Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts, I don't own much actually. Anyway, I just own this story so don't take that away from me!

Pairing: Sora/Riku

Author's Note: Okay, sorry for the last chapter. I know that it was extremely rushed and sucky! It was also pretty short too. Oh yeah, this time I was playing Dead Or Alive Beach Volleyball when thinking about stuff to do for this chapter. Not that yall really care though! I'm trying really hard to make these chapters longer than they are. Thanks for all the help and reviews!

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Parting Of The Ways

Chapter 8- You Seem Better

"Tidus?" Sora looked hurt.

"It's okay. I guess I'm just a bit shocked, that's all." boy did Tidus ever looked shocked. But then again, if you had just found out that two of your best friends went gay with each other, wouldn't you be too?

"Um, how long has this been going on?" Kairi piped up.

"Hm, for about ten minutes!" Riku took Sora by the hand.

"Well, thanks for telling us. I'm glad you didn't decide to keep it a secret you know." Kairi looked hurt, but never less, at least she wasn't mad. "I, just need to go now." Kairi headed off in the direction of her house.

Tidus still sat there, finally breaking the uncomfortable silence between them all. "I'm seriously okay with it. You understand right? It's just that, I never thought about it. But now, it makes perfect sense. Congratulations you two. I'm happy you found someone to love." Wow, Tidus had never spoken like that before. The two had never expected something that nice from anyone.

"Tidus, thanks." Sora looked at his friend.

"No problem." Tidus turned to smiling Selphie. She looked so happy for the two, and so aw struck at Tidus. She never knew how sweet he could be.

Riku was as happy as ever. Tidus was okay with it. Kairi seemed okay with it. Selphie was all for it. But Wakka was still no where to be found. It only added to his happiness when Sora had leaned himself against him, pressing all his weight onto Riku.

The silver haired boy wrapped his arms around the other's waist, and being taller than him, also leaned his chin on top of all the brown, spiky hair; causing Sora to give out a tiny moan. "Love you lots." Riku whispered into Sora's ear.

"You seem better. Not sick." Sora broke the contact and looked straight into the other's eyes. Riku fidgeted in the sand.

"You healed me. There was never a better medicine than you my angel." Sora seemed to like that answer and showed it too, by leaning kissing Riku on the lips long and hard. He brought his hands up into the others hair, twisting the many silvery strands that hung lazily around his perfectly framed face.

Riku deepened the kiss by running his hands along Sora's chest, squeezing his shoulders every now, and exploring the areas of Sora's soft skin under his shirt. "Hmmmm..." Riku murmured into the kiss.

Sora broke, gasping for air. "Riku, I'm hungry." He whined.

Riku started in on the brunette again, "I can fix that." He kissed a couple of light, airy kisses onto Sora's neck.

"You know what I mean! I'm really hungry. Common, let's go back to my house or something before I starve." Riku rolled his eyes, oh how this little cutie loved eating.

"Fine." Riku grabbed Sora's hand and started running towards his boyfriend's house.

Sora gave Riku a quick kiss before entering. He could smell the food from outside, hamburgers. His favorite. "Mom! I'm home. Riku's staying tonight again. That's okay, right?" He looked over at a grinning Riku. He knew exactly what nasty little thoughts his perverted friend had.

"It's okay with me. Just make sure you call your mother, Riku." His mother walked over and ruffled his silver hair, leaving Sora looking jealous. Riku laughed to himself about that.

She obviously knew the two were together. She had heard Sora and Riku in the room this morning. She had also seen them kissing out the window. She wasn't stupid. At first, the thought of her Sora being gay with Riku, she was terrified and she didn't like it. But she also saw how in love the two were, and it didn't , make much difference. It was okay, as long as the two weren't totally disgusting about it all.

And another thing, she loved Riku to death. Sora's mother knew that he would never ever do anything to hurt her son. Kingdom Hearts was different, it wasn't his fault that Riku was possessed. No, she was happy with the two, as long as they were happy.

"Sure thing." He walked over towards the phone, dialed his home phone number.

"Hello?" Came his mother's sleepy voice through the phone.

"Mom. Can I stay at Sora's again?" Riku hoped she would let him. Thoughts of him and Sora cuddled up, sleeping together, in bed together... but his thoughts were interrupted by her voice again.

"If it doesn't bother Sora's mom, then I guess it's okay." She sounded tired from a hard, long say of work.

"No. It doesn't. I'll be down in like five minutes to get my stuff. Love you, bye mom." Riku gave Sora a look and said his goodbyes. Then went to go get his stuff.

"Sora. Um, can I ask you something, honey?" She looked nervous. Oh God, she must know, was Sora's thoughts.

"Sure, Mom. Anything you want to ask- it's all fair game." He didn't move, and his voice cracked with every sentence or so.

"Do you love Riku?" Short, sweet, and to the point.

"Um, yes, Mom. I love Riku." Don't cry now. Don't cry.

"I think that's wonderful, baby!" What? That's not supposed to happen. She is supposed to be angry and yelling. She is supposed to be upset that her son is with another guy. Supposed is right.

Daughter and son stood hugging for a long while. Sora gently cried, not much because he didn't want Riku to see him crying. Even if it was happiness, still. Riku didn't like seeing him crying.

"Did you think I wouldn't be okay with it? I love you for who you and Riku are." Sora smiled up at his mother. Since when did she become so understanding?

She let go of Sora. "I couldn't be happier for you."

"Thanks, Mom. Your the best."

The doorbell rang. "What the-" she got up, looked out through the window. "Riku, honey! You know you don't have to ring the doorbell! Your practically family." She had intended on teasing Riku, since he didn't know that she knew- yet.

"Yeah..." Riku looked puzzled and left his stuff in the hallway.

"Dinner won't be ready for about another ten minutes. Could you two go in Sora's room or something? To pass the time or whatever? And do something meaningful? Go play or whatever it is yall two boys do." Sora was cracking up, his mother had a sly look pasted onto her face, and Riku just stood there halfway grinning the other half looking extremely confused.

"Come on, Riku. You heard her. Lets go play in your room." Riku smiled mischievously over at Sora. "We got ten minutes, love. What you wanna do?" Riku trailed his fingertips lightly up Sora's chest.

"She knows." Sora took Riku's hand gently.

"She does?" Riku squeezed his hand.

"Yeah. But she's perfectly okay with it." Sora brought Riku's hand up to his mouth, kissing it gently. "I wouldn't care if she didn't like it. I'll never ever leave you."

Sora's lips met Riku's in a fiery kiss, releasing only finally when he heard his mother say, "Boys, it's ready. A little earlier than I expected. Come on." The brunette finally pulled away as the other quickly brushed his lips up against the other, then left the room.

Like they had done the previous night, Riku sat across from Sora. "Eat up, you two." She smiled at Riku.

The two ate in silence. Silence, except for the amusing grins, smirks, and kisses blown to each other. There was also the occasional mouthed words of, "I love you."

Sora had finished before Riku, "Riku, I'm gonna go get dressed, okay? Hurry up!"

"Sure." Not wanting to miss Sora getting undressed, he abandoned the last half of his hamburger. "You in there?" Riku knocked on the door lightly. He was surprised when after a couple of minutes of silence, Sora burst through the door wearing absolutely nothing except for a pair of boxers. "Now hurry up and you get dressed!" Sora purred and went into the bathroom.

Riku ran quickly into the hallway, grabbing his bag, and changed even faster. He pulled his shirt up over his head and stared at himself in the mirror. God, even he himself had to admit he was extremely sexy. Perfect build, silver hair, and the most beautiful green eyes in the world. Why wouldn't Sora love him?

The brunette boy came out of the bathroom, his hair still spiked up in that adorable way he had kept it ever since he was fourteen. He was still the skinny little cutie pie Sora, but he wasn't as such a cutie pie. That sweet little boyish face had turned into a hot, focal point for girls. So Riku wasn't the only hot boy on the island anymore, he had had competition with Sora. Not anymore though. Now, they just needed to compete with each other.

Riku gave Sora a light kiss before walking into the kitchen. He sat up onto the table. "Sora, I'm still hungry. You made me give up the other half of my hamburger!"

"Oh, so you value your precious hamburger more than something like this." Sora walked over to his lover and put his hands on either side of the boy's face. He brought his lips to meet Riku's and ran his tongue over his lips.

"Hmmmm... No I like that better." Riku groaned. "I won't be hungry for long if you continue." Sora shook his head.

"No, I feel more like, more like, like, cuddling." Riku laughed.

"Cuddling? Fine, but as long as we 'cuddle' in your bed. I don't feel like making you sleep on the sofa this time. We can share the bed-"

Riku's statement was interpreted by Sora's mother, yet again. "Go on now, you can both sleep in the same bed now." She laughed. "Love you both lots. Night." She laid a kiss on both boys head, turned the lights off, (leaving the two boyfriends in complete darkness) and went inside her bedroom falling asleep.

"Common! Let's not disappoint your mother! Do as she said." Riku ran off into the bedroom, Sora not far behind.

Sora hopped into bed first and pushed the covers off of his body. He motioned for Riku to come in too. "Common, Mr. Let's Not Disappoint Your Mother." With that, Riku jumped in alongside Sora and wrapped his arm around the other's waist. Sora snuggled into his chest breathing lightly.

"How can you be so perfect?" Riku asked.

Sora lifted his head up and looked his love in the eye. "Me? Perfect?"

"Yes you, your absolutely perfect. In every way there is possible." He leaned in for a quick kiss on the nose.

"I'm not perfect."

"If that's what you wanna tell your adorable self. Fine by me." He pulled the brunette in closer to him. Holding on as if he would disappear.

"I'm not adorable either." Sora's muffled reply came.

"Yeah whatever." Riku laid his head down on top of Sora's, feeling the soft mahogany spikes of hair.

Sora yawned. "I'm tired." He snuggled deeper into Riku, resulting in the already tight grasp around his middle to become even tighter.

"Then go to sleep, love. I'll wake you up. I'll watch over you. I'll protect you." And with that, Sora drifted off into a wonderland of dreams.

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Ending Note- This fic. is really starting to get on my nerves. I think it's bad. Lol, what do you guys think? Anyway, thankfully I might not have to get those 4 teeth pulled. Right now, it's all talk! But most likely, I will. Anyway, I saw my neighbor once in black boxers and they looked hot! Hehe! I'll never tell about them! Lol they moved like a couple of years ago thankfully! I think somewhere like Colorado! Anyway, this chapter seems still all too short. I think my problem is that I'm rushing and just wanting to get something up, instead of really thinking about it all. Well, reviews? Oh yeah, do you think this story is turning out too happy? I mean, I'm not a big fan of angst stories. I cried my life out when I read Release. That's the saddest fic. I think I've ever read. Should I make at least some anger? Or is everything fine. I'm NOT going to turn this all angsty, but some might be okay. Oh yeah, ones I recommend that you *must* read. Pieces that Fall Into Place, Hate This Place, Kissing Lesson/Next Lesson, The Tears Path, and Truth Or Dare. Trust is really good too. I like Breathe, the one that isn't all angsty! Lol, well g2g byes!