Chapter 3

Sora looked around the darkened room, and rolled over in the bed to face his sleeping friend. Sora squinted his eyes and stared at the sleeping figure, and could tell he was not fully asleep.

"Riku…" Sora whispered trough the silence.

He heard rustling of the comforter and saw Riku's aquamarine eyes gazing at him through the darkness.

"Yeah?" He heard his soft voice reply back.

"I-I can't sleep." Sora whined, and let out a huge sigh.

Riku smirked at him and looked up at the ceiling. "Me neither." He sighed.

"You know what I'm thinking of?" Sora broke the silence and smirked.

"Oh, you aren't serious Sora, my parents can hear…" Riku snorted.

"Oh I am so very very serious. Do I have to beg like my other ex-girlfriends?" Sora giggled.

"Haha, that WOULD be kind of funny, but no, I'm up for it." Riku whispered, and looked at the clock to make sure if they WERE caught it wouldn't be TOO late.

Sora laughed evilly and rolled over on top of Riku. "This time I'm on top, no exceptions." He grinned.

"Sora, aren't we being a little pushy?" Riku smirked.

"You don't know pushy, not yet." Sora started laughing, Riku was slowly getting disturbed.

"What did my mother put in your dinner, Viagra or somethin'?" Riku smirked.

"Why would she Riku, last thing she wants is to here your bed slamming against the wall and her son moan." Sora giggled, and started moving his hands towards Riku's boxers.

"True…true…wait! Why am I-" Riku coughed.

"Yes like I said you are on 'da bottom my friend." Sora ginned again before gripping Riku's boxers and completely removing them.

Riku gave in. "Okay okay you're on top, THIS TIME!" He hissed. Sora started giggling like he had just eaten an entire bag of gummy worms. He moved up on Riku's body and started to lightly kiss his lips.

Riku began kissing down Sora's neck while trying to get a hold of his boxers to remove. Riku nibbled on the base of Sora's neck, and he moaned. Riku pulled off Sora's boxers and chucked them onto the floor. The room was still dark and the two boys were a tiny bit disorientated, Sora attempted to find Riku's ear, and ended up kissing his eye.

"Ow, dude! That was my eye!" Riku started laughing.

"Haha sorry, I can't see your face." Sora whined.

Riku rolled over and turned on a lamp he had on his side dresser. Sora could see Riku a lot better now and grinned. It was long until Sora was inside of Riku for the first time since they started going out.

So very inexperienced, Sora thrusted until he could hear Riku pant, and start gasping out words, most of them being 'Sora' and 'fuck'.

That night Sora slept extremely well, and didn't have any dreams that would cause him to have a cold shower in the morning, he was satisfied enough.

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It was Saturday afternoon, and Sora decided it was time to get home; he had some chores and homework to get done so he'd have something to do Sunday.

"I'll either see you tomorrow or on Monday, I love you." Sora said while hugging Riku good-bye, in the doorway of Riku's house.

"Yup, hopefully Sunday, I love you too." Riku said hugging Sora back, and kissing him.

Sora blew Riku a kiss and winked, and began walking down the street. Riku waved and walked back into his house. That was some sleep over. For a kid who has never done it before sure was good. Riku sighed.

He walked up to his room to write a letter back to Yami.

Meanwhile, Sora made his way home. The day was windy, but the sun was out and there were only a few clouds in the sky. Sora looked up at the sky, and felt the wind blow onto him. He watched the cloud's blow by. Clouds…Cloud… Sora sighed.

Upon entering his house, Sora was suddenly greeted by his mother.

"Hello hunny." She smiled. "A friend of yours called a few minutes ago. He said his name was…Cloud. Strange name, but any whom, he left his number. I suggest you called him back." Sora's mom gave him a piece of paper, and walked off humming.

"Cloud?" Sora said to himself, "what does he want to call me for?"

Sora, who was blushing insanely, made his way to his room and sat on his bed picking up the phone. He hesitated before looking at the paper, to find a number written on it. He looked at the phone, and slowly began dialing the number.

A few seconds later, a soft, calm, quiet voice answered the phone.

"Hello?" Said the voice.

"Hi i-is this Cloud?" Sora choked.

"Yeah-huh. And you are?" The voice replied.

"It's Sora, aheh. Sorry I wasn't here, I slept over at Riku's." Sora coughed.

"Oh. Okay." A disappointed voice answered.

Sora took a deep breath; it was like the first time he had called Riku.

"So, uh, what did you want?"

"Oh, I just wanted to know if you wanted to hang out or something today."

"Oh…oh. I guess I could. After supper though, I have some work to do."

"Okay cool, um here's my address."

Sora jumped up to find a pen; he grabbed a pad of paper, and wrote to every word Cloud was speaking. He said he'd see him at his house at 6, and hung up.

I get to see Cloud's house. Sora grinned to himself. He stood up, and reached for his homework. It was working time.

After working for an hour-and-a-half, Sora was called down for dinner. He walked into the kitchen, and his parents were already sitting in their seats. He sat on his usual chair and licked his lips.

"Mmmmmmm." Sora drooled over his food, unaware that his mom was staring at him.

"Sora, what did that boy want?" She grinned. Sora looked up, and began blushing.

"He wanted to hang out tonight. I'm leaving at 6." Sora smiled back. His father grunted.

"He one of your new friends?" He asked glaring at Sora.

"Yup. He's really quiet, but he's talking to my friends." Sora grinned. His father grinned back.

All three of them went silent, and they began eating. Sora inhaled his food, in excitement. He drank his pop in one gulp, and stood abruptly.

"Okay I'm done!" He smiled. "I shall go now." He giggled, and put his dishes away.

His parents watched as he scurried out the door, and left them alone at the table half done. They shook their heads, and continued eating.

Sora skipped halfway down the street humming to himself. He was looking around the neighborhood and looked at the horizon to see the sun would soon set. He stood still watching it for a moment, and continued walking to Cloud's house.

He stopped in front of a long yard, which lead to a house that was a bright white, and with dark blue shudders, and a dark blue door. There was a sign at the top of the driveway that said 'Strife'. Sora smiled, and walked up the driveway. He stepped up onto the porch, and took a deep breath. He knocked on the door, and waited patiently.

Within seconds, a young boy opened the door. Blonde hair, dark clothes, and a smile on his face. Sora grinned back at him.

"Sora!" They boy grinned, "Common in."

With anticipation, Sora made his way through the hallway, and into a living room. It was a large room, with black leather furniture, and a navy blue background. There were vases on the side tables, and a candle burning in the middle of the wooden coffee table. It had almost the same cent as the one at Riku's.

Sora looked around in awe, and looked a yonder to see two adults sitting on one of the longer couches.

"Mom, dad, this is my friend Sora." Cloud smiled, and pointed to Sora.

Suddenly all eyes were on him, Sora coughed, and then smiled.

"Uh, Hi I'm Sora Kyuuki, nice to meet you." Sora waved a bit before blushing with embarrassment.

Cloud's parents glared at Sora for a moment, and then smiled back.

"Welcome to our house Sora Kyuuki. It's nice to know Cloudy is making friends. Please, make yourself at home." Cloud's mom greeted.

Pfft, Cloudy! HAHAHA! That must be nice to be called, sounds like some pet name. Sora snorted, then covered his mouth.

"T-thank you, Mr. And Mrs. Strife, it's nice to be here." Sora replied, and was taken downstairs by Cloud.

"Why are we downstairs Cloud?" Sora asked a bit lost.

"'Cause the basement is my room." Cloud grinned, and turned on the light.

The room was removed of darkness, and Sora was amazed. The entire basement was carpeted, and there was a doorway to a room. Cloud grabbed Sora's wrist once more, and led him towards the door. They entered the room, and Sora found himself inside of Cloud's bedroom.

"Wow this room rocks Cloud!" Sora squeaked looking around the tan room, with a bed with a multi-colored comforter, and posters of Sora's favorite band on the walls.

"You are my hero." Sora drooled over one of the posters, "I want a room like this."

Cloud grinned.

"You up for some video games?" Cloud interrupted Sora's admiration and pointed at his Gamecube™.

"Awwwwwwww, you read my mind!" Sora squeaked, and jumped on Cloud's bed with a controller in his hand. He was overwhelmed, Cloud's house ROCKED!

"Wow I can read your mind pretty well for someone who hardly knows you." Cloud winked, sitting down beside Sora grabbing the other controller.

"What game are we playing?" Sora said looking at Cloud with anticipation.

"So Super Smash Bros. Melee!" Cloud sang and grabbed the game showing it off to Sora.

"YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!" Sora screeched.

Cloud put the game into the system and turned it on, he ran and sat back down onto the bed beside Sora, and the game begun. Sora chose Jiggly Puff, and Cloud chose Ganondorf.

"Take this you giant oaf!" Sora screamed pushing the 'x' button continuously.

"No! You are SO dead you round ball of BLUBBER!" Cloud screamed pushing a combo attack and sending Jiggly into the air, DEATH ON CONTACT!

"Hey! Is that a fat joke?" Sora got offended.

"Yes Sora it IS a fat joke, you are the fattest mother I have EVER seen!" Cloud backfired poking Sora in the stomach.

"We'll see about THAT! Sky high cholesterol boy!" Sora attempted to burn Cloud.

Sora tried to push Cloud off the bed, but he started pushing back. They grabbed each other by the shoulders attempting to push one off and start poking the other to death.

Suddenly Sora lost his balance and his hands slipped off Cloud's shoulders and he began falling forwards. He smashed into Cloud's chest, and they both fell downwards off the bed. Before Sora knew it he was on top of Cloud.

Cloud was on the ground using his elbows to hold his upper body up, and the rest of his body was firmly on the ground. Sora got his bearings back and realized where he as, he then lifted himself up. Sora was now using his hands to hold himself up, with his knees bent touching the floor so his lower half was NOT on Cloud.

He sat there in shock, as was Cloud. They stared into each other's blue eyes until one of them opened their mouth.

"G-get off me." Sora choked.

"No, you get off of me." Cloud whined.

Sora felt a shiver go down his spine, he couldn't bring himself to move, and he couldn't get off the kid. Sora wasn't thinking ahead of himself because he soon regretted his next moves. Sora found himself leaning closer into Cloud's face, and Cloud responded the same.

Within seconds, Sora's lips were firmly placed on the blonde's. All Sora could think about was he was kissing another guy, his friend…

It was so sudden. Sora found himself deeply enjoying it, every moment he wanted to savor. Cloud was slowly becoming more comfortable with the fact a boy was on top of his, and the fact that they had their mouths together.

Sora found his hands moving from the floor, and his body slowly coming closer to Cloud's, as he moved his hands toward Cloud's neck. He cupped his cheeks, and began hissing him more passionately. Cloud could feel the friction between their bodies, because Sora was no longer holding himself up. He could feel himself becoming aroused, he was still a little uncomfortable to the situation, and part of him wanted to end it, but the other part wanted more.

Cloud took his hands off the floor, and placed them on Sora's shoulder blade, and began caressing the boy's sides. Sora kissed harder and deeper each time, but managed to keep his tongue in his own mouth. Until he felt a soft wet presence at the tip of his lips, Sora was shocked, but did nothing to prevent it. Sora was about to part his lips to allow Cloud to enter but something flashed into his mind.

Riku.

Sora pulled back, and pushed off of Cloud, and scrambled to the side of the bed to rest his head on the frame. He sat there panting and looked over at the confused Cloud. Sora could feel tears forming into his eyes, he hadn't been this confused and stressed since Riku left him, and it's most likely going to happen again. If he does find out, which he won't. Sora hesitated.

"W-what j-just happened…?" Cloud asked in almost a whisper.

Sora took a deep breath trying to hold back his tears. He looked over the boy, and could see more to him now. He saw someone who he'd never thought to be there before; he felt almost the same as he did around Riku when he looked into Cloud's eyes.

"I-I don't know…I- Oh god…" Sora sobbed putting his hand to his forehead, as if going into thought.

"Oh god? What?" Cloud asked confused, he crawled over to Sora who was in emotional pain.

"Riku…" Sora muttered to himself. Cloud raised an eyebrow.

"Riku? You mean your friend?" Cloud asked a little irritated.

"Yes! Riku! No! No! He's not… He's not my friend okay! OH MY GOD WHAT HAVE I DONE?" Sora started screaming in a low tone so that Cloud's parents couldn't hear the noise.

"He's not? What do you mean Sora and why are you getting so off topic?" Cloud asked extremely agitated.

"Cloud… have you not realized by now that I am not straight? I just… just cheated on Riku… he's my boyfriend… Oh god why did I do this?" Sora whined to himself.

"Oh… I'm sorry, if I would of known…I-" Cloud got interrupted,

"No, don't worry, this is my fault. I don't want him leaving me, even though I deserve it. Cloud… please, please don't tell him. Please." Sora explained.

Cloud looked down at the floor, he was fiddling his thumbs. He nodded, and took a deep breath.

"I don't know what it is about you Sora… But, I like you Sora, I have ever since I met you, but now that I know this, I can't interfere. I can't, I'm not like that." Cloud looked the opposite way of Sora's direction. He could feel tears forming as well. He was amazed he got his feelings out, being the quiet one he was.

Sora stood up, and took one look at Cloud; the tears were now just trickling down his pink cheeks.

"I- I like you too Cloud, but I made a promise to Riku, and I plan on keeping it." Sora said determinedly.

Cloud nodded, and stood up as well.

"It'll stay our little secret Sora. I'm sorry." Cloud moved his hand gesturing that Sora may leave if he wished.

Sora nodded, and moved closer to Cloud to hug him good-bye. He breathed in deeply, and tightened his grip on the boy. Cloud breathed out when Sora had, and gripped Sora's warm body. Sora released the boy, and ran upstairs.

Something tells me, this isn't over. Cloud thought to himself watching Sora walked up the basement stairs.

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Meanwhile…

The moment Sora left the house and Riku had finished writing his letter, he sat on his bed and took a deep breath. The note was a little harsh, but Riku had to tell Yami exactly how he felt. He put his arms behind his head, and closed his eyes, he was in deep thought until a sudden ring of the phone interrupted him.

Riku gathered the energy to stand up and grab his phone; he picked it up and in a deep voice answered.

"Hello?"

"Hi, this is Leon. Is Sora still there? Or did he leave already?" Leon asked cautiously.

"Oh no, sorry he left a few minutes ago. Is there something I can do?" Riku asked politely, not really into talking to the guy.

"No I just wanted to talk to him about something, his mom gave me this number to call. I'd like to hang out with him more, it's been forever since I have seen him. Sorry to bother you." Leon said.

"Uh huh, that's fine. About Sora, has he changed much?" Riku asked smirking.

"Well, I didn't really notice anything, why what are you trying to say?" Leon suddenly got interested.

"Oh nothing. I was just wondering if you saw any change in Sora this year. He has changed, A LOT might I add." Riku tried to hold back his laughter. I know Sora wants to wait to tell Leon about his 'sexuality' on his own, but this is so much fun, him calling was like an open door. Riku snorted.

"How d'you mean?" Leon was getting confused and worried.

"Oh never mind, I guess. You'll figure it out later… maybe." Riku smirked secretly.

"Okay, I get it. You think I'm going to take Sora away from you just because we've been friends longer. I don't blame you for getting mad, but I don't plan on doing that. I hope you're not thinking you're better than me or something, 'cause comparing is a load of shit." Leon started explaining.

Riku started laughing, leaving Leon extremely confused. "You got it ALL wrong. Look man, haha it's not that I think I'm better than you, and it's not that I'm jealous you guys are friends again. I wish I could let Sora tell you this himself, but you just crossed the line." Riku was holding back every word he wanted to lash out at Leon with.

"Oh really, and what is that?" Leon was getting cocky. When he met Riku, he knew the kid would be a jackass to anyone; he was even to Sora that day.

"Well, Sora and I aren't friends. He's my boyfriend. Yeah that's right, he's gay, and so am I. If you were a better friend you woulda noticed that." Riku scoffed.

He could hear silence on the other end, until he heard deep breathing.

"What?" A deeper, more confused voice replied.

"It's true Leon." Riku looked down, he took a deep breath. "Look I gotta go, Sora is gonna fucking kill me for tellin' you. Catch ya' later." Riku hung up.

Leon, on the other end realized he had been hung up on, set the phone down. He was standing in his room, now standing shocked. So very very shocked. How did I not see this coming? Sora gay? It seems so obvious now, but how could he not tell me on his own, being his best friend and all. Or has that changed… Leon walked towards his bed, and put his hands to his head, moving his soft brown hair out of his face.

"Riku you jackass…" He sighed.

"Leon you naive little boy." Riku sighed.

The conversation that had just occurred, not only changed Leon's view on Riku, but on Sora as well. He could see his life suddenly get more interesting.

Riku may have been a jackass, but then again, so was Leon. He found himself no longer angry with him. Almost like they've been friends for a while.

Riku started laughing, Leon was so fun to tease, but he had no intension to tell him what Sora planned on telling him on his own. Leon blew that the moment he was getting all defensive on Riku, and Riku LASHED out at him. I wouldn't really call it lash, now what I said to Sora's dad during the summer, there's lash out.

"What ever, I'm not deprived of friends, one Sora obsessed brat doesn't matter." Riku whispered to himself.

Riku sat there for a long moment. He was called down to supper, and ate quietly, although his parents were probing.

"Riku, I thought Sora would of stayed for supper." His mother pointed out.

"No, he had stuff to do." Riku looked down and wanted to eat his dinner in piece.

"Okay then, oh ya and who was the one who called?" She added.

"No one mom, just some friend of mine."

"What friend, you have friends?"

Riku's left eye was beginning to twitch. "Yes, I have friends Mother."

She nodded, and could see Riku's face going red. She sat quietly for the rest of dinner.

Riku finished before both his parents, and went up to his room to be alone for the night. He had no reason to be in such a PMS mood but he was anyway. He lied on his bed and closed his eyes.

Suddenly the phone rang again, immediately Riku assumed Leon was either apologizing or going to yell at him, since he never got the chance. Riku picked up the phone once more and answered calmly.

"Hello?"

There was silence on the other side, he could hear breathing though, and it sounded almost distressed.

"Hello? Who's this?" He asked confused.

He could hear the person trying to bring themselves to talk. Suddenly in a soft, crackly voice he heard a boy speak.

There were quiet sobs coming from the other line, which was obviously Sora's voice.

"Sora?" Riku asked.

The line was disconnected. Riku stared at the phone in confusion, what had just happened? And what the hell was wrong with Sora?

Could it be…Had he already told him?

Leon. Riku cringed.