Disclaimer: I don't own KH or KH II or anything valuable for that matter.
A/n: Hmmmm… I need to stop starting new stories. Sorry this chapter is short, the story is almost over and there's only so much more to write. And thanks, everyone who has reviewed so far! Here's a little bit of inappropriate action for you.
Chapter 4
Light flickered and danced all around them, casting an orange shadow on Riku's face and Kairi stared over at him. He poked the fire with a stick, shifting a piece of firewood onto the pile and watching the flames engulf it. Dropping the stick next to him, he looked up at the sky above them, stars glittering brightly in the dark expanse. Kairi leaned her head on his shoulder happily, thrilled by the limited visibility the night brought with it. When it was dark, she could pretend like this was all there ever was, just the two of them here, on this island. There was no other island, there had never been any other people, everything had always been like this, just perfect. He had finished the fence around the waterfall, and the small shack beside it was half done. He put his arm over her shoulders, turning his head to the side and rubbing his cheek against her soft red hair.
She sighed contentedly and stared into the fire. The strap to her bikini had fallen down her shoulder, and Riku played with it absently.
"Why did you want to be my girlfriend? Really?" He asked suddenly, shattering the peaceful mood that had developed around them. Kairi almost jumped from the sound of his voice, and her head shot up from his shoulder.
"Oh, well, you know…" She shifted uncomfortably. "Because I really liked you. Like that." She blushed brightly and he couldn't help but smile.
"I'm sorry, I just always thought you had a thing for Sora." He replied quietly. She sat up and looked at him sadly.
"Well, I used to like you both. But I guess people change, and Sora just started seeming more like a friend than anything else." She brought her knees up to her chin nervously. "And besides, Selphie had her eyes all over you…" She muttered quietly.
"What!" Riku shuddered at the image of Selphie trying to get him to kiss her. "That's terrible." Kairi laughed at his grimace.
They sat there smiling at each other for a few moments before Kairi blushed again and looked away. Riku wondered vaguely what had crossed her mind, but decided instead to pick up a stick and poke at the fire some more.
Kairi finally stood up, stretching and batting the sand off her pink board shorts. She stepped forward around the fire and wandered down to the beach. The moon was barely visible and offered little light, and she stepped into the cool surf. The water washed over her bare feet, covering her ankles. She looked down at the gentle waves, then glanced back up the beach to the campfire. Riku still sat there watching her, unsure of what she wanted him to do. He started piling sand on the fire to put it out and stood up. She shivered in the absence of the campfire's soothing light, and watched as Riku moved down the beach to stand beside her in the water.
"I'm gonna go to bed." She said quietly, smiling at him. He nodded in understanding and followed her back up the beach to the cave. He watched her scramble inside before he turned to pick up some of his tools and make sure the fire was out.
Once he was done he finally moved around the fence he had built and crawled into the cave. It was severely dark, but Kairi had found a flashlight and her silhouette was visible against the thin material of the tent she had set up in the middle of the cave. Her outline shifted around a bit in the tent before clearly slipping out of her swimsuit. Riku felt his face flush and he stared at her wide-eyed. His best friend turned girlfriend was only ten feet away from him, in a tent she expected him to sleep in with her, and she was naked.
He quickly turned and dashed back out of the cave, inhaling the cool ocean air as he struggled to collect his thoughts. He knew his face must have been bright red, but he was too worked up to care. Pacing anxiously in the sand outside the fence, he ran a hand through his hair and stared up at the sky.
"Sora, where are you?" He waited several moments, but of course there was no answer.
Riku walked down the beach, stopping every so often to look back at the cave. What exactly was he so afraid of? He thought to himself, contemplating his situation. Sure, Sora was his best friend, and he had always believed that he would be the one to get Kairi in the end. But she had changed everything, and now he didn't know what he should do. Sora was in love with her, he knew that, everyone knew that, and how could he honestly do this to his best friend? He loved her too, but as important as she was to him, he just wasn't about to throw away his friendship with Sora to be with her. He needed to see him again, talk to him. He couldn't rightfully take her without knowing that Sora was okay with it.
The stars glittered mockingly down at him, and he cursed loudly at them.
One thing was for certain, he wanted to go back into that cave and take everything he had ever wanted from her. The thought made him shudder. Regardless, he found himself wandering back towards her, crawling into that tiny cave and approaching the tent. The light was off now, but he heard her moving inside still. She sat up to squint into the darkness at him, wondering what he was doing. He quickly unzipped the tent with a shaking hand and crawled inside.
Riku hadn't even turned around yet when he felt her hand on his leg, and she whispered at him questioningly. He couldn't hear what she had said, but slowly turned around to face her. It was dark, and he could barely see the outline of her pale face. He caught the smile that she flashed at him and his heart jumped into his throat nervously.
She pulled gently on his arm and he let himself fall onto the sleeping bag next to her. He stared at her in surprise and amazement as she crawled over him and braced herself on his chest. She obviously had no problem shoving their best friend from her mind. Her hair fell down past her shoulder and she flipped it over to the side and out of his face. He closed his eyes, this was definitely not really happening. The Kairi he knew would never be this outgoing. He felt lips on his neck and his heart skipped a beat. A soft moan escaped him and his eyes grew wide. He fought the urge to slap a hand over his mouth as she leaned back to grin down at him. 'Stupid..' he thought to himself, squeezing his eyes shut and trying to fight back the urges she was bringing out of him.
"Hey, Kai, this really isn't right…" He gasped, looking up at her sadly. She blinked at him in confusion.
"What?" She gave him an angry pout and sat back, straddling his hips and crossing her arms. That position really didn't help either and he cringed slightly as he reached up to grab her waist and ease her off of him.
"It's just that I don't think it's right to do this, without Sora knowing.." It sounded dumb, but his mind was starting to swim in her presence and he couldn't figure out what to say.
"You mean you need Sora's permission to be with me? You spent all that time fighting over me and now you want to ask him if it's okay that you won?" He had never seen her so angry, and he tried to back away nervously.
"Look, he's my best friend and I just don't-" She waved her hand to cut him off and shook her head angrily.
"No, you look, I have my own life and I can think for myself. If he's really such a great friend that he should know, then he'd understand anyway. And if he doesn't, oh well, maybe we weren't so close after all! Maybe if he was here I'd care more, but he's not! We don't know where he is, and we don't know when he's coming back, so why wait what could be years just to make sure there's no hard feelings? And don't get me wrong, it's not like I don't care, I just don't understand why the course of my life always needs to be determined by someone else. Now you need to start acting like my boyfriend, or maybe this was a mistake and I shouldn't have tried getting this close to either of you." He stared at her in shock as she slapped his hands away and climbed back up onto his hips. His pale face turned crimson as his eyes trailed down her thin form. It was then that he realized she had conveniently forgotten to wear underwear under the large shirt she had on.
"Oh, you are such a dork." She sighed heavily and leaned over him, wrapping and arm around his shoulder and rolling over. Before he had time to think she had pulled him over her and was kissing him enthusiastically.
'Great, now if I don't do this she'll hate me for weeks..' He growled internally, but quickly found himself playing along. He wanted to fight it, but his hand found its way up under her shirt. Soon enough her gentle movements below him had convinced him to join in. He couldn't deny that however morally wrong it might be, nothing had ever felt so right in his life.
Her shirt vanished and he stared down at her bare skin, his body beginning to shake nervously. He had always dreamed of this moment, but never with her, he hadn't really seen himself as being good enough for her. But here she was, initiating the single act that could change their lives forever. He had always considered himself brave, but when it came to impressing her he was terrified. She continued unfazed by his nerves, relieving him of his swim trunks and tossing them aside.
The next few minutes all seemed to blur, she took control and he went with it. The air inside the tent was warm and humid, making him sweat even more as he watched her moving above him. His eyes were wide, but he barely saw what was going on. And all too soon it was over, he stared up at her as her chest heaved and she rolled over onto the blankets beside him. She was covered in sweat and smiled over at him, reaching out and taking his hand. He couldn't believe it had really happened. He wasn't sure he had even been ready for it, but it was too late now. He turned onto his side and pulled her closer to him.
"I chose you, Riku, and no one else." She reassured him, stroking his matted hair gently. He nodded and closed his eyes at her touch.
"It's just a lot to think about. Go to sleep." He kissed her forehead and she smiled again, settling down under a blanket.
He was tired, confused, and he felt guilty. He didn't want to be here, he wanted to go outside and walk around to think, but he couldn't leave her like this, not tonight. Riku stared at her until she fell asleep. There had to be something else to it, she had been acting so strange. Did she really think he was just going to disappear again?
'I've got to get her out of here, staring at that island all day is going to drive her insane.' He thought to himself. Someway or other, they had to get away from here. The Destiny Islands they had known was gone, this place was now a cemetery.
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The sound of water dripping down onto the tent woke him, and he stared up at the ceiling in confusion. He relaxed after a moment, he couldn't remember falling asleep. The light was dim, but enough to tell him it was morning. Not wanting to disturb Kairi, he crawled along the side of the tent to the exit and wriggled out. He wandered around checking some piled of supplies until he found some clothing, tugging on a pair of pants and boxers and then digging around for shoes and socks. He pulled on a black tank top and crawled out of the cave.
The morning air was cold and it felt good on his warm skin. He sighed happily and walked forward past the fence. The beach was still slightly dim, telling him it was pretty early. He stretched and looked up at the pale sky, it was a beautiful morning. Something out of place caught his eye and his gaze snapped back down to the ocean. 'I don't believe it…' He stared in shock and quickly walked forward. He stopped several feet away and gulped nervously.
"Heh, I thought you were dead. I guess I should have known better…"Riku was speechless for a few moments as he stared into those deep blue eyes.
"You came back." he shook his head to try and clear his thoughts and rushed forward, pulling the boy into a tight hug and nearly falling over when they lost their balance.
"Of course I did, sorry I'm late…" He said as Riku held him out at arm's length and examined him. He was crying, it was pretty obvious, and with good reason, he had staring out at the main island.
"Where's Kairi? Is she alright?" Sora asked, placing a gloved hand on Riku's arm. He nodded, feeling even more guilty.
"Yeah, she's still sleeping." He motioned back to the cave.
"Thanks for taking care of her.." Sora mumbled, smiling sadly at him. 'He knows…' Riku realized, shaking his head.
"No, she took care of me, I wouldn't be here if she hadn't told me what to do." He smiled and turned to look at the cave, just in time to see Kairi herself stumble out.
Thankfully, she had put her dress back on, but his heart leapt into his throat as he watched her rub her face and walk down the beach towards them. She noticed the two boys standing there and she stared at them in disbelief. A mixture of emotions appeared on her face and Riku watched sadly as she rushed forward.
"Sora!" She cried happily, throwing herself into his arms. Tears were running down her cheeks and Riku wondered if she had really believed she would never see him again.
It hurt to watch them, they looked so perfect together. And she was so happy, she was acting like nothing had ever happened. They sat down and started talking, Kairi gesturing out towards the main island every so often and Sora nodding sadly in response. She was telling him everything that had happened, and Riku noticed that she left out the part about them 'dating'. He walked over to them and took a seat in the sand beside Sora, watching them quietly.
End of Chapter Four