For the story to make sense and go smoothly I had to mess with the order of a few things.
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Riku sat on Tidus' lawn and watch his friends re-plan the adventure he had already planned. He frowned slightly when Kairi set her head on Sora's shoulder. He sighed softly and leaned back on his hands. He hated being jealous of Kairi. She was his friend. Yet...she could do stuff, like rest her head on Sora's shoulder, and get away with it. If he tried that he'd never hear the end of it and Sora would probably think he was weird. The boy sighed again and looked up at his friends. Riku was surprised to see Sora looking at him kind of sadly. He blinked and the brunette looked away.
(What was that about?)
"So what are you gonna make the raft out of?" Selphie asked.
"Oh I don't know...wood perhaps?" Was Riku's sassy reply.
The girl stuck her tongue out at Riku. "Jerk."
Riku chuckled and stood up. "Well...I'm heading to Destiny Island to build my raft. Anyone coming with me?"
"I'll come." Sora offered, standing up.
"Me too!" Kairi chirped.
"We'll come by later. Right now my dad isn't home." Wakka replied with a smirk.
Tidus blushed and Sora chuckled. Riku just rolled his eyes.
"You two can makeout on the island y'know. No one will interrupt you." The silver-haired teen said.
Tidus turned a darker red and the girls giggled.
"We like to have 100 privacy." Wakka replied, wrapping his arm around Tidus' waist. "We'll come by later and help. Promise."
"Okay." Riku smirked. "Just make sure Tidus' lips don't fall off."
The girls giggled again and poor Tidus was almost purple he was blushing so badly.
"And? What about you Selphie? Coming?" Sora asked, turning to the girl.
"Sorry but I have a dance lesson in ten minutes. I'll come after though." Selphie replied.
"Okay. Looks like it's just us three. Let's get going." Riku said.
The group of friends parted ways. Riku and Kairi got their bikes and were ready to go. Riku was both pleased and surprised when Sora decided to go with him instead of Kairi.
"You need to get your own bike Sora." Riku teased.
"Yeah, yeah." The brunette grinned, getting onto Riku's bike. "Mom says I might get one for Snow Day."
Riku just smiled and pedaled off. They made their way down to the marina then headed for Destiny Island.
"At first I was kind of wary about this, but now I think this will be cool." Sora said.
Riku nodded his agreement and kept rowing.
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The sun beat down mercilessly on the three friends as they built their raft. They had no problem finding the materials they needed.
Riku sighed heavily and wiped his sweaty brow. Only half the raft was built but he was already overheated.
"It's so hot today." Sora sighed over dramatically, crawling into the shade.
"Get over here you lazy bum!" Kairi exclaimed, laughing.
"Maybe we should take a break." Riku said, wiping his forehead again. "It is really hot."
Riku crawled over to the shade too and rolled onto his back. Kairi shook her head and giggled.
"Fine. While you two are being lazy I'm going to row home and see if I can 'borrow' one of my mother's old sheets."
"Yeah. You do that." Sora smirked.
Kairi stuck her tongue out at Sora and nudged him gently with her toe.
"Just you wait Sora! When I get back I'll make you work!" The girl laughed as she jogged off.
"Riku...save meeee..." Sora whined softly, rolling to face Riku and snuggling up to him.
Riku snorted. "That's what you get for associating with the women folk..."
The brunette snorted back and punched Riku in the side. "You're so mean!"
"I wasn't being serious, Sora."
"I know...but you're still mean." Sora smirked.
Riku hoped that his friend wouldn't notice his racing heart. He could barely stop himself from freezing up when Sora rested his head on his shoulder. Instead he loosely wrapped his arm around Sora's waist and tugged the boy a bit closer. The two boys lay there and stared up at the sky. The sound of the waves and the gentle breeze was lulling Sora to sleep. When Riku looked down at his friend the brunette was already asleep and dreaming. Riku smiled and decided to let Sora sleep. He lay there for a few more minutes before carefully getting up and moving to work more on the raft...
"Riku?"
Sora stood on Paopu Island alone. It was so dark he couldn't even see Destiny Island.
"Riku?" Sora asked again.
"Soon he will belong to me." A deep male voice replied.
"What?"
"Riku. Soon he will belong to me." The voice said. "As will you."
Suddenly the darkness around Sora came to life. Long, bony arms shot out of the dark and snatched at him. The brunette turned and ran for the bridge that connect Paopu and Destiny Island. He stopped short. There in the middle of the bridge lay Riku. There was a ragged red hole where his heart should be.
"No! Riku!" Sora cried.
"No!" The boy wailed, sitting straight up.
"Sora!"
"No!" Sora screamed again, still caught up in his dream.
"Sora! It's me! You're ok!"
The brunette blinked the tears from his eyes to see a very worried Riku crouched in front of him. Riku hadn't even been working on the raft for a full twenty minutes when Sora started fussing. He was heading over to see if Sora was ok when his friend had started to cry. Now he was crouched in front of the brunette. He looked dazed and tears clung to his eyelashes. The boy placed his hand over Riku's heart, feeling the healthy beat.
"You're not dead..." Sora murmured.
The older boy froze a bit. Sora was dreaming about people's hearts being torn out too?
"Sora?"
Sora lunged forward and wrapped his arms tightly around Riku's neck. Riku wasn't expecting such a hug and fell back onto his bottom with Sora still clinging to him. The brunette whimpered softly and sniffled.
"Hey, it's ok." Riku soothed while petting Sora's hair. "I'm not dead and neither are you. it was just a nightmare."
The silver-haired teen was really beginning to wonder if the chain of islands they called home were haunted or something. Sora sniffled again and pulled away from Riku, feeling stupid.
"Sorry if I hurt any of your scratches."
Riku shook his head and pulled Sora into another hug. "It's ok, Sora. You didn't hurt me."
To be continued...
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Snow Day: The KH version of Christmas
Awww. Poor Sora. I'm so mean evil smirk R&R Please! :)
