A trio of friends stood and admired their handiwork.
"How far do you think a raft will get us?"
Enquired the brunette.
The silver haired boy shrugged.
"No idea Sora, if we have to, we'll think of something else..."
The dark haired girl nodded in agreement...
"Tomorrow we get supplies, but right now, how about we get some sleep?"

They agreed to meet back at the raft the next morning at 8:30 am to hunt for supplies, the day after they would set out to answer their question:
Are there other worlds out there?
Riku seemed to think so...
The others partook because Sora was bored and Kairi? Well lets just say wherever Riku was, she was there too...

Kairi was walking ahead and Riku was walking behind them and calling Sora back, handed him a paopu fruit.
Sora raised an eyebrow.
"Huh?"
Riku rolled his eyes.
"Whoever you share a paopu fruit with your and their destinies become intertwined for eternity..."
Sora looked at the yellow fruit still not sure what the intention here was.
"And?"
Riku smirked.
"I know you wanna try it with Kairi!"
Sora blushed a bright shade of scarlet, but before he could retaliate Riku was already making his way across the beaches white sands towards Kairi.
Smiling to himself he pocketed the paopu fruit and ran after his friends.

The trio met as promised at 8:30 am to gather their final supplies.
"Right Sora you can find... drinking water, coconuts and a seagull egg, Riku you gather mushrooms and catch fish... Also you'll need to find a fishing rod just in case we need more food when we're on our journey!"
Both boys nodded and ran off to gather they needed.
In less than an hour eveything was gathered and both boys were lying out on the white sands of destiny islands...
Riku sat up feeling somewhat bored.
"Any ideas for what we'll call the raft?"
The brunette opened one eye lazily...
"Hmmm... If I were to name it I would call it... Excalibur!"
Riku considered it for a moment.
"Yeah its a good name, but if I were to name it I think I'd call it... Highwind!"
Sora sat up and rolled his eyes, Riku helped him to his feet.
"The usual?"
Sora stretched...
"Guess so!"

Kairi waited impatiently at the finish line...
"So if I win... I get to be captain?"
Sora asked.
The silver haired boy looked into Soras eyes.
"If I win I get to share the paopu with Kairi..."
Sora's eyes opened wide with shock.
"What!"
Kairi called from the finish line.
"Ready? Set? GO!"

Sora sprinted with all his might but somehow... He came in second...

He approached the finish line with tears in his eyes and handing the paopu to Riku sighed...
"Guess you'll be needing this... I wont..."
With that he sprinted off leaving the silver haired boy alone.
"But... It was just a joke..."

Sora didnt stop running until he reached a place known as 'the secret place' a place they'd hung out at since they were kids...
Him and Kairi had made a promise here to always remain friends no matter what.
/Sorry Kairi, looks like this is a promise I cant keep.../
He touched the carvings they'd done of eachother years before...
He couldnt hold it in anymore and broke down into tears...

Riku began searching for Sora everywhere he could think of...
The school, his house, the detached island where the bridge led to they had hung out there for a while...
All the while Kairi was following him asking why they fought and what was wrong...
He refused to tell Kairi about Sora's eternal crush on her and made up some stupid excuse which she probably didnt believe but accepted because she liked him so much Riku could say the sky is yellow and she would blindly accept it!
So when he asked her to go and look for Sora elsewhere to help him out, she did... With gusto!
Thing is there was only one more place he could be and Riku was standing outside it... 'The secret place...'

Kairi was happily looking for Sora thinking of how happy Riku would be when she found him, when she realised that she could be with him right now but instead she was searching for... Sora?
/What the hell? Sora's my friend and all but Riku's hot... I cant resist him, plus your little argument will score me alone time with Riku!/
With this in mind she left the school and started looking for Riku.
/Where did he say he was going next? Oh yeah the secret place.../

Riku entered the secret place to hear Sora sobbing behind a rock.
"Sora?"
Sora wiped his eyes and looked around.
"What do you want... Are you here to rub yet another victory in my face? You knew I liked her Riku..."
Riku sat beside Sora.
"Sora I didnt share the paopu with Kairi..."
Sora wiped tears from his eyes.
"What you didnt? Why?"
Riku pulled the paopu from his pocket.
"See? I didnt do it because I only said it to get a reaction out of you, it was a joke Sora..."
Sora stood up.
"Riku that was not funny... And if you shared a paopu with her and are lying I'll never talk to you again..."
The silver haired teen stood up and gently placed his hands on Sora's shoulders.
"Im not lying...I'd never share a paopu with her especially when theres someone I like so much more..."
Sora looked confused.
"Really? Who?"
Riku wiped a tear from Sora's eye, he gazed into those perfect blue eyes filled with tears, he couldnt hold back anymore, he'd held back for nearly a year now...
"You..."
Before Sora could react Riku's lips were on his his shock reaction was to gasp which gave Riku the chance to explore Sora's mouth with his tongue.
The brunette could feel himself blush and let his eyes fall closed, he felt Riku's arms wrap around him.
Sora reached up and ran his fingers through the long silver hair, he didnt know why he was doing this...
Just that right now it felt good and he didnt care about much else...
Riku was making him feel wanted and thats exactly what he needed right now...
To be wanted, needed... Loved?

Their moment was broken by a familiar voice...
"Sora, what the hell! Is it not obvious that I like him?"
Kairi ran from the secret place in tears...
Sora pushed Riku away from him.
"Kairi!"
Riku chased after Sora.
"Kairi!"
The brunette boy caught up to her.
"Please Kairi let me explain!"
Kairi turned angrily to Sora slapping him across the face sending him stumbling back a few steps.
"You knew I liked him... Dont ever speak to me again..."
At that moment Riku witnessed what he thought looked like Sora's heart ripping in two...
He had never seen his friend look that way before, so down...
He tried to hug him only to be pushed away by a distraught Sora who was slowly moving in the direction of his house...
"And Riku?"
Riku looked up hopeful.
"Yeah?"
"Please, dont follow me this time..."
Riku stood once again... alone.

/I've really fucked everything up havent I?/
He tried his hardest to think of a way to make things better as he strolled home.

Sora lay on his bed staring blankly at the ceiling of his room, numb...
He had cried so much that he quite simply couldnt cry anymore and so he lay there on the blue sheets fingers interlinked across his bare chest...
He sighed.
/Today has been so fucked up... Riku likes me? Maybe its just another joke but... That kiss? That didnt feel like a joke to me.../
His hand crept up to touch his lips and thinking about Riku a slight blush crept over his cheeks...
He let his hand fall back to his chest and continued to stare at the roof as his mind rushed.

Kairi was at home sitting at her desk writing.
*Dear journal, Sora is a boy stealing fag bitch! I caught him today lip locked with Riku... RIKU'S MINE! He should know by now that I like him... I know that Riku's not gay, so theres no way that Riku kissed Sora...*
She looked up from her writing slightly panic stricken...
/Did Riku kiss Sora? Sora was pinned to the rock... Riku did look kinda... No way! Why am I even considering this? Sora wanted it to look that way! Riku is not gay... Right?/

Riku arrived home to find his mother and father sitting down to dinner.
"Riku I made your favourite! Come grab a plate!"
Riku stopped on the stairs and glanced in.
"No thanks mom... Im not really hungry..."
He walked to his room and let himself fall face down onto his bed.
His mother knocked minutes later.
"Riku you okay hun? Can I come in?"
Riku answered "Sure..." In a muffled 'I've got my head shoved into a pillow and am depressed because I am in love with my best male friend and I dont think hes interested in me' kinda way.
His mother entered the room and seeing how he was lying couldnt help asking.
"Isnt it kinda hard to breathe?"
Riku shrugged.
His mother sat on the side of the bed.
"Something wrong?"
Riku again shrugged.
"So there is? You wanna talk about it?"
Riku shook his his head.
His mother sat there rubbing his back.
"Where's Kairi and Sora today anyway?"
Riku took a deep breath and rolled over.
"We had a fight..."
She raised an eyebrow.
"Must've been serious you guys never fight!"
Riku avoided his mothers gaze.
"Its kinda... Complicated..."
"You know you can tell me anything..."
Riku sighed.
"Its got a lot to do with Kairi..."
His mother grinned.
"You like Kairi? Oh Riku thats so cute! But what does Sora think of all this? Doesnt he like her too?"
He felt out blurting out "I HATE KAIRI! I WANT SORA! SORA SORA SORA!"
But instead he just said.
"Yeah, Sora likes her, I dunno... I think hes mad at me..."
His mother smiled.
"Im sure you guys sort it out..."
With that she kissed him on the forehead and left him with his thoughts.
"I have to make this right somehow..."
He grabbed his hoody and headed towards the school with his skateboard.
He went there to practice tricks and when he needed space to think...
Skateboarding helped him to think it gave him focus, he didnt know why exactly... But it did...

Kairi sat wondering about Riku, considering that maybe she'd accused Sora in the wrong...
/What if Riku is gay.../

Sora lay on his bed still wondering about everything that had happened that day...
/Do I go explain to Kairi? Or talk to Riku? Well Kairi is currently pissed off at me... So I guess its Riku then... Riku will be at the school as always.../
With that Sora got up off his bed and pulling on a t shirt went to look for Riku...
After about ten minutes of walking and figuring out what to say he was outside the school gates.
He took a deep breath and walked into the school.
/I'll just act like that kiss never happened... It was probably a joke anyway.../
He walked towards the playground and sure enough Riku was there on his skateboard, MP3 player blasting into his ears.
He approached the silver haired youth who had noticed him and stopped skating...
Riku pulled out his headphones and motioned towards the benches at the side of the playground, Sora nodded and followed.
They sat down side by side in silence for about a minute.
Sora took the plunge and broke the silence...
"Look about earlier, I know the whole kiss thing was a joke and a really good one at that, you fucked with my head and now I'm confused... Mission accomplished! So please stop screwing with my mind now... You shared the paopu with Kairi right?"
Riku rested his head in his hands...
"Sora its no joke..."
The brunette rolled his eyes.
"Riku give it up already!"
Riku shook his head irratated.
"Want me to prove its no joke Sora?"
Sora nodded closing his eyes and resting his hands behind his head...
"Prove it then..."
At that moment Riku grabbed Sora and pulled him into the most pasionate kiss he'd ever experienced.
Sora's eyes shot open.
/WTF! He's serious?/
Riku was totally enjoying himself.
/Kiss back Sora! Come on please!/
Sora found himself kissing back...
Riku moved himself closer slowly so as not to scare him off...
But passion got the better of him and he straddled Sora and held his wrists to the wall.
Sora mumbled, something of a sigh escaped his lips and he continued to kiss Riku.
Riku pulled back to catch his breath to find Sora red faced and panting like he was.
/Score!/
Sora was so much in shock and out of breath at what they'd just done and the fact he'd liked it... A little... He could barely string a sentance together...
Riku was still on top but realising that he had Sora in a very uncomprimising position quickly got off.
/Riku, maybe you took that a tiny bit too far.../
He looked over to Sora who was still shocked and silent and found his shoes amazing because he was staring the hell outta them.
"Sora I..."
Sora gazed up confused.
"I didnt... I mean..."
The brunette cocked his head to one side as he had no clue what Riku was trying to say...
Riku took a deep breath.
"I've wanted to tell you for ages now... I wanted to sit down and tell you how I feel, I didnt wanna show you how I feel by shoving my tongue down your throat... Well not right away anyway... Uh... But it was great... I mean I wanted it to happen the right way..."
Sora was now bright red face glowing like a tomato...
Riku continued regardless.
"But I know you like Kairi..."
Sora sighed sadly.
"But Kairi likes you... I've given up on her..."
Riku looked into his sad blue eyes.
"But why?"
Sora looked off into the distance eyes glazing over...
"Because I cant compare to you... Not in her eyes anyway..."
Sora then got up and walking away left Riku alone with his thoughts...

Sora ran into Kairi looking in a rush outside the school.
"Kairi I know you're mad but please I can explain..."
Kairi smiled at him.
"It's ok Sora! I'm looking for Riku I wanna have a chat with him..."
Sora looked really confused...
"So we're cool?"
Kairi nodded smiling.
"Yup!"
Sora hugged her and let out a massive sigh of relief.
"Good... I hate fighting with you guys..."
He walked away waving happily.
/Fighting huh? Didn't look like you and Riku were fighting at all a few minutes ago.../
Kairi laughed to herself and went into the school to talk to Riku.

"Kairi thats total blackmail! I thought you were my friend... And I can't do that to Sora! You know he likes you! He's liked you years now!"
Kairi moved closer to Riku.
"Well what about me? I've liked you since I moved here and Sora decides to go and kiss you! He's not even gay! He did it purely to spite me..."
Riku rolled his eyes.
"Kairi don't be so stupid..."
She grinned evilly.
"Stupid huh? You'd better be nicer than that to me Riku... That is if you don't want the pictures of you and him making out plastered all over the school and the school website..."
Riku leaned in closer to Kairi gleefully spitting out the words like venom.
"I kissed Sora! You should LOOK at the pictures and see who has who pinned to the wall... I LIKE HIM! HE only found out TODAY!"
Kairi pulled back slightly put off, her plan wasn't working quite how she'd hoped, but she's a clever bitch... And always had a plan B.
"Well Riku... You have a choice... Get with me, or I'll make everyone think Sora is gay, the older students will give him hell and if they don't make his life hell... My friends WILL!"
Riku pulled away from Kairi...
/I don't give a fuck about people finding out I'm gay... But dragging Sora into it and making his life hell? I cant let that happen.../
Riku nodded his head sadly...
"And if you tell Sora whats going on, I'll put the pictures up anyway... Deal?"
Riku sighed heavily the minute he was able to tell Sora he liked him it was ripped away from him by his "friend" he looked up offering his hand to Kairi.
/I have to do this... For Sora's sake.../
"Deal..."

The next day Kairi arrived in school with a seriously pissed off looking Riku on her arm, Sora ran to greet his friends but as he was running across the playing field he seen something happen which made him turn back...
Kairi had seen Sora running towards them and decided to get him back...
She had grabbed Riku and kissed him, he had spotted Sora and didnt want to, but for Sora's own good, he didn't have any choice...

/He lied... I cant believe he lied... Why would he do that to me?/
Sora ran to the toilets hyperventilating...
He locked himself into a cubicle and and sat on the toilet lid.
/Fuck it! Why did I believe that bastard?/
He punched the wall of the cubicle, only to wind up in tears...
"Riku you asshole..."

Meanwhile Riku's mind was on Sora, even when he kissed Kairi he was pretending that he was really kissing Sora...
/I hope he's okay, I wish I could tell him why I'm doing this... Man this bitch better watch herself... if we're standing on the edge of the street and the bus pulls up... I'll be damn tempted to push her out in front of it.../
"Riku why are you smiling like that? It's creepy..."
Kairi looked at him suspiciously but Riku smiled back sweetly...
"No reason..."
/Other than thinking of you getting hit by a bus!/

Kairi made him act like a perfect gentleman, hold open doors, pull out chairs, kiss her ALL the time, tell her she's beautiful... (In other words stuff he would've been more than happy to do for Sora, but not this bitch!)
He had seen Sora witness the events in anger and or sadness for a few months...
But then one day, he just didn't turn up...

/Sora's not here... I know he's been upset this past while... I hope he's okay.../

He turned up the next day however and Riku bumped into him in the toilets.
"Hey Sora!"
He tried to sound chirpy even though his life was currently sucked...
Sora didn't answer him just pulled something out of his bag and went to pop it, but Riku caught his hand.
"Sora?"
He said taking the pill.
"What the hell is this?"
Sora growled at Riku.
"Mind your own fucking business what it is I need it, now give it back!"
Riku refused out of concern.
The brunette sighed laying his hands on either side of the sinks cold white porceline.
"They're anti depressants..."
Riku in shock handed the pill straight back.
Sora took it and walked out of the toilets.
/Anti depressants? What the fuck?/

Riku headed straight home after school telling Kairi that "he wasnt feeling well" she's smiled and headed home alone, she was under the illusion that Riku had actually grown to like her and loosened the reigns a bit...
So Riku had free time, when he pretended he had other things to do...

Riku waited until she had turned the corner before setting off towards Sora's house at high speed, only to find that he wasn't there...
/Where could he be?/

After searching everywhere he could without being caught by Kairi, he found Sora sitting on the island they used to all hang out on.
He was sitting against one of the palm trees with some kind of book in his hands and a pen...
Riku approached him slowly...
"Hey... Sora..."
The brunette ramained sitting in the sand looking unphased by Riku's presence...
"Hi..."
Riku sat beside Sora, the boy didnt even seem to notice, he just continued to write whatever he was writing...
"I need to tell you something..."
Sora looked away from his notebook and snapping it shut said in a steady voice.
"Neither you or Kairi have talked to me in months... And now you need to tell me something? No offence Riku, but you and I are not really on those terms anymore..."
The brunette stood up and brushing himself off began to walk towards the bridge that led to the island.
Riku jumped up following him.
"But please Sora it's really important!"
Sora resisted the urge to stop and kept walking.
"Please Sora..."
He kept walking.
"I'm worried about you..."

Riku walked home kicking sand around wondering what he should or could do about Sora...
/We're not friends anymore? But I've been thinking about you and suffering that bitch for you for what feels like forever.../
Riku thought about how he could communicate with Sora without Kairi getting suspicious...
/I've got it!/

The next day Riku headed into school early, he had written a note the night before, he knew exactly where Sora's locker was...
And that he got his books after every class, because he hated dragging a heavy bag around...
So all in all he figured his plan should work...

He went in half an hour before he knew Kairi would be there.
"Right..."
He stalked down corridors knowing that if Kairi's friends spotted him they would hold him up, he pulled up the hood of his black hoody and walked through hallway after hallway of lockers and classroom doors...
Each hallway was painted a different colour to make it easier for students to find their lockers.
Blue, green, yellow, orange, pink, red...
Finally he was making his way down the cream coloured hallway when his heart skipped a beat...
Sora was at his locker...

Riku had not anticipated this...
/Fuck he'll never take it from me... Unless.../
The older teen pulled the hood up further so it overshadowed his face, he walked up and slipped the note into the backpack on Sora's shoulder...
He then quietly slipped away...
Sora pulled the backpack off his shoulder and seeing the paper shoved into the front pouch took it out and examined it...
/To Sora... huh?/
He unfolded the and scanned the note...
/Sora, meet me at the secret place at 10pm tonight sharp... Come alone.../
He shuddered at the mysterious note...
/Come alone? Either its a secret crush or a murderer... At this stage either is good.../
Sora put everything he needed for his first class in his bag and walked off looking around him trying to spot who had slipped the letter into his bag...
But the hallway was empty...
/Weird.../
He left the corridor to go to where his first class would be held...

Riku stepped out from behind some lockers, he breathed a sigh of relief...
/Now to make an excuse for Kairi.../

He went to meet Kairi and after yet another disgusting kiss from her he went to class.
He spent his whole maths class thinking about a certain brunette, how more than anything he wanted to feel those soft lips on his again, he was in such a daze that he loving scrawled R+S all over his work...
Much to the interest of Kairi's friends.
Riku left the class only to be approached by Kairi while he was getting getting things out of his locker.
"Whats this I'm being told about R+S all over your maths test? Huh?"
Although it made him sick to his stomach to do so, he did what he did next to A: Piss her friends off and B: Make her distrustful of her pissed off friends.
He grabbed her and kissed her like he would kiss Sora...
When he pulled away he smiled and said.
"You know you're the only one for me babe..."
Kairi giggled and looked accusingly at her friends...
/Jealous bitches, trying to steal Riku from me.../
Riku laughed flipping her friends off as they walked away.

The rest of the school day was uneverntful and telling Kairi his parents were making him study for exams he went home alone.
He arrived home excited for the first time in months...
"Gotta find something sexy to wear... Wait! This is a meeting to tell him the truth! But everytime I've got him alone so far, we've made out... Hmmm..."
He sifted through his closet...
"I'm supposed to appear as mysterious... So it cant be anything he'll recognise... Wait he's gonna know my voice, but it'll be ten at night, even if he does find me out... He not gonna want to walk home alone!"
He wound up choosing some dark baggy indigo jeans and a black tanktop, over which he would wear his black hoody over, sure he wore it today but loads of people had balck hoodies right?
He grinned at his selection and went to take a shower.

Sora got home still wondering if he should go...
/Its not really safe of intelligent... But what do I care? Yeah I guess I'll go, secret place at 10, got nothing else to do.../

Riku got out of the shower hair soaked and a towel wrapped around his waist...
/Perhaps I should wear sexy underwear? Just in case it all goes great and Sora wants me to fuck him there and then... Like I always carry condoms, so why not wear sexy underwear better safe than sorry right? I need to stop thinking or I'm gonna need another shower.../
He decided that the answer to this question was yes and once he was dried off he slipped into a pair of tight black boxers, he looked at himself in the mirror...
/If it gets to this point he'll hardly be paying attention to my underwear anyway... He'll be too busy being horny!/
He slipped on his clothes and now that his hair was dry he was good to go...
"9:07 huh? I'll leave at 9:30... It'll give me time to chill out get used to the place and find a place to stand so I look all mysterious..."

Sora glanced at the clock on his desk and closing his english book stood up.
/9:40, better go I guess.../
He grabbed a torch and headed outside, the beach was really dark at this time of night...

Riku was skateboarding down to the beach but jumped off just before he hit the sand.
/That was close!/
He held the skateboard under his arm and climbed the few rocks that led to th cave known as the secret place...
He had to crouch when he was walking in...
/Man I used to be so short.../
But once he reached the main chamber he could stand at full height, he hid his skateboard and pulled up his hood...
He'd even practiced a deep voice to fool Sora in case things didnt go too well...
And so he waited...

Sora arrived at 9:55 and climbed the rocks into the cave with his torch in his teeth.
He found his way in using the torch and called out when he saw no one...
"If this is your idea of a jo..."

Before he could finish his sentance someone stepped out from behind a rock...
Sora was a little intimidated by this guys height but stayed focused...
"Who are you?"
The figure stepped back from the light, Riku decided to give the deep voice a shot.
"That doesnt matter right now..."
Sora didnt move and kept the torch light shining firmly on this person.
"Then why did you bring me here?"
"I've been sent here to tell you about your friend Riku..."
Sora's face suddenly became fierce and angry...
"That double crossing liar? I'll pass thanks..."
Before Sora could walk away Riku thought fast.
"Actually its more about Kairi, but if you dont want to hear it..."
Sora stopped dead in his tracks and clenched his fists...
He turned back around.
"Spill it..."

The dark figure leaned against a rock in a way that seemed somehow familiar, but he had never to his knowledge met this person before and passed it off as being his imagination and sat on a small rock across from the tall boy.
"Well..."
The tall boy began.
"Perhaps you should see these pictures for a start because these are where the whole thing started..."
Sora took the pictures and recognised the scene straight away, a blush spread across his face and a smile came to his lips, he then scolded himself silently for associating any pleasurable feelings with Riku,
"H-how did you get these? Who took them?"
The dark figure didnt move he had noticed Sora blush and smile to himself.
/So he doesnt really hate my guts?/
"Riku stole them from Kairi, they were taken by her using her camera phone..."
Sora felt betrayed by both friends.
"Who put her up to it? Riku? Part of his big joke huh?"

Sora felt a lump form in his throat...
/They both fucked me over?/
"Not part of any big joke Sora..."
Sora didnt move...
"Are you gonna let me tell you the truth behind Riku and Kairi's relationship?"
Sora nodded.
"Are you gonna believe me?"
Sora nodded again.
"I have no choice but to believe you, they both hate me..."

The word "hate" ripped through Riku like a thousand blades.
/I dont hate you Sora, far from it.../
"Listen carefully then cause I'm not repeating myself..."
The tall teen shifted his weight against the rock.
"That day after your uh... meeting with Riku, you bumped into Kairi at the gates yes?"
He nodded.
"Well after that she had the pictures, she told Riku that if he didnt get with her she would put the pictures up everywhere... Riku didnt care about himself being called gay or whatever, but he did care about you... So he agreed to get with her if she didnt release the pictures of you two and if her and her friends left you alone..."
Sora was distraught.
"I was such an asshole to him the other day... He never really liked Kairi?"
The figure snorted.
"He hates her now! He never thought she'd be such a conniving bitch... He hates being with her and has avoided anything beyond kissing, he told her that he's saving himself for his wedding night! If he could avoid kissing her he said he would..."
The brunette shook his head.
"So it was never a joke? He really does... Like me?"
The hooded figure laughed.
"Man you're slow! He's been suffering that bitch Kairi for the past six months just for you! I'd say he fucking adores you!"
Sora gripped his head in his hands.
"Damn it! I gotta go apologise to him right now! Thanks! Bye!"
He began to run back towards the entrance of the cave when a familiar voice stopped him.
"Where ya going?"

Sora turned to come face to face with Riku.
"It was you?"
Riku nodded.
"You wouldnt listen to me as me so I slipped the note into your bag, disguised my voice and wore clothes you wouldnt recognise... I even wrote weird just in case, its no joke, Kairi said she would make your life hell unless I got with her... Now my lifes hell... But you're safe... And extremely unhappy it would seem..."
Sora sighed.
"You wanna know about the pills huh? Okay... I became anti social after you and Kairi started, she hates my guts she told me so... Asked me how it felt to have my little plan to take you away backfire? I told her it was never my intention to take you and that I liked her..."
Riku nodded.
"And what happened?"
Sora looked towards the ground and played with pebbles like he was trying to avoid a painful memory.
"She told me I was nothing, she never liked me, even as a friend she just used me to get to you... She told me I would never ever compare to you... She then grabbed my face kissed my lips and slammed my head back into the wall, her and her friends walked off laughing at me... That got me down pretty bad... So I was writing to try and get it out of me... That didnt help... So... I started to consider..."
Riku leaned forward more.
"Consider what Sora?"
The younger boy looked down and whispered the word like a sin.
"Suicide..."

Riku's expression fell.
"Why didnt you come talk to me?"
"I was under the impression you and Kairi hated me... I wasnt totally wrong either... Kairi does, a lot..."
Riku rolled his eyes and blew his hair out of his face.
"Who cares what that bitch thinks? I was thinking of pushing her out into rush hour traffic a while ago..."
He thought for a moment...
"If I knew she did that to you I would've pushed her without a second thought... But tell me did they find you out? Or did you come to your senses?"
Sora shook his head.
"They found some random sheets of paper in my bin, god knows what posessed them to look at them... But I guess its my parents doing that I'm still alive..."

Riku almoat had tears in his eyes, he hugged Sora close to him burying his head into his shoulder inhaling his scent.
"I'm so glad you didnt do it..."
Sora was a little shocked at Riku's reaction but hugged back, it felt good to be close to him again...
"The only thing is Riku, you have to go back to her tomorrow I cant talk to you in school... She threatened to have me beaten to a bloody pulp if she caught me near you in school..."
Riku thought for a moment.
"Did she anything about outside school?"
Sora shrugged.
"No idea... But what does it matter she'll get us both killed and that'll be the end of it..."
Riku shook his head.
"If you're sick of her and I'm sick of her then I say let the bitch show the pictures, I can say I was kissing any random brunette... I wont let you get any backlash from her or her friends... I promise..."
/Promise... Promise...?/
Sora picked up a rock and took it to the part of the cave where he and Kairi had done carvings of eachother...

"Promise this bitch..."
With that he attacked the carving he'd made of Kairi and didnt stop til it was a mess which resembled nothing...
He dropped the stone and stepped back...
Tears were running down his face...
Riku wrapped his arms around him and slowly led him out of the cave, Sora shuddered when the cold hit him...
Riku hugged him tighter...
"Better?"
Sora nodded, his cheeks reddening.
"Its 11:30, I'm gonna walk you home..."
Sora was about to protest when Riku made the point that Kairi was insane and that he was currently being embraced by "her bitch"...
He then agreed and let himself be brought home...
/Anyways... Riku's warm.../

By the time they reached Sora's bedroom window, (he had climbed out it, it was first story after all!) it was 11:45 Sora turned to Riku to apologise.
"Riku I'm really sorry for how I treated you... I feel like a complete asshole..."
Riku shook his head...
"I should've never got with Kairi, bitch or not you do or did like her..."
"DID like her... Past tense, over and done with..."
Riku smiled.
"Over huh? Well in a way I'm glad..."
Sora looked up into Riku's eyes...
"Why?"
Riku leaned in and kissed Sora gently on the lips.
"Because now I can do that and not feel like i'm getting in the way of you getting her..."

Sora stood wide eyed gazing at Riku...
/I have butterflies in my stomach... Could it be?/
Riku kissed Sora's forehead...
"Goodnight, I hope we can do this again... Soon..."
Sora nodded smiling, and whispered to Riku's retreating form.
"I hope so too..."
With that he climbed in through his window and closing it a little changed out of his clothes and snuggling into his bedsheets fell asleep.

Riku awoke the next morning pained that after kissing Sora he'd have to go back to kissing the fire breathing dragon they called Kairi...
He had a brief fantasy about saving Sora from a castle guarded by the big scary Kairi...
Then got out of bed...

Sora awoke upset, he began to think about what school would be like today...
/I'll be alone again... I'll have to watch Riku suffer with Kairi for me... Ugh... Maybe I can pull a sicky?/
He pondered this briefly before deciding to do it...

He rubbed his eyes to make them really red and stuck his upper body out his window into the cold air, much to the delight of passing schoolgirls who cheered and whistled.
With that he lay back in bed and waited for his mother to call him for school...

His mother walked in at exactly 8 am took one look at him felt his forehead, (which was burning because he had put it against the heater in his room) and decided he would have to stay home...
He texted Riku teling him he "wasn't well" and that he wouldn't be in and not to worry he'd just be sleeping and watching cartoons all day.
About thirty minutes away Riku was smiling at the cuteness of his brunette friend...
He wrote back.
*Want me to come over later on and make you feel better? LOL!*
Sora grinned text flirting with Riku was fun, twice as fun because it was their little secret.
*You can come over if you wanna... But won't Kairi be mad?*
Riku frowned to himself.
/Fuck Kairi!/
*Don't worry I'll sort out Kairi, I'll see you after school x x x*
Sora smiled at the kisses after the message and settled down to go back to sleep.

The day dragged in for Riku, all he could think about was Sora in bed...
Probably in his boxers...
/Mmm... I cant wait to get my hands on him.../
"Riku? Riku!"
Riku snapped out of his daydream.
"Huh?"
The english teacher sighed.
"Try to stay with the class Riku..."
He nodded and tried to ignore the imaginary Sora in his boxers but was failing miserably...
/Damn you hot imaginary Sora... If I fail English its all your fault!/
After many run ins with Kairi and making yet another excuse to not see her after school (she was getting suspicious at all these excuses Riku was feeding her lately...) Riku then kissed her goodbye and ran off towards Sora's house.
Kairi however had seen that he was not heading towards his house...

Riku skated to Sora's as fast as he could but slowed down before he got to his window, or tried to, but wound up falling into the bushes outside his window...
Sora opened the window to see a very red faced Riku sitting in the bushes holding his head in pain.
Sora helped him in through the window and the pair fell on the bed in a heap laughing.
The brunette was in his boxers just as Riku had hoped he would be...
/Try to look him in the eyes, not the boxers, not the boxers always the eyes never the boxers!/

Sora knew exactly why Riku was being weird and nervous...
And wasnt about to put any more clothes on...
Riku sat on the bed trying to avoid the gaze of a certain sexy scantily clad brunette...
Who decided to sit on his lap...
Riku didnt know where to look and was desperately trying to stifle the movements that half naked Sora was causing in his pants...
Sora looked into Rikus eyes which were desperately searching for something that might stifle the massive hard on that was forming in his boxers.