I leaned into him. He leaned into me. I tilted my head a little. His lips touched mine. This is what I have been waiting for for a long, long time. I put my arms around his back. He put his arms around mine. Our lips were locked. I was in Heaven. This had to be a dream, right? It was better than a dream, it was real. I was really kissing Riku, and he was kissing me back.

I slowly pulled apart from him, coming back down to Earth. We both looked down and blushed. I needed to breathe more than I realized. I giggled a little. He kissed my cheek. My cheeks turned scarlett red. I put my hand in his.

"Come on, we gotta leave here," I told him. We ran out the way Riku came in, hand in hand. Mickey was waiting for us, yet again. We ran down the steps until Maleficent blocked our path.

"Going somewhere, children?" I snarled at her and summoned my keyblade. Riku summoned his, too. "Do you really believe you can fight me?" She laughed an evil laugh. Mickey sprang into action. He pulled out a keyblade and attacked fiercly. She fought back almost as good. Riku and I barely even did anything. We hit a couple times, but compared to Mickey, we were useless. Then Maleficent redirected her target to me.

"Now Mickey, would you really risk Mikaila's life?" She said holding her long, pole-like weapon to my throat. I stopped moving and even breathing. Riku got angry, but he didn't know what to do. He shot lightning at Maleficent's weapon, slapping it down out of her hand.

"Run!" Riku yelled. We ran to the gummi ship, shut the door, and flew out of Hollow Bastion.

Mickey flew again and we sat in the back, holding hands. I was smiling the whole way. Despite the fact that I was almost killed, my day was as perfect as it could get. I actually kissed Riku on the lips today. I felt tired, so I leaned against him. The slight movement of the gummi ship rocked me to sleep.

I woke up to Riku lightly shaking me. "Mikaila, Mikaila wake up!" He whispered. My head shot up drowsily, and my eyes adjusted to the light. "We're in Traverse Town," he said. I nodded and got up. My foot slipped and just before I hit the ground, Riku caught me.

"Thanks," I said.

"You're welcome," He answered.

Yet another song ran through my head.

I Love You.

Kandouteki ni owaru sutoorii hajimari wa

Ano hi kimi ga itta I love you

Machikirenai yo kouhan sutaato

Endoresu ni utagau yori saigo made

Ano uso mitai na I love you

Kiite itai yo zutto zutto

This time, I "heard" the translated lyrics, too!

A story that will end emotionally

Began that day when you said "I love you"

I cant wait patiently for the start of the second half

Instead of endlessly doubting

I want to hear that dubious "I love you"

Until the end, always always

Why is it coincidence that all these songs remind me of my situation with Riku? Strange. At the exact moment that I am feeling that way, why? How? And yet, they always mean something. I had to ask.

"Riku, I have to ask Mickey something. It's important!" Riku helped my get on my feet and I ran up to Mickey.

"Mickey!" I yelled. He turned around and looked at me.

"Yes, Mikaila?"

"Remember when you told me about the Princess code?" He nodded.

"Yeah, I remember."

"What does 'I Love You' mean?" Mickey looked a little confused.

"I've never heard that one before. But, if I had to guess based of what I know, it might mean someone is going to get hurt. Oh no!"

"Oh, not again!" I cried. I looked at Riku.

"Riku, we have to go!" I said. He nodded, and we took off running, ducking and dodging anything that got in our way. We had to get out of here, NOW.

But last time, Maleficent would have found me anyway. What if it was like that again? Still, it was worth a shot. If it wasn't, then we'd be safe. It was better than nothing. Where do we go? There was only so much room in Traverse Town. We bursted through a synthesis shop, gathering our thoughts and realizing where we were. My breath caught up with me.

"Riku, where do we go now?" I asked.

"I... I don't know," He responded. We were doomed.