Beautiful Disaster
By: ScarletDreams
Disclaimer: All characters, most places things etc. belong to Square-Enix and Disney…or whatever, I don't own anything…so…don't sue me ok?
Chapter Ten
Past and Present
"So how do you know about all this stuff anyway?" Sora asked from his place on the couch in Riku's living room. He felt more laid back here than in Cloud's house. Since it was less than half the size.
Riku emerged from the kitchen holding an ice pack in one hand and a first aid kit in the other. "What do you mean?" he asked bending down in front of the boy and taking his hand. He opened up the first aid kit and rubbed the ointment on Sora's fingers before placing the icepack on them.
"This!" Sora motioned to his hand with his head.
Riku shrugged, "I used to watch my mom patch up my dad, he always had an injury when he came home, busted knuckles from bar fights, or just plain busted…I guess I just learned." He said getting up to sit next to Sora.
Sora leaned his head to the side, "Where's your mom now?" he asked looking around.
Riku shrugged, "She left a long time ago, don't blame her either, not with the man she was with."
They sat in silence for awhile. Sora, while glad he had gotten to learn more about Riku, he was also upset at himself for bringing up such a touchy subject that obviously made Riku upset. Could this be part of the reason he quit Blitzball? Sora thought. He really wanted to ask Riku his reasons for quitting when it had been made clear to Sora that Riku at one point had been quite good. But he didn't want to upset the boy anymore so he settled with what seemed like a more mild question. "And how'd you know what to do with me this morning?" he asked, referring to the hang over.
"Same reason, my father comes home drunk a lot, so, I'm used to dealing with hangovers." He said, turning to smile at Sora, but his eyes were hard at the mention of his father, who had yet to appear on the scene.
He doesn't get along with his father much, Sora thought deciding it best to not bring up that subject in the future.
"Take off your shirt." Riku said opening up the first aid kit.
"What!" Sora exclaimed taken aback by this request.
Riku rolled his eyes, "Don't be so modest Sora, it's just your shirt. I'm not going to molest you I just want to see if you hurt yourself anywhere else when you went flying into the bleachers."
Sora complied, half intrigued by the idea of being molested by Riku. Note to self, add that to my to do list Sora thought as the silver haired boy began to rub something on his side, which was currently turning a light purple. Sora watched Riku work, as he gently applied a large gauze bandage to the area. His eyebrows were furrowed and his eyes fixed as if he was in deep concentration.
"Whatcha thinkin' about?" Sora asked.
The other boy smirked, stepping away from his finished work. "I was just wondering how someone as scrawny as you could fly so far and not break any bones,"
Sora scowled even though he knew Riku was only teasing. "I'll show you scrawny!" he exclaimed pouncing on the other boy so that they both ended up on the ground with Sora on top of Riku. Sora smiled cockily. "Not so scrawny now eh!"
Riku raised an eyebrow, "I don't know…you're still kind of light," he said, as if to emphasize his statement he rolled over, pinning Sora to the floor.
"Yea?" Sora asked attempting to slow down his heart beat.
"Yea." Riku replied covering Sora's lips with his own.
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"So what do you think?" Cloud asked before taking a drink from his coke can.
"What do I think about what?" Leon asked nonchalantly.
Cloud sighed leaning his chin in his hand. He loved nights like this. The last of Summer was slowly leaving, making way for the winter, which crept in slowly, one wind at a time. A soft wind ruffled the leaves in the trees, removing several of the auburn leaves from the tree. Sitting in Leon's passenger seat, staring into the sky, drinking coke, as if time would wait for them. "I wish everyone would turn off their damn lights. Is seeing one star to much to ask?" Cloud said, finishing off his coke and tossing it into the trashcan a few feet away.
"What do I think about what?" Leon repeated, warning Cloud to stick to the subject he started.
"About Sora making the team?"
Leon shrugged. "He doesn't seem like the type suited for this sport."
"Neither did I." Cloud replied coolly. Leon merely grunted.
The silence that followed was not an uncomfortable one. Leon and Cloud's relationship wasn't completely structured around words. Not at all.
"How much more time do we have?" Cloud asked looking up into the sky.
Leon turned to the blonde. "What do you mean?"
"You know, how much more time can we waste here…just, doing nothing."
"Not long," Leon replied leaning back in his chair. Not long he repeated in his mind. There was so much he had always wanted to do…to tell the other boy. But it could always wait. It would always wait till "he was serious" or "till next year"…but this was it. Leon and Cloud were seniors, and would probably never speak to each other after graduation. Don't be stupid! Leon's mind snapped at himself. Of course you'll still speak to him. Cloud will always be there. But no matter how much he tried to convince himself, he still heard Cloud's voice in the back of his mind. Asking him how much time was left, and his reply, Not long….not long at all.
Leon snorted, "You sound like a character in one of those daytime soap operas," Leon said turning the key into the ignition and starting the car. When he didn't receive a reaction from the other boy he turned to look at him, catching him fast asleep. He's kind of cute when he's asleep Leon thought as he began to drive away. Those kinds of thoughts didn't even bother him anymore. At first he was alarmed at how he sometimes thought of his best friend. But he had become so accustomed to it, it was now apart of his daily routine. Wake up, go to school, yell at Cloud, think of how cute Cloud is while being yelled at, yelling, or acting like an idiot, yell at Cloud some more…it was all routine now. If only the blonde didn't annoy the crap out of him maybe there could have been something more between them. "Maybe one day," Leon said softly oblivious to the fact that the blonde now had one eye slightly opened.
'Yea,' Cloud thought with a smile 'Someday'
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A/N: hee hee…I told myself that I'd update this fic again, like a full blown chapter chapter…but…than my boyfriend decided to pull me away from the computer…since I'll be gone for two months…and I just got home…and I'm feeling fluffy…so I figured I'd post a little bit of fluffiness and leave you with that until September. Actually it's more of me just setting the stage for future happenings…and throwing in a little bit of Riku/Sora and Cloud/Leon… If you didn't like this chapter…blame my boyfriend…IT'S ALL HIS FAULT! But if you did…hee hee…I'll take full responsibility :-). Well…if I can get someone to let me go online for a few minutes or if I go to a library or something I'll update on Beautiful Disasters progress in my live journal (link can be found in my profile) but like I said I won't have my own compy to type on…so…don't expect another update until September…well…thank you all who reviewed and read my last and this chapter…If you have something to say, Please don't hesitate to review! Thank you, until next time…
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