A/N: I think there was a bit of a misunderstanding at the end of the first chapter that I noticed after posting it and reading a couple reviews. Xb You'll understand once you read the beginning of this chappie.

But anywayyy! Thank you SO MUCH to all my reviewers! 3 Much love and grace.

theCHELLE-STER- Thank you! n . n Sometimes I lay off in the funny, but I hope you keep reading! I'll try to keep it as humorous as possible.

CrystilizedHeart - Yay! I'm glad you liked your first. Don't worry, there'll be a few more shounen-ai occasions. Xb

The StarWatcher – Thanks for the kudos. If you like Riku's bluntness there's more to come. n .n

Kiwiri – Thank you! It'll be on and off. :b as the summary says, it's a love triangle so you'll see a lot of confusion between Sora, Riku, and Kairi. Which means more shounen-ai, but also more hetero love. (As you can tell I'm not using the word yaoi because I just really don't want people to get the wrong impression about this and think it's a lemon. Xb I've written those before, just none in this one.)

dark staranime – Thank you for your encouragement! This is actually REALLY fun to write. Lol. So there's a lot more to come. n . n

Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts, Square does…blah blah blah. You know the rest. Xb

Twenty minutes

"How dare you?" Dominant and recessive both turned at the fury that was Kairi, hovering over Riku's bright red cheek. To restate the obvious, the red was not caused by embarrassment, but by a very angry hand.

"Kairi...?" They both distantly asked in unison.

"Riku, for a guy that's had more than enough experience with girls, you are the worst. You're a jerk!"

Sora froze. A shiver ran up and down his back as he hoped to god Kairi hadn't seen what had just happened between him and Riku.

"Would youchill out, and tell me what's wrong?" Riku asked angrily, kneeling up.

"Don't give me crap!" Kairi screamed back. "What you just did to Selphie, who I might add, is also your childhood friend, was very cruel!"

Sora sighed in relief behind the scene of the fight.

Riku sneered. "Did she come crying to you?" He asked with a bit of disgust. His number one pet peeve was weak girls, and that had actually been part of the reason why he had broken up with Selphie in the first place.

"Yes she came crying to me! Taking it so lightly! Doing it so suddenly! Putting it so bluntly! All in front of Sora too! She was your friend before she became your girlfriend, you know?"

"I told her…!" Riku began while standing up "that I didn't want to break contact with her just because of the break up. I want to be friends with her. I'm just sick of her as a girlfriend!"

Sora could've sworn he saw Kairi's nostrils flare at the young man's last words, and he also stood up

"You're despicable! It's no wonder you can't keep a girl for more than a couple of weeks!"

Riku twitched. Oh no she didn't. Clenching his fists he got ready to whip out another bash at Kairi, this time planning it to be a direct insult towards her. "You're just a-!"

"Kairi…!" Sora called out, fading out Riku's sentence. Both sides of the argument looked at Sora impatiently, both sides also ready to bite his head off at anything that might go against them.

The brunette gulped. "It's alright…Riku will apologize to her."

"What-?"

"-Is she doing right now?" Sora finished for Riku with a fake smile; driving the argument into a more peaceful path. Kairi glared at her temporary nemesis and then turned to the pacifier. "She's at my house…trying to calm down."

"Alright, we'll go over there in a bit. Just let Riku collect his words first…we'll be there in twenty minutes at the most."

"Sora…" Riku began dangerously.

"Riku…" Sora began pleadingly. He sent the green eyes an expression that screamed out 'humor me'.

The angrier one of the two relented…for now.

"We'll be there soon." Sora assured with a smile towards Kairi. "Go and comfort her for now."

Her eyes shifted suspiciously.

"Have I ever lied to you?"

The serious question took Kairi aback for a second, and for lack of words, she simply smiled and nodded. "Alright." She glared at Riku. "Twenty minutes."

Sora waved and watched her walk away from the two boys quickly.

"What're you planning, Sora? Because so far, I'm not liking it." Riku threatened.

"You have a pen?"

"What?"

"A pen. Do you have one?"

Riku arched an eyebrow. "Yeah…why?"

"I don't know what you were thinking when you did that to me…." The brunette reached into one of his pant pockets and took out a small journal. "I don't even know what I was thinking when I let you do that to me." He flipped to the last few pages that had not been filled and ripped a couple. "But right now, Kairi's really pissed at you, and obviously so is Selphie. So I'm gonna try to focus on that, and ignore what just happened today." He shoved the papers on Riku's incredulous face. "We have less than twenty minutes left so we gotta hurry."

For the first time in a while, dominant stepped aside.

XXXXXX

"You really didn't have to yell at him…"

"Hey, he hurt you! He needs to be scolded once in a while anyway…we can't let his ego get to big, now can we?" Kairi joked with a grin.

Selphie smiled weakly from her friend's bed. Although her eyes weren't nearly as red as they had been half an hour ago, the skin all around them remained heavily swollen, taking away from the innocent loveliness in her face.

A loud buzz surprised both girls and signaled Kairi to sprint to the door to welcome the two that had managed to only be a couple minutes over time.

"Sorry we're late." Sora apologized with a goofy grin. Kairi smiled at him, glared at Riku, and let them both in.

The eldest one led the group in the small journey towards Kairi's room, but the second the door cracked open he halted dead in his tracks. Sora bumped into his back and readied himself to complain, however, he caught sight of the thing, or rather, person that had made his friend stop.

Swollen eyes. Flushed cheeks. Messy hair. Selphie's absolute cuteness was almost completely gone for the time being. The girl looked down, wrinkling her dress even further. If there was a time where Riku was close to "losing his cool", it was then.

The only girl in the trio of friends pushed her way into her room and took a seat near her broken hearted friend.

"Well guys…was twenty minutes enough?"

Riku was nudged on the ribs. He looked down at Sora and the boy nodded for him to step forward. Almost by default, the silver hair boy began to walk and put a piece of paper, which he had been holding, in front of Selphie. "For you."

Kairi looked at Sora quizzically and he mouthed out to her "You'll see."

The girl was too emotional to look up at her ex-boyfriend, but she nonetheless grabbed the letter from him with a shaky hand. She blinked a few times to clear up the mist in her eyes and read the message as quickly as she could. After every few seconds, the distress on her face lessened, until finally a tiny smile spread across her rosy lips. For the first time since the break up, she looked up at Riku. He, in response kneeled down in front of her and met her glance. "I'm sorry." He said in pure sincerity.

Sora's jaw literally fell and he had to shake his head to make sure he had heard right. Riku? Apologizing? Had hell frozen over? His eyes skidded over to Kairi who had the same, if not more extreme, expression on her face.

"It's okay" Selphie told him.

Silence overrode the room for a few moments…which was eventually overcome by awkwardness. The male brunette coughed to gain the attention of the crowd present.

"Well…since everything's okay now…how about we all go for a swim? The sea's been pretty mild lately, so we could stay until night."

Riku had to stifle a laugh. It was hard to believe a guy that had come up with an intelligent plan just half an hour ago had suddenly become so simple minded once again.

"Sorry, I can't" Kairi said bluntly, still a little surprise by the quick apology. "My parents wanted my home by the time they come back, which won't be long from now." Sora silently sulked.

Selphie nodded. "I still need to eat dinner anyway."

"I'll walk you home." Riku offered looking up at her.

An idea flashed in the younger boy's head.

"Then I'll come too!" Sora agreed loudly. Loudly enough to get a weird glance from the broken up couple at least.

He looked at Kairi, expecting her to offer to come along too.

"I'll see you all tomorrow, then." She said with a smile. Sora's head fell in disappointment. So she couldn't even come out for a short walk?

Riku sighed in painful frustration and grabbed Selphie's hand, silently dragging her out the door.

"Bye Kairi!" The wondering Sora heard a female voice say. By the time he turned both Selphie and Riku were out of his sight. The redhead giggled behind him.

"Well they sure wanted to get out fast. Here, I'll walk you to the door." She offered standing up

"Ah! No need to, Kairi." Sora regretted his words as they came out. What the hell was he saying?

"Oh." She exclaimed with a hint of sadness. "Okay. I'll see you around then."

He mentally punched himself in the gut. Riku was right, he sucked with girls. Quick…

"Um! You have summer cram school tomorrow right?" He asked quickly.

"Yup. Why?"

"I'll…walk you there." He suddenly felt his cheeks burning up again. "I'll be here before you leave in the morning."

Kairi cocked her head in a bit of puzzlement. Once she noticed the shade of pink beaming on his skin, she felt herself starting to blush too. She swallowed hard. Was this Sora's idea of a date?

"O-okay."

Both of their heart beats matched each other in speed.

"Sora…?"

"Y-yeah?"

"They're still waiting for you outside, aren't they?"

A bullet of reality pierced Sora's head. Right…Selphie.

"Oh yeah…"

He held the back of his head and looked down, with a bit of sadness that didn't evade Kairi's eye.

"I'll see you tomorrow, then."

And then it happened…Sora's reality check almost went down the drain when he looked up and saw the beautiful redhead in front of him give him that special smile of hers that never failed to make him feel like blubber, nowadays he would even consider himself reduced to liquid. It was only through reflex that he nodded at her and only through subconscious strength that he made his way out of her house. In simple and less romantic terms: the boy was in heaven.

Kairi help by giggle at her friend's cute reaction as he left her sight. Boys were too obvious sometimes…If only this one wasn't so shy…

Her glance tripped over the note Riku had given Selphie just a few minutes ago. She picked up with curiosity and stared at it intently. The letter tingled in her fingers, calling out her name. No…she wasn't a nosy person, looking at it would be rude. Her hand was halfway into laying it back down on her bed, but her fingers didn't let go of it. But what exactly had unromantic Riku written to make Selphie forgive him that easily? She looked around instinctively. It's not like anyone would find out…

Putting aside the bit of guilt she felt, she unfolded the small paper and read the first few lines. Her eyebrows shot up. Hoping the trio hadn't left yet she sprinted out the door.

XXXXXX

"You took your time."

The brunette smiled sheepishly at Riku and apologized, still a bit dazed at his favorite redhead.

Riku's lips spread into a smile. "Anything happen?"

With that stupid smile still plastered on his face he looked at a confused Selphie and simply chuckled.

"Let's get Selphie home before dinner."

Riku opened his mouth, about to make a smart remark about his friend's "progress".

"Sora!" A voice interrupted from inside the house.

All three of them looked back.

The owner of the house was leaning against the frame of the front door with a mischievous smile, waving her hand towards them.

"Could you come here for a minute?"

Riku's jaw fell open in amazement. And progress it was. The eldest put a hand on Sora's shoulder. Pride beaming on his face. "Good luck."

"Huh?"

"I'll walk Selphie home."

"What? No way, that'd be awkward for you. I'll come with, just gimme a sec."

"I said," Riku insisted threateningly "I'll walk Selphie home. Now go on ahead to the cute girl over there that's calling for you with a smile on her face."

Sora blinked. "…Okay?"

As he made his way to girl that had an unusual devilish smile on her face, a hand touched his shoulder. "Make sure to wear protection." Said a sweet whisper into his ear.

Kairi had to wait a couple more minutes as she watched with amusement a little show consisting of a flushed Sora desperately tried to land a punch on Riku's face.

A/N: Hoped you liked this one too! Much more innocent, but nonetheless cute. You'll find out more about true feelings and confessions in the next chappie. After I get done with that….let the action begin, baby. Conflict rising, conflict falling! 8D I'm ready for it all!

And please, please, keep reviewing! Those seriously make me happy, and get me more views, which make me even happier! Xb I really wanna hear your guys' feedback on my writting and the plot and the only way for you do that is reviewing. So please, please do!