.-Oathkeeper-.
SoraxKairi
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No! It'll fall down if you keep jumping up and down like that!"
The auburn haired girl laughed. "Oh, come one, just one little jump couldn't hurt it, could it? And if it did, we could just build another one."
Sora's eyes shined with amusement. There was never a time when Kairi's spirits lifted his heart up into the air. "I guess, but I don't think making another one will stop my back aching."
The two were at the beach at midday. Making sandcastles was almost irresistible to them, and after all the years, they weren't close to stopping.
"Give me water for the ditch," Kairi demanded playfully.
"Yes, you highness," Sora teased. Playing with Kairi was fun, and over times, Sora felt that it was the power of the sandcastle's fault that he became to like her. He just thought she looked pretty at first. But over the times, that pretty turned into more than that. He liked her personality as well, and her blue eyes were so full of tranquil that each time Sora looked into hers, he instantly forgot what he was doing until she blinked them.
He returned with two buckets of water and poured them into the ditches that circled around the sandcastle.
"It looks perfect," Kairi said cheerfully. She took a star shaped shell off from her pocket and then dug a hole intothe ground, located at the middle of the castle. She placed the seashell carefully in the hole, and covered it back up with sand until it was invisible to the eyes of the world except for thecrabs and mini microscopic organisms.
"Let's name it the Oathkeeper," said Kairi.
Sora stared at her strangely. "Why? No promises were made to keep."
Kairi shrugged. "Then let's make a promise." She stuck the flag to the highest tower. The red fabric blew in the wind. "Promise that no matter where we are, we'll always be together?"
Sora smiled. "Sure. I'll do that… somehow."
Footsteps stomping in the sand and loud calling noises caught the two's attention. "Kairi! Finished my homework."
Sora flinched when he recognized the voice. Riku comes to ruin my day. He was marching down to the shore where they were sitting.
"Hi, Riku," Kairi said cheerfully as if nothing disturbed her. Sora however, was disturbed and edged away while the other two chattered like spring birds, calling for mating time.
Sora looked back to the castle – Oathkeeper that was isolated by the salt water. It stood there lonely, oath forgotten in the wind.
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Scratch. Scratch.
Sora sighed. Not only his back hurt now, but his right arm felt disconnected too. He took a mighty half hour sitting in the musty cave, drawing something he knew Kairi would probably have not draw back.
The picture of SoraKairi drew on the wall when she was little was holding out a paopu fruit to the picture of KairiSora had drawn in the past. Sora threw a rock at the picture, regretting what he drew. The waterfall echoed off the walls, telling him to stop it.
He laid his back on the wall, trying to forget what happened. It was getting way to recent to see Riku stealing Kairi away from him so easily. And most of the activities Riku did with her didn't include Sora. He, on the other hand, always made sure the three were together so their friendship wouldn't weaken, but high and mighty Riku just never got his intentions.
"Sora?" a soft voice broke his thoughts. He glared up to Kairi's slightly shocked blue ones that were losing its serenity.
"What?" Sora hissed vehemently. Kairi didn't know how to take the response.
"I saw your canoe still docked, so I thought you still might be here… somewhere…"
Sora snorted. "Of course I'm here! Didn't you notice me come here? Or were you a little too busy to notice?" he stood up.
"But, I was only –"
"Shut your excuses." Kairi stood there immobilized while watching Sora walking away. Her heart dropped.
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Sora avoided Riku and Kairi for the next week. He stayed at the shore, making violent faces to people who passed by. But finally, after a day, he saw the castle, down and stomped on. He looked over and saw Kairi crying by the side. Sora couldn't help but feel a little pain of guilt as he watched her tears drop down, making little holes in the sand. But he still remembered the anger he had with her and didn't move closer there where he was.
Kairi noticed Sora though, and she moved closer to him, and Sora gave her the cold shoulder. She stopped moving and sat right at the other side of where the sandcastle was stomped. The two gazed at the sea, silent, before an unexpected cry came out of Kairi's mouth. She wrapped her arms around him and cried on his chest. Sora's face turned slightly red, but Kairi didn't care.
"I'm sorry," Kairi said through her sniffs. "Riku… Riku just told me…" She let go of him and wiped her own tears that blossomed out of her eyes.
He sighed and rubbed her back in circles. "He-he did like me," she continued, sniffling, "but he said it was better if-if I went with you." Sora was a bit surprised.
"No. I'm sorry. I jump to conclusions too much." He didn't look up, but his eyes were glued to the sand, not exactly sure what to say.
"And I'm sorry – I'm sorry that I broke our promise. I'm such an idiot."
"No you aren't," Sora muttered. "I am." He stopped rubbing her back and started digging up the sand, trying to find the shell Kairi buried. It still looked good as new, and handed it to her. "But we could still mend the promise back together."
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