A/N: So I started this 100 Themes thing on LJ and I claimed the pairing Riku x Roxas. A friend of mine suggested that I post these up as one long-ass fic, so I decided to take her advice and see where it gets me. Hope yall enjoy

Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts, sorry D:

020 : Fantasy

Riku was fond of the fantasy genre, from dragon stories to novels jam-packed with elves, unicorns, centaurs, and tons more weird things. He could never place his finger on what it was about them that intrigued him so much, only that he greatly enjoyed the made-up tales filled with adventure and slight romance.

Roxas said it was because he was an odd creature himself. Riku could be a strong, invincible dragon, a graceful, shimmering unicorn, a precise, elegant elf, or even some sort of mage with a few kinks here and there. Riku was never sure if he should accept the explanation or not, but for the time being he just nodded and kept reading.

One day, Roxas decided to add something: “You hate reality.”

Riku looked up at him, blinking. “Excuse me?”

“You hate reality. That’s why you’re so enveloped in all that made-up stuff. It’s weird. I’m the one who’s most against living a reality but I know more about it than you do…and you, who I’d imagine would dislike living a lie, are here reading books about a non-existent world religiously. Ironic, really.”

“Then how do I hate reality if you’re the one who’s so against living it?”

Roxas smiled bitterly. “Because the fantasy you believed you were living so long ago turned out to be reality. The betrayal, the hurt, the pain...that was the reality you woke up to from your clouded fantasy.”

Riku raised an eyebrow. Why was Roxas thinking so hard about this…?

“And I once thought I was living my reality. Then, in a blink of an eye, it all turned out to be a programmed fantasy. Never to be real, only to remain a memory. So how can I be sure that I’m not living a fake life right now? That’s why I dislike reality, it turns on you when you don’t want it to, but I try to grasp it as much as I can.”

Riku sighed and stood up, closing his book. “Roxas, you’re thinking too much about this. Did you get any sleep?”

Roxas glared. “Hey! I try to make a deep point and you turn on me?!”

Riku chuckled. “No, I’m trying to shut you up so I can finish the chapter.”

“Fine…I just won’t tell you stuff anymore.”

“No, do, just not while I’m reading.”

“…Fantasy-freak.”