Sweet! New chappie! One more to go! Enjoy my friends!

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It had been 2 hours since Riku left school in order to find a certain spikey haired, emo stricken young boy. He had been searching for 2 hours. 2 HOURS. Where could this kid possibly be?! Riku furiously kicked a soda can down the street before letting out an "Eep!" and dashing away as it hit a small, old woman. He ducked down a deserted alleyway to catch his breath. This kid was causing all sorts of problems in his life. Before, he was confident that he could find Sora in less than a half hour. I mean, how could you possibly NOT find the kid who used to bury his head in the sand and call it his 'master hiding place' during Hide and Seek?!

Ding ding! Lightbulb! Idea! We have a winner!

Riku grinned realizing he hadn't checked the beach. Then he noticed a light really had gone on above his head. A strange looking man was holding a lamp above Riku's head grinning like a mad man.

"What the hell?"

The man's grin faltered and he slowly took the lamp away, turning it off.

"You looked like you was in so much thought there, I thought me lamp might give you an idea. I was only trying ter help sir!"

Riku blinked at the man's heavy accent and atrocious grammar - slightly being reminded of that weird thing Goofy. What the hell was Goofy anyway? A dog? A rabid racoon grown ten times? Whatever. There was work to be done!

"Uh...well..." he said backing away slowly. "Thanks for that. It worked! But I must be on my way now." With a final salute he turned and ran out of the alleyway. He didn't stop running until he reached the beach. ( a/n THAT RHYMES! HAWHAWHAWHAW. )

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Sora sat facing the ocean with his head between his knees. Oh, if only he had been wearing tight pants and eyeliner. Anywho, there Sora sat - pondering life and it's many obstacles.

Such as love. Sora's eyebrows furrowed. What was love supposed to feel like? They always had those corny, sappy quotes on the internest that described love. Yet wasn't love supposed to be different for everyone? Maybe Sora DID love Riku.

He felt a blush creep up his cheeks. It sort of made sense. He was always chasing after Riku despite what other people said. He confided in Riku in every situation and never hesitated to tell him anything. He was never embarassed to say what he felt around Riku. In fact, the more he thought about it, the more it seemed true.

A smile slowly began to form on Sora's cheek. It wasn't that silly, was it? Just as soon as it appeared, the smile began to fade. Of course it was. They were...well, both boys for starters. And best friends. What if Riku crushed his heart? Would their friendship ever be the same? No. He couldn't afford to lose a friendship because of a silly emotion like love.

Yet at the same time...

"Gah!" Sora yelled in frustration clutching his hands to his ears. "Make the voices go away. Make the voices go away."

And of course, this would curse any confused teenager lacking the ability to possess luck. AKA - Sora.

'YOO HOO! Sora! A word of advice. YOU CAN'T LOVE RIKU. HE'S ICKY AND HAS GERMS AND ALWAYS SMELLS LIKE FISH. Trust me on this one! I'm the voice you're SUPPOSED to listen to!'

Sora's heart stopped. Oh no.

'Um. So you're gonna listen to the one who just yodeled. Only Gwen Stefani can get away with that. And even she takes some getting used to...'

'SHUT UP!' Side One wailed.

'No you shut up! It's my turn to speak!'

An awkward silence arose. Sora was busy smacking himself to try and wake up.

'Wow you're actually letting me talk? WONDERFUL!' Side Two quickly continued before Side One could butt in. 'Anyways, Sora. This is your life! Since when have you let rules and conformity hold you back? Love is a special thing, you know. Don't let other people tell you if it's right or wrong. Go with your heart on this one. Not me. Or the other me. Well I guess we're sort of you so going with us would be like going with ourselves...'

"SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP!" Sora finally screamed clawing at his ears. "GOD, WHY DON'T YOU EVER LEAVE ME!?"

ME...ME...me...me...

Woah. Had he really screamed loud enough to create an echo?

Side One and Two sighed in unison.

'Peace out buddy. We won't interject anymore.' Side Two said sadly.

'Yeah. It's been fun. But I would hate me too.' Side One said, sniffing.

"Aw come on guys...I didn't mean it..."

'Save it Sora. I meant what I said. Listen to your heart. Not the voices in your head.' And with a snicker, the voices vanished.

Sora shivered, noticing that the sun had snuck its way towards his eye level. It was getting late. Maybe he should start heading home. Especially since he had just watched that movie about the mermaid who came out of the ocean and dragged her victims out to sea, making them eat coral until they exploded. A light sweat broke out on Sora's forehead. Yeah, home sounded a whole lot better than death.

CRACK!

Sora whipped his head around to see a lone figure moving in the distance. 'Oh God, oh God, it's the mermaid! She's after me!'

"I'M ALLERGIC TO CORAL, LEAVE ME ALONE!" The figure yelled something before taking off - straight at Sora.

With a last glance, Sora turned around and began running for his life - his strong legs carrying him quickly over the sand. He looked over his shoulder to see the mermaid catching up. Wait a second, how could a mermaid - with a giant scaley tail - be catching up to him? Wouldn't she sort of have to...flop on the sand...in order to move?

"AHHHH!" And off Sora flew into the grainy sand below him. He sat up quickly to see a turtle, belly side up, flailing helplessly.

Damn turtles.

He nudged it with his foot and watched it begin to slowly walk away. Well that was weird. Now how had he tripped in the first place again? He was running...from...the...EVIL MERMAID THAT WANTED TO KILL HIM. CRAP. IT WAS TOO LATE. HIS LIFE WAS OVER. HE'D NEVER GET TO TRY A FALAFEL. HE'D NEVER GET TO WATCH THE TELETUBBIES MOVIE.

Oh hell no.

He wouldn't go down without a fight! He'd stand up, look that ugly, foul, hideous creature in the eye and say-

"Riku?!"

The said boy grinded to a stop in front of Sora panting heavily. Sora opened his mouth to speak but Riku weakly held up a hand to silence him. With a grunt, he flopped to the floor and glared at Sora.

"What the hell was that all about? Do you realize I've been looking for you all day? Where have you been?!"

Sora was still shocked that he thought Riku was a coral obsessed mermaid. He sighed in relief, laying back to lay in the sand.

"Would you like the truth, my dear Watson?"

Riku snorted, nudging him with his foot.

"Lay it on me."

"I thought you were a homocidal mermaid coming to end my life."

He heard light laughter coming from the older boy. "You watched that movie too?"

Sora grinned and closed his eyes. "Hey it was pretty scary."

He smelled Riku before he felt him. Sora opened his eyes to see the boy inches away from his face.

"Has anyone else told you that you smell like God?"

Riku pulled away slightly in surprise. "I do?"

Sora nodded spastically. "Oh yes. You do, you do."

"What do I smell like?"

This took Sora a few moments. "Well...it's hard to explain. Sorta like a mixture between the forest after it rains and mints." He stopped to sniff Riku. "It's quite pleasant."

Riku grinned cockily before leaning back down. "That compliment deserves a thank you."

'I know where this is going.' Sora smirked as Riku's lips met to crush his own in a heart-stopping kiss. Somewhere in the midst of their steamy make out session, Sora could slightly recall sensing the two Sides in his head smiling. 'That's what love should feel like.' And then there was nothing more.

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A few hours later, Sora and Riku burst into Sora's house covered in sand and dripping from head to toe. Sora's lips were blue. Both of them were shivering. Sora's mom looked up from her book to see the two huddling on the welcome mat. She rolled her eyes and put her book down. Something told her she wouldn't be reading into the life of Eisel the vampire and his secret infatuation with the mysterious man, Charlie, he had seen in a vision.

She quickly went to the closet, grabbed some black, bead infested towels and tossed them to Sora and Riku. Then she walked behind them and shoved them towards the fireplace.

"Sit. Bask in the heat created by the flames of the Earth. I will make you some nice herbal tea."

"N-no su-sugar M-mom."

His mother bowed before gliding out of the room. Not literally folks. Trying to make the writing style a little more pretty.

Moving forward!

"Sorry about dunking you Sora. You just looked so cute. I couldn't help it." Riku had seemed to warm up rather quickly and sat lounging in an arm chair with his towel strewn on the floor. Sora was awkwardly still standing up, shivering violently.

"I-it'sssssss o-okay-y."

Riku sighed before sitting up to grab Sora's wrist. With a final yank the boy went toppling onto him.

For a few moments Sora squirmed until he found a comfortable position. Then he sighed happily and snuggled into Riku's neck. Riku grinned as Sora's mother came back in holding the tray of tea. She grinned madly before whipping out a camera and snapping a photo. Sora's head popped up.

"Mom!" He whined. "You better delete that!" He then attempted to get up but was stopped by a strong arm that stayed firmly latched around his waist.

"Nope, you're mine." Riku declared. Then a maniacal look overtook his face. Sora gulped.

"Uh...okay? Please don't hurt me."

Riku continued to smile evilly as he reached into his back pocket.

A flash of vibrant pink.

A graze of feather like material.

CLICK!

"AHA! GOTCHA! NOW YOU REALLY ARE MINE!" Riku then proceeded to laugh insanely while Sora sat dumbstruck, staring at the handcuff innocently clasped around his left wrist.

Life sucked.

Before he could get a single punch in at Riku's face, a catchy cell phone ring went off. Sora's mom started doing interpretive dance moves.

"Aw come on Mom! You promised not to show anyone that stuff!"

"Riku hardly counts as 'anyone', Sora." She smirked, continuing to strut around the room.

Meanwhile, Riku's conversation was becoming lower by the second.

"Yes...what about them..." Riku paused. Then his voice grew louder. "You have got to be joking." It grew even louder. "YOU DID WHAT?!" He was practically screaming now. "YES, A SLIGHT PROBLEM IS THE HUGEST UNDERSTATEMENT. HOW COULD YOU POSSIBLY...WELL HAS SHE EATEN IT YET?!" There was frantic babbling from the other line. Riku's eyes were shut and it looked as though he was about to explode. Sora glanced at his mother worriedly. She only shrugged, not taking her eyes off the older boy. She was sliding inconspicuously towards the samurai sword that hung on the wall.

"Yes. I understand...can't you call her? HAH! That's just the icing on the cake. Oh isn't that ironic? Yeah...ahuh...okay. We'll be there soon."

Sora wasn't so happy about that "we" business.

"Riku what-"

"Save it. Sora, we're going to take a little trip to my Aunt Gertrude's house. It seems like my mother accidentally mixed the keys to these handcuffs into the cake she was baking for Aunt Gertrude. My cousin already brought it back to her house. Hopefully, if we drive fast enough, we'll be able to prevent her from eating the keys."

Sora's jaw practically hit the floor.

"You're telling me we're...actually stuck."

"Yes I am! Now shut up and get up." He roughly shoved the boy off of him.

"Sorry Miya but we gotta take care of this."

Sora's mother nodded cheerfully. Perhaps she would get to continue her fabulous vampire novel afterall!

Riku gralled Sora's hand and pulled him out of the house and in the direction of his house. Sora heard mumbles of "not having a car" and "damn fat old bat" and "birthday ruined". He giggled softly before linking his fingers with Riku's. Riku's mumbling faltered for a moment before rushing back, even a bit louder now. But Sora didn't miss the light blush that had made it's way onto Riku's cheeks.

Perhaps a road trip would be good for the both of them.

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-audience claps in confusion- Now I bet you didn't know where that was going! I'll let you in on a little secret:

Neither did I for a minute there! But never fear, my head doesn't betray me for that long. One more chapter left! Might be incredibly long. Sorry again for the wait guys. Thank you for being so supportive! If you hvan't checked out my upcoming project, it's on my profile. I can't wait to get started.

First, I should finish this fic. 8) Happy late holidays and early New Years!

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