On a cold morning in Destiny Islands, the sun, hidden behind the overcast weather, shouting over and over asking to shower its rays over the Islands with its warm embrace. Sora was sleeping soundly on the hot sand, the ocean water trickling past his feet. Riku was beside him, him too on the hot sand. Riku however, was awake during this time, thinking about...Someone...

"Ugh..." Riku said to himself, his eyes droopy and fatigued.

"What am I to do? I mean...What...am...I...to...do?" Tears started welling up in Riku's eyes, as he started getting emotional.

Riku had been going through some hard times lately. After fighting Ansem during the Chain of Memories, Riku had fallen into a deep depression. He felt, as if, he'd never find anyone who actually cared about him. Sora was his friend, he knew, however he wanted "love". Riku was very lonesome and he had nobody to vent to about it. However, he just went on about his business, strong, taking in every breath he could.

Riku had mixed feelings about his best friend, Kairi. He knew for sure that Sora had fallen for Kairi, and that Kairi had fallen for Sora. This caused Riku to stay in his depressive state, his mind racing, searching, bellowing for someone to help him.

Riku wiped the tears from his eyes, sighing.

"I don't know...What I am supposed to do...This whole thing is...just...terrible." Riku whispered to himself, unsure of whether he had woken up Sora or not.

Riku looked over to Sora, his eyes squinting to overcome the glare from the sun that was just beginning to peek through the overcast weather.

"Hey, Riku...Is something wrong?" Sora asked, his eyes filled with an overrated amount of curiosity.

"Er, no Sora. I'm fine, thank you." Riku said to Sora, lying through his teeth.

"Oh, okay then! Was just curious." Sora replied.

The morning went on, and both the boys were sound asleep again after 10 minutes.

"Hey guys!" A voice shouted from the distance. It was Kairi.

"Hey Kairi!" Sora replied excitedly, finally woken from his slumber.

"Riku, you gonna say 'hi' to me?" Kairi asked Riku in a frustrated tone.

"Hey, Kairi." Riku replied, his heart dropping to his stomach as if he felt he ruined any of his "possible" chances.

"Geez, why don't you say 'hello' to me anymore Riku? I thought we were all friends." Kairi replied with slight sadness in her tone.

"Oh, I'm sorry Kairi, it's just that I've been going through some very rough times lately." Riku explained. His heart starting to race as he didn't know what Kairi's reaction might be.

"Riku, you never told me that." Sora said.

"Yea, sorry guys, it's just that with the way my emotions have been going, I've practically been to myself lately." Riku explained, frowning.

"Riku!" Both exclaimed, scaring Riku.

"We thought you were our friend! You should tell us these things! What, you don't care about us or something? Keeping your emotions hidden from us so you can be 'to yourself'? What a great friend you are!" Kairi exclaimed as she dashed away from Riku and Sora.

"Kairi wait!" Sora yelled, but Kairi was too angered to respond to him. Sora got up and ran after her, not bothering to say anything to Riku, leaving him behind and alone on the warm sand.

Riku broke down sobbing, not knowing what to think.

"Ahhh! What is wrong with me!? Why can't I treat my friends right!?" Riku punched his fist into the sand with all his might, his heart beating faster than drums could beat.

Exhausted, Riku fell right asleep, back on the warm sand. After shedding pints of tears, Riku had fallen asleep right on the spot where he punched the sand. As Riku's emotions were flowing through him, he simply did not care when he went to sleep if he'd wake up or not.

Sora and Kairi had vanished and were nowhere to be seen on the islands.

END

Chapter 1

I know this was a cliffhanger somewhat, but I didn't know when to stop. The next chapter will be up shortly. Please review and give advice if possible! Thank You!

-Ice