Cherish Forever—SoulMate
Inspired by the characters of Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy X to XIII
By romanticfor3ver
Remember: these are only oneshots; they're not continuous stories
"Sora!"Selphie yelled across the campus where he was talking to Tidus in the usual high pitchedness. However much that she yelled though; he had decided that he wouldn't pay attention to her anymore. It was always something about a girl wanting to date him or it was something about her wanting to date him for the sake of dating him to see if anything would happen. Each time he had to calm each of the girls down and reassure them that it wasn't their fault that Selphie hadn't told them that he was already attached. Terrible things had happened long ago...to the person that he had fallen in love with on the Destiny Islands but he still felt that he was attached to her; no matter what had happened.
He hadn't realized however; while he was talking to Tidus that she had taken the trouble of bringing the person that she was going to introduce to him. "Sup Sora! Didn't you hear me calling for you?"
He put his arms behind his head in the relaxed fashion that he would always and denied everything. "I suppose that I didn't hear much of what you had said. I was busy listening to what Tidus was telling me. He was telling me something that was extremely important for my studies; but I suppose that listening to you would be the more important thing."
She put thumbs up, "you've got that right, Sora. Now...I want to introduce you to Kairi Liang. She transferred from Hong Kong to here." Behind Selphie there was the almost perfect woman that he had never seen before. She had innocent sultry blue eyes that shone in reflection of the sun and burnt ochre hair that spread slightly across her face. Kairi Liang; the new girl had a face that was etched into Sora's mind the first time that he had met her and a roaring body that drew him to her.
There was another reflection in his mind though...of this new person that seemed to have to be introduced to him. There was a problem though; why wasn't she talking...why was Selphie doing most of the talking for her?
He didn't have time to think about that though because Kairi had taken both of his hands and held onto them with hers...not saying a word and just staring into his matching baby blue eyes. She tapped on his shoulder so that he would face her, "I'm sorry...but I only just transferred from Hong Kong; my Japanese isn't that good; I was hoping that her...Selphie would suffice for speaking for me."
He grinned and spiked his hair even higher, "that's fine. I hope that you enjoy attending Honjuku University. It doesn't have that great of infrastructure; but it has fantastic lecturers."
"Could you please show me around the place? It seems as though I cannot find my first class of Economics nor my Psychology class."
"Sure. That seems like a weird combination though; I mean...Economics and Psychology are of two completely different faculties. Why do you want to do that?"
She bowed her head and held tightly onto her books as her chest tightened to the sound of his soothing voice, "because it's interesting to me. There's nothing wrong with wanting to do a combination of two things that are going to be able to help the world."
"I know that Psychology will help the world...but how exactly does Economics help the world?"
"Because after I finish these two Bachelors; I'm going on to complete a Law Masters Degree."
"That seems to be quite a lot of studying...but I guess that you are the type of person that will be acting like that. Nerdy chick."
She punched him hard on the arm to hide her blushing, "who the hell are you calling a nerdy chick? You haven't told me what you study here. I think that you are quite interesting...Sora? Is it?"
"Yeah..." He scratched his head; unable to think of a comeback to her wonderful speech of not being a nerdy chick. "I am looking forward to my Doctorate in Physics/ Science in a couple of years. I think that I'm up to my third year of study."
"I'm third year too."
"That's great..." he faked; attempting to contain all the aspects of his life that he seemed to have in common with this girl that he had met.
Selphie and Tidus stood awkwardly in the hallway; not talking to each other...
The awkwardness was a little much. "So...Tidus, how are you and Yuna doing?"
"We're doing great. I think that she's having a lot of fun at the rebuilt Zanarkand after Sin."
"Talking about Sin; is it still around?"
"Some say yes..."
"That's eerie."
"Yeah." Tidus stared at the ground thoughtfully; waiting for something that they would be able to talk about, "What do you think that Kairi and Sora are doing now? It seems as though they hit it off extremely quickly..."
"If you ask me; Tidus; I think that they are exploring each other...if you know what I mean." He looked at her as though she had said something that would allow her to be sent to a mental institution. "Well; Tidus...you asked me what I thought Kairi and Sora were doing; I had to tell you the truth didn't I?...About your friend?"
"I suppose." He bit his lip angry that Selphie hadn't been setting him up with someone. He had told her that he had liked Yuna and wanted to be hers but then it didn't seem right because she was a summoner and he was only a blitzball player...lonely. Selphie seemed like someone that was different from Yuna though; he respected that and that made him want to ask her out.
"Do you want to go for coffee together; Tidus?"
"When...when...when's your next lecture...or whatever?"
"Later."
"Same."
"Let's go then."
Just when he was about to grab her hand he was interrupted by a rock on the ground that somehow made him fall sideways onto her. When he was about to get up...he turned the wrong way and was facing her instead. About 3 centimetres away were her extremely kissable lips that he wanted to kiss so much. "This is a nice position...don't you think...Selphie?" he had ruined the moment with only a couple of words. At least he thought that he had. She kissed him gently on the lips causing him to behave incredibly erratically and start a passionate kiss fest.
She didn't mind though; it seemed that there was a happy ending for both Sora and her at the same time. She had gotten what she had wanted for a while and Sora got someone to take his mind off Yuffie.
(Just something random between Tidus and Selphie)
Sora was still leading Kairi to where her classroom supposedly was but was getting lost him; he had never been to this part of the campus. He had only gone to the Science faculty Area; the place that he belonged. She did Science; however it was not the science that he was interested in. It seemed that she was a psychologist in training; so that meant that she would be able to diagnose things about him. Scary. He thought as he cautiously led her around the campus. "I think that it's this way...where's your map."
"I left it in my house this morning...that I share with Selphie. She told me that without the map; I would be fine because she was going to introduce me to someone that would be extremely interesting and be capable enough to show me to somewhere that he had never been before."
"That's the point. I have never been outside of the Science Faculty before; I don't do anything other than Science as my major."
"Okay then; that means that we are going to somehow have to get back to the student courtyard where we met. Is that okay...Sora?"
"I guess so."
She had broken his manhood of having a great sense of direction. It seems that he didn't; as well as many other men that he knew and she was the person that revealed that to him. Unfortunately...she's the person to expose me. He thought as she held tightly onto his leather jacket and dragged him back where they had come.
"Concede to defeat, Sora!"
While she was speaking he was distracted by the distinct sound of giggling that was emerging behind them. There was the most unimaginable pile that was ever in existence. Tidus and Selphie had towered over each other and were making out...extremely explicitly to the rest of the students of the university. Together he and Kairi coughed loudly so that they would realise their mistake. "GET A ROOM BEFORE YOU UNDRESS EACH OTHER IN FRONT OF THE OTHER STUDENTS." Sora whispered loudly to them while Kari annoyingly hugged him tightly from behind.
It was not that he didn't mind that Kairi was hugging him...it was just that it was a kinda strange that she was holding onto him while he was going to pound Tidus for betraying his one and only Yuna.
Tidus' response wasn't the one that he and Kairi had expected, "Yuna and I have broken it off with each other. It seemed that she was enjoying her time alone rather than her time that she had with me. She seemed to be enjoying her time being the humble Summoner...while I was the humble blitzball player."
Selphie tied her now messy hair back into a ponytail and tidied herself up while Tidus was whispering something private to her. Then she gave a response, "It's not my fault that Tidus jumped on me while he was falling to the ground unexpectedly. Look...I assure you Soraaaa that we aren't doing anything that is against the wishes of Yuna who wishes that Tidus have a great time at University and that he be able to find a new love that he would be able to be happy with."
"That's your excuse?"
"It's the same with Yuffie; Sora. You have to get over her...She was the person that cheated on your heart and left the island to look for treasure. It's not our fault."
"Is that what you really believe?"
"It's because I saw her. She was wearing scuba equipment and jumped into the ocean while there was a boat on the edge of the ocean; close enough to the sun to take her away from the simple home that we had all come to know."
"Don't bring Yuffie into this. She's innocent."
"Sure."
He took Kairi and led her away from the traitors that had wrongly accused his beloved. After an hour of walking they stopped outside a gelato shop and sat down. "Who were they talking about, Sora? Who's Yuffie?"
"She's my old girlfriend that disappeared after three months on the Destiny Islands."
"Is it how they tell it that she disappeared?"
"I don't know. She left a note but that was as far as I found out anything about her disappearance."
"What did the note say? If we figure out what the note means; we might be able to figure out the reason that she left." Kairi was hopeful that if they found out what Sora's girlfriend had left for; Sora might finally be able to be at peace; knowing what happened to her. But it seemed that he didn't know what happened to her and it also seemed that he didn't want to know what happened because when she was about to turn to hi for an answer his kissed her slowly and gently. Cherishing the moment was enough for her.
It seemed as though the kiss was never-ending. It was the most perfect kiss that was between two people that had just met each other but knew that they were the perfect beings for each other. They knew that each other were the perfect other half.
As he pulled away from the kiss he mentioned a theory of soulmates, "two perfect strangers that had found each other...that's what I think that we are. Don't you think so, Kairi? It was said that humans once had two heads, two hearts, two of everything. God was jealous of the closeness of each of the humans that he split them up on the Earth and now we are trapped to find the perfect other half of ourselves that we belong with. We call that other person or our other half; our soulmate."
She flickered her eyelids in anticipation, "what are you saying?"
"I think that you are my soulmate Kairi Liang."
They were sitting against the bench in front of the gelato store just talking; it was almost too powerful to listen to. They were also being stared at by the store's patron that consisted of a fat guy that was gorging himself on two extra large cones who just happened to hear their conversation. "What beautiful children. So sweet to each other." he yelled out to the person at the register that couldn't care less what anyone thought.
"I think that we need to have this conversation in a more private place; Sora." She commented as she reached out for the warmth of his hand against hers. Instead he leaned against her shoulder and closed his eyes; thinking of better times that he had with his friends.
"We don't need to go anywhere. I'm comfortable just here with you. Do you care if that fat guy's looking at us? I think that he'll be gone right after he finishes his two extra large cones." She was surprised by the amount of detail that he had gotten from the surroundings when he hadn't looked at anything that much.
Kairi finally relaxed and went with it. She leaned into him and together they fell asleep in front of a gelato store; on a wooden bench with a fat guy eating ice cream and staring at them for their first date.
She woke to Sora stroking her ochre hair and kissing her cheek, "did we spend the night here with the same guy staring at us?"
"No. Look around you...we aren't in front of the gelato store. We're at my apartment."
She pulled the covers tight around her in caution but he reassured her of the not-danger that she was in, "don't worry; I didn't do anything to you after you fell asleep. I didn't know where you and Selphie lived; nor did I want to see her at that moment so I brought you here with me and let you have the bed for the night."
She mouthed a thank you before she was presented with breakfast in bed. It consisted of cream laced with lavender on a stack of delicious pancakes that stood upon a blue engraved plate with what seemed to be freshly squeezed juice. "Thank you; but aren't you going to be late for your lecture?"
"Aren't you going to be late for your lecture too? Miss Help-The-World?"
"I catch up quickly to the work that is presented to me."
He sat on the bed and rested his head on her shoulder to regain his energy, "thank you for making me realize that losing Yuffie wasn't the end of anything. Thank you for saving me. I love you."
She wrapped her arm around his head and used the other to set the breakfast that he had made aside. "It seems as though; I too; have found my soulmate that I'm going to spend the rest of my life with...happily."
"True love exists." He tilted her head to his face and kissed her lips gently cherishing them with his lips.
The night after their first day together, he lay awake on his bed; arms behind his head...just thinking of what was happening to the world. Yuffie was someone that he had cherished; someone that he had loved forever...who had disappeared; although they didn't care that she had gone. They didn't care that she might be out in the wilderness; looking and waiting for someone to save her...
He was falling in love with this person that he was now dating; but five years ago he was in love with someone else that he had thought was his soulmate. It seemed that there were differing dimensions to that. He had to stop thinking about that. She was gone now and whether she was dead or not; he had to move on; she would've wanted that. Yuffie would have wanted him to be happy and to find someone that he would be able to love forever.
Kairi Liang was a princess with a kind heart and wanted to help everyone in the world; even if they were unkind to each other and her. Kairi loved everything that was in the world and wanted everything to be at peace.
Sora lay on his bed; unable to sleep. He was thinking about the person that he was in love with. He was thinking about her sultry silvery blue eyes and burnt ochre hair that perfectly framed her face. He was thinking about how her thoughts of the world made him think about a world that was beyond studying for exams and passing through university without any punishments on his hands. She was wonderful in every way and yet there was something that was missing. Kairi wasn't Yuffie...
She didn't have the same adventurous spirit that Yuffie had...however she had the kind of soul in a person that he thought would be extremely good to him through the years as he whines of love and lust. He wouldn't forget about Yuffie...he would just remember her in another fashion while he was dating someone that he was very much in love with.
The next day he was met with the semi-light with which shone a beautiful girl with cropped raven hair stuck in with pins that resembled stars in the night sky. Her face had re-emerged and he was hoping that its re-emergence was for his sake alone and no one else's. "Yuffie!" he yelled out; out of his context and his thinking.
"Yes?" she turned around finding that Sora...her former beloved was standing on the wall that bordered the Science Faculty Area from the Law Society Area. A smile immediately crept onto her face as she saw him...standing there; like a present that was all wrapped up for her waiting for her to come to him. "Sora! I have missed you extremely." He had thought that she was dead but then she was still alive and had come to the same university as him.
She buried herself into his shoulder and grinned to herself; she was finally with the person that she had longed for and he was finally with her. "What happened? I thought that you had died in the freakish storm at the edge of the beaches at Destiny Islands."
"That's where you are definitely wrong Sora. Actually; I was swept away in the storm and I found myself upon another world...Traverse Town...where I began fighting the other evil beings that had erupted into the world."
"I missed your kisses, Yuffie."
"I missed yours too."
It wasn't the fault of Kairi, nor was it the fault of Selphie that they didn't know that Yuffie still existed in this world. It's just that he had just about fallen in love with Kairi but he still had feelings for Yuffie...he had become torn between two women that he was both in love with.
Together they snuck into a free lecture room and shared each other's kisses and reunited with each other...unaware that there was someone that was watching them. Kairi opened the door slightly as she had gone in search of her lost boyfriend to find that even though they had been together for three days he was cheating on her. She wasn't ready to become the other woman and yet she had lost herself in the love that she had really lost herself. "Sora! What the hell are you doing with this woman?"
He helped Yuffie up before introducing her to Kairi and privately apologizing to Kairi; surprisingly in Chinese about not telling her that he had thought that she was still alive. There would be some crying...but that would be okay. He had told himself. It wasn't okay though...Kairi's crying brought him to have insomnia for the next two nights while he lay there with Yuffie by his side. They were together but their relation was the thing that had somehow dissipated. It was not longer there; he felt that it was no longer there...it was just mindless kissing for some random reason.
Was it because Yuffie was his first love?
Was it because he wasn't ready to have the real relationship that he had wanted with Kairi so that he had to screw that up?
Whatever the reason was; he wanted to find out some way to make it better so that the relationship that he had wanted with another person would be possible.
In the morning he met with Yuffie in the kitchen where she had made breakfast for him like the old times. With everything burnt and rind from the orange still in the juice. "Sora, I hope that you enjoy your breakfast."
"Thank you." He said solemnly.
"Is there something wrong?" she always would sense that there was something wrong when he spoke so solemnly.
"I feel sorry for Kairi Liang. I had thought that you were gone and that was the reason that I was dating her. Do you feel anything wrong with me having dated her before we came back together?" He was anxious that she would feel something that was wrong with this relationship so that he would be able to reconcile with Kairi...the real person that he thought was his real soulmate.
"I don't think that there's anything wrong with this relationship that you and I have. I was your girlfriend first..." she leaned against the table to get some leverage by having her lips 5 centimetres away from his, "we are twenty years old now; that means that we are able to have relationships with people that we met years ago and dump those that we only had a recent affiliation with. Where did you say that Kairi came from? China? Well...I believe that they are Communists. I don't think that there's anything wrong with that; but I think that there's something that is wrong with wanting other people to change their political views."
"Kairi has no way in such influenced my political views; Yuffie. Did you know that she is currently studying for a Psychology Doctorate and an Economics Bachelor?"
"So, you're saying that she means more to you than I ever did."
"It's not that you didn't mean anything to me...it's just that I think that I have fallen in love with Kairi; it seems as though she understands me."
"And I don't?"
"It's really just a matter of difference. With you; I have conversations of adventures and selfishness; while the conversations with Kairi are of other things that include the future. She seems to be more interested in me rather than you who seems to be interested in my body and not the person's soul."
"I'm plenty interested in you Sora."
"Alright then...what's the Doctorate that I'm currently completing at Honjuku University?"
She looked at her feet confused, "how should I know? Is it engineering? How the hell should I know what you want to do? You should be more grateful that I came out to Japan to find you. I was in Traverse Town and I was happy with that. I didn't have to go out to Earth or whatever this world is called...just to look for you."
"I thought that you were dead. You sent me a suicide note telling me that you were going to kill yourself and that there was nothing that I could do to change that."
"I didn't say in that note that you couldn't try to do anything to stop me from fake suiciding myself."
He folded his arms and contemplated the view of the city that he had from the apartment then turned back to her, "I think that we should break up Yuffie. I know that we were together; but that was only for three months before you disappeared...and we thought that we were each other's sweethearts; but I think that it's time to grow up and think about the future. Hey; you're doing a Degree of Architecture; or something in design...right? I'll be happy to support you in anyway while you are also studying."
"That's not the point." She enclosed the distance that was between them and kissed his nose, "I was and am still in love with my one and only Sora Hua that gave me my first real love."
"What about the boyfriends that you had before me? What must have the numbers have been? At least ten?"
"They don't matter. Sora Hua was the only boyfriend that ever meant anything really to me. I'm not ready to let him go and I don't think that he's ready to let me go because I know that he feels the same way about me."
"I'm sorry Yuffie but I don't feel the same way about you anymore. Since I met Kairi; I have seen a whole other world that was beyond all this that you encouraged me to do in the letter that you left. That letter is still hanging in this apartment; don't you realize?" he pointed to the framed tattered loose leaf that she had written on eons ago."
"Thank you...see; Sora? That means that you are still in love with me; why else would you have kept that souvenir as a part of our relationship?"
"It's when I thought that you were still in love with me and by in love with me I mean; that I thought that you were in love with the thought of being with me and getting to know me like a normal couple would happen. I thought that we were a normal couple and that you wanted to get to know me and not the ideal of me being with you like a toy that would entertain you." He stared at her; waiting for her resolve.
"Okay...I think that I finally understand. You don't want to be with me."
He stared longingly at her while she shut the door behind her after grabbing the rest of her stuff. There was nothing that was more heart-wrenching at the moment; he hadn't ever thought that Yuffie was selfish but then; he realized once he was in a new relationship with Kairi; that their relationship wasn't natural. His and Yuffie's relationship was extremely physical and they were officially 'together' when they were both sixteen; no more; no less. Sora suspected that Kairi was still a virgin because she really resisted the physical contact with him.
He respected her purity and was proud that she was his girlfriend. He wasn't sure about that anymore. Sora knew that he would have to reconcile with Kairi properly if he really wanted to be with her; he had to show her in a proper fashion what he saw in Yuffie that he didn't see in her and had to give her a great reason to be with him.
Dearest Kairi Liang of Psychology and Economics,
I am extremely sorry of what happened as Yuffie came to Honjuku University. I had not known the real motives that she had for getting back to me and maintaining the relationship that we once had. I'm extremely sorry and would like to have a chance to explain myself to you and beg for your forgiveness. I am hoping that you will understand the situation.
I know that I do not deserve your forgiveness as I deceived your trust...however; I am hoping that I will have to rebuild that trust through the slowest and the most painful method that you can think of; so that I will understand the reason that you were so extremely upset and the reason that you cut off all contact with me.
Please; meet me at the bridge at the foot of the front entrance to Honjuku University. I know that you don't have class today; neither do I; however I am hoping that we will be able to understand each other's situation.
I still believe and I finally realise that you are truly my soulmate that I am meant to be with. Definitely not Yuffie.
Sincerely Sora Hua of Science/ Physics
As she read the last words of the letter that he had slipped under the door she found that she had soaked the paper that it was written on. It seemed as though he had broken up with her but then it also seemed that he only wanted to get back together with her because he didn't have anyone to satisfy his needs of a man. Nevertheless; she would meet him at the foot of the University Bridge.
She wore the same cotton blue dress that she wore on their first date in front of the gelato store where there was the fat guy that was watching their actions while eating two extra large ice-cream cones. He was wearing a blue tuxedo shirt that showed off his masculine chest and exuded warmth and caring. He greeted her shyly, "Hello Kairi."
"Hello. The only reason that I came here was to give you a chance to explain yourself; to redeem yourself." In her heart she wasn't as strong as she thought and was about to break down.
Wind was bringing her hair behind her and bringing his hair in front of him; she couldn't help but fix it for him, "there." She didn't realise that they were only ten centimetres away from each other and couldn't resist but to touch his face. It was as soft as she had remembered and as she ran her fingers across his lips he wrapped his arms around her waist and brought her closer. "I thought that you wanted to talk."
"Enough talk; thus far. I want the Kairi that I have missed immensely."
"You haven't given me the reason that you were back with Yuffie yet."
"Come with me."
"No."
"Please?"
"Fine. I can't resist that adorable face of yours; Sora. Where are we going?"
"Somewhere extremely private that you have never seen before; I think that you'll find it extremely interesting." He led her to their first place that they went together...the gelato shop where there was the same fat guy that was eating gelato. "This time we are going to go inside and eat the ice cream. I knew that you wanted to go and eat ice-cream but I ignored you and told you that it would be better that we would stay outside."
"Thank you; I love you Sora."
She linked her arm through his and together they walked through the doors. "Forever; we should remain together."
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