You can't really see ghosts, can you?
It really depends on what you mean by ghosts.
Since the beginning of time, or at least their life time, Riku had been able to see things. He wouldn't call them ghosts, or even spirits, but he knew that they had feelings and thoughts, but no defined body and mass. They were like little specks of light, glittering up the air, and had no shape or color. They whispered to him, but not words. The whispered their feelings to him.
Sometimes, it wasn't so bad. He had felt so many fantastic feelings, like the sunny days of summer, or the first snow in your life, a first kiss, relaxing in a hot bubble bath. Simple, but wonderful, things that he might not have experienced in his physical life. By that toll, he did experience terrible things as well. Being tortured, crying over your first love leaving you, breaking a bone, those types of things. He had always been hesitant about touching these glittering lights, because he just never knew if they were going to share a pleasant feeling with him.
He was quite thankful that people in his everyday physical life didn't know how to express their feelings with a touch. He could sense their feelings, a very light taste of it, but nothing over-powering, not like the glittering substances. All these people had a shimmering aura around them, different colors depending on their emotion. When Riku looked in the mirror, he saw gray. When he looked at his best friend, yellow. Everyone had one, unless they didn't have a soul or something, because Riku hadn't ever seen a somebody with out it. Well, at least any living person. When he went to his mother's funeral, she had no aura, so to him, it made her look even more dead than the fact that she wasn't breathing.
Riku had never met anyone else that had his "gift", but, if any one did, he didn't think that they would care to mention it. I mean, who would believe them anyway? Who would believe him? No one, it was too far fetched, and everyone knew that this world was boring and nothing special ever happened, especially to a lonely little high schooler. That only happened in books and movies. Not to real people.
But Riku wasn't allowed to have a normal life. Riku had to be punished for being born.
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"Riku, did you finish the history homework?" The brunette asked, cocking his head to the side in the adorable puppy dog way he had. Riku smiled at his friend and shook his head.
"Sora, what have I said before?"
"No cheating off Riku's homework..." He looked down and shrugged. "But this time is different! I need to look at-"
"-my work to see if you have your paper right and then fill in the ones that you just couldn't do?" Riku raised his eyebrow. Sora opened his mouth, but then closed it. The silverette chuckled lightly and turned his attention back to the board.
Ah, the life of a high schooler. Easy, right?
Not quite.
Especially when the unusual events of life went for an even more drastic turn.
The bell for the lunch period rang shrill in the students ears. One by one, they left the classrooms, chatting amongst themselves about frivolous things. Riku put his notebook in his bag and stood, grabbed Sora's bag, and walked out, the younger of the two trailing behind.
"You know, I can carry my own books." Sora said.
"Yeah, I know." Riku smirked at the brunette but handed his bag back to him. "Anyway, I have to go to my locker."
The yellow light surrounding Sora flickered a bit, and unknowingly to him, his disappointment was expressed.
"Oh, okay. I have to go meet up with Kairi in the library... I'd go with you, but she needs me to help her with that project." He bit his lip. "I'll see you in a few minutes, then."
The silver haired teen nodded and started in the opposite direction. His locker was at the end of the hallway, and then a little bit to the left. He sighed and hiked up the bag better on his shoulders.
"Where the fuck am I..."
Riku looked up at the sound of an unfamiliar voice. At first, he didn't notice the figure, and he didn't understand why until he got closer.
This person didn't have an aura.
Okay, new fanfic idea. I've been writing this for awhile, originally it was going to be a short story with just maybe three chapters, but damn it, I got creative and had some good ideas. You'll see, things get a little deep. And yes, this is a light yaoi story (meaning homosexual relationship for the new readers out there! Yes, there was one point when I didn't know what yaoi was!). Pairing: SoRiku, AkuRoku and... well, you'll see ;)
I really hope people read this. The lack of reviews has gotten me depressed. Even if it just says 'update' or a simple 'this is good' I'd be happier :)
