24. Heart Shaped Box
Naminé growled. It was rare she growled but she was losing…again. And Riku smirked at her, his arrogant smirk. "I told you, you don't have to try to prove anything to me. We all know who's going to win." He said with a shrug. Sora and Kairi gave each other a warning look and quietly tip toed out of the room.
"Billiards is such a dangerous game when it comes to those two." Came Kairi's voice as the door closed.
Naminé growled once more, concentrating on aiming the cue stick to hit the yellow solid 1 so it would go against the wall, bank and hopefully go into the side pocket. She blew her bangs out of the way, aimed and hit the ball. Her mouth dropped as she watched in horror as the white ball shot against a stripe, bounce off, hit the black 8 ball and sink into the corner pocket.
"WHAT?!" she yelled. Riku gave another shrug.
"So that's six wins for me and uh… none for you?" he said as he walked over to Naminé who in return gave him a disgusted look. "Rack 'em!" She walked by each pocket pulling out the balls and sending them down the table to the triangle. She reached into the last pocket, glaring at Riku who reached down to re-tie his shoe laces. Instead of feeling a glossy ball, her hand felt something soft.
"What the…" She pulled out the object, a red velvet heart shaped box, and looked up at Riku who looked away blushing, putting his hand behind his neck, and not meeting her eye. She looked down at the box and opened it up. Inside was a simple golden key. "What's it open?" she asked. Riku finally met her eye and smiled. "Go look in your room." Naminé grinned and dashed to her dorm. She quickly flashed her I.D. card at the door which unlocked and slid open. In the middle of the room was a golden cage with a tiny little white rabbit. Hanging from the cage was a white leash. She took the golden key and unlocked the cage and the rabbit looked up at her. Blue eyes met black and it was love at first sight. Naminé squealed, took the rabbit carefully in her hands and held it close. Riku, who followed her into her dorm smiled.
"I know he won't replace Peter but-"
"He's perfect." Naminé interrupted. "But what's with the leash?" she asked.
"He can walk on a leash. And he's pretty special. You'll find out as he grows up. You got a name for him?" He asked, kneeling by her side. She giggled as the rabbit yawned.
"Yep. His name is Rikuru." She grinned. Riku leaned over and kissed Rikuru on the head.
"I dub thee Rikuru. Serve thy mistress well."
A/N: Hope you enjoyed it. Please review!
Special Thanks: Again to Luna for the wonder idea of these words...
Kyoko-Chan (AKA Jaded Crescent) for helpin me out like crazy for editing and giving me initial feed back.