A/N: sorry it took forever to update guys! Also, sorry for any mistakes, I was kind of in a hurry when I was writing this chapter!
Chapter 7- A Night To Remember
-Sora's POV-
I really was starting to think that Kairi really wasn't into me anymore after the whole dinner thing last night. I was starting to think I didn't have a chance with her anymore. Last night when I got home, Lily called me up. She asked if I wanted to eat at Charlie's after school. I agreed to it.
After school let out, I headed over to Charlie's with everyone. Cloud even came along. Maybe it would be nice to just hang out with my buddies and get my mind off of Kairi, even though I knew it would be difficult. As we walked in, I saw Namine taking an order and Kairi at the counter. Cloud pushed me along to our normal booth in the back corner. Namine saw us and headed over to where Kairi was. I wonder what they were talking about.
-Kairi's POV-
I was in the kitchen when Namine came in and told me who had arrived. I laughed at her since she had to be the waitress for their table. I headed back out to the counter while Namine went to serve our friends. As I was talking to some customers, I saw someone come in. Lily came to the counter.
"Kairi, is Sora and everyone here?" She asked me. I looked back to our booth where Nam was trying to take their orders. I pointed over to them. "Thanks Kairi." She walked over to the table. I saw her sitting with Sora. Namine came back with their orders.
"I didn't realize how much of a pain they all are." Nam said as she walked into the kitchen. I laughed. Out of no where there were bursts of laughter coming from the table. I peeked around to see what was happening. Lily and Sora each had an arm around each other's shoulders. They were laughing the most. I thought about how movies seemed to show something like this and a song plays while the noises and voices of the movie are muted and everything seems to slow down. The songs always seems to fit the main characters feelings during that moment.
I let my imagination take control. Everything became a movie to me. I watched everything in slow motion as music played in my mind. I ended up dazing off into space when Namine's hand waved in front of my face. I quickly snapped out of it.
"Are you okay Kairi?" Nam asked placing both her hands under the tray with our friends drinks. It took me a couple seconds to comprehend what she had just said.
"Oh, yeah. Yeah I'm fine." I said.
"Are you sure?" Nam asked with a look of concern. I nodded. She shrugged and walked off.
"Jill, can you take counter? I'm going on break to eat." I asked one of my co-workers.
"Sure thing." She replied. I walked to the E.L. and took off my apron and walked out. I went into the kitchen and got some fries. I debated if I wanted to eat in a booth, the counter or the E.L.
"Hey Kairi?" I heard. I turned to see Cloud at the counter.
"Oh, hey Cloud." I replied.
"Hey, um do you think I could get 7 straws? Nam kinda forgot to give us some." He asked.
"Sure." I kneeled down and got out 7 straws from under the counter. I handed them to him. "There you go."
"Thanks. Hey, it looks like you're on break, wanna join us?" He asked.
"Um, okay." I took my fries and followed him back to the booth.
-Sora's POV-
"I have a new idea to help Kairi realize that I want her back!" I said suddenly.
"What is it?" Tidus asked, but before I could answer, I saw two people coming to our table.
"Back." Cloud said once he got to the table. Kairi was standing next to him We all looked up at them. Lily got up, then me. Cloud got in, then we all looked at Kairi.
"Go on." Tidus said. Kai slid in next to Cloud. Lily and I sat back down. Namine arrived with our food. During the meal, we all talked. Kairi didn't talk to Lily or me. We were having a conversation that no one else was going to know anyways. It was about Leon.
"When are you going to talk to him?" Lily asked me.
"I'll talk to him tonight. Don't worry! I think I'm getting him to see you." I reassured her. She smiled at me. Namine came and joined us. She sat on the other side of Kairi. After more discussions, I felt the cushion next to me start to sink in, Kairi was leaning towards me. She was trying to be sneaky, but it wasn't working very well. She slipped and bumped into me.
"Woah, careful Kai." I said as she sat up straight again. She blushed slightly which caused me to smile.
"Heh, sorry." She said.
"Hey Kai, break is over!" Jill called Lily and I got up again and let Kairi out. Namine had a little more time on her break left, so she stayed with us.
"Okay, so what is your next idea?" Selphie asked me.
"Oh yeah, ok. So my idea is taking her to this place that over looks the city. I went there when Kai and I broke up. I think she'll love it." I grinned.
"Oh, nice one!" Namine smiled at me.
"Thanks. Let's just hope this will all turn out." I said.
"Hey, I have an idea. So she wont know about it, come into work and everyone here will cover for Kairi as you take her." Nam said. "We all want you two back together."
"I'll cover you at work." Cloud said.
"Perfect. Thanks guys. I'll take her over winter break." I nodded. They all smiled back.
"Oh, by the way, Riku and Leon are heading over to Kairi's this weekend to work on that project. They'll see if they can get anything out of Kairi." Wakka said.
"We'll drop by too." Namine said. I nodded.
-Kairi's POV-
Saturday came along, which meant Riku and Leon were coming over. I got dressed and waited in my living room. At eleven, they arrived.
"Hey." Riku said as he entered my livingroom. I gave him a warm smile before he rustled my hair.
"Ugh, Riku!" I said in frustration fixing my hair. He just laughed. "Hey Leon."
"Hey." His calm cool voice replied. They sat on the couch while I sat on the coffee table.
"Well, let's get started." I said.
"So do you still love Sora?" Riku asked out of no where with his mischievous look. I was dumbfounded by his remark.
"Uh, I wasn't talkin-." I began trying to get off of this subject of me and Sora.
"Well, we are." Leon said obviously knowing what I was going to say. My mind was blank, I didn't want to spill in front of these guys, to me it'll look like I wasn't able to get over him and I was too clingy. Only Namine knew I still loved him, possibly Cloud did too.
"C'mon Kairi, spill." Riku urged me to continue. I took in a deep breath.
"Actually-." I started, but the doorbell cut me off. I sighed in relief. I got up and answered the door. "Namine, Cloud, what are you two doing here?" I asked as they walked in.
"Just came to visit." Nam said. They sat on the couch next to Riku and Leon. I pulled Nam up and ran into my room. I shut the door behind us.
"Nam, they are asking me if I still love Sora." I told her.
"Kai, just tell them you do, it's not like it'll hurt or anything." She responded. I looked down and sat lazily on the edge of my bed.
"But..." I began. I sighed again. Nam sat next to me.
"But what?" I looked at her.
"But I think the reason why he broke up with me is because of Lily." I explained.
"Why do you think that?" She asked me.
"Well because they're always together. You should have seen the how Landon's treated her. Just like family." I said quietly trying hard not to cry. 'How lame am I?'I thought.
"Kairi, it's cause-." She stopped abruptly. I looked at her.
"What?" I asked curious to what she was about to say. She shook her head. "Nam..."
"Nothing." She said simply. I wasn't in the mood to get it out of her, so I got up and went back to the guys. Namine followed.
"Can we get started?" I asked a little aggravated with this whole situation. Leon and Riku looked at each other, then at Cloud. I noticed Cloud gave them a small glare.
"Let's get this over with. I don't want to spend my Christmas break working on this stupid project." Riku said getting up.
"Finally." I said in relief. We worked on our project with the help of Namine and Cloud. They ended up eating dinner with me. About 8, we finished up. I said goodbye to everyone at 8:30. I stayed up until 10 and I fell asleep.
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Over break, me and Namine agreed to work full time aslong as we got Friday, Saturday and Sunday's off, since those were Sora and Cloud's days off. It was about 7 in the afternoon on Thursday. It was somewhat busy. I had counter duty with Namine. I was leaning against the wall when Sora walked in. I stood up and walked to the register assuming he wanted food to go.
"Hey Kai." He said. His warm smile lighting up my day.
"Hey Sora." I replied with a big smile.
"C'mon." He said pulling my hand and walking to the entrance to the back of the counter.
"Um, Sora. I'm kind of working." I said. Then I realized something. "Wait a minute. Shouldn't you be working too?"
"Cloud's covering for me until work ends." Sora replied. Namine came up next to us and laughed.
"Bye Kai." She said walking behind the counter as I walked up to Sora who was still pulling me towards him. I glanced at her. She waved at me. "Don't worry, we all have you covered!" She said. All my co-workers waved at me as Sora pulled me out of Charlie's. He opened the passenger side door to his car for me. I got in. We had all gotten our licenses but we don't see much use of them here since we live close enough to everything. We usually only drive if we're leaving town. Then it hit me. Sora got in the divers seat and started the engine.
"Um Sora, where are we going?" I asked. He looked at me.
"You'll see." Sora replied pulling out his sunglasses. He winked at me before putting them on. We both put on our seatbelts and Sora pulled out onto the road. We headed to our unknown destination. We ended up gong past the city limits where a sign read, 'You are now leaving Destiny City. Please come back soon!'
-Sora's POV-
Everything was going perfect! I saw Kairi pull off her visor and apron out of the corner of my eye as she put them in the backseat. She took her hair tie out and shook her hair. Kai's hair fell neatly in place. I looked at her with a half smile. She rolled her eyes and lightly pushed my arm. We started to turn down a dirt road through the rainforest. We headed up the mountain to the place I had went when Kairi and I broke up.
The scenery reminded me of Paradise Cover. It was amazing. The clearing was coming up. I pulled up and turned the car so the end of the car was facing the view. The orange sun was in a perfectly round ball that was getting ready to fall behind the ocean. I parked the car and we got out.
"Wow." She gasped at how beautiful it was up here. "How did you find this place?" She asked looking at me. I leaned against the car door looking out at the city below. I was kind of in deep thought... about the days when things were simple. My arms were crossed. I looked over at her.
"I went for a drive to clear my mind after we broke up." I said with a straight face. We both turned to look at the setting sun. I heard her let out a sigh. I really didn't like thinking of our break up, it happened 4 months ago. I still treated her kind of like a girlfriend. No phone calls, no kisses, and small quick hugs is what was left. I was still thankful that we were still friends. We just weren't as good of friends as before, like when we were younger.
I took a hold of her arm and we sat on the trunk of my car. I quickly got up and turned on the radio. It was nice to be able to watch the sunset with the music playing behind us. It was getting that time of night were you could actually count down the sunset. We rested out backs against the window with our arms behind our heads. Then one of our all time favorite songs started to play. 'Simple and Clean' by Utada Hikaru played. Kairi looked at me and I smiled back at her. As the sun rested behind the ocean, the city lights gleamed while the night stars started to shine above us. After 'Simple and Clean' ended, I looked at Kairi.
"That's our song, okay?" I asked looking back at the city. Kairi looked at me.
"Huh?" She asked confused.
"Simple and Clean is going to be our song." I repeated looking at her and smiling. She smiled back at me.
"Alright." She said. We laid back on the car. After a few more songs, we got into the car and headed back towards town.
"Wanna get some ice cream?" I asked breaking the silence.
"Sure." She said cheerfully. I wasn't all that hungry, but it meant more time with Sora. We pulled into Baskin Robbins.
"Two Mint Chocolate Chips in a regular cone." Sora said to the cashier. Kairi smiled at me. I remember the first time she had me try this last year. Now I love it. We ate the ice cream at the local park. We sat on the swings in silence. Even though we hardly talked, it was defiantly an awesome night. I dropped Kairi off at her house at 10:30. This was for sure a night to remember.
A/N: This chapter was short. Sorry guys! We had some family issues that are somewhat solved now (that's why I haven't updated). Also sad to say but there is one chapter left. It's kind of rushed (remember I made this back in July!) So it automatically goes to early June lol. It'll probably be really short. Anyways, you know what do to from here... (cough) review (cough) XD