An Exchange Lover

Chapter 1

A/N: Hey all, Lumeton is back! Miss me?

Thanks for the reviews for An Exchange Student! I decided to continue Sora's and Riku's story a bit more, I hope you'll continue reading :D

And, for anyone who hasn't read An Exchange Student, I strongly recommend that you do. I'm not gonna force you, but you'll probably understand this better... Or i don't know, maybe you'll get it anyway. *shrugs*

Yush! Enough babbling! On with the story!

Btw, I don't own anything. Except Aki Minami, he's all mine! MWUAHA!

"I can't wait to see you, Riku!"

"Excited much?" A small chuckle.

"You have no idea. I think Roxas wants to strangle me. I'm pissing him off." A sigh.

"That's my Sora. It's been months, I've missed you so much."

"I've missed you too. Oh, hold on…" Shuffling. "There. I'm done packing."

"You only just finished?"

"W-well, yeah. I started a few weeks ago but I just couldn't figure out what to take with me…"

"A Few weeks ago?"

"Y-yeah…" An embarrassed giggle.

"Silly Sora. You're adorable."

"Oh shush!"

"Hey, I have to go. I'll come pick you up from the airport."

"Oh, right. Yeah, okay, I'll see you tomorrow!"

"Don't stay up too late. I know I won't be able to sleep at all…"

"I'll try."

"Hey Sora?"

"Mhmm?"

"I love you."

"You too. Bye Riku."

"Later, babe."

Sora pressed the 'end call' –button and sighed happily. In less than 20 hours, he would be in the silverette's arms for the first time in months. Leon and Cloud had given Sora permission to spend the entire December in Radiant Garden with Riku. They allowed him to take vacation from school, but had made him promise to study hard. Roxas wouldn't stop grumbling about how unfair it was.

"Sora, you should go to bed already! And don't you think you've called Riku enough? That was the fifth time today!" Cloud said, coming into Sora's room.
"I guess so… But I'm so excited!" Sora whined.
"That's not gonna make the time go by faster. Get some sleep so tomorrow will come faster", Cloud said, ruffling the boy's head once he climbed under the blanket.
"Good night, Cloud", Sora mumbled.
"Good night, honey", Cloud answered, switching the lights off as he left the room.

oOo

"Ooh, I can't believe my little boy is travelling all by himself for the first time!" Cloud cried out. He had been fussing over Sora the whole day, making sure he had everything, tying the scarf around the boy's neck so tightly it hurt.

A few passers-by giggled at Cloud giving a bear hug to the embarrassed boy.
"Cloud, everyone's staring!" Sora complained, wriggling out of the man's tight grip.

They were at the airport. Sora's luggage was checked in and he was waiting to go through the security check. Sora hadn't been able to relax at all. He had been up at 6 am, going through all his stuff for the nth time that week.

"Be sure to send me emails on how you're doing, ok? That's why I borrowed you my laptop", Roxas reminded.
"Aww, is Roxy going to miss me?" Sora asked. Sora expected his brother to snap at him, but instead he smiled.
"Of course I am", he said softly, gazing fondly at his twin. "You're my one and only little brother!"

Sora sniffled.

"No, don't cry…" Roxas sighed.
"R-Roxy…" Sora mumbled and wrapped his brother in a hug.

oOo

Sora sat in the window seat of the plane. It would be a long flight to Radiant Garden. Then he'd see Riku. He couldn't stop bouncing in his seat and wished he had someone to talk to. Can't we take off already?

"First time flying alone?"

Sora whipped his head around to see a young man sit beside him. The man had black hair and friendly green eyes.

"Yeah. I'm going to Radiant Garden to see my boyfriend", Sora said, flashing a huge grin.
"I see. You should put the cookies in your bag, I'm sure your boyfriend would like to eat them whole and not in crumbles", the man said, laughing at Sora's blushing face as he noticed how hard he had been squeezing the basket in his hands.

"I'm Aki Minami, nice to meet you", the man said, holding out his hand. Sora shook it.
"Sora Strife."
"That's a nice name."
"Thank you!" Sora, said grinning again. "So, where are you headed?"
"Oh, I was in Twilight Town on a business trip, and now I'm flying back home to Radiant Garden through Destiny Islands. You live in Destiny Islands, I presume?" Aki asked.
"Yeah. I was born in Radiant Garden though, but moved to Destiny Islands when I was only one year old."
"It's a beautiful place."
"It is! Whichever way you walk, you'll end up on a beach. Did you have time to go around the Islands? The sunsets on the beach are awesome, you should check it out sometime, if you didn't see it yet", Sora babbled.
"I'll be sure to do that the next time I come over. I had a busy schedule, so the only beach I saw was on a brochure. Must be a wonderful place for surfing?" Aki questioned, smiling at the enthusiastic boy.
"You surf? Well then you'll absolutely love the Islands! Don't go to the public beaches crowded with tourists though, there's many fantastic places for surfing that only the locals know about. You should ask around to find the perfect spot. It's a bit cold now though, because it's winter and all so there aren't as many tourists… It never snows in Destiny Islands, did you know? You must've known. I've seen snow only once, when we went skiing with my family, so I'll be looking forward to seeing more in Radiant Garden…"

Aki laughed. The boy was adorable, flinging his arms around while talking.
"I'll keep that in mind. Thanks for the info."
"No problem. So, what do you do? For living I mean."

oOo

"So, this is where we separate. It was real nice talking with you, Sora. A flight has never passed that fast for me before", Aki smiled. They had spent the entire flight talking about random things.
"Yeah, nice talking to you too!"
"So maybe if we happen to run into each other, we could go have a cup of coffee?" Aki asked tentatively. Sora grinned.
"For sure, that would be great! Well, good luck with your project, I'm off to find Riku."
"See you around, Sora", Aki said, waving as they went on their separate ways.

Sora had never been in a place as crowded as the Radiant Garden airport before. I'll never find Riku, he thought as he scanned the crowd.
"Sora!" he heard a familiar voice yell. He spotted a silver haired boy elbowing his way through the crowd towards Sora.
"Riku!" Sora cried out, tugging on his luggage as he dashed toward his boyfriend. He dropped his luggage and the basket of cookies on the ground as he lunged forward to Riku's open arms.
"I missed you so much!" Riku whispered.
"Mmphmm", Sora answered, crushed against Riku's hard chest.

He spent a few more minutes basking in Riku's warm presence. It felt so good to be there with him.

"Let's go home. Did you have a good flight? Let me take that for you", Riku said, grabbing Sora's luggage.
"Yeah, it was great!"
"So…who was that guy?" Riku asked, trying to be nonchalant about it, but Sora noticed the tinge of jealousy in his voice.
"Oh, just some guy I talked with in the plane", he laughed.
"Oh… What's that?" he asked, nodding towards the basket in Sora's hands.
"I baked cookies for you with Cloud… But I think they're dead. Apparently they don't like being squeezed or thrown to the ground… I destroyed them…" Sora mumbled, crestfallen. Riku laughed at his cute boyfriend.

"I'm sure they still taste just as good", he chuckled and pressed a gentle kiss on Sora's lips.

Oh, how he had missed him.

A/N: Yush, first chapter is up! Gonna start with the second ASAP.

Unlike when I started with An Exchange Student, I definitely know what's going to happen in this one. I just hope I'll be able to write it right...hehe, that sounded funny...

Soooo look forward to the next chapter! And if you have something you'd really want Riku and Sora to do in Radiant Garden, feel free to give a suggestion and I'll try to get it in there...

Oh, oh! And! There's still some of those cookie crumbles left if anyone wants them... Baked by Sora and Cloud with love! Drop a review and you might just get some ;)

Luv ya all,
Lumeton