A/N: I had written up this chapter. Then Open office decided that it would crash and so my work? Gone forever. Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.

I ran out of the room. I just...ran. I didn't even bother to grab my shirt. It was just wrong. Not okay.

I ran all the way home. Three miles. I don't think I've ever run that far or fast in my entire life. I ran into the house, shirtless and half crazed, flailing wildly and hyperventilating and into my room, throwing myself at Sora. We fell over with a loud thump onto the ground, and Sora squirmed from underneath me. I curled up into a ball and just laid there, staring blankly and not really seeing anything, because I was beginning to work myself into a panic attack.

"Um..." Sora said, before doing a weird prance thing and running out of the room, pulling my mom into the room with him when he came back.

"Riku, it's okay," she cooed, petting my hair. I flinched, and she stopped. "Just calm down, breathe. It's okay."

"What's wrong with him?"

"He's fine, Sora. It's just a panic attack."

"Ahh! He's not fine!" Sora said, flailing. "Don't worry, Riku, I won't let you die!" He said, flinging himself onto me.

I'm not entirely sure what he meant to accomplish by this, but it somehow did help. I don't even really know how.

My mom shrugged and left the room, closing the door behind her. Sora refused to move from where he was thrown over me, so I had no choice but to calm the fuck down.

"Are you better now?" Sora asked, voice quiet.

"I...yeah... sorry."

"What happened, Riku?"

I frowned. I wasn't sure how he'd take it.

"I...won't get mad at you. Well... I might... but I'll get over it."

"I..." I rolled over onto my back, causing Sora to slide slightly. I laughed. "You're adorable."

"Don't try to distract me, Ri-ri. You promised you'd tell me things."

I sighed. "I did. I regret that promise."

"Riku."

"I... she took me to her room. No one was home."

"Yes, and?"

"We started kissing," I said, feeling Sora still. "We only got as far as taking our shirts off...when she tried to take off my pants I just...ran away..."

Sora snickered.

"Don't laugh at me," I said. "I seriously flipped out and ran three miles in a panic."

"I noticed the panic part," he said. "You couldn't have grabbed your shirt, though, first?"

"I was kind of more concerned with running away."

Sora sighed. "Is it bad that I much prefer this outcome than the alternative?"

"...honestly, I don't think it is."

"That's good... I didn't really want you to be with her at all," he said, giggling. "I was so happy when you came running in here, but then I realized that you weren't just happy to see me..."

"I'm...sorry about that, really."

"Don't be... I don't think you can control that kind of thing, Riku."

"Er, no... not really."

"I'm glad you didn't sleep with her."

"...me too."

"You're still sleeping on the couch tonight, though."

"...yeah, I know."

"That's good."

"Riku!"

I flinched, and turned around. "Uh, hi, Namine...listen, about the other day..."

"I understand. You... don't like me that way. That's fine," she said, smiling softly. "If it's alright, though, I would like to be friends, though."

"I... okay. We can be friends."

She grinned. "Thank you, Riku."

I blinked as she walked away. I had a strange feeling that I wouldn't actually see her again. "Wait, Namine!"

"Yes, Riku?"

"You... You'll find someone else. And they'll love you in ways I never would be able to."

"...I-thanks."

It was Monday, February 13th. And I was on a mission.

And what was that mission, you ask?

Well...that's where it gets a little weird.

You see, the school had a Valentine's dance held tomorrow night. When I tried to ask Sora to it a week ago, he'd rejected me because of Tidus' stating that I had a girlfriend-which had been a misunderstanding, as Namine had told Selphie of her fondness of me, and Selphie, in turn, told Tidus, because Selphie told Tidus everything, and Tidus, being the typical guy that he was, didn't really listen and thought that she'd said I was dating Namine.

And now, because of my little stunt with Namine over the weekend, I'd been sleeping on the couch and dancing on thin ice since. So...after careful consideration, and the guidance of Xion, Roxas, Kairi, Axel, Larxene, and Selphie, I'd resolved that the only way to get back into Sora's favor was to play the part of the hopeless romantic, and woo him in ways that no man had ever wooed him before.

Because, obviously, I was the only one who'd sought after him so desperately-unless Kairi had something to tell me.

…

I certainly hoped she didn't.

Anyways, inner monologues aside... I was currently spending my allowance on the most disgusting substances I'd ever met; chocolates and candy hearts. I also managed to locate a stuffed... squid.

…

I hate myself sometimes, I really do.

"Sora?"

"Yes, Riku?" Sora said, voice tight.

"I, uh..." I fidgeted under his gaze. An angry Sora was a scary Sora. "Happy Valentine's Day," I said, pulling the blue-ish green stuffed squid from behind my back and dumping the candy on the table in front of him.

Sora stared at the squid, then glanced back at me. "Um...?"

"Please go to the dance with me?"

"Um... Riku... I don't really want to go to the dance..."

"Oh."

"But I mean, if you really want to, we can go-"

"No, that's...fine. Um... would you like to do something else?"

"I...no, not really."

"Oh."

"I don't..." Sora bit his lip. "I'm not saying this because I'm mad at you still, Riku... I just...don't really want to do anything today."

"Oh...alright."

"I appreciate the sentiment, really, but... I don't like Valentine's Day."

I blinked. Sora didn't like a holiday? Mind. Blown. I sat down in the chair across from him, running a hand through my hair. I chuckled. "Well, I feel stupid now."

"...Riku...don't."

"No, I mean... I got so worked up and in the end... you didn't even care. You don't even like Valentine's. I'm so stupid. I should have... I should have known that."

"No, Riku... you wouldn't have. It's... Riku, stop."

"I'm stopping. Okay. I'm stopping. Riku-bot 2000 rebooting," I said, slamming my head against the table a few times and taking a deep breath before opening my eyes and looking at him. "Hi."

"Um... hi," Sora said, looking a bit scared. "Are you...okay?"

"Peachy. Let's skip school, shall we?"

"Um... alright..."

To be completely honest, I hadn't actually slept in three days. I couldn't. I was so accustomed to sleeping with Sora's limps flung over me that to sleep normally was basically impossible.

"I miss you," I said, shaking my head at the table.

"I...you could have come back to bed on Sunday."

"Oh."

"I haven't slept in days."

"Me either."

"I'm really tired."

"Let's go sleep."

"Sounds...like a plan."

"Cool," I said, picking him up and tossing him over my shoulder, groaning as we crashed onto my bed.

Sora giggled, the kind of giggle that comes from not sleeping well in a long time, that's similar to being high. I laughed too, nuzzling his neck. "Riku, quittt! That tickles," he said, pouting into my hair.

"mnnn, too bad," I said, catching a bit of his skin between my teeth, eliciting a small moan from him.

"Ri-Riku, stop it!" Sora said, squirming.

I released his skin, moving up to his face and planting kisses all over. Sora giggled and shoved my face away with his hand. "nnn, Soraaaaaaaaa," I groaned. "Why don't we make love?"

"Riku, you're making me blush," Sora said, covering his face and shaking his head.

"You're so cute when you do that," I said, taking his hands away from his face and kissing his fingertips.

"Ri-ri, quit ittttttttttt," Sora said, face completely red.

"Why don't you love me, Sora?" I said, pouting.

"I do, Riku, but you're being silly," Sora said, smiling. "You keep missing my mouth."

"I want to kiss all of you, Sora," I said, catching his lips with mine. "Not just your mouth."

Sora giggled, moving his face as I started showering it with kisses again. "Go to sleep, Ri-ri. You're being silly."

"I missed you, So-so."

"Go to sleeeeeeep."

"You should be my husband. We should get married. We should be husbands and adopt a bunch of kittens and raise them as our own."

"Riku, you're not making sense anymore," Sora giggled.

"No, I'm serious. I wanna marry you," I said, grinning.

"Riku, go to sleep."

"Okay..."

A/N: I got distracted by Harry Potter. Dang it.

dearlybelovedangel: I'm trying to crush it. Because I'm a jerk that way. xD

egyptian1995: And then I took forever with this chapter. XD Yeah...Namine's kind of...I have mixed feelings towards her in general. I mean, I like her better than Kairi, but I kind of hate her too. It's weird. xD