Author note: Ok guys, here's next chappy! Please review ok? I made it extra long for ya so please give me a reward to my work! ^ ^
Disclaimer: Of course, I forgot this in chapter 1 (But its so damn boring I couldn't help it). I don't own nothing related to Square or Kingdom hearts, k?
Later that night the four youths prepared themselves for dinner.
After the battle in the seashore Riku and Sora had ended up making angels in the damp sand while Kairi and Sen observed from a further point, partially avoiding the wrath of the two guys who surelly would have pretended to pull them down with them if they had happened to be nearer. In the other hand, the soft brezee that combed the girls hair out of they're sweet faces came directly to the corner where they were sitting so the plan on moving wasn't preciselly inviting.
After half an hour or so thought the group had to start moving since the sky was growing darker, the wind was getting colder and their dinner was surelly about to come out of the oven.
As the two girls descended from their viewing corner the two sandy boys came up to them while brushing the sand of vital parts; Sora shook his head wildly trying to get the sand out of his ears and Riku was backfacing the girls to avoid discusted looks as he spitted every grain of sand he had in his mouth.
-S'pose we should get going, right? –Sora Smiled broadly while looking at both girls. The silence that striked the scene the next few seconds was only interrupted by Sora's loud stomach groans, which made a wild blush appear in Sora's cheek's and a muffled giggle coming from the girls. Riku seemed oblivious to the detail as he was quick to speak first.
-Ok so, as the plan goes we'll go take a break at each one's house and at 10 we'll meet in... –Riku looked at his friends expecting them to finish the sentence he had forgot.
-My house- Sen added, finishing the phrase an absorted Riku had begun. Riku faced her and gave a small hint of a smile which imediatly made Sen lower her head, hidding the scarlet tone that tinted her cheek's.
-Ok, let's go take a shower before we go dinner at Sen's –Riku cleared the plan and as everyone nodded understanding, they took separated way's directed to their respective home's.
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Kairi was first to arrive at Sen's house half an hour after they separated in the beach. It took Sen about 5 minutes to open the door to her friend since she had caught her still coming out of the shower, for which her hair was still messy and driping all over her face as she let a fumming Kairi come into her house.
-Sorry Kai, you barelly gave me enough time. Jeez you're fast fixing up eh? –Came Sen's voice from under the wet dark curtain that hanged lose over her eyes. Kairi supresed a giggle as her friend towel dried her hair, combed it wincing every time she found a knot in her way and pulling it in a long braid after it was disentangled enough to manage with it freely.
-The guys won't be late now. I bet Riku has already gone to fetch Sora out of the shower. Knowing them, Riku must be yelling at him 'coz he hasn't finished pulling the sand out of that bush he calls hair –Both girls laughed out loud filling the room with the unusuall joy that house almost never disposed of. Kairi streched herself in a soft looking couch while Sen finished settling her clothes which were considerably messy from the hurry she had to put them on, to avoid Kairi getting angrier at her for making her wait twice in a day.
As Sen went into the kitchen to pick up the plates and glasses Kairi set the table clear from the few portraits and vases that decorated it. Picking two portraits in her hands and putting them down in a near coffee table, Kairi observed the scene captured within the frame; looking into the picture you could see Sen being held by a tall woman, dark straight hair framing her sweet looking face and matching to her hair eyes, which were almond shaped reflecting happiness in them. At her right, a tall man, who had an arm around her waist, smiled in a gentle motion while looking at both the women he mostly loved. His eyes were sea blue, quite narrowed and his hair was hazel and silky falling a bit under his earlobes. 'They certainly look like an adorable family to be in', Kairi thought while putting down the second portrait in the coffee table just in time to avoid Sen seeing her watching at her personal things.
-So...how is the show thing you're preparing for the Summer Festival coming along? –Kairi asked while setting the dinner things in their positions over the table. Sen didn't answer imediatly thought; she took her while of thinking about it while looking down to the plate in her hands, which suddenly appeared to be an excelent piece of handcraft to look at.
-Well... –she begun the phrase thought she made attempts to continue, that only resulted in mouthed movements, twice before speaking out the answer –well, its going....its going...great! Its going certainly great! –She gave her friend a broad smile and received a worried look in exchange. Kairi looked deep into her eyes and knew that Sen was not telling what she felt, and Sen knew that she couldn't lie to the friend who had suported her almost all her life –Ok, things aren't going so well... –She lowered her head and sat down on a chair. Kairi mimicked her by sitting oposite from her in a bouncy sofa –Yesterday Levielle got injured and now she wont be able to dance and the rest of the girls feel they're not prepared enought to go on stage in front of all the island...
-And what about you? –Kairi asked, her tone sounding like if that question was the only thing she wanted an answer to.
-Me? Me..urm well...I'm... –Sen looked up to Kairi and knew it was no use trying to hide –I don't feel I'm progresing enough either. I mean...I may have a nice chance but a chance is not what I need when the festival opening is two days ahead and I feel like the sceneary will crumble below my feet if I make a mistake! –She buried her face in her hands and closed her eyes hoping that the festivities would be gone for long once she opened them again.
-Listen Sen, I know you'll do fine –she heard Kairi's soft voice over her head –you're a great performer, you've never done wrong before and I'm sure that your luck wont break now.
-But there will be so many people...all the island... –Sen moaned lowering her head even more. Kairi then realized a point she hadn't seen before.
-All the island...or a certain silver headed guy named Riku? –She grinned sheepishly at her friend's hair which suddenly gave the impression of wanting to stick out on its ends out of surprise. Sen quickly raised her head, eyes redened from having them buried in her palms, and looked round at Kairi who had past swiftly running towards the door, which had been knocked seconds ago saving Kairi from a, full of death rays, look departed from Sen's flaming eyes.
-Hiya guys! Come in! –Kairi greeted the new comers into the house by steping aside the door. Sen rubbed her eyes on her sleeve before looking up at the boys, thought her eyes remained, if not more, as reddened as before.
-Hey Kai, hey Sen! –Saluted warmly Sora while sitting in the nearest chair he could find near the dinning table.
-Hi girls…hey Sen what's wrong with your…? –Riku pointed out at Sen's rather bulged eyes.
-Oh nothing, nevermind! –She avoided the question while smiling inocently. Riku gave her a worried look thought no one noticed set for Kairi who was awaiting evidence of a special connection between them –I think I'll go and bring dinner then, now that we're all here! –She added while rushing into the kitchen.
-Hey Sen, you got any more of those salty crackers from the other day? –Asked Sora as he followed Sen into de warm cooking room. Kairi and Riku were left alone in the table and nothing set for the soft clinging of plates being served and Sora being spanked for poking his nose in the cauldron was heard between them. The uncomfortable silence that had crept over the room was instantly broken as Kairi fowarded a question to Riku.
-So, what do you think of Sen? I mean, she's nice and pretty and…you know...why don't you ask her out or something? –Kairi made an effort not to laugh at the alarming blush that had flushed all over Riku's pale face.
-Wha…waddayamean?!! Me…ask her?!...me?!…oh...wait! I… - Riku's babling only made Kairi explode from her try to remain silent. As Kairi laughed her head off, Riku only blushed even harder and in a try to hide it from the rest as they came into the room he put his long hair over the table where Sen left, seconds later, his plate filled with a really delicious looking soup which he didn't even get to taste by spoon since, at a reflex of removing his mane from under the steaming dish, he threw it off and made it dump to the floor where the dish broke into a hundred pieces while the watery meal spread all over the carpet and wooden floor.
-Oh crap…Sen I'm… -Riku tried to apologize, blushing even harder now thought Kairi did not even think of laughing, and getting to his knees to try and fix the mess. However he only mad it worse as he tried to clean the bare floor with a corner of the to damped carpet and cutting himself with a piece of broken plate.
-Oh Riku..stop, I'll fix this…don't worry it was…it was my fault –Sen droped to the floor next to Riku and aided his cut by putting a clean tissue around it –There, go to the kitchen and put it under water while I fix this. –Riku got up and ran into the kitchen, still so blushed Kairi could feel the heat coming out of him as he passed besides her –Kairi, please be so kind and serve the plates for me. Use mine as Riku's I'm…I'm not very hungry to say the truth… - Kairi looked down at Sen, who was picking up the lost pieces of the dish, with an extremely worried look and since nothing good to say ocurred to her, she just limited herself to serve the plates as she had been told to.
Several minutes later, when Kairi was preparing herself to sink the spoon in to her smoking plate and Sen was standing upright with all of the broken pieces in her left hand and a damp cleaning towel in the other one, Riku managed to come out of the kitchen without a single sign of a blush. He was rather more serious than before, which was saying quite something, and didn't say a single word as he sat down in his chair looking down at his plate like if it was the most interesting thing in the world to look at.
-Well guys I, er, hope you like it! I tried to make it the best for each of your tastes so if you would like to eat some more after you're over, serve yourselves! –Sen said happily breaking the tense silence that had surrounded the room after Riku had returned to it. Everyone nooded silently and sank their spoons into the soup. Sen didn't wait to see their reactions thought, she quickly ran into the kitchen, emptied her hands and ran to her room upstairs from the second door in the kitchen, trying to avoid the group's look's again. In the table, only one person averted her race upstairs while the other two delighted themselves with the, before, greatly smelling and now awsome tasting soup.
Meanwhile, Sen had buried her face into a pair of pillows, wishing they would open huge mouths and swallow her without a trace. She was tired, tired of practicing 10 hours a day the stupid Festival Opening without getting better results each passing day, tired of screwing up everything when it came to her friends and their meetings, tired of not getting responded to her feelings, tired of her whole life! 'Kairi's right' she thought exasperated 'I'm not only worried about the parties or the group. I'm sad and stressed because I don't get what I want when it comes to my feelings. Because I wait and wait and don't get a simple glimpse of that anything I wait for comes true, because he won't even realize I exist!!' She pushed her face deeper into the pillow making her eyes tear even more from the pressure of having something poke into them.
Suddenly the bedroom door was softly knocked twice. Sen didn't make an effort to raise her head even if only to make her voice sound clearer.
-Leave me alone Kairi! I'm fine, I'll be down in a minute! Go back with the guys please! –She pleaded while trying to dissapear under the covers. There was no answer to her words from the other side of the door thought. Instead, the knob creaked slightly as it was gently pushed down in order to open a way into the dark room.
Sen didn't realize her orders hadn't been obeyed untill her bed creaked under the weight of a second person sitting on it. Her hand instantly gripped a pillow and throwing it against who was sitting in the bed's corner she belowed:
-I told you to leave me alone Kai!! Why don't you ever listen to....?! –She interrupted herself as the pillow was stoped from hitting the subjects face by two strong and, one of the pair, bandaged hands. She then realized that Kairi wouldn't have either stoped the pillow coming into her face or been so quiet entering the room, and as the sense made its way into her mind her heart skipped a few bits even before she lowered the pillow on the bed.
-Oh Riku...I'm sorry I just...I was tired and... –She tried to bable over her caught breath as the blush slowly iluminated, once again, her pale face. Riku simply threw the pillow over his shoulder and stared at the girl in front of him for a few seconds. 'She's very cute...' He thought 'Quite more when that blush is there' he added mentally before realizing what he had just said himself. He didn't have time to hide the blush before Sen looked up at his eyes and smiled sweetly while rubbing the tears off her face. Without either thinking it, Riku's hand shot fowards to her face and softly wiped a tear off. At this movement, the girl he was touching seemed to freeze still and, unable to say a simple word to make her move, he just gazzed at her eyes as she was looking at his. And Sen believed, and hoped, the time would never move from how it was now.
-What's wrong Sen? –A soft voice broke the magical moment. Sen blinked twice before noting that Riku's hand had been removed from her cheek and that now he was kneeling on the floor in front of her, asking her for her problems.
-I...I just...I wasn't feeling ok and... –She knew that her lie wasn't the apropiate thing to say to those eyes that seemed to dive into hers looking for the true answer. –and....
-Its ok if you don't want to tell me what's wrong –Riku smiled gently, like an understading friend would..or an understanding boyfriend...Sen blushed again –Just make sure you come and eat something, and stop thinking about whatever makes you feel sad. I'm sure everything wil be fine for you if you keep on trying, ok? –Sen nodded silently as Riku raised from the floor and walked towards the door. Before running down the stairs thought, Riku gave a last glance back into the room and on to the bed where she was still sitting and threw something on it that seemly he had been holding in his good hand since he had come in. Seconds later he had dissapeared into the door frame leaving a very confused Sen behind.
-"Everything will be fine" he says...what does he know if he doesn't even realize how much I... –She picked up the thing Riku had thrown on to the bed. She gazzed at the small pendant that imitaded a golden papou fruit and held it close to her heart. –...maybe he did realize after all... –Her lips curved in a wide smile as she jumped off the bed and ran downstairs to the dinning room, happy tears streaming from her eyes down her cheeks.
Weird enough, all the excitment of the moment made neither Riku or Sen note that, as Riku's hand held Sen's watery face, the gash in the boy's hand had closed at the touch of the crystaline tears...
Author Note: Ok, nothing more to say then! Please review so you let me know what yuo think about this k? I still need to know whether to put A Leon/OC or Leon/Aerith in this fic!
And btw, thank's for my fisrt review Ruy Lover! It was really nice!
