Sora's view of things, number one.

This takes place a little while after Sora is out of the memory pod thing; so towards the beginning of KH2.

Leave Out All the Rest

O.x.O

When my time comes
Forget the wrong that I've done
Help me leave behind some
Reasons to be missed

And don't resent me
And when you're feeling empty
Keep me in your memory

Leave out all the rest
Leave out all the rest
O.x.O

I wish I knew how many days it'd been since I last saw Kairi. It had been five days before I went to sleep…

With how much taller I was when I woke up, it might have been longer than a year. But I couldn't just guesstimate. I had to know the exact number.

All I knew now was that it'd been too long and I couldn't stand it.

If I knew how to reach Destiny Islands by Gummi Ship, I would do it in an instant. It wouldn't matter how mad Donald would be at me or any of that. All that would matter is seeing her smiling face again. The way I left was pretty much any way except for how I wanted it to be. After defeating Ansem and figuring out that Riku was okay and with the King, I was left with a spur of the moment decision.

Of course for what I had to do, there was no decision. I had to save Riku and the King. And as I told Kairi before, she would be a distraction due to the fact I would only care about her safety and not anything else.

She looked like she understood that I had no choice except for to let her go. But there was no way of knowing for sure. At least, not without talking to her.

I sighed to myself, my heart aching in my chest.

This was my only alone time; right before I went to sleep. Out with Donald and Goofy, I had to be ready and aware at all times. I couldn't be pining over Kairi inside my head while heartless and nobodies were ready to spring on me at anything. Not that I didn't, anyway.

Just not like this. I could only allow myself to get completely taken over by my thoughts in the solitude of my own bed. …My borrowed bed, anyway.

Worst of all, it always kills me when I realize Kairi has no idea of how I feel about her and the extent of how much I miss her. I'm sure it's painful enough for her to be missing her two best friends in the first place, but I can't help but wonder if she misses me like I miss her; heartache to the point where it physically hurts my body. And the thought of never seeing her again makes me sick to my stomach every time.

I knew it was a possibility, but it was one I couldn't handle. It couldn't happen that way. It just couldn't.

Shaking my head, I reminded myself, 'I need to cut it out before I have to make a run for the bathroom.'

If there ever was a time where I was actually completely calm, it was with her. Of course, I'd over think what to say and what to do but there were times where we'd be completely silent while watching the sunset, sitting next to each other and I felt completely at peace.

I tried so hard to be everything I thought she'd want, but in the end I'd always turn into the regular, dorky Sora. But in the end, I think that worked out in my favor.

Before my adventure began, I was spending all my free time just with Kairi. She almost seemed to avoid Riku, which baffled me. Only now do I know what Kairi meant when she said, "Riku's changed…" I was too naïve back then to see that Riku's heart had already been tainted by darkness. Kairi, as always, was wise behind her years and that was one of the many reasons why I loved her. There pretty much wasn't a thing I didn't love about Kairi.

But in the end, it only made the ache for her more painful with each day that passed me by.