December 14, 2014
It was a cold December winter night when Sora was laying on his bed staring out his window at the starry night. He lays shirtless on his bed in nothing but his underwear and next to him laid Riku also wearing the same amount of clothing as Sora. The bedroom air was frigid and had the scent of stale cigarettes. Tonight was one week to the night. Tonight was one week to the the night Riku would leave, leave for college across the state. .
"What are you looking at?" said Riku
"The stars, they look beautiful tonight. More than usual."
Sora turned away from the window and faced Riku eye to eye, their faces at level with each other.
"You know what today is right?" asked Sora
Their foreheads came together and their eyes locked on each other and Riku replied
"Yeah, I know. It's been four years now right?"
"So you did know, you spent the whole day packing. I wasn't even sure you'd remember."
Riku reached forward and planted a soft kiss on Sora's tender lips.
"You really think I would forget just like that?"
Sora turned around, facing the window and staring out to the stars. Riku placed his arms around Sora as they both lay, facing the stars out the window.
"Why do you keep staring out there? Do you see something?"
"It's more like a Sunday Morning type of thing"
"What do you mean?"
"It's one of those moments where you're relaxed and feel all warm inside, you know like when you're on the road in the back seat of a car, you lay your head back and you keep your eyes open slightly. You're tired from the whole day, an amazing day and you're going home. Your eyes are open slightly and you watch the cars and street lights pass. You don't want the car to stop. You don't want to go home. You wish you could drive on like this forever and never stop."
"But you know, the sun has to rise eventually."
"That's when everything turns gold, and it's all illuminated with the rays of the sun and for one moment, everything in the world is clear."
"You make it all sound like a cheesy fiction novel."
"It's all from the heart."
"I guess that makes sense"
"Let's go outside" said Sora
They both got up on separate sides of the bed. Riku grabbed a hoodie on the floor, its contents were a pack of cigarettes, his cell phone and a lighter, he put both arms inside and went out the door. Sora followed and got a blanket on the couch from the living room, he made his way outside to the backyard and saw Riku putting wood in the cut-barrel fire pit. Sora grabbed the lighter fluid from the table and gave it Riku. He spread the fluid over the wood and lit it with the lighter in his pocket and they both sat near the familiar warmth of a bonfire.
Riku took the blanket and put it behind his back.
"Sit in front of me" he said with his legs spread to make room for Sora to sit down. Sitting down with Sora, he gave the blanket to him to hold and make warmth with his body heat and the blanket. They were practically wearing nothing out in the frigid cold, the cold they could feel in the night grass and the air. The only thing keeping them warm was the blanket and the fire. Surrounded by the night, it was the only thing they needed, each other.
Riku reached for his pocket and took out a cigarette and lit it with his lighter. In the cold, at least the cigarette provided some form of warmth. He had one arm of his boyfriend and one hand holding a cigarette.
"Why are we out here, in the fucking freezing cold and not to mention in our underwear too?" Riku asked with some sense of sarcasm.
"Probably because we're such stupid teenagers" Sora remarked.
"That's when everything turns gold, and it's all illuminated with the rays of the sun and for one moment, everything in the world is clear."
"You make it all sound like a cheesy fiction novel."
"It's all from the heart."
"I guess that makes sense"
"Let's go outside" said Sora
They both got up on separate sides of the bed. Riku grabbed a hoodie on the floor, it's contents were a pack of cigarettes and a lighter, he put both arms inside and went out the door. Sora followed and got a blanket on the couch from the living room, he made his way outside to the backyard and saw Riku putting wood in the cut-barrel fire pit. Sora grabbed the lighter fluid from the table and gave it Riku. He spread the fluid over the wood and lit it with the lighter in his pocket and they both sat near the familiar warmth of a bonfire.
Riku took the blanket and put it behind his back.
"Sit in front of me" he said with his legs spread to make room for Sora to sit down. Sitting down with Sora, Riku gave the blanket to him to hold and make warmth with his body heat and the blanket. They were practically wearing nothing out in the frigid cold, the cold they could feel in the night grass and the air. The only thing keeping them warm was the blanket and the fire. Surrounded by the night, it was the only thing they needed, each other.