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“I already do!” I reply as a group of kids run by us, giggling about something and each holding a sea salt ice cream in their hand. “How can I not? This world is so full of life!” 

I gaze over at some local stores as Sora and I make our way through the resplendent town. 

“It almost seems like I’m in a dream. I’ve never seen a sunset so beautiful before.” 

I take in the long, steeply-sloped roads around and in front of us. In the distance stood an enormous clock tower. Every now and then I could spot trams encircling around it. 

“I told you you’d love it!” Sora beams down at me. 

“I don’t know how anyone could not! Or get lost here.” I giggle.

“You should see Traverse Town.” Sora sighs. “Even with maps in each district I still got lost!” 

I smile. “Don’t you always get lost, Sora?” 

“Hey..I’m way better than I was before, you can even ask Donald and Go-” 

“HONK!” 

We both jump and instinctively move to the side by a bricked shop with a large sign reading “Moogles Cafe.” 

Sora chuckled as I looked over at the Trolley behind us with big eyes. I couldn’t believe we nearly got hit! 

“I’m SO sorry!” I call out to the driver, my heart fluttering from the sudden surprise. 

The driver just smiles and gives me a friendly wave, dismissing my apology and drives by us slowly giving us a little hearty toot! From his horn. 

“It happens to me all the time.” Sora reassures me with a smile. “Don’t worry about it, there are lots of tourists in this world. I’m sure those trolley drivers are used to it!” 

I smile at his optimistic nature. 

“Thank you, Sora. You’re too sweet.” 

He brings my hand to his lips. 

“No prob! Hey, we’re here!” He gestures to the Bistro with his other gloved hand. “I hope you’re as hungry as I am!”

I avert my gaze over to the cobblestone patio. Fairy lights dazzled over the dinners, offering them bright and calming lighting. The tables were decorated with white table cloths with a moonlit candle at the center. The aromatic smell of different dishes lingered in the air, I swear I could hear Sora’s stomach growling!

“Wow! I’m starving!” Sora exclaims, as if he were just reading my mind. “I guess the drive here made me work up an appetite!”

“Well, we best not be waiting. It’s almost six! Let’s go and tell the host about our reservations!”

Sora nods before leading me over to the host station that was surprisingly vacant. 

“Oh! I thought they were open!” I say, looking up at Sora who didn’t look nearly as perplexed as me. 

There were a few couples already dining, maybe they were just busy or serving inside the Bistro?

“They’re open.” Sora grins, just as a little gray rat scurries over to us from behind the menu on the host station. 

“Oh! I exclaim, peering carefully down at the rat. “Hey little guy, are you lost? Hungry? Let’s get you somewhere safe before the cooks spot you! Rat’s aren’t supposed to be in kitchens, it’s dangerous!” 

I cup my hands together and hold them out to the rat. He looked up at me curiously, tilting his little head before glancing at Sora. It almost looked like he was smiling. 

“Kairi, this is Little Chef! He is the cook here at the Bistro! He has taught me so much about cooking!

“Oh!”

I drop my hands feeling my face grow hot. This world is different from our own, so I knew better than to question what animals are capable of doing.

“I’m sorry Little Chef, I didn’t mean to insult you by saying you don’t belong in the kitchen. I’m sure your cooking is fabulous.”

Little Chef waves a tiny paw at me and twitches his whiskers. 

“He says, no hard feelings!” Sora replies.

“Oh thank you, that’s a relief!” I smile down at Little Chef.

“This is my girlfriend, Kairi!” Sora gestures to me.

Little Chef’s ears perked up at Sora’s introduction of me, we watched as he dived behind a stack of menus briefly to pull out a pink box in the shape of a heart. It was twice the size of him, he was one strong rat! 

“Ooh whatcha got there, Little Chef?” Sora asks, bending over slightly to get a better view of the box.

The Little Chef waves a small paw at us, indicating that we were to open it after we finished our dinner. 

“It will be worth the wait!” Sora says, “Thanks Little Chef!”

He turns to me as he holds the box securely in his hands. 

“Come on, Kairi! Let’s go find our table!” 

<3 <3 <3 

“Wow, I’m stuffed!” Sora sighs, as he drops his fork onto his plate which was completely clean. 

Mine was close, but I could never clean a plate the way Sora and Riku could. 

“Me too! I couldn’t eat another bite!” We’ll have to get dessert here another time!” 

Sora’s eyes widened at my mention of dessert.

“Oh! The box! Little Chef told us to open it after we had our dinner!”

“I nearly forgot!” 

We both laugh as I bend down to retrieve the pink box from Little Chef by my feet. I set the box in the center of the table, being careful of our dishes. I look up at Sora for a moment. 

“Sora..” I take his hands in mine, squeezing them tightly.

“Hmm? You okay?” He looks at me with those deep blue hues that I could swim in for eternity. 

“More than okay…I’m so happy. Thank you for taking me here. Tonight couldn’t have been more perfect.” 

Sora gives me a warm smile as his thumbs brush against my knuckles gently.

“It’s not over yet, my princess!” 

Here we are years later and I never thought he’d call me anything but my first name! I know I was beaming. 

“Alright you, let’s open this box!” 

“Together!” Sora grins, placing his hands over mine as I begin to lift the lid.

I smile. “Alright, together. On the count of three!”

Sora nods. “One!”

“Two!” I add.

“Three!” We say together, as we lift the lid of the box to see a dozen of chocolate covered strawberries. 

They were all sorted and placed in the box to make a shape of a heart. The sweet aroma of the chocolate danced in front of our faces. 

“WOW! Kairi, we HAVE to eat these!” 

“Shouldn’t we wait and save them for later? We did eat quite a bit Sora!” 

“No way! These strawberries are freshly picked! Let’s head to the theater and watch a movie while we finish off this box!” Sora was already up on his feet waiting for me eagerly. 

“There’s a theater?”

Sora leans over to close the box as he drops munny for our meal onto the table. 

“Yup! An outdoor one! I’ll race you there!”

“But I don’t know where it is!”  I start to laugh. 

Sora grins as he takes the box and holds it to his chest. 

“Well, you better keep up then!” 

And then he was off, running through the long sunlit streets of Twilight Town. His spiky hair bounced wildly.

I hurry after him, not able to control my laughter. 

“Alright, but don’t complain when you get a tummy ache!” 

Years later and Sora hasn’t changed a bit. He was still the hyperactive and optimistic boy I’ve fallen in love with.

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