F3

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