Quirking an eyebrow as Sora looked like he was about to throw a temper tantrum the silver haired boy wiped his now saliva covered hand against his pants slightly. Though it was odd watching the shorter teen look back and glare at him every few steps made him shift uncomfortably. So maybe acting so stuck up about shoving the blue Popsicle down his friends shirt had gone a little far, but then again maybe it was something else that he had said. Climbing atop the wall again the silver haired teen watched the now completely twilight sky with only slight interest.
Shrugging slightly the sea green eyed boy let out a harsh sigh before running a hand through his hair. Sora would forgive him by the next time they saw each other right? Hearing footsteps that surely were very familiar and not far away Riku furrowed his eyebrows and peered over the side only to see a still upset Sora. Noticing the other boy was still shirtless and it was going to get cold soon, and if his friend got sick it would be all Riku's fault. Shrugging his shoulders slightly so at first his vest fell onto his lap and then he unzipped the black undershirt as well. Tossing the black shirt at Sora's head from his perch a bit farther up Riku grinned before following right after it.
Landing next to his best friend and hoping that his clothing wouldn't be spit on or stomped into the dirt, mostly since he was offering it so that his friend didn't sick. "Here, you should wear my shirt if I ruined yours." He said completely sincere with his offer as well. It would make him feel guilty if he did cause his friend to get hurt, that and Yuffie would murder slash molest him. That was something scary to think about.
Next thing he knew, a black thing came flying towards him and landed on his head. His first reaction was, I'M BEING SMOTHERED BY A HEARTLESS, but after remembering to breath, he smelt the thing on his head. It smelt familiar. Pulling the shirt off his head, he saw Riku alight infront of him. Still being childish, he turned his eyes away form the teen. Shoving his dirty clothes at Riku's chest, he pulled on the black shirt and did it up. The fabric stuck to his chest and he wrinkled his nose, "Thanks," he mumbled sulkily, plucking at the clothes as it came away from his skin atlast.
"You can carry those," he declared, looking at the silver haired boy out of his peripheral vision. He sighed and dropped his scowl, "No hard feelings," he said at last, with a slight smile. AFter all, he couldn't stay mad at his friend and it was just a joke, and he Had given him his long sleeved shirt. Looking at the boy full on once more he asked, "Won't you get cold with only that vest on?"
Sora didn't want Riku to get sick either. The Brunetteheaved a sigh, yawning widely. It was a long day of nothing, and nothing made him more tired than something. It didn't really make sense. His eyes drifted up to the sky, which was now almost completely dark, and lamps spluttered to life along the walk ways and market place.
Laughing slightly at Sora's reaction to the shirt hitting him the silver haired teen smirked at his friends reaction. Rolling his eyes at the very childish reaction Sora had to the shirt Riku shrugged and was only glad that he wasn't attacked or had more things thrown at him while he was trying to help out the brunette. "Should of offered it earlier." He said offhandedly not really needing the thanks to help out Sora of all people. It must be the way the key blade master looked, it was hard to hate the guy and even hared to not feel like you needed to help him when he needed it. Only Riku assumed after spending his whole life with the teen he would be immune, nope he wasn't that lucky.
Picking up the small pile of sticky and sickly sweet smelling fabric Riku tucked it under his arm feeling the slight stickynes against his skin as well. Frowning slightly he looked over at Sora and let out a small sigh, dammit was he even allowed to be made at the younger teen for one minute? "Ya, Ya shut up." He said grumbling slightly as he did so. It wasn't that bad of punishment to have to carry a small bundle of cloths. Gods only knows that he could of had to do worse, like carry both Sora and the clothes...or have to go shopping with Yuffie sometime. Ya that was defiantly much scarier than Sora.
Looking up slightly at the question Riku shook his head slightly a small smile on his face. "I'll be fine, you need it more." He said before letting his eyes rest on the brunette once more. "Hey Sora, do you want me to carry you or something?" He asked noticing that his friend looked exhausted.
He gave Riku a skeptical look, "If your sure..." he knew Riku was proabaly pretending to be tough, but he still worried. His eyes dropped a little. He really was tired suddenly, but was surprised by Riku's question. Part of him wanted to say yes, to have Riku lift him up and hold him close and- WHat was he thinking?! He must be delirious or something! He obviously wasn't thinking straight. Althoughthe thought of walking all the way back made him even more tired, "Er... well.. I... I can walk..." he said, blushing slightly and scartching the back of his spiky head.
He didnt want to seem weak, not infront of Riku, so he started off at a slower pace than what it had been before, not waiting for Riku, for he knew the teen could catch him easily. Another yawn escaped his lips and he slumped his shoulders. Bed was very welcoming right now and it almost called to him over the night breeze.
He thougt back to what had crossed his mind. was it normal for best friends to carry eachother or whatever? He didnt really see anyhting wrong with it after all. And he was feeling very lazy at this moment. He stopped, not having gone far and turned to look at Riku, but couldnt bring himself to say it, for he thought that would be weak.
Shrugging Riku decided that ignoring the cold air and an unsure Sora would be the best thing to do. If he was able to beat Xemnas than he would be able to handle the cold. Or maybe Sora was taunting him, which seemed a bit unlikely especially since the voice he said it in wasn't harsh or sarcastic. "Really Sora I'm fine." he said hoping to reassure him slightly. The silly key blader was always worried about something or helping someone, that was a downfall and a good thing all wrapped up into one small brunette package. Chuckling slightly at himself Riku shook his head. Glancing at Sora from the side he bit his lip knowing that his friend was tired still.
Even if he did miss the slight blush on Sora's face the silver haired teen was sure his friend would fall over from exhaustion any time now. Another yawn came from the younger teen and that just made him roll his eyes waiting for the moment he would have to dunk the brunettes head into some water. Rolling his shoulders lightly Riku wondered why he wasn't as sleepy as Sora, they both had been patrolling all day..oh ya he had taken that nap around mid-day that was it. Smiling sheepishly once he realized that he had pulled a Sora and slacked off at the worst possible moment..Oops!
Not missing a beat and seeing Sora stop walking Riku did as well. Positioning the clothing under his arm once more and tilting his head to the side. The very look that was coming from those blue eyes spoke of defeat, so that meant he did want to be carried. Walking over to Sora he grinned down at him slightly. "So you do want to be carried." he said turning so that his back faced Sora, bending his knees slightly the silver haired teen sighed. "Get on." he said with a slight sigh feeling a bit demeaned.
Blushing even more at the older Teen's gesture, looked uneasy for a moment, "I might be too heavy..." he lied, knowing that RIku was very strong and he, Sora, was fairly light, but he didn't want to seem like a wimp. Not infront of Riku especially. After all, he'd spent alot of his life trying to Impress Riku, for reasons unknown. SHifting his weight from foot to foot, he finally sucked up his pride. Hooking his arms lightly around RIku's neck, he gave a small hop to get ontot he teens back.
One he was up there, he felt better. His feet didn't hurt form supporting unwanted weight, not to mention Riku was warm. He could feel his body heat throught he borrowed shirt. And then it occured to him, that he'd never hear the end of this. Ever. He pushed his face into Riku's back in frustration, kicking himself for not slacking off today like he usually would of. He'd actually tried not to have a nap or go for a swim or something. He'd even been watchful the first few hours, looking like a little soldier.
From his higher elevation Sora could see the light form lamps dancing int he dark, and his eyes slid shut, still awake, but resting his eyes form the bright lights. "Hey Riku..." he mumbled, stiffling yet another yawn, "Tomorrow can we do this again? Hang out I mean..." Despite the ice cream incident, he'd enoyed his time with the SIlver Haired boy. He'd misse dhim during the two year mess.
Rolling his eyes slightly at the brunettes lame excuse Riku snorted slightly. If Sora really thought he couldn't carry him than the boy must think that he was really weak, which was something he definitely wasn't. Finally feeling the warmth and only slight weight onto his back Riku stood straight up wrapping his arms around the scrawny legs of his friend he was ready to walk once more. And seriously Sora was probably the lightest thing he had carried in a long time!
It was actually pretty nice being able to walk and not have to worry about his friend falling asleep on the ground. Though the constant movement Sora just insisted on doing was making his face heat up slightly, something he was not willing to admit to himself at all. Letting a slight sigh Riku glanced over his shoulder at Sora whose face was currently buried into his shoulder. Smiling at him the silver haired boy shook his head a bit hoping not to disturb the probably soon to be sleeping boy.
Hearing a voice speak up from behind his back the silver haired teen quirked an eyebrow and listened to his half awake voice. Smiling once again Riku nodded his head and looked forward once more so he didn't run into anything. "Of course Sora." he said noticing that only a few yards away was the path up to the now fixed up castle. That's where they had been staying since it was the only place that had enough room for them all. Merlin and Yuffie had Merlin's house while the Leon and Cloud aka the married couple, Aeirth aka The Living Domestic Goddess and Him and Sora stayed up at the castle with Cid migrating in between. They were really an odd group.