Him or Me
Chapter 2: Beach Trip
Riku doesn't get hangovers, Sora loves Tidus, and Shichirigahama Skywalk sets a mood
Notes: This chapter has some TidusxSora so be warned lol As always, for MLM!
Riku was never one to get a very bad hang over, thank his amazing genes or whatever else was responsible for that, so this morning was no different. The only difference was when he woke up after a party, Demyx, Zexion and Axel always found him, wherever he was, and took him home. Now he wasn't even at his summer house, he was alone in a large bed, naked and… unclean.
Yawning, he sat up and checked the clock. Oh shit… 3 in the afternoon… So it was safe to say sneaking out of the house unnoticed before anyone woke up wasn't doing to be happening. Wait… did I get laid? Looking around the room, Riku found he was alone, but his head seemed to insist someone should be next to him, someone with brown hair and a giggly smile.
Ignoring it for now, Riku found his clothes and got dressed, wishing he could take a shower but saved that for when he was in his own house or at the very least knew where he was. He settled for tying his hair back with a rubber band to keep it from feeling as tangled as it was and opened the door to the room, hoping he wasn't going to get weird looks from people he didn't even know.
The found the hall way empty and even the walk downstairs proved to be silent. Eventually, Riku got to the kitchen where his questions were answered. Axel was bear chested, kissing that Roxas kid on his counter, one or both of them trying to make food. Rolling his eyes, Riku cleared his throat audibly to get either attention.
His red haired friend looked over at him and smirked. "Well, look who's finally up!" Words could not describe how obnoxious Axel was at times. "Got any hang overs to nurse, you freak of nature."
"Nothing." Riku replied and walked fully into the kitchen, smelling grilled cheese. "Hey… Was I with someone last night?"
"Well… You were sleeping in Sora's room." Roxas said, jumping off of the counter, much to Axel's disappointment. "But he has a boyfriend, our childhood friend Tidus."
"Sora?" The name seemed familiar.
"Yeah, he's my older brother. My height? Brunette?" The blonde explained. He looked bored, as if there was no possible way his brother would be the one Riku was with that night, so the silver haired boy dropped it.
"I'm sure I was with someone though."
"Probably were." Axel chuckled. "But who cares now? Let's go to the beach!" Looking at his friend closer now, Riku noticed Axel was already dressed for the beach, swimming trunks on and everything. Roxas did as well, but at least he had a shirt on.
"What about breakfast?" Riku asked, looking over at the probably burning eggs. "Plus I want to take a shower and what about Zexion and Demyx?"
"God, you're worse than a girl." Axel teased.
"Fuck you."
"You can use my shower." Roxas said helpfully, pointing him in the direction of a bathroom. "Demyx and Zexion left last night though. I think they went to your place, but I have no clue. Sorry."
Riku shrugged and focused on the shower first. Dried cum and sweat was not the way he wanted to wake up.
Tidus didn't ask where he had been that morning and Sora didn't want to even tell him. The blonde boy just gathered the smaller male in his arms and held him tightly, whispering pleading apologies and promises.
Sora felt guilt in the pit of his stomach and buried his head in Tidus's neck, begging silently in his mind whoever he had to for forgiveness. The argument itself was ridiculous, Tidus had to spend a lot of time at practice, he was a Blitzball player after all, but… did he really have to be around Wakka every waking hour? Sora wasn't really one to talk…
"I'm really sorry, Sora, I shouldn't have-"
Pulling away slightly, the brunette did the only thing he could think of doing and leaned in kissing him. He needed Tidus to stop apologizing, it was really hurting his stomach. "Hey, don't worry about it okay?" Sora smiled, hiding the guilt he felt by his pearly whites the taller male always said he loved. "I was being selfish."
The blonde man just pulled him close again and chuckled in Sora's hair. "I'll make it up to you! We'll do whatever you want today, okay? I don't have to practice today so I'm all yours!" The brunette could hear his boyfriend's grin in his voice.
The happy tone made Sora smile, the guilt falling away from him in the presence of his boyfriend. It was one of the reasons he was in love with Tidus in the first place, no matter how he was feeling, Tidus would always make him happy. "Let's go to the beach!"
"Alright!" Tidus pulled away and smiled brightly. "Sounds like a plan! Just give me a few minutes!"
Sora nodded and laughed as Tidus run up to his room excitedly, but as soon as Tidus was gone, the guilt and pain was back. They lived together in a large house right near the beach Tidus had bought, but before they lived together Sora had lived with his brother in the house there parents left them before moving. Even growing up, he remembered his brother's face a lot more than his parents, so Roxas kept his room how he left it just in case and Sora vowed to always stay close to his blonde brother.
And Tidus was totally fine with his decision. Sora and Roxas had grown up with Tidus nearby and the blonde knew how close the brothers were. Understand, funny, kind, charismatic Tidus… He'd be crazy to give all of that up for an accident, for a fight that had no purpose and a drunken mistake.
It meant nothing! It meant so little, I'll never see that guy again and Tidus and I can pretend it never happened and we'll live happy together! That's final!
So strong in his conviction, Sora's stomach even stopped aching. He was determined to live like it never happened. Apparently the boy had spent more time then he thought thinking when suddenly tan, muscled arms wrapped around his waist, pulling him towards a hard chest. "We could always stay home and enjoy each other…"
His stomach flipped and not in a good way. All Sora could think was to get out of his arms but he didn't really know why, all he knew was that he needed to get out of Tidus's arms. "But I want to go swimming." With a light joking tone, he wiggled out of the tan arms that held him secure and smiled at his boyfriend. "Summers finally here, let's enjoy it!"
The blonde just smiled and agreed, allowing Sora to run and get dressed in his swimming trunks. The task was quick and easy too, once he was all ready to go Tidus scooped him up in his arms with a chuckle and hurried out of the door with a flailing Sora. "Let's have a sword fight when we get there, like when we were kids!"
"Put me down first!" The brunette couldn't help but laugh as Tidus continued to cradle him, until they got close enough to the waves to drop their things off. Tidus set Sora gently down and grinned, holding his face in-between his hands.
"There, you're down. Now… Can I have a kiss?"
Sora smiled and nodded, blushing slightly as Tidus pressed his lips lightly against Sora's. The smaller male melted against his boyfriend, letting out a small moan and allowing his eyes to shut. As they pulled away, Sora opened his eyes slowly but as the man's blue eyes blurred, his vision played tricks on him.
The blonde suddenly looked to have long silver hair and his tan skin seemed paler. Fought between kissing him again and screaming in frustration, Sora just stared at Tidus until the blonde came back into vision. "Sora? Are you okay?"
"SORA! TIDUS!"
The two turned in shock, and Sora found his brother running towards them with a few other guys in tow, guys Sora had never seem before until his eyes fell to man towards the back, the one with the silver hair and the pale skin. "Sora!" Finally reaching them, Roxas hugged his brother, apparently in a great mood. "You guys at the beach too?"
"You know how Tidus likes Seagulls." Sora laughed, his eyes actively trying not to look at the tall, lean male.
Sora was surprised to see his brother being hugged from behind by a tall red head with tattoos on his face but held it in after noticing Roxas smile so brightly. "This is Axel, that guy I told you about." Sora could vaguely remember his brother mentioning someone by that name and how he was supposed to visit. "His friends are here too. That's Demyx, Zexion and Riku."
The brunette knew he would have to look the silverette in the eye after passing the other two boys and when he finally met his eyes, his heart stopped. He cheated on his boyfriend with the man that was currently in front of both of them, who was even more good looking in the sunlight, if that was possible.
He was bare chested and in swimming shorts, much like some of the other guys Roxas introduced him too, his eyes, which Sora didn't get a good look at while he slept, were a bright, vibrant aqua color and Sora found it hard to look away after he did met those eyes. "Nice you met you all."
Tidus's arm fell around him and Riku's eyes pulled away, looking at the red head. "I'm going swimming."
"Meet you in there." Axel had replied, still harassing Roxas it seemed. While everyone began setting items onto the sand, Sora only wanted to sit down and try to stop his heart from beating so fast. Riku didn't seem to remember, or he was smart and didn't want to ruin life for the brunette, for which he was very, very grateful for.
Tidus, like everyone else, needed to be in the water and ran in while Sora sat on the sand, knees pulled to his chest, under the umbrella that was set up. He had a strong urge to go home… or have Tidus kiss him again, so he could be assured everything was okay… Wait… this is ridiculous! When Sora found Riku laughing and splashing Axel and his own brother, he stood up, abandoning his spot on the sand.
He didn't want to be mopey on the sand! He wanted to play with his friends! And he was going to! If he was going to have everything be the way it should be, he should at least act like it! Mind made up, Sora ran out into the water and tackled an unsuspecting Roxas down, laughing as he did so. His brother chuckled and tried to fling him off, starting a splashing war which progressed to everyone else having to join and soon, Sora forgot all about his problem. It helped a lot that Riku seemed to think nothing of it and Tidus smiling at him so brightly that Sora felt blinded.
The happy feeling wasn't going to stay however. After splashing for a while, Tidus looked at the shore and found a dark skinned, orange haired male standing on the sand, looking at him expectedly. "Wakka?" Tidus said slowly, confusion clear on his features. He took a look at Sora who shrugged and motioned to the beach with his head.
"Go on." He said, keeping his voice even. Tidus just nodded and swam towards the shore to the other male they had grown up with. Sora, Tidus, Kairi, Wakka and Yuffie where usually found on the beach when they were kids, fighting or playing blitzball while Roxas, Hayner, Olette, Pence, and Namine hung around eating Sea Salt Ice Creams and played struggle. All the kids knew each other and hung out of course, but more often than not, that was the routine and it was comfortable, and Sora ended up falling for Tidus.
Sora's brother shot him a pitying look and the brunette sighed, opting for swimming out of the water and follow his boyfriend on land, which everyone else seemed to be doing as well. When they got close enough, Sora could hear Wakka's panicked voice.
"… So now he can't play! He got hurt real bad, barely hops to practice. We're the captain, brudda, we'll need to find ah way to cover him during the next game. We need an emergency meeting, ya?"
"… You're right." Tidus reluctantly agreed. "But I promised Sora…"
"The other men are counting on us, please, Tidus?"
Sora knew his boyfriend wouldn't say no. Once his fellow teammates where mentioned, something would take over the handsome blonde and then he wasn't doing it for himself anymore, He was doing it for the teammates. Finally getting to the two captains, Sora touched the blonde's shoulder making him turn. "Sora, I'm so sorry."
"It's fine." Sora smiled, doing his best to look happier then he felt. "Go, Roxas is here, I'll be fine."
Tidus looked at the boy regretfully, but kissed him slowly and waved to Roxas, disappearing with Wakka in whichever direction the dark skinned male came from in the first place. Air now out of his tires, Sora plopped onto the sand, on top of his beach towel, a full pout across his lips.
"Hey, who want's food?" Demyx, from what Sora remembered, said loudly, noticeably trying to break the tension. "I'm starving! We brought food! Zexion's an awesome cook, you want a sandwich, Sora?"
Nodding, the brunette smiled softly as a plastic bag was handed to him and he opened it, pulling the food out, eating it quickly. Axel managed to drag Roxas back into the water and Demyx ran in after them, using any excuse he could to be near the blue stuff, leaving Sora, Riku and Zexion, who was reading under the umbrella, apparently lost to the world, with only the speaker they brought which played music lowly to not disturb the other beach goers around them.
The brunette tried to keep his eyes from looking at the silver haired man near him but apparently, that seemed to be impossible. Something about the other male told Sora to stare at him and he tried to make it as discrete as possible. The silence around them was uncomfortable until Riku turned to Sora to finally talk.
"Hey." Riku said, turning to face him. "You're Roxas's brother right?"
Sora nodded slowly. His heart was beating faster with anticipation, waiting for Riku to say something about their night together, waiting for the moment he would either need to deny everything or beg for mercy. "Yeah… That's me…"
"… Um… Can I ask you something?"
Oh here it comes…
"This is going to sound weird and… well… If I'm wrong, I'm sorry I was pretty drunk but… Did we… see each other last night?" Riku didn't specify, but it was obvious he didn't need to when Sora paled and blushed at the same time, turning away from the other males eyes. "Ah… I see… So I wasn't going crazy."
"What do you mean?" Sora finally asked. He forgot momentarily that Zexion was there with them and checked to see if the slate haired book worm was listening. Thankfully he wasn't and sky blue eyes turned back to Riku.
"Well, I kept thinking I was with someone last night… but I didn't know who it was. Then I saw you today and I kept remembering… you're face and stuff…" Riku looked uncomfortable as he explained and looked away from Sora's eyes. "The point is, I thought it was you, but I wasn't sure… now I am…"
Hesitantly, Sora went with the begging for mercy approach. "I have a boyfriend, so could you not tell anyone or anything, I mean… I love Tidus more than words could say and I don't want to end it with him so please-"
"Hey! Don't worry!" Riku dismissed the issue with a wave of his hand. "It was all an accident… You were a good lay though, from what I could remember."
Sora's face turned into a tomato, unprepared for the blunt response. "Um… thanks?"
Riku laughed, a sound that made Sora's own face light up. "No problem. So where'd your boyfriend go anyway?"
"Blitzball practice." Sora huffed miserably. "He and that guy, Wakka, are the team captains. If the team needs them, they go at the drop of a hat… It's almost like he likes Blitzball more than me sometimes…" Once he said the words, the brunette gasped and covered his mouth with his hands. "Ignore that! That's an awful thing to say!"
"Don't worry." Once more, he waved whatever Sora was troubling him with away, as if it wasn't a big deal. "You're venting." As the music suddenly changed from the stereo Zexion was in charge of, Riku groaned. "Not this band again! Zexion! Change it!" He got nothing as a response, so instead of changing it himself, he allowed Shichirigahama Skywalk to play around them. "So… You're Sora, right?"
"Yeah." Comfortable… He felt comfortable with this guy he cheated on his boyfriend with; who had the looks of a Greek sex god and had a way of making him relaxed… this was insane. The turned towards the male and found his aqua eyes staring at Sora in a soft way, making him blush. "Um… Do you have anyone?"
"You mean dating?" Riku chuckled, like the idea was ridiculous. "Nah, not really… apparently I'm unapproachable."
Sora was shocked. He didn't seem unapproachable at all! He seemed… He seemed, well… like Riku… whatever that meant. "I don't think so."
Shrugging, the aqua eyed boy was back to smiling at Sora. "Thanks." The sun angled behind him, the face Sora saw when he kissed Tidus… It really wasn't fair.
Swallowing thickly, tan fingers lightly touched pale ones and Riku looked confused. "Um… I-I know… I know I have a boyfriend and everything but…" without having to say anymore, Riku leaned closer, his face hovering over Sora's, his nose lightly touching the smaller males and his breath played on Sora's lips.
"… You want me to kiss you?"
Oh Fuck yes, why aren't we making out right now?
"Please?" Eyes slowly falling shut, Sora nodded.
Smiling, Riku pressed his lips against Sora's for a moment, just long enough for sparks to shoot up his body then back down. The male pulled away much too soon for Sora's liking and moved away from him as Roxas ran over.
"It's getting dark outside! Come on, let's go back in!" Roxas said, grabbing his towel quickly, wrapping it around himself as Demyx and Axel got out of the water.
Nodding, Sora stood up on shaky legs and followed the others, Riku still walking behind everyone, even behind him. The brunette felt self-conscious until Riku ran to catch up with him, slipping a piece of paper into his hands and run faster, to get to Axel. Patting his friend on the back, Riku laughed at something the red head had said, leaving Sora in the back of the whole group.
Nervously, Sora opened the paper left in his hands and blushed, finding numbers scribbled almost illegibly –but luckily enough Sora could read them, since his own hand writing was nearly as bad- with Riku's name on the top of the paper.
He'd have to put the number in his phone as soon as possible and destroy the evidence…
If Tidus was going to spend his summer playing Blitzball, Sora should get to occupy himself as well, right?
So... since so many people liked this story on here and on DA, for which I am so happy and could not thank you folks enough, I updated!
THANK YOU SO MUCH! and I hope you all liked this chapter! Even if Sora's a little cheat lol
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna read some doujin lol