To reviewers of Sayonara and such:

Levski: It is sad yet, at the same time, rather heartwarming don't you think?

The Light of Darkness: Thanks, 8D

Cedarleaf: You could say that, haha. But if you took Kodoku literally, it just means that Sora went out of the country or something and came back, yeah? XP

Truten: To be quite honest, I still like Ultra Blue, though when I first heard the songs (after being introduced to "Passion" for the first time), I wasn't that into the style. While it is true that the songs on Heart Station are mostly in the same style, I actually like the more ballady-style of songs, heh. It's all a matter of personal taste really, XP. And no worries about the reviews, I never really expect anyone to review so religiously anyhow, XP

Ficlet #24

Word count: 314

チョコレート - Chocolate

"Life is like a box of chocolates," said Roxas out of the blue.

Sora raised an eyebrow at the teen that sat on the other side of the table and took another sip of his chocolate shake.

"Quoting Forrest Gump, eh?" he said, looking down at his shake before stirring it with the straw to stop the icier parts from clumping together.

"Don't you think it's true though?" asked Roxas. "Dark chocolate's bitter; milk chocolate's sweet; white chocolate's creamy."

"I guess that would make chocolate with almonds a hard time?" the brown-haired teen replied absent-mindedly.

Roxas shot him a look. "I'm being serious here," he said with a huff.

Sora hated these philosophical discussions, but to let Roxas indulge in one of his eccentricities, he set aside the half-finished chocolate shake to regard the blonde more seriously.

"If you were to describe love with chocolate," he began, "what would it be?"

"For us?" asked Roxas. It was his turn to raise an eyebrow at the other; he hadn't thought that Sora would actually turn his own thought back on him."

"Yeah," he replied. "I think that for us, it would be strawberries covered with dark chocolate and decorated with a mix of all three different chocolates."

"That can describe every single love," scoffed Roxas. "I think it's more like two different truffles, one being dark chocolate filled with raspberry ganache and the other being white chocolate filled with milk chocolate cream."

"And they symbolize?"

"You and me; sex and cuddling; whatever you want them to symbolize." The words brought a blush to Sora's handsome face. Roxas's grin only caused Sora to blush even more.

"You're terrible," he said.

"Let's go home so we can share the chocolates," said Roxas, standing up from the table.

"To eat ourselves sick?" joked Sora.

"Only if you want to," retorted Roxas, giving his love a quick kiss on the lips.

Disclaimer: Standard disclaimer applies. QQ.

A/N: Rather corny ficlet for a corny day (wink). It's a bit late—almost post-Valentine's, but I'm shamelessly self-promoting by keeping the collection on the first page longer than it would've been if I had posted earlier, haha. Happy Singles Awareness Day! XD