Hour after hour of battling heartless. I was next to the person I loved most in the world, so nothing could hurt me. Nothing could damage my heart's feelings at that moment, except the thought of him being torn away from me.

Riku.

The heartless were all gone. For now anyway. I remembered about the paopu that I still had. I remembered what happened only hours ago. I was torn away from some of my best friends. But I still had him. I still had Riku. We sat down next to each other. I rested my head on his shoulder. I was tired.

"You know, I still have that paopu fruit, and I'm getting kinda hungry," I stated. We looked at each other, and we smiled.

"Can we share?" he asked. I looked away and blushed. He kissed my cheek. "You know, Mikaila, sometimes you're just so cute."

I giggled and got the paopu out. I took a bite from one end. He took a bite from the other without even hesitating.

We just shared a paopu fruit. I couldn't believe it.

Then we took a bite at the same time. I smiled weakly. Then Riku took a bite, then I took a bite. Then Riku, then me. It tasted so good! It was the best thing I've ever tasted! And I was sharing it with Riku. That made it even better. Then, it was gone. I actually shared a whole paopu fruit with Riku. This was a dream, right? I had to be dreaming. It was literally a dream come true. I know it's just superstition, but now our destinies are intertwined. We'll remain in each other's lives, no matter what. That's just the way I wanted it to be. I wouldn't have it any other way. Me and Riku. Together forever. We got up and started to walk again. Where we were walking, I don't know. Just walking aimlessly I guess. Three more giant heartless came. I groaned.

The heartless weren't very difficult to beat, but they were a hassle. First, we attacked the one in the middle, together. It was gone pretty quickly. It didn't even have a chance to use one of its larger attacks. Then I moved to the one to the left, and he moved to the one to the right. Then they weren't defeated quickly, so they used some big attacks. Mine stuck its hand into the ground, and a large hole of darkness appeared around it. I knew this attack well. Right now, the weak spot of the heartless was it's hand, so that's where I attacked. Of course, at that point, Riku finished his and came over to help me. I attacked it a little more, and Riku made the final blow. The heartless damaged my arm a little. I just remembered I ran out of potions.

"Damn," I muttered to myself. Riku gave me a potion. How come he never ran out of potions? Oh, that's right, he was holding them all. I used it and my arm healed. "Can I have some more? I just ran out."

"Okay," he said happily, giving me five more. Riku sat down, so I sat down, too. I rested my head on his shoulder again.

"I could spend the rest of my life right here with you. I love you so much, Riku," I said.

"You really do?"

"I really do." He stood up. He helped me up. Then he pulled me into a hug. He was squeezing me hard, but I liked it. I knew he wasn't trying to, he just kind of did. He wanted to hug me that much, I guess. I leaned a little bit into him. Our lips touched, then locked. I put my arms around his back. He put his arms around my back. I worshipped this moment. He didn't pull away. Neither did I. We just, well, kissed for a long time. I finally pulled apart. I needed a little air. I still stayed in his arms though. He pulled me into his chest. We hugged for the longest time.

"I love you," he whispered.

"I love you," I whispered back.

I truly loved him.

"Riku?"

"Yeah?"

"I'm tired."

"Here," he said, lying down on the ground, "you can lay on my stomach, like a pillow, if it helps you rest a little." I smiled. He was so sweet. I sat down and layed back on his stomach. He smiled and ran his fingers through my hair.

"When you walk away, you don't hear me say, "Please, oh baby, don't go." Simple and clean is that way that you're making me feel tonight. It's hard to let it go. Hold me. Whatever lies beyond this morning is a little later on. Regardless of warnings, the future doesn't scare me at all. Nothing's like before," I sang. I sang and sang. It seemed to help him go to sleep. It helped me go to sleep. He closed his eyes.

"Good night, my sweet Hikari," I whispered. I fell asleep.

This was the beginning of a long journey.

Just the two of us.

That's the only way I wanted it.

I got my wish.