Time for chapter 2! Thanks to all three reviewers, you guys rock my socks :D On my KH2 game, I just beat Sephiroth, I'm really proud of myself :D never thought I'd be able to do it XD

To recap: Riku just asked Kairi to go fishing, though he doesn't want Sora to get the wrong idea.

Kairi stared at him for a moment. Then, her face cracked into a smile. "Of course, Riku! We haven't done anything since we got back, so I'd love to go fishing!"

"Great," Riku said, smiling back. "I feel bad for Sora, though."

"He can come once his mom lets him out of the house," Kairi reasoned. "Let's go grab our stuff from home, and meet at the dock!"

Riku nodded, and headed off in the direction of his house, not noticing Sora crouching behind a clump of brush.

Fishing? Sora thought. Is that some code for 'come to my house and we'll fool around behind Sora's back'? He almost burst out laughing at himself. Then again… there was a special sparkle behind Kairi's eyes… one that she used to only have when Sora was around… Don't be stupid, he told himself. They wouldn't.

Riku returned home, grabbed his fishing pole and tackle, and immediately set out for the dock. He beat Kairi, as he assumed he would—girls always took forever to do anything—and seated himself at the end, feet hanging off. He threw his head back, and shut his eyes, absorbing the waning sunlight. He hadn't realized how late it was—almost 8, and the sun was setting. Not the best time for fishing, but any time spent with one of his two best friends made Riku feel as though maybe, just maybe, they could forget what he had done.

When Kairi arrived, they both baited their hooks and tossed them into the water. They sat there in silence, enjoying each other's company for awhile, before Kairi at last broke the silence.

"Hey Riku?"

"Hmm?"

"You know a lot about Organization XIII and nobodies, right?"

He thought about this for a moment. "Only what Diz… I mean, Ansem… taught me about them."

"So… do you think there's any way to make a nobody a somebody again?"

Riku wrinkled up his nose. "I don't think so… why?"

Kairi sighed. "It's… it's nothing. Never mind."

"Kairi, you can tell me anything," Riku said reassuringly.

"Well… lately, I've been feeling… I just… I feel like Naminé might be in love with Roxas."

Riku's eyes widened. "You can tell what your nobody is feeling?"

"I don't know… it's a weird feeling, though, I can't explain… it just seems like she's trying to tell me that," Kairi murmured. "But who knows, I could be crazy."

"No, no, you're not crazy… if only we had access to a good library, we might be able to find out if once a nobody leaves and re-enters the body… we could find out if things change," Riku mused.

"I'd really like to know," Kairi agreed. "I mean, it might just be me…"

Riku smirked. "What might just be you? Your obvious attraction to Sora?"

"Shut up!" Kairi demanded, blushing. "I never said anything!"

"Don't think that you're the only ones who know about that cave drawing," Riku teased.

Kairi gasped. "No, I knew I shouldn't have… AGH, who else knows!"

Riku laughed. "Nobody, I was kidding."

Kairi slapped his arm. "Don't you ever tease me about Sora again, Riku!"

Riku couldn't stop his laughter. "Sorry, sorry, it was just such a perfect opportunity!"

Kairi glared at him. "Oh really? I bet I could find a perfect opportunity to tease you about you and what's-her-name… oh, yeah, Maleficent?"

Riku's smile shifted to a scowl. "Wow. That was a low blow, Kairi."

She giggled. "See? I'm not completely defenseless."

"Fine, fine, I won't tease you about Sora again."

She smiled widely. "Great!"

"Roxas is, of course, open territory, though… I mean, technically, part of you likes him, right?"

Kairi let out a sigh of frustration while Riku laughed his butt off.

Sora watched them from the woods, which was far enough away that he couldn't hear anything, but had a pretty good view of what they were doing. His jealousy rising by the second, he became suddenly aware of how long he had been away from home—his mother was sure to notice. Pulling a face, he walked back towards his house, thinking about Kairi and Riku all the way. If only he had heard the actual conversation.

Naminé busied herself with trying to help Kairi in any way that she possibly could. Being a nobody was usually pretty boring business, but since she still was aware that she was herself and not actually Kairi, she at least tried to help. Lately, her greatest effort had been attempting to drag Kairi's thoughts in the direction of Sora. The more Kairi thought about Sora, the more she would realize how much she wanted to spend time with him.

And, the more time Kairi spent with Sora, the more time Naminé spent with Roxas. Simple as that. Girls, being as perceptive as they were, could obviously tell if something was up—Kairi, for example, had noticed that her thoughts were unusually focused on Sora, and she came to her own conclusions. All of her conclusions, of course… were correct.

Naminé mentally kicked herself. Now, that boy, Riku, would blab to Sora about what Kairi had said, and Roxas would find out—not good. All she could do was wait for the next time she could talk to Roxas and explain herself. Then again, what did it matter? It's not like she and Roxas could ever be together anyway…

Unless…

Sora and Kairi got together.

But… how would she go about setting them up?

As Sora wandered home, his thoughts were racing from Kairi, to Riku, and… well, mostly Kairi. He wasn't quite sure why she had been on his mind so much lately—sure, he had had a crush on her for freakin' ever, but had never done anything about it. Now that she was with Riku, it didn't seem like there was any point to speaking up.

Riku was the dark, hot, moody type that girls always went for. And Sora was the goofy, sweet, dorky guy that always lost to the hot moody types. Perfect. Just perfect. He climbed back into his room. It didn't seem as though his mother had checked to make sure he was still there—she probably figured he was too much of a good boy to go anywhere when he was grounded. Either way, he collapsed onto his bed after stowing the rope ladder in his bottom dresser drawer. He doubted he'd be needing it… Riku and Kairi would probably just do things without him for the rest of the time he was grounded.

He stared up at the ceiling, feeling more miserable than he had since he found out that Xemnas and Saix had been using him to gather hearts, and that all the work he had done may have been for nothing. He eventually drifted off into a sleep plagued by dreams that always ended in Kairi and Riku shoving him out of the tree house and living happily ever after.

This boy is absolutely nuts, Roxas thought to himself. He thinks Kairi would go for a guy like Riku? What a dope. If I know anything about Naminé… oh, wait. She's not Naminé. She's Kairi.

That night, Kairi dreamed about Sora all night. She had three different ones, all of which ended in Sora confessing his feelings for her, and them getting along famously for the rest of forever. Ah, she thought, if only they were true.

She decided maybe, just maybe, these dreams could possibly mean something… She quickly dressed with one thought burning in her mind: she had to sneak into Sora's room and talk to him. There was no other way to find out if her dreams were just dreams, or if they were something more. She slipped out of her house without a problem, and made the short walk to Sora's house, head swimming with thoughts of Sora. She reached his bedroom window before long, and realized immediately that getting his attention would be much more difficult than when Riku had been with her.

She tossed pebbles at his window for awhile. Her aim was poor, and the idea had completely crashed and burned—there had to be another way… She searched for the rope ladder in the tree, but found that the gigantic hole was empty. That Sora, I guess he didn't put it back yesterday…

Naminé was panicking. There was no way Kairi could leave when they were so close to Sora! She frantically began thinking of anything she could possibly do to help Kairi, until an idea popped into her head.

"ROXAS!" she screamed at the top of her lungs. "ROXAS, WAKE UP!" She prayed fervently that she was close enough for him to hear her screams.

A few moments later, Sora'shead, spiky hair ruffled and eyes barely open, popped out the window. "Anybody down there…? Oh, Kairi! What are you doing here?"

Naminé grinned to herself. Now, things would start to get interesting…

For the record, I love writing this story. Aaaanyway, will Riku spill the beans to Sora about what Kairi told him? Will Kairi find out if her dreams were just dreams? Will Roxas EVER get through to Sora? (Prooobably not XD) read chapter 3, coming soon, to find out!

Thanks for reading,

Lulala