The crowd of people inside the palace was dense and overgrown. Riku's eyes searched every face, every head, every body to find the one he was searching for. Finally a glimpse of spikey brown hair came into view, then turned to reveal the smiling face of Sora.
"Sora!" Riku called, waving to him. The crowd parted slightly between them, and Riku ran to his friend. Practically suffocating him, Riku grabbed the younger boy by the shirt and kissed him hard on the lips. It was the first time they'd seen each other in weeks.
The smaller boy was taken by surprise and gasped as Riku pulled away. He laughed and punched the silver-haired boy lightly on the shoulder.
"You scared the day lights outta me, Riku!" Sora laughed, "Next time, warn me first."
Riku leaned down close to Sora's ear and whispered a gently 'okay' before moving back through the folds of people. Sora then lost sight of Riku and started hopping franticly trying to see over the group of people, but he couldn't see Riku anywhere.
"Riku?" he called, "Please, come back Riku!" Sora hesitently turned knocking into someone in his effort to push past the crowd. He looked up at the intrusion, apologizing, but ignoring them all together. Quickly, he made his way to the back of the crowd, but before he could even make out anything, a flash of silver hair caught his eye. A hand grabbed his wrist and pulled him away from the crowd and out into the palace courtyard.
"Riku, stop pulling me around just because you can," Sora huffed, obviously annoyed by the fact that Riku was stronger.
"Oh, hush, Sora," Riku snorted, "You're just a weakling."
"I am not," Sora cried, punching the other boy on the arm again.
"Okay, okay. You're not a weakling." Riku smirked as he said this.
"Right!" Sora smiled.
Riku pulled Sora gently to him and laid his chin on the other's head, ruffling his hair slightly. "You know I love you, right?" he hummed.
"Of course, Riku. And you should know that I love you," Sora sighed and said.
"Of course, Sora," Riku repeated, knowing now just how much the boy did care for him.