Riku lay back on the hard floor in a deep sleep. He had rescued his friend from an eternal slumber in darkness, but would he himself awaken? This was what three figures loomed over him trying to figure out. Concern was carved into all of their faces until the hero twitched, slightly grunting.

"Riku!" cried the king excitedly. The mentioned teen sighed and looked around for a moment to see the three figures standing over him in relief, the three being King Mickey, Master Yen Sid, and Axel- no, Lea. He was laying on the floor of Yen Sid's tower, just where he was when he left to enter Sora's dreams.

"Sora!" He abruptly sits up and reaches out him arm to help his momentum, signifying he was out of his daze and startling Mickey.

"Hey, Donald!" came the voice Riku had been hoping to hear, "Come on, you're hogging it all!"

"Aw, calm down, Sora, and drink your tea." came the duck's reply.

"Gawrsh, it sure is yummy!" added Goofy with his signature throaty chuckle.

Riku looked over at the trio, "Hey!" To which Sora turned around wearing a party hat and a pair of ridiculous gag glasses. He slowly removed the accessories from his face and broke out into a huge relieved smile.

"Riku..." he hurriedly ran to the mentioned silverette and jumped into his embrace. "You're safe! Riku!"

Riku looked shocked at the younger brunette. "Wait, haven't we got this backwards? And why are you having a tea party?" To be honest, he was still a bit shaken from the sudden "glomp" attack from his friend.

"You're safe, Riku!" repeated Sora as if he hadn't heard either of the questions Riku had just asked him.

Riku, dumbfounded, brought his hand to his face in annoyance. "Ah, never mind." He pulled back a little from the other teen, who was still hugging him. "You okay? Feeling alright?" Sora finally released him.

"Yeah, I've never been better." he replied with a fist pump. "I was watching what was going on in my dream. And I could hear your voice the whole time. Thanks, Riku." At Riku's nod he turned around to Donald and Goofy, "Thanks, everybody!"

Donald and Goofy laugh in return and Micky crossed his arms and chuckled. Lea only smirked.

Sora suddenly turned to Master Yen Sid, "Oh yeah! Did we pass the test?" He nodded, making a slight "Nn" sound from his nose.

"You performed truly admirably, both of you." Riku and Sora looked at each other and laughed excitedly, their faces very close to each other. But they ran off to stand in front of Yen Sid's desk to hear the full results, knocking over a chair in the process.

Once the two had learned the results of their *ahem* "test" and found out about Axel- Lea's keyblade, Sora informed everyone of something he had to do. He insisted on going by himself though, which caught the suspicions of Riku. So when Sora opened a keyhole to travel, Riku silently followed.

Riku was surprised to find himself in Traverse Town. He vaguely wondered if Beat and Shiki were still there, but he focused on following his friend.

Sora seemed to be looking around. Maybe he was looking for Neku and Rhyme. After looking for a while though, Sora looked disappointed, that is, until a puppy-sounding whine could be heard beyond Sora's field of vision.

A Meow-Wow spirit ran up to Sora and hopped into his arms, licking his face quite slobbery, one might add. The force of the little dream eater forcing him backwards into a Kooma Panda.

"Whoa," said Sora as he looked up at the giant spirit. A Necho Cat trotted around as well, followed by many other spirit dream eaters.

"Thanks, guys!" Sora said to all the creatures around him. "Thank you!" Riku couldn't help but smile at this side of Sora. It was really cute... Wait! What was he thinking?!

He shook his head in attempt to throw the thought out of his head, unfortunately catching the attention of a Peepsta Hoo. The owl-like spirit flew towards him, hooting wildly to catch Sora's attention.

"Hello? Who's there?" Sora said suddenly and summoned his keyblade in case of danger. A Zolephant picked Riku up lovingly with its trunk.

"Stoppit!" Riku exclaimed rather loudly as he struggled against the spirit's loving embrace. Sora's keyblade vanished. He was trying really hard not to laugh at the flailing silverette. He was supposed to be mad at him, for Hades' sake!

"Riku? What are you doing here?" He finally forced out of his mouth, acting surprised, even though he really wasn't. This was exactly something the older teen would do. "I told you not to come with me." He walked up to Riku (who was still a prisoner of the friendly creature who'd found him) and looked him straight in the eyes. He tried to look like he was about to interrogate Riku, but his eyes sent chills straight down the brunette's spine. His eyes were just so... vivid, like a neon sign.

"I know," replied Riku, who ignored the look Sora gave him, "But after everything that happened recently, I'm paranoid to let you go off by yourself." He looked ashamed.

Sora only blushed a deep red at this statement and covered his mouth with his hand. He looked touched, but his mind was swimming with thoughts that normally weren't there: ...Does he like me? He's always taking care of me, but maybe he just sees me as a friend... Yeah, that's it.

He tried to shove the last thought through his head before Riku noticed his blush that was now slowly receding, but to no avail, Riku had noticed.

Riku knew Sora couldn't still be mad at him with that touched look he was giving him, but still... what did that mean?

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Riku asked Sora. Sora immediately turned around, cleeks flushed again.

"N-no reason!" he answered very quickly and a little loudly for such a simple answer. He couldn't help but wonder what he has been dreaming about when Riku visited to save him. He couldn't remember for some reason, but he desperately hoped that it wasn't that same dream he had been having every night for the past week and a half...

Dream

"Hi, Riku! Whatcha up to?" Sora asked loudly.

"Nothing," the mentioned replied as he glared at Sora out of his peripheral vision. He was on the computer, and you could tell that he had pulled up another tab to hide whatever it was he had been doing before Sora so rudely stumbled upon the other boy.

"Oh yeah, you're up to something. I saw you just open another window to hide whatever that was you were doing." the brunette accused. Riku blushed darkly. He couldn't let Sora find out what he was looking at! He was so innocent!

"Uh... Well, I-" He couldn't necessarily lie to the other boy either. Sora had already seen that he was hiding something.

"Show me what you're looking at, Riku!" Sora put on the cutest face he possibly could and begged, "Please?!"

"Fine," sighed Riku. Sora did a little fist pump and went Yes! to himself. So Riku turned back around to his computer but had the most devious grin on his face. Control, alt, delete. and Riku shut off the computer.

"Riku! You liar, what's wrong with you? You said you would show me!" the younger pouted. He hoped he'd finally get to see what was taking up so much of Riku's attention instead of his own. Riku only stood up and smirked.

"Oh, I'm still going to show you." His voice had dropped an octave significantly and he kept stepping closer to Sora until said brunette was backed up against the wall.

"What... What are you talking about?" the pause would be where he hit the wall due to Riku's sudden closeness.

Riku bent down to look Sora in his deep blue eyes, "You'll see..." He bent closer and closer to Sora until there was only a thin layer of breath that separated them two. His eyes began to flutter closed and...

End of Dream

Sora was getting excited just thinking about the dream. He woke up from the dream several times disappointed without knowing why. He always needed a cold shower after one of those dreams...

"Tell me Riku. Did you see anything... unusual in my dreams?" Sora gulped and blushed hard (if not getting redder than he already was), his back still to Riku.

Riku cocked his head to one side, "Like what?"

"Like you on a computer and hiding something? Me wanting to see what you were doing? Any of this ringing a bell?"

"What?" he inquired, thoroughly confused. What was he going on about?

"Nothing, never mind." Sora said, slightly relieved. "I've got to go, see ya later." He needed to be alone so he could get rid of his perverted thoughts and the strange heat pooling at the center of his stomach.

"Wait, Sora." Riku grabbed Sora by the wrist before he was able to walk off. "What is this all about? It seems like you're the one who's hiding something."

"Nothing, okay?!" Sora suddenly shouted. He was so embarrassed, he was on the verge of tears.

"Sora, look at me," Riku said firmly and gripped Sora's arm tighter. He turned the shorter boy around and held his shoulders, not too tight. Sora looked down, obviously still embarrassed.

"What's troubling you?" Riku asked softer now and tilted Sora's face up to look at him Sora gasped and turned redder (if that was even possible).

"I, uh..." he gulped again that night, "I've been having this recurring dream for like a week and a half now." Hades, he was nervous. "And you're in it."

"Go on," Riku coaxed.

After Sora told him the whole dream (with quite some trouble), there was a pregnant pause in which it was Riku's turn to blush.

"Well, uh..." he cleared his throat, "What do you think about the dream?"

"I don't... know." Sora whispered quietly. "But when I woke up, I had this weird sense of disappointment every time. I don't exactly know why though. I still kind of wonder what would've happened if I had stayed asleep." To say the least, Riku was pretty surprised. He had kind of liked Sora for a while by that time, but he knew that those sorts of feelings were generally frowned upon, so he figured it was just the darkness' influence lingering on him.

"I'm sorry, Riku. You probably think I'm really weird now." He looked away again. Riku was absolutely stunned. There was so much emotion running through his body at that moment. Half of him wanted to give Sora that answer he was looking for, but the other half reminded him that it was just the remains of darkness in his heart trying to confuse him.

"I... should go..." said Sora sadly. He pried Riku's hand off of his own and started to walk away.

Riku was still trying to decide what to do but decided to follow his instincts when he realized that Sora might resent him for this encounter later.

A/N: Hullo, all! This is my first time actually posting a fanfiction on the internet. ^^; I've been kind of nervous to do it until now. In my the time I've been considering myself an otaku, I've probably written over 100 fanfictions, some of them finished, and others not. I've always been worried that someone would think I was weird, but after seeing so many other weird fanfictions, I've decided to contribute to this crazy world of fanfiction too! (With some help from my friends...)

Also, please, please, please leave reviews if you like the story. I love hearing people say that they enjoy my work, and to be honest, I probably wouldn't have gotten so far in this fanfiction if it weren't from the support of my encouraging friends! Follow your dreams kids! ...Wait, if you're a kid, please go find a different fanfiction to read, this one is a little too explicit for you I do believe. ^^;

Until the next chapter!

~EchoKey