Disclaimer: They. Are not. Mine. Must I go through this every chapter?


Riku leaned back on the sand, Sora's head resting on his stomach. He toyed with the brown spikes, his hands catching on the tangles. They sat there, together, in comfortable silence, and watched the stars fade to life.

"The stars are so pretty," Sora murmured. His voice was so soft, it almost couldn't be heard above the sound of the tide.

Riku shrugged as best as he could while laying down. "It's odd to think that we've been to some of them," he pointed out. "That those are actually other worlds, with other people on them."

Sora was silent for a moment. "Yeah," he said finally. "But sometimes..." he paused, considering what to say. Riku waited. "Sometimes it's nice to just look up and watch the stars. Not worlds. Just stars."

Riku hummed his agreement, running his hand smoothly through Sora's hair. His breathing was steady, his heart at peace as it hadn't been in years.

He was finally free from darkness, free from Diz, free from Kingdom Hearts.

He finally had Sora back.

He was finally home.


A/N: So. Yeah. A really short Sora/Riku thing, just to break up the monotony. I swear, more AkuRoku is coming. Eventually. (Stupid Kayla got me writing other pairings, mostly crack yuri ones because those are amusing.) To the couple people who've added me to their alerts/favorites - thank you! Even though you didn't review. Whatever; I don't do this for the reviews, really, anyways.

Also, yay for me getting to the fourth chapter of a story for the first time... ever. Even if this doesn't quite count as an actual 'story.'