COVERING THE SMELLS

Chapter One: Covering the Smells

Coffee...incredibly strong and black coffee was being made, it was the first scent that filled Riku's nostrils as he rolled over in bed, grasping for his lover, who was absent from the plain white sheets. The boy's silver hair fell down his face as he managed to sit himself up in bed, propping his body on the headboard and smelling the room again. Sure, coffee covered most of the smells, but he could still sense the faint traces of sweat, blood, and cum that had been stained within their sheets for so long. The smells brought a genuine smile to his face as he remembered some of their more raunchy experiences in this bed. His clothes lay scattered on the floor surrounding the bed and all he had in the way of clothing was the thin layer of sheets wrapped low on his waist. He reached onto the table next to the bed and grabbed his book, opening it to the marked page. The light of the early Traverse Town sun shone brightly through the one large window in the room, illuminating everything even through the thin white drapes that covered the window. Riku had just started to read his book when footsteps lightly stomping down the hallway, heading towards the bedroom.

"Hey, you're up late..." Riku was still looking at his book as the calm and overly cool voice said from the doorway. Silver hair fell into Riku's face as he looked up at the boy standing in the doorway. It was the same familiar body that he had seen so many times before this. Blonde hair pointed into long narrow spikes, bright blue eyes which seemed to glow when they opened, soft and thin lips, well toned body which was only covered with a towel wrapped around the waist. He wasn't as tall as Riku, but that didn't matter, he only stood a half a foot shorter at the most, but that wasn't important to either of them. They were in love and as happy as they could be.

"Yeah..." Riku said dumbly to the statement of his lover, who walked over to the dresser, grabbing out a pair of plaid boxers. "That tends to happen when I work my ass off all night at work before coming back here and working your ass, Roxas." The blonde smiled as he dropped the towel, not hiding his muscled and well-worked ass, bending over in order to pull on the boxers. He turned around again, facing his sliver-haired lover and pausing, wondering whether or not he wanted another round at the moment. Deciding against the sex, he pulled out a pair of low-riding, faded jeans, pulling them up just below the waist and tying a black belt around them to ensure they didn't fall further down. Roxas walked over to the bed next, crawling in over the covers and snuggling up next to Riku, placing a kiss on each of his nipples.

"The new neighbors are moving in today." Ah yes, the new neighbors. Cloud and Leon had lived across from the couple all of the five years that they had been living together, but when the two decided that it was time to raise a family, they believed that it would be best to do it somewhere quieter. So they had put the house on the market, packed their things, and said goodbye to their friends, moving away to Twilight Town. It had been a big change because whenever something went wrong in either of the couple's relationships the other one would be there to help them through it. Not only was it hard saying goodbye to their friends, but it was even harder not knowing who was going to be living in the house that would always be remembered as Cloud and Leon's.

"Hmph." Riku muttered, his silver hair once again falling in front of his eyes as he looked down at Roxas, who was resting on his muscular chest. Their eyes met for a second before they kissed passionately. All that either of them wanted to do was stay here forever, never leaving each other. And it had been that way for six years. They had been best friends for the longest time, but each wanted more than that in their relationship. But they loved each other, and they never pressured each other to do anything. In fact, Roxas hadn't even agreed to sex until after the two of them were living together happily. Now they feared that these new neighbors could be some homophobic freaks who would try to hunt down and crucify the couple. However, if they were homophobic, they would have never bought a house that two gay men had lived in for so long. Lips parted from each other, some saliva hanging between them and the two smiled at each other before Riku sighed, deciding that he should get cleaned up. Tugging playfully on a long blonde spike he asked Roxas to move as he threw off the sheets, walking to the bathroom already completely nude and hopping into the shower.

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Dripping with water still, Riku walked into the kitchen, holding a long towel in one hand, drying his hair fervently. Tight, plain gray boxers was all that he wore at the moment for in his other hand he held a tight black T shirt, he wouldn't bother throwing on pants until he needed to leave the house to greet the neighbors. Also, he knew that the combination of wearing a shirt without pants was one of Roxas' turn-ons for some reason. Black coffee was still cooking, its smell lingering so tantalizingly in the air, casting a delicious aroma around the room. Throwing the towel onto one of the four twisted metal bistro chairs that surrounded the small round oak table, Riku walked over to the coffee pot, grabbing his plain yellow and blue striped mug from the shelf and filling it to the brim. Steam wafted out of the cup, forming small circular clouds in the air. Footsteps were again heard outside of the room as Roxas walked in, having thrown on a tight white wife beater shirt with his outfit. His white and black checkerboard mug was already on the table, steam drifting lazily in every direction. Roxas grabbed the handle and took a large sip, feeling it slide down into his stomach, filling his body with warmth. After setting it down, he crossed the kitchen and wrapped his arms around Riku, who was standing near the open newspaper, looking at a few major articles. Little kisses and nibbles were put on the base of Riku's neck leaving a tiny red dot behind.

"Anything interesting happening in any of the worlds?" The blonde asked, nuzzling his chin onto his lover's neck, scanning the paper himself as well. The silver-haired man shook his head as he closed the paper and put it off to the side. He turned around and wrapped his arms around Roxas' waist, kissing him on the lips shortly.

"Not really. But there's a gerbil who can do triple back flips in Hollow Bastion." Both of them chuckled at this strange fact, and the idea that it would make its way into the newspapers. "But there are some good movies out..." Suddenly a light clicked on inside his head, and he had a great idea. "Hey, if our new neighbors turn out to be a couple or something, maybe we should go to one with them, kind of a welcoming thing."

"You know, that's really not a bad idea babe." Roxas said as he kissed his boyfriend once more on the lips, this time drawing it out longer and making the kiss really sink in for both of them. "Otherwise we can just go by ourselves and have some sex in the back of the theater." He commented, causing Riku to laugh loudly and kiss him again.

"We wouldn't be able to do that..." Roxas drew back from Riku, still entwined in his grip though, looking at him utterly confused. As if he knew that the question was coming Riku finished his thought. "You'd be screaming my name too loudly."

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Five PM, the moving van across the street had left at least two hours ago, but Riku and Roxas wanted to give the new owner's time to get settled in before they went over to visit. Both of them had tried to see if they could make out who exactly the new owners were, but every time that they saw anything, one of the movers would get in the way. All that they really knew about the new owners was that one was at least a foot taller than the other. The tall one had bright red hair, which seemed to look like fire because of the bright sun and the way it shook every-which-way as he looked from one mover to the other, while the shorter one had brown spiky hair which poked out from behind several of the mover's heads.

"Okay, I'm done trying to figure out who these people are." Roxas declared as he marched towards the front door of his house. Following closely on his boyfriend's heels, Riku reached the door right after Roxas. Grabbing him and pulling the boy in closer, he locked their lips together. Their tongues wrestled roughly inside of each other's mouths, not knowing exactly which mouth they were fighting in. When they finally broke apart from each other they just stared into each other's eyes for the longest time. "Why'd you do that?"

"I dunno, I just wanted to." The taller of the two responded, planting another kiss on his lover's lips before clicking the lock on the door. It took a hard push to get the door opened. It came as no surprise though, because the hinges had been rusting for so long, at least two years at the least. Not only that, but it was made of thick and heavy wood, which made it just a little more difficult than it had to be. Although it was the end of summer, it was still a lot warmer than it was this time of year. Even though the weather didn't call for shorts, it did call for at least a T shirt and baggy pants, which Riku had thrown on later. Footsteps were all that was heard while crossing the street. Before they walked up the driveway to the large mahogany door in the front, the couple looked once more at the house which they already had so many fond memories in this house, memories that they hoped would still be remembered with the new owners.

The wood still had the same echoing sound that it used to when Cloud and Leon lived in the house. Knocking softly would carry magnificently through the house, which was why a doorbell had never been installed for this particular house. Locks clicked on the door, followed by some pulling, which didn't open the door. This one was just like the one at Roxas and Riku's house, because the hinges were rusting, it took some major effort in order to get the door open. There was one difference though, because this door was definitely much lighter than the white one at their own home. Finally the door opened, and on the other side was the tall redheaded man that had been spotted a few times from across the street. The opened, button-up maroon shirt that he was wearing showed off his well defined chest and ab muscles, while his snug jeans were tight enough to highlight all of the important things.

"May I help you?" He said, his voice carried well and there was something about it that made Roxas' dick stir. As Roxas began to mentally kick himself for even thinking of anyone else besides Riku, the silver-haired man began talking.

"Well, we live right across the street and we wanted to just introduce ourselves since we were going to be living across from each other now." His silver hair was sliding around everywhere from behind his ears to his shoulders until he finally managed to clip it back behind his ears, making sure that it wouldn't fall anymore. The redhead looked up and down each of them, looking over Roxas a lot more thoroughly than he did for Riku, causing the blonde to blush brightly. "Well..." Riku started, drawing the man's attention away from Roxas. "I'm Riku, this is my boyfriend..." He made sure to put extra stress on the word boyfriend, "Roxas." Each one shook the man's hand and Roxas muttered a nice to meet you from his dry mouth.

Why do I feel like this? The blonde thought to himself as the redhead looked him up and down again. I have Riku! Stop thinking about this man! You don't need anyone else! You are in love with Riku! This last sentence was repeated inside of his head continuously before the redhead began speaking again.

"The name's Axel." He said cockily before pointing a finger to his forehead. "Got it memorized?" By the time he finished talking the shorter figure had emerged from behind him, his brown hair waving slightly as he rocked back and forth, a huge smile plastered on his face. Blue eyes looked at Riku and they reminded him so much of Roxas, but this kid was a lot more happy than the blonde, who had a tendency to 'play it cool' even when he was happy. The brunette's tight white T shirt was partly see-through and Riku looked away from him trying to concentrate on the older man next to him who had his arms wrapped around the kid's waist resting on his ass, which was covered by tight jeans. Roxas was doing the exact opposite and concentrating on the shorter brunette, not looking at the man who made him start to stir earlier.

"Hey Axel." The brunette said leaning in towards the older one. "Aren't you going to introduce me?"

"Of course... Where are my manners?" Axel said as he kissed the brunette on his forehead. "Riku, Roxas, this is my boyfriend, Sora." For a quick second a faint smile lit up Riku's lips, but disappeared quickly as not to let Roxas know anything of it.

"We were about to eat dinner...would you like to come in and have some as well?" Sora asked. Axel glared at the boy for a minute, but Sora merely shrugged it off.

"Um..." Riku looked over at Roxas, who had tightened his grip on Riku's hand. They exchanged several looks of worry, but they knew that if they declined the invitation it might blow their chance of making friends with their new neighbors. "Sure, why not..." Sora practically jumped out of his skin, he loved having guests over for dinner, he led the two into the well-lit living room, sitting them on a beige couch, which looked over at an identical piece of furniture, which Axel sat on. "Can I get you guys anything to drink?" Riku and Roxas looked at each other, knowing that it would be a long night. They spoke up shortly after, matching timing with Axel perfectly.

"The strongest alcohol you've got."

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Okay, now for a few quick notes and other stuff.

Note 1: I'm trying to get some OC's to use in the story (preferably male, but female is okay). They're going to be co-workers of characters possibly, just to be there and help make decisions and stuff. If you would like to have a character, please send this information in either a review or private message.

Name:

Age:

What character you would like them to work with: Axel, Roxas, Sora, or Riku (please know that I can't have ALL OC's working with one character, it's gonna be first come first served)

Gender:

Sexual preference:

Physical description: height, weight, eye color, hair color, etc. (please note that any part of the description that is left out

Personality description:

Clothes preferences: Long sleeves, short sleeves, shorts, pants, etc.

Any other information that you would find relevant. Likes, dislikes, turn ons or offs, etc.

Note 2: If your character is chosen to be put in, I will contact you somehow (most likely through private message or a side note of a review for one of your stories) to make sure that the job and who they DO end up working with is okay with you.

Note 3: If you don't approve of the character's job or who they work with, I MAY be able to squeeze them into another spot.

Thanks to those of you who read this and hopefully I'll see ya during the next chapter!