Sora's POV.

It started with my Mom being her usual self, "Hey, let's be friends! You're a complete stranger I've only known for a few seconds, but I'm sure we've got unknown, untapped similarity between us!"

I'm surprised the woman she was talking to wasn't creeped out. (That was a direct quote, by the way.)

And that's how I got here, at this New Year's Party. I didn't know anybody, so it was kinda awkward (I think "kinda" is an understatement...), sitting together as my mother chatted happily with her newly made friends. So, I kept silent.

Now, you're probably like "Why'd you keep quiet, I mean, it's not like she speaks a different language!".

Hehe, quite the contrary, my friend. See, my mother, Rikku, speaks fluent Al Bhed. I don't. I mean, I know enough to get by, I just wasn't...fluent. Mom came directly from Spira, so...

Moving on.

"Oh, Rikku, what's your son's name again?" one of the women asked my mother, inqisition in her voice.
"It's Sora," she answered, and smiled at me. I couldn't help but nervously smile back. I tried getting the message of "Can we leave now?" to her, but apparently, it didn't work, because one of her friends, Paine (I think), began to talk. And it was towards me.

"There's a room on the other side, Sora, so if you wanna play with some other kids, go ahead."

That was something I couldn't believe either Finally, kids! I may be sounding like a complete jerk, but hey, in a situation like this, it's like a heavenly salvation!

Hesitantly, I approached a room where sounds of a...television were emmiting from. I heard people...kids laughing. I sighed in relief. "Finally, somebody my age?" I thought with hope to myself. Luckily, the door wasn't shut all the way, so lightly, I pushed it, and it revealed a congregation of adolesents. There were four guys...and one girl.

One pretty girl, I must add.

"Hey," one of the guys addressed me. He eyed me suspisiously with green-ish coloured eyes. "What's your name?"
"Sora," I said, entering the room slowly, and unsure. It was kinda intimidating...
"Oh, Demyx, stop intimidating people like that." the girl spoke up. She had the auburn-coloured hair that was quite unique, I guess I could say. And her eyes...well, her eyes here like a strange blue-violet colour.

Did I say 'strange'? Oh wait, I meant--whatever, on with the story...

"Aww, Kairi!" he whined at her.

Kairi. Hmm, interesting name.

The boy then laughed as he flashed a genial smile towards me "The name's Demyx," he introduced, a light and jolly tone in his voice, which made me fell a little bit more comfortable. I grinned back at him. I then wanted to look at the girl, but she turned away like I didn't exsist.

Figures.

"Oh yeah, that's Axel over there," the dirty-blonde, now known as Demyx, introduced. Said redhead lifted his head in a greeting fashion.
"Hey."
"And this guy here's Cloud," Demyx patted one blond guy's head..."Say 'Hi', Cloud,"
He gave me a blank stare, then mumbled a "Hey" towards me. I could see Demyx roll his eyes, which was somewhat amusing.

"Hey! And what about me?" the girl who was playing videogames chirped.

Despite the fact that I was somewhat hurt by her action before, because of that I felt reassured about being here.

The dirty-blond boy laughed at her comment. "Sorry 'bout that..." he said as he turned to me. "Sora, this is Kairi. Kairi, Sora."
"Hey," I greeted the redhead. Man, I hope I could get to know her a little more.
"Hi." she, innocently and perkily, replied to me.

The girl...er, Kairi, gave me a smile. "Wanna play some games?" she offered to me, which boosted my confidence about getting to know her.
I could hear Axel murmmur, "Save the best for last, huh, Demyx?"
"What's that supposed to mean?" Demyx replied, with a confused expression on his face.

...Ignoring that last comment, I accepted Kairi's offer. "Sure.", I replied cheerfully.

'Cheerfully'? 'Cheerfully'? I'm choosing really interesting vocabulary to tell the story of meeting the girl that I like.

"Great." she crawled towards the Playstation 2 to grab a controller. Kairi then rolled her eyes, "None of therse losers wanna play with me."
"Not my fault you're so good at fighting games..." Demyx retorted, scoffing. "You live with Cloud, after all."

At that moment, I realized, that famous quote from Transformers, "More than meets the eye" applies to just about everyone.

"So...Cloud's your brother?" I asked, to make sure. It's something that I've got a habit of. Afterall, I can't assume things.

She laughed, "Finally someone got that right." Then, she glared at Demyx, "At least you're not like some 'geniuses' over here who asked if he was my father."

Now, I don't know about you, but I found that funny.

"H-Hey! Cloud really does look old enough to be your Dad! Don't blame me; Blame Cloud. He's the one with the looks!" the dirty-blond boy crossed his arms like a child. Wow, this kid was beyond immature. But still, he seems nice.

"Whatever." she giggled. "C'mon, Sora, choose a character."

Now, she was sounding like she wanted a challenge. "Alright, alright."
"You know how to play, right?" she said when the television went 'Round One!"

I nodded, grinning. It was time to see just how good Kairi was at these games.

--

"Wow, Kairi, you're pretty good," I complimented, while flashing her a grin. She just laughed, and brushed some of her hair back.

"You're joking? You're joking, aren't you?" she asked me. With my blue eyes, I gave her a questioning stare.
"No, I'm not, actually." I answered, shaking my head.
She raise an eyebrow, and said, "That's very humble of you," she said, silkily, yet using that grateful tone, I guess you could say. "But it's not true. I mean, just look at Demyx's face! I completely suck compared to you!"

Aside from Demyx's 'in awe' face and his mouth gaping open being one of the funniest things I've ever seen, I couldn't watch Kairi frown like that (and especially when it's complimenting somebody like me...)Just...something inside urged me to "Cheer her up!"

"Aww, c'mon, Kairi. Any other girl would've lost in the first few minutes of the first round."

I hoped this would work.

"Now that's being very, very over-confident, sir," she laughed quietly. "You...wanna go for another few rounds?" she offered sweetly with a hopeful glint in her eyes (or...was it just me?). I couldn't stop looking into her cerulean eyes, and for a few seconds, we just stood still, as if time stood still with us.

Now, I was getting really, really nervous as to what to say, because I just couldn't stop looking into Kairi eyes. You know that classic, cheesy pickup line that those desperate losers would say to a really pretty girl, "Do you have a map? Because I'm getting lost in your eyes."

"Thanks, Sora," she told me, with that friendly smile I've immediately grown to love. Why she thanked me, I'm not sure. Maybe she was just feeling a bit down.
"No problem, Kairi." I replied casually so hopefully, Kairi wouldn't notice anything...

Am I really beginning to like Kairi? I mean, she's so confident, nice, pretty, not too smart (or not smart enough), and she was funny. (She told a lot of jokes while I was beating her at the fighting game...they were pretty funny.)

After what felt like an eternity of fun gaming (Although, in reality, it was about...I dunno, fifteen minutes?), she then threw her controller down, "You're too good, SORA! IT's very, VERY frustrating!" she gave me one of those girly pouts that usually tick me off, but her goofiness just enchanted me at the moment, I couldn't really get annoyed.
"I'm sorry," I laughed, Kairi's just like a little kid! "Why don't we just go eat something? It might calm your nerves," I suggested calmly. Let's just hope she won't loose her cool. "Afterall, when I'm pissed off at a game, I just calm down then play again."

Her eyes looked around the room, with a bit of intensity. I'm not sure if that's the right word to use, but that's what I...translated it to.

I'm bad with words.

"Sure, I'll go clean up the game." she said. Wow, Kairi's generous, too! I'm way past interested now.
"I don't think you should do that by yourself, K--"
"N-No, it's fine, Sora, go get some food, I'll be--"
"Let me do it, Kairi--!"
"Sora! Just go eat, it's my game. Wait for me, okay?" her tone was more stiff and angry at me.

I didn't really want to take the oppurtunity to piss her off and make her dislike me...so, I said, "As you wish, Ma'am.", then walked off.

Of course, I couldn't just go there and get food, then come back to still see Kairi clean up after me and her. Instead, I just walked outside the room, and waited, leaning up against a wall, crossing my arms...waiting.

"Hey, Sora, go get some food!" I head Demyx nearly shout (with a full mouth, of course. How predictable is that?) from the food table as soon as I stood there.
I weakly grinned, "I'll be there, just wait." I replied as I stood there, still waiting for Kairi.

Althought, I did feel uncomfortable, because I felt Cloud's glare on me. I didn't see it, I FELT it. And it was as cold as the refrigerator over there, where someone was getting water from.

"Sora? You waited for me?" I heard Kairi's voice while staring at that fridge. And believe it, I jumped. She scared me!
"O-Oh," I began, nervously, while scratching the back of my neck. Wow, this was awkward. "Uh...yeah, sor...ta?"
One of her auburn-coloured eyebrows raised. I was scared she was going to say something embarrasing, but instead, she smiled.

"How very nice of you, Sora." she told me, then grabbed my arm, "C'mon, let's go get some food!"

"W-Woah--!" I let out as her force overpowered me. "You're so brutal!"
"You're such a baby," she retorted with a scoff.
"'A baby'? Who are you callin' a baby, Ms. I-completely-suck-compared-to-you?!"
"Oh, now you're being cocky!" she replied. I looked in her eyes, to see not anger, but a waggish look in her eyes.

I couldn't help but attempt to stifle my laugh, "You're really bad at fake anger."
She burst out in laughter as well, "I know," her laughter was like a soundtrack of a band I'd listen to all the time...it was enthralling! "I'm working on it."
"You might need some...practice."
"Shut up, Sora!" she demanded playfully as she gave a light punch to my shoulder. "I don't do drama, so NYEH!"
'Neyh'? W-What the heck was that?" I joked, laughing.

She crossed her arms, "It's my word. Don't steal it."
"I don't to," I bantered, chuckling.
"Anywaaaaaaaaaay, I think we should just skip to the deserts," she suggested. I nodded; I didn't feel like eating anything real right about now, being with Kairi's almost unreal.

But as soon as we arrived there, I looked around frantically for my mother, usually distinguished by a boisterous blonde hair-do. IT's really easy to find, just--

I think I spoke too soon, because Mom's easily-recognized emerald eyes locked onto mines. Crap. Crap, crap, crap. She's gonna say something about--

"SORA? Sora, Sora! come here!" I heard her almost shriek. "Sora!"
"I'll be there in a min--"
"And bring Kairi here with you, please?"
"Mom--just--AHH!" I shrieked as Kairi's distinct tug came upon me.

"Run." she whispered, as I stole one piece of cake, while she ran away with a full plate a delicious junk food.

Alrighty...this is the first re-written chapter of "My World", I hope it's better. :D Althought this was complete back in like...March? I dunno, I really don't care, but anyways, since that's the case, and to the thanks of Zayra, who gave me very helpful critisism, I've decided on re-writing this. Afterall, it didn't really go where I wanted it to, so..MEH!

:D

Thanks for reading! (eCZi)