I do hope I didn't accidentally steal this idea from anyone, I was just thinking about it when I was about to go to sleep. I don't own Kingdom Hearts, nor Final Fantasy, although it would be a great birthday present - Enjoy!
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It was a cool night in Traverse Town when Sora entered it. Christmas spirit floated through the town as snow covered the streets and Holly branches looped around all three districts. Sora has swapped his light vest for a heavy coat that reached to his waist, prepared for the frosty weather. King Mickey, Queen Minnie, Donald, Daisy and Goofy were all of caroling in the second district.
Sora smiled as snowflakes began to fall lightly to the ground, landing silently on everything. A snowflake decidedly perched itself on Sora's nose and melted there, giving him a reason to beam despite the cold freezing him. The café sign creaked above him with the weight of newly fallen snow, threatening to cover the next person who walked under it. He carefully avoided it.
Sora rushed inside the abandoned house, after having visited the 101 Dalmatians. Each puppy had been decorated by Pongo and Perdita with a red or green ribbon. The abandoned house was no longer abandoned although no one had come up with a new name. It was now inhabited by Leon, Aerith, and Yuffie.
"AH AH!"
Sora glanced around, wide-eyed.
"Don't move, either of you!" the ninja girl, Yuffie, yelled to Sora. Sora looked to his side and saw Riku. Riku pointed up.
"Mistletoe!" Sora said incredulously. Why him?
"You have to kiss!" Yuffie yelled, clapping her hands.
Sora's face flushed a deep red. He refused to move and was pretty sure Riku's iron will wouldn't let him either. The group sitting at the table looked at the two expectantly.
"Come on guys! It's tradition!" Kairi and Yuffie began to banter, Yuffie throwing a freshly-cake muffin at Sora. He still refused to move. Finally, Riku gave in and pressed his lips roughly against Sora's, expecting to get it over with quickly.
This was not the case.
As Riku's unmarred lips pressed against Sora's soft ones, Sora felt an incredible thing he did not expect. Something in his stomach region jolted, though he knew that something was definitely not his stomach.
"Ooh!" the girl's squeals separated the two boys, each blushing. Sora was blushing even harder and more obvious in his embarrassment, wondering if Riku had felt it too.
He had. But he wasn't about to let anyone else know that.
Sora and Riku both retreated to their respective places at the Christmas gathering. Unfortunately, Riku and Sora were both seated next to each other. Leon, Cloud and Kairi were on the left side of the table, while Aerith, Riku, and Sora were on the right. Yuffie was at the head of the table.
Sora's jaw dropped at the sight of the meal resting on the table in front of him. Plump turkey hidden square in the centre by cranberry sauce, stuffing and…candy! Sora reached for a candy stick but was hit back by Kairi.
"You have to eat your vegetables first!"
Yuffie handed Sora a plate loaded to the brim with food. His stomach growled hungrily. Riku glanced over to Sora and they locked eyes, he glanced away quickly.
"Can you pass the stuffing Sora?" Aerith asked him gently. When Sora didn't answer she touched his shoulder calmly. Sora came back to life.
"Huh?"
Leon snorted.
"The stuffing please" Aerith said tenderly. Sora handed her the stuffing bowl, smiling sheepishly.
"The boy's out of it, he probably can't even walk," Leon said dismissively. Sora knew Leon was telling the truth, his legs felt like the jelly wiggling on the table. Yuffie smiled, taking a sip of eggnog.
"Hey! Why does she get eggnog?" Sora yelled to no one in particular.
"You're too young" Leon waved off Sora's request.
"No I'm not!"
"What's the harm Squall? He's gonna hate it anyways" Yuffie said, resting a hand on Leon's shoulder. Sora gladly took the glass Aerith handed him, and watched Riku.
"Want some Riku?" he offered hopefully. A little part of him wanted to share with his best friend, while another part just wanted to make Riku feel better after what had happened.
Riku was currently in a sleep like state, his arms crossed and eyes closed. Sora was afraid he would say no, but he saw Riku nod slowly. Sora handed the glass to Riku, who had opened his eyes to see no one was looking, and gulped.
"Its okay" he said simply, handing the large glass back to Sora, who took a swig and made a face. Riku laughed. Kairi smiled at the two warmly, who were now hitting each other playfully. They shared the glass back and forth, both drinking more each time to see who could drink the most. Finally, Sora slammed the glass down with a large thud and grinned widely.
"Ha!" he laughed. Riku sat back, daring not to say anything, afraid he might explode. He couldn't let Sora beat him.
"Who wants to play the alphabet game?" Yuffie offered.
"We really shouldn't Yuffie, they're too young," Aerith said with a look of worry.
"I wanna play! I'm not too young!" Kairi huffed. Yuffie licked out her tongue to Aerith. Aerith did the same to her. Sora laughed.
"How do you play the alphabet game?"
Cloud, who hadn't spoken the whole time, began to explain.
"We all have shots, and take turns going through the alphabet saying a heartless for that letter, whoever can't think of one has to drink," he said rather matter-of-factly. Sora nodded as Yuffie ran around, gathering enough shot glasses for everyone.
"Well, since we don't want them to get insane hangovers, we'll use eggnog," Yuffie suggested. Everyone nodded in agreement. Sora reached out for a candy stick again and stuck it in his mouth. Riku sat forward. He was an expert at heartless.
"Who wants to start?" Yuffie asked from the head of the table.
No one volunteered.
"Okay then, I will," she smiled. Everyone began to pound on the table rhythmically and the young teenagers joined in.
"A…Air Pirate!"
"B…Blue rhapsody!" Leon bellowed, a smile finally forming on his face.
"C…C…"
"AH! YOU HAVE TO DRINK CLOUD!" Yuffie said enthusiastically. Everyone continued to pound as Cloud gulped the eggnog, dispensing some more into his glass.
"I hate that stuff!"
"Kairi!"
"D…Defender!"
"Aerith!"
"E…there are no E's!"
"You still have to drink!"
"Oh, fine," she sighed, swallowing her eggnog.
"Sora!"
"F…Fat bandit!"
"Riku!"
"G…Gargoyle."
"Me! Er, H…er…"
"Ha! You have to drink too Yuffie!"
Yuffie chugged hers and this continued for most the night, until everyone was tired (and a bit woozy). Finally, Sora, Riku and Kairi decided to go back to Destiny Islands. Although Sora was enjoying Traverse Town and he could just get a room in the Hotel. Seemed like a plan.
"You guys can go ahead, I'm staying here," Sora said, walking away from his two friends. Riku didn't want to let Sora get away that easily so he said goodbye to Kairi.
"Wait you guys! I can't drive the Gummi ship!"
That didn't bother either of them.
"Hey Sora!"
Sora turned around to see Riku running towards him, bundled up in his long silver cloak.
"Yeah?"
"You wouldn't mind if I stayed with you here?" Riku asked, hoping silently. They were in front of the hotel. Sora smiled and opened the door for Riku.
They both arrived at the blue room.
"I want this room."
"So do I."
"We could share it…?"
Sora stared. He was prepared to fight for the room. And now Riku wanted to…share the room?
"Sure" he answered, grinning.
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I'll add another chappie thingy soon.