Hokay... for this story, I decided to take an overused plot and sort of flop it around a bit (though in the process I seem to have accidentaly added a different one. Nice going, huh Nutso?) You should be able to guess the cliché fairly easily, unless you're really unattentive.
And can someone please tell me if disclaimers are necessary? I don't remember reading about them in the guidlines.
Also, this story is T for now, but it may evolve to M depending on where I take the boys' relationship.
Now that that's all over... please enjoy!
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A silvery-haired boy flopped down lazily on the east side of his sloping rooftop. School wasn't going to begin for several hours, and he had decided to forgo hunting that evening due to how full the moon was. He let its dim light wash over his face. Oh yes, he was glad he had come up here instead of going off into the nearby forest.
Of course, Riku would be in trouble if his mother came back to find he had never left... perhaps he should catch a squirrel or something? But they're so damn furry... Riku didn't enjoy mouthfuls of fluff, no thank you.
He was broken from his musings at the sight of two cars and a truck heading his way. He tried to keep an eye on them without looking suspicious, blue-green eyes glinting in the moonlight.
As it turned out, the truck was actually a moving van- someone had finally bought the house next to theirs! Apparently his evening was going to be even better than expected, and as an added bonus, now he had an excuse for not going hunting. Perfect.
Riku rolled down the side of the roof, stopping just short of the edge right as the three vehicles pulled into the next driveway over from his own. The moving men jumped out of the truck immediately, while the actual family took a little longer getting out of their respective cars.
He saw a tall, thin, stoic-looking man get out of one car, then the passenger door of the other opened and a wiry brunette jumped out. Riku could tell immediately that this kid was going to be a chatterbox, from the way he was going on leaped about. It seemed he hadn't even paused his conversation to get out of the car. Riku honed in his ears on the boy.
"-why we have to move practically in the middle of the night, I'm going to be so wiped out in the morning-"
Hm.
Now that was odd. Why was this kid complaining? Sunlight was bad for your skin, everyone knew that. And of course he would be tired in the morning, that's when everyone slept after all.
"I've explained this to you already, Sora, this is the time people around here do things. Arriving at noon for them would be like arriving at midnight for us. We don't want to disturb our neighbours, now, do we?" This... Sora's mother seemed very worn out. Riku wondered where the bouncy boy got his energy from.
"Stop pestering your mother, Sora, and start unpacking the cars."
"'Kay..."
From that, conversations between the three mostly ceased, though Sora continued to ramble on about trivial things. Riku soon lost interest and scooched back into his moonbathing position. Amazing that these new neighbours hadn't noticed him yet.
Some time later, Sora had apparently gotten bored with unpacking and raced out of the house and down the street. Riku watched bemusedly as Sora's mother ran out after him and shouted 'be careful's and 'don't stay out long's at his retreating back.
"Don't worry, mom, I won't let anyone attack me!" With that, the mother went back into the house with yet another load of boxes.
What a strange family.
Riku decided to follow Sora.
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After a while of chasing the brown-haired boy through the various streets running through their subdivision, Riku began to grow rather confused. Shouldn't Sora have sensed him by now, and asked what he was doing? Perhaps Riku was unwittingly participating in a game of the new boy's? Riku decided to find out. He sped up his silent running immensely, and dashed right in front of the boy, who barely stopped in time.
"Woah-WAHHHHH!" Riku caught Sora's arm to keep him from falling over, but let go almost immediately. For a second there, he thought he had felt body heat under his cold hand. The other boy shook his head and gave an uneasy smile up towards Riku. "Umm... well... that was... unexpected... hi there?"
"So you didn't know I was following you?"
Sora looked perplexed. "Of course not, you just popped up out of nowhere and- wait- following me? Are you, like, the neighbourhood stalker or something?"
Riku laughed. "No... I'm not a stalker, I just wanted to meet you properly, plus school is starting pretty soon and you just so happened to be heading right towards it." The other boy blinked. "Starting... soon? But it's already... hm." Riku looked at him oddly. "Nevermind... I guess you must be one of my new neighbours?"
"Sure am, I live right next to you now, actually."
"Really? Well, how come you didn't say hi then?"
"I had been watching you guys from my roof, it would have been a little weird."
Sora paused, and for a moment Riku thought he was angry, but then came, "Are you sure you're not a stalker?" Sora stared at him suspiciously for a moment, then they both broke out in giggles (or chuckles, because Riku didn't do giggling.)
"I think we're gonna be good friends."
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Riku had settled on walking Sora home despite the time; the poor boy had somehow forgotten the way he had come and Riku didn't think one tardy would be too big of a deal. As they were meandering along, however, a smell hit Riku's nose that made him remember his decision not to have breakfast. His stomach growled loudly, and Sora looked at him sideways before giggling again.
"It's not funny! I'm hungry. And I can't eat when we get back; Mom'll just tell me off for not hunting earlier and send me to school. And don't you smell that?" Riku inhaled more directly, and the mystery smell made him groan inwardly. What was it?
"What are you talking about? I don't smell anything."
Riku stopped walking and turned slightly towards Sora. "Are you serious? How can you not smell that... it's making my stomach eat itself." He struggled to think what it could be coming from. Certainly not any of the normal animals around here. Maybe it was someone's exotic pet? But that didn't make sense, he was sure whoever owned the pet would have drank from it as soon as they bought it. He most certainly wouldn't be able to hold back.
Sora shrugged, and they pressed on. "I dunno what it is you think you're smelling... maybe the hunger is making you delusional."
"I'm not delusional!"
The brunette laughed. "Sure, sure... well, whatever it is, forget about it for now. You can come eat something quick at my place if you want, I'm sure Mom won't mind."
Riku stopped again, and not just because they were at their houses. "Make something? Yeah right. What's she gonna do, conjure up a rabbit out of thin air? You're a real laugh, Sora." He grinned and mussed up the other boy's hair. "I'll just catch something small on my way to school. See you later?"
"Yeah... sure." Riku didn't miss the funny way Sora had looked at him just then, but he didn't think much of it until long afterwards.
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How bad was it? Plot still way overused? Is there something bugging you about the way I type or describe things? Well, you can comment, criticize, compliment, and complain all you want if you just leave a review! Otherwise, I'm afraid I can't help you much.
~The Bad Nut