Mhmm. 4th Chapter now! Here we go! It's a long one too! READ AUTHOR'S NOTE AT END.
Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts or any of the Kingdom Hearts Characters.
So, I took Sora to the ice cream shop. Yes, I know, how original for Destiny Islands right? But we also went to the park! …Yeah, it wasn't exactly exciting, but it was fun.
"Mhmm. I love strawberry. Thanks Kai." He turns to look at me smiling and licking the ice cream around his mouth.
I giggle at him and say, "You're very welcome, Sora. You pretty much paid for it anyway. I love my chocolate ice cream cone too, so thanks." I lick my chocolate ice cream and savor the creamy goodness. I smile. Ice cream on a nice day AND getting to hang out with Sora? It was amazing. I would never have pictured this happening two months ago when I'm pretty sure he didn't even know I existed.
I walked over to the swings and sat down. I would have thought that Sora would sit down on the swings next to me, but instead he went behind and started to push me.
"Hey!" I laugh trying to tell him I could push myself.
"Oh sure you can, Kairi. I bet I can go higher than you without anyone pushing me!" he teased and then got on the swing seat next to me.
"You're on!" I put my legs out straight as I go forward and bend them as I go back, trying to make myself go higher. I look to my left to see that Sora is catching up with me.
"Haha! I'm already catching up to you!" It's as if he could read my mind.
"Oh yeah? Well, can you do this?" I swing my highest and jump-off. I land about a good 5 feet away without falling. Then all of a sudden, I hear a whoosh sound. I turn behind me and see that Sora wasn't on his swing; I turn back around to see his smiling face looking down at me.
"Easy." Darn. I thought I could have beaten him. I look down feeling defeated and start walking away. "Hey, Kai! Where you going? I was just playing around!" He tries to turn me around by my shoulder and then, I pounce.
I knock him to the ground, sit on top of him and start throwing leaves at his face, laughing all the while. He laughs too as he turns it around and is on top of me now, throwing the leaves. This was the most fun I've had in a while.
"Sora?" We both stop and look at the origin of the voice. "Uhh, hey there." It was Namine. Sora and I get off of each other and brush ourselves off.
"Hey Namine. What's up?" He asks looking her in the eyes.
"Uhmm, I wanted to talk to you so I could ask you something, but never mind, you seem busy." She turns to walk away but Sora stops her.
"No, it's alright. I'm not busy. Me and Kairi were just goofing around. Of course I'll talk to you. I'll be right back okay, Kairi?" he says and then he turns to me waiting for my answer.
I pause and look down for a second. I look back at him with a small smile on my face. "Yeah, sure." I look at Namine. "Actually, I'll just leave now since it's getting late. I'll talk to you guys later, okay?" I don't even let them reply as I turn and walk away towards home.
I turn around for a second to see what was going on. Namine seemed to have given me that same look, that one that she gave me that day Roxas came to sit with Xion and me instead of her. Sora gave me a sad smile and then turned to look at her. She seemed to have asked him something that left him speechless for a little while. I don't know what happened after that as I turned away and left the scene.
I felt like my heart literally dropped. I know now Sora would never like me. I know who he likes. It's Namine. I could tell by the look in his eye. By how he would take any chance to talk to her. Even if it meant he was gonna have to leave me.
Maybe he would have come back and hung out with me more, but whatever Namine asked him looked serious. It probably would have been a while before he even came back to hang with me and then we'd have to go home.
I look around me again. Wow. I was already at Sora's and Roxas' house. Xion's here. I ring the doorbell and wait for an answer.
"Hey there, Kairi! What are you doing here? I was just about to leave!" Xion says. I look at her swearing my eyes were getting watery.
"Oh, uhmm, I wanted to talk to Roxas about something." I tell her as I look to the side trying to blink away my tears.
"Ohkay. I'll go home and get some food okay? I think my parents sent us some more money for this month! I'll get sushi, 'kay? Be home before 9:30!" She then leaves and walks down the street to our apartment.
"Okay!" I yell back. I run up the stairs and knock on Roxas' door. "Roxas! Open up please! I need to talk to you!" I keep pounding on the door as my eyes get watery again.
He opens the door and I immediately tackle him into a hug. "Roxas, thank god! I really need to talk to you about something!"
"Whoa, Kairi. What are you doing here? It's almost 8! It's getting dark!" He says concerned.
"I don't care. I really need my best friend right now." I say sobbing into his shoulder. "I really need to tell you something Roxas."
He pats my back and then he pulls away, but still holds me by my shoulders. "Kairi, you can tell me anything, you know that. Come on. Let's sit down. What's up?"
"Well," I start as I sit down on his bed facing him, "I never told you but I like..I like-"
"Sora, I know you do." I gape at him as he smiles at me.
"How…how did you know?" I was pretty sure I never told him.
He just smiles at me as he closes his eyes and shakes his head. "Kairi, I'm your best friend. I figured it out around the beginning of sophomore year. Yes, you hid it well but I could tell by how you'd look at him occasionally when you were hanging with us. You've obviously liked him longer than a year though."
I look at him amazed and then smile. He really was my best friend. "Does anyone else know?"
"Nope, I've kept it a secret and no one else noticed." He continues to smile mockingly at me.
"Thanks." I twiddle my thumbs as I get nervous to tell him about Namine.
"Well, as you know, I like Sora. Today, we were hanging out and it was fun but then Namine comes along and asks Sora if they can talk because she needs to ask him something. He said yes and asked me if it was okay if he left for a little while. I just tell him yes and that I'll go home anyway since it was getting dark. When I look back for a second, I saw Namine giving me this dirty look and Sora giving me a sad smile. But then, she said something to him when he looked back at her and he seemed pretty speechless. That's when I just turned back and kept walking back home."
I wasn't sure if I should tell him I was pretty sure that Sora likes Namine. "I have no idea why Namine was giving me those dirty looks but I have a feeling that she gave me the same one that day before you guys….broke up." I look at Roxas in realization that maybe it really was my fault that they broke up.
"Roxas….do you know the reason Namine gave me those looks? Was I the reason that you guys broke up? Was that why you were ignoring me?" I ask horrified.
"Yeah, I do know. And yes, you were. But don't feel bad! Really, you shouldn't. Namine was jealous that I was talking to you and Xion. She didn't really mind Xion, but she felt threatened by you since you're my ex. I told her that she should trust me, that I don't love anyone else but her. She still wouldn't listen and we broke up. Judging by what you told me, I think she just asked Sora out." His face instantly saddened.
I felt, well, horrible. I was the reason for their break-up. "Roxas, I'm so sorry. You really should stop talking to me. I made you guys break up. I'm a horrible friend. No wonder you were mad at me." Wait, he said that Namine just asked Sora out. "Wait, Namine asked Sora out?"
"Kairi, don't be sorry. It's not your fault and you aren't a bad friend, never believe that." He gave me a small smile before continuing. "And yeah, I'm pretty sure she did. If it left him speechless then that's why. Ever since we broke up, Namine and Sora started talking more and I think they both like each other. Sora's told me about it and how he feels terrible that he likes my ex and that he even liked her a little while we were still dating, but I told him it's alright."
I didn't deserve this kid as my best friend. "Roxas, you are amazing you know that? Namine made a huge mistake but I know you guys will get back together and as strong as ever." I pause. "But, does that mean that Sora and Namine are together now?"
He looked away for a second and then back at me. "It probably does. I told him to go for it since she is available now. It's going to be hard seeing the girl I love with my brother but it's alright. I believe things will all work out and Namine and I will be together again." He smiles up at me through watery eyes.
I give him a huge hug and say, "Yeah, I think everything will work out too." I let go of him and smile. "Thank you, Roxas. For everything."
"It's no problem. Are you gonna be okay though? With Sora and Namine?" He asks.
I think for a minute about everything, then I answer him. "I know it's going to be hard. But I have you to help me, plus my other friends too. And remember, I'm gonna be here for you too, okay?"
"Mhmm, of course Kairi. And remember what I said, everything will work out, for everyone, including you." We both smile at each other. "So, you need some cheering up. It's only about 8:20 right now. We got about an hour left before it's too dark for you to walk home. Let's both cheer up and do something fun." He gives me a toothy smile and I know we're both thinking the same thing.
"Cupcakes."
So, Roxas and I ended up baking cupcakes. We put them in the oven and they should be done in about 40 minutes. After 10 minutes of agony though, we opened up all of the STASH.
See, the thing I love about coming over Roxas' house, is that he is loaded with junk food and everything I could want when I get a craving for something sweet. We got out the whipped cream, the ice cream, the Oreos, the Jolly Ranchers, the rock candy, the Starburst, the Skittles, the popsicles, and, the Pocky.
It was heaven. It totally filled me up and probably ruined my appetite for dinner with Xion but it was worth it. This definitely cheered us both up.
"Kairi! You have enough whipped cream on your ice cream! You could dip your all your pocky in it, the cookies and your other candy and there'd still be more leftover!"
"Nuh uh! Stop exaggerating Roxas! I want more whipped cream!" I argued as he kept trying to take the whipped cream away from me.
Because of our fighting and pulling, some whipped cream got on Roxas' face and his bangs. We both ceased and I had to laugh at him. I was literally rolling on the floor laughing. He hated getting things in his hair. Then, he jumped on me, and sprayed whipped cream on my face and hair too.
He wasn't the only one who hated things in their hair. I started screaming and yelling and he was laughing at me. I took this as the chance to tickle him and then get on him. I pinned him to the kitchen floor, stole the whipped cream from him, all while he was still laughing, and wiped my face off with my apron.
He stopped laughing and gave me an 'Oh no you didn't!' look. I smiled evilly and gave him back an 'Oh yes I did!' look. "You wouldn't." He said.
"I already did and I will again." Then I spray his face again with the whip cream making whiskers and silly faces as he tried to wipe off the cream which only made it worse. This was really fun and was cheering me up but it oddly made me think of Sora.
"Kairi?" Speak of the devil.
I look up at him and see his expression. It seemed kind of like a surprised and mad expression, but not quite. Then I heard a weird noise and looked at the can. "Awwh, I'm all out." I pouted.
"Ha!" Roxas announces in triumph. "Wait, now I gotta buy more whipped cream!" I smack him on the head for being so stupid. "Ow, Kairi." Then he looks up and remembers Sora. "Oh hey there, brother!"
"Hey…what's going on here?" Sora asks still in shock.
"Me and Kairi are making cupcakes!" He happily announces.
"More like making babies," he mumbled.
"What did you say?" Roxas asks not catching what he said.
"Nothing!" He replies in a hurry.
DINGGGGG. "Oh the cupcakes are ready!" I quickly get off of Roxas and run to the oven. I open it and pull out the miniature cakes. "Man, they smell good. Hey what time is it you guys?"
Roxas looks at his watch and says, "Damn, it's 9:15! We took longer putting them in then we thought!"
"Shit! I gotta get home! I'll see you guys later, bye!" I run out the door and hurry home.
I'm about 10 feet out the door when I remember I forgot my sweater. I quietly come back inside and get my sweater from Roxas' room. I go back downstairs and I hear them talking.
"You were so jealous man." That was definitely Roxas.
"No, I wasn't!" I smile at this as I consider the small chance that he might be. "Besides I have a girlfriend now." My smile disappears as quickly as it came and I tiptoe out the front door.
Hmm. I kinda liked this chapter but I kinda hated it. It was long though! :D I liked the SoKai in here though and the small bit of RoxasKairi FRIENDSHIP moment(x Did you notice that Sora and Kairi's ice cream flavors matched their hair? (:
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