File 25: Sweet May Hath Come To Hate Us » Volume 1
Finally! An update! I had to rewrite most of this chapter since I announced the extension making this difficult to write as it took days/weeks to completely finish. Most of the original plans I had were scraped and new ones were made for the following events to be logic in the upcoming chapters.
Thanks for the early reviews guys!
Genre: Adventure/Romance
Disclaimer: The following characters of "Secret Agent Kairi" are from the video game, Kingdom Hearts. Square Enix and Disney rightfully own them. The setting-taking place in the story is original also and does not exist anywhere in Japan. The story, plot, and maybe some original characters are under my name. There will be some references to the game. Don't attempt to copyright.
It is nearing the end of May and everybody is gathering for Yuffie's graduation. Who would of thought she made it? Then again, she is a smart girl and managed to pass by her boring teachers through it all since she first stepped on this campus. Now it was ending and she felt ecstatic that her special day has arrived but did not know what she is going to do. Staying Tsuki is one of her future plans to help out Kairi. There were a few things the agency wanted to give out to them but decided to put it on hold just for her.
Kairi walks the school grounds seeing the sun slowly going as the afternoon hour approaches and the graduation. Her companies were her mom and dad, Cloud, and Tifa. Of course Aqua (the Blue Hair Monster), Terra, and Ventus came along to congratulate Yuffie. Anyways, the event is being held on the soccer field because the gym had renovations going on. Two bleachers were set for the graduates and seats lay out including a stage for the senior to walk on to get their diplomas and speeches.
"I can't believe today is the day Yuffie graduates," Kairi said. "This is going to be one heck of a day. When does it start again?"
"Around four and one day you too will graduate from this school," Cloud told her.
"I don't know. Will I even stay that long? I'm barely holding this thing together since it has been a month since I lost my boyfriend," she complained. "And he and I haven't been in much contact since. Heck, our so called group is now going in different directions."
"You guys are just growing up. It happens at some point."
Kairi turns to Cloud putting her hands behind her holding it together. "Yeah but, did it had to happen on my first year when we just started? It's been like a 'hi' then with a 'see ya'." Kairi then drifted her eyes to see the Blue Hair Monster holding hands with her fianance. Wait a minute? They were holding hands? Kairi could not leave this alone and just had to ask, "I thought you liked keeping your relationship professional Miss Toyoguchi?" She just glared at her and she felt distress from the look. "N-never mind. Forget I ever asked." Kairi turned away making a huge frown. "Failed again," she muttered.
"Its ok." Cloud patted her back. "We all been there." Kairi gave a laugh as she and the others continue to the graduation grounds. "No, really. We have."
"You know, I don't know if any of my friends are even coming. Sora granted he won't come, but I hope the others did," she saids turning around, walking backwards. "I mean, we broke up and I don't know how to deal with someone who is also friends my friend. Can you give me anything that I can relate with Cloud?"
Cloud was taken aback and took a quick glance at Aerith and Zack, who were holding hands and talking about something, before speaking up. "Umm… can't say for sure, but you should just ignore it. Even if your friends are still friends with Sora, it doesn't mean you should stop seeing them because of them."
"What is love?" she asked out of the blue making Cloud choke a little on the subject.
"I-I'm sorry? You have been in a relationship and don't know what it is?" he asked.
"Sorry. It's just… from what I see, it seems to be the next level in a relationship."
"Love is…" he trailed off trying to explain. "Uhh… complicated. It… really is complicated."
"How complicated? Like does it—" Before she finishes her sentence, she turns around again and bumps into a stranger making the two fall down and she lands on the person's chest. "Oh my god!" she gasped. "I'm so… sorry." The word 'sorry' went soft when she realized the one she bumped into was Sora. She got up and laid out her hand for him meaning no harm. "Don't worry, nothing is going to happen."
"I can take care of myself," he roughly said brushing himself off and slowly got up.
"Never mind that. What are you doing here?"
"Yuffie is my friend too Kairi. Can't I just come to see her fare off?" It certainly felt edgy to be around him for her seeing how things ended.
"Baby steps Kairi. Baby steps," Cloud said at her side.
"Right." There was a pause because Kairi could not think of anything to say. What would she say? How you've been? What is going on? Makes it seem like nothing has happen when something did. "Cloud and I are just gonna go. See ya there if we do."
"Yeah, sure." Sora just walks off and actually sees Roxas behind him and later joins him. Later, the two see the two grown-up couples walk pass them, but see Aqua stop in her tracks looking at a certain direction, which the two question why.
"Aqua, why'd you stop?" her fiancé, Terra, asks. Ven standing by them knew why. There was Roxas walking with his twin brother, who is actually his cousin, walking away in front of them and Aqua saw him for the first since they gave him up. No one knew of their little secret except for Ven's brother.
"I-It's nothing," she stammered. "Let's keep going before the ceremony starts without us."
Meanwhile with the graduates…
Yuffie is with her fellow graduates putting on her blue gown hat. The school colors are black, blue, and white but only two out of the three were the ones that were worn. All the boys wear black and the girls wear blue and Yuffie envy the boys wearing the best-looking graduation gowns. Black just went with everything in terms of looks. Anyways, she smiles at herself while hearing her fellow graduates chat about this special day. Then she heard someone call out her name making her turn around.
"Yuffie! We need you right now!" the female told her. "The valedictorian is stuck in traffic and since your GPA is the second highest—"
"Don't tell me I have to go out there and give a speech?" she interrupted. "You know I suck at talking in front of a bunch people! I can barely handle a whole class much less than a huge group of family, friends, and teachers!" Yuffie began to go into panic mode, as she couldn't catch her breath. She just kept wheezing for all of this.
"Look, it is going to be ok alright," her classmate assure.
"I-It is?"
"Of course, just make up the speech as you go. Good luck!" With that she left with Yuffie's jaw hanging open.
"Son of a—!"
~ Secret Agent Kairi ~
Kairi and the others take a seat while she tries to look for her friends. She really was starting to miss them already until a familiar voice call her out.
"I'm here!" Namine cheers hugging her and takes a seat. "Miss me?"
"Yes! I have been looking for you guys! Oh, hey Riku!" She saw him take a seat along with Namine.
"So, saw that odd encounter with Sora," Namine points out.
"Oh, you saw that huh? And yes, it was odd and I must admit. He really is a complete douche right now. 'I can take care of myself'," she mocks. "God I wish he would stop acting all emo. If we were in a show, you'd realize he does not have much scenes yet we're supposed to be the golden couple."
"Ahm," Namine nods. "You're right. Like you said, you are jealous of how me and Roxas' relationship." Now she was teasing her.
"You're never gonna let that go are you? Maybe I should have not told you that yesterday." Kairi then realizes that the two were talking about Roxas, one subject Riku does not like. "Hey lets stop talking about now. Did Riku drive you here?"
"Yes. He was the one who picked me up."
"Including the rest of us." Olette butts in smiling hugging Kairi from behind and everybody (Hayner, Pence, and Xion) was saying 'hi' to each other and even some hugs.
"I really thought you guys weren't gonna make it," Kairi said.
"What kind of friends would we be if we didn't come?" Olette asks. "It's Yuffie's graduation."
"Finally!" a voice interrupts. "We found you guys and some empty seats!" Everyone saw it to be Roxas and his arrival immediately brought upon tension since Sora was with him.
"Why did you bring us hear?" Sora whispers. "You know Kairi and I are not speaking to each other."
"Then what about earlier? Either you sit by yourself or you can be with your friends? Which is it going to be huh?" Roxas asks.
"Come on Sora. Don't let your emotions get the best of you," Hayner said.
"Yeah, what he said," Pence adds.
"You need to come up with your own lines Pence," Hayner replies staring at him.
Sora scoffs caving in and takes a seat. Everyone sits in this order (left to right): Sora, Roxas, Riku, Namine, Kairi, Cloud, Aerith, Zack, Terra, Aqua, and Ven. Behind the these guys were Hayner, Pence, Olette, and Xion. Kairi could feel the strange air and wanted to drop her smile. She looks at everyone around her and it was definitely a huge crowd. She is happy that her friends are all together, but it does not feel the same as it always had before.
The ceremony starts with the classic graduation march playing and the graduates coming out of the school from somewhere onto the soccer field and taking their seats on the bleachers. Kairi remembers they have been rehearsing this for a quite a while to where they all sit up to practicing how they get their diplomas and such. Once everyone was set, Ms. Heartilly comes up giving out a speech.
Meanwhile elsewhere…
In an empty hallway where there is light shining out at the bottom of the door, voice could be heard. "Are we set everyone? This is the night where we will test out our little Nobodies," a man said. "We will use Tsuki as our testing grounds and set them free. Behind that door is the conference room of Organization XIII ready to cause disaster in the city. In the room were all twelve members with Roxas absent. "We approximately will release them at approximately
"Sir," Axel said. "Why isn't Roxas here?"
"I try to call that boy, but his phone seems to be off."
"Isn't he at a graduation right now?" Larxene asks. "There is one happening at Tsuki High right now."
"I'll try to call Roxy guys," Axel replies. "Plus, his phone is always open for text messaging. Something our leader doesn't even know how to do."
"I resent that!" Xenmas lashed at.
"But it is true. It's amazing you can work a phone." Demyx agrees only to get whacked in the head by Xenmas with a book. "Hey! That hurts!"
"Says you."
Back at graduation…
"And I know, the valedictorian will like to give a speech," Ms. Heartilly announces just as Yuffie stands up from the bleachers and walks down to the podium.
"Yuffie is the valedictorian?" Namine asks Kairi.
"Uhh, I guess she is, but
"Hey-y guys," Yuffie awkwardly said. "Wassup! The real valedictorian is stuck in traffic and so I'm here to fill in for him." The crowd was silent including the students and teachers. The atmosphere wasn't tense, but it just felt so unusual that some awkward funny music would be playing in the background to enlighten some humor on the scene. "Ahehe… where do I start?"
"You think she is capable of making a speech?" Cloud asks Kairi.
"Knowing Yuffie, then no," she answered. "She can't because she always get nervous talking in front of people. Let's just see where this is going."
"Umm… uhh… we are gather here today on the day of us g-graduates, class of 2010. The people and the friends we have lost, or the dreams that have faded, never forget them."
"Isn't that part from Final Fantasy X?" someone calls out behind her.
"Shut your trap! I am trying to make a persuasive moving speech here! It was what popped into my head 'kay!" she roars at the guy and returns back to her normal self and tone and continues trying to cook up something that is on her mind. "Now for the people gathered here today, I thank you for joining us to celebrate this special day. T-this class has been through a lot these past months and some us never thought we'd make it. And uh… some have… failed while others uh… manage to pull through. When I first stepped foot on this campus, mm… I immediately grew bored with our teacher's and their prison warden voice." That last sentence made a few laughs in the crowd.
"Can't believe she is making this up as she goes," Roxas states.
"To think that half the homework they gave us actually applies to real life. Like trig or calculus. Who cares about the prime numbers are right?" Some were actually agreeing, mainly the graduates with a 'yeah' or a 'she's right'. "And now. I will be quoting a famous speech with my own personal twist."
"Gee, I wonder which one," Aerith speculates.
"I have a dream!" she shouts out like some preacher. Kairi, her family and friends immediately drops their jaws. "Where we will prevail through anything that the real world throws at us. I have a dream! That we will get through everything together with the friends that we have made this year. I have a dream! That we won't be judge by our colors! I have a dream! That White people, Black people, and even Asian people can live together in harmony and not bomb each other! I have a dream! That Team Jacob will kick Team Edward's ass!"
Everybody in the ceremony sweats drop and some eyebrows were twitching. Some, who were fans of the Twilight series, actually made a shout out about it. "Uh… what's with the Twilight reference? But I gotta give her props," Cloud said. "She is definitely making progress."
"Yeah, by using literary quotes and twisting it her way," Aerith added. "Martin Luthur King Jr.'s speech was a classic and still is today. Heh, it sure can be funny when someone else does it, but in a comedic way." Aerith giggles as Yuffie goes on with her speech.
"With twist of Rush Hour 2 too," Zack adds. "I do find this funny."
"Yeah Yuffie! Team Jacob!"
"Taylor Launter is hot!" Everybody turn their heads to see it was Kairi and Olette shouting. It seems they were joining the other girls who cheered before them. Both feels their stares and looks and notices they were giving them a death glare telling to sit back down. Both make a nervous laugh taking their seat.
"Ahehe… sorry," Kairi said.
"Kairi, what the heck was that?" her dad asks.
"I'd rather have you not know," she informs him playing with her still making a nervous laugh. "You probably think I am crazy if you found out."
"Hey hon—" Zack stopped in distress and froze when he saw her and Cloud giving him the same look they did to Kairi. He kind of was scared actually. It reminds him of those anime scenes where one of the characters glares at someone and there is like flames or a strange background around them. Usually to make some laughs.
"Don't talk about it," Aerith snarls still glaring at him as did Cloud.
"You will regret if you go any further about the Twilight series," Cloud added having the same tone as her. "Or you will bring death upon us." Zack decided to let it go still wondering about his daughter's outburst. Team Edward and Team Jacob? These were the questions that haunt him.
"These are the words of Martin Luthur King Jr. Well, not entirely, but still! Anywho, I have nothing else other than this! Hooray class of 2010! We did it!" she shouts hoping for applause. There was, but only soft and faint as the crowd just felt so weird now listening to her oh-so-random speech. Ms. Heartilly comes up the stage and adjusts the microphone on the podium.
"Well… wasn't that… something. Thank you Yuffie Kisaragi for that amazing speech. Moving on, lets just get to the diplomas now!" she announced as the other staff members come up on stage. Among them is Leon. The music starts to play and one by one, each graduate stood up and walked on stage thanking their sensei/teacher.
Many minutes later…
"That was… such an interesting speech you gave there Yuffie," Kairi cheered giving her two thumbs up. After all the graduates "Random, but moving… sort of. For sure, it will be one to remember."
"Thank you guys for being here." Yuffie spread out her arms with eyes close hoping for a group hug but did not feel anything. She opens one eye and sees them just staring at her. "Um guys… aren't you gonna hug me?"
"Oh, that's why you are in that weird position," Kairi says finally getting it. "Okay then." Yuffie pushes her away.
"Never mind. You guys killed it when there was no hugging." All of them just hugged her anyway awing but she did not get into. "You guys are just doing this cuz you pity me now."
~ Secret Agent Kairi ~
Shortly after, everyone started to go home but not everybody. In order to celebrate Yuffie's graduation, every person went to the Gainsborough Residence for a party, one that Yuffie is excited about. There actually was not any preparation since it was planned the last minute; Kairi went the grocery market to buy some ingredients for the food along with her friends. Zack suggested take-out, but his wife said otherwise wanting to cook and he could not say 'no' to her. The reason why is because she is an amazing chef.
"Soooo… what are we making?" Yuffie asks.
"I don't know," Kairi said looking at some green thing she doesn't know. "Hey Yuffie, what is this called again?"
"Broccoli Kairi. Broccoli." Kairi jumps as the broccoli falls out of her hand and onto the ground. "What the? Why'd you jump?"
"I don't know. Aren't kids supposed to be afraid of his kind of stuff?" All of her friends look at her oddly. "Let's forget it even happen," she told them kicking the dirty broccoli to the side somewhere. "Hope no one finds that," she mutters. She browses through all sorts of fruits and vegetables looking for the ingredients wrote down for her. "Onions. Onions. Where are you guys?" A hand appears holding a small plastic box of strawberries. "Thanks." She then sees it was Sora once again after taking the items. "Giving much?" she said harshly.
"You were looking for these," he replied.
"What's with the whole nice act? When we bumped into each other, you weren't so… nice I should say."
"I'm just having a hard time ok," he explains.
"It's been a month, so just please get over it," Kairi tells him. She just wanted to end the conversation already.
"Get over it? I should say the same about you!" he soon yelled making everyone in the store look at him. He calms down and says, "Sorry. I'll look for the rest of the stuff we need." He storms off getting away from his friends especially from Kairi.
Kairi just sighs putting her head down. "Roxas, can you—" She sees that he is already gone. "Never mind. Boy… me and Sora—"
"Suck at conversation," Olette completed.
"Yep. We do."
Sora begins slapping and talking to himself about his recent event with Kairi. "Stupid! Stupid! Sora you are so stupid!" he tells himself. He wonders what is going on with him and his actions. Like, why did he to yell at Kairi just like that. Afterward, he heard footsteps approaching him and come to see it is Roxas.
"Sora, what is happening to you?" his brother asks worried. "Are you that love sick?"
"How else am I supposed to act? I can't control what I'm feeling. I don't even know why I am here with Kairi around when I could of just gone home." Sora felt like venting out and his brother was there to listen and he did not say anything to interrupt. "It's been a month since we broke up but we can't seem to not just be near each other. Why? Because we share the same friends, that's why! And then she has the nerve to say get over it when clearly she hasn't! A complete hypocrite I tell ya!" Sora grunts loudly and pulls his hair out.
"Whoa!" Roxas comes to him to control his raging brother. "If it makes you feel better, Namine told me she still likes you and I know you do too. You just can't trust her can you?" When he heard no reply come out of Sora, Roxas tells him, "Well, you are doing better than me. I mean, the girl I like won't forgive me for what I've done yet we continue to be friends."
"Yeah. That is—wait what? The girl you like? Please tell it isn't Namine," he begged not wanting an incident repeating.
"Then I will not tell," he smirked turning his back on him.
"You do!" Sora runs to his brother turning him around. "Wow, finally! It's real! It really real! I mean, I can tell you are clearly telling the truth. It's real!" Obvious Sora was too excited for his brother. "But then there's Riku," he said bringing things down. "How are you going to pass him and then her love defense around you."
"Love defense? Really bro?" Just then, he felt his phone vibrating and checks to see it is from Lea, but decides to ignore it and make a return with his brother to the others.
Next thing they hear is Kairi saying, "I just had a thought. I'll make a cake!" Kairi both said and that send off alarm bells to some of their friends. "Something with bananas! Maybe pie! Banana cream pie!" she adds grabbing a pair. Sora felt a smile on his face at his ex-girlfriend's actions. He did miss Kairi but the trust issue is still an issue to him.
"Ahh, no." Namine sweeps the bananas out of her hands. "How bout Roxas, Riku, and I make it," she suggests. "Let's not recall the mess you made in my kitchen." Soon, she changed her expression to a mischievous one. "Unless… I do the same thing! Oh! Reve—"
"Namine," Riku interrupts putting his hand on her shoulder. Roxas saw this dreading just by looking at the two. "If you do, you are on your own of cleaning up the mess." Namine groans slouching and arms hanging down.
"Aww, but I want to get even!" she pouts.
"Sorry, try again next time. Hahaha." Kairi cheers sticking her tongue at her blonde friend.
Back at the house with the adults, it was just they. Of course there is Hoshi who was following each one of them from time to time. The ones present are Aerith, Zack, Cloud, Terra, Aqua, and Ven. With some products in the fridge that can be used, Aerith is in the kitchen right now cooking up something along with Aqua. The aroma of it filled the house and everyone could tell it is going to be delicious and the men were in the living room watching sports at this hour.
Aerith chops some onions and felt arms wrap around her. "Hmm… I wonder could this be? Maybe I should peel these extra onions to make him cry. Oh, there they are," she said about to grab them but Zack kissed her cheek making her giggle. "What are you doing? I'm trying to my home-made chicken curry here. By the way, what time is it now? Kairi and the others should be here by now."
"It is around seven now. Don't worry about them," he assures her.
"I'm a mother. I do worry."
"And I'm a father and I don't."
"Well you should be. For all we know—"
"We're home!" Kairi bellows carrying some bags. "And we bought the goods!" Kairi enters into the kitchen dropping the bags on the island sitting in the middle of the kitchen looking at them. "Phew! That certainly was heavy. Roxas suggested we can go back to get the rest, but I didn't want to make a second trip to the car." Looking up, she sees her parents in compromising position. "I will leave you two alone as my friends and I go upstairs. Bye!" Walking away she took her friends, just the girls, up to her room. The boys join the adults who were watching sports. But before going up the stairs, Kairi stops and look down on Namine. "Oh right, you are in charge of the cake. Roxas! Riku!" she calls out making those two heads turn. "Help Namine make the cake! Good luck blonde," she said winking going up the stairs.
Namine gasp and immediately grabs her friend's hand and whispers, "Oh no-no-no-no-no-no! Not so fast! I am not being left for dead with them! You are staying with me!" She pulls Kairi down with her and smiles at Roxas and Riku. "Kairi will be joining us, so let's make this cake!"
Moments later…
"Uh… I'm not quite sure how to measure this," Namine said looking at a group of measuring cups bond together by a key ring. "I mean these aren't even labeled!" Kairi takes her hand turning it over revealing the measuring on the bottom of the handles. "I see."
"Don't worry," Kairi comforts patting her back. "Sora and I were the same." Kairi looks through the serving window to see Sora shouting and cheering at whatever sport he is watching and saw him look at her, which made her put her head down looking away.
"You okay?" Roxas asks.
"Yeah. Totally fine," she calmly answers not looking at him. Once she sees her friend turn away she looks at Sora again getting distracted. She still cares about him, but she cannot see herself fully commit to the relationship. Only because she does not want him to get too involved or else something might happen. Maybe this breakup was for the best. Snapping out of her thoughts, she decides to get back on track and when she did, she saw Roxas and Riku already giving each other glares and giving a few glances at Namine. She knew she had to do her best to keep this kitchen from going crazy. But, whom should she distract the most?
"Roxas-Namine? Riku-Namine? Man, I support these couples, but which one do I chose? Aah! This is so frustrating!" she cursed in her head. "I can distract Roxas, but he loves her. Then there is Riku who completely adores her. Oh screw this! Imma district both of them." Kairi walks to Roxas and stands by him. "Alright Roxas, let us make that icing while Namine and Riku work on the cake itself."
"Are you sure you are fine Kairi?" Roxas asks once again.
"Fine, I'm not. There. You happy? Must we always continue this? It's been a month." Maybe distracting Roxas first was a bad idea.
"We can't really drop this can we? We have to help you guys. You have always been there for us Kairi. When was there a time where we finally get to help you? I mean, look at us. We all have come so far and gotten close."
"This is the first time we all ever got together. Can't remember the last time it rain where it made me feel depressed just by thinking about all the things going on with my life."
"Kairi, you have to learn that you can't always do things by yourself. I can't see yourself have another breakdown like before."
"Neither can I. You think I like being all sad and gloomy. I may seem like I'm always okay or saying I am, but am not."
"Huh, don't we always. Sometimes we put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down." Those wise words Roxas just said made her feel better because it certainly was true.
"Thanks Roxas." Kairi gives him a hug from the side and from a distance; Sora was watching the two and a small hint of jealousy kind of ignited in him. In addition, Namine and Riku were putting cake mix with Namine reading whatever the directions from the cook book were telling her.
"I hope we did not add too much." Namine worries looking at how much she poured in.
"Well, we did add the whole box. I mean, isn't that the point?" Riku asks dipping his finger in the bowl to taste it. "Mm! This taste good or at least I think it is," he said doing it again but thought of something. "Hey Namine! You got something on your nose."
"What?" Riku then swipes his finger leaving the cake mix on her nose. "Hey!" She dips her finger in the bowl and does the same thing. "Good. Now we're even." Before you know it, Riku repeats the same thing as did she and the two got into a small fight with the two nearly painting their faces with cake mix, which made the two laughs.
"Whoa! Hey! Not in this kitchen!" Kairi interrupts. "And I will be taking this since you two are done." She takes the bowl with her and turns to them again. "Now go clean up in the bathroom." But they did not leave yet.
Also in the kitchen were Aerith and Zack making some crab cakes with a spicy cream. "Hand me that ginger root and two cloves of garlic," Aerith orders as Zack throws it at her, literally, and she manages to catch both. The two were having a fun time with this. Aerith took a piece of a crabmeat and puts it in her mouth as she chops the ginger. "Now can you prepare the pan and spray it."
"Man, this is boring," Zack said. "We need music and I mean it." He looks around for a stereo and randomly finds one turning it on and what do you know, the artist that comes up is the Wonder Girl's song, Nobody. The clapping beat got him in the mood as he starts dancing. Everybody was looking at him like statues watching him dance strangely.
"Oh. My. God. Dad! What are you doing?" Kairi shouted feeling a little embarrass. "Mom!" she yells looking at her to see if she can stop it.
"I don't know. It seems fun. I mine as well join." Kairi twitches as she sees her mom and dad dancing to the beat and made her mouth drop was when they started to sing together. "I want nobody nobody but you," they sing pointing to each other and then clapping and repeating this process.
"I never thought I'd see the day where my parents embarrass me," Kairi said. "Help me stop them guys." Her friends all stare at the two with their sweats drop.
"Uh, I would rather not," Namine replies.
"Same here," Roxas agrees.
"They are lost in their own little world," Riku said as they see the two adults act around like little kids having too much fun.
~ Secret Agent Kairi ~
Riku splashes his face with water rubbing his face wiping off the cake mix. "Can you hand me the towel Namine?" he asks, eyes still closed. Namine, who is sitting on the sink counter, took a towel from the rack and gave it to him. He wipes his face and gives it back to her. "You almost got your revenge you know."
"I know! We should've done the same thing to Kairi and Roxas."
"But then her parents were in the kitchen. I think we would get in pretty big trouble."
"Yeah, you got a point there."
"Namine, can I ask you something?" he asks.
"Sure."
Riku turned away feeling a blush coming on. Man did he felt embarrassed doing this. He looks down on his feet making his pointer fingers poke each other. "Hypothetically speaking, what if another guy liked you. I mean like, he actually does like you and wants to know if she feels the same way… somehow. Or if she is feeling something."
"Hm, I would just say, 'ask her'. It may be easier said than done, as they are two completely different things. Then again in this case, it's both. But anyways, I'm sure she would appreciate it that you had the guts to tell her," she boldly answers. "I would if it were me." Riku afterward turns to her.
In the kitchen…
"Roxas, can you go get Namine and Riku?" Kairi asks grabbing a few plates. "Dinner is about to start and we need help to set up the table."
"Sure," he agrees removing his hands from the sink and dries them off with a small rag leaving the kitchen. He opens the door leading into the hallway and takes a right. "Now where was the bathroom again?" he asks himself. He goes down the hallway wondering if it was the door at the end or the one on the left.
Back in the bathroom…
"Does she have any clue that it's actually her?" Riku thinks inside his head trying to read her face if she was playing along, but she had one damn good poker face for a girl like her. "All right, if you were the guy what would you do?"
"I know. I would do the same thing. Ask a hypothetical question to her and probably trying to read her face if she was playing along or something," she answers.
"It's like she is reading my mind," Riku thought and snapped out of it when he heard Namine holding back some giggles. "Huh? What's so funny?"
"Haha. And if I saw the girl giggling she probably would say…" Namine leans closer to Riku. "Kiss me."
"Namine, are you sure you are ready for a relationship?" he asks.
"Yes I am. I think it's time for me to move on and leave it behind." Both of their faces grew closer as they can feel each other's breath on their lips. The needs to get close and claim each other's lips as they finally touch. Namine wraps her arms around Riku's neck feeling his warm lips on hers. The two separate to catch some breathe and she says, "That was great for my first kiss." To her, Roxas did not count even if he was. Riku just smirks and kisses her again making it deeper than the first feeling the pleasure of it.
Roxas closes the door to find it was a storage room. "Of course," he says walking to the real bathroom. "It had to be the other one." He grips the handle, but stops to wonder if he should knock first. "Nah, they're just watching their faces." He turns the handle pushing the door open and announces, "Hey g—" He hinders to find Riku kissing Namine and then her returning back the kiss leaving him in shock and his heart to ache in pain at the sight, but he quickly decides to play it cool. "Um… uhhh, Kairi needs us. Bye." He swiftly shuts the door still griping the handle and just stands still. His felt his knees caving in but he did not. Boy was karma a bitch to him. It finally came back to him and felt his heart breaking. "Was this what Namine felt?" he softly asked himself feeling his eyes starting to get watery.
Kairi grabs a group of plates in her hands from the cabinet wondering where is Roxas and the others. "What the heck are those three doing? It was only a simple mission to do." Kairi grunts trying to keep the plates from falling and places them on the table inside the kitchen. "Mom, not everybody can eat at this table."
"That's okay," her mom answered. "Everybody can eat wherever they want, but not in the rooms. Eat on the porch with your friends."
"Yep, I'm eating outside," Kairi replies leaving the kitchen to check on her friends. He finds the door to hallway still open and walks inside to find Roxas just standing in front of the bathroom. "Roxas," she said walking towards. "What is taking so long?" No reply from him. "Helllooo." She waves her hand in front of him. "You there?" Then she snaps her fingers.
"H-huh? I'm sorry. What did ya say?" he stammered and the two teenagers heard someone knocking.
"Hey! Roxas! Are you there? Open this door," Namine asked from the other side. Kairi was about to tell Roxas to move away from the door, but saw something in his eyes and kind of sense something was wrong. A trait inherited by her mother. How was she going to handle this? For now she just…
"Come on Roxas," she sympathetically said slowly grabbing him around the shoulders. "Let's go eat already." She guides him out of the hallway as soon as possible to get. "Great. It's like Twilight. Team Roxas or Team Riku? So hard to chose what side to be on now!" Behind her, she saw the door open with Namine coming out first holding onto something and sees it is Riku's hand. "I am kind of happy for her. Man, I'm such a terrible friend acting like this."
Dinner arrives and just in time, Zack's take-out order comes to the door. Two big full plates of all types of sushi was what he ordered and no, Aerith did not get made. She asked him to do it. Everybody gathers in the same place grabbing a plate, chopsticks, and a spoon for the curry. Everyone was chattering with one another about something during this process with Kairi getting out first with her plate. But by the time she reaches the backdoor, she can't open it with her plate in one and the other with a drink. She turns around to ask "Can someone—" She then hears the door slide open to the porch and to see Sora once again there.
"Here. It's open now," he genuinely said.
"Thank you," she gently replies entering in to feel the nice cool air breezing in and to hear the chimes hanging making soothing noises. "I love this weather." She stops to see it is a pleasant blue night sky once again thanks to the moon being up in the sky and not many clouds were present. It really is an amazing sight and feeling looking at it.
"Uh Kairi, the others and I want to get out too you know," Sora interrupts.
"Sorry," she apologizes moving away from the entrance picking a place to sit down. Once she does, she crosses her legs placing her plate on her lap and separates her chopstick. She looks above to see her friends coming out trying to find a place and saw that Roxas could not keep his eyes off Namine and Riku. "Roxas!" she called out. He turns around as she signals him to sit by her. He comes to her taking a seat. "How you holding up?"
"Not good, but I probably deserve this. Gotta love karma," he sarcastically said taking his chopsticks apart and it turned out perfectly.
"Hey, I heard that if you spilt your chopsticks—" She stops to take a bite out of her sushi and later shallows. "—Perfectly, you can make a wish."
"You know I don't really believe in those superstitions stuff." Everybody stopped eating looking at him remembering that one incident when he was not with them. "For one thing, ghosts are not real," he laughs and they suddenly laugh with him. "Come on guys, its not that funny."
"Of course its not!" Kairi squeaked. "Ghosts are not real!" She turns away from him making a wary look. Between the laughs and awkwardness Sora looks at this as not good sign. The whole Kairi and Roxas thing and their bonding, but he did not how to take it. Nor did he not know what is really going on between the two. "You'll make it through. And I'm on Team Roxas, just saying," Kairi adds. Roxas just rolled his eyes and ate into his food.
"I want to thank you guys for doing this for me," Yuffie tells them playing with her food. "It really is great to have you guys. I'm going to miss Tsuki High. It sucks I can't cry right now."
"Like this is supposed to be a tear jerker moment," Xion said. "I would say not."
"She still is going to live here," Kairi informs her friend. "However, she does not know if college is for her." Now that was a lie. With high school out of the way, Yuffie would not have to worry about any schoolwork piling up. Senior year prove to be just that and who knows if the agency would let her. She is smart enough to do the work and to make her own decisions.
When Sora saw Namine and Riku practically feeding each other with their food, he could not help but ask, "Are you two together now?" That got all of his friend's attention. "I'm sorry, but I could not help but you two feed each other."
"Ahehe, yeeaahh…" Namine's stressed out.
"What? When did this happen? Where? How?" Olette cheered in excitement.
"If we tell you guys, I think you would get some dirty thoughts. We rather not," Riku said in discomfort.
"Ditto," Namine agrees. "But we did kiss." The girl squeaked in excitement and the guys said 'congratulations', except for Kairi and Roxas, which Namine noticed and got skeptical. Why did her two best friends not cheer for her? Roxas she kinds of understands, but she knows in her head that Roxas does not feel the same way like she did before. "He already missed his chance," she thinks in her head with the girls still barbering her with all types of questions.
"Just tune it out Roxas," Kairi tells him as the two continue to eat. Even if Kairi was not looking at her blonde friend, she could tell she is looking at the two since they were the only ones not cheering.
As everybody felt happy, Sora felt bad for his brother and looked at him who later did the same. Roxas mouths, "Its okay." But it was not. He did not want this for his brother. Another cycle has started of unrequited love with Roxas as the next victim with the girl who started it all. Namine. He now regrets ever asking the new couple if they were together because he could tell Roxas is hurting inside. He felt lucky that Kairi was being there for his brother. She is a caring friend who is always concern about her friends. Why did he have to let her go? It probably was the biggest mistake in his life so far.
~ Secret Agent Kairi ~
Inside the house were the grown-ups watching some Japanese drama. The men moaned when the Aerith and Aqua told them to change the channel and had to sit through people fighting, yelling, shouting, crying, falling in love, and possibly getting killed over something stupid like an obsessive girl losing her boyfriend to another. All drama.
"Don't you ladies like anything else beside this?" Terra asked. "For all we know, this man's secretary likes him," he points out as the drama plays out the scene. "But he is too naïve to know because he met this other girl who looks like his dead wife and then that girl, she later finds out and starts imitating her becoming a psycho bitch." Terra stopped when all eyes were on him as silence bestowed upon them.
"Don't stop honey," Aqua break out the silence. "This is sounding better than the show itself."
"I'd rather not," he replied putting sushi into his mouth and continues. "This is why I don't like love triangles. They are so complicated." Aqua and Ven gave each other glances knowing they are in one, except Terra does not know. Also in the vicinity, Cloud and Aerith look at each other knowing too they are in a love triangle. Zack seems to know about it, but he knows Cloud would not to do that to his best friend by stealing his wife. "Makes you wonder what is the show even about," Terra adds.
"Haha, with those confusing storylines it does," Ven agrees when a silence follows. He sparks up a conversation concerning the wedding making Aqua make a hidden glare to him. "Sooo, where are you guys planning the wedding to be at?" he asked.
"We don't know yet. You know how Aqua is by being the picky girl we know her as," Terra answers.
"Yeah well, I was thinking to have the wedding here where we all grew up and I did picked a date, but I want to keep it a surprise when we announce it to you guys and the kids."
"As your maid of honor, I will find the best place for you. We know this city in and out so it will be a peace of cake," Aerith responded snapping her fingers. "And since we're on this, we still need to find a wedding dress for you. With you being the picky girl I know you as, this has been a difficult task."
"You know I do not like puffy dresses. I gag when I see them much less wearing them," Aqua complained.
"What's so hard finding a dress? They all look the same to me," Zack comments eating his food when he felt the women look at him.
"This is why guys should never help the bride with her dress," Aqua said picking into her food. "Remember how we thought boys were so stupid back in high school, no wait, middle school."
"Sure, but we still thought the same thing when we entered high school," Aerith added. "And we still do today."
"Hey!" the men shouted out.
Outside, the teenagers were having their own conversation. "Somewhere along the line, we need to be the group we should be known for. I really do miss hanging out with you guys," Hayner tells them.
"But we've been busy lately," Pence asked. "Kairi is off… doing something, Sora has swimming and a job at his family's company, Roxas has a job but not at his family's company, Hayner has basketball, Xion has a volunteer thing at the nusery, Namine is doing artsy stuff, Olette managed to land an internship at Japanese Streets, Yuffie was busy with senior stuff, and Riku is in another grade doing other things. Then there is me with the whole yearbook." Pence takes another bite of the curry, but stop to inform, "You guys can pick it up the week before finals."
"Sweet," Sora replied.
"Oh! Olette, when do you start?" Yuffie asked. "I love how they go on a search and interview people right on the streets of Japan. No models, but real people."
"They said I could start as soon school is done" Olette answered. "I feel like Lauren Conrad from The Hills when she got her internship at Teen Vogue, but only younger."
"Maybe you can help us get in those fashion shows the magazine sometime held," Xion suggests grinning hoping for a yes.
"I think I can because they are planning to have one in October. I'll do my best to get them."
"Everybody, we have an announcement to make," a voice said. Everybody turns around to see Aqua coming out of the doorway and onto the porch with her fiancé Terra as the two get out of the way for the others to come out. "I finally picked a date for our wedding." Everything remained silence as they wait for her response. "You are all invited to our wedding in November!" she shouts in excitement. Some were clapping and some were cheering, even Kairi and Yuffie. As much as they loathe the Blue Hair Monster, they were at least happy to someone getting married.
"Woohoo! My first ever wedding I'm going to attend," Kairi applaud.
"That's right, you never seen or been to a wedding Kairi. Then again, you were a little girl when your dad and I got married," her mom said. "Which brings us to this. For the past month your father and I have been thinking about something lately. We too are planning a wedding on renewing our vows."
"Oh my god!" Kairi immediately gets up her feet and hugs both of her parents. "This is so wonderful! I can't believe this is happening!" She lets go and asks, "When is it?"
"I talked to Aqua about it earlier, sooo… it's the same date as their wedding."
"Two weddings in one?" Yuffie really felt jittery. "Now this really does calls for a celebration!"
Aerith smiles loving everybody's reaction as these wedding announcements caused some buzz quickly, except for one person. Cloud. She looks at the disappointed look on his face knowing he does not approve. "Cloud… I'm sorry," Aerith apologizes in her head. "But you need to move on and find someone else." The room felt like it was going in slow motion as the voices felt muted and deep as the two just stare at each other's faces knowing someone is going to get hurt more than the other in the end.
With a few laughs, some Twilight references, some randomness, poking fun at some things, and breaking the fourth wall, this pretty went well for a chapter that took weeks/days to write. The ending I had planned earlier has been transferred to the next chapter because I wanted this chapter to get on the site asap. The lack of updates does bother me everyday, but I can't make myself come up with all these ideas without knowing how they should unfold.
Last three chapters (I mean it this time):
- File 26: From Tsuki With Catastrophe
- File 27: What Are You Willing To Lose
- File 28: Dearly Beloved
File 26 and 27 will probably be shorter than the recent chapters made, but the last one I plan to be the longest one (10,000 words or more, which includes author's notes too)
What team are you on: Team Roxas or Team Riku? lol I just had to ask.