Chapter 11- To Ask Or Not To Ask?

My parents went away on a business trip for the week, so I was going to have the house to myself. Cloud's parents had to do the same thing. I was surprised at how they actually trusted us. I walked to school with Sora, Namine, and Cloud. Riku insisted we went with out him since he wanted to walk to school with Amanda. I had told Namine what happened between Sora and I the day after Sora and I admitted our feelings for each other. Well, the fact that we actually admitted our love at least. She was just as happy as I was, except she was able to let it out as soon as I told her. I had also told her how badly I wanted to go out with Sora, but I just didn't have the courage to ask. Namine told me to just make it simple and just plainly ask because we liked each other, but I still haven't.

"Hey Riku, hey Amanda," I said when we finally arrived at school.

"Hey guys," Amanda replied, as Riku and everyone else waved. We had all become really good friends with Amanda. Riku finally asked her out a few days ago. They were completely inseparable. I had reminded Riku about the soda tab thing that happened in 4th grade and how he got an 'A'. It was ironic because Amanda happened to be his future girlfriend.

"Hey, guys, on Saturday, do you want to go to the beach and just spend the day there?" Riku asked us.

"I'm up for it," I said. We all agreed to meet each other there around noon. The week was finally ending and I was over at Namine's house to sleep over to make it easier for the beach on Saturday.

"So are you going to ask him out tomorrow?" Namine asked while we listened to the radio in her room.

"I really want to, but I'm just nervous…" I responded staring out the window.

"Kai, just ask him. If he loves you and you love him too, then it's a sure thing he'll say yes," Namine said getting my attention back.

"Well, if it's that simple, then how come you haven't asked Cloud out?" I decided to ask miss smarty-pants here.

"Well when the time is right, then we'll go out I suppose," she said with what seemed to me like a look of me being right. I rolled my eyes at her comment. The door to her room opened to reveal her mom standing in the doorway.

"You guys, it's late. If you want to wake up in time to hang out with your friends, you better be getting to bed," Namine's mom said crossing her arms. I check the time to see that it was past midnight. We nodded. "Bed. Now," she said closing the door.

"I guess we can discuss it tomorrow," Namine said getting under the covers of her bed. I pulled the covers over me, but still sat up on the floor.

"Actually later today," I said correcting her. "Sora's going to be there, we can't discuss it." I sighed.

"True," Namine said. "We'll figure out a way." That's where she left it.

We woke up around 9:30 and got ready for the beach until 11:30. I only brought a towel and a change of clothes to the beach, and same with Namine. I left the rest of my things at her house seeing as there was no need to bring anything else. We met up with all of our friends at the same beach that Sora and I admitted our feelings each other at. The girls, as in Namine, Amanda, Selphie and I laid our towels out on the sand, as the boys all jumped into the water. We wanted to catch a small tan before jumping into the water with them. I sat on my towel and watched Riku, Tidus, Wakka and Cloud jump off the pier into the water. I turned to Selphie.

"Where's Sora?" I asked her. Selphie shrugged.

I hadn't notice Riku walking up to us. "Sora's sick. His mom didn't think it was a good idea for him to come out and possibly get us sick or for him to get more sick," Riku said sitting next to Amanda.

"Why didn't he call me?" I asked.

"Well, he did, but you wouldn't pick up," Amanda said. "Riku and I went to see if he was okay before we left." I looked around for my cell phone when I remembered I left it with the rest of my things at Namine's house.

"Crap!" I said starting to get up.

"Just go visit him after this," Cloud said, reaching for me to sit down. I sighed and plopped back down onto my towel. We all played games, such as chicken, tag, and marco-polo. We also saw who was victorious at who could hold their breath the longest under water. Tidus won that game. For dinner, we went to a fast food restaurant. We all had a blast; I just wish Sora was there as well. Eight o'clock was when we finally went home. I ran to Namine's to get my things, before I headed home. I took a quick shower and changed into some clean clothes. After, I went across the street to Sora's house. When I knocked on the door, Sora's mom answered.

"Oh, hello Kairi," she greeted me, stepping aside so I could enter their house. I looked at her expecting to introduce myself, but was caught off guard that she knew me. She clearly knew that she did. "Sora talks about you all the time," she smiled sweetly. "I've seen you around a few times and he's shown me your picture."

I tried to contain myself from grinning too wide. I couldn't believe he actually talked about me to his mom. "It's a pleasure to meet you, Mrs. Hikaru."

"It's a pleasure for me too, dear," she said pointing toward the stairs. "Sora's upstairs. You can go check on him, but I think he may be asleep."

"Alright, thank you," I smiled climbing the stairs up to Sora's room. I opened the door quietly. It was silent, except for the chirping of crickets outside from his open window. Sora's room was actually pretty clean for a guy. I walked quietly to the side of his bed. I leaned over a little to see if he was sleeping. Sure enough, he was. Sora looked so peaceful while he slept. I could have sat there all night, but I knew that wouldn't be possible. Sora's mom peaked in.

"Poor thing. He has had a bad fever since last night," she said crossing her arms and looked at her son with sympathy. I gave a half smile and returned my eyes upon Sora's face. I heard her close the door. I placed my hand gently upon Sora's soft cheek, which was really warm, and lowered myself so I was face to face with him.

"I just came to tell you something, but I don't want to disturb you. You look so peaceful, so I guess it can wait," I said quietly, as lifted my hand off his cheek, and kissed him. I stood up and walked downstairs. "Thanks again, bye," I said waving to Sora's mom.

"Anytime dear," she replied as I left and went home. I walked into my room and tired to fall asleep. For some reason, I couldn't. I tossed and turned until it was nearly eleven. Since my parents weren't home, I didn't have to ask permission to go out so late. I got a jacket, Sora's jacket to be more specific, and walked to a beach that anyone hardly went to. When I got there, I sat on the sand, and hugged my legs close to me. I gazed out into the dark ocean, just letting my mind wander. I felt someone brush against me and I about jumped out of my skin.

"Oh, my gosh, what are you doing here?" I asked Sora, who was laughing at my reaction.

"I was kind of awake when you came over. A little after you left, I pulled myself up and looked out the window towards your house. I saw the light in your room turn off. I was going to call you, when I saw the front door open and you walked out. I quickly called Riku and asked if I could say I was spending the night with him as a cover, and he said sure. So I told my mom and I went to follow you. Now I'm here," Sora said. I could tell he was sick. His voice was muffled from his stuffy nose.

"Oh, so are you going to spend the night at Riku's?" I asked. He shrugged.

"So what was it that you wanted to tell me?" Sora asked. This was it, I had to just ask him, and I couldn't let my nerves get in my way of asking Sora out. I took a deep breath, and turned to face him.

"Okay, remember how you said you've liked me since fifth grade?" I decided to mention. He nodded. "Well, I've liked you since third grade, yeah I know that's a long time to like someone. I've had other crushes between then, but you were the only one that I couldn't manage to escape from. Well, when you told me last week that you loved me, I thought I had died and gone to heaven. You don't know how much that meant to me. Sora, I love you, I love you so so much." I made sure I put a lot of emphases on so to get my point across.

"I love you too, Kairi," Sora responded putting his hand on my knee. He looked at me waiting to see if I had to say anymore.

I took another deep breath; this was it, no turning back now. "Well, since we both love each other, and care so much about one another. Okay, before I say anymore, I know it's pretty customary for the guy to ask the girl, but I wanted to ask…" I was stalling for a bit, my heart was racing what if he says no? I looked away, lowering my head in shame of how I could think that. Why was I chickening out?

"Kairi…" Sora said looking at me. He put his hand under my chin and made me face him.

He has to say yes. "Sora, will you go out with me?" I said quietly. A smile appeared on Sora's face.

He got closer to me. "I was hoping you would say that," he whispered. I smiled; I couldn't believe he said yes. Well, he didn't really say yes, but I knew what he meant. We kissed. I hugged him tightly not wanting to ever let go. I laid my back on the sand, gazing at the twinkling stars above. Sora did the same thing. I felt his hand reach for mine and we locked our fingers together. I curled up close to him and leaned my head against his.

"I love you," I said quietly.

"I love you, too," he said back squeezing my hand lightly.

A/N: Aw! These last two chapters are my fav. for sure! I hope to hear good reviews: D