Love is not enough
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"I don't understand why would she..."
"I don't get it either."
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Riku and Sora's relationship wasn't that serious yet. The other day at the bowling alley was in fact the first time they had kissed. Kairi was still oblivious to this. The two had been dropping hints to each other for months, but nothing out-spoken had happened until that night. Luckily for them, their friendship hadn't changed too much. The story continued a week later, while the gang was getting ice cream.
"Umm… well… hmm" Sora stood at the blue, plastic counter in the parlor. Riku had already gotten his ice cream and was sitting at their table. Kairi was standing behind Sora impatiently tapping her foot.
"Sora, please hurry up, I'm starving! Riku is almost done with his ice cream and you haven't even picked yet!" Kaeri sighed and continued her foot tapping.
"I can't decide between Chocolate and Raspberry…" he hummed to himself while squinting his eyes. His yellow gloves gripped the counter, and his teeth chewed on his tongue with indecision.
"Ok," Kairi mumbled, "then get Chocolate." Riku put his feet up on the table behind them. He licked his Vanilla cone. He smiled to himself at his friend's plight. After 12 minutes and 43 seconds Sora compromised and got frozen yogurt; much to the anguish of Kari, and the laughter of Riku. They ate their frozen treats in silence. Not the uncomfortable kind, but the kind where everyone involved can be together without feeling compelled to say anything.
They left the ice cream parlor and walked to the beach for a stroll. Kairi walked in the middle with her men on either side. It was late in the evening and the sun was starting its long decent.
"I'm so not looking forward to going back to school." mumbled Sora to the others.
"I just can't wait for my last year to be over." Riku retorted. Riku was going into his senior year, but Kairi and Sora were still juniors. The age difference had never really affected them, but Riku graduating first certainly would.
"I don't look forward to you leaving us. It'll be lonely getting stuck with Sora. Just imagine how "intelligent" all the conversations will be." Kairi giggled.
Sora looked up from his feet, "Huh?" he looked at his friends.
"Oh nothing," giggled Kairi, "we were just talking about how amazing you are."
Sora scoffed, "Finally, you guys are talking about something important!" They all laughed and sat down on the sand. Sora started playing with his shoes, while Riku lay down and starred at the sky, and Kairi watched them both.
After hours of just sitting and talking, it became dark. The gang decided to head their separate ways. Sora walked home alone, but Riku and Kairi walked together because their houses were close to each other.
"Things are going to be different without you Riku." Kairi stated. "Not that I don't like Sora, it'll just be different."
Riku sighed. His shoes moved against the pavement of the side walk. "I can't say I'm happy to be leaving for college in a year. It'll be tough moving on from all of this." He sighed, with a feeling of discontent. Riku never had a problem changing; he just didn't like leaving friends.
"I couldn't imagine leaving my house and living on my own." Kairi thought about it for a while, "It'd be kinda lonely, even if I was living in a dorm. I like coming home to my mom and dad." They arrived at Kairi's house.
"See ya Kairi." Riku kept walking but Kairi grabbed his hand. He turned around to look at her. Kairi's eyes were glistening in the moonlight, and her dark red hair hid her beautiful face with but a few strands. She gazed up at him with those lovely eyes into his silver irises and he knew what was coming. Her head tilted and her eyes vanished as she moved in for a kiss. For just a second he mimicked her movements, but he remembered that he couldn't. He took a step back and Kairi realized he wasn't next to her anymore. "Is there something wrong Riku?" Kairi sounded concerned, and confused.
"Ya, I can't…" He looked away from her, and he focused on his shoes.
"But, why?" Kairi started to sound distressed. Riku realized that what he had just done was not just denying himself her touch, but rejecting her his embrace also. "I thought that you liked me…"
"I do," Riku stammered, "I just can't kiss you…" He felt horrible.
"You… I… why can't you?" Her eyes started watering up. Riku had always hated dealing with crying people, they were so irrational.
"I… don't want a relationship with anyone before I have to leave for college." A lie; a beautiful, yet filthy lie. "I wouldn't want to get that close to someone and then have to end it." He tried to put on his most empathetic face
"Oh…" She stopped tearing up. "I guess that makes sense." Riku walked up and hugged her. She wrapped her arms around his waist and they just stood there for a while. Finally they let go, and Riku walked away from Kairi's small brick house. He was glad he had resisted her kiss, and at the same time horrible for how he had recovered.
He gently shut the large wooden door to his house in an attempt not to wake his parents, and crept up the spiral staircase to his room in the loft. After stripping, Riku climbed into his bed and left the covers off. The humid summer air made him sweat, but he didn't notice it until he rolled over. With no one but Kairi on his mind, he gently cried himself to sleep.
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So even though that had to have been the longest break in history, the second chapter's up. So everyone enjoy! Please give me reviews, it's the only way I'll get better as a writer. Though I plead, please do not flame!