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Sora walked home with his feet dragging along the ground. His heart was still crushed from school and what Kairi had said. He wasn't even a third home, but it felt like he ran a marathon. A million questions started to run though his head. Why did Kairi say no? I thought she liked me. Riku said our teachers even knew. How am I supposed to get through school tomorrow? Should I even go? Who should I tell? Not Wakka or Tidus for sure, they put me up to this! How about Mom and Dad? No, they'll get all soaked up in the stuff and even talk to her parents. Riku's still there! Yeah, I'll talk to Riku.

At the moment of thinking of his friend, Sora's feelings lit up, literally. Riku's headlights coming down the street meant Riku was coming! Sora just stood there blocking the light with his hand

"Hey Sora, what're you doing?" Riku said.

"Just walking home."

"Oh yeah. Since when did you start walking home? You always run. Tell me Sora, what's wrong?"

"Nothing, why don't you call Wakka or Tidus and ask what happened?"

"Nah, it's ok. It's really late Sora, I'll take you home."

Sora gave him a thankful look and jumped in. After about five minutes, they reached his house, did their handshake and went out. Sora's mom invited him for dinner but had to wait because it was still cooking. So they went up to his room to play video games.

"You want to tell me now?" Riku said once again.

"No. What game you wanna play?" Sora acted as if there was nothing to talk about.

Riku didn't want to anger him so he decided to go with the flow. "Ok, this boxing one. I'm gonna kick your sorry self with that!"

"Oh no you won't Riku!"

Two hours of intense gaming, they were on a tiebreaker set. The first person to win ten rounds would win. But just as they started their last round, Sora's mom called them down for dinner.

"Mom, what took dinner so long?"

"No, it wasn't long, it was slow." His mom pointed to the slow cooker. They all gave a small laugh at the point she made, even if it was dumb. "Riku's mother called and she wants you home when you're done Riku."

"Ok, but first, TIE BREAKER!" Riku held out his hand in a rock-paper-scissors form and Sora did the same. "First to win!"

1,2,3, Sora did paper, Riku did rock.

"I win, you lose, now you get a big, fat browse!" Sora cheered and gave Riku a punch on his shoulder.

"OW! You didn't have to make it so hard Sora!" Riku yelled.

"Boys, just sit and eat, 'kay?" Sora's mom asked. They stopped and looked at her. Then they sat down. She brought the plates and the boys said 'thank you' in unison. About thirty-five minutes later, the group finished and Riku said good-bye and drove off. Sora's mood dropped again because he didn't tell him, and his mom quickly took notice.

"Anything wrong, dear?"

"No mom, I'm fine. I'm going to bed."

She knew something was wrong, just decided not to do anything if he didn't feel like saying so.

The Next Day At School

Sora sat in the corner of the school, staring off into the sky. He knew he gave his mom a sign about something. She didn't know what was happening, so she'd get suspicious and start nagging him about everything until he confesses.

Jumping to his side, Riku came and said, "So do you mind if I ask them now? Or should I just butt out?"

"Either one's ok." Sora said very glumly.

"Hmph. I wasn't asking you about what pizza topping you want! It's Kairi, right?"

No answer.

"So it is. Your pottery class is soon. Better shape up or face the consequences of pottery and then—"

"— Science. Yeah, yeah, I know." The bell started to ring and Riku gave him a pat on the back and left. Sora gave out a huge sigh, stood up and went to his lockers. While he was cracking the code, Yuffie came up and took his temperatures.

"What're you doing?" he asked.

"Taking your temperature because you looked sick."

"Why did you emphasize because?"

"' Cause of you and Kairi. Riku told me." Sora gave a small nod and she sent him off to class.

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Hi guys! Thanks for reading. I know this chapter didn't do much about Kairi, but a lot of other people talking about them. I'm just trying to show that a lot of people really want them together! Haha, gotta go. Please read and review!

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