Sora sits down next to Riku on the bed. Riku lies motionless under the clean sheets. Lu walks in and leans back on the door frame of the bedroom.

   “He’ll be fine.” Sora looks over to Lu and his unsure eyes seem bleak with distress. “…Ok.” Sora manages to say.

   Lu picks up Riku’s stained shirt and tosses it in a laundry basket filled to the brim. She lifts the laundry basket and walks to the doorway.

   “Call me if you need anything kid.” She walks away; struggling with the heavy basket. “Thanks.” Sora replies softly and he turn his head back to the sleeping boy. He holds his weak hand in his.

   “Riku…wake up.” Sora whispers. Heavy silence in the room weights down on Sora. Riku’s heart beat slows down to an occasional beat.

   “Riku.” Sora says and his lip quivers. A glassy tear falls from the corner of Sora’s closed eyes. The pearl tear lands in a tiny drop on Riku’s lips.

   The pale fingers brush Sora’s open hand. Sora’s eyes open from the tears and he sees Riku gazes at him in his blurry vision.

   The fragile pale hand eases up and wipes the tears off of Sora’s face. Sora clasps the hand in his. Riku’s bare chest moves up and down as he takes in deep breaths as if he had just come up to the surface of a dark ocean for air.

   “Sora…?” Riku says unsure and his scabbed hand trembles in Sora’s tender hand. He blinks to focus his frazzled mind. Riku stomach grumbles and he looks down at it. Sora lies down next to him and gives Riku a gentle hug.

   “I’m here.” Sora says. Riku slowly sits up on the bed and looks around. “How did I get back home?” Riku asks.

   “You fainted…The office called your house and Lu took you and me here.” Sora rubs his thumb along Riku’s knuckles.

   “Eat.” Lu says and she puts a tray with a bento box on Riku’s lap.

   She walks back out of the room and fixes the wrinkled hem of her short green dress. “I guess I should have had breakfast…and dinner.” Riku says as he fumbles with the chopsticks.

   Sora giggles as Riku tries to pick up the sushi roll. Riku ends up stabbing at the roll and it dangles from the wooden stick. He lowers his head and opens his mouth wide, but the sushi falls off the stick and lands in his miso soup.

   “Dammit.” Riku mutters as the soup splashes a little in his face. Sora wipes off the soup from Riku’s face and takes the chopsticks from him. He picks up the sushi roll out of the soup and says, “Open up.” Riku frowns and opens his mouth.

   Riku didn’t like being treated like a little kid, but at least Sora feeding him is better then annoyed Lu demanding Riku to he the god damn roll and throwing the chopsticks down in anger.

   Sora pops the roll into Riku’s mouth. A piece of rice sticks to the corner of Riku’s lip; almost blending in with his pale cheek.

   Sora wipes the rice off with his finger and it falls down on the plate. Riku swallows and Sora is ready with another piece of sushi. “Aww c’mon Sora. I can feed myself.” Riku says and he takes the chopsticks in his own hands.

   Sora laughs as Riku struggles to balance the sushi between the sticks with his hurt hand. Riku smirks and throws the piece of sushi at Sora’s open laughing mouth.

   He misses and it hits Sora’s cheek and bounces off. Sora kisses Riku’s nose and Riku falls back on the bed and the soup and food spill on the silky sheets.

   Lu sets the laundry basket on a table and she hears something like a water balloon hitting a wall. She rushes down the hallway with her yellow ballet flats. A scowl forms on her face when she enters Riku’s bedroom.

   Sora puts a tempera roll in Riku’s mouth and there is sushi stuck in Sora’s hair. Riku takes it out of the coffee coloured hair and Sora blushes.

   Riku looks over at Lu in her bright coloured clothes and he sees the not so bright expression on her face. Sora follows Riku’s gaze and bites his lip and blushes.

   “I’m so sorry Lu. It’s my fault. Um I’ll help clean up.” Sora rambles through his sentence as he gets off the bed, and he picks off the food and places it on the tray. Lu strides over to the bed and collects the tray.

   “No no. It’s my job.” Lu says semi sarcastically. Her purple headband with a yellow daisy pattern slides forward on her neon bubble gum pink hair. She blows out air from her mouth and her bangs fly up and out of her face. Lu balances the messy tray with her hand as she slides the headband back.

   “No, I’ll help you. It’s my fault.” Sora says and he takes the tray from Lu. She grabs a cloth out of her aqua apron and dabs the soy sauce out of the sheets and says, “If you really want to help, then you and Riku can get out of my way for the rest of the day.”

   “Haha you rhymed!” Sora exclaims with a big toothy smile across his face. Lu glares at him with unamused eyes. “Just...go.” Lu says in a low voice.

   Riku slides out of the bed and stands next to Sora. “Ok, see ya.” Sora says as gives Lu a friendly pat on the back and she falls forward on the stained sheet. She turns her head over her shoulder and gives Sora a cold look.

   Riku shudders and quickly grabs a black t-shirt as he rushes Sora out of the room. The door closes behind him and Sora is still smiling. “Sora! Don’t ever be like that to her.” Riku says and he quiets his voice a little. “Like what?” Sora asks as he follows Riku down the winding stairs.

   “She doesn’t like happy, or anything with a smile.” Riku explains with a serious look on his face. Sora’s eyebrow rises in confusion. “Why?” Sora asks. The doorbell rings and Riku limps over to the door.

   He grabs the handle and turns back to Sora. “Because she doesn’t like her smile.” Riku says and he pulls the t-shirt over his head. Sora gives a puppy pout and Riku shoves his head through the top of the t-shirt. “Well that’s no good.” Sora says.

    The doorbell rings twice and Riku says, “Be nice to her by being out of her way. And don’t touch her.” Riku says and he fixes his jumbled silver locks. The doorbell button is being pushed nonstop. Riku rolls his eyes and opens the door.

   Kairi is standing there with a big grin. “Hi Sora!” She exclaims. Riku contains his urge from slamming the door in her face. ‘What does she want now?!’ Riku thinks. “Hi Kairi!” Sora replies back with a wave and a smile. Kairi giggles in a flirty girly way.

   Riku rolls his eyes and asks, “What do you want Kairi?” Kairi frowns and says, “Well Riku!” She looks at Sora and changes her tone of voice. “I came by to see Sora. I heard he had a tough day at school with his math test, so I am offering him to come with me to get some sea salt ice cream.” Kairi says and she gets a hold of Sora’s hand. ‘Bitch. You wouldn't give a damn of what happened in my day.’ Riku mutters in his mind and slaps Kairi's hand off of Sora's hand.

   “Would you like to Sora?” Kairi asks and she pulls Sora outside on the white porch. Sora looks back at angry Riku and Sora bites his lip. Kairi flutters her eyelashes and blushes at Sora.

   “You are so cute when you are thinking!” Kairi says and she giggles and puts Sora’s arm around her waist. Sora quickly pulls away and blushes to a bright crimson. Kairi giggles again and Riku gags. Kairi kisses Sora’s small nose.

   Riku clinches his fist and yells at her, “Listen Kairi! Sora is here with me because I got hurt today at school. So go back to your friends and stop being a cheap dirty whore around Sora!” “Riku!” Sora exclaims at that remark.

   Kairi narrows her eyebrows at Riku and says, “I am not a whore!” Riku smirks and closes the door behind him as he steps on to the porch. “But you are cheap and dirty.” Riku replies.

   Kairi slaps Riku across the face. “Hey!” Sora shouts and lightly shoves Kairi away from Riku. “Is that all you got, hoe?” Riku asks Kairi.

   The front door bursts open and hits Kairi’s head. She falls back and rubs her forehead. Sora looks back and forth at Riku and Kairi. Lu stands in the doorway.

   “What the hell is going on here? I don’t want any guests in the house! I just cleaned!” Lu says loudly. Lu steps out of the house and sees Kairi then sees Riku scowling at Kairi.

   "You stay away from this house bitch! Riku doesn't like you!" Lu yells as she gets back in the house and she slams the door shut. The silver teen smiles. Kairi gets up and wipes her skirt. She smiles at Sora and says, “You saved me from that awful Riku!”

   She hugs Sora tightly and Riku grabs the back off her shirt and pulls her off. “What’s your problem?” Kairi demands. “You.” Riku says. Kairi scowls and looks at Sora with a cheerful face. “Call me Sora!” Kairi says and she lightly walks down the porch steps and away from the house.

   Riku glares at Sora with a soft expression. “Do you like her?” Riku asks. Sora blushes and looks at Riku with big blue eyes.

   “What? No!” Sora says and he scratches the back of his head. Riku frowns and moves Sora’s face so he is looking right at him. “Tell me the truth.” Riku demands calmly.

   Sora gazes into Riku’s wondrous sea green eyes. “I don’t like her.” Sora says. Riku smiles and puts his arm around Sora’s shoulders. “C’mon, let’s go to the skate park.” Riku says.

   Sora laughs and says, “Riku! You can’t skateboard! You are limping.” Riku frowns and replies in a childish tone, “I can too skateboard.” Sora giggles and Riku clears his throat. “I mean, I can skateboard. I’m fine Sora.” Riku says strongly.

   “Ok, but I’m driving.” Sora says. Riku laughs and grabs Sora’s hand before he walks back inside. “I don’t think so Sora. We can skateboard there.” Riku says. He laces his fingers through Sora’s and leads him back outside. “C’mon, you can borrow my skateboard.” Riku says.

   Riku grabs a black skateboard with skate company stickers decorating the bottom. “Here.” Riku hands the skateboard to Sora and Riku takes his favourite black skateboard with piercing blue wheels.

   They both head down the few steps off the porch and walk down the dirt driveway. Riku runs forward and drops the skateboard in front of him and gets on it. He speeds down the driveway and Sora catches up with him.

   “I guess you’re feeling better.” Sora notes and he pushes the ground back with his foot to speed up. Riku smirks a little and says, “I told you I am fine.”

   They turn down Lark Street and jump over the bumps on the uneven road with their skateboard. Riku’s hair blows back as the wind flies in his face. Sora is right next to him and he catches looks of Riku. They ride their skateboards into the skate park and Hayner waves over to them.

   “Hey guys!” Hayner calls and he rides over to them. “You alright there, Riku?” Hayner asks and he playfully punches Riku’s shoulder. Riku grabs at his shoulder with his hand. “Please don’t.” Riku says.

   Hayner laughs and Sora asks, “You going to the Prom next Friday?” Hayner shrugs and scratches the back of his head of spiky blond hair. “I haven’t asked anyone.”

   Sora smiles and says, “You should go with Naminè. I’m sure she will say yes.” Hayner blushes and says with a shaky voice, “Uh…I’m not sure on who I’m going to ask.”  Sora shrugs and slides his skateboard down a near by rail.

   Roxas waves to Hayner and Hayner nods back at him and he skates over. Demyx and Axel walk in to the skate park laughing together. Riku stops skating and places one foot on the ground. ‘Shit.’ Riku thinks to himself and skates over to Sora.

   “Hey, Sora. Look.” Riku says quietly and he distracts Sora away from a view of Axel. Sora swifts his eyes and sees Riku doing a trick on his skateboard. “Hey! Nice Riku!” Demyx shouts over. Sora turns around and sees Demyx and Axel near by.

  Sora drops the skateboard and rushes over to Axel. “Sora! Wait!” Riku shouts after him and he stumbles to skate over to him. “Hey Axel!” Sora shouts.

   Axel turns around with a raised eyebrow on his devilish face. A classic grin forms on Axel’s face at the sight of Sora. “Oh hello there. Funny seeing you here, Sora” Axel says with a sight smirk at saying his name. Sora swings a fast punch at Axel and hits him right in the nose.