Sora sighed as he looked up at the clear blue infinite sky. He layed back in the cool water with a blasé expression on his face, god he was bored out of his wits, funny how his personality only lit up when Kairi was around. But she wasn't there right now, probably 'girl-talking' with Olette and Selphie and he was here…without her…bored with nothing else to do but wait for her to walk through the back door angelically with the graceful smile and the natural bounce in her hair every time she takes a step.

Pathetic.

To hell with his ability to memorize each and every tiny detail about her! But, sometimes it comes in handy when he was 'under the weather'. It'd seem like she was really there with him then Kairi would walk in on his little hallucinations and make fun of him about talking to himself.

He smiled as he remembered the many satisfying arguments he had with her. Just as he was reminiscing he heard the back door open and cat calls filled the air around him. He abruptly sat up and planted his feet at the bottom of the pool and turned to the source that started all the cat calls.

What he saw blinded his vision, or wait. That was just the sunlight but the saying could most likely fit into this situation in a good way a very, very good way. There was Kairi walking behind Olette and Selphie (who he just ignored completely even in their revealing bikinis, because you know, he really didn't care.) timidly.

OH. MY. GOD.

She was wearing a two piece pink bikini designed with several red and white stars and extremely thin straps. Extremely thin that you can cut them in half with one snap from a pair of scissors and then they'd fall off and—'This is no time to be acting like a total teenager Sora!'

His eyes started to betray him as he continued to stare at her delicate frame. He'd never seen Kairi wear a two piece, other times when they swam in the pool she either wore a one piece or just a shirt and shorts, this…this was once-in-a-life-time. His eyes hurt real badly and he thought he might go blind but he'd rather stare—he didn't want to seem like a pervert in any way. He just thought she looked…nice—oh hell she looked breathtaking! No he wasn't staring at her chest and other womanly parts, her eyes caught all of his attention. They were its normal violet shade that he loved and when he caught her eyes, they seemed to light up with a spark…interesting.

She smiled at him timidly and her smile seemed contagious because he immediately smiled back causing her to blush but Sora didn't seem to notice because he was still staring into her eyes.

The others seemed to notice this, "Alright you two stop staring and let's have some FUN!" Riku called out as he jumped from the lifeguard stand and into the pool. When he resurfaced he noticed Selphie and Olette glaring at him for ruining such a romantic moment.

All went well as they splashed at each other and threw around the blitzball. They decided to play games and started off playing Marco-Polo. The game started to get boring as Tidus calling out 'Marco' and everyone else replied 'Polo' but he didn't seem to tag anyone else in the passed 26 minutes.

"What do you guys want to play next?"

"CHICKEN!" it was Selphie who immediately suggested it and quickly swam over to Riku as if claiming him as her partner. Hayner quickly swam by Olette's side and beamed.

"Sora!" he turned to the sound of his name and almost lost his balance in the water because of the sudden added weight on his back.

Legs were at his sides as arms were wrapped around his neck he turned to see Kairi on his back with a look of determination. He immediately blushed feeling every curve of her body on his back.

"Let's beat these idiots!" she called to him with determination as he smirked at the rest and nodded to her. She couldn't resist a challenge and neither could he.

Sora noticed the others smirking at them getting a little too comfortable and quickly said, "Okay, okay! At least let me get in position and you get onto my shoulders! Geez, Kairi I thought you knew the rules to the game!" She pouted when she heard this and he grinned at her causing her to grin back because of seeing him all happy.

They all got into their positions: Selphie on Riku, Olette on Hayner, and Kairi on Sora. Tidus and Wakka didn't want to be involved in the game because, as stated by them both: "There's no way I'm being partners with him!" since there were no other girls left. Pence took his usual job as the referee.

Pence blew a loud whistle through his lips and caught all their attentions, "The rules are simple, the first to get the two other pairs knocked off balanced and into the water wins!" Tidus and Wakka started the chorus of the cat calls as all the participants stared down at each other.

"Ready to get served?"

"Bring it!"

"Oh, it's been brought!"

Threats and 'friendly' good luck comments filled the air as the height of anticipation grew greater and greater with each word.

"Come on! Hurry up already!" the 'audience' called from the poolside.

"On the count of three!"

"Hold on tight Hayner!" Olette said as Hayner's grip tightened around her leg.

One…

"Riku, excuse my French but, let's beat these assholes!" Riku smirked at Selphie's remark.

Two…

"We can do this Sora" Kairi said barely above a whisper but was enough for Sora to hear. Even the simplest words said by her can get his adrenaline pumping. Determination and of course teamwork were all they needed to win this.

Three…

"KILL!!" Pence quickly waved his hand over for the 'fight' to begin, "I mean, FIGHT!"

The three girls had their hands clasped together and the three pairs formed a triangle in the water. Riku decided to play a dirty move and kicked Hayner right in the groin. He bent over in pain and Riku almost lost his balance because of that one kick. Sora and Kairi gained the upper hand as the two boys were still trying to recover.

"Come on Kairi! You can beat the shit out of them just put some muscle into it!" Sora grip on her legs tightened as she reached forward to push the other two girls further.

Hayner and Riku quickly regained their balance and Olette and Selphie, seeing that Kairi and Sora were almost going to claim victory, decided to set aside their competitive differences and ganged up on them in the midst of the battle.

"Hey! No fair!" Sora called out to the four smirking teens.

"Who said we had to be fair?" Riku questioned as his smirk grinned wider.

The game eventually ended when the girls lost their balance and the guys slipped causing every one to fall into the water. They resurfaced, laughing and coughing heavily. Sora turned his head rapidly and found that Kairi was no where in sight. Suddenly, a hand grabbed his shoulder and pulled him vigorously underwater. Sora never noticed how deep the pool was before until now. He opened his eyes and saw Kairi grinning cheekily at him and she swam towards the surface. Wow, she must have a good lung capacity to stay underwater that long. Great lung capacity, to be able to go without breathing for a long while, wow. That sounded so wrong and yet so right in so many ways.

Sora blushed a shade of red as he thought of this and made a grab for Kairi's waist and pulled her back down as he resurfaced. He looked to his right and saw Kairi just in time surfacing with a pout on her face, "Sora!" she put her palm over his head and dunked it underwater. This immediately resulted into a dunking contest between the two as the others watched with amusement.

The time flew by fast as it was now twilight. The gang has gotten out of the pool a while ago because of a remark from Oette, "I don't want to look like an old dried up prune!" hearing this, the girls immediately rushed out of the pool while the guys whined in defiance.

"Looks like we better get going guys," it was Hayner who said this as the others nodded with agreement.

Sora followed them to the back gate as they said their regular goodbyes. He sighed with a small smile on his face and spotted Kairi on the swing chair looking up hypnotized by the sky.

He walked towards her quietly and sat down next to her. They both sat there in a comfortable silence looking up at the star-scattered sky. After a while Sora looked at her, "We should head inside now."

"Not yet, I want to stay out here for a while longer," Kairi still stared with extreme interest at the sky without breaking her gaze to look at him. Oh how he envied the sky, if only she looked at him that way. He sighed with jealousy.

Finally Kairi did look at him, "You can go if you want to, you don't have to wait for me."

His eyes widened a little at her misunderstanding, "No it's not that! It's, uh…I don't mind staying here for a while…"

She smiled at his response and turned her attention back to the ever darkening sky. This time he stopped himself from sighing before she thought wrong again.

A long while later, Kairi's head was on his shoulder as she slept soundly and breathed in his scent This time it was okay for Sora to sigh happily as he leaned his head on hers. While the two slept soundly, a twinkle was seen in the night sky. A tail blazed behind it as it fell slowly southward, ah yes, a wishing star.

'I wish we could always be together forever…"

In this night joy and merriment, where these two longing teens sleep, a wish of a lifetime was made.

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I'm finally done! Sorry it took longer than I thought! School is such a drag! My apologies I kinda got lazy in the end, yeah sorry. It might take me a wwhile to update the next chapter because I'm thinking up a plot for a Sokai Christmas special. Stay intoned! Thanks for reading and please REVIEW! Thank you.