A/N: Hi guys I am back with chapter one of this story (finally). I am really excited since it's my first time writing a long fic for these two so I hope you guys enjoy. Please forgive any grammar mistakes (my editing skills are awful) and enjoy. The characters might be slightly OCC, but I tried my best to keep them in character. Also I am not sure if I mentioned it, but this is slightly AU since it's as if Kingdom Hearts didn't happen in the Density Islands. I hope you guys like it and review.
Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts or any of its characters. This was merely written for fun.
Ch.1 Hey, we're dating!
Riku wasn't an early bird. He was far from being an early bird. He loved sleeping and hated waking up early. People often told him he was scary in the mornings. So when Sora woke him up at 6:50 a.m. when school started at 8:00 a.m. he was fuming. Normally he would have woken up at least at 7:20 Sora, however, didn't seem to care as he dragged him out of bed at that unholy hour. How could someone have so much energy that early in the morning? "I don't see why we have to walk to school together," Riku grumbled as he rubbed his sleep deprived eyes. There was a seemingly dark aura around him, but Sora either didn't notice or didn't care. Perhaps he had a death wish he never told Riku about. Who knows? "Because we are dating silly! Besides it's a nice morning! You can see the sunrise at this time. Aren't you glad you're awake to appreciate it?" Sora questioned cheerfully.
Riku replied with a glare and mumbled something not caring about the stupid sunrise. All Riku could pray for was that his day was not as awful as his morning. However he didn't allow himself to get his hopes up. Sora seemed to be aiming to make Riku's day miserable. It wasn't that he didn't like being with Sora. Far from it. Sora was the person he usually hanged out with and the one he laughed the most with. It was just that… The whole dating thing did not have him very trilled. It was strange and if involved waking Riku up early in the morning Riku was less than okay with it. Why couldn't Sora just be a normal human being and ask Kairi out without getting him involved? "Why can't you just be a normal person?" Riku blurted out speaking his mind.
Sora paused to look at him before smiling. "I wouldn't be any fun if I was normal would I?" the brunet concluded. Riku wanted to object, but then pause and thought about it. Well while being around Sora was definitely not boring Riku wasn't sure he agreed with Sora's idea of fun at times. Especially this one. "If you say so," the taller boy replied reluctantly. "I am fun! Isn't looking at the sunrise fun?!" Sora insisted determinedly. "Like I said if you say so," Riku answered not really convinced by Sora's logic. Sora pouted, but nonetheless went on chatting excitedly about a new video game he bought while Riku just listened in silence. Had it been later in the afternoon Riku would have been teasing his friend saying he would beat him in his own game, but it was not the afternoon and Riku was too sleepy to think of any wise remarks. He continued in his thoughts when suddenly Sora blurted out, "Hold my hand!"
"W-What?!" was all poor Riku could reply at the sudden odd request. One would think he be used to Sora's weird requests by now, but clearly he was not. "Just do it. Kairi is coming over here," Sora hissed in a whisper gesturing towards the approaching redhead. Riku quickly obeyed not used to hearing Sora speak to him in such an annoyed tone. Sora was usually a happy go around kind of person. Riku blushed as their hands came into contact. Not because he liked Sora or anything, but because it felt so embarrassing to be doing such an intimate thing with his best friend. The last time they held hands was once when Sora was frighten, but they were children back then. Holding hands with your best friend at this age was just too strange. His hands are soft just like when we were children, Riku thought to himself.
Wait what the hell Riku?! Why did Riku think of that out of all things? Riku wanted to push the weird thought away, but it was kind of impossible while holding Sora's hand. This was going to be a long two weeks. "Hey Kairi!" Sora waved with his free hand. Kairi seemed to raise an eyebrow at their held hands and Riku felt even more awkward. Why do I always let Sora drag me into these things? "Hey Sora. Hey Riku. What's up with the hands?" the redhead asked getting straight to the point. "Ah nothing. Riku's just being affectionate today," Sora answered as if it were the most casual thing in the world. Riku could have strangled him right then and there. Riku quickly let go of his hand and grumbled, "Whatever." Sora frowned and Kairi chuckled. "You two are so funny sometimes," Kairi said between giggles. She seemed confused by their hand holding, but completely unaffected. This seemed to bother Sora since he was still frowning and Riku knew it wasn't because him. The walk to school seemed eternal. It was mainly because of the awkward silence between the three. Riku was quiet due to being sleepy, Sora seemed upset that Kairi didn't react to their held hands, and Kairi seemed to be lost in thought.
Add to that Riku trying to figure out why in the world did he feel like holding Sora's hand again and you got yourself an even more awkward situation. "Kairi!" Kairi's best friend, Namine called as soon as the three friends reached the school gates. The redhead quickly grinned and said, "I'll talk to you guys later." With that said the blonde and the redhead took off giggling and gossiping. Kairi was probably telling Namine about Riku's and Sora's hand holding. Riku wouldn't be surprised if she was. Kairi wasn't one who was able to keep such things that would make good gossip to herself. Riku didn't really mind this side of his best friend though because he knew there was no malice behind it. Kairi would never spread a rumor if it involved or meant hurting someone else. She was kind at heart and noble. It was one of the things that made it easy to get along with.
Riku wasn't surprised Sora had a crush on her. Although Riku himself harbored no romantic feelings for his red haired friend it wasn't hard to see where Sora was coming from. Kairi was a very likable person and Riku couldn't picture anyone not liking Kairi. "She really didn't seem to mind did she?" Sora mumbled sadly breaking Riku away from his thoughts. Riku sighed upon looking at the sad look in Sora's face. If there was something he hated it was seeing his best friend sad. Sora was always the one cheering Riku up. The person who was always by his side helping him in various ways although Riku would never ever tell him that due to embarrassment. Sora was the person Riku never wanted to see sad because he didn't deserve any sort of sadness. If there was any good people in the world Riku always thought Sora had to be one of them. Not to mention a smile suited Sora best.
"But hey at least she noticed. Maybe she didn't react because she doesn't know we are dating so she didn't think it was something serious," Riku pointed out patting Sora in the shoulder. Sora instantly lit up looking more like his normal happy self. "You're right! Maybe there is still hope. Maybe when we tell everyone at lunch about us she'll react." Sora exclaimed in his upbeat voice. Riku's eyes widen in surprise at the word everyone. "E-Everyone?!" Riku managed to choke out. Although Riku knew what fake dating involved to some extend he didn't think all his friends would know about him and Sora. He thought only Kairi and maybe Namine would know about their relationship. Telling everyone somehow made it more serious and less like a simple favor. Not that anything about fake dating was simple to begin with, but... "Yes everyone you doofus. What did you expect?" Sora questioned looking at him like he just asked the world's dumbest question.
"I just thought he were telling Kairi!" Riku explained annoyed by the fact the Sora was talking to him like he was a total idiot which he clearly wasn't. Sora chuckled and replied, "And you think Kairi will be able to keep that to herself?" At that moment Riku was slumped. Sora was right of course. Kairi would end up telling everyone even if she wanted to keep it a secret. Suddenly Riku wasn't so sure if he wanted to go through with Sora's plan. He felt bad, but the idea of them pretending to date was just too troublesome on matter how he looked at it. Not to mention there was still the very bizarre feeling he had when the two were holding hands earlier. It be better if he avoided that as much as possible. As if sensing Riku's inner turmoil Sora said, "You can't back out now! You promised!" Riku looked slightly exasperated at the boy who suddenly seemed as crazy as his spikey brown hair. "That's not fair Sora! I didn't know what I was promising! I thought you were going to ask for some other type of favor! I know I agreed, but I didn't know we were going to tell everyone and I am not sure if I am okay with telling everyone…" Riku's voice trailed off at the end of his sentence not knowing how to explain the worry he felt.
It was only natural to be worried about that after all. Although Riku had never cared much for rumors and gossip he couldn't deny they could be uncomfortable to deal with and he wasn't sure if he wanted to deal with them simply because of a fake relationship. Had it been a real one maybe he would have thought differently. Sora flinched at his response and suddenly his face looked angry. "Am I not good enough for you to tell people we are dating? Would dating me taint you reputation that much?" Sora demanded bitterly. Riku was shock by the anger in Sora's words and instantly regretted his last choice of words. "Wait! I didn't mean it like that!" Riku quickly said helplessly. His words, however, didn't matter because before he knew it Sora had already stormed off. Riku knew Sora was being unreasonable and yet he couldn't help, but feel guilty. The last time Riku had seen Sora angry was when they were eleven and some random guy was bullying Kairi. Still just cause Riku didn't want to tell people about their fake relationship didn't mean he was embarrassed or ashamed of Sora.
Far from it. Sora was generally thought of as attractive and an overall good guy. He wasn't extremely popular, but he got chocolate from a few girls in Valentine's Day and occasionally was confessed to by classmates. Sure he wasn't as popular as his cousin Roxas, who in spite being gay and having a boyfriend, was flooded by fan girls, but he was good catch. It felt strange to think of his best friend in that sense, but it was true. How could Sora think Riku thought dating him would ruin his reputation? It was absolutely absurd. If anything it would be Sora's golden boy reputation that would be ruined by dating a good for nothing insensitive troublemaker like Riku. "Are you okay? I saw Sora run off," a voice asked behind him. Riku turned around to find himself facing Xion, Sora's other cousin and Roxas sister. Unlike Sora and Roxas, Xion tended to blend into the crowd with her short black hair and pale skin.
Riku liked her. She was nice and had a mellow personality that put you on ease. Her words surprised him though. She wasn't one to meddle into people's business so her question was not like her. "It's fine. It was just a little misunderstanding," Riku explained. She frowned and replied, "Are you sure? I could have sworn I saw Sora crying," Xion said sounding somewhat worried. Sora was crying? Sora never cried. Riku instantly felt like shit. "I better go check on him," Riku mumbled quickly taking off. "I think I saw him bolt into the restroom," Xion called behind him. Dammit Sora, Riku thought as he rushed to the restroom. Sora was usually easygoing so Riku couldn't understand why he was being so dramatic now. When Riku reached the restroom he was panting. The restroom looked completely empty, but Sora's bright yellow shoes in the very last stall were a dead giveaway of his presence. Riku knocked on the door and said, "It's me." There was no reply. Riku sighed.
Sora was really planning on being difficult huh? It was not very like him. If anything Riku was the dramatic one, but he supposed even Sora could have such moments as well. "Come on Sora. I know you're in there. Only you would wear bright yellow shoes," Riku told him unintentionally teasing him which probably wasn't going to help his current situation. "Go away!" Sora hissed from the stall. Clearly he wasn't going to make things easy, but Riku wasn't going to leave until it was clear to the other boy that he was not ashamed of him. So with that in mind Riku crawled underneath the narrow space under stall causing Sora to gasp in surprise. He didn't see that coming. "What the hell Riku?" Sora snarled angrily annoyed that his best friend refused to leave him alone. His tone annoyed Riku as well.
"I could say the same thing. You left me talking," Riku growled feeling himself get angry as well. He didn't know if he was mad at Sora or at the situation Sora was putting him in. The whole argument just seemed so stupid and odd. "I heard enough. You clearly don't think I am fit for your standards." was all Sora answered in an aggravated voice.
Before Riku knew it he was pinning Sora to the stall door. He didn't know what came over him or what possessed him to do that. Maybe it was the fact that the shorter boy didn't seem to be listening to a word he was saying or maybe it was because he had enough of the ridiculous things Sora was saying. "I never said that! Would you listen to me for a moment? Listen to yourself. You are being completely ridiculous!" Riku exclaimed trying to keep his voice low for risk of being overheard. Sora sucked in a breath and that's when Riku realized how the position they were in look like. Riku had Sora against the wall and his face was only inches away from his best friend's. If an outsider walked in on them they probably assume they were about to kiss or worst! Sora's deep sky blue eyes looked completely bewildered as well. Riku instantly pulled away his cheeks turning slightly pinkish.
"I just don't like rumors okay Sora and if we were in a real relationship I wouldn't mind, but we are not and I don't want to put up with that sort of attention for just a game okay," Riku explained more calmly after taking a deep breath. Although he was still frustrated he was definitely calmer than a couple of seconds ago when he pinned Sora to the wall. He just hoped Sora would stop being a couple idiot and see his side of things. "I am sorry. You're right. I was being unfair. I am asking something big of you and I can't expect you to keep such a promise when you didn't know the gravity of it to begin with. It's just…" Sora's voice trailed off at the end. Riku suddenly felt bad. Sora looked devastated. Clearly this was important for Sora. "You really like Kairi don't you?" Riku noted. Sora nodded. "Yeah I mean I always had a crush on her and I don't want to wait until some guy steals her away," Sora answered.
Riku sighed. He couldn't believe what he was about to say. "Fine I'll do it," Riku said seriously. Sora furrowed his eyebrows not quite sure where his friend was getting at. "I am sorry?" Sora asked sounding very confused. "I'll go through with the whole dating thing," Riku explained. Sora's eyes grew wide in surprise. Did Riku just agree to fake date him? "NO! Don't worry about it! You don't have to. Besides you said you didn't want to deal with rumors because of something unimportant like that," Sora reminded him. Riku smiled. "But it's not unimportant and it's not just a game to you. You're my best friend so if it's important to you it's important to me too," Riku told him with a gentle tone. Sora flashed him the biggest smile and pulled him into the biggest hug ever. "You're the best Riku," Sora exclaimed happily. Riku wasn't sure why, but in spite the fact it wasn't the first hug he received from Sora nor the first time he heard those words his heart skipped a beat.
"So we are telling them at lunch right?" Sora asked. Riku nodded. "At lunch," he replied simply. Sora walked out of the stall first not wanting to give people the wrong idea in spite the fact in a couple of hours they would be giving people the completely wrong idea. Luckily for them the restroom still appeared empty as when they entered. "See you at lunch Riku," Sora said waving farewell. "Hey Sora," Riku called out stopping Sora right before he exited the restroom. Sora turned fixing his deep blue orbs on Riku. "What's up?" Sora asked. Riku responded with a somewhat shy smile and said, "For the record I don't thinking dating you would ruin my reputation. Not one bit." Sora simply smiled and walked away.
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Lunch was normally the time high school students loved. It was a break from strict teachers and annoying math problems. It was a time to relax and have fun. Not to panic. "This is a horrible idea. Just say it. I know you're thinking it right now," Sora told Riku nervously as they waited to get their lunch in line together. The rest of their friends were already seated because they lined up in the usual time unlike them. Normally they would all get lunch at the same time, but Sora said they should be a little late just to let them wonder what they were doing alone together. It seemed he was regretting the idea at the moment. "I am not thinking anything," Riku replied trying to calm his erratic friend down, but completely failing. "You're lying," Sora accused not buying his composed answer. Riku rolled his eyes and said, "Fine I lied. This is a really bad idea." Sora smacked his arm and flailed his arms in panic.
"You're not helping!" he told the silver haired boy. Riku sighed. He should have foreseen this. "Well what do you want me to say? Just chill. If you don't want to do it its fine," Riku reassured him sounding a little frustrated. To be quite honest Sora was really running his patience thin that day and being sleep deprived (again whose fault is that?) was not helping. "Of course I want to do it! I am just nervous that's all and I just wish you would say something for productive!" Sora insisted. Riku took a deep breath. Count to ten, he told himself. "I am sorry. I am just sleepy," he replied. At his answer Sora looked surprised. "Sleepy? But you woke up at 6:50," Sora pointed out sounding confused. OH GOD the boy actually thought waking up at that hour was normal. "I normally wake up at 7:20," Riku grumbled as he recalled the thirty minutes of lost sleep. "Oh then why did you wake up so early?" Sora asked sounding confused.
Finally Riku snapped. "Maybe it was because you were at my house at 6:40 jumping on my bed saying 'Wake up Riku!' for ten minutes straight!" Riku hissed. At his reaction Sora flashed him a cheekily grin and replied, "Right. I forgot." Riku seemed to relax after getting his frustrations out and accused, "You sound so damn proud of it too g." Sora laughed. "You're such a drama queen Riku! It was just thirty minutes," Sora said. Riku mumbled something under the lines of 'you're one to talk', but Sora was no longer listening to him or didn't seem to care. Riku was pretty sure it was the latter. The two boys grabbed their food which looked more like it came from a garage disposal than school. They approached their table silently both nervous. Riku didn't want to know how their friends would react. In their table sat Roxas, Axel, Namine, and Xion. Sometimes they were joined by Tidus or Wakka, but those two usually sat with the rest of the baseball team. "Hey guys!" Kairi waved at the two once she saw them. "Hey!" the two answered in unison. The two sat next to each other between Axel and Kairi which was there usual spot.
Although all seven of them were friends Riku was closest to Sora. Not unlike the way Roxas was closer to Axel except for the fact that they weren't a couple and didn't think that way of each other. At least that's what Riku thought. "Why were you guys so late? Were you making out or something?" Axel teased with a chuckle. Roxas smacked his boyfriend in the arm while the girls just giggled. Riku nearly dropped his fork. Riku swore it was as if Axel knew or something. "As a matter a fact we were," Sora stated boldly this time shocking poor Riku enough to make him drop his fork. Gasps were heard throughout the table and Roxas split out the milk he was currently drinking. "I am sorry did you just say you were making out?" Namine questioned sounding completely taken aback. Sora grinned. It seemed his crazy nerves were gone much to Riku's dismay. That wasn't how he planned on telling his best friends about their fake relationship. Leave it to Sora to turn his plans upside down. "You heard me. Me and Riku are going out," Sora told them calmly. How in the world could he be so casual about it?! Riku wondered as he watched everyone's startled looks.
Wasn't Sora a complete wreck ten minutes ago? The boy was seriously something else. "Wow! Congratulations man! Seriously I always knew you had a thing for him!" Axel exclaimed cheerfully patting Riku's back. Riku looked flabbergasted. What in the world did Axel mean by 'I always knew you had a thing for him'? Riku wanted to object, but then he remember that would defeat the whole idea of them dating. But seriously why did would Axel think that? Sure they were super close and Riku tended to get protective of Sora at times, but that's all just in a brotherly sense. It didn't mean Riku had feelings for the small brunette. "Since when are you even gay Sora?" Roxas blurted out still in complete utter shock. Out of the five he seemed to be taking it the hardest. Riku wasn't surprised. Sora was pretty close to his cousin and since Roxas was gay as well he could see why Roxas would feel betrayed by Sora not telling him. Suddenly Riku felt guilty for deceiving his friends. Sure it was for a good reason, but it still seemed a little messed up.
"I wouldn't exactly say I am completely gay. I am bi. And sorry Roxas. Honestly I wasn't even aware of the fact until Riku confessed," Sora stated trying to make his cousin feel better. The girls looked surprised. "Wait it was Riku the one that confessed? I always thought Sora would be more of the type considering how guarded Riku is," Kairi pointed out. Sora shook his head. "Nope it was all him. Right Riku?" Sora said. All Riku would muster up was, "Uh yeah it was all me." All the girls except Xion who simply smiled squealed. "That's cute! How did he confess?" Namine asked her voice excited. It was at that moment that Riku looked at Sora nervously. They hadn't planned a scenario and Riku had no idea what to say. Sora suddenly smirked and Riku realized he was not going to like what the blue eyed boy was about to say. "Well Riku is a total romantic. He actually wrote me a poem and went to my house in the middle of the night to say it to me! It was the cutest thing ever!" Sora gushed egging the girls on. Riku could have strangled him at the very moment. What the hell was Sora telling his friends?
Riku would never in a million years do that! Kairi giggled and said, "Well Riku. That was very unexpected. Who would have thought?" "Why did you tell them that?" Riku demanded his cheeks bright red. "What? I thought it would be okay," Sora said feigning innocence, but Riku could practically see the smug grin he was hiding. "Aww Riku doesn't want everyone one to know he has a romantic side," Axel teased. Riku would feel his irritation rising. "You guys are making a big deal out of nothing," Riku mumbled trying not to lose his cool. Sora suddenly put his arm around Riku pulling him closer. All of Riku's anger seem to go out the window as he felt his personal space invaded. Sora's face was suddenly very close to his and Riku couldn't help, but to find it hard to breath as deep blue eyes looked up at him with a look of warmth and childish innocence. He found himself getting lost by them and wondering if Sora's eyes had always been that amazing shade of blue the rivaled the sky. "There's no need to get embarrassed. It was very cute," Sora seemingly reassured the silver haired boy.
His comment snapped Riku back to reality and he could feel the heat rising to his pale checks as Sora teased him further. How dare Sora take advantage of the situation to make fun of him? Here he was doing him a big no huge favor and he paid him back humiliating him in front of their friends. Riku wouldn't stand for it. Not one bit. "Yeah it was very cute. So cute that it made you cry didn't it?" Riku said evilly. Sora's smugness felt him completely and this time he was the one blushing. He instantly pulled away from Riku and pouted. "I did not cry," He stated stubbornly. Everyone was looking at the two boys with interest. Well everyone except Roxas who seemed to be in a bad mood. "Oh come on you know you did. There were tears all over your face," Riku insisted. Laughs filled the table and all poor Sora could do was hoped to be buried alive. He threw an angry look at Riku who only responded with a casual 'you started it' look. Axel teased Sora for a bit while everyone seemed less interested in the new couple much to Riku relief.
Instead the topic turned into Kairi's upcoming birthday party. It was going to be in her house and apparently her parents would be out of town leaving them the house to themselves. Lucky them. "You two are coming right?" Kairi asked Riku and Sora addressing as if they were one person one. Oddly enough it didn't feel weird to Riku that she was addressing like that. It was probably due to the fact that the two were always together and went everywhere together. "Yeah we wouldn't miss it for the world," Sora replied. Lunch was soon over and Sora and Riku found themselves alone. Riku wondered if their friends were trying to give them privacy or something. He wouldn't be surprised if so. Everyone especially the girls seemed to like the idea of their relationship. Unfortunately for Sora even Kairi. Riku wonder how disappointed their friends would be if they found out it was all a fake. Either ways Riku took the opportunity to scold at Sora.
"What the hell was that about?" Riku demanded angrily. Sora flashed him a weak smile and answered, "I thought it would be funny." Riku ran his fingers through his hair as he did when he was irritated. "Of course you did. I am just warning you next time you do that I'll break up with you!" Riku hissed. The last bit of the sentence sounding a bit odd in Riku's lips. It suddenly felt like they were having a real couple fight. "Okay okay I get it. Geez. I swear you can't take a joke," Sora said. Riku sighed. He was right. These were going to be long two weeks. "Come on. Let's just go to class." Riku mumbled unconsciously grabbing Sora's hand.