:::Kairi's POV:::



I woke up the following morning to find myself in nothing but one of Riku's baggy T-shirts. I was in a mess of tangled sheets and I pushed the excess hair from my face that covered my eyes. Riku was not in the room with me like I thought he would have been. The sweet aroma of coffee drifted into the bedroom and I quickly jumped up getting out of bed. The bed creaked as I got out of it. I walked out of the room as the wooden planks under my feet creaked as I walked. The shirt drooped off my shoulders as I walked. Riku was fully dressed and was reading the morning paper as he sipped his coffee. Steam arose from the cup as he took each sip. Suddenly he looked from his newspaper as his eyes met mine.



"Good morning you lazy bum you." said Riku sarcastically. He was mocking the joke I had used when we were younger children. I would always say that to Sora or Riku when they had fallen asleep and I would wake them up.



I felt like a lazy bum when I read the old grandfather clock that chimed 10:00 AM. I then remembered the baggy shirt I had on and then remembered my other clothes and then it hit me like a ton of bricks. Riku had changed my clothes. I blushed madly as I became furious. Riku had seen me naked!



I stood there as my messy red hair fell into my face.



"What?" he asked a bit startled and confused.



"You changed my clothes." I exclaimed feeling embarrassed and violated of my privacy.



He then began to blush.

"I promise Kairi! You know I'm not a pervert! I would never violate your privacy like that." he proclaimed.



"Well then how the heck did I get in these clothes!?" I said in fury.



"I guess you changed them yourself." he replied.

"How could I have changed my own clothes when I was asleep!"



"Man just how hard did you hit your head. You don't even remember changing your clothes and then falling asleep." he replied.



I was so furious when he started making a joking matter out of it all. Riku was humiliating and embarrassing me with his stupid jokes.



"Hey trust me I wouldn't have done that to you. I still can't understand why you would go out in one of the worst storms of the year though." he said while taking a sip of his coffee.



"I done it because I needed to go talk to Selphie..." I replied coldly back at him.



"Well couldn't you have done that when the storm had ended?" he asked.



"No because I knew you ,nor Sora would have gone out in that storm but I was wrong." I replied in an annoyed matter towards him.



"Oh so I see that's how it's gonna be." replied Riku looking at me with hurt in his eyes.



"I was only trying to protect you Kairi." replied Riku in a serious tone.



"Sora has changed Kairi... He's not the same anymore. All those years he had to spend away from you in kingdom hearts turned part of his heart cold and when things don't go his way he becomes violet. Just like the day I told him you were going to have to have surgery. He didn't want to believe that you were dying and he became really angry at me. I watched the whole thing... You rejected him because you love someone else... Who is it that you love Kairi?" he replied as he stood up and etched towards me.





I moved back as he came closer to me. My heart began to beat loudly as he pinned me against the wall. He looked into my eyes very seriously that made my heart become frozen inside of me as the look he gave me pierced my heart like a dagger. He then got down to onto my level and came closer to me as he kissed me tenderly that made me want to melt and then the words I had never heard anyone in my life say to me spilled from his mouth.



"I love you Kairi." he replied in a gentle and soothing tone.



My heart almost melted and then I looked him straight in the eyes and said the words I thought I could never muster up enough courage to say.



"It's you I love." I replied as I returned his kiss.



"Then marry me..." he whispered softly into my ear.



"I will." I replied softly back to him and before I knew it he had slipped a golden band onto my finger.



I let him slip his arms around me gently and hold me close to his chest. I never wanted him to let go of me either...