A/N: Sorry guys. .Started this at the beginning of winter and ended it at the semi-beginning of spring. ;
Ice or Cream?
"Kairi what are you getting?"
"Chocolate mint!"
"Ew! That's a worst flavor!"
"I'm getting bubblegum!"
"Same! Love that stuff"
"What about you Paine?"
"Vanilla"
Sora looked out the window of the front seat on the passenger side, feeling a little uncomfortable around the bouncy girls. Cloud spoke often with the girls who were chatting animatedly about flavors.
"Do you come to this place often?" Cloud asked.
"Yeah! My sister's the manager!" Olette answered.
"Really? Discount?"
"Of course!!" They all said in unison.
Cloud grinned at the girls and continued down the road.
"So Sora" Rikku said catching his attention "What are you getting"
Sora remained quiet then answered.
"I'm not sure"
"Well, you should get something like…like, double chocolate fudge supreme!"
Sora raised and eyebrow and guess that this was the reason the girl was so peppy. He nodded and once again looked out the window.
"Well I think that he should try the poprock sundae!" Selphie said.
"Nah how 'bout Dicile ice? (Was my favorite at Baskin Robins!)"
Sora yawned and his eyes began to droop. The girls voices began to slur and soon Sora drifted off to sleep.
Six year old Sora sobbed on the couch of the living room holding the gash on his cheek which was starting to stop bleeding. Selene was in the kitchen talking frantically to her husband about what had just happened.
"Mom? What's wrong?" Cloud said walking into the kitchen holding a gameboy.
"It's nothing Cloudy! Go play with your sister"
"But I don't wanna play with Namine"
"Please Cloud" His mother pleaded.
Cloud sighed dejectedly and walked out of the kitchen.
"As I was saying, honey I think Sora's a psychic!"
"Selene, I think you need to lay down. You were hallucinating" Sora's father comforted his wife on the other line.
"…Your right…I'll…go take a nap" Selene sighed and held her head.
"That is honey, I'll be home in a few hours okay?"
"Alright"
"Love ya. Bye"
Sora hugged his knees and continued to cry. He felt so scared, what was happening.
"Please" Sora found himself saying "Help"
"You shouldn't cry"
Startled, Sora looked up and gasped.
"Who are you?" He said to the figure in front of him.
Someone was giggling. No wait not someone a lot of someones.
"He's so cute!!"
"Don't wake him up! He's just to cute!"
"Too bad"
There was the a bunch of 'aww's when Sora was shaken roughly. Sora opened his eyes groggily and looked around. Everyone was staring at him with smiles on there faces.
"Wha?" Sora said rubbing his eyes and yawning.
There was silence then the girl erupted in squeals and whispers. Sora winced at the volume and turned to his brother.
"Oops" He said with a small grin.
Cloud chuckled and opened the car door. Sora and the girls copied him and stepped out of the car. Sora steached and sighed.
"I love powernaps" He said contently as he felt rejuvenated.
"Ice cream time!" Selphie cried.
Kairi grabbed Sora's wrist, which caused Sora to wince.
"Come on Sora! I love this place!"
"Mmmm! Yummo!!" Yuffie cried jumping up and down. "I love ice cream!"
"No kidding" Riku sighed.
"Sit down Yuff" Leon sighed
"Or go run a lap" Axel snickered as he watched multiple people come and go with ice cream of all flavors. "It'd do you some good"
"But I can't!! I want to eat my ice cream!"
"Can't you eat and run at the same time?" Axel asked.
"Last time she did that she ended up choking on the spoon" Leon smirked.
"Hey! That was just once!" Yuffie protested.
The males began to laugh at the flustered female. Only one noticed a brunette with sad blue eyes silently eating a popular flavor of ice cream.
"So I was like, oh my god! How could she do that?"
"I know! It was so out there!"
"She's so weird!"
"I heard she has a crush on James!"
"James?!"
Sora licked his chocolate cookie dough cone lazily not interested in one word the hyper girls were saying. Instead he watched with half interest Cloud flirting with a girl working in the ice cream store. Laugh, flirt, blush, repeat. Laugh, blush, flirt, repeat. An ongoing cycle. What a bore.
Sora looked down at his pocket which held the folded map to get to his house. Why not walk home? He need the get to know the landscape anyway.
With this thought Sora rose from the bench, causing Kairi to look over at him.
"You leaving?" She said. She sounded a little sad.
After a pause Sora replied.
"Yeah. I still haven't had time to check out what around here" He said sheepishly.
"Oh…'kay. Do you want me to walk with you?"
"Nah. You have fun with your friends here"
"Oh" Kairi looked sadly down at her lap.
Sora cringed. He didn't mean to upset her.
"Um….How 'bout I visit you tomorrow? You can show me around this place better"
"Really?!" Kairi said snapping her head up.
"Sure" Sora said a uncomfortable with the girls eagerness.
"Ok! Byebye Sora! See ya!"
"See ya soon Kairi" Sora said with a wave.
Kairi smiled widely and nodded. Sora turned towards the way they had come and began to walk.
"'Scuse me" Axel said standing up.
"Where you going?" Leon said without much interest.
"No where"
"Translation: 'I found another victim'" Riku snickered.
"You know me too well" Axel grinned slyly.
"Don't scare him to much"
"Ciao" Axel said with a wave.
'This is pretty good' Sora thought as he stared down at the map. 'Wait…right? Or maybe….Left…Left is not as good as right…Am I holding this the right way?'
Sora fiddled around with the map, turning it upside down then upright again and then to the side.
"Hee, your lost Sora"
'No I'm not'
"Oh yes you are"
'Shut it'
'Ever since we were little you never had a good sense of direction"
'Shut it..' Sora thought angerly.
'Such a temper Sor-sor'
"DAMN IT A-"
"Lost?"
Sora went ridged. Turning quickly to see the owner of the voice, his eyes went wide. There stood a man almost twice as tall as him with red hair and piercing green eyes.
"I can understand if you are, I mean if your new to the area I guess its really easy" Axel grinned slyly.
"N-no, I'm not lost…Just a little off course"
"Ah, than let me show you the way"
"N-no! That's ok!" Sora looked down at the map.
Sora took a left and started to walk. Axel watched him with amusement, and rolled his eyes as Sora paused and turned around and walked past him.
"Where are you going?"
"None of your business" Sora said coolly.
"Owch, so icy" Axel followed the boy. "You know, I can fix that"
"Ah, I don't think its something you can change" Sora said walking faster.
"Oh, but fire is all you need to melt ice"
"Uh-huh" Sora said blandly as he looked at the map and the signs.
The taller male looked over his shoulder and saw the star where Sora's home was.
"Take a left" Axel suggested.
"Oh, t-thanks" Sora turned to that direction.
"Yeah know kiddy, you live near a friend of mine"
"T-that's nice" Sora said still very uncomfortable.
"I'll be your guide for the time being"
"N-n-"
"Yes, I insist" Axel said pushing Sora the right way.
"O-Okay, that's all that matters"
Oh, the joys of acquaintanceship.
A/N: Wow, that took less time than I thought it would! Cheers. The bold is there for a reason.