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Can't Live With You, Can't Live Without You
Chapter 7: Sunrise. Blue Lakes.

'Mmm…it's warm…' Kairi thought as she turned around. 'Crap…I have to wake up…and go out…but…it feels so nice in my room…'

Kairi suddenly noticed there was something wrapped around her waist. At first she thought she was in a dream and that either A.) a snake was about to kill her or B.) it was a guy who was holding her…and a good looking guy (she hoped).

Her eyes suddenly flickered open as she realized that there was no way that, that…whatever it was wrapped around her waist was fake. It felt way too real…way too good to be fake.

"AHHH!" Kairi shouted as she toppled off the couch and covered her mouth so she wouldn't wake whoever was holding her. 'Wait the couch? What the heck?'

Too late.

"Crap…crap…I have to go before Sora wakes up!" Kairi whispered as she brushed off any dust from her legs and got up, "Damn I have to go now!" Memories of last night filled Kairi's mind as she remembered what had happened and how she ended up on the couch with Sora.

Just as Kairi was about to walk away from the couch she felt someone's hand grab her thigh. She suddenly felt the blood flood to her poor cheeks and her breath was hitched.

Awkward much?

"We're even," Sora mumbled sleepily.

"What?" Kairi asked questioningly as she turned around to stare at him, but his head was faced toward the couch.

"We're even. I woke you up early. You woke me up early…" Sora muttered sleepily as he let go of her thigh and Kairi let out that breath that had was caught in her throat and tried to catch her breath.

"Yeah well it's…" Kairi trailed off as she stared at the digital clock on the table, "5:26 AM so I think you'd probably want to go back to bed and yeah—"

"No," Sora insisted firmly.

"What do you mean NO? I just slept with you last night so you wouldn't get all scared from that movie!" Kairi hissed quietly.

Sora started laughing a little, but he was too tired to turn around and completely crack up in laughter. After all it was 5:26 AM. "You know that sounded so weird and so wron--"

"You're acting drunk," Kairi pointed out as she tried to turn and walk away, but Sora grabbed her arm this time.

"I want to know what the hell you're going to do at 5:30 AM in the freakin morning," Sora insisted, once again except this time he actually turned around so he could stare at Kairi.

"5:27," Kairi corrected as she began to tie her hair up.

"Whatever," Sora mumbled as he started to slowly sit up.

"I'm leaving," Kairi stated as she attempted to walk out the door, but forgot Sora was still grabbing her arm.

"No you're not," Sora demanded as his grip tightened around her, "What the hell could you possibly do at 5:30 in the—"

"5:27…and I'm late," Kairi hissed.

Sora just ignored her and pretended she never spoke, "—freaking morning. Pick up the garbage? Don't tell me you have a job like that. Please tell me you don't cause that would be so—"

"Sora…just shut up and please stop talking. Maybe if you stopped talking and got up I'd let you come with me. Now hurry up," Kairi commanded as she walked to the front door and grabbed her sneakers so she could put them on, "Oh yeah and wear sneakers and meet me outside."

Sora attempted to get up, but ended up falling off the couch. "Oww…" he groaned as he pushed himself off the ground and got up. He tripped about 3 times before he finally regained his balance and started to wake up a bit more. At first Sora put his left shoe on his right foot and his right shoe on his left foot. Kairi had to smack his head and yell at him for wearing the wrong shoes on the wrong feet, which Sora replied with a, "Well if it wasn't for you and your strange early-morning expeditions I might not have been so half-asleep right now. So next time why don't you be normal like the rest of us and wake up late."

Kairi pretended she didn't hear that and walked out the door and Sora followed her.

"Kai? Kai? What the hell are we doing?" Sora questioned as he followed her. Kairi turned out of her street and kept walking down the road.

"We're walking Sora," Kairi explained logically, while Sora restrained himself from grabbing her and throwing her across the street where a car could just run over her.

"And where are we walking to? God Kai for all I know you could be planning to take me to the woods and then feed me to the bears considering how much you used to hate me and—"

"And that might not be a bad idea if you don't shut up and let me think," Kairi snapped as she cut him off. She turned her head around and sent him a death glare to let him know if he spoke again she might actually consider his idea.

After about 5 minutes of walking they had arrived at the local park, which was actually rather old and had a big gigantic lake. They said that if you came at the right time you could see the sunrise and Destiny Islands had a…beautiful sunrise. Unfortunately most people couldn't see it because there were so many trees and buildings blocking it off.

"So we're at the lake…what good's that going to do? The lake is green and if you ask me that's just plain gross. Lakes are supposed to be blue, but our stupid lake is green. You know I heard if you come here early in the morning it actually turns it's normal color, which is blue. How stupid is that?" Sora rambled, but Kairi ignored him and kept walking up a hill. It was somewhat steep, but it was as if she didn't even notice.

"So here we are," Kairi announced as she sat on the top of the hill.

"What the--?" Sora mumbled as he stared out in front of him. It was a nice view of the lake and most of Destiny Islands, but why would Kairi come here in the first place?

"I found it one day when I was trying to run away from home. Turns out this place has a great view. It sucks we live in the center of Destiny Islands because we can barely see the ocean, but we've got this lake that isn't that great. And then I heard that rumor you kept rambling on about a long, long, long time ago and I always wondered if the lake was really blue. So I'd come here at random times when I was happy, sad, mad, or whatever. Turns out I never found out if it was blue cause I'd come in the afternoon or the evening. So this time I promised myself I'd come at the crack of dawn and find out," Kairi explained.

"That made no sense you know?" Sora retorted as he lied down on his back.

"It made perfect sense. So anyway…I was thinking…since I'm here might as well watch the sunrise too," Kairi suggested.

"This would be so romantic if I didn't hate you and you didn't hate me," Sora muttered and almost cracked up at how girlish he sounded.

"Ew. You sound so…ew," Kairi whined.

"So you just spend most of your life trying to find if lakes are really blue?" Sora questioned jokingly.

"Well, maybe I do. It's none of your business anyway what I do on my time," Kairi retorted back rudely, "You were never one to remember important things anyway."

"What's that mean?" Sora wondered.

"Nothing," Kairi replied immediately, "It was nonsense. That wasn't even supposed to come out."

"Then why'd you say it?" Sora asked. His eyes were wide and it was as if he was trying to pry her secrets open, but Kairi was strong and didn't give in easily.

"Because…because…" Kairi trailed off and stared at the lake, "Oh look! The sun's rising! It's so pretty. Isn't it pretty Sora?"

"If you changed the subject one more time I swear I'm going to—"

"And the lake! It's blue!" Kairi squealed in delight as she took out her digital camera out of her pocket. She began taking snapshots of the blue lake and the sunrise, which contrasted with it's bright orange and yellow colors.

"Wait what?" Sora completely lost his train of thought and looked at the lake, which was actually blue. Usually it was an ugly, polluted, green shade, but there it was; sparkling a beautiful shade of blue.

"Take a picture will you Sora? Even if I do look horrible," Kairi begged. Sora just nodded as he grabbed her camera and waited for her to pose. Kairi pulled out her hair tie so her hair was down. She didn't make any special smile or pose in some seductive way…or anything. She just stood there looking like…well…Kairi. She had a small smile on her lips (she didn't enjoy smiling with her teeth. Even if they were pearly white and straight) and her eyes were opened wide.

Sora stared at the camera screen for a second almost admiring how…

'Don't think it Sora…don't think it…'

Beautiful she looked even if she just woke up or the fact that she wasn't even posing or anything. She was just Kairi and yet she managed to look like an angel.

"Well I don't have all day you know," Kairi interrupted his train of thoughts. He quickly clicked the button and took the picture. He admired the picture for a moment, but Kairi snatched the digital camera out of his hands.

"Err…" Sora trailed off.

"The sunrise is so pretty!" Kairi exclaimed, "I actually have never seen anything this amazing."

"Uh huh…" Sora mumbled not really paying attention.

"Well, I'll send you a picture if you want one," Kairi suggested, but Sora didn't respond. He just kept staring at her and that was sort of scaring Kairi. At first she thought maybe he was a bit tired, but if normal people were tired they'd kind of close their eyes…

Then again Sora wasn't exactly normal.

"So umm…I'm going to go now…and uhh…yeah…cause…uhh…I have to…err…" Kairi stammered as she abruptly got up. She had no idea why, but she was feeling quite nervous under that look Sora was giving her. It almost made her shiver in the bright sunlight. "I have to go to Namine's!" 'Stop staring at me Sora!'

It seemed Sora snapped out of his trance at that particular moment, "At 5:30 in the morning?"

"Well, no. I'm going to have breakfast and then—"

"Well, let's have breakfast together I'll pay," Sora suggested casually as he got up and started acting normal.

Since when did their behavior suddenly flip? It was as if someone pressed the switch button and now Kairi was the nervous one in the trance and Sora was the one acting normal.

"No," Kairi responded abruptly. Her face was red for some odd reason at the thought of the two eating breakfast as 'friends' or more than friends…or whatever the heck Kairi was picturing in her confused and jumbled mind.

"Come on I'll pay. How can you refuse free food?" Sora questioned. "Plus the breakfast restaurant is right over there. It's got a perfect view of this ugly lake!"

Kairi couldn't deny the fact that her stomach was extremely hungry and not to mention the fact that she was completely broke, "Umm…well fine."

"Great. So let's go," Sora then grabbed Kairi's hand and led her down the hill so they could go to the cheap breakfast restaurant. Kairi who was quite uncomfortable and getting dragged behind suddenly came to an abrupt halt.

"I can't go in like this. I'm wearing my pajamas and—"

"No one cares. You look fine in your pajamas," Sora brushed the comment away as if it was nothing, "No one's going to notice anyway. They look normal to me." Sora then began dragging her toward the breakfast restaurant again. Kairi suddenly halted again.

"Well, I'm broke you know I could never pay you back and—"

"What do you not understand about when I say 'i'm paying'?" Sora snapped as he tugged at her hand once more and Kairi was forced to walk with him. Kairi kept trying to search for excuses in her head, but by the time she actually thought of one the both of them were at the breakfast restaurant.

Sora pushed open the front door and they entered in the small quaint restaurant. They didn't even bother waiting for a waitress to lead them to a table. Sora just plopped down near the table with the nicest view.

"Sora...don't you think we should wait for…--"

"Do you want this table or what?" Sora cut her off rudely.

"Yes, I want this table, but we could have waited for a waitress or something," Kairi snapped back annoyed this time.

"You know I'm paying," Sora retorted back quickly.

"Okay, okay, okay fine," Kairi mumbled under her breath, "You are just so persistent…it's kind of cute."

"What was that?" Sora asked loudly.

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"What was that?" Roxas asked loudly.

"I said you are just so persistent!" Namine had left out the other half of her statement. After all it would've been embarrassing if Roxas found out she thought he was cute! "I just don't understand why you had to wake me up at…" Namine paused as she stared at her watch, "5:49 in the morning!" Namine's quiet voice held a bit of annoyance in it.

At first Namine had been uncomfortable hanging out with Roxas so often (especially because every time he'd help her up since she was such a klutz, her stomach would get all fluttery), but Kairi had been with Sora so often and it had caused her to be quite bored. Plus it seemed as if fate was still teasing her as she kept bumping into him every day. It was almost part of her routine nowadays. Wake up. Buy breakfast. Bump into Roxas. Eat breakfast. Not to mention the fact that they were lab partners, it seemed natural that they started to become friends.

So as usual they hung out, except today instead of hanging out at 5:49 PM Roxas had surprised her at 5:49 AM, and climbed a tree, which led to her room (getting a scratch or two on his arm). He opened her window, which was thankfully unlocked and fell through to her room. At first Namine didn't even wake up (being the heavy sleeper she is), but Roxas decided to take advantage of that. He secretly planted a kiss (ever so quickly) on her lips and then woke her up (which led to a shriek, which Roxas had to cover her mouth so she wouldn't wake up her mom). Eventually she calmed down and Roxas begged her to come with him. Namine at first was confused, but trusted Roxas.

Which led to the scene in front of us.

"Sure you said that…" Roxas mumbled. He could've sworn he heard her say something else, but maybe his mind was tricking him, "Anyways, I told you to just trust me. We're going somewhere and when we get there you'll know."

"It's not like I don't trust you Roxie," Namine used her special pet name for him, which caused him to groan out in frustration, "It's just that I, at least want to know where I'm going to at…" she glanced at her watch again, "5:51 in the morning," she stated flustered.

"Well Namie," Roxas retorted with his special pet name for her, "I told you not to worry. Now just follow me."

Namine sighed and allowed him to lead her. For some reason she just could not say no to him. All he'd have to do was say please and thank you and she'd already be half way there doing whatever he asked.

"Oh…fine…" Namine mumbled as she followed Roxas up a steep hill. She hadn't really been paying attention to where she was walking. She was just staring at the back of Roxas's head and wondering what he was thinking.

"And we're here!" Roxas exclaimed and Namine looked up.

It was breathtaking.

"The…lake?" Namine asked in a confused manner.

"Yes, the lake. Isn't it pretty? It's usually all green and disgusting right? Well, one day I came up here early in the morning cause I was jogging and I saw the lake was blue and for some reason it…" Roxas trailed off.

"It…?" Namine encouraged him to continue, but he held his breath.

"It reminded me of you," Roxas finished quietly, "I mean…your eyes. The bright blue color it is right now…not that green color."

"Oh…thanks…" Namine mumbled as she started blushing and looked the other way.

Roxas smiled and leaned in closer. He then pinched her cheeks and laughed a bit, "Aww…you're so cute when you blush."

"I'm not blushing," Namine responded indignantly, but it was a bit hard since her cheeks were being pinched.

"Sure you're not," Roxas replied still smiling, but he let go of her cheeks.

Namine then lay on the grass and stared up at the bright sky. It was tinted with some blues, pinks, oranges, and purples. During the sunrise the sky was always so bright and colorful. Namine loved it although she wasn't exactly a morning person, to her, waking up this early was worth it. She wished she brought her sketchbook so she could've drawn the sunrise…

And Roxas.

Namine shook her head of the thoughts and sat up to see the sunrise.

"It's pretty…" Namine whispered.

"Yeah…" Roxas trailed off.

"Thanks," Namine thanked softly and Roxas smiled once again.

She kind of had this affect on him. Maybe that's why he couldn't stop smiling when he was around her.

"No problem. I'm glad you enjoyed it," Roxas explained. He put his hand on her lap and rubbed it. She looked down at the hand and then at Roxas's face and returned the smile.

"I wish we could be here forever," Namine murmured as she lay back down on the grass. Her eyes were beginning to feel heavy from sleep. She was becoming less and less aware of her surroundings and began to doze off. After all it was nearly 6 in the morning.

"We can be here forever one day." There was a pause. "I love you."

Namine could've sworn she heard someone say that before she fell asleep.

Dream or not Namine smiled in her sleep.

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That was chapter 7! I know very sappy, but I'm a sucker for those :).

I'm REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY sorry for not posting up for a while, but starting high school is this huge transition and I got a 72 on my first math test! So I was busy, busy, busy, and with swim team and violin lessons I was like getting murdered! Well I'll try to post up once again (and earlier this time). I posted today because I stayed home from school. Yucky being sick sucks, but today when I woke up at 6 (cause the bus comes at like 7) I was staring at the sunrise and I realized it was really pretty. Then I kind of threw up cause I was sick. Teehee.

Sorry for any grammatical errors, I always proofread my own stories. I don't have any of those other technical things.

I hope you enjoyed this and I'm really sorry. I promise I'll write chapter 8 during my three day weekend! And I have ANOTHER three-day weekend the week after so I'll write chapter 9 then! WOOOO. Okay sorry this is getting long.

x3,
LJ