Here's the next one. Just a heads up before you read, this chapter begins with a part from the last chapter to show what Sora did during the time Kairi went back to her room.

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Kingdom Hearts: Slave of Love Revised

Ch.7 Sora's New Life

"We're here," Kairi announced with her voice holding the same sharpness. Sora threw her a bored look, not really caring where they were. She noticed this and frowned, "Why are you looking at me like an idiot?"

Sora squinted his eyes on her, arms crossing, "I don't know, I guess it's because I don't know why we came here."

"I was just about to explain that so shut up," she frowned at him, "This building here is where slaves due most of their work. Here they clean clothes, get supplies and sleep. So, to put it simply, this is where you'll be staying."

He looked at the building before glancing back at Kairi, "Am I going to stay here the rest of the day."

"No, you'll just find someone to explain what you'll be doing and go over it," she informed with Sora looking at her oddly, "I'm going to be leaving but I want you to come back to my room for further orders when you're done. If I'm not there then wait outside. Understood?"

Sora shrugged, not really able to do much in his current situation, he gave Kairi a nod before entering the door of the building.

He was met by an enormous room filled with people sporting worn out clothes. From where he stood he could see a cafeteria of sorts on one corner of the room, opposite of an area filled with many wooden doors and a few cleaning supplies on the ground. There was also an area where many people washed clothes in wooden buckets filled with water and soap.

Not paying much attention to the crowd around him, Sora was pushed aside by a larger man rushing past him with a broom on hand. He glared at the passing man before being pushed aside by another person, a woman this time.

'Why the hell are they pushing me?'

A frown etched on his face as he took note of where he was standing. Right in the middle of a large busy crowd moving from place to place, it was really no wonder why he was being knocked around. He quickly made his way out of the crowd, being the receiver of more shoves until finally making it out of the large crowd.

This time he found himself in a more clear part of the room. He stood in front of a large wooden door leading some place, he really had no idea, but there were not many people around which was good. He took this time to look around once again in helplessness, having no idea of what to do.

"You must be new here," a voice broke him from his thoughts. Sora turned to the source of the voice to see a girl about his age having brown hair that reached past her shoulders and stuck out on either side of her face.

Her clothing consisted of a long-sleeved orange shirt with white floral patterns on the bottom and khaki colored pants that reached down her white shoes.

"Hi, I'm Olette," she giggled at him, finding him to look like a lost puppy.

Sora swallowed before breaking his gaze from her, noticing he had been staring at her a bit too long. "Oh, um… I'm Sora. Nice to meet you," he greeted a bit awkwardly.

Olette clasped her hands in front of her chest while giving Sora a smile, "Nice to meet you Sora." He blushed at the smile as she continued, "It looks like you haven't found anyone yet… Would you like me to help you?"

"Help with what?"

"With learning your duties of course. We all had to," she explained a bit cheerfully, "Follow me."

Olette began to walk into the crowd with Sora moving after her. He watched in amazement as she moved swiftly through the crowd while he bumped into a few people, earning a few glares and the occasional curse.

Once getting out of the crowd Sora found himself standing before the cafeteria. Olette stood in front of him with a smile on her face, using her right hand to point at the place.

"This is where we usually eat," she began. Sora looked at the place knowingly, that much he had figured already but if she was giving him insight then he was willing to listen. "Some masters have us eat with them while others don't. It's a matter of luck really."

"What do you mean by luck?"

A smile formed on her face, "Luck in getting a good master. Finding one that treats you as a friend."

After explaining she turned to her left before pointing at the place with the many doors. "This is where all cleaning supplies are stored. They're usually there since since students in this school leave their rooms at different times so the cleaning schedule is pretty open for us," she glanced back at him as a small smile formed on her face, "This supplies are needed to clean your master's room. Remember that if you have some kind of trouble finding anything you can come to me. I'll be glad to help."

Sora nodded as Olette motioned for the place with the many buckets.

"That's where we wash clothes," her eyes landed on Sora once again, showing a bit of concern, "Is your master a boy or a girl?"

He cocked his head to the side in a show of confusion, not expecting the question. "She's a girl," he spoke while watching as Olette's face showed a bit more of concern, "Is it bad that she's a girl?"

"Well yeah," she admitted a bit shyly, "If she's a girl and you're a guy then that means that you'll have a bit of problems washing her clothes."

His brows furrowed in confusion, "Why's that?"

She couldn't help but giggle at Sora's lack of knowledge on the opposite sex, "How many girls have you known?"

"Eh..?" Sora crossed his arms while putting on a pensive look. "I think about... three? Yeah, probably three. Why?"

"Don't worry about it," Olette waved him off with a smile. "It's just that you can't wash her clothes like you would yours. Her clothes are most likely made from material that could easily tear if treated too rough. And don't get me started on the ones that are dry-clean only."

Having finished her explanation, Olette turned back to Sora only to see him looking a lot more confused than before.

"Don't worry, I'll show you later," she laughed before pointing at the large wooden door he had seen earlier. "That's where slaves sleep. Some masters have us sleep on their room but most of them don't, again, it's up to luck. Remember that you have to get there early if you want to get a room. There's too many people here and getting a room can be really tough."

"What happens if I don't get a room?"

She smiled sadly, "Then you'll have to sleep on the floor."

'Of course,' he sighed.

Things were way too difficult for him. He had already forgotten half the stuff Olette had said. Was his life really this difficult now?

"Now, I want you to clean my room and then leave. I'll be gone for about an hour and want to come back here to sleep."

Sora's brows furrowed as he looked around the room. It wasn't really dirty, just a few discarded clothes here and there with a few pieces of papers on the floor next to her bed. It wouldn't take more than a few minutes and yet it was still too early, the sun was just about to set. Was she really going to sleep thatearly?

He shrugged but nodded to her. "Fine I'll do it but um…" he muttered the last part with a bit of embarrassment, "Do you… do you want me to clean allof your clothes."

"Of course," Kairi responded almost instantly.

A look of concern washed over Sora. "Listen. Really listen here," he began with a light blush on his face as he tried to explain himself, "Allof your clothes. Meaning um… you know all of them. Like outer clothes and underwe-"

"You're not touching that!" Kairi exclaimed with a bright blush, finally getting what he was saying. "J-Just wait," she made for the bathroom before closing the door.

Sora could hear movement from behind the door before Kairi came out with a cloth bag. She set it on a corner of the room before pointing at it, her blush still there and only deepening in color.

"That bag…" she began with embarrassment clear on her voice, "D-Don't touch it."

A chuckle left Sora's mouth before nodding, "Got it."

With that Kairi left the room, slamming the door behind her and leaving Sora alone in her room. He couldn't help but smile in amusement after she had left.

"Whatever…" he muttered to himself with a chuckle before getting to work on her room. It wasn't too dirty and she thankfully had a few bags on her room that he could use for taking away her clothes.

Cleaning the place would be a breeze.

So he got to work. Picking up her stuff and trashing a few things before entering her restroom and gathering her dirty clothes.

"That wasn't so bad," he smiled after finishing cleaning her room.

Sora walked towards the door leading to the gardens, still carrying the two bags since he would need to wash the clothes and throw the trash away. Speaking of which, he still didn't know where to do so. He pursed his lips in confusion while wondering if maybe Olette could show him where it was.

He reached the door before it suddenly opened, knocking him down on the ground and making him drop his hold on the bags.

"I'm so sorry!" A familiar voice shouted in half-alarm. Sora lifted his gaze to see Olette standing in front of him with a guilty look on her face. "Sorry."

"Don't worry about it," he waved her off before getting back on his feet and taking both bags on hand once again, "I'm okay."

Olette smiled in relief before looking at the two bags knowingly, "You're going back to the utility building, right?"

"Right," Sora nodded before motioning for the bag on his right hand, "I'm not sure where to throw this away though."

"Oh, I didn't show you the dumpster. Sorry about that, I'll take you there right now," she smiled at him once again.

The two proceeded to leave the building and were met by the cool night air. Sora smiled as he and Olette walked along the gardens. She had been really helpful to him and had even managed to make things look easy.

The only thing he didn't understand was why she seemed to be so cheerful. It was as if she didn't mind this kind of work. He made a mental note to ask about it later as she continued to walk in front of him.

"This is it," Olette stated once they made it to the back of the utility building. It was dark and had large containers for the trash. A large tree overlooked the place and the ground sported many fallen leaves.

Sora threw the bag on his right hand to one of the containers before turning back to Olette with an appreciative smile, "Thanks a lot. You really helped me out today."

"Don't mention it," she replied as the scent of the place filled her nostrils. A sheepish look washed over her face before she spoke, "I think we should talk somewhere else."

"Sounds good," Sora agreed with a look of disgust on his face.

The two walked to the front of the building in silence. Not having much to talk about at the moment. They finally entered the building and, to Sora's surprise, it was still filled with people appearing really busy.

Sora felt a tug on his sleeve, turning to Olette with a sheepish smile, realizing that he had been staring at the crowd. Olette gave him an amused smile before pulling him along with her by the sleeve.

"Come on, remember I said I would help you with the clothes."

His face instantly showed guilt. Olette had done more than enough already when she probably had things to do herself.

Olette seemed to notice his inner turmoil and simply smiled, "Don't worry. I'm usually really bored at this time of day. I'm glad to have someone's company."

Sora blushed slightly as Olette led him to the area with the many buckets. Some were empty by now while others remained filled with water and soap.

Olette looked around before finding a bucket that didn't seem too dirty. She kneeled before it with Sora doing the same, all the while looking at her for instruction.

"Alright, take out her clothes and I'll show you how to wash them," she instructed.

Sora nodded before reaching into the bag and taking out a… a crumbled up piece of paper?

Gears seemed to shift inside of Sora's head as his eyes widened and body froze. Beside him Olette looked at him oddly before peeking over his shoulder to see what was wrong.

Panic shot through her face as she glanced at Sora in worry, "Where's the bag of clothes?"

Sora's right eye twitched as he looked at the bag filled with trash. "I probably mixed them up…" he chuckled lightly as he glanced back at Olette, "Do you think she'll freak out?"

"Of course," Olette responded, "You have to find her clothes before your master finds out."

'Probably not a good time to tell her about what happened to her shoes...'

Sora wiped away a bit of sweat trailing down his forehead before letting out a sigh of relief, "Finally."

He was currently sitting against the wall of the utility building. After what seemed like hours, he had managed to find the bag with her clothes and finally clean it with Olette's help. She had then shown him where to put her clothes to dry before finally leaving.

A yawn escaped his mouth as he glanced at the star-filled sky. He wondered how his friends were doing and if Leon had already helped them, though he really doubted that since it had only been a day.

He would put up with this, he had decided after a long inner debate on the matter. Leon would help his friends and in return wanted him to help his sister, probably better than finding some random job on Hollow Bastion.

It was late now, Sora noted with a frown. He guessed that finding a room was out of the question at the moment. So, if he went by what Olette told him, he would end up sleeping on the floor.

'Hopefully tomorrow won't be so bad,' he tried to reassure himself but knew better than to hope.

Now he worked for a teenage girl. He had been captured and taken to a foreign place.

What the hell was he talking about?

He hated every second of it. He wanted nothing more than to leave the place and never look back. Leon wouldn't help his friends, it was just his mind consoling him.

So, as he sat against the wall of the utility building, he knew that he had been lying to himself. There was no way that his situation was fine or could be looked at positively.

His previous optimism had been shattered and a feeling of hopelessness had replaced it.

"Damn," Sora muttered.

Ch.7 End

That's it for this chapter. Also, I will be taking a small break from writing so I will not be updating any of my stories in the next two weeks. Sorry about that.