Gaining and Losing
Chapter 2: Anxiousness
A large bowl of food was placed in front of the brunette boy as he sighed and turned around in his stool.
"Dear you're not going to eat?"
"I'm not hungry." Sora lifted his bag off the ground and placed it on his shoulder before heading out the front door. "See ya later."
"Have a good day at school!"
'Yeah right. That is morally impossible.'
Riku stood on the sidewalk and when he saw the boy he quirked an eyebrow.
"Not enough sleep?"
"No I just feel like being Sebastian today."
The walk to school seemed to go by much too fast for either of the boys and before they knew it, it was like a flashback from the day before. The gossip did not look as lively as it was before but it was still there.
"Hey guys! Gosh Sora you look rough." Selphie looked at Riku a bit worried to only receive a shrug.
"Where have I heard that before?" He glanced at Riku right as Kairi handed the brunette a cup.
"Here you can have the rest of my hot chocolate. I hardly drank any of it this morning."
Sora smiled lightly and gladly took the cup. "Thanks Kairi."
Riku looked back and forth between the two as Selphie did the same.
"And on that note I think I will be leaving." Riku left the group and Sora stayed behind to talk with Kairi a bit more right as Selphie ran after the other boy.
"Hey Riku wait up!"
"Since when did you take a sudden interest in me?"
"It's not that it's just...something is off between them don't you think?"
"...No I don't think so. And even if there was it isn't my business."
"I can read Kairi pretty well and Sora well that is a given."
"Whatever." He opened the door and as soon as he did, he ran into someone.
"Hey! Watch it pretty boy!"
Rinoa stood a few feet away from him with her lackeys close behind. She placed a piece of her black hair behind her ear before looking up at Riku with a smirk.
"Sorry." He started to walk past her until she stopped him with a comment.
"So how's your BOYFRIEND doing? I'm surprised he isn't close at your heels or no wait now it's closer to your dic-"
"You know what Rinoa why don't you just shut the hell up and go find a new street corner to stand on okay?"
She placed her hands on her hips and glared at his back right before the door opened again to reveal Sora and Kairi.
"Well lookey here if it isn't Sora. Oh my but what are you doing with Kairi? I thought you were with Riku."
The four girls started making a huge fuss and Riku turned around to see Sora roll his eyes while walking over to him.
"Kairi you really know how to pick em." Elena laughed after her sarcastic statement as Kairi brushed past her and continued to walk down the hallway with Selphie.
"I swear if I had the Keyblade..." Sora sighed heavily while trying to let the frustration out.
"Hmph-I don't need a Keyblade just give me five minutes." Riku pulled out a few books before slamming his locker shut.
"I don't even wanna know what you meant by that."
"What?"
Sora rolled his eyes and turned around. "What would you do with her for five minutes?"
The older boy made a mock laugh. "Very funny. I would never do that with her though. She's a total bitch."
"Glad you think so. But that still doesn't change the fact that she is the hottest girl in school."
Riku sighed and threw up his hands. "I guess so."
"If she ever came onto you what would you do? In all seriousness now."
"I'd shove her off and then tell her off."
"Oh you're a regular Dr. Suess!"
"I would though. Girls like her..." His aqua eyes glanced back at her as she winked at him playfully and turned a corner at out of sight. "...aren't worth my time."
'If you say so. But the way you keep looking at her would tell me otherwise.'
Kairi sat under the tree with her history book laid out in front of her. She lifted her drink to take a sip just as Sora plopped down beside her.
"You know what it's amazing how fast people can change on you."
The girl looked at him slightly perplexed as he leaned back against the tree.
"It's like last week me and Riku were just normal people but now...it's like we're walking cone heads or something."
"You mean pinheads?"
"Yeah whatever you know what I mean."
She reached to shut her book while turning to look at him directly.
"Times like these just show who your true friends are. And believe me Sora...I know that something good will come out of this."
"I don't see how."
Meanwhile nearby, Riku stood on the other side of the campus watching the scene between the two unfold. He pulled on his tie to loosen it up and as he went to unbutton a few of his buttons, Rinoa appeared and unbuttoned them for him.
"There you go handsome. So..." She turned and looked across the area to see what he was looking at. "Ah I see. He's already cheating on you shame shame."
Riku rolled his eyes and looked down at her. "It's nothing like that they're just talking."
Her brown eyes stared at them and she smirked when Kairi placed her hand on Sora's. "Hmmm..." She leaned up to Riku's ear and whispered. "Their actions say otherwise."
His aqua eyes stared down at her as she began to walk off.
'What else could possibly happen?'
He turned back to Sora to see him smile at the girl before hugging her. The boy pulled back and looked across the field to see Riku walking into the school.
"Thank God it's Friday!"
Sora threw his tie into his bookbag before stretching his arms and releasing a sigh.
"Man those two days felt like an entire week in itself." Riku untucked his shirt as Sora looked up at the sky.
"So what are you doing this weekend?"
"Oh not much. Probably just hangin round the house. And you?"
"Same."
A light ring was heard and Riku reached into his pocket to reveal his small black cell phone. He quickly opened it to see he had a new text message. A few seconds later, he glared at the phone and shoved it back into his pocket.
"What's wrong?"
"...Leon."
Sora rolled his eyes and looked back at him. "Do I even wanna know?"
"He wants us to go out somewhere this weekend...and he's going to have someone follow us but we don't know who."
"Greeeeat. So where do we have to go?"
"I dunno. He said he would text me later." Riku kicked a rock and shook his head. "Damn him."
"Hey you agreed to this so deal with it."
"Yeah but...Sora do you feel weird at all about this?"
Sora scanned the road a few seconds before replying. "Sometimes...but we really haven't done anything that we don't normally do so not really."
"I feel the same way."
"But just don't do anything crazy like pulling me into the bathroom stall to make out. That is definitely something I don't wanna think about."
Riku smirked before punching Sora's arm. "Trust me I won't."