My Naïve Obsession

Author's note: This is yet another Kingdom Hearts fan-fiction I just came up with after attempting at the game again. I got to Hollow Bastion this time, unlike in Olympus Coliseum when I start gave up after failing to beat Cerberus. But now I've just beaten Maleficent's first form and so now I'm happy. Yay, go me.

This story was inspired by the little quotes in Kingdom Hearts from Riku to Sora, and the document that shown all the unread meanings behind Riku's actions towards Sora. I'm not saying any more if anyone hasn't read that document yet, but this story will hint out certain things that were mentioned. So you can either read the document first, or read this and then the document; they both give out the same basic information except the document is more in depth about it. Hope you like. This is the game in reality form; basically with high school, puberty and all else. Hah.

Chapter One

Sometimes I like to think of you

If there were a term Riku hated the most: it was Summer.

Summer: full of sunburn and humidity; not to mention a never ending supply of pollen that could give a guy hay fever for the majority of his life.

He shook his head dazedly, trying to ignore the hazy feeling in his eyes and sinuses. Despite how much he hated being out here; he was doing it for Sora, his best friend in the whole world. They had been inseparatable since the day they first met. Both boys had been only kids at the same, but even Riku knew that ever since he first laid eyes on the youthful, naïve brunette that he was absolutely smitten.

He watched as the brunette danced around among the sunflower and daffodil fields with a young redheaded girl that Riku had despised and thought little of since day one. Her name was Kairi; in other words, she was the reason why Sora hadn't paid as much attention to Riku anymore. Because Kairi, unlike Riku, had an overly sweet innocent personality; and teased the brunette boy to an unbelievable extent.

Not that Riku ever wanted to be like that; besides… he saw Sora first. Kairi was just a dirty, dirty cheater. A 'pretty-little-steal-your-crush-with-her-sickening-feminine-ways' cheater. And since Sora had taken an obvious liking to her, Riku had only given the redhead subliminal looks of scorn and disapproval.

Who was she? Who was she to steal Sora away from Riku? Who was she! Even if Riku hadn't liked Sora beyond a friendly way, he would still hate Kairi for snatching his best friend away with her pretty manicured, French tipped talons. Unfortunately for Riku, Sora had all ready been smitten by the redhead since the day she first arrived in their little hometown and was applied to their elementary school.

Speaking of school; they should have been there right now, had Riku not suggested they take the day off and go somewhere they'd find fun. The brunette seemed delighted with this suggestion as he wasn't particularly fond of school, himself. However, what Sora misread was that Riku was hinting was that he was planning for their day off to be for just the two of them. And that misunderstanding ended up with her coming with them when Riku was planning to get both of them away from her.

Riku yawned in boredom, fiddling with a daisy he had found in his shaded patch in the field; lucky for him, the sun wouldn't reach his skin because he had found solace under a nearby tree. Take that, you stupid ball of fire, Riku muttered to himself. Again, unfortunately for Riku, because he was underneath the tree he couldn't be out there in the sun with his long-term obsession. The boy he couldn't get out of his mind.

Absent-mindedly, he started picking off the petals of the daisy in his grasp. This is stupid, he concluded, still picking each petal with a two-second pause between every pluck, this is the same stuff that five year old girls do when they experience they're first crush. This is absolutely pathetic… even if I got a good result from this stupid thing, it's not like anything will change. That bitch has got Sora on a shorter leash than a submissive, over-disciplined pup. He growled silently at that thought.

He loves me… even though the bitch will stop it happening… he loves me not… because that little whore stole him from me in the first place… he loves me…, he echoed to himself in his mind, every now and then checking up on the sappy couple who just couldn't bear to keep their hands off each other. For once, why couldn't he be the one that Sora would hold close, and whisper sweet nothings in his ear?

Just because he was the best friend doesn't mean he should be ignored, goddamnit. Did that little bitch have to rub it in his face that he would always be second best whenever she was around? He noticed that Kairi was looking straight at him whilst Sora had been busy holding her to his heart and, almost like she knew exactly what he was thinking, she smiled at him. The moment that smile was sent at him, he was tempted to rip her throat out on the spot. It was a smile of mockery.

I hope you burn in Hell, bitch. He thought as he gave her a sour look that basically symbolised him flipping her the middle finger. She only blinked once in almost fake innocence and checked to make sure that Sora wasn't looking to witness the little messages coming and going between the two; then she smiled again and stuck out her tongue. In most situations this would seem like she was being friendly, playful and childish. But the message Riku got was completely different.

I'll see you there.

Riku slightly cursed her name a few million times before his attention returned to the half-destroyed daisy he was almost choking within his grasp. Hesitantly, he loosened his grip on the delicate flower and examined it to make sure it wasn't too badly damaged. In a way, it kind of reminded him of Sora. Even though the young brunette would claim that he was all grown up and could take care of himself, he knew he would always need Riku to fall back on when a crisis happened; like a naïve child.

With a sigh, Riku resumed picking off the fine petals of the dying daisy, the earlier words still echoing in his thoughts, He loves me… he loves me not… he loves me…, and finally he got to the last petal. He loves me not. He rolled his eyes as he put the daisy back where he found it. Well, daisies naturally couldn't predict a romantic outcome, but it had been obvious for the past few years that Sora would feel for him the way that Riku had felt for the brunette.

He glanced up at Kairi and Sora again, noticing how Sora now had Kairi sitting on his lap and was currently kissing the side of her neck. At that point, Riku was scathing with jealousy and Kairi knew it because after a few seconds, she shot a look back at him that he could easily translate after years of knowing the redhead.

Forget it; it's never going to happen.

Riku hung his head slightly and glowered at the soil and grass beneath him with distaste. She was right; it was never going to happen. Not even if Heaven itself believed that he and Sora were meant to be together would it actually happen while Kairi was around to prevent it. And he hated himself for giving up after so long, but what else could he do? It wasn't going to happen.

Then, he felt a tinge of confidence that he hadn't felt for a long time. His eyes lightened and gleamed with a new sense of power and control, and his previous frown had been replaced with a typical naughty schoolboy grin. Well, he thought to himself with a new feeling of independence, we'll see about that.

Riku was not having a good day.

The next morning, his alarm didn't go off so he couldn't wake up, get showered, dress himself, eat breakfast and leave in time for the school bus. Worst of all, his seat was always next to Sora's so it's guaranteed that Kairi will that take place away from him, too, and within a few days of that Sora will think of that seat as Kairi's seat. Like everything else that he and Sora had shared now belonged to Sora and Kairi.

Over my dead body, he growled to himself as he wandered into the shower. After turning the water on, he was submerged in an almost numbing peaceful feeling as the hot water rippled on his skin and warmed up his muscles. He sighed in relaxation and allowed his mind to wander slightly to more important things. How was he going to get Sora to fall in love with him if Kairi was constantly in the way all the time?

Maybe he could sidetrack Kairi by making her fall for someone else and so she wouldn't be around anymore. In fact, if he could get her to fall for someone they knew for such a long time it would be only natural she would fall for them, after all it was complete bullshit that someone could fall in love at first sight. Maybe—

Riku then grinned. He had the perfect plan.

He thought it through many times and after the twelfth time of recounting everything, he was sure it wouldn't fail. He smiled, perhaps today wouldn't be such a bad day after all since, well, he could always catch up on the latest gossip, thanks to Selphie, the school reporter, who was almost filled to the brim with it, and he could catch up on what Sora was planning to do for the rest of the school day.

Riku dried his hair with a towel hastily, wanting to get it done all ready and also still have enough time to get into school without the teachers noticing his absence. He looked to his clock and smiled again at its response. First lesson had just finished so he could get in on time for second lesson if he hurried up and got everything out of the way and leave in record time.

'Hey, Mom?' he echoed, leaning down on the banister above the stairs, 'Could you give me a lift to school?'

Sora scrunched his face up in concentration as he attempted to balance the two cards in his hands, 'Careful… careful…' he murmured to himself out loud as he placed them together cautiously; he had been trying to get his card castle complete since the beginning of the year and now he was so close to completing it at long last. All he had to do was finish the last little triangle. 'Careful… got it!' he half-whistled, half-sighed through gritted teeth as he grinned at his greatest accomplishment to date.

'Hi, Sora!' the comfortable silence Sora had been enjoying was instantly broken, and as he jolted at the sudden sound of Kairi's voice, his knee hit the bottom of his desk, causing him to have an injured knee and the card castle had fallen apart instantly. Sora winced and bit his bottom lip, trying to prevent himself from yelling out a curse. Still grimacing slightly at the pain, he forced himself to look up at Kairi.

'Oh, hey Kairi,' Sora half-laughed good naturedly, as he subconsciously clutched to his bruised knee. 'Something up?' he asked, finding himself slightly curious why she was there in the first place; of course, it didn't really matter that much to him because Kairi had every right to be wherever she wanted, and he really enjoyed her company. 'Oh… and have you seen Riku? He wasn't on the bus…' he trailed off, considering the possibilities of what could have happened to his best friend.

Kairi seemed to pout slightly at the mention of Riku's name. 'No, nothing's up. I just wanted to see my number one guy… and, no, I haven't seen him… and shouldn't you be doing some work?' she added with a teasing grin which caused Sora to blush in embarrassment; for getting caught slacking off and for being teased by Kairi.

'Shouldn't you?' he asked back, trying to sound intimidating but his trait mark smile had made it look like some adorable glaring attempt. Kairi couldn't help but giggle at him and he grinned back, burying his face into his arms echoing a muffled, 'Leave me alone,' which just made Kairi laugh even harder. Sora couldn't stop grinning. Unfortunately for the duo, the teacher had been listening to their entire conversation and was getting slightly fed up of their interruptions.

'Sora, Kairi! Leave your flirtations outside of my classroom!' she demanded with exasperation. She was always fond of Sora and Kairi, and Riku too, which was why she often used their names while directing them in class instead of calling them by formal 'Ms' and 'Mr's, but she did get annoyed every once in a while when all three of them wouldn't stop chatting. Most of the time, though, it was only Sora and Kairi that would be constantly talking; Riku was always the one getting on with his work.

The door opened, 'Sorry I'm late, Miss.' Riku's voice hovered into the room as he stood by the open door. Miss Herada nodded at Riku and pointed to the empty seat beside Sora. At least Kairi didn't take that away, Riku thought as he smiled at Miss Herada and wandered towards his seat, Sora beaming widely at him.

'Hey, Riku, where were you? You weren't on the bus this morning.' Sora stated with slight disappointment but that was soon covered by his excitement of seeing Riku again. Kairi just looked at Riku and nodded a 'hello' to him, while Riku did the same back. Kairi didn't seem as thrilled to see Riku as Sora did, in fact she didn't even dare to look at him twice which Riku personally didn't really mind.

At the front of the classroom, Miss Herada was shaking her head and mumbling the words, 'The Terrible Trio are reunited once more.' This had made both boys grin, but Kairi didn't seem to respond at all to the teacher's hushed announcement.

'Oh, I slept in, you know… needing the good ole shut-eye,' he commented to the brunette with a wink which made the other boy laugh and nod in understanding. 'So, you coming to my party next week, then?' he asked with a tone of seriousness in his voice. Sora beamed back at him and took the other boy's hand.

'Oh, Riku, I would be honoured to go.' He replied in a mock feminine voice and the two snickered at Sora's failed female impersonation. He then patted the seat next to him and nodded at Riku with an expectant smile. 'Come on, buddy, I kept it nice and warm for ya, unless you want me to sit on it myself for a while to really warm it up.'

Yes, please, Riku's mind begged, half-literally, as the younger boy winked at him. However, Kairi didn't seem to approve of the boys' conversation and tugged at Sora's arm slightly, 'Sora, we were going to go to that restaurant next week, remember?' she questioned, clinging onto the brunette's arm as though she were protecting him from Riku. When Sora gave her a confused look, she added, 'For our anniversary.'

'Our anniversary…?' Sora repeated in slight confusion before realisation hit him. 'Oh, man… I completely forgot. When's your party, Riku?' he asked, hoping that Riku's party was on a different day so he could do both at the same time; go to the stupid over-romantic restaurant with Kairi and then go to Riku's fantastic bash.

'Saturday night. Parents are going out for a weekend cruise and are coming back on Monday so I got the whole house to myself.' Sora grinned at this. Great, Kairi wanted us to go to that restaurant on Friday night, anyway, so I can go to both, he thought with excitement. Riku noticed the pleased look on the brunette's face, like he had won a well deserved award and couldn't help but blush as it was caused by his party date.

'Actually, Sora, I'm not so sure about Friday. How about on Saturday? I hear the restaurant is less packed on Saturdays and Sundays.' Kairi chimed in, an innocent tone in her voice settling in and at that moment Riku felt the urge to strangle her on the spot. His expression had faltered instantly after Kairi had said those words and bit his bottom lip subconsciously in sudden embarrassment.

Sora had obviously noticed Riku's change of emotion because he looked at Kairi with a sense of disappointment. 'But Kairi, our anniversary isn't on Saturday and if the restaurant is only good on Saturdays and Sundays, why can't we go on Sunday?' the question had definitely surprised Kairi as her eyes widened in disbelief of Sora questioning her decisions. She looked at him with wide purple eyes.

'But only weirdos and self-obsessed freaks go there, (Sounds like you'd fit in quite nicely, Riku thought to himself with distaste) and there's school the next morning… besides, we should be able to stay up as late as possible because I was planning something… special.' She edged closer towards Sora as she said the word special and Riku could see that the other boy was blushing a very dark pink at the thought.

'Oh… right, sorry, Riku.' Sora stated apologetically to the older boy with genuine disappointment reflecting in his eyes. If she's always like this to you, why don't you leave her? Riku thought with scorn, more annoyed at Kairi's dominance than Sora's submissive behaviour to her attitude. You're too good for her, Sora.

'It's fine.' Riku answered, and he was then aware how harsh his tone was.

'Riku—'

'I said it's fine!' Riku barked back at the brunette who winced slightly at his raised voice and angered tone. At that point, Riku really regretted yelling at Sora; it wasn't his fault that his girlfriend was a control freak who hardly ever let him have any freedom and fun without her scowling at anyone who even looked at Sora, it was her fault: Kairi's. And Riku was going to make her pay for that.

'Hey, mind if I sit here?'

Riku looked up to see the hopeful look in Sora's eyes, who for once wasn't accompanied by Kairi, and couldn't help but smile as the younger boy was grinning sheepishly at him. He had been in the cafeteria for the past ten minutes and sat in his usual place; currently poking with his fork at something that didn't really look edible.

'Well, there's no one else here to stop you, is there?' Riku commented back with a sly knowing grin that made the brunette laugh; and it wasn't just a normal little chuckle like some people can just bear to manage, it was a full-hearted, loud and appreciated laugh that most people could mistake for a shriek of mirth. And that's one other thing that Riku had liked about Sora, the younger boy would always have an honest laugh.

'Very true, indeed,' Sora replied with a wide grin as he sat next to the silver-haired boy with his tray in hands. He placed the tray down on the table and picked a handful of fries up and shoved them into his mouth, 'Mmm, rearee guft,' he managed to muffle out through a mouthful of fries. Riku couldn't help but laugh at the brunette's attempt at accurate speech while gorging on fast food. After a few moments of loud chewing and gulping noises from Sora, Riku also loved this because Sora didn't fake manners to impress people as he was so naïve, the brunette looked up at his older friend with a concerned look. 'Are you okay? You seemed really peeved in class.'

Peeved, that was a word Sora used for pissed because he became aware that there were younger children in the school who could overhear him swearing, so he didn't want to risk being caught swearing or exposing their innocent minds to such foul words. Heck, according to Riku, Sora barely knew any real cuss words as the brunette would sometimes put his hands to his ears saying, 'I can't hear you! La, la la…!' whenever Riku had tried to teach him other more advanced words.

'Yeah… I was just a bit annoyed that you couldn't come to my party,' a bit annoyed? That was Riku's biggest understatement of the year; and he was the one who liked to make sarcastic at many situations. He wasn't just a bit annoyed about his best friend not being able to go, he was absolutely pissed off; but it wasn't at Sora, it was at Kairi who purposely changed the date of hers and Sora's anniversary to prevent Sora from seeing his best friend. Riku knew that Kairi never thought that highly of him, but, Jesus, did she have to take his best friend away from him whenever possible?

'Argh, fucking ketchup!' Riku announced as he attempted to dip one of his fries into the little blob of ketchup which unbelievably had solidified as a big, red rock on the corner of his plate. 'What the fuck do they make these for, anyway?'

'Riku!' Sora exclaimed at the silver haired boy with a pout. 'There are younger ears nearby!' he gestured towards the little group of lost looking Freshmen. 'Actually… they seem kind of lost…' he murmured as he glanced closely at the anxious group.

'You don't say…' Riku yawned, earning a glare from Sora and a French fry being thrown in his face. 'Hey! What was that for? That was totally unnecessary!' he yelped once his skin got in contact with the hot potato slice. 'Oh, God! The greasiness! It's burning me! Ahhhhhhhh!' Riku waved his arms about dramatically to prove his point, but all Sora did was roll his eyes and wander towards the Freshmen.

'Excuse my rude friend. I'm Sora, do you need any help?' the brunette asked as soon as he reached the group of now relieved looking teenagers who explained their problem. 'Oh, the library? Go through that door, turn left, go up the stairs and you'll find the Head's Office, take a right turn and you're there. Would you like me to show you?' he suggested after a long explanation. The Freshmen nodded and Sora smiled before turning back to his friend, 'Hey Riku, I'm going to show these nice people where the library is, you gonna be okay on your own for a little while?' he asked.

'Yeah, yeah…' Riku answered drawling, and Sora mocked a glare at him before smiling and turning back to the small group.

'Right, then, this way!' Sora announced as he lead the group of the cafeteria, leaving Riku alone with two trays and Sora's backpack which sat in Sora's seat. Riku smiled at the backpack, wondering what it would be like to see things the way Sora did. Knowing him, he'd even make a train wreck seem like a small puddle caused by light rain, Riku mused to himself as he leaned more into his chair, relaxing.

Then something caught his eye, he saw a flicker of dark red hair as a girl went through the cafeteria, glancing around as though she were looking for someone. And then she noticed Riku, or probably Sora's backpack anyway. Kairi wandered towards the table silently before standing right before Riku and glancing at the silver haired boy with slight curiosity and confusion. 'Hi, Riku… have you seen Sora?'

Obviously not if he's not visibly here, Riku thought sarcastically but then remembered the backpack that was right next to him; that was why she was asking. 'Oh, you just missed him, Kairi. He went to help out some distressed newbies.' Riku answered, remembering to change his tone so it sounded light-hearted and friendly. He doubted Kairi was falling for it, heck; he wouldn't fall for it if Kairi did the same thing, either.

'Oh… right, well, I was just going to thank him.' Kairi stated offhandedly, as though the matter wasn't really that important after all. The whole 'I was just going to thank him' thing was what got Riku really interested. Finally he spoke up.

'Thank him for… what, if you don't mind me asking?'

Kairi seemed delighted that Riku had asked, 'Well, Sora gave me this locket…' she picked up the silver heart locket around her neck and opened it, 'and he said it means that he'll love me forever,' she gestured to the engraved Forever written inside of the locket, and on the other side was a photograph of the two of them.

Riku bit him bottom lip down to stop himself from screaming curse words at the redhead, 'Oh, that's great, Kairi. Well, I'm sure he'll be back soon…' he trailed off, though the thought of Kairi and Sora having a sappy thank you reunion kiss made Riku's stomach hurt and he was half tempted to vomit up his lunch.

'Nah, no time, I have to get this coursework done soon, so… see you later, Riku!' Kairi called out to the silver haired boy, waving, before wandering off and out of the cafeteria. It left Riku in a daze for a long while. Since when was the last time Sora had given Riku anything that showed how much he valued their friendship? Why was Kairi wearing the, slightly tacky, silver locket saying Forever, instead of him?

Riku's trance was deep enough for him not to notice that Sora had come back. 'Whew, man, those Freshmen were really curious about what goes on in our school. I had to give them a whole tour so they could just find their classes.' He sighed with a grin on his face, wiping his forehead with his arm to show his exhaustion. 'Hey, are you okay?' he asked when he noticed his older friend was making no reaction.

'Oh… yeah… I'm fine…' Riku answered blankly as he picked up one of his French fries. Sora knew something was up, but he didn't plan on pissing Riku off for a second time that day so he didn't ask. Riku slowly put the French fry in his mouth which was now cold and tasted like ashes in his mouth.

Riku really wasn't have a good day at all.