AN: Sora/Kairi, and a jealous Axel. Prompt number 41 - "I want to hold you like your boyfriend does".

I know that the two of us will never be together. If you believe in destiny, which I do after everything we've been through, then you and he were forever destined to fall in love. I'm not bitter about it, but I can't help being jealous of him.

We can hug, as friends do, but it isn't what I really want. If you search your heart, you'll know that. I want to hold you like your boyfriend does, kiss you on the mouth, everywhere, instead of just friendly pecks on the cheek. I want to know what you look like, undressed; I want to feel your skin on mine.

But I can't overrule destiny, so I enjoy what little I am allowed, forever hoping that one day, it'll be something more. I never told you, Kairi, and I never will say it out loud, but I'm in love with you.

As for Sora, he's damn lucky to have a woman like you, and I hope you remind him of that fact. If you don't, or he begins to take you for granted, then I'll always be here to remind him, or to be a shoulder to cry on. I hope, for his sake, that it never comes to that. We may be friends now, but I wouldn't hesitate to kick his arse if he ever puts so much as a toe out of line.

Because that's what friends are for, right?

AN: And what, indeed, would we do without our friends?