Kingdom Hearts x Awkward Silence
/By Aemi Takahashi

I lose my way

Author's Note
Hey guess what! I'm trying out for the musical! Yep, that's right! It means if I get in I probably wont' be able to update again. Haha, so screw me then. Well anyways, I don't have a lot of confidence in me getting a part this time but I'm still hoping. :3 If I don't get it, I'll probably become Stage Manager or something. Oh, and I'm experimenting with using song lyrics instead of usual dividers… this chapter's song is "Because of You" by Kelly Clarkson. The songs are usually related to the events in the chapters.

Disclaimer
Kingdom Hearts © Square-enix & Disney
OC's, plot © Aemi Takahashi

I cannot cry

Awkward Silence
chapter eight

"So who is it?" Sora still had that smirk on his face.

"Are you kidding me? I'd never tell in a million years!"

"What? But you said you'd admit."

"Heh." I smirked right back at him, "I didn't say I would admit who, I just said I would admit that I do have a crush on someone."

"Dang." Sora laughed but it faded out quickly as he looked away—was he disappointed?

We lay down in her beds in complete silence.

"Umm," he decided to bring up, "are you going to the dance this Friday?"

"I guess," I replied—I wasn't a big fan of dances. I've heard a lot of stories. Dances equal girls getting subtly molested. At least that's what Selphie claims. And it's not that I don't really want to go to dances, it's more of my parents won't let me. Well actually, they told me I could start going once I get into 8th grade… and I am in 8th grade. "Not too sure."

"Aww, why not?" He asked me.

"I dunno, don't feel like it." I didn't have a big ego when it came to guys. I was convinced that if I were anything impressive to guys that I would probably have a boyfriend right now. Or at least have had my first kiss—but it hasn't happened, "No one would dance with me anyway—"

"I would." Sora interrupted. I raised my eyebrows and my eyes went wide—and I mean wide. "I mean, uhh, you know… if no one else will, I can… you know."

I couldn't help but giggle at his loss of words. "Okay. Agreed. It goes both ways okay, if you don't find anyone to dance with I will. Though I doubt it."

"Why do you doubt it?"

"Oh please, Mr. star of the basketball team." I chuckled, "You're followed around by a flock of fangirls everyday!"

"Really?" He scratched his head, "I haven't noticed…" I laughed again.

I'm forced to fake a smile

It was lunchtime. I stayed in the Nurse's office until it was lunchtime because I didn't feel like walking all the way back to P.E. Sora did the same, but his cousin went ahead and went back. After our conversation about the dance, we didn't talk… and I fell asleep.

"I'm going to lunch now." I said to Sora while I sat up from my position. I turned to face his bed and noticed he had fallen asleep as well. I blushed a little and giggled at the soft sound of his snoring. I decided to leave without him—though I did wonder how much scandal it would build up if I had arrived at the cafeteria with him. I would have to face supreme tacklage from the Sora fan club. Haha.

"Are you feeling better now?" Mrs. Babel turned in her office chair when she noticed I was making my way out.

"Yeah, I'm feeling so much better after that nap. Thanks, Mrs. Babel."

"I'm glad, now don't forget to eat something good or else you'll feel even worse." She tole me, and I nodded in agreement before heading out.

"Kai!" Selphie waved at me from her spot in the extremely long lunch line. I waved back and came up to her. Dinah was there too and smiled.

"Are you okay now?" Dinah asked me.

"Yeah, thanks for asking."

"How was it?" Selphie said with a sheepish smile on her face.

"How was what?"

"Your encounter with Sora. The nurse called Ms. Gemm and told her he was still there. You must tell me what happened."

"Nothing did. He asked me if I was going to the dance this Friday."

"Are you?"

"I don't know."

"Well if he asked you then you better come with me! Are you in, Dinah?"

"Umm," she looked uncertain, "will people outside our school be able to come?"

"Sure!" Selphie chuckled, "Dinah's bringin' her bf!"

Dinah blushed and laughed nervously.

"Fine, fine, I'll go." I said. I sighed and looked at Selphie—who suddenly looked flabbergasted. Someone tapped on my shoulder and I turned around.

"Hey, you ditched me!" Sora joked.

"Sora?" I laughed, "I did not ditch you. You were still sleeping so I left you alone."

"Same difference." He shoved his hands in his pockets and whistled. "Well, I'll see you around then Kairi." He went off with his friend Riku.

"What was that?" someone behind me said. I turned around and recognized her instantly—she was in the flock that kept on stalking Sora. "Why was Sora-poo talking to someone like Kairi Valencia?"

"Because he wanted to." Selphie snapped her fingers thrice at the girl and put her hands on her hips in an intimidating way.

"Your mom wanted to." She snapped back. Selphie, Dinah and I raised our eyebrows. She could not pull off the whole "your mom" ordeal.

my heart can't possibly break

The week went by pretty fast. Dinah had adjusted to the school fast enough, and she told us her boyfriend, Sean, wasn't coming to the dance with her. She was sad a little, but we told her it was okay. We wanted to meet him, though. She told us she was having a harder time trying to keep in touch with him. He kept telling her he was always busy.

As for Sora, we began talking a little more. It was more of a, "Hi"-"Hey, what's up?"-"Nothing much."-"Cool." thing, but hey, at least we talked, not like those weirdos who stalk him and never talk to him. They're actually fun to watch.

During the course of the week, we had all gone to each other's houses (Dinah's being the favorite—since it was ungodly huge!), and into each other's closets, and decided what we were all wearing for the dance.

It was Thursday and we thought nothing bad could happen.

"My back hurts so bad!" Selphie stretched out and sat down on the floor with me by our lockers. "I was like, bent over all last night studying for our Social Studies test. And I'm still going to fail it."

"See, that's why procrastinating is bad." I told her while looking over my notes in my notebook.

"And who's the one who's studying right now?"

"I didn't say that I wasn't a procrastinator."

"But… fine, whatever." Selphie rolled her eyes. We heard a thump beside me and a loud noise like someone just hit the lockers. We both turned our heads to the left. Dinah had landed a spot on the floor right beside me—but we couldn't believe it was Dinah. Her hair was messy, her eyes were all poofy like she had been crying all night…

…wait.

"What happened?" I asked her. She turned to face me and started crying. Selphie stood up and transferred so that Dinah would be in the middle of the both of us, and she embraced Dinah.

"Sean… he… br… broke up… with… m-me…" she said in between sobs. I hugged her as well.

"Let me guess, he found it hard to bridge the communication gap the two of you had because you were studying in different schools?" Selphie said.

Dinah nodded. Selphie and I rolled our eyes.

"Guys are idiots like that. Don't worry." I said. "They have the craziest reasons to break up with someone… well, sometimes they're decent, but at our age they're all stupid…"

"Th…thanks…" she hugged us both. "Sean was a stupid boy anyway."

"That's the spirit, girl!" Selphie laughed.

"I mean, come on, he can't even pass a test unless I tutor him. And he can't get a good average unless he copies like… all my homework."

"Screw him then!" I raised my first up in the air. We all laughed and Dinah felt better, at least that's what she told us. She wiped away the tears.

"So, are we still on for tomorrow night's dance?" Selphie asked.

"Heck, yeah!" Dinah laughed some more.


if it wasn't even whole to start with.

Author's Note
I'm sorry for the suckiness of the entire chapter… at least I updated, right? Hehe. Don't kill me. I promise the next chapter will have juicier scenes. Hell, it's the dance scene, why wouldn't it be hot? Whoo.