A couple of weeks passed but Riku and Raven still a rocky relationship, but they did try their best to get along. Though sometimes that seemed to be hard during days before a big test. Riku was trying to study for another one but Raven was bored out of her mind, being coped up in the house all day.

"Riku, I want to go see everyone!" Raven whined shaking his chair.

The young man was trying hard not to bite her head off, but knotting his hand in his hair wasn't working from keeping his nerves from leaving him.

"I have to study, or I would take you to see everyone else. But you have to think about the fact that Namine has a big art project due in a couple days. Everyone has something due or something big going on right now."

Raven groaned falling her to her knees. "Then can I watch one of those movies I like?" She asked looking up at him.

"In your room, I can't listen to your screaming when something scares you." He replied getting up from his desk.

Letting out a groan, she got up and followed him to her room.

"Which one do you want to watch?" He asked going through his horror movie collection.

Raven came over and looked at the cover of each movie then sorted them into two different piles. "This one, I have watched, these ones I haven't." She explained pointing out each one was. "I want to finish the unwatched pile."

Riku nodded and put in one of the movies and turned on the TV. Raven couldn't work the electronics yet, though Vanitas and the girls were talking about getting Raven a phone, so she could call them instead of having Riku do it all for her.

"Lights on or off?" Riku asked from the door way, as Raven crawled into the middle of the bed with Drags in her arms.

"Off."

He flicked them off and went back into his room. So far taking care of Raven hadn't hindered his grades but that did worry him that it would happen.

His phone buzzed a couple of times.

Coming over

It was from Vanitas.

He groaned because he didn't need Vanitas coming around to cause trouble. But it was possible he was coming over to see Raven. Something he's been doing lately.

He was about to reply to the text when Vanitas opened his bedroom door. "Let myself in, and I'm gonna watch movies with Raven."

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With Vanitas around the horror movies didn't make Raven scream as much. Mostly because the dark haired boy covered her mouth to save his ears from bleeding.

At one point Vanitas helped himself to Riku's kitchen and popped some popcorn for the two of them. Adding salt and melted butter to add flavor. Raven enjoyed it while watching the next couple of movies.

Near the end of the third movie, Riku poked his head in, making Raven and Vanitas scream. This got the popcorn bowl thrown at him.

"Sorry, man." Vanitas laughed once he realized who it was.

"Yeah, very funny." Riku replied removing the greasy bowl from his head. "Time for you to go home, Vanitas."

"Why can't he stay?" Raven asked with puppy eyes.

"Because he has classes early in the morning and I do not." Riku explained.

Raven was basically running on Riku's schedule for everything. Though he couldn't really control if she went to bed when he did or if she took naps during the day when he was away at class.

"Alright, you proved your point." Vanitas caved giving up so quickly.

"If it wasn't so close to the end of the term I wouldn't be like this." Riku stated as his amber eyed friend came to the doorway.

Vanitas nodded, "I get it. After all the finals how about we have a party? Get Raven to know a few more people?"

Riku gave him a confused looked before looking at the young woman on the bed. She was lost in the movie that played, not hearing a single thing they were saying.

"It is a good idea?" He asked unsure of it all.

"Kairi was the one to come with the idea. Something about dressing up Raven." Vanitas explained tilting his head some.

"That means getting Raven more clothes." Riku noted crossing his arms.

"The girls said they'd cover it this time around." Putting his hands up in defense.

Riku rubbed his head some then let out a sigh. "I'll think about it but I've barely figured her out. She's in a good mood most of the time but the smallest of things put her in bad ones, plus we don't need someone taking advantage of her cluelessness."

Vanitas nodded. "Okay, I'll come over and teach her a few things about lecherous guys."

"Takes one to know one." Riku teased going to his room. "See yourself out."

Vanitas said his goodbyes to Raven before leaving Riku's place.

He went to a party rather than going home and getting some sleep. Something about the party called his name.

It was probably the drinking games and the hot babes that danced all around him.

This was his place when he wasn't with his friends, though it didn't feel the same when he stole a young woman's heart.

Riku hadn't been wrong about Vanitas being a womanizer, but he was still young. He was going to have all the fun he could. If that meant it was with a couple of girls at a time, he was going to do just that.

Sure, he thought about Raven nearly every hour of every day since he's meet her but she was too clueless to play the games he liked to play. It also didn't feel right to try anything with her because she was so different from everyone else in the world. She was too innocent even though she had a twisted mind.

"Hey, want to show a good girl a good time, bad boy?" A woman whispered in Vanitas' ear when he was dancing.

His head was buzzing with booze and weariness but that didn't stop him from giving the woman his hand.

She led him to a room on the second floor and into a dark room.

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Birds chirping outside her window is what woke Raven up. Her long hair fanning out around her, waves of red mixed with the dark purple strands. She closed her eyes for a few more minutes before realizing that the whole house was too quiet.

She sat up slowly, before itching a spot on her head. "Riku?"

Climbing out of her bed, she went down the hall to his room.

Knocking gently on his door, she got no reply.

"Riku?" She called softly before trying the door.

It was open, so she let herself in.

"Riku, don't you have to get ready for the day?" She asked giving his sleeping form a gentle shake.

"Five more minutes." He groaned rolling over.

"Riku, it's almost the afternoon, I thought you have afternoon classes today." She replied shaking him more.

He shot up like a bullet. "Shit!" He cursed starting to get ready.

Raven watched as he hurried to get ready. She had never seen Riku in such a panic before.

"Where are my books?" Riku asked picking up his bag, finding it empty.

"Your desk." Raven pointed from the end of his bed.

Rushing over the silver haired man shoved the books and notes into his bag before throwing it over his shoulder.

He patted his pockets. "Keys?"

Raven crawled up his bed to his nightstand and held them out to him. "Right here."

"Thanks." He breathed before shoving them into his pocket.

He did a couple glance overs of his room trying to remember anything else he may need.

"I think that's everything." Raven stated looking around herself.

"Phone." He said suddenly going to his desk again and grabbing it.

Raven got off his bed and followed him to the front door.

"You'll be alright by yourself?" He asked as he stepped outside.

Nodding with a soft smile, "I can make a sandwich if I get hungry or a bowl of cereal. I can manage watching simple TV while you're gone." She confirmed as he got into his car.

"You know where the phone is in case you need to call me or 911?"

She nodded some more and told him where the phone and the list of phone numbers was in the house. "Riku, go to class. I'll be okay on my own."

He ran his hands through his hair some. "Right, you can handle somethings on your own."

She waved as he pulled out of the driveway.

When she turned around and looked back at the empty house, her chest felt hallow. The idea of being here alone actually started to scare her because of spending time with people. Raven had never noticed how lonely she had been until she meet everyone.

"I'll go take a shower." She said to herself softly.

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The house was too quiet for her, even the sound of the TV or radio running at all times weren't enough to calm her nerves. She yelped when the pipes settled or a car passed the house.

A loud bang sounded from the front window, causing a scream of bloody murder. Raven reared back from the living into a side table in the hall, knocking off a family photo. The glass shattered and flew everywhere.

"Oh no!" She panicked placing her hands wrong to get back up.

The broken shards cut into the palm of her hand and she cried out in pain and pulled back.

"This is so bad." She groaned unsure how to take the sight of the red stuff forming on her hand.

The sound of the front door opening caused another scream as she tried to scoot away on her butt, only to put her foot on a glass shard.

"OW!" She cried out.

"Raven?" Riku's voice called coming into the hall. His pale eyes widened when he saw the scene before him. "What happened?"

He came over and quickly picked her up and moved her away from the glass.

"There was a loud sound from the window, I knocked the frame over. Now this red stuff is coming out of my hand!" She explained showing him her bleeding hand.

He sighed and placed her on the counter next to the kitchen sink. "Let me see your foot first."

Nodding, she held up her foot so he could see it in the light. His warm fingers ran around the area of the pain before pulling out a small shard of glass. Raven's red eyes widen in surprise at the sight of the reddish crystal that came from her foot.

"The glass cut my foot?" She questioned as he threw it away.

"You don't realize that it can hurt you when it's broken?" He retorted placing her foot in the sink and turning on the cold water.

It stung the cut. A yelp came from her as she tried to pull her foot away but he was stronger and forced her foot back under the running water. "We've got to clean it out so it doesn't get infected."

She pouted and tried to cross her arms but forgot about her hand until she smeared blood across her arm. That caused stinging to form in her palm.

"Ouch!" She cried pulling it away.

Riku took her hand and looked at it like he did her foot. His hands careful and gentle, something she hadn't felt from him before. She only knew about him being rough, the faint bruises on her wrist reminded her every time she looked at them.

"I need to get the tweezers, stay right here." He ordered before walking off.

Raven looked at her hand some, trying to see what he saw but her eyes didn't catch anything off.

Riku didn't take long, he was back moments later with a first aid kit. She watched as he opened it and got out a small metal object and took her hand in his again. She couldn't see once he pulled it to face him more but she felt it dig in.

"That hurts!" She snapped trying to pull away.

"Do you want me to get the glass out or not? Because if I don't you'll keep bleeding." Riku barked back taking her hand.

She groaned and flinched every time he didn't get the glass out.

"It's taking too long." She whined getting sick of him poking around.

"You're not used to getting hurt are you?" He asked looking at her with serious blue eyes.

She narrowed her eyes, "I'm strong, and I never got hurt in a fight." She replied quickly.

A smug look formed on his face. "What fights have you been in?" He asked only to get a dark look from her.

"Plenty, from other keyblade holders." She stated simply, her tone a hard one.

He knew the cue to change the subject, but he really didn't need to since he pulled out the shard of glass in her hand. He rinsed her hand in the sink before putting bandages on the cuts to keep them clean.

"There, you're done." He informed as she jumped down.

She looked up at him, questions filled her eyes but instead of asking any of them she went off to her room. Leaving him to clean up the broken frame.

Raven had a lot to learn about the world, more than he thought. The only question was how was she gonna take learning how the world really is?

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"Riku!" Raven shouted barging into his room.

He jumped from his bed and looked at her with wide eyes. "What's wrong?!" He replied searching for new cuts on her.

"I want to leave the house and see everyone." She stated crossing her arms.

He sighed and fell back on the bed, "you gave me a heart attack."

"Don't joke about there being a problem with your heart." She snapped suddenly her hand resting where her heart would be.

He gave her a confused look but sat up again. "Okay; so what do you want do so badly?"

She stomped her good foot on the wooden floor, "get out of this house!"

It sunk in that she has been trapped in the house for a nearly a week now, because everyone had been so busy with school work or managing their own lives. Raven wasn't sure about the town, so she had been avoiding going out on her own since she could get lost easily.

"Let me make a few calls and see if we can get out to the pier." He replied pulling out his phone.

Raven let out a cry of joy while crashing into the young man, her arms wrapping around his neck. "Thank you! This place is really starting to scare me when you're not around."

A raised brow was all she got from him before realizing how close they were. She quickly pulled away and seated herself on the edge of his bed. "The house makes a lot of noises when no one else is around."

"That's the pipes settling." He replied brushing hair from his face.

She gave him a confused look but didn't ask any questions.

This gave him time to call Sora and Kairi. They would call everyone else from there, since they liked the idea of going out to ride some rides and play some games. Kairi offered to come over right away to get Raven ready for the whole ordeal.

"You make it sound like she's going on a date." Riku stated trying to figure girl's out again.

Kairi sighed on the other side of the line, "You don't understand because you're a guy, but she'll thank me in the future."

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Kairi showed up with a couple bags worth of clothes she didn't wear anymore. And carefully went through them with Raven until Kairi was ready to dress the dark haired girl. Raven tried to object to the idea of wearing pink or anything light colored but in the end Kairi won the fight.

Raven's hair was put into twin braids that were fluffed out to look very large. A pair of faded skinny jeans with a white shirt that had a pink heart on the front of it. Finally Kairi found a pair of old, large, black frame glasses. She removed the glass and put them on Raven.

"I think she looks cute, plus no one will know who she is." Kairi beamed with her hands on her hips.

"No one knows who she is already as is." Riku replied watching Raven look in the mirror.

"Well, the outfit draws attention from her red eyes. Those will be hard to explain." She explained turning Raven around to show Riku completely.

The sound of several footsteps came up the stair way, and all their friends filed into the room.

"Who is that?" Sora asked walking over to Raven.

Raven puffed her cheek in a pouting form, "It's Raven." She replied crossing her arms.

Surprise crossed Namine, Ven and Vanitas' faces. "She looks so different."

Raven wasn't sure if this was a good thing. She felt different and it bothered her, she wasn't sure if the feeling was good or bad herself.

She turned to the mirror and played with her long bangs, which were held out of her eyes by the glasses frames. The jeans clung to her legs like a second skin, it was like she could barely move.

"I need something dark to wear." She muttered softly.

"Kairi, she looks great but dark colors suit her so much better." Vanitas stated suddenly tucking a red beanie hat over Raven's head.

Crossing her arms the red head stuck out her tongue. "Well, I wanted to make her cute but not so dark."

Raven turned to Vanitas, who shrugged off his black and red zip up sweater and handed it to her. She smiled and pulled it on, only it barely hung onto her shoulders and covered her hands. It may as well should have been a dress on her, but it smelt like Vanitas, which brought her a comfort from when she stayed with him and Ven.

She took the sleeves to her nose, there was musky smell mixed with an odd smoky smell as well as a bitter smell. These were the scent that clung to Vanitas until he showered and wore freshly washed clothes.

"Thank you." She murmured looking up at him.

A smirk formed on his lips, "It's gonna be cold once you ride on the rides."

She gave a confused look but no one filled her in as they started to leave the house. She tried to get answers but no one would. This wasn't something she liked, she liked knowing what was going on.