A/N: Wow, I never thought that my story would be this popular! I have 261 hits on
it (But by the time I post it, there might be more). Also; I would like to take this
time to tell everyone that I'm a cutter/burner, and that Sora hides all of his cuts just
as I do; I hope that explains some things… Please review and tell me how I'm
doing so far, thanks!
WARNING This chapter contains attempted suicide/cutting, some bad/suggestive
language, and Yaoi WARNING
Ch. 3
"Remember, act normal ok? If anyone asks, just say you got sick everywhere
and had to take a bath" I shook my head yes, but still didn't want it to end. We
walked back downstairs unnoticed to find that the party had gotten back to normal.
"There's the two lovebirds" Tidus called up to us, and everyone instantly started clapping. "Knock it off guys; Sora was barfing his brains out" With that, I held my stomach and tried my best to look queasy. "He puked on the both of us when I tried to carry him to the toilet" He cringed at that, and made his way down the stairs."Are you going to be all right Sora?" Aeris asked worriedly.
"Yeah, I'll be fine; Riku's tongue tasted like moldy butt" At this, Kairi pulledRiku to her, and kissed him for two minutes straight.
"I don't think it does" She said after she was finished, glaring up at me with eyes that said 'payback's a bitch, isn't it?'. She then turned
away from him, and started to talk to the other people.
I hurried down the steps and practically ran to Riku to see if he was all right."What did that bitch do to you?" I said, trying to keep my voice down.
"Sora, don't you see? This is the perfect excuse to cover up anyone's suspicions" I stared at him in disbelief, even though I knew he was
right. "I know you don't like it, but if we both had girlfriends, then no one would think that we're together" My eyes grew as he said the words 'we're together' but died when I heard the rest of it.
"It'll never work…sooner or later they'll found out!"
"Find out what?" Kairi said, wrapping her arms around Riku's chest.
"That I puked in your panty drawer" I said, fighting back a laugh.
"Ew! Sora you sick pervert! What the hell where you doing in my underwear drawer!" "Well, I was so hard from Riku, that I had to shot off on something" Kairi's face twisted as I said this, making it look as though she were going to puke. "Riku, why do you hang out with him, he's so disgusting!" She then let go of Riku, and ran off into the crowd."Sora you naughty little boy…" Riku bit his lip, and suppressed a giggle.
"Making you hard?" I licked my lip seductively, and winked at him.
"Yes, very much"
"Well, I guess I'll just have to fix that later, now won't I?" He shook his head yes, as Kairi whistled loudly to get everyone's attention."In about two minutes there'll be a movie in the living room, everyone's invited
to watch! Thank you all!" She cleared her way through the crowd back over towards
us, and grabbed Riku by the arm.
"Help me set up the movie?" She said, then pulled him out into the living room without another word. I followed them both out into the living room, trying my best not to laugh."All right everyone, I hope you like Final Destination" (A/N: This movie gave
me another reason to never want to go on airplanes… . ) She announced, once the
DVD player was set up. The best spots by the TV were taken rather quickly, but I
didn't mind; just as long as I could be near Riku, I'd be happy.
Throughout the movie, Kairi sat as close as she could to Riku, so she could
jump in his lap if she got 'scared'. After the movie was over, everyone clapped and
cheered, and gathered up their things to leave.
"Thank you everyone for coming out! I hope to see you again! Everyone who is
staying here, report to the kitchen in ten minutes!" The house erupted in activity, as
everyone tried to pack up their things.
"Sora, follow me" I felt Riku take my hand, and lead me through the crowd
back upstairs. We went back to the room we were in earlier; closing the door
behind us just as before.
"I thought I'd never loose her" He sighed heavily, and hugged me tenderly. We
let go, and sat down on the bed, smiling at each other warmly.
"Riku…can I tell you something?"
"Of course you can" He said, touching my cheek ever so sweetly.
"Well, you see…for the past year, I've… I've…" I gulped nervously, and looked
down at the floor.
"I've been in love with you" My heart raced as I waited for his response, which
didn't come fast enough.
"Sora...I...I don't know what to say…" I felt my heart start to break in pieces as
he looked away from me, and headed for the bathroom.
"Sora, wait a minute…" I closed the door before he could say another word,
and slunked to the floor. Just when I thought my life was starting to pick up too… I
reached into my pocket, and withdrew the knife once more.
As I pressed the blade against my arm, the door flew open, making me
accidentally sink the blade in deeper then I had originally intend to. Riku looked
down at me for no longer then a second, before he grabbed a nearby towel, and
quickly pressed it against my arm.
"What were you thinking!" Tears stained his face as he finished wiping away
the blood, throwing the towel aside afterwards, and collapsing into me shakily. He
cried for sometime, but I held him close to me, silently wishing I had never done it.
"How long?" He said softly.
"For the past five years…" He looked up at me then, as his eyes started to swell
up again.
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"I didn't want you and Kairi to worry about me"
"Of course we would worry about you! You're our best friend, and I love you
more then anything in the world!" The tears came again, causing him to shake
violently in my arms once more.
In all the years I've known Riku, he would never cry or break down like this…
he was always the tougher of us and in no way showed his emotions, not even to me;
yet, here he is…broken in two by his supposedly best friend.
"I'm sorry Riku…" I barely got the words out of my mouth before I was
slapped across the face very unexpectedly.
"Were else have you cut? I want to see them all" I then took off my shirt, and
showed him the faded white lines.
"That's the only place I've been brave enough to try" He cuddled into my
chest, and hugged me tightly.
"Promise me you'll never do that again"
"Riku…you're the only reason why I'm still alive; as long as I have you, I'll
never do it again, I promise" He looked up at me smiling, and kissed me deeply.
Once Riku regained his composure, he cleaned up my cut and wrapped it
securely; kissing it once he was finished.
"We should get back down there; Kairi said to meet in ten minutes" I put my
shirt back on, and gave Riku another hug and kiss; but still felt bad for what I had
done…
"Riku…I'm really sorry about everything…" I hung me head, and felt the
depression coming on again.
"It's ok, don't worry about it" He lifted my chin up and wrapped his arms
around me, holding me like this for a lifetime or more.
"Hey guys, it's…" We quickly broke apart, as Aeris opened the door and saw us.
"Oh, I'm sorry I didn't mean to" She looked down at the floor, turning a nice
deep shade of red.
"For what? We weren't doing anything" Riku said, trying to keep his
composure, but I could tell it was starting to falter.
"I suppose you weren't" She looked back up, smiling as though nothing
awkward had just happened.
"I hate to change the subject or anything…but what did you come up here to tell
us?" It appeared as though Aeris had forgotten I was there, and jumped slightly when I
spoke.
"Oh! Kairi wanted me to tell you guys that everyone's down in the kitchen now,
and that you two are supposed to join us"
"All right then, we'll be down in a minute" She gave a soft smile, and a
courteous bow, before she slipped back out of the room.
"Do you think she saw anything?" I watched as Riku bit his lip, and scratched
the back of his, clearly pointing out he was nervous about something.
"I honestly don't know…I hope not"
"You don't think she would tell anyone, do you?" The air between us grew
thick as Riku thought for a moment about it.
"She doesn't seem like the kind of person who would do that, but we should
keep an eye on her just in case…lets just go down stairs before anyone starts to get
suspicious" Without another word, we walked downstairs into the kitchen, where
everybody was waiting for us.
"Is everybody here now?" Kairi raised her voice so that everyone would quiet down.
"Now then, let's figure out what we're going to do for the rest of the night; does
anyone have any suggestions?"
"How about we tell ghost stories?" Yuffie said with a smile.
"We'll wait until later, when it's darker and we can have flashlights" Kairi then
jotted the idea down on a notepad, looking back up at us for more.
"Would a board game be good?" Everyone looked at Aeris, then broke into a
quiet chatter.
"Which one do you guys wanna play?"
"Twister!" Tidus yelled, making the rest of laugh.
"Any objections?" Nobody raised their hand, so Kairi then got up, and brought
out the Twister game.
"Lets go set it up in the living room; it'll give us more room to play" We
followed her out into the living room, and helped her to set it up.
"I'll be the spinner" Kairi sat down on the couch, smiling at us triumphantly.
"Why do you always get to be in charge of everything?" Squall said, as we all
agreed with him.
"Well, it is my house, and I'm the one who's throwing the party, aren't I? So
just be quiet and play the game, or sit out"
"I think she should change her name to Hitler" Riku whispered to me, instantly
making me cover my mouth so that Kairi would not overhear us.
"All right everyone, right hand red!" She quickly said, making everyone
scramble to get to a spot on the mat. The game continued on like this for awhile,
and everyone managed to somehow not fall.
"Ok guys, this one will be sure to get at least one of you out!" She made the
spinner go around as fast as she could, and laughed once it stopped.
"Left foot green" I looked up at Riku, who had somehow managed to intertwine
his body around mine. Tidus accidentally slipped right then, causing everyone else to
fall; effectively pinning us together.
"Now if only no one else was here right now…" He whispered just loudly for
me to here, and laughed an innocent little laugh.
"All right everyone, get up; I don't want my parents to walk in and think we're
doing something bad"
"You're no fun Kairi!" Tidus called out, and started to do obscene gestures at
Yuffie.
"Tidus! You're such a freak!" She slapped him hard across his face, but this only
made him and wakka laugh harder. After everyone had caught their and got up, the
room became silent as we began to think of what to do next.
"Do you guys wanna watch another movie?"
"Just as long as it isn't a scary one" Aeris said, cringing slightly.
"I'll let you guys decide amongst yourself while Riku and I go make some more
snack" Riku barely got out a mutter before she whisked him away with her into the
kitchen.
"Why do I get the feeling that she has a crush on him?" Wakka whispered,
staring at the now closed kitchen door.
"Now that you mention it, she has been acting kinda strange tonight…" Yuffie
said, looking at the door as well.
"Come on guys, you're putting too much into this; you're all worrying about
nothing. Everyone stared at me silently for a moment, before finally venturing a guess.
"Sounds to me like you're jealous…" Yuffie said, instantly making everyone
else shake their heads in agreement.
"I am not! I would I be jealous!"
"Because Riku's your best friend, and we all know that you have a crush on
Kairi"
"I don't have a crush on her; I never even said that I did!"
"Come on, it's obvious; we can all tell" Wakka said, shoving my shoulder
playfully.
"It's ok if you do Sora, we won't tell anybody" Selphie said excitedly, moving
in closer to me so she could hear.
"Tell us!"
"We wanna know!"
"Pretty please?" Everyone chimed in at once, before I finally gave up and raised
my voice to them.
"All right, all right! Just stop talking so loudly" I sighed defeatedly as everyone
gathered around closer.
"I do have a crush on Kairi…" Everyone smiled as I said this, all that is except
for me. What I said was no closer to the truth as humans are to the moon; but if that's
what everyone wants to hear from me, then I guess I'll have to continue this little
charade for the time being…
