Sorry for such a long wait, but I've been kind of busy and then I got really sick. I'm ok now and I found some spare time to type this chapter. Thank you all for being so patient and now I present to you the fourth chapter of "Deep cuts".
But before we begin I would like to apologize for not pointing out where make out scenes in the last chapter where. didn't put the symbols into the story at all. Sorry if you didn't like reading that bit so I'm warning you now that it's a bit worse in this chapter. Please read it though because it has parts in-between that are important to the story.
Bear with me because I have many more chapters to go and everything is about to change. Pretty much she rarely appears in the story anymore, she is just mentioned. Maybe Sora still loves her, maybe Riku never liked her, Maybe Sora doesn't like her; you'll never find out unless you read.
Sorry for all that but now on with the story.
Chapter 4 – More love confessions
Another day, another drama, such is life for the Strife family. Sora lied on his bed staring at the ceiling. He had only been bothered to half change, even though it was cold without a shirt. He held out his arm and looked at the fresh cuts he had just made. Sora knew he couldn't stay inside forever. He had to get out. He wandered to his drawers and pulled out a black t-shirt and slipped it on. Next he put on the same black jacket he had on the day before. He left his room and headed for the family room. Once again Sora was alone in the house. He sighed and sat on the couch. The phone started ringing in the background. Sora groaned and got up again. He hurried to the phone and picked it up.
"Hello?" Sora said in his happiest voice.
"Hey Sora! It's Kairi." Kairi replied in a bubbly tone.
"Oh, hey Kai… what's up?"
"I was just wandering if you wanted to hang out today… just us?" Sora had no idea that Kairi was actually trying to ask him out on a date.
"I don't think I should go without my mom's permission, and she's not here right now. But you could come over if you want."
"Really? That would be so cool! Um, how soon do you want me over?"
"Come now" Sora thought the Company would cheer him up.
"Ok, I'll be right there!" It was so nice to have a friend like Kairi. Sora knew he could trust her with anything.
Sora sat down again and turned on the TV. He flicked through channels until Kairi knocked on the door. Sora let her in and led her back to the family room. Sora sat down and tapped on the couch out of boredom. Kairi was sitting upright and looked uncomfortable. Sora turned to look at her, but said nothing.
"You know Sora there's something I've been meaning to tell you." Kairi said not daring to look at Sora. Fear rushed through her. It was too late to stop now. Sora blinked, waiting for Kairi to continue. Kairi froze so Sora decided to encourage her to continue.
"Go on, I'm listening."
"Promise you won't get mad… or hate me"
"I promise" Sora assured her with a smile. He was also a little scared because of what happened last time someone had big news and asked him not to get mad.
"Ok… well… I…" Kairi breathed deeply and closed her eyes. She turned to face Sora and slowly opened her eyes while lifting her head. She saw Sora's stunning blue eyes and perfect soft lips. Kairi had gotten to the point where she could no longer control herself. She quickly leaned over and kissed Sora. Sora didn't know how to react. He didn't want to kiss her back, but he was also too shocked to push her away. Kairi noticed Sora wasn't returning the kiss so she pulled away. She looked at Sora to see a confused face.
"Sora, I'm so sorry." Kairi's eyes filled with tears. Sora saw her sad face.
"No, Kairi…" Kairi stood up and started to back away. "Don't be."
"But I… and you don't…" Kairi turned and ran, tears pouring down her face.
At the beach
Clouds and Leon were sitting in the sand, just enjoying the ocean sounds. Both of them were lost in their own worlds. Leon's world was Cloud. He noticed Cloud smiling happily. Seeing Cloud smile made Leon smile.
"Why are you so happy today? I've never seen you smile." Leon asked Cloud.
"Well… I'm just happy. That's all there is to it. Why are you so happy?"
Because I'm here with you. "Because… well I don't need a reason." Cloud eyed Leon, but then went back to watching the waves.
"Cloud…" Leon's heart started racing. He could feel his palms sweating.
"Hm?"
"Do you… would you like to go to the movies with me, Friday?" Leon felt his face reddening.
"Why not with Sephiroth?"
"Well… uh…"
"You mean like a date?" Cloud said that in way that sounded like he wouldn't touch Leon with a ten meter pole. Leon stood up before Cloud could see him cry.
"Forget it." Leon said and calmly walked away. Cloud was left sitting alone at the beach. He looked down at his watch and gasped. He was meant to be at Sephiroth's house nearly an hour ago. He ran down the street, hoping Sephy wasn't mad at him. When he reached the house he knocked on the door and it opened almost instantly. Sephiroth reached out from the doorway, grabbed Cloud's wrist and pulled him inside. Cloud, sweating from his journey, ran up the stairs after Sephiroth. Sephiroth pulled them both into a dark room and shut the door. Cloud waited in the dark, panting, as Sephiroth made his way to the window and opened the curtains.
The light shone through the window and made Sephiroth's hair shimmer. Cloud smiled and walked toward Sephiroth. Sephiroth opened the window and his long, silver hair blew in the wind. Cloud wanted to touch it, but Sephiroth turned around. They both exchanged smiles and at on the bed. Sephiroth reached out and took Cloud's hand. He entwined their fingers together. Both Cloud and Sephiroth smiled at the sign of being together as one. Sephiroth moved in closer to Cloud. He leaned down slightly and kissed Cloud softly. Cloud returned the kiss then Sephiroth pulled away.
"You're late" Sephiroth stated simply and sweetly. Cloud was too lost in the previous kiss to think of an excuse.
"I know, I'm sorry"
"Don't be sorry, do something about it." That is one of Sephiroth's favorite quotes and Cloud knew that. He also knew that Sephiroth always got what he wanted when he said that. Cloud grinned and swung his legs across Sephy's lap. He unlinked their hands and wrapped his arms around Sephiroth's neck. Cloud kissed Sephiroth gently and immediately Sephiroth returned the kiss. They both opened their mouths letting each other re-explore familiar territory. Cloud's mind seemed blank while lost in the kiss. Then for a moment he pictured Sephiroth was Leon. Quickly Cloud pulled away and faced away from Sephiroth.
Sephiroth kissed up Cloud's neck and whispered in his ear, "What's wrong?" The sweet word in Cloud's ear made him swoon so he soon forgot about Leon.
"Nothing" he replied. Cloud went straight back to Sephiroth with tongue. Sephiroth slowly pushed Cloud back onto the bed. He pulled away for a moment and brushed all his hair to the window side. When they returned to their passionate kiss Cloud moved his arms from around Sephiroth's neck to around his waist. His hands slowly began creeping ups Sephiroth's shirt. As Cloud felt along Sephiroth's back he felt a long scar. It reminded him of the one on Leon's face. Again Cloud pulled away and turned his head. Why does he keep thinking of Leon? He opened his eyes at looked at the doorway. There stood at shocked and amused teenage boy. Cloud gasped in horror.
"What's wrong now, sexy? Can I call you that?" Sephiroth asked, leaning on one arm and twirling Cloud's silky, blonde hair with the other. Cloud still just stared wide-eyed at the doorway. Sephiroth turned to see what Cloud was staring at. "Riku! Sephiroth shouted as he quickly got off Cloud. "I wasn't… it's not…"
"Yesterday, in the rain… you and him…" Riku said, slightly amused.
"No, Riku!… shit… get out of my room!" Riku tried to keep cool and calmly walked away. Cloud and Sephiroth both sat up.
"I never should have come." Cloud said, almost in tears. He was facing the floor.
"No, Cloud, don't be like that." Sephiroth brushed back Cloud's hair and brought his hand down Cloud's face and rested it under his chin. He gently tilted Cloud's head to face him. Sephiroth saw how pretty Cloud looked when he was sad. He felt so bad and decided to kill his brother later. Sephiroth leaned down and Kissed Cloud softly.
"I should go now." Cloud said, almost whispering. "I'll call you tomorrow." Sephiroth wanted to stay with Cloud forever, but decided it was better to let him go.
The Strife place
Sora sat and stared at the blank TV screen. Slowly he lifted a trembling hand and placed his fingertips on his lips. Was it all real? Sora had no idea Kairi felt that way. How long had she been holding that back? Sora sat in confusion until the door swung open. Elle was back. Sora needed his mom at that time. He really needed to let out his confusion and hold someone.
Sora's mom walked into the kitchen and put her bag on the bench. As she exited she went wide-eyed to see a figure blocking her way. The figure began to approach her, just like before… "No…" she whispered to herself.
Sora threw out his arms expecting a hug from his mother, but instead he felt cold, hard hands on his shoulders. Sora was then thrown back into a wall with a strength no-one knew Elle had. Elle then ran out as fast as she could screaming, "Don't touch me!"
Sora moaned, sitting with his back to the wall. He dizzily looked up and saw through blurry vision that Elle was gone. He raised his hand to feel the back of his head. As soon as he touched it he felt intense pain and collapsed.
There was a noise at the door meaning Cloud was home. Cloud walked in and looked across the entrance hall to see his little brother curled up on the floor in pain. Behind Sora Cloud could see a large sent in the wall with cracked paint. Cloud dropped his keys and ran to the poor boy.
"Sora! What happened? Can you hear me? Sora!" cloud kneeled down and beside Sora and picked up the young boy's upper half and cradled him in his arms. Cloud gently shook the boy, hoping to wake Sora or get a response.
"Sora! Sora, come on!"
Sora moaned and blinked his eyes open. He looked up to see Cloud's worried face.
"Sora! Are you ok? What happened?"
"I'm fine, just have a headache. Can you let go of me please?" Cloud slowly released and stood up. Sora sat on the floor and rubbed the back of his head.
"Are you sure you're ok? You were out cold! What happened? Where's…" Cloud suddenly stopped. His face drained of all color. He was staring at the hand Sora was just rubbing his head with. Cloud started to shake. "S-S-Sora! You're b-bleeding! Oh fuck! Oh shit! He's going to die!"
Sora examined his hand for a moment. He saw a tiny bead of blood roll down is fingers. Sora frowned and stood up. He'd seen more blood come form his arm. Sora raised the other arm and with one swing he slapped his older brother. Cloud was shocked.
"I'm not going to die. It's a tiny bit of blood, get a hold of yourself."
"You slapped me?" Cloud smirked realizing his little brother really as fine. "That's such a girly thing to do."
"Ok then," Sora replied and punched Cloud in the arm.
"Much better!" Cloud grinned "But you really need to work on strength." Sora frowned and started to walk away. Cloud narrowed his eyes at the back of Sora's head. "Sora? You're going to wash your hair right?"
"And you said I was girly?"
"Dude, just saying" Cloud threw his arms up "coz it looks really nasty! Beside hair is a guy thing. Only real men spend hours in front of the mirror" Cloud and Sora exchanged smiles. The phone rang. Cloud was closer so he answered it.
"Hello, Strife place, Cloud speaking." All Cloud got as a reply as the laughter of a familiar voice. Cloud's bright expression dropped. "What do you want, Riku?"
"Chillax! I just want to talk to Sora; I'm not going to tell him." Cloud carried the cordless phone over to his brother and handed it to him. Sora opened his eyes wide and shook his head, indication he didn't want to talk to Riku. Cloud just shrugged and turned away.
"What is it, Riku?"
"You'll never guess what I saw today. It involves people you know and love" Instantly Sora thought of things Riku could see on Namine.
"What did you see Riku?" Sora asked through gritted teeth.
"Well my brother and your brother… well they were… yeah, you know."
"What?"
"Making out! Dude, they're gay!"
"What's wrong with that?"
"What's wrong with you, Sora?"
"Nothing! Riku, what's wrong with you! Your head must be so screwed up! There is nothing wrong with two males in love! Love is love, either way! It's their choice and you have nothing to do with it. If I'm cool with it then why aren't you? For God's sake, HE IS YOUR BROTHER!"
"I-I just thought you should know…"
"I already knew! You know what else I know? You and Namine are together. I saw you with her you bastard! And you know what? Just have her, ok? I don't care anymore!" With that, Sora pushed the button to hang up and hurled the phone at the wall. Then he thought for a moment. Was it Riku he was jealous of… or was it Namine?
"Cloud… Do we have any sticky-tape?"
FR: wow, I did it! I have started the next chapter: contacting the heart. Hope you all enjoyed this chapter and sorry for the wait.
I'm going to answer a few questions that might come up now. Ok first of all you'll find out the story of Sephy's scar later. Maybe chap 6. The reason why there was a large dent in the wall is because I know it's possible and painful. The walls obviously aren't really tough. You will find out Elle's story later… You're just going to have to pick up hints for now. I think the biggest hint is in chap 6 and chap 7 you'll find out (yes I do have this all planned out). Hmm… right now I can't think of anything else so ask questions in the review and leave your e-mail so I can reply.
