A/N: ITS MY BIRTHDAY TODAY! I'm finally 15 years old! Woot! Ahem, sorry. Hello to my faithful reviewers and readers! No, I'm not dead and I'm still alive! Let me be honest with ya, here are the reasons I posted this update so late until some of you grew impatient with me:
One: Laptop broke down and all my chapters were deleted -the ones I saved only-
Two: MAJOR writers block
Three: Busy with studies since exams are coming near
Four: Getting totally heartbroken by my stupid, idiotic, moronic crush whom I want to hate but can't because I still love him.
Five: Busy schedule plus with my sports competition coming near. So my coach is like train, train, train!
Those are my honest reasons. I know, lame and unacceptable but their true so forgive me so much for updating so slow! But now, Chinese New Year holidays are here so the enxt chap will be posted if you review! Plus, this chapter might suck a lot because I had writers block and I didn't know what to write this about so hope you enjoy anyway!
Thanks to thugondarel, KHfanatic, CommanderKoran, KHKairiNamineFanatic, Anais05, darkwing13, LiL aZn DrEaMeR, iluvkingdomheartz, InTheDarkWithRiku, ella22, EvilGeniusoftheCOCA, MaidenDark, RenegadeOfIllumination, Argus456, weixuan18, Lamatikah, Shruikahn, Liv, kingdomfantasyanime453, Master Of Kingdom Hearts, Ellie0223, 0athkeeper and 0b1ivion, kairi-i-love-sora, m00nlite-dUSk, Sunlit Goddess Of The COCA, BeautifulBlueTulip, xamyx, nethernity, Dj HiHi Kimiko, Sora-Strife and MiStReSsOfHeArTs. OH MY GOD! YOU GUY'S ARE THE BEST! ROCK THE HARDEST! THIS IS FOR YOU ALL! LOVE YA SO MUCH! MUAX!
Disclaimer: … I won't say anything till my lawyer is here!
Riku: Here I am!
Me: You're my lawyer? I thought you were my slave?
Riku: I am you slave/lawyer/stripper/assistant/PA
Me: COOL! I have all that…wait! Stripper? I'm only 15!
Riku: So? Don't you want to see me strip?
Me: -drools- NO! Must…fight… it…
Riku: Oh well, as slave/lawyer/stripper/assistant/PA of Lily-chan, I hereby announce that she does not own Kingdom Hearts or anything related to it… Except for me!
Me: Must…fight….
Riku: On with the show!
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Chapter 28: Dates and fates?
A Saturday morning has never been more beautiful. The sun is up, the sky is blue as ever, birds chirping here and there, the wind blowing at a steady pace. Everything seemed perfect. Even the snores of a sleeping teenager was heard coming from a messy and unruly room. The rays blasted through the windows, lighting up his peaceful chest that rose up and down repeatedly. Drool was slightly coming from the end of his lip and plopped down to his soft blue pillow. The covers had been kicked off so his bare chest revealed to the daylight. His red and black boxers were slightly covered by the other pillows while his arms and legs spreaded and filled evey inch of the king sized bed.
A small smile was carved on his tanned and happy face, obviously dreaming of something well. He did deserve it after what had happened. After all he went through, peaceness is something he really needed. In fact, he was dreaming now, sailing on a boat with many hawaiian girls fanning him. One was feeding him grapes while the other was massaging his feet. Yes, he was smiling in his dream, sipping away on the delicious coconut juice he held in his hand. Just then, a beautiful redhaired girl came to him, smiling slyly. He couldn't see her beautiful face but he was appalled. She slowly walked up to him and placed her hands to his shoulders nearing his face. He stiffened but maintained his position and just smirked back. As they got closer to one another, they stared deeply into the other's eyes, vanishing away anything that could distrupt their happiness.
"I'D CHIME IN, HAVEN'T YOU PEOPLE EVER HEARD OF, CLOSING THE GOD DAMN DOOR, NO, ITS MUCH BETTER TO FACE THIS KIND OF THING, WITH A SENSE OF POISE AND RATIONALITY! I'D CHI-,"
Sora groaned loudly as he aimlessly fingered around for the source of the noise and flipped his handphone that blared beside his ear, answering it.
"Mfello," he mumbled, too tired to speak properly.
"……,"
"Hello?" his raspy voice spoke clearer, in case the other person couldn't hear him.
"…,"
"You woke me up just to be silent? Talk whoever you are, you're making me mad here! Talk person! Talk!"
"Don't let go,"
Sora's eyes widened and he sat up, the covers falling off him completely. "What? Who is this?"
"I said, don't let go what you think is precious in your life. Who knows, it might slip right in front of your eyes…,"
"What are you talking about? If this is some prank call, I-,"
BEEP, BEEP, BEEP
"Hello? Hello? Hello!" cried out Sora but it was no use. The caller had hung up. Sora slowly removed the receiver from his ear, looking to it with a confused expression. He was clueless to what the message meant but shrugged it off, thinking it was a prankster attempting to fool him with a silly message to work him off. Or maybe it meant……Nah! He laughed softly to himself and stood up, going to his dresser to get his daily clothes. When all of a sudden, the door slammed open, revealing a very furious Kairi with a cloth in her hands.
"You moronic baboon headed monkey!" she yelled, containing her anger. Sora arched an eyebrow and turned to her.
"What's the matter redhead? Bad hair day? Well, that should be normal for you already since your hair's already bad every single time,"
"Look……at what…you did," she muttered, her veins could be seen popping out.
"Huh? What're you rambling like an idiot for? I don't speak dork so I don't undertsand what you're saying,"
That ticked her off. She screamed with anger and rushed to him. She jumped onto him, stranggling the brunette with her dress. His face immediately turned blue, gasping for air as much as he could. Her eyes were red with rage, her teeth gritted as she continued banging his head and hitting him repeatedly. She soon stopped her actions when she realised one thing.
Kairi in a nightgown + Sora in just boxers + lying on top of each other equals to awkwardness
A blush managed to grace over her cheeks as she stared to his face. His eyes were widened with shyness as well as he realised their rather uncomfortable position. His cheeks flushed, he cleared his throat when he noticed where her hands were nicely perched upon, his chest. She finally noticed it too, getting up and fixing her hair and gown. He stood up, rubbing the back of his head, neither wanting to look at the other. Blushing like hell.
"Umm… you…you're pranks have gone too far!" she snapped, avoiding their encounter a few seconds ago.
"My pranks are the best there is. Why? Unsatisfied with one of them?" he smirked, saying so. She fumed with anger and threw to him the cloth she was holding and had used as a weapon. "Look what you've done to my favourite dress! You've ruined it!"
He took the cloth off his head and looked to it, chuckling. His prank had definitely worked well. Her previous violet spaghetti strap dress with ribbons was now covered with ink, dirt, torn apart, had chewing gum on them and lastly, the letter 'S' signed on it with permanent marker. He laughed hardly, tossing the dress to her back. She was angry he would think something so cruel was so funny. "You're so immature!" she yelled, crossing her arms.
"And you're so serious. Lighten up, its just a joke,"
"JOKE?" she yelled, showing the dress to him. "You call this a joke? Funny, I think its called TORTURE!"
Sora merely laughed and placed a shirt over is body, buttoning it up. Kairi tapped her foot impatiently, waiting for an apology. He finished dressing up and turned to her, grabbing his jeans. "Not to be rude, wait, yes to be rude but you're in my room when I'm dressing. Why? Waiting for the goods to come to you?" he smirked, saying so. She blushed furiously and huffed, placing her hands to her slender hips.
"No, I'm waiting for an apology you pigheaded ding dong!"
"Well, keep on waiting, queen bee,"
She groaned with frustration and stormed out, slamming the door suit. Sora buttoned his jeans and grabbed his hairgel, fixing up his hair as he did so. I never really noticed it but redhead sure has nice legs… He snapped out of his perverted trance and shook his head, continuing to spike up his hair. Satisfied with his appearance, he grabbed his bagpack and dashed out of his room and headed to school. Being in coma for voer three months, he had a feeling he had missed many stuff which also equals to needing extra lessons to catch up. He mourned over that thought.
It was going to be a long day.
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People talking and chattering could be heard coming from every student in the classroom. A tired Kairi entered the room, mumbling cursed words towards a certain brunette as she scanned for one of her friends. She saw Rain busy talking with Gippal as she laughed to his humurous jokes. Kairi smiled. They're so cute together. She looked to them again but to her shock, their images were no longer there. Instead, Kairi saw herself with Sora to their position. Her beryl eyes widened fully, her mouth gaping wide open. She rubbed her eyes and smacked her cheek to awaken her and sighed with relief when she saw Rain and Gippal once more. She tiredly walked to her seat. I must be so tired, that I'm seeing things...
Placing her bag on top, she moaned with pain as her back ached from the chores Sora forced her to do and took out her book, reading to ease her busy mind. Selphie saw her and came skipping to her friend. "Hi Kai!" she said, cheerful as ever.
"Hey," came Kairi's simple and boring response. Selphie still didn't get the picture that Kairi had no energy at all and sat in front of the redhead. "So, what are you doing after school?"
"Nothing, porcupine head has been bugging me all day! I can't take it anymore!"
"Gosh, you're still fighting. I thought you told him already,"
Kairi's eyebrows rose instantly. "What are you talking about?"
"I told Sora on how much you missed him when he was in coma,"
"YOU DID WHAT?"
"I… told Sora about how you were when he wasn't awake," answer the shocked bunette to Kairi's outburst. "Why? Doesn't he have the right to know?" Kairi shook her head and groaned with depression as she hit her forehead repeatedly onto the woodene desk. Now Sora would think she was head over heels for him which quite clearly wasn't true. Selphie realised her mistake and whistled while slipping away and quickly ran from there before Kairi totally murdered her. The class students looked at her with arousel looks, wondering the sanity of the poor girl. Kairi ignored them. Her mind was focused on how to tell Sora how wrong Selphie was.
Well, half wrong but wrong nonetheless.
She didn't miss him. She… umm… she OWED him her life. Yes, that's the word. She was in his debt and that debt would be settled soon so she can carry on with her life. Smiling with satisfaction to herself, she took out her books and got ready for her class, awaiting for the right time to tell him.
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"Thanks, Olette. I'll see you later," said Namine as she ran off down the hallway after finishing her project with Olette's help. Glad that all her work was finished and done, she thought of suprising Roxas with visiting him at basketball practice. Even though they were roommates and practically in love while dating, seeing him play for the school made her heart flutter with happiness. She felt like cupid had struck her again and made her fall for Roxas all over again. Namine planned to bring Roxas for a date since it had been quite awhile since their last one but maybe she'll wait until Valentines Day to plan something special for him and that special day isn't too far away…
BUMP
Due to lack of concentration to the hallway, she had accidently bumped into someone.
"Oh, I'm sorry. Didn't see you there," said the person Namine bumped into. She gasped mentally hearing that voice and glanced up, rubbing her eyes to see if she was seeing who she thought she was. It was her old childhood friend, Marluxia. She could identify his pink hair anywhere and he was with Pence for some reason. Namine stood up and squealed with joy, wrapping her arms around him.
"Marly! Marluxia? Is it really you?"
"Namine? God, you've sure changed. You're more beautiful than I imagined you to be,"
Namine blushed slightly and looked Marluxia from his up to his down. "You've changed too. I must say, the pink hair acually fits you now than before, Marly," Marluxia smiled and flipped his hair, making Namine scoff. She smiled and turned to Pence who was busy fiddling with his camera. "Hey, Pence. What're you doing with Marluxia,"
Pence looked up and shifted nervously for some reason. "I… umm… I- umm…,"
"He was helping me take pictures for the school newspaper. I am chief diector anyway," said Marluxia. Pence nodded slowly, he looked scared or something for the signs were all around him. Namine nodded her head with understandment and checked her wristwatch, seeing that Roxas's basketball practice time was almost over, heaving a sigh. "Sorry, Marly but I have to go. Meeting my boyfriend up. I'll see you later maybe,"
"How's tomorrow at the school's park?" asked Marluxia, smiling.
"That would be nice. Say two?" Marluxia nodded and Namine bid them goodbye and ran off towards the gymnasium. Marluxia scowled to Pence who turned the other way with what looked like regret and fear. He turned back to see the blonde girl vanshing and a smirk crept to his tanned face.
"The game officially starts now, Namine, my precious,"
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Kairi was aimlessly walking around the hallways, she had about ten minutes of freetime before she had her next class. The weird part of this situation was she was walking around, pouting while blowing her fringe for the fun of it. Her shoulders slumped forward as she dragged herself around. Her mind was racing on how to tell Sora that what Selphie had told him was a complete lie.
Don't lie. You know you like him.
Shut up, inner mind. I didn't ask you.
I thought you were going to tell him your true feelings.
What? Show him that I hate him?
Now, you know that's not true. You like him, admidt it.
Pfft, no effing way! Well… I was a tad bit sad when I found out he was in coma… but that's because I'll have no one to bully! Nothing more!
Uhuh, and I'm supposed to believe that?
Besides, if I do like him… he by no percent likes me in THAT way… I'll always just be a redhead to him…
Who knows dearie, who knows…
Kairi shook her head, hitting it repeatedly to try knocking some sense into her confused brain. She kept on walking aimlessly until she saw the person her heart tended to beat fast too. Sora, chewing on some gum, was at his locker. His hands took items and placed items in, a small smile carved to his lips. Kairi immediately drew back and hit her back to the wall, tilting her head to peek at him.
What am I doing? I'm actually looking at porcupine head like a stalker! Okay…calm down… just go up to him and say that what Selphie told him was a lie… that's all you have to do so this feeling will get off you… Okay, let's go…
Kairi took a deep breath and exhaled, walking around the corner and towards him. Sora was oblivious to his surrondings, blowing small bubbles with his chewing gum. Kairi slowly approached him until her figure was right beside his. Lying on the locker beside his, she cleared her throat loudly to get his attention. She passed.
Sora looked to her and blew a bubble again before chewing on it once more. "What do you want redhead? Still want that apology?"
"Yeah, that would be nice… but something tells me you won't say it,"
Sora laughed as he continued taking stuff out and in. Kairi shuffled her eyes left then right and looked to Sora with a scared look. Sora saw this and tried to ignore her but she wouldn't stop staring at him with her blue eyes. He finally gave up trying to ignore her and turned around. "Okay, if you want that apology so badly, I'm-,"
"I'm sorry," she said, cutting him off. Sora arched an eyebrow and scratched his head, signaling his blurness. "What?" he asked.
"I'm sorry if Selphie told you anything stupid. She overreacted. I didn't miss you when you were in coma,"
"Oh," said Sora with a tone of dissapointment.
"But," continued Kairi, fiddling with her fingers. "I was kinda alone when you were gone so I needed you,"
"Oh," replied the bunette with a smirk, lighting his once down face.
"So, sorry if you misunderstood or anything,"
"Its okay. Apology accepted oh and that reminds me," inquired Sora and grinned slyly to her, making Kairi hope it wasn't something bad that he was about to say. "Due to me saving your lfie from that car accident, you have to repay me,"
"Repay you?" whined Kairi, crossing her arms. "You did it with your own will!"
"Yadaa yadaa yadaa… all in all, it comes back to me saving you right?"
"I…I guess,"
Sora smirked as a chesire cat and winked to her. "Get ready for one of the best dates of your life. Tomorrow afternoon, you're going on a date with me," With those simple words, Kairi's eyes snapped open as her mouth slightly gaped wide. Wss he serious? The words Sora, date and Kairi could never be formed into a sentence. Not ever in her mind. She couldn't even blink, shocked to what she had just heard. Sora wanted to laugh at her expression but kept a solemn face and closed his locker door shut. Placing a hand on her shoulder, he said…
"Be sure to wear something nice okay? I like my girls dolled up," He then walked away, leaving a dumbfounded Kairi, frozen in place. Her legs swung around slowly as she gritted her teeth and clenched her knuckles.
"Why me, god! Why do you love torturing me so!" she yelled, releasing her anger. She groaned with iggnorance and walked away, pulling her own hair. Tomorrow was going to be hell for her.
Or was it…?
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Michelle sighed with deep boredom as she tried her best to not fall asleep while finishing her homework. Her books spreaded all over around her wooden study table while the snorings of Leon filled the room. Michelle giggled, her pet brother deserved to get a good night's sleep after all he's going through. Plus, the problems with Chleo isn't really helping. Being her bodyguard ain't an easy thing.
Ding-Dong
Her head swerved to the door, groaning with protest before getting up and walking towards the door. Unlocking the latch, she flung it open and smiled to the person who visited her. "Hey, Riku. What's up?" her sweet voice asked. Riku rubbed the back of his head, his other hand covering half of his face. Michelle saw this weird gesture and pulled his hand down, gasping to what she saw.
"Riku! I told you not to fight with Demyx anymore!"
"I had too!" snapped Riku back, pouting and turned the other way. "He was insulting you,"
Michelle shook her head and took his hand, pulling her into the room. He wanted to release his grip but the feeling in hs stomach told him that he liked the warmth of her hand against his. It had been quite awhile since she had held his hand. She would always avoid him and keep the distance between them far. He thought it was because of their recent history together. How much that they had gone through, how much he hated himself for making her go through pain with Demyx. He wanted to wash it all way but it wasn't as simple as it sounds. This type of pain needs time to heal. But Riku didn't know how much he had to wait.
Michelle pushed Riku softly to the couch, walking to the kitchen to get some medical supplies. Riku lowered his head, ashamed he had decided to visit her with his bruise. He should have gone to the clinic at first before visiting her. You could blame his hormones for wanting to see her faster. A shuffle in front of him caused Riku to lift his head once more. Michelle was in front of him, messing up the supplies in the box as she tried to find some ointment to loosen the depths of the scar. Demyx must have put on a good fight for Riku to get a swollen eye.
"Hold still," warned Michelle, dabbing some foreign liquid to a piece of cloth as she neared his face. "This might sting,"
"Alright, but be gent- OW!"
"What? I told you to hold still!"
"And I told you to be gentle! Sheesh, if you're going to be this rough, I might as well go to the school's ward,"
Michelle gave him a glare that silenced him as she continued healing his bumps and bruises. He winced a few times but half of his pain vanished upon staring to her face. How her emerald eyes suited her reddish brown hair, how her toungue slightly came out from the corners of her lips when she concentrated on something, the lips he longed to taste after so long.
Riku snapped out of his thoughts and continued hissing in pain whenever the pain stung him. Michelle finished putting the ointment on and grabbed some plasters, facing Riku once more so she could place the sticky paper but before she could do so, he took her wrist in his grasp. "H-Hey, what gives?" she asked, shocked to his sudden gesture.
"Tell me. Do you still love Demyx?"
"What? How could you ask me something when you know how I feel of that guy!"
"I want an honest answer! Answer me, Mitch! Do you still love him or not?"
"Of course not! Why do you care so much if I still liked Demyx o not. You're not my boyfriend,"
Riku took Michelle's other hand into his own and looked deeply and longingly into her eyes. "D-Do you love any other guy?" Michelle bit her lip to the question, turning her head away for a brief second. How can I tell him he's the one I still love? She shook her head with a smile and placed a hand on his shoulder. "No, Riku. Quit worrying. I don't have someone for me yet, I guess. Stop being so questioning and get some rest. Your wounds need some time to heal," She then stood up, leaving a dumbfounded Riku.
She still doesn't like anyone else… do I still have a chance?
He quickly grabbed her wrist again, stopping her movement. She turned around and looked down to him. He lifted his head and observed her confused look. "I-If I'm willing to make you fall in love with me once again, w-would you let m-me?" he asked, startling the poor brunette. She gulped down some saliva that managed to stack inside her mouth. She was about to answer him when he stood up, placing a finger to his lip.
"You don't have to answer now. Answer me when you get the right decision,"
Michelle opened her mouth once more to protest but was cut once more with Riku leaning in. She closed her eyes, bracing herself to feel the touch of his lips against hers but it never came. After a few seconds passed by, she squinted an eye open and saw that he hovered above her lips, milimeters away from touching the other. Her emerald eyes looked yearningly into his aquamarine ones and before either could utter a word, Riku fled off, closing the door afterwards.
Michelle flopped onto the sofa, rubbing her temples with confusion.
"I-If I'm willing to make you fall in love with me once again, w-would you let m-me?"
She didn't know how to answer him. She was sure her feelings were in between love and like. Her heart told her she needed him once more. Her instincts said he was going to break her heart again. She couldn't go through the pain once more. Once was enough. She burrowed her head into her palms and sighed deeply, confused to what she was just offered. She heard ruffling coming from in front of her. Looking up, she saw Leon with a smug look. Obviously, he had heard and might have observed the whole conversation between her and Riku.
"So… what's your answer?" asked Leon, stretching and yawning as his lazy eyes looked directly to her. She smiled weakly to him and laid down slowly, placing the back of her hand over her forehead, closing her eyes with tiredness.
"Honestly, I don't know……,"
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This …… is…… stupid……
Kairi muttered cursing words to herself as she brushed her auburn hair, looking to her reflection upon the mirror in front of her. A scowl glued to her lips, wanting to kill the person who was forcing her to do this. "I can't believe I'm going out with Sora," she mumbled under her breath, adding some conselor to her skin. Her spaghetti strap purple top matched her dark blue denim skirt with a nice pink ribbon tied to her hair. She decided to leave her hair, so it would look nice with her.
Wait, why am I even dressing up nicely for him? I should wear a huge shirt with nerish pants and huge glasses.
Kairi laughed to her imagination but no matter where she would go, she always liked to look her best. Even if it was a date wih Sora. She sighed thinking about him. It always did that to her. Shaking her head and banishng him from entering her mnd, she covered her lips with some lipgloss and puckered her lips to add the shine. Satisfied with how she looked, she wore her butterfly locket and got up, getting her handbag along the way.
Ding-Dong
Her eyebrows arched hearing the doorbell ring. Sora told her he would wait for her at the park. Was it him? She went out of her room and walked towards the main entrance, opening the door. Smiling, she saw it was Rain with a cute looking little boy in front of her. "Hey, Kairi. Sorry if I'm bothering you or anything,"
"No, its okay. Who's this cute little kid?" asked Kairi, bending down to reach his height.
"I'm Max and you're the most beautiful girl I've ever seen!" exclaimed the boy, grinning. Kairi giggled to his compliment and ruffled his hair, pinching his cheeks as well. Rain smiled but then frowned once more. Kairi saw this and asked, "What's wrong Rain?"
"Well… you see… you know my true feelings to Gippal right?"
"Of course. Why'd you ask?"
"Well, he finally asked me out on a date,"
"Wow, Rain, that's great!" said Kairi squealing. But then she arched her eyebrows once more. "Then, why're you sad?"
"Its because… my parents are out on a vacation and they sent my brother to this nursery but today its closed so I'm responsible for taking care of him. Problem is, I can't bring him along on my date. It'd be embarassing,"
"You just want to kiss Gippal, don't you?" said Max, teasing his sister. Rain gave a soft kick to her brother, smiling back to Kairi. Max winced with pain but bit it back, acting tough. "So, I was wondering if you could babysit him for me? Please, Kairi. I really want to go with Gippal and he might not ask me again. Please?" begged the raven haired girl. Kairi bit her lip, remembering her date with Sora, how was she going to tell Rain?
"Umm… I sorta have plans today," confessed Kairi, it was partly true. Rain lowered her head with sadness, smiling weakly. "Okay then, guess I have to call Gippal and cancel. Thanks anyway Kai. I'll see you later. Come on Max,"
"Bye, Miss Kairi who's beautiful like an angel!" said Max and ran off with Rain sulking behind. Kairi felt guilt take over her and without realising her actions she called Rain back. The two siblings turned around with hope. "I… I'm just going out for a walk so I guess I could bring Max along,"
Max beamed with happiness while Rain wanted to burst with joy. Kairi smiled, happy to see their expressions and closed the door to her dorm, locking it as she walked up to them. Taking Max by the hand, she turned to Rain and gave her a wink. "I owe you one Kai! Thanks a bunch!"
"Its cool. But you have to do something for me,"
"Anything, name it,"
"Kiss Gippal for me will ya?" and with that, left with Max, giggling. Rain blushed as red as Kairi's hair and smiled bashfully. Heaving a sigh of relief, she headed away, eager to start one of the most best days of her life.
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"Yeah, that's what I'm talking about! That's my man!"
Roxas cheered and jumped around, his eyes glued to the television screen. His fist pumped to the air whenever the skateboarder on the program managed to pass the obstacles with massive skills and awesome tricks. Food were scattered everywhere on the table, his popcorn were everywhere on the couch. He took one and stuffed it in his mouth, followed by another and another and another… Watching the game intensely, he could feel as though he were in it himself.
Blank.
The TV screen turned pitch black, meaning someone turned the television off. Roxas dropped his popcorn with shock and turned his head slowly, fire in his eyes but when he saw his girlfriend wearing something so nice, his eyes wanted to pop out, the fire was extinguished. "Whoa… I can't believe you're mine," he said, grinning. Namine blushed to her boyfriend's comment and walked over to him, sitting on his lap. He looked her up and down, then up again before placing a kiss to her lips.
"You dressed this nicely just for me? I'm touched…,"
Namine rolled her eyes and kissed him longingly, pushing him slightly back onto the couch as they shared an intimate kiss. His hands went to her back as she propped herself with her elbows, giving him quick kisses. "As much as I love kissing you, I have to go now,"
"Aww, where are you going? I was having fun," whined Roxas, smirking as he kissed her once more. Namine laughed and touhed the tip of his nose and got off him, smartening herself. "I'm meeting Marluxia. I told you about him remember?"
"Oh yeah,the pink haired dude in our grade last time. He was such a dork,"
"Roxas!"
"Sorry, just stating my thoughts. I'll miss you," he said , smiling slyly. Namine rolled her eyes and gave him a goodbye kiss. "I'll be gone for only one hour, not an eternity. Bye," and with those bids of farewell, she walked out the door, slamming it. Roxas wiped his forehead, shurugging the curiosity inside his mind. Get a grip, dude. She's just meeting some pink haired freak. Not getting another guy. Sheesh, stop missjudging her already!
Roxas tried to focus back to the game, turning the TV on. A professional skateborder on the show did a 180 flip but Roxas didn't even care. He was worried about Namine's loyalty. Why did she have to dress so nice just to meet some old friend? Hitting his head repeatedly for his distrustness, he picked a strand of his golden blonde hair and said,
"Maybe I should dye my hair pink… Nah!"
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Sora leaned on the door to his car as he hummed a tuneful melody, smiling. Today was going to be a grand day, apparently the weather agreed with him. The sun was up, birds flew by, clouds shaped nicely and the children running around. He was currently at the park since Kairi said she didn't want the gang to see her with him alone. She was cute when deppressed and tortured like that, it made Sora blush mentally.
This is not a date… It's umm… it's repayment! Yeah, that's it!
He decided to let his mind off the whole date system and focus to his humming. Beating beat on his laps, the keys to his car jiggled around inside. His head turned left then right again, catching a glimpse of any sign relating to the redhaired girl. Don't tell me she ditched me now… He checked his watch, the long hand pointed to 6 while the short to 2. Half past two and still she wasn't here. Kairi, to Sora, was never late and she was one who thought punctuality as important.
Just as he was about to call the young lady, his head shifted to the left and smiled when he saw a dolled up Kairi walking towards him with her genuine smile. How pretty she looked, thought the boy but he quickly shook his head and stepped a foot in front to go to her when he stopped. Something was wrong, very wrong. What was she doing, holding a young boy's hand? And both of them were smiling? He wrinkled his nose with suspicion and stomped towards them.
Kairi looked in front and frowned, her eyes fell left. Max saw this and clutched Kairi's hand tighter, making the redhaired girl look down to him. "KaiKai, what's wrong?" he asked with the sweetest voice he could muster. Kairi gave him a smile and held his hand, bracing for the insults and scoldings Sora was going to give her. She too began walking to him, the ten year old boy following beside her.
Both met at the middle of the pavement. Sora's blue orbs went lower to Max, who merely glared back. Kairi rolled her own eyeballs, releasing her grip to Max's hand and crossed them over her top. "Look, fishbreath, lets get this over with,"
"Wait a sec, who brought junior along?" asked Sora, indicating Max.
"I'm Max Winters and you're a mean OLD man!"
"Old? Who are you calling old?" asked Sora while poking Max.
"I'm calling you old! And stay away from KaiKai! She's my woman!"
"What?" asked the two teens together, Kairi raised her eyebrows with confusion. Max took Kairi's hand and held closely to it, burrying her face into her skirt. "KaiKai, this meanie is bullying me. Make him stop,"
"You little brat-!" snapped Sora, pulling out an arm to grab him but Kairi stopped the two. Giving a stern look towards him, she sighed. "Look, Rain had a date with Gippal today so she had no one to babysit Max here and you know how much Rain likes Gippal so I couldn't do this to her. I told Rain I could babysit Max. I'm sorry. If you want to let out your anger, do it on me, not on this innocent kid!"
"Innocent? Hello, redhead, today was supposed to be just you and me! It is called a date!"
"Look, we'll go on a date some other day but for now, I'm sorry but I have to fulfill my duty as a babysitter and take care of Max. If you want to follow, be my guest but don't expect full attention from me. Do I make my self clear?" asked Kairi, pointing her finger to his face. Sora gulped with nervousness and nodded in a hurry, fear of Kairi's dreaded rage. Kairi smirked to herself and took Max's hand, bending down to him. "Where do you want to go first Max?"
"I want to go to the zoo!"
"Okay, sounds fun. Lets go!"
Max jumped with joy, tugging Kairi's hand and began running away. Sora didn't know what to do. Either follow them and get annoyed by a ten year old or don't go and end up being curious of their day. He had at least three seconds to think. Thus, to the lack of time, he closed his eyes. I can't believe I'm doing this…
"Hey guys, wait up!"
Kairi hopefully turned around with a grin, Max scowling when he ran up to them. Sora heaved a deep breath, pouting and avoiding their gaze. "I was wondering… if I could follow…,"
"What's the magic word?" questioned Kairi teasingly. Sora rolled his eyes but she gave him a serious look. "Please?" he added. Kairi laughed hearing him say that and nodded. Max looked horrified, Sora giving him a smirk. Kairi walked over and took Sora's hand, taking Max's in the other and walked in between them.
"We're going to have so much fun!" she said, nearly jumping with eagerness. Sora and Max scoffed.
"Yeah, fun," they said in unison, sarcasm hinted.
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"Oh, and remember the time where Sora dumped paint all over Kairi's new shirt. You know, the Spice Girl's shirt you and her wore on that day?"
"Oh yeah," claimed Namine, chuckling. "She was so mad because the red paint wouldn't come off Scary Spice's face!" Marluxia and her then bursted into fits of laughters, chuckling the day away. It had been hours of them sitting there but Namine felt as though it were for a while. She checked her wrist watch and sighed. "Sorry, Marly. I have to go. Roxas will be furious if I'm not there to teach him violin," she said, standing up.
"Wait, Roxas… and you… are an item?" asked Marluxia, shocked but sounded slightly fake. Namine smiled and nodded, proudly of course. "We've been together for almost a year now,"
"Oh," said Marluxia, gritting his teeth but smiled weakly to her. "Never thought you would date Revene after all he did to you,"
"No, Roxas has changed. He's so sweet and adorable now. I feel so complete with him,"
"Yeah, good for you," said Marluxia, feeling a bit down, clenching his fingers into the wooden bench. Namine saw his change of mood and tilted to him. "Something wrong Marly? Not happy for me?"
"No, Namie. I am. Honestly. Go to him, Roxas is waiting oh and tell him I said hi,"
"Thanks, bye," and then, the pink haired teen watched as she ran off, hitting the bench. With his strength, the bench actually broke minorly, pieces of its wood broke into splinters and flew everywhere. "Just a little while more, Revene, and you're going to me miserable. I gurantee you it!"
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"Oh, look KaiKai! A monkey!" said Max, leaning on the rails. Kairi walked next to him and ruffled his hair, patting his head. "Yes, it's a monkey but a special kind. It's a chimpanzee," she explained. Max oohed with awe, his eyes bulged to the scenery. The surrondings made him astonished, amazed by little things even. The reptile house, bird aviary, everything was absorbed into his creative mind. Sora frowned behind them, not enjoying this at all. He was never an animal lover but for Kairi's sake, he had too.
"Let's go see the tiger's now!" said Max and ran from the railings but accidnetly tripped on his shoelace, stumbling and landing face first to the concrete below. Kairi quickly scurried to him, kneeling to see his condition. "Max, are you alright?" Max's face was wet with tears, brimming on his grey eyes. He covered his knee, crying out loud. Kairi took it off and saw that it was bleeding. She took out a handkerchief and wrapped it around his wound, tying it tightly.
"There, it'll get better soon okay?"
Max nodded and his sobbing began to decrease, smiling through the ears. Kairi gave him a kiss on the cheek to cheer him up and that did the job. He wanted to flutter with happiness, receiving a reward from his 'woman'. Kairi laughed and stood up, pulling the boy as well. He wobbled a bit and fell back dwon. Drained from all the walking plus the wound now. She tried helping him again but he ended up falling once more. He was almost on the verge of tears once more. Kairi tried her best to help him but he was too heavy for her to carry.
Just then, a pair of arms gabbed his sides and hoisted him up. Kairi looked up and saw Sora lifting Max up and putting him on his shoulders. "You stay put up there. I'll carry you," he said. Max nodded, clueless to why he was helping him. Kairi was too, staring at him blankly. Sora saw this and blushed. "What are you staring at redhead? Never seen me carry a kid before?"
"No, its just that… you're… he… you know what, never mind," she said, throwing her amrs in the air and walking ahead. Sora lifted his eyes up to see Max, who merely shrugged and hoisted his shoulders, indicating confusion. Both boys walked behind Kairi, trailing after her as they moved towards the feline's pad.
Upon reaching there, the foul stench of certain things filled their nostrils. Kairi wanted to throw out her lunch but the boys mangaed to ignore it and observe the growling lions and sleeping tigers. Kaiiri, holding her nose, stood beside Sora and leaned closer, gaping at how majestic the felines looked. She had never came close with them before so she leaned in closer, almost falling. Sora quickly grabbed her hand and pulled her back, both stumbled. Sora managed to maintain his figure while Kairi brushed her skirt from the filth.
"Thanks," she muttered, blushing to his touch. He scoffed and turned around, exiting the pad and walking out. Kairi cursed him for his ego and followed suit, rubbing the dirt off her clothes. The day was passed by with fun and joy. The trio went to the stables, the petting zoo, the barn and many more. Over the period of quality time together, Max and Sora began to bond. The young lad would constantly point to various creatures, ushering Sora to explain to him all about them. Sora would gladly do so, earning a laugh or smile from Max with him joining in as well. Kairi couldn't help but be proud of him. He was acting mature for once and was teaching good manerism and being an excellent example for Max.
Walking around and sightseeing must have worn Max out for he was now slumbering peacefully on Sora's shoulders. His hands sprawled over Sora's spiky locks, bending them down so he could use them as a pillow. Sora and Kairi were lazily walking around the front park of the zoo. It was still quite early and they had nothing better to do anyway. Kairi kept stealing small glances to the boy beside her as he lay expressionless. She bit her lip, wanting to ask the question on her mind that rang around her head the whole day.
"Hey Sora, of all things you could ask me to repay you with, why a date?"
Sora stopped dead in his tracks at this, marks of deep red were beginning to spread on his cheeks. "I-Its…umm…be-because…I… you know… umm…,"
"Yyess…?" drawled Kairi, dragging the words. Sora flushed and gave her a short glare. "Its just because okay! Why are you asking me such a stupid question, Miss Perfect?"
"Ugh, I just wanted to know okay? Sheesh, no need to get so worked up about it and by the way, your face is as red as a cherry. Maybe the sun's getting to ya,"
"Y-Yeah," replied Sora, relieved that Kairi couldn't tell between blushing and being red over the heat. "It's the sun. I'm feeling thirsty. Lets go to that icecream stand there," He pointed to a nearby stall with a pink umbrella coming out and streamers around the roof. Kairi saw this and thought icecream would be nice for such a nice and hot weather like then. She nodded eagerly, making Sora grin. A group of elderly women passed by the two, with Max sleeping on Sora. They looked at them with awe and one of them whispered, "They're such a young couple yet they're already married. Being parents at such a young age,"
"I know," whispered the other woman. "But they're so cute for each other and their son is adorable like his father,"
They bursted into fits of giggles and walked off. Kairi's once calm blue orbs widened with fear straight away. Hearing those women's words, her heart pace began to increase. Slowly, she lowered her eyes to her hands and was surprised.
She was holding Sora's hand.
What could be a worser situation? A blush and frown appeared on her face as she wanted to slip her hand away from him. But, she stopped. Smiling, she liked the feel of his skin contrast with her's. It fitted like a jigsaw puzzle. Plus, his hand was warm and it made her stomach do flips and her heart beat fast. Confused to this feeling, she let Sora hold her hand. Whatever this weird feeling that aroused in her body meant, she didn't care. It felt right and that was that.
They reached the enlarged stall, borders and sprinkles could be seen around the counter. The scent of peppermint and chocolate filled the space as the two teens approached it. Sora scanned the list that had the names of variuous icecream flavours and debated to what he should take. "Chocolate please," he said.
"Certainly," chirped the man, eyeing Kairi. "And what would this pretty little girlfriend of yours would like?"
Sora blushed to that statement, shaking his head. "She's not my girlfriend. She's just a friend," The man chuckled to their shock and turned to Kairi. "Sorry about that. Let me rephrase it. What would this pretty little friend of yours like?"
"Strawberry please," she muttered, embarassed to the man's comment. He nodded and proceded with the orders. Kairi shifted her eyes around, confused to the fact two people had seen Sora and her as an item. What, did they have an invincible sign over their heads that flashed the words 'We're an item'? This all shaked her brain too much. It left her lost and she felt as though she wasn't the only one thinking this. Turning to the teen beside her, she could see Sora, with Max on his shoulders, lost and blur as well.
"Here ya go. Treats for the two sweet kids," said the man, handing them their icecream delicacies. Sora took his and Kairi's as well, giving the both to her. He rummaged through his pockets, attempting to find his wallet but couldn't manage to retrieve it. Arching his eyebows, he dug deeply incase he missed it but alas, failed once more. Kairi saw his trouble and quirked closer to him. "Something wrong?"
"Yeah, my wallet, I thought I had it with me when I paid for the zoo tickets…,"
"Oh, you handed it to me remember? You said you were worried Max would steal it from you,"
"So, what are you waiting for? Take it out and pay already!"
"Hai, what is wrong with you? Can't you be more patient!" snapped Kairi, passing him the icecream cones and reaching her hand for her bag but to her surprise, she only caught air. Panicking, she looked to her shoulder and saw nothing. Her handbag that was supposed to be there was missing! Sora eventually realised this and groaned. "You lost your handbag?" he asked with an angry tone.
"N-No! I just… misplaced it, that's all!"
"Gee, your handbag suddenly had legs and ran off instead huh?"
"Stop blaming me! I feel stupid enough as it is…,"
"You feel stupid now? You don't feel stupidity. You are stupid, ya know that?"
"Just shut up! Us bickering like this won't get my handbag back. I'm going back to the zoo and try to find it. In the mean time, sit down and stay put," and with that, she ran off, leaving the two boys. Sora cursed under his breath, wanting to hit the girl's head but restrained himself. He told the man about their problem, who merely chuckled once more and understood, resuming back his work. Sighing, Sora took a tentaive lick on his treat and heard soft muffles coming above him. "Max, you awake?"
"You can put me down now Sora,"
The elder one did as told and laid Max down on a bench, smiling. "Sleep well?" he asked, receiving a nod from the yawning child. His head turned left then right and went back to face Sora. "Where's KaiKai?"
Sora rolled his eyes. "That ding dong clown forgot something and went back to search for it. Want icecream?"
Ax sleepily shook his head and rubbed his tired eyes. He smiled once more and was about to open his mouth and speak a few words or two before another voice interupted him. "Well, well, well, if it isn't the all awesome survivor kown as Sora. What? Decided to live again and become a hero once more?"
"What do you want Leslie?" asked Sora, hissing softly to the sight of the disgusting teen. Leslie merely laughed, sending chills down Sora's back. His beady eyes zoomed to Max, who himself had a scowl on his lips. "Who's the brat? Your apprentice of lameness?"
"What's it to you and what are you doing here? Arent you supposed to be in some chick's room and making out?"
"Whoa whoa whoa, language there Revene. Don't want that kid to follow your footsteps now would you?" He laughed again, making Sora clench his kncukles. The brunette couldn't just forget his past with Leslie. It was too much. Leslie looked around, searching for something and smirked. "Where's the lovely Kairi? Shame, I thought if you left this world I could take responsibility over her and get it on in my room. Wonder where she's sensitive at?"
"Keep you filthy hands away from her, you bastard!"
"What? Don't want to share your little whore?"
That was it, Sora was ticked. Pissed and angry. He stormed to Leslie and swerved a punch but the blonde managed to evade it and hit Sora at the face. He fell back, wiping the spit that came out and ran for another attack. Leslie went as well. Their fists collided and Leslie gave his knee to Sora's stomach. He spat out some blood, stumbling behind abrubtly. This isn't good, I haven't worked out and Leslie's beating my ass.
Before Sora could react, Leslie gave him a few jabs, not stopping. People were beginning to crowd and Max for once looked terrified. "Come on Sora! Kick his ass!" Max yelled, hoping to give Sora some support. Sora was wounded badly. Blood was trickling ddown his nose with a swollen right eye to weaken him more. Leslie wasn't finished though. "This is only half of what my real revenge will be. You'd think I'd forget the whole 'embarassing me at school' thing? Pfft, you know me," siad Leslie, cupping Sora's chin. "I keep grudges,"
Leslie sent Sora flying with an uppercut and smirked as Sora slided and banged to a wall. If he was in good condition, Sora would have fought back with more energy but being in coma had loosen his muscles and made his reflexes really slow. He couldn't help it. Falling to the ground, his limbs were sore and his body was shaking. He wanted to fight back, he had too. Or else, Max would be ashamed of him.
"You leave Sora alone!" yelled a voice. Sora's eyes widened as he lifted his head and saw Max on Leslie's back, biting his ear. Leslie began yelling like a lunatic and yelped around. He jumped on a foot with Max nibbling him and tried to get the kid off. He had an idea and went to a tree, turning around and banged the poor innocent child to a tree trunk. This was the last straw. Soea gritted his teeth and ran to Leslie, giving him the hardest punch he could muster.
Leslie's nose was bent after that but Sora had just started. Punches and jabs were thrown onto Leslie and laslty, he gave a kick to the blonde's head which sent him sliding face first on the concrete. Sora went up to him, slamming him to a nearby wall and readied his fist for another attack. "SORA! STOP!"
The brunette turned his head for a second, Leslie pushed him off. Running away, the blonde was soon out of sight. Sora wanted to call back but was stopped by Kairi hitting him on the head with her handbag. "You idiot! Do you realise what you've done?" asked the enraged girl, holding a dizzy Max by the hand. "Max got hurt and its all your fault,"
"It was an accident," claimed Sora, defending himself. "Leslie said something and it ticked me of and the next thing I knew, we were fighting,"
"Like I said, you're an idiot and inconsiderate and moronic and stupid and, and, and-,"
"KaiKai, he was only defending you," said Max, tugging on her skirt. Kairi looked down to him and smiled weirdly. "W-What?"
"That meanie called you a whore and as far as I know, that's a bad word so Sora wanted to defend you that's all,"
Kairi's eye bulged out as she looked to Sora, who had his eyes sideway and evading her gaze. Sora did that? For me? She sighed and bent down, checking Max. "Are you hurt?"
"No, but if you give me a kiss, my boo-boo's will all go away!"
Kairi gigged and gave a small peck to Max's cheek, who blushed afterwards. Sora scoffed and squinted his eye with pain. Was it logical to be jealous of a ten year old? Shaking his head, he lowered it and fiddled with his fngers. Max turned to him and smiled to Kairi. "KaiKai, give a kiss to Sora as well!"
"WHAT?" asked the two in unison, shocked to hear his request.
"He has more boo-boo's than me so you have to kiss him three times! One on the cheek, one on the forehead and one on his lips!"
Kairi stuttered at this and laughed nervously, pushing back a strand of her auburn hair behind her ear. Sora cleared his throat out loud, not even wanting to fight back. He had a blush creeping on his cheeks as well as Kairi as they avoided each other's stare. Max saw this and pretended to sob, making Kairi worry. "Please KaiKai? Do it for me?" he whined, giving a pout. Kairi tried to resist but it was no use. She had to make sure he was happy so she didn't get in any trouble with Rain and get her in trouble as well.
"…… fine……,"
Sora snapped out of his daze and looked to Kairi, shocked out of his wits. Kairi wanted to do this? He tried to hide his shyness but Kairi saw this and mumbled some words. Going towards him, she bent down and rolled her eyes. He looked to her with wonderous eyes, she could not reject him. With his swollen eye, she thought his blue orbs still looked magnificent and adored his confused exression. His lip slightly curled down and his lower lip was cut badly. A bruise was beginning to form on the upper lip while his nose had blood trickling down.
She broke out of her trance, closing her eyes and braced herself for utter torutre. Sora closed his eyes and awaited for the touch of horror. Her lips finally met his cheeks as it touched his aching skin. He wanted to hiss but not from pain but from tickleness. It felt itchy and he wanted that touch to remain there but she pulled away and trailed her lips to his forehead, giving it a soothing kiss. She could feel his breath turn rigid and fast for a brief second. Thinking she was making him uncomfortable, she pulled away and went lower, preparing for the worse.
Her lips met his upper lip in a chaste lip lock, brushing on top of them barely. She tried to be careful and not hurt his lip but he denied it and pressed his lips to hers. She didn't know what to do so she backed off. I can't do this… I'll only toy with him if I do it…
Standing up, she walked to Max and took his hand in hers, moving away. Sora lifted his eyelids slowly, dazed to what the feeling had caused him to do. He liked it. He still liked the feel of her against him after all they had been through. He had to admidt, it was getting constant. Sometimes, he thought it was just puppy love. But how could he even have the feel of love towards Kairi when he despised her name even. This made him wonder. Was he being true to his heart or was he just acting as a mere shell to his own intentions?
"Hey pigbrain! Hurry up or we'll be late for curfew!" yelled Kairi, ushering Sora to hurry. He only could snicker and stand up, limping towards the two. Max saw his pain and ran to the boy, holding his hand for support. "Let me help you Sora. I won't want you to beak your bone like an old man,"
"Shut it kid. I got no energy to play with you,"
"Aww, being grumpy already?"
Sora replied with a grunt, squinting with every step he took. The walk back was silent and upmost awkward. Sora would occasionally take glances to Kairi and was depressed to see her ignoring him. Did he do something wrong to cause her to be so distant? Annoyed by his care for her, he tried focusing on something else. Feeling a stare coming from below him, he looked down and saw Max, staring with his grey misty eyes. "What? Don't you know its rude to stare," said Sora, looking back ahead.
"Thanks for saving me,"
"It was nothing,"
"You're alright for an old man,"
"You're okay for a brat kid too,"
"I'm willing to do this,"
"Do what?"
"I'm willing to give up KaiKai,"
Sora stopped for a few seconds and resumed limping again. "What do you mean?"
"Well, even though she's the most beautiful girl in the whole wide world and deserves someone cute and adorable like me, I think you should take her. I'm giving her to you,"
"Pfft, what makes you think I want her?"
"I dunno. My sister does the same thing when she looks at Gippal and they say she's in love so I guess you're in love as well!"
"I am not!" Sora retorted, stubborn as always. "You're messing it big time kid. Me and redhead don't like each other. Never had, never will,"
"Maybe you don't," said Max and gave a chesire smirk to Sora. "But KaiKai does," Sora stopped this time with the most enthralled expression he could have. Was it true? Could it be that… … she…… NAH! Laughing to this, he ruffled Max's hair and continued limping with an oblivious Kairi daydemaing by his side.
"Sora, promise me you'll take care of KaiKai? Don't let anyone hurt her…," Sora looked back to Max and saw for once Max had on a serious exession. His eyebrows furrowed with the determined glint in his eyes. His lips carved to a straight frown and his face scrunched up. He stiffled his laughter the best he could and patted the boys black hair.
"You can count on me, buddy,"
Max grinned, showing his barely complete teeth as he held Sora's hand tightly and urged him forward, running towards the flower of his young heart.
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Ding-dong
"Coming!" chirped Kairi as she wiped her hands on a cloth and made her way to the hallway. Opening the door, she smiled upon seeing Rain with her date. By the smile on Rain's face, she could tell that she had had a fun time with Gippal. Satisfied that she had made Rain happy, she beamed to them. "Hey guys, had fun?"
"You could say that," whispered Rain, smirking slyly, giving a quick wink to her. "Did Max cause you any trouble?" Kairi reminsiced on that afternoon's events and smiled, displaying her pearly white teeth. "You could say he was helpful in a way,"
"That's good to hear, I think… Anyway, where is the little squirt?"
Kairi sighed and walked inside, calling them both in as well. The two entered and Kairi pointed to two sleeping figures on the couch. The couple's hearts melted to the scenery. There was Max, cuddled onto Sora's chest as the two slumbered peacefully and happily. Max's peaceful place suited Sora's dreamy state. Kairi just wanted to take a camera and snap a photo but not to show cuteness but to use it as blackmail on Sora…
"Well, we'd best be off. I have to get you home soon," said Gippal, carrying Max in his arms and waved Kairi goodbye. Rain used her fingers to give Kairi a signal saying that she was going to call her and tell her all about the date. Kairi giggled and nodded, closing the door after they left. She leaned back on the door, heaving a sigh. Must be good to go on a happy date. It had been awhile since she had been on one.
"What's the matter redhead? You look more sad than ever," said Sora in a drawling tone for he had just woke up. Kairi looked to him with a soft tone and walked over, flopping down on the sofa suit. "Have you ever been on a date after Fuu?" she suddenly asked, bringing the topic of Sora's dread. He sighed deeply and looked straight into her eyes. "Do I really have to answer that question?"
"Well, it is a question and all questions are meant to be answered!"
"Alright, no need to be snappy. To be honest… no,"
"But why not? I mean, you are pretty popular and I have to admidt for a frogface like you, there are still girls out there who think you're cute and all,"
He chuckled to that statement, sipping some of the coke he had in front of him. "Actually, I haven't found the right girl," Kairi raised her eyebrows with suspicison, turning her body to fully face him. "What is your kind of girl?"
"Why so curious?"
Kairi blushed, stammering to find an answer that would suit her situation. Should she tell him… how she felt? "I-I just… I just want to know okay? Just tell me already!"
Sora rolled his eyes to her impatience and cleaed his throat, his eyes looking up to the ceiling as his mind debated on the answer. "Well, she has to be socialized. No being shy and don't want to talk attitude. She also has to be sweet and has a very creative mind. Doesn't care when I do wrong, she'll always forgive me. Knows how to have fun and be responsible as well. Also has to be disciplined and knows how to ight back so that she can defend herself with words when needed. That's the girl I would like,"
Kairi was kind of awed to the fact that some of those characteristics belonged to her. Well, mainly all but she wouldn't be sure bcause that was just he opinion. Fiddling with her slender fingers, she tried to avoid his gaze that was stuck to her. He smirked a sly one and took another sip, his right leg on top of his lef thigh. "That girl… she's lucky," He heard her mumble, turning to her afterwards. "What?"
"I said… the girl… that you want to date… she's lucky,"
Sora leaned closer to her. "Why do you say that?"
"Be-because… you're … a really… cool guy… and all…,"
"Why do you sound so insincere with your words?"
"Okay, fine! You're the perfect guy to date alright? There, I said it! Happy?"
Soa smiled and leaned in much closer, pressing his hands to the couch and crawling up to her. Kairi saw this and her eyes widened, looking to Sora suspiciously. "W-What are you-,"
"Ssh," muttered Sora, placing his finger to her lips and tracing it along her jawline and cheeks. "You said, the girl I would date is lucky right?"
Kairi nodded with her shocked expression remaining on her face. Sora grinned more.
"Consider yourself lucky then,"
Her heart pace increased at those words and her body shook with eager. Was he going to say those words? He cupped her cheek with his palm and stroked it softly, as though absorbing her as slowly as he could. His grin still there, his gentle eyes gazed straight to her widened ones. With his heart pace increasing as well, he used his other hand and held hers, placing it near his heart.
"Kairi Sodanomi, wi-will you g-go out wi-with m-me?"
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Well, there ya go! Told ya it sucked but I tried my best! Sorry if it really sucked for you. I'll try to think of something more creative okay? Next chapter, will Kairi accept his proposal and if she does, how will the date go? Find out! Oh, and please review! Today's my brithday so at least send me a review as a birthday present for me. It would mean so much of you gave me a present since I didn't get anything from my parents yet and my mum is having a fight with me so she didn't wish me at all so be a good sport and send a review to wish me and comment my fic or anything. Just review! So, to make me happy and get the next chappie up, review, review, REVIEW!
P.S: Thanks Jezie and Marissa a.k.a KHKaiNamiFan and Anais05 for sending me birthday wishes! You rule!