Childhood Friends
Chapter 3 : Hang Out
Author's Notes: Whaa! I am so sorry for not updating this in such a long long time. Really really sorry. Still, I hope people will still read this. T.T Hm? What's the reason I couldn't update? I got lazy. o.o; Ahehe... Hope you forgive me! And I hope you'll like this chappie! Whee! I lurve this chappie. Makes me hungry. Happy reading!
Comments:
Aemi - Eep! I am just so sorry for not updating so long. You've already updated your fics and I haven't. Oh so sorry Aemi-chi! -huggle- And, about the teacher. Let's just make it OC. o.o; Ahehe... And I was really aiming for Japanese style, not really Miriam. Ahehe...
Letter Bomb - Kyaa... I like the insults too. :) Whee! One of the best? XD Thanks for the compliment!
Casey - Yes.. Something's wrong with them all... Mwahahahha... (oo; you did NOT see me do that evil laugh XD) Oh... Sorry for not updating soon. -bow-
carbuncle x3 - Yes... Chapters are always late when it comes to me writing it. Bubuu... Anyways, nice info! -applauds- XD Sorry you had to wait a long time for this chapter. -bow-
thes razr blade kisses - Whee! You love it! Thankee! XD Sorry for not updating soon! -bow-
Shirozora - Whee! Thankees! XD
luvbobbyo01 - Yeah XD I was inspired. Just that, when it comes to me... I lack concentration even when I get more inspiration than I really need. XD;
skippinsunday - Yesh! Noypi ako! I mean, I'm pinoy. XD And uh.. I dunno if I should say what it means... XD But, uh... 'Maganda' means 'pretty' or 'beautiful'. -nods head- XD
Disclaimer: I do not own the Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy characters that are to be found in this fan fiction.
"Ah... Finally... It's Saturday." Kairi said, stretching her arms as she sat up on her bed. "Finally... A day at peace..." She dragged her feet to the side of her bed. "A day without school... A day without worry! And most of all... a day without that Baka!" She groaned at the thought of Sora taunting her. She remembered the time that the two of them had a race, a race from the door of the shack to the bent paopu tree.
At that time, Riku was already sitting on the bent tree, waiting for Sora and Kairi to come and finish their race. Sora taunted her, saying that he would definitely win the race. The two of them got into position and ran fast. Sora was in the lead of course. But as Kairi started to run faster, she tripped. Sora saw this and ran back to help, Riku running back with him. Sora then helped Kairi up and grinned.
'That grin...' Kairi thought. She then shook her head, not wanting to think of him anymore. 'I've survived one week. And I'll survive the other days to come.' She stood up and walked to the mirror.
'Good morning, Kairi! Feeling good today?'
"Feeling great!" Kairi smiled.
'Well, that's good to hear! But you do remember, don't you? You need to meet up with Sir Riku today?'
"Hm? With Riku?" Kairi blinked as she thought about it. "Oh yeah! How could I forget! Mirror, what time is it?" she asked. The mirror changed the position of its angle so Kairi could see the reflection of the clock. "Oh my gosh! Only fifteen minutes left!" Kairi cried out as the mirror positioned itself back into place.
Kairi hurried freshening herself up. She then changed her clothes into a tee shirt with pink and sky blue diagonal lines going from left to right and white cargo pants. She had plain white low socks (like, you can't really see it) and white sneakers with one pink line and one sky blue line on each side. She went to her dresser, getting some pink bracelets and a blue wrist watch. She put her wallet, mobile phone and some of her other stuff in a white bag with some sky blue outlines. "Oh gosh... I'm gonna be late!" She said to herself as she looked back at her wristwatch. She hurriedly went out of her room and into the hall.
"Ma? I'm gonna go out today!" Kairi said, sliding her bag over her shoulders.
"Um... Okay dear! Oh... Be back before dark, okay? We're going to have visitors for dinner!"
"Um... Okay, Mom! Uh... I'll be going! Bye!" Kairi said, sliding down the staircase and rushing out of the door. Out of breath, she tried to run up to the limo as it arrived. The door automatically opened and she jumped in. "Wei!" She said as the door closed behind her.
"Yes, Miss Kairi?"
"To the usual stop!" Kairi said.
"Right away, Ma'am." Wei said as he stepped on gas and drove off.
"Phew..." Kairi let out a sigh. 'I hope I get there in time...' She thought as she inhaled deeply. Finally calming down, she looked out the window. Blinking, she thought about what Riku had said the day before.
'Hey Kairi!'
'Yeah?'
'We're gonna hang out like usual tomorrow, right?'
'Yeah... Um... I think. Why?'
'Nothing... I just have something special for you tomorrow.'
'Special?'
'You'll see tomorrow. Don't be late, okay?'
"Hm... A surprise, huh?" Kairi blinked.
Sora sighed, walking with Riku at the park. "Riku... She's not gonna come." He sulked as he walked.
"Aw... Don't worry, Sora." Riku grinned, nearby girls shrieking and asking each other, 'who's he?' or squealing, 'he's so cute!' or 'look at that body!' ((don't ask me... OO;;)) "Kairi's almost always late." He laughed.
"Hm? Almost... always?" Sora asked as he squint his eyes, quite curious. "You... always hang out?"
"Yeah." Riku replied as Sora sat down on one of the benches under the fire trees(1) and relaxed a bit. Riku looked out further into the distance, wondering if Kairi's there already or not. He sighed. He then looked over at Sora "Why do you ask anyway?"
"Nothing... Just asking." Sora grinned. Deep inside, he kept on thinking. 'They always hang out...' He thought as he looked over at girls passing by. They'd wave, twirling their fingers. Sora rolled his eyes, thinking again. 'I wonder... if they've gotten much closer.
"Hey, Sora. Look! There she is!" Riku said.
As Wei drove on, Kairi thought of what Riku might have been planning. Sora, thought, never crossed her mind even once. Thoughts filling her head too much, she did not realize they were already at their destination.
"Um... Miss Kairi?" Wei called to his mistress' attention. "We're here already. Miss Kairi?"
"Hm? Oh? Um... Yes." Kairi stuttered, finally coming back to her senses. "I'm sorry about that, Wei."
"It is of no problem, Miss." Wei smiled. "Shall you go off now then?"
"Um... Yeah..." Kairi said, opening the door. "I'll call you when and where you'll pick me up."
"Okay, Miss." Wei replied. "You have a pleasant day, Miss Kairi."
"Sure. Thanks, Wei." Kairi smiled as she got out of the limo and closed the door. As soon as she closed the door she turned back to wave goodbye to Wei. Wei soon drove off and soon went out into the distance.
"Hey Kai!" A voice said. Kairi turned back, it was Riku.
"Ei Riku!" Kairi smiled. "Sorry I was late." She said as they started to walk towards a cherry tree.
"No, it's okay." Riku smiled. "We just arrived too."
"Oh... I see..." Kairi smiled. Noticing Riku used 'we', she asked. "Um... We?"
"Yup." Riku grinned.
"Hey Kai!" Sora grinned, walking out of the tree he was behind.
A moment of silence passed. Sora started to smile nervously. Riku kept on smiling. Kairi just had a blank look on her face.
"I'm leaving." Kairi said in monotone as she quickly walked away.
"Hey! Wait! Kairi!" Riku called out to her as he grabbed her wrist. "Please, Kairi. For old time's sake."
Kairi then remembered the times before. The times when they would play with Wakka, Tidus and Selphie at the beach. The times when they would go to each other's houses and have sleepovers. The times when they would eat popsicles whenever they finished playing at the beach, or whenever they're just plain hungry.
Kairi cast her gaze from Riku to Sora, who was a few steps away from them. But a bad thing came to her mind.
'Kairi! You've already eaten three popsicles and you want more?'
'Well, face it Riku! That's how Kairi is. A big, fat---'
Kairi's eye twitched.
"Oh no... You just remembered something bad, didn't you?" Riku asked. He sighed. "Come on, Kairi. Give Sora a chance."
"Chance? A chance to what?" Kairi asked. "To forgive him that he always called me pig! Forgive him he kept on calling me 'Super Baboy'? I'm a girl! Not a boy!" She shouted. "And besides..." Kairi paused, looking down at the floor. Her eyes starting to seem like crystals. "...he was the one who left us in the first place..."
'Kairi...' Riku thought. He knew how Kairi felt. Sora suddenly left off with his parents without really telling anyone. Well, he did tell him. But he only told him when he was about to leave already. But that didn't matter anymore. Sora's back. And they can all be best buds yet again. "Please Kairi. Just one chance." Riku tried. "Just one chance, maybe we can all be best buds again."
Kairi looked up at Riku. After a while, she sighed. "Fine then." She said as she got her and back from Riku. "Only one chance. You got it?"
"Sure, sure." Riku grinned as Kairi walked past him and towards Sora. He chuckled a bit as he walked toward Kairi and Sora. "Well, let's get going then."
"Where are we going anyways?" Sora asked, crossing his arms behind his head.
"I have no idea with Riku." Kairi replied. "So? Where are we going?"
"A great place to be!" Riku grinned. He walked on as Sora and Kairi followed him. After quite a while of walking, Riku finally stopped. "We're here!"
"Here?" Kairi asked, confused as she looked around.
"Here where?" Sora asked.
"Here." Riku said, turning to the store to his right. It had a sign of a parfait. He looked up at the sign, then at Kairi and Sora. "Shall we go then?" Riku then pushed the shop's yellow door as a tiny bell rang.
One of the waiters then looked up from cleaning the tables. "Irashaimasen!" He said.
Kairi and Sora looked around. Though the shop may look small, many people were still in it. They walked to an unoccupied table and sat down. Riku facing Sora each other and Kairi facing no one. Kairi wondered on. Staring at the wall in the opposite direction of where she sat. A waiter came a few minutes after they sat down.
"Welcome to Parfait Palace! We currently have chocolate, mint chocolate, strawberry, blueberry and vanilla parfaits today. Also available is our mega parfait Palace Parfait that serves three people. Other items available are fruit shakes, and ice cream sundaes." The waiter said, after taking a deep breath, he started again. "Now, may I take your order?" (a/n: I'd just like to say, sorry for the name/s XD)
"Hm... I'll have... Strawberry parfait! You do have bottled water, right?" Sora said.
"Ah.. Yes sir." The waiter said as he took note of the orders in his small notebook. "Anything else, sir? Ma'am?"
"I'll have chocolate parfait." Riku said with a simple smile. "Like Sora over here, bottled water."
"Yes. And what would you like, Ma'am?" The waiter asked. Never expecting what he was about to hear next.
"I'll have... that... Hm..." Kairi started. "Mega parfait, Palace Parfait. I'll have that one please."
"Um... Excuse me?" The waiter asked. "If you did not notice, Ma'am, your friends have already ordered something."
"Yeah. I know." Kairi said, averting her gaze from the wall to the waiter. "And that's my order. Palace Parfait."
"But..."
"Please, just let her have it." Riku said in a pleasant tone.
"Um... Okay..." The waiter said. "Your drinks, Ma'am?"
"Hm... Two bottles of water. Hm... But I would like to try some of those shakes." Kairi said, placing her elbow on the table as she placed her chin on her palm. "What do you think, Riku?"
"Whatever you want to eat, Kairi..." Riku chuckled. "Whatever you want to eat or drink... It's up to you."
"Hm... Okay then." Kairi blinked as she looked at the waiter. "I'll have that Palace Parfait and three bottles of water." She raised her free hand and lowered her thumb and her pinky, making a sign of three.
"Okay then. So that's, one chocolate parfait, one strawberry parfait, one Palace Parfait and five bottles of water." The waiter said, his eyes growing wide a bit. "A-anything else?"
"Hm..." Kairi started. "I would like so--"
"That'll be all." Riku grinned as the waiter rushed away.
Sora began to laugh. "Oh Kairi... Five years have passed... And you still haven't gotten over your love for desserts."
"Well, that's how I am, Sora. Accept it." She said as she squinted her eyes, kind of glaring at him.
"Well, uh... I just have to go somewhere." Riku said, standing up. "You two stay here and wait for me, okay?"
"Ah! But, Riku!" Sora stuttered. He couldn't handle Kairi all alone, especially when he just started to annoy her. He needed Riku's help. Well, at least that's what he thought.
"Come on, Sora. You're just going to wait." Riku grinned. "You'll survive." Riku laughed. "Don't do anything, okay Kairi?"
"I'll try my best not to tear him apart." Kairi said, looking over at the wall again.
"Ah..." Sora smiled, nervous.
"Well, I'll go now." Riku waved. "Behave okay?" Riku then walked to the door and pushed it. He then left.
A moment of silence passed between the two. Finally, Kairi started to speak.
"He treats me like a kid."
"Uh... Who?" Sora asked, feeling kind of awkward.
"Riku." Kairi sighed, getting her chin off her palm and leaning back on her chair. She looked up at the ceiling.
"Hm..." Sora blinked. "Doesn't he treat everyone like that?"
Kairi laughed as she sat up straight again. "No just you and me. " She grinned. "Which reminds me…" Kairi blinked, thinking for a while, "He doesn't treat Selphie, Tidus or Wakka like that."
"Maybe it's cause we're his closest friends." Sora grinned, crossing his arms behind his head again.
"Hm... Maybe..." Kairi blinked. A sheepish smile was cast on her face as she remember something. "Yet, there's this one girl..."
"Hm? What girl?" Sora asked, curious about what Kairi was saying. If it had something to do with a girl and Riku, he would definitely want to know.
Kairi giggled. "Oh, nothing..." Kairi smiled a pleasant smile. Her eyes seemed to follow the motion, making them captivating. This made Sora stare.
After a while of waiting, Riku still did not come back.
"Wonder where he is..." Kairi said, trying to look past the window. "What's taking him so long?"
"It's only been a few minutes anyway..." Sora started. "He'll be back soon." He grinned. Kairi smiled at him. As they waited a few minutes longer, Kairi's order arrived.
"I'm sorry for taking so long." The waiter smiled. "We create our ultimate parfaits first before going on to the other ones. Well, I shall go now. Happy eating, Miss!" And he zoomed off to the kitchen.
"Well, that's a bummer." Sora started.
"Eh? What? You wanna share first?" Kairi asked, letting Sora have one of the two extra spoons.
"Nah..." Sora grinned. "It's yours. You eat it."
"Okay then. If you say so." Kairi said, she took her spoon and dug into the parfait.
'Too bad there are only two kinds of parfaits here...' Sora sighed as he watched Kairi eat. 'Palace Parfait and others...' He sighed again.
"What's with the sighs?" Kairi asked, taking a break from almost eating the the parfait whole in one gulp. She neatly wiped her mouth as she waited Sora to answer.
"It's nothing..." Sora said as he sighed yet again.
"You keep on sighing. What's with you?" Kairi asked.
"Nothing... Go on and eat your parfait." Sora said as he put his arms on the table, crossed over one another. He laid his head there as he watched Kairi eat. "Kairi... You haven't changed a bit."
Kairi paused. "What?" She asked, a bit of annoyance in her tone. She looked down at Sora. "What's that supposed to mean?"
Sora suddenly sat up, noticing that he had just blown up the fuse. "Um... Uh... What I meant was that..."
Kairi's eye twitched. "What?"
"Well... What I mean is that..." Sora began to stutter. Kairi pouted as Sora kept on stuttering. Sora, giving up on looking away, looked at Kairi. He saw her pout and made him feel something warm in his cheeks. "What I mean is that..."
"Just spit it out!"
"You're prettier than before..." Sora blushed, looking down at the table.
Kairi blinked, not knowing what to say. She never thought Sora would ever say something like that about her. Kairi smiled with delight, yet she didn't know why.
"Um... Your order, sir." The waiter said as he put Sora's parfait in front of him. "Sir? Are you feeling alright? You're red."
"Oh... Uh... It's nothing. Uh... Thanks." Sora said. And the waiter went off. He then started to eat.
Kairi watched Sora eat as she herself ate. Sora noticed this. "What?" He asked.
Kairi smiled. "I just never thought I'd hear something like that from you."
Sora blinked. "Ah! Hey!"
The bell then rang.
"Hey! I'm back!" Riku grinned as he sat down on his seat. (a/n: riku's back! whee! -huggles riku- oo; uh.. you didnt see me do that XD)
"Ei! What took you so long?" Sora asked, pretending like nothing ever happened.
"Yeah." Kairi agreed.
"Oh... I just got some stuff. Then went back home to place it there. Then I came back here." Riku grinned.
"You're kidding!" Sora said, stuffing a spoonful of the parfait into his mouth. The waiter then came, bringing Riku's chocolate parfait with him. The waiter placed the parfait in front of Riku and went back to get some bottled water.
"Everything is done here." The waiter said. "If you need anything else, please just call." And he walked away again.
"So, anything happen while I was gone?" Riku asked, looking down at his parfait. Kairi and Sora looked at each other, then at Riku.
"Nothing." They said simultaneously.
"Hm..." Riku said as he ate his parfait.
After a while, they all finished, paid and went out for a movie. After the movie, they walked to the park.
"You know... I still can't believe Kairi finished a whole parfait that's meant for three people!" Sora grinned. "No... Wait... It really is possible... Kairi is a--"
"One more word from you, and you're dead." Kairi peered her eyes.
"Okay, okay. Fine. I'll stop." Sora grinned. Riku laughed at the two as he walked behind them. He looked up at the sky with orange highlights.
"Oh... Sunset already..." Riku said to himself.
"Look! Popsicles!" Sora said as he pointed to a popsicle stand.
"Come on! Let's get some popsicles!" Kairi said. "I'll race you!"
"You're on!" Sora said, as he went running of toward the stand with Kairi following him.
Riku laughed as he watched them. 'I don't know why they wonder I treat them like little kids.' Riku smirked, looking at his right hand where a tiny black microphone. 'They never saw it coming...' Riku put the mic in his pocket and got the earphone out of his ear. He then followed Sora and Kairi to the popsicle stand.
After buying popsicles, they sat on a nearby bench which was located near the fountain.
"What a great day it's been..." Kairi grinned, licking the last few drops of her popsicle.
"Yeah..." Sora smiled. "The only thing we didn't do today that we've done before was watching the sunset."
"Yeah." Riku said, looking up at the sky. "Hm... It's gonna get dark soon."
Sora and Kairi looked up as well. "Oh no!" They said in unison. "Uh... Bye Riku! Gotta go!"
They both then rushed off, leaving Riku all alone. He laughed, "Well, I'll see you both Monday then." He then walked away and went back home.
'Oh no... I should have just called Wei... Now it took me even longer to get home...' Kairi thought as she ran to her house. Seeing her house in the distance, she picked up in speed.
Finally, she arrived at their gate. The guards instantly opened the door for her and led her to the door. She walked to the living room, finding her mom panicking.
Her mother gasped. "Kairi!"
"Hi Mom." Kairi smiled a bit, quite nervous.
"Where were you? I was so worried! Why didn't you call Wei?" Kairi's mother walked up to her and hugged her tight.
"I'm fine, Mom. I was just with Riku and sora. And, I forgot to call Wei so..."
"Okay. I understand. But, look at you! Go fix yourself up before the guests arrive okay?" Kairi's mom then pushed her to her room. "Now," The mother clapped her hands, maids and servants walking into the room. "Fix her up quickly." The mother smiled as she closed the door.
The maids and servants finished up quickly, fixing every inch of Kairi. They all walked out of the room as Kairi was left alone, standing in the middle of the room. She then walked up to the mirror and smiled at the reflection. And soon...
Ding dong...
The guests arrived.
Author's Notes: W00tness! I finally finished this... T.T After so long... Let me say this again. I am so sorry for not updating so long. And, I should say sorry in advance too. School's starting tomorrow, and I might not have much time. So so sorry! Again and again!
Dictionary Notes:
Fire Trees - Cherry blossom like trees here in the Philippines. There were lots of these in May, and I really lurve fire trees. Want to see one? Check out meh DA account! XD
Next Chapter Preview (by Kairi): Okay... So this is it. The guests have finally arrived and well, one is still missing. Hm... Funny, I've seen these people before. Wait.. They're the parents of... Oh my gosh...
Next Chapter : Dinner
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