The Mysterious Boy

I'm glad people like it so far. I hope this story doesn't become a total let-down in the end. ANYWAYS...

Chapter 3

"How come you don't enjoy hanging out with people?" Sora asked.

"That's none of your business." said Riku. "Listen, I don't know why you're bothering me all the time, but I'd rather you not. We're not friends. So please just stop bugging me!"

"I wanna help you!" Sora said as Riku began to walk away. Riku stood still for a moment.

If Riku had turned around, Sora would have seen the mean look on his face. All Riku wanted to was be alone.

"You're sad..." said Sora. "I can tell. I just don't know why. I know something that might cheer you up though!"

"Forget it!" Riku continued to walk. "I just want you to leave me alone!"

"Wait!" Sora grabbed Riku's wrist. When he did so, something odd happened.

For a second, everything around Riku seemed bright. He was so confused. After a second of looking around, puzzled, he broke free from Sora's grasp.

"What the hell happened?" Riku asked, now terrified.

"You didn't let me finish..." said Sora, holding his hand out again.

"Finish what! I'm outta here! Stay away from me!" Riku ran away as fast as he could. He had never been so confused before. He just kept running until he got back home. After he got home, he sat on his bed and thought about it for a while. He started by thinking about what had happened. Riku remembered that when Sora grabbed his wrist, everything went white, but that was all he could remember. This entire thing had him freaked out so bad.

That boy really is strange. Riku thought. I should just stay home tomorrow. That way he won't find me and I'll be safe. Lord knows what Sora was doing when he grabbed me.

Sora was still in the area that he was in earlier. He had been standing there, thinking. Obviously whatever he was trying to do did not work. He had to think of something else.

Well, Sora began thinking. I shouldn't have done that so soon. I need to be better friends with him before I try that again. That may be hard since Riku loves to be alone. I'll have to think about this for a while...

A few days had passed and Riku had not seen Sora. He was glad because he felt like for a while he couldn't even step outside without seeing him. But then he had begun to wonder a few more days later why Kairi and Hayner hadn't called him. Usually they would call him at least once a week to see if he wanted to hang out with them. Now he never got any phone calls. He decided to call Hayner one evening.

"Hello?" he heard Hayner's voice.

"Hey." Riku said back. "How are ya?"

"Wow. Sorry if I seem a bit shocked, but you never call! What's the deal?"

"What? So now I can't call?"

"No. Sorry. It's just, I'm about to leave the house. I...have a date."

"With who?"

"Kairi."

Riku was a bit surprised. Though he did not have a crush on Kairi, he never imagined the two would date!

"When did you and Kairi start dating?" Riku asked.

"Oh, our first date is tonight." said Hayner. "I'm really excited! I've actually liked her for quite some time now. And apparently Kairi has been feeling the same way!"

"Oh..." Riku said."Well I'll let you go then. Good luck."

"Thanks. Bye."

"Bye."

Riku hung up and got onto his bed. He felt bad for ever wanting to get away from his friends in the summer. For once in his life, he truly felt alone. Though he was always aware that he was during the summer, he never let it bother him. If things went well with Kairi and Hayner then they would probably never call Riku anymore. And if he tried to make plans with them, they would most likely say they are too busy hanging out with each other.

The sun had gone completely down now and he just continued to lie down on his bed. He had never felt so miserable. All he did was lay in bed until it was so dark that he could hardly see. He closed his eyes and let himself fall asleep. Right as he was falling asleep, his last though was Sora.

Riku found the next day that he wasn't the only one who decided to take a walk around town. He saw Sora.

"Hey Riku!" Sora said walking up to him.

Riku figured he might as well hang out with Sora since he was feeling lonely at the moment. However, he was still concerned about the little incident. At the moment, he wasn't going to worry about it. He figured maybe it was just his imagination.

"I haven't seen you for a while." said Sora. "I missed you."

Riku felt a little strange hearing that from him. "I've just been at home."

"You're...more depressed than you were last time I saw you." said Sora. How did he know that Riku was feeling worse? Riku figured it was a lucky guess.

Riku said nothing.

"Why are you sad?" Sora asked.

"I'm not!" Riku lied. But he could see he was not fooling Sora so he said, "Fine. I'll tell you. Kairi and Hayner started dating and now I just feel a little left out. But it's my own fault. I never hang out with them. It's just...I dunno."

What's with that look on Sora's face? Riku asked himself. He looks like he just completely understands...

"I think I know what I can do to cheer you up!" Sora said, cheerfully.

"What?" Riku asked, highly doubting he could be cheered up at the moment.

Sora looked around to see if anyone was around. There wasn't.

"Give me your hands." Sora said.

"What?" said Riku. "What are you gonna do?"

"Just trust me! Please, give me your hands."

Riku sighed and thought to himself, I'm an idiot.

He held out his hands, and Sora grabbed them. Everything grew bright again, just like last time; however, Riku did not let go this time.

To Be Continued...