-Within Temptation
-Chapter 1
-Desire
OH MY! Yet another story from LovelessRitsuka! O.O
Disclaimer: Sora and Riku love each other; sadly I don't own them…
-LovelessRitsuka
Sora was BORED! The petite brunette lay sex-err…casually on his king size bed. Being the son of one of the richest men in the city definitely had its drawbacks, like no one willing to spend the day with him, too scared to anger him.
It was strange, considering Sora was so adorable looking or so his elder brother Cloud had said once, when he had been feeling overly giddy after a LONG stay at one of his friend's house.
Then again, people were right to be fearful, the Okane children were quite temperamental, and thanks to their parent's superior upraising, had grown to be almost as smug and pompous as Eiri and Seiya Okane.
Sora flopped around his bed, pondering what he could do on this boring, unadventurous BORING day.
Suddenly the oak double doors to his room burst open, a hyper girl with amazon-gold hair in braids and big blue eyes standing in the doorway.
Her hands on her hips, she glared at her brother, who hadn't bothered to even lift an eyebrow at the commotion his sister had created.
"Sora-Sakura! Ugh! Do you know what time it is? You should be up by now!" The angry girl, or so she appeared to be angry, was turning red. Her lips could hardly stay a frown as her lazy brother yawned like a cat, stretching his arms.
High-pitched girly laughter escaped the girl's throat as she collapsed on the floor, not even flinching as her body made contact with the hard marble tile of her brother's room.
Sitting up, Sora cracked a smile, "What's up with the mother act, Rikku?"
Rikku immediately stopped laughing, noticing that she now held her brother's attention; she pulled herself up from the floor and dusted away at imaginary dust.
"Couldn't resist…Sora-Sakura."
The messy brunette cringed at his horrible middle name. He didn't have against the name Sakura; he thought it was a nice name and he wouldn't mind if his future wife's name was Sakura.
But…Sakura was a GIRL'S NAME! What on earth had possessed his parents to name him that?
The boy couldn't keep himself from pouting, and as the order of things in nature go, Rikku couldn't keep herself from smirking.
Sora studied his sister; she wore what appeared to be a simple blue sundress that matched her eyes. Rikku and Sora had inherited their mother's happy bright blue eyes; Cloud on the other hand, had inherited the same shade of blue, but his father's cold expression.
Rikku turned her smirk into a wide grin, "So little brother, what's on the agenda for today?"
Sora sighed, "I'm NOT gonna go shopping with you, so don't bother."
Rikku, who had been casually leaning against the doorway, pouted, "But, SO-RA it'll be fun!"
She stepped in front of her sitting brother, lowering her head to be at eye level. Said brother, crossed his arms and closed his eyes, "No," he stated, imitating Eiri Okane's harsh tone of voice.
Bright blue eyes furrowed, "You have anything else to do? But…if you really don't want to go its fine…" his sister finished in a resented tone, fake tears forming at the corners of her eyes.
Sora opened an eye, oh he knew this routine. Mother often used it with Father, whenever she ran out of money to spend or wanted Father to buy her something. The siblings had seen it so many times, they began to use it themselves…only for Father to get angry at Cloud and Sora, saying men shouldn't cry.
Rikku, on the other hand, used it to her advantage considering she was a girl. It always worked on Father, although she didn't dare try it with Mother.
Mother was known for being a great beauty, and as the years past, Sora had noticed one continuous emotion aimed straight for his older sister.
Jealousy, his mother was jealous of her daughter.
Rikku was beautiful, maybe even more so then her mother and no doubt was due to her youth. Mother's jealousy grew every passing day, to the point that he knew she would not hesitate to slap Rikku if provoked.
Nonetheless, he HATED seeing Rikku upset! No matter how cold he could try to act, in the end, he would always break down and fulfill the older girl's wishes.
Sora turned gazing at the emotionally distressed girl, tears threatening to spill any second now.
He sighed, "Alright, I'll go! Just…stop crying."
A wide grin formed on Rikku's face, any trace of past tears gone from sight. Grabbing her brother's hand, she rushed him from his room and practically threw him into his own bathroom.
Sora landed on the bathroom sitting room carpet with a thud, a cheerful blonde grinning at him from the doorway. "Yay! Brother likes me!"
Rikku threw her hands in the air, jumping up and down, clapping eagerly. "Hurry up! We're going downtown in twenty minutes!" With that said, his sister slammed the door, leaving a grumbling brunette to pick himself up and shower in less then five minutes.
Today was gonna be a LONG day…
"Yay! Sora's here!" Sora sighed, a slight frown on his face as he entered the dining room.
"Rikku, no yelling at the table!" His sister's cheerful voice, turned cold as she replied "Yes Mother."
The Okane Dining room consisted of a long mahogany table surrounded by endless chairs and filled with portraits of natural landscapes. The ceiling was high and a chandelier lay in the center of the room, at the highest elevation.
The walls were an eerie white while the tile was white as well, but with trails of the palest blue in it. The floor shined radiantly as light from the tall windows surrounding the room flooded in, the pale periwinkle blue curtains drawn back with elegance.
Rikku sat as far away from Mother as possible without looking suspicious. Her face hiding the hurt their mother had caused her. Father sat at the end of the rectangular table close to Rikku, while Mother sat at the other end.
Cloud; sat in the chair diagonal from Rikku, he was frowning at Mother who pretended not to notice. Father gave Rikku what was possibly the closest thing to a comforting glance and then went back to consuming his toast.
Sora sat beside Rikku and in front of Cloud, earning a "look" from his seventeen year old brother.
Cloud and Sora looked very similar, if it were not for the different hair color; Sora would have appeared a miniature version of his elder brother.
Sora nodded silently and proceeded to munching on syrupy pancakes while Rikku simply stared coldly at her cereal. The "look" Cloud had given him was one he often received; it immediately informed Sora that Seiya had "dealt" with their sister.
Sora couldn't help but dislike his mother just the slightest, she was so terrible to Rikku even though she loved him and his brother. Cloud, on the other hand, just flat out disliked the woman.
Sora glanced to the woman at the end of the table, who was currently enjoying her typical bread with cheese and tea.
Seiya Okane was beautiful; the woman possessed wide sparkling sapphire eyes like no other her age could rival, her hair was a long silky cinnamon brown that gleamed gold in the sunlight. Her skin was sun kissed like her children, although over the years the thirty-three year old woman had become noticeably paler.
Mother felt her son's gaze and looked up from her bread, only to smile warmly at her son. Sora faked a smile to his mother and turned to his father, Eiri Okane.
Eiri was a handsome man. He bore cold blue-grey eyes and golden blonde hair, was at least six feet tall and sported well defined muscles to boot. His appearance was basically an older version of Cloud but with noticeable differences, such as eye color.
A powerful business man, Father was a very admirable person. At thirty-five years old, he was already respected and served by many people of the same or of lower status. That was basically everyone except several royal families in distant places, and those who didn't know him, which were few considering the Okane family was one of prominence. Even their name meant "Money" in Japanese!
Father immediately noticed his son's stare and raised a delicate blonde eyebrow, only to receive a cheerful genuine smile from his youngest son. Eiri Okane nodded in response and continued with his previous activities.
After finishing his pancakes, Rikku nudged him and the Okane children stood up, pushing their chairs in due to etiquette of course.
Their parents didn't even look up as their children left the dining room. Once in the hallway, Rikku sighed in relief.
"Man! I was sure she'd bitch at me or something!" Rikku grinned at her older brothers, making a peace sign to show she was victorious.
Cloud gave her a genuine smile, one he often saved only for his siblings. He nodded and began walking down the hall, graceful as always as he disappeared past a corner.
Sora smiled at her as well, sighing at the girl's antics.
With no need for words, the pair walked out of their home and into the circular driveway where a long black limo was present.
A girl with short cinnamon hair like Sora's grinned and stood beside the open limo door.
"Good Morning Rikku-sama! Good Morning Sora-sama!" The girl bowed to the siblings, who merely shrugged in disinterest.
They didn't really talk to their servants. Ever since they were little, their parents had taught them poor people were not to be acknowledged.
Sora, who was still young and hadn't completely adopted the habit, managed a small smile towards their driver before getting in the limo.
Rikku and Sora moved around the seat, getting comfortable in the car. Sora began drinking a can of soda he'd gotten from their limo's fridge while Rikku babbled endlessly on their plans for the day.
The Okane family lived in The Hills, an area in Destiny Islands where only the rich could enter, live, and enjoy. This area was also heavily guarded and required permission to enter past a tall golden gate that read "The Hills" on it.
The limo had just exited said gate, and was now on its merry way to Downtown Destiny Islands. Sora glanced towards his sister to see that she was busying herself staring out the window leaving Sora some peace and quiet.
He could already picture it, Rikku would make him spend hours in one shop, buy half the things in the store, and then move on to the next one. This pattern would continue until Sora could convince his sister he was DYING of hunger and they would stop at a nice café to eat.
After they finish eating, they'll do the pattern all over again, until the siblings couldn't carry anything more, call the driver, go home, and wait for Rikku to come into his room crying because Mother scolded her for spending too much money.
Yup, what a great way to spend your day.
About half an hour later of being trapped inside the limo, and the siblings staring outside the opposite windows, calling the other when something of interest appeared outside one of their windows, they arrived.
Sora hopped out of the car grudgingly, Rikku bouncing behind him. The driver bowed to them once more and she left.
Rikku looked around the area, then turned to Sora and grinned, "So what store should we look at first?"
The brunette gazed around the area. The buildings were bright and colorful, palm trees everywhere. The sunshine was bearable but nonetheless, it was pretty bright outside.
The people were mostly tourists; some had even stopped to watch them step out of the limo. Others, he could tell were like him and his sister. It was easy to pick out the ones with smug looks and designer sunglasses.
A hand waved impatiently in front of him, "Yo! SO-RA! Anyone home?"
Sora turned to his sister, and picked out a random store, "How about that one?" He said, pointing behind her.
Rikku turned and raised an eyebrow, curiosity in her eyes. "That's an antique store, hmm….we've never been there before. Good idea Sora! I be there's a bunch of cool stuff in there!"
The overexcited blonde grabbed her brother's hand, she began running towards the store at full speed, poor Sora hoping he wouldn't trip and fall.
They crossed the road, having just missed a speeding car. Rikku immediately glued her face to the store window while Sora merely gaped at the spot where the car had once been, his eyes wide.
"Rikku! Do you realize we could've b-Rikku?" Sora was apparently talking to himself, noticing his sister's blonde head behind in a shelf from the store window.
He sighed, and opened the store's glass oak door. On the door, it read Roxas's Antiques in tan cursive.
It was a cluttered store, and not very big. There were three shelves, and a door in the back but that was it. The shelves were not very long, but they were on the left side and took up most of the shop space. As soon as he walked in, he saw the side of the payment desk, which was an old shiny reddish-brown table fashioned table with antique designs. The cash register was quite modern, although it looked like was made out of wood.
Sora began examining the items, things such as old style phones, record players, and a music box. He picked up interest in the music box; it was a fine looking thing, carved from fine wood from what he could see.
Sora decided to spin for the tune to play. A monkey came out, holding two golden things that appeared like pans to the rich boy.
The monkey played a strange tune, happy yet sad. It was dressed up in costume and Sora had to admit it did look quite cute.
"Sora! Sora!"
The brunette turned to find an eager Rikku grinning at him, "Did you find anything you like?"
Sora nodded and smiled in return, "I like this music box, and it's got a nice tune." Rikku gazed at the wooden box in Sora's hands and grinned, "Cool, give it to me so I can pay it. I'm buying this, isn't it pretty?"
Sora gazed at the golden object in her hands, it was a gold locket, but instead of it having the shape of heart, it had the shape of a key.
The locket shined radiantly, and gold suited his sister nicely. He nodded in approval and handed his music box to Rikku, as she went to the register to pay.
Sora took a glance another glance around the store, making sure he didn't miss anything that might interest him.
That's when he noticed it, a lamp.
Not just any lamp, it was one of those beautiful old Arabian lamps, designed with blues and greens. The lamp immediately reminded him of the sea for some reason and found himself walking slowly to it.
He walked over to the small night tables, in a corner of the store. Sora picked it up, grinning as he looked at it up close.
Now this would go perfectly in his room!
With a cheerful smile on his face, and deep sapphire eyes glazed over, he hurried to the register where Rikku was conversing with a blonde boy who looked similar to Sora.
The lamp in his hand, an overwhelming desire came over him.
He wanted this lamp, he needed this lamp.
And as he watched Rikku pay the blonde boy for the lamp, he had never felt happier.
-Probably the longest chapter I've ever written! –sniff sniff- Anyone smell something fishy going on here….
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-Next chapter…get ready to meet Mr. Smexy Genie. How will Sora take this? Any action next chapter? Will his sister find out?
Chapter 2- My Super Sexy Genie
Tune in Next Time to find out!