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Author's Note: I wrote this fic one night when I was sick with a cold and couldn't go to sleep. It is another one of my SoRiku fics because Sora and Riku are my favorite yaoi couple! Hoep you enjoy!

Cough…cough…

"Sora…"

He knew that voice.

Turning around he looked at the one calling his name, a tall teen standing at the end of the white hall, his white hair gleaming in the overhead florescent lights.

"Hey…Riku," he murmured meekly like a child that just got caught doing something naughty before he broke out into a flurry of cough that made his whole body shake.

"Damn it, you're sick, Sora," the teen known as Riku growled as he rushed over to the boy, arms pulling him close and rubbing his back. "You should be in bed, not out walking around."

"But…cough…I hate it…cough…here," he tried to say but every time he tried to talk, the coughs took over, making him lightheaded and hurt so much he cried.

"It's only for three days," Riku retorted as he scooped the little brunette up into his arms and carried him back to the hospital room.

It didn't surprise him to see that Sora was trying to get away. He never could hold still for longer than five minutes and having to spend a few nights lying in a hospital bed was a definite challenge for the exocentric little teen.

"Riku, you're so mean," Sora whined softly, his voice already going because of the strain to his throat so the boy sounded raspy and weak.

"No, I just care too much," he replied with a faint smile and gentle tone as he went back into Sora's room and tucked him back into bed, the nurse making the other bed not even looking up.

With a soft smile he petted Sora's hair, seeing the boy pout.

"I want to go home," he murmured as he rubbed his eyes with the back of his hands, his scarred wrists flashing into view.

"I know but you need to get better," replied Riku gently, wincing and looking away from Sora's scars which were one of the reasons why Sora wound up here in the first place.

It started with that simple cold, so no one suspected, not even Riku, Sora's best friend since childhood. The cold was just a hint to what was really going on. Sora had been making himself sick. He wouldn't eat or drink, hardly slept and simply wore himself down with stress and the fatigue finally caught up with him, making him fall ill. That's when Riku noticed that, that wasn't all. Sora had been trying to…harm himself. He even tired to kill himself by overdosing on the medicines that was trying to get him better.

Riku looked at the boy's face, seeing the darkness under his tired blue eyes. It made Riku's heart ache. If only he knew what was going on. He could have saved Sora a lot sooner than this.

"Why are you here?" he heard Sora asked which snapped Riku out of his deep thoughts.

"Oh, I had the day off from work so I thought I'd check up on you," replied Riku as he reached over and brushed some hair out of Sora's face, pulling the blanket up to cover his small body. "And I'm glad I did."

"I'm glad too," murmured Sora as he closed his eyes, his head resting against the pillow and he held one of Riku's hands. "I missed you. It's so lonely here…"

"Yeah, I know, that's why I want you to get better. The sooner you do, the sooner I can take you home and everyone will be happy so see you."

"No they won't…no one wants me…" whimpered Sora as he let go of Riku and turned onto his side, his back to the teen.

Before Sora was rushed here, his parents had been going through a nasty divorce. His parents were fighting for custody so he had to stay with his grandmother who wasn't at all willing to care for a teenager all by herself. If Sora wasn't her daughter's son, he would have been out on the streets by the next morning he got there. None of his relatives could take care of him either. Many lived way too far away, didn't have room, or didn't want anything do with him or his mother. In truth, Sora came from a very bitter and selfish family.

"That's not true, Sora," murmured Riku as he rested on the bed next to the boy and wrapped an arm around him, hugging him. "Your parents do and so do I."

"Why can't I just live with you?" murmured Sora through sniffles as he rolled over to look at the other with tears rolling down his cheeks. "And if my parents want me so bad why aren't they here?"

"You know the reason," said Riku with a faint frown, hating to see Sora cry and to deny his friend happiness. "The rules are: you can't stay with anyone that's not family while the custody issue is being solved. And your parents are really busy. I'm sure that if they could, they'd be here right now. Remember when they stayed with you all night the first day you came here?"

"Yeah…you're right," mumbled Sora as he buried his face in Riku's black and white skull jacket which smelled so nice. Sora could never pinpoint the exact scent it was and the cologne had an Italian brand Sora could never pronounce. But he loved it and it always reminded him of a Riku hug. "I love you, Riku."

"I love you too, Sora," he murmured back, smiling at the other as he hugged him, happy to hear his best friend say that.

Even though they weren't really in love, they always said that to one another, do to their closeness and care they held for each other. People had actually mistaken them for a couple. But sometimes it felt like Riku's caring for Sora sometimes turns into something else. Something like….real love. But…that couldn't be. It was Sora, his best friend who was another guy. Though Riku wasn't ruling anything out. He never really took much interest in girls or guys so in a way, he didn't know exactly what his orientation was. All he allowed himself to care about was Sora who was his only friend growing up.

Riku was too proud as a kid. Thinking every one was too inferior and they just didn't understand him for he was indeed ahead of them in many things. So thus he didn't have any friends. But then Sora came along, happy and as friendly as could be. The only one that could tolerate Riku's snide remarks and would patiently listen to his rants or lectures.

"It's getting late, you should sleep," said Riku as he stroked Sora's hair softly, his heart feeling heavy because he would have to leave soon and leave Sora here all alone.

"Stay until I fall asleep, ok?" said Sora as he looked up at Riku with sad eyes.

"Ok, I will," he agreed with a faint smile his hand pressing to the back of Sora's head and he kissed the boy's forehead.

Sora smiled and hugged Riku tightly, snuggling against his body and rubbing his nose against Riku's.

"Oh…" squeaked a soft voice.

The two blinked and looked up to see the nurse that had been in the room earlier, just looking at the boys and had just hid something behind her back.

"Um…visiting hours are almost over," she stated, looking rather flustered as he kept her eyes away from them.

"I'll be leaving in a minutes," replied Riku in a stiff tone, eyes glaring a bit which were telling the woman to leave.

"Yes…ok," she said hastily before scurrying out of the room and the boy's could hear here chattering excitedly to the other nurses.

"Riku, that wasn't very nice," pointed out Sora with a faint grin.

"Well, she shouldn't have bothered us by staring," grumbled Riku as he rolled his eyes, now pissed.

"She was just doing her job," Sora chuckled as he kissed Riku's cheek before snuggling against his chest and closing his eyes. "Night, Riku"

"Night, Sora," he said softly, kissing the top of Sora's head and hugging him tightly again, wanting to stay here with him but he knew he couldn't.

Once Sora was asleep, Riku waited until the last minute before getting up and leaving a few things in the room for Sora when he wakes. He took off his jacket and wrapped Sora in it before tucking him in and giving the boy's cheek a goodbye kiss.

I'll miss you, his heart said as it began to ache again. With a sigh Riku forced himself to leave the room. As he reached the lobby by the front door, he could see the nurse chattering again like a birdie to the others. With a scowl, he willed his feet to walk out before he started anything too dangerous with that nosy bitch.

"You guys, look at this, you're not going to believe it," she squealed as he showed the other nurses her cell phone, pictures of the two boys hugging and exchanging kisses showing up on the screen.

"Oh my goodness!" one exclaimed, blushing and squealing with the other nurses.

"So gorgeous!" another let out excitedly.

"The little brunette one is adorable but that taller one is so good looking!"

"And they were doing that! You're so lucky you got to see!"

"I know! It was so adorably hot!"