A/N: I don't own any characters.

Chapter 3: Triangles Are for Squares

Sora threw on his favorite hoodie despite the warmness of the night in his home town and said a quick good by to his mom before making his way to the bridge. The bridge was a place where most of the teens around town hung out after school and during the summer. It was wooden and sturdy, but looked almost haunted. Sora could remember many summer days jumping off of it into the water below... but the water looked dark and eerie tonight, Sora thought as he began walking across it.

"Hey, over here lover boy," came his best friend's voice up ahead.

Sora grinned and walked toward Riku. The two had been friends since they were babies and had become inseparable ever since. One could read the other like a book, which was the case as soon as Sora was in front of Riku.

"Did you tell her already?" Riku punched Sora lightly in the arm and smiled. Sora shook his head, a frown forming. "And why not?"

"Don't you think it's weird, crazy, or insane? I mean, I just found out her name today. And she is in a different time zone. This is sudden and..." Sora trailed off, his gaze dropping to the water.

"So you're saying you need time to think on it?" Riku leaned against the railing of the bridge next to Sora, watching his best friend.

"There is just so many cons to this. I don't know Kairi well enough-"

"Kairi?" Riku interrupted. Sora rolled his eyes.

"That's her name. Anyway, I feel like I don't know her well enough, and then there's the distance," Sora's head snapped up and he looked at Riku like he had been struck. "What if she has a boyfriend already?"

Riku put his hands on Sora's shoulders and gave him a hard shake. "Dude, snap out of it. You are acting like it's the end of the world. Why not just get to know her? Ask Kairi if she has a boyfriend."

"I can't. I feel like we made this promise without even really saying it out loud." Sora hung his head.

"What the hell are you talking about?"

"I feel like our clan on WarScape basically made a pact not to talk about real life stuff. I mean, I felt so guilty asking Kairi what her name was today. We never talk about real life things on WarScape. What if I ask too many questions and she gets freaked out?" Sora turned away from Riku and looked down into the water.

"Sora, everything will work out how it is suppose to. You need to just chill out. Tell ya what; how about we do a quest together tomorrow and I'll help you out with Kairi. I'll coach you through it." Riku patted Sora on the back. "You can do this. Have some faith in yourself."

"Thanks, Riku. You're the best." Sora gave him a big smile, and Riku shoved him playfully with one hand.

"It's no problem, man. Really."

Sora turned more serious and took out his phone. "That's not all I wanted to talk to you about though. Do you know who this could be?" Sora showed Riku the text from "unknown". Riku studied the text for a minute or two then shook his head.

"I have no idea who that could be. I hope it's a girl for your sake." Sora pouted, and Riku grinned.

"Very funny."

"I was kidding; but seriously, did you notice any girls checking you out before school let out? Or how about down here at the bridge when we've gone swimming?"

Sora rocked back on his heels in thought then shook his dark brown hair. "Nope. Not that I know of anyway."

"Hmm..." Riku scratched the back of his head. "Well just let me know when it happens again. If it happens again. Could have been a wrong number." Riku winked at him. Sora shrugged half-heartedly. If he was going to tell someone he liked them, he would make damn sure it was the right number.

"I don't know, Riku." Sora sighed and put his hands in his pockets.

Somewhere else...

Kairi sighed and moved the dinner around on her plate. It was getting close to 6 PM. That meant wherever Sora was, it was almost midnight. Her heart leapt a little at his name.

"Everything okay, sweetheart?" Kairi's mom asked her. Kairi smiled, nodded a little too enthusiastically, and shoved a forkful of macaroni into her mouth.

"You know, maybe you should give your cousin a call. I'm sure Namine would love to hear from you. Now that school is out, maybe you can invite her over for a slumber party."

Kairi nodded again and hurriedly finished her dinner. She didn't need anymore suggestions about how to spend her summer from her mom. She put her plate in the dishwasher and took the steps to her room two at a time. When she was safely in her bedroom, she sent a text to her favorite cousin, Namine.

Wanna come over this weekend?

A quick minute later, Kairi had a reply.

Nami: Yes! Anything special?

Bring your laptop. WS all weekend. :)

Nami: Woot!

Kairi grinned and put her phone on its charger then turned to her laptop. This weekend would be interesting with adding Namine to the clan.

Welcome to WarScape!

Username: Ariae

Password: ********

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New Message to: Kingdom Hearts clan

Hey guys! Please add Lumi to your friend lists. This is my cousin who will be joining us this weekend for questing and skilling! Thanks.

Ariae

After that was handled, Kairi took her character to her favorite fishing spot. She had done a quest just to get into the special place and there was a range nearby to cook whatever she caught. She set to the monotonous work while listening to music and small chatting with those around her. Thank god for other players, Kairi thought, or she would be bored to tears while skilling some nights.

New Message from: Mika

Have you seen Fainn?

You to Mika: He was on earlier today.

Mika to You: Oh...

Kairi knew she would regret this later, but the niceness inside her begged her to ask...

You to Mika: Is something wrong?

Mika to You: I just really need to talk to him. Bye.

Okay then, Kairi thought to herself. she had always thought Mika was a little ditzy but never this weird. She continued to fish and cook with her character for a few more hours when she received another message.

Faeron would like to add you.

Kairi quickly accepted and waited for the message she knew would come from the player.

Faeron to You: Hey. :)

She laughed out loud. Wow, what a message.

You to Faeron: Hello.

Faeron to You: I couldn't help but notice your character. *wolf whistles*

Kairi couldn't help but blush even though the comment was aimed at her character, which looked nothing like herself. She was a little on the short side with auburn hair and lavender eyes, but the boy behind the character of Faeron had no idea about that...

You to Faeron: Thanks. They're just pixels though.

Faeron to You: Didn't mean to rub you the wrong way miss.

You to Faeron: It's fine.

Faeron to You: Gah, I'm so bad at flirting. I apologize for making you uncomfortable.

You to Faeron: Apology accepted. So how did you get my player name? Jw...

Faeron to You: I'm fishing with you.

Kairi looked around and let her mouse hover over a few different characters until she found him. Sure enough, there he was. He was a few levels higher than herself and had a few expensive items equipped.

You to Faeron: Nice armor. How much? 4mil?

Faeron to You: Actually, I bought it a long time ago, back when it was 2 mil. Prices have gone up.

And so Kairi spent the rest of her time skilling while chatting with Faeron. He made her laugh and even blush a few times. Kairi began to wonder just who this mysterious player was. He seemed to know all the right things to say, what jokes would make her laugh. How strange.

"Kairi, get in bed!" Her mother called from the hallway. Kairi frowned but typed the dreaded message anyway.

You to Faeron: I need to get to bed now Fae.

Faeron has kissed your hand.

Faeron to You: Goodnight, Ari.

Kairi quickly logged off, her heart pounding and her cheeks flaming. What in the hell had just happened? Kairi shut her laptop down and crawled into bed. Seems like her and her character had gotten themselves stuck in a love triangle. But is it even a love triangle if she doesn't know how each guy feels? And what the hell was Mika up to? Was that another love triangle all in itself? Kairi tried to close her eyes and just let it go...