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-After the Battle-

April

Riku Hikari was always the one who didn't care for what people or others said about him. Usually, when things were said, they were always wonderful things about his grades, his kind attitude and especially his good looks. Riku never really cared about that, but did care about the impression of one person. Someone who cared very much about what people said and felt about him. That person was his boyfriend.

Sora Misonai was never the type to let things bother him openly, because he never wanted to worry his friends or family. People did say things about him and while Sora was a good person, (the best in Riku's opinion) not everyone thought Sora was the hero that his friends knew he was. They called him names, called him weak and even though Sora knew those things weren't true, it still hurt.

That hurt was the reason the brunette was sitting at a rain streaked window, staring out blankly. Hana, Sora's mother, stood at the door to the living room, looking at her teenaged son with sad eyes. Riku was behind her, looking worried.

"He's not talking to me," She said silently, looking up to the older boy, "All he said was that he was just thinking."

Riku watched Sora mumbled something, his lips moving. The silver haired boy wondered just who Sora could be talking to. Taking it upon himself, Riku walked in, but the younger boy didn't move, only nodding to the rain.

"Sora?"

The boy turned to him with bloodshot blue eyes, red from crying too much. The Keyblade Master slapped his cheeks quickly and grinned up at Riku. The taller boy leaned on the window sill, his back towards the rain.

"Hey, So, what's up?"

Sora seemed to hesitate, but said his usual 'I'm fine' answer. A silence stretched between then until Riku heard his boyfriend sigh.

"Riku?"

"Yeah?"

"Why do people try so hard to make a good impression? Why do people continue to be nice, but all they get is made fun of….is there a point in trying so hard to get nothing in return?" Sora said simply, his voice quiet. Hana had disappeared into the kitchen, leaving the two to talk alone.

"Well…," Riku began, "Maybe it's because people never think about what you're thinking. They see your face, or just about what other people say, and assume things…People are very….impressionable…"

Sora fell silent again, raising his right hand to his chin. After a moment, he brought it back down.

"Basically, what people say about you is what makes others not like you? That's dumb…" Sora said, standing up, "If someone doesn't like you, then why in the world do people who know you not defend you? Why in the world would they just stand there and let you take it! Why would they let someone do that to you?"

It was obvious Sora was angry, because his hands were shaking. Riku looked calmly down at him, his green eyes staring into worn blue ones. When he opened his mouth to Sora to ask what had happened, but Sora's now loud voice over powered him.

"But how the hell can you understand," Sora yelled, poking his chest hard, "You're Riku! The great and mighty Riku Hikari! Everyone loves you! Everyone wants to be you! Everyone doesn't want to be like weak little Sora who follows Riku around!"

Riku was rooted on the spot as his boyfriend seethed, emotions flying of the handle and fists shaking.

"I'm sick of being compared to you, Riku. I am my own person…"

It was as if the weather was obeying Sora's emotions, because the rain pounded harder on the window. The younger boy gave Riku one last glare and stomped out, calling to his mother that he was going out and he didn't give a damn about it raining.

Riku flinched when the door slammed.

The silver haired boy heard Hana rush in and declare that Sora had left.

"Aren't you goin—"

Riku was gone before she finished her sentence.

-After the Battle-

Riku found Sora sitting at the dock edge of beach, leaning on the fence that held their boats. Long legs were sprawled out in front of him, arms hanging limply at the boys sides, the rain falling down hard. Riku growled at Sora for being so stupid, but a small part of him felt guilty for inadvertently placing this on Sora.

He would just have to prove to Sora that he wasn't weak. Holding his hand out, he felt a familiar tingle at his fingertips and his Keyblade appeared in his hand in a flash of light. Riku walked over to Sora, who looked up at him with swollen eyes.

"Get up." Riku said harshly, wanting to vent out his frustration and worry.

"Go away…" Sora said, looking back to the small island.

"I said get up, Sora. Fight me, right now."

"I said, Go. Away."

Riku growled, immediately brought The Way to Dawn and flung it forward. Sora unconsciously brought his hands up to shield his face, the Keyblade appearing immediately to protect its master. Riku quickly came back up and slammed down again, the two weapons making a deafening sound in the air.

Sora suddenly pushed up on his Keyblade, slowly getting up, looking up at Riku defiantly, his blue eyes glaring hard into his.

"Fine, you want a fight; I'll give it to you!"

Sora gave Riku a hard push and shoved him back. The two stood, poised for an attack. The younger ran up first, Keyblade in both hands. They both were slipping in the sand, but it didn't hinder their fight. Something funny was happening to Sora though, Riku was beginning to notice that his eyes were becoming blank.

Riku gasped and recognized those blue eyes. Sora and Roxas were fighting together, but Roxas' was trying to take over through Sora's mind, which was probably only concentrating on the task at hand.

Pushing Sora off, he tried to call to him, but the Keyblade master pushed forward. Losing his footing, the two fell to the grounds, Sora on top of Riku, trying to make Riku drop his already pitiful defense.

"Damn it…." Riku said, "Sora! SORA!"

Sora blinked, his eyes turning back to the way they were. He stared down at Riku, his eyes wide.

"Oh my God…Riku…"

The Keyblade disappeared with Riku's. Sora was letting him up, but soon Riku felt arms around his neck.

"I'm sorry Riku….I'm so sorry!"

The boys sat alone as the rain began to stop, Riku letting Sora cry.

-After the Battle-

"Sora…what happened?"

Sora remained silent for a moment as he let Riku dry his air with a towel. The two were sitting on Sora's bed, just getting out of the shower. The sunlight spilled through the windows to the boxer clad two, Riku drying Sora's hair, and his own in a ponytail.

"It was just those bullies…," Sora said, looking up at him through the towel edge, "They were being really horrible to me….they said that I was weak little Sora and I was always going to be weak little Sora…but…"

Riku pulled him close, his chest on Sora's back, looking up at him with blue eyes.

"You aren't weak Sora…You never have been...and never will be…"

This time, Sora believed him. He wasn't weak little Sora…because he had his light to help him to be strong. The warmth surrounding them was comforting. Soon, Sora got up, but staggered as his vision swam dangerously.

"Sora?"

"I-it's nothing…I'm fine…"

-After the Battle-

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