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Chapter Two - Confession
"Riku, why have you been cutting off from Sora?""I haven't."
Kairi sighed in frustration.
Ok, maybe he had. It had just been too painful since he'd realized how different things were between them. He'd had to pull away. But he didn't think he'd done it enough to be noticed.
Riku had thought that it would be easier if he distanced himself from Sora. And Kairi too. Easier for everyone he'd thought. But mostly, it was supposed to be easier for himself.
"Look, Kairi. We've been through a lot. Things aren't going to go back to the way they were. We've all changed."
"Only on the outside. When you get down to it, we're all still ourselves. What's changed?"
How was he supposed to put it?
"I guess I have."
"How so?"
"You really don't know when to let go, do you?"
"No, I don't. One of my finer qualities. There's something that's making you hold back, and I want to know what it is!"
"No you don't."
"Try me."
Riku turned his back to Kairi and clenched his fist. He was doing this partially for her, why was she trying to make this so difficult?
"Trust me Kairi, you don't know what you're asking."
"I'm asking why you've been cutting of from me and your best friend."
"Fine! You want to know so badly? It's because he's not just a best friend to me! I can't be around him without it hurting me. I can't go back to how I used to be, and I can't act on what I feel now. I'd be vulnerable to him. I don't know if I could handle the way he'd look at me."
Riku took a deep breath, and attempted to calm down.
"I shouldn't have said anything. I didn't want to hurt you. Or him."
Riku raised his head and pushed his hair out of his eyes before turning back around, dreading Kairi's reaction. She stood there, staring at him. Her mouth was wide with shock. But more importantly, in the open doorway, there was someone else standing and looking every bit as suprised.
And it was the last person in the world Riku would have wanted to hear.
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Sorry for the short chapters. The next one will be longer.
-Angel Rogue