Well, I tried to update faster… but school is a killer… and also the fact that I actually have a life…lol… So, even though it's been like forever again since I last updated, I shall update! Yay! Everybody do the happy dance! xD
Many thanks to everybody who reviewed… It's because of you guys that I'm reminded that I will not abandon this fic, especially since it's my first. And also because I have friends that constantly "remind" me… lol… xD So, since I don't want to make this any longer, I'm not going to write out everybody's reviews back… just for this chapter though.
Thank you to all who have reviewed:hugs you all: You know who you are. :smile:
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Most important of all, this chapter is dedicated to my best friend in the whole world, Kayla, who actually takes time to read this and actually likes it. And also because she threatens me to update, but still says that she's actually going to print out my whole story when I finish. So, thank you so much for taking the time and actually liking it!
Oh yeah, and my brother continues to be the beta for this story… lol
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'If you suddenly lose something, try not to think about it too much… If you think too much, you'll never find it. When you start to forget, before you know it, it'll show up again. It'll find you. How do you respond when you find it? With joy, most likely, or sadness, with that comes the memory of your loss, plaguing your mind. The best thing to do, everyone supposes, is to adjust to it again. It's up to you on what you decide to do with it. Whether you choose to continue to cherish it, or whether you choose to throw it away again, hoping for it to get lost once more. It all relies on your feelings… and how important whatever the thing was that you lost.'
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Emotionless
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Chapter 7
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Bathrobes and Confessions
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'Where's that classroom again…?'
Naminé looked around through the piles and piles of people trying to get through what seemed to be the tiny little doors in the front and almost got knocked over. Finally making it to safety, she brushed off her white dress and started walking towards the hall the room was in.
'What in the name of who knows what was I thinking this morning to put on a dress in this weather!'
Luckily for her, the inside of the school was warm and toasty and technically had no use for jackets. As she approached the hall that contained Yuffie and Leon's classroom, she could already tell something was going on. Pausing slightly on the corner, she poked out her head only far enough for her eye to see. The argument could be heard throughout the hall lightly, but she could still see it. If Cloud and Aerith got here at this precise moment, what would the ninja do? Her plan would be foiled! If she stepped out now, the two adults would stop their endless rambling, and her and Yuffie would get everything in position.
Though, this conversation between the two adults was a very interesting conversation to eavesdrop upon. Yuffie had her grip tightened on Leon's arm as she tried to drag him out of the classroom, while Leon's grip tightened on the poor door that was apparently about to fall off the hinges.
"Come on Squally! You need to get out now! Cloud and Aerith are gonna get here any second!"
The raven haired girl pulled harder, but to her avail, the older man did not budge, almost as if he were glued to the door.
"I never agreed to help you in your evil maniacal plans and such!" Leon was practically barking at Yuffie, still refusing to leave his class even though he was already outside.
"You heard everything Squall! You know my whole plan, you have to do what I told you to do!" This time, the little ninja tried prying his other hand off the side of the door, still managing to stay an impossible task. "I already told you that I didn't want anything to do with this, plus, this is my own classroom! I can leave it on my own free will!"
"But Squuuuuuuaaaaaaaaallllll!" The brunette turned his head toward Yuffie and cast her an all too familiar glare that just screamed, 'Today is your last day to live.' Yuffie matched his glare, the only thing different was that hers said, 'Right back at you.'
"Yuffie," There was a slight twitch to his left eye as he tried to keep his composure intact. "How many times do I have to tell you NOT to call me Squall!"
Naminé was still watching, with a very evil smirk on her face as she secretly watched them claw back at each other. 'Seriously, these are the type of people that get really creepy whenever you piss them off…'
"I can call you Squall all I want to! Squall-Squall-Squall-Squall-Squall-Squall-Squall-SQUALLY-Scary monotone speaking manwith no sense of humor whatsoever and always wears REALLY tight leather pants!"
Leon stared back at her as if the foulest thing had just come out of her mouth. He raised his hand and got into his usual thinking position as he grinded his teeth together in frustration before lashing out at Yuffie again.
"Annoying LITTLE ninja girl who always does really pointless things and runs around like some kind of crazy person and, and- Why were you even looking at my pants!"
Yuffie's face went red, either from anger or from embarrassment, or rather, both.
The wicked little eavesdropper took this as her cue to step in and put an end to this madness, plus, she thought she could hear some people's footsteps nearby. Without getting noticed, (Actually, the two couldn't notice she was coming anyway since they were at each others throats), she approached them quietly and did the only thing she could think of doing.
"BOO!"
Lurching forward, Yuffie attached her arms around Leon's waist and screamed as if a banshee was after her. Leon had merely jumped at the sound of Naminé's voice, but now had rather mixed emotions on his face from the ninja currently attached to him. The blond on the other hand, had doubled over with laughter as they both stared at her as if she was crazy.
Something spread across Leon's face that had never been on there before.
A blush.
Even though it was just a really light pink hue, it was still visible and it was getting noticed as well by none other than Naminé. "You know, if we weren't already trying to get two people together, you two should remove the barrier between yourselves and try to get to know each other a little bett-"
"No!" Both shouted at the same time before looking at each other oddly. Leon grabbed hold of Yuffie's arms and detached them from his waist, since he was getting really uncomfortable and didn't want this whole 'matchmaking' thing to include him at all. He started to walk away when suddenly he felt a grip on his arm again. "Wait! We really need your help Leon!" (A/N: OMG, she called him Leon! XD)
Yuffie pulled so hard that he was almost knocked to the ground as he turned around, his eyes wide. "Did you just call me what I think you just called me!" The girl shrugged and put on the cutest puppy dog eyes she could muster. "Please?"
"Pretty please with sugar on top?" Naminé had decided to join in on the little charade and started tugging on Leon's other arm with the same eyes as Yuffie. A sweatdrop appeared on the back of his head as he struggled to get free once again.
"…"
There was a pause as Squall looked down at the two of them and silently gave in. "Fine…" A final silence followed as his hands were both let go and he got into his thinking position again. "Ya really mean it?"
"I guess I have no other choice…"
Yuffie beamed and looked over at her student, who was currently in a state of alertness. "Nami? What's wrong?" Naminé quickly glanced over at her and hushed her. "Someone's coming! Come on, we need to go get everything ready!" Staying quiet, both Leon and Yuffie nodded before heading off to the places they needed to be at. The blond ran into the classroom and shut the door while the other two ran off into another hall, just around the corner.
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"Owwie…" Rubbing the red spot on his face, Sora got up off the floor and headed in the direction toward the room in which Kairi had stomped in to. Riku jumped up and ran after the brunette, still trying to get there before him. Hopefully, it wouldn't be another repeat of just a minute ago.
Pushing him over slightly, the platinum haired boy thought he heard a low growl emitted from the younger boy as he was bumped into the door frame. Shooting the brunette a smirk and narrowing his eyes in a teasing manner, Riku stood up straight and walked over to where Kairi was sitting in the middle of the couch, a pout on her face and her arms crossed with the sleeves going over her arms. Riku momentarily frowned when he noticed that she was still wearing Sora's jacket.
He plopped down on the couch, on her left and copied the pout on her face as well as the crossing of her arms and legs. The only reaction the girl gave him was that she scooted over, and rather abruptly, before Riku just scoot over next to her again. Without even turning to look over at him, Kairi stayed in her 'locked away from the world' stance and sent a glare across the room to the wall her eyes were locked on. "Riku, get your muddy shoes off my sofa now."
"Hmm… So she does speak after all… interesting…"
"Off, NOW."
Riku chuckled and took his soaked shoes off before walking into the kitchen to place them there to dry. Sora, being smarter, as of the moment, had already put his shoes in the kitchen and made his way back into the room. Not wanting to take Riku's spot, though tempted, he sat down on the floor right in front of Kairi and smiled. Crossing his legs and putting his hands at the sides of his face, he looked up at the pouting girl and his smile widened. 'She's trying so hard not to break her angry face…'
It didn't take long before a certain silvered haired nuisance came back into the room with one of Kairi's cookies from her secret cookie stash in his mouth being devoured. This however, caught the girl's attention as he once again sat next to her, this time, a little closer than before. "Riku, where did you find that cookie!"
"Bwehind thwe-" He stopped momentarily to finish chewing.
Kairi watched him as he swallowed what was left of her precious cookies that were her favorite kind to ever exist in all worlds of cookies.
He cleared his throat and stated once again, this time more clearly, his answer. "Behind the sugar in the bottom cabinet on the right." Sora's eyes lit up at the mention of sugar, but instead focused on the wanting of the cookies. "You ate what was left of my secret chocolate chip cookie stash! Riku! Those aren't for you and you know that!"
"Are there any left?" The quiet voice of the brunette made its way to the ears of the two teens on the couch.
Both Riku and Kairi looked over at Sora on the floor waiting eagerly to hear the answer reach his ears. They could see the hope, and not to mention hunger in his eyes, as he looked between them and then in the direction of the kitchen. Kairi paused for a bit, silently getting lost in the endless blue of Sora's eyes before she turned away as quickly as she had looked.
"Well, I ate one of them, but there was another one left…" Pulling the medium sized cookie out of his jacket pocket, Riku smiled deviously as they all were entranced by the effective mind control of this ever powerful food product. "Umm… Guys, snap out of it, it's just a cookie…"
The brunette still looked up hopefully with pleading eyes that whimpered, 'Can I please have the cookie?'
"Here, you can have it Kairi."
The older boy passed the cookie over to the girl as her eyes went wide. "I-I don't want it… I'm not that hungry…" Even if she did have an appetite, she had lost it when she saw the disappointment in Sora's eyes when he didn't get what he wanted. "Here Sora, you can have it." She held it down in front of him and smiled slightly. The boy just stared at it for a while before taking it and breaking it in half, giving the other half to Kairi.
Riku looked at them, a glint of envy in his eyes, totally lost in his own little world of jealousy before he noticed that Sora had slipped a piece of cookie into his hand. He stared down at it, then looked up at the younger boy who now had the same size piece as he did. Kairi, now having the biggest piece, broke hers into another half and gave a piece to Sora again. This odd cookie exchange kept going on until the cookie was nothing but little cookie bits and they all ended up in Sora's hands by force.
"Just eat them Sora." Riku yawned and laid down on his back, taking up more than half the couch and his feet poking off the sides. He knew very well that if he even tried to put his feet anywhere near Kairi, she would throw him off the sofa and possibly out of the house into the pouring rain.
Sora looked over at Kairi unsurely before whimpering and looking down at the small chunks of cookie. "It's ok Sora, you can eat them." Kairi smiled and tucked a strand of her auburn hair behind her ear. "Are you sure…?" This was a very hard decision for the brunette. He didn't want to be rude and eat it all himself… but since they all insisted…
"It's ok, I can always just buy more."
Another whimper was heard from Sora turning everybody's attention over to him again.
Riku looked at him, rather annoyingly and sighed. "What's wrong now?"
"W-Well… Why couldn't you just have given me the WHOLE cookie in the first place instead of making it so small?" Riku let out another long sigh and closed his eyes. "Sora… It's still the same cookie. It's just in smaller pieces… Besides, I like to see you suffer." While ending with his sarcasm, he poked the brunette in the head with his foot, not even having to look up.
WHAM
"What was that for!" The older teen now lay on the floor, his messy hair being pushed out of his eyes to reveal a flustered expression.
"What do you think?"
Kairi narrowed her eyes and put on a smug face before turning away. "And besides, you're still all wet and you were getting my couch soggy."
Sora stared on at both of them, wiping his hands on the sides of his pants after eating his cookie crumb pieces. "Umm… Kairi… I think we- A-Achoooo!"
"…-sniffle- I think we need to get out of these wet clothes…"
"Oh, sorry, I'll go get you guys some towels and bathrobes… but, I really hope you guys can deal with wearing pink robes and slippers… you know, since it's just me and my mom that live here…"
Two weary smiles were plastered on the faces of the boys, hiding the dread in their eyes as they nodded. The auburn haired girl rushed off up the stairs and walked into the bathroom. "I'm such an idiot… I should really stop acting like one too… I'm so stupid, stupid, stupid!"
She smacked her head against the wall, her head meeting it with every word she managed to say. Her forehead pressed against the wall's surface, letting out a weary sigh. "Why do I keep acting like everything's going to be ok…? When it's not… I-I don't know what I'm gonna do…" Legs trembling, she begged herself not to cry. But it was just too hard, not to let the tears overflow.
'Don't cry, don't cry, don't cry, don't CRY!' Kairi tried to think on different matters, maybe something funny, so that the battle between herself wouldn't win. 'Think about when Riku was leaning under that palm tree and the seagull pooped on his head…' The red head chuckled and smiled a weak smile, but nonetheless, it was still there. 'Or when Selphie smacked Tidus in the face with her jump rope… Or when Sora tripped over that log on the beach and landed on a smelly pile of seaweed…'
"Hmm…Sora…" The smile was replaced with a small frown before she furiously wiped away at her violet eyes. "How stupid."
"Kairi?"
Turning her head to the side, her eyes went wide and she got away from the wall. Talking a few steps back, she stood in the middle of the wash room, staring intently at the brunette through burning eyes.
"Is something wrong? I heard noises that sounded like something hitting against the wall, are you ok?"
Kairi looked down at the ground through emotionless eyes. "There's nothing wrong, Sora." She looked up quietly upon noticing that he had taken a step forward. She took a step back. The process continued until Kairi's back hit the sliding glass door belonging to the shower with a soft thud.
"Are you sure? You don't look so good… maybe you should go and rest some more…"
"I said I was fine…"
She hadn't realized how close Sora had gotten, since he was standing just a couple inches away from her. His gentle sapphire eyes stared down at her and wiped away the crystal tear that had made its way down her cheek.
Though the moment seemed to last an eternity, Kairi finally leaned forward and buried her head into his chest. Sora held onto her, wrapping his arms around her fragile figure and sighed. Slipping down to the floor, Kairi tightly threw her arms behind his back. He softly brushed some of the auburn hair on the back of her head and pat her back, feeling the fabric of his jacket Kairi was wearing. A weary smile crept onto his face as he lifted Kairi's head up from his chest.
"You're still wearing my jacket…"
A crimson blush flushed onto her cheeks and she threw her head on his shoulder while wrapping her arms around his neck. A pout adorned her face as she stared off into the hallway through the open door. "It's warm."
Sora looked over at her, even though he couldn't see her directly eye to eye, he knew she was pouting. It was a somewhat obvious fact to him that he had the power to switch her moods around whenever he wanted to. And also that the whole pouting thing had been learned from Sora.
In Kairi's mind, she was at war with herself. Thoughts plagued her and continuously bore through her mind as she sighed, holding onto Sora and looking over at the door.
One moment, she was trying to get away from Sora as far away as she possibly could, and the next, she was clinging onto him for dear life. If she didn't know any better, she would say she was suffering from some mental illness or rather, insanity. At least that was what was running through her mind.
'No… I won't let myself win… This ends now… Start a new beginning!'
Making up her mind, she sighed deeply and snuggled closer to the brunette.
'I don't want to loose you again Sora…'
Sora breathed out and smiled. "It's just like old times, ne?" Kairi looked up hesitantly and looked at him, admiring the dorky look he had on his face and then giving a slight nod.
"It's just like the old days again, now that I came back… I missed you guys an awful lot…"
She couldn't concentrate that well, there being only a small gap between them and that she was feeling exceedingly nervous again. A small drop of water hit the floor, reminding her that Sora was still dripping wet from the rain, and that his jacket she was wearing was a little damp now. If that wasn't enough, it really didn't help with the fact that he had leaned in and closed that supposed gap.
Kairi stayed quiet for a moment, unsure of what to do. Her arms were still around his neck, they stayed motionless, as she silently panicked. Though, seeing that Sora had closed his eyes, she proceeded to do the same and lean in a little more. Her heart was pounding and it felt as though it were in her throat, and she felt at a loss when Sora pulled back, staring back at her through half lidded eyes.
Riku, getting restless and tired of waiting in the living room, started walking up the stairs, his footsteps heard throughout the silent house. Kairi got up suddenly, causing the brunette to do the same as they scooted as far away from each other as they possibly could at the moment, to keep their older friend from assuming anything. Pulling open a drawer violently, she got out a pink towel and through it on Sora's head.
The silver haired teen walked down the hall and leaned on the doorframe, staring at his auburn haired friend and the soaked pink toweled monster that was his other friend, Sora. "What's going on up here…? Did it really take you forever to find towels in your own house?"
Kairi shut the drawer and looked over at Riku, a grin on her face.
"Push it any farther and I'll kick your ass out to your own house, Riku."
He shrugged and looked over at the pink towel she held in her hands. The teen eyed it carefully, as if pink were a color that represented some kind of evil. "Are you sure you don't have any other colored towels?" The little hopes Riku had fell instantly when Kairi answered his question, obviously, she seemed to be enjoying him being tortured.
"Nope. This is the only one we got left. That is, unless, you want to stay in those wet clothes… or you could go to your own house and stay there." Feeling smug, she handed him the towel out with an extended hand and smirked. Sora, who was still standing next to her, proceeded to drying his hair and then looked over at Riku. "Or, another possible option is that you could run around the house naked."
Kairi wiped around to look at Sora with a furious blush spread on her face. "Don't even give him ideas!" She then looked back over at Riku with slits for eyes. "And if you even TRY to do anything of that sort, I'll seriously kick you out of my house."
Kairi, now being in another state of annoyance, walked briskly out of the washroom and stomped into her mother's bedroom, the sound of the closet being thrown open was heard along as some shuffling. Riku was still standing by the door with the towel in his arms, holding it out warily before throwing it around his shoulders. Sora merely walked out into the hall, his hair retaining its odd spiked ways even though it was still damp.
It wasn't long before the disconcerted girl came back out of the room with bathrobes that were at least, to their convenience, white.
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Cloud took out his keys and locked the door to his classroom, quietly walking down the hallways and stuffing his hands into his pockets, deep in thought. His peace was disturbed when he found himself walking next to somebody, or rather, that somebody had popped out of nowhere and had decided to walk next to HIM. His stomach did a back flip when he looked over curiously, only to look into a pair of familiar green eyes shining brightly back at him.
Her soft voice managed a quiet, "Hi." And then she went back to looking down on the floor, as her brunette locks obscured her vision. Cloud wished he could sink into the floor at that exact moment. He was never any good with his feelings, especially now more than ever, since he had kept his emotions pent up inside for so long. He tried as hard as he could to act his normal, stern, serious self, but failed miserably.
Having loved the woman walking beside him for such a long time had caused something in his mind to make him a total klutz around her. Not to mention that he would stutter a lot and he often had trouble looking her straight in the eye.
"So… Mr. Strife, what do you suppose Yuffie wants to talk to us about?"
He looked over momentarily at her, a look of utter confusion on his face. His mind really wasn't comprehending anything right now and he just shrugged his shoulders. 'Wow… nice one… maybe she actually bought it and thought you were paying attention…'
The blond shuffled on in thought, not speaking a word, until he heard what sounded like somebody running.
"Hey Aeris, did you hear that? It sounded like it came from this direction…" He walked a little farther into the hall that contained the student teacher's classroom, which was also taught by the grouchy gunman, Mr. Leonhart. There was nobody in sight, and he looked all the way to the end of the hall, then turned left and right confusedly. Aerith continued walking past Cloud and stopped right in front of Yuffie's door.
"Are you coming or not?"
Somehow feeling an uncomfortable and unsure warning, he walked over and walked in after her, watching her long braided hair swish from side to side. There was nobody in the classroom with the exception of Naminé sitting at one of the desk doing some work. Aerith looked over at her sweetly and spoke up. "Excuse me, but we were hoping to find Yuffie, is she around?"
The blond girl looked up and met her eyes, returning the same expression and pointing towards the room next to the teacher's desk. The same room that Yuffie and Leon had been rummaging through earlier.
"She's in there, I think she said that Mr. Leonhart asked her to find some books he needed."
"Ok, thank you very much."
Both teachers walked over to the door, Aerith turned the handle and looked inside, only to find that nobody was in there. Cloud turned around suddenly, surprised that the girl had made a run for the door. It slammed shut suddenly and he heard somebody roaring with laughter on the outside.
"What the hell, Yuffie!"
Cloud ran over and tried opening the door only to find it locked, and to make it worse, from the outside. It was too bad they only gave teachers keys to their OWN rooms. He banged on the door, and yelled at the ninja to let them out.
"Too bad Cloudo… but I can't let you guys out yet… tsk, tsk."
The blond glared at the door intently, upon hearing her call her such a name. 'I don't have a damn 'o' at the end of my name…' He could hear Yuffie speaking with Naminé and how she scurried off after the teacher in training said she could go.
"Alright, both of you listen, because I'm not letting you two out until morning."
Cloud's jaw nearly dropped. Aerith watched amusedly after she sat down on top of one of the desks. 'Oh great… A sleepover…' "But don't worry," She went on, leaning against the outside of the door, filing her nails. "There's some food in the little fridge under Squall's desk."
"Hey!"
"Leon!" Cloud asked, his shocked expression turning into one that seemed as though as he was just betrayed. "You were in on this too!"
The tall brunette walked over to Yuffie and glared down at her. "Yuffie… I only said you could use my room to lock them in there, not that they could eat my food too." Pausing, he looked at the door through the same stormy blue eyes and sighed. "I didn't choose to partake in this… 'plotting'… but I guess I had no choice…"
Yuffie stood up straight and brushed off her shorts, staring at the door with her same devilish grin. "And when I come back tomorrow morning, I want to see that you two resolved something between each other."
Aerith finally spoke up, the curiosity getting to her. "Yuffie, if I may ask, what exactly do you want us to resolve?" Cloud really wished she hadn't asked that, it just made his stomach do several back flips and his face went red. He had a feeling something like this might have happened sooner or later. It was too bad that his sharp mind didn't have the chance to notice since it was taken over with other contradicting feelings.
There was a small silence as the little ninja swung back and forth on her tiptoes. "Well, since it's getting rather annoying, and we think it better for all of us, and also the fact that it's completely obvious,-"
Leon cut in Yuffie's explanation that was already heading into a continuous ramble and stuck straight to the point. "Admit your feelings to each other. That's all, and then you can come out. You better have at least said something by tomorrow or this stupid deal is off. I need my classroom and I don't want to get fired or something by having held some people hostage on their emotions in my class. Is that clear?"
Yuffie looked over at him surprisingly and put on a pout, crossing her arms and tapping her foot. "Hey Squall, you didn't let me finish my speech… But, fine, fine, I guess you explained it very solemnly and to the point." She waved off her hand and stared at her finger nails again. "But… I guess that will have to do… Did ya guys hear that?"
On the inside of the room, it was deadly silent. Cloud was looking at the door blankly and could feel the heat stinging at his face from how hard he was blushing. He didn't quite see how Aerith was reacting to Yuffie's little speech, since he didn't even dare turn around.
"Yuffie…-"
Said girl looked over at the door and pressed herself against it, smiling broadly. "Yes, Aerith?" Her dark blackish-brown hair fell partially over her eyes and she brushed it to a side. "So… you're saying that we can get out of here if we openly admit our feelings?"
"Yes, that's it exactly."
"And why do you want us too?"
"Because it's so obvious that you two have an attraction toward each other."
"Is it really that obvious?" Aerith twirled a strand of her bright brown hair with her fingers and looked down at her dark russet boots. She looked over at the door and then at Cloud, who hadn't moved an inch nor attempted to make any form of speech leave his mouth. After a little thinking, a smile crept onto her delicate features and she closed her eyes.
"Alright Yuffie, I admit it, I'm in love with Cloud Strife."
Yuffie nearly fell over and Leon merely lifted and eyebrow. Cloud on the other hand turned around suddenly, looking at the now shy woman sitting on one of the desks and stared with a shocked expression. She wouldn't look him straight in the eyes and continued to smile, now looking down at the floor.
'She…She actually openly admitted that… that she loves me…?'
The blond stood glued to the spot, the silence engulfing him, taunting him even. Unsure on what to do or say, he turned his head toward the door and gulped. He knew today wasn't going to be such an easy day to go through, especially with how it was turning out.
'Why… Why me…?'
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After having stepped outside, Naminé was really regretting having worn a dress today. It was freezing and the rain still wasn't letting up. She walked back into the entrance hall to the school and took out her cell phone. Dialing the number to her house, she called her parents to come and give her a ride to Kairi's house. Next, she dialed the number that Kairi had given her and waited for someone to pick up.
The red head threw the bathrobes at Sora and Riku and stomped back down the stairs when she heard the phone ring. Picking up the phone, she pushed her temper back and said, as sweetly as she could, "Yume residence, Kairi speaking."
"Kairi, hey! It's me, Naminé. Sorry for being a little late, but I was gonna come over to your house to see how you're doing…"
"Oh, thank goodness. Thank you so much… I was starting to get worried that something had happened. Especially since I'm stuck in my own house with these 2 dorks."
"Who would they be?"
Kairi looked in the direction of the stairs and could hear the sound of something being knocked over, followed by some quiet swearing and then some more rustling.
"Oh, my "friends" that so kindly came over to make sure I was ok." She stressed the word friends and almost laughed. "Oh…well, can you give me your address so I can come over?"
"Sure!"
After giving her the right address and setting down the phone back on the receiver, she walked back upstairs. She walked over to the bathroom and watched as Riku, dressed in nothing but the white bathrobe, tried to put back all the magazines from a rack back in order. He turned and looked at her, grinning, then proceeded to setting them in order. "Umm… I accidentally knocked the rack over…"
"Yes Riku, I can see that."
Sora came up behind Kairi and nudged her in the side, making her jump back. He too, was now wearing the robe and she looked away, her face a blaze again. "Naminé's coming over… she'll be here in a little while. She said she could sleep over, so I want you guys to leave before dark, ok?"
The brunette looked slightly disappointed but nodded, walking off down the stairs. She watched his chocolate brown spikes disappear from view and sighed. Riku stood up straight and stretched. "I'm gonna go put our wet clothes in the drier, alright?"
She nodded and watched as he also walked down the stairs, his and Sora's clothes in his hands.
The house stayed silent until Naminé arrived, almost 10 minutes later. Kairi walked over to answer the door. Sora was sitting silently on the ground again and Riku was lazily sprawled out on the couch, not really caring if anyone saw him that way. And that was really saying something since he was sprawled on the couch wearing only the bathrobe. Kairi had resisted the urge to even spare him any words as to ask him if he was aware people could see places where the sun don't shine.
Tucking a strand of auburn hair behind her ear, she opened the door and let her friend in. Shutting the door quickly, she sent her a smile and took her sleeping bag upstairs.
"Are you feeling any better Kairi? I heard that you got sick or something…"
"Yeah, I'm feeling better. I just needed some rest."
Naminé and Kairi walked over into the living room and the blond stopped dead in her tracks when she saw Sora and Riku there. The brunette looked over and waved while turquoise eyes looked up and the silver haired teen let out a smooth, "Hey."
She let out a small squeak and made no motion into sitting down. The red head sat down in on the carpet close to Sora and turned on the tv. "Go ahead and make yourself at home, Naminé. Don't sit next to Riku though, he's not wearing any pants." The blond took that into thought and sat down next to Kairi, looking directly at the tv screen.
A whole hour had passed by and the two girls had gone up to Kairi's room after they got bored of watching re-runs of shows they had already seen. They were sitting on the bed giggling on about things when they heard the phone ring again. It rang about 2 times before she heard Riku answer. The rain outside had gotten considerably harder within the hour and it seemed like there might be a possibility for there to be a flood.
Riku hung up the phone and walked upstairs knocking on the door to Kairi's room before he opened the door and walked in, Sora walking in behind him as well.
"Your mom was just on the phone Kairi. She said that the streets have flooded over by the offices and that she might be home really late, or not until tomorrow."
Her face fell and she was already dreading what else her neighbor was going to stay.
"And on the news channel that hot lady with the really big boobs said for all people to stay off the streets for now and to stay indoors. Your mother was so worried that I volunteered to spend the night and watch over you for her. So now, there's no need to worry."
As soon as he finished the sentence, her mind practically screamed out in protest.
"If you're staying, Sora has to stay too!"
Clamping a hand over her mouth, she had just realized she had let that slip out loud. Naminé giggled and Sora smiled. "Alright Kairi. I'll call my mom and let her know that I can't come home because of the flood waters." Riku couldn't help but feel disappointed and envious again.
He sighed and walked out of the room, massaging his neck. A loud thunder crack startled them all as Kairi jumped up, calmed down again, and then soon walked out of the room with the blond and brunette following suit behind her.
A thought jumped into her head, as though it had just sunk into her mind and she walked down, her face red. It felt as though all realization had just dawned on her.
I can't believe that Sora kissed me…
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(To be continued)
Hmm… I think this is the longest chapter I've written… But I don't think that it's going to be the longest… I don't know though… maybe. :cough: So yeah… I hope you all enjoyed reading this… I very much enjoyed writing it, though it took forever…
--; I apologize for that again…
As for that Riku in the robe… and not wearing pants… xD It was a totally randomly inspired idea… Please, don't ask… Ok, go ahead and ask if you want… I don't know how I'll answer though… lol
And now, maybe, just maybe, if I find the time, I'll try to update faster. I'll seriously try. I really like writing this story but school keeps getting in the way… I have work to do you know… as well as other important things… Oh, who am I kidding, I'm just lazy… All I do is sit around and read Harry Potter…
Yep, that's the good life… :goes off and reads again:
Until next time!
(Which will probably take a while again… :sigh:)