Hey everyone, BassDS back once more, and we're kicking off a new project that slowly spawned in my mind after completing my previous NSFW story, Island Heat; which I hope you all enjoyed. If you're about to read this story now and haven't read Island Heat...stop what you're doing and go check that out, considering that its events DO spark the beginning of this newest installment. And it was pretty fluffy in some respect. You be the judge of that.

Anyway, Island Heat was originally a two-chapter One-Shot...but I couldn't resist the temptation and wanted to build off of that, and plus it's been a VERY long time since I last did a story similar to this, so I'm somewhat eager to see how I've improved in this sort of setting after 11 years. They say you improve with age in terms of looks...I'm not sure on that, but let's see how well that rings true when it comes to writing.

And yes, I still intend to complete Future Connection; I know there's at least a good number of you that have been staking it out, and actually reached out to ask me when it was going to be updated. In due time, my friends, in due time.

So remember, if you'd like, please leave a review if you enjoyed the opening act to this story, and don't feel afraid to toss some constructive criticism my way. It's ultimately your call.

So without further ado, Let's begin the first story in the Island Chronicles series, and I hope you all enjoy it and more to come.

Island Life

Ch.1 Fallout, Part 1

The tension in the air was very apparent to Sora as he and his parents walked through the office to one of the conference rooms; all the while, Sora could just feel the stare of the mayor's eyes on his back. He knew something had to be up; the look he saw from him earlier just gave him that impression and it was slowly eating at him.

Coming into the conference room, Sora looked over and saw Kairi sitting on the other side of the table; a mixture of fear and worry apparent on her face as her eyes landed on her father while he walked in behind them, closing the door to give them privacy. As he turned to move toward her, she averted her eyes to escape his gaze.

"Kaze, Umi...I wish we could talk under better circumstances, but I'm afraid this little meeting far from classifies as a casual conversation." her father spoke calmly as he motioned for them to sit down.

They did, albeit Sora was somewhat reluctant to. His nerves were shot just trying to rack his brain over what was going on.

"Well, to be fair, we thought this was just about Sora's performance in class; they didn't give us any details. We just assumed the school needed to talk to us, which is weird, considering he's been doing good so far since the year started. But when I saw you, Tai, I had a feeling that probably wasn't the case." Kaze spoke up.

"Well, as you know, I'm the mayor; not an academics major. No, I'm afraid this issue is far more...concerning than that." Tai replied. "Kairi's visit to the hospital last night made that very apparent." he added while looking to his daughter.

Sora glanced over at Kairi for a few fleeting moments, only able to catch a glimpse of her sad eyes before she looked back down.

"How concerning, exactly?" Umi asked. "Is she alright?"

"For the most part, yes. She'd been vomiting continuously for the past couple of days; Hana and I assumed it was a small bug going around, but after she passed out last night and upon getting her to the hospital, we found it was much more." Tai replied.

Sora felt almost in pain; not knowing Kairi had been so unwell the past few days, but how could he have know? She never returned his texts.

"And we're here why exactly?" Kaze inputted.

Tai placed his hands on the table as he bent over, coming into eye to eye contact with Sora.

"I figured you had the right as parents to know what happened when I ask your son exactly what the hell was going through his mind when he decided to impregnate my daughter!?"

The waves lapped at his feet as Sora stared out into the ocean, contemplating everything that happened today.

He didn't have a chance to talk to Kairi; her father was adamant of that. He wasn't exactly pleased about the whole thing.

"I had my reservations about letting you two see one another. Against my better judgment, I relented because I thought I could trust you. I see now my trust was greatly misplaced."

Those words really hit him hard, but it didn't compare to the sadness he had seen in Kairi's eyes as she had left the conference room with her father, as well as the guilt she was most likely feeling at that point for the hot water they both were currently in.

"I….I really screwed up..." Sora groaned before bringing his legs to his chest and rested his arms and head atop them while his gaze remained fixated on the sea.

And then there was that lone thought that was literally about to change his life forever.

He was going to be a father.

"What's this about screwing up?"

Sora heard the ever-familiar voice of Riku as he looked to see the young man come down the path to the beach as he held his school bag over his shoulder.

"I tried finding you after school let out, but I looked all over and couldn't find you. I was thinking maybe you went home early, so I started heading there until just now." Riku explained while he made his way down and sat next to his childhood friend.

"Riku..." Sora could only reply.

"You okay? You seemed really zoned out when I got here. What's up?"

Sora looked away and back at the ocean, trying to get his thoughts together. "I...I just really made a mess of things, Riku...and there's nothing I can do to fix it..." Sora replied before rubbing his forehead.

"This about when you got called to the office before fourth period? I saw Kairi's dad there when we were in the hall, and he didn't exactly look too pleased." Riku noted as he placed a hand on Sora's shoulder; feeling his friend tense up. Riku could tell Sora was really on edge at the moment.

"I'm just...dealing with a lot of guilt right now...I'll be fine..." Sora said as he moved to get up, he really didn't want to deal with this right now, but his escape was stopped only once Riku reached out to grab onto his arm.

"Sora...I'm your friend. You know I'm here if you need to talk to someone, and right now you look like you could really use a friend to speak with and get what's bothering you off your chest, and if you won't tell me, you know I have another way of finding out." stated Riku.

"Riku...please...just leave me alone..." was all Sora could muster. The emotions and thoughts of the future were beginning to overwhelm him.

"Alright then..."

Upon hearing those words, Sora felt Riku's fist collide with the side of his face as Riku rose up to land the blow, knocking Sora back down into the sand.

"That hurts…." he gritted and held the spot where Riku punched him in pain as he sat back up and looked at the silver haired teen stare him down.

"This isn't you, Sora. You're not the kind of person to keep things bottled up like this. You're like a brother to me, and I can tell when you're hiding something. I always could; and I can see whatever you're harboring is eating you up inside, so let me help you."

"There's nothing you can do, Riku! No amount of talking won't change the fact I've messed Kairi's life up, let alone mine!"

There was a long silence between the two of them; Riku just stood there, as if patiently waiting for Sora's answer, no matter how long it took.

Tears soon began to carefully stream down Sora's face as he looked to the sand beneath him.

"Kairi...Kairi's pregnant...it's all my fault...I've screwed up her life completely..." Sora finally managed to utter amid the small sobs. "It's all my fault, Riku..."