Author's Note: I do not, nor will I ever, own the rights to these characters.

Also: I'm sorry if Sora is not the usual bubbly, hyper teenager that you might used to be seeing in other fictions. I didn't want to right Sora completely childish, because I wanted to show that his moving to a different town kind of effected him. I wanted to write how he gets used to new faces and making friends before he breaks out of this slightly ooc shell. I promise he will, but I also respect if that's not your cup of tea.

Two.

According to Kairi, who… you guessed it… I had my last class of the day with, Riku started school late. I didn't know why this was relevant to anything at all, but Kairi rambled on about it. I sat there and wrote down the notes the teacher had on the board, just because there really wasn't much else for me to do really. I'd learned a little of the lesson my new teacher was teaching currently, so I had a little bit of an advantage. Even though I didn't really. Let's get real… math of any kind didn't compute well with my brain.

Kairi also volunteered to be my tutor if I ever needed help with the homework, or just in general… which I had no idea how to get out of saying yes to. She was just so darn persistent and eager – and I didn't know if this was going to be just a phase or not. I wasn't used to girls talking to me as much as Kairi had in the past few hours.

"Riku's a cool guy, but he never dates anyone, believe me… I've known him for so long." She said. I didn't know why Riku had become to focal point of her conversation, but… I sat there and listened nonetheless, when I should have been trying to pay attention to my worst subject.

"He's a bit of a snob too… Did I mention he's loaded?"

"Loaded?"

"Yeah, as in RICH." She waggled her brows, and I couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable. Was she insinuating something? I couldn't tell, and I didn't want to ask, because if she knew so much about Riku, then maybe she could date him instead of latching to me like she had been all day. Maybe she tried before, and maybe it didn't work out or something… I don't know. I'm not asking that either.

"Do you like it here so far?" Kairi then asked me, and I was just glad that she dropped the whole Riku spiel and moved onto another topic.

I responded first with a shrug, I didn't really have an opinion having lived there for only a few days. I guess I liked it alright. "Sure."

"You're going to love it in no time."

I decided just to take the bus home on my first day, given that the thought of riding home with Riku and his brother (whom I hadn't met yet, and I'd just met Riku) didn't really make me comfortable. It wasn't like I was saying I didn't trust Riku or anything, but… Would you get into a car with someone you just met? Was I just not being "ballsy" enough? I was second-guessing myself the whole ride, while pressed up against the window just in case someone decided they wanted to sit next to me.

I felt so introverted because the fact that no one socialized with me on the bus made me really happy. I shuddered thinking about what was going to happen to me the next day at school, though. And then Wednesday, when this Roxas was supposed to come back. Then I could finally see if I actually looked like him or not.

When I got off the bus I brisk walked to my front door with my backpack clutched to my chest… Like I thought someone was going to jump-scare me from the bushes or something. I felt so weird and anxious that I knew what I needed was something to shake this feeling off me. I wasn't sure if I was going to like this town if this was how I was going to feel every afternoon when I got home from school.

I kicked off my yellow shoes at the door, and dropped my bag in the living room on the way to the kitchen. The day before school, mom and I went grocery shopping to stock the new fridge that came with the house. It had so much storage space, much like my room, that what my mom and I normally bought at the store only filled it halfway. Not that we needed a fully stocked fridge or anything, but for some reason that made me hungrier today.

I grabbed a paopu juice, which I'd found surprising that the stores here had, and a container of leftover Kraft mac and cheese. I didn't even heat it up before I grabbed a fork and peeled off the lid to eat.

The couch was practically calling my name, and I flopped down onto it, balancing the container of mac and cheese on my knee while I turned on the tv and cracked open my juice. At least that was one thing from the Islands that I could enjoy.

Steven Universe, or Spongebob Squarepants? Those were the first two things that I saw that interested me and I sat there for a good thirty seconds debating on which and how many times I'd seen the episodes airing. I couldn't decide, so I just switched it to a Blitzball game instead, and zoned out watching the winning team get a turnaround from their opponents – smashed in the very end. Blindsided, or at least that's what the announcers said anyways.

I was still hungry after the mac and cheese, but when I looked at the time, I figured mom would be home by the time I got something else. I checked my phone for messages, but there were none. I didn't want to do homework either. No wonder I got Cs…

Out of habit, I picked up my phone a second time and tapped on the Facebook app. I was surprised to see that I had a friend request, only then to be not so surprised to see it was Kairi who sent it. I didn't know whether or not to be weirded out, so I accepted it, because I didn't know if ignoring it would hurt her feelings, and I didn't really like hurting people's feelings. The only reason I had a Facebook in the first place was because a lot of my family members had it, and my mom posted memes on my wall she thought I would like – so I just didn't delete it.

I didn't post anything. I didn't know what was posting material, and I wasn't really sure I actually knew how to use it to be honest. I guess I would have to learn sooner than later, especially when my phone buzzed and then there was a message from Kairi. Maybe it'd be nice to actually have friends to talk to, and then I thought about how lame I would sound if anyone could read my thoughts right now.

Kairi: I hope it's okay I sent you a friend request!
Me: It's cool!
Kairi: Axel might send you one too. He thinks you're cute ;)
Me: :-)

I felt awkward even sending messages! I really, really needed to get my old self back. I didn't understand why the move out here made me feel so different.

"Sora?" My mom came in with her clunky brief case and an arm full of folders a couple minutes later. I got off the couch to help her, which she thanked me for under her breath. My mom's warm smile was what I'd needed to see after my first day at school.

I hugged her.

"Oh, hello, honey." She wiggled out from my hug, almost dropping the folders, and I followed her into the second den so that she could set down her things. My mom opened her arms wide and I hugged her again, with her kissing my cheek and then patting my shoulders after it was over, "Did you have a good first day?"

Where would I even start? Should I tell her that I got confused for a completely different person? Or about Kairi, the girl who already had a crush on me? I didn't even think explaining it would make much sense no matter how I tried. So I just opted for the response I thought my mom expected.

"Yeah, I did."

We walked back past the door, and into the kitchen. Mom grabbed herself a bottle of water, and drank half of it. I looked at her with wide eyes, and she shook her head at me because she noticed.

"I hadn't had a drink since two, that's all."

"That busy?"

"This promotion means more work for me, naturally. I like it, though, but it's even faster than I expected. Anyways, how do you feel about ordering a couple pizzas for dinner? I think we earned it."

I was so down for that.