Chapter Two – What a Lovely Day

"Oh no! Don't hurt her, Sousuke! Please!"

Kairi took off her headphones. She was a voice actress for a popular anime show called "Futaride DISTANCE." (A/N: Sound familiar? Hehe) Kairi had been working here for a little over a year, and she loved her job. Voice acting was actually pretty fun, and paid a decent amount too.

"Excellent!" Her boss, Mr. Yamada, met her at the door. He was watching her through a window, recording everything. Kairi smiled.

"I am thrilled to have you as an employee, Mrs. Kiyamoto. I don't know where we would be without you! You really put the voice into your character and I love that about you!" Her boss gave her compliments everyday. It was almost scary at times.

Kairi walked out of the studio and out into the town. She was extremely tired. It had been a long day and she couldn't wait to get home. Since she lived just around the corner, she could walk to and from work. It was better than spending a lot of money for gas to drive. It was getting late, and she was sure the twins were sick of the babysitter by now. She opened the door.

"Mom!" Akira said happily, hugging her. He seemed pretty hyper as usual. Kosuke was asleep on the couch. The babysitter, Anna, came into the room.

"Oh, hello. They were angels!"

Anna was going on eighteen. She had short, black hair and wore makeup all the time. She was pretty tall for a girl. She lived down the street from them, so it was pretty convenient. Plus, Kairi felt that she could trust Anna with anything. The twins were pretty tough kids to handle, but she was confident that Anna had the skills that would send them to bed in an instant.

"Thank you, Anna." She pulled out twenty munny and handed it to her. Anna left.

"SHE'S EVIL!" Akira yelled. Kairi tried to shush him, but he wouldn't. He did this every single time they had Anna for a babysitter.

"What do you have against Anna?" Kairi asked as he followed her into the kitchen. "And please try to keep it down, your brother is sleeping."

"DUH, because she gave him some sort of poison! I checked his pulse! He's not breathing!" Kairi stared at him for a while and then shook her head.

"I'll show you!" He grabbed her hand. "Come on!"

Akira pulled her into the TV room over to the couch. Kosuke was definitely breathing; Kairi could tell. Akira lifted Kosuke's hand up and wrapped his hand around his wrist like it was a cup. Kairi raised an eyebrow and crossed her arms. Kosuke's eyes opened.

"What are you doing?" He asked, still a little out of it. Akira let go and turned to his mother, laughing nervously.

"Heh… he's alive again…"

"Oy…" Kairi went back to the kitchen. Sora walked in the door. He had been out with some friends all day, which made Kairi a little angry. She tried not to show it, though.

"Hey babe." He kissed her. Kairi tried to hold back from yelling at him. She hated the fact that he had fun all the time and just thought that he could go out whenever he wanted when they had the kids at home. Ironic, eh? He also needed to spend more time with the twins… since he wasn't around much.

"Hello." She sounded a bit distant, but Sora didn't seem to notice. He was sitting at the table munching an apple and reading the paper. For the past few years, her and Sora had been a little… remote from each other. Ever since Sora came home that night and said he made the team, their lives changed, and not generally for the better with some of the circumstances. What really annoyed Kairi the most was the fact that he didn't even realize that his sons probably felt like he didn't care about them.

"So how was your day?" He set the newspaper down and took another bite of the apple. Kairi shrugged.

"It was okay."

"Something wrong?" About time he noticed…

"No!" She gave him a faint smile and looked away. Kosuke and Akira came into the room.

"Dad!" They both glomped him.

"Whoa!" Sora laughed.

"Our babysitter is EVIL! You believe me, right dad?" Akira asked. Kosuke rolled his eyes.

"No she's not! Quit saying that!" He defended.

"Oh," Akira said mockingly, "you're only sticking up for her because you think she's hot! Seriously, you drool over her every time she comes here!"

"Do not!" Kosuke yelled. His face went red.

"Okay, okay… that's enough." Sora said calmly. "Isn't it past your bedtime?"

Kairi was wondering when he was going to ask that, because it was going on nine o clock. The twins groaned.

"But dad… we're old enough to stay up as long as you guys do!" They said at the same time. Sora and Kairi were used to the surround sound.

"I don't think so. Off to bed."

"But—" Akira started, but Sora shook his head and pointed towards the stairs. The twins walked out of the room slowly. Kairi and Sora yelled goodnight to them.

After they were all the way up the stairs, Sora stood up and went over to Kairi. He stood in front of her and locked her hands in his. Kissing her forehead softly, Kairi felt a bit of relief. Sora could be a pain sometimes, but others he was just really sweet…

"What's the matter?" He asked in a low tone. Kairi shook her head.

"Nothing, I'm just tired… that's all…" Would that be considered lying?

"I think we should take a vacation… all four of us." Sora said cheerfully, changing the subject. Kairi gave him a strange look.

"If you've forgotten, our kids have school."

"I mean like on the weekend or something. They can miss one Friday, can't they?" Sora reasoned.

"And where would we go?" Kairi expected a good answer.

"Well," Sora paused, "how about Destiny beach? You know, the place we all went when we were like fourteen or so…"

Kairi had actually wanted to go there for a while. She needed a break. She hadn't been there since she left Destiny Islands to come and live in Twilight Town. She also hadn't seen her family lately either.

"I'll think about it."

Sora kissed her again, but got a little carried away. He massaged her arm with his hand as he put his other hand around her waist. Kairi went with it and pulled him closer to her.

"Ew, you two are sick!" They saw the twins standing in the doorway. Kosuke was holding a glass of water. Sora and Kairi separated.

"Get to bed!" Sora said firmly. They ran back upstairs.

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A/N: Looks like we have a few marriage problems… hehe… those twins ruin everything! Wow, I didn't expect so many reviews for the first chapter… thanks guys! Keep reading!