Love s Painful Music
Summary: RikuXSora CloudXLeon Riku used to have a childhood friend long a go that he shared a paopu fruit with. Now, Riku is a regular business student in college. Sora is just an emo kid that is in a rock band and studying art and music. When both meet, sparks fly. But there is more than meets the eye to the business student that Sora wants to find out.
hello! i m AlphaCentauri (or you can call me Ari) and i d just like to say: HELLO!. well this is my first fanfic so for anyone who likes to flame people, i ask that u go easy on my since i m doin this for the first time. if you re gonna be mean, i m not gonna care about what u say to me cuz if you wrote a fanfic, i might not flame it if u are not my good side anymore (evil laugh). well, this is my story and i hope u like it. one last thing before i go: this is gonna be a songfic so there are gonna be a lot of random songs in this story so, uh, yeah. just giving y'all a heads up. enjoy! ^_^
Chapter 1: Cantabile of First Encounters
Such a lonely day
And its mine
The most loneliest day of my life.
Such a lonely day
Should be banned
It's a day that I can't stand.
A boy with silver hair was struggling to carry a box and twelve books. He could barely see anything as he walked through the crowded hallway. The things I do to be on a teacher s good side, he thought. He was also listening to his iPod, turned on in low volume, as he walked. The screen flashed Lonely Day by System of a Down.
"Hi Riku!" said a group of girls. "Hey," he said and walked past them. The girls giggled and one said, "He's so cute."
Riku was one of the cutest guys in the University of Destiny Islands and also deemed one of the "smart people" by his peers. He was known for his good looks, strength, brains and quiet attitude. Riku hated all these fact and tried not to think about the attention he attracted as best as he could.
As Riku was making his way around the building and avoiding his fan club, someone bumped into him which caused him to drop his stuff. A boy tripped and fell on the floor. Then, the song on his iPod started to end and the last of the song went like:
Such a lonely day
And its mine
A day that I'm glad I survived.
"Whoa! Sorry!" said the boy. Riku was picking up some of the books when he finally glanced at who it was. It was a brown-haired, blue-eyed guy. He was wearing a System of a Down shirt and black jeans that had a lot of chains. He wore lots of belts and had a couple of bracelets and armbands on his wrists. His hair, he noticed, was spiked and untidy. Riku also noted that he had eyeliner smudged on the rim of his sapphire blue eyes.
"I-I am so sorry," he said again, blushing.
"You really did it this time, Riku," said another guy. Riku recognized Axel's voice. He and Axel have been friends since middle school. With his spiky red hair, sea green eyes and triangular chakrams tattooed to his face, he still thought that Axel was the weirdest guy that he had ever met.
He was garbed in a black Lacrimosa hoodie, leather jeans and his usual combat boots. His ears were flashing a symphony of piercings, his left brow and the right side of his nose were also pierced.
"Hey, Axel," Riku said. "Could you give us a hand here instead of just standing there?"
"Eh, okay," Axel said, grabbing Riku's books. "Sora, this is Riku. He's my best friend."
"Hi, I'm Sora," said the boy, sticking out his hand. "Nice to meet you." "Likewise," said Riku, shaking his hand. Axel and Sora grabbed six books each while Riku carried the box and led the way. "Are you new here, Sora?" Riku asked.
"Uh, yeah," Sora replied. "I used to go to Twilight Town University but something happened to--"
"OH! The explosion in the Chemistry lab that led to the entire university exploding? That was so cool!" Axel exclaimed, enthusiastically. "They say that they still can't find the Chemistry professor that caused it because he was blown away by the blast."
"Axel, shut up," Riku said, kicking him in the thigh. "I was talking to Sora. Well, here we are." They were in a classroom in the business hallway littered in bar graphs, pie charts, and posters related to business. "Just leave these things here," he said, putting the box down in one of the desks. Suddenly, Axel grabbed a piece of chalk and scribbled on the chalk board, in big letters, "Axel wuz here."
Sora laughed as Riku hit Axel with a yardstick and started a kendo duel. Riku thrusted but was parried by Axel's side swing. Axel attacked and managed to rap Riku's knuckles before Riku hit his head once more. "We are evenly matched, my friend," said Axel, thrusting his yardstick. "This is so lame," Riku muttered. He blocked the thrust and thrusted towards Axel s chest.
"Axel!" said a voice. "You're too old to act like a child!" "Run! Save yourselves, my comrades!" Axel exclaimed, shoving them out the door.
"Axel! Don t say something stupid!" Riku exclaimed, warningly. "I shall save you from death, my friends, by sacrificing myself," he said, smiling and gradually frowning. "Whatever, Queen Azalea," he responded, sarcastically. "Come on, Sora." They walked over to a bench that was two doors down and waited for Axel.
"Queen Azalea?" Sora laughed. "It's a long story... So, that nutjob is showing you around?" Riku asked. Yeah, Sora said. "When I was at the office, he was there too so he volunteered to show me around."
Sora glanced at him with a deep curiosity. He noticed that Riku wore a black sleeveless turtleneck and black jeans along with some black and silver hi-tops. His only accessories were a silver cross necklace with a dragon twisted around it and a studded belt. Riku had three hoops on his left ear and a messenger bag. He also noticed his sleeveless shirt was probably once a long sleeved shirt.
What a cool guy and yet so mysterious, Sora thought. He looks so... beautiful. Sora's last thought made him blush and he wondered why he thought this.
"What?" Riku said, unused to staring. "O-oh, nothing," he said, nervously. "Guess I must ve spaced out or something."
Sora chuckled nervously and said, "I tend to do that a lot." "Huh," Riku said, doubtfully.
"Riku, my love, you re looking hot today," said a male voice. Riku felt his blood run cold as someone put their head on his shoulders. "Get off, Ansem," Riku said, pushing his head off.
Ansem had yellow eyes, shoulder-length silver hair and sported a long black coat. "So cold... that's what I love about you," Ansem said. He was starting to hug Riku but was pushed away by Sora.
"Hey! Leave him alone!" Sora exclaimed, defensively. Riku started blushing in embarrassment as he looked at Sora. He was no longer the happy-go-lucky kid he knew a minute ago. Sora's eyes were now a navy blue and his hands were balled up into fists.
Whoa, he's like another person, Riku thought.
"Who's you friend, Riku?" Ansem said, with devilish eyes and a matching smile. "He's not as cute as you but he has no business in our affairs." "The name's Sora, now go away!" Sora said, defiantly.
"Hey! I thought I told you to stay away from my little brother!" said a voice. Riku now blushed a deep crimson as a guy in a kendo uniform and spiky platinum blond hair approached them.
"Well, well, well! Cloud! What a surprise," Ansem said, obviously disgusted. "Nice to see you."
"Leave," Cloud said, coldly. "Now. Or I ll rip you a new one." Cloud's blue eyes bored into Ansem's yellow ones until Ansem turned his heel. Sora started to sigh with relief as Ansem started to leave.
"You guys make me feel as if I wasn't wanted... how cold of you guys," Ansem said. "I ll see you some other time, Riku. Alone." "That's because you're never wanted!" Cloud yelled." Alone with Riku... that'll be the day." Ansem left pissed off, cursing aloud and kicking down trash cans along the way.
"Now, let's have a better start," Cloud said, patting Riku's head. "How are you today, little brother?"
Riku sighed and said nothing. You know how I m feeling right now, Riku thought. He really needs to teach me that glare...
"Hey! Did I miss anything?" Axel asked, walking out of the classroom. "I just saw Ansem leaving." "Dude, what took you so long?" Sora asked.
"Mr. Takimura gave me a lecture on the proper way to use a yardstick and show a new kid around," Axel said. "I had to clean the chalkboard and classroom, too, while he yammered on."
"Serves you right, jackass," Riku said. "If I was there, than maybe your punishment would ve been less severe had I been there. Anyone wanna go somewhere else? This is the last place I wanna be in right now."
"How about an area that has fine morsels that we can feast on, perhaps?" Axel asked, with his stomach growling. "You're always hungry," Cloud said. "Think about you studies for once."
"Never have to if I don't want to," he replied, slyly. That prompted a raspberry war as Axel and Cloud stuck their tongues out at each other. "Ugh!Help me baby Jesus...," Riku said, pulling Axel's ear. "Let's get out of here now!" "Ow! All right already!" Axel whined. "Say 'uncle,'" Riku said, looking at his watch as Axel kept whining.
"Okay! Uncle!" Axel yelled. Sora snickered as Axel rubbed his ear. "If I didn't know any better, I swear that Riku would buy you a muzzle if he had to," he giggled. "S-shut up," Axel whined. "He did that already." Sora fell to the floor, laughing. "That was the best Halloween so far," Riku replied, nostalgically. "Axel virtually said nothing throughout the whole day. Everyone got a kick out of it. Even his parents"
Sora stood up again, using the bench as support as he recuperated. "You've got it bad, Axel," Sora giggled. "Do I ever," Axel muttered. "This prick is chock full of sadistic acts of affection."
You guys go ahead; right now I have kendo team practice but I thought I'd ask if you needed help with the boxes," Cloud said, ignoring Axel's yells. "Obviously, you didn't need help. See ya bro." Riku and Sora walked away and Axel told them that he would catch up with them in a while.
"Want me to watch out for him?" Axel asked. "Yeah, especially when Ansem is around," Cloud said. "Got it memorized," Axel said, walking away. He saluted Cloud as he left and Cloud left towards the other way of the hallway, shaking his head.
"Okay, Sora, let s play Q&A," Axel said. "So you can get to know us a bit." Then, Riku came with a tray of food.
They all decided on McDonald's since it was on the other side of the island. Axel quickly grabbed his food and ketchup packets and started munching down his fries.
"So I can ask anything I want?" Sora asked. "Yeah," Axel said. "Oh, Riku, we re playing--" "Fine," Riku said, biting his cheeseburger
For a brief while, Sora thought carefully about what he could ask. Then, Sora asked, "What are you guys gonna major in?"
"Music," Axel said, already finished with his fries. "I'm only taking Electronics for the hell of it." "I'm a double major," Riku said. "Business Management and Criminal Justice."
"Cool! I'm gonna major in Art and Music," Sora said, smiling.
How adorable, Riku thought. Kinda makes me want to steal him away. When he realized what he thought, he started to choke on a french fry.
"Whoa, dude! You okay?" Axel said, hitting Riku in the back. Sora's smile started turning into an expression of worry before Riku managed to swallow and nodded. "Think I ate too fast," Riku said. "Uh huh, suuure," Axel said, knowing the reason behind his choking. He won an elbow to the ribs.
"Uh, Axel," Sora said, after Riku was able to control himself. "What music do you listen to?"
"Rock and sometimes the techno stuff like Daft Punk or Crazy Frog," Axel said.
"What about you, Riku?" Sora said. He was secretly burning with curiosity as he asked.
"Random stuff... Red Hot Chilli Peppers, The Gorillaz, The Trans-Siberian Orchestra, The Ahn Trio, Medieval Babes... stuff like that," Riku said. Then, Sora and Axel started laughing.
"You, ha ha ha, listen to, ha, folk and classical music?" Axel asked, laughing. "Dude, you're such a pansy!" Their faces turned red as they started laughing harder.
"S-Shut up! I-It s so I can fall asleep faster," Riku replied, starting to blush again. "It's only for the insomnia."
"That makes sense," Sora said. "I fall asleep just listening to that stuff for a few minutes."
They continued answering questions until Sora glanced at his watch. Then, his bright blue eyes lit up with shock.
"Damn it! I gotta go! Sorry guys!" Sora said, grabbing his backpack and a skateboard.
He was getting some gloves out of his backpack when and iPod and a notebook fell out. Sora found his gloves, with a sigh of relief, and put them on.
"See ya guys! You can have my fries if you want!" he said, running out. "Sora you forgot your--," Riku said, cutting off. Sora dashed out the door and started skating away.
"You can go over to his house and give it to him, you know," Axel said, grabbing Sora's fries. "He lives close to your house."
"He does?" Riku exclaimed, surprised.
Axel grabbed a pen from Riku's pocket and a napkin and started to scribble down and address. He put the pen back in Riku s jacket pocket along with the napkin.
"Hey, are you going to the race today?" Riku asked. "Nah, I can't go but I will go to tomorrow's race," Axel said, giving Sora's iPod and notebook to Riku. "I think you should give these things back to Sora."
"I'll do it tomorrow," he said, putting the things in his bag. "Tomorrow's Saturday, anyway." "Suit yourself," Axel said, eating the fries. "See ya." "Bye, dude," Riku said as they both went outside and parted ways. Sora... he reminds me of someone I used to know, Riku thought, starting up his motorcycle.
He remembered a blue-eyed kid he used to play with when he was younger. Both of them were like twin brothers to the adults on Hope Island since they were inseparable.
One day, both of them split a paopu fruit in half and ate it since they were both tired and hungry after wading in the water.
Then, the kid's older brother came up to them and told them that they were moving. A few days later, the kid came to visit him one last time with tears in his eyes.
Both of them started making jewelry with some pearly white shark teeth they found in the shore one day, some tough string, and large black beads. The boy gave him a necklace he made with five shark teeth and twelve black beads secured by knots. Riku had it at his house and still kept it safe.
He also knew about the legend of the paopu fruit and found out about it shortly after the boy moved away.
"If you eat a paopu fruit with someone special, your destinies will be intertwined and you ll fall in love with that person no matter what," his mother told him when she was cooking.
"Nuh uh! Besides, it would be weird if I married a boy," Riku had said to her, sticking out his tongue in disgust. "Boys don't fall in love with each other, Mama."
"Oh, you never know, kiddo," she said, pinching one of his cheeks. "If you were to love a boy, I would love you all the same because you're mama's little treasure. In fact, I remember you telling me that you would marry him."
"I would've married him so he wouldn't have to move away," Riku said, in tears. "I didn't want him to move, Mama." "Come here," his mother said, hugging him. They embraced for a while as Riku cried for his best friend.
Bullshit, Riku thought as his thoughts drifted back to the present. I don t believe in that besides... it will never happen.
He made a final turn at Shooting Star Boulevard and parked his motorcycle after passing two townhouses. He had a race to get ready for so he didn't have time to remember old fairy tales or past memories.
well, that was chapter 1. did ya like?. well i ask that you please read and review. as for the lyrics that you will see in this story, they will be mostly rock lyrics and maybe some of you will recognize them. anyway, i put Lonely Day by System of a Down in this chapter because i thought it fit this beginning. that s all for me and I bid u adieu. huh? since when have I started saying Shakespearean things? a question to be wondered... anywho, bye!