Just recently I went to Sydney again and saw Play! A Video Game Symphony at the Opera House. Kingdom Hearts was great, and One-Winged Angel was phenomenal!

Those Daily Things – Chapter 4

Roxas stared at the food in front of him, then to the bridge, the widest arch bridge in the world, and he was going to climb it. Suddenly he didn't feel like his sandwich. He pushed it away from him. "You gonna eat that?" Sora asked him. Roxas shook his head, and Sora grabbed one of the sandwiches, Namine grabbed the other. After a minute, Tom stood up, paid the bill, and the group of 5 set off towards the looming arched bridge that they were about to conquer.

After about an hour, a survey describing their bodily status, some safety precautions, and suiting up, the group clipped their wires to the rail on either side of the path, and set off.

Roxas, scared of heights, was slightly green as they proceeded on a few planks of wood supported by the metal that held the bridge up. The road below looked harder and sharper than usual to Roxas. Tom, also scared of heights, was only breathing a little harder – he had done this before.

They reached a section of mesh – It had small holes in it, tiny but terrifying. Roxas almost began hyperventilating, but Tom patted him on the shoulder.

"Relax." He said to Roxas. "This metal has held this bridge up for almost 80 years. It aint about to give up now." Roxas nodded. Tom helped, but… It still didn't quite do the trick. Roxas stepped warily over the mesh. Roxas stopped at a few steps, and someone from behind reached past Tom and pushed him, telling him to get moving. Tom turned around and had to restrain himself from punching the guy. "Oi you! You piece of shi-" "THAT'S ENOUGH!" The instructor said over the headphones. "Settle down and give the kid some time."

Tom kept a glaring eye at the offender, and eventually Roxas stepped up the steps. Sora, Kairi and Namine were already up there. Afterwards, Sora, who was second in line after the instructor, started climbing a ladder. Kairi climbed it as well, then Namine... Soon Roxas faced the ladder. He started climbing up, then looked to his side.

He was staring at the exposed harbour.

Roxas almost went into a trance-like state. One of his hands stopped gripping the railing. He may have been clipped in, but it would take hours to rescue him if he fell. Suddenly a hand gripped his, and he heard Sora grunt. He was pulled to the top by Sora, with Kairi and Namine's support. Sora looped his arm around Roxas' shoulder and hoisted him to his feet. "Don't worry." Sora said to him, slapping him playfully in the face. "I've got your back."

"Thanks, Sora." Roxas said, hoisting the brunette's arm off his shoulder. The group of 5 started again with new courage and a new Roxas. They were on the actual arch now, and Roxas was fine. Tom was first to reach the top, Sora in second, Kairi in third, Namine in fourth and at last, Roxas. The whole group clapped when he reached the top and touched the Australian flag.

Tag, you're it.

The group's descent is easier than going up. They reach the point of origin without fear, or accident. When they got back to the hotel, the groups agreed to split. Kairi and Namine wanted to go shopping, but they had to take Tom with them, simply because he didn't want the two girls spending too much. Roxas still felt a bit queasy, so Sora agreed to stay back with him and keep him company. After a while, the topic drifted to something.

"So, about last night…" Sora began.

Roxas sat up. "What about it?"

Sora looked the other in the eye, unsure, then the blonde started again. "Sora, look. You were bloody cold, I just thought I'd help keep you warm. Best friends. Nothing deeper."

Sora breathed a sigh of relief. "Good. Nothing deeper." Roxas made an evil grin. "Unless you want it to go deeper."

Sora gaped at him, opened mouthed, then Roxas chuckled and ruffled Sora's hair. "Just kidding." He walked over and looked in the fridge. "I swear to God, Sora, if you've touched my sea salt ice cream, I will rip your face off." Roxas looked deeper in the box, and found a note in it.

To the unlucky finder that the last ice cream is gone, I'm sorry… NOT!

- Tom

Sora laughed at him, got up and walked into the bathroom. Sora let out a cry of disbelief and stormed out, clutching a toilet paper roll that was out of toilet paper. Written on the cardboard was another of Tom's calling cards.

Haha! You're fucked now!

"I'm going to SLAUGHTER him viciously!"

After that, the topic led to girls, which led to the boys talking about things which shouldn't be spoken about in a T-Rated fanfiction.

About 2 hours later, Tom burst in the door violently, holding what must have been 5 bags of shopping, the girls carrying 3 each. They took two bags each from Tom, and left to their room to dwell on their purchases. Tom dug into his bag from Borders and pulled out a few new books.

"What, nothing for us?" Roxas asked.

Tom sat back. "Have you considered where we are? And who took you here, and paid all of your expenses?"

Roxas nodded. "Well said."

Kairi skulked out of her room. Sora stood up, and embraced her. She returned the embrace. It was just mutual. Just the perfect relationship. While Sora kept his large hands around her slender frame, her hands wrapped around Sora's neck, And then she let go. Sora looked on as a shining, silver, crown-shaped pendant flopped onto his chest.

Sora was completely lost for words. "Oh… Kairi… It's… It's…" Sora stammered. Kairi continued to look at him, her beautiful face filling his mouth with words again. "It's… Stunning… All I could ask for…"

Kairi placed her finger on his lips. "It's the least I could do." She said, pulling out her small gold pendant. Sora and Kairi remembered the story behind this.

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They were kids, no older than 7, except for Riku and Axel who were 8. They were playing on the outskirts of the forest on their resident holiday place, Destiny Islands. And two factions were locked in combat - Roxas, Axel and Namine vs. Sora, Kairi and Riku in a battle to saturation. It was soak the other team, or get wet trying. Sora was moving through the forest with facepaint. He snuck to the enemy team's base, if you could call the tree with the most coconuts a base.

Sora moved between the trees, and squirted Axel. Axel, who hated water, immediately sprang up and ran, crying. Namine yelped and began running away. Roxas jumped up, discarding his water pistol and pulling out his wooden sword. Sora did the same, and beginning a deadly duel with Roxas. Or, as deadly as you could get with those swords.

But then Kairi came running through the forest shouting, with her water pistol and Sora's, firing from both hands. Roxas was saturated and admitted defeat. Kairi then jumped on Sora in victory and made Sora topple over. Kairi's inertia brought the red-haired girl's lips straight into the brunette boy's.

Their first kiss.

Then Sora noticed something. A disc of gold – was it possible? But there it was, a small real gold disc. Sora was about to pocket it, but looked into the eyes of his new love and put it in her hands. "You keep it." He said to her.

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After a period of packing, they got moving to the airport and prepared themselves for another 23 hour endurance test. After the moment of euphoria when you took of the ground, the plane was just as boring.

At one point on the flight, Sora woke up. His watch said he had 9 hours left to fly! He scowled, realizing that he had forgotten to put the blind over his window and therefore sun was pouring in. He looked around. Namine had two blankets for her tiny figure, and Roxas snored rather loudly.

Sora felt a warmth on his shoulder. He looked, and there was his beautiful redhead leaning her head on his shoulder. She was smiling. He wrapped his arms around her, and stared out his window onto the dawn.

"Almost home." Sora thought.

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P.S. Sorry for the long waiting times, for those who are following.