*Hikari is dressed as a casual Zack while hanging upside down from a pull up bar. There is also a projector screen nearby*

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*"Hiya readers" appears on the projection*

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*"Apologies to any of you from AO3 who were hoping to read the new chapters on there rather than reading it here, as I won't be updating on Riku's account."*

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Chapter 15

Riku stepped out of his room, now freshed up and in a new pair of clothes. Once he made sure he had everything he started towards the front of the house. As he walked to the front door, he saw that Zexion was heading towards it as well.

"You're going out?" Riku asked as he approached the door. It wasn't all too often that he saw Zexion going out. He had a small guess maybe it had to do with it being the time for blood, but Riku quickly realized that Zexion's time to get blood was different than his or even Saru's.

"Yeah? What of it?"

"Just… was wondering. Don't usually see you leaving the house is all. Not too often I mean," Riku replied.

"I can leave the house whenever I want. There are things I want to do you know, besides reading books," Zexion said, as he opened the door. "And what about you?"

"Zack's kind of making me go out and talk to one of the guys that Saru and I met the other day. I don't know exactly why or what happened, but apparently he wants to talk to me."

"Hmm not the strangest thing that he has asked any of us to do at least. Good luck with that though," Zexion said as he exited through the door.

The door closed in front of Riku before he could ask another question. He let out a sigh before opened the door back up and walking outside. He glanced up at the sky to see that the sun was already far past setting and the night sky was coming in quickly. He only stood there a moment more before he headed off towards the skate park.

It only took him a few minutes before he reached the edge of the skate park. It was not as late as the last time as there was still plenty of more people there. Riku scanned the area though, looking for the familiar face of the boy he met just the other day.

Soon enough he saw Sora as well as Yata sitting at one of the park benches. There was one other guy there with them, one who looked a bit older and resemble Sora in a few ways. Both of them had the same type of spiky hair, but it was a different color. Riku figured that it was probably Sora's older brother that Zack had mentioned. With a deep breath though he entered into the park and headed towards the group.

After only a few seconds Sora turned to see Riku and smiled at him. "Hey! You did show up after all!"

Riku froze up slightly as he saw Sora's kind and friendly smile towards him. The way Sora just smiled so happily, it was hard for Riku to explain, but he liked seeing that smile. There was just a kind hearted warmth to it that he had never really seen from anyone else before.

"Uh yeah," Riku said once he was in close enough distance to be heard. He glanced between Yata and Sora. "Nice to… see you guys again."

"So your annoying brother didn't come along with you?" Yata asked.

Riku shook his head. "No he stayed back to do something else. It's just me here."

"So…" Sora said as he took a step forward. "Are you ever going to properly introduce yourself?"

"Huh?" Riku asked, not exactly sure what Sora meant, but then he remembered. He never had given his name yet. "Oh… I'm Riku."

"Riku," Sora replied as he smiled. "I'm glad to finally meet you then."

Riku breathed in slowly as he stared at Sora's kind smile, the more he looked, though, he could see the childish goofiness that was mixed in it. Riku found himself wanting to smile back at him.

"Hey, I have a question," the older brother of Sora said as he stood up.

"Oh yeah, this is my older brother Vanitas," Sora said as he gestured to him. "He's the one that found the brother that is actually the older one, right?"

"Zack," Riku answered. "He is the oldest of my brothers. I have one other who is older than me though, but is younger than Zack."

"Wow! Three brothers! That sounds pretty cool," Sora commented.

"Sounds like a nightmare," Yata grumbled. "Especially 'cause you have to deal with that monkey for a young brother."

"Ahem!" Vanitas said as he cleared his throat. "I said I had a question." He walked a bit closer until he was staring right at Riku.

Riku could see the strong golden eyes now that Vanitas was closer. Though as he looked, he could see the faintest bit of blue around the edge of his irises. "So he is probably a werewolf… what about Sora then? Is he really just normal then?" Though before Riku could get far with his thoughts Vanitas spoke up again.

"I just gotta ask, cause it's really bugging me. Do you and your brothers all have some weird cologne?"

"Uh what?" Riku asked, caught off guard by the question.

"Hey Vani, don't be so rude and ask him that," Sora tried to interject, but it seemed that Vanitas had more to say.

"I can't help it. I'm picking up the same strange scent from him just like I did for that Zack guy and the scent from Yata's wallet," Vanitas grumbled.

"Definitely a werewolf," Riku confirmed in his head. "Though that means he is probably picking up on the off and odd scent that vampires have. But he doesn't seem to know that is a vampire scent thing. Probably shouldn't let them know that then… just to be on the safe side."

"Yeah… some weird thing that Zack bought once for all of us. All of us just kind of got use to it. I know it doesn't have much scent though," Riku replied, trying his best to seem serious about it.

"Well that doesn't really matter anyways. Don't pay attention to Vani being weird and all," Sora said as he tried to push his brother off to the side slightly.

"Fine fine, have your little talk or whatever," Vanitas commented as he wanted back to the bench and sat down.

Riku stood there a moment more before he spoke up again. "Why did you ask me to come here? I mean… I just was wondering because you had your brother go out of his way to try and find me."

"Oh… Um…" Sora started, now fumbling over his words slightly. "I wanted to meet you again. M-More properly I mean."

"Come on Sora, you can do better than that," Vanitas snorted in reply.

Sora's face reddened as he turned around to glare at Vanitas. "You're not helping!" He then glanced over to Yata who seemed to be smirking. "And don't you say anything either!"

"I don't have to," Yata laughed. "Your face says it all."

Riku watched he saw Sora's face continue to redden as he continued to glare at the other two. He tried his best to keep a straight face, but even he couldn't help but laugh a little. Sora whipped around and stared at him with wide eyes.

"Hey! Come on Riku… don't you start laughing too," Sora whined while starting to pout.

Riku tried to calm himself down as he took in a few deep breaths. "Ah sorry." He still wanted to laugh a bit more at Sora's overreacting, but he saw how Sora was feeling from it. He straightened up and cleared his throat. "So was that it then? You just wanted to meet me again?"

"There was that…" Sora started as he regained his composure. "But also… I was hoping we could hang out and become friends."

"What?" Riku asked, now his eyes widening. He was a little surprised at Sora's statement, and found himself to be at a loss for words. He tried, though, to managed something else. "Wh-Why would you want… to be friends with me?"

"Because…" Sora replied as he rubbed the back of his neck. His cheeks reddened again. "I just really wanna get to know you." He suddenly perked up and smiled happily again. "So when would you wanna meet up again?"

"Wait what?" Riku asked, surprised again, this time at Sora's energy and easily switching moods.

Vanitas laughed. "One thing you gotta know about Sora, he is probably the most friendliest person you will ever meet. And once he has his mind set on something, he doesn't wanna give up."

Sora smiled again as he nodded as he let out a chuckle. "Yup that's right! So do you have an idea when we could meet again?"

Riku opened his mouth to reply, but he couldn't find the words. He could only stare at Sora smiling happily at him. He still couldn't stop looking at the boy and his kind and sweet smiles. He felt awkward over all as it had been years since he had really made friends with others. But this was also awkward for another reason, one that he had trouble explaining to himself. There was just something about Sora… that made him want to stand there and stare.

"Maybe it's because of what he said about my hair. Still can't get that out of my head. But maybe… that's why I feel this way. I just don't know."

He saw that Sora was still looking at him, waiting for an answer. Finally he spoke up again after a deep breath. "I guess we could meet up again, but what would we do? And also when?"

"Hmm…" Sora hummed as he thought it over. "Not sure… Oh! What if we met up at the arcade? That's a fun place to hangout. You know where that is right?"

Riku nodded. "Yeah. That sounds fine."

"How about this Friday? At noon? Will that work?" Sora asked.

"Sure, don't usually have much else going on anyways," Riku commented. He knew though that if it was going to be at noon, it would mean having to deal with sunlight, but it different worry him. It wasn't like the old days where there wasn't magic to deal with it.

"Great!" Sora said as he beamed. "Oh also! Yata, you should come along," Sora then looked over at Riku. "And you should bring your younger brother Saru,!"

"What!?" Yata interjected. "Why the hell would you suggest that?!"

"I think I have to agree, why would you want me to bring Saru along. You've seen how he is," Riku replied as he crossed his arms.

"I know, but I thought it would be nice. Cause maybe then he would talk things out with Yata and they could get along better," Sora replied.

Yata scoffed. "Fat chance."

"Saru isn't that easy to get along with though… trust me I know that for sure. If I somehow managed to bring him along, he would end up causing some trouble of some sorts. Honestly, it is really hard to get to know Saru… he can be quite a pain sometimes."

"Come on, can't you at least try?" Sora asked kindly.

"I won't go if that monkey comes along,"Yata grumbled.

"Aw come on Yata, be nice about it," Sora said as he looked over to him. "You're just being stubborn. I know you would want to meet him again."

Yata gritted his teeth. "Shut up about that already!"

There was a pause before Yata continued. "Fine! I'll come along. I know you won't stop asking otherwise. But don't blame me if the f*cking monkey ticks me off."

Sora chuckled. "All right! That sound good then?" He looked back over to Riku, awaiting the answer.

"I guess I can try to see if Saru will come along," Riku replied. "I still really don't think it is the best idea… but I'll try, okay?"

"I agree with that, sounds like a terrible idea" Yata grumbled.

"I hopeful though that things will go fine," Sora said.

"Well… if that's all that. I guess I should be getting back home," Riku said as he took a step back. "It is getting late after all."

"Oh okay. Well Riku, it was really nice to meet you finally!"

"Same to you Sora," Riku replied as he gave a smile towards Sora. He then said his goodbyes also to Vanitas and Yata. Once they said goodbye back, Riku started his way home. Only now realizing that his heart had been racing the entire time he was around Sora.

"Geez… what's with me? Why… am I feeling this way around him? I can't figure it out. He doesn't seem bad though… He seems like a nice guy at least. But I can't believe I agreed to met up with him again… and to bring Saru along. That's… going to be interesting."

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