Forgotten Memories

By: Wishes of an Angel

Disclaimer: I do not own anything from Kingdom Hearts.

Hey! Sorry for the slightly late post. I've been kind of busy. Well, then, I'd like to give my thanks to Sorafanluver, the darkness in your heart, angelof sweetness, Dragoon6181, FaLlEn-AnGeL627, and jenn for all of your comments for chapter 6! Now we're up to chapter 7,so here you go!

Chapter 7 – Kairi's Feelings

The dance had ended and the students were laughing and talking as they exited the school.

Kairi and Sora walked side by side into the night with Riku to Sora's right. They were heading home.

"So, how did you two like the dance?" Sora asked.

Riku folded his arms over his head like he was resting it in midair and closed his eyes. "It was boring," Riku simply said.

"Of course, it was for you, Riku," Sora laughed. "You didn't dance at all." Sora turned to Kairi. "How about you, Kairi?"

"I thought it was all right," she answered, not taking her eyes off the road.

The group of students swiftly scattered in different directions, soon leaving Sora and his friends alone. It was quiet as they crossed the bridge. Sora was deep in thought and took a quick glance at Kairi.

'I wonder if Kairi remembered that I hugged her like that before.' Even though it seemed like Kairi didn't remember, Sora just wanted to make sure.

"Kairi?" Sora was fixing his bowtie nervously, wondering how he should word it. Finally, he said, "Did you realize anything from the hug I gave you tonight?"

She turned to face him. "Huh?"

"Well, the hug that I gave you was supposed to remind you –" Sora immediately stopped himself when he saw Kairi look down slowly.

'You idiot,' Sora said to himself. 'You know Kairi's sad whenever she thinks about the memories that she forgot. I can't believe that you'd bring that up.'

"Oh, never mind what I said, Kairi. It's nothing."

"It's supposed to remind me of one of my memories, isn't it?" she asked.

"Yeah. I mean no. I'm sorry that I said anything, Kairi," Sora said apologetically.

"No. I should say sorry. I'm causing you a lot of pain, aren't I?"

"No, you're not. Not at -"

"No matter how hard I try, I just can't remember. I can't remember the times we spent together, the moments that were special to us, and most importantly-" She gazed up at him. "How much I used to love you." Kairi stopped walking and in turn, Sora and Riku stopped. She looked back down and she held her chest.

"My mind keeps telling me that I love you, which you're the one, but I realized that I'm forcing that feeling onto myself. I mean, I really do like you. You're nice, understanding, funny, and not to mention pretty good looking, but it's not as much as before, I just know it." She turned to face him once more.

"I'm sorry, Sora. I'm not the Kairi that I used to be. I could never love you as much as the other Kairi did." She began to cry. "I could never."

Sora came up to her and held her close to him. Then he placed his cheek on her head and said, "It's okay, Kairi. You don't have to apologize. It wasn't your fault. It was mines. I didn't protect you as well as I should have, but don't worry. I'm going to make it up to you. I'm going to bring back your memories, not matter what. I promise." He released his embrace and took her hand.

"Come on. Let's go home."

Sora and Kairi slowly headed toward their house, which could be seen in the distance.

Far behind them was Riku. "Hmph. What about me and my feelings?" he called after them.

Sora and Kairi laughed playfully.

End of Chapter 7

For those who are complaining that this chapter is very short, I apologize, but don't worry. The chapters for the rest of this story will be much longer, I guarentee it. Well, after this chapter, it's going to be all business, so for those of you who have forgotten what happened in chapter 1, I again would like to advise you to read it again. Well, I'll be going now!