A/N: Ah, good ol' memories…

Chapter Six – Memories From Long Ago

Kairi looked around from the isle. She didn't see her mother anywhere. She hated when this happened. Suddenly she fell to the ground.

"Oh man! I'm sorry, are you okay?" A hand came into view. Kairi was on the floor. She grabbed the hand without looking and stood up. "Thanks," she picked up her purse. She didn't like to make eye contact, but when she saw who it was…

"Um…" Kairi's eyes widened. Sora blinked. There was an awkward silence. Kairi was trembling. She couldn't stop staring at him. Sora raised an eyebrow. "Are you okay?" He asked. She quickly turned around and ran into the bra section without answering him. Surely he wouldn't dare to follow her…

- - -

"Kairi? Yoo-hoo… Kairi…" Sora waved his hands in front of her face. Snapping out of it, Kairi looked at him. He smiled and rested his head back on the pillow still facing her. Kairi was lying on her back and staring absentmindedly up at the ceiling. Her hands were on her stomach. Sora took one and held it tightly in his warm hand.

"The twins were really disappointed today." Kairi said. Sora sighed.

"I know… I don't know how to make it up to them…"

Kairi hesitated before changing the subject; she had to cheer Sora up. She turned onto her side to face him and grinned. Sora was confused at first but smiled back.

"Remember when we first started talking to each other… how scared I was to do it?" She whispered, her eyes lowering. Sora tried to think back, but not much was coming to him at the moment.

"Yeah, I think so…"

"I was so afraid to just say hello, but you did it for me…I used to think I was too… strange or something to talk to someone like you…" Kairi laughed a little. Sora scooted closer and kissed her.

"I couldn't resist…"

- - -

"What can I get for you?" It was a junior that Kairi saw every now and then. "Uh, two hotdogs, and…" She thought for a moment. "Some more strawberry pocky." Kairi got her munny out and paid. As she waited for her change, someone tapped her shoulder.

"Great game, eh?" Kairi froze. Sora was talking to her? 'Okay… breathe, Kairi… breathe…' She turned around and smiled. "Oh yeah!" She laughed. He smiled, which made her want to faint. Kairi took her food and waved to him. He nodded and smiled, then turned to order his food.

'Oh my goodness…' Kairi could barely breathe. Well, she could breathe just fine, she just was completely out of it. She gave herself a satisfied smile. "He actually talked to me…" After a few moments of daydreaming, she finally snapped out of it.

"Why would he talk to me?" Kairi wondered. "I'm just weird..."

- - -

"Wow, you said that? You're not weird, Kairi." Sora's grin made her feel better. It always did no matter how angry or sad she was. It sometimes even made her forget why she was feeling that way, just because she loved him so much…

"Tomorrow will be better, Sora. Don't worry. Kids aren't supposed to like you every second…" He nodded, took a deep breath and closed his eyes. He was still holding her hand in his too.

"I love you, Kairi…" He said quietly. "Don't ever think anything other than that."

- - -

"I'm sorry!" He buried his face in his hands. Kairi paused, and then laughed.

"Heh... that was cute!" She exclaimed.

"Huh?" Sora was confused. Kairi did an imitation of what he just did. He started to laugh.

"So you're not mad at me?"

"It'll go away, right?" Kairi shrugged.

"I... guess..." Sora stared back at the ocean. She grabbed his hand and held onto it tightly. Sora looked at her for a while, and then grinned. His smile always made butterflies in her stomach. He made her feel so... safe...

"Kairi?" Sora said after a few minutes.

"Yeah?"

"I know we've only been going out for a little over a month… and this might sound weird since i'm shirtless and we were just making out...but…" He paused, "I'm… in love with you." Kairi gasped.

- - -

The next morning the twins seemed to be over what happened the day before. They didn't say anything about it. In fact, they were acting pretty normal.

"I don't believe you!" Akira yelled at Kosuke. "Why did you tell her that I liked her?"

"Because you do, and she was coming onto me! I don't like her that way!" Kosuke shot back.

"Leave me alone!" They said at the same time, turning their backs to one another and crossing their arms. Kairi and Sora walked into the room.

"Now what?" Kairi asked.

"He told Nikki I liked her!" Akira pointed to his brother.

"But you do." Kairi raised an eyebrow. It was obvious. Akira's face went red and he stormed out of the room. Kosuke shrugged and looked through the fridge.

"Kosuke, when is Nikki's birthday party?" Sora asked, surprised he actually remembered.

"Next week." He said with food in his mouth. Kosuke sat at the table and ate an apple. Kairi and Sora decided to let that one go since he wasn't too happy at the moment. Kairi then remembered that the twin's birthday wasn't too long after Nikki's… probably about three weeks. She had no idea what they wanted. However, Sora had some kind of idea…

"I think we should all take that vacation I was talking about to Destiny Islands during the twin's birthday."

"Vacation?" Kosuke rose to his feet in an instant. Sora nodded happily. Kosuke ran upstairs to tell his brother, who was probably still pissed from earlier. However, if Kairi and Sora knew their children, they had a pretty good feeling that they both would be back downstairs really quickly jumping up and down in excitement. Sure enough, they were… and it was like nothing ever happened.

"We're going on vacation!" They repeated over and over as they pranced around the kitchen. Kairi laughed as Sora went to get the camera so he could sneak a few pictures of this. It was quite entertaining.

Kairi went to work later on that day. Her boss had been acting a little strange lately… like greeting her before she even walked into the door and such. He gave her a raise which made her pretty happy, but also made her wonder about the others that worked just as hard as she did.

"Hello, Mr. Yamada…" Kairi said for the almost third time that day. She said hello to the other workers and walked into her recording studio. This was the fifteenth time doing one certain part in the show, and it was getting kind of annoying. However, she knew that it had to be perfect.

At lunchtime, Kairi got a cup of hot chocolate and sat in the lounge with the others. What she liked about this job was the fact that she was able to reunite with one of her best friends, Rinoa. They've known each other since preschool, but Rinoa had to leave around fourth grade because of her stepfather. They both promised they would always be friends no matter how far apart they were.

"Mr. Yamada scares me…" Rinoa whispered, making sure nobody was in earshot of the conversation. Kairi couldn't agree more.

"Just the other day, he winked at me…" Rinoa sank down in her seat. Kairi thought she had it bad; Rinoa got 'special attention' from him everyday. Didn't anybody else notice but them?

"He says hello to me like five times a day…" Kairi said quietly.

"It's nasty… he's like… 50 or something and he flirts with us. Doesn't he know that we're married and have children of our own?" Rinoa asked.

Kairi shook her head. "I guess he just doesn't care…"

"I was thinking about quitting if he didn't leave me alone." Rinoa said boldly. Kairi gasped.

"Quit? You can't! You can't leave me here all alone!"

"Have you told Sora about him?" Rinoa questioned. Kairi paused, and then shook her head sadly. "Him and I haven't talked as much lately. We've been arguing back and forth."

"Oh… why can't it just be like the good old days?" Rinoa sighed and sipped some coffee. Kairi was deep in thought again…

- - -

"Hey Kairi, your boyfriend's not so bad when he's not being an asshole!" Koru exclaimed, winning for the third time in a row. Kairi decided to excuse that comment and sat next to Sora. They kissed. Sora handed the controller back to Koru and stood up to stretch. He then reached his hand out. Kairi took it and they went into the kitchen.

"Are you hungry?" Kairi asked, looking in the fridge. The kitchen was empty; her mother and Markus were probably outside somewhere. Sora came behind her and wrapped his arms around her. He rested his head on her shoulder.

"I love you," he whispered into her ear. For the first time in hours, Kairi smiled.

"I love you too." She said back, turning around to face him. She put her arms around his neck and kissed him.

"Do you feel better?" Sora asked softly, running his fingers through her hair. Kairi nodded. "Yes… now that you're here…"

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A/N: w00! Memories! I hope you liked this chapter… review!