Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts, Square-Enix does. Take THAT, you stupid lawyers.
-+-+-+-+-+-
SoraxKairi fic. Now, here's chapter 8 for all of ya! Also, thanks juzlovnsora for the ideas for this chapter - she should be writing this story instead of me :D lol! Thanks to everyone who reviewed!
-+-+-+-+-+-
CHAPTER 8 – Give it a try
"Very well done, Miss Yuffie."
It was History class with Professor Leonhart, and he was just showing the class Yuffie's perfect score on an History essay.
"If you all payed attention, like Yuffie here, you would all get top marks instead of the usual C's and D's I always have the pleasure to correct." Leon said, looking at the class and eyeing Sora for a bit longer. Then, he turned to Yuffie, and smiled at her.
Of course, all the girls' jaws dropped. Nobody, nobody ever saw Leon smile, at least the students, and that perky weirdo girl named Yuffie made him smile. The girls eyed Yuffie enviously, because pratically all of them drooled when they were near Leon, him being so handsome. But Yuffie didn't seem to care, as always - she just grinned (but Sora knew it was more of a smirk) to all of them, calmly.
A few minutes later, the school bell rang meaning the students could all go home. Kairi waited for Sora on the school's main hallway, so he could lead her to his house as planned.
The trip to Sora's house was a silent and uncomfortable one. It was clear that neither of them was still acting normally towards each other, but fortunetly it didn't take long and they reached Sora's house after the boat ride to Destiny Island.
Sora opened the door. "C-come in, make yourself comfortable."
Kairi entered curiously, looking at everything. Sora's mother was still working and wouldn't come back until later, giving them some time alone.
Kairi suddenly was giggling. Sora asked "What is it?"
"Oh, it's just that you were so cute when you were little!" she said, looking at the family pictures on the table. Sora's face turned into a deep shade of red, then he decided they would be best settled at his room. He dragged Kairi up the stairs and both entered Sora's messy room.
"A typical guy's room, I assume." said Kairi, smirking.
"Hey, it's not *that* messy, I mean, there are worse things..."
"For example, my own."
"*You*, messy?"
"That's right."
"But, I thought that you being a girl and all..."
"Hey, just because I'm a girl doesn't mean I'm not messy and lazy sometimes." said Kairi, suddenly picking up a pillow fro Sora's bed and tossing it right onto Sora's face.
"Heey!" said Sora, picking the pillow up and throwing to Kairi, but she dodged it.
"Ha, you throw like a girl!" she teased, ready to pick a pillow again, but Sora grabbed her hands to stop her moving. He smirked.
"Well, for a *girl*, you're being a lot more educated than I expected." said Sora sarcastically. Kairi laughed and tried to free herself, but with the struggling she suddenly tripped on the pillow and fell into Sora's bed - Sora on top of her, still holding her arms.
They looked at each other for a while, then both blushed madly. Sora quickly let go of her and sat on the bed. Kairi sat too, running a hand through her hair. They were very silent. Sora tried to think of something to sat to relieve the tension, and asked the question that has been bothering him up lately.
"Kairi, why... why don't you have a boyfriend of something?" he asked slowly.
Kairi's face was now about the color of her crimson hair. She thought for a minute, then sighed. "I... made a promise."
"What?" asked Sora, confused.
"You see, I... had a brother, Kail, and I liked him very much. Since my father had died, me, my mother and my brother had to survive on our own. Things were very tough, but we managed to get through. One day, though, Kail died on a car accident, and my mother got really upset." said Kairi, sadly.
Sora tried to think of something to say, but she continued. "I saw her so sad, saying that I was her only hope now, that I made a promise to myself that I would be a perfect daughter, so I studied very much to be a model student, I tried to make myself more popular and pretty, and with all that, I didn't have time for boyfriends and such. Most of them were only interested in my body or looks, though, and I still haven't found one that I really love."
"Oh..." was all Sora managed to say. He couldn't believe that Kairi, the seemingly perfect girl, had to go through all that. Sora's mother's voice rang through his brain, saying you should never judge a book by its cover.
Kairi looked at her feet, uncomfortably. "You are probably my first male friend I have ever had in a long time. I'm just afraid, I guess, that they'll harm me, and with me harmed, I will harm my mother. But I was able to trust you... at that party, when we... you know..." she coughed a bit. "I felt confident, somehow, and I usually don't feel that way. That's why I wanted to be your friend, to get to know you... I mean, you have so many friends, and I kind of envy people who can be so cheerful and friendly so easily..."
Sora looked at her, startled with the confession. He could see sincerity through the girl's eyes. He wanted to comfort her, but she would never let him. Would she? "Kairi, you don't have to fake anything with me, or with anybody else. Nobody will hate you just because you're not perfect. No one is perfect, and I'm sure your mother loves you either way."
"How can you be so sure? I haven't told anybody about this before..." said Kairi, and then she wondered for a bit why was she feeling so comfortable sharing her secrets with him like that.
"I know about that. And I like you very much."
Kairi stared at Sora's eyes - eyes full of compassion, full of something familiar... but she couldn't work out what it was. She felt like she could stare at those eyes forever - it was like looking into an endless sea. Sora's heart was beating really fast; it would explode any minute now. However, soon he saw himself getting closer and closer to Kairi... his body wouldn't obey his mind (Which currently yelled "What are you doing, you idiot!") and he got closer until...
He kissed her on the lips. Kairi closed her eyes and enjoyed the moment; she had to admit she had liked their last kiss, and that she had missed since then. Now, however, she wanted that moment to never end - Sora was thinking along the same lines.
RIIIIIIIIIIIIING
Damn telephone!
Sora reluctantly backed away from their kiss and whispering a low "sorry" to Kairi, he went to pick it up.
"Heya Sora, howzzit goin' with Kairi?" Guess who?
"It was going FINE, Yuffie, but you ruined everything!" said Sora angrily.
"Oops, I just thought that, being the slow idiot you are, you would be needing some help with Kairi and you all alone in your house..." Sora could even hear Yuffie's smirk from the other side of the line.
"Have you stopped to consider that I might have feelings too?"
"You say that as if anyone actually cared. Anyway, if you don't need me, I'm going." said Yuffie, hanging up. Finally.
Sora hang up the phone and turned to see a crying Kairi sitting on his bed. He panicked, and asked hastily, "Hey, Kairi, what's wrong?"
She sobbed. "It's - nothing, it's just that I- I'm so confused, you know..."
The boy sat next to her, thinking. He sighed.
"You know I'd never do anything to hurt you."
"I know, I never thought you would..."
"Then, why not give us a chance?" Sora asked, tentatively.
She looked at him, confused. Then Sora gave her another kiss, this one a bit longer, but still an innocent soft kiss on the lips.
"What do you mean?" Kairi asked, slowly opening her eyes.
"I mean - would you be my girlfriend?"
The girl thought for a minute. What would she have to lose? Sora was a great boy, he was nice, she had much fun with him - sure, he wasn't popular, but who cared? She could give it a try, just to see how it went...
"Okay. I think... I think we can give it a try."
-+-+-+-+-+-
A/N: Okay, first of all, I hated this chapter. Almost no funny things... guess I'm running out of ideas. =D But I guess it was fluffy, right? Lol! I hope you liked it. Sora is together with Kairi (about time too!) and now let's hope the things between them work out ;) Also, did anyone get the Squffie hints in the beginning? =D Lol, I have been reading many Squffie fics lately, so I'm now a fan of that pairing as well, and I felt the need to add that little part! I just hope SquallxRinoa fans didn't get angry. =)
A few personal thank yous:
juzlovnsora: Hi again! I used a bit of your ideas for this chapter, but if I had put the "denying thing", the chapter would be too short, so I stretched a bit. Plus I had to put all those Kairi confessions... but anyways, glad you liked it ^_^ please keep reading and giving me ideas (hehe =D)
MoonFlow-Kairi: Wow! You loved my story! *does happy dance* I'm SO happy, you don't know how much that means to me. I was even thinking of writing a sequel if you guys want me to... of course not until this one is finished, which won't happen until chapters 12 or 13. Hey, I updated, so where's my popcorn? ;D lol
BubbleFairy03: Hey, did you have a good birthday? =D And I saw that InuYasha episode too, I laughed a lot at that part! Lol! Sango can be scary when she wants =D And yeah, I've read the KH manga, only the first volume which was the one they translated =) the TV show was confirmed?! WAAAAH! I HAVE to watch it! =D lol. It probably will never come out in my country, but anyway... =/
Zilly: I'll try it out someday ^_^ and thanks for finding my story so cool! *wipes away tears* =)
AeRiS*dOnO & specter: Thank you so much ^_^
Finished the endless thank yous that are bigger than the chapter itself, I'm taking off. See ya all next chapter =) Review pleeeeeease? *makes puppy eyes*
Tallis