Chapter Twelve – Vacation, Part 2

There was an awkward silence going on between Kairi, Sora and the person that claimed to be Riku. Akira and Kosuke were confused, nonetheless.

"I'm sorry, your name was what?" Kairi must've dozed off.

"Riku." He repeated.

It didn't really look like Riku. Truthfully if he had a shirt on, Kairi would've thought he was a girl from a distance. (A/N: Don't kill me!) His long, silver hair was down to his waist. He still had all the muscles that Kairi remembered, but he just didn't look the same at all…

"OHMYGOSH!" Kairi glomped him. Riku was pushed onto his back as her weight covered him, but only for a moment. Kairi couldn't believe it.

"Kairi?" He asked finally. She nodded joyfully.

"WHOA!" He hugged her. Riku looked over at Sora. His eyes widened.

After the whole reunion thing, Riku had to get back to his job. It was short lived, but they would be there all week. It was going on five o'clock. Kairi wanted to get to her mother's house before dinnertime, which was usually at six o'clock sharp.

The path to her house hadn't changed much. She could remember walking this way every single day after school. Kairi's old house was just up the road…

"I can't believe we're walking." Akira complained, slouching over.

"You kids need some exercise… and less video games." Sora said.

"You sound like my mother, Sora." Kairi admitted.

The house was right in front of them. It hadn't changed much at all. There was still a fence surrounding the home. However, it seemed duller than it used to be, probably because all the children had moved out. Kairi couldn't stop staring in awe at her childhood home, and Sora had to shake her to bring her back to reality.

"It's been so long…"

They all walked up to the door. Kairi couldn't believe she hadn't seen her mother since after Sora and her were married. Akira and Kosuke stopped Kairi before she was able to ring the doorbell.

"Wait!" They said in unison, grabbing both of her hands.

"She isn't going to pinch our cheeks, is she?" Kosuke asked. He looked fearful.

"And she isn't going to hug us to death… right?" Akira whined.

"I can't guarantee that. Now let go." She smiled and broke free of their grip and rung the doorbell. The twins stood on either side of Sora and waited for someone to open the door.

It was about a minute before the door flung open and Kairi's mother was squeezing her tightly.

"OH KAIRI!" She shouted. Tears of joy rolled down her cheeks.

"H-hi… mom…" Kairi patted her back. Her mother pulled away and looked at the rest of the family. Akira and Kosuke took a step back, but Sora stopped them from going any further.

"And these must be my grandchildren!" She hugged them both at the same time. Akira and Kosuke tried to be nice and hugged her back.

"Oh my… come in! Markus! Come here!"

Kairi had nearly forgotten all about her stepfather, Markus. Her mother and him got married the summer after graduation. By then Kairi was leaving the house for college, so she didn't see him much. They all walked into the house. It had the normal "grandparent" smell, or so thought the twins. There were more pictures on the wall than before, including Kairi and Sora's senior portraits in the hallway.

The kitchen was exceptionally clean; no better than Kairi's. Her mother moved them all through the house, explaining in detail what happened to what room and when. Kairi's room became a guest room, as well as Koru's. Taka's room was used for storage of old things that wouldn't fit in the garage. That only made Kairi wonder how full the garage was…

Akira seemed to be bored already as he followed everyone around the tour of the house, but Kosuke was a little more entertained by all the blackmail pictures of his mother lying around. Usually Akira would be the one to plot evil schemes against his parents, but he was rubbing off on Kosuke, and that wasn't good.

Kairi opened the door to the room she used to come home to every day. The sheets weren't purple anymore like they used to be; but a dark green color. There were two red pillows piled together. The bed seemed bigger. Her mirror was on the other side of the room now, near the closet. Inside the closet was completely empty. She could remember packing all her things after getting married and moving over to Twilight Town… almost like it was yesterday…

"Mom, I'm bored." Akira whispered. Kairi shushed him. They looked through Koru and Taka's old bedrooms. Kairi was amazed at how many boxes were in Taka's room. There were mostly books inside of these boxes along with some toys in the far corner.

As Kairi and Sora went downstairs to chat more with the parents, Akira followed Kosuke around the house. One thing they both loved to do was snoop around and look for something interesting, especially Kosuke. Kosuke was interested in historic things, and he figured that maybe his grandparents would have something of some importance…

Akira, on the other hand, was only looking around for shiny objects. Lately he had been obsessed with these things and would automatically seize any shiny object in sight. Unfortunately for both of them, they weren't finding anything too exciting.

Kosuke and Akira walked into Taka's old room and rummaged around the boxes. There were many novels and national Geographic's that would just put them to sleep immediately. Kosuke sighed and sat on a box.

"There's nothing here. I knew it'd be boring…"

"Hey, what's this?" Akira picked up a journal and opened it. "Whoa! It's mom's diary! Her writing was terrible…"

"Let me see!" Kosuke rushed over to him.

Akira read from it. "Tonight was prom night. It wasn't as great as I expected it to be. Tifa ruined my dress and made fun of me while Sora was in the bathroom! What a—" Akira skipped over the cursing. "So when Sora came back, he saw that I was crying and immediately escorted me out along with Selphie and Namine. He took them all home but me. Instead, he drove us over to the ocean. We got in a boat and rowed out into the water." Akira rolled his eyes. "Do I even have to tell you what went on then? –giggle- Nothing too bad… just… oh crap, gotta go… Koru's coming."

"That was weird." Kosuke said. Akira flipped through to another page.

"SORA IS SUCH A—" Once again, cursing. The twins were interested now. "He was the guy who teased my little brother at the skate park, along with his no good low life friends, Wakka and Leon! I can't believe it! They gave Koru a cigarette, and then laughed in his face when he actually tried it! Argh! HE MAKES ME SO ANGRY!"

There was no more written on that page, leaving the twins aching to know what happened after that. The next page was just about her and Sora getting back together and all that romantic stuff that they were grossed out by.

"Akira! Kosuke!" They heard their mother's voice and immediately hid the journal.

"We're coming!" They called back. Right before they left though, Akira grabbed the journal and hid it in his pocket.

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A/N: Yes, Akira has big pockets. I finally updated! The next chapter will be… DUN DUN DUN… the twin's birthday! W00!