NOT GAY: An Autobiography
Summary: There was plenty of things Riku would admit about himself. He was tall, handsome, popular, charming. But he was NOT GAY… Well, OK maybe just a little bit. Highschool AU. Sora/Riku, Axel/Roxas, Ven/Namine.
-Bromance-
There was plenty of things Riku would admit about himself. He was tall, handsome, popular, charming.
But he was NOT GAY.
Sure he had been playing Taylor Swift's new album on repeat for the past month and cried every time he watched a Nicholas Sparks movie. But he was NOT GAY. He was just sensitive. He began to massage the temples of his forehead in an attempt to calm himself down. This was ridiculous, of course he was straight. The only reason he had even begun to doubt it was because of that stupid new kid, with his chocolate brown hair, and his hypnotizing azure eyes, and the way his smile brightened up a room and made Riku's heart stir.
…
…
No, no, NO.
He did not just think that.
There was NOTHING gay about what had just happened between him and the new student. He began to replay the events of this morning over in his mind.
It started out as a normal day of school. It was the first day of the fall semester at Twilight Academy actually, and this year was Riku's year. It was the one that meant everything to him. It was his senior year and he was at the top of the food chain as the most popular and attractive bachelor at Twilight Academy. It was true, everything he ever dreamed of would be at the tips of his fingers; quarterback position on the football team, homecoming king, not to mention prom king, and all the girls he wanted.
He smirked to himself.
That right, this year is going to be a good one.
He tucked in the ends of his uniform and gracefully walked across the hallways of the school building playfully flipping his silky grey hair and shooting his bright blue eyes at any girl he deemed worthy, with the females obviously swooning in response. As he continued, he received countless high fives and waves from members of the upper class, popularity-wise at Twilight Academy. He passed by a locker occupied by the notorious floozy of the school Selpie, who he noticed had adjusted the school's uniform to make it as provocative as possible, she glanced over to him winking and blowing him a wet slobbery kiss. He smiled charmingly in response.
This year was definitely going to be a good one.
Crash.
The next thing he noticed he was on the floor, the papers of his new binder spread across the hard tile floor. Whatever new dumb-ass freshman had crashed onto him would pay, he hissed in his mind while beginning to assemble his things.
"I am so sorry!" He heard coming from the perpetrator.
"Yeah, well you need learn about how things go on in this school freshman. You can't just-" He looked up to the eyes of his culprit, and was faced with bright ocean blue eyes and the most genuine smile he had ever seen. He stopped right in his tracks as he felt a blush coming onto his face. "I.. um. Uhh-"
The brunet began gathering his things and looked towards the infamous playboy of the academy. "Sorry, if I hurt you or anything. I have no idea where I'm going. And I am new here, but I'm not a freshman. I'm a transfer student." He laughed offering his hand out to Riku.
Riku's blush deepened in reply. Quickly snapping out of his daze, he sloppily picked up his things and picked himself up off the floor ignoring the kind new student's gesture. "O-Of course you didn't hurt me. What do think I am, some sissy?" He responded awkwardly, with as deep of a voice as he could possibly muster up.
"No, I wasn't meaning to imply that at all! You just seemed really upset over it was all." The boy looked away thoughtfully. "Maybe, we just got off on the wrong foot! My name's Sora." He replied gleefully extending his hand.
Riku stared at him uncomfortably for a moment before accepting his introduction. "I'm Riku." He said blandly.
"It's great to meet you!" He began excitedly. "I was actually wondering if you could help me find my first class. It's Anatomy with Professor Ansem, I've been looking for it all morning." He admitted.
"It's Room 358, and it's actually the door right behind you." He said casually pointing behind the brunet.
"Ohh, man! I can't believe this, I've been running around in circles all morning and it's been right in front of me this whole time!" He exclaimed dramatically. "I'm such a ditz sometimes." He scratched the back of his head, turning once again towards Riku. "Thanks again for helping me, Riku. Y'know, I have a feeling we're going to be great friends!" He said, patting the confused playboy on the shoulder. "I'll catch you later!" He smiled widely exiting into his classroom.
Riku stared at his new 'friend' waving goodbye awkwardly with a face resembling that of a confused and flustered lovesick puppy. Who was that guy. And why had he made him feel so, so…
Gay.
He inwardly slapped himself. He didn't feel that way at all! Ha! He actually felt straighter than ever! He faked a smile to himself. "Ugh, what class do I have right now?" He looked down towards his class schedule.
Anatomy – Room 358 – Professor Ansem.
"Damn it." He walked grudgingly into the classroom, locking eyes with the adorable brunet who was waving energetically to his new friend. Riku sighed and walked over to the desk beside him.
"Wow, I can't believe we have homeroom together! How lucky is that?" He expressed leaning towards the bright eyed senior. "I can't believe you didn't tell me you were in here!"
"I guess I forgot." He explained.
Sora laughed in response. "I guess I'm not the only one who's a ditz sometimes." He added playfully.
Class started and Riku found it nearly impossible to pay attention. Not only was it the absolute most boring day of school. You know, the one where to teacher takes an hour to explain a three page syllabus in which nobody, including both the students and the teacher ever follow after the first week or so of school. But now, he couldn't help but find himself absolutely entranced by the new student.
Riku began to study the brunet next him who had his head placed diligently into his hand looking absolutely bored out of his mind. He watched endearingly as the boy sighed at every other sentence the teacher produced, and became absolutely hypnotized by those bright azure eyes. He examined the boy's eyelashes noticing how full they looked and how that complimented the rest of his facial features. He had to admit the boy sitting next to him was extremely attractive, probably the most attractive person he'd ever seen and-
Gay.
"Damn it." He couldn't believe he had just caught himself checking out a dude. What was wrong with him today? He looked away embarrassed, attempting to finish the rest of the period with the little dignity he had left.
Since then, two periods had passed and Riku was now situated at the self-proclaimed 'popular' table in the cafeteria with the rest of his friends, while pondering over these memories. Ending his previous daze, he began to glance around the table evaluating his fellow peers quietly hoping they hadn't noticed how deep in thought he'd been in.
First he glanced at his fellow football team members Hayner, Tidus, and Waka who were passionately explaining how 'raw' the team would be once the season started in a few weeks to Riku's ex-girlfriend Kairi. The three boys were kind and charming in their own way he supposed, but were a bit rough around the edges when it came to conversations about anything not involving sports or 'chicks'. The girl, Kairi, could be described as being beautiful and compassionate, she was adored by the boys of their school for her pale complexion and soft auburn hair and loved by the girls due to her caring personality. It was no wonder Riku had dated her in the past, and to his surprise they still remained friends to this day without any awkwardness or unresolved feelings.
From there he looked straight ahead at the couple in front of him, the one and only Roxas Strife and his lovely girlfriend Namine. Riku chuckled to himself lightly, Roxas was probably the only person at Twilight Academy who was known as being a bigger d-bag than himself. He had cheated on every single girl he had ever dated. It was even rumored that one time he postponed breaking up with a girl just so he could cheat on her before ending things. And from the looks of it, things weren't going too well with this relationship either.
"Roxas, just tell me what you and Selphie were doing together in a motel room." Namine questioned her boyfriend, hints of anger in her voice.
The girl was attractive, probably one of the most attractive at their school, Riku noted to himself. She had straight light blonde hair that fell perfectly around her face framing her pale complexion and blindingly bright blue eyes. She was known for her 'good girl' reputation and of course once Roxas got wind that there was a hot virgin on campus, he made it his new goal to 'de-flower' her.
"Babe, for the last time we weren't doing anything. We were just studying." Roxas replied nonchalantly.
Riku wasn't gay, but if he was, he'd probably be attracted to Roxas just as all the girls at their school were. Almost everywhere he walked, a girl swooned. He had a similar effect on women that Riku himself possessed. But Riku prided himself on at least pretending to be a gentlemen, while Roxas on the other hand basically flaunted his lack of respect for women and almost everyone around him on a daily basis. Riku slightly pitied the girl for the way he treated her. The boy had messy dirty blonde hair, tan skin, and bright blue eyes that almost rivaled Sora's sheer perfection. Almost.
"During summer vacation?" She hissed, no longer suppressing her anger.
"We were studying for our SATs. I care about my future, Namine." He lied attempting to sound as offended as he possibly could.
"Oh, Roxas." She turned towards him, their knees touching. "I'm so sorry, for accusing you. I just, get so jealous sometimes."
"I know." He replied smoothly, pulling her face into a passionate kiss.
Several passionate kisses.
More passionate kisses.
And even more passionate kisses after that.
Ok, so at this point they were basically just making out, in the middle of lunch, in front of everyone, with absolutely no shame.
Classic Roxas.
He actually felt bad for the poor girl, she must've been playing stupid with him. Honestly, Riku figured that was the only way to deal with dating Roxas, and that was something he gladly knew he would never have to face.
He turned his head from the public display of affection to his right where his best friend Axel was staring daggers at the young couple. Axel, also a senior, had been Riku's best friend for quite some time. The two could talk about almost anything together, unlike Hayner who's mind wasn't proportionally big enough to hold a full conversation without his head exploding or Roxas who really only enjoyed talking about himself. Axel's spiky red hair bounced up and down as he ferociously ate his sandwich, his bright green eyes squinting at the young couple in disgust.
"Hey, you okay dude?" Riku asked.
"Yeah. I'm fine." Axel replied coldly. "I'm just not feeling good is all."
Not wanting to pry too much Riku backed off. Although they were best friends, he knew that there were times when Axel didn't want to talk about something. And this was definitely one of those times. His thoughts roamed back to Sora yet again. There was no possible way he felt any sort of romantic affection towards the boy, so what was it? Maybe he had a friend crush on him. Like a bromance sort of thing...
Actually, that had to be it!
Now that he thought about it Sora would be a perfect new recruit for their group. He was funny, outgoing, attractive, and Riku did take notice of the muscles harboring underneath the boy's shirt…
NOT that he was interested in seeing them, or anything weird like that. He just meant that it was obvious he had played sports.
Yeah, sports.
Football.
Manly things.
"Yo, Riku." Roxas began, snapping Riku out of his thoughts. "You care to join us back on planet earth? You've been spacing out the entire lunch period." He finished, his arm protectively draped around Namine.
"Yeah, sorry. I was just thinking about a possible new recruit for the football team."
"Football?" Roxas questioned, confused.
"FOOTBALL!" Hayner enthusiastically interrupted their conversation. "Where's the new recruit? I have to see him!"
Riku looked around finally locating the energetic brunet. "There" He pointed a few tables down from them.
"Ah-ha! Yeah, he looks fit!" Hayner rejoiced.
"Yeah, he could definitely help us out on the team! You should introduce us Riku." The broad shouldered blond named Tidus, added in.
"Yeah, I will." Riku replied triumphantly.
This was perfect, once he was friends with Sora officially, he'd stop having all of these weird thoughts right?
Right.
The bell rang and the group hesitantly headed their separate directions to find their next class, except for Riku who was now set on his quest to find the new student who had been plaguing his mind all day. He quickly located the boy leaving a lesser tier popularity-wise table occupied by the more artsy and academic kids of the school. He was exiting the table walking with the power couple of the school Aqua and Terra and Roxas' younger twin brother Ven.
Although they were practically identical in elementary school the physical differences between the twins now was more apparent than ever. Growing up they had been best friends, inseparable even. But after their parent's divorce the relationship became messy, to say the least. The two found very different ways of coping with their parent's inevitable split.
Ven busied himself with productive things, like playing music, or joining academic groups in preparation for college.
While Roxas spent his time focusing on other important things, like skateboarding… or beer pong.
As the duo got older, Ven noticed Roxas using more destructive ways to occupy himself, and began to distance himself in response.
But there was one thing that Riku knew for sure about the Ven.
He absolutely hated his younger twin, and he made it very known.
Roxas wore contacts.
Ven bought glasses.
Roxas played sports.
Ven joined choir.
Ven got mistaken for Roxas, once.
Ven dyed his hair brown.
His disdain for the older twin was apparent to everyone, even when the two shared classes together not even a single glance would be exchanged. Riku thought it was ridiculous he'd absolutely kill for another sibling since his parents were never really around, but these two acted like it was the greatest burden on earth.
Riku scoffed to himself.
As for Aqua and Terra, as mentioned before, they were known as the power couple of Twilight Academy. They had been dating for four years strong, and liked to remind everyone constantly by playing their coffee-house duo rendition of Wonderall at any and every musical and non-musical showcase known to man.
Riku would bet money that if there was any talent show, poetry night, or even an open bench in a park on a sunny day, he would hear Terra and Aqua playing Wonderall. The bright eyed senior was almost positive that it was the only song Terra knew on guitar.
"Hey, Sora." He approached smoothly.
"Hey, Riku!" Sora turned to face him still standing next to his new acquaintances. "I'm glad you're here, I'd like to introduce you to my new friends!"
"We've already met." Riku eyed them, a bored expression planted across his face. "I was actually coming over here to ask if you wanted to sit with me and my friends during lunch tomorrow."
Sora looked away thoughtfully. "I'd love too, but I actually promised my new friends I'd sit with them for the rest of the week." He said gesturing towards Aqua, Terra, and Ven. "I'd hate to bail on them or anything."
Riku scoffed, assuming the brunet was joking.
Is he seriously turning down Riku.
The devilishly handsome and devastatingly popular star quarter- back, Riku.
He eyed the endearing boy who possessed a guilt ridden face once more realizing that he was serious.
"Oh…" was all he managed to muster up for a moment. He couldn't believe he was actually being told 'no'. Who the hell did this kid think he was? Most everyone at the school would have committed homicide to have an opportunity to hang out with him and his friends, but this kid was putting him on the same level as the art dweebs.
Riku faked a smile. "That's fine. Maybe another time then." He said through clenched teeth before turning to walk away. "Actually, I'm throwing a party this weekend at my place. You should come." He added in lastly.
Sora's eyes brightened in response. "I'd love too! You can introduce me to all your friends then too."
"Yeah." He pulled out a sheet of paper and wrote his phone number on it. "I can text you more details later tonight." He gave a half-hearted look to Sora's new friends. "I guess you guys can come too, if you'd like." He finished, the trio looking flustered in response to his invitation.
With that Riku waved goodbye, cutting a corner into an empty hallway. Once alone, he looked both ways assuring himself that nobody was around. He blushed fiercely, he couldn't believe he finally succeeded in acting cool in front of the new kid. This had to be a new personal record.
He smiled brightly to himself.
This was the beginning of a beautiful new bromance.
A/N: Lmao Riku, bromance my ass.
Ok, so I usually only read het pairings for Kingdom Hearts (although I ship pretty much everything tbh), so I apologize greatly in advance if this is similar to any other Soriku stories out there! To be honest, I avoided looking too much through the pairing's stories so I could keep this as original as possible. Anyways, I've been having an absolute blast writing this and I hope you enjoy reading it!
PLEASE if you decide to favorite or follow this story leave me a review letting me know why you like it! And if you hate it, feel free to leave a review about that too! I hope you guys find this funny, I do but I feel like I'm sort of a biased opinion hah.
And one last thing, my deepest apologies for making Roxas so OOC in this fic, but it's vital to the plot I assure you.
Fun Fact #1: It might be a bit confusing, but this is actually supposed to be a book written by Riku, although it's written in third person. He thought it sounded more 'professional' that way and he wanted to try to express the emotions of his friends better in situations he wasn't present in. But this fact will probably become more obvious in later chapters.
Until next time!~