Chapter One

Jealousy

It all started when Riku woke up one morning, like any other day, and couldn't wait to see Sora. He found it weird. Sora was just his friend, yet why was he so eager to see him? He felt as though he were on a drug, like he needed Sora at the time, he was going through withdrawal. The more he tried to shake the feeling away, the more it bugged him.

He got up and walked around the room with nothing but underwear on. He passed the mirror and stopped to take a look at it. He was very muscular and had a good tan that went perfect with his face. He was typically a good looking guy. The only thing he never liked about himself was his hair, which shined with silver essence. He never liked it because he no one else on Destiny Islands had silver hair, he was the only one. Then his mind drifted over to Sora. He had once told Riku that silver hair was cool and that he wished he had it. Riku smiled at the thought, "He's always got my back, doesn't he?" he said to himself.

He stared a little longer at himself in the mirror and then he began to wonder what other people looked like in just their underwear. He thought about Kairi first, his other friend. She was under-developed and he thought that she probably would look like a little girl with just her underwear on. But she was pretty, so it probably wouldn't be that bad to look at.

He though of Selphie, another friend of his. Now she was a prize. A huge bust, a fabulous buttocks, what more couldn't there be to love? She was also very cute, with short hair and a big nose that actually looked good on her. But her face didn't quite go with her body. She looked more like a ten year old than fifteen.

Smiling, Riku thought up a game in his mind. Mentally he placed his friend's heads on other bodies. He thought of Kairi's body being switched with Selphie's, and vise versa. Normally this would make a boy drool and little "manhood" stick up. But this didn't help Riku. Usually he got an erection if he thought of girls. Well, not today. Today was different and he couldn't figure out why.

He took off his underwear and jumped into the shower, washing everywhere. When he was finished, another problem aroused. He didn't know what to wear. On a normal day he would have just picked something out and just wore it. But not today. Today wasn't normal. He had to make whatever he wore perfect. Especially if he was going to go see Sora. He didn't know why but he wanted to look good for him. When he finally settled on an outfit, he put it on and started out the door.

He spotted Sora and Kairi sitting on the island across the bridge. He wanted to skip down the bridge like a queer guy but thought about it and knew that he shouldn't. Riku was always the calm and collected type. Skipping down a bridge would be out of character. So he calmly walked down the bridge to Sora and Kairi.

"Why do you look so uptight?" Sora asked him upon seeing him, "More uptight than usual."

Riku shrugged, "Had a bad morning, I guess. So what's been going on since yesterday?"

Sora and Kairi looked at each other. Riku went hot in the face, seeing that there was something that went down that he didn't know about.

"What?" he asked, "What is it?"

"Well, we weren't going to tell you this until after Kairi came back from her trip, but..." Sora put his arm around Kairi, "We're a new couple, now."

Riku, although he shouldn't have been, was surprised. He always knew that Sora and Kairi liked each other but never did he think that one would ever have the courage to ask one another out. It just didn't seem quite right.

"So did you ask her out or did she ask you out?"

"Oh," Kairi said, "I asked him out," she looked at Sora, smiling. Sora smiled back, "I just felt it was the right time to. I mean, I've been putting it off for so long."

Riku nodded, "Oh?"

"Yeah," Sora said, "And if she hadn't have done it I'm sure I would have," he stroked Kairi's chin, "I think we were meant to be."

They stared into each other's eyes. Riku began to clench his fists as he began to feel a new emotion run through him. An emotion so new to him, he didn't even recognize it.

"Wait," he said, "You said you weren't going to tell me until after Kairi came back from a trip. What do you mean, a trip?"

"I'm going away with Selphie for a while to Hollow Bastion," she said, "We're getting a ride there and I won't be back until next week. I'm leaving today, you know. I'm actually only here to say goodbye."

Riku nodded, "Ok...then, goodbye."

Kairi looked at him, concerned, "You ok? You look like you're sad."

"Not sad. It's something else."

"What?"

Riku looked down, "I don't know."

She looked at him longer and then smiled, "Well, don't look so down, I'll be back," she wrapped her arms around him in a hug, "I'll see you next week."

Riku barely hugged her back. For some reason he didn't even want to touch Kairi.

"I'll walk you to Selphie's house," said Sora and he grabbed her hand and started walking, "I'll be back, Riku," he said over his shoulder.

Riku sat down on the ground, watching the two new couple walk across the bridge, smiling and laughing together. He watched with anger as they reached Selphie's house. Then, without any warning at all, they dipped into a kiss. Riku's eyes went wide as he watched the kiss. He had heard before that a kiss you experience seems like it lasts forever. But watching the kiss seemed forever as well. He knitted his eyebrows, suddenly knowing what emotion he was feeling.

It was jealousy, though he didn't know why.