Disclaimer: I don't own anything related to Kingdom Hearts, but I did just get a laptop into my room! SCORE!

Leo: Yes I did just get a laptop into my room, so now I don't have to always use the computer that's in the wide open area…

Molokai: Not for anything that you guys are thinking of, it's just that Leo's family doesn't fully support him writing anything yaoi related or anything like that…

Leo: Yea, also not to mention that my sister told me that I should write anything yaoi, unless I was gay… which I am, almost… it's just my family still insist that I'm not gay, but in fact I'm just pretending to be it because it's cool… which is really stupid… Well that's my ranting over, let's get on with the fic…

Chapter Ten – Where all the new beginnings end

For the members of Red Nocturne, they spent most of their time for the past eight weeks looking at different riffs and rhythms that they could use. As well as variations of Sora's voice to make it sound more punkish than it normally is, which was a mixture between rock and a ballad.

Even though the band was having great success in developing song ideas for their next album, Sora was having trouble with some of his inner demons that were re-emerging from deep with his heart.

It seemed like every night, he kept having the same dream over and over again. His eyes would close and he would drift off into a slumber, only to have the same person appear before him. Standing with his silk like hair blowing across his eyes, that were transfixed on where the singer was standing, forever gazing directly through him.

"Sora…" The person's mouth moved, but the sound came from within Sora's own heart, which echoed the voice around his whole body causing him to drop down to his knees. Each time, he tried to block his ears, but that only made the monosyllable voice echo even louder, burying itself deeper and deeper into his heart, his very soul. When the pressure became too much to withhold, Sora would let out a piercing scream…

"WHY!" Sora's voice would echo in his own head, waking him up, as he actually screamed, getting his silver-haired lover to awaken as well, to try and comfort the now shaking singer from his continuing nightmare that seemed to forever haunt him.

For five straight days this has happened, and both the band and Riku decided that only one thing can be done to help Sora through his crisis.

"Sora, you need to speak with him…" Was all that was said, and was all that needed to be said from either the band or Riku. Instantly, Sora seemed to tense at the idea and immediately began to think of excuses to try and squirm his way out of seeing his hometown, and his old friend. But the same result ended from all of this, which normally started with the band asking why he didn't want to do it, and ending with Sora breaking out in tears. But eventually, Sora caved into both his band's and his lover's pressure and he booked a flight for both him and Riku to his hometown.

Which is where we are at the moment, as Riku and Sora are about to board the plane…

"Boarding for Central City is now open, if you would please make your way to terminal 23, and have your tickets ready, thank you." The announcer's voice echoed through out the west wing of the Hearts Vale domestic airport. The announcement brought even more dread into Sora's mind, but luckily Riku was there to support him, and to calm the singer down, whilst they boarded the plane. (AN: I'm making Sora sound like he has a fear of flying… it's not that he's afraid of flying, it's just his unfortunate luck that places him to have to fly everywhere he DOESN'T want to go…)

What made matters worse for Sora, was that most people kind of recognised him as being the front man for Red Nocturne, which brought some unwanted attention his way. Luckily for him, Riku had a plan, which consisted of Sora dressing up in a thick trenchcoat and dark glasses and a backwards black cap. Surprisingly enough, it was very effective as he wasn't recognised for the rest of their flight, which was considerably short for the both of them, even though the in-flight movie was boring them to hell's end.

Exactly two and a half hours after take off from Hearts Vale's terminal, the plane arrived at Central City domestic terminal, which Sora and Riku slowly walked out onto.

For Sora, it felt like his hometown, but in a way it had a different aura surrounding it. The domestic terminal for one was brighter and more expansive than he remembered it. Well it has been almost four and a half years since Sora actually left this city, and of course, production cannot wait for one individual, especially for one, who vowed he would never return to the place.

However, as soon as the couple picked up their luggage from the retrieval system and headed outside, the singer was met by the familiar sights and sounds that reminded him more of home than anything else in his life. The first thing that he felt was the strong humidity that kicked in the second that the automatic door opened, allowing the heat to enter into the relatively cool building. That was one thing Sora knew that would never change, and he was forever grateful for it, unlike Riku who couldn't believe the heat.

That was one of Sora's benefits from growing up in a tropical city like Central City, is that he could stand the long, hot and humid days, with no rain for three weeks and the scorching temperatures that would feel like you were in the middle of a Dutch over. It also made you sweat like no end, making your arms stick together and you clothes permanently stuck to your body. (AN: A common misperception of tropical towns is that they always rain, and that's definitely not the case. It CAN rain for ages, but also, they are more prone to droughts than any other region in the world… (Again I'm from a tropical city, and we had rain only once every four weeks))

"Um, Sora okay I know you're used to these kinds of temperatures, but could we please get to a hotel because I'm seriously dying out here…" Riku trailed off, nudging Sora in the sides to get his attention away from his small daydream.

"Sorry Riku, I can't believe how much things have stayed the same over such a long period of time. So what hotel do you want? There's a beautiful one by the strand which is air conditioned by the way, or do you want one, more in a remote location…" Sora trailed off about every single hotel there was in the vicinity as he hailed a cab. "So what do you think Riku?"

"Okay, I think you know way to much of this place for your own good… and two, I'd love to have a proper view of a beach setting, so we'll go to the strand hotel… what's it called?"

"Surprisingly enough the Strand Hotel…"

"What's the possibility?" Riku joked as they climbed in and set off for their relatively short journey to the hotel, with Sora gazing admiringly at his hometown as they travelled, pointing out some of the features about the city, which hardly anyone else would know about the city.

(AN: Okay, about the Strand Hotel, I do not own the name, it is actually the name of the hotel in my hometown, so yea… please don't hurt me…)

The minute they reached the hotel, Riku grabbed all of their bags and entered the air conditioned hallway with a sigh of pleasure to be out of the humidity. This received strange looks from both the taxi cab driver and the hotel clerks that we serving at the front desk at the present time.

"Obviously this is his first experience of actual heat before?" The cab driver asked Sora as he paid for the fare and gave a medium size tip as well.

"Yea, he can't get used to the humidity yet, it might take him a while." Sora said smiling as he entered the hotel shortly after and arranged a room for him and Riku, who was currently stealing the cool air from the air conditioner due to his face planted almost right against the ducts of the fan.

The reached their room, which had a beautiful view of the beach, which reflected the beautiful sky, turning it into a deep sapphire blue colour, matching Sora's eyes, which seemed to sparkle along with the water's reflection. Riku looked at Sora, who continued to gaze intently at the water line, and especially the small island that could be seen upon the horizon.

"Wow…" Riku said as he looked at Sora's eyes as it continued to sparkle even though he now turned his attention to Riku.

"What is it?" Sora innocently tilted his head to the side as he spoke, making him seem even cuter and innocent than ever before.

At that moment, Riku gave into the small temptation that was his lover's lips as he softly pushed his upon Sora's slightly open ones, for a light but passionate kiss between the two. When Riku slowly pulled away, Sora seemed to lose his balance and rested his head against his lover's chest, whose arms found their way around the smaller male's back, in a tight but comforting hold, the two lover's attentions now turned back over the pristine beach view that lay in front of them.

'Wow, Sora is really peaceful and extremely happy here. I never knew that he had this innocent side to him before…' Riku thought as he slightly rested his head against Sora's, letting the singer's soft hair cushion itself from the other's head. 'I think Sora would be better of living here than where he does know, I mean, there he was work commitments, band meetings, song writing, his parents still breathing down his neck, even though he's officially allowed to make his own decisions, repeated phone calls from those parents and his other family member… heck, I can't stand what he has to do…'

After a few more minutes of peaceful and quiet daydreams whilst looking over their waterfront view, the two of them went to work doing what they originally came here to do. And that was to find Sora's old best friend, so he could confront his own inner demons and finally, well more hopefully, live happily.

This meant that the two of them looked over the three phone books that were available in their room, and at the front desk as the looked over, not only the city residence, but as well as the small towns that surrounded the area, which covered about a 200 kilometre radius from the outskirts of the city itself. Eventually they found four names that had the same last name for who they were looking for, and they decided to call them and see if they have the right person or not.

If life wasn't cruel enough, the first three names were incorrect, and for an even more ironic twist, they couldn't get a hold of the fourth name.

"Well what do you think Sora?" Riku asked on their bed as he watched his lover place down the telephone receiver with a sigh, after his fifth attempt in calling the person's house that afternoon.

"Well, I think we could gamble by going to that house and seeing if he does live there… if he doesn't then we're wasting our time, so we use the rest of the week and a half to relax, and I could show you around the major spots of the city."

"You know what Sora?" This comment made the singer look at his lover out of interest. "That's the best idea I've ever heard."

So they set off for the house that the fourth name resided in, which Sora knew due to his amazing in depth knowledge about the city, and not to mention that he knew all of the short cuts as well, which irritated the taxi driver, who began to complain about Sora being a back seat driver. After the drive which lasted about twenty minutes from the hotel, they arrived at their destination.

Sora slowly got out of the cab and looked at the house, and with a small and elongated breath and walked up the driveway that led to the front door of the house. The singer raised his fist to the door and knocked on the wooden frame of the doorway.

It wasn't long until the knock was answered by a girl, with snow like blonde hair and a white top and navy blue jeans on. Instantly Sora's mouth opened as he realised who was at the door of the house, and he tried his best to keep his composure.

"Hello, can I help you?" The girl's voice echoed around Sora's head as his mind raced about who was there in front of him.

"Namine?" Sora spoke, causing the girl to take a step back out of suspicion over what Sora just said.

"How'd you know my name?"

"Namine… It's me… Sora…"

The girl's mouth slowly opened as she looked over Sora and small glints of tears started to appear on the corner of her eyes as she leapt onto Sora, giving the singer a small and emotion filled hug. Sora slowly wrapped his arms around Namine for a small hug as she started to cry onto his shoulder.

"God Sora it's been so long." The blonde girl cried into the singer's shoulder, who still hugged her tightly, beginning to rub her back in small circles for comfort.

"I know it's been long… too long…" Sora said trying to hold back his own tears.

Riku on the other hand was standing at the side, looking on at the event that was unfolding before him, and he couldn't help but feel the sombre but content mood that was being portrayed through this moment. It wasn't before long that Namine let herself off of Sora and looked at Riku with a small hint of curiosity spread across her face.

"Who's he Sora?" She asked giving a small flick of her right thumb in Riku's direction, getting the other to raise his eyebrow at the motion, but he let it slip for now.

"Oh, that's why I'm here, I wanted to speak with your brother Namine… I wanted to talk to him, but since you're here, I suppose I can tell you as well maybe…" Sora said, scratching the back of his head with his hand as he explained the situation that he was in at the moment.

"Oh, well he won't be here for another half an hour, but come in, do tell all Sora, don't leave me in the dark."

"Oh, so your Sora's best friend sister… okay it makes sense now." Riku said, putting the pieces together.

"It took you that long to realise that, jeez…" Namine said as she walked inside, her back towards Riku, who was giving a small glare at the girl, before Sora told Riku to calm down, as she always acted like that to people, especially when they say stupid comments like he just did.

Sora and Riku entered the house and sat down on the couch as Namine gave them both a glass of coke before sitting herself down with one as well. They spent the best half of the waiting time in awkward silence, unsure of who was supposed to start the conversation, and about what in particular, until Namine couldn't stand the silence anymore.

"So Sora, I've heard that you've done pretty well for yourself." The blonde girl stated as she took a sip from her glass before settling it down onto the small coffee table in front of the three of them.

"And yet you still didn't know who I was, or am now." Sora said with a small smirk on his face as he took a gulp of the coke, getting a small laugh from Namine.

"Well it's not everyday that a celebrity, nay, an old friend who's become a celebrity, arrives at your door, with a completely different look, and obviously in disguise." Namine said pointing at Sora's outfit, which hadn't changed due to his want of privacy.

"Yea, what else was I to do though? Besides Riku said it would be perfect for me, and I kinda agreed with him." Sora said giving a small flick of his head towards his lover's direction, getting a small smirk from Namine.

"Ah, lovers can be so close can't they?"

At that moment, Riku nearly choked on his drink, which he was in the middle of actually drinking, and Sora took a small gasp before helping Riku regain his breath, both really shocked that she knew about them. So out of instinct, both males asked how she knew.

"Oh it was quite simple. Ever since I knew you Sora, I could tell you swung that way… well when I was old enough to figure out that sort of things."

"I always knew that you could read me like a book, unlike your brother who's as clueless as a sheep stuck in a pen if you ask me." Sora said with a small giggle, similar to Namine who followed the same suit.

"Yea he can be really naïve when he wants to be, but he's a decent person, but I don't need to explain that to you right…" Namine cut herself off when she heard the scratching of tires on the small pebbles and she looked outside to see a small black sedan just outside the doorway. "Quick, Sora put your glasses back on. I think we can surprise him even more."

Sora did as he was told and placed his glasses back on over his eyes and the three just started to make some casual conversation as a blonde haired male, the same colours as Namine's, entered into the house and stared, mainly at Sora and Riku with raised eyebrows.

Instantly Sora's heart beat raised and his mouth dried as he looked at the male through his tinted glasses. His face was sturdy and chiselled, a sign of youthfulness still in his cheeks and his eyes, similar to his also stared at him, giving Sora chills down his spine. Even his body was how Sora last remembered it. It was like a swimmers body, with some muscles, but not too muscular, and not a sign of fat apparent from where Sora was sitting.

"Namine, who are these people?" The male asked, sending even more tingles down Sora's spine as the person's voice brought up deep memories from within Sora.

"You mean you don't recognise them?" Namine innocently asked as she looked at her brother, who kept looking directly at Sora, never breaking his glance away, even when replying to his sister's question.

"Well… no I don't know them, honestly… if this is some kind of trick Namine, then it's of a poor taste, sis."

"Well, that's a shame, I'm sure the person you're looking at would be heartbroken… Roxas." Namine purposely left a pause before saying her brother's name giving Sora the hint to raise his glasses and look at Roxas, properly, for the first time in four and a half years.

Roxas gasped as he looked into the sapphire blue eyes of the male in front of him, memories from his childhood came back to him instantly. Him and the other person, who held the same eyes as him, who had everything in common with each other. The person that could almost pass as his own identical twin, well except the hair and athletic abilities. His best friend…

Roxas' breath was still in his throat as he tried to speak. "Sora?"

"Yea, it's me Roxas…" Sora had to stop the tears welling up in his own eyes as he stood up from his position on the lounge room couch, looking at his best friend's eyes, directly eye level with each other.

In the moment, both males were captured in a moment, where neither moved, nor breathed as they felt their memories combine into one, their lives seemed to stop for that instance as they reconnected their relationship in that one instance. As soon as it passed they both simultaneously gave the other person a tight hug. For Sora, he couldn't hold his tears anymore as he started to cry onto Roxas' shoulder, who began to soothe the other male almost immediately out of instinct.

After a few more seconds hugging each other like brothers, Sora pulled away and looked straight back into Roxas' eyes, parting his lips in one simple statement that would probably make or break his close relationship…

"Roxas… I need to tell you something."

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Leo: Well there you guys go, I've been swamped with assignments left, right and centre so I've had to do them, so I've got this done the night before my English assessment, because I can't be bothered studying anymore…

Molokai: Which also leads to him failing because he's more interesting in these stories than his actual assessments.

Leo: Anyways… I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter, and if you would please review it would be really great… oh and I was so tempted to place Passion by Utada Hikaru in their when Sora and Roxas' eyes met (due to my love for the song) but I thought I'd bring in a couple of chapters for you guys that didn't have a song in it...