Play Time

Sora, Kairi, Riku

As he ran he couldn't help but feel bad for just leaving Chiyo there by the shore, however he had the first priority of Kairi to whom he promised he'd take to the dance.

'ah! I can't believe I forgot, this is the second time.' He huffed, mentally telling off himself. Once he ran round the street corner he could almost see his house, there he'd make the quickest cloth change since the wonder woman spin and hope to god it wasn't too late.

'I spent that much time with Chiyo. It was like I was caught under a spell, like nothing else mattered. IS that really a good thing? Abandoning my friends for someone new? No, I'd never replace them. And I shouldn't blame Chiyo either, it was my fault.'

But I can't stop thinking about it…Thinking about her.

Sora had made it! He had finally made it to the doors of the school hall, he took in a deep breath before blasting the doors wide open by his hands.

"Wow" He sighed exhaustedly.

The party was so lifeless, almost dead. What had happened? Was it over?

He took a few steps forward his mind, already focused on finding the girl with red hair. At first it was hard with all the strobe lights, the smoke and well the corny playing on the stage.

I guess he almost regretted just leaving Chiyo for this?

"Kairi I-" He stood there, gawped in awe at how refined she looked. The dress was formal in attire but was still functional for other uses, like fast songs. It was a crystal blue that complimented her blue eyes, they shone like sapphires in the dim light.

'She looks amazing' he gulped, as he stuttered toward her.

"Sora you made it." Uttered a voice, it was Kairi with a smile so wide and warm.

"Don't speak, just dance." She smiled sincerely, taking his hand. They lead each other to the dance floor, Kairi almost forcibly in order to claim a decent part without being squashed in. They weaved threw a massive crowd before finding a focused point only a few yards away from Riku and his date. The brunette took a fleeting glance at his sparring partner, noticing his date was his average pick, the onyx haired boy never had any trouble finding girls, the guy was the perfect specimen for god-like sculptors, with chizzled abs and emerald eyes the boy was the closest thing to a Seraph.

The dance was mid-flight now, the children where gradually getting the hang of it but still they're movements were sluggish. Some boys were playing practical jokes on girls, pulling their bra straps, shoving jiggley frogs down they're backs, running really, really fast round an imaginary circuit. the type of things Sora would probably be enjoying right now. Despite the distractions around him, he made sure his eyes were on Kairi, giving her his 100% attention and devotion. As they heaved they're bodies together he couldn't help but feel stock almost cardboard and moving Kairi In the dress was sort of like shifting a wardrobe.

"So where have you been?" She uttered. Her body was comfortably pressed against Sora as if she had done this a thousand times. The comfortableness, the acceptance was kind of a burst of disbelief for him as it gave him compulsions of confusion, worry. It was nice but somehow scary at the same time, what did this mean? Was Kairi always this comfortable of this kind of intimacy? Chiyo was a nervous wreck and so was Tina the first time he danced with her… So why was Kairi so accepting? Did this mean something or was he analysing the situation too hard?

"Look, Kairi, I'll be honest with you...I… I was with Chiyo and we, we lost track of time." He said

"Oh, okay." Sora looked at her, noticing Kairi not even flinching. "What? Did you expect me to be jealous?" She hummed.

Confused by this, he raised a brow. "Well the last time you kinda ran out cryin when I tried to explain" He barked subtly, adding onto his remark a childish and unnatural laugh at the end.

With that the song ended and they parted ways, "I'm going for a drink, want one?"

"N-no thanks."

"It's alright Sora, really. You're just gunna have to make it up to me by dancing your butt off." She giggled cheekily, weaving through the crowd toward the punch bowl.

He watched her leave. As he was distracted, a mysterious silver haired menace grabbed Sora in an arm lock and dragged him into the corridor. "Hey buddy, gotta minute?"

Sora chocked; he was too weak too resist and was lead unwillingly until they made it into the corridor, as he released his grip the brunette let out a shriek of pain "Riku what gives!"

"Hey, you knew it was me? Well anyway…I wanted to talk to you about, well about Kairi."

"What about Kairi? He huffed "You annoyed that I got the first dance?"

Suddenly, he found himself retreating toward the wall as Riku proceeded to move closer, dangerously close. The tone in Riku's voice darkened and from then on his voice alone didn't sound right, didn't sound like Riku.

"You always were slow Sora. You know, I've always had a thing for Kairi."

And there it was, his confession. He just came right out and said it, it was unbelievable as it was predictable. But still, to just come right out and say it, it put the post-keyblader in dumbfounded shock, not to the point of rage, just shocked.

"B-but I thought you liked Chiyo?" He stammered innocently.

"Nah."

"Uh huh, you'd always brag about it. How you went round her house and-"

I only did that so the scent of me liking Kairi would go." Riku said "If I stole Kairi from you, right now. Would you hit me?" he added

"Riku."

"Would you hit me Sora?" He hissed a litter louder

"I'm confused"

"If I told you right now I was gonna steal Kairi from you? Like with everything you've got? Do you really think you could punch me?"

"Uh…" Why was he saying this? What was the point, there was never a rivalry that had involved them claiming prizes, well okay maybe they did but this somehow felt so.. So bizarre. What had gotten into Riku? He had hesitated for the longest time, as if time froze.

Sora decided to give in and give him an answer, despite it being too swift for a long thought out, proper response "Ye… Yeah." He said dejectedly.

With his answer in the open, Riku went back inside without a word.

Sora was left there to contemplate, feeling welled up surges of emotions all fixed between confusion, frustration and rage. His heart craving the one person that made sense under all this madness, the person that he was sure he'd be able to talk too about his worries, doubts and fears.

"Chiyo." He hushed. He almost felt that she'd appear from behind the corner on command, filling the empty space that bemused him. At least when he was with her he knew he wasn't being monitored.

'I wonder if…

I would have felt the same hesitation. If Riku had asked me about Chiyo instead of Kairi…

I wonder if…

I could…

If I could!?'

His hands grew tense, unconsciously he felt a large tension. Squeezed and tightened, his fists grew into a ball.

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As if this romance had already finished before it begun. I decided to have they're romance dead at the beginning then when KH starts it's virtually brand new

This is what happens when an OC joins in, they don't fight over HER they fight over the girl they've been fighting over this whole time and that's KAIRI. Chiyo is just the lube that starts the whole rivalry over Kairi and Chiyo's really being used by Riku too see how Sora responds.

SORA YOU JAMMY DODGER HE USED Chiyo to see how YOU would react. He's pressing your buttons.