Secrets

They were in the secret place. They could hear the rain pouring down outside. Riku got up and moved so he could sit and lean against the rock wall. Sora got up and sat right beside him. Sora's heart pounded against his chest just being beside Riku. Riku's did the same.

"What do we do now?" Sora asked his friend.

"Whatever we want." Riku replied. "Who knows how long this storm will last."

"Oh" Sora laid down with his hands behind his head. Sora and Riku sat there for a couple of minutes in a comfortable silence.

Riku spoke up first. "So . . . are you and Kairi . . . together?" Riku's heart fell just thinking of what the answer might be.

"No, why would you think that?" Sora asked.

"I don't know, maybe it's 'cause you're always with her." Sora sat up.

"Well, she IS my best friend." Sora answered before giving him a big smile and saying "besides you, of course" Riku blushed. Sora laid his head in Riku's lap. He closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Riku looked down at the sleeping Sora. He ran his fingers gently through the spiky hair of his friend. It was surprisingly soft and Riku wondered how he got his hair like that without any gel. Sora was out for a grand total of four minutes when he woke up with a jump to the loud booming of thunder.

"Look's like we'll be here for a while" Riku said to a startled Sora.

"In that case" Sora said, looking around the cave. "Is there anything to eat?"

"Not unless you count those mushrooms" Riku pointed at a couple of disgusting looking mushrooms growing in the corner.

"Eww, no thanks, I'll wait 'till the storm's over" Riku jumped up.

"No best friend of mine is going hungry" Riku was about to leave the cave when Sora spoke up.

"I can't ask you to do that. Plus, your clothes will get wet again" Sora said, pointing at Riku's almost dry shirt.

"Well then keep this dry for me, will ya?" Riku took off his shirt and gave it to Sora. "Plus, you didn't ask" Riku ran out of the cave and into the rain.

Sora sat alone in the secret place for a while holding onto Riku's shirt. Sora felt guilty that Riku went into the rain to get HIM food. "He sure is taking his time" Sora thought "What if something happened to him?" Sora's worry quickly melted away when he heard footsteps coming into the cave. Sora's heart fluttered when he saw Riku walking towards him. Riku was shirtless and wet. Time seemed to slow down for Sora as he watched the water drip from his silvery hair onto his shoulders, watched the water run down his chest, flowing over every contour of his body. Riku sat down beside Sora and showed him . . . a paopu fruit.

"Sorry, this is all I could find. You can't see a thing out there with all that rain" Riku said.

"It's ok" Sora smiled and grabed the star shaped fruit out of Riku's hand. Tearing it in two he said; "You have to be hungry too, why don't we share it?"

"Are you sure?" Riku asked. "You know what they say about the paopu fruit"

"When two people share a paopu fruit, their destinies become intertwined, forever" Sora stated. "It's just an old wives tale. Plus, even if it were true, It would mean we'd be together all the time"

"Like were not already?" Riku said, grabbing the fruit out of Sora's hand. They feasted on thier half of the paopu, listening to the rain that still fell heavily and echoed against the cave walls.

They had just finished when suddenly there was a loud crack of thunder that was louder than any of the ones before. Sora got scared and jumped into Riku's lap. Riku pulled Sora's head against his bare chest with one hand and wrapped his other hand around Sora's body. Sora looked up into Riku's eyes to find them staring back at him. Sora moved up until he was at eye level with Riku. Sora put a hand on his chest, closed his eyes and kissed him on the lips. Riku's eyes widened for a moment and slowly closed. Riku began kissing Sora back. He pulled Sora closer to him so their bodies were pressed against each other. Riku found a small opening in between Sora's lips and forced his tongue inside.

"Sora? Riku? Are you in there?" Kairi's voice called from outside the secret place. Sora broke the kiss, got up with a surprised and confused look on his face. Realizing the rain had stopped, Sora ran out of the secret place just as Kairi walked in.

"What's wrong with him?" she said looking at Riku. Riku just shrugged his shoulders, put his shirt back on and walked out of the secret place with Kairi.