SIR SHORTSTUFF PRESENTS:

H o w can I stand here with

y o u, and n o t be moved by

y o u ?

A K A I R I STORY.

"REMEMBER W H E N WE.."

She sat alone. The cold sand shifted under her body weight as she set her feet out infront of her. They sunk under, her toes now no longer exposed. She tucked a strand of cherry red hair behind her petite ear.

Remember that time that we sat here, our intentions being set on leaving this place, escaping to a place unknown? I miss it when you would laugh at my simple jokes. Sometime I wonder where you are, counting the seconds you're gone like I would count the stars in the sky.

Sand clung to her purple skirt as she stood back up and slowly made her way across the beach. Footprints trailed behind her as she slowly lifted her feet, taking as much time as she could so she could reminisce.

I remember how we used to s i t, in the secret place, chalk in hand. We would draw pictures of friendship. My memories are solid, as was our friendship... Sora, never forget who I am. Never forget the Kairi I have always been.

A tear ran down Kairi's face. She sat in the cave, touching the stone walls, feeling the chill against her fingertips. The stench was somewhat unbearable, must have been an animal that died in there. Old chalk pictures were scribbled everywhere, but smudged. The moist ground made Kairi's legs tingle with cold.

Sora, why is it that everytime I came so close to you, the further away you seemed?

The pictures on the walls would fade in time, being wiped away. But the memories were forever...or so Kairi would like to think. But, the boy who once she thought she could live her life forever with, would soon become just another painting in her mind, one that, like the the chalk on the wall, would soon smudge and disappear forever.

Why the h e l l is this happening to me?

"Did I do something wrong? No body knows what's going on! Why are you doing this to me?" her voice shook with anger as she stood up, gaining her balance against the rocks. She fell , her hand slipping against the wall. She pulled her hand out infront of her and looked at it, making sure there were no cuts, but there was the substance from the walls. She turned to see a drawing with 5 lines through it. It was of her and Sora. One they drew when they were younger, except something was added to it.

A Paopu fruit was attached to an extended arm.

S o r a...

A smile spread across Kairi's face. She wiped away tears and looked around. A small stone lay beside a tree root.

P e r f e c t.

She picked it up, rubbing it under her fingers. The cold suface of the stone connected with the wall as she scribbled a picture across the wall of The Secret Place. Once satisfyed, she stood back, pulled a strand of hair behind her ear and walked off.

Sora, remember the time we...