Disclaimer: Kingdom Hearts and Characters © Square Enix and Disney Interactive.
Svarog Universe © Is Og Ild.
OC and Plotline © Daughter of Kyne.

A/N: Welcome to my shameless shipping. XD


~Midnight Confessions~

A Svarog Oneshot

I jerked awake in the middle of the night for a multitude of reasons — a usual occurrence since it always seemed somebody was needing me for something, whether it was my brothers, Sora and Vanitas — or more often than not Axel had found his way needing a favor. I didn't know why I put up with it, but I always tried to just smile and go on about my business. Being a misfit — in a school for mutants — had taught me to keep my head down and try and be as invisible as possible, unlike my brothers. Still, being here instead of back home where I clearly didn't belong and was the black sheep had been a relief. After all, I had real friends now — other than Vani. I actually felt needed rather than hated. And the very best part about being shipped off here?

I had finally found the courage I needed to grow closer to Sora's best friend. It still left me feeling giddy and a wide grin always crossed my face as I thought about the fact that after years of knowing each other, I was Riku Kage's girlfriend — that he had chosen me over the hundreds of pretty girls that were here.

That was why waking up the the sound of Adam losing his shit and disrupting the lovely dream I had been having about my boyfriend immediately sent me groaning. Because Adam losing his shit equaled the prefects having to try and get him to calm the hell down. And Riku happened to be a prefect — who took his duties stupidly seriously.

I sat up in my bed as Adam gave another roar and it felt as we were having an earthquake. I narrowly managed to grab my favorite picture of Riku and me from falling and breaking, clutching it safely to my chest as I looked down at my lap. Ziggy was curled against me, antenna twitching as his unblinking yellow orbs stared up at me. I carefully tucked the picture under my pillow, lifting Ziggy up by under his arms.

"Let's go make sure Riku doesn't do anything stupid! Whatcha say, Zig?"

He twitched his zig-zagged antenna again. Taking that as a yes, I threw off the sheets and grabbed my satchel bag, just in case Ziggy decided he didn't want to be carried before I hurried for the door. As soon as I opened it, I was greeted with the sight of Axel sprinting down the corridor in nothing more than his boxers — ones I was sure Sora had an identical pair of. I called out to him, but he didn't seem to hear me over Adam's damn earsplitting roars. I hurried out into the corridor, seeing other students opening their doors and peering out in curiosity, but none were as brave or stupid like us misfits and prefects that ventured toward the roaring and not staying in the safety of their rooms.

Guess who was following the gallant redhead toward the danger?

Yup — me. Rayne Yamato. Annnnd I probably wasn't going to get very far before one of the other prefects found me and told me to get my ass back to my room.

But they couldn't do that if they didn't notice me!

One of the many perks of being invisible without actually… being invisible. Sadly, I was not graced with that kick ass mutant gene. I just got weird empathic abilities and the only real use I had was keeping my dark and brooding sibling from making everyone suicidal. Still, being able to blend in with my surroundings — proverbially speaking, again not physically — I knew of all the hidey-holes, nooks, crannies, secret passageways and escape routes from people.

The school and I were best friends, so to speak.

So instead of following after where Axel's head of bright crimson spikes had just rounded the corner, I went the opposite way and stopped next to one of the several suits of armor that decorated the corridors before wiggling my way into the gap between it and the wall, crouching down. Ziggy plopped down onto the floor beside me, head bobbing and twitching as he watched me push with all of my might against one of the bricks and viola! Small escape hatch opening before us. I looped my arm around Ziggy, carrying him as his clawed fingers brushed against my arm and his antenna continued to twitch as I wiggled my way through the small space, moving as fast as I could. I could barely see where I was going, but I had memorized the route I was taking. I used it mainly to cut the distance between my room and Riku's on nights I couldn't sleep and when I wanted to avoid the other prefects, who would love to throw my ass in front of Yen Sid himself if they caught me sneaking about after curfew.

I heard another roar and Ziggy looked up at me, his yellow eyes glowing in the darkness like fireflies. "It's okay, Zig. I'm sure Riku's okay. There's no way he's hurt. Right?" The unnerving stare Ziggy was giving me sent me crawling faster. "On second thought, we should move a bit quicker!"

Five more minutes of wiggling, crawling, grunting, and shuddering from cobwebs passed before I reached the end of the passageway. It opened up wide enough so that I could stand, groping the cold wall until I found the release that opened the portrait of Professor Xehanort. It always gave me the creeps, but I ignored the creepy stare of the portrait as I wiggled my way through the thin gap with Ziggy in tow. I turned my back long enough to shut the portrait only to freeze a second later.

I heard heavy breathing.

Turning around slowly, I was immediately greeted face-to-face with Adam — or currently, one of the school's shapeshifters and current menace, affectionately dubbed "The Beast". I swallowed hard, pretty sure my eyes were the size of saucers as Adam suddenly roared right in my face. My long hair went flying behind me from the force of the roar, bits of saliva coating my face. If not for the fact I was completely scared shitless and about to legit piss myself from fright, I would've made a crack about Adam needing some serious breath mints or Tic-Tacs — specifically the orange flavor. My snark would have to wait, however — because I was about to die.

That was until Ziggy suddenly sprung from my arms, blinding Adam as he latched onto the shapeshifter's face and gave me the chance I needed to get the hell out of there. I ran as fast as my short legs could carry me, but hey — I wasn't nowhere near as tall as Axel or Riku. I was five-seven on a good day! I was just about to escape down the corridor and to safety when I saw Ziggy being thrown with enough force to take down a wall.

"Ziggy!"

I turned back for him.

Yeah, any sane person would think I was downright insane to go back for the creature made of shadows. Thing was, pretty sure I was crazy. At least a little bit. But Ziggy was important to me. He was more than a pet, dammit. He was my friend. Like hell I was about to abandon him.

I fell to my knees, cradling the small Shadow in my arms as he twitched all over. He shook his small head, suddenly moving frantically as he looked over my shoulder. I whipped my head around, screaming before cradling Ziggy against my chest and cowering as the Beast moved right toward us.

This was it. I was going to die because of some jackass deciding to go off his meds and decided I was a snack instead of his classmate. Awesome! Just great! This was not how I wanted to go out, at all!

A few seconds later, I realized I was not dead as I felt Ziggy headbutting my chin repeatedly to get my attention. Blinking, I opened my eyes and looked around, seeing the Beast was now gone. More importantly, I was alive!

Death at 16 was not on the to-do list, thanks.

I laughed, pressing my forehead to Ziggy's in celebration before another roar, one that sounded not too far away, interrupted. I would save my victory of grazing Death another time. For now, I had to find Riku and make sure he was okay. I was terrified to think of what could happen to Riku or Sora with Adam being completely nutso right now.

Seriously, lost his marbles was an understatement. He'd pitched those damn things to Pluto.

"No time to lose. Here, Zig. You deserve it after what you just went through."

I opened my satchel, carefully easing Ziggy inside of it. Times like these made me happy that Ziggy was the size of a teddy bear and weighed so little. I made sure my satchel was secure before I used the hair-tie around my wrist to pull my hair into a messy ponytail, climbing to my feet and then using the hem of my black night shirt to wipe the remnants of saliva off my face. Then, I was hurrying toward the sound of the Beast's rampage.

I didn't make it very far without running into someone though. Like, literally running into them. I crashed right into them and went flying backwards, landing flat on my ass and wincing before opening my eyes and seeing who it was.

And just my luck, it happened to be one of my brothers. And it wasn't the one I called my best friend either — it was the one who was a prefect. Though honestly, running into Vanitas would probably have the same outcome of me running into Sora. When it came to being overbearing and overprotective, Sora and Vanitas were tied — especially when it came to me.

I was their sister, after all — and being triplets had us all tied in a freaky telepathic way, so we always had a sixth sense when it came to each other.

So the moment our blue eyes were meeting, Sora immediately was opening his mouth and telling me, "No! Go back to your room!" before I could even speak.

"But—"

"It's not safe, Sis!"

"But Riku—"

"Riku will be fine! He's got me, remember?" Sora closed his eyes, giving a wide grin.

I noticed Rapunzel was anxiously balling up her long hair into her arms, green eyes moving between us and the sound of the roars.

"Sora…"

"Rayne, seriously, go back to your room!"

"But I can help!"

Okay, I couldn't — but maybe Ziggy could? He was special! He was the first Shadow that Riku had ever created and he was able to shapeshift to the size of a the school if he really wanted! So maybe—

One peek into my satchel had me strike those thoughts immediately. Ziggy was in no shape to be shapeshifting into any of his larger forms.

"Great, the loser squad's all gathered here. The fuck is goin' on?"

Hearing a new voice join in caused the three of us to turn and see Vanitas stepping out of the shadows. Like me, he was wearing a black t-shirt and some red and black flannel pajama bottoms, matching the blue and black shorts I wore. He was rubbing the back of his neck and looking really peeved.

"Vanitas! Rayne won't go back to her room. Take care of it for me, would ya?"

Vanitas snorted and gave an "on it" along with a sarcastic salute as Sora and Rapunzel took off down the corridors and in the direction the roars were coming from now. I looked over at my other brother, sheepish grin already on my face as I weakly laughed.

"Hey, Van. What's up?"

"Room. Now."

"But—"

"Your lover boy will be fine. I just knew you'd pull some stupid fucking shit tryna get to him. Let the damn prefects do their job, why don'tcha?"

I huffed a bit — honestly, why the hell did I end up with them for brothers? I knew we were triplets, but it was ridiculous how alike those two were!

I didn't get a chance to argue any further, Vanitas effortlessly grabbing me and yanking me to my feet, and then lifting me over his shoulder. I bit, kicked and screamed, but nothing was working — the damn asshole and his stupid work-outs and muscles were all working against me.

"Put! Me! Down!"

"Fuck no!"

"Vanitas! Ugh!"

I felt frantic shifting in my satchel. Vanitas gave a yelp a second later and I found myself hitting the floor again. Ziggy hurried back into my arms and I looked to see Vanitas twitching and lying in the floor in a fetal position.

He may or may not have just clawed my brother in the no-no zone.

"I don't even want to know what you did, but good job, Zig!"

Not wanting to find out, I then ran away from my brother as fast as I could. My eyes landed on a set of double doors, and Ziggy seemed to be squirming towards it, flailing his little arms. He usually only got this way whenever Riku was close. I set him down, watching him take off as fast as his tiny little feet could carry him — seeing him stumble a few times and accidentally run into the door. Hastily, I got to Ziggy and picked him back up, seeing him trying to claw at the door — as if desperate to get through it. I opened the door and looked around the empty corridor, then gasping to see that the doors to one of the common rooms had been literally ripped off its hinges in what could only be because of Adam.

"Riku!"

I ran forward at once, Ziggy wiggling free and running as well. We entered the common room, taking in what looked to be thousands of paper birds ripped to shreds, spider-webbed cracks from one wall being crashed into — poor school! It didn't deserve this kind of abuse! Contrary to Axel's vendetta against it! — and the remnants of a grandfather clock littered the floor along with the paper. My eyes took in Naminé wrapping Saïx's arm, but I was quick to tear my gaze away from them and onto where Riku was sitting on one of the plush sofas. Ziggy made a beeline for him, practically pawing at his sweatpants as he stopped at his feet and looked up at him, zig-zag antenna twitching.

"Ziggy? What are—"

Immediately, aqua orbs were locking on me. His face was a myriad of emotions — shock, bewilderment, a hint of "seriously?" and then finally settling on "crap" as I narrowed my eyes on him in a glare as he tried to shift one of his arms behind his back and hide it from me. Sweat coated Riku's skin, his long hair sticking to his neck and forehead while he panted a bit. It was taking every ounce of his energy not to pass out, it seemed.

"Someone's in trouble," Naminé remarked, smirking slightly.

Riku grimaced at her as I walked forward, bending down to lift Ziggy up and cradle him in my arms. The look on my face conveyed more than enough, with Riku standing up and then grabbing my wrist, dragging me behind him while Naminé sang "Busted~" and Riku mumbled for her to be quiet as we headed out of the common room. I didn't have to say a damn word, eyes locked on the blood and three long gashes across his forearm and the fact his tank top was ripped and there was blood seeping through the front of it as well.

Adam was dead to me. D-E-A-D — dead. Anyone who dared touch my boyfriend was going to find themselves Ziggy chow.

I would feed them to him in itty, bitty, teensy, weensy, tiny, little bits.

"I'm fine. It doesn't even hurt that much."

"Bullshit."

Riku looked away from me now, opening the door to his room. Once we were inside of it, I put Ziggy down and he immediately headed for the safety of the underside of Riku's bed. Yup, even Riku's prized Shadow knew when to run. I crossed my arms, raising a brow at him while looking up the several inches that separated us. Riku sighed and then sank down onto the edge of the bed while I turned and retrieved the first-aid kit, moving to the bathroom and angrily snatching a washcloth. I made sure the water was scalding hot before soaking the washcloth, ringing it out before moving back to Riku.

"Shirt off. Now."

"If you insist."

He didn't even wince as he pulled the tank top off in one fluid motion. I ignored his attempt to flirt, sitting beside him and turning so that I could tend to his wounds. The moment I touched his arm, he hissed and sucked in his breath sharply, immediately jerking it away from me.

"Riku Kage, so help me, I will break up with you if you do not sit still."

Riku's face may not have shown it, but his eyes showed fear from my threat as he reluctantly held his arm out to me. I grabbed his wrist for good measure, pressing the washcloth to his skin and wiping it clean. He didn't speak, only wincing and hissing slightly with every movement.

"You're lucky these aren't deep."

"He barely grazed me."

"Still, a graze that almost required stitches," I muttered, finishing wrapping his arm in the bandages. "Riku, you're a prefect — that doesn't mean you should risk almost dying."

"It's my job to protect the students, Rayne."

"And yourself."

I looked up at him, trying to fight back the rush of emotions I was feeling. I hated the fact that Riku was hurt — even worse, I hated the fact that he didn't seem to care much about himself.

"Hey, I'm okay. Please don't cry."

Riku cupped my cheek in his hand, thumb brushing away the tear that dared escape before I closed my eyes and gently pressed his hand to my cheek. After a few seconds, I dared open my eyes again.

"I don't want to lose you, silly."

"You won't."

I pulled away from his touch now, moving to head back to the bathroom and rinse out the blood from the washcloth. Once the water was no longer pink, I returned back to him, this time getting on my knees so that I was eye-level with his abdomen. His torso was cut just like his arm, three long gashes that were deep enough to hurt, but not deep enough that they needed stitches thankfully. And even though one of his best friends could heal him in an instant, Riku would refuse to swallow his pride and not let Kairi heal him. He wore his battle scars with pride.

Stupid boys and their testosterone.

He winced some more, idly playing with my ponytail and wrapping the raven strands around his fingers while I treated his wounds and wrapped his abdomen. When I was finished, I looked up at him, about to pull back and stand up when Riku suddenly pressed his hand to the back of my head and leaned down to press his lips to mine. I felt my cheeks warm, but my lips were quick to respond to his. He kissed me for what felt like a full minute before slowly pulling away.

"Thank you."

I felt my blush worsen as I bit my lower lip.

"What are you thanking me for?"

"For caring about me. For thinking I'm worth saving."

I laughed a little, turning to put everything back in the first-aid kit.

"Of course you are, silly. You mean the world to me."

Riku was quiet now — unnervingly so. Once my hands closed the kit, I looked up at him. He was staring at me in a way I'd never really seen him look at me before. We had known each other our whole lives — we had even been shipped off to this three-ringed hellish circus together long before my brothers were. But even then, Riku had never really noticed me until we were teenagers — at least, that's what I had thought.

Until he confessed to me that he liked me and wanted me to be his girlfriend, something I had daydreamed about since he had first given Ziggy to me and I had fallen for him.

"What?" I dared to ask, laughing nervously as I scratched at my cheek.

Still, those aqua orbs were locked on me.

"C'mon, Riku. Say something."

"I love you."

I felt my heart stutter at those words — words Riku and I had never said to each other before. A second later, he jolted a bit and his cheeks turned pink as he rubbed at his neck and looked away from me.

"I should walk you back to your room now."

"O-Okay," I quickly focused on coaxing Ziggy out from under the bed. Once he was in my arms, I climbed to my feet and hugged Ziggy close, hiding my blushing face against the back of Ziggy's head.

We walked in silence through the corridors, leading me back to my room. Naminé and Saïx were long gone as we stepped over the remnants of destruction in the common room. I had no idea what had happened to Axel — or even if Adam had been subdued or not. I was hoping that Sora was okay. When we finally reached my room, I hesitated as I locked eyes with Riku again.

"Hey… Riku?"

"Hm?"

I bit my lip before standing up on tiptoe, grabbing the front of his shirt and tugging him down enough so that I could kiss him. When I pulled back, Riku's face was bright pink and he looked stunned — mainly because he always had to be the one to initiate affection between us, since I was shy. I swallowed hard before I managed to whisper the words that had been dancing on the tip of my tongue for years.

"I love you,"

Then, I was running into my room and slamming the door in his face.


A/N: Gwaaaaah, I ship it so hard! Thank you so very much Is Og Ild for letting me play in your universe! This takes place in Chapter 9 of "Svarog" during the Beast's rampage. I loved being able to come up with Rayne's perspective on things. It was super fun! Also the Rayku fluff. *fans self* Please review!

~Daughter of Kyne