A/N: Last chapter guys. And I have decided to be brutally honest. This was not the original ending...in fact, we had a bit more written but...yeah, it died. This was by far the longest thing we'd written and by the time we got to 100 pages we died...*shot* So, this is the modified ending and there will be a nice little epilogue after this to wrap it up. And again...honestly, I have not written it yet. *LOL* But! Since I've been so good and got my house 80 percent packed up for my move, I'm good to spend all day working on it. Oh yeah, some mature content in this chapter!
Later that night...
My hands tightened around Sora's middle as I watched him light his marshmallow on fire again. His philosophy on smores? The more melted the marshmallow the better, and since he was just a tad impatient, the quickest way was to light it on fire.
"Sora, that is disgusting. I want mine melted, not charred." Why I let him roast my marshmallows was a mystery. Or it could just be because I wanted my hands free to hold him back against my chest, sitting between my legs in front of the fire. Yeah, that must be it.
He snickered as the thing burned brightly, "But it's so pretty... And it's not disgusting. Deal with it, Riku. Wanna stay with me forever? Better get used to charred marshmallows." Sighing in defeat, I rested my chin over his shoulder and watched as he played with the fire and burned my poor marshmallow to a crisp. Forever with burnt marshmallows...sounded perfect. Would we be together forever? It felt like we would, but we would graduate this year and we'd never really talked about what our future would hold. Would we live together, go to the same college, have the same jobs?
"Sora. What do you wanna be when you grow up?"
He shrugged, tilting his head up so he could look at me, "I don't know. It's..." He winced, "I can't seem to figure it out. Irvine says I should go to a college that offers general studies, to give me some more time to figure it out. What about you?" He asked curiously, his eyes telling me he had the same worries I had.
"I really liked doing that short apprenticeship at my dad's consulting office. It was really interesting and I know he would like it if I followed in his footsteps. But, it's so weird to say this, I actually want to follow in his footsteps." I shrugged, "But I would do it a little differently. I would never be able to be apart from you, Sora. I'd make sure to be local." Licking my lips, I nervously tapped my finger against his stomach. "Are we going to go to college together? I...really don't want to be apart from you, but I...I could do it, if you promised that we would still be together."
Chucking the stick with the marshmallow into the fire, he flipped over so he could be face to face with me, "Riku..." He murmured, kissing my lips tons, "We'll always be together. I don't care what statistics say, that relationships in high school don't last after college. It's a bunch of bullshit. I love you for real, I know I do, it's not some teenage hormone delusion." He smiled as I pulled him tightly against me, "We can go to college together, definitely. But if it so happens we can't because our studies are too different? That's okay too, if we have to do that then we will and of course we'll still be together."
"If you're not sure of your studies, how about we just go to the local college, save some money, and just slowly adjust to college life? I can take all my generals there and then we'll see what happens?" Pleading a little, I wasn't going to let him go until we agreed on something.
"Okay!" He smiled, "That's a good idea. We can figure stuff out together. And I really don't want to be apart from you either, Riku. I hate it when we aren't together..."
"Then we should definitely be dorm mates...or we should get an apartment together." Yeah, that sounded perfect...
"Sounds perfect." Sora agreed with my thoughts, "Now lets celebrate with mutual handjobs!" He said giddily, sitting up and working to get my pants off already. I chuckled at his lack of patience, but it was soon cut off with a moan as his hand wrapped around me, a satisfied smirk playing on his lips. Things would turn out fine.
Four months later
Once again, I was happy that Sora and I shared the same beginning letter in our last names. I saw him shuffle his feet in front of me and I thought about giving him a quick hug, but shook my head. Concentrate on this moment Riku. Almost thirteen years of school has moved you to this moment. Graduation. The fact that I was lucky enough to stand next to Sora in the line, then sit next to him was a perk.
The boys and girls were separated into two lines, then we'd walk in as pairs to sit down in chairs before a podium and the ceremony would commence. They'd opted to do the ceremony outside this year, mainly because people had complained about the lack of AC in the stifling gym, and the weather was actually nice. I glanced up and saw my parents in the stands. Things were still a little tense, but I made sure not to flaunt my relationship with Sora in my mother's face and she no longer tried to sit me down and tell me I was confused. I could tell that she thought it though...
"Sora, stop fiddling with you honor rope." Those of us who'd graduated with honors had thin golden ropes to hang around our shoulders, and Sora had been surprised to realize that he'd earned one. I smiled; he'd taken most of the same classes as me, so of course he'd earn the honors. He was a good student and I was happy because it meant that most colleges would love to accept him.
"This is just so nerve wrecking!" He whisper shouted, "What if I trip and fall in my face?"
"Then you'll get back up and we'll laugh about it later on. Just ignore everything around you and think of this as just another assembly." This ceremony wasn't that important to me. No, the diploma that you got at the end was what was important. And even that was an annoying part of it all. After marching in and sitting down in the chairs, we would listen to a few speakers, sing the school song, and then they'd call our names and we'd each go up and get a holder that was supposed to have our diploma in it.
Well, it wouldn't. No, the folder we got would be empty and then after the entire ceremony, we had to go to the cafeteria to wait in line for the ACTUAL diploma. Very annoying. Then came pictures with your family and friends and all that wonderful annoying stuff. Sigh, but it was for the parents more than anything. Our teachers had even warned us that our parents would become overly emotional and that we should be wary. Super.
Sora still looked a little worried, so I discreetly leaned forward and pretended to just shuffle my feet closer, all the while my hand inched forward and pinched his cute little ass. Hopefully, he'd relax and smile. He jumped but smothered the squeak that had wanted to escape and would have drawn attention.
"Riku!" He scolded through a giggle, smiling and relaxing like I'd hoped.
"Couldn't resist. So, what time can I come get you for Seifer's party?" The teacher who was monitoring us, was walking past us, glaring because we were talking. What was this elementary school? I rolled my eyes and ignored her. We'd be quiet during the actual ceremony, nobody could even hear us.
"Oh, please come early. You need to save me from Rinoa. You know her, she'll drag the emotional crap out until after the ceremony all the way back home and if you let her? She'll keep that up for the week."
"Okay. I think my dad totally gets the whole, not wanting to be around your parents after graduation. So, I can be over there pretty quick."
"Mr. Moore! Mr. Maguire! Quiet!" The annoying teacher was back and currently sending us both death glares. Resisting the urge to roll my eyes at her again, I looked away from her and looked around the stands for Sora's family. I looked for Irvine's cowboy hat and was a little shocked to see it so close to my parents. It was no secret that Rinoa was a little peeved at my mother for not accepting us right away, and so I'd figured that they'd be on opposite ends of the stands from each other, but they were sitting in the row in front of my parents, and off to the side. My mother was sitting at one end and my father was sitting a little behind Irvine, then the rest of Sora's family. At least Irvine and my dad were talking, and by the looks of it, bonding. I grinned as I saw Tifa sitting next to Yuffie and Selphie. She was seriously my favorite of Sora's sisters. She'd invited us to come visit her this summer before college and I think we might have to make a trip to see her.
I heard Sora chuckle beside me, "Apparently your dad and Irvine race each other Saturday afternoons; who mows their lawn the fastest and neatest."
"Seriously? Weirdos..." Shaking my head and smiling, I felt happy that at least they could get along. How much longer until my mother accepted us? I wanted her to be happy for me at least. Oh well. The line was finally moving and the next hour was a blur between walking in, sitting down, listening to boring speeches, and then finally walking across the stage to shake hands with the principal and get a picture taken holding your diploma.
"Oh, Riku! I'm so proud of you!" I couldn't help but smile a little as my mother threw her arms around me and sobbed into my itchy graduation robe. Letting my arms settle around her, I figured that as long as she didn't shut me and Sora out of her life and completely disown me, I could deal with her not being happy for us. It sucked, but it could suck so much more, and I could live with this.
"Thanks mom." Settling in for the wait for my diploma, I was forced to do all the different pictures with my parents. Mom, Dad, and me. Dad and me. Mom and me. Mom, Dad, and me again...Out of the corner of my eye, I could see Sora in the same predicament as me. A picture with each sister, then all of them together, then just him and Rinoa and Irvine, then just Sora and Lisa.
"Just a second." I told my parents, my dad smiled and nodded, while my mother looked just a little uncomfortable as I walked over to Sora holding Lisa. "Can I hold her and get a picture with you?" I asked him. So often when we hung out at Sora's house, we'd end up playing with Lisa and she was almost like a little sister to me.
He grinned, "She's getting heavy." He handed her over, pinching his niece's nose playfully, which led her to giggle and hide her face against my chest. "Yeah, hide against uncle Riku. Alrighty, more pictures!" He said, dramatically flicking the hair out of his face. We posed for a few with the baby, then Irvine came and got her from me so I could just get a few with Sora. Throwing my arm around his shoulders, I pulled him against me and smiled. Almost done, then we could get the hell out of here and head to Seifer's party. Not that the party was really that important, no, it was the fact that we could be ourselves there. Boyfriends.
"Guys. Parents of the guys." Arms were thrown over mine and Sora's shoulders all of a sudden and Hayner's head appeared between me and Sora, nodding at our parents. "It seems that my car just won't start. Imma need to borrow these young gentlemen to help me push it to my friends house." Really? I glanced sideways at Hayner in disbelief.
"Alright, boys. You heard the man. Go on and give him some help. We won't wait up." I snapped my head to look at my dad, who was winking knowingly and shushing my mother's immediate protests.
"Brilliant idea," Irvine agreed, "lets get out of here before their friend here asks the strong men to help him out. Parents Moore, my lovely family of too many women, after all of you." He ruffled Sora's hair as he shuffled Sora's sisters towards the exit.
"Fucking sweet." Hayner whispered in astonishment. "How the fuck did you guys do that? Jedi mind powers? I had to basically promise my next two weekends to help clean the garage. Dammit." Releasing our shoulders, he turned us so we were facing him. "Okay, seriously though, I need a ride to Seifer's. You don't have to give me a lift home, just need one there. Ready?" I nodded and took Sora's hand, escaping out the side door and heading for my truck.
Sora - eighteen years old (the next morning)
Feeling beyond groggy, I groaned at the sunlight that was bothering my sleep. That party had been wild... Well, not that wild, there hadn't been that many people and we'd ended up spending most of the evening in the shed with Seifer, Hayner, Gippal, Rikku, Rai and Fuu playing scrabble. Riku and I had won, but we hadn't been drunk so I guess that gave us the advantage.
Pushing up, I frowned as my cheek remained stuck to Riku's chest... Sticky. Right. Seifer had baptized us with beer... Rubbing my face, I sat up, straddling Riku's waist and smiling down at the sweetness that was my boyfriend. He'd be whining about the state his hair was in and I guess I could allow it this time because Hayner had decided he'd wanted to try and braid it. Turns out Hayner had no idea how to braid.
There was also bits of chips residing in the silver locks and confetti was stuck to his chest just like my cheek had been because of the beer. Pursing my lips, I shook my head and then wasn't too surprised to see a ton of colorful confetti fall down. Riku's face scrunched up and I quickly pushed up onto my knees, giving him the space he needed so he could flip over onto his belly. I clapped my hands over my mouth, smothering the laugh that threatened to escape as his back was revealed to me.
Okay, so we hadn't been drunk, definitely, just a teensy bit tipsy. I knew I had been and now I was sure Riku had been as well even though he'd claimed he wasn't... He had to have been, he'd never have allowed Rikku to draw a treasure map onto his back if he hadn't been slightly tipsy. The treasure had been found by Hayner and it had been three packs of chips and a bottle of beer. Nothing spectacular, but the actual race to get it had been amusing, especially since we'd had to read the location off Riku's back.
Feeling generally happy about everything right now, and overjoyed I didn't have a head ache whatsoever, I sighed contently, settling myself onto Riku's back comfortably. Chest against his back, I pressed a kiss between his shoulder blades before placing my head there, curiously scanning the shed to see what state the others were in. Rai and Fuu were gone, they'd left early since Fuu had to work today.
Rikku and Gippal were sharing the couch opposite of the one I found myself on with Riku. They were cuddled up together, Gippals hands, of course, groping Rikku's breasts and she seemed extremely content with this. On the couch beside us were Hayner and Seifer. Hayner was on his back, shirtless with Seifer face pressed into his stomach and I giggled as a bit of drool was coming out of his open snoring mouth, trailing down Hayner's side. That was okay, Hayner was snoring and drooling himself.
Hayner still sported the big black cross I'd drawn on his face with a marker, which meant I most likely was still wearing the Harry Potter glasses Hayner had drawn on my face in return. The place smelled of sweat, cigarettes and reeked of alcohol. A shower. I wanted a shower. Taking the empty coke bottle from the table, I threw it at Seifer, who snorted, blinked his eyes open and then glared at me.
"What?"
"Shower?"
He grunted, "Upstairs. Towels beneath the sink." and then he went back to sleep, snuggling his face into boyfriend's tummy which led Hayner to smile in his sleep, wrapping his arms around Seifer's shoulders. I knew where Seifer's shower was, I just wanted to make sure we could use it, and ask his permission first. Clearly he didn't mind, which was a cool because Seifer's shower? So freaking awesome... It's was like a room, you could literally walk in it and it had lots of shower heads with different pressures and options and, well it was just very cool.
"Riku?" I murmured, kissing my way up his shoulder blades and neck, making my way to his cheek and corner of his mouth, "Hey, wake up." Another kiss and I smiled, brushing the hair out of his face, waiting for him to wake at his own pace.
"Oh god. Somebody stop the world from spinning, please." He groaned and tried to move, his face twisting in disgust as he realized that he was partially naked and quite sticky. "Sora? Please tell me it's only my shirt that is gone. Tell me I still have my pants on."
Lifting up, I looked down, biting onto my bottom lip as I stared at his yummy ass, "No, sorry. You're wearing boxers though. And socks. You still have your socks." I figure he'd like to know that last detail. I kissed his back again, "Were you brilliant like you always are and thought of bringing a change of clothes? We got permission to use the shower." I blushed, realizing that... "Wanna shower with me?" We'd never showered together before.
"Yes, to both questions." Holding his head, he sat up and blinked, taking in the surroundings and wincing. "Can you at least see my pants? I don't want to wander out to my truck in just my boxers."
"I think they're in the tree out front." I grinned as his eye twitched, "Just go upstairs and I'll fish your pants out of the tree and get us those clothes." Climbing off him and back onto my feet, I asked, "Back of your truck, right?"
"Yeah, should be a duffle bag." Standing and stretching, I saw him tentatively reach up and touch his hair before grimacing and glaring a bit at Hayner. "Ass." He mumbled, obviously blaming Hayner for his entire predicament. Smiling at me, he followed me out of the shed and onto the back lawn.
I was lucky to only be shirtless. I even had my shoes, still. Shaking my head, I chuckled as the confetti falling out of it seemed never ending. Getting inside the house, Riku gave me a quick kiss before disappearing up the stairs. Sprinting out the front door, I was happy to see the pants had fallen out of the tree and all I had to do was bend down and pick them up before fetching the duffle bag out of Riku's truck. Making my way back in, I was also glad to see the house wasn't a big mess at all, helping Hayner and Seifer clean it wouldn't be so bad. Riku had already gotten the shower started and I marveled at his awesomeness because it looked mighty complicated to start that thing. It was seriously huge! I was excited to get to shower in one of these... It was like, a once in a life time opportunity or something.
"One day, we'll have to save up and get ourselves a shower like this." I announced, kicking my shoes off and tugging on Riku's boxers so he would get naked already.
"Hey! Easy there." Laughing he smacked my hands away and pulled his boxers down himself. "And you better hurry. I'll be done before you even get in there if you don't." Winking at me, he took his socks off, deviously keeping his privates covered while doing so, making sure I couldn't even get a glimpse...
Well that was unfair. Smacking his bare ass because it was right there and I couldn't help myself, I jumped away laughing, undoing my pants and bouncing out of them so I could get into the huge shower with my very hot and naked boyfriend. He was already working on his hair, of course. Smiling I stepped over to him, reaching up so I could help work out the knots and bits of chips tangled in there.
"Am I still wearing Potter's glasses?" I asked, frowning in concentration as I fished a bottle cap out of his silver locks.
"Yes, and now it looks like your mascara is running." He laughed and grabbed a clean washcloth off of the sink and gently rubbed the areas around my eyes. Placing my hands on his hips, I closed my eyes, waiting patiently for him to be done washing off my face. When he was, I snatched the cloth from his hands, turning him around so I could soap the treasure map off his back, gulping and licking my lips as the bottom edge was real close to his firm ass.
You'd think that after all this time my libido would have calmed down a notch, but I guess not since I was getting hard just with the sight of him and memories and ideas pushing their way forcefully into my mind. My lips parted as my breathing picked up a bit, leaning forward so I could press my lips against his back and place a soft kiss there, my hands sliding around his sides and over his stomach. Relaxing as my hands ran over his stomach, Riku leaned his head back to let the water run through his hair and down his back, taking confetti and whatever else had been in there rinse out. He reached up and ran his fingers through, and sighed in relief as the water was gently getting him back to his clean state.
Sure, I'd accidentally swallowed some water in the shower process, but I'm very sure I was salivating too. Thanks to the view I was getting. Eyes hooded, I moaned softly, wrapping my arms around him and effectively making him aware I was aroused since my hard on pressed up against his butt. Chuckling softly at my subtle attempt to show him how excited I was, he gently placed one of his hands on mine so he could slowly move it lower until my eyes widened as I felt how very aroused he was as well. A shiver ran down my spine, the good kind, and I quickly stepped away from him only so I could duck up between him and the wall.
"Do you have any issues doing naughty stuff in a shower that neither belongs to me or you?" I whispered, hopeful he wouldn't care. Then again, I'm pretty sure his dick wouldn't allow him to deny himself some Sora pleasure. Grinning, I wrapped my hand around his length, stroking him teasingly as I placed one hand on the small of his back, my lips on his neck.
"Not a one. Especially since I'm pretty sure it was Seifer's idea to bust out that marker last n-night." His breath caught as squeezed him just a little harder. Arms circling me, one hand settling on my ass the other on my back as he rocked against me. My breathing hitched and I quickly pulled my hand free so I could place both of my hands on his butt, squeezing as I encouraged him to roll his hips into my own.
"Wet and naked humping is pretty awesome..." I moaned, my eyes closing as I drowned in the feel good of it all. He didn't say anything, only brought his lips crashing against mine, kissing me and moving me towards the wall. I braced for the cold tiles I was expecting, but I was surprised when Riku stopped me before I hit it. Not releasing me from the kiss, I felt Riku remove one of his hands from my ass and fumble around with something. We weren't under any direct water spray at this point, making it easier to breathe through the kiss. Humming softly, Riku slowed his frantic kissing and very gently stroked my tongue and lips. I gasped suddenly as I felt his fingers prodding my entrance.
His finger was slick, more then it should be and from the corner of my eye I could catch a glimpse of the lube bottle he put back on the ledge beside the shampoo bottle. Both probably belonging to Seifer. Or Hayner. Both. Did it matter?
"Oh fuck that feels funky!" It did. When Riku stiffened, I shook my head, "Good kind of funky, keep going..." I pleaded, smiling sheepishly as I swallowed, licking my lips as I just let myself feel. It felt a bit odd, not in a bad way though... Riku let his erection slide against my own, adding to the sensations and I decided we should just do this together. Panting, I smacked my hand against the shower tiles beside me, blindly grabbing for the lube bottle as I moaned my boyfriend's name loud enough for it to bounce off the walls.
He stilled a second giving me a moment to prepare my finger and the moment the bottle was back on the ledge, he continued. I don't know if he'd found that spot yet, but it felt pretty cool so far. Trying to keep myself somewhat coherent, I let my finger slip between his butt cheeks, teasing his entrance for a bit before slipping my finger inside of him slowly.
Panting, he gasped a little, "Wow, it does feel a bit weird.' He pushed his finger in a little more, placing a kiss against my neck, and wiggled it around trying to find the spot I'd told him about. Using my free hand, I steadied it against the small of his back, helping him keep our rocking somewhat stable all the while we both tried to concentrate on our ministrations. Mimicking his actions, I wiggled, trying to find that spot as well. This may be trickier then I thought it would be... But the added sensation definitely heightened the feelings while doing the humping.
"This is really haaa-" My eyes popped open as I let out an extremely high pitched moan, staring up at him in awe, "WOAH."
"Sora?" He froze, and pulled his head back to look into my face.
"Do that again, please?" I begged, "You found it, don't lose it!" Seriously, I wouldn't allow him. He grinned down at my most likely dazed expression, inching closer so he could kiss me and continue rolling his hips into my own, his finger going back to business. "Oh man! Riku..." I moaned because he hadn't lost it. "You gotta feel this." He had too! Determined, I searched for his spot more thoroughly. Was a bit hard to concentrate though because he was still slipping his finger in and out of me and then the humping and naked Rikuness... It was very overwhelming. But I had to find it!
Suddenly he stiffened a little and let out a loud moan, and I gasped as he'd simultaneously fingered me in that same spot and bumped our erections together.
"Right there!"
"YAY!" This was a moment of victory! My jolly exclamation was interrupted by a horny groan though and now that I didn't have to concentrate on finding the spot anymore, I was able to just let my hand work on auto-pilot and drown in the awesomeness that was me and him. "Riku, Riku, Riku..." I panted, trying to remember what I wanted to say but I couldn't because this was so, so... "Oh fuck!" Yep, wasn't gonna last long at all. Or like, not at all.
Shooting the hand on his back up in his hair, I pulled his head down and kissed him roughly, moaning into his mouth as I came hard. It was extremely gratifying to feel him come at exactly the same time, kissing me back just as hard and hearing his moan mix with mine. Both breathing harshly, chest heaving and movements stilling so we could calm down after that very awesome orgasm... I giggled.
"I can't feel my legs anymore."
"I can't process anything right now..." He panted, and I winced a little as he slowly pulled his finger out from inside of me. "That was fucking awesome..."
I nodded, my own brain a bit disconnected right now, "Can we just... Sit down on the floor and cuddle while showering?" I suggested, knowing I wouldn't be able to do anything useful until further notice.
"How about we sit down and I'll wash your hair?" He winced as he tried to brush my hair out of my face and got his fingers tangled in it. Grimacing as the action tugged on my scalp, I got the conditioner off the ledge, handing it to Riku so it would make the job easier. Frowning at the thing, I looked up at Riku in wonder.
"What do you think Seifer's hair looks like?" I'd never seen him without his beanie. If he had conditioner that meant he had to have some hair.
He grabbed the shampoo from the other ledge and shrugged. "I think this is the stuff my mom buys at her salon, so it must be pretty nice..." Trailing off as he squirted some shampoo onto my scalp and started lathering up my hair.
Pursing my lips, I nodded. "Maybe we can convince Hayner to remove the beanie. I'm not going too, I don't want to find out what Seifer will do if I try to remove that thing from his head."
"I have a feeling Hayner already knows what it looks like under that thing. So, you'll have to bribe him." Applying the conditioner now, Riku slowly massaged my scalp.
Yawning, I nodded, "Whatever. You think we can go intro your truck and take a nap? Maybe we can avoid helping with the clean up that way."
"Sounds like a plan."
Couple of days later
Lying flat on my back on the ground in the grass, I stared up at Riku who was looming over me, frowning in worry, checking if I was alright. Taking the hand he offered, I let him pull me up onto my feet, leaning into his side as I stared wide eyed at Mr. Moore and Irvine, doing a slow motion victory high five.
"They're not supposed to be winning, Riku! They're old men!"
"Sora, I warned you, my dad used to play in college. YOU assured me that Irvine was a cowboy who, and I quote, 'Never played with balls before'. So, who's fault is this?" Riku glared at his dad who grinned and shrugged, clearly proud that he was beating us.
"I didn't think a regular round of rodeo would make him this fucking agile!" I returned, "Did you see how he jumped over me?" I said again for the hundredth time. That had been one smooth move... "Alright, alright." I said, getting my head back in the game, "You're faster than I am so you disable Woody on crack while I will use the advantage of being short and snatch the ball from Mr. Incredible."
Riku nodded, and we faced off for the kick-off once again, hoping that at least this time we could finally score a goal. Riku was comfortable getting into Irvine's space and covering him as much as possible, keeping an eye on me and his father out of the corner of his eye, watching for when I, hopefully, could pass him the ball.
Running after Mr. Moore who was nearly winning the game already, I managed to sprint a little faster, ducking beneath his arm to snatch the ball from under his feet and turn the opposite direction towards the goal me and Riku were supposed to score in. I nearly had a clear shot at kicking the godforsaken thing in Riku's direction, but Mr. Moore managed to swoop it away from me, leading me to run after him again.
Two minutes more of chasing and I finally got it again, halfway over the field, leg back to kick into the ball and hand it over to Riku and then...
"What the fuck?" I shouted, giggling as Mr. Moore snatched me around the waist, hoisting me over his shoulder so he could keep me there, running across the field with me.
Right before he scored, "Language, son." Aaaand we lost the game.
"Cheater!" I declared in mock horror. "Riku!" Mr. Moore put me back down on my feet, ruffling my hair as he laughed, clearly not caring he'd totally broken the rules. Was that even against the rules?
"For the record, that is actually not against the rules...at least, " He looked thoughtful, "not MY rules. You are welcome to try it next time, son." Laughing and ruffling my hair again, he went over to Irvine for another high five moment.
Dumbfounded, I bounced over to my boyfriend, "Riku, Riku, Riku! Your dad!" I pointed at the very man, "Lifted me, totally cheated! He..." I paused, frowning, "Next time we'll jump, grab onto his feet and then we'll see if he'll still run as stably and fast while having to drag us along."
"I doubt we could catch him." Riku was panting a little and glaring at Irvine. "Sora, seriously, how is he so fast too? We should be in the prime of our life." Finally giving in to the tiredness, Riku sat down on the grass, then laid down staring up at the sky. Smirking, he poked my leg and whispered. "I can see up your shorts, again."
Gasping, I plopped down beside him, "You really know how to find the angles, don't you?" Grinning, I leaned over, forgetting the audience for a moment as I kissed him softly.
"Oh my lord! Cooties!" Irvine said, loud enough to tell me that he was standing right next to us. Detaching my lips from Riku's, I blinked up at the cowboy. He was grinning, so I didn't feel the need to blush so much.
"Yeah, ewww, gross!" Riku's dad whined in a nasally attempt to sound like a teenager. "Get a room you two!" Riku laughed as his dad immediately blushed at what he just said to his son and his boyfriend.
"You and those other unfair adults keep telling us we can't." I pointed out, "It's okay though. Riku and I are gonna move in together and go to the same college." I announced, frowning down at Riku, wondering if he'd told his parents about that or not. Irvine knew.
"Oh? Well, that's the first I've heard of it." Mr. Moore raised an eyebrow at Riku as he came over and sat down near us on the grass. He didn't seem mad or anything, just curious.
Grimacing Riku, glanced at his dad helplessly. "I didn't know how to bring it up."
"Very smooth, Sora." Irvine chuckled, lying back in the grass. Wincing, I mouthed 'sorry' at Riku.
"No worries. Well, Dad I would like to get an apartment with Sora instead of living in the dorms. Is that going to be okay?" Not beating around the bush now that everything was out in the open, Riku glanced over at his dad and waited.
"Sora can, if you are the ones to pay rent for it." Irvine said.
"I agree, but I am willing to pay for utilities if you can both keep your grades up." Mr. Moore nodded at Irvine, conveying that he was okay with doing that.
I nodded my head, willing to do that, "We'll just both find jobs and hopefully find an apartment we can afford." I said optimistically. Riku and I could do anything!
A week later
Ripping the newspaper to shreds in a fit of rage, I hung my head and then sobbed, "We can't do this!" I pouted at Riku, "No apartments we can afford! Everything is gone! Rinoa, Tifa, Yuffie, Selphie, Mrs. Moore... All the women were freaking right! We should have tackled this on much earlier!"
We were sitting out front in Riku's garden, going over whatever thing could possibly offer us apartments. So far we'd found nothing in our price range and whatever new place popped up? Was just more expensive than the last. We'd have to move into dorms, which we'd deal with if it came to that, but... Ugh. Flopping down, I settled my head in Riku's lap and groaned in annoyance.
"We need a miracle." I said. Riku's phone went off at that exact moment and he moved my head a little to grab it out of his pocket. With a quick look at his screen, Riku flipped it open.
"Hello? Hey. Yeah, for a bit. No. Um, okay?" Raising his eyebrows, he closed it ending the call.
"Who was that?" I asked, because I am a nosy fucker.
"Hayner. He's going to come by with Seifer. Not sure why, but they'll be here in a few minutes."
I pursed my lips, nodding. "Kay. Wanna make out till they get here?" I looked over his shoulder, making sure his mom was still out of sight as I didn't want to make things harder on her. It was complicated enough as it is, I didn't want to make her uncomfortable.
"Sounds good." He grinned and pulled me up to give me a soft kiss to start us out.
Bringing up my hands, I cupped his face gently, enjoying the sweet lip lock, "Remember how shy we used to be?" I whispered, smiling at all the memories we had together. "I love you so much." I really did...
"Oh Sora. Don't make me go all mushy before Seifer gets here. He'll never let me hear the end of it." Grinning, he rubbed his nose with mine before kissing me again. "But, I love you more..."
Giggling, I pecked his lips numerous times, "Didn't we have this argument already? Remember? We decided we love each other equally."
"Nah, I love you more...and someday I'll prove it."
"Yuck!" I pulled away from Riku in surprise, staring at Seifer who'd exclaimed his opinion rather tactlessly. His nose wrinkled, he was giving Hayner a questioning look, "You sure these two are the ones we want? Seriously? You think we can put up with that every single day?" Looking at me and Riku, he sighed heavily, "I bet they are the kind that dunno how to hang up on each other. No you hang up, no you hang up, no you hang up, no you hang up." He growled, glaring at Hayner.
Hayner raised an eyebrow and smirked. "Maybe I should remind you of the notes you used to write me? The ones that declared that you didn't know how to live without me, or my personal favorite. 'You're my sun, moon and stars, Hayner. I love you.' Yeah, they'll fit in fucking perfect."
"Sun and moon?" I asked, giving Seifer a curious look, "I think that's sorta impossible ya know."
"Sora." Seifer clipped out, "Behave, or I'll chase you with that staple gun again and try and shut your trap that way."
"What do you guys want?" I asked pleasantly.
"Well, I'm glad you asked. Seifer, why don't you go ahead and ask them." Hayner plopped down on the grass and relaxed, glancing up at Seifer.
"Fine!" he grumbled, "They can move in but on one condition only!" He gave us pointed looks, "Learn how to cook, clean up after yourselves and don't tell Hayner to moan less because I'll kill you if you destroy my eargasms."
Riku blinked. "Wait. What just happened?"
I knew! "Oh my god!" Jumping up, I stepped towards Seifer who gave me a frightened look at the sudden close proximity. "Yeah," I grimaced, stepping away, "You're right. I want to keep my arms, thank you." So instead I plopped back down and hugged Riku. "We found a place to live at!"
"What? You mean, with Seifer?" Riku's voice was surprised as he hugged me back.
Frowning, I looked at Hayner over my shoulder, "You'll be living there too, right?" Please...
Laughing, Hayner nodded. "You really think this thug is going to give me a choice? Hell, I'm barely able to leave his fucking side this summer. I'll be lucky to make it to class next year..." He grumbled, as he poked Seifer's leg.
Grinning, I nodded, "Alrighty then! We're moving in with Hayner and Seifer!" Not that Seifer isn't a nice guy... I considered him my friend, definitely. But he was a lot easier to handle with Hayner and his manipulative ways.
"Thanks, man." Riku stuck his hand out gratefully at Seifer.
Seifer smiled now, "Thanks back. We'll be good."
A/N: Done! I loved this fic, but it's been sitting on our back burner for longer than a month before we started posting. And it was sitting there unfinished. So, this is the ending we've chosen, like I mentioned at the top. There will be an epilogue though. Loose ends will be tied, I suppose. And no, there will be no full lemon. I wish you could see my 'nana' face. I feel like we totally teased you guys:D *lol* *shot again*
