Chapter 17
Sora walked back home, thinking about so many stuff, and feeling so happy because he finally got together with Kairi. Wait till Riku hears about this. He thought.
He went back home, said his greetings to his mom and dad, and went upstairs.
He dialed Riku’s number. The phone picked up. “Riku! Guess what!” Sora said excitedly.
“Sora! Congrats on getting together with Kairi! That was some touching confession!” Riku said.
Sora blinked, confused. “WH-What? You mean, you were there?” He asked.
“Well duh. Namine and me.” Riku said proudly.
Sora sweat dropped. “You sneaky people.” He said.
“Oh come on Sora! It was great!” Riku said.
“Well, I appreciate you telling me that.” Sora said.
“Well, now you’re with Kairi. Any plans on what next?” Riku said.
“Huh? What do you mean by that?” Sora asked.
“Are you blank, or are you just saying that? No dates, no dinners, no lunches, any couple time?” Riku asked.
“I don’t remember you doing that!” Sora said.
“That’s because you never saw me!” Riku said.
Sora could practically see Riku grinning on the phone. “Whatever. For now, I don’t know. But I’ll ask her out sometime.” He said.
“Good. Because you gotta.” Riku said.
“Is that all you can say?” Sora asked.
“Uh…I couldn’t say anything else.” Riku said.
“Alright. Who else knows about this?” Sora asked.
“I don’t know…I think Namine told Yuffie and all about this, that’s for sure.” Riku said.
Sora listened to what he said, and heard a few crashes. Then he heard some yelling.
“Ooh, sorry Sora, gotta go. I was playing with this ball and it slipped out of my hands and crashed into my mom’s pots and pans. Bye!” He said, and hung up.
Sora sighed. That’s what he gets for having his phone near the kitchen.
Flashback…
“Hey Riku! What’s up?” Sora asked Riku.
“Hey. I was wondering, I’m moving to my new house right? So shouldn’t we have the phone near the kitchen?” Riku said. “Is it so wrong?” He asked.
“Um…not really, but why?” Sora asked.
“Because I wanna get some grubs in case I get hungry while talking on the phone.” Riku said.
End of Flashback…
Sora shook his head. Then he heard someone coming. He turned around.
“Sora my man! I heard what happened!” Roxas said.
Sora’s eyes widened. “You know too?” He asked.
“Don’t be so shocked! I know you’re with Kairi now.” Roxas said.
“What? How did you know?” He asked.
Roxas’ eyes narrowed slyly. “I’ve got my…sources.” He said smirking.
Sora raised his eyebrow. “It’s like you have so many personalities.” Sora said.
“I know! Aren’t they cool! I mean, last week, I was eating so many cakes I became addicted to sugar. Wait, is that called a personality?” Roxas asked.
“That was just random.” Sora said. “But really, how did you know?” Asked Sora.
“I just guessed. By the way you reacted; I guess my guess was a perfect guess.” Roxas said, and ran around the house saying “lol”.
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Kairi’s cell phone rang. She answered it, and she heard Yuffie on the other line.
“Hi Yuffie!” Kairi said.
“Kairi!! I heard what happened from Namine! You two finally got together, huh?” Yuffie said, laughing.
“WH-What? How did Namine know?” She asked.
“She was there! With Riku!” Yuffie said.
“Oh.” Kairi said. “Well, I wouldn’t have seen them anyway. They were probably hiding.” She said.
“Well, more like a disguise. A very weird disguise.” Yuffie said.
“Why?” Kairi asked.
“She was happily telling me on the phone that she was wearing an afro.” Yuffie said. “And she told me Riku was wearing a ‘flashy’ necktie.” Yuffie said, laughing.
Kairi laughed. “What for, I mean, they were hiding.” Kairi said.
“Yeah, they’re weird.” Yuffie said.
“True, true. But we’re weird too.” Kairi said.
“So true.” Yuffie agreed. “Ow! Cloud! You know I sprained my ankle! I am in the state of fragileness!” Yuffie said.
“What happened?” Kairi asked.
“Oh, I just sprained my ankle and Cloud just kicked me.” Yuffie said.
“There is no word as fragileness!” Cloud yelled.
“How do you know?” Yuffie said.
Kairi laughed. “Are you okay? You can still walk, right?” Kairi asked.
“Yeah I’m fine. But I wanna put up an act for these people here.” Yuffie said. (These people here as in Leon, Aerith, and Cloud.)
“Right.” Kairi said.
Yuffie giggled. “OK, I gotta go. Aerith’s calling me for some reason.” Yuffie said.
“Ok, byebye!” Kairi said.
“Byebye!” Yuffie said, and hung up.
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Yuffie placed the phone back to where it was. She was going to walk downstairs because Aerith called her.
At first she thought her leg wasn’t going to be as painful as before, so she walked downstairs as usual. But when she did, she felt pain. She didn’t scream though, because she didn’t want to worry anyone. So she walked so slowly down the stairs.
Leon came out of his room, and saw Yuffie walking slowly down the stairs. And by the way it looked; it didn’t look like it’s going to finish that fast. He sighed, and walked downstairs till he reached her. When he did, he picked her up easily…again.
“Woah!” Yuffie said, and looked at who carried her. “Leon!” She said.
“Yeah?” He said.
Yuffie chuckled. “What are you doing?” She asked, frowning after.
“What do you think I’m doing?” Leon asked.
“Why are you doing this? I can walk very well on my own.” Yuffie said.
“Alright I’ll just drop you here.” Leon said.
“Wait! Don’t drop me here!” She yelled.
“Then what do you want me to do, princess.” He said, teasing her.
She gasped. “You did not just call me princess!” She said.
“I did.” He said.
Yuffie didn’t talk for a moment. Leon looked at her concerned.
“Yuffie, what do you want me to do?” Leon asked. Why did I just ask that? He thought to himself. He might as well just have dropped her.
“Well, since you called me a princess,” She said, adding quotes, “Then carry me to where Aerith is!” She said, pointing forward.
Leon shook his head. “Whatever you said, ‘princess’.” He said.
He carried her to the kitchen, where Aerith was.
“Oh! Leon! Good timing! And you got Yuffie in your arms too!” Aerith said happily.
Yuffie (and Leon!!) blushed. “So, why’d you call me?” Yuffie managed to ask, as Leon put her down. Yuffie leaned on Leon’s arm as she stood, trying not to put pressure on her sprained ankle.
Aerith smiled. “I wanted to change the bandages on Yuffie’s leg. I suppose they’ve become a bit lose.” Aerith said.
(A/N: Don’t ask me anything about why I said this. It might be meaningless, but I don’t know! I’m not a doctor! I’m only thirteen! I’m a baby! I’m joking about being a baby. But I don’t know anything. I mean, I don’t know anything about being a doctor.)
“So, Leon, can you do that for me? I have to cook.” Aerith said.
“Ok.” Leon said, as he took the bandages and other stuff from Aerith. He walked towards the living room. “Yuffie.” He called.
Yuffie sighed. She hopped towards the living room, giggling at the same time. She seems to be having fun hopping. (A/N: I do too!)
She arrived at the living room, still hopping, until Leon tripped her. She fell down with a light thump, and she opened her eyes to look up at Leon. She blushed.
“What if you fell like that?” Leon asked. “Maybe you’d sprain your other ankle, and then you’d need crutches.” He said.
“Oh come on, Leon. That was a light fall. Like that would sprain my ankle, again.” She said, rolling her eyes.
Leon shook his head. “You can expect the worst possible things from small happenings.” He said.
“Whatever, Leon. Just put me down.” She said.
He looked at the way he was holding her. It looked as if he was holding her like he was carrying towels. And when he realized that, he accidentally dropped her.
“Ow! Put me down as in carefully!” She said, as she slowly got up.
“Sorry.” He said, and he quickly scooped her up again.
“You are so weird right now.” Yuffie said, eyes showing suspicion. “Something up?” She asked.
He realized his actions, and put her on the sofa. “No…nothing.” He said, and looked away. He knew he was blushing, but he didn’t want to show it to her. Because it was she who was making him blush and do stupid antics.
“Let’s just change this quickly.” He said, looking at her leg, and started changing.
As he was taking care of her leg, she looked at him. Her eyes softened. “Did you hear? Sora finally asked Kairi to be his girlfriend. I guess we didn’t need to help him after all.” She said quietly.
He looked up. “That’s good.” He said.
“Yeah, but I guess that leaves the two of us. We’re single!” She said, laughing a bit. But she knew she didn’t want to be alone anymore.
“I suppose we are.” He replied. Then he looked up and smiled. “I’m sure you’ll find someone soon.” He said.
She looked at him and didn’t speak for a moment, for she was looking at his smile. “You should smile like that often.” She said quietly.
“What?” He asked.
“Nothing, nothing.” She said. “W-Well, if I find someone soon, that’s gonna leave you alone! That’s sad. It’s not nice to leave you alone!” She said, laughing awkwardly.
“I…guess.” He said. I think she said that I should smile more often. He thought as he looked down.
Yuffie’s eyes saddened. “You still think of her?” She asked.
“No. Rinoa’s someone from the past. I can’t dwell on her all the time.” He said.
Yuffie smiled. “That’s…good to hear.” She said.
Leon stood up. “All done.” He said.
Yuffie felt too sad. She wanted to say everything she felt about him right there, but she couldn’t. She couldn’t bring herself to say it.
Instead, she hugged him.
Leon was surprised, and dropped the things he was holding. But slowly he hugged her back.
The reason Yuffie was hugging Leon was because she was hiding tears that were threatening to fall. She felt calm hugging him, and felt like her tears were going to stop from falling.
“Thank you.” She managed to say. “For taking care of my leg and saying all those stuff.” She said.
“Your…welcome.” He said. He was blushing, but he like the comfort.
But from the kitchen, they heard a scream. It sounded like Aerith.
Leon and Yuffie looked at each other, alert. Then they heard Cloud shouting, “Aerith!”
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Author’s Notes: Oooh…I added some LY fluff!! Makes me feel excited too! I wonder what happened to Aerith…haha…well; we got to wait for the next chapter to come out! Until then, see you all later!!