Something in my heart told me; Sora and Rikuwere alive, and I would seethem againone day.
When I thought aboutit, I started remembering some of my moments alone with them...
It started the weekend before the storm.
"Hey, Sora, have we been in that cave yet?" I looked at him innocently. Sora looked surprised and
blushed.
"N-no… did you wanna check it out?"
Ooooh, this was perfect. But suddenly, it was awkward, as Riku came from behind the shack to
see us going into the cave, alone. I looked back in time to seehim walk away, looking down. I felt
a pang of guilt…
"Hey! Kairi! C'mon!"
Sora pulled my attention away from the sad-looking image and ran deeper into the tunnel. As we
came out, into a large room full of tree roots and stones,
the first thing I saw was my friend, standing in front of the most out of place thing I could imagine.
It was a door.
Not just any old door, mind you, but a fancy door.
"Hey Kairi…"
"SORA! Don't… don't mess with it, it could be dangerous!"
Oh c'mon, Kairi. Just tell him you're worried about him. Tell him you're scared. Go ahead.
I couldn't have sounded more pathetic. I noticed the lack of any device to open the door. No
doorknob, No lock, nothing. That was strange.
I blinked. Sora wasn't even looking at it anymore. Geez, what a short attention span. I looked over.
He was drawing on the wall with a rock. I sat down next to him. And I drew too. I sat back after a
while, watching the spikey-headed boy wander around. He had a cute strut… it was like, he found
it so he owned it. What a guy. I got up, and if for no other reason besides the fact we were alone,
and he was being cute, I kissed him. He was surprised, and almost hesitated, but then he pushed
back. Then we broke apart, he looked at me blushing, and then he hugged me. I smiled, and leaned
on him. It was a moment that seemed to sound long, but it really only lasted a minute or two. As we
stood hugging, Riku walked into the cave. All three of us looked at each other, and that was a
moment that lasted as long as it sounded. Riku looked at me kindly and said "Wakka brought food,
did you two want any? I call dibs on the chips." And then he was gone.
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The next day, I was laying on the beach, and Riku flopped down next to me in a bathing suit, and
sunglasses. I was wearing a one-piece, because I was so shy about my appearance. What was he
thinking? Did he think me and Sora were an item now? I must have seen me blushing because he
said very casually
"I don't know what you guys were up to yesterday, but if you're worried that
I'm, like, jealous or something, don't worry about it."
"Riku…me and Sora… we're not…I mean…I was tired, and you know-"
I yelped as he rolled over and planted both arms on either side of me. His sunglasses low on his
eyes.
"So does that mean you're…open?"
Did it mean I was open? I didn't think about dating much. But Riku and Sora were guys. And I was
a girl. Obviously that had to indicate something. They would expect that having a cute girl all to
themselves on a deserted island would be perfect. But that meant I had to pick one. This was
gonna get messy…