From Eternamente -- Heya, and thanks for reading another fic of mine. I've had angels on my mind as of late. I'm sure after reading some of 'An Angel's Savior' you can understand that, and I've decided to write a story that actually deals with real angels. This is actually a bit difficult for me to write... it takes a bit of creative thinking on my part to make the angels discussed in my story believable. I've opted to keep angels as a universal thing in terms of religion, so honestly this won't deal with any specific religion (I myself am not a religious person, but I am fascinated by angels). This story is very loosely based upon the movie, 'Date With an Angel.' In fact, when I say loosely based, I began to imagine the movie, replace the characters with Sora and Riku, and then chucked the movie's plot aside and just decided to make a story based on Sora and Riku. So, yeah... the idea began as a based-off-of-a-movie idea, but became something more. This is the first fiction I'm posting that isn't complete yet. In fact, I've only begun this last night, but I've decided to post the first chapter to see how people like it. So, I hope you enjoy this.

Also, a fair warning. Someone dies in this chapter. I won't give away who right away, but yes, sadly someone dies in this chapter right away. Don't lynch me for doing this, but it's obviously essential for a story about angels. I promise you, much fluff will ensue in later chapters. Enjoy!

Disclaimer -- Sora is mine. Okay, he's not, but I know he secretly longs to be. In any event, Sora, Riku, and any other Kingdom Hearts references belong to Disney/Square-Enix, but they're letting me borrow their characters without their permission cuz they're cool like that.

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Until Eternity -- Chapter One

"Sora?" a silver-haired young man poked his head into the living room to approach his spiky-haired brunet companion. The brunet was deep in concentration as he furiously pounded on the controller of their Playstation 2.

"One sec, Riku," the boy replied as he continued to press button after button. "Sephiroth is so going down this time."

Riku sighed playfully as he placed a hand on his hip. "You've been at that for days, and you've yet to beat him."

"Yeah, but this time I'm level 99, with Ultima Weapon, every ability, and 6 elixirs," Sora called over his shoulder as beads of sweat began to drip off of his forehead. "I can do this, I can beat him. He is going down. He is mine, he is… SHIT!" Sora growled as he threw the controller to the other end of the room. Riku chuckled as the screen went black and a boy was floating in mid-air with a crystalline heart floating above his chest. Game Over. Again.

Riku gently crept over to his sulking boyfriend and pulled the grump into a careful hug. "You'll get him next time, angel," he cooed as he played with the boy's cinnamon locks.

Sora reached up and gave Riku a quick peck on the cheek. "Yeah, eventually. Anyway, what did you want?"

"I wanted to know if I could borrow your car and go to the store," he replied.

"What's wrong with your car?"

"It's stalling again. I need to have Tidus come over and look at it."

"Oh, well, if you want I can go for you. I need to clear my mind of this whole Sephiroth thing. Analyze what I did wrong, y'know?" he grinned as he played out the idea with his hands.

"Are you sure?" Riku asked. "I mean, we only need a few things and I could go."

"Nah, you get Tidus over here to fix your car. I need some air," he said as he bounced to his feet. He pulled Riku in for a passionate kiss, and was met with the same desire from the older male. Within moments Sora's senses were completely dominated by Riku's aggressive nature, and the two found themselves lost in each other on the couch shortly thereafter.

"Sora, I love you," Riku whispered as he lifted the younger boy's shirt over his own stomach.

"I love you more, God I love you," the lithe boy shuddered as his lover delicately traced his ribs with his tongue.

"Wanna have fun before you go?" Riku murmured as he undid the belt buckle holding Sora's jeans captive. Within a moment he expertly whisked the strap of leather away from the boy's waist and discarded it to the ground.

"God, yes, oh, just don't stop," Sora whimpered as his hips bucked towards Riku's own.

Nuzzling and kissing the boy's neck, Riku's hand began to single-handedly unzip and unbutton his lover's jeans. Within a moment Sora would be exposed from the waist down.

But alas, moments like these are always screwed over at two in the afternoon.

A sharp knock came from the front door of the boy's apartment. Groaning, Sora pulled Riku down and nodded. "Screw it. Keep going. We can handle some knocking."

"Hey, guys, you in there?" a familiar, although muffled, voice called out from beyond the front door. "It's Tidus. Riku, man, I thought you wanted to work on your car?" Riku's eyes slanted into a glare as he determinedly leaned into another kiss. "Hey, I know I'm early, but I got off work early and thought I'd help you today. It's either today or next week. C'mon, I know you guys are home. Open the door."

Sora huffed and pushed his boyfriend off of him. He zipped up his jeans and stalked to the door angrily. Throwing it open he snarled ravenously as his hands wrapped around the blonde boy's throat.

"Sora!" he choked out as his eyes grew wide in pain. "Sora, what's wrong? What were you guys doing?"

"You have just interrupted the most brilliant sex I was about to get all day. You die now," the brunet growled as he continued to choke the poor boy.

"Sora! Sora, stop! We need him to fix the car," Riku shouted as he pried his lover's hands off of the blonde. Tidus, now sprawled out within the boys' entrance, had a hand clutched to his throat.

Sora continued to glare, but offered a hand to Tidus. The blonde held his hands up in retreat, but Sora grasped one of them and helped him to his feet. "Hmph. Sorry about that. I got carried away," Sora smirked as Riku's arms wrapped around his waist. "Fix his car and all is forgiven," the brunet added in a sugary sweet tone.

"Sorry for, uh, ruining, the um… well…" Tidus blushed.

"The sex?" Sora shrugged nonchalantly. "Eh, you do it all the time. Just this time… I knew it was going to be really good."

Riku and Sora were very open and expressive of their relationship. After all, they had been childhood friends, and then grew up to discover intimate feelings for one another. All throughout high school the pair had been flirting with one another childishly, and then finally at the beginning of their senior year Riku had mustered the courage to admit to Sora how much he had loved the boy. Now here it was, their second year of college, and in the three years since that confession of undying love the two have grown to be more than inseparable. They were the poster children for Couple Of the Year, regardless of their sexual preference. They had selected an apartment together near the college they were attending, and were rarely seen away from each other.

"Listen, I gotta give Kairi a call before I head to the store," Sora stated as he gave his lover a gentle peck on the cheek. "I'll see you guys in a bit." With that, the brunet turned on his heel and disappeared back into the apartment.

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About twenty minutes later Sora bounded out of the apartment and locked it up. He headed over to the garage the couple shared with the rest of the small apartment building and looked around the vast room. Finally his eyes greeted the sight of his boyfriend hunched over the hood of his own car, with a blonde shock of hair flitting about the underbelly of the vehicle.

"Hey, how's it coming along," Sora smiled as he approached the two.

"It's okay, I guess. Something wrong with the breaks, I think. I'm not sure," Riku muttered as he grabbed a wrench. A moment later the tool slipped out of his greasy hands and the boys were met with a loud screech of pain as Tidus scooted out from beneath the car holding his face.

"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHH," Tidus yelped as he danced around in a fit of pain. "My face, my face, Riku, you dropped the damned thing on my head!"

"Oh, pipe down or you'll have more problems than a wrench to the face," Sora teased. "You forget, you interrupted sex." Tidus stopped dancing and started cowering before the smaller boy. Tidus knew that despite his smaller stature, Sora could easily rip him from limb to limb. Especially after being denied intimacy due to interruption.

"So, you're headed off?" Riku smiled sweetly at his boyfriend. He always got a laugh out of how much his lover intimidated Tidus.

"Yeah. I'm going to pick up Kairi and then head over to the store. She needed to pick up a few things as well," Sora replied. "We needed what again? Eggs, bread, butter, milk… anything else?"

"Dinner," Riku called over his shoulder as he went back to work on the car.

"But we have stuff here," the boy replied as he cocked his head to the side.

"Yeah, but I'm not really in the mood for the stuff we have here. Get something fun, like, I dunno. Pizza."

"I have to go to the store for pizza? We could just have it delivered," Sora whined.

"Yeah, but I want you to make pizza. You make it so good!" Riku called out. Sora could sense the grin and anticipation on his boyfriend's lips at the thought of his home-cooked pizza.

"Alright, fine," the boy smiled as he gave in. "I'll get the stuff for pizza as well," he called over his shoulder as he grasped the handle to his own car. He and Riku's parking spaces were directly adjacent from one another.

"Wait a sec," Riku smiled as he dropped his wrench on Tidus' face again. The two boys ignored the surprised yelp of pain.

Riku carefully wrapped his arm around Sora's waist, careful not to stain his boyfriend's clothing with his greasy arms. "Love you," he said as he placed a delicately sweet kiss on the younger boy's lips.

"Love you more," Sora murmured as his mind went fuzzy for a second, but regained composure once Riku removed his body from his own. Sora smiled a goofy grin as he opened his car door and sat behind the driver's seat. He started the car and rolled down the window. "I'll see you in a little while, sexy," he called out as he backed the car out of the garage.

Riku sadly waved good-bye to the boy. Staring at the spot where his boyfriend once stood he had a sudden pang of saddness in his heart.

"Riku, you okay?" Tidus called from beneath the car as Riku sadly directed his attention back to his own vehicle.

"Yeah, I just… I have a bad feeling all of the sudden," Riku replied as he shook his head and plastered a smile on his face. "Ah, never mind. Probably just me missing him already is all," he stated as he picked up another wrench. He laughed as Tidus shielded his face.

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"Hey Kairi," Sora smiled as his red haired friend joined him in the front seat.

Kairi leaned in and gave Sora a gentle hug. "Hey sweety. Ready?"

"Yeah," Sora replied as he pulled the car onto the road. "Hey, I'm making pizza for dinner tonight. Riku wanted it so badly, so you know how hard it is for me to say no. Anyway, want to stay for dinner? Tidus is there also, so I guess he might be hungry."

"Sure, why not," Kairi smiled sweetly in thanks. "We'll just have to pop by my house on the way back so I can drop my stuff off."

"No problem," he replied as he looked out over the horizon. A few minutes later of idle chatter and the two arrived at the grocery store.

"So, how are you and Riku doing?" Kairi asked as the two meandered through aisle after aisle, each friend selecting an item they needed here and there and tossing it into the cart the two shared.

"Fabulous as always," he chuckled as he purposefully used a stereotypical word of choice. "We're good. I love him so much. I just want to be with him forever," he smiled as he leaned his head back in blissful thought. "I feel so at peace with him around. He makes me so happy."

"I'm really happy for you guys. I knew you'd always get together," Kairi stated. She then hugged her friend. "I remember you trying to go out with me a few times, but you were always so distracted, and all you talked about was Riku. I knew you'd be with him in the end. I knew that was why you and I could never fall in love."

Sora returned the hug and kissed her lightly on the forehead. "I do love you, Kairi. I just couldn't be in love with you. You're my best friend though, and you have no idea how much it means to me that you accepted us the way you did." He smiled at the moment of reminiscence. "I guess you had already known I loved Riku, so you just accepted it and remained our friend. I envy your maturity at times, y'know."

Kairi laughed. "Well, it's not as if you guys are all that mature, y'know. I mean, someone has to keep you in line!" She playfully punched her friend and giggled as he caught her into a headlock and delivered a noogie to her head. A few shoppers turned to stare at the spectacle before them.

Sora released his hold and hugged Kairi once more. "You know, I'm kind of excited. And nervous."

"About what?" Kairi asked.

"This," he said as he withdrew his hands from his embrace and reached into his pocket. A moment later he pulled out a small box and opened it for her. A beautiful golden band rested peacefully within the box. A single blue sapphire glinted under the lights.

"Oh, Sora," she said as she took the ring in her hands. Sora then bent down on one knee and quickly tied his shoe. A few people had gathered around the pair, and if one did not know any better it looked as if Sora were proposing to Kairi. Some pulled out handkerchiefs and dabbed their eyes, while others began to murmur sweet awww's of happiness.

Sora glanced around and realized that people were staring, and just what exactly this scene looked like. His eyes grew into slants as an evil thought crept into his mind.

"Kairi," he began hesitantly as he took his friend's hand into his own. "Kairi, you mean so much to me, and you make me so happy being with you." The crowed grew into a hush as they waited in anticipation for the rest of Sora's words. They didn't notice a sly wink escape the boy's eyes, but Kairi did and she nodded once in acknowledgement. "You mean the world to me, and I never want to let you go. I always want a part of you to be with me. So, Kairi, will you please…" The crowd was practically on it's knees begging for the boy to continue. "Kairi, will you please be Riku and my surrogate mother. Because two guys can't have a child on their own."

"Oh, Sora, of course I will," she said as she cupped the boy's head in her hands and nodded yes. She tried desperately to keep a straight face and not burst out in teary laughter for fear of the crowd lynching the two. Sora, however, could barely keep a straight face and started chuckling. The two could hear a few murmurs of 'ew, disgusting,' and 'that was weird.' Once the crowd dispersed the two collected themselves and exited the aisle laughing hysterically. "Sora, that was too funny. I love it, but uh… do I really have to have your children?"

"Uh… if you want…" Sora blushed. "It's not exactly a topic Riku and I talk about." He nervously scratched the back of his neck and frantically pushed the cart around the store.

Kairi laughed at her friend's sudden bashfulness. "I'm kidding. Anyway, when are you going to give him the ring?"

Sora seemed lost in thought for a moment. "Well, I don't know when. I was keeping it until the right moment, you know? I usually have it with me, and I'm sure the right time will come when it's just him and me, and a pure romantic moment…"

"You two are always together, though."

"Yeah, but not always romantically. You know, there's schoolwork, and our jobs, and sure we have dinner together all the time, but friends pop in or we're just doing boring everyday things," Sora replied. "I want this to be something utterly romantic, special, and sweet. I'll find the right moment someday."

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Riku looked at the ring he held in his hand. It was a thin simple silver band with a single aquamarine embedded into it. Riku smiled as he lovingly stroked the ring in his palm. "Silver and aquamarine. I know how much he loves those colors," he laughed as Tidus smiled at him.

Tidus jutted his chin in Riku's direction. "So, when you gonna give it to him?" The two were now relaxing inside Riku's apartment after a job well done on Riku's car.

Riku ran a hand through his moonlit hair. "Eh, well, you know how our schedules are a bit weird and hectic. I'm waiting for the right moment. I mean, yeah, we're together, but this ring is more eternal. I never want to let go of him. Like, even though it's not official or legally recognized, I want this to be something that binds us forever. Through the good times and bad. I love him with all of my heart," he smiled sappily. "We just haven't had a really romantic moment yet. Like, a candlelight dinner, or a day of being together and then a stroll along the beach. Something breathtaking and loving. We're always busy or caught up in the everyday. So, yeah, we love each other and are always together, but we haven't had that perfect moment where the world just stops and tells you that this is the right moment to promise your soul to the other."

Tidus clapped lightly. "I gotta hand it to ya, you know how to paint the mood. I can see what you mean, though. You guys are always busy, and I'm always barging in interrupting your sex. I can see how hard it is."

"Yeah, can you do something about the barging in on us bit?" Riku laughed. "I mean, it's expected at two in the afternoon, but we could do without you at two in the morning."

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"Okay, guess that's everything," Sora said triumphantly as the two friends stuffed the last bag of groceries into his trunk.

"I call shotgun!" Kairi giggled as she raced to the front passenger door.

"Kairi, there's no one to claim it from you," Sora laughed.

"I know. I just like saying it anyway," she stuck her tongue out as she giggled. The two then entered the car and buckled their seatbelts.

"Hey, Kairi, about that ring," Sora said as he inserted the key into the ignition. A moment later the car purred alive. "Can you not mention it to Riku? I want it to be a surprise." He then took the ring out of his pocket and carefully placed it into the glove compartment.

"Yeah, sure, no problem," she replied as she watched her friend hide the jewelry. "I can't wait for you to give it to him, though. He'll love it."

Sora nodded and smiled as he pulled out of the parking lot. "Yeah, I can't wait either."

Suddenly a car whizzed by them. "God, that thing was going fast," Kairi remarked as Sora nodded and pulled into the street.

"Yeah, wonder what hurry they were in…" Sora began, but his words were cut off short as another speeding car careened into the driver's side of Sora's car. The two screamed violently as the car was bashed into and tossed ten feet away. The windshield shattered upon the impact of being tossed into the air. Kairi hung onto the seatbelt for dear life, and could see Sora shielding his eyes desperately as the windshield sprayed over the two friends. The airbags burst open to cushion their impact.

As quickly as the accident began it was over. Kairi blinked her eyes open and was relieved to find she was alright. She carefully looked around, and was startled when her door suddenly opened and she was helped out of the car. It didn't register at first, but the man helping her out was a police officer. "Thank you," she mumbled as she looked over her shoulder. She glanced around and noticed more policeman had arrived to the scene to apprehend whoever was in the car that had crashed into their own. Kairi then turned back to Sora's car and saw that the glove compartment had popped open during the impact, and the tiny box containing the ring had fallen into Kairi's seat. She reached back into the car and palmed the box and then looked up to nudge Sora awake.

"Sora?" she called as she pushed the airbag aside and then cried out in horror. There amongst the driver's side airbags lay Sora, bloody, unconscious, and with a very large shard of windshield impaled through his chest.

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"Hello?" Riku picked up the phone and was met with frantic sobs.

"R… Riku… oh my God," Kairi choked back sobs. "Riku, come down here."

"Kairi, what's wrong? I thought you were with Sora?"

"Riku, please, I… just come to the hospital. Sora's hurt. We're at Destiny Medical Center. Room 926," she blurted out as she broke into another sob.

"Oh my God, Sora. I'll be right there!" he cried out as he hung up the telephone sharply. He grabbed his jacket and dashed to the front door.

"Hey, what's wrong?" Tidus called out as he exited the bathroom.

"Get in the car. Sora's hurt," Riku called over his shoulder as he ran out the door. He then bounded down the stairs two by two, and then raced towards his car. Tidus barely had enough time to jump into the car and get in before Riku was already flooring it towards the hospital.

"What's wrong with Sora?" Tidus asked as he held onto the car for dear life.

"I don't know. God dammit, I knew something bad would happen if he went. I was going to go, but he had to insist, and you had to come and get me busy, and now he's hurt!" he shouted furiously as they pulled up in front of the medical building.

Riku raced inside, the blonde barely keeping up. "Oh, God, Sora, if you're not alright, this is all my fault. Please be alright, please be alright."

Riku slammed open Room 926's door open and frantically glanced around. Inside he could see Kairi weeping painfully, and a monotone beep emitting itself from the medical equipment in the room.

"Kairi…" Riku could feel his voice crack shakily, and his knees began to feel as if they were made of Jell-O.

"Riku…" Kairi sobbed and ran to the boy and hugged him tightly. Her hair was matted, and her face was scratched up. "Riku, I'm so sorry. Sora... he..."

"When?" Riku asked in disbelief.

"Just now," Kairi tearfully said as she huddled herself deeper into Riku's embrace.

Riku pulled himself away to take a glance at his boyfriend who he knew was resting on the bed. "Sora…" he whispered sadly as he watched the doctor place a white sheet over the boy's face. Riku fell to the floor and wept. "Oh, God, Sora. My Sora." He rocked back and forth on the hospital room floor as Kairi leaned down and tried to comfort him. But soon her comforting turned to grieving, and the two moaned and wailed hysterically as Tidus sadly observed the scene from the doorway.

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The funeral was short and simple, just as Sora would have expected. He was never one to cause his friends sadness, so Riku had made certain to have his funeral a short but meaningful affair. Some time later, after the crowd had dispersed, Riku stood in the rain in front of Sora's grave and gently placed a single red rose on the boy's marker. Tears streamed down his cheeks, and as if on instinct the heavens grew heavy and cried.

Kairi crept up behind Riku and gently took his hand. "Hey," she whispered. Riku didn't reply, but simply nodded to acknowledge Kairi's presence. "I can't believe he's gone."

"I never got the chance to give him his ring," Riku murmured quietly as he gently plucked a small box out of his pocket. Kairi gave the man a curious look as he opened the tiny box. Riku then showed her the silver ring kept within. "I was going to give this to him when the time was right. A promise ring, so that he and I would always be together. But now…" Riku's shoulders slumped as he began to sob again. He turned and leaned into Kairi's shoulder. "It isn't fair," he cried.

"I know, I know," she said soothingly. A pang of sadness ran through her as she recalled how Sora had presented her the ring he planned to give Riku. Had they never exited the store at that moment, or had they done something differently, the three of them would probably be off somewhere having a grand old time with Sora's smiling face giving them warmth.

"And I can't even say things like, 'Well, now he's in a happier place.' He was happy. We were happy," he sobbed into Kairi's shoulder. "It's not fair that he was taken away from me."

"Riku… if you want…" Kairi bit her lip. Riku wasn't a close friend of her own, but he was Sora's boyfriend and soulmate, so she thought perhaps it was time the two became better friends and got through this together. "If you want, you can stay at my place for a while. I know being in the apartment you two shared must be hard for a while."

Riku sobbed and nodded into her shoulder. "I'd like that. I… I keep seeing him there. I keep hoping he'll walk through the door with groceries in hand and do his normal pizza routine." He sniffled as he stood erect and looked at Kairi's face. "You know, he'd shoo everyone out of the kitchen, curse every time he dropped something, call for me every time he couldn't find something, and then about two hours later we'd finally have pizza. Delivery was easy, but you could just taste the love and care Sora put into his pizza whenever he'd make it. It tasted so much better than any pizza place could ever make."

"Because he made it," Kairi said as a tear rolled down her cheek.

"I'll never have him again," Riku said as he tried to calm himself, but found the task impossible. He turned back and looked at Sora's tombstone.

Companion & Loyal Friend
May he rest in peace

Sora Tsukada
September 26, 1988 - May 22, 2007

"C'mon. Let's go get some of your things," Kairi said as she gently tugged Riku's hand before heading towards her car. "I know he's somewhere looking down on us, and he wants us to be happy."

Riku nodded and watched Kairi in the distance. He then affixed his attention back to the grave. "Sora…" he looked to the sky and could swear he saw Sora's face smiling at him amongst the darkened clouds. "Sora, I'll never forget you. I love you," he whispered to the sky as the angels continued to cry for him.

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