I woke to a loud crash and a frustrated exclaim. I felt Riku sigh as he woke up as well, groaning as he shifted, his arms tightening around me. "R-Riku, shouldn't you see what's going on?" I asked, my curiosity getting the better of me.
He groaned again before releasing me and pushing himself up. "Probably my mom being clumsy…" He grumbled, stretching. He then stood up and walked into the doorway. "Stay here." He commanded, and I simply nodded before he left, leaving me alone in his room.
"Not like I know where anything is anyway…" I pushed myself up as well, his shirt falling over my shoulder again. I remained along until I heard his door band against the wall which made me jump, then his footsteps were out of rhythm as he walked in. "You alright?" I asked as he sat in front of me.
"Define alright…" He said through clenched teeth.
I scooted closer to him and cupped his cheeks in my hands, noticing that his left one was swollen. "Did someone hit you?" I asked, my eyes widening slightly.
He quickly pulled my hands down, though I felt his right hand had some cuts. "The hell, Riku?" I demanded, my eyebrows knitting. Then he just let go of my hands, scooting back.
"It's normal for my dad to do this." His head was turned away from mine.
I pulled on his chin so that he was looking at me. "Normal?" I echoed, now looking mad.
He sighed. "I just…" His shoulders slumped.
I turned my head away and dropped my hand. "You don't have to talk about it if you don't want to." I said, petting his hair. I heard him sigh again, so I rested my chin on his shoulder, only to feel him nudge me gently with his head. "What do you have planned today?" I asked, still petting his hair.
He responded with a grunt. "Maybe Sora has the gummi ready." He nudged my head again.
"Let's go check!" I then exclaimed, pulling my head off of his shoulders and pumping my fists.
The boy chuckled, then stood up and pulled me onto his back again. I wrapped my arms around his neck loosely and rested my head on his shoulder again, giggling happily.
"Sora!" He shouted as we came close to the brunette and the red-head from what I remember. Riku put me back on the ground and I walked around him so that I was at his side, then jumped behind him when I heard a yelp and something – or someone – fall off of what sounded like a tree. "Are you alright?" I asked to whoever as they got back up.
"Fine, fine." I heard Sora said. "Just shocked me." I couldn't help but giggle and I felt his glare on me. I held my hands up in defense. "The Gummi ready?" I asked, hearing Riku walk over to his friend.
"Yeah, should be. You two ready to go?" I nodded, before feeling arms wrap around me. "Yvaine! Aren't you excited?" That was Kairi's voice.
"I just hope I can see in the other worlds." I replied as the other female pulled me onto the ship and set me down on a couch-like backseat.
Riku sat next to me, with Kairi sitting in the front with Sora in the drivers seat. "Everything set." He said as he turned it on. I felt the floor shake and I couldn't help but grin at the thought of being able to see again. I felt the seat buckle, picturing Riku doing that for me. "Thanks." I muttered, feeling his head rest on my shoulder. "Take a nap." I told him quietly, before feeling him cuddle up to me. Before I knew he, I fell asleep as well. That is, until Sora shook me, shouting my name.
"What?" I demanded, sitting up. The air smelled different, so I assumed we were in another world.
"We landed in Twilight Town." Kairi replied, a grin in her voice. "Why are your eyes closed?" She asked.
"I don't wanna open them just yet." I replied. I waited a moment before opening my eyes. I took a sharp breath, seeing my three friends sitting around me. I looked at Sora and Kairi. "You two are so cute." I said with a grin, making their faces turn red in unison. I hesitated at first, but I rolled my head back to see Riku's face hovering over mine. "Hey handsome." I said, examining his delicate features.
He smirked. "Morning beautiful." He replied
I stared at the smirk. "I knew your smile was beautiful…" I commented, before looking into his turquoise eyes. "Just like those." I added, feeling tears well up. "Even better in color." I couldn't help but gaze into them.
"Hey, what about us?" Sora demanded, flailing his arms which received a whack in the back of the head from Kairi.
I couldn't help but giggle at them. "I already said you're cute; what else do you need?" I asked, my hands falling from Riku's face. I turned to look at Sora, before blinking as I saw his sapphire eyes. "Whoa…" I muttered, resting my hands on his face for a moment, before stretching his cheeks.
"Hey!" The boy exclaimed, laughing as he pulled my hands away and rubbed his cheeks.
I laughed. "You should've expected that." I winked playfully at him. "Alright, old on." I rested my hands on his cheeks once again, gazing into his deep blue eyes. I was so intrigued by them that I lost myself in them, and snapped out of it when Kairi sneezed. "Ah, sorry." I rubbed the back of my head. "Blue's always been my favorite color." I grinned nervously. I turned my head to Kairi, and my head fell to the side. "You're really pretty, you know that?" She blushed, and that made me grin. I turned back to Sora and starred at his eyes once again, before blinking and shaking my eyes quickly. "Sorry." I muttered once again, rubbing the back of my neck nervously. "It's my favorite shade, too." I sighed.
Sora grinned, then snapped his fingers as a thought came to his mind. "Let's get some ice cream!" He cheered, jumping up with his fists pumped.
I looked up at Sora, then yelped when Riku suddenly pulled me up as he stood "Go on ahead, we'll catch up." Riku winked at his brunette friend, who nodded, and walked away with Kairi's hand in his.
I turned to Riku with a raised eyebrow. "What're you—" I yelped again when Riku suddenly pulled me away in another direction, heading for a dark allyway. "Riku, wha—" I was shoved against the wall roughly. "The fuck, man?" I demanded, looking up at him with narrowed eyes. But when I saw how angry he looked, I fell quiet, shrinking my head back a little. "What?" I asked, and his response was him crushing his lips against mine. I didn't take a breath and was running out. I put my hands to his chest and tried to push him off, but that made him move closer to me, my back pressing against the wall and his chest pressing against mine. He pulled away and moved down to my jaw, giving me time to breathe, and moved down to my jaw. My hands were shaking. He rested a hand against mine in a comforting way. That is, until he roughly grabbed my wrists with his one hand and pulling them above my head, his other hand sliding down to my hip, then sneaked its way up my shirt a little. "R-…." My chest was heaving and I couldn't breathe normally. His lips moved back to mine and it difficult to breathe, again. I moved my head to the side, separating us. "Riku!" I exclaimed weakly when his hand sneaked up a little more, now resting on my upper waist.
Finally, he stopped. His right hand slid out of my shirt and he pulled away from me, though my wrists were still locked in his grip. He was starring at me with an unexplainable gaze. I was starring back with a terrified look, my lips agape as if I was going, trying, to say something.
"Stop staring at him." He said in a strict tone to me. His gaze showed that he meant it, too. "You're making me mad."
I only nodded because I was still catching my breath. That, and I couldn't really speak. My head shrunk back a little, afraid that he's start up again.
He sighed, almost in a proud way. "Alright, let's catch up with the other two." He released my wrists and intertwined out fingers, pulling me along. His grip tightened a little when we finally met them.
I allowed him to pull me along, my head bowed. Kairi handed me a popsicle, but I shook my head. Her eyebrows knit. "This is the only place we can try it…" She commented, blinking once.
"Maybe later…" I mumbled, refusing to look at her.
She now knew that something was up, but I didn't dare look at her. Or any of them, for that matter. I didn't want to look at Riku because of what just happened, and Sora because Riku might get mad againl so I just kept my gaze at the floor.
"Yve, let's go shopping." Kairi said in a happy tone. Great. Now she wants to talk. I lifted my head a little to look at her and nodded nervously. I wanted to get away from Riku. I need some girl time, too. She took hold of my other hand and waved to the boys. When she started to walk away I quickly followed, gripping her hand in return. "Olette showed me a cute clothes store around here somewhere." She smiled sweetly at me but I didn't see it, because my head was still down. I didn't say anything to the boys a quick look over my shoulder. Could feel Riku staring at my back, but for once I didn't really care.
We arrived at the store and Kairi squealed happily. "C'mon!" She pulled me into the store, and being as clumsy as I was, I stumbled at first. It was cute, but I'm not a 'cute' type of girl, considering I'm still wearing Riku's clothes. Ew.
Kairi pulled out a short, black, long sleeved no hood jacket and handed it to me. "Here." She said, looking for a shirt to go with it. We couldn't find one, so we settled on a plain, white tank top. She found black skinny jeans, black books, and an awesome studded belt that was tilted on my hips. I still wore my pinky and thmb ring, as well as the glove that went up to my shoulder. I couldn't take it off, since it was pretty much burned onto my skin. It was skin tight and ended with a golden ring around my right middle finger. She found me a large silver bracelet that crossed another one. Kind of looks like the rings that circle an atom, forgot the name. I looked at my clothes and nodded approvingly. "You know what I like." I said, before feeling for the locket Riku gave me. I couldn't. "My necklace!" I exclaimed, looking through Riku's clothes to see if it was in there.
Kairi giggled at me. "I have it right here, don't worry." She said, slipping it back around my neck.
I sighed in relief, touching it tenderly.
"Why did you seem so uneasy when you came back with Riri?" She asked, pulling me along to the cashier.
I raised an eyebrow at her. "Riri? What kind of nickname is that?" I asked with a small laugh.
"Don't try and dodge it." She said sternly. "Nothing bad, right?" She asked, taking the bag of Riku's clothes. When I didn't reply, of even look at her, she gripped my shoulders. "What did he do?" She demanded.
I took her hands off my shoulders, surprised at the concern in her voice. "Nothing…..that bad. Just…" I took a deep breath. "Nothing." I shrugged. "It's not that big a deal." I muttered, walking out of the shop.
I knew she knew that I didn't want to talk about it, so she didn't say anything for walk back. She did, however, take my hand.
I raised an eyebrow at her.
"Friends can hold hands, too." She said quietly. "Ah, Riku, Sora!" She exclaimed, waving our hands at them.
My head snapped up for a second before looking away again. I could feel Riku's gaze once again, looking at my new clothes. That made me feel uncomfortable. I let go of Kairi's hands and crossed my arms. "Disapprove?" I asked with a raised hour.
He snorted. "Two hours and you come up with that?" He asked. I drove my fist into his gut in return. "Shut it." I growled. "We went to other stores." I snapped, taking a bad from Kairi's grip and walking off, heading for the closest Inn. I could hear the three following me, Riku being almost right next to me. Sora bought a two room bedroom. I hoped I got to share with Kairi…
"You two lovebirds can share." Sora said with a grin.
Fuck…
I didn't hear Riku object and I thought that it would be a good time to apologize. I pulled the bag up to my chest and turned my head away. "Whatever." I muttered.
Sora grinned. "Alright, see you two later!" He took Kairi's hand in his and they jogged off, leaving Riku and I in the hallway alone.
I didn't even look at him. I simply walked into the room and set the bag down next to one side of the bed and taking off my jacket and bracelet. "What's in the bag?" I heard Riku asked. I didn't respond for a second. I turned my head slightly to look at him out of the corner of my eye. "You'll find out when I'm not mad at you." I turned my back to him again. I looked down at it for a while, then pushed it under the bed. "Time for bed." I fell onto my side and cupped my hands under the pillow.
Riku chuckled. "Gyoi." He said, laying on his side as well, pulling the covers over my shoulder. "Night." He whispered, kissing my temple before laying down, his back to mine.
I felt years well up again. But this time, they spilled over.