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~Longing~

~Sora~

Sora stared sadly down at the pool from his seat in the risers, as he sighed once again. He really wanted to join his class in the pool, but he wasn't allowed to join them. Though at the same time he didn't mind just sitting up in the stands, it meant he had more time to just watch, then to actually participate.

His eyes continued to drift over to Riku, who always seemed to have Sora's attention. Sora blushed as he realized he was staring at Riku's half-naked body once again. It was most likely because the water, dripping down Riku's upper body and from his silver hair really made him look so much hotter. Sora looked down as he felt embarrassed at his own thoughts; he didn't understand why he was acting this way.

He brought his knees up and rested his head on them as he tried to focus his thoughts elsewhere, but no matter what his thoughts continued to travel to Riku. He didn't understand why that was; he had just met the guy. He was so caught up in his thoughts that he hadn't heard the creaking of the risers as someone walked up them.

"Hey, you okay?"

Sora's head snapped up to see Riku standing near him on the risers, he blushed and looked away, after seeing Riku's shirtless chest up close. Though the boy had dried off Sora could still make out the little bit of water trickling down his chest from his wet hair.

"No-nothing…just bored…" Sora answered nervously.

"Well, everyone is heading to the locker room, you going to come with us?"

Sora began to nod before he had a sudden idea, "Actually…I'll wait for you guys out here."

"You sure?"

Sora nodded again, and he heard Riku sigh before the older boy began making his way down the risers. Sora let out a huge sigh of relief as he gathered his stuff up. As much as he'd like to join the others in the locker room to chat, after swimming the students were required to shower, which meant seeing Riku completely naked, Sora just couldn't handle the thought. Sora went out into the hall and sat down across from the locker room door.

He closed his eyes as he waited for at least Roxas to get out, trying to not think about Riku, which this time was proving easier. It seemed that as long as he wasn't in the same room, his thoughts weren't filled with Riku, but he did sometimes have this longing to find Riku every little while. He looked up as he heard the door open, and an irritated huff come from the one who was exiting.

"Let's go," Roxas snapped, before Sora could greet him.

Sora grabbed his stuff and followed his friend down the hall, and couldn't help but notice Roxas seemed really irritated. He heard the locker room door open as they reached the end of the hall, he went to look back when he heard someone calling out to them, but Roxas grabbed his arm to pull him along. Sora allowed his friend to pull him along, not like he had much of a choice since Roxas actually had a pretty strong grip.

"Roxie wait up!" A voice called, that he faintly recognized as Axel.

"MY NAME IS ROXAS! NOT ROX-ASS OR ROXIE OR WHATEVER ELSE YOU CALL ME! IT'S ROXAS! NOW LEAVE ME THE HELL ALONE!" Roxas shouted in annoyance before taking off running, pulling Sora along with him.

Once they finished running, they both leaned against the wall in exhaustion. Sora glanced at Roxas and could tell he was still fuming about what had just happened. Sora patted him on the shoulder and the blonde looked at him in confusion.

"You okay?" Sora asked.

Roxas glared at a wall, "Just fine, now that I'm away from that idiot."

"Isn't that a bit harsh?"

"It's the truth, he's a big idiot, with a huge freaking ego, and he is always so fired up to get on my freaking nerves!"

Sora smiled, "Really and you don't like him?"

"No, why would you think that?"

"I've just noticed you either talk about him a lot, or I've seen you watch him a lot," Sora said with a smirk.

Roxas blushed, "That doesn't mean anything! He just really irritates me!"

"And the staring?"

Roxas glared at him, "I'm plotting ways to make his life hell."

Sora laughed at that, "Sure."

Roxas smirked as he turned to his friend, "And what about you?"

Sora blinked, "What do you mean?"

"I've seen you watching Riku, especially today in gym. Don't try to deny it; you're so hung up over him."

Sora blushed and looked away, "I don't know what you're talking about."

"Sure you don't, admit it, you like Riku."

"No I don't!" Sora denied.

"Really?" Roxas teased.

Sora looked away from his friend, in both embarrassment and anger. He heard Roxas sigh and felt his hair being ruffled by the blonde. Sora looked up at him, and Roxas regretted teasing his friend so much.

"Sorry about that, I'll drop it okay?"

Sora nodded, "Yeah…sorry didn't mean to get upset or anything, it's just so weird…"

"Weird?"

"Yeah…I just get this weird feeling when I'm around him…"

Roxas smirked, "You're in love."

Sora blinked before shaking his head, denying the idea. Roxas sighed and after another minute or two the two of them headed off to class.

~Riku~

Riku glanced again up at the raisers from his spot in the pool. He had noticed Sora's longing look at the water, but every now and again he could feel the brunette's gaze on him. When the teacher finally allowed them to get out of the pool he dried his upper body off before heading up the risers. He watched Sora worriedly as he noticed him curling up, as if trying to hide from something.

"Hey you okay?" Riku asked, earning him Sora's attention, though the brunette soon looked away.

"No-nothing…just bored…" Sora answered nervously.

"Well, everyone is heading to the locker room, you going to come with us?"

Sora began to nod before he shook his head, "Actually…I'll wait for you guys out here."

Riku gave him a worried look, "You sure?"

Riku climbed down the risers and headed into the locker room after everyone else. As he undressed to go to the showers his thoughts kept drifting to Sora. He was wondering what was wrong with his brunette; he paused in his thoughts as he realized he was referring to Sora as his. As he stepped under the water he let out a quiet sigh, and ignored all others in the shower area, well until he heard a slap from across the shower.

Riku turned to look at what happened, and almost rolled his eyes. Axel now supported a huge red mark on his face, and Roxas was storming out of the shower area. Riku made his way over to his idiotic friend to see what happened.

"So…what did you do this time?"

"I just felt his ass," Axel stated simply.

"You really are an idiot," Riku stated heading to his locker.

Axel glared at Riku before following him to their lockers, "Hey!"

They quickly changed into their normal clothes, Axel especially once he saw Roxas heading out. Riku followed his friend as the red-head left the locker room in a hurry. As they go out of the locker room they looked down the hall to see Roxas and Sora about to turn the corner. Riku frowned, having wanted to catch Sora outside the locker room.

"Roxie wait up!" Axel called, and Riku groaned at the fire demon's stupidity

"MY NAME IS ROXAS! NOT ROX-ASS OR ROXIE OR WHATEVER ELSE YOU CALL ME! IT'S ROXAS! NOW LEAVE ME THE HELL ALONE!" Roxas shouted in annoyance before taking off running, pulling Sora along with him.

"Good going, not only did you piss off your potential mate, but he ran off with Sora," Riku pointed out annoyed.

"You're point?"

Riku rolled his eyes, "Well if you got your lust under control for more than five minutes, you'd think that we should be figuring out if Sora is indeed the prince."

"Sure, that's why you wanted to meet up with him."

Riku glared at his friend before heading to his next class, he couldn't handle the red-head's stupidity at times. He just hoped that they'd figure out in time if Sora was indeed the prince and get him safely to Terra. He had a bad feeling that something was going to happen if they didn't hurry.

~?~

A figure hid behind a corner, watching Sora and Roxas discussing about their two love interests. The figures gaze was trained on the brunette more than the blonde as he watched intently. He held an orb in his hand that was recording the two of them, so he could bring proof back. As the two headed back to class the figure put the orb away. He turned and opened a hidden portal, skipping the rest of the school day as he headed to the demon world.

He headed directly for the palace, his black hood hiding his face from site. He walked through the corridors heading for the meeting place of his employer. As he entered the chamber he saw his employer lounging in one of the seats waiting for him. The queen looked at him, her glare nearly freezing him in place.

"Did you succeed?"

The figure tossed her the orb, "That should be enough."

"Good now leave," Larxene ordered standing.

"What about my pay?"

Larxene turned to him with a glare, "You're job is not done yet, till that brat is taken care of you will not get paid. Now get out of my site before I electrocute you to death you useless demon."

The figure nodded quickly before hurrying out of the room, not wanting to anger the queen further.

~Larxene~

Larxene smirked as she tossed the orb into the air before leaving the room to find her father, he would want to see this. He would also have the best plan for solving their little problem. She only hoped that she had found the brat first, and none of her husband's henchmen.

~End ch. 11~

I hope you all liked the chapter! My New Years revolution is to update my stories more!

Anyone guess who the mysterious figure is?

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