:::Kairi's POV:::
The week seemed to go by so slowly. I still couldn't stop dreaming about the kiss me and Riku had shared. It was quite funny actually Riku seemed to be flooding my thoughts. He was all I had thought about that whole week. The strange new feelings I had started to develop for him were quite awkward and a bit scary. Every time I would think about him my heart beat would increase and then I would find myself becoming awkwardly embarrassed. My emotions had taken over me now. I found myself doing nothing all day but daydreaming about Riku. I was falling in love with him and it felt great... The week passed by rather quickly. I had many tests done though and all the blood they had drawn from my arms made my arms sore and it made me very weak and tired feeling. I had been given various sleeping drugs that had been injected in my skin that would ease the pain and put me asleep in just a few seconds. All this gave me no time for visitors even though I longed to see Riku and I had a strong feeling he really wanted to see me to. I hadn't seen him since the day we shared our first kiss. Today was the day I was going home. The nurse helped me pack my belongings up and I finally got to dress in a pair of jeans a brown long-sleeved shirt. I wore a long-sleeved shirt to hide my scars from all the needles being stuck into my arms. I was rolled down the hall in a wheelchair by a nurse with the small black bag that contained a few personal items I had needed while I had been in the hospital. It rested comfortably in my lap as I was rolled down the hall. My heart began to beat with excitement as the man I thought I might be in love with came into view. He gave me one of his rare gentle smiles that he always saved for me. It almost made my heart melt. He looked much better than the day before. His hair was combed. He looked like he had gotten some sleep and the shirt he wore revealed his strong tanned muscular arms. His gentle teal eyes locked with my blue ones. I felt myself start to blush but I tried to keep a straight calm expression.
"You ready to go?" he questioned.
"More than I'll ever be." I replied in a cool calm tone like I was feeling nothing at all even though the emotions within me were exploding and were going out of control.
:::Riku's POV:::
The day I had waited for... The day that Kairi was getting to come home. My heart beat with pleasure and with happiness. She looked so beautiful. Her hair flowing over her shoulders like a crimson river. My heart began to make a loud thudding noise within my chest. I thought I felt myself blush slightly but I quickly shook it off. I walked over to her wheelchair and pushed her out the rest of the way. Sora would've come that day but he had to go to the other island for something very important but he wouldn't say just what.
I figured it had to have been important for him to have missed the day Kairi was coming home. I gently lifted her into my arms and into the truck. Not many people on the island owned vehicles except for a few of the people who lived in town. I had borrowed this truck from Tidus. It was his fathers truck. His father owned a big orange grove and this truck helped haul oranges from the grove to the storage houses. The truck was old and had a few dents in the sides ,but it run pretty well. I put the key in the ignition after making sure Kairi had gotten comfortable and I started it. It sounded like rattling cans as we rode in it. Kairi looked deep in thought as she gazed outside the window looking at the palm trees and orange groves as we drove past them.
:::Kairi's POV:::
It's so good to be finally going home. Sleeping in my own bed, eating real food , and most of all finally getting to see my friends when I wanted to. The ride was very bumpy and noisy but that didn't bother me at all I was just glad I was finally getting to go home and do the things I had always done again. Suddenly I felt myself looking at Riku staring at his muscular tanned figure and watching him in awe as he drove. He had the window down and it blew his silver hair in his face making him look totally cute and innocent.
:::Riku's POV:::
I kept my eyes on the rode the rest of the way but I felt her looking at me with those big blue orbs that were the keys to my soul. I wanted to gaze back at her but for some reason I couldn't make myself do it because of the fact I might do something stupid.
:::Kairi's POV:::
He won't even look at me! I started to become worried. Maybe the kiss meant nothing at all. Maybe these feelings that wouldn't stop attacking my heart were useless nothings. I looked away from him as the rest of the trip was embraced by silence.
:::Riku's POV:::
The awkward silence that filled the atmosphere had an uncomfortable feeling that went along with it. My heart began to pound as I noticed her gazing out the window again. Before I knew it the ride was over and we were pulled up in her driveway.
I looked at her gently. She still hadn't removed her eyes from the window. I thought I might as well break the barrier of silence that had come between us.
"Hey Kai you ready to get out?" I asked politely in a calm manner even though everything inside of me had gone haywire.
"Yeah sure." she replied. Suddenly she opened the door and jumped out. I did the same and followed her up those creaky wooden steps and into the house. Kairi's house looked the same as the day we'd left it. She had her arms carelessly crossed under her breast and looked in the other direction with her blue eyes locked downward upon the floor.
:::Kairi's POV:::
I bit my lip and looked down. The feeling that had now entered the room was yet again embarrassment and confusion. This gave me an uneasy feeling. I mean I had to say something to keep myself and him from both feeling rejected.
"Hey you wanna help me unpack this?" I asked him as I hazily looked into his eyes.
"Yeah sure I'll help." he agreed.
:::Riku's POV:::
Finally the atmosphere felt a little more comfortable as I followed her into the bedroom. Her bed was unmade and in a mess. As I said the house was the same as the day she'd left it. She began to unpack her clothing and little essesional items. Suddenly I felt myself coming up behind her. I gently wrapped my arms around her waist. She gently turned around flustered and locked her eyes with mine. I began to push her hair from her face as I drew her closer to me and eventually we fell into a deep kiss.
:::Kairi's POV:::
I felt myself being pulled into his gentle passionate kiss then he gently ran his hands softly through my long hair which made every nerve in my body catch on fire. My senses tingled and my emotions flowed through me. His touch and his kiss were enough to control every part of me and make me become weak in the knees.
:::Riku's POV:::
I ran my fingers through her crimson flow of hair taking in her scent. touch, and the feeling of her. Her lips tasted as sweet as honey and she smelled like that rich vanilla fragrance I had smelt before. Suddenly the kiss ended and for what seemed like forever we were wrapped in embrace and in each others arms doing nothing but gazing into each others eyes. She had serious calm look in her eyes that made her look so beautiful. From then on I knew I couldn't ever risk losing Kairi ever again. From that day forward she was mine.