Sora's POV

"Last one in is a rotten egg!" Naminé shouted as she ran towards the water.

"Hey, no fair!" Roxas yelled after her, struggling to take his shirt off and follow her.

I glanced over at Kairi. She looked good in her bikini, but the look on her face suggested it would have been better if I wasn't there. Still, could be worse.

"What's that?" Kairi asked me, pointing at the top of the tree that was bent horizontally which she lay on.

"Huh?"

"That fruit up there."

I glanced at it. "Oh, that. It's called a Paopu Fruit. Legends said that two people who shared a Paopu Fruit would have their destinies bound forever. They used to use them in marriage ceremonies."

Kairi was staring at me. I could tell that she was wondering how I knew this.

"My mom told me about it. She's a big believer in the legends about the Paopu Fruit," I continued.

"Right." She sounded a bit dubious.

"I'm not, if that's what you're wondering. I'm not a romantic kind of person."

"Neither am I, really," Kairi said.

"Have you told her yet?" Roxas asked me when he and Naminé came back from the water.

"Told me what?" Kairi asked.

My brother looked at me. "Seriously?"

"What?" I said innocently.

Roxas sighed. "Fine, I'll tell her and Naminé. There's a big festival coming up. It's called the Way to the Dawn Festival. Our band's gonna be playing there. We were wondering if you wanted backstage passes."

"You have a band?" Naminé asked.

I picked it up from there. "Yeah. We're called the Scattered Memories. Roxas is on guitar, his friend Axel plays bass, while Riku's our drummer."

"What about you?" Kairi wanted to know.

I blushed. "I…well, I…uh…"

"Sora's our lead singer," Roxas finished.

"You sing?" Kairi asked.

I blushed harder.

"Sure, we'll come."

"Cool," Roxas said. "See you there."

"When is it?" Naminé asked.

"Day after tomorrow."

"Great."

Kairi's POV

As we went home from the beach, I glanced back at the horizontal tree, and saw Sora leaning on it; staring at the star-shaped fruits he'd called 'Paopu Fruit'.

"Kairi?" Naminé asked.

"Huh?"

"You zoned out for a minute there. You looked like you were staring at Sora."

"I was not!" I protested mildly. But I was lying.

Maybe he's not so bad after all, I though. I do like guys that can sing.