She sighed in delight as the redhead laid back on the Paopu tree. She closed her bright green eyes and let the ocean breeze go through her chin length hair, taking in smells of the ocean.
"I'll get you this time, Riku!" Her smile only widened as she flopped over on her stomach. She watched two boys spar with wooden swords.
"Bring it on! I can take you! Even if Mai helped." The silver-haired boy shouted, looking in her direction.
The girl smirked and took it as a challenge. She adjusted her glasses and hopped off the tree with her clothes drifted in the light breeze. She wore light blue frayed denim shorts that went to her middle upper thigh and yellow tank top that had green palm trees on it. She had a red gel bracelet that said 'siblings4ever', though she couldn't remember who the siblings were.
"Do I smell a challenge?" She picked up the wooden sword at the base of the tree.
"Come on, Mai! Let's kick Riku's butt!" The brunette boy said, getting in his fighting stance.
"We can do it this time!" She stood by his side, slightly blushing. Riku saw this and smirked.
"If I win, you have to take Mai out on a date, Sora!" He smirked.
"What? She's not my girlfriend!" He blushed bright as her cheeks.
She gulped, "Yeah, he's not my boyfriend."
Just as Sora and Mai charged at Riku, another voice chimed in and made Mai mentally growl.
"Sora! Mai! Riku!" They turned their heads to see an auburn haired girl waving at them.
Mai forced a smile and a wave back. Sora left her side and she watched him, stop waving and her smile turned sad.
Riku ran passed her and she followed after him. She tripped over her own feet and her glasses fell off.
"Dang it!" She felt for them, being it was hard to see without them.
"Hold on!" She heard Sora's voice and seen a blurry Sora run towards her. He picked up her glasses and blew off the sand. He wiped them off and put them on her.
"T-thanks..." She said with pink cheeks as she adjusted them.
"Hey! It's no big deal!" He smiled, "We're best friends, right?"
She nodded with the biggest of smiles, "Of course."
"Come on, love birds. We still gotta collect more stuff for the raft!" Kairi yelled and Mai giggled outside... Inside she was screaming like she had mental problems.
She took one last look at Sora and seen he was looking at her. He then looked away, gulping and blushing bright.
She sighed, "Right... what do we need to to get?"
***
She climbed into the treehouse and found the last item on the list, the cloth. She grinned and snatched it up, running out of the treehouse. She looked down to the ground and saw Riku.
"Hey! Riku!" She called out to him. He looked up at her and she giggled, "Catch me!"
"Wait, wha- oof!" She land right on top of him. She giggled.
"Thanks, Riku..." She got up and dust her clothes. The silver-headed boy groaned as she helped him up.
"No problem." He said, sarcastically.
She giggled and pushed her glasses up, "I gotta get this to Kairi! See ya later!"
Riku waved her off and he chuckled, 'She's so weird... but she's cool to hang out with.'
As she ran along the shoreline, she saw Sora fast asleep on the warm sand. She smiled and sat next to him.
"Gee, I wonder if Sora's ticklish!" She tried to warn him if he doesn't wake up she would. But he keep snoozing. She growled and got up to his ear and whispered, "Sora?"
Sora groaned and turned on his side, his back facing away from her. She could see his carefree face and how his light snores came to her ears.
Oh, those snores!
She giggled as he rolled back on to his back. His eyes were half opening and he sat up. He looked at Mai with a tired smile.
"Morning, sleepyhead!" She grinned.
He yawned and laid back down... only to see Kairi over him. That startled both her and him. Sora shot up into a sitting position as Mai stood up.
"Gimme a break, Kairi." He laughed, getting on his knees.
"Sora, you lazy bum! I knew I'd find you here." She said, smirking, "And when there's thing one, there's thing two... Right, Mai?"
She looked at the ocean, pretending she didn't let that bother her. She shrugged it off.
"Well, did either of you get the things we need?"
"I did! I even folded it nicely, see?" She grinned and held it up. She, however, made a mistake of grabbing a side of the cloth. Gravity worked it's magic and the cloth swiftly unfolded itself. She pouted, "Crap... I didn't mean to do that..."
Sora's laughs made her blush, not only from embarrassment, but how cute it was. He always would throw his head back whenever he laughed, which made it even cuter. She pouted as she sat next to Sora and began refolding it.
"So, Kairi, do you remember what your home was like?" Sora asked and Mai's ears perked up. "You know before you came to the islands?"
"I already told you, I don't remember anything..." Kairi said and Mai finished folding it.
"There! All done!" She said cheerfully and Sora looked at her.
"How about you? Do you remember?"
"Mmm... Nope, but I'll figure something out!" She giggled and got up, "Maybe will stumble upon me and Kairi's world!"
"It would be nice to visit." Kairi agreed with her.
"Yeah! Along with any other worlds out there!" Sora smiled, "I wanna see 'em all!"
"So what are we waiting for!" Kairi said.
"Hey! Aren't you guys forgetting about me?" Riku's voice called over to them and they looked at him. He had a log underneath his arm. "Looks like I'm the only one working on the raft!"
Mai cleared her throat and held up the folded cloth, "I been help- darn it..."
"Hehehe, two times in a row!" Sora laughed as the cloth fell loose again. She growled and handed it to Kairi.
"There! I got my cloth you fold it!" She huffed.
Riku tossed the log to Sora, who struggled to catch it, and walk over to Kairi.
"At least she's helping." Riku said, "You just as lazy as he is. She gathered all her stuff."
Kairi blushed and giggled, "So you noticed... Okay then, let's finish the raft together!"
Mai giggled as Riku sat down. Sora got the log off him and pushed it off to the side. Mai giggled.
"Hey, Sora! I'll race you to the paopu tree!" She said.
"What?" He raised an eyebrow.
She giggled, "Come on..."
"Ready... GO!" Riku, Sora, and Mai ran forward. She looked back to see Kairi running, too. She realized Sora and Riku were getting away fast and she picked up the pace.
She got to the bridge and heard Sora groan in defeat as Riku touched the paopu tree first. She giggled as she neared them and tripped- right into Sora.
He gasped as he held her in his arms. Riku snickered but they didn't really care. They blocked out everything else and were so close. Never this close. Any movement at all would have there lips together. Just as she was about to close her eyes, Kairi ran into Sora's view. He turned to her.
Sora helped her stand straight and she nervously giggled. 'UGH! WHY COULDN'T I KISS HIM WHEN I HAD THE CHANCE!?!'
Sora: 'Do I still... have a crush on her?'