{[ Author's Note ] This is just a little story I wrote a year or so ago as a little contest between my friends. We were supposed to write a short, and I mean short story with the pairing of SoraxRiku, the idea of "butterfly kisses" and the total amount of words in the story had to be 5oo or less, which I think I broke, but that's okay. It's not a wonderful story, but I liked it enough to share with all of you. :3 }
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Fighting Darkness
"No! Please stop! Riku, please!"
I beg, but he still holds me here. I beg, but he still hurts me. I beg, but I can never escape because deep down, I don't want to, in spite of myself.
Lying here, held tight in his arms, I feel so weak. I have no control over my body, over anything; he has it all. A word, I listen. A touch, I melt. A kiss, I plead. I can't help myself; I've fallen in love with him. I think somewhere deep down, I always have.
"Get up." His voice was cold; it wasn't the same as it used to be. I looked up at him with blank eyes. "I said get up." I stood, turning to face him. As he stood too, I watched him. He was at least four inches taller than me. I glanced up into ice-blue eyes, tinted darker and darker everyday. He was losing to the darkness, and no matter how much I loved him, that light never reached his blackening heart.
I lifted my hand to touch him, but he grabbed my wrist and held my hand by my side. His body was trembling, the shivers running up my captured arm. He was trying to fight again. I could see in his eyes that he was coming closer and closer to failing. Soon, he will lose himself to the darkness. But why can't I save him?
"Riku… what's wrong? Why is this happening?" My voice cracked, on the verge of tears. "Why is the darkness in your heart?"
"It's because I'm jealous of you, Sora." I couldn't understand and my confusion reflected itself in my eyes. "You live following your heart. I wish life could be that simple for me."
"But it can be Riku. Let me show you…"
"No, Sora. I can't." I lost the feeling of his hand on my wrist and the newly released skin felt cold.
"What do you want me to do then, Riku?! Do you want me to disappear?!!" I screamed. I felt a tear roll down my cheek.
"Maybe." He turned away from me. I could only stand there, my body frozen in a crushing sorrow. My thoughts were erratic as I tried to make sense of everything. I stumbled back before running, hoping that maybe driving myself to the point of exhaustion would clear my mind, that maybe it would erase the pain.
But with my tears blurring my vision, I tripped like the idiot I am and just laid there on the cold ground, oblivious to everything but the aching in my heart, the stupid organ that Roxas never had. I felt jealous of him, if for only this moment.
Suddenly, I felt his arms around me, his soft lips planting gentle butterfly kisses on my neck.
"I'm so sorry. Please forgive me." I looked into his eyes, their crystal blue returning. He had won. "I love you Sora."
"I love you too, Riku."