On Moving, Friends, and MakingOut Chapter 4: Party Barns And Tearful Tales, a kingdom hearts fanfic

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Chapter 4

"Hey Riku!"

I flipped over, mumbling softly as I shoved my head into my pillow.

"Riku! Wake up, will you?"

"Go away Sephiroth!" I moaned, waving my arms at him, trying to get him to go away without having to move from where I was comfortable. It was early, way too early for me to be awake. I'm lazy; I'll admit it – unlike Cloud or Sephiroth who will deny it till the last. I like to sleep half the morning away before I finally wake up, yawning of course, to go do whatever the hell I wanted before going back to sleep around midnight. Having partied the night before and well into the morning when I was usually asleep, I had planned on sleeping until at least two o'clock in the after noon. "What time is it?"

"It's ten o'clock Riku, get up!" Sephiroth said, trying to pull me out of bed by my ankles. I grabbed onto the headboard, keeping myself on the bed somehow as he yanked on me. "Come on!"

"Sephiroth! What the hell is your problem, why are you waking me up so early?" I shouted at him, trying to kick him.

"Well, have it your way then." Sephiroth said dropping my legs so I fell back down onto the bed with a bounce. I watched him as he walked over to the door, confused. "I was only waking you up to tell you about your boyfriend, but never mind about that if you really want to go back to sleep so bad."

"What about Sora?" I asked him quickly, confused due to lack of sleep and from being so annoyed that Sephiroth was in my room and that he had woken me up in the first place. "Tell me!"

"Oh, it's nothing." Sephiroth said happily, opening my bedroom door so he could walk out into the hall again. "Nothing really, just that he's sitting downstairs at our kitchen table waiting for you."

"SHIT!" I jumped out of bed, falling into a heap on the floor to scramble up quickly running to my closet to through the doors open quickly. I grabbed the first things I saw – my black sleeveless shirt and my faded blue jean shorts that came down passed my knees. I changed quickly, running into the bathroom to fix my hair and brush my teeth. "Shit, shit, and more shit! I totally forgot about that! I didn't know he meant so early!"

"Well, Cloud and I can keep him occupied until you're finished getting ready if you want." Sephiroth offered.

"Please! Just don't tell him I forgot!" I moaned, begging him to do something. Okay, I'm not the begging type, but in this case I was willing to make an exception. Of course, I knew I'd never hear the end of this when I got home and that Sephiroth would go on and on about how I had begged for his help, but oh well. I needed a little help right now and I was willing to beg for it if that's what I had to do to get it.

"Alright, keep your shirt on." Sephiroth laughed, walking out of my room, shutting the door behind him. I ran around my rooms trying to find my skate shoes and a pair of matching socks. It too me nearly twenty minutes to finish getting ready. Grabbing my brown preppy jacket as Sephiroth referred to it I ran down the stairs and into the kitchen, sliding the zipper up about halfway so you could still see the black of my other shirt I skidded to a halt.

Sora was sitting at our kitchen table between Cloud and Sephiroth eating a bowel of cereal, a smile already in place just for me. I smiled, grabbing a bowel out of the cabinet and sitting down across from Sora as I poured my breakfast.

"Morning Riku! Hope you slept well!" Sora said happily shoveling more cereal into his mouth. I laughed along with Cloud. Sora's cheeks were bulging with all the food he was attempting to push into his mouth making him look exactly like a chipmunk. "What?"

"Nothing, I'll tell you later Sora." I sniggered. "Sorry I kept you waiting so long."

"Aw, it was no problem at all Riku. I thought you might still be sleep after the party last night." Sora said, wiping his mouth of the back of his hand. He was so adorable, but I'd never tell him that. Sora had told me how much he hated being told he looked like a little kid, and adorable was a word you usually used when talking about little kids so it was probably best to just keep my mouth shut.

I felt Sora's foot edge forward and touch mine and I smiling into my spoon. He kicked my foot gently and I kicked him back laughing to myself all the while. We continued like this all through breakfast until Sephiroth asked what was so funny.

"I bet they're playing footsies or something under the table." Cloud said as he buttered his slightly burnt toast. Sora and I pulled out feet back away from each other, but I kept on laughing anyways, laughing even harder when Sephiroth bend down and looked under the table to check. "Well, are they or aren't they Sephiroth?"

"Nope, nothing going on under the table." Sephiroth said cheerily, pouring himself some more orange juice. I don't get how people can eat sugary sweet cereal and drink tangy orange juice at the same time, for me it's either one or the other not both.

"It's an inside joke, from the party last night." Sora said quietly as he went back to his almost empty cereal bowel. I was happily surprised he had thought up a lie that quick, having come up with the conclusion he was a good kid and all. Apparently there was more to Sora than a hot body and a stunning personality. "You know, an on a need to know basis type thing."

"Hey Sora, you ready to go then?" I asked as I put out breakfast bowels in the dishwasher. Sora nodded and stood up, walking over to the door with me. "Bye then."

"Bye you two, be good now!" Sephiroth laughed, waving at us like moms in those dorky old movies do. You know, with the big fake smile and the high voice. "Don't forget to call if you're gonna be late!"

"Yeah, of course, bye now Mother Hen!" I waved at Sephiroth as I ushered Sora out of the house, laughing all the while. "Why does everything here make me laugh so much? I've never laughed so much in my life since before I came here. I've laughed more in the last two days than the whole rest of my existence on this planet."

"Well, if you didn't laugh, you'd have to yell or cry or slit your wrists to let your feelings show through, you know? Laughing has always been my favorite of those choices." Sora said, taking my hand and leading me down the street. "Sorry I had to wake you up so early, but it takes a while to get to where I want to show you."

"Would it be faster if we drove?" I asked. Sora nodded and I stopped walked. "Well then, why don't we just drive?"

"I can't drive yet, I'm only 15 and a half so I only have my temps. I can't drive without my Mom or Leon in the car." Sora said unhappily.

"I can drive though." I told him. His eyes got wide as he smiled at me. "Let's go back to my house and get the car then. You can tell me where to go, okay?"

"Great!" Sora said following me back to my house. I opened the front door and stuck my head inside.

"Hey Sephiroth, have they sent my car yet?" I yelled through the house. A ring of keys went flying at my head from the living room and I smiled. The movers had finally gotten around to bringing my car to the island. "Thanks, I'll see you later then!"

"They moved your car then huh?" Sora asked as I jingled the keys in his face. I nodded, opening the garage doors. As it rolled up Sora gasped, running over to check out my car. It was a black Grand Prix that I had fixed up with some help from Sephiroth and Cloud so it had a radio and CD player and stuff. We had changed the rims and had flames painted on the hood and the doors with my birthday money from last year. Sora and I got in and put on our seatbelts as I pulled out of the driveway, clicking the button so the garage doors would close on their own. Sora pointed me in the right direction and we were off. It was silent for some moments before Sora finally spoke up. "So how old are you anyways Riku? I don't think you ever told me."

"You never asked Sora." I said, hands gripping the steering wheel tightly. "I'm 16, why?"

"Just wondering, that's all." Sora said slowly. "So, mind if I turn on the radio?"

"No, go ahead. Turn it on whatever you want. The CD's are in the glove compartment if you want to put one in." I told him and he started going through my glove box looking for my CD's. He pulled them out and started flipping through them until he found one he wanted to listen to, popping it in the radio and turning the volume up full blast as Panic! At the Disco pounded through the speakers on my favorite song of theirs:

Please, leave all overcoats, canes and top hats with the doorman.
From that moment you'll be out of place and underdressed.
I'm wrecking this evening already and loving every minute of it.
Ruining this banquet for the mildly inspiring and...

When you're in black slacks with accentuating, off-white, pinstripes
Whoa, everything goes according to plan.

I'm the new cancer, never looked better, you can't stand it.
Because you say so under your breath.
You're reading lips "When did he get all confident?"

Haven't you heard that I'm the new cancer?
Never looked better, and you can't stand it

Next is a trip to the, the ladies room in vain, and
I bet you just can't keep up (keep up) with these fashionistas, and
Tonight, tonight you are, you are a whispering campaign.
I bet to them your name is "Cheap", I bet to them you look like shh...

Talk to the mirror, oh, choke back tears.
And keep telling yourself that "I'm a diva!"
Oh and the smokes in that cigarette box on the table,
they just so happen to be laced with nitroglycerin.

I'm the new cancer, never looked better, you can't stand it.
Because you say so under your breath.
You're reading lips "When did he get all confident?"

Haven't you heard that I'm the new cancer?
Never looked better, and you can't stand it

Haven't you heard that I'm the new cancer?
I've never looked better, and you can't stand it

And I know, and I know, it just doesn't feel like a night out with no one sizing you up.
I've never been so surreptitious, so of course you'll be distracted when I spike the punch.

"I love that song." Sora said happily, flipping it back to the first song. Apparently he always listened to song number 12 first before playing the rest of the CD.

"It's my favorite song of their." I said, turning onto the street Sora pointed to.

"Mine too." He said happily bouncing up and down in his seat. Spiky little ball of energy indeed, just like in Axel and Roxas' song from the party. (A/n: Thank you to the writer of the song!) "Oh Riku look! We're here! Just turn into this driveway here."

I pulled into the driveway and parked, more than a little confused, let me tell you. Why were we at yet another house? Wasn't there anything else to do around here than go and visit everyone at each other's houses? Sora was already jumping out of the car and running up to knock on the front door. I followed, hoping against hope this wasn't where the lesbians lived because the last thing I wanted so early in the morning was to watch three girls make-out. The teen that opened the door was yawning and rubbing his eyes, looking out blearily at us. He blinked as he looked at me then turned to Sora and smiled when he recognized him.

"Hey there Sora, little buddy of mine! What're you doing here so early?" The teen yawned again, stretching. Sora tensed at being called little but quickly let it pass stepping inside the door. "So who's your friend here?"

"Zell, this is Riku. Riku, this is Selphie's boyfriend Zell." Sora said stressing the last three words for me. I wasn't stupid, as soon as Sora had said 'Zell' I knew this must he Selphie's boyfriend he had been talking about last night when Selphie had asked me to dance and he had tried to stop her. I knew better than to tell Zell about what had happened last night between me and his girlfriend, I mean I wasn't stupid.

"Hey Zell." I said, extending a hand to shake one of Zell's.

"Hey there Riku!" Zell said happily, shaking my hand with both of his. He pulled his hand back and punched the air a few times before Sora sighed and said he must be awake now. Zell must always do that because it didn't shock Sora at all. "I guess he hasn't met Tidus and Wakka yet huh?"

"No, that's one of the reason's we're here. I wanted to stop in and say 'Hey' so Riku could meet the three of you and then we'll be on our way. That's the plan right Riku?" Sora said nudging me so I'd nod my head. Zell smiled and said to wait a second so he could go get them up.

"Why'd you say we have other plans?" I asked quietly so if Zell came back suddenly he wouldn't hear me. "Do we have other plans?"

"Of course we do! You didn't think this is what I wanted to show you, did you?" Sora asked, half laughing at the idea, half laughing because I nodded my head. Sora shook his head. "No, they thing I want to show you isn't Zell yawning in his boxers, though that was quite a sight, huh?"

"Yeah, I guess so." I said slowly pulling my arm around his waist. "But I bet he's got nothing on you in just your boxers."

"Riku! Stop it, not here!" Sora blushed, wiggling away from my arm. "Not here, Wakka is really against gay couples. He doesn't know I'm gay!"

"Why don't you tell him? Are you that afraid he'd not want to be your friend anymore?" I asked, surprised when Sora nodded. Would his friends really judge him? Friends shouldn't judge someone because of who they're attracted or not attracted to – that would make them like my old friends from my old school after the 'Heather Incident' that had ruined my life and reputation back home. "I understand Sora; I had the same problem back home."

"Really Riku? What happened?" Sora asked, curious. I bit my lower lip, cursing whatever in my brain that had told me to say that to Sora.

"I don't want to talk about it." I said quietly, not looking at him as I said it. When I looked up at him I saw he looked a little upset, like he knew I was hiding something from him and it made me feel guilty. "Not now anyways, is sounds like the guys are coming and I don't want them to hear. This is something I only want to tell you Sora." Sora perked back up giving me a hasty peck on the cheek before the guys came running down the stairs, jumping the last few steps to fall – right on top of me of course. I fell backwards with a thud onto the carpet with two strange boys laying on top of me that were presumably Tidus and Wakka.

"Oh, sorry dude!" The blonde hair boy said, jumping off me. He was rather scrawny, even smaller that Sora I'd say but I couldn't be sure. The other boy had flaming red-orange hair in a weird cutely Mohawk type thing on the top of his head. He jumped up, grabbing one of my arms as the blonde grabbed the other, hauling me up. "Zell, you said SORA was at the bottom of the stairs, not this guy whoever he is. We wanted to jump on Sora and squish him like a pancake!"

"Yeah, this one's to buff to squish like a pancake man, what you thinking?" The other boy said, crossing his arms as he watched Zell as he walked down the stairs. "Who is he anyways man?"

"Oh sorry, I'm Riku." I said, forgetting my manners for a moment. I shook both of their hands. Really, my hand was getting tired of going up and down. Why can't we all just try to shake hands side-ways or something for a change? You know, mix things up a little. "So, who's who?"

"Oh, I'm Tidus, Zell's younger brother." The blonde one said. He pointed over his shoulder at the orange haired kid. "That's Wakka, he's my best friend."

"Hey, what's happening man?" Wakka waved to me.

"Not much Wakka, hey we better get going Riku. Sorry to have to run guys but you know how it is right?" Sora said, pulling me back to the door. "Bye Zell, Tidus, Wakka see you some other time!"

Sora pulled me out of the house and dragged me back to the car, practically shoving me into the car and shutting my door for me before getting in himself. As we drove of he put his face in his hands, not speaking. It was just plain weird. I finally decided to break the silence.

"Sora, are you okay?" I asked. He took his face out of his hands and smiled weakly at me. It wasn't a Sora-smile, and I could tell he was hurting on the inside. "Sora, what's upsetting you? Do you want to talk about it, because as your boyfriend and just as a friend I'm here to listen if you want to talk about anything, okay?"

"That was way too close for me, that's all." Sora said quietly. "They could have caught us."

"Well isn't that the fun of forbidden love? Always sneaking around and almost getting caught together? Look at Romeo and Juliet or Tristan and Isolde from that one movie." I asked, hoping I could get Sora to laugh. It worked well enough I guess, he smiled at me anyways.

"I want to tell Wakka and the others but I'm scared they'll reject me." Sora said sadly hanging his head. "I like having friends. I'm not like my brother in the least bit. I need friends to be happy. I can't do anything on my own like him."

"Doesn't he have a girlfriend though?" I asked, sure that Rinoa must be his girlfriend. Why else would someone as cute as her let themselves be drug around by a worm like Leon? (A/N: Okay, I actually love Leon/Squall but for the sake of the story at this point, Riku hates him. There you go, back to the story! Da da da daaaa!)

"Yeah, but love is different than friendship." Sora said. I had to admit, he had a point there. You can't just make-out with good friends without it being weird. Unless neither of you mind of course or one of them is gay or something. Or you just like kissing.

"So why couldn't we stay with the guys for a while? Why'd we have to leave right after I met them?" I asked, still confused on that point.

"Well, if we would have stayed, they would have made us stay all day playing video games or playing basketball or some other stupid sport I don't know how to play. Then they would tell embarrassing stories about me because they obviously wouldn't know we were dating – like the flagpole incident." Sora explained getting louder and louder with every word he spoke. Seems as he gets worked up he gets louder, like a car radio when you're driving. It gets louder so you can hear it over the wind rushing past the car.

"What's the flagpole incident Sora?" I asked curiously. Sora turned pink, mumbling that he didn't have a clue what I was talking about. I let it go, figuring I could always force that out of him later. "Are we almost there Sora?"

"Yeah, turn onto this road. It's down here, not much farther now." Sora said happily pointing at the window to a large red broken down barn. "That's it, just park it here. Let's go."

"You wanted to show me a broken down old barn?" I asked a little disappointed. I had been hoping for something more exciting than a broken down barn that needed a paint job. "Are you serious?"

"It's not the outside of things Riku, it's the inside. Sometimes you gotta dig deep to find the meaning of things." Sora said, taking my hand and dragging me towards the doors. I grabbed a handle and went to pull it open, but Sora stopped me. "Hold on a second!"

"Why?" I asked. Sora pulled out a hankie and tied it around my eyes so I couldn't see. "Sora, what's going on here?"

"I don't want to ruin the surprise, okay? No peeking now!" Sora chirped, pushing me inside the doors and then shutting them again. I felt his hand leave my arm as the lights turned on. "Okay, take it off and look."

"Where the hell are we?" I asked quietly. Expecting to see the inside of a barn, what I say kind of shocked me. It was all decked out with disco lights and furniture and an actual wood floor. There was a fridge over in the corner by the stereo and a ladder leading up to the top layer where I could see a couple of beanbag chairs by the window.

"This is my hang-out spot and where I throw parties so Leon doesn't find out and shut them down." Sora said as he plopped down onto the couch. "It took me almost a year and all my birthday money to fix it up. Kairi helped too, a little with the money obviously. What do you think Riku?"

"This place is wicked sweet." I said sitting down next to him. He smiled and leaned into me and laying his head down on my shoulder as he worked one of his hands behind my back, the other resting on my leg. "So do you always bring your boyfriends here?"

"No, only you." Sora smiled at me. "Besides, I've only had one other boyfriend besides you. Roxas and I went out for a while, but I didn't feel a spark so I ended it. No hard feelings though. He's got Axel now, and I have you. I so got the better end of the stick on this one."

"Really? A hot little thing like you only had two boyfriends?" I asked and he nodded.

"Well, I had a girlfriend once. Namine and I went out for a few weeks, but we both knew it just wasn't going to work." Sora sighed, looking away. "And she cheated on me."

"She did what!" I shouted, staring down at him. "Are you serious?"

"Yeah, she cheated on me." Sora said grimly and by the tone of his voice I could tell this wasn't going to be good. "Namine cheated on me with my brother."

"Your brother! Namine cheated on you with your own older brother?" I shouted, completely dumbfounded. Sora nodded, tears forming at the corners of his eyes. I had upset him, or rather his brother and Namine had. "Is that why you and your brother don't get along?"

"Yeah, it sucks." Sora sighed, wiping his tears away that just kept coming back. "He ended it with her quickly so he could go out with Rinoa though. Namine stopped talking to everyone really after that."

"Oh Sora, it's alright, don't cry." I said soothingly, pulling him back against me as he cried. Sora sobbed into my shoulder for a while and I held him, trying to comfort him. After a while he stopped crying. "Feeling any better?"

"Yeah, I always feel better after I cry." Sora laughed, getting up and tossing me a can of soda out of the fridge. He climbed the ladder up to the loft, leaving me on the couch. "Come on Riku! You have to see the view from up here!"

"Alright, I'm coming!" I said, quickly climbing up the ladder. Sora was slouched on a beanbag by the window looking out of it. I grabbed a beanbag and sat down next to him, setting my can down beside me. Through the window I could see the valley below and the farms surrounding Sora's Barn, the stream running through the fields glinting in the sunlight. "Sora, it's amazing! You got quite a spot here."

"So do you." Sora said. I looked over at him confused. "Well, if you want it anyways. I'm willing to share it with you. It can be our spot from now on."

"I'd love that Sora, just like I love you." I smiled, taking his hand in mine. I was beginning to think this relationship was the best think that cold ever have happened to me.

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