Fast Food Madness: The Epic Return V2

"Kai?" Sora murmured, blinking as he forced his eyes open completely. He kept his eyes on the television, though, his head somehow feeling too heavy for him to turn at the moment.

 

"Hmm?" Kairi hummed, turning her head a little to look at the boy she loved. She was curious as to what Sora wanted, or if he needed anything. By his voice, though, he sounded tired.

 

Sora forced himself to turn his head a little, though he kept it against the side of the couch as he gazed at the girl beside him. "Is that medicine supposed to make you drowsy?" he asked softly, though he was already feeling the answer. Yes, it most certainly did make a person drowsy.

 

Kairi felt her eyes soften at the words and the look on Sora's face, the girl smiling slightly. "Yes," she answered gently, seeing that he certainly looked drowsy. But was that a good or bad thing in Sora's eyes?

 

I should have known, Sora thought, blinking when he heard Kairi's response. It was like her to want him to rest, but know that he wouldn't willingly sleep. Not only was that medicine meant to take away his pain, but it was also meant to put him to sleep. "Oh," he said simply, that being the only response he could think of.

 

"Are you feeling a little better?" Kairi asked, tilting her head a little. If he was feeling the side-effects from the medicine, then certainly his pain was temporarily taken care of.

 

Sora nodded, forcing himself to perform the movement so that he would wake himself up a little bit. "Yeah." He hardly felt any pain, which must have meant that medicine was very strong. It made sense to him, considering just how heavily it was affecting his efforts to stay conscious.

 

Kairi's smile remained at the news. "Good," she replied softly. She could tell that Sora was already dozing off, and she was about to ask if he would like to lie down. But then she hesitated, not sure if she understood one thing. Did Sora even want to sleep?

 

Sora brought up a hand, lowering his gaze as he wiped at his eyes in hope that he could get rid of the sleepiness that way. It was futile, though; whether he wanted to sleep or not (and he most certainly did not), he was going to pass out.

 

"...You wanna lie down?" Kairi asked softly, her smile fading away. Yeah, Sora was going to fall asleep on her soon, and she wanted him to be comfortable. Of course, that was up to him as to what he wanted to do.

 

"I dun wanna sleep," Sora murmured, lowering his hand when he still felt sleepy. If he was more awake, he would have been a little upset that Kairi pulled this on him, but now he was too tired to care about that.

 

Kairi nibbled on her bottom lip, remembering her suspicions from just a few minutes ago. So, he didn't want to go to sleep... She wasn't sure why; it would help him in the long run, just like it helped her. Right?

 

Sora leaned the side of his head against the couch, his eyes falling shut. He was going to sleep; the question was, how long would he keep fighting against it? He knew that it would be a while; he had stayed with Kairi today so that he could support her, not fall asleep on her couch and leave her alone.

 

Kairi lowered her eyes to her lap, fiddling with her fingers. She hadn't meant for Sora to get so sleepy; she had simply given him the pills to help take the pain away. Drowsiness was just a side-effect she had forgotten about. By the looks of things, Sora wasn't leaving for a while. Kairi knew Riku was still at his house, and she was tempted to call him so he wouldn't be by himself for too much longer.

 

Sora exhaled a soft breath, facing in Kairi's direction. He really didn't want to go to sleep, and the feeling only reminded him of what had happened recently, when he had refused to rest before searching for Smith. Of course, Kairi came over and forced him to go to sleep, though it had ultimately been for his own good.

 

If Sora slept for over an hour, Kairi would call Riku. She was sure that Sora much have talked to him while she was asleep herself, so he probably knew what was going on. The girl lifted her gaze to look at Sora again, but then she looked to the TV, watching it without much interest.

 

Sora tiredly opened his eyes, changing his position so that the back of his head was against the couch and his eyes were on the television. He really didn't want to sleep...he wanted to be up for Kairi...He didn't want her to be alone...

 

Kairi wasn't sure what to think of some things at the moment. Yeah, she was relieved and happy that some of the biggest threats of their lives were conquered. But things today caused her to feel off; not only her exhaustion and weakness from the Realm of Darkness, but things with Sora as well. There was something different, something she couldn't put her finger on. It made Kairi feel a little uneasy, though she tried not to show it.

 

Sora shut his eyes again, a soft breath of defeat leaving him. He couldn't force himself to stay awake much longer; the best chance that he had of being with Kairi was if he fell asleep now and woke up later. He was too tired to think about what he should do about Riku, and anyway, he couldn't move any of his muscles to do anything anyway.

 

Don't think about that right now, Kairi told herself, tucking some of her red hair behind her ear. She just wanted the day to end, since it was shaky. She wanted a fresh start to a new day, where she could start it of positively and not with uncertainty, much like today.