The smell of waffles filled his nose like a bolt of electricity. He sat up rubbing the sleep out of his eyes. He looked around absorbing his surroundings. Sora stood slowly taking the scent as the memories of yesterday filled his head.

"Sora?" Kairi said standing closer to him as they headed for Tidus's house. Sora looked at her confused. Wondering what she was thinking as he saw that she was looking out onto the sea.

"Yeah?" he looked a head looking at the sky as the sun began to drop. Sora looked at her waiting for her question to come.

"Will you stay with me?"

"what do you mean?" Sora asked a little confused.

"Well, if Tidus doesn't know anything about the door. Will you stay with me?" Kairi turned to him with hopeful eyes.

Sora turned her to see her looking at him. He gave he a cheesy smile and nodded. "Of course."

Kairi smiled back and looked up ahead of them. "Good, I'd like that."

They walked silently for the rest of the day until they got to Tidus's house. Sora's hopes were shattered when they went to the front door to find that Tidus was gone for Blitz camp. Sora shook his head at the memory of his disappointment. "Just my luck." He shook his head again when he entered what he presumed was the kitchen. He stopped abruptly seeing her…in her underwear. From where Sora was standing to her right, her robe was behind her right leg showing him her bare leg and underwear. Feeling his heart begin to race to his throat, Sora swallowed hard before turning his eyes from her and heading for the table. He sat down staring at her make some eggs. "Thank you."

She jumped and slowly turned to see Sora looking at her with a small smile across his face. she smiled back and turned to her cooking "For what?" she kept her smile as a blush came across her face.

"For everything. For the place to stay, for taking care of me, for…everything." Sora looked at the floor not wanting to look at her. "Sorry if I sound pathetic." He looked up when a plate was set infront of him. He looked at the plate not sure what to do. He looked up to see Kairi smile which in turn made him smile and his heart to skip.

"Don't worry about it. You gave me a house with your heart, and took care of me when I was unconscious. If anything I should be thanking you. She smiled as she took a bite of her waffle. "Now eat your food. Your coming to school with me today." Sora nodded with a smile then inhaled the food. "Take off your clothes." Sora's head shot up to look at her. "Buys. I want to wash your clothes so you have something clean to wear for school. Then after words we are going shopping for you."

o0()0o

They walked down the hall of the high school. He looked every where. He pulled on his fingerless gloves tighter around his hand. Then brought his hand through his hair. She brought him to the office where he had to sign up as a visitor. He smiled at the secretary as she looked him over, as if making sure he was good enough to hang around Kairi. he smiled as she handed him a name tag with 'Sora' in caplock letters on it. Sora grabbed his chain on his neck as he followed her farther down the hall towards her locker. They stopped at a blue locker with the number 685 on it. He leaned against the one next to it. He watched her pull out a big blue book out that said 'Physics.' He started yanking on his chain as she kept pulling out more and more books. He grabbed them from her when she had four big thick books in her hand. She smiled at him when he stuff them under his arm.

She headed down the hall with him following looking at the students who were staring at him. He kept his head up high. "Kairi!" they both turned to see three girls coming their way. One was wearing a yellow skirt with a brown blouse with short brown her to her shoulder. Another girl had a blue skirt with a white blouse, and had short brown hair with a really long hair tail. Then the last one had long blonde hair in braids every where with a short brown skirt and a yellow blouse. "Kairi you won't believe it." An over excited brunette with the brown blouse said. "Guess who has a crush on someone." She said with a shriek.

"Who?" Kairi asked with an eye brow raised.

"Brent (OC)" the girl shrieked again.

Sora began to back up from the girls. The blonde caught this and stared at him. "And you are?" she asked with mischief in her eyes. Making Sora back up even more.

"Oh!" Kairi ran over to Sora and grabbed his hand pulling him to the three girls "Guys. This is Sora." She said with a smile not letting go of his hand. "Sora this is Selphie." She pointed to the girl in the brown blouse who did all the talking. She waved at Sora and Sora nodded. "This is Yuna." The girl in the white blouse raised a hand and gave him a small wave. "And this is Rikku." The blonde that asked him who he was smiled at him with a wink.

"Rikku?" Sora said looking at Kairi.

"Yeah you met the other Riku."

"So this is the infamous Sora Kairi couldn't stop talking about Freshman year." Yuna said stepping up infront of Sora. Sora looked at the three infront of him then to the blushing Kairi. Yuna smiled when she saw Kairi blush. "Oh, yeah Brent!"

Selphie smiled and grabbed Kairi's hands ripping it from Sora. "Brent has a crush and guess on who?" Kairi looked at her confused. "You Kairi."

Sora felt a twinge of hate for this Brent guy but shook it off quickly. "Me?" Kairi said looking at each girl. She always heard that Brent liked her but to tell you the truth she never really cared

"Kairi?" they all turned to see a guy with long black hair. He had brown eyes, a little taller then Sora stood clad in a white shirt and baggy blue jeans. "How are you."

"Fine." Kairi said as her friends started to giggle.

He stepped closer to her and brought a hand to her cheek. "That's good." He started to run her cheek. Kairi's pleading eyes met Sora's. He got the hint when she mouthed 'Please'.

"Okay," Sora pushed Brent back standing infront of Kairi. "Your standing to close." Sora said glaring at the kid in front of him. He looked at Sora in confusion. Kairi peeked her face around Sora's form.

"I'm sorry I didn't know Kairi had a boyfriend."

Everyone turned to Sora who showed no emotion. "Yeah, well you know." He felt Kairi's hand tighten around his arm.

"Oh, then we'll see you at the dance tomorrow."

Sora looked over his shoulder to see Kairi looking at him. He watched her nod and he smiled. "Yep."

o0()0o

Kairi walked into the lunchroom alone. She left Sora talking to Selphie, Yuna, and Rikku who wouldn't let him breath. She sat at her normal table, taking in a deep breath. She grabbed her slice of pizza off of her plate. She took a quick bit before turning when she heard someone sit next to her. "Hey thanks for that thing with Brent-." She stopped when her eyes met the person that was sitting next to her. "Riku." He smiled at her when she said his name. He took a bit of his pizza before turning to her. He looked at her confused.

"What thin with Brent."

"Nothing." Kairi said quickly. She grabbed her pizza searching the lunchroom for a sign of Sora. When she found known she sighed in disappointment. She moved a strain of loose hair behind her ear.

"Kairi?" Riku said shifting in his seat hopping to catch her attention from what ever it was that she was looking at.

"Yeah."

"Well, um, you see there is this dance tomorrow, and I was wondering if you'd go with me."

Kairi's gaze shot to the door willing it to open with Sora coming through. With no luck she turned back to Riku searching her mind what to say. "Well you see I-."

"Already has a date." They both turned to see Sora standing behind her with a glare shot at Riku. Riku stood up glaring back at him.

"And who would that be?" Riku said glaring at him back.

"Me."

"Yeah, and Hope Island is under water."

"DO I have to shove 'Oblivion' up your ass to prove it silver shit."

"What you say Sore ass."

"Guys," Kairi stood in-between the two who were drawing a crowd. "Riku I am going with Sora." Riku looked at her in disbelief.

"He's a bad guy Kairi."

"Me the bad guy?" Sora said raising an eyebrow "This coming from a guy that was possessed buy a mad man." Riku glared at Sora.

"Enough!" Kairi said turning to Riku. "I am going with Sora Riku so deal with it." She said under her breath so not even Sora could hear her. She turned and grabbed Sora's hand dragging him out of the lunch room. "And you!" Sora waited for the yelling to begin. She grabbed both of his cheeks in her hand and brought him in to a kiss. Sora didn't know what was going on until she pulled away looking at the ground. "Thank you." Sora didn't know what to say, but he didn't have to when the bell rang and he was being dragged to her next class.

o0()0o

"Will this work?" Sora looked at Kairi who was holding a black and white hoody with red shorts and red vest. She smiled at him, as she looked him over.

"How old do you think I am fourteen?" he said waving the out fit away.

She giggled as she put the set of clothes back on the rack. "How about this?" she held up a black outfit that had a white jacket and white shorts like the one he was already wearing.

"That's something my cousin Kye would wear." He simply said. The shopping trip continued like this until he ended up with five out fits.

o0()0o

Sora sat on the beach of Hope Island watching the sun set. He didn't expect this to be his life when he was thirteen. To be searching different worlds only to be ended up stranded on a beach how ironic. Instead of lost out in space he's lost on an island. He pulled out his Butterfly knife flipping it open as he picked up a piece of wood. He was alone for now watching the sun set as he carved a wooden boat. He was working on the mass when he heard footsteps behind him. He turned to see Kairi coming towards him. He turned back to the ocean deciding not to say a word. he didn't actually know what to say, "Thanks again."

Kairi looked at him confused as she sat next to him. She stared at the ocean seeing the blues and reds mixing in the sky making it able to see a few stars in a certain across the sky. She stretched her leg across the sand blanket. She looked at the ocean reflecting the color of the sky. "For what?"

His hand clenched a hand full of sand as he raised it to his face and let it slide out of his hand smoothly reminding him of an hourglass. "For today." He dropped the rest of the sand to meet the rest of the particles on the ground.

"Don't worry about it."

"I'm gonna have to worry about it one day."

"Are you?" it was silent for awhile until she spoke. "Thank you."

"For what?" he laid down on the sand looking at the sky as a black coat covered it with a blanket of stars. He smiled as a shooting star passed by. He tried to see if he could see Hallow Bastion. It was the third Blue star from the sun.

"For today."

He turned to her forgetting about Hallow Bastion. He raised an eyebrow. He then remembered the things at school and the two guys that were after her. He smiled that at least she was letting him pretend that he was her boyfriend or was she. He smiled when Yuna said that Kairi couldn't stop talking about him when she was a Freshman. But that was four years ago could she still think that way or did the sand s of time wash that thought away for good. What ever the answer was he was still happy that he wasn't the only one thinking about her. He smiled at the sky as he felt the sand form to his head. What ever her thoughts were he knew he still might have feelings for her even if she didn't. any ways he did actually have someone waiting for him at him even if it wasn't his girlfriend, he knew she liked him that way. "Don't worry about it." He though about blonde hair, blue eyes and a girl named.

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