A/N: I don't own any characters or places.

Chapter 8: Falling

"How did he know? That's... impossible. No one knew I was Mika." Selphie paced in front of the stairs, biting her nails.

"Selphie, I knew who you were as soon as I saw your username. You always use that name," Roxas said and sighed. "Stop biting your nails."

Selphie stomped her foot. "I can't help it! I'm so upset and disappointed. I just wanted to talk to him. Why won't he talk to me?"

"Maybe because you're psycho?" Riku rolled his eyes at her. "Stop being so weird, and just try to have a normal conversation with him."

Selphie glared at him and opened her mouth to reply, but Roxas cut her off. "Look. Selphie, you've been going about this the wrong way. You went the creepy stalker way. I know you're shy, but the weird texts, hiding behind a WS character, and just showing up on our door step has not made you look like a normal person. I think you should just leave until Sora calms down, and then come back."

"Selphie has never been normal." Riku shook his head and went back to Sora's room, leaving Roxas and Selphie downstairs.

He knocked at Sora's door and tried the knob, but it was, of course, locked. "Hey, Sora?"

He waited for an answer but none came. He pressed his ear to the door, listening intently. Then he fell in the floor. "What the fuck?"

Sora stood over him, holding the door open. "Maybe you shouldn't eavesdrop."

"I wasn't eavesdropping! I was checking up on you!" Riku picked himself up off the floor and adjusted his clothing then brushed passed Sora.

"Uh huh..." Sora closed the door back and locked it. He sat back down at his desk, staring at the WarScape welcome screen.

"So what are you going to do? The Selphie situation is staring you in the face now." Riku flopped onto Sora's bed and looked at his best friend. Sora just shook his head.

"Want my advice? Just go down there and deal with it. Tell her you don't like her and send her on her way. It's that simple."

"I love how you ask, but then tell me your advice before I can answer. And it's not that simple." Sora spun around in his chair looking up at the cieling.

"So what's stopping you from dealing with it? The Sora I know would have shut that shit down as soon as he had found out who Mika was." Riku propped himself up on his elbows and watched Sora continue spinning around and around.

"I... don't know, Riku. Maybe a part of me is scared it won't work out with Kairi." Sora stopped spinning in his chair but didn't look at Riku. Riku made no sound to interrupt him so Sora kept going. "The couple of months we've spent as a clan on WarScape with Kairi have been awesome. I... I've really fallen for her. As far as I think anyone can fall for someone over the internet. I'm just afraid this won't work out. I think I've fallen too far, Riku." Sora looked at him finally, and now he wished he hadn't.

Riku was staring daggers at him. "Sora, I can't believe you. You're going to lead Selphie on because you're scared your online crush won't be what you want it to be? That's fucked up."

"No, no, no. It's not even like that. I can't explain it." Sora shook his head like he was trying to clear it.

Riku stood up. "Well you won't be seeing me until you can make up your mind." He unlocked Sora's door, flung it open, and stomped down the stairs.

"Wait Riku!" Sora jumped up and ran after him, but Roxas stopped him along the way right as Riku was out of the front door.

"Let him go. He looks pissed," Roxas said, watching him go. Then he closed the door and turned to his brother. "What the hell did you do now?"

Sora clenched his jaw but didn't push away his brother and go after his best friend. Maybe it would be better if he let Riku cool off, he thought. His mood dropped even lower. Could this day get any worse?

"It's nothing," Sora answered, then he remembered a certain stalker who was nowhere to be seen. "Where's Selphie?"

"I told her to give you some time and that you'll talk to her later... like tomorrow."

"Tomorrow?" Sora screamed as he sank to his knees dramatically.

"Well you need to just get it over with," Roxas brushed passed him and started up the stairs. "Get it together bro. The girls are waiting on us."

Back in Kairi's room...

Kairi lay on her bed, cellphone pressed against her and laptop in front of her. Multitasking, she called it.

"That's so sweet!" She cooed as Namine did a play-by-play of her conversation with Roxas in which they revealed their names. "I knew it would only be a matter of time before you got a boyfriend."

"Shut-up. We're not boyfriend and girlfriend."

"Yet. Come on Nami. Double dates don't interest you? Hmmm?" Kairi cradled the phone between her ear and shoulder as she heard the familiar ring of one of her friends logging onto WarScape.

You to Fainn: Hey there! :)

Fainn to You: Hey Kai. :) I got your picture. You are absolutely beautiful.

You to Fainn: Wow, haha. Thanks. *blushes* You're pretty cute yourself.

Fainn to You: Ah, but I'd never be able to match your beauty. ;)

You to Fainn: Oh stop it. Lol. What are you up to?

Fainn to You: Just working on my magic. How about you beautiful?

You to Fainn: I meant in rl. xD I'm chatting with Namine about your brother. They seem to be hitting things off pretty well... And if I didn't know any better, I would say you're flirting with me. ;P

Fainn to You: I am, my fair lady. ;)

Back in Sora's room...

Sora knew he was laying the flirting on a little thick but he wanted to see where he and Kairi stood, if they stood at all. Who was he to say that they were close to boyfriend or girlfriend? Maybe he was a mile from the mark...

Ariae to You: Hehehe. Silly boy.

You to Ariae: So what would you say if I asked you to video chat with me?

A/N: I know I left this on a bit of a cliff hanger, but I'll make it up to you next week with chapter 9 of this and chapter 2 of Havoc. I've been super busy this last week and today. I'm so glad I finished this chapter! But anyway, college isn't looking quite as time consuming as I thought so I might be updating more frequently than I thought. Yay!