A/N: n.n Hehehe more challenge ficcus. -dork'd-

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Blue eyes met violet ones one day.

That's how it all began.

The girl had just come to the islands, and was very, very shy. Sora thought being shy was kind of weird. People shouldn't be shy. Because then no one would have any friends, and that'd be very bad. Yup, very very bad.

"I'm Sora." Sora said loudly as his mom and the girl's mom conversed. The girl blinked her eyes. She had pretty eyes. But Sora couldn't think that. Girls had cooties. That's what Riku said! And anything Riku said was true. Riku was 9, and so he was always right.

"Kairi." The girl said, and smiled. She had a pretty smile too. And pretty hair. She reminded Sora of one of those princesses from fairy tales.

Yup. That's how it all began.

Sora and Kairi quickly became friends. Riku, however, was reluctant to let Kairi in his little posse of friends. "She's a GIRL, Sora." Riku would persist. Sora would always jump to her defense, like a knight in shining armor. "But she's special. AND she is my friend." Sora would say, his hands curling up into tiny fists. Riku would just laugh. Girls and boys being friends? Just didn't mix. So Sora was not allowed to show Kairi the guys' secret hideout.

So the two sat on Sora's living room floor, drawing pictures of random things with crayons.

"Bah. Crayons break easily." Kairi said, as she started peeling off the paper of the blue crayon she had snapped in half.

"Could be chalk. Now that breaks." Sora said, and Kairi nodded, agreeing with him. Sora wondered if there was a way for them to draw without breaking crayons or chalk… You could draw with rocks in the boys' hideout… But he'd have to take Kairi there, and she was a girl. But Riku was on vacation. Eh, it wouldn't hurt, would it? Riku would never know.

It'd be his and Kairi's little secret.

"Hey, Kairi. I have an idea. There's a place where you can draw and what you're drawing with doesn't break, well, 'cause it's kind of a rock…" Sora said, trailing off. Kairi raised an eyebrow, catching on.

"But I'm not allowed in your guys' hideout." She said, surprised.

"Well, you should be. Because if any of them decided to actually get to know you, they'd find out that you were actually the nicest and prettiest girl in the world." Sora blurted out. He blinked. Oh, god, what did he just say? The cooties must've gotten to him. Shoot.

"Aw, Sora! That was sweet." Kairi said, smiling, and Sora felt the temperature rise in his face. Cooties were evil. Eeeeeviiiiiil.

"T-thanks." He said, scratching his head of ruffled chocolate-colored hair. "C'mon, let me take you to the hideout. It's officially named The Secret Place."

That day was the start of many secretly planned trips to the cave. The first day there, they drew each other on the back wall. ("There's so many pictures in here, it's not like anyone's gonna notice." Sora had assured her.)

Little did they know how much that picture would later mean to them.

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They were about to leave for other worlds on a raft. Possibly never to see the islands again.

So Sora had to visit the Secret Place one more time.

Riku was being very nice to Kairi lately, more so than usual. Sora knew Riku liked Kairi. It was hard not to like Kairi. She had gotten very pretty. Sora let out a sigh. It would be very hard to win her over. Riku was better at everything.

Sora looked fondly at the drawing, remembering how naïve the two of them were.

Smiling at the memory, he picked up a rock and added him handing what looked like a star to her. It was said if two people shared one, their destines became intertwined, no matter what.

Sora wished that could happen.

Because he was certain of one thing-

-he was definitely in love with her.

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Kairi sighed. Everything had happened so fast. Her world blackened, and when she woke up, she saw Sora fade into golden light- he was dead. He had killed himself to save her.

Sora… Stupid, stupid Sora.

Then she saw him again- he was a Heartless, but she didn't care. He would always be her Sora, no matter what happened.

But her voice brought him back, and he held her close for the first time, with nothing to break them apart.

She wished that he'd never have to let go.

Because she was certain of one thing-

-she was definitely in love with him.

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"Kairi, remember what you said before? I'm always with you too! I'll come back to you- I promise!"

"I know you will!"

Those were their last words to each other.

Kairi now wished she had said something along the lines of "I love you".

Because he hadn't come back to her. Yet.

Now she was slipping. Her mind was starting to slowly forget about him- but her heart wasn't. She wasn't ready to just let go.

She loved him, and he loved her, and she knew it.

The drawing was proof. The night, that fateful night she had been sent back to the islands was when she saw it. Tears had cascaded down her ivory colored skin, just crying her heart out, as it was broken into one million little pieces.

But what if he didn't come back to her?

That was one question she would never, EVER want to hear the answer 'no' to. So she took the one option she had.

She went looking for him.

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Sora let out a sigh. He had been sleeping for a year (the heck?) and then he had to go and battle Heartless and Nobodies across the worlds. He had not been able to return home. So Kairi, his sweet Kairi, had put herself in danger by going and looking for him.

Sora blushed as they met again for the first time in years… She was so pretty… Not that she hadn't been before. But now was gone the happy sparkle from her eyes, replaced with a gleam of determination. Oh, how Sora wanted them to sparkle again. Maybe they would… just for him?

Nah… She'd never love a guy like him. Especially when she could do so much better.

"You and Riku never came home, so I came looking for you." She said to him, her voice low, her eyes searching his face,

Sora winced, and felt as if someone had just stabbed him right through. He had broken his promise to her. He'd said he'd come home. But he didn't. He felt ashamed, and looked away, not being able to meet her lovely gaze. "I'm sorry…" He said, and did not expect for Kairi to throw herself at him, and cling to him as if there were to be no tomorrow.

"This is real…" She whispered into his ear, and Sora felt something hot stream down his neck and he realized she was crying, but at the same time, she was smiling. She buried her head into the crook of his neck, and Sora circled his arms around her. One moment of peace.

Maybe, perhaps, she did love him, after all…?

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"W-we're back."

"You're home."

They locked gazes- blue and purple clashing with one another.

Nothing could separate them again.

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Sora smiled as he walked into the Secret Place. He hadn't been here in ages. Not since right before they left, almost two years ago. It seemed like an eternity.

Sora walked, unknowingly making the same steps Kairi had almost a year ago, until he had crouched down and noted the drawing. He blinked. Unless his mind was deceiving him, it looked different from when he had last left it.

Then it hit him.

Kairi had added a bit to it.

"Heh." Sora said, placing his hand on the rock, fondly. He then snapped his head around as he heard footsteps, and turned to see Kairi leaning against one of the rocks at the entrance.

"Hm… I was wondering if you'd see that. I was wondering if you could still even fit through the entrance to here, for that matter." Kairi said, smiling, and Sora smiled back. He couldn't help but smile with her; she was just so… so…

Well, whatever she was, it was indescribable.

Before he knew it, Kairi had tackled him and threw her arms around him, knocking them both to the ground. Sora felt so giddy, just being there with her. This is what love was.

Kairi traced his lips with her fingertips before placing a kiss on them, it was short and sweet, just as he always imagined it to be. Her lips tasted a bit like strawberries.

And to think, it all started when they were drawing with crayons.