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Can't Live With You, Can't Live Without You:
Chapter 5: It's Not So Bad Is it?

Ahh…the first morning of break. It's relaxing. You can do whatever you please including waking up late since there isn't any school…

Thump. Thump.

Unfortunately for Kairi she woke up at 8:30 in the morning from pounding on her wall…and on the other side of that wall was Sora's room.

"Mmph…what the…heck…?" Kairi murmured as she slowly got out of bed that morning. She rubbed her eyes sleepily as reality slowly sunk in. Today she would be home alone with Sora, which would be a first for Kairi. She'd never have a boy in her house by herself…sadly enough. Kairi was never the type of girl who believed in those lovey dovey romantic relationships.

Not that Kairi would do anything remotely close to that with Sora, but the fact that he was a male and to many girls a very good looking male somehow bothered Kairi in the strangest way.

The pounding on the other side of the wall continued and Kairi would've barged in there and shouted something completely rude or horrible, but the truth of the matter was that Kairi was just way too tired to do anything of the sort. So Kairi decided she might as well make breakfast.

She quickly put her hair in a ponytail since she didn't want it to get in the way while she was cooking and opened her door to go downstairs. Her feet barely made any noise while she walked so Sora didn't even notice she was awake.

When Kairi got downstairs she put on her mother's apron. She decided to make bacon and eggs first since that's what she usually ate. It only took her about 10 minutes since she was used to cooking by herself when her mom went on business trips. After all she was a workaholic ever since her dad died. It was like she buried herself in work as a substitute for her lack of marriage life.

Kairi then decided to make pancakes, in case she was especially hungry for something sweet. So she took out the pancake mix and made pancakes as well. It only took her about 5 or 6 minutes.

By the time she was nearly complete with her breakfast feast. Sora had come downstairs and was surprised to see her awake. He stared at her for a second and just observed her. Kairi was wearing an apron, with her hair up, holding a plate of pancakes. Sora thought she looked very much like a…

Wife. And that thought kind of made Sora smile, yet smack himself for thinking that. This was Kairi he was talking about after all. She was his arch enemy and she'd probably pay big money to have his head on top of her fireplace one day.

"Err…uhh…did I uhh…wake…--"

"Yes," Kairi cut off as she put her plate down and stared at all she made. She didn't realize that she made breakfast for two. "Oh wow. I think I uhh…made too much. You want some?" Kairi offered as she went to the cabinet to get another plate and fork for Sora.

"Sure," Sora replied somewhat tired and upset.

"So what was all that commotion going on up in your room?" Kairi questioned as they ate breakfast together.

"Nothing," Sora muttered and his big blue eyes that always held that humor…that gleam…(that sometimes Kairi hated because he'd have that look when they were arguing) wasn't there. It was like he was truly upset and Kairi couldn't figure out why.

"Well, if there's something wrong…" Kairi started off, but trailed away. Was there anything she could truly do to help him? 'No.' Kairi thought as she stopped her sentence.

"Yeah…uhh…thanks," Sora mumbled awkwardly as he finished his last bite of food. This was kind of strange considering that they were having a somewhat decent conversation and Kairi even offered to help him, which was a complete first. Maybe this whole new 'living-arrangement' thing might come out for the better for both of them.

"Well, we need to get started on that science project you know," Kairi stated as she picked up Sora's dish and her dish and put them in the sink.

"Aww man…please Kai don't mention about homework," Sora begged. Kairi nearly flinched when she heard Sora call her Kai. It was a special nickname Kairi's father has used for her. But that wasn't the reason why she flinched. She flinched because she didn't mind him calling her that…at all.

"Yes, well we might as well get it over with…now," Kairi attempted to persuade as she took off her apron and let her hair loose. She was about to walk out of the room and upstairs where she could just relax until Sora called her name.

"Hey Kai!" Sora yelled and Kairi turned around with a confused look.

"Yeah Sora?" Kairi questioned and again that same confused look washed over her face. Her eyes were wide and they shined that innocent gleam…that look he used to remember her giving him all the time when they were little. Maybe that's why he liked it so much.

"I was just thinking," Sora started, "Well you know…we'll be living together for a while probably and I just…well I just thought maybe we could attempt to being friends no more no less. because it would make our lives so much easier…could you just promise that?"

Those words stung at Kairi. It's not like they were going to become more than friends anytime soon. Hadn't they already tried being friends and it didn't work out? Especially promises. It wasn't like Sora was one to keep those when they were children. But Kairi swallowed whatever feeling was threatening to escape her lips and pretended to smile at him, "Yes, that would be okay. I promise," She agreed as she turned and walked upstairs.

Sora sensed something in the air, but shrugged it off as if he was imagining things.

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About an hour later Kairi came downstairs wearing an old pair of black soffi shorts and a baggy shirt she got from visiting another one of the Destiny Islands 4 years ago. She had paint in her hands, her science textbook, a whole bunch of notes, some cardboard, and two paintbrushes as she came downstairs.

Sora who was watching TV, stared at her completely bewildered. 'What the hell is she doing?'

"UH SORA. A LITTLE HELP HERE?" Kairi yelled as Sora rushed to her side and grabbed a few things so it would be easier for her to carry.

"What the heck are you doing?" Sora questioned.

"I'm getting our project started since you don't seem to be motivated to do it," Kairi answered as she proceeded outside and placed a few things on the driveway. Sora followed her and placed the stuff down as well. Then he followed her back inside.

"Wait a minute…" Sora trailed off as Kairi grabbed some newspapers.

"You can paint in those clothes right?" Kairi questioned.

"I guess…they are old pajamas anyway—"

"Great!" Kairi cheered as she grabbed his hand and led him outside.

"Wait what are we doing for our project anyway?" Sora questioned.

"We're making and labeling a oversized diagram of DNA," Kairi explained, but we need to paint each piece so they can tell the difference between each strand of DNA."

"Uh huh…" Sora mumbled, not really catching anything of what Kairi said. He was too busy trying to follow her back outside and on the driveway.

"So let's start painting," Kairi commanded as she grabbed a paintbrush and a piece of cardboard and began painting, "Okay…two cardboard pieces need to be painted in one color. We have red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. We need two pieces for each color alright?"

Sora merely nodded and painted along with Kairi. It was extremely boring, but Sora decided to do it for Kairi's sake anyway.

They were about half way through when Sora realized it was getting really humid. Even though it was fall and the temperature wasn't as hot as it usually was in summer his shirt seemed to be sticking to him. So he decided to stop painting for a minute and pull if off.

"Sora…I told you we can take a break after we finished painting all—" Kairi shut her mouth when she saw Sora taking off his shirt, "What…what are you doing?"

"It's hot," Sora simply stated.

"Yes, I know, but I'm not taking off my shirt," Kairi pointed out.

"No one ever said you didn't have to," Sora retorted. This made Kairi a bit angry, but she held it in since she did have a promise to keep.

"Yes, but…oh forget it," Kairi muttered. Kairi looked up at the clouds and realized that those might be rain clouds. That could explain the large amounts of humidity in the air at the moment.

Kairi then started painting a bit quicker and so did Sora since he noticed the rain clouds. Kairi was so busy painting that when Sora accidentally flung some blue paint on her pants she nearly screamed.

"Sora WHAT THE HELL?" She yelled as she realized that he got blue paint on her pants.

"Oh crap!" Sora exclaimed, "Kairi I am so, so, so, so, so sorry. I swear I didn't mean to—" Sora was soon cut off as Kairi flung green paint at his upper torso, where his shirt should've been, but he had taken off. Kairi didn't know what came over her, but she was tired of working and in the mood for fun. Kairi started cracking up at Sora's expression. Sora too started laughing and then flung some more blue paint on Kairi. Kairi's mouth was wide open and she started laughing even harder. Kairi then reached for the red paint and completely dumped it on Sora.

"AHH!" Kairi screamed as she ran from Sora.

"You're in for it KAI!" Sora shouted as he chased her down the driveway, paintbrush in his hand. They ran around the driveway for a few minutes until Kairi grabbed some more pink paint and flung it on Sora.

"Sorry Sora, but pink is definitely not your color," Kairi commented as she started laughing like crazy once again. Sora took this opportunity to tackle her down and paint her face. Kairi was hysterical at this point as she felt the cold paint touch her face. Sora was straddled on top of her trying to keep her still, but she was laughing so hard that she was almost vibrating constantly.

The laughter was soon ended as they heard lightning and thunder in the distance. They also felt the pitter patter of rain and they both jumped up.

"THE PROJECT!" they screamed.

"Here, we can put it in this shed," Kairi suggested as she picked up the items and gently placed them inside the shed. Sora followed her and soon everything was safely put away from the rain. Kairi jumped and twirled and danced when she felt the rain on her skin.

"Kai, what the heck are you doing?" Sora asked.

"I'm dancing in the rain," Kairi smiled as she spun around.

"Kai you're weird," Sora joked as he laughed at her.

Suddenly Kairi stopped spinning, "Hey Sora. I think I'm sick or delirious or something."

"What! Why?" Sora questioned nervously as he rushed to her side.

"Because I'm actually starting to enjoy having you around me," Kairi smiled as she walked back inside the house.

Maybe things weren't so bad after all.

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Sorry this one is a tad, but short! I actually wrote this chapter yesterday, but my Log In thing was screwed up! Sorry! I decided to add this fluffy chapter before I got into detail about Sora and Kairi's dad. But do not fear! Chapter 6 will be up and ready and secrets will be revealed! I hope you liked this chapter!

x3,
LJ