Hi! This is being updated faster than I thought! Yeah, so this chapter is pretty long, so long in fact, that it's being split into two parts! Because every time I have Sora and Riku meet, it isn't thorough enough. So part 2 will be completely devoted to soiku: their meeting and their past.

Reviewers:

animeobsession: I don't know, you might just be right...whatever it is you think. Who knows?

pichu10176: Lol, I just love the idea of secret lovers...

SuperFriendlySoraFan203: I can only assume that he'll have a lot by the end of the day...jeez, I'm on chapter four and I'm not even half way done with the day. Whew!

Mentally Insane Fangirl: Sweet! And I'm smiling now too!

Colonel Roxas-chan: Ha, I do love those cliffies! Thank you!

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Katraa: Thanks!

Candy-RinRin: Lol, I was trying to figure out an original nickname, and somehow Kiwi just came up!

Shia Ghost: Thank you! And I know what you mean with the Kairi thing. A lot of die hard SoraXRiku fans hate Kairi...but you know, she was still an important part in Sora's life and all that jazz so...I'm cutting her some slack.

Here's part one!

Enter Riku:

I like to think that I'm a pretty laid back kind of guy, you know? I try not to let things, or people for that matter, phase me. I'm beautiful, I'm intelligent…

And I'm screwed.

Let me tell you, no one wishes for this day to be over more than I do. This is NOT what Cloud described when he told me what my first day back at Lucky High would be like. But I guess beggers can't be choosers. I was the one who begged for Cloud to take me with him after that faithful night in Bastian Bay.

But that's nothing compared to what happened just a few shy hours ago.

Homeroom

The funny thing is, I think that irony is in love with me. Who would have thought that the first boy I had ever been in love with would be the only who has ever really hated me. And then, to make matters worse, I was somehow seated next to him.

"What the hell, Dr. Valentine! Riku's last name is a T, and mine is an H. How in the world does that put him next to me?" Roxas had shouted as Axel watched us with a curious expression on his face. Dr. Valentine also looked pretty intrigued himself, but if he thought he was getting any information from me, he was mistaken.

Valentine raised an eyebrow at me. I knew what he was asking. 'Who are you and what did you do to make my star student act like this?'

I turned my head away ever so slightly. 'Mind your own damn business.'

Dr. Valentine finally shrugged, but he made no movement to change the seating arrangements. He merely opened the door to let Axel out, who, for some reason, left willingly, and made his way to the front of the class.

"So, Mr. Tarada, I don't know how far you have gotten in Advanced Calc in your past school, but here we're starting…" Valentine droned, but after awhile I tuned him out. An eerie feeling was making the hairs on the back of my neck stand up straight. I turned my head slightly to see startling baby blue eyes glaring at me, and a cute little pink lip poked out in fury.

Silence followed. The ball was in my court.

"Are you trying to intimidate me? Because if you are, I have to let you know now that with your baby face, it's not working." I whispered to him. The eyes narrowed even more, and I leaned back, satisfied. Got em'.

A firm kick was sent to my shin.

"Fuckin' hell!" I shouted, jumping up and turning to Roxas sharply. The entire class froze, and Dr. Valentine's creepy, almost scary eyes locked onto me. His expression looked extremely pissed off. Roxas, on the other hand, was peering up at me, a confused, ridiculously adorable innocent look on his face.

"What happened, Riku? I hope you weren't hurt or anything." He added a smile to the end of his little display, and a few tears shown in his big round eyes. A few sparkles glimmered behind him and a halo outlined his shining blond hair.

What. The. HELL.

No way was I taking the fall for this violent, destructive, monster! I had to do something! And if that meant being a snitch, well…bring it on.

"Dr. Valentine, Roxas just-"

"Detention, Tarada."

Roxas glared victoriously at me and I buried my head in my arms. Well that backfired horribly.

The Hallway

Axel was waiting for us outside of our classroom after class, chatting up a pretty blond girl with crystal blue eyes. She was wearing the required girls' uniform for Lucky High, a blue pleated skirt and a short-sleeved button down shirt with a tie, and was toying shyly with all the hair she had pulled to the left side of her shoulders.

I figured he was busy, so I casually made my way around them, smoothing out my schedule and blindly walking in a random direction. I had no clue where I was going.

Something made Axel look up, and the red head immediately looked in my direction.

"Riku! Come here, I want you to meet somebody!" He called out. I slowly walked back over to them, keeping my eyes downcast. I could feel the eyes of everyone in the hall, and it was making me sick. I was so tired of being the center of everyone's attention.

"Riku, this is Namine, my…" Axel paused, and both he and Namine blushed. "She's my good friend." He decided on. "Namine, this is Riku, my new puzzle."

Puzzle? Excuse me? Riku was no one's puzzle! He was one group of pieces that refused to be put together!

…Huh?

Namine giggled into her hand and peered up at me under her long dark eyelashes. "Nice to meet you, Riku."

I couldn't say I returned the favor. I squinted my eyes at her. She looked so familiar. It was almost as if she was a girl version of someone else, someone I was close to, but I couldn't put my finger on it. It was frustrating me to even look at her.

"Yeah, you too." I finally responded, letting a small grin spread on my face. Inwardly, I sighed. It was only a matter of time before that grin of mine came out. It was what I was known for, no matter where I went. Riku Tarada, the grinning pup.

"Well, we'll see you later, Namine." Axel froze as Namine leaned up towards him, almost as if she wanted a kiss! I frowned a little. But…I thought he was, I don't know, "together" with Roxas? Or something…?

Didn't Axel know who Roxas was? Didn't Axel know that when it came to Roxas, you had to be committed all the way or nothing at all? Didn't Axel know that with Roxas, it was romance not chance?

But what do I know? I was only his-

"Riku! Earth to Riku!" Axel was shouting in my ear. I jumped. Where was I?

"Huh?" I said intelligently.

"I said, the bell is going to ring in about forty seconds. You were being a fairy again and dreaming." Axel handed me back my schedule. He must have taken it while I was…being a fairy. "You have the Beast next. Come on."

The wha…?

This day was not going too well. And where the hell was my Kiwi?

Kiwi was the nickname I had given Sora after we first met. I could very clearly remember it, but to go into it now would nearly give me a heart attack.

Lately, every time I thought of my life three years ago, the life I had left behind, my heart panged painfully in my heart. It's just…I guess I still can't believe that the place I left isn't the place I've come back to. The place I left was pure, and unadulterated. Now it's…

I don't know. An alternate Wisteria Lane.

"RIKU!" Another shout filled my ear. I blinked again. I guess I was doing it again.

"Are you trying to be late to the lair of the beast on your first day? Because if you are, then I know a better way than just standing in the middle of the hallway." Axel smirked. I grinned. If he was offering, well…who was I to refuse?

Outside…uh, somewhere

I guess because this day was going by so fast, I hadn't had a chance to really observe my surroundings. I'd been so focused on finding Sora and dealing with Roxas that I had yet to stop and smell the roses.

I was back home! I was back with my true friends, albeit they were upset with me. I was back in Lucky High!

Axel snuck me past security and outside the school doors, dragging me along by the wrist. It was sunny, and the sun's beams were smiling down at us. There was a quiet breeze, and I welcomed it with a grin I just couldn't muffle.

I don't know if anyone noticed but…I loved the outdoors.

"Axel, where are we going?" I asked, but I didn't really care. As long as we stayed in the outside, it would be alright wherever we went. Axel peered at me behind his shoulder and smirked at my expression.

"I see you're an outdoorsy person." He chuckled, and then sighed wistfully. "Roxas is too."

I blanched and internally slapped my forehead. Damn. I knew that! I would have to be more careful in the things I openly enjoyed.

"I don't know if you noticed when you first got here, but we have an amazing garden here. I like to come here sometimes when I'm feeling overwhelmed, or just stressed." Axel said as we finally stopped. That's when I noticed. We were literally surrounded by flowers of all kinds. Wildflowers, violets, dandelions. It was amazing.

"They say," Axel explained as we both sat down onto the flower bed, "that an alumnus created this. That during his first year here, he and his two best friends would come here every night, and tend to it. When they graduated, they passed down the job to three worthy freshmen. Every four years it passes down."

I stared at Axel. He was leaning back on his hands and his eyes were closed. I studied him. Axel was very attractive, it was true, but I was attracted to him in a different way. It was mental. It was strange, but I felt some kind of connection to him.

Jeez, could I be any more of a loser?

"Axel, I don't understand you." I offered up out of the blue, leaning back in a similar position to the one he was in. He opened a neon green eye at me and it narrowed in confusion.

"Huh?"

"I mean, one minute you're this rebel. The next you're this player player. And now you're this gentle guy who knows a lot about flowers. Who are you?" I blurted out. I almost immediately shut my eyes and cursed myself internally. Jeez, if we were friends before he sure wasn't going to want to be it now.

But Axel didn't look insulted. He just looked thoughtful as he fiddled with the stem of a sunflower. The sun made his hair look almost as if it were burning. Finally, after about five minutes of silence, he looked up at me, his emerald orbs guarded.

"I asked myself the same question when I first realized I was in love with Roxas." Axel sighed, plucking the sunflower from its roots. I gulped. I shouldn't have even asked. Now he was going to talk about Roxas. But as he started explaining, I found myself curious.

"For as long as I can remember, I've been this sexy, funny loner to everyone. You know, the guy who you always turn to to crack a joke in an awkward situation. The guy who always acts out in class. The guy who prays on young virgins and shows them just how great sex can really be. I was basically just a loving, popular, bastard of a rebel." Axel paused as he twirled around the sunflower. A soft smile spread on his face. "Then I met Roxas."

"Roxas was everything I didn't want in a friend. He was quiet. He was shy. He was, ridiculously intelligent and was on the short, bossy side. I had never even seen him talk before. I was a freshman in high school trying to get my rep together while he was a mere child in the seventh grade who was well known on the island for being, 'the brightest mind since Albus Dumbledore.' Needless to say, I stayed away from him."

I caught myself scratching the back of my head. I honestly couldn't remember the Roxas he was describing. The Roxas I remembered was sweet and naive and spoke all of the time. But I remained quiet. I had to figure out who this Roxas was now.

"But one day I was working at The Hollow Connection, a nice walk-in diner, waiting tables when he just walks in. He was seated alone and isolated in the back, dark corner of the room, and all he ordered was some lemonade. He wasn't in my waiting section, however, so I wasn't able to take his order. But I did notice that whenever I passed, his big, round beautiful baby blue eyes always followed me."

A gentle breeze ruffled our hair, and I quickly pulled my silver tendrils into a tight pony-tail. He wasn't done yet.

"So, being the bastard that I was, I decided I was going to go over there and tell him off for watching me like some kind of freak. I stormed over, slammed down the dirty plates I had been carrying, and plopped down next to him."

Axel's fist suddenly clenched, and his jaw tightened. I stared at him, confused, but he kept going.

"And then he asked," Axel said slowly, angrily, "'Have you ever been cheated on?' I shook my head and told him no. Because I hadn't. And at the time, I couldn't see that he was asking for help."

Axel stopped to take a deep breath, which gave me time to indulge in one of my nervous habits. I chewed furiously into my already non-existent thumb nail and shut my eyes, trying to chase away the bad memories that were threatening to resurface.

Once Axel calmed himself down he began again.

"After he asked me that question, he promptly left the diner, leaving me sitting there, confused. But I let it go. I mean, I figured he was just having one of those 'emo' moments I heard so much about. But he was back the next day, at the same table, still watching me. This time when I went over to him, he asked me an entirely different question, one that caught me completely off guard."

A smirk crossed his face, and I relaxed a little bit.

"What did he say?" I wanted to know. The smirk widened.

"He said, 'My name is Roxas Haiku. I'm a seventh grader, but I can't stop thinking about you. I think it's because you're so gorgeous, but I'm not sure. So I was wondering what you're name was.'"

The Hallway

"He really said that?" I whispered dubiously as Axel and I crawled around the security guards legs. Axel just rolled his eyes at me and signaled me to shut the hell up. I obliged.

When we managed to get past him, he showed me the way to my second period, telling me I was about ten minutes late, and if we didn't hurry up, I was going to be counted absent.

That surprised me. Not the absent part, but that we'd only been gone for about fifteen minutes. It felt like hours in that garden. But I guess that's what happens when you really connect with somebody. You lose track of everything.

"I didn't really answer your question." Axel pointed out after a second of silent walking. I grinned at him.

"I know. That didn't answer, 'Who are you?' That answered, 'Who do you want to screw?'"

Axel laughed. "Shut up. The reason I told you that story was because I was pointing out that Roxas changed me. After he said that, we got to talking, and soon we became best friends. But now I always feel an intense confusion. Who I want to be is not who I used to be or should be…and I don't know what's right anymore."

…Huh?

He stopped and it took me a second to realize we were standing in front of the classroom. Axel peered inside before snickering.

"Have fun. It looks like you're about to walk in on a train wreck."

But before I could question him or demand for him to explain, he was gone. I frowned. Did he not have any classes or anything?

I took a deep breath and opened the door slowly, hoping Axel was wrong.

Sora and Kairi were lying on the floor, groaning, with two desks toppled on top of them, and something was suddenly in my arms. Huh?

I looked down, and my face froze in horror. I was looking death right in the face.

"Roxas," I said slowly, laughing hesitantly. Oh crap. Think quick! Say something that will ease over the situation!

"I see we have chemistry together too!" I exclaimed. I also added a grin at the end. He used to find my grins irresistible, so maybe…

Roxas, the little demon, punched me in the face.

This was war.

"Detention, Roxas. I told you that there would be no more violence in my science lab!" Dr. Vexen growled roughly, shoving Roxas into his seat. He turned to me then, and I think my heart stopped beating. Dr. Vexen really was one scary looking dude.

"Tarada. You. Sit." He hissed, pointing to a seat smack dab in the front. I groaned.

Could this day get any worse?!

Lunch

Apparently it could.

I got lost on my way to lunch and ended up having to go to the office to get an escort like a loser. Everyone knew that if someone volunteered to show you around, like Axel, it was cool. But having a teacher escort you, especially when obligated, it's ridiculously embarrassing.

To make matters worse, I couldn't find Axel anywhere, and he was the only one who would talk to me! The girls were too shy, Kairi was sticking by Sora, and Sora, who I found out was refusing to talk to me- which hurt by the way, hadn't forgiven me yet, along with Roxas.

That's how I found myself sitting at the only empty table in the entire cafeteria, alone. And to add insult to injury, it was right across from Sora's table, full of people.

Seeing how I can't stand lunch food, and Cloud forgot to give me money to buy groceries, I occupied my time by watching and studying them.

Kairi really had grown up. Her pixie cut had grown out into long strands of a richer, redder brown coloring, but she was still wearing the purple hair clip that I had gotten her for her tenth birthday. My heart swelled a little. Her eyes now had a more grayish tint to them instead of just the light blue that it used to be, and her features were softer.

And, not that I was looking but…she had breasts!

She kept looking up at me and speaking to Sora, and occasionally she would roll her eyes at Roxas, but other than that she looked like classic, pretty Kairi.

Now that I was a safe distance away, I peaked at Roxas. He was scowling down into his noodles, but I noticed that every few seconds his eyes would flit around the cafeteria, searching for someone.

I smiled knowingly to myself. Not doubt that it was Axel. Even I, who had only been back for a few hours, could see that he was hooked on the red head. During chemistry, I noticed him doodling 'I love Axel' and 'Mrs. Axel Akito' on the cover of his notebook, and it had took me all my willpower not to laugh.

But anyway. Roxas' hair was no longer the smooth, Richie Rich style it used to be. It now broke all the laws of physics, just like Sora's. It was a more golden color now, as if it had absorbed the light from the sun. His eyes were still that strange mixture of light blue and purple, and his glares still looked like pouts.

But one thing had changed. Roxas' cheeks were in a constant rosy state, which meant he was constantly thinking of one thing.

I think we all know who that is…

Moving on from Roxas, I gazed over to the one person I wanted to talk to most. Sora.

My heart began to sputter like crazy and my breathing became uneven. Just looking at him made me go crazy…he was still my form of heroine. It was almost as if I was a recovering addict that was watching the drug being swung back and forth in my face.

Sora's skin had darkened and tanned, and it seemed to just sparkle under the dim lights of the hanging candles. His features had softened, and his eyes seemed to be even bluer than I remembered. It was such a clear solid electric blue, almost like High Definition, that it took my breath away.

His hair had less of a forest tint, and was replaced with a mahogany brown, making his eyes look more startling than before. The spikes were longer and more pronounced, and that goofy smile was still present. I sighed. Thank god that wasn't another thing I had taken away from him.

Sora was slurping on that artificial junk he loved so much as Roxas wrinkled his nose at him. I resisted the urge to laugh. Sora was always a strange one, I would give him that. He loved artificial, fake foods, like Peanut Butter Gogurt and Splenda. On the opposite end of the spectrum, Roxas couldn't even be near them without getting sick. And yet, the two are as close as brothers.

That thought made me feel sick as a wave of guilt engulfed me.

I looked back up again, painfully, and saw-

Selphie?!?

"What the-" I cried out, falling out of my chair. But of course, I did it with elegance.

Selphie laughed and sat down next to me, digging in to her garden leaf salad. I picked my pride, er, I mean, myself, back up and sat down wearily. I had forgotten how exhausting one moment with Selphie could be.

"I had heard from a couple of kids- well, a lot of kids, that you were back, but I didn't believe it, you know? I mean, I figured you would have called or something, after three years of just disappearing, if you decided to come back." Selphie went on, forking some lettuce into her fork. I could hear the bitterness in her voice.

"I'm sorry. It happened kind of suddenly." I murmured softly. I really was sorry. But Selphie wouldn't be convinced that easily.

"What, for the mystery of the magical Great Disappearing Act or the three year hiatus from the story we call our lives?"

I winced. "Both."

Selphie just shook her head and sighed petulantly. "Honestly, Riku, do you have any idea of how much it crushed both Roxas and Sora when you just vanished without a trace? And then, for Sora to have to find out from a text message, sent by your grandmother, that you've moved to Bastian Bay? What the hell were you thinking?"

I grimaced. Selphie was vicious when she was pissed. But I honestly couldn't answer her question. I couldn't answer it because I hadn't been thinking. When I left Destiny Island and Lucky High, my mind almost instantly shut down on me. I was going through the motions of moving without the heart.

I didn't have my heart because…well…Sora had it.

"I really am sorry, Selphie." I whispered. When she didn't answer, I tried again. "Seriously. And I'm glad that you came to tell me off. I missed this- you being pissed at me and me apologizing shamelessly- when I was gone."

Selphie sighed noisily. "You're so lucky I still consider you my best friend. Well, behind Tidus and Wakka of course."

I grinned and made a face. "Gee, thanks."

Someone's backpack slammed into my shoulder, and I looked up quickly and harshly, prepared to fight whoever dared mess with Riku Tarada. But then I saw that it was in fact Roxas, who looked almost as if he didn't mean to hit me at all. He was stuffing three wads of Stride gum in his mouth at the same time and, I may be mistaken but…

I think I saw a few stray tears in his eyes.

I blinked. Was that even possible? Demons could cry?

But I was distracted out of this theory when a soft thump! hit the table. I looked up to see Namine, the girl I had met earlier, staring down at her brown paper bag lunch box with a guilty expression on her face. I furrowed my brow again. Who was she reminding me of?

"Nami, what's the matter? Is it Axel again? Is he spending too much time with Roxas again?" Selphie guessed, rubbing Namine's back sympathetically. Huh? I narrowed my eyes at her. Something wasn't right about the little blonde.

Just then however, Axel came into the cafeteria, holding his cheek with his hand and looking more than a little pissed off.

"That little bitch…" He mumbled as he sat down. He scowled at me.

"Remember what I told you about loving Roxas? It isn't written in stone, just remember that." He hissed. I grinned at him. It was high time that someone besides me felt the blunt of Roxas' wrath.

"Did you get the fist?" I asked happily. Axel growled and removed his hand from where it was on his cheek. A red imprint shone angrily. Selphie, Namine and I all simultaneously winced.

"No. I got the hand. And trust me, not in a good way." Axel growled out. He tossed me his Subway sandwich. "Oddly, I'm not hungry anymore."

We all laughed, but there was something nagging me in the back of my head. My Sora senses were tingling.

And that's when it happened.

Kairi screamed and everyone at Sora's table jumped out of their seats.

It was almost like slow motion as I watched Sora's thin, lithe frame begin to fall onto the hard, quite dangerous looking ground. My heart clenched painfully. I couldn't have that, now could I?

I sped to Sora, and slid on my knees, managing to catch Sora right before he hit the ground. I gazed down at him. His eyes were open and unseeing, and his body was still. He wasn't breathing.

No, no, no, no! But Sora's hyperventilation had been cured! Did I…could I have…

Made it worse?

"Kiwi! Kiwi, please, breathe with me. For me. Please breathe for me!" I begged him quietly, into his ear so he could hear me. I think my own heart started to slow to dangerously slow rates as I waited for his body to register my request.

But finally, my Kiwi breathed.

"R-Riku…?" He croaked out. I smiled, breathing out a sigh of relief.

"Yes…It's me, Kiwi. I'm here." I whispered into his hair.

"I…I…"

Sora fainted.

The Nurse's Office

"I'm really sorry about this, Aerith. I had no clue that Riku here," Cloud leveled his cool, slightly annoyed steel blue eyes at me, "would be such a problem."

Aerith laughed and hopped up from where she was perched on the stretcher across from me. She ruffled Cloud's hair affectionately.

"Aw, don't worry about it. It wasn't so long ago when you were making my husband faint with your quiet intensity." Aerith giggled. "Besides…at least I got a free stretcher out of it!"

I groaned. This was torture! Why did my "parent guardian" have to know all of my new teachers?! Especially my attractive school nurse! I mean, what the hell? They dated? They're now best friends?

"Don't remind me! And what do you mean 'quiet intensity?' Don't kids call that 'emo' now a days?" Cloud said, and he and Aerith both laughed like it was the funniest thing in world, to make fun of teenagers…

"Okay, let's go." I interrupted, running a hand through my hair. I wanted to see Sora before everyone else did. That way I could really talk to him.

"Oh, pipe down Riku. Sora's going to be released in a couple of hours, and then he's going straight to his lung therapist. You have some time to kill before you can see him anyway." Aerith reasoned, handing me a lollipop. "Here, have a sucker."

I made a face. How this woman was Cloud's best friend was beyond me.

"Well, I suppose Riku's right. Leon's waiting for us in his car, and I still have to sign Riku out." Cloud finally sighed. Aerith giggled in her hand.

"Ooh, you brought the infamous Leon along. Just when do I get to met him Cloud Strife?" Aerith wanted to know, resting her hands on her hips. Cloud blushed prettily and fiddled embarrassedly with the earring in his left ear.

"It's not like that. Leon's a successful, rich, strong-"

"-Gay-"

Cloud glared at my interruption. "I was going to say brave, businessman. He's the freaking president of Fantasy Records, the Fantasy Records. What does he need with a guy like me?"

"Exactly! No one just randomly decides to hang out with someone they meet at a strip club!" I exclaimed, glancing down at my watch. Time was ticking!

Cloud blushed deeper as Aerith stared at him, wide eyed and open mouthed.

"Cloud Strife! I thought you said you were done with that after you left him." Aerith cried, still looking shocked. Cloud shrugged sheepishly.

"I'm sorry?"

"Get out!"

Leon's expensive limo

"God Riku! You promised you wouldn't be a hassle! Now look! You've made Leon miss his important business dude meeting-" Cloud began cutting into me the second we stepped into Leon's limo.

Leon smirked at Cloud's vocabulary but otherwise remained emotionless.

"-You made Aerith angry at me for something she doesn't even understand, and, you managed to alienate all of your friends. Well, the sane ones anyway. Do you know what that means Riku? That means you destroyed my friendships, your friendships, and Leon's companion…ships."

Cloud added a glare to the end of his tirade. "You're a ship destroyer, Riku!"

Leon actually began to laugh! Cloud and I stared at him. We didn't know that rocks could laugh. Because that's Leon's equivalent. A rock.

I feel almost as if it's my duty to describe Leon. Squall Leonhart, or Leon if you're his friend, is the president of Fantasy Records, the top music industry in the world. He had to work himself up to the top, and we all know that the only way to make it to the top, is to step and use the people on the bottom. He became cold, and indifferent…and pretty much…a rock.

Then one evening, his best friend dragged him to a strip club for his birthday. That's where he met Cloud.

Don't ask why Cloud was there. That's an entirely different story.

Now, for some strange reason that neither me nor Cloud can fathom, Leon won't go a day without summoning Cloud. That's not to say that I think he isn't worthy of the sexy businessman's attention, it's just that I find it oddly…suspicious.

"Where to next, Strife?" Leon chuckled, wiping a tear from his stormy grey eyes. Cloud flushed slightly upon the fact that he made the man laugh, but shook it off when he noticed my growingly pissed off glance.

I.Wanted.Sora.

"Uh…um, I guess the hospital." Cloud cleared his throat and looked away from Leon's intense gaze. "To, see…uh, Sorbet."

"Sora!" I corrected him harshly. Cloud waved his hand dismissively. I turned to look out the window, watching the trees go by. I remember when I was younger, Sora and I would try to climb up those trees. We would go out as far as we were allowed to go to the high school, and then, in order to impress the older boys, we would race to the tops.

But of course, I would always win.

And that's what I held on to as we drove towards the hospital.

Yay! Cloud and Leon were introduced! Sort of! Lol, yeah, actually I had originally planned to make this a jumbo chapter, but around the part where they're in the limo, I begun to lose focus. So I stopped for now. But this is still pretty long, guys!

Reviews are adored and greatly appreciated!