They had been at sea for a whole day and night and there was still no sign of land. Kairi continued to ignore Sora and Sora continued to row in a pointless direction. So far the sea had been calm which was good because despite all their planning while building the raft no one had even thought about the chance of a storm and Sora, only realising it now; knew that the pathetic mode of transport they were on could never make it through rough seas, 'Nice breeze aye?' Sora tried making conversation, 'hmm' Kairi humphed,
'This would be a great fishing spot' Sora continued,
'Just shut up and row'
That kind of killed the conversation quickly, and so Sora continued to strain his muscles by rowing on both sides of the raft. The sky was filled with sea gulls dipping into the water only moments later to emerge with a silvery fish in their mouth. They passed a large rock with a palm tree on it a Kairi looked at it oddly, 'strange…' she muttered. Sora ignoring it placed the oar down and picked up their bag of supplies, 'Want a banana?' he asked her pulling one of the yellow fruits from its bag,
'No' Kairi frowned and moved further away from Sora,
'Apple?'
'No'
'Coconut?'
'Look I'm not hungry okay?' Kairi snapped at him and then turned back to dangling her feet in the water, 'I've lost my appetite and one of my friends' she mumbled to herself, 'You don't mind if I do?' Sora asked through a mouthful of Banana, 'Do what you want Sora' Kairi said and departed the conversation again,
'Please Kairi…' Sora said and moved closer to the girl,' don't be mad at me…'
Riku sat on the beach moaning a pathetic moan. He was alone in the world; his best friends had left him to die almost. They were his only friends. He had never meant to hurt Sora's feelings the other night. It was just a brief warning between friends, one guy to another. How could Sora have taken it so seriously? Sure he may have gone a bit over board but it was the way he felt. He loved Kairi with all his mind, all his heart and all his soul. What did Sora have that made Kairi want to follow him? That's what he had- Trust. Sora was always so trusting that's what made him so likeable. When Riku had threatened him, Sora had trusted that he was speaking the truth. When Kairi had washed up on the shore five years ago claiming to remember nothing but her name Sora had trusted she was telling the truth. Sora could keep secrets no one else could; it was like he locked them away in his heart for good. If half the things Riku had told Sora during their period as friends got loose among the other teens on the island, Riku would probably have killed himself from embarrassment. But Sora had kept those secrets so he could torment Riku in another way- stealing his love. Riku clenched his fists, He couldn't let the boy get away that easily. He stood up and wiped the tears from his face, 'I'm going to build a raft' he said and set off to prepare the necessary resources.
Kairi was no longer mad. How could she stay mad with such a cute guy? Sora right behind her massaging her back as his feet dangled in the warm water next to hers, 'I'm sorry Kairi' he told her,' you just seemed so passionate last night about us taking the raft, I just thought…' He stopped trying to find the words he needed;' you don't hate me do you?' Kairi looked up into his eyes,
'That's okay Sora. You helped me when I first arrived on the island when every one else thought I was weird, I could never hate you'
He smiled. She was back, 'Banana?' he asked pulling another out the bag. Kairi gave a giggle and snatched it playfully from his fist, 'Don't mind if I do, thank you' she said and began to slowly peel the bright coloured skin from the fruit in a flirty way. Sora tried to dazzle her with a fact he knew and blushed. Before he knew what he was saying he spluttered out, 'Bananas grow erect' he covered his mouth and looked away in embarrassment. Kairi burst out laughing and rolled Sora flat on his back. She climbed up so she was leaning over right above him and took a bite from the fruit, 'How big are these bananas?' she asked smiling,
'Bananas are actually flowers' he said uncomfortably.
