A/N Hello everyone! I'm sorry this is soooo late. I have a good reason, really I do. I had this chapter almost finished when my laptop died on me. I was going to wait until I could get my laptop fixed and hopefully get my files back, but it looks like that won't happen for a long time. With that being said, I had to re-write this whole chapter. I must say though, this re-write is better. Enjoy!
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"I love you, Riku." Sora blushed, looking at Riku. Riku walked over to Sora cupping his chin. He tilted Sora's face, meeting his lips in a sweet first kiss.
"I love you, too, Sora."
Sora beamed, "Really, Riku? Oh, how long I've waited to hear you say that. Do you mean it?"
"Of course I do."
Sora blinked, looking at Riku as he faded in and out of existence right in front of his face.
"Riku! What's happening?" Sora reached out, going to grab Riku's arm. He only managed to grab thin air. "Riku! Don't leave me, come back!"
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"Come back, come back." Sora tossed and turned, tears streaming down his pale cheeks. "Don't leave me."
Raine and Squall ran to Sora's room when they heard the young teen screaming in his sleep.
"Sora!" Squall went to Sora's bed and set down next to him. He grabbed the boy by the shoulders and tried to wake him up. "Wake up, Sora, it's only a dream."
Sora mumbled, crying; he did not wake.
"Mom, I've got this under control." Squall told Raine, "You go ahead to your get together with your friends."
Raine bit her lip, "are you sure?"
"Yeah, I can handle this."
Raine smiled. Squall didn't talk much or show his feelings easily, but when it came to Sora...well he became a different person. He loved his younger brother so much.
"Okay, bye, call me on my cell phone if you need me." Raine waved to Squall, then head out the room.
Squall nodded, turning his attention back to Sora. "Sora, wake up." he said, running his fingers through Sora's hair. Squall picked Sora up, cradling the teen to his chest; he rocked back and forth.
Slowly, Sora started to wake up. Blinking his eyes open, he looked at Squall. "It was a dream?" Sora bit his lip.
"Yes, Sora. Are you okay?"
Sora looked down, "y-yeah, I guess so." He murmured. 'It's not fair, why couldn't it be real. I-I really thought Riku was saying he loved me.' Sora sighed.
"What time is it?" Sora asked, looking up at Squall.
"Six, you still have plenty of time to get ready for school. Cloud should be around to pick us up at eight."
Sora looked at Squall, a small smile on his face. Squall had that far off dreamy look in his eyes when he said Cloud's name. 'He must really like Cloud. He's so lucky, because Cloud likes him back. They're both too stupid to realize this though.'
"All right, I'm going to go take a shower then." Sora pulled away from Squall, getting out of bed. He walked over to his dresser, getting a fresh pair of clothes.
Holding the clothes, he turned back to Squall. "Thank you for being here for me." Sora grinned, heading for the bathroom.
Squall smiled, watching Sora go. 'He's too cute and sweet, I hope Riku returns his feelings.'
'Maybe I should have a talk with him,' Squall smacked his hands together, a strange glint in his eyes. 'No, I better not meddle...unless I really have to.'
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"Whoa, what the...Sora, what's gotten into you?" Riku blushed, looking down at the brown mop of hair. Sora had suddenly thrown himself at Riku. Cloud had just come by Sora and Squall's to pick them up. When Sora got in Cloud's van, he spotted Riku, glomping the boy.
Sora blushed, pulling slightly away from Riku. "S-sorry," he whispered. 'Good Hyne, what am I thinking?'
The others in the van looked at the two giving them perplexed looks.
"I-it's just I had a dream...and...you were there and then...you just..." Sora bit his lip, looking down, "you faded into nothingness. I was so scared...I thought it was real. Riku, don't leave me, again." Sora clutched Riku's shirt, tears falling down his cheeks.
Riku blinked a few times, wrapping his arms around his best friend, "Sora, shh, it was only a dream. I'll never leave you; I'm your best friend, aren't I?" Riku frowned, hating to see Sora so upset. He patted Sora on the back, trying to sooth the upset teen.
Sora blushed, nodding, "y-yeah, you are." He smiled, burying his head against Riku's chest. Riku blushed again, but he really didn't mind. It was after all Sora.
Kairi leaned over to Selphie and Yuffie, "do you think we even need to do the second part of the plan?" She whispered.
"I know what you mean; it really looks like Riku really does like Sora." Selphie whispered back. Yuffie nodded, agreeing.
"We have to do the second part of the plan, because even if Riku does like Sora back, he'd never admit it." Wakka whispered, having overheard the girls. Tidus nodded, he too having overheard the girls. It seemed they weren't being as quiet as they thought they were being. It was just lucky Riku and Sora weren't really paying attention to anything other then each other at the moment.
"All right so we do the next part of the plan...but when?" Selphie whispered.
"I'll ask Cloud if I can have a small party with just us, Axel and Roxas." Kairi told everyone.
Yuffie grinned, "Sounds fun."
"Okay, so how bout Saturday then?" Tidus suggested. Everyone nodded, free that day.
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"So, Wakka, did you already tell Sora about you and Tidus?"
Wakka looked over at Axel nodded, "yeah, we told him the day after Riku found out." That had been three weeks ago.
"I can't believe its taken three weeks for us to get the second part of the plan started," Roxas mumbled.
"Well that's because everyone has been so busy with tests." Tidus said, sticking a finger in his mouth. "Gag me."
Wakka smirked, pulling Tidus' hand away from his mouth, "okay, if you say so..." Wakka leaned forward, kissing Tidus hard on the lips, licking his bottom lip, asking for entrance.
Tidus turned bright red; he shoved Wakka away, sputtering. "That's not what I meant!"
"Shesh, get your hormones in check, Wakka, look where we are." Kairi walked up to the four boys, shaking her head.
Wakka blushed, "whoops, I forgot we were here."
Kairi rolled her eyes, "yeah, well you better not forget again. If a teacher catches you, you both will be in trouble. They have a thing against PDA."
"Especially gay PDA," Roxas added. "Everyone here's so narrow minded, well...Mr. Wallace is okay, for a principle, but that Mrs. Heartily...ugh."
"Oh, yeah, she's the worst Vice Principle ever." Axel muttered. "She gave me detention the other day."
Roxas rolled his eyes, playfully poking his boyfriend in the ribs, "whose fault was that, hmm?"
"You two, stop the lovey dovey act, Sora and Riku can't know you're dating if the plans going to work." Kairi scolded, pulling Roxas away from Axel.
Roxas pouted, "aww, but they're not even around."
"Who cares," Kairi said, "come on, we don't want to be late. Come on Tidus." Kairi pulled Tidus away from Wakka, dragging both him and Roxas to class.
"K-Kairi just stole our boyfriends," Wakka pouted.
"Come on red; let's get to class as well, even though I'd rather skip." Axel grabbed Wakka's hand, shooting a glare at two giggling girls. "Ah, don't read too much into his," he rolled his eyes. "I swear everyone's a yaoi fangirl."
Wakka laughed. "I think you're right about that."
"Can't two guys who have no feeling for each other whatsoever hold hands with out girls turning into mush?"
"That would be a no."
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'How did Axel end up in our class?" Riku mumbled, glaring at the redhead.
"What's wrong with him being in our class?" Kairi asked, as she and Riku danced.
"Nothing...I just don't see why Miss Highwind made us switch partners." Riku looked over at Sora and Axel as they danced, feeling something tug at his heart. He didn't understand what he was feeling. 'It's no big deal...but why do I feel like this...it's almost as if I'm...jealous.'
Kairi pouted, "You don't like dancing with me?"
"Oh, no, Kairi I didn't mean that..." Riku sighed, "Forget I said anything, I'm not making sense."
"That's okay, I just think you're being too protective of Sora because he's your best friend and you don't know Axel too well."
Riku nodded, "yeah, maybe that's it."
Selphie who was now dancing with Roxas, patting the blond on the back, "aw, don't look like that." Selphie followed Roxas' gaze, looking at Sora and Axel as they danced.
"Axel is just dancing with Sora because of our plan. I think it's already working; Riku looks really jealous."
Roxas nodded, "I know that; I still can't help but feel a l-little upset. Axel's only supposed to hold me like that...and Axel...Axel's not supposed to kiss anyone but me." Roxas bit his lip, looking away from Selphie.
"If it hurts you this much, we'll cancel the plan, we'll find another way to get Sora and Riku together."
"I-I...no, I'm just being selfish. It's just one simple kiss; it doesn't mean anything." Roxas smiled, "I'll be okay."
"A-are you sure?"
"Of course! I'll be fine."
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"Why'd you invite him?" Riku crossed his arms, looking at Kairi.
"Aw, don't be that way. Why don't you like him?" Kairi asked.
"It's not that I don't like him; I just don't like how he looks at Sora; how he finds ways to touch him." Riku uncrossed his arms.
"Well, get over it, Riku. I think Axel really likes Sora, and if Sora likes him back, I'll support them." Kairi smiled, "we want Sora to be happy, don't we?"
Riku frowned. 'Axel likes Sora...and Sora...does he like Axel back?' "Y-yeah, Sora being happy...that's what I want."
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Riku looked down, glaring at the floor, looking at Axel and Sora out of the corner of his eyes. 'Why is Sora letting him touch him on the knee...? Sora's too innocent; he probably doesn't even know Axel is being a perv.'
"What's wrong with Riku?" Sora asked, looking around Axel at Riku.
"It looks like he has a stomach ache," Axel answered, putting an arm around Sora's shoulder, "don't worry so much."
Sora squirmed under Axel's touch, feeling uncomfortable.
"I think I'll just go over there and check on him." Sora pulled away from Axel, standing up.
Axel grabbed Sora's arm, "don't do that..." Axel glanced at Riku and smirked, seeing that the silver haired youth was staring at them. "...Sora," Axel pulled Sora to his chest, emitting a small gasp from the small brown haired teen.
Sora's eyes went wide, as he watched Axel lower his lips on his.
'No, no, no...' "NO!" Sora yelled, roughly pushing Axel away from him. Sora wiped his lips, tears coming to his eyes.
The room went silent as death as they watched Sora; tears streaming down his cheeks. Sora took a gasping breath, putting a trembling hand to his mouth.
"Why did you do that?" Sora cried, "my first..." Crying, Sora ran out of the bedroom.
Axel stood up, feeling really bad. That wasn't supposed to happen.
Riku walked over to Axel, his hands clinched into fist. "Don't ever touch Sora again," he growled, pouching Axel. Axel fell back, landing on Kairi's bed.
"Oh, Hyne, this turned out so wrong," Selphie muttered, watching as Riku ran after Sora.
"Why was Sora so upset?" Yuffie asked.
"Yeah, it was just a simple little kiss; not like Axel was trying to rape Sora." Kairi added.
Tidus shook his head, "we over looked something, guys. This upset Sora so much because he's so in love with Riku, he's dreamed that his first kiss would be with Riku and nobody else. But we stole his first kiss, by force."
"Aw man, now I feel like a creep." Axel hung his head, holding his throbbing cheek.
"You're not the only one; we all are in this together." Wakka sighed.
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"Sora," Riku whispered, laying a hand on Sora's shoulder. Sora flinched, looking up. When he saw Riku he crumbled into more tears.
Riku set down next to Sora, putting a hand on his cheek, rubbing his tears away.
"Are you okay?"
Sora leaned against Riku, shaking his head, "n-no."
"It's okay," Riku said, patting Sora on the back, "I took care of Axel for you. He shouldn't have done that to you. You're just so sweet and innocent; he probably couldn't help liking you."
"It's not okay, Riku!" Sora shook his head.
"Why not? I'll make Axel apologize and then we can go back to how things were before. Axel will move on, I'm sure."
"Because, you can't take back the fact that Axel took my first kiss and I was saving that...for the person I love." Sora cried.
"Love...Sora, you love someone?" Riku felt his heart break. Why did hearing this make him feel so sad?
"Y-yeah, my first kiss...wasn't supposed to be this way."
"I-I'm sorry, Sora. But you know what I think? That kiss doesn't really count, because you didn't kiss back and you pushed Axel away before he could try to deepen the kiss. Your first kiss with your love can still be special."
Sora smiled, "you really think so?"
"Yeah, I know so." Riku grinned.
"Thanks." Sora wiped his tearstained face.
"You're welcome, Sora." Riku looked away from Sora, "she's really lucky."
"She?" Sora tilted his head to the side.
"The girl you love."
"Oh..." Sora blushed, biting his lip.
Riku looked at Sora, raising an eyebrow, "what is it, Sora?"
"I-I don't...I don't like a girl, Riku." Sora whispered.
Blinking, Riku let that sink in. "Whaa...what? Sora y-you're in love with a guy?"
"Kinda...sorta..." Sora blushed.
"Who?"
"I-I can't tell you..."
"Why can't you tell me, Sora? I don't care that you're gay. I mean come on, Wakka and Tidus are gay...and..." Riku's eyes went wide, "no, don't tell me, you're in love with one of them?"
"No, of course not."
"Well then who? I know you don't have feelings for Axel, that's obvious. Roxas?"
"No, Riku! Stop guessing." Sora shook his head.
"There's no one else. We don't hang out with any other guys." Riku pointed out. "Wait, you're not in love with Cloud are you?"
"Of course I'm not in love with Kairi's brother. Squall would kill me if I were."
"What about my brother?"
"No," Sora shook his head.
Riku pursed his lips together. There was absolutely nobody left. 'There's Tidus, Wakka, Roxas, Axel, Cloud, Sephiroth...Sora doesn't like any of them. Squall, but Sora couldn't be in love with his brother. And then there's...me...'
Riku blinked, looking at Sora. "Who are you in love with?" Riku asked, his voice soft.
Sora just blushed, looking away from Riku.
"S-Sora, are you...in love...with me?" Riku asked, surprised that he really hoped Sora was in love with him. 'When did I start falling for him?'
Sora looked up at Riku, his eyes wide.
"I-I-I...y-yeah. I'm so sorry, Riku. I can't help it. I-I love you."
A/N Dun dun dun... Yay! Riku finally knows. So will everything work out? Will Sora and Riku forgive everyone for what they did? Stay tuned to find out. Please review! I'm curious if anyone is even still reading this.
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