Unfaithful Love
Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts or any of the characters that appear in it.
Note: This is AU and yaoi, which means guy X guy so if you don't like that you should not read it.
This is my first Kingdom Hearts story, so please let me know what you think.
Chapter 1
The alarm on the clock went off earning it a hit from the occupant of the room. Sora groaned at the thought of leaving the warmth of the bed and turned over. His gaze lingered on the empty side of the bed. The side that belonged to his long time boyfriend, Riku. Sora sighed as he sat up, looking away from the unused part of bed. He wasn't surprised to wake up alone, even though the two had been living together and sharing a bed for two years now. No, he wasn't surprised because this had been happening a lot the last six months.
Sora got up and left the bedroom heading for the living room. He figured Riku would be there, he usually was. He would come home drunk and either end up sleeping on the couch or floor, if he couldn't seem to make it to the couch. He was right, Riku was there asleep on the couch. Sora walked over and pulled the blanket he had started keeping over the back of the couch for just this reason over Riku.
He could smell the scent of another on him. This was the way it always was. Riku would have the smell of perfume or cologne on him, or his clothes would be ripped, or have lipstick or something on them, letting Sora know that once again his boyfriend had been unfaithful.
And every time it hurt Sora. He would spend the mornings crying quietly in the shower. 'I should be use to this by now, but ... how do you get use to something like this. The person you love, who says they the love you, cheating on you.' Sora knew he should leave, but he could not seem to bring himself to do that. He loved Riku so much, Riku was his everything. They had been together for three years now and besides the last six months it had been a wonderful three years.
Sora returned to the bedroom to get some clothes for the day. After that he headed to the bathroom to take a shower and get ready for school. He was in his second year of college and had classes today. Riku did as well, but who knew if he would make it to them. Sora use to wake him up, but after the first few times stopped doing that. Riku would be in a bad mood and yell at him, then he would just go back to sleep anyway, so it wasn't worth it. There was nothing Sora could do if Riku flunked out of college, he had tried.
Sora finished his morning routine and left the house. He climbed into his car and headed to the college. After parking his car, he got out and went looking for his best friends, Tidus and Wakka. He found them in their usual spot and sat down next to them.
"Hey Sora. How's it going this morning?" Tidus asked.
"Same old, same old." Sora answered, looking away. He watched as other people walked passed the trio. Some were in groups, some were couples, it made him sad to see the couples because it made him think about how Riku and him use to be like them.
"I take it it happened again, ya?" Wakka asked. Sora nodded in response, he knew Wakka was asking about Riku. Wakka sighed, he felt bad for his friend. He could not understand why Sora put up with it, but if he asked him it would just make Sora cry, and Wakka figured Sora was already doing enough crying lately.
"Hey Sora, why don't you come with us after classes today? We are going to go to Bevelle's. I want to look at the new surf boards they just got in."
"Oh, eh, sure. I have been wanting to make a trip there as well." Sora said.
"Great, then we will meet here at 3:30. See you then, I better get going or I will be late for class." Tidus said and got up walking away.
"See ya later Sora." Wakka said and followed after Tidus.
"Yeah, see you two later." Sora said, turning in the opposite direction his friends had went. His first class was history. Sora did not have any interest in history but it was a basic requirement for any major. He was majoring in Fine Arts, that is what photography fell under. Riku was also majoring in Fine Arts, but he was in the sculptors side of it.
Sora walked into the classroom and found an empty seat. He was early this morning, he usually was when he came to school without Riku. A girl with long blonde hair sat down next to him.
"Good morning, Sora." the girl said, smiling at him.
"Good morning, Namine. Did you finish the assignment?" Sora said.
"Yes, last night." Sora sat chatting with Namine as the other students filed into the room. The two were soon joined by another girl, Kairi.
"Sora, how are you this morning? I missed you." Kairi said, hugging Sora tightly.
"Kairi, I can't breathe. Let go."
"Oh, sorry." she said, letting go. "Is that better?"
"Yes, thanks. I'm fine, and you just saw me yesterday." Sora said.
"So, I still missed you." It wasn't any secret that Kairi liked Sora. She had told him such on several occasions, but Sora didn't feel the same. But that did not stop the red head from trying anyway. Kairi was about to say something else when Professor Xenmas walked in the room, signaling the start of class.
"I hope that you all have finished the assignment I gave you, I would like you to pass them forward. We will be having a quiz after and then a short lecture."
Sora groaned quietly at the news there was going to be a quiz, he looked around seeing he was not the only one unhappy about this. 45 minutes later Sora was walking with Namine and Kairi out of the room.
"I hate that class. Why does it have to be so boring?" Kairi said.
"It is history, Kairi. Do you really expect it to be fun?" Namine said.
"I don't care, he could make it fun, then it would not be so bad. Oh, got to go, I need to meet up with Selphie. Bye Sora, see you." Kairi said, giving Sora another hug and then walked off without saying good bye to Namine.
Sora and Namine walked to their next class together. Namine was also majoring in Fine Arts, she wanted to be an artist, so they had a few classes together. The next one was drawing. Sora could not understand why he had to take drawing if he was majoring it the photography aspect of art, but it was another one of those required courses.
As Sora sat in class working on the assignment that the professor had given to them for today his mind wondered to Riku. ' I wonder if he has come yet? Will I see him at lunch? I wonder who he was with last night, then again, do I even want to know? I have to stop thinking about him, I have work to do.' With that Sora continued his drawing pushing his unfaithful boyfriend out of his mind.
Riku woke up to a pounding headache. He had a hangover. His body was stiff for sleeping on the couch once again. He glanced at the clock on the wall. 11:45, great he had missed his morning classes. Sora should have woken him up. Riku got up and went into the kitchen to get some medicine for his head. He took the pills and went into the bedroom for clothes. Walking into the bathroom, he turned on the hot water for a shower. He needed to soak to relieve the stiffness in his back. After showering, he got dressed, brushed his teeth and hair, grabbed his keys, and took off to school. He would get there in time to find Sora and get something to eat for lunch.
The ride to the college was a short one, they only lived about three miles away. Riku found a spot to park and headed into where he knew Sora would be right now. He was a little early so he would have to wait a few minutes for him to get out of class. Riku stood in the hallway rubbing his temples, trying to make his headache go away. He had had another wild night and now he was paying for it. Riku could hear the shuffling of the students as they walked out of the room, but he didn't open his eyes. He was starting to wonder if he should have just stayed in bed longer.
"Riku?" he hear a familiar voice say. Riku opened his eyes to see his boyfriend standing in front of him with a worried expression on his face. He smiled faintly at Sora and took his hand.
"Hey, let's go eat. I'm starving." Riku said pulling Sora along. The couple walked out to Riku's car and he drove them to a cafe not far away. After getting their food they sat down at one of the outside tables. It was a nice day and Sora liked eating outside when the weather was nice. Sora sat in silence as they ate. Riku was acting as if nothing had happened the night before, but he always acted that way. Sora had only confronted him about his cheating once, and Riku had denied it. That had been about 3 months ago when Sora was first sure that his boyfriend was indeed cheating on him.
Flashback
"Riku?" Sora said.
"Hmm?"
"You went out again and got drunk last night?" Sora asked, watching the other.
"Yeah, I went out with some of the guys from the art club. We all had a little too much to drink." Riku answered.
"You just went out with the guys?" Sora asked.
Riku eyed him, "Yes, just the guys."
"Then why did you have the smell of perfume all over you when you came home? And why was there lipstick on your collar?" Sora could not bring himself to mention the kiss mark he saw towards the back of Riku's neck. Or the scratches he had seen on his back.
"Well Sora, there were women at the club and a few of them were hitting on me. But I turned them down. Nothing happened."
"Nothing? You didn't kiss them or let them kiss you?" Sora asked.
Riku was starting to get angry. "No Sora, I did not kiss them nor did they kiss me. Why would I do that when I have you?" Riku asked, not trying to hide his anger. "Do you think I'm cheating on you?"
Sora looked away not giving an answer, which would have been yes.
"You do. You think I'm cheating. I'm not. I have never cheated on you and I never will." Riku yelled. He shot Sora a icy glare and left the room.
End of flashback
"Why didn't you wake me up this morning? I missed my morning classes." Riku asked before shoving a fry in his mouth. Sora looked at him surprised that Riku had asked him that.
"I didn't wake you up because you would have just yelled at me and then went back to sleep."
"No, I wouldn't have. I would have got up and got ready for school, so I could go to my classes." Riku said, a hint of anger in his tone.
"No you wouldn't have. Every time I wake you up after your...your... your nights out, you get pissed and yell at me, last time you almost hit me. Then you turn over and go back to sleep. It is not worth it to try to wake you up, if you are not going to get up anyway." Sora said, he also had a trace of anger in his voice.
"If I don't go to class I am going to flunk. Don't you care if I flunk? It is not worth it to have me pass my classes?" Riku asked, the anger in his voice getting stronger. But he was not the only one getting angry.
"If you don't want to flunk, then quit going out all the time and getting drunk. Then maybe you will get up when you are suppose to and get to your morning classes. It is not my fault if you flunk, it is yours. So quit trying to lay this all on me." Sora said, he voice now full of anger. He got up and left. He would walk back to the school, he didn't feel like staying there and getting griped at by Riku. If anyone had a right to gripe it was him, after all he was the one who was being cheated on.
Riku got up and followed after Sora. He caught up to him and grabbed his arm.
"Were are you going?"
"To school, where else?" Sora said, pulling his arm away from Riku.
"Then let's go get in the car, we did drive here." Riku said reaching for Sora. Sora yanked his arm out of Riku's reach.
"You drive back, I'm walking." Sora said, giving the other a slight glare.
"Come on Sora quit acting like this. I'm sorry okay. I should not have griped at you for not waking me up. Now let's go to the car." Riku told him.
"No! I said I am walking, so just go." Sora said, his voice at this point almost a yell. He walked away from Riku trying to hold back the tears that were threatening to fall. He didn't want Riku to see him cry right now. Riku had said he was sorry, but it did not really mean anything. He was always saying he was sorry. Sorry I was out so late, sorry I missed dinner, sorry I forgot to take you to your brothers for dinner like I promised, and so on. Sorry did not mean anything to Riku anymore. It was just a phrase he could use to get out of trouble when he wronged Sora, but it held no meaning like it was suppose to. And Sora was getting tired of hearing how sorry he was.
Riku got fed up and went back to his car. Sora could sometimes be so childish, he thought. He drove back to the campus, but he didn't pass Sora. 'He must have went another way.' Riku waited as long as he could for him, but he had to be getting to class.
"Hey, Riku. Where the hell were you this morning?" Axel asked. Axel and Riku were best friends and had a morning class together as well as the one that was about to start.
"Sora didn't wake me up." Riku answered.
Axel looked at his friend, an eyebrow raised. Axel knew the only time Sora didn't wake Riku up was when Riku had been out drinking the night before and came home drunk. Riku looked angry.
"So what's wrong? Why are you mad now?" Axel asked.
"I took him out to lunch and we got in a fight. He was being stubborn and walked back to school." Riku said.
"You did it again, didn't you?"Axel said, eying his friend carefully to see his reaction. Riku looked over at him.
"Did what again?" Riku asked.
"Got wasted and slept with someone else." Axel said. The look on Riku's face answered the question for him. "Who was it this time?"
Riku sighed and looked away before answering, "Zexion."
"Damn Riku, why do you always do this? Sora is going to end up leaving your cheating ass one of these days. Then again if he leaves you then that means he will be single and I could have him." Axel said, the last part to himself, but Riku heard him anyway. Riku shot Axel an angry glare.
"Stay the hell away from Sora, he's mine."
"Not if he leaves you if you keep cheating on him." Axel pointed out.
"He is not going to leave me, he loves me too much. And he doesn't know I have cheated on him. He will always be mine." Riku told him, then got up to change seats. Axel had really pissed him off.
"I don't think he is that blind he doesn't know what is going on right in front of his face, Riku." Axel said quietly to himself. He looked away from Riku and turned his attention to the professor who had just walked in.
Sora got back to the campus and headed for the photography section of the school. His next class did not start for a while and he had some things he wanted to do. There was a room that was not in use that was always open to the students who were studying the subject. (1) Sora spent a lot of his free time in this room.
"Hey Sora. Here again today?" A tall, brown headed guy with a scar running down his face asked.
"Hey, Leon. Yeah I'm here. What are you working on?" Squall Leonheart, Leon, was a fourth year student who was also studying photography. Sora considered him a friend and a mentor. He had been taught many things by him.
"I am writing down some ideas for a photo shoot I am doing Friday." Leon answered.
"A photo shoot? What are you shooting?" Sora asked.
"A clothing ad for Timberlands. They saw my portfolio and liked my work. If everything goes well I may just be working for them after graduation." Leon said and smiled softly at Sora. Sora's eyes went wide.
"That's great, Leon. I hear they are a good company to be hired by. I hope everything goes well." Sora said, excited for his friend.
"Yeah, me too. Say, Sora, would you like to come with me and watch? It would be a good learning experience for you." Leon asked.
"Really? I would love too, if that would be alright with you?"
"Sure, I have to be there at 5:00 Friday evening, okay."
"Alright. That sounds great, I will be ready. Should I meet you somewhere?" Sora asked.
"Meet me here at 4. I want to be early. I will drop you off at your car afterwards." Leon said. Sora nodded in response. Leon went back to working on his plans for the shoot and Sora went over to the bookshelf. He chose a book on proper lighting and sat down to read. After about 20 minutes, Sora put the book back, said bye to Leon and went to his next class.
"Sora's not home." Riku said to himself as he pulled into the empty driveway of their house. It was a little after 4 and he had just finished school for the day. Sora usally returned home before him since his classes were over earlier than Riku's. "I know he didn't have to work today. But maybe he got called in."
Riku didn't have work today either. Wednesday was the one day a week they both made sure to always have off together. And today was Wednesday. Riku decided to try calling Sora's cell. The phone rang four times before his voice mail picked up. Riku didn't leave a message, Sora must be at work.
Riku sat down on the couch to watch some television. He decided he would take a nap. If Sora wasn't going to be here tonight there was no reason for him to stay home. He slept for a couple of hours then got up and got ready for another night out. He grabbed his car keys and headed out. He decided since it was still early, not even 7, he would take the long way to where he was going. If he would have taking the shorter way that he normally takes, he would have seen his boyfriend heading home to him.
Sora pulled into the driveway and exited his car. He walked into the quiet house. He could tell that Riku had been there, but now he wasn't. From the looks of things, he could tell Riku had went out. The bathroom had evidence of a recent shower and Riku always showered before he went out. Sora went into the bedroom and sat down on the bed. He could no longer stop the tears from falling. This was suppose to be their night together. The one night a week he could always count on Riku to be there, and he wasn't. Sora had sent Riku a text this morning telling him he would be a later getting home today.
"That jerk." Sora cried.
(1) This will be referred to as the photo room, for lack of a better name for it.
