When everyone had returned to their respective homes after the final battle Kairi and Riku decided it would be best not to tell their parents where they were or what had happened more then "That they had been adventuring and sora decided to continue adventuring longer then them." This was so that they would cause as little amount of worry to their parents as possible. Once Sora returned they got together to decide if they should reveal the whole story, but the fear of what their parents would think of the stories behing their scars prevented them from doing so.
It had been several months since the decision to hide their scars had been made. Sora, Riku and Kairi had not been enjoying the beach that the three once coveted. Haveing noticed this Sora's mother Hikaru out of worry made the decision to get togeather with Riku's mother Miku and Kairi's adopted father Bob, who is the current mayor, to organize a beach day the next day to encourage their children to get out and have some fun.
The three teens were apprehensive about the ordeal. While it was true they were afraid that their parents would see their scars that adorned their torsos they wanted to make their parents happy. They all prepared for the day by getting the usual supplies for the beach, everything from snacks to towels. It was at this point Kairi realized that her, Sora, and Riku had a problem. So she immediately pulled out her phone to text the group chat she was in alongside Sora and Riku.
"Guys how are we going to hide our...you know whats tomorrow." Kairi texted.
"Me and Sora can just keep our shirts on tomorrow." Riku replyed instantly knowing what Kairi meant.
"We can do that but what about my back and your hand. i dont have a one piece anymore and your wrist band will be out of place big time."
"You can borrow one of my shirts Kairi, no one will ask much if its one of mine." Sora suggested.
"Ok that fixes one problem what about mine? Im lucky enough my mom hadn't noticed my wrist before we left for the mark of mastery exam."
"Well you and Sora are always practicing with those wooden swords why not say you sprained it while practicing and put a ace bandage over it?"
"... i guess that will have to work." Riku agreed.
"Ok we have our plan, tomorrow ill bring Kairi a shirt before breakfast and then we hope everything works." was Sora reply.
The three of them then texted their good nights to each other and went to bed. Each worrying and hopeing the next day would go as planned.
The three familys would met up at the beach facing the isle that the children would play at when they were young. It was at 10:30, as to get a good spot for the day when they gathered. They wore what they had planed to Kairi with Sora's tee shirt over ther pink two piece, the princess had picked his shirt that had a heart on it as it had fit her role as a princess of heart. Sora was wearing red trunks and his shirt with a crown on the front. And Riku was wearing blue trunks with a plain black shirt and the ace bandage over his left wrist.
The three familys were having fun with all of them enjoying the water and the comaraderie that they all shaired. After a few hours Hikaru called everyone.
"ITS LUNCH TIME EVERYONE COME GET SOME SANDWICHES!"
Everyone sat down in a circle with kairi to Sora's right and Riku to his left and each respective parent across from their child. As they started to eat the group started to talk about the food and how their past few days was.
"These sandwiches are great Miss H did you make them?"asked Riku.
"No they were made by the chefs at the major's house." was Hikaru's reply.
"Wait, Kairi you have personal chefs at your house?" Sora asked.
"Yes...we have." Kairi answered shyly.
"Man why do you get things like personal chefs?" he jested.
Knowing where Sora was going with this Riku replyed with "Well she is a princess after all."
"Will the two of you ever live that down?" Kairi asked while blushing heavily.
At this point the parents were thoroughly confused wondering if they missed a inside joke. It was at this point that Bob noticed something that he wanted to ask about.
"Hey why do you three still have your shirts on? Surely it would be easyer to dry off if you took them off." the mayor asked.
Once the teens heard this the immediately stopped laughing and froze for a moment. Sora's hand placed his hand on the middle of his chest, Kairi moved her left hand behind her back going up at a awkwardly steep angle, and Riku placed his left hand over his right hip. Each then quickly replyed with some form of "I just wanted to leave it on."
At this point Miku also decided to ask about her son's wrist.
"Honey why is your wrist bandaged like that?"
Riku was so nervous he nearly couldent get his rehearsed reply out "I...uhhh...sprained it practicing my swordsmanship yesterday."
Bob was about to point out that he was swimming just fine just a moment ago when all of a sudden the mayor got a call.
"What is it, i told you i was having a family day and i dident want to be bothered...fine ill come in to settle the matter." Bob then hung up his phone. "It looks like im going to have to cut it short here. A emergency just came up at the office that i have to go deal with."
"We understand." was Hikaru response.
Following the clean up the group said their goodbyes and separated to head home for the night. The next day Hikaru, Miku, and Bob got together for there usual lunch outing and they had been wondering about the weird way that their childern started to act at the beach.
"The kids certainly were acting a bit weird yesterday when we sat down to eat." Bob said to open the conversation.
"Well they are teens" perhaps they have just hit the phase that they feel awkward about their own body?" replyed Miku.
"Mabye, i dont know Kairi used to love trying on new fashions with her friends and the maids but she hasn't gone out shopping with anyone since the three of them went out on that 'adventure' they are so vague about."
"Speaking of habitual changes since said adventure, i dont know about you Miku, sora used to never wear a shirt around the house but ever since they disappeared for that year i dont think i have seen him without one since."
"Riku never had that habit." said Miku "But now that you mention it i dont think i have seen him without that wrist band on his left wrist..."
"Mabye we are missing something? asked Bob "Should we sit down and talk to them? I mean they dont socialize as much as they used to on top of these abrupt changes."