Day 3

I awoke the next morning to hear a tropical storm outside. My window was still open. Everything on my floor was soaked. I quickly closed the window when the phone rang.

"Hello?" I answered.

"Hey, it's Selphie. Wanna come over to play cards or something? Tidus, Wakka, Sora and Riku will be there." Selphie asked me.

"Sure, I'll be right over." I replied. I quickly got dressed and then headed to Selphie's house. As I walked toward the table everyone was looking at me and whispering to their friends.

Selphie leaned over and said, "How are things with you and Sora?"

"I DON'T LIKE SORA!" I screamed and accidentally flipped over the table. I stomped out of the door.

I could hear Sora inside saying "It's crushing my body."

I sat there in the pouring rain, wondering what was happening.

I heard Riku say "I'll go talk to her."

Then Sora said "I thought she shared the paupu with you Riku."

Riku replied with "She told me that she shared it with you!"

Tidus jumped in and said "She gave it to me!"

At the same time Sora and Riku said "Kairi likes Tidus!?"

"No, she gave it to me to share with Selphie!" Tidus explained.

"I'LL TALK TO HER, OK?!" Selphie yelled. Selphie walked outside.

"Kairi?" Selphie cooed.

"What?" I asked angrily.

"Can we talk?" She asked with a motherly tone.

"Yup." I replied. I told her about absolutely everything that went on the past few years.

"Sounds to me like Sora is a childhood sweetheart, who you still like, and you're not sure about Riku. I think you should go out with Riku to try it out so you can play hard-to-get for Sora." Selphie said.

"GOOD PLAN!" I screamed! Teehee! They won't know what hit them

I then ran home for a good nap. I awoke and the sun was shining brightly. I ran outside only to find that it was the reflection of Sora's ugly new belt buckle. But at least it stopped raining.

"Hey Kairi! Want to watch the sunset with me?" Sora asked.

"Tomorrow okay?" I told him.

"Score!" He said. I could hear him muttering to himself.

"Sora-1 Riku-0!" I ignored it and kept running until I found Riku by the dock.

"Hey, Riku!" I called.

"Yeah?" He asked.

"Want to watch the sunset?!" I asked.

"I guess…" He replied. We sat down.

"Riku. I know that you know that I didn't share the paupu with Sora. I wouldn't want to choose one of you guys. Sora's an idiot, but he really likes me. You're not an idiot, but you act like you don't even care about me!" I exclaimed.

"But I do care." Riku said. All of the sudden we were holding hands. I heard footsteps in the sand. We both turned around. Sora was there!

"Oh Sora, I'm sorry." I said. He started to cry and ran away.

"Who cares about him?" Riku said.

"You're so heartless! That's what I don't like about you!" I screamed and ran away. Heh, heh! I called him heartless, and he used to be one of the evil guys, working with the heartlesses… kyehkyeh! Sora was hiding in the secret place, rubbing the drawings we drew as kids. "Sora. I really am sorry." I said as I knelt down beside him. He kept his head down.

"What will it take to get you to like me?" I barely heard him. He looked up.

"WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO GET YOU TO LIKE ME!?" He screamed.

"You're crying!" I said. I wiped his tears away.

"Answer me." He added sternly.

"Well, if you weren't such an idiot, and if you didn't have a blinding belt buckle…" I said.

"You would like me?" Sora asked.

"No. Well. I do like you…but not…in that way." I said. Tears were welling up in my eyes too. I didn't know why though.

"I hate Riku. Why do you like him? Maybe I should act like I don't even care about you! Then I can be just like Riku!" He screamed and stormed out.

I'm sorry Sora. I'm so sorry.

I sat there for a while. Remembering all the times we had together, all the laughs we shared, all the times he saved me life, and threw stuff at Riku. And then I cried. Not because I wanted too, not because I felt like it, because I just needed too.

Why does all this stuff happen to me? Why?