I had finally caught up with her after looking all over. She was just in my grasp; I could have pulled her over to me. But we started separating, and I couldn't hold on much longer.

"I'm always with you, I promise! I'll come back to you!" I wanted to hold on to her soft hand forever, but the moving of our two land masses stopped us from doing that. I wasn't lying to her either. I knew I would come back.

"I know you will!" I'm glad she knew I would come back, that she knew that I would. Why am I so confident that we'll be reunited? It all happened not to long ago.

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Riku and I had been working hard on the finishing touches on our raft. Kairi helped, a little, but she didn't do all the manly work like me and Riku. We were building a raft to see other worlds. I was usually content with Destiny Islands, until Kairi came along. See, Kairi hasn't been living on Destiny Islands all her life like me and Riku. She's only been here a few years, but I, Sora, knew from the start that I wanted to share a paopu with her.

What's a paopu, you ask? Legend has it that if you share a paopu with someone, your destinies will be intertwined forever. Sounds kind of. . . final, doesn't it? So that's why if you share a paopu, it has to be with someone you love, someone you wouldn't mind seeing the rest of your life.

Kairi and I were sitting on the pier, admiring the sunset. I have to admit, the sunsets are pretty, but the prettiest thing I could see was Kairi. As corny as that sounds, it's completely true. I think this is the person I want to share a paopu with. No, I'm SURE this is the person I want to share a paopu with. I wonder if she thinks the same.

"Let's run away together, just the two of us!" Kairi randomly said. I was screaming inside "OK!"

But I didn't.

"What?" I'll just act confused, like I don't know what's she's talking about. But I agree, I want to run away with her!

"Ha ha, I'm just kidding!" She's not, I know she's not.

"What's gotten into you lately?" I asked her. She had been acting a little strange. . . I didn't mind too much, but I was curious.

She didn't answer, a moments of silence passed by. Should I ask her? Should I ask if she wanted to share a paopu with me? I really wanted to share one with her; I just hoped she felt the same was as me. This was it; I was going to ask her. Sure, I would be heartbroken and crushed if she said "No", but it was worth a shot.

"Hey Kairi. . ." My head was spinning, I felt so nervous.

"Yes?" She turned her auburn-haired head towards my direction.

"I was wondering. . . umm. . . ." Kairi looked confused, but almost anxious, like she knew what I was going to say. This was it! This was my chance! No turning back!

"Well, since I think you really like me, and I really like you, REALLY like you, do you want to share a paopu?" Oh boy, I screwed that one up! "Unless of course you don't want to." I quickly added, just in case she didn't feel the same way as I did.

"Of course I do, silly!" She smiled from ear to ear. YES! WHOO HOO! She wanted to share a paopu, with ME! ME! I felt like I was going to burst from all this happiness. I'm going to share a paopu with someone I want to spend the rest of my life with.

"Ok," This was so exciting! I reached for her hand, slowly, hoping that she would accept it. She placed her hand in mine and we walked over to the shady paopu tree.

"I'm going to climb up and get one now!" I grinned. We always hung around the paopu tree, so I was an expert at climbing it. I looked around for the juiciest, ripest paopu on the tree. I spotted it, at the very top. I reached for the star-shaped fruit, trying to keep my cool. I wouldn't want to fall, that would be embarrassing!

"Ah-HA! Found the perfect one!" I looked down at Kairi and showed it to her. She giggled and jumped a few times. I came down and showed it to her, as I reached in my pocket of my red jumpsuit for my pocket knife to cut the fruit. Thoughts were racing through my head as I was cutting deeper into the flesh. What does it taste like? Is it really sour and bittersweet like the other kids say it tastes like? Riku tried one once, to show how cool he was. He spit it out though, said it tasted rotten and bittersweet. I hope it isn't, I wouldn't want to have Kairi eat something that tastes bad, and I wouldn't want my paopu experience to be sour!

"Here you go!" I gave her an equal half of the paopu, with juices dripping down my and her hand. I took a corner of my jacket and wiped her hand off. She smiled at me. "We'll eat it at the same time, alright?" She nodded. I think she was as excited as I was.

"One, two, three!"

I took a bite out of the fruit, expecting it to be sour. Riku must have eaten a bad fruit because this one was the sweetest thing I had ever tasted. I wish I could share a million of these, they were so good! I wonder if Kairi's kisses taste the same way. I thought to myself. She finished her piece of the paopu the same time as me.

After we had eaten our fruit, we just stood there, looking at the ground, feeling bashful. How am I supposed to follow up the greatest thing that has ever happened to me? I guess we could finish watching the sunset. Today was summer solstice, the longest day of the year.

"Wanna head back to the pier to watch the rest of the sunset?" I broke the silence.

"Sure!" This time, she reached for my hand, and I put it in mine. We walked back to the pier and sat down, watching the sun sink lower and lower, as the moon rose higher and higher.

After the sun was down and the moon was shining brilliantly, I noticed my mom might be worried that I was out so late.

"I better head back home. . ." Kairi said with a hint of disappointment.

"Ya, I better do that to," I didn't want to, I didn't want this to end. I looked over at her face which reflected the moon's luminous rays. "Oh, Kairi, you have something on your face," I said as I reached over to wipe it off, and she leaned closer to me so I could wipe it off.

Maybe she slipped, maybe we leaned in too far. I don't know, I don't care. We KISSED. We actually KISSED. I went in for a kiss when I said that she had something on her face, and when she leaned over, I just couldn't resist. I didn't know what to do at first. I had never kissed anyone other than my mom. At first I just slowly brushed my lips against hers, but she returned the favor, locking hers with mine. She had a little paopu juice on her lips, which made the kiss sweeter. There must have been some juice on my lips as well, because she let her tongue come out, just a little, not too much, and licked if off my lips. I did the same to her, and I don't think she minded either. I wish this moment could have frozen in time.

She slowly took her head away from mine. "I. . ., I better go home." Reality struck me in the face. Of course this couldn't last forever.

"Me too, my mom is probably worrying about me," I said sadly. I didn't want to go home.

I gave her a quick kiss on her cheek, then took her hand, and lead her home. I wanted to make sure she was safe and got home.

"Goodbye Sora," she said softly as she started to open the door.

"Goodbye Kairi," I smiled at her.

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I am so glad our destinies are intertwined. I couldn't think of anyone else I would rather spend my life with.