Disclaimer: I don't own Kindom Hearts.

"To the world, you may be just one person, but to one person, you may be the world." -Unknown

a/n: That last chappie was rather exciting wasn't it? Well, here's the chappie you have been waiting for!! Happy Readings!!!

Sora's POV:

I woke up to the crisp clean sound of sheets rustling, birds chirping, and someone clanking around in the background. It was all muffled, but still rather soothing. I forced my eyes open, and starred up at a white celing. Turning my head, I saw that I was surrounded by undulating sheets, blowing in the breeze drifting in through the window. Looking down, I saw that I was lying in a bed, in the nurses quarters.

Sitting up, I felt my head pound, and I wavered slightly, still trying to push myself up. I didn't get much farther. Just then, a hand shot out, and I felt myself getting pushed back onto the pillows. I saw that Riku and Kairi had stood beside me as soon as I had made any sign of life, and now Riku was pushing me gently back down. He mumbled, "Get some rest. You need it."

"Yeah. Take it easy Sora." Kairi cooed.

Riku smiled down at me for a momment before his face turned grave, and he whispered, "I'm sorry I didn't do anything about you being sick, Sora."

"No. It's not your fault!" I croaked, my throat cracking from the stress of speaking. "It's mine. I was too stubborn to take any medicine, or take the day off."

He nodded, and we smiled faintly to each other. Just then, we were interrupted by an ancient woman wearing a white nurse's uniform. She said sternly, "Out you two! He needs sleep, not social hour!"

We smiled to each other one last time, and I waved as they left. The old woman propped up my pillows, and handed me some water, saying, "You dehidrated yourself you poor thing. You know. Kids these days work too hard. They over exert themselves, and they wind up here. Just the other day I had a girl that..."

And she was off. The rest of the day I heard story upon story upon story of the countless numbers of children she had cared for over the years. I ended up falling asleep as soon as I finnished my third glass of water. I was woken up by the old woman saying, "You can go to your room now sweetie. Time to get up."

I got up and felt the headache return, but I didn't complain. I did not want to stay there another minute. Soon, she was waving goodbye as I walked slowly down the hall toward the dorms. She called to me, "Take it easy now, hun! Don't stress yourself! Drink lots of water! And take plenty of medicine!"

I would be sure to do that. No way was I going to go back to that place. When I got to my room, I saw a crowd of people gathered around my door, and as soon as they saw me, they all came rushing up.

"Sora! Is it true?" "Were you really saved by the Roxas Fujioka?" "Was he really dreamy?" "Come on! Tell us!"

I was so shocked, that all I could do was stutter. But, after a few more questions I was able to spit out, "Yes!"

Then, I pushed my way past everyone, opened the door, and dissapeared into my room. I leaned up against the door and sighed. Finally alone. I locked my door, and went over to my bed. I layed down on it, and started thinking about what just happened. Soon, my door wasn't being ripped off of it's hinges, and instead, it was dead silent. It was peacefull. But, shortlived. There came another knock on the door and I got up angrily.

Swinging it open, I growled, "Would you please stop bothering me! Oh..."

Standing in front of me was Yuri. He looked mildly shocked, but said, "Sorry...is this a...bad time...?"

"N-no! Sorry! I t-thought that you were those other people." I stuttered.

He gave me the slightest of smiles that stunned me into silence. He mumbled, "Don't worry...I told them to leave you alone...so you could get some rest..."

"Thanks... " I said faintly.

"May I...come in...?" he asked quietly.

I nodded, and stepped back so he could enter. I offered him my desk chair, and he sat down silently. He starred at me for a momment before he asked, "Are you...feeling any better...?"

I glanced up at him and said, "A little. The nurse said I was working too hard, so I just need to get some sleep."

"That's good..." he mumbled, looking over at Goofy sprawled out across my bed.

"Oh! That's my dog Goofy. And my duck Donald, and my mouse Mickey." I said, introducing my pets.

He gave me that rare smile once again, and said, "Well...you're probably tired...I'll go..."

"You don't have-" I began, but he cut me off with, "Get better...I'll see you in class."

"Okay." I said, watching as he crossed the room and shut the door silently.

Leaning back on the bed, I felt myself once again drifting off to sleep.

The next morning, I stood up, and I didn't have a headache, and looking at myself in the mirror, I saw that my nose wasn't red anymore, and it wasn't stuffy. My throat felt fine too. The only thing that made it look like I was still sick, was that my cheeks were still flushed with red, and I had a temperature. I smiled at myself, and started getting ready for classes. I thought, I have to thank Roxas today. What was I going to say to him? I hope I didn't freeze up like those other times.

I walked out the door and down the hall to my first class, where I met Riku and Kairi. Math was as boring as it had been all week. I nearly dozed off, but had to answer a question as soon as I felt my eyelids drooping. But, I had an excuse.

"Sorry sir, I've been sick, so I didn't have a chance to study over the weekend."

"Oh! So you're the one! Alright then. But, make sure you catch up by tommorow." he said, turning back to the board and writing down the answer.

I nodded, and leaned back in my chair. A smug look of satisfaction on my face. Kairi just glared at me, and Riku gave me a thumbs up. I grinned, and started working on the work for the day that I missed. The bell rang shortly after to go to second period. I walked next to Kairi on the way there because Riku was escorting a pink haired girl to her next class. We took our seats in the back, and just as the bell was ringing, Riku dashed in.

"I'm here!" he called out breathlessly to the classroom.

Everyone laughed, and gave him a mild applause, but then the teacher yelled, "Sit down, and be quiet please!"

We all laughed again, and Riku sat down quickly, holding back his own urge to smile. The class started with the announcement of a new paper we had to write on the history of something. It could be any topic, but it had to be something that happened to our 'Wonderful Town of Destiny'. I knew immediatly what I was going to write about, and I started with a new vigor. Once during the period, I looked up and saw that Yuri was starring, not over at me, but someone that sat three seats down the row. I followed his gaze and saw that a kid named Hayner was writing slowly and fluently, quiet, except for when one of the guys or girls next to him started whispering. Then, he would join in and giggle quietly. Looking back at Yuri, I saw that there was a faint pink tinge running across his face, and a small smile creased the corners of his mouth. Just then, he noticed that someone was starring at him, and he glanced quickly over at me. I was grinning at him with a look that said, 'Ooooo! You like him don't you?!"

He blushed furiously, and began working feverishly, not looking up again. It's too bad though. Just then, Hayner took a quick look over one of his friend's head to stare in the direction of Yuri working furiously. So that means, that Hayner likes Yuri, and Yuri has a secret crush on Hayner. They just don't know it. The rest of the day, I completely forgot about having to write the rough draft of the paper, and I only concentrated on Yuri and Hayner. I took ahold of my bag when the bell rang and rushed after Yuri to walk with him to P.E.

"So, Yuri, you like Hayner don't you." I said quietly in his ear.

He glared at me for a momment, and then mumbled, "Yeah...but, I know that there's no way that he could like me back...I'm too quiet...and he's one of the best players in the Kendo club..."

I starred at him incredulously and said, "So?! What if you're his type. The quiet, smart, and kind type."

He just stayed quiet, so I didn't bring it up again. We got changed into our swimming trunks (mine was red and black, and his was green and white), and went out to the pool. Everyone was gathered around, and I wondered what was going on, when I saw what everyone was so excited about. Roxas Fujioka stood in his black and white bathing suit, being admired by everyone. Signing bathing suit tops, and talking to almost everyone.

My feet immediatly stopped moving, and I couldn't breathe. As soon as the crowd saw me, they all stopped chattering and went silent. That caused Roxas to look up. His eyes met mine, and we starred at each other. Only the sloshing of the pool water against the sides of the pool echoed in the room. That is, until everyone started moving away. That broke me of my trance, and I glanced around at everyone until no one was left. Including Yuri, and I was standing all alone in front of the boy I had always dreamed of talking to. He took a step towards me, away from the water, and smiled.

"How are you feeling?" he asked sincerely.

I stuttered, "F-fine!"

"That's good. You scared me." he said, chuckling slightly.

"Oh..." was all I could get out.

"Man! He's drunk!" someone yelled from behind us.

I turned around and saw that Axel was tripping into the room, a bottle in his hands, and anger in his eyes. He yelled, spit flying everywhere, "You piece of shit! You left me, and now you've come here!"

I was surprised when Roxas yelled back from behind me, so I stepped off to the side slightly so I could stare at them both. "I only left you because you're a drunken thug!"

"Why you-!" Axel screamed, dropping his bottle to the cold tiled ground. He ran, drool running down his face, and getting ready to swing at Roxas.

"Watch out!" I yelled, sprinting forwards and pushing Roxas forcibly out of the way.

He fell to the ground a second before Axel let loose his punch. And instead of him getting hit, I did. Axel's fist smashed into the side of my face, causing me to fly backwards. I opened my eyes, and saw that Roxas was starring at me horrified. My eyes widened slightly, and I felt my back slap into the water, followed closely by another splash. I would have been perfectly fine in water, if only I wasn't at the deep end, and out too far from the edge. My head popped above the surface, and I gasped, feeling myself slipping below once again. And before my head dissapeared into the blue, I heard someone yell, "He can't swim! Someone save him!"

But, it was too late. I was already sinking like a rock to the bottom of the ten-foot deep pool, and no one could save me now. My arms sloshed wildly through the murky blue until I felt that my lungs were about to explode. My whole body became heavy, and I couldn't move a muscle. All I could do was stare up at the shimmering surface, with the sun comming in through the glass windows reflecting off the top. My vision was just starting to black out when I saw that the serene waters had become disturbed, and a figure was swimming quickly down to me. I wanted to open my mouth and say, 'You're too late, go back.' But I was too tired. Just before my eyes closed however, I felt two arms wrap around my waist, and pull.

I was woken up to air being blown forcibly into my lungs. I spluttered at the sudden pressure, and the person left, breathing heavily. Water spilled from the corners of my mouth, and I turned over slightly, so I didn't drown on already drowned in water. My eyes opened, and everything was blurry, I couldn't focus on anything. I mumbled, "What happened?"

"He's okay! Hurry, call the nurse!" someone yelled.

I heard the patter of feet running across the floor, and then someone said, patting my blurry savior, "Well done Roxas!" "You're so brave!"

"What?!" I cried out, sitting up, and looking around at the crowd around me, but especially at Roxas, who sat in front of me, soaking wet, and breathing heavily.

He grinned, and I felt my head dive back into the pool to swim. Everything was going in and out of focus, and I started feeling sick. He had just been giving me CPR! We had just been lip to lip! Someone put an arm under my legs, and then behind my back, hoisting me up into the air. I looked up shocked and saw that Roxas had lifted me effortlessly into his arms. He turned slightly, and began walking out the door quietly. No one followed, and I was glad for that.

He carried me down the hallway slowly, siltently, and steadily. But, I was starting to freak out, because, one, he was touching me, and two, I was worried about him asking about the other night at his house. I didn't say anything though. I didn't want to ruin it, so instead, I gazed up at his concentrated face. It was difficult because my head felt so heavy, but to compensate, I rested my head against his shoulder. I was blushing furiously while doing so, but he didn't seem to mind. To me it looked as though he was blushing too, and I felt my heart flutter in my chest.

I couldn't look at him the rest of the way to the nurse's. And when we got there, I was attacked by what seemed like everyone I knew. Riku, Kairi, the nurse, a few people I had met, and Yuri. I wondered faintly how he had gotten here so fast, and remembered that someone had run away to get help. Roxas was fast. He took me over to a nearby bed, and laid me down on it. He was nearly pushed down because everyone was trying so hard to see if I was alright. And the little old woman was having a hard time getting everyone to leave. Finally I had had enough.

"Everyone! Please! Just wait a second!" I yelled, coughing slightly as I felt the clorine scratch against the back of my throat.

The noise died down, and the old woman thanked me graciously, then she started pushing everyone out the door saying, "OUT!! All of you! Out!"

After everyone had dissapeared, and the woman checked me for injuries. She didn't check on me anymore, and I couldn't fall asleep for the rest of the day. I just lay on my back and stared up at the ceiling. I felt alone. Occasionally the nurse would come in and adjust something, but the rest of the time, I was bored out of my mind. I felt fine, but everytime I argued my point with the woman, all she said was, "Out of the question! Besides, the school handbook states that I need to keep you for observation for at leased one day."

I groaned and plopped back onto my pillows. Riku and Kairi were allowed to see me at around six o'clock, and they brought me work that I had missed. We talked and I heard the latest gossip, besides myself, and they asked me alot of questions about what happened. I told them the story, and I could tell the old woman was waiting, listening with as much rapt attention as my friends were.

"I don't know why I jumped in front of Axel. I just...did." I mumbled, rubbing the eye that was slowly developing a shadow.

Kairi shook her head, while Riku said on a more upbeat note, "Well, they caught that guy, Axel, and they're suspending him for a month. Personally, I think it should be longer."

Kairi nodded vigorosly and added, "Yeah! It seems like they didn't even take into account the fact that he was drunk."

We continued conversing until the woman came in and shooed them off. It was about nine o'clock when they left, and I still wasn't tired. It was alright though. I managed to get alot of work done, including that that I needed to make up for being sick. When I got done, I finally felt drowsy. And, looking over at the clock, I should be, because it was eleven now. The old woman wasn't even here anymore.

I never realized how creepy and lonesome it was being in a dark nurse's ward at night. I shivered slightly, feeling the cold air blowing in from the window across the room that had been left open. I sunk down beneath the sheets, feeling too scared to be able to get up and shut it. I wish Riku or Kairi was here. But they wern't. Oh well, I would have to resort to doing what I did when I was little, and Mommy and Daddy were both too mad to come back to the house. I sunk down beneath the covers, pulling them up over my head so I wouldn't have to see anything. I felt my heart starting to beat a little slower, and soon, I had started to doze off.

But, then, I heard something moving. My breath immediatly stopped in my throat, and I felt my heart slap furriously against my ribs. My eyes widened, as I heard the intruder creep closer and closer, until I could see the faint outline of them from behind my sheets. I clenched my fists as I saw the person reaching forwards to pull off the blanket. I was ready for them. And, as soon as the sheet was yanked away, I let my fist fly at the stranger. It was no use. Their reflexes were too good, and soon I found that my hands were being gripped tightly, and pushed down to my sides.

I tried to yell, but I found that my mouth was being covered by a hand. Then I heard the person speak, "Shhhh! Don't worry! I'm not here to hurt you!"

I stopped struggling, and relaxed against the person's grip. They released my mouth, and I asked, "Who are you?"

Just then, they reached over, and flipped on my side lamp. I would have cried out if he hadn't put his hand back over my mouth. He whispered urgently, flipping off the light quickly, "Be quiet! Do you want to get me caught?!"

I shook my head, and he let go once again. He whispered, "Good."

"Wh-why are you here?" I asked incredulously.

"Shhh!" he hissed, holding a finger to his lips.

I nodded and asked again, quieter, "Why are you here?!"

"I wanted to say I was sorry, alright?" he whisper-yelled back.

"Why should you appologise? I took the hit!"

"Exactally!" he mumbled harshly. "You took the hit! You shouldn't have done that, and I shouldn't have let you!"

We glarred in opposite directions for a while, but then I felt a hand on my arm. I looked down and saw that Roxas had placed his hand on my own, and was starring up at me sadly. I blushed scarlet, and immediatly felt my whole body turn warm. He kept on starring, and I finally asked, "What now?!"

"Do you believe in true love Sora?" he asked completely out of the blue.

I starred at him surprised, and said, "Of course."

"Do you think," he said, taking his hand off of my own and picking at the fabric on the bed. "that if someone really believes that they'll find their one special someone, that they will?"

Him sitting there, asking me that, brought back that memmory from the day before first grade, when I had met that boy. I answered confidently, "Most definitly."

He smiled up at me, and whispered, "That's good."

We had had a momment together! I was so excited! It felt as though there was an aura floating in the air, one that made it seem thick with friendship. I blushed again, but it was almost completely wiped away when I heard someone opening the door to the infirmary. My eyes widened as I heard Roxas whisper hurredly, "Quick, scoot over!"

He jumped up onto the bed next to me, and wrapped his arms around my waist, pulling me close to him. I froze at the sudden close contact, but as soon as I heard the shuffling of footsteps, I closed my eyes, and pretended to be fast asleep. A flashlight's gloom illuminated me, and I could see through my eyelids, that it was scanning me for any sign of discomfort or trauma whatsoever. Stupid woman! Leave me alone!

Thankfully, she left shortly after, and Roxas was able to pop his head from out of the blankets. He whispered excitedly, slipping out of the bed, "That was close wasn't it?"

I could only nodd, and I felt my face burning up. He reached out and touched the side of my swollen face. His eyes swam with sadness, and I felt the embarassment melt away, and be replaced with something else. He whispered, "Are we friends?"

"Yeah..." I mumbled softly.

He smiled and said, "Good. Well then, meet me by the fountain in the morning alright?"

I nodded again, and watched as he snuck over to the door, opened it, stuck his head out, looked around for a momment, and then waved to me before dissapearing. I sat in bed for a momment, wondering if that had really just happened or not. The room looked exactally like it had before he came in, so if it had only been a dream, why did I still feel the tingling of his touch against my skin? Unless, that really did just happen! Then, everything went black, and I fainted.

a/n: Yeee-haw!! How adorable!! Arn't you glad you read this? R&R please!!