Summary – All Riku wants to do is catch Kairi under the mistletoe, and of course, Sora's right there to help him out. --Sora x Riku, plus others--
Disclaimer – I'm supposed to be getting KH2 for Christmas, but other than that, I don't own/will own nothing.
Author's Note – This was going to be a one-shot, but I decided to put it into parts. Hopefully, this will help you all get in the mood.

…for Christmas! Jeez.

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Snowflakes
By: Her Tears Of Darkness

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PART I

"…Liton High School, Luxford Middle School…"

Namine listened in anticipation as the announcer guy named the all schools closed today because of the 12 inches of snow outside her window.

"…Middleton High School, Mils High School…"

"Come on, come on, come on…" She chanted.

"…Nixon Middle School, North Sky High School…"

"Yes!" Namine hopped off her bed, causing her radio to fall in the process, and ran into the room neighboring her own, the room of her older brother. She leaped onto the lump in the middle of the bed and shook it violently.

"Riku! Riku! Guess what! Guess what!"

"What?" A very annoyed and muffled voice asked.

"It's a snow day!" Namine stopped shaking, stood up and starting jumping on the bed.

God. Riku thought. For a 14-year-old, she's way too hyper for her own good.

Riku sat up and grabbed Namine's legs, causing her to fall hard on the bed. He hovered over her and with one hand, pinned her arms down so she couldn't go anywhere, and with the other hand, cover her mouth so she couldn't scream.

"Now Namine, when I let go, you will calmly get off my bed and out of my room and never ever ever do what just did EVER again."

She answered in a small nod.

Riku got off the squirming blonde, and watched her, terrified, as she ran out of the room.

Riku fell back on his pillow with a sigh. He was not a morning person at all. Especially when he could be just sleeping the rest of the morning away because of the snow day.

To his extreme disappointment, he realized that he could not go back to sleep now, so he got up, grabbed a towel and headed to the shower.

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"Man, don't you ever get any sleep?" Riku asked his long-time-best-friend Leon, whom he called after he showered. Leon was always up earlier than the sun, which freaked Riku out a lot. Come on, what person doesn't sleep 'till noon on non-school days?

Well, he currently wasn't, but at least he had a reason. Leon was just…weird.

"Wasn't tired. Besides, I got to watch the snow fall."

Riku rolled his eyes. Yes, that really sounded exciting. "Whatever. Whatcha planning on doing today?"

"I don't know. I don't really feel like doing anything."

"Yeah, me neither…"

"Except go to the 'skate rink'."

Riku smirked. No, going to the 'skate rink' wasn't anything sexual. (Although that is a nice thought) No, no, it was the place that held the love of his life: a beautiful red-haired, amazing girl.

Kairi.

"Wait, wouldn't it be closed 'cause of the snow?"

"Oh yeah… I guess it would."

Riku decided to change the subject. "Yeah, well, enough about that. What about Cloud?"

Leon was silent.

"Leon? Hey, you still there?"

"Cloud's gone. He's never coming back."

Huh? Riku thought. "What are you talking about?"

"His mom walked in on us…well, you know…and she didn't really react the way we would have wanted her to."

Riku shuddered thinking about how far in their…er…activities they had gotten when his mom walked in. Riku's mom would never be able to look at him the same way again if he was ever caught in bed with a boy. Not that it would ever happen. He was way too straight for that.

He was in love with a girl for heaven's sake!

"So, what did she do?" He asked, dreading the answer.

"Well basically, she locked him inside his room and will not let him out until he's...un-gayed."

"That… sucks." Riku said. Leon just sighed.

Riku had first found out Leon was gay about the same way Leon's mom had. He was very depressed when his first girlfriend, Selphie, said she didn't feel as if he 'loved' her enough and thus, broke up with him on their 3 month anniversary. After sulking a bit, he'd gone over to Leon's house, feeling guilty about not paying much attention to their friendship and wanting to patch things up; only to find 2 sweaty, shirtless guys making out on Leon's bed.

After the initial shock and embarrassment, Riku apologized and ran out of the house like his pants were on fire.

But of course, he called his best friend the next day because of that reason, they were best friends. And, if it made Leon happy (which he rarely was before Cloud), then why not?

Cloud's mom was obviously not as eager to accept as Riku had been. But she'd come around after a while, right?

"Why don't you just go get him?" Riku said after a while.

"You mean like kidnap him?"

"Well, yeah. I mean, if you love him…"

"Riku?"

"Yeah?"

"You're a genius."

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Sora placed the bright, silver star on top of the tall, green Christmas tree. He beamed with pleasure as his mom and his best friend Kairi (who'd come over 'cause of the snow day) applauded him.

"Bravo! Bravo Sora!"

Sora stepped down and took a bow.

"Thank you, thank you. It was nothing really." He scratched the back of his head sheepishly.

Kairi walked up and gave Sora a soft kiss on the lips.

Sora frowned. "Kairi…"

"What? I just got caught in the moment, that's all."

"Aww, you two are so cute together." Sora's mom grinned.

Sora's frown deepened. "Mom…"

"Oh Sora, lighten up. It was just one little kiss."

"I guess…" Sora let it go for now.

Sora used to have the biggest crush on Kairi, all until the day he'd actually gotten up the courage to kiss her. What a mistake that had been. Let's just say it involved lots of awkwardness… and mouthwash.

But those days are over. Now, he and Kairi are just the best of friends. Nothing more. Nothing less.

Besides, Sora has a crush on someone a little different now…

"So, what do you want for Christmas Sora?" Kairi asked.

Riku. The name involuntarily entered his mind. Ever since he'd seen that wonderful, silver-haired, handsome guy that day, he couldn't seem to get him out of his thoughts.

Unfortunately, neither could Kairi.

Which was all fine and dandy, he guessed. Riku seemed way too straight anyway. He and Kairi would make a nice couple.

"Hello? Sora? I said, what do you want for Christmas?"

Sora just sighed.

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"Are you sure is this legal?" Riku asked as they exited Leon's 'getaway' car.

"Quit worrying so much. This was your idea, you know." Leon went into the back and opened the trunk.

"I didn't mean for you to actually kidnap him."

Leon grabbed the ladder as quietly as he could and placed it by Cloud's room's window. "Shh." He said to Riku.

Riku watched as Leon climbed up to the top and tapped very lightly on the window. He could only hope Cloud's mom wasn't somewhere nearby. What a mess that would be.

It didn't take long before the window opened, revealing Cloud's tear-jerked face.

Riku thought it looked cute. Only for a second.

Leon placed a quick kiss on his lips and whispered, "Get your stuff. I'm kidnapping you."

Cloud face suddenly got brighter and he ran back into his room.

Leon climbed back down the ladder and gave Riku a small hug.

"Thanks man."

Riku blushed for some reason and was thankful that it was dark enough to hide it.

"No problem."

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Sora went to meet Kairi at the front of the school that next day as he did everyday. But instead of seeing that familiar head of red hair, he saw a familiar head of blonde hair coming towards him.

"Hey Namine," he greeted her. "How was your snow day?"

"Boring. How about yours?"

"Well, we put up our Christmas tree finally. My mom had a day off too. She said 'There's no way in hell I'm driving in this' so she just stayed home."

"Huh. That's nice." Namine started heading off to her class.

"Wait. Namine?"

She turned back around. "Yeah?"

"How's…Riku?"

She smirked and titled her head to the side. "Why?"

"Just…wondering."

"Oh." She stared at him a moment. "You like him don't you?"

"N-no."

She grinned. "Yes you do. You like him!"

"No, no I don't!"

"Yes you do! Oh my gosh, wait till I tell him!"

"Wait! You can't tell him!"

She looked confused. "Why?"

"Because, Kairi likes him, and he probably likes Kairi too."

She frowned. "Well, I guess…"

Namine looked around and saw a recognizable green plant hanging above the doorway into the school. Her eyes lit up.

She grabbed Sora's hand. "Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh Sora! Guess what?"

He winced. "What?"

"I have the best idea ever!"

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Riku chuckled at the mass of teenage hopefuls standing under the mistletoe waiting to get kissed by someone.

He decided to enter the school through another door. He didn't really see Kairi anywhere anyway.

Not that he was looking for her.

Nope. Not at all.

"Ugh, can you believe this? How sad can you be?"

Riku looked to his side to see a very annoyed Roxas walking beside him. How he got there was a mystery.

He glanced in the direction he was looking and saw Tidus, his blitzball buddy, was now underneath the mistletoe trying to kiss every cute girl he saw.

Can you say 'desperate'?

"Yeah, don't pretend like you don't want to be there waiting for a certain blonde." Riku joked. He knew that Roxas had a crush on Riku's younger sister. It was quite disturbing to think about really.

Roxas blushed. "Yeah, well not as much as you for Kairi.

Riku grinned sheepishly.

"Hey, where's Leon?" Roxas asked.

"Um…" Riku scratched the back of his head. "I'm kinda not supposed to tell you…"

"Oh."

"Just don't expect him and Cloud to be in school the next few days."

"Oh ew."

"Not like that man! Jeez."

"Sorry."

Roxas headed toward his locker while Riku headed toward his. He saw out of the corner of his eye at the end of the hallway, Sora and Namine speaking in hushed tones.

He casually walked over, pretending to be interested in reading something on the bulletin board.

Roxas caught the words "skate rink" and "Saturday afternoon". He had also seen what looked like a hug between the two. He frowned.

What was Sora doing? Was Sora going out on a date with Namine? After he knew that Roxas saw her first?

Well, he could definitely not let that happen.

"Hey Riku," he called to his friend/partner-in-crime, "What are you doing Saturday?"

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Namine placed a hand over her mouth to keep from bursting out laughing. It had worked! She had known for a long time that Roxas had a crush on her and knew he couldn't resist it if he'd seen her getting all close to Sora. She'd also made sure that she'd spoke certain words louder than others to make it seem as if she was asking him out. He got jealous and asked Riku to drive him to the skate rink on Saturday, just as she predicted!

Then, on Saturday, Sora and Riku would both be at the skate rink, Sora would 'accidentally' catch Riku under the mistletoe there, and they would kiss and kiss and kiss and live happily ever after!! And, you know, if it didn't go as great as she though it would, Namine would just explain to him that she was getting him back for attacking her yesterday. It was damn near perfect.

She could just kiss herself.

She looked at the boy in front of her, who looked very much confused.

She sighed, and continued to explain her devilish plan to Sora.

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Author's Note – In Part II, Leon and Cloud have some alone time, and Riku tries to learn how to rollerblade… and to pay attention to who's under the mistletoe. Review or you'll never find out what happens!