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Yay, a quick update. Hope you guys like it.

-much love-

Shall We Dance?

Sora worried about his school work for nothing. He made pretty decent grades on all his tests, and even managed a high 'B' on a pop quiz in Trigonometry. It was finally Friday. Somehow it seemed like the longest week Sora ever had to endure. It seemed like a lot of girls were watching him through all his classes. A few times he thought they would approach him, but they always just turned around and went back to whatever they were doing.

Normally he would be happy that it was Friday, but today he just didn't feel all that well. He somehow managed to get through all his classes. Sora was thankful that the teachers went easy on them because of the dance that was coming up tomorrow night. He had completely forgotten about that too. He never got to ask anyone if they wanted to go with him. Of course he might not get to go anyway, if he doesn't get to feeling better.

As Sora was walking down the hallway, he tried to figure out why his book bag felt lighter. Did he leave his book in the classroom? He was sure he remembered putting it back into his book bag. He didn't really care. He just wanted to go lay down for a while. He felt horrible.

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When they reached the room, Sora decided he was going to lay down. Riku paced back and forth as quietly as he could. Before unpacking some of his books. Sora halfway wondered why Riku had two English books. He found that he didn't really care. He just wanted to feel better. Soon, preferably.

Sora felt Riku's cool fingers on his forehead for what must have been the tenth time that day. "I think your temperature has gone down a little. Maybe you will feel better if you take a nap." "Heh..." "I'm going to dinner. Is there anything you want me to bring back?" Sora shook his head. "Not really hungry."

Riku shut the door carefully behind him. He really hated to see Sora sick like that. Especially when the dance was...What is he thinking? Sora isn't going to want to go to the dance with him. He smiled inwardly. No one had asked Sora to go to the dance that weekend. Of course most of the girls really preferred to be asked themselves. Although mostly, it was because Riku would give a death glare to any girl that came within a few feet of Sora.

When he got to the cafeteria, he found that he wasn't really hungry either. He would at least bring something back for Sora. Just in case the boy changed his mind. He looked through the food selections of the day. He didn't really see anything someone sick would want to eat. He settled on some peanut butter cookies. That was something Sora never turned down. Not the healthiest food in the world...but better than nothing.

xXx

Riku came back to the room, to discover that Sora had taken his advice and went to sleep. Riku sighed. He loved how peaceful Sora looked when he was sleeping. It was like the boy was able to find his own haven of tranquility in whatever sugar coated dreams he had. Riku had always imagined that Sora had those sort of dreams anyway.

He didn't know how long he watched Sora's sleeping form, until the boy's eyes fluttered open. He almost looked like he was trying to figure out where he was. Riku thought to himself, that Sora was like an angel from heaven. His smile immediately turned into a smirk. No, Sora was no angel. The boy had his evil side. But he loved them both. The good and the bad.

"Sora baby? You have to eat something." Riku stuck his lower lip out, trying to imitate Sora's usual pout when things weren't going his way. Sora tried his best to hide the smile that was creeping up on his face. "What's in it for me?" Riku smirked. Yea, Sora was definitely feeling better now. Riku unwrapped the cookies he put in a napkin for the boy. "Cookies!" Riku held his hand back a little. "I dunno, you don't really look sick anymore...And cookies are not really a meal." "If I didn't know better, I'd say you liked me being sick." Riku laughed as he handed over the cookies. "But you looked so helpless..."

Sora was currently ignoring his friend. He had more important matters to attend to. Like for instance, devouring the current handful of cookies. He had to hand it to Riku though, the boy did know how to take care of him. He wondered what would happen after school ended. Would he move away? Would Riku move? He didn't want that to happen. He secretly plotted ways to make his friend keep him around. He couldn't let go. Not after all these years.

Sora somehow started thinking about Roxas. He wished the boy the best, he really did. It was just kind of weird watching the blonde walk around looking like a lost puppy dog. It seemed like Axel liked the boy...he wasn't really sure. He might treat everyone like that though. Axel wasn't exactly the type of guy you could easily read. Sora shook his head. Why was he thinking about this? He's not the freaking love connection!

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"Who are you going to the dance with?" Sora looked down at his hands. "I dunno...I might not go..." "Oh no, you're definitely going." Riku crossed his arms. "Come on Sora, we can easily be the hippest guys there. We'll go stag. How's that sound?" Sora started laughing. "Okay." More laughter. "Just don't go around telling people that we are hip..." Riku simply replied with a half-grin.

Things have been kind of hectic lately. For the most part, Riku appeared to be happy. But there were moments when Sora would glance over to see a pitiful site. He never saw Riku look so sad. Each time Riku would revert back to his happy go lucky ways. It was nagging at Sora. What was up with that facade Riku insisted on using? Something was wrong with his friend, and he wanted to know what it was.

Tonight was different. Riku faced the wall as he laid in bed. Sora almost missed having those piercing eyes gazing in his direction as he tried to sleep.

That was it. Sora couldn't stand seeing Riku so sad. It was gnawing away at his soul. "What's wrong, Riku?" Riku sat up in his bed, and ran a hand through his silver locks. "I'll tell you one day." "Aw...c'mon Riku. It can't be that bad." Riku sighed. "You just don't know when to give up, do you? I'll tell you one day soon, kay?" Sora reluctantly nodded his head before attempting to get some sleep.

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In the morning, the two boys went to breakfast. The cafeteria was surprisingly crowded this morning. Most likely everyone was too excited about the dance. From what Riku heard, the school never really had a dance before, and that this was kind of like a trial run. Riku steered Sora around a couple of girls that were contemplating on whether or not him and Sora had dates yet. As always, Sora was oblivious to all the commotion.

He got his usual breakfast and sat down at a free table. Riku knew better than to even bother getting breakfast. Everything would either be rubbery or rock hard. He watched in amusement as the same girls he avoided moments ago, were turned down by Axel. He shook his head. There were always a few stragglers that had to do everything last minute.

He watched as the same girls moved on to their next target. This time it was Roxas. He knew Roxas didn't have a date yet, and was interested to see if he would in a minute. Roxas shook his head as the two girls walked away looking disappointed. He knew why Axel didn't have a date. They both knew very well who they wanted to be with. Roxas on the other hand, that was surprising. He was one of the more popular guys in school. He's heard the fan girls fawn over him countless times.

The usual scene unfolded before them. Axel and Roxas sat on one side of the table, while him and Sora occupied the other side. They would all watch in disgust as Sora somehow managed to eat that stuff the school kept calling food. Axel was the first to talk, as he was many times. He seemed to lighten up a lot since the first time they met. "So I guess four of the schools most eligible bachelors are going solo tonight?"

Now that Sora thought about it, it was kind of weird. None of them had dates. He didn't really feel like asking anyone. He figured Riku and Axel didn't want the girls to fight over them if they chose someone to go with. Roxas...well he wasn't sure of Axel's sexual preference. Sora supposed Axel could be gay. The boy didn't have any intimate relationships with anyone that Sora knew of.

Speaking of Roxas...the boy was currently tugging on Sora's sleeve. "Heh?" "Can I talk to you outside?" Sora gave Riku a look that simply said, 'well I can't not go.' "Yea, okay?" Roxas dragged him out of the cafeteria to a secluded spot on campus. Roxas' face had a slight pink tint to it. "He was wearing tight leather pants, Sora. Do you have any idea how hard it is not to stare at him like that?" Sora had to laugh at that. He actually found himself hoping that Axel liked Roxas back. "Maybe you should ask him to dance tonight?" Roxas' face darkened another shade. "If he is straight he will kill me." Sora scratched his head. "I haven't noticed that he was interested in any girls..." Everyone keeps telling me that I don't seem to be interested in any girls...I guess that's not really good advise then. To his dismay, it seemed to be what Roxas wanted to hear. The boy quickly said bye, and headed off to god knows where.

I hope I didn't just mess things up for him somehow. But still he guessed it was better to find out if someone had feelings for you or not. It had to be better then driving yourself crazy with all the what-ifs life had to throw at you.

xXx

The day went by entirely too fast for Sora. Dances really weren't his thing. And he knew he was going to be one of those wallflowers that everyone always made fun of.

Riku started going through Sora's closet. "Any idea of what your going to wear?" Sora scratched the back of his head. Riku flashed one of those award winning smiles. "I thought as much." Riku threw a pair of khakis over in Sora's direction. Soon to be followed by a white thin long sleeved dress shirt. "That should look nice."

Sora looked down at his clothes. "Erm...why was that shirt hanging up in my closet? I thought I had it in the clothes hamper..." Riku started going through his own closet now. "Oh, while you were sleeping yesterday I did our laundry. You were sick and all, so I thought I'd give you a break." "Oh..." "Relax. I'm more than capable of doing laundry. I promise I didn't turn your clothes pink or anything." Sora looked down at the shirt. It did look pretty nice.

xXx

Sora had no idea how many girls he danced with that night. Every time he came close to sitting down, someone had to ask. He contemplated saying no, but then he just couldn't bring himself to do it. They all looked at him so expectantly. Riku had to dance with just as many girls, if not more. Each time someone asked him to dance, he would let out a small sigh before saying "all right, one dance..."

Sora watched his friend, as if he were some sort of fascinating television program. Riku wore a pair of khakis and a black long sleeved dress shirt. It had a nice contrast to Sora's own outfit. Sora had to admit, that shirt looked really good on Riku. Not that it had anything to do with the fact that Riku was wearing it. No it's a nice shirt that's all...it's not that he thinks Riku's body looks incredibly sexy under tha...whoa...no no NO. Sora couldn't help but stare at the silver haired beauty. "Sora?" He jumped slightly forgetting where he was. "You're drooling..." "Huh?" Sora wiped his mouth off. Sure enough a considerable amount of saliva had collected there. He hoped Roxas was the only one that noticed.

Roxas kept glancing back up at the clock. Sora looked at him questioningly. "Are you that bored?" Roxas shook his head. "I'm going to ask him." The DJ announced that this was the last dance. "Wish me luck." Sora nodded before he could even figure out what was going on.

Much to his shock, Roxas actually did ask Axel to dance. He thought he saw the red-head smirk before pulling Roxas in closer. It wasn't something he saw everyday. Two boys slow dancing. He didn't know how they could even move with how close they were standing. He quickly averted his gaze, not wanting them to know he was staring at them. A small crowd of people gathered around the two anyway, blocking his view.

Sora was glad he finally got to set back down though. He knew he was going to be tired in the morning. Riku sat down next to him. "Having fun?" "Meh." "Tired?" Sora nodded his head. He felt an arm wrap around his shoulder. He soon found that him and Riku were the only two left in the gym. It just felt so good leaning into Riku's side like that. It almost made Sora wish he could have sat down a long time ago. He tried to brush away any stray thoughts of Riku being attractive. Or how he somehow didn't notice everyone leaving the gym.

He figured at the moment, it would be alright. He would give himself a stern lecture in the morning. He just hoped Riku hadn't noticed anything. By anything, he mainly meant his little drooling escapade that went on earlier that night. It was just too much excitement for the night. He found himself leaning into Riku on the way back to their room, not caring about how it would look to other people at the moment.

Riku ruffled Sora's hair a little bit before walking over to his own bed. He looked pretty tired too. The last thing Sora thought about before going to sleep was Axel and Roxas dancing together. A part of him wondered what that would feel like. Him and Riku.

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Hmm...all I'm going to say about the next chapter is that it's titled It's Okay to be Gay.