Hey you guys and thanks for reading my first fanfic I've submitted to FF.net. First off I'll start by saying that I don't own Kingdom Hearts® (or Riku and Sora...darn..) and no matter how much I wish and pray that I did, sadly, I don't.

Kingdom Hearts® and all its characters that appear in this fanfic unless otherwise noted belong solely to its lovely and very talented creators, Squaresort...er, I mean Square-Enix® and Disney©.

Second, I'd like to say that I openly accept criticism...or at least most of it (oops I just contradicted myself.....). I'll accept negative ones as long as they don't go over the top (no flames, please). I'll admit that I do need to improve so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, really. I guess all that's left to say is that I hope you do review please I'd be veryvery happy if you did . Please enjoy.

A WARNING TO ALL YOU HOMOPHOBES OUT THERE: Very light shonen-ai/yaoi is featured in this chapter (it is featured throughout this entire fanfic just not as lightly) so er... look out or something even though it's nothing to worry about since I really don't see anything wrong with it at all (since there is nothing wrong with it.)

PG-13 for now and maybe R in later chapters.

[SoraXRiku][SoraXKairi]

Chapter One: In This Stone Confessional

 Sora deeply breathed in that smell he was so used to, the relaxing smell of the salty ocean. He gazed off into the sunrise. Its yellows, oranges, and shades of pink melded together along with the pale blue of the morning sky which was jeweled with seagulls that lazily called to eachother.

He sighed as he continued to swinging his legs back and forth as they dangled from the dock, his bare feet just barely avoiding the waves that came to continuously wash against the poles that supported the wooden structure.

'Was this day going to be as boring as any other day?' he thought silently to himself. 'Yeah.' He answered his own question.

The other kids wouldn't be there until about half and hour since he always came there early just to watch the sun rise and to have some time to himself. The soft wind's breeze lightly shifted the mocha brown spikes of hair to and fro. It was nice having some quiet time. It gave him time to think about the confessions of his best friends.

"Sora," Kairi's voice clearly rang out to him from his memories, "I...I like you...and maybe...I love you...as more than just a friend."

Sora had been acceptably surprised by this but not as surprised as he had been by this next event.

He remembered he was simply staying in cave known as the 'Secret Place,' that place where only he and his two best friends could venture into. He was running his hand along the stone walls of the cave when a sudden deep voice surprised him.

"Remember how when we were little and we always used to play here? You know, before Kairi came?"

"Of course I remember, Riku, we were and still are best friends. Hey listen, if this is about me spending a little more time with Kairi..." "Yes," Riku interrupted acidly, "It's about how I feel like shit when I see the two of you together. It's about how I long for the days when you and Kairi didn't have any feelings for eachother and we all hung out together, and gave eachother equal attention."

"Riku..."

"No Sora. Don't deny the feelings because I know they're there. And I know that no matter how hard I try, it will never be like it used to be. Sometimes I even..."

He trailed off.

"...I wish that Kairi never came to this island."

"Riku you know as well as I do that you don't mean that."

"But I do Sora...and...I came here knowing that it would just be us. This is probably the only time I'll ever be alone with you so..." He stared down at the ground.

"What is it Riku...?"

"..."

Riku felt his wrist getting tugged by warm hands.

"Ri..."

"I care about you more than Kairi EVER will!"

Sora released his grip as Riku's hand fell back to his side. Sora stood there, unsure about how to react as his friend started shaking.

"Yet you never paid attention to me whenever she appeared. Whenever the rumors about you guys liking eachother started passing around was when it all changed...and then... I found out that they weren't rumors at all..." Riku choked in a hurt voice.

Sora put his hand on Riku's arm to comfort him only to be shocked when it was swatted away.

"Save your pity, Sora. Just leave me alone!" he growled as he stormed out of the room and left Sora there, confused and alone.

"ARGH!!!!!!! I should've chased him down!!! SOOO STUPID!!!!" Sora shouted at the top of his lungs as he hit his head repeatedly with the palms of his hands.

Unbeknownst to him, his silver haired best friend stood behind him. His turquoise green eyes watching the boy stare off into the sun. Sora stretched his arms out behind his head as he joined his hands together.

He slowly let out an exaggerated yawn that showed how fatigue ridden he was. He then blinked and rubbed his sleepy eyes. Riku smiled. His friend was awfully cute when he did things like that...wait, cute? Riku was a little surprised with himself that he thought that about any boy especially Sora his best friend.

He rubbed the back of his head in slight embarrassment. 'I'll just go up and talk to him,' he thought to himself as he casually strode over to his brunette acquaintance. Sora had heard the loud 'klunk' of shoes behind him. He only knew of one other person other than himself that had shoes big enough to make that loud of a sound.

Sora slowly turned his head and flashed his wide, childlike smile at the other boy. "Hey Riku!"

This chapter was a bit boring but that's understandable since it's an intro I guess. The next few chapters a lot more will be happening so please keep reading! Please review !

Song featured in this chapter: an excerpt from 'Ocean Avenue' which belongs entirely to the band YELLOWCARD.

Songs are probably going to be popping up more frequently in this fanfic since many songs make me think about things that are going to happen in this story.

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