Here we go again. The same thing always seems to happen…I promise new chapters…then a few months later I skip onto this site saying 'OMGZ GUYS. SO SORRY. DIDN'T POST' Except I don't talk like that. And you're all probably tired of it…but I've returned back again, and I apologize again…and still hope that you will read, enjoy and review my story. Let's see what happens next…

Riku

The night of the attempted phone call, after curling up with Mr. Snuggles he ended up just going to sleep. After the box full of memories, his dreams that night were full of childhood memories and Sora related things. He woke the next morning with a little frown. He thought to himself, 'Sure, I didn't know what I was going to say to him when I called…' he finished the last part out loud.

"Why didn't he answer his phone when I finally got the courage to speak to him?" he spoke, thinking that he was only speaking to Mr. Snuggles and himself.

"Speak to who?" came a male voice, making Riku let out a shocked little scream and fall to the floor.

A very amused Leon sat at the end of his bed laughing at him, clearly very entertained that he had made Riku scream like a girl after catching him cuddling with a teddy bear.

"What's with the bear? And who is this 'he' that didn't answer the phone?" Leon asked, head tilted to the side curiously.

"What?! You have no right to be asking the questions here! The first question that needs to be asked would be….How did you get into my house?!?!" he exclaimed, clearly unhappy about waking up this way. He managed to get up and crawl back onto his bed.

Leon pointed to the window, "I saw it open. I thought it'd be more fun to climb up your house, crawl through the window and sit on your bed instead of banging on the door until you got your lazy arse out of bed." he said. Leon then put on his best pouting face…which wasn't so fantastic. "What? You don't like your surprise?" he teased. He quickly got off that subject and returned to his questions, though.

"So who is this mystery-man you called last night? Your lover?" he let out a pretend gasp, "You're cheating on me?! I thought that we would be together forever! You whore!" he exclaimed.

Riku threw a pillow at him. "Get lost. We were never lovers and will never be lovers, Leon. Go make out with your dearest Cloud. If he lets you get close enough." He said with a roll of his eyes.

"That hurts." Leon replied. "But honestly, who is mystery man? And where did this ratty old bear come from?" he asked, picking it up from the bed where Riku dropped it.

Riku quickly grabbed the bear back, "It's none of your business. Just a gift from a friend." He murmured.

"Your lover?!" he exclaimed.

"GOD DAMNIT LEON! I DON'T HAVE A LOVER!" he yelled at him, clearly sick of this.

He took a deep breath before looking up at Leon, his closest from on the new island…but still no where near as close to him as Sora always was. "I was calling my best friend from Destiny Islands…we always promised to keep in touch…but we never did…I haven't talked to him in two years. I finally get the courage to call him…and it was busy." He said, talking to the bed the entire time.

"You want him to be your lover…" Leon commented instead of questioning.

Riku looked up with a glare, ready to yell again.

Leon held up his hands in defense, "Don't yell again! I just call them as I see them. And you've got love written all over your face, dude. Were you in love with this best friend of yours?" he asked.

"I don't have love all over my face.." he murmured, frowning a bit. He looked up at his question. "I don't know…maybe…but how can I be in love with someone I haven't talked to in so long?"

Leon shrugged, "Maybe you were so confused that you just couldn't bear to talk to him until you figured it out? And then you got caught up in your life here and forgot to sort it out…and now your feeling guilty because you found this bear that I assume he gave you?" he suggested in reply.

Riku looked rather shocked at this serious, logical answer…had it really come from Leon? His goofy, sarcastic friend?

"Wow…I don't know where that came from, Leon…but…thanks…" he decided to reply with a little smile.

Leon grinned, sitting there silently for only a moment before…

"So…Is he sexy?!"

"DROP. DEAD." Riku yelled at him, chucking another pillow. He pointed to the window, "Out. Out, out, out, out, out!!!" he exclaimed.

Leon let out a little sigh, "Alright, I'll go use the front door. But you're hanging out with me later. And I will find out if he's sexy." He said. He then headed downstairs and let himself out the front door.

Riku watched as the male walked down the street, then collapsed onto his bed with a groan. He would never, ever, ever understand Leon. Or why he had chosen to be friends with him.

Riku finally crawled out of bed after another little while, making his bed for once and neatly laying Mr. Snuggles against his pillow. He then got dressed, went downstairs and ate some breakfast, then went and grabbed the male, excited to see that he had received a new letter from Sam. He hurried back upstairs to read it.

((A/N: A refresher of Sora's letter…))

Dear Sam,

You always manage to make me blush when you write to me…even if I'm the only one who truly knows it, it's still extremely embarrassing. I'm glad that you always find me to be interesting…and that you don't think I'm too pathetic or needy. I still think so, though. I would have replied sooner…but my friends pulled me away so I didn't even get the chance to notice I had received a letter.

Cloud? Yeah…I know Cloud. I know him very well, actually. He's one of my best friends…maybe the best now that R—sorry, never mind. You don't need to be hearing about the past from me, I'm sure you know some of it anyway…so yeah. Never mind. But yes, Cloud lives right down the street from me. Does that mean that you and your friend were friends with him? Who is your friend? I could ask Cloud about him or something if you want…maybe even about a visit. I'd love to meet you as soon as possible. I'd give you his phone number…but I probably shouldn't. If you know him then your probably know his cell phone number anyway.

Well, I actually have to go meet Cloud and some others for dinner…so I have to end this letter. But I hope to her from you soon.

-Sora

Riku read over Sora's letter a few times as usual, a few more times actually…as after what happened the night before, he wanted as much of Sora as he could get without contacting him on his own.

Dear Lovely Sora,

Ah, so you do know Cloud? Yes, me and my friend were friends with him…and I'm trying to decide whether or not to let you know my friend's name. Only because I'm worried that Cloud will give away my identity before I meet you…I do recall that he always had rather a big mouth. Now that I know that he lives there for a fact, though…maybe my friend and I will have to give him a call and visit you. We'll see. I think my friend is desperate to see him, though…when Cloud used to live around here, my friend spent most of his life trying to get into Cloud's pants.

I'm so glad I got a letter from you today…as long story short, I had an awful night last night. It was supposed to be a fantastic night for me…but it just ended up being rather depressing. I'd love to give you all of the details, but in all honesty…I really can't. Anyways, I hope things are going well with you, gorgeous. I'll talk to you soon.

-Sam

He sealed his letter in an envelope, addressed it, stamped it, and sent it off once more. Now he just needed to contact Sora as himself.

He didn't stay in the house for long after that, rushing over to hang out with Leon after while…accidentally leaving his cell phone upstairs on his bed.

Sora

After the huge disappointment of Riku's phone being busy, Sora went downstairs and pulled out the container of ice cream. He grabbed a spoon, went to the couch, and curled up under a blanket. He turned on the television, sitting there sulking and eating ice cream for most of the night. When his mother came home that night, she found him fast asleep on the couch, television still on with an empty container of ice cream on the ground. She turned off the TV and cleaned up the mess from the ice cream, placing a pillow under Sora's head before going to bed herself.

Sora woke up the next morning slightly confused, wondering why he was sleeping on the couch instead of his comfy bed. After a short moment it occurred to him, though. He pouted once more, but let out a sigh and headed upstairs to get showered and dressed.

Once he was dressed, he plopped himself down on his bed. He wasn't sure what to do that day. It was already noon, as after staying up rather late he woke up late as well.

Sure, he could go out and hang out with any of his friends…but basically all of his friends had been at the restaurant the night before…and after what happened…well, he wasn't exactly in the mood to speak with any of his friends.

After a few minutes of nibbling at his lip, he decided he would give calling Riku another shot. This time he'd call his cell phone…at least then it should definitely go to voicemail if he was on the phone…but even more likely…he would answer it, right?

He took a few deep breaths as he dug for Riku's newest cell phone number, and once he found it he picked up the phone, pressed the 'talk' button and nervously dialed the number.

He managed to press the phone to his ear, and he was practically shaking with fear, having no idea what he would say.

Ring…

Ring…

Ring…

Hey! This is Riku…and I hate thinking of voicemail messages…but…leave me a message…and I'll get back to you soon? Or something?

BEEP.

As Sora had listened to the message, he had been panicking. What would he say? He had to leave a message this time…it was probably odd the last time he called his house and didn't leave a message. And this time it was his cell phone, so there would definitely be a number…and Riku would know that it was him. So, as the voicemail message came to an end and he heard the beep, he took in a deep breath.

"H-Hi, Riku…this…this is Sora…I know…I know we haven't talked…in a long while…and I feel bad about it… and I mi--…I mean…I…wanted to talk to you…so…so call back if you aren't to...to angry with me…or something….b-bye…"

He hung up the phone, and then stared at it in disbelief. He called Riku. He left Riku a message. And god, he had to of sounded pathetic. His voice was shaking through the entire message…and he stuttered so many times. Riku would probably listen to the message and think of what a total loser he was and never call him back. And he had almost admitted how much he missed Riku…which embarrassed him for some reason.

Now he just had to sit and wait by the phone all day. Sora knew that he had to be there when Riku called him back this time; he had to be there to talk to him. Sure, he still had no idea what to say…but maybe if he sat there then he could come up with something.

He had only been sitting there thinking for a few moments…when just his luck, there was a knock on the door.

KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK!

Sora tried to see who it was by looking out the upstairs windows, but none of them were at a good enough angle. He really didn't want to answer it if it was any of his friends…but they kept knocking. And he wasn't going to deal with that either. So, he went downstairs yelling, "I'm coming, I'm coming!" before getting down and to the door, opening it up. He frowned to see it was Kairi, and almost closed the door in her face.

"Don't you dare close the door on me, Sora." She warned, taking her empty hand and holding the door open. In the other hand was a bag full of various things that Sora couldn't manage to see.

Sora crossed his arms over his chest with a little pout. "What?" he asked.

"Sora…I'm sorry I ruined your night last night. I was just trying to make you understand what certainly must be going on in your head…I can't believe it's been two years.." she said to him with a frown.

Sora looked like he was about to slam the door in her face again, so she quickly held out the bag,. "I come bearing gifts…" she replied. "Can we forget about last night and have a good time? Just us girls?" she asked, teasing him about the last bit, of course.

Finally, Sora took the bag and moved out of the way with a sigh, letting her in and closing the door. He peeked inside the bag. Disney movies, ice cream, chocolate, macaroni with cheese, popcorn and soda. It would definitely be a good day. Kairi was certainly a good friend…even if he would never get completely over the night before.

Kairi took the bag from him, pulling the movies out and handing them to him. "Here, I'll go make the macaroni for once, and I'll make popcorn, and bring us that and some sodas. You pick out which movie you want to watch first and get it ready to watch. We'll eat the ice cream later." She said with a smile.

Sora couldn't help but smile back, taking the movies and heading over to the television. He bit his lip as he flipped through the movies, finally deciding that he wanted to watch 'Hercules'. He wondered how much of a nerd he was for loving Disney movies at his age when he was a guy. Oh well. He put the movie in anyway and fast-forwarded through all the previews, getting to the movie bit and waiting for Kairi to arrive with their food and drinks.

Kairi called a minute later, saying that there was too much for her to carry. Sora hurried to help her bring in all of the food and drinks. He set them on the table and curled up on the couch. She had given Sora more macaroni than she had, and she made three bags of popcorn, and brought out many cans of soda. Sora was fairly convinced that she was trying to make him gain twenty pounds by the end of that day.

Whether she was trying to or not, he certainly had a fun day…and most of it he had managed to almost completely for get about the nervous call to Riku earlier that day.

How was that? Someone finally called someone! Sure, Riku didn't answer…but Sora left a message this time! –gasp- Well, as I said, you guys might be pissed at me…but I apologize for the trillionth time. My friend Lauren is actually the one to thank for me updating…as she updated a fic of her own, which for some reason had be go update mine. This time I actually promise that I will write and put up a new chapter this week. No later. I really, seriously promise this time…and if it doesn't happen you can form a mob and come after me, I deserve it. But for now…reviews will make my urge to post much greater…so I will love you all forever and ever, more than I already love you for sticking with me and reviewing in the past. Please review this chapter, loves.