Author's Note: Okay, we're reaching towards the end of our fan fiction! Remember, don't cry, because the sequel will be coming soon. In fact, at the end of the last chapter, I'll put a sneak peak of Passion II. Until then, enjoy the rest of the story. I'll put in more SelphiexRiku stuff in too now that they are a couple. Review!
Chapter 28: After the Prom" Bye, guys."
I said bye to the others as I got into the limo Sora rented for the prom. It was a lot darker than it was when we left, so Sora drove really slowly so that he wouldn't get in a wreck and scratch it up like he did to his car once when he was at Driver's Ed. As I looked at him, he had a nervous look. He looked like " Oh my gosh, this is the road to death." It was that kind of nervousness. As we came the intersection between our street and downtown, he turned the other way and headed downtown instead.
" Sora, we live that way." I said confused.
" I know." Sora snickered.
I knew he was joking, but sometimes, his jokes scared the crap out of me because they seemed so serious at times, like right now. He drove over to where the edge of the island was. The Destiny Islands City Council finally built a bridge that connects this island with the main island. I was getting sick of having to row a boat out. Sora then very slowly drove over the bridge making sure that we didn't fall over. As we arrived at the main island where I used to play as a little kid, he parked in the parking lot they built as well.
" Come on, I got to show you something." Sora said as he pulled me out of the car by the hand. I felt kind of weird that I was on an island and I was still in a prom dress. He helped me climb a few ladders before we reached a large tree house that looked around 10 years old.
" It's…a tree house." I said curiously.
" Not just a tree house. It was my secret place."
" You had a secret place?"
" Actually that was my secret tree house. That little cave over there at the base of the tree, that's my secret place." Sora pointed over near the little waterfall.
" Sounds like you had a lot of secrets when you were younger."
" It wasn't that long ago. I moved here when I was 14. So, yeah, 4 years ago, it was definitely a long time ago." Sora laughed sarcastically. I laughed with him. " I…actually made these things my secret places when I started liking you."
" What do you mean?"
" Well, I didn't want anyone in my family, or any of my friends getting in the way of my love life. So, whenever I thought about you or wanted to talk or write about you, I'd come here. That little cave, I didn't go to that often. I would just go there to draw, but one of them is pretty special."
" It's really nice to just speak up your feelings for someone. Especially when you're alone because then you don't have to worry about what anyone else thinks." I sat on a bench that was in front of the entryway to the tree house. Sora sat next to me. " I'm just glad I was finally able to tell you how I truly felt. The only reason I didn't tell you yet is because I was worried that people would think I liked you just to get popular. Then, I'd be known as a show-off."
" I know how that feels." Sora sighed. " Students at school are always saying, 'You're the best Blitz player ever!' or 'You are so hot, Sora!' or 'You are so cool!' and when they say that, it makes me think that they like me for my popularity, good looks, and Blitzball skills. You, Riku, and Roxas are probably the only ones who like me for who I am."
" Well, you're everything a girl should dream of having for a boyfriend. You're smart, cute, funny, cool, you're everything I've always wanted in a boyfriend. And thanks for showing me your tree house." I leaned my head on his shoulder.
" No problem." Sora wrapped his arms around me. " I wanted to make sure I showed you this before I leave." I thought I was going to have a heart attack when I heard this.
" Leave? Why?" My eyes began to fill with tears.
" I ended up getting accepted at Twilight Town University. And…that was the only college I could get into. So, after I graduate, I'll be leaving Destiny Islands for four years." Sora held me up a bit. " I tried every single university that was near here. My GPA just wasn't good enough. I'm sorry."
I placed my hand where my heart was racing so quick I had trouble breathing, swallowing, and my stomach, head, and throat hurt. My legs were feeling stiff. I had experienced this feeling before and that was when my dad died. It took me a long time to feel better. I asked my mom at that time why I felt in pain so much. She said that I was feeling Embodied Sadness. (A/N: I'm just making this up!) That meant that my sadness took over my entire body and emotions. I couldn't feel any emotions and my body felt like shit right now. I was experiencing the embodied sadness right now. I wanted to hold it in, but that only made me feel even worse. I closed my eyes. With tears pouring out of my eyes and down my cheeks, I embraced Sora without warning.
" No! You cannot go!" I sobbed. " You want to stay with me, don't you?"
" I know. I feel like I haven't spent enough of my life with you. We only became a couple in March." He lifted my chin so that I was staring only in his beautiful blue eyes that sparkled in the night. " You know, I don't want to make you feel bad, but this has been such a wonderful time for us."
(A/N: If you can, try imagining "A Time for us" from Romeo and Juliet playing in the background. It fits perfectly with this scene.) With that, he placed a gentle kiss on my lips and kept his hand on my cheek. It was kind of cold, but I just ignored it we pulled away and even though I knew Sora was trying make me feel better, I still felt terrible. I looked from him and stared at the stars remembering all of the good times we had over the years.
Flashback #1
I was talking to my friends about how Axel almost asked me out. He was like, the hottest guy in 9th grade. The five-minute bell rang and we had to go to first period, but then I realized that I forgot my textbook at my locker. I walked over to my locker and grabbed my textbook before going to first period, but then, I only had one minute to get to class! I was going to be tardied! I began to run a bit, but instead, I bumped into someone! I was about to fall back, but the person grabbed my hand and prevented that from happening.
" Are you okay?" the person asked. I looked and up and saw the most beautiful blue eyes I had ever seen.
" Y…Yeah. Thanks. You must be new, right?" I asked while putting my hair behind my ears.
" Yeah. I'm Sora. I transferred here from Traverse Town. So, what do you go by?"
" Kairi." I said while shaking Sora's hand. " Well, I'd give you a proper introduction, but I'm already late.
" Okay, well nice meeting you, Kairi." Sora grinned and then walked to class. I just wanted to melt after seeing his grin. I then walked to class.
End of flashback (A/N: I know you've already seen this flashback, bit I HAD to put it in.)
Flashback #2
I was walking into my second period class and sat in normal, boring assigned seat. It was just last week when I met the boy sitting right in front of me, Sora. I had surprisingly already developed a crush on him. But I mean, who can resist that spiky hair, blue eyes, and perfect grin. I was taking notes and before I knew it, I lifted my head up and saw Sora asking me if he could borrow a pencil.
" Hey, you got a pencil I could borrow?" Sora asked me. (A/N: I ALWAYS forget to take pencils to school! I'm so unprepared!)
" Yeah, here." I handed Sora a pencil." That was the first time we talked in an entire week.
End of flashback #2
That was when I realized it! On the first day of school, when Sora gave me that one pencil, it was the same one I gave to him in 9th grade. How do I know you ask? Well, it was one of those kinds of pencils that you can engrave your name on. I realized it was mine because it had my name on it. I knew that Sora and I grew distant of each other over High School because of our secret feelings for each other, but I never knew he kept my pencil for that many years.
" Sora?"
" Yeah?" He responded from the tree house.
" That pencil you gave me on the first day of school, was that…the one I gave you the week after we met?"
" Yeah. It became my lucky charm. I wrote everything with it." Sora grinned as he answered. I grinned back at him.
" What're you looking for?" I asked as I walked in.
" Something." Sora went rummaging through a bunch of boxes. " Yes! Here it is!" He pulled out a nice-looking box. " Remember when you lost your lucky charm, the Oathkeeper."
" Yeah, in 10th grade. I felt so awful about it." I sighed.
" Well, I found it." He opened the box and my lucky charm was in it. " I never got a chance to give it back to you, but I was at least able to give it to you now before it was too late." Sora handed me the lucky charm.
" My lucky charm!" I grinned and held onto it. " Thanks for holding onto it!" I embraced Sora once again. I pulled out of the embrace and took a look at my cell phone. " We should go now, it's getting kind of late."
" Yeah." Sora agreed with me.
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Riku's POV
I had just dropped off Roxas and Namine as I began driving away from Namine's house. I actually wanted Sora to do the carpool because he had a limo and I only had a sports car. With Selphie in the passenger's seat, I drove off. It was pretty quiet on the way back to Selphie's. I couldn't stop thinking about that kiss at the prom. I like Selphie? Well, she is the only one who likes me for who I am. So, yeah, I guess I do like her.
" Selphie?" I broke the silence.
" Yeah?
" RIKU!!!!" Selphie yelled at me. There was a truck zooming right in front of us. I turned the wheel and made a sharp turn and evaded the truck.
" Are you okay?" Selphie asked me.
" Yeah, I'm fine." I did a slight grin. We finally arrived at Selphie's place and I stopped in front of her house.
" Well, me made it safely." Selphie sighed.
" Yeah, and sorry about what happened at the prom." I apologized to Selphie. " I know you're probably embarrassed."
" It's okay."
" Huh?"
" I actually enjoyed it." Selphie grabbed her purse. " Oh, and I had a great time tonight." She then gave me a peck on the lips and got out of my car. " I'll call you later."
" Yeah. I had a great time too." I grinned and started my car again. " See ya!" with that, I drove off. Maybe forming a relationship won't be so bad after all.
Author's Note: See? Told ya I'd put in a SelphiexRiku moment! I should've mentioned a long time ago that this story mainly focuses on Sora and Kairi with some other couples. Anyway, review!