This is a Kingdom Hearts fan fiction. Based after Kingdom Hearts 2 but before 3D so beware of spoilers! This is by no means intended to be yaoi.

Sora was feeling down on this day. Kairi had decided to spend time with her female friends but that had happened before and he wasn't depressed. Riku was in the process of trying to figure out why.

Currently, he was lying down in the sand, with his hands behind his head, staring longingly into the distance.

"Sora?" Riku asked, approaching him. Apparently, he was so deep in thought that he hadn't heard him. Thinking creatively, Riku grabbed an abandoned beach ball and threw it directly at Sora. Once it hit impact on Sora's stomach and bounced off, the look of pure shock on Sora's face was enough to almost make Riku start chuckling. The shocked expression soon turned to one of annoyance as he tipped his head upwards and pouted at his best friend.

"Riku! You totally destroyed my train of thought!"

"And what exactly was that train of thought exactly?" Riku questioned, tipping his eyebrow up at him.

"Uhh... Nothing, nothing."

"Mmmhmm."

"Really, it's nothing!"

"Yeah, and I just got a haircut."

Sora sat up and studied Riku.

"Really? I don't see any differences..."

Apparently Sora still didn't understand sarcasm, Riku took a seat next to Sora.

"Okay, now really Sora, you aren't fooling me. What's bugging you?"

"...I'm just worried that... If something happened to you or Kairi, or any of my friends, I don't know what I'd do."

"What brought this on?"

Sora wasn't normally one to worry, he was always outgoing and optimistic. Had something happened?

"Nothing really, I just got to thinking about what happened and... I thought about the time when we thought Goofy was dead or the time you were injured by Xemnas..."

If his barely healed injuries were the cause of his good friend's worries, he'd understand. When he'd been injured, he was running on pure adrenaline and afterwards he had passed out. Poor Sora was scared senseless when he was out for a whole day. After he'd regained consciousness, mostly Sora had cared from him until he recovered.

Subconsciously, Riku brushed his hand against his stomach.

"You blame yourself for my injuries, don't you?"

"I can't help it, Riku... You were wounded protecting me."

"Sora, it's not your fault. Some opponents are just... powerful."

"Riku..."

"So, don't feel sorry for yourself. I'm fine, see."

Picking up the beach ball, he assaulted Sora with it again. Sora's face slowly changed into a grin and he threw the beach ball at Riku who caught it with ease.

"You'll have to try harder than that, Sora!" Riku smirked. Thus, the two began the competition of trying to hit each other with a beach ball.

Fin