Unforeseen Attraction

By: Kietah-chan

A/N: YAY! I'm glad you guys liked the first chappie. I wasn't sure if you guys were gonna like it or not. Anyways, I'm listening to "Suteki da ne" from FFX . . .so . . .yea. this song is good. Lol. Well, thanks for reviewing; you made my day awesome! Here ya go!

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters in this fic. ::sob:: I want Tidus, Riku and Sora . . .

Fa-Talony: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! THEY'RE MINE!!!

Kietah-chan: ::bursts into uncontrollable tears::

Ch. 2: Confrontation

Kairi's POV:

As soon as the last bell of the day sounded through the empty halls, I dashed out of the classroom, tore down the hallway to my locker, flung upon the locker door, chucked my books inside, seized my backpack, slammed the door closed, sprinted back down the hallway and burst through the front doors into the sunshine before anyone could catch up to me. (A/N: GAH! LONG SENTENCE!!)

I was fuming so much, I swear you could see smoke coming out of my ears! What that idiotic kid did to me was . . . unthinkable! He humiliated me in front of the entire school and, worst of all, right in front of Riku. That had to have been the only chance possible for him to talk to me and now it's RUINED!

I swear, if I ever see that Sora kid again, I'm gonna strangle the kid! I'm gonna make him wish he never knew me! I'm gonna make him pay for lying on me like that with his legs up my skirt and his hands barely touching my breasts!

It wasn't until I looked up that I realized I wasn't going the right way. I was heading towards a clump of trees off the side of the dirt path to my house. I walked into the trees anyway.

Inside the shady grove of palm trees, a large rock sat silently in the small clearing. I slumped over to it and plopped down onto its rough, cold surface. I pulled my knees up to my chin and gazed out around me. From this spot in the trees, you couldn't see the path or the school. I was totally isolated in here.

Without warning, a warm and gentle tear ran down my cheek and slowly dropped onto my right knee. I quickly and distractedly brushed it away, but another tear fell out of my other eye and landed on my thigh.

Why am I crying? There's nothing to cry about . . .besides being humiliated in front of your sincerest crush . . .

Another tear fell.

No! Why won't these tears stop? Do not cry! I'm 16 now, I'm not supposed to cry at this age. I need to suck it up and take this like an adult. I have to forget about this whole dumb thing!

And another.

This is pathetic! Stop crying! Am I going to let this lame situation over a gorgeous boy ruin my life permanently?

One more.

I guess I am . . .

I stood up from the rock and pushed my way through the trees and brush and emerged out onto the path again. I started heading up the dirt path to my house again, the tears drying stiff on my cheeks. I was grateful I was alone. I didn't want anyone to see me like this. But still . . .there was something wanting someone to be by my side. I could hear my conscience screaming with each step I took because of that feeling.

Something stirred in the bushes lining the road up ahead. I stopped briefly, listening hard for what it could be. Then, re-adjusting my backpack on my shoulders, I started off again, going slower this time; still listening hard and my mind screaming.

Out of nowhere, a figure with silver hair leaped out the bushes and tackled me to the ground.

"What the--?!" I shouted in surprise. I looked up at Riku who had me pinned down using his arms on mine.

"Are you avoiding me, Kairi?" he asked me in a mock-hurt voice. I blushed deeply. I was completely speechless.

"I'm sorry about what happened in the hall today. I guess you have to be a little more . . ." he leaned down close to my face. " . . .careful . . ." he finished, now about an inch or so away from my face. I could feel his warm breath on my cheeks and his aqua eyes staring deeply into mine. The blush on my cheeks grew 10x's more.

Riku leaned even closer to me. I could feel my heart pounding. My mind was now screaming something about 'this is what you've always wanted!'. I believed that as I slowly closed my eyes. But then, a tiny voice in the back of my head, shouted in such a faraway tone, 'stop! This isn't right!'.

Before our lips could meet, I grabbed my backpack that had fallen off of me and shoved it right in front of my face. Riku kissed my backpack, then, feeling the odd texture, opened his eyes in shock. He jumped backwards in surprise.

"Woah!" he shouted, his aquamarine eyes still wide and displaying shock. "What just happened?!"

I said nothing at first, I just picked up my backpack and slung it over my shoulders and pulled my red hair from in between the backpack and the top of my uniform. I stood to my feet awkwardly and brushed the dirt off of my skirt and behind.

I marched off up the path past Riku. It was then that I turned around and looked at him still sitting there in the dirt.

"I'm just not ready yet, that's all . . ." I said to him quietly. He didn't reply, but continued to goggle at me with the same confused expression. I turned back to face the path and left him there in his dirty white shirt, part of his uniform, and messed up hair.

"Oh, " I said with my back still facing him as I continued to walk. "It's not right to skip classes . . .no matter how much you wanna meet someone . . ."

Sora's POV:

When I had left the school, I waited around and looked for Kairi to apologize, but she was nowhere to be seen. I saw that her friend Selphie was looking for her too.

Did she skip class? No way, that didn't sound like Kairi at all. She was too much of a good girl. But . . .then why does she like a bad guy like Riku?

I walked up the dirt path that led to many of the students' houses (including Kairi's) when I spotted Riku walking the opposite direction, his school uniform covered in dust and dirt. I ran to catch up to him.

"Hey, dude. What happened to you?" I asked him curiously, chuckling slightly at his disheveled appearance. He glared at me, which took me by little surprise. In all of my life that I had known him (which WAS practically all of my life), I had only seen my best friend glare at me like that when he either:

got dumped by a girlfriend

lost a Blitzball Tournament

or

C) got dissed by a girl.

"Ok, what is it this time?" I asked him, kind of exasperated in a way as he stopped in front of me on the path.

"Stupid girl . . .she likes me, but when I confront her, she goes berserk and shoves her backpack in my face . . ." Riku muttered irritably as he brushed off the dust on a sleeve of his uniform. I smiled to myself, but sighed anyway.

"Well, I can't blame her," I told him quietly. "I've learned that girls don't like it when guys get all up in their faces . . .or their ass . . ." I laughed. Riku scowled. I cleared my throat distractedly.

"So, um . . .who was it this time? Aerith . . .? Yuna . . .? Rikku . . .—"

"Kairi," Riku frowned as he spat out her name like poison.

Cold swept all over me. It felt as if I had just swallowed an ice cube.

"Kairi?!? But—why??!" I sputtered out angrily. Riku gave me a confused look behind his fury.

"Because I wanted to apologize for what had happened today!" he said matter-of-factly. I scowled at him now.

"You did enough apologizing for today . . ." I muttered under my breath.

Riku laughed openly now. Once he regained himself he smiled and said to me: "You shouldn't be the one talking, 'Mister Clumsy'!"

"But . . .why couldn't you pick on some other girl instead of her?" I asked him almost desperately. Riku smirked in a knowing sort of way.

"Why? Is it because you have a wittle crushie wushie?" he mocked at me. I jumped backwards in more of alarm than outrage.

"What? Hell no!" I shouted without even knowing I was. Riku's smirk turned into a grin. Trying to defend my position, I raised my voice.

"Shut up! What makes you—HEY! Stop smiling! Listen to me! You better listen—"

"It's okay, Sora, I understand if you have a crush, okay?" Riku interrupted with that annoying grin still on his face.

I pushed past him and stormed off down the road to my house, ignoring Riku's continuous laughter and taunts.

Kairi's POV:

I pushed open the front door to my house and tried to creep as carefully and quietly as possible up to my room before my mother could stop me, when I heard her call my name. I reluctantly walked into the kitchen where she was making dinner.

"Honey, you were late coming home today from school? Why?" asked my overly curious mother with her back facing me as she stirred something in a pot on the stove. I sighed deeply.

"Miss Rhydayah wanted to talk to me about my poem I entered in a contest," I lied casually.

"Your poem 'Night Dwellers'?"

"Yes, mother . . ." I said in a bored tone. 'Like she would know it . . .'

"Is that the one about the little girl who gets haunted every night and—"

"Yes, mother!" I said, raising my voice slightly. I didn't deserve this stupid interrogation. I just want to get to my room!

"All right . . .you can go now. Dinner will be ready soon," she said in a quiet voice, stirring the pot some more.

"I'm not hungry," I muttered softly. I ran upstairs to my room before she could respond.

I burst through my bedroom door, feeling the knot of anger inside of chest rise up again dangerously. I threw myself down on my bed in the corner by the window. I didn't turn on the lights, so I was lying in almost complete darkness except for a few more rays of desperate sunshine streaming in through my closed window. It was so quiet in my room, I felt like I wasn't even there anymore. It felt like the surrounding darkness was suffocating me, and mocking at my despair and anguish.

'He's stupid,' I thought angrily as I closed my eyes tightly, trying to block out every image in my mind of him. But for some reason, his face would not vanish from in front of my eyes. It was almost like he was haunting me. 'Riku's stupid, Sora's stupid, this whole thing is stupid!'

'But . . .then again . . .' I thought as I slowly opened my eyes and sat up slightly so I could see out my window at the distant sea that now looked orange and pink because of the fading sunshine. Little stars were forming in the dark blue and black blanket of the night sky. Soon the moon will shine too.

' . . .Maybe I'm being a little stupid as well . . .'

It was weird. How Sora had looked at me when he first opened his eyes and saw what he was into; was weird. His deep blue eyes had grown so wide and the darkest blush ever formed on his tanned face.

I had never seen a guy blush like that before. I could understand that some of that was from embarrassment, but man!

It was almost like he . . .

No.

No way!

That's impossible!

He can't like me . . .

Not in a million years . . .

A/N: Agh. Sorry it took FORVER for me to update! It was a long chappie and I have had so much homework these past few days! Gah! Sorry again! Well, I hope y'all liked this one. I promise that the next one will DEFINETLY have more action to it . . .hehe . . . NOT WHAT YOU'RE THINKING RIGHT NOW! YOU DIRTY-MINDED PEOPLE! SHAME ON ALL OF YOU TO THINK THAT THAT IS COMING NEXT!!! (it's coming AFTER the next chappie! )

Everyone: ::sweatdrop::

He . . .SO . . . .you guys know what to do! Thanks again for all of the reviews and keep looking for an update soon (at least I'll try!!!!)

Kietah-chan