(A/N): Me again! This is sort of just a 'mini-chapter' to tie up loose ends. This wouldn't fit at the end of the last chapter and it certainly can't go at the beginning of the next, so it has to be placed by itself.
Chapter VII- The Icing On The Cake"So you two aren't together yet?"
It was Sunday and unfortunately the last day of summer vacation. Both Kairi and Sora were at Kairi's house, due to the fact that Sora's room was messing, and for a good part of the day they would be lounging around together. Currently, they were lying on Kairi's bed, Sora lying across the width and Kairi stretched out across his stomach. They had been like that for about an hour, both too lazy to move into a position that would probably be more comfortable.
"No but we had fun." Sora responded.
"Did you two kiss then?"
Sora blushed. "Slightly."
"Slightly?" Kairi asked, her voice rising a bit. She began to move around and Sora grunted.
"Stay still!"
"Stay still? Do you know how much trouble I went through trying to get you and Riku together?" Kairi reached over to her nightstand and grabbed the phone. She then moved back to her previous position before dialing Riku's house.
"Good afternoon. This is Kairi. Can I speak to Riku please? Thanks."
She waited a second. "Riku?"
Sora sighed and covered his ears.
"Riku get your ass over here right now!" Kairi yelled before hanging up.
Needless to say, on the other line Riku was having a hard time understanding why Kairi was yelling at him. He merely shrugged and rolled over, intent on going back to sleep, until the phone rang again.
"And don't even
think about going back to sleep."
Riku rolled out of bed and
pulled on a shirt.
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"Thank you for coming Riku."
Ten minutes after Kairi made the second call Riku had shown up. Though he was dressed (slightly), one look at his hair and grumpy facial expression and you could tell he had been asleep. He hadn't even taken the time to fix his hair. Kairi got off Sora's stomach and stood. She pointed to the spot where she wanted Riku to sit.
"I'm leaving." She stated. "But you two are not to move out of this room until you at least discuss your feelings for each other."
"I don't have time for this right now Kairi." Riku growled.
"Well then you better hurry up and start talking. And don't even think about climbing out the window because I will know and I will chase after you. Understood?"
Sora nodded and Riku gave no response.
"Good." And with that she left.
Riku stood for a few moments after Kairi left before pushing back the covers on her bed. He used his feet to kick Sora onto the floor so he could stretch out.
"What was that for?"
Riku shrugged in response to an angry pout. "I don't know. I just want to go back to sleep."
"Oh."
"There's room for you if you want." As if to prove his point, Riku slid over slightly.
Sora nodded and joined him. "Kairi's bed is comfortable." He commented.
It felt odd. Normally when they slept in a bed together, they slept close due to a lack of space. Over the years, no matter the size of the bed, the natural thing to do had always been to snuggle up to each other, but after last night, it seemed a little odd to do so. As if something between them had changed. So the question was 'What happens now?' No matter how small and brief the kiss, it happened and it probably wouldn't be a good idea to ignore it.
Riku smirked. "You know we can't sleep like this."
Sora laughed. "I know."
Riku allowed Sora to wrap his arms around his waist and tangle their les together.
"Better?" Riku asked.
"Not quite." Sora wriggled around a bit so he could look at Riku. "Last night." Sora started.
Riku shifted his eyes away from Sora's face, a slight blush beginning to make itself known on his face.
"Where do we go from here?" Sora asked softly.
"I don't know. I guess it'd be nice if we...you know."
"So are we?"
"Do you want to be?"
"Well, yeah."
"Me too." Riku agreed.
"So its official?" Sora asked.
"Starting now."
"Okay."
"Fine."
A minute of silence.
"About last night." Sora said.
"Again?"
Sora nodded. "Yeah. That kiss was terrible."
"You just want me to do it again."
"Maybe."
Riku laughed. "This is still a little awkward."
"But hopefully that will fade away." Sora smiled.
Their kisses were still short and simple but with time will come courage. If they were lucky, when that time came their kisses would last longer because being too shy to kiss for more than a few seconds sure sucked.
(A/N): There! I'm thinking an intermission between this chapter and the next to mark the completion of a major event. I think that will work nicely....
Until next time....Jelz