Sora's POV

We took our final bows and walked off the stage. The crowd was applauding and screaming but I had mixed feelings. The show was fun, and I got that it was to show that being a goon could be fun (when appropriate) but I don't know that the people fully understood that message. Whatever: it wasn't my place to decide.

"ENCORE! ENCORE!" the crowd shouted.

I looked at Jack.

"What do you have planned?" I asked him.

"Yumi said she had it covered," Jack told me.

I looked around for her but she was nowhere in sight. I was about to ask Jack if he was sure she was on it when I felt the familiar presence on my heart being pulled towards Yumi. Without a word to anyone, I bolted in the direction of the pull. Luckily it felt like it was coming from the direction of Moonlight Hill which is where she said she would be so I didn't have to do much guessing in the way of where to go. The negative side was that I could see the dark cloud was still overtop of the hill and as I approached and there was a thick fog covering the area. Without thinking twice I ran right in, testing to see where the pull would take me. Not long after I saw a door appear in front of me.

Weird. It looks just like the door in our secret place on the islands.

I swung the door open and was ready to run right into battle but came to a quick stop. I registered that we were in Twilight Town but that wasn't what I saw that got me to stop. Roxas had his arm around Yumi and they were standing in front of a railing, looking out into the sunset together. I'm sure they were talking, but I was so upset and angry that I couldn't even process what was coming out of their mouths.

The only thing I knew was happening was that my keyblade was in the air and I was running right for them, screaming, "GET YOUR HANDS OFF HER."

Yumi's POV

"Tell him what?" I asked as I gently tried to pull myself away.

Roxas's grip tightened.

"That you guys are coming with me and we're letting Riku and Kairi go," he stated.

"Roxas, I don't think that's going to happen," I said calmly.

"Why not?"

"Because this doesn't make sense. The trade off is wrong, the locations are wrong, and I know something is up. If I can tell surely Sora will -"

"GET YOUR HANDS OFF HER!" I heard Sora shout from behind us.

Roxas shoved me into the corner of the clock tower balcony and moved back as Sora took a swing between us.

"Wow, you're really that jealous?" Roxas asked smugly.

I was suddenly filled with anger. Looking at Sora I could see the emotion written all over his face and deduced that this had to be the real one. The anger I was feeling was definitely coming from him through our bond as I knew I was nothing but elated that I wasn't trapped in a weird simulation anymore. Saying a silent prayer of relief I looked back at Roxas.

"Why would he be jealous?" I asked.

"Were we not about to run away together?" Roxas asked back, eyeing me.

Sora took that moment to drop his guard and look at me too. Anger mixed with sadness filled his eyes.

"That's the reason we're here, remember? I'm showing you where we can spend our days," Roxas continued.

"Listen," I said, calculating my next move. I walked slowly towards Roxas. "I appreciate all the effort you put in here. Really, a masterpiece in and of itself in this illusion. But you, just like this location, are all wrong."

I walked right up beside him and smiled. Roxas looked confused.

"You're not the real Roxas," I whispered in his ear. "And when I actually find him, I'll make sure to let him know what a piss poor job the Organization did at replicating him."

With that, I punched the imposter right in the stomach. He keeled over and I swear I saw his appearance glitch. I then kneed him in the chest and he flung back, glitching again.

"My turn," I heard Sora say from behind me.

I couldn't tell you what I expected Sora to do. He walked stiffly over to Roxas. Being a normally kind humanitarian, I guess I thought that maybe there would be some threats, some shaking of the shirts, a little rough and tough pushing, but that's not what happened. Sora walked right up to Roxas, lifted him up by the collar, pinned him against the wall, and swung his fist right at Roxas's face. This caused the imposter to glitch again, and I noticed some grey-blue hair appear. I'm not even sure if Sora was aware of it as he swung again. The imposter slid down the wall a bit and Sora let go of him, only to start using both hands to throw punches at the imposter. The more Sora hit him, the more this person's true appearance came out. Something clicked in my head as I watched Sora start stomping the member's body on the ground, registering that he had slid from a standing point to collapsing on the floor.

"Sora!" I shouted as I came over to grab his arm.

He ignored me and kept going.

"Sora, that's enough!" I pleaded.

He still ignored me.

"THAT'S ENOUGH!" I shouted as I pulled him back.

Sora was breathing heavily and finally looked at me. He then looked back to the man on the floor.

"Why'd you ask me to stop," he said lowly.

"You're about to beat this man to death and, in case you forgot, we need information," I said as calmly as I could.

Sora sniffed and looked away from me, as if he refused to acknowledge what I was saying was true. I walked over to the man on the ground and sat him up as I kneeled beside him. His face was pretty bruised and I wouldn't have been surprised if Sora had broken a few of his ribs. I brushed some hair out of his face and noted that he was still conscious.

"Long time no see, Yumi," the man said.

"Zexion. I should have known."

He laughed and coughed a bit as he spat up some blood. The projection was slowly starting to fade and we were reappearing on the hill. The dark cloud over top of us was also disappearing.

"You should have just come with me," Zexion said to Sora. "I would have taken you right to Riku and Kairi."

"And taken Yumi away?" Sora asked.

"Probably," Zexion chuckled. "If this is what you did when she was here, I wonder what you would have done if I had been successful with that."

Sora looked pissed again.

"It's good to know there's still some darkness in your heart, Sora," Zexion pushed. "I'm always looking for useful information about the two of you."

"Yeah well you really struck out with the information you had," I said, referencing the almost there choices of the projections. "Why did you pretend to be Roxas?"

"I'm not much of a fighter. Based on my research you would have come with him willingly and Sora would be quick to follow you," Zexion admitted. "Guess I miscalculated how much Sora wanted you for himself."

I rolled my eyes. I wasn't going to play into this game of coupling up with Sora, especially when I had just seen the drawing of Sora and Kairi in that cave. They had shared a paopu fruit so they would always be each other's number ones. I needed to remember that.

"Anyway," I tried to segue, "You mentioned swapping places with Riku and Kairi. An obvious bluff, but lets me know you guys still have them captive. Where?"

"Anywhere they wanted," Zexion stated.

"That's all a hoax. Just tell us their location already," Sora snapped.

"Is that what you really want to know? There are so many other things I could tell you that you might want to know. Like how I got that book from Roxas."

I gasped. That caused Sora to stiffen and Zexion to laugh.

"So you really didn't tell him you knew Roxas was alive," Zexion said. "I'll be happy to see someone exploit that weakness."

Sora drew his keyblade and swung it down at Zexion. Zexion pushed me aside and grabbed his Lexicon, using it as a shield to protect his head. He fell to the ground and when Sora swung again Zexion tried to angle his Lexicon to be impaled by the blade. Although it did block most of the blow, the keyblade pierced through the book and got Zexion right in the heart. Zexion then began to fade into darkness.

I sat up as I heard him say, "Embrace the darkness, Sora. Say hi to Roxas for me, Yumi."

With that he disappeared. I looked at Sora and couldn't read the expression on his face. I waited to see if he would offer to help me get up but he made no move. He just stood and stared at where Zexion had disappeared. I got myself off and brushed off my skirt as I began to speak to Sora.

"Sora, I need to explain -"

"No," he cut me off.

"No?"

"No," he repeated. "There is nothing I want to hear from you. You kept a huge secret from me and put myself, Riku, and Kairi in danger because you were too selfish to tell me Roxas was here."

"It wasn't being selfish. Sora I was -"

"You were what?!" he said loudly. "You were so starstruck by him being here you refused to tell me? You wanted to have a moment with him before I came around to make some big plan to get us all to work together? Newsflash: the Roxas you knew was a jerk. He led you on and broke your heart and yet you still chose him even though you promised me you wouldn't."

"That's not what happened. There wasn't any choosing and again if you'd just let me explain -"

"I DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT," he shouted. "This is so…so…so typical you. You think you have all the answers, you have to be the martyr, you need to do it all by yourself until you can't and then you hope to hell someone else can help you. If you don't get what you want then someone else has to pick up the pieces and try and help you and I'm so sick of it. You don't care about who you hurt as long as you get what you want in the end and I'm just…done. I'm so done with trying. It is absolutely exhausting trying to do anything with you. Riku deserves sainthood for putting up with you for all these years."

He had gotten closer to me as he was talking. I held as strong as I could as he slashed into some of my biggest insecurities but made sure to stay silent. I knew what I did to Sora wasn't fair and he was allowed to speak his mind. It wouldn't help if I kept trying to defend myself when I knew he wouldn't hear anything I was saying. I tried to look speak to him with my eyes, pleading with him to calm down, but it was like looking at a brick well.

"We need to find the keyhole," I said after many moments of silence.

He gave a sarcastic laugh and said, "Sure."

I didn't acknowledge him, but did follow him back to the town square. When we arrived Jack came over to us and praised our efforts in the show.

"That encore! Yumi, what a masterpiece!" Jack exclaimed.

"What are you talking about?" I questioned.

"Who cares. Jack, we need to find the keyhole and wrap this up. I have friends to find. I'll see you around. Good luck with everything," Sora said.

He turned and headed towards the graveyard. Jack gave me a look and I shrugged.

"Stardom. Must be getting to his head after the success of the show," I tried to joke. "Anyway, about that encore. Jack, I didn't do anything."

"I did." Sally appeared from behind him. "I kept your mic on and I may have done something bad."

I gave her an expectant look, prompting her to continue.

"The man in the black hood came back and told me you agreed to sing as long as I gave him some of the fog juice. He looked nice and gave me a picture of you two so I thought you were friends. I'm sorry, was I wrong?"

Sally handed me the photo. It was a replica of the one I had in my song book, down to the writing on the back. I knew there was only one of these developed so Zexion must have made the copy, which probably meant the book he left here was a copy and not the real one. How he had gotten that information I might never know since Sora had ended his existence.

"Yumi, let's go! Some of us have people to save," Sora shouted.

I gave Jack and Sally a sad smile.

"You didn't do anything wrong," I told her. "Thank you guys for everything. I'm sure Sora had fun and I'm glad to see everything is working out here. I have to go find Sora before he gets too far off, so if I don't see you before we leave, Happy Halloween, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, etc."

With a small wave I turned and headed off after Sora. It took some running but I caught up to him. Clearly he hadn't been waiting for me and was on a mission to find the keyhole. I didn't say anything as we walked. I was trying to give him time to calm down and respect how difficult that must have been for him. We had distinctly talked about me not leaving with Roxas or going off without Sora to find him and, although I did exactly what I said I would, I know it must have looked different to Sora. Especially because I had kept my assumptions to myself, I could only assume what must be playing in his mind. What bothered me though was that there was no way of righting this wrong unless he talked to me and that seemed to be something he couldn't handle right now. I also knew I had to respect myself enough not to beg a man to listen to me tell the truth. If Sora chose to be ignorant and rude then that was his choice. Did it hurt my heart? Yeah, it did. Would I mask that feeling? No, I wouldn't. I hope he felt how upset I was.

We made it to the forest where the doors to all the different holidays were. I wanted to crack a joke about hopping in to see the Easter bunny (get it - hopping) but before I could say anything our keyblades appeared. They clinked together, formed and locked the keyhole against an empty tree, and then disappeared.

"Good. Let's get the hell out of here and move on. I'm over this trip and I am more than ready to be reunited with Riku and Kairi," he spat. "No need to go back with me: we both know the way."

With that, Sora took off running back to the ship. I took a shaky breath in and let it out. Apparently my presence bothered him so much that he had to run away from me. Cool. Great. Nothing better to remind you of your elementary school days like boys running away from you as if you have cooties. I walked at a decent pace back to the ship, making sure I didn't make Sora wait too long but also giving him the space he had inadvertently asked for. When I got to the ship he was walking out of the bathroom after clearly having taken a shower since he was now in a clean pair of jeans and a white tshirt.

"I'm going to fly us to Agrabah, so if you want to shower and take a nap or something, go for it," as he toweled off his hair. "Unless you planned to go somewhere else without me."

"The plan has always been Agrabah so that's where we're going. I can drive if you want to take a nap," I offered.

"Pass," he replied.

I thought I heard him mutter something about being left alone with his thoughts as he walked towards the cockpit. Taking another shaky breath, I exhaled and walked towards my bedroom. Looking around made me think of the book under my bed and the deception I created from it so I knew I couldn't stay here. I grabbed a pair of biker shorts and a pink tshirt and headed towards the bathroom. It looked like Sora wasn't going to take off yet so I went to the bathroom and quickly did what I needed to do in there. When I was dressed I took a look around the bathroom to make sure it was clean and saw that Sora had left a zip up hoodie on the floor. I grabbed it and headed to the seating area at the back of the ship, intending to watch a movie or something as we flew. I stumbled onto the couch as Sora took off. Apparently he wasn't going to even tell me he was taking off or check that I was ready. Once again, cool, cool, cool. Feeling the anger strongly from him. Great.

I settled on the couch and turned on the tv. The Avengers movie was still loaded from the last time Sora and I had been watching it. For whatever reason that broke me. I laid on the couch and curled up with the hoodie in my arms and began to silently cry. Dealing with Sora like this hurt. I knew he felt emotions in a big way, but I guess thinking of him angry never really registered in my brain. Before I could think too much about it I started to drift off to sleep, hearing the faint sounds of music coming from the front of the ship.

DREAM SEQUENCE

I was laying in my bed at home, staring at the ceiling. I watched my fan spin around on my ceiling and I couldn't help but think something was off. I could faintly hear my "I need a good cry" playlist coming from my speakers. Who was I to fight with music? I decided tears were okay in my bed and let them fall.

"Wow, this is depressing," a male voice said.

I let out a chuckle that sounded more like a sob.

"All your best friends can't be made of sunshine and rainbows," I said sarcastically.

My bed dipped as the man sat down beside me and placed his hand on my leg.

"Wanna talk about it?" he asked.

I sat up and looked at him. Riku looked just like he did the night he left. I must have a really great memory to conjure up such a spot on image of him.

"It depends," I said. "Are you going to make fun of me some more for having feelings like my best friend or are you really going to listen and offer good advice like my best friend?"

"Well as long as I'm your best friend regardless…" he joked.

I threw a pillow at him. He laughed as he caught it.

"I miss you Riku," I said through a teary smile.

"I miss you too. But there's no way I'm going to believe that you're crying like this over missing me. I've known you a long time and have only seen these kinds of tears a handful of times."

"Yeah well, you missed another handful when you were off adventuring."

He winced.

"I'm sorry," I apologized. "That was a low blow. I know you thought I was fine since I wasn't on the island when things went crazy and you had love eyes for Kairi, blah blah blah. I'm really not mad about it."

"Well I am if it made you cry like this. I was a brat back then and I'd like to think, now that I'm older, I'm more mature and in tune with my feelings and can worry about multiple people at once. So lay it on me: what's making you so upset."

I flopped back on the bed and groaned.

"That bad?" Riku asked as he flopped beside me.

"I royally messed up your other best friend," I confessed. "The long and short of it is that I kept something from him and it hurt his feelings. Now he won't talk to me and I can't explain my choices as to why I did what I did. Spoiler alert: it was to try and protect him."

Riku nodded, saying, "Yeah, Namine told me that."

My head snapped in his direction.

"What?!"

"Well how else do you think I got here? We've been talking in my dreams for a while. She told me that something big happened that you needed a shoulder to cry on about so Roxas brought me here."

"You saw him too?"

"Mhm. He and Namine are hiding somewhere from the Organization, continuing with DiZ's research. That's all I know so far, but Namine checks in with Kairi and I every now and again. She said Roxas was coming to you and Sora. Something about the connection with nobodies and bonds making it easier for them to travel to each group of us…that part honestly went beyond me. But I know it wasn't an easy task for them to get me here, so the time to avoid this conversation is over. Lay it on me: what happened?"

"Promise you won't be mad?" I ask.

He nodded. So I told him. I told him about Roxas, about the adventure Sora and I had been on, how it all came to a head in Halloween Town, and how I had no idea what to do. I tried my best to keep things short and sweet so I didn't ramble and accidentally tell him about how I may or may not have feelings for his male best friend.

"So what you're telling me is that you tried to do something to protect Sora's feelings and in the end hurt them because you cared too much. That's what you're going with," he summarized.

"YES! Ugh, see? You got it once I explained it. Now if only Sora would let me we could clear this whole mess up and go back to normal," I huffed.

"Whoa, I didn't say you were right. What I said was that's what you were going with. As in that's the way you see it."

"Well…am I wrong then?"

"Yes and no. You're allowed to view things the way you do and he's allowed to be mad about it. This whole thing comes down to something you and Sora actually have in common: you guys suck at accepting help and overthink what the best plan of action is without talking about it. Before you say anything, yes I am the same way too. I swear it's in the keyblade bearer's handbook," he joked. "Sora doesn't do big feelings well, as I'm sure your time together highlighted, but neither do you. Did you stop to think about why he was so angry?"

"I mean, he told me why," I said in a confused way.

"Yeah but did you really listen?" I just stared at Riku, so he continued, "Just like you thought about putting Sora first, he was thinking about putting you first. Did he say it was about Kairi and I? Sure, and I don't doubt that he was being truthful but we weren't the main reason he got upset. You went to another guy, who sounds an awful lot like a very important guy, to do something he couldn't do. You not only were going behind his back, but you were doing whatever you were doing with someone he doesn't really get along with and would leave him to not only not be the hero, but not be with you.

"The hero complex is really strong, isn't it?"

"Sometimes. Sometimes it just depends on who we want to be a hero for that makes it so hard."

"So you're saying he's acting like that because I was going to leave him so I could be the hero with someone else?" I asked.

Riku smirked and shook his head.

"It's not my place to speak for Sora, but I know him well enough to tell you that you're close but not quite there yet. Give him some time and I know the guilt will eat away at him enough that he'll just blurt it out."

"I don't do well with waiting," I pouted.

"Suck it up princess. If you really have Sora's best interest in mind you'll let him come to you."

"If you say so…"

I wanted to argue with Riku that Sora sometimes stuffed his emotions down like the rest of us but had to trust that Riku knew him better than I did.

"Speaking of princesses," I started, "You and Kairi are okay, right? I mean if you're meeting me in a dream I would like to think you're soundly sleeping safely somewhere."

"We're okay. Just prisoners in a white padded room."

"Sounds like you're in the proper asylum then."

He shoved my shoulders and I rolled on the bed. With that he stood up and I followed.

"Okay. We've had our fun and I know my time with you was limited but I think I need to let you process everything. Also, I don't like leaving Kairi this long."

I got up to hug him, saying, "How you have any concept of time in a dream I'll never know, but please go be her knight in shining armour."

He hugged me back and sighed.

"I'll keep trying to figure anything out and if I do I'll make sure Namine gets the message to you, okay?" he said to the top of my head.

I nodded. He broke the hug and took a step back.

"Take care of my best friend," he said as he stepped to my bedroom door.

"I'll make sure Sora is fine," I responded with an eye roll.

"I meant you. Take care of yourself too."

I smiled through tears that were threatening to roll over. I knew if I started crying he wouldn't leave and I was unsure how this whole dream time thing worked so I held them back. With a small wave he exited my bedroom and I was alone again. Sighing, I went back to my bed and the covers automatically rolled over me. With a yawn I closed my eyes, smiling into the warmth of my bed. "Thank you," I whispered as I fell into a soundless sleep.

Sora's POV

Well…I handled that poorly. But you know what? I had every right to be mad. She went against her own word: she was going to leave me for Roxas.

'Was she though? She never actually said she was. It was fake Roxas who -'

Shut up and let me feel my feels.

'But it's not like she knew you would get this upset from talking to him. I'm sure she was just trying to figure out -'

I said enough. I don't care about logic right now. Nothing about this is logical. Illusions and people coming back from the dead and unrequited feelings and…shit. I was being dramatic because I liked her and seeing her with another guy made me irrational. Not even just a random other guy - I would like to think if it was I could hold myself together a little better - but stupid Roxas. Ugh, I've never hated myself more for creating him. If this is what having a sibling is like, fighting for attention and feeling left out when you don't get it, then I've never been more glad to be a single child.

I wasn't oblivious to the fact that she was upset. I could feel the sadness emanating from her, even without our bond. After seeing her face drop after my initial blow up I didn't want to say something else I'd regret so I was trying to keep my distance from her. However, it was just as painful for me to see that it didn't matter if I liked her, she still wanted to schmooze with Roxas.

To try and rid my mind of the thoughts I picked a playlist on her iPod, pressed play, and took off. It was only after I was in the air that I realized I didn't know if Yumi was ready to go and felt even worse. I was a lot of things right now: mad, upset, and apparently an inconsiderate butt munch. Sighing, I tried to focus on the song that was playing. It was a cover of the song Ice Box by a group called There for Tomorrow.

"Fussin′ and fightin' we back at it again. I know that it′s my fault you don't understand. No, I got memories. This is crazy, you ain't nothin′ like the girl I used to know. Good with mom, good with pop, cool with all my friends. I should try to decide, wanna let you in, but no. Damn these memories, and it′s crazy. You ain't nothin′ like the girl I used to know ohh. Girl I really wanna work this out, cause I'm tired of fightin′ and I really hope you still want me the way I want you. I said I really wanna work this out, damn girl I'm tryin′. It's no excuse, no excuse. But I got this icebox where my heart used to be. Said I got this icebox where my heart used to be. I'm so cold, I′m so cold, I′m so cold, I'm so cold. I′m so cold, I'm so cold, I′m so cold. I got this icebox where my heart used to be. Said I got this icebox where my heart used to be. I'm so cold, I′m so cold, I'm so cold, I'm so cold. I′m so cold, I′m so cold, I'm so cold. Why can′t I get it right? Just can't let it go. I opened up, she let me down, I won′t feel that no more. I got memories, this is crazy. She ain't nothing like the girl I used to know. I don′t mean to take it out on you baby but I can't help it cause my heart is in the same ol' condition that baby left it and I, I apologize, for makin′ you cry. Look me in my eyes and promise you won′t do me the same. Girl I really wanna work this out, cause I'm tired of fightin′ and I really hope you still want me the way I want you. I said I really wanna work this out, damn girl I'm tryin′. It's no excuse, no excuse. I got this icebox where my heart used to be. Said I got this icebox where my heart used to be. I′m so cold, I'm so cold, I'm so cold, I′m so cold.I′m so cold, I'm so cold, I′m so cold. I got this icebox where my heart used to be. Said I got this icebox where my heart used to be. I'm so cold, I′m so cold, I'm so cold, I′m so cold. I'm so cold, I'm so cold, I′m so cold. I don′t wanna be stuck up in this cold cold world. Don't wanna mess this up, better keep your eye on me girl. Don't wanna mess this up, better keep your eye on me girl. Don't wanna mess this up, better keep your eye on me girl. I don′t wanna be stuck off in this cold cold world. Don't wanna mess this up, better keep your eye on me girl. Don't wanna mess this up, better keep your eye on me girl. Don't wanna mess this up, better keep your eye on me girl. Girl I really wanna work this out, cause I'm tired of fightin′ and I really hope you still want me the way I want you. I said I really wanna work this out, damn girl I′m tryin'. It′s no excuse, no excuse. I said I got this icebox where my heart used to be. I got this icebox where my heart used to be. I'm so cold, I′m so cold, I'm so cold, I′m so cold. I'm so cold, I'm so cold, I′m so cold. I got this icebox where my heart used to be. I got this icebox where my heart used to be. I′m so cold, I'm so cold, I′m so cold, I'm so cold. I′m so cold, I'm so cold, I′m so cold. I'm so cold..."

Okay well that was rude. I didn't need to feel things from the music. I definitely am now realizing I need to apologize to Yumi. But I also think maybe I should give her space? I pushed last time she was mad and she said she needed a minute so maybe I should let her come to me. At the very least I should see if she's okay since I haven't heard from her since take off.

With that in mind I got up and headed towards her room. Knocking on her door was only met with silence. Damn, she must be really mad. I walked back to the kitchen to grab a drink and that's when I saw her on the couch. She was balled up in one corner. I said her name a few times but she didn't respond. Trying not to jump to the conclusion that she was just ignoring me, I looked closer and noticed she was shaking. She had a blanket balled up against her chest so I figured I would just take it out of her grasp and pull it over her to try and do something nice. A sort of prelude to an apology. After all, even though I still couldn't shake the jealousy inside me I couldn't turn off my desire to take care of her.

It wasn't until I was right up beside her did I see her crying. Again, not wanting to assume anything, I chose to ignore it and put the blanket on her. It was only when I took the blanket out of her arms that I felt okay assuming the crying was my fault as the blanket was actually my hoodie. I must have left it on the floor in the bathroom when I was rushing to get out so I didn't have to face her when she got back. I knew she was upset but I didn't think she was crying herself to sleep upset.

I'm a jerk.

Sighing, I draped my sweater over her and for added assurance I put one of the blankets over her as well. She stopped shaking and mumbled a thank you as she snuggled further in my sweater. We were still a couple of hours away from Agrabah and I figured since I put her through an emotional roller coaster with my flirting and freaking she deserved to be left alone. I would give her some space until she felt comfortable talking to me about this. It was the least I could do.

With that, I walked back to the front of the ship in time to hear Mr. Brightside by the Killers playing.

"Coming out of my cage and I've been doing just fine. Gotta, gotta be down, because I want it all. It started out with a kiss, how did it end up like this? It was only a kiss. It was only a kiss. Now I'm falling asleep and she's calling a cab while he's having a smoke and she's taking a drag. Now they're going to bed and my stomach is sick and it's all in my head, but she's touching his chest now. He takes off her dress now. Let me go. And I just can't look, it's killing me. They're taking control. Jealousy, turning saints into the sea. Swimming through sick lullabies. Choking on your alibis. But it's just the price I pay. Destiny is calling me. Open up my eager eyes 'cause I'm Mr. Brightside. I'm coming out of my cage and I've been doing just fine. Gotta, gotta be down, because I want it all. It started out with a kiss, how did it end up like this? It was only a kiss. It was only a kiss. Now I'm falling asleep and she's calling a cab while he's having a smoke and she's taking a drag. Now they're going to bed and my stomach is sick and it's all in my head, but she's touching his chest now. He takes off her dress now. Let me go. And I just can't look, it's killing me. They're taking control. Jealousy, turning saints into the sea. Swimming through sick lullabies. Choking on your alibis. But it's just the price I pay. Destiny is calling me. Open up my eager eyes 'cause I'm Mr. Brightside. I never...I never...I never...I never…"

Great. Another reminder of stupid jealousy. This was going to be a long drive.

Yumi's POV

I woke up to the sound of the ship's autopilot telling us we were about to land in Agrabah. I had only been asleep for a few hours, but I felt physically worse waking up than I did before I fell asleep. I knew my eyes were puffy from crying and I'm sure my hair was a hot mess. Somehow though, I felt better emotionally. Like I had a cathartic moment in my dream and I was wrapped in a big hug upon waking. A good cry will do that for you I guess. I sat up and stretched out my arms and legs. I felt an immediate chill and reached to wrap the blanket around my shoulders. I looked down and realized at some point I must have put my hoodie on as a blanket so I put it on properly, zipped it up a bit, and walked towards the cockpit. As I walked in I took note that Sora was playing my angsty playlist. I was about to comment on it when I realized he had fallen asleep at the wheel.

'Thank god for autopilot.'

With a quick tap on his shoulder to wake him he jolted upright and blinked at me.

"What's going on?" He asked in a tired voice.

"We made it. Just have to land," I said with a small smile.

He took a minute to adjust to his surroundings and then stared blankly at me. In that moment I think what happened when we left Halloween Town clicked for both of us and my smile fell. I searched Sora's face for any kind of positive emotion but came up empty handed. My sadness started to creep in. I tried to remember Riku's words on how to deal with Sora but it was hard to try not to say anything to fix this awkwardness. After a few beats, Sora reached out and grabbed my sweater, pulling it up over my shoulder and zipping it up all the way.

"Sorry about take off," he said as he pulled his hand back. "Better buckle up for our landing."

I looked at him, pleading with my eyes for him to say more but he didn't. He just turned away from me and settled in at the controls. My heart sank again, but I did as he instructed and sat down in the other seat. Without another word, Sora navigated our landing into Agrabah.

"Excited to be back?" I asked Sora, hoping to make conversation as I unzipped my sweater.

He just shrugged as I placed the sweater on the chair.

"Well this is my first time. I think it'd be best to follow your lead, yeah?" I tried again.

"Sure," was his one word response.

It was either late at night or early in the morning as the sun wasn't out when we exited and the town was unusually quiet. I was going to try and strike up a conversation about our clothes but caught myself mid-breath. Sora was wearing a long sleeved, light blue shirt with a black vest overtop. He had on a pair of light purple puffy pants, a black belt, and black Toms on. It wasn't his outfit that shut me up though, it was mine. I was wearing a very form fitting light yellow off the shoulder crop top, a similar pair of red puffy pants to Sora's, and beige Toms. My hair was done up in a half up, half down style and a gold chain with a red jewel was placed in it so that the chain ran from where my hair was up to my forehead so the jewel hung in the center of my forehead. I was by no means dressed inappropriately but after everything that had happened with Sora I felt immediately exposed. I tried to cover myself up with my hands as I looked around for something to drape over me.

"You good back there?" Sora asked without turning around.

"Uh, yeah. Just cold!" I said back as calmly as I could.

"In the desert?"

"Well I mean I was just wearing a sweater."

"Why don't you go back on the ship and grab it? I'm sure Merlin's magic will blend it in anyway."

"Sure! Be right back."

I turned and ran as quickly as I could back into the cockpit. I grabbed the sweater, threw iron, zipped it up as much as I could, then ran back out to see if Sora was right. Thank goodness he was. Now, on top of my original outfit, I was wearing a dark grey tunic with a piece of fabric that wrapped around me like a scarf. Sora was leaning against a wall waiting for me.

He looked me up and down, then said "It's cool to see what Merlin's magic did to my sweater. Hope it keeps you as comfortable now as it did when you slept."

I stood wide eyed for a minute as I thought about what he said. The sweater was baggy and I did fall asleep holding Sora's hoodie so it would make sense that it was his sweater, but how did he know I had it when I napped?

'He put it on you dummy.'

I blushed. Well…this is awkward. I didn't say anything back to Sora in fear of making things more strained between us and followed him further into the market. Nothing seemed out of place and I wanted to point out that maybe we should stay in the ship until morning but was determined to follow his lead and cause minimal disturbance for him. Besides, no danger was a good sign, right?