Kingdom Hearts II

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For some reasons, Sora starts to feel his face getting hot when the blond smiles at him.

"You have finally came, Sora. I have been waiting for you..."

二人の約束

The Promise Between the Two of Us

Chapter 8:

Forgotten

Still in Sora's dream

Sora looks at the blond in front of him. "Who is he? And...what is this feeling I'm having? My heart is beating so fast!"

"Sora? Are you alright?" The boy taps the brunette's shoulder, causing him to jerk slightly due to the contact. "S..Sorry! Did I scare you or something?"

Sora shakes his head hard, "N..No! I'm sorry..."

"You don't need to apologise. Here, take my hand." The blond reaches out his hand to Sora, as he stares at it and back to the blond, who was smiling. He blushes hard as he takes the hand, while the other pulls him up onto his feet. Sora brushes off the sand on his pants as he looks at the blond. "T..Thanks..."

The other smiles at him again as he looks towards the sea. Sora too, follows his action.

Silence...

Silence...

'Man...it's too quiet already! Why am I acting so nervous in front of this guy? Who is he anyway? And why...am I dreaming about him anyway?' Sora takes a side glance at the blond, which the other notices.

"Looks like...you really have forgotten about everything..."

"Eh?"

The blond turns to Sora, looking straight into his eyes. Sora starts to feel uneasy but he could not take his eyes off the other boy, like he was attracted to them.

"How...How do you know my name? Have we met before? Why are you in my dreams? What have I forgotten? What...!"

The other boy silence him by placing a finger on his lips, making Sora's face as red as a tomato. "Now, now, one question at a time, Sora. How do I know your name? Because I knew it. Have we met before? Yes. Why am I in your dreams? Because I am. What have you forgotten? I can't tell you that."

"That did not answer much of it...wait a sec, were you the one who talked to me when I was asleep and controlling my body back then at Twilight Town? Who are you anyway?" Sora takes a few steps back as he gets into fighting stance. "Answer me!"

The blond looks at him for a while before turning his glance back to the sea again. "I can't, Sora. I can't tell you anything."

"Why?"

"Because...those were your memories. You must remember them yourself, I can't tell you even though I knew it, even though...I wish to..."

Sensing the sadness in the other's voice, Sora calms himself down. "I'm sorry..."

"Why are you apologising to me?"

"Not sure...Just felt that I need to do so. By the way, what's your name?"

"It's...!" The blond pause as he looks down at his feet. "I...I can't tell you that..."

Sora frowns as he places his hand on his hips. "Is it because of my memories again?" The other boy just stay silent. Sora sighs, "Oh well, but I need to find a name to call you right? Let's see...How about...Roxas?"

The blond widen his eyes, obviously shock. Sora chuckles, "Because you and I look kinda alike. So I sort of change the arrangement of my name and add an 'x' to it. Sounds nice though! Nice to meet you then Roxas!"

Roxas smiles as he takes Sora's reaching hand and shakes it. 'Even though you have forgotten...you still...'

"Hey, Roxas? What's wrong?" Roxas snaps out of his thoughts. "Ah...no...it's nothing!"

Sora turns towards the sea as he breathes in the air. "I sure miss this place...It's been a while now..."

"It's your homeland. It won't be weird for you to miss it, after so long..." Sora looks at him, studying the blond's feature. 'He really looks like a mirror image of me, but at the same time he looks different. Unlike me, he looks...a bit more mature...I can't help to have a thought that I've seen him somewhere...'

Realise that Sora was staring at him, Roxas smirks as he gives Sora a flick of his fingers on the forehead, making him snaps out of his thoughts. "HEY!! That hurts!! What did you do that for?!"

"Still ask me what I did that for? You were staring at me for the past few minutes; anyone would think that you have a crush on me or something." Hearing this, Sora immediately blushes hard as he turns around and paces off. "Hey Sora! Where are you going?" Roxas shouts as he follows Sora towards the secret cavern.

­Inside the cavern

Sora calms himself, trying to make the heat go off from his face. The more he thinks back about what Roxas had said, the more he blushes. 'This is so weird!! Why am I acting like this?! I've only met this guy for the first time, and…and I'm acting all fuzzy about him!!! Am I gay?! No, no! Kairi is still waiting for me!'

"Hey, Sora!"

"WOAH!!!" Roxas immediately takes his hand off Sora's shoulder, totally shocked by the brunette's reaction. "E…Er…Sorry, Roxas…I was just…"

"No…I understand. We just met each other and I'm already starting to act like I knew you for years…I'm sorry…"

"N…NO!!" Sora shouts as he grabs Roxas's hand, startle the blond again. "Don…Don't say that!! You said that we have met each other before! That means we were friends back then! So it is natural that you were all friendly to me, I should be the one apologising for forgetting all the things!! I…!"

His words were cut off as Roxas leans forth to embrace him, making him dumbfound. But the warmth that came from Roxas makes Sora feels safe in it. All kinds of feeling were express in the embrace. Nostalgic. Care. Sad? Sora returns the hug by placing his arms around the blond's waist, as the hold around him tightens, yet remains gentle.

"How I wish…that you haven't forgotten about the promise…" Roxas whispers as it makes the hairs on the back of Sora's neck stand. "I'm sorry…"

Roxas let go of him and smiles at him. "Hey, it's not your fault that you forget about it…or you could say…it is my fault…"

"Huh?"

"No. It's nothing. By the way, why did you run into this cavern at the very place?"

Sora looks around the cavern. "I…erm…Just wanna look around here, it's been a while since I was here." He turns his back towards Roxas to hide his blush, as he thought back the reason why he ran into the cavern at the first place. Sora snaps out of his thoughts when he saw the craving he and Kairi did at the very corner of the rock wall. He bents down and touch it. "Kairi…"

"You miss her a lot, don't you?"

Sora nods his head as he reaches to his pocket and takes out the charm that Kairi made for him. "Yeah…I wonder how she is doing right now…"

"She's waiting for you of course. You did promise her after all."

Sora stands up and face Roxas. "How did you know about that?" Roxas just smiles and shrugs his shoulder, as he scans the wall. Sora too, walks around to look at all the old craving. He stops at one of it; the craving was showing Sora and someone else, the other person's drawing was too blurry to recognise. There are also words craved below the picture.

"First Friend"

"First friend? When did I ever carve this picture anyway? Hey, Roxas…!" He looks towards Roxas, only to find his back facing him with hands inside his pocket. "Roxas?"

Roxas turns around to him, which Sora could not help to notice a glimpse of sadness in those sapphire eyes of his. But it was soon replace by a smile on Roxas's face. "Yeah? What was it, Sora?"

"Ermm… no…it's nothing…Come on, let's go outside." Roxas nods his head as he follows Sora out to where the slanted tree is. They sit on it as they look out to the sea. "Say, Roxas…Why are you in my dreams anyway?"

"Do I really have to answer that question again? Just like I answered you just now. 'Because I am', Sora."

"But…how can it be? You can't just BE in my dreams."

"Am I a nuisance to you?"

"No…No!! That's not what I meant! Sorry…"

"The fifth time…"

"Huh?"

Roxas turns to him, "That's the fifth time you said 'Sorry' to me. Please don't be so polite, just treat me like a normal friend, okay?"

"Sor…" Roxas silence Sora by placing his finger on his lips. "No, Sora. That's not what I want to hear, Sora."

Sora blushes, "Okay." Roxas takes his finger back as they two continue to enjoy the view. Suddenly, Roxas feels a pressure on his shoulder; he tilts his head slightly to see Sora leaning his head on his shoulder, with his eyes close. "Sora?"

Sora's eyes snap open as he quickly sits back up, face blushing madly. "I…I!!! Roxas…I…I'm sorry!! I didn't know what came to me!! I…I…!!"

"It's alright, Sora." Roxas laugh a little at Sora's reaction. 'Although he had lost the memories, his heart still remembers it.'

"Roxas?" Roxas looks at him. "Yes?"

Sora looks down at his hands, trying to hide the blush. "Can I…can I do that again?"

Roxas kept silent, while Sora was nervously waiting for the reply. "Of course you can, Sora." Sora raises his head, grinning. Slowly he lean back onto Roxas's shoulder, what he did not expect was that, Roxas places his arm around him to pull him closer. But Sora don't mind it at all, in fact, he seems to like it. Being with Roxas seems to make everything feels right and safe; the feeling is unlike being with Donald, Goofy…Even with Riku or Kairi.

SORA!!

"Whoa..WHAT?!" Sora jerks up which happens to knock onto Roxas's jaw line. "Roxas! I'm sorry!!"

Roxas rubs his jaw line, "It's okay. It seems that your friends were calling you to wake up now."

"Will…Will I get to see you again?"

Roxas stands up and pats his shoulder. "You will always get to see me here, in your dreams."

Sora reaches out his pinky finger. "Promise?" Roxas smiles at him as he raises his hand and hooks his pinky finger with Sora's. "Yeah, it's a promise."

"Eh…How to I go wake up anyway?" Roxas sighs, "Close your eyes and relax yourself." Sora did as what he was told, his body starts to fade off as he disappear in small particles of light. Roxas looks from the place where Sora stood to his pinky finger. "We have made another promise again…Sora…"

On the Gummi Ship

"Sora!!"

"Hmmm…Okay, okay, I'm awake now! Yawn…" Sora stretches his arms as he stands up to walk around. He looks at his finger and grins.

"A-hyuk, Sora, you seem happy? Have a nice dream?"

"Eh! Erm…well…never mind about this, what's our next destination?" Sora blushes as he looks at the world map.

"The next stop seems like a castle." Donald looks from the map to Sora, "We will be landing soon."

"Alright then! Let's go on for another adventure!"

That's the end of this chapter!! Stay tuned for more!! Lolx, currently playing KH2 Final Mix+!!