Kingdom Hearts Fan Fiction ❯ Untitled Notepad ❯ Trouble On Her Account ( Chapter 4 )

Ch.4: Trouble on her account

 

-Nothing really to say. Except that it's fucking hot. Really hot. Supremely hot. And I have to go to Sunday school tomorrow. Not if I can help it. I'll say my head hurts or something. I really don't want to go. I'd rather sleep in than wake up at six and stay at the church until twelve. Honestly, who's going to be paying attention for all that time?? *squeal* I love Nagisa! She's so cute!

 

 

Kairi clutched the hem of her shirt as she glanced around. There were people everywhere. On the floor, on bookcases, on tables, on furniture...

'It's starting to look like I shouldn't have come...' she thought as she saw someone literally force beer down a girl's throat. The whole atmosphere at the place was generally uncomfortable. It was like Geography class, but people were (more) openly drinking beer.

`It's a big step, though! Just last week I wasn't comfortable being around a lot of other people…although I'm not all that comfortable now…' At least she had her friends with her- if she started to spaz out too much they would stick around.

"Well, see ya guys!" Sora said as he took Riku's hand.

"We're gonna go make out somewhere!"

"Wait!" Kairi yelled, trying to catch up with them.

“You can't drag me here and just ditch me!”

It was no use. Before even a second had gone by, Sora had dragged Riku away into the shadows.

 

Kairi could feel her heart sink. She didn't want to be there anymore. She didn't even know why she agreed to go in the first place. `Oh. Yes I do…' Well, by then her reason was making her feel foolish and incredibly peeved. She obviously decided to go so she could hang out with Yuffie outside of school. It's not like they even hung out at school anyway. She just wanted to get to know her better. To expand her social life. That was it. Too bad when the time rolled by she was too embarrassed and uncomfortable to even talk to the other girl.

Rinoa's presence didn't really make it any better.

`Only four hours left…only four more hours….'

"Hey, Kai!" Yuffie said as she "gently" slapped Kairi on the back, causing her nearly to choke.

"Let's go to the balcony! That's where Irvine is!"

"What about Rinoa and Ellone?" Kairi asked as she followed Yuffie through the mass of making out teens.

 

"Rinoa dragged her away to go meet some friends" Yuffie yelled over the music. “She sure acts weird most of the time, doesn't she?”

In all honesty the answer Kairi felt like giving wasn't exactly polite, and the thought of her thinking like that caused her to laugh, probably giving Yuffie the wrong impression (even though the offhand laugh did pretty much sum up her feelings). “Oh, uh, sorry! I didn't mean it…like that.” Whoops.

"It's okay!" Yuffie said with a laugh, settling her hand on Kairi's shoulder and guiding her through the crowds like they were on some sort of mission.

"She does tend to get, how should I say, carried away.”

 

'Like by asking weird questions' Kairi thought, trying to ignore the fact that they were standing so close. During the whole car ride, Rinoa was bombarding Kairi with stupid questions.

"Have you met Irvine? Are you straight? How old are you? Is that your natural color?” And “Is Ellone too quiet or what?” were just a few to name.

Fortunately, Yuffie stepped in and bailed Kairi out. Before it got even more out of hand ( Sora was too busy pestering Riku to notice, and even if he did he probably would've thought it was funny). And again, Kairi felt strange about the whole thing. `I need to get my head on straight. Heh heh…that's funny.'

"Hey, Irvine!" Yuffie called, "I've got her for you! And don't be an ass like usual or I'll have to come steal her away!”

Kairi stepped out from behind Yuffie, nervously glancing around the oversized balcony. So far the whole thing wasn't really going how it played out in her magical fantasy land.

 

"This" Yuffie said, pointing to a tall guy with a cowboy hat, "is Irvine, the one and only. After knowing him for a few minutes you'll want to kill yourself.”

"Hey!" Kairi said, recognizing him at once.

"You're the guy who gave me that handkerchief!" She had to stop herself from saying “That creepy psycho rapist looking guy who was lurking in the freshman hallway even though he's obviously not a freshman.” That would've been rude.

"Yeah, I guess so!" he said, smiling and shooting Yuffie a “Go away now” look that was totally unsubtle.

"Well, since you two already have so much in common, I think I'll just go try to pry Rinoa away from poor Ellone.” Yuffie said, grinning and turning to walk away.

 

Kairi watch Yuffie descend the stairs, feeling a little disappointed. The only reason she came was to talk to her and there she was, stuck with Irvine, who she didn't know (for good reason). `Sure, I ended up not saying anything anyways, but I don't really want to be alone up here with this guy. I'm totally gonna kill Sora for running off like that…'

"So my name's Irvine, as you might already know" he said, holding out his hand.

"Ehm...Kairi" she said, shaking his hand. Did he have to act like that? It was obvious he was faking it- insincerity leaked from his every syllable. Kairi realized exactly where it was she would've rather been.

"Let's go sit down" he said, pointing over to a table with chairs situated around it, along with partygoers in their various stages of drunkenness.

 

Once they sat down there was a bit of an awkward silence as he looked at her and she looked at anything and everything else. The way he was looking at her with that weird half-grin was telling- he was messing with her. She was an easy target and they both knew it. The smart thing to do would've been to just leave, but of course since Kairi had nothing even resembling a backbone she couldn't have even done that.

"So..." she said, trying to break the stifling mood, “is this your house?”

"Sure is” he said, leaning further across the tables and speaking softly. She guessed he was trying to make her lean in too so she could hear him better, but her nerves wouldn't let her do much more than just sit nailed to the chair.

"But my parents are over at a friend's. So I figured, why not throw a party?"

'Nice logic' Kairi thought as he fiddled with his hat, making another attempt at fiddling her. It wasn't really working. Not only was it too noticeable, but he was visibly taking enjoyment from how uncomfortable she was. Kairi made a mental note to never show up at one of his parties again no matter who asked.

"But after this school year's over I'll be old enough to get my own place..." he said, studying the scenes around him. Following his gaze, Kairi thought she saw Yuffie and leaned to the side a little to see who it was- but it was some guy who didn't look like her at all. `I'm such a flake. There's really no need for all this…'

"And then I'll be able to throw all the parties I want!"

 

'I can't believe I went as far as to come here to be around her. This is so dumb' Kairi thought as Irvine continued to ramble about his various parties and drinking contests he'd participated in.

"So what do you like to do?" Irvine asked, leaning over the table to her again, this time scooting his chair closer as to invade even more of her personal space (not that she had much of it anyways, what with the dancing drunkards around her).

"Um...I like to read" she said as she scooted her chair back a bit. She may be an easy target but she wasn't going to just give in. The whole situation would've been better if Yuffie or Riku or even Rinoa showed up so she'd have an excuse to leave.

"Hmm" Irvine said, his face falling quite visibly. Nice, he didn't even try to hide his insulting thoughts. Jerk.

"Anything else? Like, exiting?"

Kairi thought about just what she considered exiting and what he would think was exiting. She had a feeling they weren't exactly matched.

`Unless he thinks finding out Yuffie lives by me exiting then I don't think this is going to get very far.'

Later she kicked herself for thinking that.

 

"Um...well I like to cook, I guess. Even though I'm not good at it. I like writing, too; I actually started-“

"That's fine, I guess" he said, leaning back, “not everyone can like exiting things.”

'The nerve of him!' Kairi thought as he continued to talk about wild parties he had been to. What was it with this guy? Romulus raised by wolves had more social tact. Jeez.

"Uh, I need to go to the bathroom..." Kairi said nervously as she got up. `Not that I intend to come back that is.'

"I'll show you...but I don't know if you'd want to go to the bathroom here, though".

"Why not?"

"Well, Zell just threw up in there...and Axel and Larxene have been in there all night...no telling what went on."

 

All the color drained from Kairi's face. So much for that exit strategy. Time for plan B…if there was one, that is.

"Um, well then, never mind..."

Irvine glanced suspiciously at her.

"Am I boring you? You look out of it.”

"Oh no, I just...my stomach feels a little queasy."

"Maybe it's love!" he said with the weird laugh again.

 

'More like sickness' Kairi thought as he adjusted his hat some more.

"I'm gonna go find my friends" Kairi said, turning around. “It was fun, I guess, but I really should be going home soon or my parents will freak out.”

That was a total boldfaced lie; her parents probably didn't even know she was gone, but any lie was a good lie.

Not only was she getting weirded out, but in all honesty she was tired, maybe from being around him for so long. Maybe he drained her life-force. `Ew. I can't believe I just thought that. I really need to get some sleep if stuff like that is becoming funny.'

“Wait! You can't just run off and not say anything!” Irvine called, getting up to follow her. “Are you going to come again? I'm having another party soon, it's-“

“Uh, I don't really know; I'm kind of-“

"Ha ha ha! And then Rinoa had to eat three eggplants! Oh, hey Kairi!”

Yuffie, followed by Riku and Sora, entered the room, with Sora looking slightly buzzed.

 

"Yuffie!" Irvine yelped, jumping back from Kairi like she had the plague.

"What were you doing?" Riku asked Irvine as Kairi stood slightly behind Sora.

"We were just talking! I was asking if she was going to come back is all, right? It wasn't anything else, right?”

Yuffie bore a slightly suspicious look on her face. Kairi wondered if the other girl felt the same way about Irvine as she did.

"Irvine....?"

"It was nothing, for real!” he chuckled as he turned to leave, waving off Yuffie and Riku nervously.

"Catch you later Kairi!"

 

Kairi said nothing as he went back up the stairs. Her head hurt. She was sick of the smell of beer and teenage sweat everywhere. She was thrilled that Yuffie stood up for her.

"Kairi...did anything happen?" Sora asked as he turned to face her, eyes half lidded.

"No" she said, shaking her head.

"Not really..."

"Good then!" he said, putting his hands on his hips once more and almost falling over.

"'Cause you know, if he did do somethin' weird, I'd beat 'im up for you!"

"You mean we would” Riku and Yuffie said, giving Sora a disapproving shake of the head. “You're too buzzed to even stand up straight, doofus.”

 

"Heeeey! That's not fair! Why can't I beat anyone up?"

"'Cause you're thin as a twig" Riku said, shaking one of Sora's arms.

"Hey, mister I-was-a-fat-baby, I don't need to hear that from..."

"Kairi, c'mere" Yuffie said, pulling her away.

Kairi felt flooded with relief somehow as Yuffie took her by the hand and led her out of the house. `It's not like I'm gay. It's not like I like her. I'm just happy that I have a new friend. Sure, my face is probably burning scarlet by now, but that doesn't mean anything. The, uh, outside is hot.'

"Now Kairi" she said once they were alone at the front of the house, "I'm not stupid. It looked like something was going on. Was Irvine doing something to make you uncomfortable? If he was we don't have to come back next Saturday.”

The “Next Saturday” part was what made Kairi change her mind before she was even done thinking. Yuffie wanted to come back. With her. And everyone else, but that wasn't the point. She wanted to hang out again.

 

"No!" Kairi said, shaking her head.

"I don't want there to be any trouble on my account, I-"

"That's your problem, right there" Yuffie said, a serious look on her face.

"You're too timid. How'd you get that way? You try to make concessions for everyone and you end up with the short end of the stick. You need to grow a backbone, girl, or else people will walk all over you, especially slime like Irvine.”

Kairi said nothing. She was mortified. Beyond that, even.

Yuffie closed her eyes a moment and sighed.

 

"Look" she said, placing her hands on Kairi's shoulders, "Irvine's a friend of mine, more or less. But if he- or anyone else- does something to make you uncomfortable, just tell me. We're friends now or whatever, and lord knows you can't take care of anything yourself. Now I see why you keep those two idiot guys around.”

Kairi blushed.

"What are you, my bodyguard?" she mumbled.

"Haha! Maybe I am!"

Despite herself, Kairi laughed at the other girl's audacity. She was so amusing.

Why was it that whenever Yuffie was around, she seemed to feel more like herself? Whatever that meant, anyway. Ever since she met Yuffie “Herself” seemed to be changing.

"Heeeeeeeeeeeey, Yuff!"

 

In a bit of a mood breaker, Rinoa showed up, completely drunk.

"Oh no" Yuffie groaned. “She drank. Now Ellone's gonna have to drive us home.” Yuffie turned to Kairi and smiled at her, saying “this is why she can't land job interviews. Ridiculous, this girl is…”

"Hee hee...oh, hey Kairi!" A drunken Rinoa said, resting her elbow on the shorter girl's shoulder. Her breath fit in with the rest of the house.

"You're really cute, ya knooooow?? I'd be all over ya if I didn't already have a girl."

"Rinoa!"

"Wha? Oh, sorry, Yuff, you're right there! Don't be upset, you're pretty good-looking yourself!”

Rinoa turned to Yuffie, but fell over on the ground, flopping like a cadaver.

"Rinoa you fool" Yuffie muttered as she nudged her with her foot, “this is a little much, even for you.”

 

"Where'd you put Ellone?" she asked as Rinoa's eyes fluttered open.

"Ellone?!" Rinoa asked, suddenly wide awake.

"Man, that girl can drink! She must've out-drunken my by at least four drinks!"

'Four drinks?!' Kairi thought in astonishment as Rinoa flopped back over on the lawn, drooling up a storm.

Groaning, Yuffie rubbed her head.

"Okay, look" she said, standing up.

"I'm gonna go in there and wrangle up the group. You stay here with Rinoa and make sure she doesn't drown in her own vomit or something.”

 

"Okay..." Kairi said as Yuffie ran pell-mell into the house.

'Well, this night certainly was eventful...' she thought as she heard the yelling and loud music from inside the house.

'I probably wouldn't have even come here if it weren't for Yuffie...'

Yuffie...

Kairi hugged herself and shivered.

It wasn't cold outside, it was her nerves.

Did she like Yuffie?

 

The question had been haunting her for longer than she though it would. For longer than it should've, actually.

'I don't know...' she thought.

'Maybe I like her in that friendly kind of way.'

Kairi glanced down at her feet where Rinoa was passed out, limbs scattered about like they were broken.

'Besides, she already has a girlfriend...'

"I mean, even if she didn't, that wouldn't mean anything right?" she asked no one.

"Right...?"

 

Kairi thought of when she'd first met Yuffie.

It was during first period theatre arts class (which she only took because it was a necessary elective).

The perfect class. For Yuffie, that was.

Kairi was far too introverted to be able to perform in front of a group with ease like Yuffie.

She was supposed to play one of the supporting roles in one of the plays, but when they would rehearse, she would just sit there and stutter, not able to make the words come out right. Pretty much like any other social situation, but ten times worse because she was getting graded on her incompetence.

"You need to relax" Yuffie would tell her when this happened.

 

"It's not like they're going to make fun of you" she said, in reference to the rest of the class.

"Heck, half of them are either asleep or going to forget about it in a few minutes anyways. Just calm down. You're gonna get an ulcer.”

 

Sure, Yuffie did have the tendency to get loud or pushy sometimes, but that didn't mean she was a bad person, right?

Kairi wondered if she would ever be like Yuffie was.

Bold, outgoing and funny.

Probably not.

The kind of person who hosts a chat room full of lonely people would never turn out to be either of those things. She wouldn't be able to do a lot of the things she wanted. `But just what is it that I want…?'

The next thing she knew, Kairi was holding Rinoa's hair back as she threw up in the gutter.

 

 

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The car ride home was silent.

And silent. With a little more silence added to that.

They had already dropped Riku and a tipsy Sora off at Riku's house, and every occupant in the car was left with their own thoughts. Rinoa, however, wasn't thinking. She was passed out in the passenger's side, reeking of various alcohols. Kairi wondered if she had to wok the next day or not.

Yuffie was hoping they wouldn't get pulled over, seeing as how she only had her learner's permit and was driving pretty horribly seeing as how she'd only ever gone driving once before. “I promise not to kill you Kairi. If we get in a wreck you can use Ellone as a human air bag, and I'll use Rinoa. Oh, wait, that might sound kinda heartless…I'll just pay attention to the road.”

Ellone was thinking of what a bad influence she had been on those kids, drinking like she did.

And Kairi...

 

Kairi stared a hole into the back of Yuffie's head. All night she had been trying and trying to convince herself that she didn't like Yuffie in a romantic sense, but as time passed by her reasoning became less and less logical.

'I guess I just need some sleep' she thought as she closed her eyes to fuel her denial. She was ridiculous.

"Hey Kairi..." a quiet voice said.

Opening her eyes, Kairi asked what it was that Yuffie wanted. Bringing the car to a halt, she said, "I'm afraid we've run into some complications.”

 

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Ellone was asleep on the couch, and Rinoa on the floor (she still smelled horrible).

"No...way". Tifa snapped, putting her hands on her hips in a defiant manner that would've made Sora envious. Yuffie was trying to convince her to let the three of them spend the night, seeing as how the car had run out of commission.

"C'mon, Tif, you're going to work in an hour anyways! You're gonna be gone 'till twelve tomorrow, it's not like they're gonna keep you up or anything!"

"No!" Tifa continued.

"I know how you are, you're gonna have some kinda mass orgy or something..."

"Okay, just 'cause I'm gay doesn't mean I want to sleep with everyone here" Yuffie said, crossing her arms angrily.

 

Kairi sat quietly on the loveseat, trying not to call any unnecessary attention to herself.

This Tifa girl...Yuffie's sister- looked mad enough as it was. Twice already she'd shot her a death glare for no reason at all. `Awkward…really, really…awkward.'

"Please, Tif-Tif!" Yuffie begged, crawling around on her hands and knees.

"I can't take them home, there's no gas in the car! And I don't know where Kairi and Ellone live! Please!" she wailed, shaking her sister's pant leg.

"Okay, okay, just get offa me!"

"Yes!" Yuffie said, jumping up and pumping her fist in the air. "Don't get too exited or else I might change my mind..." Tifa muttered as she gave Yuffie a kiss on the forehead and announced she was leaving.

 

Yuffie's grin grew as her sister left the house, saying something about flammability.

"Yuffie, one, Tifa, zero! So who's up for a mass orgy?"

"?!"

"Ha ha, I'm kidding, I'm kidding..."

Kairi yawned and checked her watch. It was almost eleven. Way past time she usually went to sleep.

 

"Hey, do you want to stay the night here?" Yuffie asked as she pulled blankets out of the hallway closet, dumping them on top of the unconscious ones unceremoniously.

"Wha?" Kairi yelped. Stay the night at Yuffie's place? True, she wanted to, but that would be really pushing the envelope! `I want to…but what if I freak out?! I'm freaking out right now! What do I do?!' Judging by the snickering coming from the other girl Kairi must've been blushing.

"You don't have to" Yuffie said, turning to try and hide her grin, "It's just that the car has no gas. And I don't know if you want to walk home in the dark like this. You obviously can't defend yourself so you'll probably end up getting attacked by a pedophile or something.”

“I'll run away then.”

“You? You'll be glued to the spot.”

“I'll fight back?”

“You don't have enough guts or body strength for that.”

“Call for help?”

“Everyone's asleep, and even if they weren't people are too busy caring about themselves to worry about others. You should know that by now.”

“…”

“Give up? I'm desperate to have you here.”

"I don't think my parents would let me..." Kairi said, angling her face so the next blush wouldn't show.

Even if they did barely know she existed, if she didn't come home one night it would defiantly make her parents wonder where she was.

 

"Call 'em and tell 'em you're at a friend's house" Yuffie said as if it were obvious as day. “I do it to Tifa all the time. Heh heh…stupid fool actually believes it, too…”

"Oh! Good idea! The first thing, not you lying to your sister. Could I use your phone?"

Yuffie gave Kairi her cell and watched amusedly as Kairi left a message saying she was at "Selphie's house because she had no way to get home."

"You know" Yuffie said as Kairi handed her back the phone, "you're a better kid than I am. I would've just stayed out without saying anything."

"Wouldn't your parents worry?" Kairi asked, looking genuinely concerned.

With a faint smile, Yuffie answered, "I...don't really think it would be so much of an issue with them anymore."

"Huh? So are they really liberal or something? Come to think of it…”

`I haven't seen them. She's never mentioned them. Maybe I shouldn't have brought it up.'

 

For a moment, Yuffie was silent. It was a little unnerving, seeing as how she was quiet about just as much as Sora was.

Kairi felt as if she should say something (`It's my fault!'), but couldn't find the right words to express how she felt. `Ugh. I've been here for a few minutes and I've already messed up. Kill me now, please.'

"Well!" Yuffie said, snapping back into her personality, "Let's go to bed!"

"Um...where do I sleep?" Kairi asked as Yuffie headed up the stairs, stepping over the bodies.

"With me, duh."

?!

"Don't look at me like I'm some kinda perv. I'll sleep on my floor and you can take the bed."

 

"You don't have to do that!" Kairi exclaimed. Why would she sleep on the floor of her own room? More importantly, why did she have to be blushing all the time?

Rolling her eyes, Yuffie said, "Look, you can't sleep in Tifa's room 'cause she doesn't like other people in there. And I doubt you wanna sleep on the floor with Rinoa or on the loveseat that's infested with Ellone. Correct? I'm not a spoiled rich girl so the house isn't really made for five people."

In all honesty, Kairi really didn't want to sleep on the floor or force one of the other girls off the couches, but it would be way too bold to just barge in Yuffie's room and sleep on the bed while Yuffie slept on the floor. Plus, the idea of sleeping anywhere near Yuffie made her nervous.

Yuffie walked back down the stairs and stopped in front of Kairi, causing her to avert her gaze.

Just looking Yuffie in the eye made her feel giddy.

Yuffie bent down to Kairi's level and looked her straight in the eye.

 

"I like to look at people's eyes. When I'm talking to 'em, anyways. So; do you want me to force you to come upstairs?"

Kairi shook her head no and laughed. How could she be so up front with her feelings?

'I...wish I could be like that' she thought as Yuffie took her hand and led her out of the slowly darkening living room and up the stairs.

'If only I could....'

 

-Gah! I'm so tired! its only 11:07 PM, but I feel like I've been awake for ages. It's probably cause I've been typing so damn much. I like the way Kairi and Yuffie's relationship is progressing, its taking things a lot slower than I intended. and what of Ellone, you ask? She actually has a pretty big role to play, but right now my main focus is Kairi/Yuffie fluff. So anyways, my shoulder hurts. Gah.