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Those Daily Things – Chapter 2
Sora's mobile phone rang with the alarm tune of reveille, and he got up grudgingly, turning off the phone as he did. He yawned and looked at his calendar. It was Friday! Hurrah! Sora did a jig around the room, his Friday morning ritual. He shook Kairi awake, who groaned and shifted around. She felt a fabric land on her head. She grabbed it, opened her eyes and looked at it. Her skirt. She felt her shirt land on her head as well. She suddenly sat up, pulled out her rubber-dart firing shotgun (which she used to keep Sora in check) and fired a warning shot at Sora's hand, which was reaching for her underwear drawer.
"Don't touch that drawer."
"I was helping you get dressed!"
Kairi climbed out of bed, pushed Sora back on his bed and opened the forbidden drawer. She paused, turned to Sora and tied him up with his sheets. She was good at it – Sora could not move. She then opened the pillow cover and placed Sora's head in it, with the pillow facing forward. Then she got dressed. She moved back over to the struggling Sora, and placed her hands on her hips.
"Who knew that a great guy like you could be such a perv?"
"Oh ha-ha, it's not like you're so good. What about the time you saw me in the bathroom (each room had their own bathroom, with bath/shower, toilet and sink) getting dressed?"
"Hey, I thought the room was empty!"
"Funny, how it was locked and all."
The red haired girl removed the pillow and untied Sora. As compensation, Sora had to dress in front of her (though he was allowed to turn around before taking his underwear off), and Kairi loved every second of it.
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Principal Xemnas sat at his desk, stamping the file of the girl who sat before him.
"Right. So, Stephanie Wilson, you are officially a student here at Traverse Town High School. Here's your map of the school, timetable, and dorm key."
Xemnas pulled out a large portfolio book and turned to the Grade 9 section. "You may choose any student you want from this grade to show you around the boarding house today."
Stephanie looked through the book, taking in the pictures of each and every student in grade 9, until…
"Ooh! Principle Xemnas, sir? Can I have this one, please?"
Downstairs in Ms. Lockhart's P.E.
"You throw like THIS!" Tifa roared, throwing a dodgeball and nailing an unfortunately placed Axel in the face. Axel walked back over to the group, and she chose a new victim. Her finger pointed, and several people moved out of the way to avoid her finger's point. It ended up on Sora. She was just about to say the brunette's name when Principle Xemnas' voice blurted over the speaker.
"Sora Jumpei, report to the principal's office now!"
Sora sighed a sigh of relief, but then realized what had happened. His legs turned to jelly as he said good afternoon to Ms. Lockhart, and walked past his classmates.
"What'd you do?" Whispered Roxas frantically. Sora shrugged and walked out the door.
Sora walked through the hallways on his way to the office, getting high-5's on the way from Xigbar, Xaldin, Vexen, Lexaeus, Zexion, Saix, Demyx, Luxord, Marluxia and Larxene.
"Hey Sora" Larxene said, "Have you seen Axel and Roxas? And are you coming to the joining?"
"That's today?" He asked stupidly, noticing for the first time that they were all in their black robes, their group uniform. "I can't. Xemnas called me in for something."
"Xemnas?" Larxene asked. "He's coming too. He'll probably hand you over to Sephiroth or something."
"Shit!"
Sora walked up to the office. Sephiroth came out as he went in.
"Vice Principal Sephiroth, sir! I'm here!"
Sephiroth raised an eyebrow. "Here? For what? What business of yours requires my attention?"
Sora gulped. Sephiroth knew nothing. That meant no punishment… But he had spoken to Sephiroth NOT concerning punishment. That was asking for trouble, quite literally. Sephiroth walked away mumbling, his midnight-blue wing accidentally knocking over the 'sick bay' sign on the sick bay door, and his Masamune's sheath 'accidentally' knocked over Cloud's photo of his girlfriend, Tifa.
Sora sighed a sigh of relief and walked past the two vice principal's offices (Cloud waved to him, but was on the phone) and knocked on Xemnas' office door.
"Enter."
Sora entered, and saw Xemnas towering over a brunette girl, who was staring at him.
"Sora, this is Stephanie. You'll be her guide to the school, and so you are excused from classes today. Now if you'll excuse me, I must attend to the joining of a new student into my organization of excellence."
Xemnas promptly left the room, and left Sora alone in there with Stephanie.
"So… Enjoying yourself so far?" Sora asked.
"Yeah… The people I've met so far are really nice. Wanna get going?"
"Sure." Sora said, and they moved throughout the school, Sora telling her about each building. That was, until, she placed her arm across his shoulders.
Sora didn't usually trust people until he'd gotten to know them. So when she tried to put her arm around his shoulder, he discreetly tried to shake her arm off. When she placed her arm across his waist, he deliberately tripped to move it off. When they got to the dorms, he looked at his watch. 3:10 P.M. (A/N: That's the end of classes in high schools in Australia, even though this is not set in Australia) Kairi would be on her way back.
When they got to Steph's room (she was living with an absent Yuffie Kisaragi) Stephanie put her bags away, then turned to Sora and pinned him. She tried to kiss him, but he shoved her off.
"What are you doing?" Sora asked, quite angrily.
"Nothing." Stephanie said, and tried to kiss him again, but Sora stopped her in her tracks and ran out the door. He ran all the way back to his room and locked the door. He sighed in relief and turned to see Kairi in the middle of getting dressed.
"You are… SO dead!" She yelled, charging at him half naked.
"Kairi! Get some clothes on!"
"Shit!" Kairi swore, stopping in her tracks, remembering her bodily exposure, and covered herself.
"Okay, Kairi, you get dressed while I turn around, and we'll forget this all happened."
"Deal."
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A few hours later, Sora was stressing out. Stephanie liked him. He needed to get away. And as if on cue, who would appear to the door but Tom. Sora really liked Tom. Partly because he was Year 9's 19 year old English teacher (Riku is in a different class and he gets Aerith) and he made the subject very fun. Tom also took over the boarding house on weekends, because Leon was lazy.
"Sora, Kairi." He said, shaking Sora's hand and kissing Kairi's. (Kairi blushed) "I know it's a bit sudden, but I kind of got 5 tickets to Sydney, Australia, and I was wondering if you could come. Roxas and Namine are coming, and we'd leave tomorrow and come back Sunday."
Sora and Kairi stood there, mouths almost gaping. Sora was the first to speak.
"I'm only coming if Kairi comes."
The redhead grabbed a bag and started throwing clothes in it. "You think I'd miss the chance to go to Sydney? I want to see the Harbour Bridge, the Opera House, everything!"
"Okay, I'm coming."
The next few hours were a frenzy. Doing the weekend's worth of homework, observing the itinerary and accommodation, having a conversation with Roxas and Namine, and putting their names in for Saix's dorm war next weekend (more on that in 2 chapters or so, after Sydney's cleared up).
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The next day, Sora rubbed his eyes tiredly. This was outrageous. Life did not exist before 9 on a weekend, and yet here they were at the airport at 7:30 AM. Despite her tiredness, Kairi found Sora rubbing his eyes extremely cute. As they passed through the baggage, and the security, they proceeded to the gate and boarded the plane. The safety video passed, the plane moved to the runway, lurched forward, and then finally came that moment of beauty when you lifted off the ground.
It was exciting at first, but in-between sleep and food Sora found the 24 hour plane trip incredibly boring. He had a movie screen on the back of the seat in front of him, so he did watch a few shows. He and Kairi were asleep when Tom got them both awake just before touchdown. Tom grinned as the exhausted plane touched down.
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"Alright, I hate to sound like an army drill officer, but here are the sleeping arrangements. Sora and Roxas, I'm sorry but your brothers have not allowed me to let you sleep near your respective girlfriends, so you're together. Same with you, Namine and Kairi."
"What?" Sora asked, speaking for his friends as well, who all had looks of death on their faces.
---- End of Chapter 2
Here begins the 2 chapter Sydney Series! The following are all based off my adventures in Sydney over the years (I'm a Brisbane person, thank you very much!) so enjoy!!!
NOTES:
Don't get excited about the sleeping pattern, Yaoi/Yuri fans. It's just a storyline thing.
NEXT UP: Sora, Kairi, Roxas and Namine are all in Sydney with Tom! Sora and Roxas feel disturbed at sleeping in the same bed…