Who was he really doing this for? Kairi... or for himself? Did he really care?

Would Riku care?

He didn't need this. His fingers tapped against the lunch table repeatedly. The beat of his fingers mirrored his heart. "Can you stop?" A lunch tray slid over on the seat next to him, and both Kairi and Sora looked up in surprise at Riku. "I came here for lunch, but if you're going to be that irritated then I'll move somewhere else." Sora's fingers stopped tapping and Kairi sighed in relief.

"Thank you! He was killing me!" Riku chuckled deeply at the sentiment.

"I know, when I tutored him he would drive me nuts! Habits die hard, huh?" Riku smiled at Sora.

Facing people after the things you've done. The cross between the person they thought you were and the person you've become.

It was like looking into a mirror after an extreme haircut- you knew it was you, but you couldn't help but surprised each time.

So who are you? The person everyone thinks you are... or the person you are when your thoughts crawl inside your brain and you feel like you're the only one in the world?

Sora thought for a while as Riku's smile was left hanging between them. "Riku, I-"

Riku leaned in close to Sora's face. "I know." He pinched Sora's cheek. "Besides, how could I ever stay angry at someone like you?" Riku winked, his smile still in place, and Sora blushed.

"How about we hang out again sometime? And somewhere less... watery?" Kairi's smile lit up. "How about our tree house?" Sora groaned and placed his palm on his face.

"Tree... house?" Riku glanced between Sora and Kairi.

"Yeah! We used to hang out there. Fall is almost here and with the leaves changing, it's so beautiful." Kairi poked at Sora as he placed his forehead on the table.

"Not the tree house not the tree house..."

"What's wrong with the tree house?" Kairi grinned at the question.

"That's where Sora-"

"NOOOOOOOO!" Sora shouted and placed his hands over Riku's ears.

His shirt suddenly felt cold... uh oh. As Sora had rushed over to Riku's head, he spilled milk all over his shirt. Kairi laughed and Riku chuckled.

"Ugh..." When napkins wouldn't clean it off, Sora dragged Riku to the bathroom with him. He wasn't going to leave Riku alone with the tons of embarrassing childhood stories that Kairi could tell.

Sora's school, famously known as "Monstro" because it felt like it was a huge monster swallowing you up, had rooms that locked completely from the inside, a precaution against shootings. Sora locked the main door behind him, him and Riku all alone.

"Ummm..." Riku shifted from foot to foot.

Sora took a deep breath. He was going to do this. He could do it. He had to do it.

Sora slowly removed his wet shirt, revealing rows upon rows of slashes and scars, running jaggedly across his back.

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