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Chapter 2 - Tortures of Time

I waited for Sora outside the school building as usual. I could spot him coming from a mile away. His chain sparkled in the sunlight, as he skipped merrily to school.

"Hey Riku! You know you don't have to wait for me! We're not even in the same year!"

"But you're my friend so therefore I am within my rights to wait for you."

"Erm..." Sora looked perplexed. This looked absolutely adorable. I smiled.

"I mean - I'm going to wait for you whether you like it or not! That clearer?" Sora smiled; showing that he understood. We walked into the main building together; Sora skipping while I skulked next to him. He went off into his form room, leaving me to walk the ever lonely 'Paopu Corridor'. It was named that because of the Paopu trees growing just outside the windows that lined it. It was for me however; anything but what paopu's represent. An everlasting connection with the one you love. That is if you both eat one half of the same paopu fruit. I had considered tricking Sora into doing it... but I could never lie to him, let alone downright deceive him into ruining his life! The yellow star shape of the paopu just represented the fact that Sora would never want to share one with me...

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"Yo Riku!" Tidus was walking towards me, with an 'I know something you don't know' look on his face.

"Hey T," I waited for Tidus to explain his gossip.

"Sora was talking about you yesterday!" Ever since I had told Tidus my secret, he had been claiming that Sora felt the same. This however, just made me more depressed, because I knew that it could not be true.

"He was talking about you A LOT yesterday!" I rolled my eyes.

"In what context?" I tried to be enthusiastic, but failed.

"Don't be so down! Seriously, whenever I brought up a subject, he eventually led it onto you!"

"Well that's probably because we spend so much time together. It doesn't mean anything!"

Whatever dude. You two are meant to be; just go for it!" Tidus didn't seem to understand that just 'going for it' wasn't quite as simple as he made it sound.

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Sitting through the lesson before lunch was torture. I couldn't help but count down the minutes until one of the best parts of my day. The bell rang; and I was the first one out of the door. I ran to Sora's form room, and casually peered inside. I spotted him immediately, with his dazzling grin he always seemed to be wearing.

"I'll be there in just a sec Riku!" He finished talking to Kairi and Selphie, who were once again throwing me evil looks, as if I was stealing Sora from them. Well Sora wasn't theirs to be stolen from. And for the next fifty minutes, he was mine.