Talking to Strangers

Summary: Destiny had something in store for Riku, but that slightly changed as he got in the way of Destiny's plans by starting a fight with Sora. Riku is still completely clueless, while there are three angels on their way to help Riku to restore Destiny's ways on the Islands. Riku x Sora

Disclaimer: I do not own Riku, Sora and the rest of the Kingdom Hearts crew. I, however, DO own Nia, Elvira, Elly and Evi. They are MINE and only MINE! xD

-Elly Yuki

Chappy 1: 'So we meet again'

Suddenly a loud thud echoed over the deserted beach of Destiny Island, due to the ungodly hour that Riku chose to go for a walk on the beach. Riku slowly stood up wiping all the sand off his clothes; white birds were flying over the beach looking for their breakfast while he couldn't help but sweatdrop at the growling sound coming from his stomach.

/Looks like I'm hungry… Better go back home before my mom sends the police after me… Maybe after breakfast I can stop at Sora's house… I hope he forgives me for getting angry with him on my birthday party last month… / Riku shuddered and shook his worries off while he assured himself that there was nothing to worry about and that everything would be fine after he apologised himself to Sora.

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"Honey! Wake up! You'll be late on your first day of school!"

Sora slowly opened his eyes.

/That's right… Vacation's over and school's starting today… No more hiding form Riku anymore…/ Sora moaned as he turned on his other side, facing a wall and curled up in a little ball, while pulling the sheets over his head. He really wasn't feeling like going to school anymore… Going to school meant that he had to face his 'best friend', while he was doing great in avoiding him for a whole month, now thanks to that damned school he would see his friend again… Well if he was going to see him anyway, might as well try to avoid him a little longer by getting up and going to school earlier without Kairi and Riku like his daily ritual was last year…

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Riku hurried downstairs with his schoolbag swinging from behind, almost tripping over his own feet and the carpet as the bell rang.

"I'll get it!" Riku swung the door open to be greeted by a grinning Kairi.

"Did you take your happy pills yet?" Kairi asked at Riku who looked at her like he just forcefully ate an union.

"Not quite yet… Good morning to you too Kairi…" Riku answered his female friend as he strolled back into the kitchen while dragging his bag on the floor, leaving torn off bits of it behind him.

"Honey, eat some toast before you leave…" Riku's mom mumbled. Riku tried to make eye contact, but his mom was determined that her sandwich was more interesting then her own son. Riku gave up and grunted as he turned on his heels, walked out of the driveway, while leaving Kairi as his friend tried to keep up with him.

"Riku! Wait!"

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"Honey! You'll b-" Sora just ran off the stairs as his mother wanted to yell him out of bed again and she shrugged as she went back into the kitchen.

"Eat something before you go." She said from in the kitchen, Sora had his hand on the doorknob and wrenched the old front door open as he yelled back.

"Mom! I'll skip breakfast! I'm gonna be late for school!"

/Surely not…/ Sora added to his sentence in his mind, but already closed the door behind him as he went outside.

"That's okay honey, but at least wait…" His mother went into the hall and stared at the place where her son stood only a few seconds ago.

"…For your friends?"

What's wrong with my son? He normally never acts this way and I haven't seen Riku in a while… She went back into the kitchen when, suddenly, the bell rang and she went back thinking 'That'll be my son, because he forgot his lunch', only to be greeted by an absentminded Riku and Kairi, who was grinning like mad at the time.

"Miss, is Sora ready?" Kairi asked cautiously after seeing the woman frown and opening the door so they could come in.

"No, hun. He just left…" Sora's mother answered the teenage girl, while Riku finally looked at the woman wide eyed.

"Pardon me?" Kairi said politely thinking she, maybe, misunderstood her.

"He left without eating breakfast… He even forgot his lunch! Kairi, tell me, what is so terrible that my son needs to forget his lunch?" The troubled lady looked up just in time to see Riku's schoolbag disappear behind the corner.

"Riku! Wait for me!" Kairi yelled after him, but Riku was gone already.

"Sorry, ma'am, but they had a quarrel and Sora is avoiding Riku…"

"I think I can guess the rest, go after him. Oh and deliver Sora's lunch to him." Sora's mom smiled kindly at Kairi, Kairi nodded, took the lunchbox, greeted her and ran after her friend.

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Sora ran as fast as he could, knowing that his friend could run faster then him. Much faster…

"Hold it right there, Sora! We need to talk!"

"Since when do I have to do what you say, Riku? I haven't forgotten you know!"

Riku made a sprint and caught up with Sora. He stopped Sora and pushed him against a wall.

"I couldn't do anything about it. It just came out! I didn't mean anything of it."

Riku hissed the last words through his teeth while shaking Sora slightly so he'd understand that Riku desperately wanted him back. He let Sora go, took a step backwards and looked down sadly. He noticed someone coming their way in the corner of his eye. When he straightened himself he could identify Kairi's little figure coming closer. Riku quickly took Sora's hand, led him in a small alleyway close by and pushed Sora in a corner so he couldn't go away. Sora tried to break free from Riku's grasp and wanted to scream for Kairi, but Riku noticed and quickly put his hand on Sora's mouth so he couldn't cry for help anymore. He waited until Kairi ran past the alley before taking his hand from Sora's mouth and giving him some breathing space. Riku leaned against the wall at Sora's right. Sora looked at his friend and cocked his head backwards before frowning and starting to talk to the person next him who was looking somewhere in space lost in his thoughts.

"We'll be late for school you know…"

"I don't care 'bout that… We still need to talk and I'm not letting you go before we had a talk…"

"…"

"…"

"Kairi broke up with me…"

"Wha-!"

Riku suddenly shot up and looked down at Sora, utterly confused.

"What? How? Why? When?"

"It was your fault."

Sora looked accusingly and daringly in Riku's eyes. If looks could kill… Right now Sora only wanted Riku to feel guilty, very guilty. He wanted him to pay and suffer, until Riku would understand how much pain he caused him.

Riku didn't dare to look in Sora's eyes anymore. It hurt him.

"But… I- I didn't mean it… I didn't want to get angry… I didn't mean it."

"Should've told her that, then." Sora spat back.

Riku slowly sat back down on the ground with his hands on his head, he pushed his head onto his knees and he curled up into a little ball.
Somehow, Sora's anger dissipated, just a little. He wasn't one to hold grudges, but this time Riku screwed things up, big time.
Riku felt Sora moving until he was in front of him and sat down too. He wished now he hadn't yelled at them. He wished it wasn't like that. He wished he never found them kissing in their tree house. He wished… It wouldn't have hurt him to see his two best friends kissing…

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'Kairi, should we be doing this? I mean… It's Riku's birthday after all…'

'Oh, Sora! Don't be such a wimp! He won't notice…'

Kairi dragged Sora into their tree house and lighted a candle or two.

'Now…'

She pushed herself against him. Their lips met and Sora gave in.

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'Ne, Leon, Cloud? Do you guys know where Kairi and Sora went? I can't find them anywhere…'

'Ah, Riku! I think they went to Sora's house. They probably forgot something.'

Cloud shrugged and smiled at Riku. Riku nodded.

'Ok. I'll go look. They're gone for quite a while now. I hope nothing happened…'

Riku slowly walked off in the direction of Sora's house. He heard someone trying to catch up with him and he turned around to see who it was. It was Nia, his friend. Though she didn't like Kairi and they always had fights, Riku only saw this girl when they had projects in class. He and Nia were in the same class, Sora and Kairi in another.

'Riku! Wait! I want to ask you something!'

Riku stopped and Nia stood in front of him panting.

'What?'

'I was only wondering…I-if you'd like to go out with me… Sometime…'

Nia looked down nervously, while toying with the hem of her top. Riku nodded.

'Sure, why wouldn't I?'

Riku smiled gently as Nia's head shot back up and looked at him.

'As a… Date?'

Riku frowned. He didn't feel anything that strong for her. She was more of a… smaller sister.

'A date? I'm sorry, Nia…' He said while putting his hand on her shoulder.

'But I'm already in love with someone.' He blurted out. Now, why would he say that?

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Sora and Kairi broke their kiss in need of oxygen. Kairi smiled and kissed Sora again while trying to undress him. Sora pushed her off of him and looked down.

'No Kairi… This just doesn't feel right to me… We should go back before Riku notices we're gone…'

He tried to leave the tree house, but Kairi stopped him.

'I told you not to worry, didn't I?'

She moved closer to him and he backed away until Kairi cornered him.

'Kairi stop… He'll come looking for us…'

Kairi made a hushing noise trying to calm Sora down.

'He won't know we're here… Unless someone saw us coming here.'

'I bet Leon and Cloud did…'

'Sora… I don't want to go there. I want to stay here with you.'

Kairi's lips crushed into Sora's. Sora stopped trying to do something about it. When Kairi got something into her mind nothing would stop her. The hormones only made it worse…

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Sora's house came into view and Riku saw the light in their tree house. He smiled softly.

/Naughty people… Those childish teenagers.../

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"Why did Kairi break up with you? If she really loved you she wouldn't just break up with you, because a friend didn't agree with it, ne?"

Riku's voice was muffled because he was still curled up. Sora shifted into a more comfortable position, their knees touching barely.

"What did you say? I can't hear you…"

Riku looked up and nodded slightly before straightening his back against the wall.

"Why did Kairi break up with you in the first place? If she really loved you, she wouldn't just break up because of a mere friend started yelling, would she?"

Sora cocked his head again and smiled sadly.

"I don't think you know what pain your words caused her. Besides she was afraid that she would tear our friendship apart. After all we're friends since we were babies…"

"And then Kairi came in Junior High…"

"Those good old times…"

"Heh, you sound like my grandpa."

Sora laughed about what Riku just said, but not for long because Riku asked another question.

"When did she dump you?"

"The day after your birthday. And it's mean to put it that way… She didn't dump me, she just thought we weren't meant to be together…"

"Sure…"

"Shouldn't we go to school, Riku?"

"Ah…"

"Come on. UP."

Sora took Riku's hand and dragged him up and off the dirty ground.

"Sora…"

"Yeah, Ri-ku?" Riku giggled because of Sora's antics.

"It's just... I can't explain. I really didn't want to yell at you and Kairi like that, but…"

"But what?"

Sora lifted his eyebrow and looked at Riku sceptically.

"Uhm… Let's go to school. We probably have detention for being terribly late now…"

Riku walked out of the alley hurriedly with Sora on his heels.

"Ne, Riku! Wait a second! Sheez…"

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A/N: I'm having problems with putting this story up, so don't worry if the story disappears suddenly, then comes back after a few minutes… Please tell me, what you think of my story!