After their conversation everything was a lot easier. Easier than ever before actually. Riku didn't roll his eyes whenever his alarm clock would turn off in the morning, but actually smile about the fact that he'd be seeing Sora that day. It was nice.
Sora had just finished one of his venues and had just gotten into the car.
"You were great tonight." Riku said, sitting down on the couch next to Sora.
"Yeah sure." Sora answered smiling.
"You really were.. I mean you always are but tonight was amazing." Riku admitted, poking Soras sides.
"You're only saying that because I ripped my pants on stage today, aren't you?" Sora laughed.
"That's part of it." Riku answered while staring at the TV. There was something about Sora tonight,
something special. Sora was always special, of course he was, but tonight had been different.
Well, maybe Riku was just delusional but he swore he had seen Sora smiling at him from the stage a million times.
"Did you know Roxas and Axel had been out a couple of times now?" Sora asked, turning his face to Riku'.
"They had been? You sure? Axel never told me." Riku was used to Axel always telling him what was up. Then again, he remembered that Axel hadn't mentioned Roxas Hikari in weeks.
"Yeah, I know. Roxas didn't tell me either but I saw them. They were having dinner. After that I forced Roxas to tell me everything. They seem to get along very well." Sora reported.
"That's great." Riku commented while he caught himself at staring at Soras lips.
"Axel seems to be a great guy." Sora mumbled.
"Yes. Yes, he's wonderful. I love him." Riku confirmed.
Sora sighed. "We should go out sometime."
Riku stopped breathing before his heart started beating thousand times faster than before.
"What?" he exhaled, facing Sora.
Sora laughed and poked Riku' cheek, which was as red as a tomato by the way.
"Not like that, idiot. You know, go out with the two of them. Get them drunk and lock them into a bedroom together."
"Oh." Riku tried to calm down again. Mentally laughing about the fact that he really just thought Sora had asked him out. "Not everyone gets as touchy feeling as you when they're drunk. Apart from that,
"Did you really think I just asked you out, Grayson?" Sora grinned.
And Riku was fucked because YES he did think so. "No. What?" he said quickly, avoiding Soras glance.
"You did!" Sora screamed as he started to tickle Riku side.
"Sora!" Riku chocked out as he felt the younger's body on top of his own. "Stop it."
"You diiiid!" Sora laughed again while quickly running his fingers over Riku' side.
Riku couldn't hold back his laughter because he was really ticklish okay.
When Soras movements slowed down Riku started to remember how to breathe again even though
Sora did not remove is body from his. "Would you like that though?" Sora asked serious, facing Riku.
"What?" Riku asked confused.
He didn't have an idea of what the spiky haired boy was talking about. He couldn't even bring himself up to fucking stop staring at his wet pink lips that were so close to his own now.
"Take me out on a date. Would you like" – Sora stopped and watched Riku exactly for a couple of seconds. "Wait! Were you staring at my lips?"
Riku instantly shook his head before literally forced himself to stop staring at his lips to actually meet Soras eyes.
"Don't be stupid Sora." Riku had to clench his fist because well, it wasn't like he was into Sora or something. Not at all. But that didn't change the fact the he was hot and a tease. A big fucking tease and he really couldn't risk getting his hands up to touch him. NO way.
Sora laughed again before getting himself up from Riku' body.
"I'm tired." he whispered. "Goodnight."
He ran his hands through Riku hair before leaving the room.
And Riku though that maybe his heart shouldn't be beating this hard right now because he really didn't have a reason. It was just Sora. Just Sora.
And the bulge in his pants was definitely not a boner.
Riku was in the car. He was on his way to his mom's house. It was the first weekend he got off since he got this job which had lead him to the spiky haired beauty called Sora Leonhart
.
Sora would be spending the weekend with his family which meant that he did not need someone to look after him and Riku had decided that it would be a great opportunity to visit his own family even though he wouldn't have minded spending the weekend with Sora either.
It was raining outside and the weather forecast said there was a thunderstorm on its way but Riku had never cared about that. He thought that rainy days were created for thinking and philosophizing about life and that's pretty much what he was doing while driving the long way down to his hometown. He was thinking about his hair and his new suspenders and he was thinking about his mom who he couldn't wait to hold in his arms again. He was also thinking about his new job, his new apartment, his new lifestyle but that thoughts didn't seem to last long because no matter how hard he would try, he could never bring his mind far away from him. And he wasn't so sure if he wanted to because it made him feel good. It him feel alive even though it shouldn't and he knew exactly what this was leading to. Or maybe already had because he was pretty sure that the feeling he got whenever Sora looked at him definitely wasn't normal but how could he? How could he even dare to keep his heartbeat in control when these beautiful green eyes were staring into his? He wasn't saying that he was in love because well, that probably would be ridiculous and extremely inappropriate but he also couldn't bring himself up to deny it.
"Riku!"Fuu called as he opened the door. She jumped into his arms and buried her face in his neck. He laughed and stroked her back. "Hello there beautiful."
"I missed you." she confessed. Riku' saw his mom and his other four sisters waiting for him in the kitchen. He took Fuu's hand into his own and pulled her in.
He felt his mom smiling at him and turned around. "Riku." she said. His voice making him feel all warm inside like it always had when he was younger. And he felt home.
He walked towards her and clutched her into his arms. "Hi mom." he smiled before reaching out a hand to his younger sisters and pulling them all into a hug. He hasn't felt that loved for a long time.
His sister wouldn't stop asking him questions about his new job and especially Fuu did always bring up Sora as a subject and when Riku was being honest it wasn't that bad speaking about Sora. It made him feel comfortable and that probably should worry him.
Fuu literally begged him to take her to meet the teenage star one day and she wouldn't stop until he pinky promised her to do so.
It was when Riku helped his mom do the dishes when he realized how much he missed home, especially how much he missed his mom's food.
"I miss home." he said.
Jen turned around with a smile on her face that Riku always reminded of his childhood.
"Home misses you too." she answered softly. "I hope you know that you can always come back here."
Riku nodded, he knew.
"I'm an adult now, mom." he said and his voice sounded a little bit desperate.
"You act like a 13 year old teenage girl in love." his mom laughed before her facial expressions suddenly turned serious. "Tell me about her…Or him."
Riku looked at her in shock. "What?" he yelled
His mom smiled again before signalizing him to sit down on the chair opposite her.
"I haven't seen you this happy for a long time."
Riku sat down and stared at her. Why did his mom have to know him that good?
"I'm not in love." he assured. "And definitely not with a boy." he added quickly.
The fact that he couldn't ban Soras smile out of his head had nothing to do with that.
"Riku." his mom spoke softly. "You've always been such a bad liar." she laughed.
She grabbed his hand that was resting on the table and squeezed it. "I hope you know that you can always tell me everything." she said.
Riku nodded quickly, avoiding his mom's glance when he spoke. "I know, but it's nothing. Really."
Jen nodded. "Okay." she paused. "Will you tell me about him, though?" she asked.
"About who?" Riku asked.
"Sora Leonhart. That's his name right? Your sister is all over him." she laughed.
Riku felt his heartbeat speeding up when he had heard his name.
"Yes. Sora. He is alright." he shrugged. His mom looked at him with raised up eyebrows.
"Okay." Riku sighed. He gave in. "At first I thought he was a total asshole because well, he really was. But we're better now. We still fight about stupid stuff but other than that we get along pretty well."
Riku admitted. "He's actually really great." he added quietly.
When he looked up his mom was smiling at him again with a knowing look upon her face.
"And you honestly try to tell me that you don't like him? Seriously Ri?" she chuckled.
Riku would like to say that he didn't have a clue what his mom talked about but that would be a lie.
"Mom. We are just friends."
"Right." his mom said.
"But just because you work for him doesn't mean you're not allowed to like him. It may be inappropriate and childish but that doesn't matter as long as it feels right, as long as it makes you happy."
"Mom!" Riku scoffed "I am not.." his mom interrupted him "Just think about it." she suggested and her eyes were filled with so much love that Riku couldn't do anything but to nod slowly.
"Now go play with your sister. She missed you a lot and I'm sure she have some great new dresses which she like to present you." Jen spoke before leaving the kitchen.
She always knew how to confuse a poor boy.
After Riku played 'Princess' for more than three hours with his sister he was now sitting on his bed in his childhood room. It still smelled like it had been when Riku was younger. It also still looked the same. He sighed before grabbing his phone and dialed Axel's number.
"Hello?" Axel answered.
"Hey Ax-"
"Sorry Riku, I can't talk now.. I.."
Riku heard Axel talking to someone in the background and he swore to god it was Roxas.
"Axel! Where are-"
"I'm sorry Riku. I'm really really busy." the younger boy quickly whispered into the phone.
Before Riku could answer the line went dead.
Great. He thought, really fucking great. His best friend was on a date or whatever it was while he was bored and exhausted and lonely. He just wanted to sleep.
Turns out sleeping wasn't as easy as it once used to be for Riku.
Because after playing Xbox for two hours, taking a shower and watching TV he still couldn't fall asleep. It just wasn't possibly. And Riku was tired of acting like he didn't know why because he knew why. He didn't want to admit it but I knew it. He missed Sora. He just wasn't able to fall asleep without knowing the younger boy was safe and he'd been spending the last 30 minutes trying to stop himself from calling him just to check if he's alright. He always had to remember himself that Sora probably already was asleep or he was out partying with his friends at home. He was probably getting drunk and this time no one would be there to walk him home. Fuck. He buried his face in his pillow. He slowly sat himself up and reached over for his phone. He dialed Soras number and he didn't give a fuck because he needed to know. He couldn't hear anything because his heartbeat was so loud, he was afraid it may wake up the whole house but he did notice that the phone wasn't answered and even after the fifth time no one picked up.
Sora must think he was a psychopath. He was probably already asleep. But Riku still couldn't keep himself from sending a short text to the younger boy. 'i miss you. :)'
He really was a fool.
When he checked his phone the next morning he smiled at Soras stupid answer. ';)' it said.
Really stupid, Sora. He thought and maybe he just didn't want to admit that it bothered him that Sora hadn't said that he missed him too. Or something..
Riku had had a lovely afternoon with his family. They watched TV and baked cake and his sister dressed him as a Disney princess but it was fun.
They were standing in front of the door, saying goodbye.. it made Riku feel bad to leave as he saw a dear streaming down Fuu's face. "I'll be back soon." he promised and pulled her into a tight hug.
"I'd really like to meet him." his mom had whispered into his ear and Riku just shrugged and tried to act like he didn't have an idea who his mom meant. He kissed her on the cheek before heading for his car and driving off.
It was around five when Riku' parked his car on his yard and headed for the front door not without glancing over to Soras house since there was light in his bedroom Riku figured that the younger boy must've returned home already.
After cleaning his whole flat, watching TV, desperately trying to call Axel without getting an answer and thinking of other ways to distract himself from giving in to his desire to go over to Soras he thought that maybe it wasn't that bad to just quickly take a look after the boy. It was still his job to protect him, wasn't it?
So, after he had taken a quick shower he grabbed his keys and jogged down the street.
He ignored the stupid feeling he got in his stomach when he stepped on Soras doorstep and rangthe bell.
The door almost instantly swung open, Sora smiling at him. "Oh. I was waiting for you." he said and stepped to the side so Riku could walk in.
"You did?" he asked.
"Yes. Since you missed me so much and stuff I kind of expected you to come over." Sora shrugged, cheekily grinning at him.
"I didn't miss you that much." Riku argued.
He followed Sora into the living room and let himself slump onto the couch realizing that Sora had just watched TV.
"Sure." Sora said
"Shut up." Riku smiled and he would've bet on his life that he was blushing now.
"So, tell me about your weekend. How was home?" Sora asked curiously while turning off the TV and fully turning to Riku.
Riku smiled and then telling Sora everything. Telling him about his mom's food and how much his sisters had missed him and how he tried to call Axel but obviously caught him at a intimate moment he was sharing with Roxas. And Sora was smiling throughout the whole time and Riku thought that he never wanted to see anything else apart from Soras smile.
When he finished his report he looked at Sora. "What about you? Did you have fun too?" he asked.
Sora nodded. "Yes, definitely. I met some old friends. Of course, we weren't able to do a lot because well I can't go out in public but we had fun. My mom says I look older and Terra said I've gotten a lot more muscular which I must say I definitely have, haven't I?"
"Who's Terra?" Riku asked ignoring the question and probably sounding more aggressive than he attended to.
Sora chuckled and locked his eyes on the black TV screen.
"He's my best friend. He's from out of town and he's probably the funniest guy in the universe.."
Riku nodded and fixed his hair without saying anything. "He has a girlfriend, though."
Sora stated. "No need to worry."
Riku raised his eyebrow. "What are you talking about?" wondering if he was really being that obvious..
he probably was. "You're not very good at hiding jealousy, you know."
Sora was laughing and usually Riku would've protested but he decided that listening to the voice of Soras laugh also wasn't that bad.
They continued talking about their weekends and pretty much about anything else too. Riku found that Sora was really interested because he kept asking questions about his younger sister and about his hometown.
It was around midnight when Sora had rested his head on Riku' shoulder sighing loudly.
"You know, I missed you too." he whispered. Riku was being tickled by Soras curls but he didn't mind.
"It's nice." Sora paused, moving around before he was feeling more comfortable. "You know, being with you. It's become a great feeling."
Riku blushed and turned his head a little so he could face Sora but he was only burying his face deeper in Riku' neck.
"Yes." Riku agreed. "I thought so too."
Sora lifted his head up and smiled at him. They remained silent for what felt like a lifetime but it wasn't. When Riku thought that it would've been time to say goodbye he turned his head to face Sora but realized that his hand was kind of rested on the younger boys' thigh and he had no idea how this had happened but since when he lifted his eyes, he caught Sora gazing at his lips, wetting his own, he couldn't give two fucks anymore. And he thought about all the things he could say right now, all the things he should say because this was wrong. Really wrong. But the fact that it felt so damn right really didn't help at all and instead of protesting he swallowed hard and watched Sora closing his eyes and slowly moving his head towards his own. He felt his own hand tighten around Soras' thigh and if his heart wouldn't have been beating out of his chest since he entered the house, it definitely would now. And then he made a mistake, he cleared his throat and that made Sora open his eyes wide in shock instantly moving away from the older one.
"I..I'm.." Riku stuttered. This was shit.
"You..I think you should..go." Sora said quietly. This was the first time Riku saw Sora blushing and he probably would've laughed at him if they weren't in such a ridiculously serious situation.
"No! I mean.." he hesitated. "Yeah.. I..yeah..I should go." but he didn't move because he couldn't keep his eyes off of Sora.
Sora shot him an expecting glance and Riku nodded and then took his hand from Soras thigh where it probably had rested the whole evening.
Heading for the front door he was confronted with some many things but he couldn't overhear the voice in his head screaming "Idiot! Idiot!"
When he opened the door he mombled a "Sorry. I'm sorry." which Sora probably didn't hear.
He just hoped that he hadn't ruined it again because there was no way he could be living without Sora.
I feel bad for putting this story off you guys, so I decided to go and write some more and then go on a upload frenzy. Expect the rest of the story to be uploaded today :)
