Nobodia

[Rikugurl]

"I'm the keyblade weilder of Twilight! WHY DO I HAVE TO DO THIS!?"
Distress.
Birds flew from the straw rooftop out towards the ocean. The oceans brought in the tide as the water turned a golden color. The sun was going under the horizon. The sky was filled with the sound of the shore and ocean birds. It was peaceful on Destiny Island. And that's how he liked it.

No tourist were crowding the sand. People were busy on the mainland but that would change in two days. School was ending... time for summer and island hopping. Time for long days on the beach, breathing in the ocean breeze and dusting sand off shorts. Time for that bitch to come around and start nagging again.

He couldn't say that though. She had taken it quite well. It was quite simple. The early bird catches the worm. She was being to slow about it. It would be nice having Kairi over again during summer vacation. However, she had gotten new friends now. Tidus and Selphie.


Sora too, was now going to school as a senior. They finally forced the poor kid into school but it was his last year.

Bare feet, having some sand caught between the toes, were placed on the table. There were only two houses on Destiny Island now. The once to be tree house and an old one by the shore that was turned into a tourist booth. The once to be tree house was turned into a real house and was now owned by... Riku.

Two years matured, Riku was now 20. Earrings lined his ears and his long hair was more tame in a new style so he could actually see. Shirtless, he stared at the report that Sora had written up to turn in tomorrow. He had helped the boy with his homework everyday seeing that he was too old to attend school. Lucky for him. He was damn smart and never took a step into a classroom.

He rubbed his neck and looked up at the clock. School was out.

[Reno]

A brunette with wild spiky hair and the brightest eyes you ever saw ran from the school the minute the bell rang. His bookbag swung wildly at his side and his uniform shuddered in the slight breeze that was out today, bring in the smell of the ocean.

"Sora!" Some people called back.

"Sorry gotta go see Riku!" Sora offered as explnantion, waving back to csome of his school friends. always being the amicable one helped him. even without Riku by his eide, he had always been able to make friends easier.

Making friends that accepted who he was now though, that was a little mroe difficult. Even Kairi... well no he shouldn;t think that about her. She was happy for them. She accepted them. but then why did she grow so distant? his mind nagged.

Sora shook it off, racing towards the beach. He didn;t even pause as he met the water, he just jumped in the air and glided from the other, smaller island where Riku lived.

It has been two years since that time back when he split from Roxas, and since then, Sora, now 18, had gone through a hell of a growth spurt - he nearly matched Riku;s height now. the rest of the baby fat left on him had leaned out, and his face had matured. His smiles still held the same glitter though and his eyes the same sparkle. all in all he had grown quite handsome.

But Riku, now Riku had just turned into something divine. The earring just added to his look and made Sora melt like no other. (of course, when Riku tried to convince Sora to get some too he turned tail and ran. he HATED needles.)

Riku's hair. his eyes, his voice... god his voice...

Sora squirmed, nearly losing his concentration and almost fell into the ocean. "Ah! shoot!" He laughed good-naturedly. Riku distracted him quite often.

He soon touched down on the other beach, spying something sparkling in the sunlight. Curious, Sora walked to inspect it. A grin lit up his features and he picked it up, before racing to the treehouse.

He knocked twice on Riku's door to let him know it was him before he just opened it, santuring in. "Roxas and Axel sent another message." Sora announced excitedly with a wide grin, holding the bottle proudly. The two ex-nobodies had kept to their promise, keeping in touch as much as they could.

[Rikugurl]

Riku circled another word in a red marker. His spelling was getting better. All he needed to do was work on his drawings. Slender fingers reached over his chest as he scratched it and yawned.

Kairi had gotten more distant. He figured that she was just use to them and found more... well... he wasn't sure. Maybe she just didn't want to be left again. He didn't blame her. He still felt sorry for leaving her back then. She too had grown quite mature looking.. and was probably the sweeties looking girl on the mainland. Riku wouldn't know... Besides never touching a foot in a classroom, he never touched a foot of the mainland either. That was strange since that was the only thing on his mind when he was younger; get off that damn island. Now he was stuck to it.

It must of been all he went through.

Riku and Sora never did tell Kairi about everything with the whol soul ordeal but he could tell that Nameni knew... but a year after, Namine faded back into Kairi. They had jointed unlike Sora and Roxas. Maybe that was a good thing. Riku also informed Kairi that she wasn't a real wielder of a keyblade. That was probably what made her so distant. Maybe she felt left out. Riku and Sora were the only kids she knew of for a long time.

He shook his head and got up, placing the paper on the wooden table and looked out of the circular window at the beach. The ocean eyes caught the sight of someone rushing towards his house and a small smile appeared on his fair skin. He walked to the bathroom and grabbed a towel, hearing the two knocks. He walked to the door, opened it and threw the towel at Sora's face with a grin as it covered his head.

[Reno]

Sora was surprised by the towel, muffling his words. Well ok, he wasn;t surprised. this was Riku afterall. he smiled, reached up, and pulling it to slip around his shoulders so he could look at his boyfriend. "Hello." he winked.

He knew it wasn;t anything extravagant, whereas when Riku winkled it made him go crazy. Sora had tried one to seduce his boyfriend. It didn;t work so well. He had made a fool of himself, tripping over himself and fluttering his eyelids like an idiots, and Riku had only laughed at him. No, he was definitly the 'cute' boyfriend, Riku was the 'hot' one.

He leaned up, giving him a peck on the cheek, then waved the bottle in his boyfriend;s face. "Tahdah."

[Rikugurl]

Riku rolled his eyes as Sora was trying to look hot again. He didn't know how many times he had to tell Sora that it wasn't going to happen. Sora was too.... well.... Sora. The crybaby that had too much heart and found fun in everything he did. It was hard for him to try and look hot.

But that was ok. He was kinda glad Sora wasn't 'hot'.. it would make into a boring relationship. He blinked and his eyes moved with the bottle before he snatched it from the other's hands. It looked very worn from the water. He walked back to the kitchen and placed it onto the table atop Sora's essay. "Maybe I should get a mailbox." He stated as he teased the silver hair and stretched.

He looked over at Sora who followed close behind and smiled. Reaching out, he took Sora's tie and pulled him close, grabbing is wrist and planted a deep kiss on the other's lips. Pecks were for girls...

[Reno]

Sora chuckled at the other's little joke as he followed him inside. Hwe blinked when Riku grabbed him by his tie and drew him in.

When the kiss started however he just groaned and eagerly kissed back, running a hand through Riku;s hair. For Sora the relationship they were in made him a little shy. Well, no not shy exactly, it;s just he was most comfortable initiating the cutesy affection, like hugging, holding hands and cuddling, while Riku usually started the make out sessions and the... almost sex sceanrios.

After all if anything, Riku was the 'boy' in this relationship, and somehow Sora was pretty sure the silver-haired male liked being the one in charge.

[Rikugurl]

He smiled into the kiss, wrapping is arms around the not-so-much-baby-fat waist. He thought it was a pity that Sora had become more mature... but of course he would be. They couldn't be kids forever, playing with wooden sticks and all.

He pulled away and messed up the boy's hair. "Get dried up, you're making the floor all soggy. I don't want to mop..." He pulled out the chair again and popped the cork off the bottle. Taking the paper between two fingers, he pulled it out and unrolled it to see quite a lengthy letter, written in two handwritings. Obviously one part from Axel and another from Roxas.

These letters were more for Sora than anything. Riku still held his lone wolf attitude, though some letters from Mickey were nice to read once in awhile. The ocean eyes scrolled through it, he was pretty tired of reading really. He had worked on Sora's essay all day after his morning run. Had to stay in shape somehow right?

He tilted his head as he read some of the letter outloud.

"Dear Friends,

It's been a long time since we've seen you. Sorry for the lack of writing, we've been quite busy getting the people back to their home worlds. However, Roxas and I have decided to stay here and guard Kingdom Hearts. Some of the people have stayed to so now we're on the map as a world! We've done a lot of cleaning and fixing, rebuilding and reconstruction. There's even a shuttle from out world to Twilight Town now and we share the home-made recipe for Sea-salt ice cream.

We know you must be busy too but you should come visit us sometime. We'd love for you to see the new Nobodia!"

"Nobodia?" Riku made a dull look. He wasn't sure if that was any better than The World That Never Was. At least it was shorter. Axel obviously renamed it. "How... original."

[Reno]

He trekked into the bathroom with his towel, a grin on his face and kept the door half open, listening to Riku as he read.

Sora laughed from the bathroom, pulling off his school clothing and hanging them across the bathtub to dry. he toweled threw his hair and around his body. "Ah, it;s not so bad Ri! Nobodia is a very um... sophisticated name!"

There was a pause, and then he listened on as Riku continued, but the change in tone was definitly Roxas'.

The name is awful, I know. Anyways, because Axel convientely leaves out everything else, i'd just like to tell you that everything is going great between us. I make Axel make me ice cream everyday. So far we havent gotten into any fights, though all the work reconsturucting is stressing us out, so it's probably right around the corner. I really don't like handling all these people personally, Axel's definitly more social then I am. I feel like a secretary with all the paperwork i;ve been doing.

Hey brother-

Sora grinned affectionately. Ever since the split, they could no longer refer to each other as Others, or Somebody and Nobody, so he had demanded that they be brothers and Roxas had wholeheartedly agreed.

Riku better be treating you well. If he isn;t you can always hide out here. Think of it this way, you get away from the prick and school! Speaking of which i hope that;s going well for you - i know I got all the brains in this family.

"Hey!" Sora spoke up in indiginition.

And Riku? I hope things are well with you well.

Sincerely Roxas and Axel

Sora wrapped the towel around his waist, trekking back out into the room, thankfully much drier, and went towards the dresser where he kept some of his clothes on hand. Even when they hadnlt been dating the two boys had spent so much time at each others houses they amde sure to have extra pairs of clothes for themseleves at each others houses.

Not like it mattered too much now. Sora could wear some oif Riku's clothes.

"They're doing well." Sora said with a grin.

[Rikugurl]

Riku still had a dull look on his face. "He calls me a prick then hopes I'm doing well." He shook his head and messed his hair up a bit. "What a prick." Riku got into a habit of messing his out hair up. His mom said it was just a trait for people with long hair. He really didn't care as long as his earrings didn't catch into them.

He put the letter back into the bottle and plugged it up. Sora usually kept these notes so he just left it on the table. He leaned on arm over the chair as he looked back at Sora who was coming from his room. "Tomorrow's your last day right? Maybe we can go visit them." He honestly didn't want to, but knowing Sora, he would want to see his 'brother' again. He was kinda curious to see how they changed that world as well. It was always so cold there... but with people now and obviously a growing community, they probably made it welcoming.

"Maybe Kairi can come too." He knew that Kairi wasn't a big fan of Axel since he kidnapped her but maybe they could convince her with the good sounding ice cream. He wanted to make Kairi comfortable with them again...

[Reno]

Sora pulled out some clothes. "Ah Roxas cares about you Ri, he;s just overly protective of me." The brunette assured, before wandering back towards the bathroom.

When it was mentioned to go and actually visit though, Sora practically squealed, pulling a shirt over his head. "Yes!" of course. any chance to see Roxas was one he took readily. Ever after all these years, he still felt sad by not having his nobody with him. He was family to him.

Then Riku brought up Kairi. "Um... yeah sure." Sora said, sounding slightly less enthusiastic. He his in the bathroom to slip on his boxers and pants before wandering back out, sliding to Riku's side.

"Ri... you sure... you sure she doesn;t actually hate us?" he asked uncertainly. While Riku had been hidden away on this little island the majority of the time, it was Sora who went to school and had to listen to the homophobes rant and rave. And it wasn;t like sora was hiding that he was gay...

He didn;t even tell half the things that happened at school to Riku. Why bother? he could take care of himself.

[Rikugurl]

Riku watched Sora sit and leaned over the table, the silver hair following him. He rubbed his bare shoulders a bit, feeling a bit cold now since it was becoming evening outside. He'd have to put a shirt on soon. Why did Sora get out of school so late?

Riku opened his mouth but closed it again. He was about to say that he knew Sora longer than Roxas... but he would of felt stupid if that actually came out. Roxas WAS Sora for 16 years... but then again, he could say he knew Sora longer now that they were practically living with each other. Practically.

He leaned his head on his palm as he listened to Sora. "Well... I don't know... I guess you know her better than I do. I mean... you do go to school with her. Why? Is she still pissed at us?" Before he could continue, he heard a ding. He perked up and got up from his hair, walking to the stove and opening it up. Yes, Riku took up cooking seeing that... well, he had to living by himself. Kairi still didn't know about it and he wanted it to stay that way.

"Maybe she's just changing. You know how girls are with their PMS and stuff." He pulled out the medium size bird he had caught this afternoon. Unfortunately it was the only meat he could find on this damn island. Sometimes his mom would by him some food from the mainland. He took out two plates and started to cut the meat off the bird, smelling the mouth-watering steam it let off. He gave an equal amount of meat on both plates and accompanied it with cut Paupo fruit on the side with sweet sauce over it.

Yea, he knew the whole ordeal with Paupo fruit. But for one, he and Sora were already together so big deal and just watching the delicious fruit rotting away made him utterly sad, so he made it a part of his diet. Taking the two plates, he placed one in front of Sora and took his seat again.

[Reno]

Sora watched his boyfriend smiling wryly. Thats what the other got for walking around half-naked all the time. Truthfully he wished he didn;t go to school so late either. He hated it, but because he missed about three years of lessons and his parents urged him to continue his schooling despite it, he had to catch up. a LOT. and in two years he;s was doing the work of five. It was incredibly stressful for him, because he was a horrible student and alwys had been. But it was almost... finally over.

"i... well i don;t know she just doesn;t really talk to me anymore." Sora said. Talk? No she plain out refuses to see him unless he said something first. it was like... like he was invisible to her. Or maybe that was just his own teenage angst telling him that;s what was happening.

When Riku got up to go get the food and gave a new explnanation Sora just shrugged. "I hope your right." Thats when he began to smell the delicious food. Sora licked his lips, grinning in excitement.

He watched Riku with hungry eyes as the boy cut up the food and brought it over to them, and in thanks he gave him a quick kiss and a smile. "You're too good to me Ri."

He glanced towards the report, which he had noticed the minute he had walked in, but now was probably the best time to ask. "So, how horrible is it this time?" Sora chuckled. Roxas might have been a bit mean-spirited when he had said it, but Sora agreed his other half had definitly more intelligence then him. some of the stuff Roxas did - hell the stuff Roxas explained to him that he did - made his head spin. He didn;t udnerstand the majority of it.

[Rikugurl]

"Not too bad actually." He put some fruit in his mouth, some of the juices dipping over his lips. This fruit was ridiculously good. He wondered why he never ate it before. The superstition was really putting a drawback to this amazing stuff. He pointed at some red circles. "Only three wrong in the whole thing."

Too good to him. He had heard that a lot. He had to take care of Sora. That's what boyfriends did... let alone the fact that Sora had half of his soul too. The only real effect that having half of his Light so far was that he wasn't as social as he use to be... and that wasn't saying much.

He started to eat some of the meat and thought. "I'm sure it is...." Again, he hadn't talked to Kairi for a few months now... which was way too long. She kind of avoided him too though... unlike the other girls who couldn't seem to get their mouths to stop drooling over him.

[Reno]

Sora practically cheered. only three wrong! That WAS an improvement! "That;s awesome!" he grinned at the silver-haired boy before digging into his food, savoring every bite.

Riku was such an awesome cook, unlike Sora who, if he even stepped foot into the kitchen everything went up in flames. Well, ok he wasn;t that terrible. Riku was wonderful at cooking dinner and stuff, but Sora was the one who blended drinks the best and had a knack for dessert choices. So they balanced each other well he supposed.

"Well," Sora suddenly intoned cheerfully. "We'll ask her and if she doesn;t want to then she doesn;t want to." He grinned. Nothing really got him down for long, that was just his nature. He did hope however that Kairi still liked then and wanted to be their friend. they;d know her for so long now... it would just be horrible if she hated them.

[Rikugurl]

Riku nodded. Sounded fair enough. "How about I meet you after school? Then we can asked her together so I seem more sociable." Or they could bribe her. He was just scared of the other girls. Their hormones were ridiculous. Sora had told him one time that some girl had written a story about Riku and not even knowing his name. Something like:

I look at the island and think of you. Oh how destiny is so sweet.

She felt like an idiot when she found out that the island boy was already taken by a fellow classmate. Oh well...

He put some more fruit into his mouth when he heard a knock on the door. He looked at the clock. 7pm. Who could that be? No one comes out to the island this soon. Vacation wasn't until two more days. He swallowed and got up, walking to the door and opening it. "Oh... hi mom."

A middle aged woman was at the door. She had short silver hair and always had a smile on her face. She was holding a plate with aluminum foil over it. "Hello sweetie~ I made up something nice and warm for dessert, I figured it would be nice on a cold night like this." She looked at her son and blinked. My... he had grown up to be so handsome. "You should get a shirt on, it's freezing!"

Riku rolled his eyes but moved out of the way so she could come in. He closed the door behind him and walked back into the kitchen. She followed and smiled brightly at Sora. "Oh hey there Sora, it's been awhile since I've seen you. How's school been doing for you?" She placed the dessert on the counter and pulled the wrapping off it to let it cool. It was her classic chocolate molten cake that she knew Riku and Sora loved.