Okay so after letting this sit on my computer for like...since the middle of my first story, I finally figured out a title for it. Oh yes, It's such an interesting title. Precarious can mean: dangerously lacking in security or stability. Burst in my story means: To come open or fly apart suddenly or violently, especially from internal pressure. Thank you for that. :D Okay so let's go to the disclaimer...

Disclaimer: This is the first chapter so it shall be formal. I do not own any of the characters or the game Kingdom Hearts. It belongs to Square and Disney.

Warning: My beta was being annoying while reading this and I didn't really re-read what I wrote. heh heh. ANd it's another AU. I sooo promise that when I think of a title for my non-AU Riku fic, I will get up the first chapter hehe. Oh yeah, and this starts in Sora's POV because I thought I was going to write it like that, but I remember I wanted to try Riku. So, if this is a Riku-centric fic... and we remember what the title means... I wonder what's going to happen? x)


Today was the day I was going to go to Japan for about the billionth time. I don't get how I was able to stand it, but I guess when Kairi is on the other side of the world, I gotta visit her the same amount of times she comes over here. At least it's free, being that she's probably richer than Bill Gates for reasons I don't know. What exactly do her parents do?

I kicked my legs back and forth under the bench as I sat waiting for the bus. Kairi had told me that one of her friends would come this time to make sure I didn't get lost on the way in the airport again. I swear, the signs in the airport are all wrong, it wasn't my fault. I felt kind of excited to meet someone born and raised in Japan, Kairi was born here and then her parents moved half way around the world and she had to follow. Although, I had meet plenty of other foreign exchange students, but most of the time they would be scared away by Leon with his Mr. Sunshine attitude towards everyone. Cloud has numerously asked him to stop scowling at everyone who asked him for directions but he would always receive a grunt in return. From what Kairi told me, Leon and Cloud had already gotten to Japan for our little reunion of the gang. Of course, I knew that even if I had asked, Leon and Cloud wouldn't have let me come with them, and neither did I want to. All that makey outy stuff made me gag.

The bus finally pulled up in front of me and I heard the bus driver say a polite goodbye and then this guy came off the bus. He had this silver hair that was perfectly cut just a little lower than his shoulders, and he had on these baggy jeans with lots of belts and chains on it. He wore a sweater that was about two sizes too big for him with the guy from the Crow on it. It said "They're all dead. They just don't know it yet." He had on black eye liner and fingerless gloves. I guess he must have had some contact with American kids; I don't know if there are really 'gothic' Japanese kids.

"Sora?" I looked up at him. Wow, that must be the hottest accent in the world.

"Yes?" I answered and I stood up to shake his hand. Wait, the Japanese people bow, right. I made some umming sounds and I started to try to figure out how to bow, Kairi told me something about how you were supposed to bow a certain way... or something... this was a part of the phone conversation I wasn't listening to because my character was dying in World of Warcraft and I needed to yell at my team for not healing me.

"It's okay." He smiled and he stuck out his hand as I had originally done.

"Okay!" I grinned, relieved, and shook his hand. "What's your name dude?" I asked as I stepped back. He looked like he was thinking and then answered with 'Riku.' That is one sexy name.

"So, Riku, ready to go back on a plane to get me safe and sound to Japan?" I grinned.

"Yeah, do you have your things?" He asked. What's with this polite stuff?

"Yeah, but dude, lighten up a bit. This is America now, you don't have to be all nice and stuff." He just smirked at me.

"Good. Kairi asked me to be nice to ya, and I was planning on it if you were some nerdy American boy. But I guess I was wrong about the nerdy part," he answered and he looked me up and down. Yeah, I wasn't nerdy, I had muscles!

"Dead wrong." I smirked back at him. I wonder if there was any muscle under all that fluff of clothes. "Well let's go!"


POV change to... I wonder who? x
I didn't think Sora would be a guy. Kairi never told me that, she just said to pick up her friend Sora at the bus stop. So I thought it would be easy then, taking someone to see her since I am gay. But a guy, that's another story. That made my 'problem' worse, because I knew that he was Kairi's boyfriend.

We got in the taxi that Sora had called to take us to the airport because the bus wouldn't have come back for another hour. He got in the taxi first before I could, making him just out of my eyesight as he sat to the left of me. I tried not to seem strange as I twisted so I sat with my body facing him, sideways on the seat. He gave me a wide look and I felt the 20 questions coming.

"So, why are you so American like?" He asked as he glanced at me from the corner of his eye and then back to looking forward.

"My dad is American. I learned English and came to America often when I was little." I answered. He nodded his head and he brought his arm up to stretch his hands up, placing his palms on the top of the taxi before letting them fall. He did have very well toned muscles hidden under that loose white T-shirt of his. He had on casual khaki shorts and regular sneakers. I felt his eyes land on me as he realized I was looking him over again and turned my face to the right. The car ride was in silence. I didn't want to talk and I guess he was just anxious to get on the plane and get to his girlfriend. I scowled and then felt really stupid because he was probably raising an eyebrow at me. Moron, he probably thinks your crazy now. I frowned at the little voice in my head and then mentally slapped myself for making more facial expressions to make myself look weird. Real smooth stupid. Shut up, I told the little face and I heard the laughing in my head but it went away.

The taxi stopped and I realized we were at the airport, and it was hailing and snowing outside. Weird, the weather man said it would be sunny today. Oh wait, since when are they ever right? I sighed and got out of the car and slammed the door shut. Sora had already gotten halfway to the doors of the airport with his luggage and I ran to catch up with him. When we got inside, the airport was crowded, and I felt the panic start to wave over me. I didn't like crowds, I didn't like tight spaces. I followed my way through the crowd, trying to kept up with Sora and keep my breathing even as so many people started to bump into me. He had stopped at a desk and as soon as I got there he turned around to talk to me.

"Walking too fast for you?" he grinned and I scowled.

"No," I took a deep breath to try to calm myself.

"So are you going to help me get around?" he asked and I felt my heart sink. I thought he knew this airport, so I had only spent time memorizing the one in Japan. I felt like a ton of weight just landed on my shoulders and I nodded, hoping that he would find what was needed and I didn't have to be blamed for it.

So we started to walk around the airport, and I looked from sign to sign, trying to recognize anything. Twice Sora told me that I was going the wrong way, making me sink deeper into my hole. Are you that blind? The voice snickered and I instantly snapped at it to stop bothering me but it kept going. Can you read that sign over there? Or is that too hard for you too? Sora's yelling at you again, he's giving you that look. Aggravating isn't it? I tried to block it out of my mind but it wasn't working. And then I lost Sora.

"Sora?" I turned to my right and couldn't see him. "Sora?" Something grabbed my shoulder and I tensed before turning all the way back to the left to see Sora giving me another look like I was mentally retarded or something.

"Are you leading me or what?" He asked in an annoyed tone and the voice laughed at me. I felt the air around me start to get tighter, and I panicked. My body felt like it was being crushed under a ton of weight and I froze like a deer in headlights.

"Riku?" I heard something distant say.

"I have to go to the bathroom." And then I ran as fast away from him as possible, and only found the restroom by the familiar sign above it.


I slid my glove carefully back onto my arms and then slid my sweater sleeve down. I stared at myself in the mirror and sighed. Lucky no one was in here.

"Riku!" The door slammed open to reveal a very angry looking Sora. Shit. Making more problems it seems? I felt like it would happen again but Sora's face softened a little for a reason I didn't understand. He sees your pitiful expression, he feels bad that you're so pathetic.

"Are you okay?" He asked, walking towards me. I took a step back automatically and he stopped walking. I nodded slightly, but he still had the same face on.

"The planes can't take off because of the blizzard. They can't see anything and the hail is too much." He paused as if I knew what that meant. "We can't go today. We should head back to my house." Then he chuckled. "Or attempt to get back to my house." I forced a fake smile and nodded. Silly boy, where's your luggage?

Shit." I said almost inaudibly but Sora heard me.

"My luggage."

"Oh, I have it." He said and I saw that he indeed, was holding two suitcases. Haha, you can't even keep track of your luggage. I willed the voice to go away as I took my suitcase from him.

"Okay, let's go."


So... the voices in Riku's head... don't ask. And so... how do we like my lovely version of emo Riku? Hehe, I love him! I wanted to write a angst filled Riku fic because can't you see him being depressed? I mean he didn't even get to be in the FMV ending of Kingdom Hearts! Well, that and other things, but Riku has a reason for being depressed in my story. And so far what I got in my mind is a good reason. Funny how I decide to post this right after I watched the movie Manic... hmm...

By the time the non-AU riku fic gets out, KH2 will be out and it will be weird 'cause then we would all know what happens to him. Sigh. Oh well, I like chapter one of it so far.

As always, review and constructive critism! I hope this chapter turned otu like I wanted it to...but I doubt it did. Everything that seems so perfect in my mind falls to pieces when I write it.

So go Review, make me happy, and...go read some more RikuxSora fics, or the rare and elusive LeonxCloud ones lol.