Pyun pyun, hooza! Alrighty, this chapter wasn't actually going to come out for a few more days, but since a reader was so insistent, I started it earlier. o___o; {GOMENA! I've been so sick!} Oh yes, I'd also like to thank some of the readers who've been so patient with me and reviewed several times. ^_^ I know it's a silly thing to do, but I'd still like to thank you all~! ::nod nod:: Urrrhm…okay, chappie 13.
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In no time it seemed Kairi had raced to her house, never loosening grip on Riku once. She cracked open the door quietly, although no one was around, and smirked with a flick of her wrist, tossing Sora's jacket aside.
"Ah! Home sweet home!" She smiled widely, stretching then falling back on a springy sofa.
Riku closed the door behind him uneasily, thankful Kairi's hand wasn't still squeezing his, although he could still feel the tight grip she had on him. He noticed that her house was surely deserted, and that it was empty as she said. Despite how it might've sounded eerie, the darkened room was very homey, and warm.
Kairi reached over to a window, and opened the shutters, a cool breeze blowing in along with a few dense sunshine rays. She then patted the sofa with a smile, offering Riku a place to sit.
"You look so tense! Relax." She giggled.
With tightened shoulders and a stiff back, Riku took a second to think, then gave in easily to the offer, nuzzling himself comfortably in the cushioned furniture.
"I'll be right back! I'm going to change out of this stained thing…" Kairi exclaimed, racing off before Riku could get one word out to her.
Riku stretched with a quite audible sigh, placing his hands behind his head, sinking into the cushioning. He stared out the window, almost like his conscience was telling him to…for who knew what reason.
"Why am I getting such an awkward feeling…?"
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"…Kairi…Kaaaiirriii…" Sora said, for what must've been the hundredth time, panting for air in between each call.
He finally decided to take a rest under a palm tree, the cold, nippy air stinging his throat and lungs. A shiver ran up his spine, again, as he clutched at his arms tightly, curling into a ball, trying to keep what warmth he still had within himself.
"Uuueh…" he pouted, "this isn't much fun…where could Kairi have gone…?" Sora slowly dropped the napkins by his side, accepting his failure.
"No sign of Riku, either…" Sora said to himself, his breathing returning to its normal state.
After a few drowsy shakes of his head and shivers up his spine, the brown haired boy slowly drifted off into a light sleep under the tree.
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"I'm baaack!" Kairi laughed, very caught up in the moment.
She twirled around, once, then once again, showing the flow and brilliant colors of her newly bought skirt to Riku.
Riku's eyes grew wide, but for a different reason than what Kairi had probably wanted. The length of the skirt was even shorter than the last one, with bubbles of brilliant-colored, rounded shapes, almost blinding when the sun shone on it.
"What do you think??" She asked, excitedly, pretending to be a model while walking, feeling quite foolish.
"It's shorter than the last one. And you're gonna feel mighty cold outside…"Riku said puzzled, still trying to figure out what the motive was to make her buy such a wild thing.
"Huh? I thought you'd like it more this way…and I don't plan on going outside in it." She smiled, making the most positive outcome of Riku's comment in her mind.
"Even on warm days? What's the point in a skirt if you're not going to wear it outside…" Riku sweat dropped, his voice trailing off.
Sensing Riku was getting the point, Kairi bounced over to his side with her classic giggles, ruffling her skirt so that her lotioned legs shimmered with beauty.
Riku sweat dropped all the more, his palms tingling and shoulder twitching along with his eyelid.
"…Uhm, I'm kinda thirsty…" He thought up quickly, hesitating in the least to speak.
Kairi blinked, too warped into her own world, then finally processed what the silver haired teenager had said.
"Oh! Great, I'll make some hot cocoa now, then!" She smiled pleasingly, her grin stretched so widely that her teeth sparkled with her eyes.
Soon after Kairi had turned the corner, Riku let out a deep breath of air he had been holding in his lungs.
"Now I know something happened…" He sighed once more, trying to loosen up, closing his eyes to think.
*~~"Of course…and…I'll think…about being more…I mean, just because you feel that way, okay? It's only fair to you, I suppose…"
"R-Really…Riku…?"~~*
"G-Gah!" Riku flung his head up, his eyes wide open.
W-What was that…just now…
He shook his head, nudging the back of his palm against his forehead. All his mind would let him think about was…Sora.
Why…? Why can I only think of him? I try not to…but every time I relax…and close my eyes……there's Sora…
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Erm…oops…I probably owe ya'll a longer chapter after not updating with one for so long…but I wanted to cut off there…and there's not much else I think I could cream up in the middle. ^ ^; {Mm, oreo talk…} But yeah, I'll try and get 14 up much sooner! R&R, onegai!