Hey everyone, I'm going to be on a trip for two days. I just wanted to tell you. So prepare to not have any chapter updates for a few days. But I hope you enjoy chapter 24! I purposely made this a little longer chapter for you readers to make up for my absence. And I hope I can type a longer chapter for the next one. :)

Sleepless Chapter 24

They looked at each other with wide eyes. They couldn't remember the other's name, but they knew the other was important to them. Kairi started to stand up and Sora eagerly gave her his hand. She took it and smiled at him once she was up. "It's good to see you again!" She giggled. Kairi didn't remember anything about him but she felt it was right to say here.

"So it is you!" He said with a mix of sad and happy eyes. Kairi's mouth opened slightly, wondering how much he knew. But he hugged her tightly like he didn't want to ever let her go again.

"Do you remember?" She whispered in his ear while she held him. Kairi was scared he knew her and she didn't. What kind of reunion would that be? Déjà vu hit her again.

"Not all of it, but I don't need them right now," he replied softly. She looked up at him confused. "This feels right. I may not remember your name but I know I want to be with you. And if there's no other way except this, then that's perfectly fine for now." He reasoned. After his words, she begged herself to remember every detail about him because she couldn't believe she'd forget someone as loveable as him. He moved her red hair out of her eyes and kissed her cheek, "I'll come back to you. I promise." Kairi gazed into his blue eyes and begged him to stay with her. "I need to take care of everything first. But I promise I'll come back." He said reassuringly. He pressed his soft lips against her warm forehead and their embrace was gone.

She was on the beach again. "Kairi! Where'd you go?" Selphie cried as she tackled her friend on the ground.

"No where!" The red-head gasped.

Selphie sat up and gave the victim a death glare, "Kairi, you scared us! Don't you ever do that again! How are we supposed to keep you safe with you going all teleport happy on us?" She scolded as Kairi sat back up.

"I'm sorry. I didn't know I was gone…" she answered a little embarrassed. "So where are we eating?"

Selphie turned quickly to Wakka and Tidus, "Thanks to you guys, she knows where we're going!" She yelled disappointedly.

"I don't know where we're going! I was just asking!" Kairi defended. She stood up and offered Selphie a hand. The brunette generously took it and smiled.

"Then let's go!" Selphie said overjoyed as she held Kairi's hand and started running to where ever she was planning to go.

With millions of thoughts rushing in Kairi's head at once, it was tough keeping up with the conversation they were having on the way to eat.

"So where did you go off to?" Selphie questioned

"Uh-huh," Kairi nodded.

"Kairi?"

"What?" The red-head then looked at Selphie, who was still dragging her along.

"Where'd you go?" Selphie asked again.

Kairi furrowed her eyebrows but then chuckled, "I'm right here." Selphie immediately concluded that she tackled Kairi too hard and was hit by guilt. "No, that's not it, Selph! I'm just so out of it right now," Kairi said with another chuckle. They stopped by a fast-food place, one that Kairi has been craving for the pass few days after seeing the commercial for it on the television. "Aww!" Kairi said while she eyed Tidus, who was with her at the time when she announced her craving. He smiled at her and right then, it sent shivers down her spine.

This is wrong.

She looked at the menu and remembered the spiky brunette. Him and Tidus, this was awful. She told Tidus before, she didn't want to break his heart. She was starting to without him knowing, but she has to tell him soon. If not, she'll break apart. Kairi kept a smile on her face as they ate their late lunch. Conversation about school were passed around and the old question of were Kairi ran off to. Like answered before, she didn't know she was gone. Tidus looked at her from across the table and mouthed secretively, 'We need to talk'.

Oh boy… She nodded to him and took a sip of her Coke. Everyone was almost done with their food, which surprised Kairi since they were talking so much. "What?" Kairi whispered as she leaned towards him.

"Not now," he said softly. He took a bite of his burger then and looked at Selphie and Wakka, who were wondering aloud if they should get some more food.

"What is it about?" Kairi questioned, with her voice still in a whisper. Tidus hesitantly looked at her and reached for her hand on the table. She didn't object but felt a little pained once his hand tightened around hers.

"Are you alright?" The question he always asked that meant more than it had on the surface. Her eyes wandered down to their grasp. She tightened her grip a little and looked back at him.

"I'm a little scared to answer this time," Kairi muttered. Tidus looked hurt at her but rubbed her held hand softly with his thumb. She regretted saying it, it felt like he knew. Does he know?

"Something's wrong, Kai," he stated as gently as he could. Kairi smiled weakly at him and he understood, "We'll talk whenever you want, don't stress about it."

She feared the confession. Would he think she was crazy? Kairi decided she didn't care about that and only cared that she told him. It was for the best for both her and Tidus. Her hand started to crawl away from his slowly.

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