Note: I will most likely not include Kairi, as I would be forced to bash on her if I did.
Anywho, on with the fic.
The rain fell from the sky, tears from the clouds, plopping into the ocean and against the beach. A low murmur filled the air, the voice of each raindrop as it landed. The smell of the salt air mixed with the smell of falling rain, creating a crisp, exotic perfume that filled the air. A lone boy stood in the shallows, the water reaching up to his ankles. He wore a pair of black jeans rolled to a bit below his knees, as well as a white tank top, which clung to his skin in the rain. His silver hair glistened with water droplets as he stood, staring out beyond the ocean. Staring at his destiny.
Sora POV
I sat beneath a palm tree further up the beach, behind Riku. He often did this. He told me that he could see his future beyond the horizon, away from the island, from home. It made me think about leaving here, leaving the memories that had been built on this island. I found it tough to do so.
Everyone else had gone home, so Riku stood there now, lost in his own thoughts. I doubted that he knew I was there. He didn't like to be fussed over, always the independent one, and he knew that if Kairi or Selphie they would worry about him standing in the rain. Even I didn't know why he did, but every time it rained, he stood out in the water, lost in thought.
My own mind started wandering, remembering the memories that would play in my mind forever.
Flashback
"Riku?" He picked himself up off the ground, dusting himself off and grinning, "You scared me there. I thought I had actually hurt you, o invincible-one."
"You got lucky," he said, smirking. His wooden sword lay a few yards away, knocked out of his hands a few moments before. He glanced up at me, right into my eyes. My heart beat a bit faster that second, and it seemed like an eternity that we stood like that. It was only a second though. He tried to walk forward, but limped a little, "Must have bruised my leg. . ."
I helped him over to the Papau tree, and we both sat down, watching the sun sink below the horizon in all it's blazing glory. It shone through the clouds that were now gathering above us, casting rays of deep purple, orange, and a crimson red over the patches of clear sky that we could still see. We sat there for a long time, until the sun could barely be seen.
"Riku?"
"Yeah?"
"What do you think is out there?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well. You always talk about going somewhere else, beyond the island. I only see ocean. What's waiting out there?"
"There has to be some other world out there. Ours can't be the only one."
"So why go there?"
"To see what else is there. We can never know how well off we are until we see how things could be different, right?"
"I guess so." We were silent for a few more moments, thinking about what had just been said, "So are you happy now?" I said the question shyly. Implied was the question I had been wanting to ask for a long time now. But how would he see that? How could he know the right answer? Riku liked to talk in riddles, and often missed what others meant to say, because he was too busy thinking of the answer. How could I expect him to give me the answer I had been wanting - longing for - for so long?
"Truthfully?"
"Yeah."
"I wouldn't trade what I have for anything," his answer surprised me right from the start, "and if I'm going to go somewhere else, I'd like to take what I have with me."
"And. . . what do you have Riku?" my heart beat faster still.
"Do I have you Sora?" He looked right at me, into my eyes. He looked hopeful, as though he had just asked for some huge favor and was waiting for an answer. I never regretted my answer.
We woke up a few hours later. We had fallen asleep, stretched in the sand, out fingers laced together. The rain had started to fall, lightly sprinkling the entire island with sweet, clear water. I found that, from then on, I liked the rain a lot more.
flashback fin
Riku POV
How long has it been since that day? A year? It doesn't seem like it. I'll never forget when you said 'yes' to me. I wanted to shout for joy, to jump. I was thrilled and energized, yet felt extremely exhausted at the same time, if that's even possible. Sora. . . I'll never let anyone take you away from me. No matter what, I'll always stand by your side.
3rd person view
Slowly, the silver haired boy turned, stepping onto the cool sand. The rain still came down, blurring the sky, as though the world was a dreamland. He strolled towards the palm tree rather slowly, spotting his love sitting underneath the palms, quietly, staring down in the sand and drawing small patterns, smiling. The silver haired boy smiled himself, approaching the other boy and sitting down beside him. The auburn haired boy looked up, grinning slightly. Riku kissed Sora lightly on the forehead, placing an arm around Sora's shoulder and hugging him close. Sora placed his lips on Riku's, kissing him deeply and lovingly.
"Hungry?" Riku offered a small, star-shaped fruit.
"Very," Sora broke off a corner of the fruit, eating it, before offering the fruit back to Riku. Riku smiled, and accepted. They finished the fruit, and sat under the palms, rain still tapping around them. Sora snuggled closer into Riku, and, slowly, they both drifted off into a blissful sleep, the last of the raindrops falling above them.
fin
Done! Hope you liked it. Now read the revised version - it's even better. All third person except for the flashback though. It's a little bit longer too.