Sora + Riku (Kingdom Hearts series, PS2/GameBoy Advance)

Who they are: T🦩wo best friends who grew up together and later became enemies and then best friends again.

Hold it - before you start complaining about GamesRadar’s overactive gaydar, consider the follow🅺ing evidence for the Sora-Riku connection:

Exhibit 1: Sora talk🧸s Riku out of breaking up with him.

Riku: Sora… I can’t…
Sora: Don’t say another word! It’s not over. It’s just not.
Riku: How can you say that? ꧂Even i🌳f we could go on… look where we are.

Sora: Aw, come on Riku. You’ve been hanging out in Darkness too long. You gotta try and think positive!
Riku: Sora?
Sora: Hm?

Riku: You lead.
Sora: Got it.

Exhibit 2: Numbers don’t lie.

Google "Sora x Riku" and just count how many hits you get (we go൩t 531,000 on the first try). Can that many fangirls be wrong?

If those aren’t enough to co🐭nvince you, we call special witness Scott Ramsoomair of to the stand with the following dramatization:

Why they're the best: What’s more romantic than best friꦜends finding true love when they search for each other?

What they teach us: A real friend still lovᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚes🍬 you even after you turn evil and try to kill them.