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--Meanwhile...at the food court, Riku sits at a table scarfing down Cinnabuns and milk.
Riku: Damn, Sora. He didn't even follow me. He's probably off somewhere having a good time. (cries out) He doesn't even care! He doesn't even like Cinnabuns!!!
--All of a sudden, a young man walks by and stops.
Young Man: (in a 'flamboyant' voice) Riku? Long time no see. What's wrong?
Riku: (looking up) Wakka?
Wakka: May I? (pulls out chair)
Riku: Oh, sure.
Wakka: (sits down) So, dish.
Riku: Dish? What the hell?
Wakka: No, silly! Tell me what happened.
Riku: Nothing happened.
Wakka: Come on. It's me. You can tell me.
Riku: What are you getting at?
Wakka: No body buys 4 Cinnabuns and actually eats them all in one sitting unless they're depressed.
Riku: Well...um...this, um, 'girl' used to be hooked on this, um, 'guy', but 'she' let 'him' go because 'she' fell in love with me.
Wakka: Oh, love triangle. (pointing to the Cinnabun Registar) I'll take a Mini-bun and a latte...for here. Continue.
Riku: Right. Well, Sor...I mean this 'girl', well, I think 'she' still has feelings for the 'guy'.
Wakka: That slut.
Riku: 'She's' not a slut, Wakka!
Wakka: Sorry. Mee-ouch! (makes a cat gesture)
Riku: Can you be serious? I'm really worried about him, I mean 'her'!
Wakka: Riku?
Riku: What?
Wakka: Was that a Freudian Slip of a different color?
Riku: Huh?
Wakka: The color purple maybe?
Riku: Are talking about that movie with Woopie Goldberg and Oprah?
Wakka: Riku? Can I ask you a 'personal' question?
Riku: Sure, I guess.
Wakka: Are you...
Riku: If you're about to ask me what I think you're about to ask me...
Wakka: Then what? If you weren't, then you'd simply say no and we'd move on. Unless?
Riku: Unless what?
Wakka: Unless you've got something to hide?
Riku: Um...(stuffs half a Cinnabun in his mouth). Well, it's hard to explain. I'm not 'gay'...well...
Wakka: Well, what?
Riku: Well...I like girls and everything, I'm very sure of that, but then there's Sora.
Wakka: I always knew the two of you were really close, but I never knew how close.
Riku: Well, it's all happened so fast. So I can't really blame him if he still likes Kairi.
Wakka: So she's the tip of the triangle.
Riku: He's right. I did kinda over react. It's just that...I've changed so much, just for him. It's not that I didn't want to. I did it so that I could be with him, but...
Wakka: But what?
Riku: But now he seems to be concerned about Kairi again. Maybe it's just me, but I doubt that's he's truly over her. And until then, he won't be able to completely commit to me. I know it all sounds selfish, but I've always wanted someone to only think about me. And I thought that Sora did. But the truth is that, he doesn't. I'm being unrealistic. Of course he doesn't.
Wakka: Do you?
Riku: Do I what?
Wakka: Do you only think about him?
Riku: (pauses) Since last night, since all these things that have happened...yes.
Wakka: Well, is that good enough for you?
Riku: Sometimes...yes.
Wakka: Well then. Whether your love be returned at the same extent or not, you love him with all your heart and that is all that matters, right?
Riku: Right. How did you get to be so wise?
Wakka: Experience...and anime.
Riku: What experience?
Wakka: My unrequited love for Tidus.
Riku: Oh, sorry.
Wakka: Listen, why don't you clean yourself up and go find Sora. I bet he's worried.
Riku: Thanks Wakka. I never really liked you at all until now.
Wakka: Sadly, that's the nicest thing you've ever said to me.
Riku: Don't mention it. (gets up from the table and wipes his face) Here I go. (walks off)
Wakka: Good luck!
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--Meanwhile...at the food court, Riku sits at a table scarfing down Cinnabuns and milk.
Riku: Damn, Sora. He didn't even follow me. He's probably off somewhere having a good time. (cries out) He doesn't even care! He doesn't even like Cinnabuns!!!
--All of a sudden, a young man walks by and stops.
Young Man: (in a 'flamboyant' voice) Riku? Long time no see. What's wrong?
Riku: (looking up) Wakka?
Wakka: May I? (pulls out chair)
Riku: Oh, sure.
Wakka: (sits down) So, dish.
Riku: Dish? What the hell?
Wakka: No, silly! Tell me what happened.
Riku: Nothing happened.
Wakka: Come on. It's me. You can tell me.
Riku: What are you getting at?
Wakka: No body buys 4 Cinnabuns and actually eats them all in one sitting unless they're depressed.
Riku: Well...um...this, um, 'girl' used to be hooked on this, um, 'guy', but 'she' let 'him' go because 'she' fell in love with me.
Wakka: Oh, love triangle. (pointing to the Cinnabun Registar) I'll take a Mini-bun and a latte...for here. Continue.
Riku: Right. Well, Sor...I mean this 'girl', well, I think 'she' still has feelings for the 'guy'.
Wakka: That slut.
Riku: 'She's' not a slut, Wakka!
Wakka: Sorry. Mee-ouch! (makes a cat gesture)
Riku: Can you be serious? I'm really worried about him, I mean 'her'!
Wakka: Riku?
Riku: What?
Wakka: Was that a Freudian Slip of a different color?
Riku: Huh?
Wakka: The color purple maybe?
Riku: Are talking about that movie with Woopie Goldberg and Oprah?
Wakka: Riku? Can I ask you a 'personal' question?
Riku: Sure, I guess.
Wakka: Are you...
Riku: If you're about to ask me what I think you're about to ask me...
Wakka: Then what? If you weren't, then you'd simply say no and we'd move on. Unless?
Riku: Unless what?
Wakka: Unless you've got something to hide?
Riku: Um...(stuffs half a Cinnabun in his mouth). Well, it's hard to explain. I'm not 'gay'...well...
Wakka: Well, what?
Riku: Well...I like girls and everything, I'm very sure of that, but then there's Sora.
Wakka: I always knew the two of you were really close, but I never knew how close.
Riku: Well, it's all happened so fast. So I can't really blame him if he still likes Kairi.
Wakka: So she's the tip of the triangle.
Riku: He's right. I did kinda over react. It's just that...I've changed so much, just for him. It's not that I didn't want to. I did it so that I could be with him, but...
Wakka: But what?
Riku: But now he seems to be concerned about Kairi again. Maybe it's just me, but I doubt that's he's truly over her. And until then, he won't be able to completely commit to me. I know it all sounds selfish, but I've always wanted someone to only think about me. And I thought that Sora did. But the truth is that, he doesn't. I'm being unrealistic. Of course he doesn't.
Wakka: Do you?
Riku: Do I what?
Wakka: Do you only think about him?
Riku: (pauses) Since last night, since all these things that have happened...yes.
Wakka: Well, is that good enough for you?
Riku: Sometimes...yes.
Wakka: Well then. Whether your love be returned at the same extent or not, you love him with all your heart and that is all that matters, right?
Riku: Right. How did you get to be so wise?
Wakka: Experience...and anime.
Riku: What experience?
Wakka: My unrequited love for Tidus.
Riku: Oh, sorry.
Wakka: Listen, why don't you clean yourself up and go find Sora. I bet he's worried.
Riku: Thanks Wakka. I never really liked you at all until now.
Wakka: Sadly, that's the nicest thing you've ever said to me.
Riku: Don't mention it. (gets up from the table and wipes his face) Here I go. (walks off)
Wakka: Good luck!