Sky Lights

By: Shini'chi Raine

A/N: "Sky Lights" is the sort-of sequel to "Paopu Fruit". Apologies for any misunderstandings! Things will be slightly clearer with this story. XD It's not quite the sequel since "Sky Lights" is a completely different story plot altogether but there will be some things that will clear up any misunderstandings for "Paopu Fruit". Whoohoo, I'm on a roll~

WARNING!! Contains SLASH a.k.a. YAOI. Don't like, don't read. I don't understand why those of you who hate SLASH tend to read these fanfictions only to flame people for it. It's stupid, if you ask me—I mean, we (those of us who write yaoi) DO warn you. ]x …'Course, this may be closer to SHOUNE-AI rather than YAOI but hey, who am I kidding? LOL.

Categories: Games/Kingdom Hearts

Rated: M (strong language, violence, and sexual content)

Summary: The Paopu Fruit was the "red string" that kept them together. After all these years, though, Riku wonders if Sora really ever cared for him. But… wait. Who's Sora? Riku x Sora [x Riku]

Disclaimer: DO. NOT. OWN. Either the design or the characters or the game storyline. DO own the game to play it… lol. THIS plotline, however, is mine! So no suing me, 'kay? ;3 Read on.

Prologue

He watched as he brought the beautiful blue-eyed brunette closer, though the young teenager's name escaped him. Those luscious, pouty lips were taunting him, and he wanted run his tongue all over them and inside them. He knew that spiky hair was in fact softer than silk, and that as those blue, blue eyes begged him to just—

"Hurry the fuck up and kiss me, dammit!"

He felt himself blink, startled that the boy knew how to curse, considering the boy's personality. He felt his own lips twitch with amusement at the boy's demand, and immediately brought the boy closer, their lips crashing together. The boy produced the sexiest moan he'd heard yet, as he caressed the boy's buttocks, loving the feel of them. He could feel his cock twitch at the sensation, his soon-to-be-lover's own manhood rubbing ever so slightly against his own.

"…A little eager, eh, —?"

"Riku…" the boy's breathy moan made him smile as he slipped his tongue inside the boy's mouth, those blue eyes disappearing beneath milky eyelids and lovely brown eyelashes. He could just see it in his mind's eye: the boy writhing beneath him, that lovely skin at his mercy, his hands tracing those barely visible biceps. Surprisingly, the boy was stronger than he looked, though he contained some rather feministic features. He slipped a hand under the boy's shirt, slowly moving towards an erect nipple—

"…Mmmm, think you could—what?!"

He had pulled apart suddenly, though his mind screamed at him for being so stupid as to do so, but he had felt something wrong—

"Riku…! Why did you stop? ... I don't understand, why are you—"

"Of course you wouldn't understand… You've always had a special light, and because of that..."

"R-Riku…?!"

He shoved the boy off… a cliff? When? Where had they been? Hadn't they been inside a castle? Why was there a cliff—

As far as he knew, his heart ached madly at the thought that he'd had to push his lover off a cliff, because he could feel it… the darkness was closing around him… he couldn't… he would never—

He bolted upward, aquamarine eyes blinking rapidly, silver hair sticking to his face as he gasped for air. That dream again. He looked at himself, and sighed. …Another dream and/or nightmare, another night of changing clothes, another problem to be fixed. Despite the cold sweat, he lay back against his pillow, an arm thrown across his eyes, willing his heart to slow down its rapid-paced beating.

So close.

But as always, he could never find out the name; the name itself was blocked from him, and he figured it was because he couldn't remember—but the dream was always so detailed. He knew they had been in a castle, surrounded by a dark forest. But the cliff was new; where had that come from? In any case, it was thanks to dreams like the one he just had that he was, well, gay. No matter, he was only gay for the guy in his dreams. He removed his arm and turned his head to the side, assessing his clock.

3:42 am, it read.

Groaning with effort as he got out of bed, he knew that cold showers were going to be his best friends for the next several months, perhaps the rest of the year, if these dreams kept up! Honestly, couldn't he just have one day where his sleep was dreamless? He'd had dreams like this for years, but never had they gone towards the, ah, more erotic kind until more recently, after he'd turned 17.

He supposed it all started when he found this apartment, with the sky lights. Sure, the place was slightly more expensive than most other places, but he definitely had the money. After all, his job wasn't exactly your typical every day part-time job that most 17-year-olds went out to find; no, his job was something that he figured was the reason why his brain was screwed up.

He glanced at the sword shaped like that of a bat's wing displayed across the bed on a shelf on the far, opposite wall. The sword itself held some significance to him, but he could never figure out why. He definitely used it, and took care of it, though—after all, he needed the thing for his job. Rubbing his head and making his hair messier than it was before, he sighed as he turned and went into the bathroom, turning on the shower almost immediately as he did so.

Now he stood in front of the sink, staring into the mirror. His eyes had deep, dark bags under them, testament to having an irregular schedule of sleep. It was either the dreams, or his job. Still, though, that didn't stop him from having a mass amount of fangirls at school, and even some fanboys, since he was considered one of the hottest guys there…

…Stupid job. Now he remembered why he was up so damn early in the morning. He'd gotten an email concerning his job that he needed to finish before school started. Fuck. He stripped off his clothes and stepped into the shower, shivering slightly at how cold it was… no, it was freezing, but it did the job. His once swollen cock now lay limp as he rapidly washed his hair and cleaned his body free of sweat, stepping out quickly as he grabbed a towel.

"Shit, at this rate, Kairi's going to definitely confirm I'm gay, and start trying to hook me up with every fucking gay guy possible…"

He couldn't help but smirk slightly. Kairi, being a long time friend of his, was always trying to hook him up with someone, though he wanted nothing more than to be left alone and at peace. Anyone who tried to get to know him would freak out if they ever found out what he did for a living… and what he did at night after he came home.

Actually, now that he thought about it, he was surprised he was able to keep up with school, his job, a somewhat social life, and all the bills and everything else in-between. Damn, he was good. Shaking his head at himself, Riku realized he was going to go insane if this kept up.

He glanced as his clock once more before browsing through his closet for some clothes.

4:07 am.

What the hell, five minute showers ruled. He hadn't lost too much time, as he was now dressed and ready to go.

Time to relieve some stress.

7:48 am.

After washing his sword clean of the excess blood, he placed it back on its pedestal, on the shelf on the far wall opposite his bed. He was changed and ready for school now, though he was surprised he'd managed to finish earlier than expected—usually, he'd be running hardcore to get to class on time, let alone make it with any spare time.

He grabbed his backpack as he got out of his apartment, slipping onto his motorcycle with practiced ease. All thoughts of what had happened earlier that morning had been forgotten, and now he raced off to school, thanking Kami that motorcycles could fly at speeds higher than a regular car (not to mention they were so much damn easier to maintain, with less gas to pay for and all that shit).

He chuckled to himself as his school came into view. He really ought to work on not cursing as much; it was bad influence for his friends. Kairi and her sister Namine were already having a fit that he cursed so much as it was, though Roxas was neutral about it (emotionless?) and Axel was always backing him up to be "free willed and he can do whatever the fuck he wants!" Shaking his head, he parked at his usual spot, chained his bike, and turned on the alarm to prevent thievery, and off he ran to his homeroom.

"Riku! Over here!"

His friends waved him over to their usual spot, and with a lot of maneuvering around his fan club, he managed to sneak over to his group who blocked the oncoming "mob of utter doom".

"Hahaha! At least you don't have it half as bad as me, man—I have to get in through the back gate," Axel teased, and then immediately hid behind Roxas, who's listless glare normally chased away the fan mob (though Roxas himself also had a secret fan club, most were too scared to get close to him without getting the glare of ice).

"Shut it, Red," he said, rolling his eyes as he put on his sunglasses. He always wore sunglasses to hide his eyes; not because they were unusual but because there were too many girls who kept trying to "swoon" and literally did faint every time his eyes connected with their eyes.

The school allowed him to wear his sunglasses because there had been far too many cases of girls having to be taken to the hospital due to "unusual loss of unconsciousness".

"Did you finish the homework for physics yet, Riku?" Namine asked, calm and sweet compared to her overly excited twin, Kairi. "Awww, Nami-chan, you shouldn't bother Riku about his homework, he already has a mom!" Kairi exclaimed, laughing at Namine's slightly flushed face of embarrassment

"About half of it, Nami-chan," he smiled slightly at her; she was like the big sister of their group, always watching out of them. At that point, Roxas handed him some papers, to which he knew was copied work of all the assignments in school. Roxas was the top student of their school (surprisingly) followed by some guys named Zexion and Marluxia, or something or other.

"Riku, uh, I think you better hide—" Kairi said suddenly.

Wondering why he would have to hide suddenly, he soon realized why. Xenohart, his older brother who sometimes went by the name Xemnas, was approaching their group, and quite rapidly. Namine already had deep frown on her face and Axel's own expression displayed anger. Kairi was nervous and fiddling with her hands while Roxas… Roxas was just Roxas.

"Riku."

He sighed to himself as he turned around to face his brother. "What do you want, Xenohart?"

"I just wanted to check on my baby brother; what, can't I, a family member, just check up on another family member?"

Fuck no, not you. After all that shit you put me through?

"…Whatever. So, what do you want?"

Xenohart's expression changed from a sadistic smirk to a rather serious one. "I came to warn you about the new student who is coming. In fact, Roxas knows him, don't you, Roxas?"

Roxas, for once, looked up with a surprised look, the first expression any of his friends had ever seen him give. "…He… no… N-not here… Not now…!" Startled, the group stared at him while Xenohart frowned.

"Hey, man, you okay--?"

"Roxas?"

"Roxy, what's wrong?"

Riku stared as his friend, wondering what was causing him to react like that. "Well, in any case," Xenohart interrupted, smirking once more at Riku. "Roxas acting like this means you better watch out, baby brother. Especially because of your job."

Riku flinched, glaring at his older brother though Xenohart probably couldn't see because of his sunglasses. Xenohart brought up a hand as he waved in his usual way, long silver hair fluttering in the way that the girls in the classroom let out smitten sighs.

As always, his older brother left with a sweeping flourish. Xenohart loved big exits (and big entrances) and somehow kept his fan club at bay. Still, though, what bothered Riku the most was that Roxas had reacted to the news of the new transfer student, and obviously, Roxas knew something none of the others knew.

Just what the hell is going on?

12:15 pm.

Lunch in the cafeteria was always crowded, so Riku and his friends usually hung out to eat at the cherry blossom tree in the school's courtyard, eating their bentos together and catching up on little daily things that happened before lunch.

"Say, Roxy—" Kairi began, after everyone had gathered and had begun to eat.

Roxas looked up, staring at her, waiting for the inevitable question. Riku was curious, too, though Namine was fidgeting, as if she really wanted Kairi not to ask what it was she was about to ask. Axel, of course, was acting protective of his boyfriend.

Right. When had Axel and Roxas started going out? Oh well—

"Roxy, what was all that commotion about this morning? Do you know something about the new transfer student that's coming today?"

Roxas paled, and Axel tensed. It suddenly occurred to Riku that Axel, who had appeared rather calm that morning despite asking if Roxas had been all right. That mean Axel knew something was up too—which of course, meant that Axel also had some hidden information on the new student.

"Hey, guys, don't gang up on Roxas!" Axel defended, and glared at Kairi. "Look, all it is about the new kid is that he's Roxas's twin brother!"

The news was quite shocking—one, because none of the others even knew Roxas had a brother, two, because Kairi and Namine paled, and Riku was wondering what indeed was going on. Namine and Kairi looked at each other and then stared at Roxas intently.

"Roxas, is that true? Why didn't you hear about it before?"

"Roxy, please tell me Xenohart was lying! Honestly, does it have to be so fast!?"

Roxas shook his head, and then his four friends turned to stare at him. Riku raised an eyebrow, pretending to be uncaring about the whole thing.

"What?"

"…Nothing," Roxas answered. "Look, guys—it's probably because Xenohart is the school president and my own mother who… well, you know."

"Hold up a minute, guys—how come all of you knew that Roxas had a brother and I didn't?" Riku interrupted, feeling left out rather than pretending to not care about the entire situation.

"Well, Riku—" Kairi started, but Namine stopped her. "Riku, it was all before you came to Radiant Garden High. Don't worry too much about it."

"Yeah, man. Really," Axel backed her up.

"You guys, it's okay. We have to adjust," Roxas commented, looking at Riku pointedly. "It means things are going to get shaken up like crazy…"

"Yeah…"

Why did he get the feeling they were all keeping something from him? That meant that what his brother had been talking about actually had true meaning. Was Xenohart actually concerned about him?

What the fuck?

He couldn't wrap his mind around it, but apparently his job had something to do with it, and that meant those recent dreams of his also had something to do with this new student.

"Seriously, this couldn't be worse timing!" Kairi groaned.

Namine nodded her agreement as Roxas let out a sigh. Axel wrapped an arm around the blonde's shoulders as he whispered calming words in the boy's ear.

Riku just finished eating his food, somewhat angry that he was kept in the dark, somewhat relieved, and stressed out all around.

He really needed some more sleep. Seriously.

End of Prologue.

A/N: So whatcha think? Reviews, building criticism, but NO FLAMES unless you really are just stupid and don't understand the meaning of what I said at the BEGINNING OF THE STORY. All righty, I look forward to everyone's comments!