Disclaimer: I don't own KH. Heck, I don't even own the plot, this story was a request!

Chapter 1

I stood on the end of the diving board, looking into the water. I tensed. I took a half-step backwards, my fear of heights kicking in. I bit my lip and closed my eyes, a mantra of "I can do this" running through my head.

"C'mon Roxas!" I heard Demyx encourage from my left. I looked at him and he gave me a huge grin. "You can do it!"

I pouted. "Can't I do this later?" My gaze flickered back to the pool and I took another small step backwards. How could I say I was on the swim team when I couldn't even dive?

Riku spoke from his position against the wall. "When exactly is later?" He looked up at me, a hint of a smirk on his lips.

Before I could answer, Demyx piped in and said, "Roxas, if we let you go now then you'll never get this dive down!"

I narrowed my eyes but said, "Fine, if I have to dive then can I please go on a lower diving board?"

"That's the lowest there is." Riku monotoned. "You would have to be at the edge of the pool to go lower, and you can't dive from there."

Demyx and I were silent for a few moments. That's probably the longest sentence we've ever heard Riku say.

Finally, I took a deep breath and went to the edge of the diving board. I looked down into the water and thought, It's ten feet deep, I won't even get near the bottom.

I was about to dive when someone tapped my shoulder, saying perkily, "Hey, Roxas!"

I jumped about ten feet into the air, and when I landed I lost me balance and fell off the diving board. Face-first. I did one flip in the air before colliding with the water, landing on my stomach. The painful sting of the seconds-before flat surface bloomed across my side as I went under. I snapped open my eyes to be surrounded by blue, the water rippling above me. I quickly gathered my senses and swam back to the top, gasping when I broke the surface.

I looked around to see Demyx and Riku soaked, and small waves gently sloshing over the edge of the pool, the excess water filtering into a drain. I looked up at the diving board I was standing on just seconds ago to see a sheepish-looking Sora, the ankles of his jeans drenched and dripping water into his shoes.

Riku made a noise and moved towards the towel rack while I swam towards the nearest pool ladder. I winced when my stomach muscles streched- belly-flopping into a pool is not good for swimming. Nonetheless, I made my way to a ladder and slowly started to climb it just as Sora began belting out apologies.

"Oh my god Rox, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean for that to happen! I thought you had heard me walk in! I totally ruined that dive for you! I'm so-"

"It's okay," I said, waving it off. "That was nothing."

Demyx walked over to me and checked me for injuries. "I'm not so sure buddy, that was one intense belly-flop. Look, the side of your stomach is red." He poked me right there, and I hissed.

"Don't touch it!"

Demyx instantly backed off, hands held up in surrender. "Sorry."

I sighed and walked over to the towel rack, grabbed a fluffy white towel, and began to dry myself off. Riku draped his towel over his shoulders and looked at me sympathetically. "Are you okay?"

I nodded and began inspecting the side of my stomach that Demyx poked. He was right, it was red, but nothing a little aloe couldn't fix. I shrugged and rubbed the towel around in my hair, attempting to dry it.

Sora climbed down the diving board ladder and walked over to us, taking a towel of his own and sitting down to dry his pants. "Again Rox, I'm really sorry."

I rolled my eyes and grinned, taking my wet towel and dropping it on his head. He squeaked and instantly pulled it off, trying to fix the spikes in his brown hair. I laughed and said, pulling on one of the spikes, "Don't worry about it Sora, it was just an accident."

He pouted. "But you got hurt!"

I grinned. "Sor, all I would need is some aloe and then I would be fine!"

He returned his attention back to drying his pants. "Still."

I was about to respond when Demyx laughed and said, "Are you sure you guys aren't related? I mean, you guys just fit together like this!" He then crossed his fingers and held them up for us to see.

I grinned again and shook my head. "Nope, you're looking at two completely different bloodlines here."

Demyx had a thoughtful look on his face. "Are you positive? I mean, you guys were born on the same day, in the same year, even at the same hospital! You guys even look alike, not to metion you have the same blood types!"

Riku gave him a funny look. "How do you know what their blood types are?"

Demyx shrugged. "Blonde senses, I guess."

We all looked at him before a moment before Sora said, "Anyways, we couldn't be related, we were born in different hospital rooms at different times."

I nodded. "Like I was born on the first floor in room 11A, at 7:57 PM."

"And I was born on the third floor in room 57C, at 7:59 PM." Sora pointed out.

But this only got Demyx going. "There's no logic in that, there has to be some kind of correlation between you two! I mean, same hospital, same day, same year, same blood type, even the same hour! And both of the numbers on your hospital rooms are prime!"

Sora and I were silent. Demyx had the facts straight, even the prime part. I looked at Sora and he looked back at me. Maybe there is some kind of correlation... I was about to say something when Demyx gasped and fell over, holding a dripping wet towel in his hand. His face was shining with the newly placed water.

I heard a snicker coming from the side of the pool and I turned my head to see Riku holding in a fit of laughter. He must have snuck over to the edge of the pool and dipped the towel in when no one was looking. Or paying attention, for that matter. He's as stealthy as a ninja- one minute he could be at the edge of the pool, watching everyone, and then I'll blink and he would be gone to who-knows-where. He's as slippery as ever, and since he's so quiet, you wouldn't know he had left until he came back or you were keeping a close eye on him.

But Riku got uncomfortable when the attention was on him. So if you tried to focus on him he would disappear and we would all have to leave the room to get him to come out again.

So that's just him.

Demyx spluttered and threw the soaking towel back at Riku, who dodged it swiftly, watching it sink to the bottom of the pool and then going to get a net so he could get it without jumping in.

"Riku!" Demyx said, wiping his face, getting up, and storming over to said person. "Why'd you do that?!"

Riku pulled the net off the hook and said simply, "I was getting tired of you going on about Roxas and Sora being related." He walked past Demyx and to the end of the pool, dipping the net in and extending the neck so it would reach the bottom. "Plus, I thought you didn't mind water." He added on after a few seconds.

Demyx walked over to him and huffed, "I don't mind water, it's just when it comes in a surprise attack that I do mind it. And you could have just told me to shut up or something."

Riku paused and sent him a look that spoke for itself, saying, "I don't do things like that."

Demyx backed off a little bit as Riku returned to trying to get the towel.

Sora laughed a little from beside me and whispered in my ear, "You know they would probably make a good couple, Riku and Demyx."

I spluttered and began choking on imaginary food, shaking my head and coughing. "Where did you - cough - get that from?"

Sora shrugged and laughed. "Dunno. Kinda just came to me." He then poked me and gave me a goofy grin. "And I knew it would freak you out."

I gave him a half-hearted glare while I regained my composure. I looked over at Demyx and Riku and saw that they had ignored us. Thank god. I turned to Sora, giving him a look and saying, "Well, thanks for that spaz attack, now don't do it again."

He just laughed some more and said, "I'm not making any promises."

I sighed and shook my head, walking over to Demyx and Riku just as they were pulling the towel out of the water. Demyx handed it to Riku and he wrung it out, a steady flow of water streaming out of the towel and back into the pool. He then slung the towel over his shoulder and said, "It's getting late. We should get dressed and head home."

I nodded, looking at the clock on the wall. "Yeah, it's almost 6:30." I walked over to a small shelf and pulled my back off of it. While I was heading for the shower rooms, I turned around and half-waved at everyone. "I'm heading home after I take a quick shower, I've got a ton of homework to do."

Sora's shoulders sagged. "And that stupid project."

Demyx laughed. "Get over it Sora, we all know you hate projects but you still have to do 'em."

Sora frowned and began to rant. "But I just don't understand! What's the point of projects? It's just taking stuff we already know and cutting it up, gluing it on a poster, and making it look pretty. It's absolutely pointless, if you ask me."

I rolled my eyes at him. "Well Sora, I'm sorry that you feel that way, but that project is due in four days and you haven't even started it yet." Not waiting for a response, I quickly ran into the shower room, knowing he wouldn't chase me in here. Safe, for now. Hopefully he won't wait on me.

Okay, BNS, there's your story. Err, the first chapter. I just want to say... HA! I PUBLISHED IT FIRST! Anyways, anyone else reading this, because I just know I'll probably get nailed by BNS for such a short chapter, please review!