Wow… it's been a LONG while….. I'm really sorry about that- this chapter was INCREDIBLY HARD TO WRITE. I have like 6 drafts…. But that's no excuse- I'm very sorry :) forgive me? Anyway- I hope you enjoy!

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The Great Escape

Previously:

"Sora….i think... It would be better if we remained friends."

Sora's POV:

After Kairi left, I kind of felt like I'd opened my eyes for the first time. I'd been like someone who had been asleep for a long time, and I'd opened my eyes, and now my eyes had focused and I could see properly. I could see what I'd done.

What had I been doing?

I'd been an idiot, that's for sure. I'd been infatuated with her, with Kairi, thinking that for the past few weeks, she'd liked me back. Id flirted with her, thinking she flirted back.

But she probably hadn't seen it that way at all. It was the only explanation for what had just happened. I'd kissed her; she broke it off, and ran away. Leaving me here, with my pride- and feelings- trampled in the sand.

How could I… how could I be so forward? God, even Selphie at her worst stalker moments hadn't been half as bad id been these past few weeks. How had I become so different these past few weeks?

I couldn't believe what an idiot id been. I had been so sure, so sure that I hadn't even bothered to question her feelings, even wondered that she might not like me that way.

But she didn't.

One again, my stupid overconfidence had one over my common sense. Well, that wouldn't happen again.

I do what Kairi wanted. I'd be her friend. That is, if she really wanted me to be. There was no way I was giving up on Kairi. My feelings- however new- were strong.

But there was one thing that really got to me- when Kairi had said – about being friends; she had seemed almost… scared. And, in her eyes, it was like she had seen something, something that she didn't want to recognise.

What was it that she had seen in me?

Kairi's POV

I don't really know what I was doing. After I had said that to Sora, I'd ran, as fast I could. But I hadn't been running away from Sora. I liked Sora. But… I felt afraid. Sora reminded me of him. And the happiness I had initially felt back then. I had been running away from Sora, like I did with all problems. Like I had run at the start of this summer, with my parents from Radiant Garden. I didn't like facing those memories- they had haunted me for too long, and I didn't want to turn back, and deal with those things. I was dealing with them in my own way. By putting them in a box in my mind, tightly sealed and tucked into the corner of my memory, where bad things were banished, from the forefront of my mind.

My parents had taken me away from Radiant Garden to escape those things. We never talked about it- I didn't want to and they didn't either. Destiny Islands was our escape from the last year and a half.

I walked listlessly along the beach, until I found myself back where the others had been. Only Naminé remained there now, in the tranquil spot. The others were off partying, and I could see some of them swimming, and Sora… I pushed him out of my mind. The lanterns had created a soft glow everywhere and Naminé was eating marshmallows by the roaring driftwood fire, sipping on a can of Pepsi. Grabbing one myself, I settled down beside her, and tried to act as if nothing was wrong.

"Oh, hey Kairi!" Naminé said, smiling at me. Gesturing with her hand she asked, "Do you want some food?" then she looked at me in the eyes, and her expression softened even further.

"Are you Okay?"

I swallowed, trying to dislodge the lump that had appeared in my throat, and I blinked away the tears that had sprung. "Not really," I replied my voice cracking and betraying me.

Naminé looked at me then, concern apparent, and linked her arms around me in a warm, comforting hug.

"You can talk about it you know. I'll listen" she said.

But could I really? I hadn't ever told anyone this, only my parents and that was weeks after it had happened. They only noticed it when I started to be reluctant to go out, my and his strange actions. Could I tell Naminé? I wanted to- God knows I did. This secret constantly weighed on me, whenever something reminded me of him or it.

I took a deep breath, and looked at her, her eyes colored with concern.

"You might not want to know" I said but I pressed on.

And I told her.

Xxx

You can't hide that you're a little confused, I know that.

Ill set you free from your dream that confines you

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