Sora: You really shouldn't have uploaded this on AkuRoku day. Axel may kill you.
HopelessDreamer56: I know! But I've been writing this for like ever and wanted to feel accomplished!
Riku: It's not even finished!
HopelessDreamer56: It WILL be though! It's only gonna have 2 chapters.
Axel: WHATTHEHECKEVER! Just start getting to work on that AkuRoku fic! NAO. DOITNAO.
HopelessDreamer56: *hides behind Roxas* Okay! Okay! I'll start it! Just don't kill me...
Roxas: *sighs* Thankfully, HopelessDreamer56 does NOT OWN US. We respectivally belong to SQUARE ENIX and Kingdom Hearts.
Riku: Yeah Yeah whatever. Let them read the dang fic now.

Riku and Sora had been going out for about a half a year when Sora finally learned Riku's secret.

He had always asked Riku, "Why can't we ever hang out at your house?" And now, he knew why.

It was Riku's birthday so Sora decided to surprise Riku by coming over to his house with a small cake and a present. 'He's so gonna love this!' Sora thought with a goofy grin and slight blush. He walked up the steps leading to Riku's front door and knocked.

Riku opened the door and, when he saw it was Sora, gave him the most frightened look possible. "Sora? What are you doing here?" Riku whispered hysterically.

"It's your birthday, silly. I've come to celebrate! Why are you whispering?" Riku hurriedly tried to push him and Sora out of the doorway and onto the front lawn when a voice travelled its way to Sora and Riku's ears. "Riku? Who's at the door?"

"N-No one, mom. Just someone asking for directions!" Riku yelled back.

"Your mom? I've never met her. Let me go say hi." Sora then tried to escape Riku's hold on his shoulders. "No Sora! Please, don't! Please. I'll call you later about celebrating, okay? Just please. Don't go in there."

Sora had no idea what was going on so he said okay and let Riku go back into his house. Sora was worried about the look Riku had on his face, but he trusted Riku, so he went home as told and waited for Riku to text him, call him, ANYTHING. Just waiting for Riku to tell him he was all right.

Sora was suddenly woken up by his phone going off. He didn't remember falling asleep. ~Ooooooh, it's what you do to meeeeeee~ What you do to meeeee~ Riku's ringtone. Sora bolted up and quickly answered the call. "Riku? Are you okay?"

"Yeah? Why wouldn't I be?"

"B-But that look you had on your face….and how you were desperate not to let me into your house…"

"Oh that. It's really messy here and I didn't want you to see the house like that. I called to say that I'll try to come over as soon as I can, okay?"

"Riku…"

"Yeah?"

"What are you not telling me?"

"What are you talking abo-"

"Don't play dumb with me! I know when you're hiding something Riku and I'm gonna find out what it is!"

"Sora wha-?" Sora then ended the call. This was the last time Riku would hide anything from Sora. Sora pushed himself off the couch and out the door. He then sprinted to Riku's house and peered into the window where he saw Riku and his mom.

"Who were you talking to, Riku?" His mom held him but the collar of his shirt and was yelling in his face.

"N-No one mom. I just got a wrong number." Riku gently put his hands on his mom's to try and calm her down.

"Wrong number, eh? Then why did I you hear call that person 'Sora'? Who's 'Sora', Riku?"

"N-No one mom. Just a kid from school. He musta called my phone by accide-" His mom slapped him across the face.

"Don't give me that bull! Who was he?" She slapped him again, making Sora cringe. "Who," slap, "was," slap, "he?" She kept slapping him. All the while, Sora restraining himself from barging into Riku's house right then and there and beating his mom half to death. But what was more shocking to Sora, was that Riku didn't fight back. He didn't do anything to stop his mom from slapping him. Then it hit him. It hit him as hard as Riku's mom was hitting Riku. Riku was an abused child, and was probably used to this sort of treatment. And he never told Sora. Ever. Not even once mentioned it. Left no clues or anything. Sure, he had come to school and over to his house with scars and bruises but Riku always said he was clumsy and fell or he was trying to cook something and it failed.

Riku's mom suddenly stopped slapping him and let go of Riku's shirt, causing him to fall to the floor. Riku's mom stood there in shock while Riku remained still on the floor. "Riku….who's that?" She weakly pointed a finger towards the window. Towards Sora. Sora was shocked but shrugged it off quickly and thought she was pointing at something else when she got down and started shaking Riku's unconscious body. "Riku! Who's that strange boy in the window?" She seemed truly frightened by Sora's presence. But not anymore scared as Sora was that he was just found out.

Sora then noticed Riku slowly get up off the floor to put a weak hand on his mother's shoulder before looking towards the window. His hurt and cold expression suddenly turned to into a look of pure surprise and fear. Yup. Sora was defiantly screwed now.

Sora's brain was screaming to his legs to run but they wouldn't move. Probably in fear of what would happen to not only him, but Riku, if he did. Riku then turned to face his mom, a look of sadness plastered on his face. Sora read Riku's lips as he mumbled, "That's Sora. My boyfriend." Not only was Sora shocked, but Riku's mom too. Her scared expression turned into a look of hate and anger as she smacked Riku yet again. She then made her way towards the door as Riku shouted for her to stop. Sora, still unable to get his legs to move, sat against the window stone frozen.

Riku's mom then burst out the door and grabbed the spiky brunette by his hair and dragged him in the house and closed and locked the door. "Agh! L-Let go of me! Let go! Let me go!" Sora shouted. Riku remained on the floor, still, bruised, hurt, scared, and worried. He watched as his mom pulled Sora by his hair and threw him against the wall. "How dare you try and take my Riku! How dare you! Riku is all I have left and you have the nerve to try and take him from me?" She was screaming right in Sora's face. Riku was too shocked at what was going on to do anything.

"If you care about Riku so much then why are you hurting him?" Riku's mom let go of his hair in shock and Sora dropped to the floor. "H….Hurting him…? What are you talking about? I never raise a hand to Riku…ever….What are you talking about? I….He always hurts himself. Like running into walls or tripping down the stairs. I just take care of my Riku…" She muttered out.

"Don't try and act innocent now! I saw you slapping Riku! I saw you slapping the crap out of your Riku!" Sora yelled from his position on the floor. He then slowly made his way over to Riku's still body and cradled him in his arms. "Look at what you've done! You've beat him so much he's trembling in fear! Look at what you've done to your son!" Sora shouted.

Riku's mother slowly turned her head to look at the two boys on the floor of her living room. She saw that Riku iwas/i trembling. His eyes were wide with fear as he clutched the smaller boy's shirt with his cut, pale fist and practically clung the younger male for dear life. She was shocked at the scene she saw. She then screamed at the tops of her lungs which made Riku cringe and make his grip on Sora's shirt even tighter. She fell to her knees and started crying. Sora then took this as an opportunity and helped Riku get to his feet. He placed Riku's arm around his neck and lifted him up by his belt. He then led Riku to the door where he kicked it open and rushed Riku away.

Riku's mom quickly recovered and she dashed for the kitchen. She took a small knife and placed a few cuts on her arms before punching herself in the face and stomach. She then crawled to the phone and called the police. She said that the short brunette called Sora had just beat her and kidnapped Riku. They told her that they would be over soon to set up an investigation and just to hold on. They also said that they would be alerting Sora's parents.

Sora took Riku to their secret spot in the park to let him rest and, hopefully, figure out what to do. They were high school seniors so it's not like they couldn't easily escape somewhere. Their secret place wasn't much. It was just a small cave they found in the forest. It wasn't much but no one else even knew it existed besides Sora and Riku so that made it their secret place. It was also where they had their first kiss.

Sora gently set Riku own against a rock and cradled his hand in his. "I'm going to go back to your house, Riku." Riku lifted up his hand and placed it on Sora's cheek, making a face that said "No please don't leave." Sora took Riku's hand and placed it back in his lap. "I have to, baby. I have to see what your mom is going to try doing to get you back so we can make a plan. I won't let her take you away from me again. I promise." He then leaned over Riku and gently pressed his lips to Riku's. Sora then felt tears running down Riku's cheeks. He felt really bad for leaving Riku, but he had to.

Riku: e_O Seriously?
HopelessDreamer56: What?
Riku: Why am I the abused character? Sora's the one who's the dang uke!
Sora: Hey!
HopelessDreamer56: Be quiet Sora. You know it's true. *shot* Anyway, I only did it this way because I'm tired of Sora always getting beat up and stuff. It's jsut a change of pace, nothing more.
Sora: *Sparkly eyes* Yaaaaaaayyyy~ Someone DOES love me :D
Riku: _ Whatever. R&R and no flames please. Or else she'll start crying over my arm again e_e
Roxas: Chapter 2 will be here as soon as she at least STARTS her other fics that her friends are nagging her to write.
Axel: Oh and if no one could tell (cuzyouliveinabox) Riku's ringtone was "Hey There Delilah" by The Plain White T's. HopelessDreamer56 does not own tath song or the band.