Sorry for the wait, been a bit busy. Hope you enjoy it :) The last of this story. Gonna get onto a HP fanfic after this one.

What just happened? Why?

The next morning Sora woke with an energised motive to get ready for his date with Kairi and to be as positive as humanly possible. On his way to the bathroom for a shower Sora repeated through his over and over: It's gonna be great, we'll have a good time. It's gonna be great... we'll have an awesome time. While Sora stood in front of the bathroom mirror and brushed his teeth he repeated to himself: it's just like every other day, nothing to worry about. Acting normal is the key, be cool and relaxed. But it seemed that the closer it came to lunch time, the more Sora's nerves got the better of him. And as Sora stood in front of his bedroom mirror, he wondered if his hair looked okay or if his socks matched his outfit. Should his socks even be showing? Sora looked at the clock, it read: 12:15. Better get going, Sora thought and after one last look at himself in the mirror, sighed. He walked downstairs, past the kitchen where his mum was making herself some lunch and to the front door.

"Have fun Sora, don't stay out too late." His mother called after him, Sora took another deep breath after opening his front door and called back:

"Thanks Mum, see you later." And then he left the house, making his way to Kairi's to pick her up. The sky was blue, the clouds were hopeful and so was Sora, he loved looking up and feeling that the world was wishing him luck in its own special way. And it was with this idea of nature supporting Sora's actions and hopes for today that picked up Sora's spirits significantly. With every step he made, his confidence grew and but the time he arrived at Kairi's house he had told himself he could do it, he truly believed that he could make it through their date without making any obvious and embarrassing blunders.

Sora stood at Kairi's door, staring at the petite knocker rested against it and raised his hand slowly to lift the said knocker. Sora gulped and felt his adam's apple rise and fall heavily in his throat. He closed his eyes and grabbed the knocker, lifted it and knocked it against the door twice. He then stepped back, opened his eyes and caught his breath back.

"Okay, first step is taken." Sora uttered to himself and stood at Kairi's door, waiting to be greeted with his hands in his pockets.

There were footsteps to be heard from behind the door and then it opened to reveal Kairi in a spring themed dress and a neat purse clasped in her left hand with her right hand laid over the top in front of her. She stood and smiled at Sora, swaying slightly from left to right. Sora raised his hand to the back of his neck and gave it a gentle rub, trying to relax himself as he grinned at Kairi.

"Hey Kairi," he chirped.

"Hey," Kairi answered and stepped out of her doorway, closing the door behind her. She smells like beauty and looks like an angel... Sora thought to himself and felt overjoyed that it would be just him and her for the whole afternoon.

"To the beach," Sora announced beside Kairi as they walked together down the narrow path of Kairi's front yard.

"Great day for it huh," Kairi said softly and kept her eyes on Sora who was walking with his head high, admiring how perfect everything was for such an event.

"Yeah, I love it." Sora answered Kairi and returned her admiring gaze; she looked away as he did. With this action Sora felt more confident, he felt he could be more like he wanted to be around Kairi; move on from the young, shy Sora he once was. He smiled and looked down at his feet, this feels right, she feels right. Kairi's company felt like more than being around someone, it felt like being with someone. When Sora was with Kairi he felt important and needed, and the fact they were alone together made him feel like he existed more than anyone else in the world.

"Can't believe next week is the last week of term," Kairi said out of the blue and broke Sora out of his deep train of thought. Sora grinned and began thinking of something more on the subject, what if Kairi is my girlfriend by then... We'll spend even more time with each other.

"Yeah, can't wait. Got anything planned?" Sora asked Kairi.

"Not much... Just spending time with friends, and hopefully spending time with you." Kairi gave Sora a little side glance with a smile across her perfect face and then looked back to her feet. Sora's heart fluttered as he smiled back and watched Kairi to notice that her little grin refused to leave her.

The pair of them walked on, for what seemed hours, not speaking with one another but merely absorbing their time together. Sora hoped and indulged in the idea that Kairi indeed felt the same as he did towards her. He also thought of what he could do with her today, what was appropriate and what he would get rejected for. Would it be okay if I held her hand today? Could I place my arm around her? Oh, god... I'm so nervous. And then they arrived at the beach, the sound of the waves crushing against the beach was blowing past them. The sun hung high in the sky, happily greeting them and welcoming them to its daytime retreat.

"Wow, it looks great out there." Kairi said, slipping out of her sandals and walking to the sand.

"Wish I'd brought my swimmers," Sora replied, watching Kairi and deciding to remove his shoes as well.

"Yeah, should've thought of that.. Damn." Kairi held her shoes in her hand and waited for Sora to do the same. They walked down the warm sand toward the water and sat halfway next to each other. Sora watched Kairi's hand that was resting beside him with burning desire to hold it in his own. He went to reach for her hand but she turned and looked at him from the water unexpectedly. He grinned at her and raised his hand from the sand to the back of his head where he rubbed nervously.

"The water looks so nice doesn't it?" Kairi said softly and looked back at the water. Sora's mind was still on Kairi and in an effort to impress her, blurted out:

"Know what? Who needs swimmers to enjoy the water," Sora said suddenly. He surprised himself as well as Kairi; he then stood up and pulled his shirt off in front of Kairi. He dropped his shoes and shirt beside her on the beach and then ran down toward the water. "Come on Kairi!" Sora called from further down the beach and turned back toward the water. What am I doing? Sora thought to himself but shrugged it away and ran into the water which was very, very cold. He turned and saw Kairi running down towards him, Sora laughed and splashed at her as she approached him. Sora kept watching her but realised that no matter how close she was getting, she wasn't slowing down. Sora's face went blank and then in a flash Kairi was against him and on top of him in the water. Sora closed his eyes as his head went under the water and blew bubbles out his mouth as he felt Kairi get up from him. As Sora rose, he flicked his hair around and found that Kairi was sitting in front of him, between his legs, laughing at him. Sora grinned and splashed Kairi then ran from her, further down the beach. Kairi chased Sora and when he stopped she wrapped her arms around him in a wet hug. Sora blinked a few times and then wrapped his arms around her and fell backwards into the water; Kairi squealed and let go of him but he held onto her playfully.

They played together in the water for hours, lost track of time and before they knew it they were cold and the sky upon the horizon was beginning to grow purple.

"Haha, you're fast Sora." Kairi said as they puffed up the slight incline of the beach to where they had left their shoes.

"So are you, but only when you surprise me like that." Sora answered Kairi, grinning uncontrollably at her. She chuckled back at him and when they reached their things, Kairi sat down and fell back onto the sand. Sora did the same beside Kairi and for the second time this afternoon thought about what he could do to her. He began to fear not being able to hold her hand or even hold her before the end of the date; he felt rushed.

Sora sighed and then felt Kairi's delicate fingers slide over the back of his hand. Sora looked down beside him at his hand and noticed her hand upon his. He then looked up at Kairi who was looking at him intently with her beautiful green eyes. Sora couldn't move all he could do was look back and wonder how he had gotten so lucky. He sighed and slid his fingers in between Kairi's, giving her hand a gentle squeeze. Kairi smiled and closed her eyes, still facing Sora. Sora sighed and reached over, his hand hovering over Kairi's face for a moment; his goal was to caress her cheek with his hand, just softly but he couldn't. Sora placed his hand back beside him and watched her for a few moments more.

The waves crashed gently and the sun lowered further beyond the horizon until the sky grew a mystical dark blue and the sand grew cool beneath Sora and Kairi. Sora hadn't taken his eyes of Kairi once, they hadn't let go of each other's hands and neither had moved an inch. Regrettably Sora knew that he had to be getting home soon otherwise his mother would begin to worry. He clenched his teeth a moment, dreading the ending of this moment he was sharing with Kairi.

"Kairi?" Sora said softly and lifted himself onto his elbow. Kairi stirred and then let go of Sora's hand to rub her eye in a weary way.

"Mmm.. yeah?" Kairi answered and opened her eyes, propping herself up onto her elbows behind her. Sora saw the outline of her breasts and looked immediately back to her face.

"We should be heading off, it's dark already." Sora told Kairi, she fell back down and sighed.

"I wish we could just stay here, it's so nice." And then she got up, picked up her shoes and watched Sora do the same; he didn't pull his shirt back on as it was now filled with sand and would be extremely uncomfortable.

"Me too," Sora answered Kairi but didn't continue with: and just be with you. But to Sora's surprise, as they walked up the beach together, Kairi took up Sora's hand and gave him a sweet smile as he looked at her with silent joy.

What a day.

"Well here we are," Sora said softly, letting go of Kairi's hand and allowing her to approach the door to her house. She walked up the few steps and turned slowly, resting her hands behind her back and tilting her head to the side slightly.

"Thank you... for today Sora, I had a great time." And with this she touched his right arm and turned to open the door to her house. Sora had a rush of nerves and through impulse reached for Kairi's hand; he snatched it gently and caught her attention. Kairi turned and met Sora's lips unexpectedly but no less, complied to Sora's action. As Sora moved his lips against Kairi's she did the same. She feels so soft, Sora thought to himself and held her other hand as their tender kiss prolonged. It wasn't until they heard Kairi's mother call for Kairi that they stopped, blushed and said goodnight to each other.

"See you at school Sora," Kairi said gently, closing the door slowly, hiding herself behind it.

"Goodnight," Sora answered and waited until she was completely hidden behind the door and then it clicked shut to move from that spot. Sora sprinted home, empowered by his first kiss.