Fast Food Madness: The Epic Return V2

Kairi continued to look at Sora, lifting her head off his shoulder a little. "...I do have a question, though," she admitted softly. She was wondering what exactly triggered him to talk to her about this, and she felt that she had a hunch. However, Kairi didn't want to jump to conclusions; that could make things worse.

 

Sora looked down at Kairi, his eyes showing that he was willing to answer whatever question she had. "What is it?" he asked, mentally preparing himself for a question about the mission. It was something that he didn't think about as much these days, but he was sure he could answer whatever question she had for him.

 

"...What brought this up?" Kairi asked after short hesitation. She didn't want to step into dangerous territory, but she felt it was kind of past that point. It was time to get some answers, though she knew she didn't want all of them at once; that would be too much. She was already feeling kind of weak, anyway.

 

Sora diverted his gaze, that being the one question he was unprepared for. He knew the answer to that, and earlier he had been fearing that Kairi would suspect something was up. "I guess...what happened yesterday made me think about a lot of stuff," he confessed, his gaze moving back to Kairi in the middle of his sentence.

 

Kairi simply nodded, her sight falling from Sora's and to the bed. She figured that it had been him, after all he had said to Sora in the Realm of Darkness. She'd hated hearing such things about Sora leave the man's mouth, but it seemed that there was more going on with Sora than she thought.

 

Sora looked away when Kairi did, his gaze going to the bed. Both of them knew what he meant by what he said, and he was glad that he didn't have to say it all aloud. It wasn't good that he had let that evil man get to him, but really, he had only reinforced things that Sora had already been thinking himself.

 

Kairi continued to stare at the bedsheets, trying to figure this out. If what he said about Sora was true concerning this, did that mean the rest was as well? Was Sora...giving in to the Darkness?

 

Sora kept his gaze downward, not sure what to say now. He wasn't sure if Kairi was thinking about some things, or if she was really unhappy with his answer. Well, whatever the case was, he wasn't going to break the silence; he had said everything he had wanted to say.

 

Kairi closed her eyes and released a soft breath, not even wanting to consider than option. She didn't want to believe it; Smith had to be wrong. "Um..." she started, opening her eyes. "Thanks, for being honest." That was all she really wanted, and if she had any questions, she would be sure to ask Sora about them.

 

"Sure," Sora said softly, glancing at Kairi before he looked back down for the millionth time. He was going to try and be more honest with Kairi, not that honesty had been the biggest problem. Being open, now there was the issue. He had thought it would be good to not let her in on things, and as much as he didn't want her to know the ugly truth of his four months away, he finally realized that she had a right to know.

 

Kairi closed her eyes again, but this time it was because she felt a little weak. She had been ever since she had been taken to the Realm of Darkness, but she hadn't said anything. The boys had been easy, and now, well...she didn't really want to tell Sora when he already had enough going on. Stuff she was sure she would ask about later.

 

Sora shut his eyes, exhaling a soft breath as he leaned his head against the headboard of the bed. He wasn't sure what to make of this silence; it didn't seem overly tense, but it wasn't peaceful, either. He wondered why that was, but he would try to figure it out himself before he talked to Kairi about it.

 

Later. That was the key word. Kairi was still trying to recover from seeing Smith again and being captured (though she didn't hold anything against Riku for it). And then there was her nightmare about Nathaniel fighting Sora, which had actually happened in the Realm of Darkness. And then there was the Realm of Darkness itself, and now things with Sora. There was a wall, and she wasn't sure if she wanted to take it down completely just yet. Worrying Sora... It didn't sound like a good idea at this point.

 

Sora opened his eyes after a few minutes, having figured out something that was bothering him. He looked down at Kairi, giving her shoulder a light rub, since his arm was still around her. "Babe? You look pretty tired. How about you lie down and get some rest?" She looked as if she could fall asleep on him again, but he wanted to get up and see if any of his other friends were awake. He had to be considerate of them too, since they were guests in his house.

 

Kairi nodded a little and opened her eyes, glancing up at Sora. "That sounds like a good idea," she said softly. She didn't feel like herself, so sleeping probably would help. Hopefully when she woke up she wouldn't feel as weak and...weird.

 

Sora gently brought his arm back from around Kairi's shoulders, bringing it to his side and then setting his feet off the side of the bed, the teen rising to his feet. Kairi would surely be more comfortable laying down for a while, and he would go take care of his other friends while she slept.

 

Kairi lowered her eyes and once she saw that Sora was off the bed, she lowered herself so her head was on the pillow. She pulled the sheets up a little and rolled onto her side. Once she was comfortable, Kairi lifted her sight to Sora without thought.

 

Sora turned around, ignoring the aching of his battle wounds as he looked to the girl on the bed. "Sweet dreams," he said quietly, offering Kairi a soft smile at the same time. He hoped she didn't have any more nightmares, but if she did, he would come running back, just like he had last night.

 

Kairi smiled weakly and nodded, one hand resting beside her face on the pillow. She hoped for nice dreams, and not horrible nightmares. That would be a nice change in things.

 

Now that he was on his feet, Sora felt as if it would be awkward for him to stay and wait for Kairi to sleep. His soft smile stayed on his lips as he turned and headed for the door, the brunet wanting to give Kairi some peace and quiet so that she could rest well.