Notes: Already at chapter three! There will be more Sora and Kairi fluff than the last chapter, but I will still include Riku and Sora moments. I have to, they're my favorite out of all the possible couples ^^.
The sun was shining through the window of the fourteen year old boy's room when he had finally woken up. He slowly opened his eyes, and was surprised to see that he was back in his own room. His head was spinning, and it was excruciatingly hot outside, which only made him feel worse.
Suddenly, he remembered last night's events, and sat up immediately, making him only more dizzy. He held his head with both hands, and tried to recall everything. How he couldn't sleep that night, how he felt guilty for barely talking to Riku yesterday, how he suspected that Riku might have feelings for him, and that being the cause of his jealousy after Sora had declared his feelings for Kairi…
Kairi! He needed to go see her. He had to make sure that his feelings for her were still as they were. Thinking about her always seemed to be enough…but then there was still that guilt from last night.
He had felt something inside of him after seeing Riku…he remembered the way his stomach seemed to have butterflies fluttering through it, and his rapid heartbeat when Riku had leaned in closely to him, as he had looked up into his eyes…
He felt the feeling returning, but he immediately shook it off. ::Concentrate on Kairi, just don't worry about Riku right now,:: he told himself. It seemed to have worked, since at that moment, he had longed to see her again.
Suddenly, just in time it seemed, someone knocked on his door. Sora looked out the window, and was relieved to see that it was Kairi standing out there. He wouldn't know how to face Riku after what had happened.
He started out of his room to answer the front door. Once again his thoughts wandered to that night. What else had happened? All he remembered was getting extremely frightened because of what he was feeling…and then…
"Did I…pass out?" he asked himself. Maybe…maybe Riku returned him to his house…and didn't bother to check up on him. As if last night meant nothing to him.
Why did that thought hurt him so much?
Trying not to think about it, he answered the door and Kairi was there, looking extremely worried.
"Are you okay, Sora? It's really late into the day…you've been asleep for a long time," Kairi asked anxiously.
"I'm fine, Kairi. I just had a rough night," Sora answered with a smile.
"Good, I'm glad," she said with relief. As always, she felt herself melting when Sora gave her that smile.
"Sorry, I said that we'd spend the day together," he said sheepishly, while putting a hand behind his head.
"Don't worry about it. We still have the rest of the day!" was Kairi's enthusiastic reply.
"Yeah, you're right!" Sora agreed, equally enthusiastically.
Sora placed his hand into Kairi's and they started walking towards the beach of the island. There they sat, enjoying the vast view of the never-ending sky of blue in front of them. Sora let go of Kairi's hand to wrap his arm around her waist. Kairi leaned in closer, and gave a small, happy sigh. She loved being this close to him…feeling him breathe, his heart beating steadily against his chest…although right now it was at a rapid pace. She smiled slightly, and wondered if she was the cause of it.
Sora held her closer to him, and felt strands of her hair falling on his face as she leaned in even closer. He stared at his girlfriend as she lay there, her eyes closed with a sweet smile on her beautiful face. ::This is perfect:: he thought to himself. ::This is the way it should be…::
Kairi looked up at him to see what he was doing. Surprisingly, he was looking right at her, and she jumped a little when they met eye-to-eye. Suddenly, she felt his hand stroking away the strands of hair on her face. His hands moved to her cheeks, and she felt his fingers curving to stroke her face. She let her eyelids fall and enjoyed the gentle, affectionate touch of his strong hands.
At that moment, the sun was at its highest point, but the two of them didn't seem to care. They were lost in their own world, enjoying each other's company far too much to be bothered by the heat.
Kairi sat in between Sora's legs and leaned her back against his chest. She sighed, and settled into him, as he placed his arms around her. This didn't help the extreme heat, but Kairi could hardly care less. They talked about the usual things they did before they were together, only now things were quite different. Kairi had to lean her head up in order to speak to him, while he spoke softly into her ear. Since that was a sensitive spot on her, she giggled every time she felt his breath on it. He would also occasionally plant a small kiss on her cheek after he spoke. This caused Kairi to get distracted and the conversations to go nowhere. Eventually, the couple gave up on talking and kept doing the things that gave them more pleasure than anything they had ever done.(It's not what you think, they're a little young for that.)
Sora was extremely satisfied with how his time with Kairi went, not just for obvious reasons, but also it made him forget his fears about Riku. He would work that out when it came time to. For now, he would remain in absolute bliss with the most wonderful girl that had ever been in his life…
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Late in the day, Sora was lying alone on the beach where he and Kairi had been. She had to go off to meet with Selphie, her best friend, although she looked extremely disappointed when she suddenly remembered. He understood how she felt, as he hadn't wanted her to leave either. But it gave him time to at least think about her, which he did very often during the day.
But, despite being momentarily distracted when he was with Kairi about last night with Riku, he began to wonder about that again. Had Riku been the one to return him to his room? He needed to know. He sat up, dusted himself off, and went out to find Riku. He wasn't very far off, although he noticed that he was where he and Kairi couldn't be seen from his point of view.
"Hey, Riku? Um…I need to ask you something," he said with his voice shaking. Why was he nervous around Riku now?
"About time you came over here. Did Kairi have to leave, or did you finally think spending time with your friend was important?" Riku said harshly.
"Riku, it's not like that! I said to Kairi that we'd spend most of the day together, and I slept in late today…" Sora protested.
"Figures…I guess she's top priority now," he said in the same harsh tone.
"Riku, what is up with you lately? You're acting like you're jealous or something!" Sora snapped.
"Maybe, maybe not. Why should it matter to you?" he replied coolly.
"You're my best friend! Of course it matters to me," Sora told him.
"It didn't seem to when you were with Kairi," Riku said bitterly.
This silenced Sora for a bit. He felt awful that Riku was mad about this. But he wanted to know why it was bothering him so much. Did he just want to spend more time with him because he was his best friend? Or maybe it was something more…like he liked him more than a friend and just wanted to spend time with him, even if they couldn't be more than friends…
"Um, Riku?"
"What is it?" Riku said coldly.
Sora winced and was about to not say anything, but decided to ask him anyway.
"About last night…when I passed out…did you bring me back into my room?"
Riku paused for a moment.
"Yes, I did. I stayed there all night making sure you didn't get too warm. I fell asleep, but I woke up before you. When I saw that you were doing a lot better than last night, I left for a little while, but I still came in sometimes to make sure you were okay," he replied, while looking away from Sora.
Sora stood there, and was stunned. He did all of that…for him? He had a weird feeling of pleasure from hearing that…but he shook it off immediately.
"Um, thanks," Sora said, and blushed a bright red.
Riku stared up in disbelief. First he managed to make Sora blush last night, and now this? It gave him a small feeling of hope, but he knew it would be foolish to hold onto that for very long.
"I-I'm sorry, Riku…for yelling," Sora said timidly.
"Don't worry about it, you don't have to apologize," he said with a wave of his hand.
"Seriously, I should of considered that you'd at least want to spend some time with me," Sora said.
"No, it's okay, I understand that you have to be with your girlfriend," Riku said.
Sora felt a lurch of fear in his stomach after hearing what Riku said. The last two words were said forcefully and bitterly And what was that all about last night? The way that he felt…how his heart began to pound when Riku approached him, the moonlight enhancing the silver in his hair, how his gorgeous green eyes were set on him, his face pearly white from the moon, the way he walked that reflected his personality, calmly and confidently, with that strongly built body of his…
He smacked himself on the head. WHAT in the world was he THINKING? Maybe he was still sick or something from yesterday.
Riku watched him curiously. Sora's expressions often reflected what he was thinking about. At first he looked deeply concerned, but then he had a sort of dreamy expression. That quickly changed to disbelief after he had smacked himself in the head, (he really wondered what he was thinking after he did that). He wondered how long this would go on before Sora realized that he was spacing out.
Sora noticed how much Riku was staring at him. He never noticed it before, but there was something in Riku's eyes whenever he looked at him. It was a kind of look that no one else received but himself
::Maybe it's my own denial that goes against it, or my fear of that possible reality. Perhaps I just don't want it to be true…or do I?:: he asked himself. No, there was no way. Riku just couldn't like him…and that's what he would believe. Until Riku just came out and said it, that's what he was going to believe.
"Done thinking yet?" Riku asked him.
Sora jumped. He hated it whenever someone would try to say something to him when he was in deep thought.
"Yeah, I'm DONE, Riku," he laughed.
"Come on, over-thinker. Let's get home," Riku teased.
He hated being called that, especially by Riku.
They headed home together. Sora looked around for Kairi for a bit, but she wasn't anywhere to be found. ::Probably still with Selphie,:: he told himself. He'd find her after he arrived at his home. In the meantime, he walked a little closer than usual home with just Riku.
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Ending Notes: This chapter represents Sora's swaying feelings. Unfortunately, things are only going to get more confusing for poor Sora. Well, there'll be more Sora and Riku moments in the next chapter! I'm trying to have the two couples balanced…so I'll probably stick in a Sora and Kairi thing too. I enjoy writing about them too ^^