Okay, I know a bunch of you got an alert that I had updated and came here to find nothing, but that's because I got an idea for a bit of fluff between Riku and Sora. It may not be so good and Riku may seem a little OOC. If that is the case, I am truly sorry. So here's the next chapter of Forget.

Disclaimer: I will not and never will own KH or any of it's characters.

Third Chapter: A Hole That Needs Filled

It's been a week since Sora had come to the castle and things weren't exactly going quite as planned. When it came to physical strength, Sora was way above average, although he still couldn't beat Riku. Yet, for some strange reason, his heart's strength was faltering. Because Riku could control the darkness as well as the light, he let some darkness seep into Sora's heart to train Sora to withstand a large amount. Should Sora begin to show signs that his heart was being taken over, Riku would use his light to banish it away.

However, the results were disappointing. No matter how hard he tried, Sora would succumb to only a slight amount, and he showed no signs of improving. It was almost as if the darkness found a crack in Sora's wall that it seeped into. More worlds have disappeared from the night sky, and the people in the castle were getting worried. Some even felt that Sora's time as the Keyblade Master was coming to an end and a new one would rise. Yet the Keyblade still only answered to Sora, and people were getting restless.

"I don't understand this. The true wielder of the Keyblade should be the one with the strongest heart, right? So why is Sora's heart weakening? At this rate, not even Riku's help could keep Sora safe until they get to the door. What's happening to him?" Mickey asked Donald and Goofy as they sat in his study and he paced around, deep in thought.

"Maybe Sora's just a little rusty! It's been a year since he had to fight any heartless, right? He's probably just not used to it anymore." Goofy suggested.

"But, Goofy, Sora wasn't even this bad when he first got the Keyblade. No, something's wrong." Donald said and the king nodded in agreement. He looked out his window, where he saw Sora and Riku sparing with regular blades from the armory. He looked at the cinnamon haired male with worry and sighed. He knew what was wrong, but the only one who could fix the problem was too convinced that Sora was fine on his own.

Sora's memories may be gone, but that is all. Namine' couldn't erase Sora's feelings for Riku, but that boy won't listen. If this keeps up, they're both going to be lost to the darkness. He sighed and shook his head.

"Your majesty?" Donald said, looking at the mouse with worry in his eyes. Mickey shook his head and moved away from the window with his hands behind his back.

"People can really be so dense sometimes, huh, guys?" he said. Goofy and Donald looked at each other for a moment.

"I…guess."

Sora cried out in surprise as he was flung back into the air and he landed heavily onto the grass. He glared at his attacker and charged at him with his blade. This sword was much heavier that the Keyblade, so Sora was slower than usual, but Riku was as quick as ever. He sighed with a very bored expression on his face as he watched Sora charge. At the last second, he sidestepped, causing the boy to charge right into the wall.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't know you were attacking. I thought you were going to run to the bathroom. I was just getting out of your way." Riku smirked in a very taunting fashion.

"Will you stop mocking me!" Sora demanded before he began a flurry of attacks. Riku blocked them all easily and even lectured Sora as he did.

"Your opponent will always use your weaknesses against you. If they find something that will make your heart fill with rage, they will use it, especially if they want your heart to succumb to darkness. The rage will blind you, you will make the sloppiest of mistakes, and you will...lose!" Riku emphasized his last word by sending Sora's blade spinning in the air before it landed in the grass a few feet away as Sora fell on his butt and blinked in surprise. Riku smiled and held out a hand to help Sora up. The mentioned boy looked at the hand suspiciously before getting up himself.

"No way am I going to fall for that again! Nice try, but I still got bruises from the last time you threw me to the wall." He said dusting himself off.

"Well, then, you've learned something at least." Riku smirked as he crossed his arms. Sora stuck his tongue out and turned away with a 'hmph'. "Yeah, real mature, Sora."

"So are we done yet?" Sora asked as he tried to recover some of his shattered dignity.

"We could have finished long time ago. When it comes to fighting, you're safe. Not good, but safe."

"Hey!"

"Anyways, what's really our problem is the other half of your training. That's getting your heart to withstand a large amount of darkness so I don't have to work harder than I need to. At this rate, I'm going to have to do all of the work, and that isn't going to be good in the core. Is there something you're not telling me that could help us? Anything at all would be fine." Riku waited patiently as the Keyblade Master held his chin and went deep in thought. Suddenly, his face lit up as if he had an idea.

"No, never mind, what was I thinking?" He mumbled, trying to shake off the idea.

"What? I'm telling you, anything at all would be appreciated so we can get this over with." Sora sighed and hung his head down low, trying to figure out how to get out of saying this. When nothing came to mind, he sighed again and sat down at the side of the sparring ring.

"Well...I don't know, it's kind of stupid..."

"What?"

"Okay! Fine I'll tell you!" Sora blushed lightly and held his knees to his chest, burying his face in his arms as he tried to hide his blush. "Okay, it's hard to explain, but ever since we woke up from this freaky nap and found the king, I've been feeling...empty. Like, as corny as this sounds, there's a hole in my heart. When I went back to the islands, I was positive that Kairi would be the one to fill it, but she didn't. As happy as I was with her, I wasn't happy happy. It was like I did feel happy, but inside, I felt so horribly lonely. There were so many people who cared about me and who loved me, but I couldn't feel them." Sora was twiddling his thumbs now, not wanting to look at Riku in fear of the other boy's reaction.

"Well...is there anyone you know that can fill that hole?" Riku asked hopefully. They needed to find out soon so that they could get this mission over with and get rid of the heartless. Sora's face suddenly flamed red and he looked away embarrassed.

"Well...there's this...person that I'm around a lot and I don't notice the hole going away, but when they leave, I notice it coming back. Even if the person's around during our training, I think I still have the hole once I'm paying attention to battling the darkness." He muttered, hoping not to give too much away. Okay, he was attracted to Riku, he admits it. But it was more than just physical attraction. Riku always made him feel...safe. Even though he only knew the elder male for a week, Sora found himself falling for him, and the hole slowly disappeared when the other was around. Yet, it was still there, and the darkness was flooding his heart through that hole. Also, the hole comes back full force the moment Riku leaves the room. Sora hated that.

I wonder whom Sora could be referring to. Riku thought as he tried to think over the information Sora gave him. Let's see, the only ones who have been hanging around him most of the week was Donald Goofy, Namine', and me. Out of those four, Goofy, Namine', and I are the only ones who are here when Sora's training his heart. Donald is always with the king when we're doing this...so...Ah-ha! Riku snapped his fingers in realization.

"Don't worry, Sora, I think I know who you're talking about!" Riku said, causing Sora to jump in surprise.

"Y-y-y-you do!" He said stuttering as his face turned a new shade of red.

"Of course! How could I not have seen this before! It was so obvious, I feel like an idiot for not realizing it sooner!" Sora's face relaxed slightly. Riku didn't look like he was disgusted or angry...could that mean that he feels the same?

"So...you're not creeped out by it?" Sora asked hesitantly. Riku turned to him with a raised eyebrow.

"Why would I be creeped out? You can't choose who you give you're heart to, if anything, I'm happy!" The Keyblade Master's face completely lit up at those words.

So Riku must feel the same, right? He's not rejecting me, and he says he's happy to know how I feel! This is so great!

"So, all you have to do while we're training is to focus on her. The less you focus on actually fighting the heartless and the more you focus on her, then the hole will be gone and the darkness can't get in!"

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"What?" Riku stopped from his plotting to see Sora's completely confused face. Maybe he just didn't understand, or Riku could be going to fast for Sora to keep up.

"Namine', right? The person who fills that hole is Namine'? So if she does that while she's around, maybe focusing on how much you care about her would do the same when she isn't and you can defeat the darkness." Sora's face completely fell. How the hell did he come up with Namine'! Is it just because she's the only girl around that's not a talking animal, no offense to the talking animals. Oh...yeah, Namine' had been hanging around with Sora a lot, probably hoping to be his friend and help him get more comfortable around the castle, but still! Is Riku really that dense?

"Riku you're so...Ugh, you know what, never mind! Look, I'm not up to trying your theory yet, besides, it's almost dinnertime. I think I'll go wash up, so let's call it a day!" Sora wasn't exactly happy with how clueless the other male was. He practically confessed to Riku and the other had really gotten his hopes up so high only to let it fall way, way down to the ground.

Do I have to spell it out for him? Or maybe he doesn't feel the same. That could be the reason why he didn't get it. I had said that the person I was referring to is with us during my heart training. The only ones regularly there other than Riku were Goofy and her. He would definitely rule Goofy out, so, if he doesn't consider himself a candidate, of course he would choose Namine'. Still, it hurt so much the way he made me feel so happy just to completely destroy that! Sora sighed and hung his head as he made his way to the bathroom.

"I guess he really doesn't feel the same."

Sora sighed as he sat down and ate dinner. He was unusually quiet, and the cheerful aura had completely dissipated, making those around him feel a little uncomfortable.

"Gee, Sora isn't acting like himself. Do you think he's sick?" Goofy whispered to Donald.

"I don't know, Goofy. He could just be a little tired from training. It looked like Riku was going harder on him than usual." Donald replied, just as quietly. Namine' sent Riku a look clearly stating 'What happened'. The silver haired boy just shrugged in reply. He truly didn't know. He had even gotten Sora a seat next to Namine' when he first noticed the boy's sour disposition. Sora, on the other hand, was too busy sulking to notice the conversations before him.

Maybe he really did get the message. We usually sat next to each other, but he moved to the other end of the table. Is he avoiding me because he thinks I'm disgusting? Wait a second, Namine' usually sits there, and now she's...I get it now. Geez, Riku, could you make things any harder? Sora sighed for the umpteenth time that evening and poked at the remainder of his food. When he realized that he was too depressed to finished, he excused himself, thanked Clarabelle for the meal and went down the hall to his room.

"Sora! Sora, wait a second!" The cinnamon haired boy turned around to see Riku running to catch up with him. Sora sighed and turned away. The elder male wasn't going to let him be, was he. "Sora, I really need to talk to you for a second."

"Yeah, what is it?" Sora asked with a cheerful smile as he continued to walk down the hall.

"Well, first I want to know what's wrong. You haven't been acting like yourself since training. So, what's up?" He asked walking next to him.

"Riku, you really shouldn't say I haven't been acting like 'myself'. We may be friends, but we've only known each other for a week, you don't really know what I act like." Sora retorted, making Riku flinch a little. Looks like he had to be more careful with his words than he thought.

"I'm just saying that you seem a little depressed. I'd really like to help you, if you don't mind." Sora sighed and hung his head a little. Oh well, he should do this now, or else he'd probably regret it for the rest of his life.

"It's just that...it kind of...hurt a little that you automatically assumed that Namine' was the one who filled my heart. I mean, she is nice and I do like her, but not like that." He muttered. Riku looked at him in confusion.

"But, you did say that the person came to practice, right? I don't know any other girl who comes there."

"What makes you think it's a girl?" Riku froze for a moment and Sora stopped as well, hoping that Riku could figure it out and that he wouldn't be disgusted by it.

"B-but that means..."

Great, here comes the cries in disgust.

"Wow...I didn't think you and Goofy-"

"NO!" Sora had whirled around and he was panting, also shivering at the very thought of Riku assuming that it was Goofy of all people.

Okay, I really think it should be illegal to be this dense! Or is he purposely doing this because he doesn't want to believe it's him I'm talking about.

"Well, Sora, I don't know who else it could be. I mean, no one else comes to our practices." Sora clenched his fists in anger, frustration, and, mostly, hurt. He whirled around with tears stinging the corners of his eyes.

"Riku how can you be so stupid! Who is the only one who I've spent so much time with this week? Who is the only one that is there at every single training session? Who, Riku, who?" Riku paused for a moment before realization dawned on him.

"M-me?" He asked pointing at himself. Sora's head hung and he bit his lip as he hesitantly nodded.

"Yes, you! Riku...I know we've only known each other for less than a week. Heck, we barely even know each other, but…I feel safe when I'm around you. I don't know how, but I think…I think I-" Truthfully, Sora didn't know what to think. All he knew was that whenever Riku was around, he felt a strong sense of familiarity. He was comfortable being with Riku, and felt that he could tell the elder boy anything without fear. It was the kind of feeling one would get with a very old friend, but it was also stronger than that. He felt as if he could do anything with the silver haired man by his side. He wanted the man to be by his side. "I think I love you."

Sora froze when he heard Riku's breath hitch.

That was it, it was all over. Sora just had to ruin it by opening his big mouth! He could have settled with close friendship by confessing something so big to someone he's only known for a very short amount of time. Now Riku was probably going to run away and never look at him in the face again. He was going to refuse to even go into the same room as Sora, let alone go on a mission with him. Sora felt tears in his eyes when he heard Riku's footsteps.

He's going to probably walk by me and tell me how disgusting I am. Wait a second, he's walking right to me. Great, I bet he's going to punch me. Sora closed his eyes shut when he felt Riku's hands on his shoulders, bracing his entire body for a hit he was sure was going to come. Here it goes. He's going to hit me, he's going to…is he hugging me?

Sora's eyes flew open when he felt the strong arms wrap around his shoulders and pull him into a warm embrace. He didn't move, hell, he hardly could breath at the feeling that was swelling up in him. After a moment, he hesitantly lifted his arms and held on tightly, hoping to the heavens he wasn't imagining things.

"This isn't a dream, Sora, right? You really said that, and you're really here, right?" Riku asked, almost scared of the answer.

"Heh, that's funny. I was wondering the same thing." They stood silently for a moment, until Riku voiced something that was scaring him most.

"You...you're not lying, right?" Sora's head shot up at the question. "I mean, it's not like I was trying too hard to hide how I felt, I was too concerned with your training to hide it. You're not just saying this to make me feel better are you?"

"Of course not!" Sora said, startled that Riku could even consider that he would lie about something as big as that. "I would never, never lie about something like this! I really do love you. Please believe me, Riku...please..." Riku smiled softly and he held Sora tighter, burying his face in the soft hair.

"I'm glad." He pulled back, simply smiling at the boy in front of him. His eyes then shot open in surprise when Sora's arms moved from around his waist to around his neck, definitely hinting at something, but Riku wasn't that dense. He smiled again before leaning over hesitantly and Sora closed the distance, pressing their lips tightly together.

"It seems you were right, Namine', we didn't need to do anything to push them together." A voice said as two dark figures hid in the shadows, watching the two down the hall.

"See? I knew that Sora would succumb to his feelings quickly. I didn't expect him to be that quick, though. He feels that they just met, so of course he would be cautious about 'love at first sight'."

"Let's just say this doesn't count since his heart knows who it belongs with."

"Yes, your majesty."

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"Namine'?"

"Yes, your majesty?"

"Did you just take a picture?

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"I want a copy."

"Teehee, yes, your majesty."

Yeah...I don't know what the hell that last part was about either. You can decide if it really happened, a friend of mine dared me to make Namine' and the king yaoi fanatics for at least one part. It's never going to be mentioned again, so if you want it to have actually happened, feel free to do so. And I know Riku is stupidly dense in this chapter, but, don't forget, he was still convinced that Sora wouldn't like him like that. Remember, I am a car and reviews are my fuel. The more I get, the faster I work.

Preview to next chapter:

"SORA!" Riku shouted when he saw the dark tentacles shoot up from the ground, wrapping the younger boy tightly and lifting him above the ground. His mouth was covered, so as much as Sora tried to scream, it was muffled by the slimy tentacles. Riku growled and charged the tentacles with his sword in his hand, but he was suddenly stopped by a black barrier.

"Now, now, don't be too hasty, Riku. I just want to talk with you, and I knew your lover here would just get in the way." a feminine voice rang through the core and Riku growled as he stood his ground.