A/N: All stories from my Kingdom Hearts god AU will be placed in this fanfic. I'm going to try and keep a sense of continuity, with each chapter in the right order. However, if a chapter is out of order, rest assured I'll let you guys know.

Anyway, this particular chapter focuses on two main pairings; SoKai and SoRiku. (Yes, I'm putting them both into the same story.) If you want more info about the AU characters, look no further than my profile.

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Sunset

Sora summons Riku for help designing a special sunset. In the process, a small love-related problem is also solved.

"You summoned me, Your Majesty?"

Sora looked up from the paint-smeared canvas on his desk, spotting his personal bodyguard standing in the doorway.

"Riku!" he chirruped. "Come inside. There's something I need your help with."

Riku obliged, stepping into the room. He didn't say anything, but after ten years of routine, Sora expected that. "It's your birthday tomorrow, right?" He knew he was correct, so he continued speaking. "I wanted to design a special sunset that represents balance, since that's what you're the god of and everything."

"The Princess had her birthday last week and you didn't do this for her."

Sora grimaced. "The idea didn't occur to me. Anyway, I can't seem to decide on a design, so I thought I should ask you."

Riku silently took the brush from him. The sky god found himself enraptured by its movements as it danced across the canvas, leaving black, purple and dark blue swirls in its wake. There were small white stripes scattered throughout.

"It's kinda… dark," Sora commented after his friend had finished.

"It represents the light in darkness, a kind of balance that is often overlooked," Riku explained. "Darkness in light is the same idea, although I prefer it this way."

"Oh." Sora inspected the painting again. "I like it. Thanks, Riku!"

"Is there anything else you need, Your Majesty?" Riku questioned. The sky god thought about it for a moment, and then shook his head.

"Nope! But stay anyway."

Riku sighed, looking at the ground. "We can't keep doing this, Sora. I suppose it's safe to say that Kairi doesn't have a clue?"

"Well, no," Sora admitted guiltily.

"Then that's half the problem," the balance god replied. "If she knew and was okay with it… well, it wouldn't make it right, but it'd make it better." He reached out to tap the silver, sapphire-studded band on Sora's ring finger. "This exists for a reason."

"I know, but it's not by my choice," the young prince complained. "I love Kairi, yes, but you mean more to me than she does."

"Yes, but she's the one you're engaged to," Riku replied patiently.

Sora exhaled dramatically, leaning back in his chair. "Fine. I'll tell Kairi."

"Good. Let me know how it goes." Riku nodded approvingly, before summoning his Keyblade. "If you don't require anything else, Your Majesty, might I request permission to go train?"

"Of course," Sora nodded. "Dismissed, Riku."

"Kairi!" Sora called as he walked through the door.

"Sora?" Kairi looked up at him from the book she was reading. Upon seeing it was indeed him, she stood up and greeted him with a hug.

"Um. Hi, Kairi," he greeted awkwardly as he returned the embrace. "I have something to tell you." Why did I let Riku talk me into this?

"Oh?" She pulled back, examining his face. "What is it?"

"You know Riku?" Sora felt like slapping himself as soon as he said those words. Of course she knew Riku; they were friends!

"Yeah, what about him?" Kairi replied. "Did something happen?" Her expression turned to concern.

"I… well… you see…" Just say it! "I'm in love with Riku," he blurted out.

"Why am I not surprised?" the light goddess remarked, a small laugh accompanying her words.

"I can explain- wait, what?" Sora was sure he'd heard her wrong.

"It's honestly quite obvious, to me at least," Kairi giggled. "I was just waiting for you to admit it."

He could've fainted from relief. Kairi didn't mind! "You have no idea how happy I am to hear that. I don't mind keeping up pretense, though."

"We'll have to," Kairi replied. "Oh, and Sora?"

"Yes?"

"I do love you."

"I know." Sora leaned forward to place a kiss on her cheek. "I love you too."

"So the Princess is okay with it?" Riku questioned, his Keyblade slicing through several holographic projections of Heartless.

"Yep!" Sora confirmed, standing a respectful distance from the simulation. "Even better, she was expecting it!"

"Hm," the silveret acknowledged, jabbing his weapon towards one of his adversaries. "Well, that doesn't make it right…"

"You promised!" Cue the pout.

"Actually, I didn't. However, I guess there's no harm in continuing so long as Princess Kairi doesn't mind," Riku finished, dismissing Way to the Dawn as he completed his training.

"Yes! Thank you, Riku!" Sora practically tackled the balance god, planting dozens of kisses all over his face.

"Alright, that's enough," Riku reprimanded, placing a hand on the over-eager brunet's chest and pushing him away. "Need I remind you anyone could walk in on us?"

Sora grinned. Before Riku could actually process what said grin actually meant, their location had changed to the young prince's bedroom.

"I love being able to teleport," he sighed happily. "Now, where were we?"

Riku resisted the urge to sigh, conceding defeat. After all, it wasn't a bad way to spend the next few hours…

"I think my lips are going to bruise," Sora gasped, out of breath.

"You can push it off on Kairi though," Riku pointed out. "I'm going to be wearing neck-high shirts for a while." He gingerly ran his fingertips across the indentions in his neck.

"Oh, shush," the younger god laughed. "It's not that big of a deal."

Riku opened his mouth to retort, but their attention was drawn by a knock on the door. "Sora?"

The owner of the name paled. 'It's Roxas,' he mouthed. The god of purpose was Sora's twin brother.

The silveret took his unspoken cue, vanishing from sight. "It's open!" Sora called.

The door swung open. "Sora, are you busy? Naminé is occupied, and I have nothing to do," Roxas questioned as he walked in.

The brunet's gaze flickered to the spot where Riku had stood, his tongue swiping out to trace his lips. Thankfully, his twin didn't notice his unease as he replied, "Kinda? If it were any other time, I'd be happy to hang out, but…"

"Oh." Roxas turned his gaze to the ground. "I'm sorry to bother you, then…"

"Hey, it's okay," Sora reassured, offering him a smile. "You had no way of knowing."

Roxas returned the smile half-heartedly. "Maybe Naminé is finished…" He disappeared.

Immediately, Riku reappeared. "That was close," he commented. "Perhaps you should take measures to ensure it doesn't happen again."

"Yeah, yeah, I'll lock the door from now on," Sora agreed dismissively. He yawned. "Well, I don't know about you, but I feel like taking a nap."

"You and your sleeping habits," Riku chuckled. "I'll go train, in that case."

"Nah." Sora shook his head. "You'll stay here."

"To act as your pillow?" No reply. "Very well, Your Majesty."

"Shut up," Sora grumbled.