DISCLAIMER: I don't not own Kingdom Hearts or the songs I use in this story—DON'T SUE ME.
Heavy footsteps were heard coming down the stairs "Sora—come in here for a sec hun." Sora's mother called to him from the kitchen.
It was 7:12 in the morning and Sora just woke up. He walked down the stairs sluggishly with his eyes still half closed, near the bottom he stumbled down the last two steps. Quickly he grabbed the wooden railing beside him and caught his balance.
"Woah.." Sora mumbled to himself finally opening his eyes all the way, he looked around the living room groggily and then scratched his head, "MOM! Where are you?"
"In the kitchen Dear." She said looking over her shoulder while still flipping a pancake. "You woke up on your OWN? I'm surprised." She teased looking at he still drowsy son.
"HA. HA." Sora yawned and then sat down in one of the stools nearest to him.
"SO…what'll you be having today?" His mother said in an almost TOO PERKY voice.
Sora, with his face buried in his hands on the counter, looked up at his mother and cocked up an eyebrow, "…what are you doing?"
"Nothing Sora, Blueberries on your pancakes or strawberries?"
Sora leaned back in his chair still giving her a suspicious look, "Strawberries."
His mother, with the odd smile still on her face, piled two pancakes on a plate and poured the toppings on and then handed it to him, followed by a napkin and a cup of OJ. "So you have any plans for today?" she asked cheerfully.
"Mom, you're scaring me." Sora kept his eyes on his mom as he stabbed his breakfast with his fork and took the first bite.
"How am I being scary?" she laughed and poured herself a glass of Orange juice. She set the glass pitcher down on the counter and took a seat next to Sora.
"You're too happy…and making me pancakes for breakfast." Sora took a sip of his OJ and then glanced at the microwave for the time. 7:20. I'd better eat fast. Sora guzzled down his drink and jumped out of his seat.
"We—WHERE ARE YOU GOING Sora?" His mother spun around her chair to face him.
Sora stopped and turned around, "Ma—I gotta go get ready—"
"What about your pancakes?"
"Mom, I'm not really hungry. I gotta—"
"Sora—I'll give you a ride to school. I need to tell you something…" she added, "IMPORTANT."
Sora blinked and then ran a hand through his hair letting a small sigh escape from his mouth, "What is it?"
"Sit down. Please." She gestured toward the stool beside her.
Before sitting down Kip (Sora's dog)came into the room and sat down beside him, "Hey Kip." Sora petted his dog's head roughly and chuckled when the dog tried to tackle him. Turning back to his mom, Sora gave her a mock-smile trying not to send her the real signal of 'Let me go—I don't feel like talking, WHATEVER MRS. MUNIZ SAID WHEN SHE CALLED WAS A LIE…unless she didn't call then—I was just kidding. Hah…APRIL FOOLS! What am I talking about—it's not even April—'
"Now…I know we never talk about your father, but—" she started but stopped herself. She painted a small smile on her face, "I'll just get to the point, I'm seeing somebody—actually, I have been seeing someone for over two months now. His name's Jake."
Sora's jaw nearly dropped, MOM? DATING? GROSS. "……"
She let out a small nervous laugh, "I—I'd like you two to meet sometime this week, I've already told your brother about it. He's fine with it too," she stopped to look at Sora's reaction, nothing. She continued, "He actually thinks it's a really good idea for me to start trying to find a new—"
"You're replacing DAD!" Sora raised his voice involuntarily.
"I'm not replacing your father!" she shouted too, but then cleared her throat and began talking in her usual soft tone, "Sora, I've found someone..new, and—I really like this guy, I'm sure you'll like him, too. He's—amazing." His mother seemed to really like talking about this guy, she went on about how "wonderful" and "lovely" he was. She even mentioned the word "gorgeous" halfway through it. Sora rolled his eyes and then caught glimpse of the green numbers on the microwave on the wall, 7:49.
"SHIT!"
"Sora!"
Sora bolted up the stairs connected to the kitchen and called back down to his mom, "I'm going to be late mom. We'll talk—eh..some other time!"
Running into the bathroom he turned on the water faucet and looked into the mirror. His hair didn't seem so messy today, odd, and… "OMG…when'd I get that?" Sora said to his reflection. He leaned in towards the mirror and examined his neck and bare chest. He had a small indication of a hickey on his neck and on his chest. He frowned at it but paid it no mind, his guess was that he got it when he was at Leon's party the night before; he was late and had to hurry. He brushed his teethe and applied his hair products quickly, ran into his room and then began digging through his drawers for a clean pair of boxers. Now it was 7:54, "DAMNIT." He pulled out the first pair he saw and slipped them on. A pair of hot pink striped boxers, he pulled on a pair of faded jeans and a black 'ATTICUS' t-shirt. Still pulling on his black slip-on vans he heard his mom call upstairs, "Sora. I'll be in the car, lock the door when you come out!" Sora hurriedly put on his studded belt and cuff bracelet and ran out of the room.
Outside the front of the school Sora unbuckled his seat belt and reached for his bag, "Sora?" he looked up at his mom, "You need me to pick you up later?"
"No, Yuffie'll gimme a ride."
"Well, Jake says he can get your car fixed by this Friday if you want him to—"
"JAKE? He's the guy fixing my car?"
"Well, actually the mechanic that I had work on it first was taking too long to get to it, so…Jake offered to fix it for free."
"Sure..whatever. See ya later mom." He shut the door and turned around before his mom got the chance to wave. Sora scanned the school courtyard for any sign of Yuffie or Tommy. Sure enough he found Tommy and the other guys by the school's front steps. Wakka had just lit something on fire and started the guys began kicking it around. Idiots. Sora chuckled then began walking over to the group.
Halfway there Sora heard a girl call him, "HEY Sora!" he stopped and looked around, from his right he saw Yuna jogging up to him. She looked…different. "Hey…" she was out of breath, "Where you going?"
"Over there," he motioned his head in the direction of the guys with the 'fire soccer ball (?)', "What do you want?" he shoved his hands in his pockets.
"Nothing, I can't find my friends."
"Hah…they ditched you."
"THEY DID NOT." Yuna laughed and socked him in the arm. "By the way, nice boxers." She chuckled and began walking in the direction Sora was before he stopped.
Sora looked down and noticed his boxers were really noticeable, he laughed and shrugged, "At least it matches my shirt." (His shirt was black and hot pink)
Reaching the group Sora noticed one of the guys was Tidus. Sora's smile turned into a frown, Tidus noticing Sora had joined them he stopped laughing too and folded his arms across his chest as he leaned against the cement wall behind him. Sora rolled his eyes and was going to say something to Tommy when someone's arms were wrapped around his waist from behind.
Sora nearly jumped but tried to keep cool (and not totally freaked) as he turned around to see who it was. It was…some chick he didn't know. She smiled up at him cheerfully, Why's everyone so happy today?
"Hey Sora."
"Uh…Hi." Sora glanced over at Tommy and Wakka but they just shrugged.
"You don't remember me, do you?" Sora shook his head 'no'. she giggled, "Maybe I should remind you." She glanced at her watch then back up at him, "Maybe after school, though. Call me sometimes, my number's written on your…" she whispered it to him then walked up the stairs with her friends, all three giggling.
Leon finally put the fire 'thing' out with his bottle of water, "What was that about?" he had an eyebrow raised.
"YEAH." Wakka chimed in, "Where's her number?"
"HEY HEY..you guys are just jealous cause Sora actually got some last night—wasted or NOT wasted." Tommy added, "Well, all of us were wasted, so that last statement was…"
Yuna stopped listening when she felt someone's stare on her, it was uncomfortable. She shrugged and then turned towards Tidus's direction, it was him…he was staring at her. Yuna smiled kind of nervously trying really hard not to blush. "Uh…guys, I'm gonna head over to the tennis courts to see if my friends are there—" Yuna tried to make an excuse to get away.
"I'll come with you. I've gotta find—uh.." Tidus glanced over at Sora before mentioning Kairi's name, "I gotta find my girlfriend." Sora rolled his eyes and then spit out his gum in the grass.
"Ok." Yuna said shifting the bag on her left shoulder.
"We'd better not find you guys doing any dirty deeds in the bathroom later!" Reno teased.
"Ha. ha." Yuna didn't think that was funny. "What did he mean by Dirty deeds?" she asked Tidus as they entered the main doors into the school.
Tidus laughed, "You really don't know?"
"Um..no—am I supposed to know?"
"GEEZE. You're a sophomore already—shouldn't you KNOW by now?"
"Uh..no." she laughed, "My friend Teresa says I should have a big stamp on me saying "FAT VIRGIN". Tidus laughed too now, "She's just joking though."
"Nice joke." He stretched and placed both hands behind his head, "So where are you going?"
"To the tennis courts, the girls might be there. Who'd you say you were looking for?"
"OH…uh—Kairi."
"Oh, that's right. Your girlfriend." THAT EVIL WORD made her feel like someone just stabbed her heart EVERY TIME it was mentioned. EVEN THOUGH she was the one that had just said it. BLAH. "So—uh. You doing anything this weekend?"
Tidus cocked up an eyebrow, "No, not yet. You asking me out on a date Yuna?" he teased.
"NO! Of course not. Kairi would kill me—"
"OOOhh. So if Kairi WASN'T HERE you'd ask me out."
Yuna laughed embarrassed now and covered her face, "SHUT UP Tidus."
Tidus frowned, second time this week a girl told him to shut up. Yuna noticed his expression, "I wasn't serious. I meant—ugh. Change the subject."
"Yeah. Heh…so—where's your boyfriend Yuna?"
"Ha. ha." she stopped walking. "I gotta go." She began walking the other direction.
"Where you going?" Tidus stopped too now turning around. Yuna didn't respond but he felt someone tap his shoulder. Seeing the shadow figure on the ground, he already recognized the person standing behind him. "Yes Hun?" He turned around and smiled at his auburn-haired girlfriend. She didn't look too happy, "WHAT?"
She rolled her eyes, and started walking briskly towards her first period. "BABE!" Tidus called out and jogged after her. "C'mon babe. You aren't seriously mad at me for just talking to her."
Kairi really wasn't mad, but if it was an excuse to be mad at him (and possibly break up)—why not. Kairi finally thought about it, thoroughly, and decided, she can't do it. She can't just break up with Tidus and say "you know what—I can't be with you cause…really—I just want Sora."
The footsteps she had been hearing behind her ceased. Kairi blinked and turned around to see a dismayed and totally heartbroken Tidus. POOP. I said it out loud didn't I? "…What?"
"I—" Tidus's mouth was still open, but no words came out. "When'd you figure that out?"
A/N: MUAHAHHAHA. I'll end it here—seeing as how I'm stuck with a decision between TWO WAYS their lives could change after this conversation. DARNIT—why don't I think about these things BEFORE I start writing? Oh well. I hope you guys liked this chapter and I hope you guys are REVIEWING (meaning you'd better be reviewing! Lol).
Thanks for telling me what OC and OOC meant carbuncle and Master of the Gameiverse!
OH YES…and THANK YOU FOR REVIEWING GUYS! I now know what OC and OOC means. Carbuncle kinda helped me figure out who Namine is, but I still am pretty clueless (nothing new lol). eh..i should probably play Com. Ha hah—so that's my fault. Perhaps I won't add Namine in here; but if I do she'd just be a supporting character (not sure yet).