This was written quite some time ago for a friend, uploading it here for completion purposes. Riku/Sora, post-DDD.

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"Here, put these on," said Sora, pressing a pair of nose glasses into Riku's hand before leading him over to the table.

So here Riku was, sitting at the cramped table with everyone at the Mysterious Tower, celebrating his Mark of Mastery with a tea party. And everyone was wearing nose glasses.

There was something decidedly weird about this, he thought, as he talked and laughed over tea and cake, but he couldn't figure if it was the fact that he passed the exam (I'm a … keyblade master?), or because this was all jarringly normal compared to the fact he had to battle the darkness in Sora's heart mere hours ago.

Or maybe he was just overwhelmed with relief, because those mere hours ago, he was so, so scared to see that Sora was asleep again and now Sora was sitting beside him, grinning his stupid grin and laughing his vibrant laugh like always.

Riku was so caught up in his thoughts that he almost didn't notice the sound of chair legs sliding on the floor as Sora stood up, took a long drink from his cup of tea, and announced with a determined expression, "Alright! I'm gonna do it!"

And before Riku knew it, Sora's arms were around his neck and he leaned close—

Riku occasionally had fleeting thoughts to what his first kiss might be like, but he was pretty sure that they didn't include his and Sora's nose glasses awkwardly smushed together, with the frames digging into his cheeks and the bulbous plastic noses taking up whatever little space was left between their faces.

It probably looked really ridiculous, if Lea laughing in glee was any indication, and the glasses were really getting in the way, but Riku couldn't care less. Sora was close and warm and tasted of tea and cake and Sora was kissing him.

So Riku brought his arms up and around Sora and kissed him back. He felt Sora smile, and it was funny, how Sora's smile felt every bit as brilliant as it looked.

They pulled apart, grinning at each other, and everyone around the table cheered.

Riku took his glasses off, and Sora did too, both boys rubbing at the marks left behind from plastic pressing into skin. Riku smirked. "You didn't really plan this through, did you?"

"Nope." Sora replied easily. They both laughed, and kissed again.