It was pointed out to me that this seemed to sexual for Kingdom Hearts. I agree, but I think that it's a lot more PG13 than most fanfictions. If that is why nobody's reading this, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make it so that ppl thought it was gross. Just to let everyone know, I am a girl, I just like trying to figure out what it would be like to think like a guy. So far, it's pretty scary.

Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts, or any of the characters in this story besides Herrara.

I placed my hand on the pink back of Kairi's dress, rubbing my thumb over a zipper. The cool metal bit into my skin, but I didn't withdraw my hand. She was scared, I could tell. Her skin was cold, and her face was white. Sora looked at his best friend in alarm, and I realized that she was more scared than even I realized.

No, we aren't fighting heartless. I wish we were, it might be a little less painful. No, we had just listened to Cloud propose to Aerith. (A/N The characters are about eighteen in this. Except Yuffie, of course, who is seventeen.)

Usually, I would gag, but I could tell that Aerith was really in love with this guy (and I could not for the life of me figure out why) but there was something about this that frightened Kai. I pulled the girl into the living room, away from the lovesick couple, and pulled her down beside me on the couch.

"Kairi, what's wrong?"

She attempted to smile at me, but it came out to more of a grimace. "It's nothing Leon. Don't worry about me."

"I know you better than that, and you know me better than that too. Now, what's wrong?"

She buried her face in my chest, and I resumed rubbing her back. I waited for the racking sobs to stop, then I pulled her chin up to face me. "I hate seeing you like this."

"I know."

"No, you don't. I love you Kai." Oh my god. I didn't just say that. That didn't come out of my mouth. Any minute now my alarm clock would ring, letting me know that I had overslept once again...(A/N In all my studies, I could never find out why guys are so afraid of those three little tiny words. Not even ten letters. Eight. It took my exboyfriend eight months to say that. And no, I didn't break up with him because he said it.)

Kairi froze up, her eyes going wide. Then she smiled, and I released a breath I didn't even know I was holding. "I love you too, Leon."

I felt my heart leap, and before she could say anything, I captured her mouth with my own, swallowing any response she may have had.

Unfortunately, with all of the emotions flying, we didn't notice Sora come into the room. "It's about fucking time." God, who knew Sora had such a potty mouth?

"Oh, shut up. Yuffie's upstairs. Go bother her."

"Cloud and Aerith are making out on the stairs, and I don't exactly want to step over that."

"I don't blame you at all. What time are we leaving tomorrow?"

I felt Kairi stiffen up beside me, and I felt like the biggest ass in the world. I can't believe I forgot that Riku was her best friend too.

"Eight. Be up. I'm not dragging your lazy ass out of bed."

I moaned. "Eight? In the morning?"

Sora rolled his eyes. "That's when the cemetery opens, and I want to get there before the traffic."

"Fine. I'll be up."

"You don't have to."

"Sora, yes I do. Riku was my friend too, you know. We might not have been close, but I liked the guy okay. After all, if he was friends with this sexy beast," I pointed at Kairi, who looked ready to giggle and cry at the same time, "then he couldn't be all bad. Now, no offense, but get the hell out of here."

"Fine. Go back to making out." He walked out before I could reply.

I pulled Kairi's chin up again, and wiped the tear out of the corner of her eye. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to bring Riku up like that."

"It's not your fault. I wasn't going to wake you up either." She smiled and I delighted in her familiar eye twinkle.

"Oh, you know you'd want to." I smiled back, and leaned my forehead against hers.

"Not with that morning breath." I laughed and tickled her sides until tears of laughter ran down her face, then pulled her close.

"Kai, I'm so sorry about Riku."

"It's not your fault. You didn't stab him."

"No, but I should have been there."

"Leon, you were with me, protecting me. If anything, it's my fault." A shadow crossed over her face, and

"Never."

"Besides, it's been two years. There is no reason to still be sad."

"Of course there is. How long was he your best friend? Ten years?"

"Eleven." She looked ready to cry again.

"See? If Yuf, Aerith, or even Cid were to die on me, I would be sad for a lot longer than two years. Don't suppress your emotions. Especially the one that makes this so fun." I kissed her again, and she wrapped her arms around my neck. I could feel the tears roll down her cheek, then down my neck. I let her rest her forehead on my shoulder, and placed my chin in her crimson hair.

"Kai, don't cry. Please don't cry. You'll get me started."

She buried her face further into my chest, creating the need for me to rearrange my chin to brush against her ear. I listened to her breath, and let out of a breath of my own onto her ear. She shivered and I pulled her close again. "Please tell me what was wrong before. I need to know. I want to help."

"I know. Leon, it was so horrible."

"What? Did someone hurt you?" I felt my anger rise, and my fists ball up beside my hips.

"No, not like you're thinking anyway. Calm down." She stroked my arm, and I relaxed my fist.

"I'm supposed to be the one comforting you, not the other way around."

She giggled. "Yeah, well, I'm better at it. Nurturing instincts, you know?"

"Mothering instincts my foot." I sealed my mouth over hers again.

"Stop. Stop. This is serious." She laughed and placed her hands on my chest, pressing all of her weight into my chest, pushing me back.

"That's so obvious." I rolled my eyes, sarcasm obvious.

"You want me to tell you what's wrong, don't you?"

"Yes!"

"Then shut up, and stop kissing me! Wait another ten minutes."

I looked at the stupid clock my mom had kept in the kitchen before she died. How I hated that clock with love. (A/N if you understood that statement, there is a psychiatrist ready on call.) "You officially have ten minutes. Use them wisely." I leaned back onto the couch and closed my eyes.

She moved beside me, shifting her body so that the soles of her shoes were pressing together and her hands were on her feet. "Well, you know that I transferred schools against my wishes. That was six months ago. My mom and I settled into our normal lives again, and I attended the Radiant Garden Academy For Girls." (How I loved the prudes at that school) "Meaning, of course, that all the girls talked about was guys. Well, I met a girl there, Herrara. Her boyfriend was living in a flat about five minutes from school. I met him about four weeks ago. Well, since I had met Vaan, (I do not own FF) she wanted to know more about you. I skipped school that day to meet up with her, when my mom was supposed to be at work, to show her pictures of you. You see, she didn't want to see any of my friends after she got home from work. So, we snuck back to the house to find Vaan and mom making out on the sofa, half-naked."

"Only half?"

"I thought you were going to be quiet for ten minutes."

"My bad." I made the zipping motion over my mouth.

"Yes, only half. Herrara ran out of the house crying. I chased after her. I haven't seen my mom since."

"But...you were still there when I called you."

"I alternated coming home when she was still at work. She didn't even apologize to Herrara, or me for lying to me for that matter. She wasn't sorry, Leon. Not at all. My aunt called my cell phone last week to tell me that they were getting married."

I sealed my mouth over hers again. She looked startled for a second. I pointed to the clock, which was exactly ten minutes past the time she had told me to shut up. She laughed into my mouth.

"You know that is very distracting."

"I know."

"It's also horrible about your friend and your mom. Must be horrible for you too. You know that you could have come here. Aerith and Yuffie would delight in another way to torture me." I wrapped my arms around her waist and pulled her onto my lap. She squealed a bit, and then relaxed a bit. "Want to go upstairs where the girls won't disturb us?"

"Sora's been the only one to come in."

"I was talking about Sora."

"Well, fine. But we'll have to step over the newly engaged."

"Let me get the hose. They won't be a problem for very long."

"Oh, you wouldn't."

"How very well do you know me, gorgeous?"

"Pretty good I think." She leered at me.

"Really?"

"Yeah."

"Well then, bet you weren't expecting this." I stood up, and carried her upstairs bridal style.

"LEON!!!" She screamed when I plopped her down onto my bed. I turned on my stereo so that we wouldn't hear Cloud and Aerith in the bedroom next door, then flopped down on the bed, leaning on the headboard.

"What?"

"I'm going to get you for that."

"Really? What are you going to do, little mouse?"

"You know I hate that."

"That's why I did it."

"Ohhh...Come your birthday, see what you get."

"Damn. So I guess I'm not getting that little scrap of fabric we saw in the window of Minnie's Secret then, huh?"

"You weren't getting it anyway."

"You hurt me, gorgeous. You really do."

"Awww...let me kiss it and make it better." She leaned into me, and did just that, problems temporarily forgotten.

Okay, so this is my first anti-innocent story, and I want to know what you think about it so far! Let me know, okay? I know Cloud and Aerith are a little young to be getting married, but I thought that it would be a good thing to get Kairi scared. Yes, I killed off Riku, but I couldn't think of a good match for him. Sora and Yuffieextreme hyperness...Cloud and Aerithextreme quietness...Tifaalone!!!LOL!!!!