A/N: Omg, you’ve waited so long for a sequel, hehee! Here you go!

Summary: Sequel to Lover by Day, Stranger by Night. Now that Kairi knows the truth, she’s unsure about being with Sora. Having feelings for both, she doesn’t know what to do. Can Sora convince Kairi that he really loves her? What does Namine think is so funny?

Needle in a Haystack

Chapter One

It was a chilly day in mid-august. Everyone was crowded around the movie theater, begging to get inside for “Sora Yinemoto’s” new movie: The Innocent. Once the doors opened, everyone that pre-ordered their tickets rushed inside. Sneaky people tried to get by, but were pulled away and kicked out by guards. Among this hectic crowd, Kairi, Selphie, Riku and Sora (Hinato) were all rolling their eyes. Somebody tapped Kairi’s shoulder.

“Hey, it’s me.” Whispered Saito, a.k.a. Sora Yinemoto. He was wearing a black wig and sunglasses, along with a huge coat. Sora got a little irritated with his twin brother, who pushed him aside so he could stand next to Kairi.

“Wow, I didn’t think it’d be this big.” Saito scratched his head.

“Of course it is. You’re famous.” Kairi didn’t sound too excited.

“Well, Kairi... let’s go grab our seats.” Before she could refuse, Saito took her hand and pulled her past all those people. Jealous, Sora sprinted after them.

“Hey! What are you doing? She’s mine!”

“Whatever, man. Kairi wants to be with me.” Saito said with pride, holding onto her hand tighter.

“I said Kairi loves me!” Sora grabbed her other hand and pulled her.

“Ow! Hey! That hurt!” Kairi said, but they didn’t seem to hear her. It had been like this ever since she found out their secrets on that one day. They never seemed to stop fighting over her, and it was getting kind of annoying.

Since they were brothers, Saito and Sora sure enough did not hesitate to act like brothers. They played tricks on each other, fought physically, and even got extremely jealous of the other. Sure, Saito had tons of money, and being the brother of him, Sora was kind of able to get some of it out of him.

“Kairi! Don’t you love me?” Sora asked.

“No! I said… she loves me!” Saito pulled.

“Me!”

“No, ME!”

“STOP! I DON’T LOVE EITHER OF YOU!” Kairi screamed, shocking them both enough to let go.

“Well said.” Selphie sipped on a soda.

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“Argh… stupid dream...”

There was a knock on Kairi’s door. Her mother opened it. Their new dog, Layla, ran in and jumped on her bed, waking her up.

“Kairi, it’s twelve o’clock. Get out of bed.” Her mother said calmly, setting something down on her desk. The dog followed her out of the room after barking a few times. Kairi rolled over, but it was the wrong side. She fell out of the bed.

Checking her cell phone, she realized she had missed about three calls. She put her cell phone away and figured she’d call them back later. She looked at the letter that her mom put on her desk. It was from an old pen pal, Olette. Excited, she grabbed it and ripped it open.

Not knowing when she’d be coming, Kairi had the urge to start cleaning up and getting ready for her friend’s arrival. She had no idea Olette would ever actually come to the islands. They started talking on a website and friendship grew from there. This had been going on for about two years. She went down to the kitchen and told her mother about Olette. She smiled and nodded.

“Um… one of those twins called for you.” Her mom told her, leaving the room. Layla jumped up on Kairi, scratching her arm. She obviously wanted to play. Kairi found one of her toys and threw it, then headed upstairs before the dog could see where she went. After hearing that one of the twins called, she wasn’t really too happy.

She recently got into an argument with Sora. It was a really pointless one, but those seem to drag on for the longest time. Kairi fell back on her bed and picked up her cell phone. Should she call him? What if it was Saito that called?

“Why is it so difficult?” Sora asked her impatiently.

“I don’t know! Listen Sora, I’m sorry but… I loved you back then! I don’t know how I feel about you now!” She argued, but felt like it was going nowhere. This is the third time they’ve fought about this, and it was really getting tiring.

“Kairi, don’t you get it? I still love you!”

“I’m so confused right now, please don’t say that!”

“What does ‘Sora Yinemoto’ have that makes him so special?” He sounded a bit jealous.

“Listen, I thought he was you… so I went out with him too! He made me happy!”

“That’s it… I’m done…” Sora left the room.

It was like nobody understood how she felt. Not even Selphie could help her. It was a problem between her and these two guys she had feelings for.

“Oh snap!” She jumped at the sound of her cell phone. Checking it, it was Saito. She thought for a moment, then had a brilliant idea.

“Hey.” She answered, sounding a little flirtatious.

“Whoa…” Saito, of course sounded surprised, then cleared his throat. “Um… now I forgot what I was going to say…”

She laughed. “Can I see you?”

“Wow… you read my mind…” Saito said. “Sure. Where?”

“My house. My mom is leaving soon. Let’s say… in about an hour?”

“We’ll be… alone?”

“Yeah.” She giggled.

“Heh… alright. I’ll be there in an hour.”

They hung up. She had the perfect plan on how to test her feelings. She wasn’t going to have sex or anything, but she wanted to see how far each guy would go for her… such as doing things. This was the only way she could think of testing their feelings for her, and whoever cares about her more will definitely win her heart. It was all a game, or so she thought…

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Layla barked at the sound of the doorbell. Kairi made sure she was ready and went to open it. Saito stood there, blushing a little.

“Come on in.” She grabbed his hand and pulled him in, feeling a little awkward. Layla jumped up on him, wanting to play. He kneeled down and pet her, getting licked a few times in the face. Kairi laughed.

“So cute.”

“You’re acting weird…” Saito said as he got up, but he looked as though he liked it.

“Yeah… well…” Kairi blushed.

If she was going to be ‘successful’ in doing this, she had to make sure that the other brother knew nothing about what she did with them. Doing these things was definitely out of her character, and she knew they would notice that. However, she continued to play along.

“So… what did you want to do?” Kairi asked him. Saito wasn’t usually shy, but her attitude sort of threw him off.

“Well, I was thinking… maybe we could watch a movie over there or something…” He pointed over to the couch. Thinking that he sounded like the stupidest guy in the world, he cleared his throat. “Eh… unless…”

“Sure!” Kairi took him over to her collection. “Pick one.”

“Oh… uh…”

Kairi had to remember, she was testing him. Since he was taking forever to choose, she decided to pick for him.

“How about this one?”

“Is that a—“

“Chick flick? You… could say that…” She sighed. “I haven’t watched it in a long time… it’s one of my favorite movies.” He didn’t see through her pity act, so he accepted and put it in the DVD player for her. Strike one. They took a seat on the couch.

“You’re really different today… why?”

“Shh, it’s starting!” Kairi said, leaning forward.

Not even Kairi wanted to watch this movie, but he seemed to be doing just fine with it. Saito didn’t fall asleep, nor did he even try to put his arm around her. Kairi had to take the next step.

She moved a little closer to him, sending him a signal that she wanted to cuddle. He immediately got the message and let her do so. Her head rested on his shoulder. He put his hand around her waist.

“Wow… Kairi… we haven’t done this in a long time…” He whispered, ignoring the movie.

“I know… it feels kind of… nice.” She hated herself for saying that.

“I just want to know… why?”

“OOO! Wait! Good part!” Kairi leaned forward again, excited. Saito sighed.

When the movie was over, they just sat on the couch together. The silence was killing her, so she had to do or say something. Once she turned to speak, he was already kissing her. Alarmed at first, Kairi wanted to pull away. She never intended this to happen. However, if her plan was going to work, she had to do what she had to do.

“Kairi… I…”

“Sora, just kiss me.”

“What? Sora?”

Kairi’s eyes widened. She felt like she had just been shot. Did she really say Sora’s name?

“I… mean… um… you look so much like him… I…” She couldn’t come up with a good excuse no matter how hard she tried. Well, so much for that plan…

“Were you thinking of him the whole time? What am I to you?” Without giving her time to explain, Saito got up and left.

“Crap…” Kairi stayed on the couch.

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A/N: Well, well? So quickly! What is Kairi thinking? Now she’s got both of them mad at her... How is she going to figure out which one to choose? Review!