A/N: I (sadly) don't own any characters, movies, or games mentioned in this fanfiction. Only the plot :3
I've learned that you don't easily find something you're looking for. You come across it by accident. A mistake. Like that homework from two years ago you found while cleaning your room. Like the sock that was hidden in the back of your closet the whole time it was missing. Like love. The kind of love that can't be broken. I accidently found love about five years ago when I was 16.
It was a bright and sunny day, normal weather for Destiny Islands, when Sora and I got back. I watched as Sora and Kairi hugged. I was happy for them, I guess, but I was also a bit jealous. They had each other. Who did I have? Selphie? Wait. No. Ew. Why would I date Selphie? Anyways, I wished there was someone there for me.
"We should celebrate!" My thoughts were interrupted by the always annoying Kairi (It's not that I don't HATE Kairi, I just...well...didn't like her). "Who's up for some sea-salt ice cream?"
"Me!" Sora said, hyper as always. "Riku?"
"Yeah, sure," I answered, faking a smile.
We got our ice cream from the mainland, and went back out to the island to sit at our usual spot, the Paopu tree. We talked about the past year, and how things have changed since the island was taken by darkness. Since I was taken by darkness. I didn't exactly enjoy talking about the things I've done wrong, but who would? It's not like people are proud of the bad they've done. Well, anyways, when the sun was setting and it was getting dark, we took our boats back to the mainland to go home. Sora, of course, almost fell out of his boat. "Jeez, Sora! Don't kill yourself!" I teased.
"What? It's not like I meant to almost tip my boat," he tried to defend himself. Emphasis on the tried. He might've saved the Worlds twice, but he was still a wimp nonetheless. I laughed at him and he pouted. What a baby!
"Aww be nice to him, Riku," Kairi rudely interrupted, as always. I just ignored her. Not worth it.
When we got back to the mainland, Sora and I decided he would stay at my house. We planned to play video games, watch movies, and just goof off all night. Just like old times. We got to my house, and ran straight to the kitchen to stock-up on snacks. Of course. We didn't want to come out to the kitchen every time we got hungry. Typical us. Lazy best friends. We somehow managed to pick up all of the junk food, get to my room, and open the door without dropping anything. Oh yeah, we got skills. We dropped the snacks, which were sure to give us stomach aches when we were done eating them, and got to the video games. We played Mortal Kombat for a few hours (I won every time of course), some racing game Sora brought, and Guitar Hero. Since we hadn't played Guitar Hero for so long, we both kinda sucked at it, so we decided to switch to watching some movies. I let Sora pick first, and of course, he picked RENT. I should've known. It was his favorite movie and whenever he got a chance to watch it, he did.
When RENT was over, I picked a movie. I made sure to pick one that he really didn't like. "Oh come on, Riku!" Sora complained. "Why'd you have to pick Nightmare on Elm Street?"
"Because I know you hate it," I had an evil smile on my face when I replied, just to make him mad and freak him out. It was so fun to mess with him.
"Fine, but don't expect me to actually watch it."
"Why don't you like it? It's a great movie, and you act like your afraid of it. And if you are afraid, you're the only 15 year old I know that's scared."
"Well I am afraid. It's just a really freaky movie! Don't you dare tell anyone I'm scared unless you want a keyblade lodged up your-"
"Okay! Okay! I get it, Sora! I won't tell anyone as long as you keep your keyblade to yourself. Jeez, you're such a baby."
Sora just pouted and went over to where I kept the movies. "Can I pick again? Please?" And he gave me the most adorable puppy-dog eyes I've ever seen. But I had to say no.
I still can't believe I actually gave into him. What was I thinking? You know what movie he picked? Guess. Oh my gosh you suck at guessing games, I'm just going to tell you. He picked 'The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh'. You've got to be kidding me! I mean, how can you go from watching something as amazing as RENT, to something as corny as Winnie the Pooh? Apparently, Sora was really good at it. "Sora, why in the name of Kingdom Hearts are you going to watch Winnie the Pooh?" I asked him, quite loudly actually. "It's a kid's movie!"
"Because, Riku," he answered. "I like it and it's not at all scary. And besides, I miss Pooh Bear."
"Well my movie isn't scary either, and if you miss Pooh so much, just take your gummi ship to visit him."
"...Riku. He lives in a book. How exactly do I use a gummi ship to visit someone who lives in a book? And it's not even my gummi ship, it's Donald and Goofy's, and they left a long while ago. And your movie is too scary. It's a freakin' horror movie! How is that not scary?"
"Well I know a lot of horror movies that aren't scary."
"Too bad, you said I could pick and I picked Winnie the Pooh. Just watch it," he concluded the conversation and stuck his tongue out at me, and of course, I stuck my tongue right back out at him. I was a little surprised when all Sora did in reply was laugh.
"What? What's so funny?" I questioned.
"You still have blue on your tongue from the ice cream earlier."
"Oh?"
"Yeah, and your hair's a mess."
"WHAT?" I screamed as I started running to the bathroom to check my hair in the mirror.
(You probably don't know this, but when it comes to my hair, I'm a complete neat freak. I LOVE my hair, and when it's messy, I freak out. Okay, now that I've told you this, back to my flashback.)
So when I got to the mirror and saw how perfect my hair was, I was pretty angry with that devious little brunette sitting in my room, watching a kid movie, and dying of laughter. "SORA I'M GONNA KILL YOU NOW!" I ran to my bedroom as fast as I could, and tackled Sora.
"RIKU! Riku...can't...breathe."
"Serves you right you little monster!" I had him in a very tight head-lock. "You know, I'm feeling a bit generous today so I'll let you off with a warning."
When I let go of him, he immediately started trying to catch his breath. "Sorry man," I apologized. "But you did deserve it. You know how I am about my hair." His only reply was more laughing, and soon, we were both on the floor cracking up.
When we finally settled down, we both agreed on something to watch. We sat on my couch and started the movie.
About halfway into the movie, Sora fell asleep. So much for our 'Stay up all night' plan. Oh well. His head was leaning against my shoulder and I was thinking about whether or not i should wake him up. But he looked so peaceful when he was sleeping and if I woke him up, we was sure to get angry with me. "Oh well," I said quietly to myself. I got up and grabbed a pillow and blanket from my bed. I put the pillow under his head, threw the blanket over him, turned off the TV, and went to bed.
The next morning I woke up to the smell of smoke. "Sora?" No Sora. Where did he go? Then I heard something, no, someone. Someone screaming, "RIKU! RIKU HELP!"
I quickly realized it was Sora screaming my name. I jumped up and starting looking for him. "Sora? SORA? WHERE ARE YOU?"
I could barely hear his reply, but it was a good thing I could hear it at all, "Kitchen..."
Kitchen. Sora was in the kitchen. Why was he in the kitchen? Was he cooking? That would explain the smoke smell. I ran to the kitchen only to find that half of it was on fire. Oh great. "Sora! Hang on, I'll get you out of there!"
I frantically searched for something to use to put the fire out. Water? It might work, but sometimes it doesn't. I decided to try it anyways, anything to get my best friend out of a fire. I filled the biggest bowl I could find with water from the sink and threw it on the fire. The fire the water hit died down, but only for a couple seconds. Hmm... "Sora, stay calm, okay?" I said, trying to keep my voice as calm as I could to calm Sora down. "Don't panic. I'm going to throw water on the fire, and as soon as it dies down, you have to run out of the house as fast as possible, okay?"
"O-Okay."
"Okay. One. Two. THREE! RUN SORA!" I poured the water on three and Sora ran. He ran as fast as he could, and I wasn't far behind him.
We got out of the house and sat on the sidewalk in front of my house. "Sora? Are...are you okay?" I asked, out of breath.
"Yeah, I think. R-Riku?"
"Yeah?"
"Get a smoke alarm."
"Ha-ha, very funny," I said sarcastically. "Where exactly would I put it?"
"What do you mean?" Sora asked, clearly not seeing what was right in front of him.
"Look at the house," I replied, pointing toward my house, or rather, soon-to-be pile of ashes.
"Oh! I'm so sorry, Riku! I didn't mean to catch your house on fire! I just," Sora was in tears by now. "I just wanted to make you breakfast as a thank you for you helping me during the past year. I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!"
"Sora it's okay, don't cry! Please," I held him close to comfort him. "Sora, it'll be okay, I promise. I'll just find a new place to live. Goodness, Sora, will you stop crying for one second?"
"I'm sorry, Riku. Jeez, I must be such a horrible friend. First I annoy you by making you think your hair was a mess, and then I set your house on fire, then I make you angry by crying. Maybe I should stop hanging out with you…."
"No Sora. You're the best rind anyone could ever have. It's all okay. I forgive you or setting burning my house, all I ask is that you forgive me for all the trouble I caused you. I hurt you and let you down, but please stay my friend."
"Riku, I forgive you. I forgave you a long time ago. You should know by now that no matter what you do, I'll always forgive you. You're my best friend."
"Sora?"
"Yeah?"
"Thank you. Thank you so much."
And we sat there. Me holding Sora, Sora crying over my lost house, and my house in flames.
Somehow, while sitting there on the sidewalk watching my house burn, I fell in love.
Awwww...such a cute ending, huh? :D
