Stirring up the Holidays
----
Start music: http:www.ylw.mmtr.or.jp/johnkoji/hymn/xmas/Joytothe.mid
----
"How many more days Riku?"
"Three more days."
"…how about now?"
"Still four more days."
"Well… What about now?"
"Sora, Stop it."
"Okay." The brunette smiled innocently and crossed his arms, looking over at Riku, who was at his left. The both of them were sitting on the paopu tree outside, enjoying the midnight stars. Sora was all dressed for the holidays; Red Santa Suit and all. Well, minus the fluffy beard. He complained too much that it was itchy, so Riku yanked it off.
"Every year you get like this about Christmas… Every year, you ask me the same question. And every year you get on my nerves with it. 'What about now? Now? Now? Nownownow?' NO.Three days. How about you count to sixty 5760 times, then It'll be Christmas."
"Really? Okay! One, two, three, four, five--"
"Sora!" Riku grabbed the boy by the shoulders and shook him. "Stop it, I was kidding."
"So then if I count to 5760 it won't be Christmas?" Sora asked, brow quirking.
"Well, it will, but then you'll be up forThree days and probably fall asleep while I'm giving you your present."
"You got me a present?!"
"No, Sora. I just said that. I didn't get you anything this year 'cause Santa told me you were a naughty boy."
Sora's eyes widened and he jumped off the tree, turning to face Riku. "I was not naughty! When was I ever naughty! I was a good boy all year!"
"Oh god, Sora… please tell me you don't believe in Santa Claus…"
"Well of COURSE I believe in Santa! Santa is so awesome! I mean, who else can go around the world in twenty-four hours delivering presents? Huh? Can YOU?" Sora asked, poking Riku in the chest.
Riku pawed at the younger boy's hand before shaking his head. "No Sora, I can't. And neither can a fat guy in a red suit." Riku smirked and poked Sora's nose. "I doubt he can fit down a chimney. Plus we don't even have one, so how would he get in?"
"I don't know, maybe he'll use the door like normal people."
"Sora, Santa Claus does not exist."
"Yes he does!" Sora whined and grabbed onto the older boy's hand. "He does, he does! Why are you such a miserable guy? Your getting old, see? Your hair's grey!"
"My hair is Silver, not grey. And I'm not miserable, I'm just not childish like you."
"Admit it, you're a grumpy old fart that goes around yelling 'Bah Humbug!' Like… SCROOGE! And not the Scrooge that's related to Donald 'cause he was nicer. I mean the ugly old Scrooge that's probably dead by now."
"Don't compare me to some ugly dead guy! I'm much better looking than Scrooge." Riku flattered himself, chuckling. "Okay, if it'll shut you up, Santa exists."
"Thank-you." Sora huffed, letting go of his hand. "Hmph, I'll bet that he'll bring you a lump of coal…"
"I don't care if he brings me socks." Riku muttered, pushing Sora back gently before hopping off the tree. "It doesn't matter, 'cause Christmas isn't about gifts."
"I know, it's about Baby Jesus, bla bla bla."
"For some, but what about those non-Christians? For them, it's about sharing. Y'know, giving's better than getting."
"What planet do you come from?" Sora muttered, quirking a brow.
"A better one than your from, Sora." Riku replied with a smirk and placed his hand on the boy's head, giving it a small squeeze before pulling off the Santa hat.
"Hey-- Gimme!" Sora said, jumping up in attempt to grab the hat back, which Riku purposely held out of reach over the boy's head.
"Gimme, gimme never gets, don't you know your manners yet? Pfft."
"I know my manners! Now gimme my damn hat!"
"So rude… I'm surprised your mom didn't wash your mouth out with soap… You know, soap tastes bad. Ugh, I should know." He shook his head and waved the hat a little, teasing the poor boy.
"Will you PLEASE gimme my damn hat?"
"Better, but keep on trying."
"Riku! Gimme my friggin' hat!"
"Or what? Aww, Is poor Sora gunna cry? Let's see Sora cry." He smirked and waved it again.
Sora narrowed his eyes. "Riku, I don't want to hurt you…"
"HAH! Hurt me? How? You can't hurt a fly, even if it was sitting right on your arm."
"I can too! …GIVE. ME. MY. HAT. NOW!"
"N. O. If you didn't know, that spells no."
"Riku!"
"Sora!" Riku whined, trying to imitate the younger boy.
"Stop it!"
"Stop it!"
"Stop copying me!"
"Stop copying me!"
"Riku!!"
"Riikuuu"
"God damnit Riku, Stop!"
"God damnit Riku, Stop!"
"UGH!" Sora made a face and kicked the snow on the ground with his big black boots before storming off down the dock, back home.
Riku just laughed and eventually followed the angry boy, yet he kept his distance. Poor Sora…
----
"Hey Sora." Muttered a sleepy Riku as he wandered into the brunette's room, rubbing his eyes in the meantime.
Sora rolled over in his bed, waving a hand. "Go away." Came his muffled reply.
"Aww, still mad about yesterday?"
"GO AWAY!"
"Okay." Riku shrugged and smirked, turning around and beginning to walk out.
"No, Riku! Come back!"
Riku chuckled and turned back around. "I knew you'd say that."
Sora sat up in his bed and pushed the covers down to his waist, rubbing the sleep from his eyes before offering him a small smile. He was about to speak, but was interrupted by a red and white streak, which just happened to hit him in the face. "Ow."
"Ow? Oh please, it's your hat. If that hurt, then your weak."
"It didn't hurt!"
"Then why'd you say ow?"
"'cause it surprised me."
"Liar."
"Am not!"
"Are too!"
"am not am not!"
"Are too are too!"
"Oh shut up!" Sora muttered, picking up the pillow from behind him and tossing it at the older boy.
Riku laughed and flinched slightly as the pillow hit the side of his arm. "You're a grumpy boy in the morning."
"You're a miserable old man all the time."
"It's silver hair, Sora. Not grey."
"Old man old man!"
"Stupid child!"
"Old man old ma-- HEY! I'm not stupid!"
"are too."
"Am not!"
"Not again…" Sora shook his head and smirked lightly, picking up the pillow from the ground and tossing it back to the boy. "Let's stop arguing and… eat something before I tell you what I wanna do."
"Fooood." Sora muttered and hopped out of bed, avoiding the thrown pillow. He dashed passed Riku and made his way down the stairs to the kitchen. "Food, food, fooooood."
"Food's a funny word." Riku muttered as he walked down the stairs, peeking down at Sora. "I swear if you make that Oreo cookie pancake again I'll personally murder you."
"But it was yummy!"
"Yeah, so yummy that I barfed."
"You didn't barf! You ALMOST barfed."
"I barfed at home."
"Eeew!"
"Didn't I say stop arguing Sora?"
"I don't care." Sora whispered and rummaged through the open refrigerator, pushing away objects. "Will you barf if I make peanut butter and jam?"
"Did you make the jam?"
"No, mummy did."
"Then no."
"HEY!"
"I never said I'd barf if you made it."
"Well what if I did make it? Would you barf?"
"Probably."
"RIKU!"
"I'm joking Sora!"
"Yeah, you better be…" Sora muttered and pulled out the jam, mumbling something as he walked over to the bread and pulled out four slices. He brought the slices over to the toaster before making his way to the cupboard and pulled out the peanut butter. "Dark toasted, as always?"
"Mhmm." Riku sat down at the table and leaned back, placing his hands behind his head as he contently watched the younger boy. "Hey Sora, you'd make a great mom."
"Riku!! Shut up!"
"Don't know who would want to marry you though. Maybe Wakka'll take the offer…"
Sora turned and shot the older boy a glare. "Maybe you'll marry Tidus and make test tube babies."
"Oh yeah, that sounds like fun. I'll name my baby Sora, how'd you like that?"
"Riku!"
"What? Wouldn't you like a kid named after you?"
"Not with Tidus."
After a few more moments of chit-chat, the toaster made a small ding, indicating that the toast was ready. Sora automatically turned to it and opened the toaster, pulling the toast out with his hands and making his way to the plates he had pulled out earlier. "Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow."
"Be careful you don't burn your delicate fingers."
"Too late." Sora grumbled and began to smother the bread in jam and peanut butter. Once he was done, he picked up the plate. Which was where both their toasts were on, and brought it over to the table. He put it down in the middle and sat down next to Riku. "Eat." He demanded before taking a slice, happily munching on it.
"How do I know it's safe? For all I know, there are Oreo's somewhere in here…"
"There aren't any, I checked."
"So you WERE gunna put Oreo's on here!"
"If we had any left, maybe."
"Your sick."
"No I'm not, I haven't had a cold in a while."
"…right."
Sora snagged another piece before Riku even had his first and chomped on it happily, sending a smile nowhere in particular.
Riku sighed and grabbed a piece, taking a few bites before setting it down. "I'm full."
"You hardly even touched it!"
Riku poked the toasts crust. "There, I touched it."
"That's not what I meant."
"I don't care, hurry up and finish then get warm clothes on."
Sora finished his piece quickly and blinked. "Why? Are we going out?"
"No Sora… we're staying inside."
"Then why do I--"
"We're going outside, yes. Get warm clothes on."
"But you just said--"
"I was being sarcastic."
"Oh. Do you still have--"
"I gave it back to you this morning."
"Stop cutting me--"
"off!"
"Riku!"
Riku laughed and turned to face the younger boy. "I only bug you 'cause your fun to bug, Sora. If you just ignore me I'll get bored with it and stop."
"Well your not very funny." Sora muttered and crossed his arms.
"Go get your warm clothes on."
"Yes DADDY." Sora muttered, pushing past Riku and walking up the stairs.
"It's silver hair Sora!"
----
"Where are we going?"
"You'll see."
"Tell me Riku!"
"You'll see."
"Riku, tell me where we're going!"
"You'll see!"
"Riku! Tell me whe--"
"We're going to friggin' sing outside of Selphie's house, okay?"
"Oh okay…" Silence as held for a few moments as the two walked through the snow, then… "What are we gunna sing, Riku?"
"You'll see."
"Riku! Tel--"
"We're going to sing a song about Sheep, and it's called Sheep Fast Asleep! …and we're singing in Japanese!"
"Oh Yay! We didn't sing that one last year!"
"No, we didn't…"
"Lookit, Riku! Selphie's house!" Sora squeaked and grabbed onto the older boy's arm. "Can we sing now?"
"…Sure. You can even start if you want." Riku smirked and tilted his head, glancing from Sora and over to the door.
"Okay!" Sora cleared his throat and stood tall for a second before actually beginning to sing.
"Hitsuji wa nemureri, kusa no toko ni,
Sae-yuku fuyu no yo, shimo mo mietsu.
Harukani hibiku wa, kaze ka, mizu ka?
Ina to yo, mitsukai, utau miuta."
Riku watched Sora and listened carefully. He smiled, thinking about teasing him again, but… didn't. Instead, he joined in to sing the next verse.
"Mahiru ni otoranu, kushiki hikari,
Misora no kanata ni, teri-kagayaku.
Sukui wo motarasu, Kami no Miko no,
Umareshi yorokobi, tsuguru hoshi ka?"
Sora grinned and looked up at Riku as he began singing. He loved walking around with him every year, singing carols without a care in the world… It was better than sitting home doing nothing. Taking ain a breath, the two of them now sang together.
"Ame ni wa misakae, Kami ni are ya,
Tsuchi ni wa odayaka, hito ni are to,
Mukashi no shirabe wo, ima ni kaeshi,
Utae ya, tomora yo! koe mo takaku."
A small sound of muffled clapping came from ahead of the two carollers, and eventually a group of muffled clapping. The two looked up to find Tidus, Selphie and Wakka all standing there, bundled up to escape the cold weather. Their gloves were the reason for the muffling.
"Ya, bravo man! Encore! Whatever that means, ha." Wakka grinned, continuing to clap for a little longer before his hands dropped to the side. "What song was that now? I know you didn't sing it last year."
"Pfft, it's Sheep fast Asleep! How could you not know that song?" Demanded Selphie as she placed her gloved hands on her hips and glanced over to Wakka. "It's such a good song!"
"Meh, it's not bad." Tidus muttered and pulled off his glove, examining his fingernails. "I've heard better."
Riku and Sora both glanced over to the group and quirked a brow. "Oh well." Both shrugged and looked up at each other, offering a small smile. Riku's smile slowly turned into a grin. "Deck the halls with bows of holly, fa la la la la, la la la la!"
Sora laughed and joined in. "'tis the season to be jolly, fa la la la la, la la la la!"
----
Yay for Christmas carols! XD Uhm, if I got any of the English carols wrong… oo; I don't sing English carols. So, blegh. Next chapter will be up… TOMORROW. Yes, tomorrow. MERRY CHRISTMAS. x3