Hello and welcome! The following bits of writing have no discernible order. They are just randomly little glimpses into the lives of the characters before the beginning of Of Food, Friendship, and Fluff. I suppose if you wanted to read them without reading that you could, but it might be a little confusing? I don't know, I'm biased.

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Riku: age 7, Sora: age 6

Riku was at his friend Sora's house. It was not long after Sora's sixth birthday, and Riku had been invited over to Sora's house a lot throughout the past few weeks.

This time, Riku was allowed to have his very first sleepover.

He brought his sleeping bag and his backpack full of stuff, including his teddy bear pajamas that his mother always made him wear. He was really excited to spend time with Sora.

Sora was probably more excited than Riku, by a lot. When Riku had first walked through the door, he was practically tackled by the tiny brunette.

"Hi!" Sora said, talking much too loudly.

"You're squishing me, Sora!" Riku laughed.

Sora scrambled up, laughing. "Sorry!"

"It's okay," Riku said, getting back onto his feet. "Mommy said to give you this," Riku said, holding up a bag of homemade cookies.

"Cookies!" If anything, Sora looked even more excited now.

"She said to make sure that your mommy got them, first, though, or we'd eat 'em all." Riku frowned.

"But..." Sora frowned. "We won't eat ALL of them. That'd give us tummy aches..."

Riku nodded. "Even YOU aren't that silly."

"Yeah!"

Riku smiled. "Wanna sneak a cookie or two before giving them to your mommy?"

Sora nodded furiously.

"Okay," Riku said, grinning as he handed the bag over to Sora.

Sora opened the bag, grinning, and fished out a cookie. Riku grabbed one as well before resealing the bag clumsily with his stubby fingers.

Smiling as he bit into his cookie, Sora said, "We should go to my room!"

"Okay! Can I put my stuff in there?" Riku pointed to the giant backpack on his back and the sleeping bag.

"Mhmm."

"Let's go, then!"

The two went to Sora's room. When they got there, Riku set his stuff down. Sora fidgeted slightly. He didn't know what to do now. He'd never had a sleepover before.

"Now what?" Riku asked.

"I dunno..."

Riku's tiny face scrunched up in thought. "Hmmm..."

"Maybe we should ask my mom..." Sora went to his mom for everything, because she always had an answer for him.

"Okay," Riku said brightly.

Sora turned to leave and find her, but he stopped. "Leave the cookies here."

"But... my mommy said to give them to your mommy..."

"Your mommy's not here, though. She'll never know!"

"But, Soraaa."

"If my mommy gets them, she'll only give us like… one."

"But still..."

Sora gave Riku his best puppy dog eyes.

"If I get in trouble, it's your fault," Riku said, pouting.

"Your mom will never find out. I promise!"

"Pinky promise?"

"Pinky promise." Sora held out his itty bitty pinky.

Riku smiled and linked his pinky with Sora's. "Okay."

Sora grinned at Riku and they went to find Sora's mom.

Sora and Riku spent most of the evening goofing off, playing board games and watching Disney movies with Sora's mom.

At around 10, Sora started to yawn a lot.

"Are you sleepy, Sora?" Riku asked.

"No..." It was an obvious lie. Sora wasn't used to staying up that late, and he used a lot of energy during the day with all of his running around.

"Soraaaa, you look sleepy. Your eyes are all droopy."

"I'm not sleepy!"

Riku looked at him. "You're lying, Sor."

"Nuh uh!" Sora yawned. "I wanna stay up and watch the Lion King."

"Sora, you're sleepy. It's time for bed."

"No."

"What if we watch The Lion King in our sleeping bags?"

"But there's not a TV in my room..."

"True..." Riku thought about it for a second. "Then maybe we should just go to bed..."

"No!"

"Are you suuuure?" Riku asked, frowning.

"Y-" Sora yawned. "Yes."

"Okay. We'll watch the movie, then," Riku said, sighing.

Sora grinned at him.

They started the movie, but it wasn't long before Sora's eyes started to droop. Riku, who was sitting next to him, poked him. "You're sleepy."

"Shh, no 'm not."

"Yes you are, Sora."

"Nuh uh..."

"Mmhmmmm. Your eyes are droopy again."

Sora forced his eyes open wider. "Nope."

"Sora," Riku said, poking him again. "You're bad at lying."

"I don't wanna sleep."

"Why not?"

"Because, this is the first time I've had a friend over, and I don't wanna sleep through it! And you're not sleepy!"

"Shhhh," Riku said. "Don't stay up because of me, silly goose!"

"'m not a goose." Sora pouted.

"No, you're my friend, and you're sleepy," Riku said. He turned The Lion King off. "Come on, Sor. Bedtime."

Sora's bottom lip quivered.

"Please? If you stay up too late, we won't be able to spend time together tomorrow!""

"Sure, we will!"

"But then we'll both be sleepy," Riku said, pouting.

"Nuh uh."

"I'll be sleepy."

"We could move the sleeping bags in here and finish the movie, and if we fall asleep, we fall asleep."

Riku nodded. "Okay!"

Sora smiled, and the pair moved the sleeping bags in and restarted the movie.

Sora was fast asleep before Mufasa even died.

Riku smiled, turning off the movie and making sure Sora was tucked in his sleeping bag. Turning off the lights, Riku curled up in his own sleeping bag and fell asleep.

The next morning, Sora woke up rather disoriented. It took him a moment to remember where he was and why he was there. He sat up, rubbing his eyes sleepily. Riku was still passed out in the sleeping bag next to him. Sora leaned over and poked his shoulder.

Riku opened his eyes. "Mornin', Sor," he said sleepily.

"G'morning."

"Sleep well?" Riku sat up.

"Mhmm." Sora yawned, stretching a little.

"Good," Riku said, smiling. He looked at his sleeping bag. "Mommy said I'm supposed to roll this back up, but I don't know how."

"My parents might, but I dunno if they're up yet."

Riku frowned. "I'll ask when they're up." He looked around. "What time is it?"

"I dunno. You're the first grader!"

"Where's the clock?"

"I think there's one in the kitchen."

Riku jumped to his feet. "Okay, let's go explore!"

"I can't explore my own house! That's weird."

Riku laughed. "Okay, I'll explore, and you'll be the navigator!"

"What's a navi-navigator? Is that like an alligator?"

"It's the person who tells the explorer where to go!"

"Oh! That sounds cool."

Riku smiled, and they went to the kitchen, where they found Sora's mom with breakfast. They ate quickly, and Sora's mom told them that they only had a half an hour before Riku's mother came to pick him up.

"That's so little..." Sora was pouting.

Riku frowned. "Do I have to leave?"

Sora's mother laughed. "I'm afraid so. One little handful is enough for me," she said, ruffling Sora's hair affectionately.

Sora frowned and went to whisper in Riku's ear.

Riku grinned enormously, nodding.

"What if I went to Riku's house? If it's okay with his mom when she gets here..."

Sora's mom shrugged. "I'm okay with it."

Sora smiled at her. "You're the best!"

"And don't you forget it," she said, teasing. "Riku, do you need any help packing your stuff up?"

"Umm... could you help me with my sleeping bag?" he asked.

"Sure, no problem."

They went to the living room and packed Riku's stuff. Sora's mom advised Sora not pack his stuff to go over to Riku's until Riku's mom gave her permission.

The two of them decided to try and finish up the Lion King while they waited on Riku's mom.

Within 20 minutes, Riku's mom showed up, and after a short conversation with Sora's mother, Sora was sent off to pack his bag to sleep over at Riku's.

Finally, everyone had finished packing, the bags were loaded into the car, and they were on their way.

Riku was happy to be able to spend more time with Sora.