I know, long time no update. Sorry guys, but I had gotten a tiny bit out of my huge fandom for this series so I wanted to wait till I got back into it! And I think I have, so I decided to make this chapter.

Hope you enjoy.

Chapter Eleven – Meteor Shower

"C'mon Riku," young Sora yelled out to the other. "Hurry up or we're going to miss it!"

Tonight was special, the night of the meteor shower. The two young boys were running through the darkness, street lamps, stars, and fireflies lighting the way. This day happened every year on the Islands, and was considered a holiday to most. The meteor shower was also a day that lovers found it right to propose or even admit their love to each other and blossom to a couple. Kind of like a second Valentine's day, a second chance.

"Sora stop running so fast! You might trip!" Yuffie scolded, slowly jogging behind Riku and Sora. Yuffie was Sora's babysitter, though he also recognized her as the girl who sold him and Riku ice cream a couple weeks ago.

As they reached the sand Sora halted, Riku deciding to take this chance to catch his breath. "This meteor shower is really important to you," Riku asked, he then looked up realizing the beach was full of many other people. More than usual. "And all these other people?"

"Yes!" Sora gave a wide toothed smile.

Yuffie places her hands on the boys' heads, fingers intertwined through their soft hairs. "Stay in sight." She smiled. Sora and Riku nodded back at her before running off.

"Let's get near the shore line!" Sora said as he ran, looking back at the snow haired boy.

"Sora, watch where you're -" Riku's warning was too late, Sora colliding into another body. This body mimicked his own, being small but a bit more delicate.

Sora went to his knees, rubbing his head. Riku kneeled at his side, a hand on the boys back. The two then heard a whimper from the person Sora had hit. Looking over they saw this person was in fact a she. Her hair was light blonde and tears began to build up over her blue eyes.

The brunette waved his hands in front of the girl. "No, no! Don't cry." He said nervously pouting.

The blonde began to wipe her eyes with the backside of her hand, trying to smile. There was just something about Sora that made her want to smile. The boys noticed the smile emerging and decided to smile back, mostly in relief.

They stood, dusting the sand off of themselves. "What is your name?" Riku asked.

"Namine."

"And then I got to meet Hercules!" Kairi excitingly told Olette. Apparently she was finally telling her about her trip to Greece.

"Was he really as strong as they say he is?" Olette asked, her evergreen eyes filling with wonder. Kairi nodded, a giant grin on her face.

Right now it was their fifth period, lunch. They decided to sit within the outdoor lunchroom. Not wanting to get in trouble like they did last time. Hayner hit his fist on the table, grabbing their attention, getting a bit fed up with the girl talk. "Does anyone know where Sora, Roxas, and Axel are?"

"They're probably on their way," Pence answered. "But talking about missing people, what about Larxene, Demyx, and Zexion?"

Kairi put a finger to her chin. "Haven't seen them since they did that disappearing act on us."

Hayner groaned, putting his head on the table. "The period ends in like fifteen minutes. How could they be on their way just now?"

The sky began to gloom over, clouds moving from puffy white to shades of grey.

Pence shrugged his shoulders. "Just a guess." He claimed, looking at Olette and Kairi on the other side of table. He noticed their jaws begin to drop, their eyes seemingly looking at what was behind him.

"Roxas?!" Olette said shocked. Pence saw Kairi get up and run over to Roxas whom he noticed was standing behind him with Sora and Axel when he turned around. Hayner lifted his head, also looking to see what happened.

Roxas' face was noticeably bruised, though there was a square gauze pad over his cheek being held by band aid. The redness from the bruise traveled to reach his bottom eyelid, the actual eye being glassy as if tearing up from the unwanted pain. The blonde was not crying, his other eye being perfectly fine. Axel's hair seemed to be dull, matching his angry facial expression. His arms were also crossed against his chest, he green eyes looking down to the side at the grass. Sora was just as noticeably gloomy, a pout on his trembling lips.

Kairi put a gentle hand to Roxas' cheek, Roxas brushing her off.

"What happened to you guys?" Hayner asked, looking at them as if they were to be aliens from Mars.

There was a minute of silence between the three, until Sora finally burst out and said, "Riku hit him!" And just as if the brunette controlled the weather, it began to rain.

Students began to run inside for shelter, some walking casually without a care in the world.

Coach Villiers was pacing back and forth. "Do you want me to yell at you again, and tell you just how lucky you are that I persuaded the principal once AGAIN to keep you on the team?!" His voice rose towards the ends of his sentence, his anger beginning to overtake him more and more as he thought about the situation.

Riku and the Coach were inside the Sports Office of the school. The snow haired teen decided it best not to say anything and just slouched in his seat, arms lying on the arm rests.

The Coach stopped to look at the boy, who looked back at him with sea green eyes. Snow put his hand to his forehead, looking down into his palm. "Just go home." He sighed.

Riku got up without a word, grabbing hold of his backpack that sat near the door and exiting to meet Selphie who was waiting for him.

"I heard everything from out here," Selphie explained to him. "Most of everything at least. Like Coach said, you are very lucky."

"I guess so," Riku combed his fingers through his bangs, bringing them near the back of his head to have them fall back into their original place. "My dad's going to have my head though if he finds out about this."

The opened the school doors to see it was still very much raining. Selphie opened up her umbrella, Riku holding it for the two considering he was the tallest.

"Why did you do it though?" Selphie asked.

"I told you why already." Riku said.

"But I just don't understand," Selphie explained herself. "I mean I would if you actually liked Sora, but you…don't?"

"I don't."

Selphie paused the conversation for a bit, thinking about whether to say what she was going to or not. She decided to say it. "Your mom told me about your memories."

Riku stopped walking, Selphie mimicking his action. "You must be a sucker for blue eyes since that's all you can remember." she teased, trying to lighten the moment.

Riku smirked and they began walking again. "Yeah, but not for a blue eyed klutz."

"Well, what if it is Sora," She decided to put that possibility out there. "Or what if it's even Roxas, the boy you just nearly knocked the life out of."

"It's not Roxas," Riku replied. "You yourself said he moved here when he was ten. I…I lost my memories when I was six."

"Well, Sora has lived here all his life," Selphie said cheeringly. "And I for one think you two would make the cutest couple!"

"Not happening."

"Give it a consideration?"

"No."

"What if he has the memories you've wanted to know your whole life?"

Riku's grip tightened on the umbrella's handle.

Roxas lay on Sora's bed in his pajamas. He had decided to sleep over the brunette's house, tomorrow being Saturday as well as a day they planned to spend together with their other friends. He rubbed his bruised cheek softly, the bandage still over it. "This hurts so much." He whimpered.

The blonde looked over at Sora who was kneeling on the floor looking in his treasure chest for something. He saw him pull out a small box and sit it on his lap, just sitting there for a bit. And finally, "Roxas, can I tell you something?"

Roxas got off the bed and sat beside the brunette. "You can tell me anything, Sora." He managed a smile, though it literally pained him.

Sora opened the box and pulled the contents out, Roxas seeing the shape of a photo and a folded up piece of paper. "R-Riku," as soon as that name came out Roxas' smile fell into more of a frown. "he was…when I was little…um…" Sora struggled, trying to find the right way to say this. Even though it seemed like the easiest thing to say, but he's been hiding it from his friends and everyone else for the longest time.

"Your crush? Because I kind of already know that." Roxas stated.

"N-no, I mean yes but no. Not anymore. That's not what I'm trying to say," Sora sighed. "He was my best friend when I was little."

"But you told us-"

"I know, I know! I told you guys that I've never spoken to him much in my life, until now at least. But it was a lie, a big one," Sora unfolded the paper and showed it to Roxas. "He was supposed to be my friend forever! But now, now he just treats me like I'm nothing. A nobody."

"Welcome to the pre-existing club," Roxas said, he began to read the crayon markings on the paper. "Your spelling was atrocious."

Sora flipped over the polaroid picture. It was a picture of him and Riku on the night of the meteor shower. He remembers Yuffie taking it with her friend's camera.

"He was a lot different back then," Sora explained. "But after I saw him hit you today, I can't help but…but hate him." Sora gripped his hands into the navy blue carpeting of his room.

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