Surprises and Lies
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Chapter 2,Secrets"What are you doing here?" Mr. Nodoka asked Sora sternly but quietly. He stepped out of the door and closed it. A security guard was standing next to Sora and Mr. Nodoka, watching their every move.
Sora backed up. "Sir, I-I just wanted to surprise Kairi… That's all… I came back this morning and I remembered it was her birthday and—" Mr. Nodoka cut him off.
The mayor wagged his finger in Sora's face. "Now you listen hear, mister." He arched his eyebrows. "I don't want you to be in any contact with my daughter, you hear?"
Sora stood up straight. "Sir, I don't understand… Why can't I talk to her?" Sora asked sadly.
"You cannot talk to Kairi because last time you did, I nearly lost her!" He rubbed his temples. "Don't you see, Sora, being the keyblade master is very dangerous for others around you. All these animals attacking—"
"They're called Heartless."
"Exactly. You attract them, Sora. If Kairi finds out you're here, she'll want to be with you every second. She'll be in sure danger. Last time she lost her heart! Please, just stay away from her."
"Sir, can't I just say Happy Birthday to her? I lo—" Sora started.
"No. And I mean it. I'm sorry, Sora. I really am. But, I can't risk the life of my daughter. She's all I have." He looked at Sora. "If you disobey my orders, I will have to do something I will regret." Mr. Nodoka looked at the security guard that was standing next to them. "I want you to keep an eye on Sora. Make sure Kairi doesn't find out
he's here."
The security guard nodded and glared at Sora. Then, Mr. Nodoka looked back at Sora and said his final words. "I know you have deep feeling for Kairi, but the best thing to
do is to just forget about her. It's for the best, I tell you. Now, go."
Sora sadly nodded and turned around. Mr. Nodoka watched Sora walk away. Sora went down the stairs and onto the cobblestone sidewalk with his head down, fists
clenched, eyes stinging. Sora couldn't get the mayor's last words out of his head. The best thing to do is to just forget about her…He just couldn't forget about her.
He had 'deep feelings' for her, as the mayor had said.
Sora couldn't help it and whispered to himself, "I'll get her back, even if it takes me twenty years. I'll tell Kairi how I feel about her."
XxXxX
Before opening my last gift, I read the tag that was attached to the small box. "Dad, who's Leanne Ikushima?" I asked Dad, who was standing next to me.
He laughed. "I don't know, sweetie. Most of these people invited themselves, to tell you the truth."
I smiled and opened the present. It was a diary. I haven't had one of these in a while. The last time I had a diary, a maid found it and unfortunately, she gossiped about it and nearly everybody found out I was getting a 'D' in History. Thankfully Dad caught her and fired her. I heard she found a new job working as a journalist. I guess
she loved gossip. But, this time, I'll keep this diary safe.
Selphie poked me and yawned. "Are we done opening all the gifts?" She glanced at the clock. "It's six forty-five."
"Yes, Selphie, we're all done. I can't believe it took me an hour and forty-five minutes to open presents!" I stood up and Selphie followed me.
"Good, because I was getting hu-ungry!" Selphie said, rubbing her stomach.
I looked at her. "Then why didn't you get something to eat when I was opening my gifts?" We arrived at the snack bar.
She shrugged. "I guess since my best friend had to suffer, I wanted to suffer with her." Selphie grinned and gathered a brownie, a cookie, and a cupcake onto her plate. When I signaled at the fruits, she replied saying, "Maybe later. I have a craving for the sweets!"
"Me too." I picked up a cupcake and took a bite out of it. "Chocolate cupcake with chocolate chips…" I looked at the bitten cupcake and whispered, "Sora's favorite."
XxXxX
Riku ran up to Mr. Nodoka. "Hey, sir… I was just wondering, when you went outside during Kairi's moment of opening presents, were you talking to… This might sound crazy, but… Were you talking to Sora?"
Mr. Nodoka immediately made eye contact with Riku. "If you tell my daughter that he is on the island, I will surely—" He paused. "I will do something I will regret." He said, repeating that line from what he had said to Sora.
Riku gasped. "So… He's on the island?"
Mr. Nodoka nodded.
"Wow! I can't wait to tell the others! We all thought he was—oh but he's not! I knew it… Sora would come ba—"
"Let's just get one thing straight, Riku. Kairi can get into a lot of danger if she is around that boy, but you can spend all your time with Sora and tell everyone, for all I care. But, if Kairi finds out Sora's on the island because of you, I will surely have your—"
"Hey, Riku!" Kairi called. "I haven't seen you all day!"
Riku smiled weakly at Kairi. "Hey… Kairi…"
Mr. Nodoka glared at Riku and walked away. "So… I see you were talking to my dad. What'd he say?" Kairi asked.
Riku scratched his head. "Uh, nothing… You know, I'm quite hungry; I think I'll be heading towards the snack bar. See ya!" Riku fled from Kairi and headed toward the food.
"Okay, whatever."
XxXxX
I watched Riku get some mini cookies. Why is he acting so strange? "Boys." I whispered.
I searched for Dad around the big room. I saw him chatting with some rich looking people with their fur coats and all. "Hey, I'm sorry, but, uh, I need to talk to my dad." I told the crowd. I pulled him out of the people's sight.
"Hi, honey, what do you need?" Dad asked me.
"Yeah, I just wanted to ask if you told Riku anything that could've freaked him out or something, because he's acting kind of strange…" I told Dad.
He laughed, "No… I didn't… All I said to the boy was to have fun and, uh… What's the word… I said to don't be afraid to get his groove on! Yeah…"
I laughed. "Maybe that's why he's acting strange. Just a tip, Dad, nobody says 'get his groove on' anymore. 'Kay?"
I saw him smile and nod. He walked back to the rich people and continued on with his conversation. I giggled. Poor Riku, being told by an old guy to get his groove on… How sad.
I felt a tap on my shoulder and heard, "Hey, Kai!"
Turning around I said, "Sorry but nobody calls me Kai anymo—" I looked who it was. Tan hair, funny smile, and an open shirt with, thankfully, a shirt underneath… Looks familiar… I gasped. "Ohmigosh! Hi Tidus!" I pulled him into a hug.
"Nice to see you too, Kai." He smiled again.
I was shocked to see him. Since he moved during ninth grade, I never saw him since. "I thought you moved! You remembered it's my birthday?"
"Actually, my dad's in town for some business and yeah, I remembered it was your birthday, I saw the banner up in front of the building. 'Happy Birthday Kairi'." He laughed. "Happy birthday."
"Thanks." I replied. Selphie walked up to me eating a doughnut.
"Ooh, introduce me to this hot hottie, Kairi!" She squealed.
I chuckled. "I don't think I need to introduce you guys to each other."
"Hey, Selph." Tidus said.
Selphie became wide eyed. "TIDUS? Okay, erase what I just said about you from your mind, PLEASE!"
Tidus laughed. "So you're saying I'm not hot?"
"You're so immature."
"No, you are."
"Guys, stop." I looked at Selphie and she shrugged. "So, Tidus, how long will you be here?"
He looked uncertain and said, "I'm not really sure. It depends on how long it will take for my dad to get off this case. He's a lawyer now. This time it's about some guy who says his wife threatens him to kill him if he takes all their money and uses it gamble. It's really weird."
Selphie spoke up. "So, you came along, too?"
Tidus bobbed his head. "Yup, when I heard we he was going to pay a visit to Destiny Islands, I wanted to tag along." He looked at Kairi. "I remembered it was somebody's birthday and wanted to check out the party." And smiled.
Is he… Is Tidus hitting on me? No, he's not…At least I hope so. I nodded.
Tidus' face lit up and asked, "Oh! Where's Sora? I wanted to show him my new—"
I looked away. "Sora still gone."
"Oh. Oops, sorry." He looked at me. "So… I'll talk to you later?"
I looked back at him. "Yeah… Call me if you wanna you know, hang out or something, or call Selphie."
Selphie scowled at me and handed Tidus a piece of paper with her number and my number on it. We watched him walk away and Selphie said, "You're lucky it's still your birthday."
"I know." I snickered.
XxXxX
Riku walked along the snack bar. I can't believe Sora is on the island… I can't keep this secret! It's way too big… I've got to tell someone. But if I tell someone…
What if I tell them not to tell anyone? That would work…
Tidus walked to the punch bowl and got cup. He grabbed the big spoon and scooped up some punch. Tidus sipped on the punch and looked around the room. Some rich guys, stuck up girls, there's Kairi and Selphie… I don't see anyone I know. Wait, there's Riku!
Tidus ran up to Riku. "Yo! Riku!"
Riku turned around. "Tidus?"
Tidus laughed. "Yeah."
The boys did that knuckle touch thingy and slapped each other's backs. "How have you been doin'?" Riku asked.
"Pretty good, actually. You?" Tidus replied.
"Same here. Well, it's kind of boring since Sora hasn't come back yet." Riku explained, but thought, What if I tell Tidus about Sora? Would he tell Kairi?
Riku rubbed his nose. "Hey, Tidus, can you, uh, keep a secret?"
Tidus put his cup down on the table. He turned to face Riku and said, "Yeah, sure. What's the secret?"
Riku looked around to see if anyone could hear him. "Well, just promise Kairi won't find out."
"Okay."
"Sora's on the island."
Tidus looked at Riku. "No way! Kairi just told me he wasn't back, yet."
Riku nodded, "That's because she doesn't know!"
"Well, then, let's go tell 'er!"
Riku groaned. "Ugh, we can't! Mr. Nodoka threatened to do something to me if Kairi finds out because of me!"
"Why doesn't Kairi's dad want her to stay away from Sora?" Tidus whispered back.
"He says she can get into a lot of danger if she is around him. He's so over protective." Riku said.
"I don't know, Riku. I know I promised but I can't—"
"Tidus..! You said you would keep it a secret! If you tell anyone what I just told I'll be in big trouble. I'm already grounded for life since that last incident with Sora. Please, Tidus." Riku hissed.
Tidus gave up. "Alright. I won't tell anybody."
"Fine. But I'll tell you what. If you accidentally tell anyone, don't forget to say not to tell Kairi."
"Wait, what?" Tidus asked, unsure of what Riku just said.
"Just make sure Kairi doesn't find out!" Riku said.
"Okay."
XxXxX
"Selphie, no! Don't you even think about it!"
"Come on, Kairi, it won't be a birthday without it!"
"Please, this dress will be permanently ruined if you do that!"
Selphie ran after me holding the chocolate cake in her hands. I can't believe she's going to cake me! I skipped around the party room, trying to escape from Selphie's evil plan to smear cake on me. I wasn't looking were I was going and bumped into Riku. "Sorry, Riku. Selphie's is trying to—"
Riku slammed cake in my face. "Cake you?" He cracked up.
"Riku!"
XxXxX
Selphie looked around. Where can Miss Kairi be… I need to cake her!
"Hey, Selph. I was wondering—"
"Not now, Tidus, I'm looking for Kairi." Selphie said, ignoring Tidus.
"Oh, okay." Tidus turned around sadly.
Selphie looked at Tidus who started to walk away. She grabbed his arm. "Sorry, what did you want to ask me? I can cake Kairi later."
Tidus turned around and smiled. "Well, since I'm here now, I was wondering if you want to see a movie tomorrow. You know, so I didn't have to call you… If you don't want to, I understand."
"Sure." Selphie said.
"Okay, I understand you don't—wait, did you accept?" Tidus asked surprised.
Selphie giggled. "Well, I haven't seen you in a while, Tidus. I really want to catch up on your life."
Tidus smiled again. He started to walk away but stopped. "Hey, Selph, I have one more thing to tell you."
"Yeah, sure. Another date?"
"No." Tidus laughed. I wish. "But, can you keep a secret?"
Author's Note - Thanks for reading this chappie! I hope you guys like this chapter... Is Tidus going to tell Selphie? Or is he going to say something else? Does he like her? Omg, I'm confuzzling myself!
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