A/N: Riku

Funny how the mind works. How it messes with you, makes you think you see things that aren't there, how it morphs what you think you see. Like now. Staring at the ceiling of this painfully white room, my mind is drawing little lines flying in patterns across the ceiling. that annoying beeping sound is constant and annoying. So annoying. Then the door opens and a nurse comes in.

"You have a visitor." she says.

I turn my head towards her voice and my mom is standing beside her. She's been crying, I can tell, but now, she looks happy, still stressed, but relieved and happy.

"Mom.." I mutter, my voice hoarse from lack of use.

She smiles softly and walks up to me, "Hey, sweetie.. How do you feel?"

"Okay.." I reply, "Really sore, and stiff, but I'm okay."

"Good." she sighs, "I was so worried about you."

"Mom, how long have I been asleep?" I ask, "What date is it?"

"About a month. And it's the eighteenth of May." she replies.

"I missed the hearing.." I frown, "Did you go?"

"Yeah, I went." she sighs.

"What did they say?" I ask.

"The divorce is legal and finished, and they are going to call me on the twenty-sixth to tell me who gains custody of you." she replies.

"Right." I close my eyes, "Just great."

"I did everything I could.. Now it's up to the court system.." she says sadly.

I open my eyes and look at her, "I wish I could do more for you."

"Do more? Riku, you've done plenty for me." she smiles softly and sits on the side of my bed, and I smile back at her.

"I love you, Mom." I sit up and hug her and she hugs me back, "I love you too, Riku."

Mom left about an hour later, having work to go to, and surprisingly, I had another visitor a little while after. It was Sora. He comes into the room and smiles real wide when I look at him.

"Riku!" he runs into the room and sits in the chair beside my bed, I guess he's been there before, or Mom, either one I guess.

"Hey, Sora." I smile softly, I'm still feeling kind of woozy.

"How do you feel?" his smile gets a little less wide, but he's still happy to see me.

"Okay. I still hurt a lot, but I'm feeling better." I nod, "How about you? How have you been?"

"I've been good, I mean, as good as I can be with my best friend in the hospital." he shrugs, looking a little lost.

"Ah, good.." I nod, not sure what to say now.

"Riku, can I ask you something?" he asks.

I look at him, "Of course."

"Kairi told me that you tried to break us up. Is that true?" he ask.

I frown, "OF course not. Sora, I'd never do that."

Something was pulling at me inside. I have to tell him.

"Now, it's my turn to tell you something.." I take in a deep breath.

He looks at me, "Sure, go ahead."

"About a year and a half ago, about two months after you moved.." I was having trouble piecing the story together.

"Yes?" he seems interested, and a little fearful of what I'm trying to say, "What is it?"

I take in a deep breath, "Kairi's been calling me over to her house since two months after you moved. We've... Been doing things."

"Doing things..?" his face was pale and his eyes were wide.

"Yeah.. We just kissed for awhile.. But then, about a month ago we had sex..twice.." I didn't want to look at him, he wasn't happy, I could tell.

It was silent in the room for a few minutes, then he spoke, "She's been cheating on me.. With my best friend. And you didn't think to do anything about it, you just let it go?!"

I wince lightly and look at him, he's angry, he's shaking. I sigh, "Yeah, I was really stupid.."

"You were." he growls, clenching his fists.

I look away, "I'm sorry."

"That's it then? You do all that, and all you have to say is your sorry?" he asks.

"I am sorry though, I know what I did was stupid, and I know I shouldn't have don it." I say.

He frowns, "Then why did you?"

"I don't even know.." I frown, "At first it was just because Kairi said she was lonely, that she needed me.. I was stupid to believe her. She had me hooked.."

"I guess she has me hooked too." he sighs, "I let her convince me to have sex with her last month. And last week."

"Yeah." I shake my head, "Look, Sora, I understand if you're mad at me, you deserve to be."

"I am mad. I should be more angry with you than I am, but I'm mostly mad at Kairi." he frowns.

"Are you sure you're okay?" I ask.

"I'm not okay." he stands with a huff, "I'm mad as hell."

I look at him and he glares at me, "Believe me when I say this, when you get out of here and you're all better, I'm going to punch you so fucking hard you'll head will spin."

I nod, "Fair enough."

He frowns and leaves the room then and I sigh, "At least now he knows.."

I sigh and lay back down, suddenly very tired. Kairi's going to be so pissed with me now. She'll know I told. But I don't care. He's more important to me than she is, she was using me the entire time. I'm done with her. I sigh and close my eyes, "I have my own problems. I just need to sleep now, as Mom would probably advise I do.." It didn't take to long after that for me to fall asleep then.