Danger: Mush and fluff ahead. Read at your own risk.

Sora and Riku decided there was no time like the present to start their relationship. So that weekend they planned to have their first date as a couple.

There was a knock at Riku's front door and he jumped slightly as he finished combing his hair. He took a deep breath and headed for the living room. Slowly he opened the door. There stood Sora in his nicest jeans and t-shirt. They had decided not to make this thing too formal. Just to look nice for one another. Riku cleared his throat, "Uh, hey Sora." He looked around nervously.

Sora smiled, "Are you ready?"

"Oh, yeah, um, let me just grab my wallet real quick," he ran off into another room for a minute but shortly returned, "so uh, let's go then."

Sora didn't move and Riku looked at him perplexed, "You're sure?" Sora asked suddenly. Riku was still a bit lost, "You're sure you wanna do this? Date and everything? You're not gonna regret it?"

Riku suddenly felt as if he had just snapped out of a daydream, "What? No! I mean yes! I totally wanna do this Sora. I told you this is what I want. I mean, I can't tell the future, but I don't think I'll regret anything. I mean, look, I even combed my hair nice for you."

Sora smirked a little, "Yeah, I thought it looked kind of funny."

"Hey! That's not nice. I'm never doing anything for you again," Riku pouted.

Sora laughed, "Aw, I was just teasing you. You look great. You look…handsome."

Riku blushed a little, "Th-thanks. You too."

"Well, are we just gonna hang around on your front porch all day or did you have something else planned?" Sora asked.

"Oh, yeah! Come on. I got a whole day set up," Riku closed the door with one hand and grabbed Sora by the wrist with the other as the two raced down the front steps to his car.

"So, what are we doing first?" Sora asked with anticipation.

"Oh, you'll see. Don't worry, I'm gonna show you a great time. I mean, I figure this isn't just a milestone for our relationship, but a milestone for our lives. This is the first time either of us has ever been on a date with another guy. Gotta make it good, right?"

Sora smiled widely, "Right!"

After a while, Riku finally pulled into a parking lot and parked the car, "First stop of the day."

Sora looked at the restaurant standing before them, "Never been here before. Any good?"

"Uh, actually, I don't know. It's suppose to be, but I've never been here either." he laughed.

The two boys got out of the car and headed for the front door. Riku, being the gentleman he was, held the door for Sora. After about a twenty minute wait, they were finally seated at a small booth. Sora sat on one side and Riku sat across from him.

"I wonder what I'll have," Sora said as he looked over the menu, "What about you Riku? Riku?" he looked up from his menu and saw Riku slouched in his seat eyeing the other customers nervously, "Riku, what's wrong?"

Riku finally hearing Sora's voice, sat back up, "Oh, uh wha? Nothing."

"Riku, you were practically under the table. You call that nothing?"

"Oh, uh, I was just uh, fixing my pants. They were riding up," Riku said while still eyeballing the rest of the dining area.

"Riku, if you don't wanna do this, just say so," Sora said laying his menu down on the table.

Riku turned his head abruptly, finally making eye contact with Sora, "What? No, I do. I do wanna do this. I wanna be with you, and take you out to nice places. So you can have fun."

"But?" Sora asked.

"Well, it's just. Normally I'm with a girl and I can be all flirty and cuddly with her, but with you…er, I mean, it's not that."

"With me you can't. You're afraid what everyone else will say. I understand that Riku. That's why I gave you the chance to stop this before it started, back on your porch this morning. Look, would you rather just go home? Pretend this never happened?"

Riku sat silently, not looking up at Sora, "I…I don't know. I really am confused. I mean, I think. I know I want to be with you, but…all these people. They'll watch and whisper and it won't be a normal date. It'll be awkward and they'll make me feel like I'm doing something wrong. I just…what about you? I mean, do you really wanna be here?"

Sora reached his hand across the table and set it on top of Riku's. Riku blushed and looked around the room nervously, "I do wanna be here, Riku. I mean, I could say I don't care what others think, but that would be a lie. I do care. I do care that I'm trying to have a nice normal date and they're all over there talking about us instead of minding their own business. But, I also care about you and about us," Sora took his other hand and placed it below Riku's hand so it became cupped between his, "I care about how we feel. We know each other. We don't know any of these strangers. So they'll be rude and whisper about us while we're out having a nice evening together, but as long as I have you to talk with and you to look at, they won't matter. They'll just be part of the backdrop of our nice evening. So that's what I think. But I know you're not me, Riku. I know you have your own thoughts and your own feelings. And that no matter how much I want this to happen, I can't force you to take part," Sora smiled warmly at Riku and began to slide his hands away.

Riku quickly grabbed onto Sora's hands with his free hand, "I want this to happen too. I want to make you happy. I want to be happy. And if they don't like it, well, that's their problem. I'm scared Sora. I'm scared shitless. But I want to do the right thing. Not the proper thing but the right thing. And for me, being with you and treating you like I would any other person I've dated is the right thing. I thought I had to be completely sure about this, but you just said it yourself, we can't help but care what others think. All we can do is do what we feel is right and hope they don't get in the way too much. So, no Sora, I don't want to pretend this never happened. That would be so, so wrong. I want to stay with you. I never, ever would have imagined that meeting you on that first day of school would have ended up with us like this, but now I wouldn't change it for anything. I love you Sora and I don't want to loose someone I love," Sora teared up as he looked into Riku's eyes, "Sora, I want to be with you always and give you whatever your heart desires," Riku said squeezing the other boy's hand gently.

Sora smiled at Riku, small tears falling from his eyes, "You already have."