Chapter 19—Fight

The next morning, Kairi was surprised to find Sora—home. He was in the kitchen staring out the window.

"I thought you had a game." Kairi said, standing next to him. He didn't say anything. Obviously something was wrong. She put her hand on his shoulder and leaned against it.

Sora must've been really upset to miss a Blitzball game, especiallyat the peak of the season. Kairi just had to know what was going on.

"Sora, what's the matter?"

"I don't know if I should tell you." He said coldly, throwing her off guard. There was something he couldn't tell her?

Sunshine came into the kitchen carrying a small toy in her mouth. She set it down at Kairi's feet and wagged her tail. However, Kairi wasn't really in the mood to play.

"What… do you mean?" She asked him. Sora said nothing, just continued to glare out the window. He was furious about something, she just couldn't tell what.

"Sora…"

"I have to hear from someone else that you're pregnant?" He shouted. Kairi had never seen him so angry before. She froze. How did he find out? There was no point in denying it…

"Y-Yes… I am…"

"Oh my goodness…" Sora turned away from her. "And you lied to me about that testing thing, didn't you?"

"Yeah…"

"Why? Why would you lie to me… especially about something like this? Do you think I would leave or something?"

You already do…

"No… that's not it at all…" She said.

I'm lying again…

"And when did you plan on telling me? The day you gave birth?" He exaggerated. Kairi shook her head and held onto him tightly.

"Sora! Just listen to me, okay?" She started crying.

It's now or never…

They went into the TV room and sat down on the couch. He definitely wanted an explanation for all of this. There was no way out. Kairi had to tell him the truth.

"I don't want another child…" Kairi admitted.

"Why not?"

"Well…" Kairi began, not able to think of the right way to word all of this. "You know I don't believe in abortion, so that's out of the question, so now I'm just going to have to have another one. But… it's not what I planned…"

"I still don't understand." He said bluntly.

"I don't think you're around enough for me to have another child!" She yelled.

It was silent. Kairi took deep breaths. She couldn't believe she just told him that. However, she had to finish what she started. Sora was shocked. All these years, he had no idea that he was causing trouble.

"I mean… yes, you're here when you don't have any games or anything… but if you know how it felt to take care of those twins all by myself, you would understand!" Tears rolled down her cheeks.

"Kairi, you know being famous is a tough business…"

"No! No I don't! I don't know what it's like to be followed around every second! I thought you knew this, Sora! I am not like you! I never will be like you!" She took a deep breath. "I just want you to spend more time around the house like a normal husband!" Sora felt like he's heard these words somewhere before. Sora didn't know what to say.

"And yet you wonder why I can't tell you these things… because you aren't here anymore! Sure, that vacation was nice, sure, Christmas was cool, but those nights I've spent all alone with the twins were not very fun, Sora! Especially when they were younger… even when you were here, you wouldn't help me take care of them, so how could I actually be proud of having another child? Hmm?"

"I can't be around all the time!" Sora snapped.

"I'm not asking you to be here every second." She said in a calmer tone. "I just want you to be here when I need you. When your family needs you."

Sora stared into her eyes for a long time before he got up and walked out of the room. Kairi's eyes were drained out from all the tears that rolled down her cheeks. She heard a door slam and the car pulling out of the driveway, but didn't do anything to stop him. Maybe he was overreacting. Kairi was actually planning on telling him about her pregnancy when he returned from his Blitzball game, but now she actually had doubts on whether he was going to come home this time or not. She knew that he would, but...

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A/N: Maybe Sora took it a little too seriously… hmm… is he wrong? Is Kairi wrong? Are they both wrong? Will Sora come back home or will he leave for good? Til next time!