The Greenway
8
The trees at the Greenway were different colors and shades of beautiful as Roxas stared up at them enjoying the crispness in the air. He was waiting for Sora to show up so they could hang out for a while and he had brought Ventus along. The tattooed blonde had walked over to the water's edge and was currently staring into the murky shallows with his hands stuffed into his pockets. Looking back over his shoulder at Roxas, he was still trying to get his mind around the fact that they were half-brothers.
Roxas looked over at him and smiled. Ventus smiled back and walked over to where he sat on the picnic table top. Taking a seat on the opposite side, he leaned against Roxas' back and reached back to thread their fingers together. Roxas leaned on him and turned his head to rest his cheek in Ventus' hair. He's just a baby…God…when I was eighteen I was already so jaded. He's so trusting and sweet… Roxas thought.
Neither was aware of Sora's approach as they both had closed their eyes, so they didn't see the brunette pause and stare. They didn't see the phone come out to snap a pic and they didn't see the look of confusion on his face as he rubbed his stomach to quell the butterflies he felt.
"What's up guys?" Sora said causing them to jump, then look at him and smile.
"Is senior year kicking your ass or is it just me?" Roxas asked pulling his hand away from Ventus' and sitting forward.
"It's not just you. I thought it would be easier but hell. I'm so tired after practice and papers, I don't even hit the bitch pool some nights." Sora grumbled making the blondes laugh.
"I hope its ok that I tagged along." Ventus said. "Roxas told me that this place had saved his sanity a lot of times while he was at Radiant, so I thought I should get used to coming here."
"He's right. This is where we met…" Sora said as he looked at Roxas who was staring at him smiling. "I'm gonna miss this when we graduate."
"We should meet here once a year after that…start a tradition." Roxas said as he went over to Sora and hugged him.
"Sounds good." The brunette nodded. "There's something I wanted to talk to you about Rox. Come on Ven, let's walk and talk."
Ventus joined them and Sora took their hands and began swinging them as they walked the wider trail along the river's edge. "You remember sophomore year when I was scouted?"
"Yeah, when you said 'fuck that, I need a degree." Roxas answered.
"Well, someone contacted me over the summer about playing for Midgar." Sora said chewing his lip.
"The Zoloms?!" Ventus sputtered.
"Yeah." Sora smiled then looked back to the path.
"So what did you say?" Roxas asked.
"I told them no." Sora said and he didn't sound like he had any regret. "But then yesterday, some dudes from Midgar came to campus, and this time they made me an offer for next season…after I graduate."
"Holy shit Sora!" Ventus squawked making them giggle.
"I'm gonna take it." Sora said and the two blondes flung their arms around him squealing.
After they settled, he continued. "I'll have my degree so when I blow it or get tired of it, I can still have a career…I figured it was a no brainer…and their offer was…pfft…stupid, so I'll be set."
"That's awesome!" Ventus said and Roxas nodded. "I'm so proud of you Sor."
"Thanks guys. I guess now that I've told you two I should call my folks before they see it on the net." Sora mumbled, taking out his phone.
"He told us first?" Ventus asked Roxas, eyes huge.
"He probably told Riku first since they're best friends, but I'm still impressed with being second." Roxas said as he half listened to Sora chatting on the phone with Zack and Aerith.
"I'm impressed with being included at all." Ventus said. "I'm friends with a professional lacrosse player…hi, my name's Ven and my friend Sora is in the NLL…hell yeah." The two giggled and realized they were holding hands while they talked. Ventus blushed and Roxas winked.
"Wanna stay with me and Riku tonight?"
"Um, sure…will it be ok with him?" Ventus asked a little apprehensively.
"Do you remember his face?" Roxas snorted.
"I do." Ventus laughed as Sora rejoined them to continue their walk.
Cloud was half-assed watching the news at home and saw Sora's picture pop up on the screen. Turning the volume up, he listened.
"…a substantial offer to the college senior to join the Zoloms and start next season. The two-time champion said he would accept their offer on the condition that they make a similar offer to 'his' goalie Zidane Tribal. Needless to say, they agreed and Tribal has also signed on for next season. Could this mean the Zoloms might regain the glory they enjoyed before the departure of Tidus Spira? I'm sure everyone…"
Cloud whooped loudly in his empty apartment and sent Sora a congratulatory text via Roxas. Roxas looked at his phone as they made their way back to the parking lot. "Hey Sor, my dad said congrats, he just saw it on the news."
"Tell him thanks for me, and that I'm looking forward to kicking some ass out there…don't say ass though." Sora said sheepishly.
Roxas chuckled. "Whatever man. So does that mean you'll be moving to Midgar?"
"Yeah…I mean I could stay at camp during season and live somewhere else, but what the hell." Sora said reaching his car and turning to say goodbye to the blondes. "Hey give your dad my number so I can stay in touch. Maybe we can hang out when I move there."
"I'll do that. He'll be over the moon. He loves lacrosse…always has and I remember the fit he threw when Tidus Spira left the Zoloms. He was so pissed." Roxas chuckled.
Sora nodded. "Maybe we can get them back on top. I gotta win this year first though. If I blow it they may not want me anymore."
"Pfft. I don't believe that." Ventus snorted and Sora looked at him surprised.
"So what are you saying Ven?" Sora waggled his eyebrows.
Ventus blushed and laughed. "I was talking about them wanting you for lacrosse…what did you think I meant?"
Sora smirked. "I thought you might be referring to my overall desirability…my mistake."
"No! I mean…I didn't mean that you're undesirable in any other sense…I only meant." Ventus sputtered and Roxas realized that Sora was flirting with him. Cocking an eyebrow at his brunette friend he wondered where this flirting had been when he was obsessively jerking off to pictures of his mouth. Sora paid no mind to Roxas' obvious surprise and told Ventus that he understood and that he was only teasing. Ventus was still blushing as they said goodbye.
"Wow…he was totally flirting with you." Roxas said as they drove to his apartment.
"No way, he's straight." Ventus said still smiling.
"Debatable." Roxas giggled.
Riku was already home and waiting for Roxas. He knew that Sora was going to tell him about going pro and he was excited to hear what Roxas thought. He heard voices outside the door and wondered who Roxas had brought with him. He looked around to make sure the apartment wasn't a complete wreck and waited. The door opened and the two blondes entered smiling.
"Hey baby." Roxas leaned over the back of the sofa to kiss Riku hello as Ventus watched them, smiling. Riku kissed Roxas and dragged him over the back of the sofa squawking as he went. When he was an upside-down heap on Riku's lap, the priest reached back and snagged Ventus' arm and dragged him over as well.
Riku scooted down on the sofa as Roxas righted himself and shoved one of his long legs off so he could get between them. Ventus settled astride Riku's stomach and was immediately pulled down for a heated kiss. Fingers threaded through golden locks as the tattooed blonde shoved his hands under the thin undershirt beneath him. "So sweet…" Riku breathed and trailed kisses across colorful skin. Behind Ventus, Roxas smiled as he tugged at Riku's sweats.
After discussing his worries with Riku earlier in the week, Roxas was reassured that Ventus posed no threat to their relationship. Whether or not he was ever invited back into their bed was left to Roxas' discretion. Riku had held him close and said the words that calmed his fears. "I'm not gonna lie and say I didn't enjoy it, but the minute you don't want to do it anymore- it's over. It can be over now if you're not ok with it…whether or not he comes back is completely your call. I'm yours…you're mine…and at the end of the day, you're all I want. I love you Roxas."
Clothes again littered the floor of the apartment but this time; they were scattered from the den to the bedroom. This time they were more relaxed and comfortable with one another and things progressed slower and they were all more vocal about their desires. Roxas of course, was being a brat so Riku didn't give him any warning before he dragged him up to sit on his stomach, facing his feet.
Holding his wrists tightly, Riku made him watch while Ventus sank down onto him, only inches away. Squirming and cursing ensued but the priest held him there until he behaved. Once he was still and suffering his fate, Riku squeezed his wrists, twisted his arms behind him and bumped him forward, offering him to Ventus.
The tattooed blonde didn't hesitate to pull Roxas as close to him as he could and kiss him feverishly. He resumed his rhythm with Riku but he used both his hands as well as his mouth to make sure the other blonde was included. Roxas moaned and wiggled his legs around to clamp them against Ventus'.
Ventus smiled and caressed the thighs and whispered to Roxas. "I want you Rox…is that bad? I want to fuck you…just like this…" Roxas shuddered and gasped as Ventus' words were hissed into his ear. They heard a growl from Riku and suddenly Roxas' arms were freed and he immediately wrapped them around Ventus, closing the scant distance between their bodies.
Riku reached around Roxas and grabbed Ventus' hips to push and pull his body as he finished. He handled the blondes as if they were weightless and they clung to one another. When Riku was sated, Ventus moved off him, tugging Roxas with him. Riku rolled to his side and watched the two through half-lidded eyes as they kissed and fondled each other, their whispers barely audible to him. He wanted more for Roxas than what he was getting at that point and the blonde seemed to be becoming frustrated so Riku sat up against the head of the bed and held out his arms toward his boyfriend. Seeing his already abused wrists, he was apprehensive but took them anyway as Roxas crawled over to sit astride his thighs and kiss him deeply.
Feeling Ventus against his back Roxas shuddered and scooted back enough to give the other blonde access to him. Grabbing his hips roughly, Ventus jerked him backward, stretching his arms out and making him moan and beg. Ventus then smiled at Riku who nodded.
When it was all over, Roxas had collapsed onto Riku and Ventus lay at their feet, dazed. They had wrecked the bed, each other, and missed evening mass.
Sora called Riku and left a voicemail. His friend had never missed mass before in three years except once when he had the flu and didn't want to infect anyone else.
From his spot underneath Roxas, Riku heard his phone but didn't see it. Ventus spied it on the floor near where his hand hung off the bed, and seeing that the priest was trapped under dead weight, he stretched to get it and crawled up to give it to Riku, then lay beside him. He listened to his voicemail from Sora and smiled as Ventus stroked Roxas' back while he lazed.
"That was Sora chewing me out for missing mass…and then asking if I was sick." Riku chuckled and Roxas grunted.
"I think he was flirting with me earlier…" Ventus said sleepily. "At the Greenway."
"Yeah?" Riku sounded a little surprised…but not a lot.
"Yes, he was." Roxas croaked.
Riku grunted. "That little shit…he decides this now…let's see how committed he is to his new adventure, yeah?" He hoped neither of them heard the bitterness in his voice that he felt in his heart as he put an arm around Ventus hugging him close and mumbled. "Turn your face this way Rox."
Roxas complied flopping his head over and smiled lazily at Ventus. Riku held his phone up and took a pic of the three of them, then sent it to Sora with the text- I got held up.
Sora checked his message from Riku and stared as his strawberry-cheesecake flavored sucker fell from his mouth and stuck to his gym shorts/pajamas. Not sure how to reply, he simply stared at the pic. Another text popped up making him juggle his phone, sucker forgotten and still clinging to his shorts.
Riku: you ok Sor?
Sora: m not sure
Riku: you mad?
Sora: no
Riku: having a crisis?
Sora: yes
Riku: lol
Sora: send me another pic
Riku: k
Sora stared at his phone and waited. The next pic was of Roxas lying on top of him, personals strategically covered by limbs.
Sora: Hot. Ventus?
Riku ushered the two blondes up and they immediately wrapped arms and legs around each other as they sat in the center of the trashed bed sheets. Tattooed arms holding smooth white skin. Bare legs wrapped around a muscular tattooed back.
Sora: shit!
Riku: still having a crisis?
Sora: yeah but a different kind of crisis now, THANKS
Riku sent a pic of Ventus walking naked to the bathroom with the text- you're welcome.
The three awoke Saturday morning to phones buzzing. They looked around sleepily and found phones, then switched them around until each person had the correct device. Grumbling as they read, they all three had places to go and things to accomplish. Dressing hurriedly and promising to eat later, they all kissed goodbye as Roxas and Ventus went one way and Father Riku went the other.
Sora woke to squealing and then shushing. Dammit! He had fallen asleep in the girls' dorm and they left him there. Dammit!
He sat up and scratched his head and tried to make sense of his surroundings as he crawled off the bed dragging the sheet with him…so much pink… He collected his clothes quietly and smiled kindly at the girls (new ones…freshman girls…oh god I hate myself) and started for the bathroom to dress. It was locked. Fuck my life. He smiled again when he turned to face them, then raised a brow before dropping the sheet and proceeding to dress in front of them.
That didn't go well at all and an hour later he was backing out of the room quietly wearing only his pants and one shoe, holding the rest in his arms. He stood silently and sighed before walking down the stairs, head held high, but still with only one shoe. A few of the other girls chorused, "Bye, Sora!" on his way out the door to which he smiled and waved. Back at his dorm, Sora showered himself clean and text Riku on his way down to the campus clinic to pick up more condoms.
Sora: Fuck you. I hate you so much rt now
Riku: O.O
Sora: don't even act like you don't know what you did
Riku: I know exactly what I did. What did YOU do?
Sora: went on a bender
Riku: how is that MY fault?
Sora: YOU sent the pics
Riku: so how does looking at a bunch of naked dudes make you wanna fuck a bunch of chicks?
Sora: Idk but it's still your fault
Riku: we talked about this Sora…just call me
Riku answered on the first ring and barely got the hello out of his mouth when Sora began. "I know we talked about this and you said if I was tired of fuckin random chicks, to just stop. So I did. I stopped Riku…fucking random chicks, and even not-random ones, you know like repeaters, but then you sent those pics and I thought I was gonna die! So I went over and they were there and I just…one and then her friend and I was gonna…"
"Sora! Stop!" Riku said trying not to laugh into his phone. "I appreciate what you're saying and I understand…I think…what may be going on."
"Really?" Sora said skeptically.
"Why don't you ask Ventus out? Take him out on a date, Sora…a date like at a place that doesn't have a bed." Riku said as nicely as he could without thinking about the past.
"But you're fuckin him. I'm not…" Sora began on another tirade and Riku stopped him again.
"Sora! It's not like that. I'm with Roxas. When Ven is with us…it's not like a date, ok."
There was a silent pause and Riku was concerned when he didn't hear so much as a giggle.
"Fine." Sora huffed and then got quiet.
"Really?" Riku asked.
"Yeah….maybe. I don't know. I'm just a little confused about how things are supposed to go. I mean I see you and Roxas and it's really not different from dating a girl and…but the whole physical part of it…I just…I'm not sure about…oh just fuck it…"
"Sora. Sora! SORA! Brakes!" Riku laughed. "Why don't we talk at your dorm? I can head that way now. You can ask whatever you want and I'll answer as best I can…without visual aids."
"Ok fine…seems only fair since you started this whole mess." Sora snarked and giggled, then said goodbye.
Leaning back on the bench, Riku reflected while he prayed silently, holding his rosary.
Freshman year…
"Father! Father!" Riku looked up to see that he was being chased down by a brunette lacrosse player running at full speed. The closer he got the bigger Riku's eyes got. Believing that he was about to be tackled to the ground, Riku closed his eyes and began to pray as he stood near the quad late in the fall of his first year at St. Eraqus.
Content to listen to the sound of his own voice reciting the Lord's Prayer while he waited to be mowed down, he didn't hear the slowing of the slap of sneakers on concrete. "Father?"
Aqua eyes flew wide open because the brunette was right in front of him, standing still. "Oh um, yes?"
"Hi! I'm Sora Fair. I wanted to ask you if you're taking over for Father Luxord."
"N-no. I'm a student here...I'm a-a grad student. Riku Valentine." Riku stuttered. He had never seen eyes so blue and clear in his life, or a smile so genuine.
"Grad student wow...you don't look old enough to be a grad student. But then you don't look old enough to be a priest either. Where did you go before?" Sora said as Riku realized that he was chewing gum, very sweet-smelling gum.
"I went to...um..." Riku couldn't for the life of him recall where he had spent his previous 4 years of college as he stared into the blue eyes.
"Are you ok Father Valentine?" Sora asked concerned and began to wonder if Father Valentine was a stoner. "Do you need to sit down or maybe a drink of water or something? Have you eaten yet? Cause if you haven't I can..."
"Sora...um I'm fine." Riku said and smiled. "I was just a little distracted...by your eyes. They're very blue…that and I was afraid that you were going to run me down before...I was a little overwhelmed. Please don't take offense." Riku nailed it. Honesty. Humility. Kindness.
"My eyes..?" Sora stared at him wide-eyed, then grinned. "Ha! Says the guy with bottomless aqua pools! Are those even real?" The brunette squinted at him and leaned closer whacking his too-sweet gum a few times. "Either way they're pretty." He straightened to his original position. "And I wasn't gonna run you over. I promise."
Riku realized he had been holding his breath and tried to let it out slowly as Sora continued. "So what are you taking here?"
"I'm getting my masters in Theology and religious studies." Riku said softly.
"That's cool. I haven't declared yet but I wanna do something in science I think...biology maybe…or chemistry." Sora said as he shifted from foot to foot.
"Is...is it ok if we walk while we talk? I- I'm just on my way to the church." Riku said hoping the brunette would agree and walk with him.
"Sure! I need to light a candle for my grandma anyhow." Sora said as they slowly began to advance down the sidewalk. "So if you're not taking over for Father Luxord then will you be helping him?"
"Yes. I enjoy my duties and offered my assistance. I'm also organizing a soup kitchen in town...I was going to volunteer my services somewhere but realized that the town itself had very few options for the less fortunate." Riku was relaxing into the conversation like he had known Sora for years.
"I could help too...I mean if you want, cause back home I always helped with stuff like that and I was going to miss it, plus I really don't do well when I have a lot of time on my hands." Sora fidgeted and jogged a circle around the priest, resuming his stroll once he reached his side again.
Riku found that he had started smiling as he listened to Sora Fair speak and he was truly enjoying his companionship. "Of course you may help. I'd be happy to have you. I was going to speak to Father Luxord about it when you stopped me."
"Great! So...do you like being a priest? And how old are you anyhow? Do you like the school so far? I love it. I mean it's..." Sora chattered on and Riku listened and by the time they arrived at the church he already considered Sora Fair his friend. They grew closer as the year progressed and one very important thing he learned about Sora Fair was his apparent disregard for the personal bubble where his friends were concerned. The young priest ignored it as best he could and when he couldn't ignore it…well, there was always the bathroom.
Their sophomore year began very differently. "Father Riku! Hey Riku!" Sora ran and jumped onto Riku's back, hanging on for dear life. The priest had heard his approach and was prepared for impact. He laughed out loud as he grabbed the lacrosse player's thighs to hike him up. He had the summer to come to terms with his crush on Sora and was determined to be the best friend he could be without letting him know that he was physically attracted to him. Sora was a good guy and deserved that. Besides, no matter how pure his affection for the brunette, he could never act on it. He was a priest and that was reason enough.
It turned out that having good reasons didn't make it any easier when they spent late nights studying and talking, or when Sora came to confession and rambled about his sins of the flesh. Riku had done some confessing of his own back then, but only to Father Luxord.
Sora had talked to Riku about his friend Roxas from Radiant Garden University many times and without even knowing him, Riku could feel the jealousy eating at him. He tried hard not to feed it by praying and taking comfort in the fact that he saw Sora every day…not just at random times at the Greenway…and Sora was straight.
Still, jealousy was bad and he didn't want to discourage Sora from having other friends…he wanted do many things, but discourage was not on the list…not even in the ballpark. That summer he resigned himself to view Sora as a friend and nothing more. No more unrealistic fantasies. He was going to try.
Their junior year started off with much less tension and even though he didn't like to listen to details of Sora's escapades with the cheerleaders and sorority girls, he felt he could counsel him and remain unbiased. Riku had his first infatuation and had gotten over it without incident…he thought.
It took some soul-searching on the priest's part before he agreed to tag along to the Greenway to finally meet him...Roxas from Radiant…and that first meeting was disastrous.
Axel, Vanitas, and Roxas were quite baked and giggling up the path when Roxas looked up and saw them. "Sora!"
Axel grinned, "Look Vani, its Soraaah and he brought a snack!"
Vanitas giggled and the three of them leered at Riku making him uncomfortable in more than one way. He was wearing civilian clothes and obviously Sora hadn't mentioned that he was a priest...either that or they simply didn't care. They offered him drugs and sex in a round-about way that embarrassed him to the point of blushing…which only stoked the fire, so to speak.
The meeting was relatively brief and Riku was glad but as he walked past them to leave, the redhead purred, the tattooed one growled, and the blonde smiled. Riku shuddered.
He was quiet on the way back to St. Eraqus and immediately said goodbye to Sora, went to his dorm to shower...leisurely, and then went to the church to pray and ask forgiveness for his thoughts. For all that he felt he was missing by denying himself earthly pleasures, he also felt it was more than made up for by having Sora's friendship.
Being Sora's friend was easy but being alone with Sora was sometimes more complicated. "Sora. Sora. Sora!" Riku hissed. "Must you always chew gum?"
Sora looked at him innocently from where he lay, with his head resting on Riku's hard abs while he played with his phone, withering the priest's heart and making his jeans uncomfortable.
"Sorry..." Sora said before pushing his fingers between his lips and taking the gum out to wrap it in paper before tossing it away. Riku excused himself to the bathroom.
Sitting there smiling as he reminisced, knowing he should be doing something but not able to recall what that something was, he was jarred from his thoughts. Opening his eyes to see Sora's smiling face was no surprise. "I'll walk with." He said grinning. "I had to run down to the nurse and get some more…just come on."
The two strolled to Sora's dorm much like they always did, with Sora babbling about this and that and sometimes jogging in circles around Riku just to burn off some pent up energy. As soon as the door closed, Sora quieted and Riku looked at him with one raised brow and waited for the barrage of questions.
Sora opened his mouth and then closed it again. Made a face and then sat on the bed where he rubbed his face and sighed. Riku smiled and cocked his head.
Walking over to the small desk, he placed his bible down and the rosary he wore looped around his wrist. He always tried to be accessible to those who needed him and put them at ease, so he went over and flopped onto the bed jarring Sora. He fluffed the pillow, patted his stomach, and tugged Sora's jersey. "Come on."
Sora grinned and laid down with his head on the not so comfortable abs. This was definitely his comfort zone. Riku had always been willing to listen, no matter what he wanted to talk about. "Ok...I don't know where to start. Have you ever fucked a girl?"
Riku cackled "That's a pretty good place to start Sora, no I haven't."
"Then how do you know you don't like it?"
"I don't know that I don't like it. I do know that I'm not attracted to girls at all." Riku said. "So it probably won't ever happen and I'm ok with that. The thought of it just doesn't appeal to me."
"Ok...so the fact that seeing you naked appeals to me, means I may like fucking a dude." Sora said rolling his head over and then shifting his body entirely to lay on his side and look up at Riku's face.
"My God...yes you could make that assumption." Riku said keeping his eyes trained on the ceiling while hoping Sora didn't see him blushing.
"So what's it like kissing a dude? Is it different than a girl? Cause I've been thinking about it some and I don't think I would like kissing a scruffy dude and the thought of facial hair makes me wanna retch. It would remind me of eating puss..."
"Stop!" Riku's hands flew to his face as his body shook with laughter. Sora watched him and smiled. He loved to get Riku tickled and blushing. The only thing he loved more was to get Riku flustered but since he had gotten involved with Roxas, it rarely happened anymore. He used to make a game of it sometimes, just to tease. It was going to happen today though, Sora thought and grinned wider, waiting for Riku to recover.
Clearing his throat, Riku said, "Kissing a guy is the same as kissing a girl and whether or not you like facial hair is your preference."
"Ok so...what about the sex. I'm not an idiot, I mean I know what goes where, but...it just seems very one sided in my head. I can't imagine what the other person would get out of it...maybe I should be asking Roxas since he's obviously takin it up..."
"Sora!" Riku squawked. "Apparently you've already thought about it enough to figure out what you're comfortable with, so we'll just go from there...and leave Rox's ass out of this unless you want other problems to come up."
Sora cackled. "You are so wrong for that! Fuck you! Getting hard thinking about your boyfriend's little fat ass while I'm trying to be serious and get answers about my sexual identity crisis and shit."
Riku was laughing uncontrollably and Sora had to move because his head was bouncing up and down making him laugh even harder. Soon they were side by side in fetal positions laughing, snorting and wiping tears.
"His ass is not fat." Riku whined and Sora squeaked "Yes it is!"
"Gotta pee!" Riku crawled off the bed and staggered to the bathroom. Trying to collect himself before going back out to Sora, he washed his face and tried not to look into the mirror for fear his laughing would start again.
Flopping back onto the bed beside Sora, he lay on his side facing Sora and tried to be serious. "Ok. Next question."
"You didn't answer me about the other one." Sora said chewing his lip and staring at Riku's nose and mouth. Before Riku could address his statement, he added, "You have nice skin."
"Thank you. Guys who like to bottom like it for their own reasons. Some like to be dominated, some like the physical sensations...of um...you know."
"You're blushing." Sora said.
"Yes I'm blushing...this is...awkward." Riku said smiling at Sora's big blue eyes.
"So…you can tell me I'm going to hell and why, but you can't tell me why guys like to have a dic.."
Riku reached up quickly and pressed his fingers across Sora's lips. "Google. It. Sora."
Sora nodded and Riku removed his hand and sighed, smiling again at the brunette. "What else?"
"You're pretty." Sora said sucking on his bottom lip.
Riku closed his eyes, wishing that the other would stop abusing his lips while he was so close to his face, and knowing that he was blushing yet again. When he opened them Sora was smiling. "Why do you get embarrassed with me?"
"Because...ugh…back when we first met, I had a huge crush on you...and I guess talking to you about this stuff just makes me remember that." The priest's eyes flicked from blue eyes to smiling pink lips.
"You had a crush on me?" Sora smiled as if that thought pleased him.
Riku nodded. "I did. But I never acted on it because you were my best friend."
"You've been the best friend ever...oh! Um..." Sora seemed to have hit a mental pebble and flipped his deck.
"What's wrong?"
"Will you let me kiss you?" Sora asked. "I want you to be my first…um…but, would that be like cheating on Roxas because if that would be like that then I don't wanna do it, but I wanna do it...you know...with you...kiss you...and the longer I lay here so close to you and all your pretty, the more I want to kiss you..."
"Sora..." Riku snapped softly. "You may kiss me."
Sora placed a hand on Riku's shoulder as he felt a hand on his waist. "But what if you don't like it...or what if I don't like it...or what if Roxas gets mad or..."
"Sora! Kiss me." Riku demanded in the softest tone he could muster. Sora bit his lip and tugged Riku forward gently. "Stop staring...it's creepy."
"But I like looking at you." Riku whispered, brushing his nose against Sora's. Something seemed to click in Sora's mind at that point and he hummed softly, returning the gesture, and brushing his lips across the corner of Riku's mouth. Riku began praying like a madman in his mind as he felt the plump lips brush across his. When he felt Sora's hand against his neck he parted his lips slightly just as Sora kissed him.
