Chapter Eight
Backfire
The alarm clock ringed with certainty, loud and clear, and Sora's eyes shot open immediately upon hearing it. He sat up and scrambled over to the edge of the bed and turned off the clock. The room went silent again. He looked over at Kairi, in the bed with him, who was such a deep sleeper that she didn't even stir the slightest bit from the alarm. He heard a slight movement from Selphie's bed and noticed that she was just waking up. She wasn't there the night before, so Sora guessed that she had come late last night, way after the two of them were finished their "business" and well asleep.
She sat up in her bed and looked over at him, looking surprised, "Sora," she whispered, "What are you doing here?"
"I've been here since Friday," he whispered back.
"I didn't even see you last night," she continued, "Why...were-were you sleeping with Kairi?"
Sora blushed a little and answered, "Yes."
Her jaw dropped in shock, "Don't you go out with Riku?"
And the pain from the Friday began to flood back to him. He was able to forget about it, now that he had spent so much time with someone else. He hadn't talked about it, which helped. But now the mention of it made his heart swell up again, painfully.
"We don't go out anymore."
She raised one eye brow, "Since when?"
"Since Friday."
"What happened?"
Sora bit his lip, "I caught him with another guy. He's such a jerk, but I think I'll get over it soon."
Selphie looked over at Kairi and sighed. He saw that Sora didn't really like her as much as he was letting on, she knew that Sora was only trying to get back at Riku by sleeping with her. She knew something like this would break Kairi's heart but she decided it was none of her business and that she should keep her mouth shut.
"Well, I have to get ready for school," she said, getting up and heading towards the door, "Wake Kairi up in five minutes. And I'll see you two at the bus stop."
She disappeared and a few minutes later there was water heard falling from a shower head, indicating that Selphie was taking a shower. Sora waited until he was fully dressed before he woke Kairi up. She grouchily looked up at him and then nodded, knowing that it was time for her to get ready.
The next hour was the three of them getting dressed, brushing teeth, and then eating breakfast. Selphie was the first to walk out of the door, leaving Sora and Kairi alone in the house, with them still eating. It was almost time for them to go, when the phone rang. Kairi answered it.
"Hello?" she asked as she picked up the cordless phone.
"Hey, it's me, Akuyo," said a boy's voice from the other line.
Kairi's eyes went wide and she looked over at Sora, who was rinsing out his bowl in the sink, not really paying attention.
"Sora, you go ahead to the bus stop," she said to him, waving, "I have to take this call," and she turned and ran up the stairs so she was out of earshot. Then she closed the door behind her, "I wanted to congratulate you on your big move. It really worked, Sora's actually falling for me again."
"That's great," Akuyo said unenthusiastically, "But you promised me that Riku would be mine if we did this."
"You mean, he turned you away?"
"Try slapped me and then turned me away," he said stressfully, "You're plan worked out for you but didn't work out for me! What's wrong with this picture?"
Kairi bit her lip, "I don't know what to say. I was sure that if Riku got the taste for another guy, he would forget about Sora. But I guess..."
"Well, you thought wrong," he said angrily, "I see that Riku loves Sora and you were only interested in breaking them up."
"Akuyo, you know that was the plan."
"Yeah, but I didn't know that it would go breaking someone's heart...and getting me slapped," he paused, waiting for an answer, but he got none, "Well, I'm calling Riku and I'm telling him about your plan and I'm apologizing."
"You wouldn't!" Kairi screamed.
"I would and I will," Akuyo said, "Bye!" and she heard a click, letting her know that he had hung up on her. She clenched her fist. She would let Sora go. Not now. Not after she just about won him back.
She would have to come up with yet another plan...and a smile rose across her face as she thought of one.
Riku hoped that he would see Sora at the bus stop today, so he dressed his best and even showered using a special smelling soap so everything would be perfect. Although he had already apologized, he was going to again, and he was even prepared to bend down on his knees and beg for forgiveness.
He kissed his mother goodbye and made sure she made it down the street ok and then he grabbed his back pack and prepared to go. But just as he walked heading for the door, the phone rang. He stopped. Maybe he shouldn't answer it, it was probably just his father calling from his business trip, as he did every morning since he had been on it. He hadn't called this morning yet so he was convinced it was him. But then again, his mother would want to know how her husband was doing so he dragged himself over to the phone and answered it.
"Hello?" he said.
There was silence on the other line for a little bit. Then a voice came, "Um, Riku?"
"Yes, this is him. Who is this?"
"It's, um, Akuyo..."
Riku's nostrils flared with anger as he reckoned the name, "I do not want to talk to you."
"Riku, please, I, um, need to tell you something."
"What? That you're sorry? Well, you're not going to be forgiven until I am forgiven by my boyfriend," and he emphasize "boyfriend", "He and I will be together again today so you better just not even trouble me with your shit anymore."
"Wait, Riku! There's something I have to tell you!"
"Save it, I don't want to hear it," he said and he hung up, "Jerk," he muttered.
He walked back over to the door, grabbed his back pack, and headed for the bus stop. Sora wasn't there at first. He began to think that maybe he had taken another bus stop to avoid him. It made him look down with a frown.
"Hey..." came the voice he wanted to hear and Riku looked up suddenly to face Sora, who couldn't seem to look him in the eye.
"Hi, Sora," Riku said weakly, "Um, how was your weekend?"
"It was good, thanks," he said, still not looking at him, "Me and Kairi had a good time."
Me and Kairi. The sound of it hurt Riku and he cringed a little in recognizable pain. It seemed like just yesterday when it was "Me and Riku."
"Look, Sora," Riku began, "I know I already apologized, and I gave you some time to think, I even gave myself some time to think on what I've done. And Sora, I beg you to believe me that I had been tricked by Akuyo."
"Was that his name? Akuyo?" Sora asked with anger.
"Yes."
Sora laughed a little, "I'll be facing him in calculus today. At first I wanted to punch a hole into him. But then I realized that it wasn't him that I needed to hurt, it was someone a lot closer to me, or at least, someone who was," and this time he looked at Riku in almost a glare.
It was Riku's turn to look away from him and he concentrated on the lines in the sidewalk, "I don't want you to hate me. I want you to be with me again."
Sora laughed again, "Well, I don't know if that will ever happen. You see, me and Kai--" and the bus pulled in front of them. Sora looked at Riku, "Never mind. I'll tell you when I'm ready," and he got on the bus, followed by Riku. Kairi never made it to the bus stop that day.
Calculus, a drag. It was one of Sora's least favorite subjects, but one of the strongest. He hated it for many reasons, usually because it being the loads of homework he had to do and lately his grades had been dropping because for the past few days, with the incidents of his father and all, he hadn't been doing it. But the biggest reason was that this boy, Akuyo, was it? Yes, him, was in his class.
He dreaded comming to this class today, for fears he might lose it and do something to Akuyo. As he walked in the room, he felt the tension looming around him tightly, and then he laid eyes on him. He looked a little odd with clothes on, now that he had seen him without. He looked dirty and he seemed to carry a face saying, "Yep, I slept with Riku. That's right."
It was halfway into the period when the teacher let them start on their homework early, as she did almost everyday, when Sora saw Akuyo get up from his seat and then turn around to face him. His eyes went wide as Akuyo started walking towards his desk. Oh, so he wants something, hmm? Sora thought and he clenched his fist, I'll get him. He got closer and Sora was half expecting something to happen. But he just walked by without a sound or action and made his way to back of the room, where the pencil sharpener was.
That was weird. And then he went back to doing his work, looking down at his paper. But there was something on it, a peice of paper folded up. Then Sora realized. Akuyo had walked by to give him a note. He turned his head to look over at him, who was looking back at him and then nodded. Sora turned back around and opened the note, which read:
Sora,
we need to talk about something you need to know. riku wouldn't listen, so maybe you will. after class???
Akuyo
Sora crumpled up the paper and considered, looking back to Akuyo and nodded.
After class, he met Akuyo by his locker, his arms crossed. He didn't even know why he was actually going through with this, talking to the person who he had found sleeping with his ex. It was a dumb thing to do. But curiousity got the best of him.
"So, what is it?" Sora said crossly.
"I wanted to tell you first that I'm sorry," Akuyo said.
Sora rolled his eyes, "Whatever. And what else?"
"And that I tricked Riku," he said, "It was all part of a plan."
Sora's eyes went wide. So Riku was telling the truth! "Wait, are you serious?"
"Yes, I am," Akuyo said, "And I wanted to tell you why I tricked him."
"Go on."
"It was because someone wanted you and that person had to seperate you and Riku in order to have you."
"And who was this 'someone'."
"It was--"
"Sora!" said an angery voice from behind, "Don't you dare talk to him!" Sora turned around and saw Riku, walking towards the two boys, "Next thing you know you'll be naked with him."
"Shut up, Riku," Sora hissed and Riku, wide eyed, closed his mouth. Sora turned back to Akuyo, "Who was the other person? Who was it that wanted me?"
"It was--"
"There you are!" a girl's voice cut him off and the three boys turned to see Kairi walking over to Sora, who kissed him on the cheek and then laced her arm with his, "I missed the bus this morning so I had to walk. I have to tell you something. Something important..."
Sora's jaw dropped as he suddenly knew, "It was you!" he said, pointing at her, "You told Akuyo to trick Riku into having sex with him!"
Kairi looked as innocent as you possibly could, "Excuse me? I don't know what you're talking about!"
"Oh, quit it with your fucking shit!" Akuyo shouted, "It was you! You wanted me to come onto Riku so you could go and take Sora. Don't lie!"
"Why would I do that?" she said and she placed herself into Sora's arms, "I love you."
Sora backed away instead of pushing her, which he almost did, "Yeah, you love me enough to break me and Riku up," and he walked over to Riku, arms outstretched, "Riku, I'm sorry I didn't believe you. Forgive me..."
Riku threw his arms about Sora, "As long as you forgive me."
"I do! I will!" Sora said, squeezing him in an embrace, "I love you! God, I do!"
Kairi's eyes almost went red with anger, you could almost see steam comming from her ears as she watched the two boys hug, "I can't believe this!" she said, "Sora, don't you remember last night? Don't you--"
"Just leave them," Akuyo interupted, "You lost."
Kairi stomped her feet, "No I haven't!" she yelled, "Sora, did you know that I took a test this morning?"
Sora released himself from Riku's arms and turned to face her, "Yeah, this is a school...everyone takes tests!"
"Well this test showed me something!"
"What? That you're smart? Good for you!"
"No," she said, "It showed me something else."
Sora rolled his eyes, "Whatever."
"You can't walk out on me," she said, "I'm pregnant."
