I DO NOT OWN ANY CHARACTERS

Sora walked hand in hand with Kairi. They have been together ever since the day he returned home, after his journey. He was happy enough. He did feel like something was missing, but he kept it to himself and hoped he was imagining it.

"Sora," Kairi said as she leaned her head on his shoulder "I'm happy you're here," Sora smiled and kissed her red head.

"Me too," He said honestly. They walked a little further and found Rikus silver hair. He was sitting on the paupou tree. Sora ran up to him, practically dragging Kairi along with him. Riku was his best friend, and he always got excited when he saw him.

"Hey Riku!" He yelled when he was in earshot. He turned, and waved. Sora hopped up on the tree next to him, leaving Kairi standing behind it. "What's up?" Sora asked Rikus peircing green eyes with a smile.

"Just thinking,"

"Sora and I are on a walk. Why don't you get Selphie and join us?" Kairi offered with her hands behind her back, and slightly closing her purple colored eyes, looking innocent.

"No," Riku said as he looked back out at the water. He was always serious and off putting. He was nice, to his friends, he just didn't say much. No one ever knew how he was feeling, or what he was thinking. He wasn't shy, not even close. He just didn't communicate well. He was the complete opposite of Sora, who was always happy and excited.

"Well, you don't need to get Selphie, you can walk with us anyway!" Sora offered with his bright smile that seemed to reach all the way up to his sapphire blue eyes. Riku looked at him, then at Kairi then said,

"No," Sora wondered what was wrong with him. He usually loved to walk with Sora. Or so, he assumed. Usually Riku would join him, they wouldn't talk much, but they'd be in eachothers company. Sora thought maybe it was because Kairi was with him. Riku doesn't really talk to Kairi anymore. They all used to be bestfriends, but Sora had no idea what was going on.

"Well, maybe some other time?" Sora offered. Riku regarded him and said okay. Sora said bye and made plans to hang out together in the morning then he continued his walk with Kairi.

"I don't think he likes me anymore," Kairi said sadly.

"No," Sora said shaking his hands "He does, we're all friends!"

"He just seems like he doesn't want to be around me.." She said looking away at the ocean. She's upset, Sora thought to himself, I have to find out what's wrong with Riku, this isn't normal. Sora and Kairi watched the sun go down, then he walked her home. He said goodbye and she kissed him. He went home smiling.

When he woke up the next day, he jumped right out of bed and into the shower. I gotta get ready! He thought. He had plans with Riku this morning, and he didn't want to keep Riku waiting. He quickly ate breakfast and headed outside. Then he remembered, they never decided on a meeting place. Maybe I should go to his house? Sora thought, I've never been there before, but I know around where it is. He decided that was probably best, and headed off.

He walked up the pathway he had seen Riku head up once when he walked him home.

"Should I walk up with you?" Sora had asked him.

"No, I don't want you to see my house," Sora had been concerned. He thought maybe Rikus house wasn't a nice one. But that thought quickly deterriorated as he walked up the little hill that seemed to be hiding a mansion. Sora lost his breath as he looked at it. It was grand, and beautiful.

Bright green grass, a stone covered drive, windows that went up four floors, and a fountain at the front.

Why wouldn't he want people to see this? He asked, very confused as he walked up to the door. Am I still in the same town? He thought as he knocked. A man answered. He wore a tuxedo type outfit. He had black hair that was beggining to grey around the roots. He had no smile wrinkles, and his eyes were practically shut, looking down at Sora with distaste.

"Yes?" He asked, snidly.

"Uh-yeah..i-is Riku here?" Sora asked, losing his voice.

"One moment," He said as he shut the door in Soras face. Sora let out a sigh and rubbed the back of his neck. Man, talk about a stuffy staff..Once the door re-opened, there was a different man waiting inside. He was tall, and was very lean. He had bright green eyes just like Riku, but his hair was black. Sora assumed it was his father. He walked out side and looked down on Sora, with a look that was more freightning than that which the door man gave.

"Who are you and what is your business with my son?" He asked.

"I-I'm Sora, his friend..we were supposed to hang out today," Sora said, growing smaller with each word that left his mouth.

"Sora, eh?" The man asked with regaurd. "Come in," He said as he extended his hand, palm up, to his home. Sora walked in and looked around the foryer. The marble staircase, the expensive looking paintings, a chandeler above his head.

"Wow," He sighed in awe. The man behind him laughed.

"Yes, it is quite grand, if I may say so," Sora looked behind him, to face Rikus father. "Riku is upstairs, but please, join me for a cup of tea while I get someone to fetch him for you," Sora looked towards the stair case, then back at Rikus father and nodded his head. They walked to the back of the house. The master of it pointed out a few things worth noticing on their walk. For instince, the intricate designs on the ceiling, or the towering columns decorated with detailed design. Sora was simply amazed. Why doesn't Riku want people to see this? He asked himself, again, almost demanding himself to answer. He couldn't come up with a reasonable one however.

Rikus father sat down on a love seat, and gestured for Sora to sit on the one across from his. Between them was a coffee table filled with more beautiful artwork. An atrist had painted a scene on the table, it represented, what Sora assumed, was the roman empire. Rikus father noticed Soras intresest and said,

"I simply love Italy, have you ever been?" He asked as a servant poured the tea.

"No, sir," Sora said awkwardly.

"I've tried to take Riku on trips with me. He always refused. He never was one for adventure," He chuckled slightly and looked off, as if remembering a funny memory. Why doesn't Riku like him? He seemes nice enough to me..Sora thought as he sipped some tea. It was incredibly weak, and he assumed it was actually Italian coffee.

"So, how long have you and Riku been friends?" He asked as he set down his cup.

Sora was confused at the question. Does he not even know his own son? I've been friends with Riku my whole life...how could a parent not know that? Instead, he said "A while,"

"Oh really? I do remember hearing your name being spoken a few times by my nanny, Takona,"

"Nanny?"

"Oh yes, Rikus nanny. I hired him along time ago, seeing as Rikus mother and I are always off on business. They have grown quite fond of eachother. Even now, at Rikus age, he won't let me fire Takona. They are good friends, I assume,"

Funny..I've never heard Riku mention him.. "Oh yes, here he is now," Rikus father said, gesturing towards the door way. Sora had hoped 'He' was Riku, but instead, it was Takona. He bowed and said,

"Pardon the intrusion, sir" he said hastily, and his voice was slightly shaking.

"Not at all, Takona, my good man! Come in, come in," Takona seemed a bit confused, and reluctantly stepped in. "How is Riku?"

Takona still seemed relucant to answer, "He is well, in his room preparing for some plans he has made today,"

"Ah, go and fetch him for me will you? Sora here, wishes to see him," Takonas head snapped up when he heard Soras name, he quickly averted his gaze and bowed. "Such a strange nanny," Rikus father said under his breath. Sora smiled and drank some more coffee.

Moments later, Riku appeared in the tea room, out of breath, and slightly red.

"What are you doing here?" He asked Sora. Sora was taken aback,

"Uh, sorry..I didn't know where you wanted to meet..so I..." Sora trailed off, rubbing the back of his neck, which is something he often did at awkward situations.

"Riku, do not be rude to your friend,"

Riku shot his father a look, at looked back at Sora "How long have you been here?"

"Um..a half hour? I don't know, why what's wrong?"

"You shouldn't be here," He said as he strode over, took Soras forearm and pulled. Sora flung up out of his seat at the strength of Riku and stumbled over into his arms.

"Riku, what's wrong?" Sora asked, looking up into Riku who had his arms around him. Rikus father stood

"Riku, un-hand our guest immediatly, this is no way for you to behave," He said firmly.

"He is not your guest," Riku said as he threw Sora over his shoulder, and walked out to the end of the drive, the whole way Sora was yelling,

"Riku you moron! Put me down! You're so stupid! Grow up!"

When Riku set him down, he said "I'm sorry for carrying you like that. But what the Hell were you doing there, with him?" He asked with his voice raising.

"We never agreed on a place so I came here to get you, then he invited me in for tea, idiot!"

Riku hit his palm against his forhead, trying to fight off a head ache. Sora felt guilty for yelling so much, and tried to calm himself down by the time Riku asked another question. When no other question came, he said, "I'm sorry.." Riku looked at Sora and shook his head.

Then he let out a little chuckle and said "What am I going to do with you?" He raised his hand and ruffled Soras brown, spiky hair. Soras eyes grew wide as he felt Rikus cold fingers run through his hair. Sora looked down at his feet.

"So what's the big deal with me seeing your house anyway?" Riku withdrew his hand and placed it in his pocket.

"It's no big deal, I just don't want my family to get to you,"

"What do you mean? I think your dad seemed really nice,"

Riku shook his head "He was just trying to get information out of you,"

"What kind of information?"

"Anything they can use against me to make me do what they want. Which is why I hope they don't drag you into anything.." He looked away, past Soras shoulder, but not looking particularly at anything. Then he started to walk.

"H-hey, where are you going?" Sora called after him. Riku kept walking, which made Sora sigh and jog up to catch up to him. "Where are we going?" He asked again.

"On a walk,"

"Hey, why didn't you want to walk with us yesterday?" Sora asked, remembering. Riku didn't answer "Is it becuase Kairi was there? She thinks you're mad at her.."

"I'm not mad at her,"

"Well, you should tell her that,"

"That's the problem with girls," Riku said. Sora looked up at him, waiting for him to continue. Riku looked down at him and smiled "They always think someones mad at them,"

"Yeah..but that's just the start of it.." Sora said with a sigh as he looked down at the ground. Riku laughed,

"You have no idea," They walked around for awhile, then they decided to get something to eat. They then walked somemore and sat at the beach and looked out at destiny islands. They talked about before the journey, when they were still just kids. Riku smiled alot, and in turn, so did Sora. It was a really good day for both of them. The sun was setting and Soras phone rang.

"Oh-sorry, hold on," Sora said to Riku, who nodded, and opened his phone. "Hello?"

"Hey Sora,"

"Oh, hey Kairi," Sora saw Riku look up at her name out of the corner of his eye.

"What are you doing?"

"I'm at the beach with Riku,"

"On the island?"

"No, we're in town,"

"Oh, well..how long do you think you'll be?"

"I don't know, I'm not sure.."

"Okay, well..do you want to meet me at the secret place in an hour?"

"Sure, but why, what's up?"

"Nothing, I'll see you then,"

"Uh..okay..bye.."

"Bye Sora," Sora flipped his phone shut.

"Well...that was weird," Sora said to Riku rubbing his neck.

"What'd she want?"

"She wants to meet me at the cave in an hour.."

"At this time of night?"

"Yeah. Weird, isn't it?" Riku didn't reply, he simply stood, dusted himself off and walked away. "Hey! Where are you going?"

"You need to get ready," He called over his shoulder.

"It's not until an hour!" Riku didn't reply and Sora sat there staring at his friends disapearing back. Sora sat there for a little why longer then he decided to go wait for Kairi. When he got there, she was already waiting. She was in a little white dress. "Hey, Kairi, what's all this about?" Sora asked as he walked up to her. She smiled and took his hand.

"I just want to show you something," She said as she kissed him.

He pulled away, "What is it?" He asked. She bit her lip as she slid off her spaghetti straps. "Whoa! What are you doing?" Sora covered his eyes in response. Then he felt her warm hands on his, as she pulled them down.

"It's okay, you can look," She said as she stepped back and her dress slid down around her ankles. Sora felt awkward, he rubbed his neck and avoided eye contact. He didn't want to look at her naked body, but he felt like he would be doing something wrong if he wasn't. So that left him in a very awkward position. "Kairi, I don't know what's going on here, but I really think you should put your d-dress back on.." But then Kairi took Soras hand and placed it on her breast. Sora could feel himself blushing "Kairi, stop," He tried to pull his hand away, but she wouldn't let him go.

"Sora," She moaned "Touch me,"

"I-I don't want to. I'm not ready for this," Sora tried to back up, but he tripped over a rock and fell. Kairi then jumped on him and started unbuttoning his shirt. Her knees pinned his arms down, and he didnt want to kick, incase he hurt her. But he didn't want this. "Kairi, stop" When his shirt was unbuttoned, she started nibbling at his nipples. "Kairi.."

"You'll like this, Sora," She said as she unbuttoned his pants. He shivered and jumped up in reflex when her hand slid down the front of his jeans. She fell off him and he looked down at her.

"I said I wasn't ready for this," Then he turned and left the cave. He walked to the dock, where he got in the boat, and paddled back to shore. From there, he went to Rikus, but he couldn't go up the drive. It was late, and that probably wouldn't be polite. So he sat at the edge of it, and pretended Riku was there next to him.

Sora heard someone calling his name. "Sora," He called. Sora opened his eyes to see Rikus hovering over him. "Are you okay?"

"Eh?" Sora was confused as sat up and looked around the room. He was definatly in Rikus house, judging by the silk bed sheets, the canopy bed, and the hand painted wall art. "Where am I?" He asked anyway.

"A guest room. Takona found you outside at the end of the drive. What the Hell were you doing?"

"Huh?" Sora felt his head, it was pounding. He definatly caught a cold last night. "I don't remember,"

"It's okay, just lay back,"

"My mom," Sora said as Riku cold hand touched Soras bare chest, forcing him to lay down. When he drew his hand back, Sora could feel the place he touched burn.

"It's okay, I called her. She said she will come pick you up tomorrow, if you're feeling better,"

"Tomorrow? But I'm sick, you shouldn't have to take care of me!" Sora yelled, sitting up again. Secretly, and unconsiously, he just wanted to feel Rikus cold hand on his skin again.

"Sora, shut up and lay down. I'll do what I want," Riku said standing and pushing Sora back down, but this time by pushing his head. He got a cold rag and put it on his head. "Keep that there," Then he walked out. Is he going to take care of me? Sora asked himself, staring at the door, Even though he has a million servants? Just that thought alone gave Sora enough comfort to fall asleep.

When he woke up, he was really thirsty. He looked over at Riku, who had fallen asleep in a chair. Sora mumbled 'idiot' and something about Riku diserving the neck ache he was going to have in the morning. Then he felt bad, and used a pillow to prop his neck up. Then he realized, he was only wearing basketball shorts. Then he realized that he, himself, was only in underwear. He blushed, even though he knew no one else was in the room. He grabbed a pair of shorts from the dresser across the room and headed down stairs. He tried to find the kitchen, but failed miserably, seeing as he had just walked into Rikus fathers study.

"Ah, Sora," Rikus father called from behind his desk.

"Ah-sorry, sir! I was just looking for the kitchen," He rubbed his neck as he slowly backed out and headed down the hallway. He felt a cold hand on his shoulder. he followed it to see Rikus father had followed him out.

"I'll walk you there," He said as he withdrew his hand. Sora took note that the cold hands must run in the family, but his didn't leave a burn like Rikus did.

"Thank you,"

"So what are you doing out of bed? Riku said he was going to take care of you. Then again, he said that about the dog aswell.." He laughed and so did Sora.

"Well, I woke up and I didn't want to wake him for a simple glass of water.."

"Considerate of you," He said approvingly as he placed a hand on the small of his back and led him through the arch way "Here we are,"

"Thank you, sir," Sora said with a bow.

"Please, call me Isaka,"

"Yes, Isaka-san,"

"Now, when you leave just take a right, go up the stairs and go left. You're room is the fourth on the right, I believe. If you'll excuse me, I have work to finish,"

"Thank you, goodnight," Sora said with a bow. He got a glass of water and drank it while thinking about why Riku is always on gaurd around his father. He seemed very nice to Sora. Once he placed his cup back in the sink, he walked up stairs, took a left, and entered the fourth door on the right. Except that wasn't his room.