Yeah, it was very forced... Almost as if to say: "Okay, because Sora and Kairi are into eachother, and the two of you are their Nobodies, we're going to make you into eachother too, despite only having about ten-fifteen minutes' worth of interaction."
I'm an AkuRoku supporter myself, so one could say that I'm biased. XD;
But you'd have to be though, putting up with twelve guys with fancy hair all the time. D: I'm really looking forward to Days, not only because Roxas is my favourite character, but because we'll get to see a lot more of Organisation XIII. :D