10. Innocence

Today's esteemed mission provided by their dear captain Riku was to begin collecting provisions for their raft trip. Was Kairi being fair? Perhaps not, but she really wasn't in the mood to deal with any of this. Riku of all people had the audacity to say that she was just as much a bum as Sora. She couldn't believe the nerve of that guy sometimes.

Luckily she had been able to negotiate for Sora's help today. Hopefully, they could finish in a reasonable time and do something better if they weren't called in for some other chore.

By Sora's suggestion, they chose to go after coconuts first. There was an abundance of coconut trees on the island. Coconuts would provide food and drink so it was a great pick. The trees here were pretty tall though. To avoid damaging the trees too much she had requested Sora to hold her up on his shoulders while she dropped the fruit on the ground.

"I'm not too heavy, am I?" she asked as she stretched for a particularly large coconut.

"I could do this all day," he laughed causing her to jostle just a little bit. Sora didn't seem to mind as she balanced herself using his head.

She hadn't really thought out the mechanics of Sora's help until he had actually lifted her up. Their position was oddly embarrassing. Kairi wasn't quite sure what it was but she'd die of shame if Selphie or Riku were around. The worst part would've been Sora smiling goofily and brushing off the whole thing leaving her the sole recipient of the shame.

Her legs twitched as Sora adjusted his rather firm grip on her thighs. It was a simple touch meant to keep her secure and steady but it just felt so strange. Kairi couldn't put words to the feelings, but she was acutely aware of every spot his hands lingered. Every one of those touches was like a furnace on her skin. Slowly but surely her face grew red.

While she was more than 100 percent sure that he wouldn't do anything questionable, she couldn't relax under his touch. The worst part of it all was the feeling that she wouldn't be too bothered should his hands begin to wander. Did guys like that sort of thing? Were her legs even attractive enough for something like that? Now she sounded like some kind of creepy deviant that couldn't get her mind off lewd thoughts.

She was clearly getting distracted over nothing. What was the big deal with a girlfriend sitting on her boyfriend's shoulder? There weren't doing anything scandalous. It wasn't like he was lovingly caressing her thighs or peppering kisses up her legs until he was dangerously high.

Now her cheeks were absolutely burning with her heart racing like crazy. There was no way that was going to happen. Their relationship was not there yet. She groaned as she mentally emphasized the yet in her last thought. Now she was shifting over from embarrassment to anticipation.

"Is something wrong?" Sora asked breaking through her rather intense thoughts. "Your legs were tensing up. Whoa, your legs are kind of squeezing my head."

Apparently she had been locking her legs around his head for some time. Kairi quickly loosened her grip and he sighed in relief. She never felt more mortified. She rushed to get the job done.