The update is a little later than what I wanted but I couldn't get on a computer long enough to type this all out. Anyways thank you all so much for your support, I was seriously surprise when I logged on to MSN and saw that there was like 20 email from fanfiction. Anyways as promised this chapter is dedicated to my favorite reviewer Achenora, for her continued support.
Disclaimer: No… just no. The plan doesn't even belong to me; it belongs to Aeryn who helped me write the original script.
XoXoXoXoXoXoX
The next day, Sunday, Sora was anxiously waiting for Riku to show up for their date. The silverettte hadn't returned any of his calls and texts all weekend, which was really starting to worry Sora. He didn't know the teen very well but he was sure that Riku wasn't so rude that he would just ignore him right after their kiss.
Maybe he didn't want to be associated with him after Larxene saw them. Maybe he was just a part of some sick game that Riku was playing. Sora shook his head; he wouldn't do that to him.
Sora snapped out of his thoughts as he saw a seemingly familiar sliver haired teen standing over him. With getting a proper look at the teen he leaped out of his chair and hugged him. "Riku, I thought you weren't going to make it." Sora smiled up at the teen only to see that it was a different person.
He looked freakishly like Riku though, with long silver hair, about the same skin tone and height. The only difference between this teen and Riku was the hair length and the color of his eyes. Blushing he let go of the teen and put his hand behind his head, "Oh, sorry about that. I thought you were someone else."
The teen just brushed of his clothing and snarled, "Obviously," before he walked off. Embarrassed he turned around to sit down only to see that Riku was making his way over to the brunette.
Riku just stared blankly into space as he sat down; well technically he was staring directly at where that stranger had just walked away. But the brunette didn't take much attention to where he was staring; he paid more attention to the expression on his face.
Hesitantly he sat down next to Riku and put his arm around the teen and said, "Riku are you alright? You haven't replied to any of my messages and you look like you've just seen a ghost."
"I'm… fine, really. Just… I thought that I saw someone that I once knew."
Sora shook his head in a confused fashion, "Ok… but now that you're here, I've got a plan for Monday."
Riku seemed to snap out of his trance at this, "You do? Thank god, I couldn't think of anything."
"Well it's kinda a long shot, but knowing your group it'll probably work." Sora started.
Five minutes later Sora had finished telling Riku of his plan. "So that's what we're gonna do"
Riku looked thoughtful for a few moments before smiling slightly and lifting his hands up to rest his head in them, exposing his pale wrists. "It... It might work… It has to."
The brunette smiled slightly and looked slightly proud, "Yeah, but don't thank me, it was Roxas' idee..." He stopped himself as he saw the red marks on Riku's pale wrists.
He grabbed one of his boyfriend's wrists and held it up to his eyes so he could get a better look. Giving him a concerned and scared look he looked into the aquamarine eyes staring at him and said, "R-Riku? What's—"
The teen quickly pulled his arm back and looked down slightly, "I-It's nothing."
The brunette had really started to worry at that point, "No, it's not nothing and you know it. Why would you do this?''
Riku just sighed and refused to meet his questioning gaze, "It's just how I... I just..." He started to absently stroke the slits and looked away, "Don't know what to do, anymore..."
Sora paused for a moment, then turned Riku's face towards himself and kissed him for a few seconds. "We'll get through this, okay? Even if we don't, I'm not going anywhere. And... neither are you because I really do like you..."
Riku smiled slightly and his aquamarine eyes meet Sora's sky blue ones, "Thanks Sora." He pulled Sora into a tight hug.
"No problem. But if I ever find out that you've done something like this again I will have to punish you."
The teen's eyes perked up at this and his signature smirk appeared on his face, "You know, that doesn't sound too bad."
The brunette groaned and his head against the palm of his hand, "Remind me why I'm going out with a pervert like you."
"'Cause I'm so deliciously man sexy."
Sora just rolled his eyes; he wasn't sure which Riku he liked better the angsty emo one or the arrogant prep one. "Yer sure… but seriously next time just talk to me ok? I'm here for you now, no matter what happens."
Riku smiled slightly and pulled him into another hug, "Thanks Sora," His facial expression changed slightly, "Umm… Sora, I know this is kinda sudden since we just started going out, but would you like to come to dinner tomorrow to meet the family?
Sora just stared open mouthed at the boy, "You're kidding right? I'd love to… wait how did they react when you told them you're gay?"
He chuckled slightly, "Trust me; I don't think that they're in any position to judge. So is that a yes?"
The brunette cocked his head to the side slightly in confusion before he realized that Riku had just asked him to meet his parents. That would have to mean that the silverettte liked him a lot right? He did a mental happy dance before he realized that Riku was still waiting for an answer.
Sora put on his serious face before he replied, "No, it's a hell yer."
Riku just laughed and pulled the brunette so that he was leaning on his stomach and kissed his forehead slightly, "I can't wait, they'll love you."
Meanwhile at Axel's house:
Roxas had started to wonder if he was doing the right thing, or if he was going to make the biggest mistake ever. He decided that it was probably better to just know what will happen so he started to knock on the door.
He heard a familiar voice call out, "Alright…Alright! Give me a fucking second would you?" A few seconds later a wet Axel with only a pair of jeans and no shirt on opened the door.
Roxas hated to admit it but Axel looked bloody hot. Much to his dismay upon seeing the blonde Axel yelped and covered his upper body with the towel which was previously placed around his shoulders.
The red head snarled and looked at the teen staring at his exposed skin, "Wh-What do you want?"
Roxas looked away slightly and blushed, "Uh, I...uh..."
Axel shot him a look and coldly replied, "Well if you don't have any business here then just leave. You're nerding up my house."
Roxas looked up sharply with a glare, "What is with you!? Friday you seemed pretty quick about kissing me, and now you want nothing to do with me!"
During their whole argument they were inching towards each other slowly, each time one of them said something they took a step.
Axel growled out angrily, "Well you looked like you wanted nothing more than to run away after that! How do you think that made me feel!?"
"I was confused! You're confusing! Argh! You make me so annoyed!"
Axel looked into his eyes coldly, "I wish I never even kissed you!"
"Oh, YEAH?"
"YEAH!"
By that point their bodies were practically touching, before the red head could blink Roxas grabbed him by the shirt and kissed him. After a few second the two of them pull away.
Axel looked like he was in the middle of a math exam, in other words, clueless, "... Okay, now I'm the one confused."
"I-I like you, Axel... I just … you know, had to think about it..." He put his hand to the back of his head, embarrassed by his actions.
Axel began to smirk, "Well, think about this…" He pulled the blonde into himself so that they were practically hugging and kissed him. Roxas was scared at first and then let his thoughts go and leant into the kiss.
The next day:
The cafeteria was deserted, only the populars remained in it. Larxene had taken residence on top of a lunch table and there she was jumping up and down, mobile in hand, and tried to get the rest of her group to pay attention to her.
"Hey, everyone shut your fucking faces right now before I get Axel down here to light you all on fire," The group immediately stopped talking and looked in the direction of the blonde girl. She had once gotten Axel to light fire to a man called Xigbar you tried to hit on her… he still had the scar. "I've got the latest news, and proof to back it up, too!"
The auburn haired girl sitting directly in front of her feet rolled her eyes and said, "What is it now, Larx?"
Her boyfriend perked up slightly, "Proof? This I have to see..."
"Shut up Demyx."
She turned so she was facing the rest of the group. Sora, Roxas, Riku, Axel and Namine walked into the cafeteria at that point. When they saw Larxene standing on the table, mobile in hand they all gave each other worried glances. They really hoped this would work.
Larxene smirked and continued with her speech, "Now we all know Riku," She pointed towards him, "He's one of the most popular kids here. We'll give him that, right?" The group nodded in agreement, "WELL! We didn't know that he was GAY, did we, now?!" The small group that had walked in moments earlier started to look incredibly nervous. "AND! That's not even the best part! I've got a picture of who he's kissing! The little nerd: Sora!"
Everyone at the table looked absolutely appalled at this point, Demyx was flexing his muscles slightly, and Ollete and Hayner were looking as nervous as the nerds. Kairi snatched to mobile out of Larxene's hand and looked down at it, almost dropping it.
"It's true! It's in the picture!"
The populars rushed towards the mobile to get a view of the picture, and some began to laugh, most looked as though they were about to puke.
Sora decided that this was his queue and stood up on a near by table. "Everyone! Please! Listen to me!"
The mulleted boy chuckled, "Look, the fag wants to speak."
Olette stood up and yelled, "Hey, Demyx! Don't say things like that."
Hayner stood up too and joined Olette, "Come on, they're already going to be picked on enough!"
Demyx just rolled his eyes, "Well, maybe you two would like to join them?" They looked away, "That's what I thought."
Sora decided that it would be a good point to begin his act, "We weren't kissing. Riku... saved my life." Everyone just looked at each other in disbelief, "It's true! I was choking on a snack I was eating. I couldn't breathe and I eventually fainted. Riku came out of the school, and he was trying to perform CPR." By then he had even been able to start to fake cry, "I-If he didn't come out, I-I'd be d-dead right now!"
The blonde girl on the table looked genuinely sorry and hopped down from where she was standing, "Wow, Riku. I-I don't know what to say."
Kairi looked sorry too and walked over to where Riku was standing, "How about we're all sorry. Psh, you? Being gay? With a NERD no less...it's really unthinkable." She hugged him, "We're all sorry."
Demyx walked over to his girlfriend and put his arm around her waist, "Although I don't get why you even botheredsave him," The death glare that Kairi sent him told him that he shouldn't have said that. "Erm… I mean yay for the hero?"
Random cheers erupted from their group and they practically carried him out of the cafeteria. With the populars gone, only Axel, Roxas, Sora and Namine remained.
Axel looked as though he was in a state of disbelief, "I still can't believe that actually worked!"
Roxas smiled slightly, "Everyone loves a good hero, right?"
The girl just smiled slightly and hugged herself, "Well, that was a c-close one, anyway."
Sora just walked over to Roxas and gave him a hug, "Thanks, Roxas. Riku and I owe you big."
The red head on the other hand was still in a state of shock, "... Did they actually fall for that lame ass excuse?"
The blonde just smiled and chuckled slightly, "Well all of them except Ollete are failing most of their subjects. And Olette just likes to think the best of everyone."
"But… it was so cliché"
Sora just looked down slightly and said, "Yer…"
Axel still refused to believe that they had just fallen for that, "I swear I've seen that on at least three TV shows."
Roxas rolled his eyes, the red head was being so bloody difficult, "I repeat they are all failing their classes."
"Man they really are a bunch of idiots."
The blonde just rolled his eyes again, "You're one to talk; you've failed every math test this term."
Raising his eyebrows the red head replied, "Hmm, maybe I wanted to fail."
"And why would that be?"
Instead of replying Axel just leant into the blonde and kissed him passionately. Sora looked incredibly uncomfortable and Namine looked as though she was about to cry again. Sora seemed to notice this and let out a small cough in an attempt to get them to stop.
Axel pulled away and sent a murderous glance towards the teen, "Do you mind Sora we were kinda having a moment."
The brunette looked towards the petite girl who was on the verge of tears, "Yer and I was kinda getting cavities."
The red head just stood there confused, "Cavities…?"
The blonde just pulled his boyfriend out the door mumbling, "It's better if you just don't ask."
As they walked out the door Namine finally broke and nearly fell on the ground in tears. Sora rushed towards her and immediately started to try and comfort her. She looked surprised for a moment and them continued to cry into his chest.
"I… I'm s-sorry Sora… I'm t-tr-trying to d-deal with it, but I-I just can't help it." She stuttered out between sobs. Sora just continued to hug her and wiped away a tear on her face.
"Namine, look at me, you're the bravest person I know. I don't know what would happen if Riku liked a girl. Just hang in there."
The blonde looked up at him, "T-Thanks."
XoXoXoXoXoXoX
Once again sorry for the incredibly late update, I promise I'll be better. Oh and I hope you noticed the subtle little hints I've hidden in this chapter, mostly involving Riku. Cookies for whoever can figure out where they are.
Ok I've just sat down and worked out the story and I'm estimating there'll be about 13 – 20 chapter, it all depends on how I decide to break it down. Also I think that I forgot to mention it in the first chapters warning but there is a character death.
R&R please.
