Sorry, it's been a while! I was sick :P

And just a heads up, this chapter picks up from the last one.

And to BubbleMonkey97, I've given Xion someone! :D

Enjoy!

"Well, you have to make sure it's the right person." Yin said. "You wouldn't want to be stuck with a jerk for the rest of your life." Riku nodded in agreement. "That's true, but its kind of difficult knowing someone is the one. What type of person would be 'the one' for you, Yin?"

"Well, I'd pick someone I'm close and known for a while, someone who's kind hearted, and understands and gets me….Oh! And someone who is loyal and trustworthy, that's definitely important."

"That sure is a lot." Riku replied.

Yin lowered her head slightly. "Was I asking for too much?" She asked shyly. Riku widened his eyes. "No! Not at all!" He tried to clear things up. "I'm just saying that, it's great that you know what you want, and those traits you listed are important in someone's character. Wow, looks like it's harder than I thought, finding the one."

"Yeah. But once you have, you'll know. Something will let you know you finally found them." Yin gazed up at the sky, dazing off a bit. It was starting to become night and a couple stars have already come out. "And who knows," She said, her tone a little dreamy, "They might be closer than you think."

Yeah Yin, maybe just sitting a few inches away. Riku whispered in his mind. He wondered if he met all those traits Yin said. He wondered deep down, very secretly…

The two friends then sat in silence. However, the quietness was interrupted with a high-pitched scream. Then it was followed with a:

"CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, YOU BIG STRONG MARTIAL ARTS FIGHTER!"

"OH, YOU'RE DEFINITELY WORTH ALL OF IT!"

"What the-" Riku and Yin turned around to find out what it was, and it was probably the last thing anyone would expect. "Cloud?" Yin said, her jaw dropping.

Cloud was running across the beach with a flower stuck behind his ear, giggling like an overly flirtatious cheerleader. Not far behind him was Tifa chasing him, also with a flower.

Cloud looked over at the shocked Riku and Yin. "Heyyy…" He said, playfully winking at them. Tifa looked at them too. "Hey guys, can't talk right now. I'm about three steps away from landing a hot date!" She said.

Seeing this, Yin and Riku couldn't help but start laughing uncontrollably. Once they finally managed to stop and Tifa and Cloud were gone, they looked at each other, wondering what they just saw was real or a mirage.

"What-that….wow…." Riku stammered. "I've never seen Cloud being goofy. How did Tifa do that?" Yin shrugged. "I don't know, but those two have been hanging out for nearly the entire Splashdown."

"Yeah. Speaking of which, where's Xion? I've haven't seen her since back at the stage." Riku asked.

"…There she is!" Yin looked around the crowd and spotted Xion sitting on a bench. She wasn't alone though; sitting next to her was a boy named Zexion, and Xion was talking to him.

Zexion was a typical emo boy. He had dyed blue hair that hung over his eyes, and was always seen with a book in hand or headphones around his neck. He was also very mysterious and quiet too, Yin had never even seen or heard him say a word before.

But he was conversing right back with Xion, smiling and even laughing a little. Yin grinned. "Aww, they're so cute together. He really seems to enjoy spending time with her."

"Never knew Zexion even knew how to smile." Riku said.

"That's another thing about love, isn't it?" Yin added. "When someone can make you feel different, in a good way of course, and no one else can make you feel that way."

"True, very true." Riku said. "You also enjoy spending time with that person too, and you can never get tired of seeing them."

"Speaking of different..." Yin started. "I can't believe so much has changed in so little time, and it was all because I came here." She said, looking out towards the ocean. "I would still that scared, afraid person. But most importantly, I wouldn't have met you." She looked back at Riku when she said that.

"Me?" Riku asked. Yin nodded. "You've helped me so much. I mean, all I really need was someone who could understand me and relate to what I was going through. You helped me out of the mess I was in. I never got to say this, but, thank you."

"You're, welcome." Riku said. What did she mean, exactly?

"All right people, they fireworks are starting!" A voice on the intercom announced.

The partying sea of people immediately shifted over to the streets to watch. Riku and Yin followed the crowd.

Everyone gathered around the curb and gazed up at the now ebony-black sky. Suddenly, a sizzling light shot up and BOOM! Exploded into a bright, red firework. It was followed by some more of all colors, along with "oohhs" and "ahhs" from everyone.

After when the fireworks really started to go off, Cloud reached over and brushed his fingers against Tifa's, very nonchalantly. He then grabbed her hand.

Tifa looked up, as if someone had just snuck up behind her. "Cloud, w-what are you doing?" She asked. "What?" Cloud asked, shrugging as it was no big deal. "Besides, you look very beautiful when you're startled."

Tifa slowly smiled at Cloud's face as it was tinted purple, then red, then green. She knew this was the right moment, the right moment to tell him. "Well Cloud, I think you always look beautiful." She replied, hoping he didn't find it creepy.

He didn't. "I think you are too, Tifa. Always beautiful." Cloud said, lacing his fingers between the spaces of Tifa's fingers, holding her hand. Tifa rested the tips of her fingers on the Cloud's hands. He finally knew…

Yin stood next to Riku. She looked around the people surrounding her. Sora and Roxas both had their arms around Kairi and Namine. Tifa and Olette were holding hands, and Xion and Zexion were standing next to each other, smiling from ear to ear.

The scenario got even better when The Fray's "Never Say Never" started to play. People began to wave their arms in the air to the romantic beat, and some people even began to slow-dance.

Younger now, than we were before

Don't let me go, don't let me go, don't let me gggooooo

Don't let me go, don't let me go, don't let me go…

"Riku…" Yin murmured. Riku looked down into Yin's blue eyes. "Yeah?" He could see the fireworks reflected in them, like little flowers bursting.

"This is perfect." She said.

"There's no such thing as perfect." Riku said.

"Well, then, this is the closest thing there is to perfect then." Yin replied, looking up again to admire the beautiful night. Riku followed her gaze. Nothing could go wrong at this moment. It did seem perfect.

But, it wasn't. "RIKU LOOK OUT!" He heard Sora yell.

Tragedy chapter's next, DUN DUN DUN!

Also, I don't own The Fray, but I do love their songs, especially Never Say Never, never get tired of it. Soo, how is Justin Bieber's NSN more popular than TF's? :O

I was going to update yesterday, but I was having problems. Every time it would say error type 2 (was anyone else getting this?). Apparently the sites getting reconstructed. But if this is also happening to you, just change the word "property" in the error URL to "content" and u'll get to the story :)

Thanks so much for reading, R&R!