Silently Deciding
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Kingdom Heart characters or Squaresoft or Disney.
WARNING: This fiction is a SHONEN-AI and in case the pairing didn't give it away, it means male/male relationships but not explicit, which is yaoi. It might be yaoi in the later chapters if I decide it to be. Don't count on it though. If you don't like this, don't read! Really quite simple. SEQUEL TO ANGEL EYES
::thoughts:: -'inner voice'- ENJOY!
Chapter Two: Misunderstandings
Riku heard the younger boy race off towards the dock. ::Must be in a hurry to get away from me:: Riku frowned at his thought. It may have been on the right track but that didn't mean he had to accept it, much less like it. ::Did I scare him off? Maybe I shouldn't have kissed him. Maybe I should have just treasured everything I already had with him, which I didn't deserve in the first place. Ansem showed me that:: The sound of his name in his head made him coarse with anger and cringe with disgust. Riku unconsciously clenched his hands tighter. He didn't want to remember everything that happened with that piece of slime. He quickly discarded the thoughts of him and focused on the matter at hand.
::Why did he want to pretend nothing happened? Am I not enough for him? Maybe he wants someone different:: His frowned deepened and he lowered his head sighing. Riku saw his hands were clenched and he felt a slight pain in his palms. A red liquid dripped down passed his wrist and made its way towards his elbow. Some of the red liquid that ran down his arm had dripped onto the sand, tainting it. He pressed his nails harder into his flesh causing more blood to flow and more pain. ::Sweet pain:: He closed his eyes but then snapped them open. ::What am I thinking?! I'm not some kind of masochist!:: Riku opened his hands and looked into his palms. The red blood was outlining all the crevices and shallow lines on his hands.
Riku looked up into the colorful sky filled with the sunrise and silently prayed for a sign. A sign to help him with Sora, and figure out everything. He waited and waited until minutes had passed, thinking about how he could still feel Sora's lips on his. He'd stay in this exact same spot until his sign came to him, no matter how cruel the torture of waiting was.
Meanwhile on the main island, a cinnamon haired boy was racing down a pathway to a certain girl's house, chanting in his head please be there over and over again. Finally he got to a huge light blue two-story house. Kairi's parents were into the stock market and all that business financing junk so they were always gone but lately they've stayed home and have been spending time with their daughter. They treated their only daughter like she was royalty, buying her everything and sometimes it went to her head. Hopefully today wasn't one of those days.
Sora was about to knock on the door but stopped in mid knock position, with his arm raised when the door swung open. It was Kairi's mother who answered the door wearing her pink pajamas with little white coffee cups on the pajama pants and the pink spaghetti strapped top. Her curly red hair was tied up in a high ponytail but a few strands of hair were free. She had a wide smile on her face and looked very happy giddy this morning.
"Oh hi Sora! How's everything going? You want to see Kairi. You can go on up. She's still sleeping but I think it'll be okay to wake her up. It's nice to see you again!" Saying this in about 5 seconds flat, Sora suspected someone had a little too much coffee this morning. Kairi's mom, Karen, was a morning person and she liked to get the day started early and of course with her warm cup of freshly brewed coffee.
"Umm... thanks. It's great to see you too." Sora entered the house nervously and Karen closed the door behind him and locked it. Even though Sora had been here millions of times, it never ceased to amaze him that the house was so large.
"I'll be in the kitchen if you need me!" Karen brushed passed Sora and walked down the hallway, rushing back into the kitchen without another word said. ::Okay, she needs to cut down on the coffee intake:: Sora turned the corner to the left and walked up the flight of stairs to the second floor. He walked straight till he got to the door of Kairi's bedroom. The dark purple door had posters of different J-pop artists like Utada Hikaru and a little light purple sign in the middle that read 'Kairi'. You could obviously tell who the owner of the room was.
Sora put his hand on the knob, twisted and pushed the door open enough to stick his head in and look inside. "Hello? Kairi? You up yet?" There was the princess of hearts lying in the queen-sized bed with her limbs hanging everywhere. Her mouth was open and she was lightly snoring. She was wearing a light purple tank top with little tiny dark purple shorts that had little white sleeping bunny designs all over it. "And she calls me a lazy bum," he said aloud that made Kairi twitch in her sleep. A mischievous grin plastered onto Sora's face. ::This is going to be revenge for waking me up in the morning:: Kairi was another person who knew about his 'weakness'. So every morning she'd come over and tickle him until he woke up and got out of bed.
Sora shut the door lightly and tiptoed over to the side of Kairi's bed. ::This is going to be good:: He breathed in a large amount of air and got ready for the wake up call. ::One, two, three::
"WAKE UP KAIRI!!! NOW!!" Sora yelled, surprisingly didn't break any mirrors or anything. Kairi's eyes snapped opened and she cried out in surprise. You could have swore that she jumped at least a good 20 feet into the air.
"Sora! What are you trying to do? Give me a heart attack or something?" she scolded him as she hung from her bedroom fan. Angry Kairi dropped down onto the bed with a bounce. "You deserve a lot of tickles for that! Just wait I'm going to get your back for that! You just better watch your back!" Kairi brushed her bangs out of her face. She walked out to her vanity mirror and picked up a violet brush and started combing through her untidy bed hair. She paused and turned around to face him.
"Wait a minute. What's going on? What are you doing up so early? You're never up this early unless... You know what. Save it for later. Could you leave the room so I can get dressed?"
"Kairi this is very important and this will probably scare you and you'll yell at me and tell me that it's wrong and I shouldn't do it and," Sora stopped, shrinking under the heavy weight of Kairi's glare of death. "Uhh, yeah, I'll leave the room so you can get dressed." Sora slumped out of the room, closing the door behind him. He fell against the wall in the hallway next to the entrance of Kairi's door and slide down to the soft dark blue carpet to wait for Kairi. ::This is going to take a while::
While Kairi was changing, Sora was accompanied by his thoughts of this morning and the evening before. ::Maybe I shouldn't have walked away. I should have stayed and talked to him. I mean he's still my best friend, so I should be able to talk to him. Will everything still be the same as before? Maybe--:: Unexpectedly, his thoughts were cut off by Kairi emerging from her room wearing some blue jeans and a lilac purple tank top and her choker around her neck. Her hair had grown out over the years and was a little passed her shoulders and curved out somewhat like Selphie's. Kairi had gotten a few inches taller and was standing at a reasonable five foot six but she was still shorter than most of the other teens on Destiny Islands. She'd gotten more curves in all the right places and she had grown even more beautiful than before. Sora knew that there were a few people on the island who had a crush on her and that included Tidus and Wakka.
"Okay Sora. What's so important?" she asked with a bright smile on her face, her hands clasped behind her back. Sora stood up off the ground and wiped off the imaginary dirt on his clothes.
"I think maybe we should go somewhere else to talk about this." Sora told her. Kairi eyed him suspiciously and told him alright. Sora reached out and took her hand in his. She blushed at the contact but Sora didn't notice, or pretended not to. Sora lead her out of the house and down the pathway to the wooden dock where 'The Highwind' was. Kairi had left her boat over at the other island so they had to travel in his together. It would be a tight fit in the boat but they could manage.
"You get in first and I'll get behind you and row. Sound good?" Sore suggested while he was untying the boat from the dock.
"It sounds fine with me," Kairi replied. She stepped carefully into the boat and sat down gently. Sora got in sort of clumsy but once they got their sitting positions, they started on their way to the play place of the Destiny Islands.
While the two were rowing out at sea, the silver haired teen leaned back on the Paopu tree with his eyes closed and his arms folded across his chest. He looked determined but very annoyed. He was patient when it came to some things but this waiting busy wasn't fun at all and it was starting to really bug him. He kept thinking did anyone care and want to send him a sign to help him or was he not worth that either. He kept silently praying every now and then to ensure that he'd get his sign, even if fate might abject.
A furious wind picked up and blew strongly against all that came into its path. Riku was in the way but he was determined not to move from his spot till he got his sign that he needed. He heard a light snap above him and then felt a not-so-light something fall into his lap. He started breathing deeply, almost hyperventilating, and hoped that his sign was a good one. Riku dreaded this moment and yet he longed for it at the same time.
Very slowly Riku opened his eyes and looked down into his lap. Lying there on his baggy blue jean pants was a yellow star shaped fruit from the tree above him. He unfolded his arms and picked up the fruit in one hand and twirled it around, examining it. ::This. This Paopu fruit is supposed to be my sign?:: The skin on the fruit felt soft like a velvet glove. The fruit was ripe and ready to eat. Riku squeezed gently and it was hard. He wondered if the inside was hard as well or was it soft and smooth. Riku never was too curious about the fruit and he didn't believe in the legend so why was this his sign?
His thoughts were broken as he heard laughing in the distance. Riku was caught off guard by the sound and he dropped the fruit next to him in the sand. He looked around to his left and then turned to his right. Riku squinted his aqua green eyes and looked out. He saw a wooden boat coming his way and he could recognize the sound of laughter anywhere along with the other person accompanying him. It was Sora and Kairi (the reason why he couldn't believe in the legend). ::Did Sora tell Kairi about...? If they came to make fun of me of it- No! Sora wouldn't do that. What about Kairi? I've known her long too but...::
-'I never did like her'-
::Of course you didn't but you're me so I know what I'm feeling. Hey! When did I start having an inner voice?::
-'Since you've been having troubles with your love.'-
::Go away! I don't want to talk to you:: Riku threw a shoe in his mind at the inner voice and it screamed, but went away nevertheless. He smirked and realized he had to get away from the Paopu Island before they came. This would be the first place they would look for him. ::Better go somewhere safe:: Riku rushed off the island and ran across the bridge to find a safe place to hide. The Paopu fruit lay in the sand next to Riku's spilled blood. A forgotten sign...
While Riku was sprinting off to find a safe place to hide, Sora and Kairi were laughing and joking around in the boat.
"So Selphie did what yesterday?" he said between laughs.
"Well, me and her were walking and talking. She turned around talking to me, walking backwards. She was about to tell me something when she tripped and fell down off the Paopu island, into the sea!" Kairi burst out laughing. "And she came up with a breath and said she saw a five legged fish wearing a pink and yellow tutu and she jumped in to see it! That was her excuse for falling in!" They both were laughing but all fun came to an end when they reached the dock.
Sora threw the rope out and it amazingly caught onto stump on the dock, tying loosely around it. He stepped out of the boat and stumbled onto the dock. Sora held out his hand for Kairi so she could have help getting out. Kairi took Sora's hand was about to follow suit to get out of the boat when her sandals caught onto the side of the boat and she fell forward, her face falling into Sora's chest. He caught her before she fell even more and sent them both flying into the sea to be soak and wet.
Kairi could feel heat rise in her cheeks and she looked up into Sora's blue eyes. Sora looked down into her violet orbs. He thought she looked so beautiful right now with her flushed cheeks and bright eyes. The morning sun caused her face shine brilliantly. Kairi thought he looked so handsome with the sun facing his back, which made him glow. It outlined his dark brown spiky hair and his cerulean eyes stood out, sparkling. He wore a light, white tank, that didn't hide any of the muscles underneath and the sun only highlighted them into more focus. He looked surprised to see her in his arms. The thought of her –Kairi- in his –Sora's- arms made her blush deep scarlet. They stood there for a while, enjoying the feeling of the other's touch. But all things soon came to an end.
"Pretty clumsy of me, huh?" Kairi managed to whisper out. She gave him a small smile. "Usually that's your job, Sora." Kairi pushed away from him and pulled herself upright, dusting off the imaginary dirt on her clothes.
"Me? Clumsy? Nope, you have the wrong person. That's now you and Selphie." Before Kairi could reply, Sora continued on with what he was saying. "Come on. We better get going." He took her hand in his and walked with her over to the raging waterfall. As they walked away from the dock, neither of them even noticed the silver haired teen's boat that was tied to the dock, next to Sora's.
They got there in a few minutes and they sat down on a huge rock that looked more like a large boulder. Sora clasped his hands together, entwining the fingers and suddenly found the ground very interesting. Kairi watched him as he sat there playing with his fingers, staring the ground, and kicking his feet forward in silence. Kairi gently laid a hand on his shoulder and he jumped out of his thoughts, staring at her with his blue eyes filled with confusion.
Unknown to them both, an angry/jealous silver haired teen sat in the tree house staring down at the figures below him like a vulture. He'd seen the 'accidental' fall down at the dock. He'd seen the looks given and they made him uneasy and something in his chest pained him when he saw the looks and the touches. He hadn't liked what he'd seen and he didn't like what he was seeing now. He didn't want Kairi to comfort Sora. Riku wanted to be the one there for him. So he was jealous. Big deal, sue him. Would you like seeing your love accepting 'comfort' from other people when it could be you making all their sorrows disappear?
"Kairi, I really need to talk to you about something but I have no idea how you're going to react. I don't want you to hate me." Sora turned his gaze back to the ground; some of the clean water from the waterfall sprayed back of his clothing.
"I could never hate you Sora. I never could. Do you know why?" Kairi paused. "Because you're one of my best friends and I trust and believe in you. Not matter what I'll try to accept anything you tell me. I can give you that much."
Sora turned and looked at her with sorrow-filled blue eyes. He gave her a soft sad smile. He was really glad that Kairi had told him that. It made it somewhat easier but he was still nervous. He didn't know what she'd think of him after he told her. Kairi seemed to sense his nervousness because she turned and embraced him, rubbing her hands up and down his back, trying to give him support that he could say what was on his mind. Sora wasn't surprised at all and he wrapped his arms around her waist, bringing her closer to him. He buried his face in her shoulder and breathed in her Kairi-ness.
Up above, Riku was having trouble digesting what was happening right in front of his very eyes. He felt another pain in his chest but this time it was stronger. He could feel jealous trying to take him over. He wanted so much to go down there and tear Kairi away from Sora. Riku's hands tightened into fists, his nails pricking into his still damaged flesh on his palms, reopening the wound. The blood ran down his hands and onto the tree house floor. He didn't feel it; only the anger and the jealousy bubbling inside him like magma ready to burst. ::He's not. He can't be. Is he... is he in love... with Kairi? Is this my true sign?::
Sora pulled away from Kairi and looked into her bright violet eyes. "Kairi, I'm so confused. I don't know what to do anymore. Can you promise not to tell anyone when I tell you this?"
"I promise Sora."
"Not even Selphie."
"Have a little trust in me Sora. I won't tell anyone. Not my parents, Selphie, anyone! Okay? You have my promise." She tried to look as sincere as she possibly could. Sora studied her and then sighed in defeat. Sora took a big breath, getting ready to say what he came here to say. ::Here goes everything. Everything's going to change for here on out, even more from how it already has. Am I ready for this?::
"Kairi, me and Riku kissed."
{----{End of Chapter}----} TBC
You're mad that I left it off on a cliffhanger huh? Well too bad! ::sticks out tongue and dodges all the shoes thrown at her:: Hehe I'm cruel but thank goodness you have another chapter to read right? You're lucky.
Next chapter: Let me get this straight
Kairi and Sora have their 'talk' about Riku and him and they share something between the two of them. Is Riku hearing all this?! Will Riku confront them about this and see the 'something' with his own eyes?
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Kingdom Heart characters or Squaresoft or Disney.
WARNING: This fiction is a SHONEN-AI and in case the pairing didn't give it away, it means male/male relationships but not explicit, which is yaoi. It might be yaoi in the later chapters if I decide it to be. Don't count on it though. If you don't like this, don't read! Really quite simple. SEQUEL TO ANGEL EYES
::thoughts:: -'inner voice'- ENJOY!
Chapter Two: Misunderstandings
Riku heard the younger boy race off towards the dock. ::Must be in a hurry to get away from me:: Riku frowned at his thought. It may have been on the right track but that didn't mean he had to accept it, much less like it. ::Did I scare him off? Maybe I shouldn't have kissed him. Maybe I should have just treasured everything I already had with him, which I didn't deserve in the first place. Ansem showed me that:: The sound of his name in his head made him coarse with anger and cringe with disgust. Riku unconsciously clenched his hands tighter. He didn't want to remember everything that happened with that piece of slime. He quickly discarded the thoughts of him and focused on the matter at hand.
::Why did he want to pretend nothing happened? Am I not enough for him? Maybe he wants someone different:: His frowned deepened and he lowered his head sighing. Riku saw his hands were clenched and he felt a slight pain in his palms. A red liquid dripped down passed his wrist and made its way towards his elbow. Some of the red liquid that ran down his arm had dripped onto the sand, tainting it. He pressed his nails harder into his flesh causing more blood to flow and more pain. ::Sweet pain:: He closed his eyes but then snapped them open. ::What am I thinking?! I'm not some kind of masochist!:: Riku opened his hands and looked into his palms. The red blood was outlining all the crevices and shallow lines on his hands.
Riku looked up into the colorful sky filled with the sunrise and silently prayed for a sign. A sign to help him with Sora, and figure out everything. He waited and waited until minutes had passed, thinking about how he could still feel Sora's lips on his. He'd stay in this exact same spot until his sign came to him, no matter how cruel the torture of waiting was.
Meanwhile on the main island, a cinnamon haired boy was racing down a pathway to a certain girl's house, chanting in his head please be there over and over again. Finally he got to a huge light blue two-story house. Kairi's parents were into the stock market and all that business financing junk so they were always gone but lately they've stayed home and have been spending time with their daughter. They treated their only daughter like she was royalty, buying her everything and sometimes it went to her head. Hopefully today wasn't one of those days.
Sora was about to knock on the door but stopped in mid knock position, with his arm raised when the door swung open. It was Kairi's mother who answered the door wearing her pink pajamas with little white coffee cups on the pajama pants and the pink spaghetti strapped top. Her curly red hair was tied up in a high ponytail but a few strands of hair were free. She had a wide smile on her face and looked very happy giddy this morning.
"Oh hi Sora! How's everything going? You want to see Kairi. You can go on up. She's still sleeping but I think it'll be okay to wake her up. It's nice to see you again!" Saying this in about 5 seconds flat, Sora suspected someone had a little too much coffee this morning. Kairi's mom, Karen, was a morning person and she liked to get the day started early and of course with her warm cup of freshly brewed coffee.
"Umm... thanks. It's great to see you too." Sora entered the house nervously and Karen closed the door behind him and locked it. Even though Sora had been here millions of times, it never ceased to amaze him that the house was so large.
"I'll be in the kitchen if you need me!" Karen brushed passed Sora and walked down the hallway, rushing back into the kitchen without another word said. ::Okay, she needs to cut down on the coffee intake:: Sora turned the corner to the left and walked up the flight of stairs to the second floor. He walked straight till he got to the door of Kairi's bedroom. The dark purple door had posters of different J-pop artists like Utada Hikaru and a little light purple sign in the middle that read 'Kairi'. You could obviously tell who the owner of the room was.
Sora put his hand on the knob, twisted and pushed the door open enough to stick his head in and look inside. "Hello? Kairi? You up yet?" There was the princess of hearts lying in the queen-sized bed with her limbs hanging everywhere. Her mouth was open and she was lightly snoring. She was wearing a light purple tank top with little tiny dark purple shorts that had little white sleeping bunny designs all over it. "And she calls me a lazy bum," he said aloud that made Kairi twitch in her sleep. A mischievous grin plastered onto Sora's face. ::This is going to be revenge for waking me up in the morning:: Kairi was another person who knew about his 'weakness'. So every morning she'd come over and tickle him until he woke up and got out of bed.
Sora shut the door lightly and tiptoed over to the side of Kairi's bed. ::This is going to be good:: He breathed in a large amount of air and got ready for the wake up call. ::One, two, three::
"WAKE UP KAIRI!!! NOW!!" Sora yelled, surprisingly didn't break any mirrors or anything. Kairi's eyes snapped opened and she cried out in surprise. You could have swore that she jumped at least a good 20 feet into the air.
"Sora! What are you trying to do? Give me a heart attack or something?" she scolded him as she hung from her bedroom fan. Angry Kairi dropped down onto the bed with a bounce. "You deserve a lot of tickles for that! Just wait I'm going to get your back for that! You just better watch your back!" Kairi brushed her bangs out of her face. She walked out to her vanity mirror and picked up a violet brush and started combing through her untidy bed hair. She paused and turned around to face him.
"Wait a minute. What's going on? What are you doing up so early? You're never up this early unless... You know what. Save it for later. Could you leave the room so I can get dressed?"
"Kairi this is very important and this will probably scare you and you'll yell at me and tell me that it's wrong and I shouldn't do it and," Sora stopped, shrinking under the heavy weight of Kairi's glare of death. "Uhh, yeah, I'll leave the room so you can get dressed." Sora slumped out of the room, closing the door behind him. He fell against the wall in the hallway next to the entrance of Kairi's door and slide down to the soft dark blue carpet to wait for Kairi. ::This is going to take a while::
While Kairi was changing, Sora was accompanied by his thoughts of this morning and the evening before. ::Maybe I shouldn't have walked away. I should have stayed and talked to him. I mean he's still my best friend, so I should be able to talk to him. Will everything still be the same as before? Maybe--:: Unexpectedly, his thoughts were cut off by Kairi emerging from her room wearing some blue jeans and a lilac purple tank top and her choker around her neck. Her hair had grown out over the years and was a little passed her shoulders and curved out somewhat like Selphie's. Kairi had gotten a few inches taller and was standing at a reasonable five foot six but she was still shorter than most of the other teens on Destiny Islands. She'd gotten more curves in all the right places and she had grown even more beautiful than before. Sora knew that there were a few people on the island who had a crush on her and that included Tidus and Wakka.
"Okay Sora. What's so important?" she asked with a bright smile on her face, her hands clasped behind her back. Sora stood up off the ground and wiped off the imaginary dirt on his clothes.
"I think maybe we should go somewhere else to talk about this." Sora told her. Kairi eyed him suspiciously and told him alright. Sora reached out and took her hand in his. She blushed at the contact but Sora didn't notice, or pretended not to. Sora lead her out of the house and down the pathway to the wooden dock where 'The Highwind' was. Kairi had left her boat over at the other island so they had to travel in his together. It would be a tight fit in the boat but they could manage.
"You get in first and I'll get behind you and row. Sound good?" Sore suggested while he was untying the boat from the dock.
"It sounds fine with me," Kairi replied. She stepped carefully into the boat and sat down gently. Sora got in sort of clumsy but once they got their sitting positions, they started on their way to the play place of the Destiny Islands.
While the two were rowing out at sea, the silver haired teen leaned back on the Paopu tree with his eyes closed and his arms folded across his chest. He looked determined but very annoyed. He was patient when it came to some things but this waiting busy wasn't fun at all and it was starting to really bug him. He kept thinking did anyone care and want to send him a sign to help him or was he not worth that either. He kept silently praying every now and then to ensure that he'd get his sign, even if fate might abject.
A furious wind picked up and blew strongly against all that came into its path. Riku was in the way but he was determined not to move from his spot till he got his sign that he needed. He heard a light snap above him and then felt a not-so-light something fall into his lap. He started breathing deeply, almost hyperventilating, and hoped that his sign was a good one. Riku dreaded this moment and yet he longed for it at the same time.
Very slowly Riku opened his eyes and looked down into his lap. Lying there on his baggy blue jean pants was a yellow star shaped fruit from the tree above him. He unfolded his arms and picked up the fruit in one hand and twirled it around, examining it. ::This. This Paopu fruit is supposed to be my sign?:: The skin on the fruit felt soft like a velvet glove. The fruit was ripe and ready to eat. Riku squeezed gently and it was hard. He wondered if the inside was hard as well or was it soft and smooth. Riku never was too curious about the fruit and he didn't believe in the legend so why was this his sign?
His thoughts were broken as he heard laughing in the distance. Riku was caught off guard by the sound and he dropped the fruit next to him in the sand. He looked around to his left and then turned to his right. Riku squinted his aqua green eyes and looked out. He saw a wooden boat coming his way and he could recognize the sound of laughter anywhere along with the other person accompanying him. It was Sora and Kairi (the reason why he couldn't believe in the legend). ::Did Sora tell Kairi about...? If they came to make fun of me of it- No! Sora wouldn't do that. What about Kairi? I've known her long too but...::
-'I never did like her'-
::Of course you didn't but you're me so I know what I'm feeling. Hey! When did I start having an inner voice?::
-'Since you've been having troubles with your love.'-
::Go away! I don't want to talk to you:: Riku threw a shoe in his mind at the inner voice and it screamed, but went away nevertheless. He smirked and realized he had to get away from the Paopu Island before they came. This would be the first place they would look for him. ::Better go somewhere safe:: Riku rushed off the island and ran across the bridge to find a safe place to hide. The Paopu fruit lay in the sand next to Riku's spilled blood. A forgotten sign...
While Riku was sprinting off to find a safe place to hide, Sora and Kairi were laughing and joking around in the boat.
"So Selphie did what yesterday?" he said between laughs.
"Well, me and her were walking and talking. She turned around talking to me, walking backwards. She was about to tell me something when she tripped and fell down off the Paopu island, into the sea!" Kairi burst out laughing. "And she came up with a breath and said she saw a five legged fish wearing a pink and yellow tutu and she jumped in to see it! That was her excuse for falling in!" They both were laughing but all fun came to an end when they reached the dock.
Sora threw the rope out and it amazingly caught onto stump on the dock, tying loosely around it. He stepped out of the boat and stumbled onto the dock. Sora held out his hand for Kairi so she could have help getting out. Kairi took Sora's hand was about to follow suit to get out of the boat when her sandals caught onto the side of the boat and she fell forward, her face falling into Sora's chest. He caught her before she fell even more and sent them both flying into the sea to be soak and wet.
Kairi could feel heat rise in her cheeks and she looked up into Sora's blue eyes. Sora looked down into her violet orbs. He thought she looked so beautiful right now with her flushed cheeks and bright eyes. The morning sun caused her face shine brilliantly. Kairi thought he looked so handsome with the sun facing his back, which made him glow. It outlined his dark brown spiky hair and his cerulean eyes stood out, sparkling. He wore a light, white tank, that didn't hide any of the muscles underneath and the sun only highlighted them into more focus. He looked surprised to see her in his arms. The thought of her –Kairi- in his –Sora's- arms made her blush deep scarlet. They stood there for a while, enjoying the feeling of the other's touch. But all things soon came to an end.
"Pretty clumsy of me, huh?" Kairi managed to whisper out. She gave him a small smile. "Usually that's your job, Sora." Kairi pushed away from him and pulled herself upright, dusting off the imaginary dirt on her clothes.
"Me? Clumsy? Nope, you have the wrong person. That's now you and Selphie." Before Kairi could reply, Sora continued on with what he was saying. "Come on. We better get going." He took her hand in his and walked with her over to the raging waterfall. As they walked away from the dock, neither of them even noticed the silver haired teen's boat that was tied to the dock, next to Sora's.
They got there in a few minutes and they sat down on a huge rock that looked more like a large boulder. Sora clasped his hands together, entwining the fingers and suddenly found the ground very interesting. Kairi watched him as he sat there playing with his fingers, staring the ground, and kicking his feet forward in silence. Kairi gently laid a hand on his shoulder and he jumped out of his thoughts, staring at her with his blue eyes filled with confusion.
Unknown to them both, an angry/jealous silver haired teen sat in the tree house staring down at the figures below him like a vulture. He'd seen the 'accidental' fall down at the dock. He'd seen the looks given and they made him uneasy and something in his chest pained him when he saw the looks and the touches. He hadn't liked what he'd seen and he didn't like what he was seeing now. He didn't want Kairi to comfort Sora. Riku wanted to be the one there for him. So he was jealous. Big deal, sue him. Would you like seeing your love accepting 'comfort' from other people when it could be you making all their sorrows disappear?
"Kairi, I really need to talk to you about something but I have no idea how you're going to react. I don't want you to hate me." Sora turned his gaze back to the ground; some of the clean water from the waterfall sprayed back of his clothing.
"I could never hate you Sora. I never could. Do you know why?" Kairi paused. "Because you're one of my best friends and I trust and believe in you. Not matter what I'll try to accept anything you tell me. I can give you that much."
Sora turned and looked at her with sorrow-filled blue eyes. He gave her a soft sad smile. He was really glad that Kairi had told him that. It made it somewhat easier but he was still nervous. He didn't know what she'd think of him after he told her. Kairi seemed to sense his nervousness because she turned and embraced him, rubbing her hands up and down his back, trying to give him support that he could say what was on his mind. Sora wasn't surprised at all and he wrapped his arms around her waist, bringing her closer to him. He buried his face in her shoulder and breathed in her Kairi-ness.
Up above, Riku was having trouble digesting what was happening right in front of his very eyes. He felt another pain in his chest but this time it was stronger. He could feel jealous trying to take him over. He wanted so much to go down there and tear Kairi away from Sora. Riku's hands tightened into fists, his nails pricking into his still damaged flesh on his palms, reopening the wound. The blood ran down his hands and onto the tree house floor. He didn't feel it; only the anger and the jealousy bubbling inside him like magma ready to burst. ::He's not. He can't be. Is he... is he in love... with Kairi? Is this my true sign?::
Sora pulled away from Kairi and looked into her bright violet eyes. "Kairi, I'm so confused. I don't know what to do anymore. Can you promise not to tell anyone when I tell you this?"
"I promise Sora."
"Not even Selphie."
"Have a little trust in me Sora. I won't tell anyone. Not my parents, Selphie, anyone! Okay? You have my promise." She tried to look as sincere as she possibly could. Sora studied her and then sighed in defeat. Sora took a big breath, getting ready to say what he came here to say. ::Here goes everything. Everything's going to change for here on out, even more from how it already has. Am I ready for this?::
"Kairi, me and Riku kissed."
{----{End of Chapter}----} TBC
You're mad that I left it off on a cliffhanger huh? Well too bad! ::sticks out tongue and dodges all the shoes thrown at her:: Hehe I'm cruel but thank goodness you have another chapter to read right? You're lucky.
Next chapter: Let me get this straight
Kairi and Sora have their 'talk' about Riku and him and they share something between the two of them. Is Riku hearing all this?! Will Riku confront them about this and see the 'something' with his own eyes?