Chapter 20
(Sunday)
Yuffie took a shower, and she thought about what she had said to Leon just now. She squealed in her mind, and blushed.
After she finished her shower, she dressed, walked towards the kitchen and saw Leon. She blushed, and quickly ate her breakfast. Cloud came into the kitchen, still wearing his punk clothes.
"Hey y'all!" He said. "Sora, Kairi, Riku and Namine asked if we would wanna come watch a movie with them." Cloud said. "Could we?" He asked.
"I'm okay with that." Yuffie said.
"Same here!" Aerith replied, while washing some dishes.
Leon shrugged. "Fine by me." He said.
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Sora looked in his cupboard for some clothes to wear. Something nice, and cool. Something Kairi would like. Not that all his clothes inside weren't cool. But he needed to impress his lady.
And so he searched. After a few minutes, he finally found a black T-shirt with writings on the shirt, and a pair of black pants with chains around the belt area. He was going to wear a hoodie, but…would his hair actually fit into that?
He looked in the mirror, seeing his reflection. He was pleased, and he walked downstairs.
"Where ya going?" Roxas asked.
"Going to go watch a movie with Kairi and other friends." Sora said, stopping on the stairs and looking at Roxas who was behind.
"And you didn't invite me? How could you?" Roxas said in mock hurt.
"Well…if you do come, you'd be…left out or something. You ain't having a girlfriend." Sora said.
"Right…" Roxas said, thinking.
"I'll leave you to do that." He said, and walked downstairs.
Sora walked down the stairs, and hummed a little tune. But in his head, he was singing. I'm going on a date with Kairi! With everyone else beside me!
Sora's mom came out from the kitchen. "Good morning honey. I got a call from Kairi just now, and she said she's not coming to watch the movie." Sora's mom said.
Sora's face fell. His mouth was wide open, and he tried to talk, but he couldn't. He didn't know what to do. I'm not going on a date with Kairi! With everyone else beside me! He thought miserably.
He was about to mutter something out, until he saw a huge smile on his mom's face.
"Gotcha!" She said, laughing. "Loser!" She said, showing the L sign.
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Riku walked around the park with Namine. Even though they were going to watch a movie, they decided they have a little quality time before they go with everyone else.
"Namine, what do you wanna watch later?" Riku asked.
Namine smiled at him. "I don't know. Maybe we should go check out what's there. That's what I always do." She said.
"Same here." He said, smiling back.
Namine was so happy and she couldn't help talking to herself in her mind. AHH! I'm walking with Riku, my hot hawt boyfriend in the park! How romantic, romantic, romantic! My heart's beating uncontrollably and I cannot, cannot help but wanna jump everywhere! She screamed in her mind.
She was so lost in screaming in her head that she didn't notice a tree in front of her.
"Namine! Watch out!" Riku said, but before he could finish that, she hit the tree.
Namine rubbed her head.
"Namine, are you alright?" Riku asked, lifting her on her feet again.
"Yeah, just a little itchy on the head." She said, scratching her head.
"Itchy?" Riku asked, confused. "Shouldn't it hurt?" He asked.
"Hurt? Come on Riku! I mean, that was a small hit. It seems more like an itchy thing to me." Namine said, scratching her head.
Riku looked at her weird. "Right…" He said. But how could it hurt? When she bumped into that tree, there was even a thud.
"You sure you okay?" He asked. He showed three fingers. "How much is this?" He asked.
"I'm okay, and that's four. No, no, wait. That's three." She said laughing.
Riku became worried about her. Oh god please let her be okay.
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Kairi yawned, stretched and came downstairs of her home. "Morning mom." She said.
"Morning honey." Her mom said, and saw Kairi still looking sleepy.
"What time did you sleep yesterday?" She asked.
"Uh…Around…1, or 2." She said sheepishly. She wasn't used to sleeping late. And she spent her time yesterday looking for an outfit to wear for today.
"Let me guess, you were excited about today and looked for an outfit to wear, but had a hard time searching for one." Said her mother.
Kairi's eyes widened. "How did you know that?" She asked.
"I know you a lot, Kairi. How can I be a mother if I didn't?" She asked, smiling.
Kairi grinned. "Right." She said. Mothers know almost everything that the children do… She thought, giggling.
"So, what do you want for breakfast? Pancakes? Toast? Eggs and bacon?" Kairi's mom asked.
"I'm in the mood for pancakes." Kairi said.
"Right." Said her mom, and made some pancakes.
After her mom made Kairi's pancakes, she sat down across Kairi.
Kairi grinned, and ate the food. Kairi's mom's eyes softened.
"Oh I can't take it anymore. I wanted you to have fun going out though, but you'd be sad if it wasn't something you'd want to expect." Kairi's mom said.
Kairi started chewing her pancake slowly, looking at her mom confused. "What do you mean?" She asked.
"Sora's not coming…he's got a fever." Kairi's mom said.
Kairi slowly chewed her pancake, until she heard the news, and she stopped chewing. "What?" She asked, sad.
Silence took over. After a few seconds of sadness, her mom started laughing. "Sorry. I was just joking. It was just a joke Sora's mother and I thought of. We wanted to see the look on your faces!" She said, laughing harder.
"Mom! That wasn't very nice!" Kairi said, smiling at the same time.
"Sorry dear. I just love to play tricks on you." She said, drinking a glass of juice.
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Yuffie walked around her room, thinking of what to wear. "Eh…I'll just go with my usual style. That's what makes me, me." She said to herself, and she went into her closet to look for clothes.
She took out a pair of narrow fitted jeans, a nice sleeveless white tank top with glitter lining and a jacket with a grey jacket with a hoodie.
"That should do it." She said.
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Aerith looked at Cloud. Okay, he didn't look bad wearing these clothes, but he should just act the way he is.
"Do you want to wear these clothes?" She asked.
Cloud nodded happily. Aerith thought he looked like a little puppy. My little puppy! She thought evilly.
"Alright, you can wear it." She said, "But, you can't act the way you just did. You scared people." She said.
Cloud pouted for a moment, but he looked on the bright side. "At least I can wear these clothes!" He said.
"That's right. Now get out because I'm changing." Aerith said.
"Can I help?" He asked teasingly.
"No, perv. Out." She said, pointing towards the door.
Cloud pouted. "Someday I will!" He said.
"Yeah, like, when we're married." She said, giggling.
"We're getting married? Wait, did you just indirectly propose to me?" Cloud asked, feeling dumb. "Hey! That's unfair! I'm supposed to propose to you!" He said childishly.
"When the time comes, propose to me, okay?" Aerith asked.
"Ok!" He said, happily, and walked out. Aerith closed and locked the door.
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Leon watched TV quietly, once again flipping through channels because he didn't find anything fun to watch.
He was already ready for the hang out, other than Cloud. Aerith and Yuffie were still getting ready. Actually he understood why Aerith would take some time, but he didn't know what took Yuffie so long.
Yuffie was sort of tomboyish, so she wouldn't take a long time to get ready. Not most tomboys do, right?
Yuffie soon came down. "Ready!" She said, and looked around. "I guess Aerith isn't ready yet." She mumbled.
Leon heard what she said, and nodded. He sighed, and then kept changing channels.
Soon, Aerith came down, but Cloud was missing.
"Where did Cloud go?" Asked Yuffie.
"Oh no! Maybe he got stuck in the toilet again!" Aerith said, worried.
Yuffie burst out laughing and Leon chuckled.
"That was not funny." Cloud said, appearing on the stairs. "And I was playing games in my room." Cloud said.
"You're playing your PS2 right before we're going out?" Yuffie asked.
Aerith frowned. "Why?" She asked.
"Uh…I was bored!" Cloud said.
"Ok, ok, let's go meet up at Sora's house." Aerith said, walking outside the house. Everyone else followed.
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Kairi looked at the clock. It's almost time. "Ok, mom, I'm gonna go." Kairi said, getting her purse and other stuff she wanted to bring.
"Ok, be careful, don't talk to strangers, never get friendly to someone you've recently met…yet, make sure you don't forget anything, if you want to call me, call me anytime, but make sure it's very important. I wouldn't want you calling for something so minor. Also have a few tissue packets, they really come in handy. If you want, I have some gum in the candy cupboard, do you want it?" Her mom asked, saying everything fast.
Kairi looked confused. "Um…sure." She said, and saw her mom rush off into the kitchen. But before she could sigh, her mom came back and handed her the gum.
"Ok, be careful, don't talk to strangers, never get friendly to someone you've recently met…yet, make sure you don't forget anything, if you want to call me, call me anytime, but make sure it's very important…" Her mom blabbed, saying things all over again. Kairi's head was spinning.
"Ok, mom, I get everything, thanks." Kairi said, opening the door. "Bye mom, see you later." She said, and walked out.
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Namine and Riku looked at their watches. "I guess it's time, let's go to Sora's house with everyone." Riku said, looking at Namine.
Namine nodded. "Promise me something." Namine said.
Riku was surprised. "What?" He asked.
"Promise me that we will buy the strawberry smoothie!" Namine said, clinging onto Riku's arm.
Riku was surprised yet again. Then he started laughing. "Ok." He said, and they walked outside the park.
They walked towards Sora's house, when they met LYAC on the way. "Hey!" Riku said, grinning.
"Hiya Riku and Namine!" Yuffie said happily.
Despite everything that has happened, Yuffie kept a smile on her face, not wanting to remember what happened yesterday.
"Hey Yuffie!" Riku and Namine said, waving.
"I guess we're going together, then?" Aerith said, smiling.
"We sure are!" Riku and Namine said in unison.
LYAC sweat dropped. Now that is freaky.
"Yeah…anyway, let's head over to Sora's crib already!" Cloud said, showing the peace sign.
Aerith looked at Cloud intensely. "Cloud…" She started.
"I mean house. I wanted to say house." He said, and walked ahead.
Aerith walked beside Cloud, and pinched his cheeks as punishment. Cloud shed tears while saying "I didn't mean to!"
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Kairi was walking and eating a chocolate bar to Sora's house. She was humming a tune too, which sounded like Simple and Clean.
Since Sora's house was really near hers, she didn't have any problem walking a little bit slower.
But she arrived at Sora's house in time anyway. And she didn't even finish her chocolate bar. Oh well. She rang the door bell, and she heard a muffled "Coming!" and it sounded like Sora.
Then she heard a loud crash and a few thumps. She wondered what was happening.
The door opened. Kairi met Sora who was stifling his laughter and grinning like there's no tomorrow.
"Hey Kairi! Come on in!" Sora said.
Kairi smiled. "Thanks! But….what happened?" She asked.
"Oh!" Sora laughed. "When you rang the door bell, I was going to open the door when Roxas from upstairs was half awake when he heard the bell. Then he was gonna open the door too, but he tripped on his own foot and crashed down the stairs." Sora said, and laughed. Then his grin faltered. "You don't know how much pain I had when he's here." Sora said, in a dead voice.
Kairi laughed. She walked over to the living room, and saw Sora's mom there.
"Good morning!" She greeted.
"Good morning to you too, Kairi! How romantic…you're going on a date with my little boy! I mean Sora, not Roxas." Sora's mom said, laughing.
Kairi laughed. "Yup, I sure am!" She said happily.
Sora sweat dropped. "How could you talk like that so easily?" He asked Kairi.
"What do you mean? I've been your friend since we were…young and our parents knew each other since forever." Kairi said. "I don't really remember when we first met though." She said, smiling sheepishly.
"Oh, I think that was…ok, I forgot too." Said Sora's mom.
Kairi and Sora laughed, and then they heard Roxas poke out of the kitchen.
"Mom! I got a booboo!" Roxas whined.
"Roxas, you're old enough to take care of yourself!" Their mom said.
Roxas went back to the kitchen, followed with a few grumbles.
Kairi giggled. "I guess we have to wait for everyone else." She said.
"Yup." Sora said, and sat down on the sofa. Kairi sat down next to him.
Sora's mom smiled. "I'll get you some drinks." She said, and went to the kitchen.
Kairi smiled, saying thank you, and then she watched his mom go into the kitchen.
Sora laid his hand on her shoulder from behind, and grinned. "I notice you have a chocolate bar in your hand." He said.
Kairi looked at her hand. "Oh yeah. I forgot." She said, laughing.
Kairi rest her head on Sora's shoulder, and slowly ate the chocolate bar. Sora grinned, feeling in heaven.
"Here are your drinks--oops. I guess that was wrong timing." Sora's mom said.
Kairi laughed, getting up. "Thank you, and nope, it wasn't a bad timing!" She said.
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LYAC, together with Riku and Namine, walked to Sora's house.
But Yuffie was the last person in the group, and when Leon noticed, he took slower steps and walked next to her.
Nothing was said, and Leon felt awkward. He wanted to talk to Yuffie, but he didn't know how to start it.
"Leon…what do you think about me?" Yuffie asked, looking at the floor.
"What?" He asked, surprised.
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Author's Notes: I think I updated…quite fast…I think. Anyway, please review! There's more to come!