A/N: This one is a little bit more of a sad story, but never the less its one of my favorite songs by this amazing group of guys. I don't listen to too much country music, but Rascal Flatts is defiantly one of my favorite bands when I do. I actually had tears running down my face as I was proof reading this while I listened to the song! (I know, cheesy right)
I own no rights to any of the characters or song lyrics.
Words I Couldn't Say by: Rascal Flatts
RikuXSora
Riku stood on the top step of his front porch and waved as he watched Sora open the door to his silver Impala and turn with a smile waving back. He could feel the sting of tears as they threatened to run down his face. Riku sniffled quick, being sure to keep the tears from spilling out. As the brunette slid into the car and waved his arm out the window, Riku felt the tightness in his face as he stared at the taillights driving into the sunset.
Once the car was out of sight, he turned and ran across the porch, pulling the screen door open forcefully so that it slammed loud behind him as he continued to run up the stairs to his bedroom. As soon as he entered the room, he slammed the door behind him and collapsed onto his bed burying his face into the pillows as he wept loudly.
Sora was gone. He had left to go to Italy on a scholarship and Riku had let him. It would have been selfish to ask him to stay, but now he would be gone for four years. Riku felt the burn in his whole face as he continued to cry hard into his pillowcase. What was he gonna do without him?
Unable to stand the sound of his bawling any more, he got up and walked over to his stereo smashing his finger into the 'ON' button before turning a plopping back down on his bed. He let out a loud sigh of defeat as he landed on his back. He was finally able to hear the songs coming from the stereo and realized that it was on a country station. He figured that Sora must have been the last one messing with his stations and decided to leave it as he lay there and felt the hot streaks beginning to dry on his face.
The music started soft, but it was something that he thought he had heard Sora sing before. He closed his eyes and focused. Yes, he knew this song! More tears began to well in his eyes as he hummed the beginning and closed his eyes and began to sing the lyrics out loud.
In a book, in a box, in the closet
In a line in a song I once heard
In a moment on a front porch late one June
In a breath inside a whisper beneath the moon
There it was at the tip of my fingers
There it was on the tip of my tongue
There you were and I have never been that far
There it was the whole world wrapped inside my arms
And I let it all slip away
What do I do now that you're gone?
No backup plan, no second chance
And no one else to blame
All I can hear in the silence that remains
Are the words I couldn't say
There's a rain that'll never stop fallin'
There's a wall that I've tried to take down
What I should have said just wouldn't pass my lips
So I held back and now we've come to this
And it's too late now
What do I do now that you're gone?
No backup plan, no second chance
And no one else to blame
All I can hear in the silence that remains
Are the words I couldn't say
Yeah
Are the words I couldn't say
I should've found a way to tell you how I felt
Now the only one I'm telling is myself
What do I do now that you're gone?
No backup plan, no second chance
And no one else to blame
All I can hear in the silence that remains
Are the words I couldn't say
What do I do?
What do I say?
And no one else to blame
All I can hear in the silence that remains
Are the words I couldn't say
"You should've just told me to stay"
Riku opened his eyes at the sound of the voice in his room as he sat up quickly from his bed.
"Sora!" he jumped from his bed and ran to grab the brunette in a tight embrace. He felt as Sora's arms wrapped tight around him and hugged him back.
Riku pulled his face back, eyes swollen and brimmed with red lines as he stared into the face of his best friend. "But…your scholarship. What about Italy?"
Sora smiled as he reached a hand up and wiped at the few remaining tears on Riku's cheeks. "It took me about two minutes to realize that I can live without going to Italy" He placed both his hands on the sides of Riku's face as he looked into his aqua eyes. "But I can't live without you Riku"
Riku could feel the smile that spread across his face as another tear ran down his cheek. "Sora, there's something I should've told you a long time ago" he said in a soft voice as he reached one of his hands up and wrapped it around one of Sora's, bringing it down so that he could hold it in front of him.
"I think the song describes it perfect, and I'm not gonna waste any more chances to tell you"
He locked eyes with the bright blue ones that were staring at him as he spoke clearly. "Sora, I love you. I always have and I always will"
Riku held his breath as he waited for a reaction. To his surprise, Sora smiled as he leaned forward towards Riku. As their lips touched, everything seemed to feel like magic. Sora pulled his head back and still had a smile on his lips. His thumb stroked soft down Riku's cheek as he spoke to him.
"I love you too. I always have, and I promise…I always will"