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Sleepless Chapter 8

His eyes looked into hers, searching for something. She didn't know what he wanted but she gripped his hand a little tighter and he smiled softly at her. Kairi smiled back and mouthed a 'thank you'. He looked curiously at her but returned to his previous sweet face in a few seconds. Tidus moved his free hand to her cheek and gently pushed away the hair from her eyes.

"Damn, bro, mind asking for some alone time?" Wakka boomed. Kairi and Tidus quickly removed their grasp on each other and stood up swiftly.

"Kairi!" Selphie squealed as she tackled her best friend back to the ground. "You and Tidus?" She questioned, clearly surprised but also excited. She didn't seem to mind Tidus was still behind them.

"Oh-ho-ho. You little-!" Wakka didn't need to finish the sentence so he just took Tidus in a headlock and started to give him a noogie.

"S-Selphie!" Kairi groaned, she was struggling on getting air in her lungs since she was pressed against the sand and her friend.

Selphie gasped and quickly stood up. "Sorry!" She apologized quickly as she helped Kairi up.

"No problem," Kairi smiled. She inhaled deeply and chuckled.

Selphie walked closer to Kairi and put her lips against her friend's ear and whispered, "I totally support you! Tidus can be so hot s-"

"Selphie!" Kairi said surprised as she stepped away. She felt a blush coming on so she covered her face with her hands. The brunette giggled and patted Kairi's back.

"I'm sorry! I just had to see your face!" Selphie started laughing hard again. She even bent down to try and get her breathing back to normal. During her laughing fit, Wakka let go of Tidus. The blonde pressed on his scalp and looked angrily at Wakka.

"Dude, that freakin' hurt!" Tidus growled. Kairi saw the hurt on his face and felt a little bad but also found herself smile at him. Tidus looked at her finally and her expression immediately went shy. She looked at Selphie, hoping to avoid anymore eye contact with Tidus for a while. Selphie got her breathing under control and stood up to look at Kairi. Selphie's lips were sucked in her mouth, trying to fight the urge of laughing again. She didn't win; she ran over to Wakka and giggled something in his ear. Then both of them were laughing.

Kairi pouted at her hysterical friends and blushed madly. She turned around and folded her arms under her chest. Oh geez, c'mon! What's so funny? She didn't even want to know the answer actually. She heard sand-muffled footsteps approach her above the laughing and she turned around, "What's so-" She stopped mid-sentence and scratched her head, "H-hey, Tidus," Kairi said embarrassed. She thought it was going to be Selphie.

"Do you know what's so funny?" Tidus asked as he looked back at Wakka and Selphie, who were adding on to their fun with sayings like, 'Her face was priceless!' and 'Did you see how he held her hand?'. Tidus turned back to her and sighed. "I don't really want to know anymore. I think I got it."

Kairi smiled at him and nodded. "Wanna go somewhere?" She asked, catching him and herself both off guard. But he tried not to show it. Tidus nodded and took her hand in his once again and ran off towards town. After getting off the beach, Tidus turned sharply to the right to get them out of sight from Selphie and Wakka.

"Where did you wanna go?" He asked with a shy smile. He let go of their grasp to give her a little space, but she didn't want space right now. She eagerly grabbed his hand back, surprising her and him again today.

I don't think this is very safe for me to rely on him like this…but I don't want to lose this comfort. It's selfish, I know that. I might be burdening him with this…I can't do this to him.

"Kairi.." His voice brought her back. "You alright?" He asked, his free left hand touched her cheek and nervously tucked some hair behind her ear.

"Tidus…Are you fine with this? With me always relying on you recently, I mean." Kairi asked. She needed to know this. If he wasn't alright with this, then she'll stop. It'll be a little devastating, but she'll pull herself through, she hoped.

Tidus removed his hand from her face and stared at her with curious eyes, "Of course, I'm fine with it. I'm glad I can be here for you, silly." He replied with a smile. She returned his smile and nodded.

"Thank you," She whispered.

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