File 24: What's Past Is Prologue » Volume 1
Sorry for my long absence guys. Unlike the previous chapters, this one hit a dead end because I did not know what to write and what scenes should be in this chapter. I wrote this chapter on and off at the most oddest times.
In exciting news, File 25 will NOT be the last chapter. File 28 will be the LAST one. Before, I was going to transfer the ones I planned to volume two but I thought it wouldn't go smoothly. Volume two is set to take on a new story that is not related to Heartless or Nobodies.
Lastly, thanks for the reviews you guys!
Genre: Adventure/Romance
Disclaimer: The following characters of "Secret Agent Kairi" are from the video game, Kingdom Hearts. Square Enix and Disney rightfully own them. The setting-taking place in the story is original also and does not exist anywhere in Japan. The story, plot, and maybe some original characters are under my name. There will be some references to the game. Don't attempt to copyright.
Prom night sure lives up to its title of the drama that follows after. Issues have started to arise now for Kairi and Sora because he felt like she ditched him on prom for no reason. Roxas and Namine may have made amends, but she still is a mute while Riku begins to feel the jealously inside him start to hurt him thinking that Roxas may get a chance on having her back more than as a friend. Cloud and Aerith are not on good terms with each other after what she had told him about their feelings for each other, and a worried Aqua starts to think about what Ven had said about their son, Roxas.
Kairi, Aerith, Cloud, and Zack come home after prom. The whole car ride back was utter silence and it is like you could feel the tension in the air. Kairi opens the door to the living room seeing Yuffie and Hoshi already caught sleeping next to each other with the television on. She wished she were calm and peaceful like them right now because she just feels awful right now. She just goes up the stairs and into her room closing the door. She gets out her cellphone to call Sora and takes a seat on her bed. She continues to hear it ringing for him to answer, but it goes straight to voicemail. She just hangs up the phone and throws it by her side deciding to change her clothes now.
Aerith picks up the remote on the coffee table and turns off the television deciding not to disturb Yuffie and Hoshi in their slumber. She saw Yuffie turn around a little but still remained asleep except Hoshi got up and got off the couch. He stared at the two adults in front of him and leaves the area going into the hallway. Later, Yuffie slowly opened her eyes taking in a yawn and stretching her arms. "Back already?" she said groggy. "How was the prom?"
"Oh it was fine," Zack replied. "Can you go up to your room Yuffie? Please."
"Okay, I was going there anyway," she said getting off the couch and going up the stairs to her room. Aerith did not feel good and Zack picked it up that feeling.
"Aerith, what is going on between you and Cloud?" he asked shocking Aerith. When did he know about it? "I saw you two dancing with each other. Have you've been seeing him?"
"What? O-Of course not. We are just friends and co-workers. Nothing is going on between us," she denied.
"Don't lie to me," Zack said crossing his arms. "I have been gone long enough and I deserve to know what else is going on here."
Kairi came out of her room wearing a sky blue tank top with a white—pink pajama shorts but stopped to hear her mom speak about the current issue she is having. She walks to the railing slowly to get a glimpse of the scene playing in front of her. Her mom said, "Well, it's just… I finally had someone to lean on when we came here. He watched us more than just playing someone who is just working. Cloud even taught her how to drive and that helped her that one time on her first car chase."
"So what? There is something there Aerith!" he snapped at her. Kairi did not want to see this go any further. Is this what it feels like for a kid or teenager to see their parents fight? She did not know what to feel or whose side she should be on. Anyways, she still continued to watch her parents fight.
"You just came back into our lives Zack! There hasn't been anything in develop for old flames to start again. You have been gone on and off to catch up and learn the changes in this modern age. It's not like we have time for ourselves except here at home." Aerith just let out a big sigh stressing over this conversation. "Can we not do this right now?" she asked politely heading for the stairs. "I am really tired."
"Fine, I will follow you because so am I," Zack replied following her.
Cloud slides the door open turning on the lights to change his clothes. He takes off his tux one by and all of it off except his striped boxers revealing his toned body and puts on light blue v-neck shirt. He comforts himself on his warm blanket bed when Hoshi comes in the room and lies down next to him, petting him. "Do you think may be it is time I should leave?" He heard Hoshi whine. "Nah, maybe not." Next thing he heard was Aerith and Zack bickering with each other. He could not clearly hear their voices, but he still could hear the two, not like he cared anymore.
He sighed and did not know what to think, so he grabs his cellphone on the nearby table. When grabbed it, he accidentally knock down a picture frame that had him with Aerith, Kairi, and Yuffie together looking like a family. He heard the glass crack when it hit the ground, but did not bother picking it up. He just turns on the screen and started to dial a number.
He waited for an answer and said, "Hi… um, I need someone to talk to."
"I wanted you to be happy," Roxas told her staring into her eyes.
Namine abruptly opens her eyes and sits up on her bed. The events from that very night came back to haunt her in her sleep but why now? After making up with Roxas, it started to happen, although she never really forgave him about the whole thing and she didn't plan to, but only forget it ever happened. Is this a sign for something? One thing for sure is that she can't trust him at this moment or ever. Namine gets out of her bed and walks to her windows that gave a view of the city. The blue moon light shines down on her and it made her feel better. Namine puts her hand on the window and saw her dim reflection in the window. Then she saw her birthday present Roxas gave her.
She turns around to look at it still sitting there on the floor by her bed. She still never opened it and wondered what he gave her. It was a complete mystery and yet she can solve it by just going to it and opening the present to what is inside. She did not know as she just stares at it.
~ Secret Agent Kairi ~
School is in session and everybody is in their homeroom class in the morning. Finals are coming up next month but the students of Tsuki High do not bother to study right now because it is only a month away while some are studying inside class. "Alright kids!" Ms. Shimuzu yelled. "April is ending soon and we need to hit the books! Finals are coming up and—" Soon, the hyper active teacher toned down her mood and voice noticing that her students did not care about it. "You don't care do you guys?"
"No," the class replied in a dull tone.
"Never mind then," she said standing up into a lazy position on the class podium flipping through her fashion magazine. "Just do whatever because that was my job today as a homeroom teacher. I know you guys are smart, so yeah."
Kairi is sitting in her desk in a daze thinking about Sora and their relationship. How is she going to fix a relationship that is totally unstable and on the brink of collapsing? Actually, she is wondering what do you do when a relationship hits rock bottom. Namine's shows came to her mind but she also questions if it even works. Later, she decides to give it a go and ask Namine if she can come over to watch some of her shows today.
Her mind set back to reality when her teacher yelled, "Roxas! You're late!" Kairi turned to the door to see her friend in his uniform carrying his backpack and a binder on his side.
"I'm sorry, I had, uh… stuff to take care of first," he said as an excuse. "My friends dropped me off."
"Just take a seat anyways," their teacher told him. "Not like I take attendance. Now let me go back to reading to what is today's style in this modern world." Roxas just gave her a strange look and walked to his desk that is next to Kairi, taking a seat in it.
"Hey Kairi, are you going to Nami's house today?" he asked. Kairi's eyes lit up.
"Funny thing that you asked," she said. "I am planning to ask her if she can because Yuffie is caught in senior related stuff and I need some inspiration on how to fix my relationship with brother."
"Oh yeah, I heard what happened cuz' he went to me for comfort to talk about you two," he replied.
"Any positive things about me?" she asked. Roxas did not give an answer but gave an 'uhhh' look hoping she would move on to another question. "There is nothing nice is there?" she speculated.
"No, not really. My brother is pretty upset about you blowing him off lately, but, I don't want to take sides because you are also my friend Kairi and…" Roxas stopped to take a look at Olette but she turned her back on him. "Just you."
"So…" Kairi said thinking about another subject the two should discuss and one came up due to Tsuki Girl's blog the day after prom. Suddenly, she got her binder that was on her desk and hits Roxas with it.
"Hey! What was that for?" he snapped.
"How come you never told me about you and Nami? That is big news!"
"I thought Namine told you about it by now."
"Actually, she didn't tell me, but I am not going to hit her cuz' she is my friend."
"And am not!" he said feeling offended. "I just said you are."
"Yeah but, Nami is my friend and besides, you're a guy," she told him patting him on down to his biceps and triceps grabbing it firmly. "You can take a hit or two!" Kairi then noticed something. "When did you start training? I can feel your muscles now. Before, you were just scrawny and—"
"Okay, I get it and I have been training with my new friends lately during my absence from the group."
"Hey look, not all of us hate you," she informed him. "You still can… just make sure you are with me so no one ends up hurting you." Roxas just scoffed. "Then there is Riku who probably hates you the most and could beat up for what you did to Namine."
"Please Kairi, do not bring up the past of that night."
"It's alright Roxas and I understand. I truly do forgive you for what happen because that is what friends are for. Kind of wishing right now you should be my brother instead of Sora."
Roxas gave her smile feeling grateful and said, "And you can be the sister I never had even though I have one coming in August." The two just laughed and Roxas had the feeling relief to her that because no one did say that to him for what he did. He was happy Kairi did, but the one he wanted to hear it from was Namine because she never really did give a response. Sure she can't talk but she can give a sign she did.
"Oh, you know what, I adopt you as my little brother!" Kairi told him excited.
"Fine big sis—hey! I'm older than you!" he spattered as Kairi just laughed in amusement.
Aerith is in the backyard doing some gardening picking through dirt and planting some seeds inside the soft soil. The sun shines down on her and no clouds came to her aide to block out the heat the sun was sending down. Luck enough; she had one of those hats gardeners worn to avoid skin cancer.
"You know, we should go on a date again," Zack said out of the blue.
Aerith looked up to see her husband standing by the open doorway. "Tonight or right now?" she asked and he nodded. Aerith got up grabbing her supplies and walks to the hose, turning it on to water her plants. While she gives the plants some water, she tells Zack, "We haven't had a date in years. It sure is going to feel weird when we do."
"Sooo… is that a yes?" Aerith gave him a nod. "Alright, I'm going to think about what are we going to do on this date because I do not know what we should do." Aerith just gave him a smile and he left leaving her with her plants. She turns the handle to turn off the water and puts away the hose. She takes off her gloves and puts away her supplies to head back inside the house. She is about to go to the fridge for a snack until she heard someone buzzing in from the gate. "I wonder who that could be," she said to herself.
Aerith goes on over to the panel with also a speaker to check who it is. She presses the button and speaks, "Who is it?"
"Who else silly?" a familiar voice said, which got Aerith excited as she presses another button to open the gate. She walks on over to the front door and waits for the person to come in. Aerith goes into the hallway and sees Tifa appear in front of her. "Hey Aerith!"
"Tifa!" she called out hugging her. "What brings you back to Tsuki?"
"I called her," a voice said. The two women turn to see Cloud dressed like he is going somewhere.
"You… called her?" Aerith asked.
"Yep," he replied getting next to Tifa. "I called her like after the night of the prom and she said she would be happy to come back here on Monday, which is today."
Aerith just looked at the two thinking if they are going out on a date. "Are you two… going out on a date?" she asked. She kind felt jealous, but at the same time she felt relived to have Cloud move on to someone else and Tifa is a great person for him. She did not know why or how when the two haven't really interacting with each other much. "Sorry, it's just… Tifa came here for you?"
"Yes. I think we established that Aerith cuz' after all, we are just friends." Aerith picked up what he meant by that last sentence referring to him and her. "Come on, let's go."
"Okay. Bye Aerith." Tifa waved her a goodbye as both her and Cloud leave the house. There was some doubt in Aerith but she decides to shrug it off her shoulder and had to think about the date she is going to go on with Zack. She felt like a complete teenager at this time until she heard the phone ringing. "Now I wonder who that is."
The school bell rings and it is time for recess. Kairi gets her stuff from her locker and her bag leaving, but stopped almost forgetting about Olette. "Olette, I'm going to meet up with Roxas. Do you wanna come with?" She knew she still hates Roxas and did not like the fact she was hanging out with him, but she always gave it a try.
Of course, the usual answer is, "No thanks Kairi," Olette replied. "I am busy trying to get this job at this fashion magazine. You know that."
"Come on Olette, everyone is slowly forgetting about this whole Roxas—Namine thing. It is old news and you two have been friends for a long time. I am sure you two had worser days."
"Not as bad as that one," she replied walking pass her and leaving the room. Kairi just sighed following suit thinking Roxas is already outside waiting for her. She gets to see him and Olette brush past him carrying her usual stuff.
"Still nothing huh?" he replied.
"No," she said in a sad tone. "But you have to trust me on this. She will come around just like me." Kairi her hand on his shoulder as the two look at their brunette friend leave the two. Later, the two see Namine, alone, coming to them. First they see her and Olette wave at each other and later continue on. The two walk towards her and got a clearer glance of her still holding her writing board. Kairi just sighed and said, "She still has that darn board. I wish she would talk again because I miss her voice."
"And I don't see that guy she is always with," Roxas added putting a smirk on his face and Kairi started to be skeptic about it.
"No! Don't tell me… do you happen to have—"
"Hey Namine!" Roxas interrupted avoiding what she was about to say, giving her a hug. "How you've been?" She just gave him her usual facial expression of joy holding onto her board with both hands. "Judging from your expression, I can tell you has been good." Then the three started to walk together.
"Nami, can I come over to your house today? You see, I want to study those TV shows you watch where the girl tries to get her relationship with her bf right on track."
"Kairi, really?" Roxas said giving her an abnormal look. "Remember whatever is portray on TV can't really happen in real life. I also highly doubt my brother would want anything to do with you. Just give him some space."
"Yeah, but, prom night did end on a good note. And beside, you're his brother and I'm your bro—sis—friend I mean. Help me for pete's sake!" Kairi pleaded shaking him. Namine's eyes just went wide from her friend's actions.
"Okay!" Roxas gave in but Kairi didn't stop. "Stop shaking me around now!" Kairi stopped and he continued saying, "I will see what I can do. Until then, just remain calm please." Roxas then looked at Namine. "Oh yeah, can I come over too Namine? Just to hang out." Namine gave a nod. "Thanks."
"Roxas, can you go on without me because I have a question here for Namine," she told him, however he did nothing but stared at Namine. She just made a few blinks and finally said, "Alone."
"Right! Sorry," he said scratching the back of his head. "I will see you two around."
Kairi gave a goodbye and immediately turned her heel to face her blonde mute friend. "Namine, did you really will you ever forgive Roxas? I heard you did not."
Namine gave a distress look and wrote: No… I just want to see him happy. That's all.
"Namine…" Kairi said in a soft sad tone. "Don't do this just because he did the same thing to you. That is what drove you two away. Making the other one happy with no feeling at all and giving the other false signals. It's just not how it should be because I hate to you and him in this state knowing what is really going on. Do you still have feelings for him?" Namine look down to write on her board but it was not the respond Kairi was looking for. Instead, she wrote: Look, Sora is coming your way.
Kairi turned around and shouted, "Sora!" He just looked at her and turned away. "Guess he is still mad at me" Namine just gave her a hug from the side and Kairi just smiled. "I know. I just gotta give it some time. And for you, I suggest you got to our principal. Why do you ask? Because I know she can help. Our school counselor sucks at giving advice and she used to be a student here. Think about, kay Namine." Her friend just nodded.
~ Secret Agent Kairi ~
Rinoa sits at her desk looking at the computer typing in stuff and looking back down and her paper. She has been repeating this process for a quite a while getting wrapped up about the renovations of the school especially changing the system to match with other high school around Japan. Except how school starts and end stays the same because it would be a hassle for the kids to start in April of next year when they are about to end their school year. It is just so frustrating for her until she heard a knock on her door. "Come on in," she called out still looking down on some papers. She heard the footsteps approaching and looked up to see Namine. "Hello Namine. Do you need something?"
Namine wrote: Can I talk to you?
"Sure," Rinoa accepted feeling relived. "Anything to get me out this heck of a mess. So what is it? Is it about Roxas?" Namine titled her head. Was she psychic? "Sorry, its just, I talked to him a few months back about you two's situation. By the way, how is that going?" she asked crossing her arms on her desk.
Namine erased her board and wrote: Everything is going good. We are on good terms… sort of.
"Sort of? What do you mean?" Rinoa did not mind she had to wait for one of her students to write a message. What bother her though was that Namine hasn't talk in months. Later Namine revealed her message and Rinoa read them aloud: I am having hard time to truly accept him back into my life after what happen. Soon, something stung inside as a memory flashes back into her head of the after-prom party back in her teenage years. She had the girl Leon was dating yelling at her and the students of Tsuki High attacking her verbally when one guy throws a drink in her face. The one thing she most remembered when she said, "Screw all of you!" to them. Rinoa snaps out of thoughts and back on Namine. "Sorry, I just had this weird feeling."
Namine looked at her principal wondering what is going on judging by her face. It did not seem good. Finally, Ms. Heartilly spoke up saying, "Anyways, just be around him for the time being and see where it goes from there. Don't try to avoid him." Namine just nodded in agreement. "Like I did before," she last muttered.
Cloud and Tifa walk in the park holding some coffee in their hands discussing some things. Cloud thought it felt great to have Tifa around since he felt kind of left out in the family he is in. He needed someone to rely on and to talk too. He was thinking Kairi at first but he knew she had teenage problems and did not want to give her even more especially if it involved her mom and dad. "So what are you going to do now?" Tifa asked.
"I have no clue, but I do want to stay around and be there for them."
"Just get more involved with them. Aren't you in a close relationship with Kairi more than Aerith?"
Cloud just smiles and said, "Yeah, that's true. I do like having her around and she always did come to me when she needed help before Zack came. To me, she still is like the daughter I never had." That is one thing he has over his friend Zack. His relationship with Kairi is like father-daughter since they first moved here. Zack, he has been gone for a long time.
"Well start now! I may be Aerith's friend but this can be my first successful matchmaking mission. I had some in high school but they failed miserably."
"Now I'm kind of worried here. Did by any chance, one of them end up getting hurt and someone had to go to the hospital?"
"Now! It wasn't my fault! That girl was psychotic!" Cloud just left jaw dropped and Tifa tried to return to her normal self. "Ahehehe, sorry." Suddenly, Tifa had an idea as a light bulb just lighted up above her head. "Which reminds me! Kairi does not have a godfather Cloud. You can ask Aerith to be one! I for one am her godmother," she said feeling proud.
"Godfather? I thought Leon occupied that job or at least I assumed he did."
"Aerith choosing Leon as a godfather? Please Cloud. Do not make me laugh. Do you really think she would want him as her godfather?"
"Hmm, now that you put it that way, okay then, I will ask when I see her again."
School was finally ending as Kairi is in English class listening to her teacher go on about grammar, sentence structures and what not. To this, this was easy as pie and she was amazed with herself that you can maintain a 4.0 GPA with everything going on. Lucky the agency has taught her well, but maybe too far ahead for her age to learn yet. She continued to write down the notes written on the board. "And that is why you teenagers need to know this. Its everyday life and—" The school bell soon rang and Ms. Shimizu immediately closed her book. "School's over kids. Time for me to go and pick up my paycheck!" she blissfully said leaving the room. She definitely is Kairi's favorite teacher.
Kairi just sighed as Roxas came to her desk. "You ready to go?" he asked.
"Yeah, let's get out of here." After, Roxas' phone starts to ring and he told her to wait for him outside. She speculates why he would want some privacy and out of all the phone calls he has had when she was around, it had to be this one. Then again, she decides to shrug it off and goes to wait in the hall for Namine to appear. She gets out of the class and stands on the wall by the door. While she waits, Namine shows up. "Namine! Did you go to our principal for some help?" The usual nod came. "Good to know, so, we have to wait for Roxas here because of some call—" Kairi stopped when Sora came by to her.
"Can I talk to you?" he asked.
"Sure," she agreed but he did not move and looked at Namine. Took a minute to figure out what he intended. "Oh, you mean in private." And he bobs his head to her as he takes her hand leading her to the roof of the school.
Roxas comes up still on his phone and hangs up with Namine appearing on his side. "Hey Namine. Where are Sora and Kairi going?" He saw her write a message on the board it said: Things are not looking good. He said he wanted to talk to her in private. You know that is guy code for 'I am breaking up with you'.
"This isn't good," he said taking Namine's hand in his going up the stairs. "We have to see what is going on." Unknown to Roxas, Namine actually had a small blush on her cheeks at what he was doing by holding her hand like they were a couple. When they pass the third floor, what the two never saw was that Riku saw them too and he felt an intense of jealously within him. Also, at the last minute, Roxas told Namine, "Btw Namine, that is not guy code for breaking up."
On the rooftop of the school, Sora was looking passed the fence with Kairi behind him. To her, she thinks this a good sign that he wants to talk to her since avoiding her. "So umm… what do you need to talk about? Us?" she asked him but he gave no reply but stare off into the distance. "Look, I know I have not been the best girlfriend, but—"
"That's the thing Kairi, you are my first."
"Huh? Say what now?"
"To be honest, I thought you and I would be a great couple Kairi! Yes, it was great at first but lately you have been leaving randomly and coming back with some excuse that just make up on the spot. It is easy to tell when you are lying Kairi because you are bad at it."
"He has a point there," Kairi thought. "I am a terrible liar."
"Are you hiding something that you don't want to tell me? If there is, you can tell me unless… it is another guy."
"Wha—?" she said in disbelief. "There is no other guy! What makes you think that!" Sora was about to say something but she interrupted him. "And no it is not your brother! He likes someone else still and you know it!" Among the mist of tension, Roxas and Namine were taking a small peak of the scene from the stairs but too bad they didn't hear that last sentence Kairi said. Roxas would have been thrilled for Namine to hear that, well, not really. More like embarrass after breaking her heart.
"Well what am I supposed to believe huh? Tell me that! It's been lies after lies and I wanna know what it is. There is always a reason and truth behind everything and I am being the one who is being left out of it. If you don't want me part of your life, then why don't you just say so?"
"But I do! I just can't—" Kairi stopped for a second closing her eyes and opening it. She felt like telling him the truth. The missions, her true identity, just everything, but, she just could not do that. She would not know what the consequences would be and her instincts were telling her that it is not good. However, she knew it was bad to hide something so big from her friends. Kairi turned away from Sora and started to hesitate. "I-I just can't okay Sora. I just can't." Her emotions were getting the best of her that she felt water in her eyes coming out. "If you knew, I do not know what would happen."
"If that's how everything is going to be, then I can't be with you anymore." Kairi swiftly turned to him with watery eyes. "We're done Kairi. I'm done," he finally said as he walks right past her and she could feel the cold shoulder he gave her. Kairi just let out a breath painfully closing her eyes as the tears came falling down from what just happened.
~ Secret Agent Kairi ~
Ven walked around the house of his brother's with a bowl of ice cream in his hands and holding a bunch of snacks in his other hand along with the remote in his mouth. He did not want to go for a second trip to the kitchen to grab some. By the time he takes a seat, the doorbell rings. He groaned as he soon gets back up heading for the door. He was surprised to find who it was when he opened the door. "Aqua? What are you doing here and how did you find this place?"
"Ventus, it is called Google, and I was kind of hoping to see our son Roxas here seeing as school has ended already."
"School did just ended Aqua," he assured her. "You're a little early and I'm not sure Roxas is coming home until the night. I'll call just to see if he is coming home," he told her leaving to get the phone but stops and turns around. He saw she has not come in and just stands there on the doorstep. "You can come in you know. This isn't the Poltergeist."
Aqua just rolled her eyes coming in and said, "Haha, very funny. That movie was not scary to me."
"Really? I remember when we were young, I took you to the theaters to watch it and you practically held onto my hands the whole time, really really hard."
"I was young back then!" she fired back and then looked around the house. "Hmm, nice house. It's pleasant to be in the house of your brother's whose company provides us the supplies we need for our agency. Lucky him huh?"
"Yeah, but more importantly, why the sudden change of heart to come over here after all these years?" Ven asked her as she took a seat on a nearby couch chair, crossing her legs.
"I have been doing a lot of thinking and what you said that night made me regret not seeing our son. But of course, he wouldn't believe me, so I was hoping you would be here to help me resolve this situation along with his adopted parents."
"My brother and sister-in-law are barely home you know. You would have to do something to get them to stay here."
Aqua then busted out her cellphone flipping it open. "That can be arranged. I will give tell a little lie for them to have the day off."
"Or I can tell them you are here and they will take the day off. It's their company."
"Very well, that is much easier said than done."
"I don't think you should get married. Not to Terra," Ven blurted out, which made Aqua look at him.
"You're the one who broke off our relationship, not me Ven."
"That is because you loved another man and his named was—dun da dun dun—Terra! But I, I had to learn to let you go. 'If you love something, set it free'. Took me a while to get what those words meant and then I read the last words after. 'If it comes back, it's yours'. Of course, the last one made me worry and I do not intend of saying it."
"I should have never come then," Aqua immediately said getting up and heading for the door. "I will be leaving." Ven followed her to the door feeling anxiety of his harboring feelings for his ex-girlfriend. He actually felt like grabbing her and kissing her on the lips but pushes those thoughts aside. Once he gets to the door with her, she turns to him saying, "Next time for sure. I would want our son to know we are his real guardians."
"You know I still I love you," he blurted out.
Aqua then made a sad face and touches the side of his cheek and sweetly said, "I know you do." Now that was a surprise for him. It really was rare to see her like this and Ven is the only she opened up to. Terra does not beat him, not by a long shot. "Goodbye," she finally said closing the door.
Aerith looks at herself in the mirror trying different looks and outfits. She felt like she is having her montage in a movie and could just picture it except something was missing. She put her hand on her chin thinking what it was and it later came to her. "Music! There's need to be music!" She made her way over to the radio and turned it on. The song that plays is Kesha's "TiK ToK". After, Aerith just raids her closet preparing for her date with her husband. For each and everyone, she puts one on her front and throws it on the bed if she did not like it. Once she found one, she tried putting on some accessories but found some to be girly or high schoolish.
A knock on the door made her jump and turn off the music. "Yes, who is it?" she asked looking at the mess she made in the room. She mouthed the words, "Holy crap."
"It's me Zack. Are you ready?" he asked.
"O-Of course! I will be just right out," she lied and put back on a distress look trying to find the outfit she liked and found through the messy pile of clothes.
Five minutes later…
Aerith comes out closing the door behind her to see Zack waiting for her. "What took you long? I thought you said you be right out."
"Pssh. You know how we girls are. We are always going to take a while to get ready. Now lets go."
~ Secret Agent Kairi ~
Night had fallen and Kairi is drowning her sorrows by spending time at Namine's house and eating most of her refrigerator. She sits on the tall chair by the island eating the whole ice cream box. Roxas and Namine only had bowls of ice cream but could not eat as they watch their friend eat in misery but put on such a fake happy mask. It was dreadful like watching some low-budget student film. "You know, I always loved cookie dough ice cream! It's so great!"
"Kairi, it is okay to let it out," Roxas informed her worried.
"What are you talking about?" she said in denial. "I'm totally fine!" Namine's eyes widen when she later saw her friend swiftly eating the ice cream. "Are you two going to finish that?" Both blondes brought their bowls to them. "That's okay. Mm! You know what you two should do? You should date!" Now that got them blushing red like a tomato. Kairi laughed and just threw away her empty box and walked off heading for Namine's room.
"We need help her," Roxas said. "Badly."
Namine starts to write a message and it said: We need your brother.
"You think Sora will help after he is the one who broke it off."
Namine wiped away her message and made a new one saying: I'm with you and there are no complaints. Roxas made a small growl and got off his seat and Namine follows. The two head on upstairs and open Namine's door only to find Kairi bringing out the present Roxas gave her for Namine's birthday onto the floor. The blonde mute shrieked running to her and actually yelled, "Kairi! No! Anything but that!" Namine took the present away for her. "Come on Kairi! This isn't like you. Not like you at all. Snap out of it!"
"I said I'm fine!" she said getting up with her. "You just need to finally open this cuz I want—" Suddenly Kairi felt a slap across her face and saw it was Namine's hand. Kairi then started to burst into tears and sob. "You're right, this isn't like me! What is happening?" she said collapsing on the floor. Namine bent down and looked at her friend.
"You helped me in my time of need. Now its my turn to return the favor." Kairi cried even more and just hugged her for comfort.
Kairi wheezes trying to catch her breath saying, "I-It's over. Me and Sora and its my fault."
"Whatever it is you are hiding, I'm sure you have a good reason. We all have secrets we do not tell people."
Roxas watches the scene in awe. Kairi and Namine's friendship felt so real to him and he could not remember himself on who was it he had the same as them. Who exactly? There was Olette but he burn that bridge and have been trying to rebuild it except she keeps breaking pieces off. Then there was Hayner and Pence, but he has not seen them in a long time. While still in his thoughts, Roxas remembered the present Namine has in her hands. The one he gave her for her birthday and the way she seem so defensive about it gave him a sign. That maybe she is not over him and that the two can really forgive each other and maybe even together.
"Wait a sec—did you just talk Namine?" Roxas asked. Kairi's sobs and cries stopped and she look at her used to be blonde mute friend in the eye.
"Hey! He's right! You finally talked!" she screamed in excitement by embracing her.
"I'm sorry, but ah, weren't you mourning over your breakup a minute ago?" Namine awkwardly said.
Zack has taken Aerith to a familiar place. One place they remember when they were young and surprise to see it still standing but redone and looks brand new. "I can't believe you brough me here," Aerith told her husband seeing the playground they used to play on. There were the swings, slides, and that one thing they always sat on off from the ground. "I thought you said this was a date?"
"I know but I thought this is a great way to rekindle our relationship more," Zack told her. He saw Aerith take a seat on the swing and started to swing. "Always going to swings I see."
"Ha! Remember those days when would always compete each other to see who would go the highest?" Aerith told him.
"And I still hold that title. Thank you very much." He took a seat on the other and starts to rock back and forth. The two were smiling with each other and started to go faster. "Looks like I will be the clear winner," he told her.
"Like hell you are. On three, we let go and launch in the air," she said smirking at him.
"Fine then! On three. One."
"Two."
"Three!" Zack goes down and as the swing goes up he lets go flying onto the soft cold grass, but found something off. He rolled over after landing and looked to see Aerith had tricked him. "Hey! That's not fair! I demand a redo!" he complained in a child like manner.
"Sorry, I don't play fair with guys with a big ego," she fired back smiling at him. "Especially such demanding ones at that."
"So says my last name."
"Just cuz it says 'Fair' doesn't mean you are," she told him sticking a tongue at him. "You were never fair with things."
Zack gets back and walks towards her saying, "Your wrong. I was always the fair kind of person."
"Says the one who always wants to get even. An eye for an eye as you always has said." Zack took a seat again on the swing and took her hand looking at her smiling.
"Ahm and I will get even now. Jump with me," he ordered.
"Fine then. I accept." Aerith made a firm grip of his hand and the two started to swing at the same time. The two felt like children again just by doing this and by looking into each other's eyes they saw the young kiddish version like before. "One."
"Two."
"Three!" The two let go of the swing going into and air land comfortable on the grass. The two just burst out laughing of they just did and Aerith rolls over to get on Zack's chest. "Haha, not as fun as before but…"
"But…" he repeated waiting for an answer.
"But it really did felt great again in doing this with you." After, she kissed him on the lips and pulled away. "You are still the man I fell in love with it and always will." She gave him a second kiss and this one lasted longer as they start to get into feeling the other's passion and feelings. It really felt like he was never gone in her life and that there was no one there to replace him as her husband and father of Kairi.
Kairi finally started to calm down as she lies on Namine's comfy bed. Among were her friends with the present right in the middle. Namine stared at it and Roxas sat on the side looking at the two. "Are you ready to open it? I wonder what Roxas gave you," Kairi said. There could be many possibilities of what is inside and she knew it had to be something Namine likes knowing it is from Roxas.
She starts to unwrap it removing the bow and decided to just rip the wrapping paper. She stopped wondering what it is and just slowly started to open its contents and saw there wasn't just one item. There was more than one. She picks up the first one she sees and it happens to be the photobooth pictures she took with Roxas at the Cultural Festival.
Kairi took them for her and looked at it. "How come I never knew about this?"
"Ahehe… sorry," Namine weakly said taking the pictures back. "Just slipped out of my head." She looks at the picture reel laughing from the funny poses. "Wow, that was us back then," she said handing it too Roxas.
He laughs too at the pictures looking at it. "Yeah."
Kairi looks inside to see a Totoro plushy. "I love this guy!" she took it in his arms and started cuddling it. "My childhood movie and always will be!" But then Roxas took it from her. "Heeyyy!"
"I'm sorry but that is Namine's present. Not yours. I'll give you a Jack Frost plushy for yours then."
The last thing inside the box was a necklace, the one she thought she had lost. "Oh my god. You found it and brought it back to me."
"Yes." He paused and spoke again. "Yes I did and I found it on the night of that day. I still cared for you wanting to give it back, but… when the time was right."
"Thank you Roxas. I really do mean that," she genuinely said to him putting him to ease including her.
"Can you please forgive me Namine?" Roxas sincerely asked. "For what happened?"
Namine froze looking at him and then at Kairi who was watching the scene. Can she or should she forgive him? What can she do or what can he do for it to happen? The timing did not feel right. "I am sorry Roxas. But I do not know if I can forgive you for what happened. I don't think I will ever you."
"T-That's okay. You do not have to." She looked down as he continues. "I just want you to be happy and see you smile for as long as I can remember your face." Her head immediately went up when he said that remembering those words from before. She guessed that he is willing do whatever it takes for her happiness but kind of wishes he did not. Why did he have to do this to her? She wants to get over him. Not fall back in love and hopes being with Riku can cure her that.
The two blondes look at each other and from afar, Kairi looks at the two feeling gloomy. Just by looking at the two, she can feel the compassion that is going on and the feelings they are holding back. She takes a look out the uncovered windows at the sky thinking about Sora. She thought they never did get a time to develop their relationship. It all felt so sudden when he asked her on their first date. The starless but nice blue sky above them and the two waltzing was a memory imprinted in her head but that was the only thing worth remembering. Then she looks at her two blonde friends again still in silence. She actually felt jealous of them and they were not even a couple. Shortly, Kairi's heart started to ache just by thinking about it and tears slowly came down as she mourns inside about the feelings of love.
Umm… I am not sure how this chapter really turned out. Tell me in the review you guys so I know. Thank you!