Everyone including Riku handled the first half of the movie pretty well. But as the first movie started winding down, painful memories came into play… and as the scene when ‘Riku’ fought Sora came into play, the eldest teen couldn’t handle it anymore. He snuck out of the house, making sure no one paid attention to him as he left. He made it out without a hitch… or so he thought…
Sora wasn’t paying as much attention to the movie as the others were, and he saw Riku leave, obviously out of pain. He waited for the next scene to come on, where he sacrificed his heart to save Kairi (which, soon after he started to regret) and left to the one place he knew he’d be…
The secret cave.
Riku was in his rowboat, sailing to the Island he knew would make him feel better. He needed to work out his thoughts, and the best time to do it was when nobody was on the small island. He landed on the shore and pulled his boat up onto the beach so it wouldn’t float away on him. Soon after, he left to go think in the cave.
What he failed to notice, however, was that another boat that was headed towards the small island. Sora was really worried about him, and unknown to everyone else, he knew that when Kairi brought out the movies, Riku was on the verge of crying. Yes, Sora could read Riku like a book, no matter how sad the book was sometimes.
Sora parked his boat next to Riku’s and decided to wait a while before actually checking on the other boy. He sat on the sand and waited patently for the right moment.
Riku sighed. “How can I go back? It would mean I’d have to face those terrible memories? If Sora saw me like this… I don’t know what I’d do.” He laid his back on a part of the cave that didn’t have old pictures and good memories. Well, at least SOME good memories.
That’s when Riku saw it. The horror of his life. He saw the hand-drawn picture of Sora and Kairi sharing a Paupu fruit. Was this what Sora really desired…?
Then he did it. He started letting out all the bottled up sadness since he was four in the form of tears. He couldn’t bare the pain anymore.
Unrequited love really hurts.
Just then, Sora’s heart started to hurt like crazy. He knew that Riku had started crying; it was the same feeling he had the first time Riku had cried in front of him. He ran over to the cave, and silently made his dramatic entrance.
Riku hadn’t noticed Sora as he entered the cave. His head hurt too much to even think straight. ‘Who the heck made the movie anyway? And how on earth did they film it?’ the brunette thought as he walked over to his best friend. His suspicions about Riku crying were right. And he couldn’t bare it. He reached down and touched his friend’s shoulder.
“Hey Riku, why are you crying? Was the movie that bad?” he said, kneeling on the grey sand as he tried to be comforting. He really had no idea why he was crying, but at the same time, he had every idea.
Now Riku, being one with much pride, tried his best to stop sobbing before he confronted the love of his life with the hardest thing he ever had to do.
“No… it’s not the movie… it’s… just that part of the movie. I shouldn’t have gone and got myself into that mess… I put both you and Kairi in danger… In truth, I didn’t want to hurt you.” He said, his voice slowly getting quieter with every word said. Sora nodded; it was his turn to speak. But before he got to say anything, Riku yelled “And then I had to go and forget you! I’m so stupid…” his palm now had nail marks in them.
“Dude, we’ve been over this. It wasn’t your fault! If it was your fault, I never would’ve…” Sora started to trail off, knowing what he was going to say, but afraid of how the other teen would handle it…
Yes, Sora liked the silver-haired angel. Very much.
“Never would’ve what…Sora?” Riku asked. This was getting pretty interesting.
“I…I…I can’t say it” the boy finally sighed as he slumped down on the other side of Riku, not caring where his back was. He knew that his back was now probably colored in chalk, but didn’t care. All he wanted was something more than unrequited love.
This was the cue for Riku to bring out the note. “Look at the first ten on this list…” He told his spiky-haired friend. He grabbed the note and started reading it in his head, and as he looked at number ten, he did exactly what Riku had done before.
“W-who…Wrote…This!?” Sora asked, nearly throwing the paper out of his hand. He knew the answer; he just wanted to make sure his mind wasn’t tricking him. “… I dunno… there was no name, just this list. I think it’s a fan girl or something.” Riku stated. “What do you think?”
Sora sighed. He didn’t want to hide his feelings any longer. ‘If this goes on any longer, I think I’ll break down…’ his mind was made up. Even if the love wasn’t returned, he’d tell his feelings right then and there.
Whether if he liked it or not.
“Riku… I have to tell you something. And please, hear me out before you say anything.” Sora said. The other nodded, signaling the other to start.
“Therese another reason why I searched everywhere for you… you’re not just a best friend to me, Riku… I searched everywhere for you because I…I…I love you…” he finally got it out of his system, and now he felt like the world was dying beneath his feet once again.
Riku stared shocked at the now blushing boy in front of him, trying to decide what to do. But when the younger one saw the look on his face; he started crying. Riku only knew one thing to do. He pulled the crying angel close to him and started comforting him. He finally knew why Sora went through all that pain and suffering for him. And best of all…
He finally knew… his love was returned.
