Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts (II), Sora, Kairi, Riku, etc.

Author's Note: I was bored, so I wrote this to finish up the kiss. It's kind of pointless…I was just writing because I was bored. Alright, hopefully you'll enjoy, no progress was made except for a bit of Riku.

Warning: If you do not like corny and random things, please stop reading now.

Quick Author Babble: I got Final Fantasy X yesterday!!!

Chapter 18: What People Think

Kairi's breathing was coming in short, jagged gasps. She could see him; feel his touch, his warmth, his kiss, even in her dreams. He was always smiling at her, his blue eyes always twinkling. Every time she saw him her heart jumped.

Sora was everywhere.

He'd never been this vivid to Kairi before. She could still feel his lips pressed against hers, his arms wrapped tightly around her as if they'd always be there.

"Sora..."

Kairi murmured his name subconsciously, calling out at his picture so distinctly printed in her dreams.

"Do you think she's having a nightmare?" a voice said. "She's awfully restless..."

"Don't wake her up, Yuffie! Can't you see she's sleeping?"

"You're just saying that because she called out your name!"

"Shut up! I am not!"

"You like her!"

"No, I don't!"

"Yes, you do!"

"I do not!"

"Yes, you do!"

"Shut up, Yuffie!"

Kairi groaned and rolled over.

"Sora..." she repeated.

"What is it?" one of the voices said, suddenly softer.

Kairi could already feel herself going into consciousness—she could see the sunshine streaming in from the window. Sora was fading along with her dreams.

"Don't leave me," Kairi whimpered.

"Don't worry. I'm not going anywhere."

Kairi blinked and opened her eyes. Everything was covered in rainbow-colored splotches. She blinked some more and finally adjusted to the lighting. She sat up and realized she was sweating. Sora and Yuffie sat beside her, on their own sleeping bags, apparently watching her with utmost interest.

"You're up," Yuffie said, grinning. "Lazy bones!"

"Are you feeling alright?" Sora asked, concerned. "You were acting really weird...you kept calling my name..."

Kairi smiled at them.

"I'm fine. I guess I was just having some weird dreams..."

Instantly the dreams were gone, fading out of memory as her subconscious mind disappeared.

"They certainly were weird!" Yuffie agreed. "Who dreams of Sora?"

"Hey!" Sora yelled. "Watch it or you get no Christmas present."

Yuffie immediately shut her mouth. Kairi giggled.

"Well, you've thought of a way to shut her up," she said. "Too bad Christmas is in a couple of days."

Sora sighed pitifully. Yuffie crossed her arms, her face red from anger. A second later, she bounced up, a big grin on her face.

"Let's watch the movie I made yesterday!" she chirped.

"What?" Sora said, looking up at her bouncing form. "Yuffie! You said we'd watch a movie and it wouldn't be yours!"

"Technically it's your movie, because I'm not in it at all," Yuffie stated. "And I want to see it before the squirt wakes up."

She reached for the video camera and groaned.

"Oh no," Yuffie muttered. "I left it on all night! The batteries ran out hours ago! And it's made my film super long!"

She sighed.

"Oh, well. The show must go on."

She took a long chord and connected it to the TV and the video camera.

"Hopefully it has a little more juice to play the movie," Yuffie said, looking at it.

Kairi watched the TV screen. Suddenly it lit up, showing a picture of the very living room they were sitting in.

"It's playing, Yuffie!" she shouted.

Yuffie squealed in delight and nearly jumped onto her sleeping bag. The camera was pointing directly at Sora and Kairi.

"Hi," Kairi said, giggling.

"Hey," Sora replied with a smile.

And as their lips met, Kairi felt something turn inside her. She had done that? She could hardly believe it was her on the screen at all. She turned to look at Sora, whose face was bright red.

Kairi watched her eyes open, and, flushing, close them again. Finally they pulled away. And they started to laugh. They turned to look at the camera—or Yuffie, in this case—and sighed.

"Will you turn that thing off?" Sora snapped.

"No," Yuffie replied. "When I say all of it…"

Sora put his hand over the camera lens.

"Turn it off, Yuffie," he said.

"Ugh!" Yuffie cried. "Fine! Spoil sport!"

Sora's hand was removed from the screen and Kairi noticed she was laughing like a maniac right then. Goofy suddenly jumped in front of the screen.

"They kissed!" he shouted happily. "They kissed!"

"They certainly did, squirt," Yuffie said from behind the camera.

She suddenly put the camera down and jumped in front of Goofy, Sora, and Kairi.

"And that's why a boy and a girl can't ever be just friends," she said matter-of-factly.

"Yuffie!" shouted Sora, pushing her out of the camera's sight.

He leaned down so you could only see his face.

"And that's why you should never trust people like Yuffie with a Spin the Bottle game," he remarked. "Or just a bottle, for that matter."

"Sora, get out of my spotlight!" Yuffie shouted, pushing him back and throwing herself in front of the camera again. "That's right. This very day, Sora Roma and Kairi Ire…"

"I bet she's wishing that the names were Leon and Yuffie," Sora muttered from somewhere behind Yuffie.

Yuffie chucked a pillow at him.

"Shut up, Sora! As I was saying…this very day, Sora Roma and Kairi Ire kissed, showing their true love for each other…"

Suddenly Yuffie was pushed out of the way and Sora came back on screen.

"Uh, no, it was because we were playing Spin the Bottle and Yuffie made us," he said. "And didn't I tell you to turn this thing off?"

"Ugh…Sora!" shouted Yuffie, knocking him off screen again. "Interrupt one more time and I'll kill you!"

"You can't kill me!" Sora claimed.

"Want a bet?" Yuffie said, grinning evilly.

"Okay, I'll be good," Sora said quickly. "Kairi, save me…She's a maniac…"

Yuffie shook her head and turned back to the camera.

"So…showing their true love for each other, we can definitely expect a wedding in the future…"

"Ugh…Yuffie!" shouted Sora. "That's it! If you're not turning it off, I am!"

Sora's arm reached over to the side of the camera.

"And I expect everyone will be invited," Yuffie said quickly. "And I bet their first kid will be named Jordan…"

The screen went black. Kairi turned to Yuffie.

"I thought you said you left it on all night," she stated.

Yuffie smiled nervously.

"Oh…uh…I guess I turned it back on again…Whoops…"

"Yuffie, did you purposely film us when we were sleeping?" Sora asked, crossing his arms. "Because that's a bit creepy."

"Well, I wanted to see what you were going to say," Yuffie replied. "I mean, you guys just kissed. You obviously were going to say something…"

Sora and Kairi shook their heads. Yuffie turned her direction to the TV again.

"Look!" she cried, pointing.

They turned their direction upwards. On the screen, after they lied down and turned the lights off, Kairi could hear her voice.

"Sora?" she whispered.

"What?" Sora asked.

"You're a good kisser."

Yuffie squealed so loudly that she nearly shattered the windows. She hopped up almost triumphantly, a big grin on her face.

"Kairi, you've been holding out on me!" she cried.

"W-Wait…" Kairi stuttered.

"I expected Sora to say something, but look at you!"

"I-I was just saying…"

"That he was a good kisser! Oh my God, I can't wait to show this to SCARF…"

"I WAS JUST SAYING IT BECAUSE IT'S TRUE!!! HE'LL BENEFIT FROM IT AND SO WILL FUTURE GIRLS HE'S GOING TO DATE!!!"

Kairi was steaming mad now. Yuffie continued to circle her.

"Meaning you," she chirped.

"No, not meaning me!" Kairi snapped. "I mean other girls!"

"Kairi's in love…" Yuffie sang out.

"Ugh! That's it! I'm turning this thing off!"

She stomped over to the TV and just as her finger was about to touch the OFF button, Yuffie's voice shouted shrilly at her.

"Wait!" she cried. "On the screen…something's happening!"

"Oh no…" Sora muttered.

Kairi looked at him and took a couple of steps back to see the screen better. It was clear Kairi was having some rough dreams—she kept rolling over and groaning. Sora's eyelids fluttered open and he sat up and looked at her.

Kairi rolled over again, a panicked look on her face.

"N-No…" she mumbled. "Don't go…I'll do anything…"

Sora looked at her in confusion.

"You promised we'd be friends forever!" Kairi's voice was choked now. "How can you leave? Why are you changing? Why are you doing this to yourself and the people around you?"

Kairi listened to herself dream talk. Yuffie was clearly a heavy sleeper. But who was she talking about?

"You said you never wanted me to be hurt. How do you think I'm feeling now?"

Sora continued to listen to her, clearly wondering if he should wake her up or not.

"P-Please…I'll do anything…"

She shivered.

"Riku."

Quite a few jaws dropped right then. Yuffie stared at Kairi.

"Riku?" she repeated. "RIKU??? Why the heck are you dreaming about him?!"

"I…I…" Kairi stuttered.

She vaguely remembered her dreams being about Sora. Then…why was she…?

She still dreamt about Riku?

She still didn't get over when he left her and changed that day to someone she barely recognized?

She couldn't believe it.

Their attention turned back to the screen, where Sora was looking rather shocked at the mention of the older boy's name. Then he wrapped his arms around her, placed his head on top of hers, and closed his eyes.

"Ssh…" he whispered. "I promise Riku's not going anywhere."

"P-Please…" Kairi said, but a lot more softly. "Don't leave…"

"Ssh…"

Kairi relaxed a lot more in Sora's arms. Kairi watched in horror as she cuddled up to him, her breathing softening. Sora watched in terror as his head delicately rubbed the side of hers. They both leaped up and stood in front of the TV.

"Nope, nothing more to see," Sora said quickly.

"Definitely not," Kairi agreed.

"SCARF wouldn't be interested in this."

"Nope, they probably have a lot of homework."

Yuffie cocked her head.

"Guys, it's Christmas vacation. We don't get homework."

"Well…er…" Kairi murmured thoughtfully. "They have to do Christmas shopping! No time to watch silly videos! In fact, I'll take this camera…"

She picked it up and searched through the videos on it. Yuffie snatched the camera away from her.

"No way!" she shouted. "Now sit down and watch."

"Nothing else interesting happens!" Sora said. "Trust me! I was there…consciously!"

Kairi looked at the screen. Sora was leaning close to her ear.

"I l—" he began, when suddenly the screen went black.

Sora had pulled the plug. The video camera was out of the TV, and now it was blank. Quickly, Kairi swept in, grabbed the video camera from Yuffie, found the video, and deleted it.

"Aw…you guys!" Yuffie whined. "Now we'll never get to hear what Sora was going to say!"

Sora breathed out.

"Yeah, too bad," he said. "And now I have to leave. Say goodbye to Goofy for me."

He was gone in a flash.

"I have to leave too," Kairi remarked. "Christmas shopping. Thanks for having me over!"

"W-Wait a second…" Yuffie began, but Kairi was already outside and running by the time she finished the sentence.

She could see a spiky-haired figure in the distance. It was freezing cold in the morning, winter air. It was a blur of snowflakes and freezing wind. So Kairi didn't blame herself when she walked into someone.

"Oh, sorry!" she said quickly.

"It's okay," the person remarked. "It's just me."

Kairi squinted through the heavy snowflakes.

"Sora?"

"The one and only."

Kairi's teeth chattered and her fingers were numb. She stuffed her hands inside her pockets and tried to keep warm by walking as fast as she could.

"My hands are like ice cubes!" she exclaimed.

"Here," Sora said, taking her hand. "Unlike some people, I wear gloves."

He gave her a stare that reminded Kairi distinctly of her mom when Kairi just learned a life lesson. Her cheeks heated up as she looked at the hand holding hers.

"But…holding hands is what couples do," Kairi stuttered.

"Since when have you cared about what other people think?" Sora asked.

Ever since Yuffie filmed that video. Of course, holding hands was nothing compared to that video. Sora sighed.

"If you're that worried, we'll just tell people that we're Siamese twins," Sora remarked.

"Sora!" cried Kairi, nudging him.

"Okay, okay," Sora said, dropping her hand.

Kairi grabbed his hand again. Sora looked at her in confusion.

"I didn't say let go."

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"And then she said she put beads in her hair! I know! Beads! I can't get her to get rid of them!"

Kairi was greeted by Naminé's familiar gossip as she entered the Ire household. Naminé looked up as she walked in and smiled.

"Hi, Kairi!" she chirped. "Did you have a nice time at Yuffie's?"

Kairi nodded.

"Good! How is that girl these days?"

"Fine."

"How's Sora these days?"

"Er…good."

"Is he nice to you?"

"Uh…yeah."

"How'd he talk to you?"

"Nicely, I guess. Naminé, what's with all the questions?"

Naminé smiled innocently.

"Oh, nothing," she replied. "I just saw you and Sora holding hands on the way here."

Kairi's face flushed.

"Oh, that?" she stuttered. "We were just doing that…because my hands were cold…and he had gloves…"

"Uh huh. Sure…"

"No, honestly! That's why we were doing it! You see, it's really cold today…"

"Right…"

"And I ran into him while we were leaving Yuffie's house…"

"Yep…"

"And I told him that my hands were freezing…"

"I'm listening…"

"And he took my hand and said unlike some people, he wears gloves…"

"Got it…"

"And so we walked like that."

"Okay."

Naminé looked at her sister. She didn't believe a word, obviously. At least she didn't know the things Yuffie knew.

Kairi looked at her hand. It was warm, like Sora said it should be.

Somehow Sora always made her warm.

"It was his idea, you know," Kairi said.

"Right…"

"I mean, you can stop giving me that look."

"What look?"

Naminé looked at her skeptically.

"That look," Kairi said.

Naminé straightened up.

"So you're saying your hands were cold so Sora held your hand because he had gloves on?" she said.

"Yes! No. I don't know. It was all very confusing…no, it wasn't! It was simple! So stop making it seem like it's more than it actually is."

Naminé crossed her arms and rolled her eyes.

"Next thing I'm going to hear is that you and Sora kissed and you did it because your lips were cold."

"Shut up! That's not going to happen! It was just…warm, is all."

"Right…do you have any more excuses?"

Kairi smiled weakly.

"We're Siamese twins?"

Valor999: Thanks! It is good to finally see them kiss.

Isler: I AM IN CANADA!!! Thanks! Yeah, I'm excited. But I have to wait till Saturday to play it because that's my birthday, and I can't even play it on Saturday because it's my birthday party

KeiraLoveKH: Yeah, cute and fluffy. I liked that line too. "You're a good kisser." Thanks and here's your update!

- d a y j u a n a: Yeah, they finally kissed! I know, I would never say that either. Would never kiss them either. You got to threaten my life to get me to do that. Yeah, I can't wait for Kill Me. There are so many ideas for that one I've got to sort it out first though…Thanks for reviewing!

SimplySarah1221: Thanks!

Blubber Nuggets: Yeah, they should totally be at the Christmas party! Yeah, Yuffie's awesome. Thanks for reviewing!

SupernaturalFreak101: Yeah, all thanks to Yuffie. I've got a friend like that too…She thinks someone likes me and keeps asking if he asks me out. It's like "NO! Go away!" But whatever. I'm glad you liked it! Thanks and here's your update!

DJ HiHi Kimiko: Yeah, he took a risk, she enjoyed it. And they all lived happily ever after. Thanks!

Rahi-1: Yeah, sorry about that. Go, Donald! Go, Yuffie! Go, Goofy! (Yuffie and Goofy? This puzzled me last chapter.) Yeah, did a great job with setting everything up. I so have to do that with my friends. That would be hilarious. I'm in Canada. Thanksgiving here is in October. Thanks for the birthday wishes! What DO girls like? I don't know. As a girl, I like basketball. If my friends got me a new basketball that would be okay with me. (My other one's almost completely deflated.) Thanks for reviewing!

LOTRchic: Yeah, you didn't. Not asking too much, but maybe a little more than they can deliver. Thanks for reviewing!

Sorafanluver: Yeah, I don't. Thanks for all the congratulations! Oh my God, I'm going to MAKE it in real life…as long as I'm Yuffie, setting my friends up.

KiaraFay: Yeah, it IS October. I don't live in the US. Thanks for reviewing and here's your update!

Zestychicken2: Thanks! Yeah, they would make totally weird kids. Yeah, probably heard it from Yuffie and her sick mind. Thanks and here's your update!

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Jesus Rocks!!!: Yeah, thanks! I'm glad too. Let alone Goofy, Goofy and Yuffie. They rhyme. Obviously the parents were high when they named them.

Thanks, everyone! I'm glad you liked last chapter! Sorry for this TOTALLY POINTLESS CHAPTER, but I was running short of ideas!

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