The Mysterious Boy
Chapter 8
The two continued to fly through the sky. The sky seemed even more beautiful up close. It was like the stars were shining just for them.
Riku quickly adjusted to flying. It was a lot easier than he had imagined. He wished he could be like this forever, and never have to worry about going back down on the ground.
They stopped, but were still up in the air, and looked at the sky.
"I love stars." said Sora. "They sort of remind me of what I told you before about hope being a light in the dark."
"Then I guess," said Riku. "that all is well tonight. If many of the small hopes are shining in the dark."
"Together it could form one large light of hope."
"Yeah..."
The two continued to stare at the sky. It was hard for them to take their eyes of the wonderful sight.
"It really is beautiful..." said Riku. He managed to look away from the stars and look at Sora.
"Yeah." said Sora. "Hey, let's look around at the rest of this place."
He held his hand out, and Riku grabbed it, without any thoughts or doubts. Together, they flew all around Neverland. First, they flew over a large field of flowers. The flowers were so colorful and full of life. They then flew over the rivers, and over hills and trees.
Through the whole thing, the two laughed and smiled. This, of all the things they had done together, had to be the most fun.
They stopped and lied down in the flower field they were in earlier. They were tired from all the flying. For once, they decided to watch the sky from further away.
"If only more people could be like you, Sora." said Riku. "Nobody ever really stops to enjoy the beauty of life. And I don't know anyone as kind as you. If there were more people like you, things would be so much better."
"Sometimes," said Sora. "we just have to search deep within ourselves to find a better side of us."
"Yeah." said Riku. "But some depend on others. After all, if it weren't you, I wouldn't have changed."
"Well sometimes people do have to help. But we all have the power to change ourselves. A lot of people just don't stop to realize that. And you know, though I helped you in ways people never have before, that doesn't mean it's the only way to change someone."
"Well I knew that." said Riku. But did he really?
Sora chuckled. "If you say so."
"But Sora..."
"Yes?"
"Thank you so much for everything."
"You already thanked me."
"I feel like it just wasn't enough. I wish I could do stuff for you. To show you how thankful I am."
Sora got closer to Riku. "I know you're thankful. You don't have to do anything."
"Are you sure?"
"Positive!"
Riku still felt the need to. People never seem to just be able to say "thank you." Some usually feel like they owe that person everything.
They both laid back and continue to watch the sky for another hour or so.
Riku woke up the next morning in confusion. Once more, he had a dream. Sora was indeed in it, but he wasn't smiling this time. In fact, he was crying. Riku could not help but be curious about this dream. Why would Sora cry? He's usually the happy type.
Sora's always in my dreams. Riku thought. This one probably means nothing. Well, I hope so. Maybe I should see him today and see if he's ok.
Sora was unfortunately busy that day. His family wanted to spend some time with him, so Riku could not see Sora. Riku decided to kill time that day by spending time with Hayner and Kairi. They decided to go walk around town. But he still could not help but think about that dream of his. The image of it was perfectly clear in his head. Sora was just standing there with tears rolling down his cheeks.
Get it out of your head! Riku thought. It's nothing to worry about. Dreams are just dreams.
"What a shame." said Hayner. "I wish we could've seen Sora today."
"Yeah." said Kairi. "I miss seeing him."
Later that day, around eight o' clock, Riku got a call from Kairi.
"Hello?"
"Hey Riku."
"What's up?"
"I need to talk to you...but in person."
"Ok then."
"Meet me at Corner Avenue."
"Um...alright then. See you in a minute."
"Bye."
Riku hung up the phone and headed to Corner Avenue. He saw that Kairi was already there.
"Hey." said Riku. "So what do you want?"
"You." she replied softly.
"What?"
Kairi immediately grabbed Riku and began to make out with him. Riku pulled away as quickly as possible.
"What the hell is your problem?" Riku asked.
"Sorry. Couldn't resist."
"Aren't you dating Hayner?"
"Well of course. But I'm starting to get feelings for you too. Why have one guy when you can have two? Can you blame a girl for liking you?" She got closer to him once more. "You're so hot..."
"Get away!" Riku ran away from her.
What could he do? He couldn't tell Hayner because he probably wouldn't believe him. But now he felt uncomfortable around Kairi. That night, all Riku could wonder about was how he was going to handle this.
To Be Continued...
Honestly, I hate Kairi a LOT. But I figured I'd add something new to see how things would turn out. ; Don't hate me folks! Haha...I wish I could grant everyone's wishes so this could be a perfect story to all...but sadly...I am merely a writer who must finish what she has started.