A Missing Friend: Chapter 1
It was a cold, depressing day. As usual there was an ominous stillness in the air of The World That Never Was. It didn't matter though; Sora was used to such eerie peacefulness. Ever since that tragic day when he was separated from his friends….again. This sort of thing was trying on Sora's nerves, considering the fact that he had just found them not even a month ago.
Sora couldn't remember how he got here. There was this bright flash of white light and then he was unconscious. After he awoke he was laying outside of The World That Never Was. He figured he might as well have a look around, since he was there, and there was nothing else to do.
As Sora began walking up into The World That Never Was, painful memories began flowing into his mind. Even though the Organization had been destroyed he could still feel like they were lurking around. Maybe he was just paranoid, but considering where he was who could blame him?
Sora arrived in the Proof of Existence after long, grueling hours of stair climbing. He took a lot around a noticed that this was where the Organizations "graves" were placed. More painful memories of this place began flickering in front of him, but he cursed them out of his mind and started naming off the nobodies that caused him so much strife.
"Vexen, Lexaeus, Xaldin, Saix, Demyx, Luxord, Marluxia, Larxene, Xibar, Xemnas, Axel, and…"
Sora stopped in front of the broken tombstone and stared in resolution.
"Roxas"
Sora grabbed his chest and gave a sigh. The only nobody that actually survived, so to speak, was residing inside of him, his other half. An image of Axel flashed in front of Sora's eyes and a tear fell form his face.
"That's right, Axel was Roxa's friend…how could I forget." said Sora wiping the tear from his eye.
Axel was Roxa's only friend within the Organization and he gave his life to save Sora's. Besides Roxas, Axel was the only "good" member within that cursed group.
Sora decided to move on and try to forget about that place. He had too many memories of that place he didn't want.
Sora climbed the seemingly never-ending staircase to Naught's Approach. Over by some more stairs Sora saw something flapping in the breeze. It was Riku's old Organization coat.
Sora ran over and picked up the strange object and held it in his hands. It was Riku's al right. It even smelt like Riku. Sora was even surprised that he knew what Riku smelt like in the first place. He blushed and tried to shake the memories of him out of his head but it was no use. It pained Sora that Riku wasn't there with him. He wanted Riku there so badly, but what were the odds?
Sora started remembering his days on the island from his childhood. How Riku always liked to messed around with him, ruffling his hair and play fighting with him, but he always meant well by it.
Riku didn't know this but Sora actually liked Riku, as more than just a good friend, but Sora never really realized his true feelings until now. Before he left the island, Sora was questioning himself if he actually liked Riku or if it was just a phase, but now that Riku was gone he knew that he truly loved him.
In this was a problem, because if he told Riku the he actually loved him then he might risk Riku being insulted and ending their friendship between them. Sora could never risk that, so he kept his feelings a secret and tried to forget about what he felt towards Riku when he was around.
Sora held the coat in his hands, snapping back to reality. He held the coat close to him, pretending that it was Riku and cried into it. He couldn't help but cry after all of the emotional pain that he held in for so long and besides, who would see him?
It didn't matter though. There was nothing left to hope for. He was completely alone, no friends there to comfort him, no way back home, and no Riku there to snap him out of his sadness.
"Come on Sora, giving up already? I thought you were stronger than that?"
"What? Who was that?"
Sora looked up, with tears still in his eyes. Standing at the top of the stair-case was Riku, in all of his splendor.
"Riku!" yelled Sora as he ran up the stairs towards his secret lover.
"Hey, long time no…oomph"
Sora tackled Riku with a loving embrace as they both fell to the floor.
"Hey, easy dose it there Sora, that hurt" said Riku trying to relieve the pain in his butt from hitting the floor so hard.
Sora looked up into Riku's deep, green eyes with tears still gushing from his eyes.
"Riku, I thought I had lost you again. I thought I had lost you forever."
Sora buried his face in Riku's chest and began to sob uncontrollably.
Riku just laid there with a blank stare on his face. He didn't know what to think right now. He was also starting to get a little embarrassed, considering the position he and his friend were in.
The only thing he could think to do was comfort his sobbing friend. He ran his hand through Sora's brown hair and rubbed his back.
"Shhh…it's ok…I'm here now so there's nothing to be afraid of. Did you think that I would just leave you like this?" said Riku, still rubbing Sora's back.
Sora's eyes shot open.
"What did Riku just say? What did he mean by that?" Sora thought, trying to comprehend the situation he was in.
Either way, this was a dream come true. He was in the arms of the friend that he secretly loved and Riku didn't even care!
So, Sora just closed his eyes and absorbed the moment.
After about ten minutes of lying on the ground, Riku finally said something. "Come on Sora, let's keep moving. This place gives me the creeps and lying on this cold ground is giving me a rash."
Riku looked at Sora and gave a little laugh as he ruffled Sora's hair.
"But, I just found you again. I have so many questions to ask you and…"
Riku just put his finger to Sora's mouth and smiled.
"Don't worry; we have plenty of time to talk. Let's just go somewhere where it's a little more…comforting."
Sora just nodded and gave a little smile.
''Riku, I'm glad you're here." said Sora as he took Riku's hand.
Riku just nodded and they both climbed the stairs towards the Alter of Naught, hand in hand, together.
End of Chapter 1