The hotel door opened quietly and Yuna slipped inside. It was an hour since Rikku and Paine had shown up at the room, and she was hoping to get inside and to bed unnoticed, with the other two asleep. She wasn't so lucky.

"Where've you been?" Paine asked lazily, not even looking up from whatever it was that she was doing as she sat at the head of her bed. Rikku leapt out of her bed and stepped slyly between Yuna and the bathroom door. Yuna smiled innocently.

"What do you mean? Me and Tidus went out so I could show him how Luca's changed since he left." She spoke quietly, her voice not as steady as she'd hoped. Paine now looked up and smirked.

"Bull. You're lying to us Yuna…" she stood up, and watched the ex-summoner accusingly. Rikku grinned.

"Tell us what you were really doing!" She commanded, not letting Yuna past to get into the bathroom.

"Later, I need to get ready for bed." Yuna said, trying (unsuccessfully) to get past Rikku. Rikku shook her head vigorously.

"Nope! You're going to tell us right now!"

"Rikku, please-." Yuna began, but Paine interrupted.

"You didn't think you were going to get off this easy, did you?" She asked, placing herself firmly in front of the bathroom door.

"Come on Yunie!" Rikku begged. Exasperated, Yuna crossed her arms.

"Alright! We didn't do anything! I'm still a virgin if that's what you wanted to know!" A silence settled over the room. Yuna was momentarily frozen in surprise at her outburst, but then fell into hysterical laughter at the looks on Paine's and Rikku's faces. Grinning triumphantly, she walked passed both girls and disappeared into the bathroom. Rikku snapped out of her surprise first and sat down on her bed, pondering what Yuna's words really meant. Paine smirked.

"Yuna lost her virginity this evening." She said, sounding confident. Rikku looked confused.

"But she just said-."

"I know, but why else would she say something like that? We didn't ask her if she was a virgin, did we? She denied it anyways." Paine went back to the book she'd been reading when Yuna came in. Rikku nodded in slow understanding. Yuna's head poked out the door, framed by wisps of steam. The shower was running behind her and she was wrapped in a towel.

"If you're going to talk about me, at least don't talk so loudly. I can hear every word. And no, I didn't do anything inappropriate thank you very much. I denied it because you know that's what you were implying."

"Then what were you doing?" Rikku asked, but Yuna closed the door before she had the question out of her mouth. Pouting, she snuggled under her covers. "Yunie's being and meanie, don't you think?" She asked, sounding almost grumpy. Paine half-smiled.

"Not really. What would you say if I told Yuna about your little princess problem in exchange for her telling us what she really did?"

"DON'T!" Rikku cried, sitting bolt upright and looking horrified. Paine shrugged.

"I'll keep you secret and we'll let Yuna keep hers then, got it?"

……

Kairi blinked. The sun was in her eyes and she couldn't see much of anything for the glare. She adjusted a little, so the sun wasn't shining in her eyes. She was in an empty hotel room, or at least it seemed empty for the moment. She tried to adjust herself again, this time to make herself more comfortable, but found she couldn't.

"I'm so stiff…" she muttered, trying to roll over without having her muscles scream. She froze when another voice answered her.

"That's what happens when you sleep for almost two days straight." someone spoke, half-laughing from behind her. She finished rolling over quickly, ignoring her groaning muscles and joints. She relaxed when she saw Sora sitting on the chair next to her bed, swinging his Keyblade idly.

"It's only you…" she breathed, calming her beating heart. He looked at her, eyebrows raised.

"Only me?" He asked, sounding surprised. It took Kairi a moment to realize what she'd said.

"Oh no! That's not what I meant, I mean, well…" she paused, trying to put the words together and clear the fuzz out of her mind at the same time. She sat up and continued. "I mean, you're… not somebody else?" She tried to explain, though her mind seemed muddled beyond repair. She blinked again, trying to clear her thoughts. Sora grinned.

"I know what you mean, don't worry about it." He assured her, setting down his Keyblade. Kairi sighed, staring up at the ceiling.

"I've been sleeping for almost two days?" She asked, surprised. Sora nodded.

"Almost. Two days this afternoon since you got hit with that bullet."

"Two days…" Kairi repeated. "I didn't know anyone could sleep that long." She said, more thinking aloud than anything else.

"You always sleep when you're sick. Remember when you caught that nasty flu when we were little? You were in bed for like a week." Sora sat down on the end of her bed. Kairi smiled at him.

"You and Riku came to visit every day." Kairi said slowly, reminiscing.

"Didn't Riku stop coming after a while?" Sora asked, watching her curiously.

"Oh yeh, he stopped coming to visit after I almost sneezed on him." She answered, grinning. "He said that his mom stopped letting him come because she didn't want him to get sick."

"And his mom told mine, so I had to make up some crazy lies to get my mom to let me come, too." Sora said, nodding.

"You made up believable enough lies that she'd let you come?" Kairi asked, surprised. Sora grinned.

"Nah, I don't think she ever believed a word of them. By the end of the week I was getting so desperate I can remember making something up about rabid hippos or something." Kairi put a hand to her mouth, trying to hide her laughter.

"Rabid hippos? Where do you come up with this stuff?" She asked, still laughing. Sora shrugged.

"I honestly have no idea." he admitted. Still amused, Kairi swung her legs over the side of the bed and started standing up.

"What time is it?" She asked, steadying herself on her feet.

"Getting close to noon." He replied, standing up with her. He spotted something sitting on a table and grabbed it. "Before I forget, Shinra told me to give this to you. He said he made you a couple of extras just in case you decide to break some more." He handed her a leather bag. He had no idea what was inside, and from the way he spoke Kairi could tell he had no idea what he was talking about; he was just repeating what he'd been told. She took it, and looked inside. Emptying the bag on the bed, she smiled. There were three new disks, to replace the one she'd broken when she took down Ormi's shield. Sora was still clearly confused. Kairi turned quickly, scanning the room for her things. Apparently, she turned a little too quickly, all the blood pumping into her head. She could feel her balance draining away, and stumbled forward, reaching out to catch herself on a wall. To her dismay, she stumbled right past the wall, finding nothing to catch herself with. Her hand found a doorknob a moment too late; her knees buckled and she dropped. Before she hit the floor, however, she felt Sora catching her and immediately the uncontrollable rushing feeling stopped. He caught her by the waist and pulled her close to him. She gladly leaned against him, steadying. It took her a moment to regain her balance, but by the time she had, all her muscles felt like jelly and if he let her go she'd only fall again. Her eyes were shut tight and she was waiting with baited breath for the adrenaline to drain away, for the panic to fade. That instant of panic that everyone feels when they realize that they are completely out of control of a situation would be all that was needed...

"Kairi?" Sora's voice pulled her from her thoughts. She lifted her face to him, but kept her eyes shut tight. He sounded worried. "Are you okay?" She nodded.

"I'll be fine." She answered, trying a bit too hard to sound like she was just fine. Sora faltered, unsure.

"You know…" he began slowly, "opening your eyes will help the dizziness pass." He still sounded unsure. Kairi froze for a moment, then, slowly, opened her eyes. As she did, she found herself staring right into Sora's eyes. She froze again. He smiled slightly. Kairi began to breathe again, only just realizing that she'd been holding her breath. He still looked worried. "You're really tense. Are you sure you're okay?"

"I'm fine." She answered, this time with complete sincerity, relaxing a little. He still had his arms around her waist, and made no move to let her go. More on impulse than anything else, he lean toward her. Their lips met for a moment, before Sora pulled away, dropping his arms from around Kairi at the same time. Surprised, she had to catch herself on the bedside table. They looked at each other for a moment. Kairi wanted to say something, to do something, but her lips were numb and the tingling numbness was spreading all through her body, rooting her to the spot. Sora looked half helpless, half horrified. Again, Kairi tried to say something, but found her voice was gone. Sora's eyes dropped to the floor.

"Sorry. I shouldn't have…" he muttered, not finishing before he turned around and walked out of the room, still shocked that he just done what he did.

…….

Gasp Poor Sora! R+R! And hurrah! We've matched the last story (I abandoned it at chappie 21)! Yay for me! I'll update soon, I know this is a bad place to leave my dear readers :P