A.N.D

Angels.Never.Die

Chapter 05: Angels AND Love

Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts or anything associated with them.

So let me seriously ask you something 'Do you believe in Guardian Angels?' My guess is that your answer is probably: NO. And who can blame you? About a week ago I probably would have been right up there with you. I mean Guardian Angels? The thought is almost laughable. But everything changed after my death and actually becoming one. Now it's hard to deny that they actually exist.

You may be wondering 'So what are Guardian Angels?' In a nutshell they are basically a class of angels assigned to a human being (in my case Riku) and are meant to watch over them. We can only act/intervene if there is life-threatening danger or if the person says your name. That last one is really a pain in the neck, I mean how the heck is Riku going to say my name if he doesn't even know it?

Anyways, not much has happened in the last few days. Let me say this, when I was actually in the living world I hated sitting in class – now imagine being a Guardian Angel sitting in on Riku's classes. After school Riku goes to the Botany Garden, he sits staring at the bluebell where we first met. My heart aches to see him sitting there all lonely; I look at that silver ring on my hand and see it as a curse. I wish I could just rip it off and tell Riku I'm here, and then the consequences creep in. If I see him again Cloud would definitely know and then Riku would probably get another Guardian Angel. I would never be able to see him again.

I think this was definitely punishment from the old man upstairs. I let out a loud sigh just thinking about it which to my surprise didn't go unheard.

Riku took his gaze of the bluebells and turned to face me, "It's you" he said a small smile forming on his lips.

I looked behind me thinking he was talking to someone else, there was no one there. Just me and him. Could this mean he could see me again? But the ring, I looked down and to my amazement it wasn't on my finger. I must have dropped it somewhere. I was definitely going to get a big lecture for having lost the ring.

"Yeah it's me" I let out a small nervous laugh taking a step back. Maybe Cloud wouldn't find out, after all I hadn't seen him in quite a while.

"I see your still following me, and you said you weren't a stalker" he said with a large grin on his face.

"You seem sad about something, are you okay?" I added trying to change the topic.

"Oh, I was actually hoping I would run into you. You seemed pretty worried the other day."

"My sister works here, when I heard she got hurt I rushed to help her. She's fine now, I've been helping her around the botany gardens" I lied. Yeah I know I shouldn't lie being an angel and all but what was I to do? Beside as long as he didn't ask to meet my so called sister everything should be fine. Right?

"Oh," he looked down as if he was slowly thinking about everything I had just said, "you never game me your name" he added.

All I could do was stand there and smile dumbly while I tried to figure out what to do. "Let's look at the orchids" I grabbed his arm pulling him onto his feet and towards the direction of the orchid exhibit. He must have been startled at my sudden actions, after a while he simply walked beside me and there was no need to pull him. "Look there's a day lily, oh that's a hyacinth" I commented as we passed the flowers.

"How do you know all this?" he asked in amazement.

I had unconsciously named every flower that we had passed. I could feel my cheeks flush red from the intense embarrassment I now felt, I mean girls are usually the ones that are into flowers. It must have seemed weird that a guy knows all this stuff. "Sorry, I'll stop."

"You don't have to apologize" he replied with an approving smile.

"My mom works at a hospital, the patients would always leave the bouquets. She didn't have the heart to throw the flowers so she brought them home with her. She even had a garden where she planted a few of her favorite flowers," I explained.

"So why do you want to see the orchids?"

"They are my favorite, I haven't had a chance to see them yet" I smiled just thinking about them. Then the weirdest think happen, although he would probably deny it but I think Riku blushed. His cheeks turned a slight pinkish color; of course he quickly turned with the excuse of looking at the tulips.

We finally arrived at our destination and were surrounded by all sorts of orchids, they were all so amazing. Of course my favorite, the fragile purple petals of the Arethusa stood out among the rest.

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In Cloud's absence the boys continued to meet. Riku would always enter the building and roam about in search for his angel, when he least expected he would hear gentle footsteps behind him. Turning around he would be greeted by a pair of cobalt eyes.

Under the cover of the thick sunflowers, Riku's placed a passionate kiss on the other's lips. A small moan escaped the brunette that seemed to fuel the silver-hair teen's hormones.

Lying down on the bench, the blue-eyed brunette was pinned with his back against the bench. He could feel a set of warm hand caressing his chest.

"Ri-ku" he managed to say as the other's soft lips made their way down his neck. Unwillingly he pulled his lover out of the embrace. Although he desperately wanted for him to continue, it wasn't right. After all he was a guardian angel, and Riku was a human.

"What's wrong?" he asked sounding more concerned than annoyed.

Sora gave an empty smile, "why don't we just go look at the trees today."

"I have a better idea" exclaimed the older boy grasping the brunette's hand and pulling him towards the exit. "There's this really cool café that opened down the street…" he began, his voice was full of excitement.

"I…I don't want to go" Sora pleaded, if he exited the building Riku wouldn't be able to see him and would undoubtedly ask questions. Maybe Riku would stop visit him, or worse he would never be able to see Riku.

He let Sora's hand fall upon hearing the request. "Why is it that you never want to leave this place, that I only see you here?" he demanded.

The brunette hugged the boy affectionately, "please let's stay."

The older teen placed his hand over the messy brown spikes, "why is it that you never want to leave?" he repeated, "Why is it that I don't know even your name, and yet you seem to know everything about me, why?"

They stayed like this for a while longer, "I promise my dad I'd help him fix the garage door, I'll see you tomorrow" he placed a soft kiss on Sora's cheek and stood to leave.

"You looked left" mumbled the brunette as the other walked away. He stayed on the bench for a few moments before leaving the Botany Gardens.

Sorry to have ended it on such a bad note. Feel free to write me your thoughts on the story/chapter since I do plan on ending it next chapter.