Fast Food Madness: The Epic Return V2

Kairi walked down the hall and turned into the living room, which was illuminated by the sunlight coming through the windows. She saw Sora sleeping in the chair still, a small smile appearing instantly on her face. She walked further into the room and set the plate of food down on a small table near Sora's chair. She then stood in front of him and leaned over. "Sora?" she called softly, her hands on her knees as she gazed gently at his sleeping form.

 

Sora exhaled a soft breath through his nose, unresponsive to Kairi's gentle call. Because of his exhaustion, he was pretty out of it, and he wouldn't wake up that easily, not that he knew somebody was trying to wake him in the first place.

 

Kairi tilted her head to the side slightly when she didn't get a response. She then lifted one of her hands from her knees and pushed his bangs back like before, since they had fallen into his face again. "Sora?" Kairi called again. "Time to wake up."

 

Sora felt the skin against his forehead, that being the first thing that woke him up. He also heard the spoken words, and they slowly registered to him. He knew that he had to fight this initial grogginess and wake up, since somebody had just told him it was time to awaken.

 

Kairi's big eyes gazed at the closed pair in front of her, the girl moving her hand back to her knee again as she stood in front of Sora. He really is exhausted, she realized then, her eyes only softening at the thought. It almost made her want to stop what she was doing, but he really did need to wake up.

 

Sora brought up a hand, rubbing at his closed eyes as he tried to awaken himself quickly. "What's up?" he murmured, his voice showing the sleepiness that he still felt. He was going to try and shake that off quickly though; something told him that he needed to be fully awake as soon as possible.

 

"Sorry to wake you," Kairi apologized at Sora's words. She knew how much he had wanted to rest, even if he hadn't gotten that much. He probably got around an hour, at least. Kairi's eyes stayed on him, remembering what she was in here to do. "I brought you some food. You hungry?"

 

Sora brought his hand away from his eyes, forcing them open and blinking a few times when he saw Kairi in front of him. "Yeah, sure," he said with a faint nod. He had been hungry earlier, before he had fallen asleep. Before Kairi had forced him to take a nap.

 

Kairi nodded and gestured with her head toward the couch. "How about you move to the couch?" she suggested lightly. She actually wanted to sit next to him and be close to him while she could, before he left for his duty today.

 

Sora nodded slightly, still a little too tired to figure out why Kairi made the suggestion. Regardless, he set his hands on the arms of the chair and pushed himself up, exhaling a quiet, long breath at the awakened pain in his chest. Sleeping upright certainly hadn't helped with that, but he knew he couldn't do anything about that now.

 

Kairi backed up when Sora moved, the girl standing up straight then. She looked to the food she had set aside a minute or two ago, then approaching the small table and picking up the plate of food for Sora to eat.

 

Sora fought the urge to stretch out, knowing that it would only hurt worse than before. He headed over to the couch and sat down slowly, a soft grunt leaving him at the throbbing of his chest. He wished that he could sleep again to make the pain go away, but he now remembered why he had to be awake: he and Roxas needed to search for Smith.

 

Kairi walked over to the couch and sat down beside Sora, offering him the food once she was seated. "Here," she said softly, aware that he was still sleepy. Even if she found it adorable, she had to focus on getting him some energy. He had a big day ahead of him.

 

"Thanks," Sora said with a soft nod, taking the food out of Kairi's hand. It looked delicious, and when he took his first bit of egg, it confirmed his suspicions. It was great food, but anything Kairi made turned out great. He lowered his fork to get some more egg, hungry but taking it at a regular pace so he wouldn't strain his chest.

 

Kairi nodded slightly and leaned back into the couch, looking away from Sora. She would let him eat in peace, her thoughts instead moving to what he had to do today. She had to admit she was scared, mostly because Smith had proven to be a big problem before. Now that he managed to escape the Realm of Darkness, it only brought more fright upon her. He had to be very powerful to be able to do that...

 

Sora ate through about half the food on his plate before he had to stop, his chest aching too much. He grunted softly, letting the fork rest on his plate for a minute. He shut his eyes and furrowed his eyebrows, at the same time lowering his head and allowing his free hand to become a fist. He hated how this pain was slowing him down.

 

Kairi's thoughts left her at the grunt, the girl turning her head to gaze at the boy beside her. She instantly became concerned, though she didn't say anything. She kind of already knew what was wrong. Sora had broken ribs after all...because of Nathaniel.

 

Sora brought the fist up to his chest, his hand balled up because of the pain. He exhaled a soft breath through his nose, trying to get the pain to go away. It was awful that it was affecting him so much already, when he had so much he needed to do the rest of the day.

 

Kairi really wished Sora hadn't run into him, especially where his Darkness was more powerful. No, she didn't like the fact that he ran into him a second time, period. Just thinking about it made her heart squeeze, but it was in the past. She could only be grateful that somebody so cruel really was gone, forever.

 

Sora leaned his head into the back of the couch, his eyebrows moving up closer to their normal positions a little bit as he tried to relax. The pain was awful, but he had no choice but to live as if it wasn't bothering him. He and Roxas had a serious job to do, and they didn't have time to be concerned about injuries.