Sorry for the sorta long updates. Now that my first two stories are at chapter 20, I'll be working on this story and the Naruto story a lot more now, up 'till it's at chapter 20 too. Thanks for the reviews! So, here's the new chapter!
Disclaimer : I do not own Kingdom Hearts.
Summary
Sora is anything but normal. Undercover as the most geekiest boy during day, he fights and slays the Heartless during night. He finds out a new secret about the Organization XIII, as he teams up with them in order to bring down a new order...But keeping a secret about you holding the most powerful weapon of all in your hands, and being the most richest boy ever, is hard to keep when you fall in love with the person who is supposed to be your enemy at school, at the most unexpected times.
Recap:
'Kousuke... He knew the real names of those people... and... when that man appeared, he wasn't here...' Riku thought. The door slid open and the rest of Oblivion came in. To normal eyes, it looked like the same exact stoic Oblivion. But to Riku's eyes, he could tell that they had been fighting. But the question is.... about what? And Kousuke... He was hiding under his baggy clothes and fake glasses. He was even inside his dreams and Kousuke.... The Keyblade Master? There was no memory of that sort in his mind and yet here he was, dreaming about them. The visions came almost every day now and each annoyed him to no end. Riku glared at the window besides him. "Sora Kousuke... I will find out your secret."
:End Recap
x.x. Who Knew That All It Took Was A Fever? .x.x
Sora groaned as he pushed himself off of the comfy, white bed.... It seemed to beckon him back and Sora soon gave into the plead as his face met with the soft material. Comfy? Soft? He blinked.
When was the bed in his cramped, fake home of his comfy? Sora took a look around the room he was in.
Let's see.... Giant room big as a living room... Snow white carpets.... Giant ceiling with a chandelier hanging from it.... Plasma T.V.... Giant, king-sized bed... blue walls, same shade as his eyes... and a window letting in a sight that seemed awfully familiar...
Yup, definitely not the fake home he was used to waking up in.
Sora tried to get up but only ended up falling right back to the bed. Looking out, he saw a full moon, the moonlight illuminating the dark.
"Azasuki Manor..." Sora mumbled. He sighed and slowly closed his eyes, darkness beckoning him again and this time, he succumbed to it. The white cloth lay on the carpet, soaking it and forgotten.
A couple of hours before....
A dark portal opened up in the middle of his cramped bedroom and Sora threw the black cloak off of him. He immediately wish he hadn't. Sora wrapped his arms around himself, trying to get rid of the chilling feeling and walked towards the tiny bed with aching steps. His back hurt tremendously and his head was throbbing. Sora clutched his head, falling onto the bed. A soft 'thunk' caused a numbing feeling in the back of his head and Sora's eyes closed and opened, every time struggling to stay open.
"C-cure..." Sora murmured, his hands glowing a faint green light and then suddenly flickering and disappearing. He came to a dreadful conclusion.
He was out of magic to use.
Despite the nearly stone hard bed, Sora felt sleep overcome him. He made a mental note somewhere to replace the bed with a better one. The fever was killing him. All Sora wanted to do was just sleep...
And sleep he did. Darkness consumed Sora and before he finally black out, he heard a distinct crash, followed by some cursing and his name being shouted. It all faded to the back of his mind soon enough.
Back to present...
"I can not believe Sora! He went out to fight the real Omen and Komaki... by himself?!" Hikari nearly screamed and she resisted the urge to pull on her hair... and pull... and pull... Marluxia nodded, sighed as he rubbed his head.
First, the boy nearly reveals his secret by doing the report for Language Arts. Next, he fights off some Heartless without using the Keyblade because that civilian and Riku was there. Then, he decides to get sick. After that, Sora practically kills himself by fighting the true Omen and Komaki when he has a deadly high fever and crashes straight into a stadium full of reporters...
Good job, Sora... really, good job.
Not to mention the fact that Sora's name was all over the news today.
"Breaking news! Today in Jocasta Gardens, where Destiny High's kendo team and Seami High's kendo team had their match, it was interrupted when the Chaser came flying into the stadium! He crashed into the ground, and luckily, the two participants, Wataya Ayumu and Jun Maeda were taking a break so they were not caught." Anemi said and Mark began.
"It seems like the Chasers do, in fact, have a name of their own. The two Chasers we have seen so far are what we expect, are in a group of thirteen members called Organization XIII. And no, not the number 13, but the roman numeral 13. The enemies, are apparently called Soulers, Heartless, and Nobodies! Not only that, but the Org, as we have decided to nickname it, seem to have a enemy." Mark said. Anemi nodded.
"That's right!" She said. "The group is called Trinity Order, and two members appeared today. Komaki and Omen, if we heard right. The weapon is supposedly called the Keyblade too, and we saw a new version of it today." A picture popped up, revealing a shot of Sora wielding the Lionheart in his hands. And then it began to play what reporters had managed to capture.
"Do you know what is even more interesting?" Mark asked. "A boy, by the name of Sora Kousuke, happened to write a report about this by a assignment. He had the exact names... From Trinity Order, to Organization XIII, to the Keyblades, and even the spells! Can you believe that?" Mark asked, as he shook his head in disbelief.
"Not only that, but on the day that the Chaser arrived, Mr. Kousuke didn't come to class. This further raises suspicion about him and if not, the police are looking for someone by the name of Gale Zikasau and Aoi Maueth. But here are some people who deny the fact that Mr. Kousuke may know or is apart of Organization XIII. Here is Ms. Sayaka Reyden."
"Hi, the name's Sayaka." Sayaka's face appeared on the screen. "There is no way that Kousuke can be apart of those Chasers. He's a geek, lowest in our school. He probably overheard them or they decided to use the names Kousuke wrote down. But in all due respect, Kousuke just can't be them." Anemi nodded.
"It's a wonder, but we are all anticipating his return to school so we can finally find out the secret behind these people..." Then, Mark grinned.
"Oh, and Halloween is just around the corner. Be ready to face many ghouls, scary sights, and perhaps even the Chasers." Anemi nodded.
"I mean, for all you know, they might dress up in those coats and blend in with the crowd." Anemi said.
"For you Cha- I mean... Organization XIII fans, make sure to buy your costumes quick! The Keysword... or..." Mark laughed. "The Keyblades are selling out quick too! Happy-soon-to-be-Halloween!"
Click.
Hikari sighed as she tried to calm herself down. She glanced at Marluxia.
"Alright, Marluxia. Go tell the others that everything should be alright.... And tell Larxene to stop screaming, I can hear her and Kixur from here!" Hikari yelled but her serious tone was slightly drowned out by a playful tone. She waved her finger and Marluxia chuckled and nodded. He left the room and once again, the yelling began.
"Hikari, do you think that everything will be alright?" Kiyo asked. "We do need to keep our secret a secret and we aren't even sure how powerful Trinity Order's leader is." Hikari shook her head and burried it into Kiyo's chest.
"I just don't know... I'm so worried for Sora. Everything seems to go wrong whenever he's sick, not to mention the fact that it's his best friend that hurts him everyday during school. Oh... Kiyo..." Hikari murmured and sobbed silent. Kiyo sighed and began to hug Hikari. Everything she said was true.
Bad things always seemed to happened to a sick Sora. They just didn't know why. And the events happening now... They weren't good for Sora, both physcially and emotionally. Heck, how can they even explain the feelings that Sora feels around Kixur and Riku?!
"Don't worry, Sora will be okay. He's a strong kid." Kiyo said. Hikari nodded.
"He'll be okay...."
'I hope.' Both parents thought.
~0~0~0~0~
Flip.
Stomp. Stomp.
Grumble.
Flip.
Stomp. Stomp.
Grumble.
Flip.
Twitch.
"Larxene?" Another twitch followed by yet another stomps.
"Yes, Zexion?" A sugary-sweet voice meaning absolutely no good.
"Would you stop stomping around like a mad woman?" Oh hell no, he did not just go there.
Roxas, Axel, Demyx, and Marluxia immediately inched away from the silver teen, fearing for his and their lives.
"What. Did. You. Just. Say?!" Larxene screeched and Zexion just turned to another page in his book calmly.
"Your stomping is sounding a lot like a mad woman right now. Calm down. Sora's strong. He's not weak and you know that." Zexion said, not even glancing up. Larxene fumed.
"Oh yeah!? What would you probably be feeling like if you fell into a river, got sick, and then got blasted nearly a couple of miles into a stadium?!" Larxene yelled and Zexion sighed.
"Sora's fought through nearly one hundred Heartless, brought back his best friend from the darkness, gone through a couple of changes in his memory, slept for nearly a year, and fought through all of us and yet he's still alive." Zexion said. He raised a eyebrow. "Are you telling me that getting sick and blasted nearly four miles is worse than that?" Larxene grumbled.
"No... but..." Zexion nodded.
"We're all worried, Larxene." Axel said, his normally playful tone devoid of emotion. He sounded a lot more like the serious Nobody that Xemnas had recruited a couple of years ago. For some reason now, this Axel didn't suit him.
"Hey, if Sora was in any serious danger, I wouldn't be here right now." Roxas said from his position on the couch. Larxene had to agree with that.
"I'll go and check up on the little squirt." Axel said. Kixur immediately stood up.
"I'm coming too." Kixur said and Axel nodded. Whenever Sora got sick, almost no one was cheery. The mood got all depressing. Once, Hikari joked that if they became too depressed, their faces would stick that way or they'd just make Sora's condition get worse.
On the way, Axel picked up a bowl of soup for Sora. Creamy corn chowder, Sora's favorite type of soup to eat when sick. On the second floor, right next to the stairs was Sora's room, his name printed in bright red on a gold nameplate. Kixur creaked open the door, trying to enter as quietly as possible.
"Hey, Zo. You awake yet?" Kixur asked softly. His vision was still obscured by the door and he edged it open a bit more and poked his head in.
"Sora? So-SORA!" Kixur yelled and he ran over to the brunette. Sora's body was half on and half off the bed, his head resting on the floor and his legs hanging onto the bed. Sora was breathing heavily.
"Woah, Roxas, where'd you go!?" Kixur heard Demyx yelled and he cursed. Just only a couple of minutes ago. That would be the reason why Roxas hadn't felt anything before. Axel quickly placed the soup on the table.
"I'm going to go get Sora's mom." Axel said and Kixur nodded.
"Catch." Kixur said and Axel caught the white cloth. Kixur didn't have to say anything else and Axel ran out from the room. He heard yelling and already knew that Axel had collided with Sora's mom already.
"Sora!" Larxene screamed and ran to his bedside. The other members came into Sora's room while Larxene knelt next to him. Hikari followed in soon after and she placed her forehead on top of Sora's. She felt Sora unconsciously lean into her touch and then she pulled away.
"His fever has gone back up again." Hikari murmured and then Axel came in with the basin of water.
"That was fast." Xigbar commented and Hikari started dabbing the cloth lightly on Sora's forehead. Axel nodded. He laughed.
"Used the Corridors if you don't mind." Axel said. Zexion turned to Hikari.
"Can't we just cast Cure on Sora?" Zexion asked but Hikari shook her head.
"No. I've just learned from King Mickey that casting Cure on Sora won't help. It doesn't just heal the wound. It speeds up the healing process as well." Hikari said. "Too many Cures will begin to destroy Sora's body from the inside-out." She heard others gasp behind her.
"No way..." Larxene murmured.
"Sora can use it some of the times, but he can't use it excessively." Hikari said and then finally placed the cloth on Sora's head. She sighed and stood up, but not before stroking her fingers through Sora's hair.
"We... should leave him alone for now." Hikari said and everyone nodded but Kixur. They all went out of the room but Kixur stayed in.
"You going?" Axel asked but Kixur shook his head.
"I'm... I'm going to stay in for awhile." Kixur said and Axel nodded, closing the door. Kixur pulled a chair next to Sora's bed and sighed.
"Sora... you were always the troublemaker." Kixur said, chuckling. Standing up, he took off the wash cloth and then put his forehead to Sora. He felt Sora also unconsciously lean into his touch and Kixur saw Sora's eyelids open, only just slightly though.
Even then, Kixur could still say that Sora's eyes were the most beautiful things he had ever seen.
"K-Kixur?" Sora asked softly and Kixur nodded. Sora murmured something Kixur couldn't hear and then fell back asleep. Sora's forehead still felt hot, despite the freezing water the cloth had been placed in.
"Sleep dreams, Sora." Kixur murmured, pulled back, put the cloth back on Sora's head and sat down in the chair. Then he put his had down on the bed and soon enough, fell asleep too.
~0~0~0~0~
Sora groaned softly as he opened his eyes. He was staring back up at the ceiling which was becoming now a familiar sight.
"Where am I?" Sora asked but he should have known the answer to that before he asked it. He was still inside of his room and his eyes drifted around, before stopping at the figure sleeping by his bed. Sora let a smile grace his lips. Kixur was sleeping peacefully, his face free or worries or concerns.
Sora always liked it whenever his face was like that.
Now if only Kixur's Somebody was like that. Sora frowned, his thoughts drifting back to Riku. He briefly wondered what the boy was doing.
Probably sleeping since the digital clock flashing 11 : 30 p.m. Sora sighed and adjusted himself so he felt more comfortable. Sora fell asleep again, his body still worn and tired and this time, the cloth decided to stay in place.
~0~0~0~0~
Morning came by quickly, needless to say.
BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEE-CRASH!
"SHUT UP AND GO TO HELL!" Sora sprung out of bed, startling Kixur who was just about to go to sleep after yelling at the alarm clock and throwing it out of the open window, which hit Goofy on the head who was taking a nice stroll, knocking over Donald who was right by him and sending him spiraling down the slight slope into the pond, startling the fishes, when then bit Donald and sent him flying up into the apple tree... startling Larxene...
Oh, this is not good....
"CRAZY DUCK! I TOLD YOU TO STOP BOTHERING ME!"
"NOOO! WAIT!"
BAM!
Kixur watched in amusement from the window as he saw Donald fly all the way back to Goofy. He chuckled softly. A yawn caused him to snap his attention back to the brunette who was currently stretching.
"Huh? Kexir... Wha dih I miss?" Sora asked sleepily and Kixur shrugged.
"Nothing much..." Kixur said and Sora glanced at his clock through one eyes. Sora's eyes immediately widened and he threw the covers off of him.
"Shoot! I'm late for school!" Sora yelled and had swung his legs over the side of the bed when one word stopped his actions.
"No." Sora blinked, staring up at Kixur.
"Huh?" Kixur sighed and ran a hand over his face.
"You are not going to go to school today, Sora. You're staying at home... and your real home, might I add." Kixur said. Sora began whining.
"Kixuuuur! People are going to be suspicious. If I don't go to school, they're going to know for certain something is up!" Sora said but was interrupted when the door suddenly burst open, to show a pissed-off Larxene, a beat up Donald, a Goofy with a giant bump on his head, and the rest of Organization XIII. Sora glanced at Kixur.
"I thought you said I didn't miss anything." Kixur shrugged in response. Larxene rushed over to Sora's side immediately and hugged him...
Damn, that girl had a hug that just seemed to suck all of your breath immediately.
Sora began gaping for air and turned blue just seconds after Larxene hugged him.
"Lar... xene.... Can't.... breathe!" Sora gasped out. It took Axel, Demyx, and Marluxia to pry Larxene away from the younger boy. Roxas stayed as far away from her as he could, afraid that the girl would mistake him for Sora and hug him instead.
"Air! Oh, how I missed you!" Sora yelled, collapsing onto the bed. "Oh, and thanks, Axel." He added and Axel nodded.
"No prob." He said. Kixur chuckled.
"Zo, just wait one more day before going back to school. Hopefully by then, the rumours will die down." Kixur said. Sora shook his head.
"The school knows the address to my fake home. The reporters can go there and when they see that I'm not there, they'll know that something is up." Sora said and sat up again but Kixur pushed him back down. Kixur turned to Sephiroth.
"Bring her in." Kixur said. Sora began to pale.
"U-um... what are you guys talking about?" Sora asked nervously. The air in the room suddenly became tense as Kixur walked away from him. Sora began looking left and right.
"H-hey! What's happening?" Sora asked. Roxas sighed.
"Sorry, Zo. But this is for your own... good...." Roxas said eerily and the door slammed open...
"Ooohh.... Soooooooooooooooooraaaaaaaa....." Sora felt shivers run up and down and back up and back down his spine again and again... Maniacal laughter followed and Sora began to sweat.
"U-um..." Sora stuttered. Fog began creeping in from out of nowhere and everyone faded out from sight...
"BOO!"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Laughter.
"Honestly guys, we keep on doing this, Sora's going to get a heart attack." Sora creaked open one eye and there she was...
His own mom.
"Y-you guys..." Sora murmured in disbelief, his throat hoarse from screaming. "You played a prank on me?! And mom.... You were in it too?!" Hikari smiled and wink.
"I did win best actor's award in middle school, you know." Hikari said and ripped off the Maleficient mask.
"You... you should have seen the look on your face, Sora!" Kixur hollered and Axel was right besides him, laughing too. In fact, even Zexion was hiding his laughter behind his book. And Sora swore he saw Sephiroth and Xemnas's mouth twitch into a small smile...
"You guuuuys!" Sora whined. Roxas, on the other hand, was looking a bit pale. He turned around and began to sulk in the corner. Axel sweat-dropped.
"H-hey... Roxy... no need to be so depressed..." Axel murmured, trying to coax Roxas into going out from his depressed situation. Kixur sweat-dropped at the pitiful sight. The sweat-drop grew even bigger when he saw that Sora had entered the same state.
"H-hey.... Zo?" Kixur asked hesitantly. He was startled when Sora began sobbing.
"Y-you guys... you guys hate me..." Sora murmued sadly. Kixur began panicking.
"W-we don't hate you!" Kixur yelled but Sora wouldn't listen and kept on rambling. Hikari laughed.
"Sora, Roxas, quit faking and turn around already." Sora and Roxas pouted as they turned around.
"Aw, mooom... You ruined it!" Roxas and Sora whined and Kixur sweat-dropped.
"You... two... were... faking...?" Kixur and Axel asked in disbelief and the two 'twins' nodded. Hikari winked.
"Like I said..." Hikari put an emphasize on the word 'said'. "I did get best actor's award in middle school." She sighed and then turned to Sora. "And you, mister... You should be staying home in bed. No school for you for at least a day or two." Sora whined but Hikari shushed him. Sora grumbled as he laid down on the bed.
"Mooooom.... I'm not a little kid anymore. A fever like this won't hurt me." Sora muttered and Hikari laughed, brushing some of Sora's spikes away from his forehead but it just went back in place.
"Of course you aren't, Zo. But you are to me!" Hikari said, giggling. "And if you're afraid that someone will know it's me, I can always just change my appearance. We do have magic." Sora whined.
"Why is everyone always against me whenever I'm sick? I can take care of myself!" Sora protested. Kixur raised an eyebrow.
"Sora, you can't even take care of a fish. How you even manage to keep the worlds in check, even I don't know... and I'm your best friend." Kixur said and Sora sputtered in astonishment.
"I can too take care of a fish!" Sora yelled.
"Then what happened to that fish we brought you a year ago?"
"Um... flew out the window into the pond where the cat decided to go fishing and eat it?"
"Sora...."
"Alright already! I... um.... accidentally.... um, actually, you don't want to know."
"...."
"What?"
"........"
"Hey, get back here Kixur!" Sora yelled but Kixur and the rest are already out of the room in a flash. Sora frowned and plopped back onto his bed.
"What? I only forgot to feet it and threw it out the window in the pond when I thought it was sleeping." Sora murmured. Then, he blinked. "Do fish even sleep?"
~0~0~0~0~
A small, black Mercedes came through the gates of Destiny High and came to a stop in the parking lot. The door opened with a click and the boys turned to stare and drool at the woman who looked no more than twenty years old.
She had straight, shiny blond hair with brown streaks going through it and a blend of emerald and sapphire eyes. She wore a simple white colored, off shoulder shirt with long sleeves and blue jeans, along with white flats.
The woman walked through the campus, ignoring the stares and whispers. She took note of the numerous amounts of reporters that were scouting around the school. Walking into the building, she came to a stop at a door with the words 'Office'.
'It's a wonder how they never notice the similarities between Sora, Kiyo and me.' The woman thought and knocked on the door. A small, 'come in' came and she opened up the door and walked up to the desk. A woman, presumably the secretary and from her tag, seemed to be called Amea Inouye. She smiled at up the woman as she came in.
"Hello, is there anything I can do to help you?" Amea asked kindly. She nodded.
"Yes, my name is Seari Kousuke and-"
"Wait, did you just say Kousuke?" Amea asked and Seari nodded. She smiled and then Seari noted that her hands had pressed the speakers on. Already, she could hear the bustle of the excited reporters. "Please continue."
"Well, as I was saying... I am here to say that my son, Sora, will not be attending school today. His high fever from yesterday has gone down just a bit but he is still not in the condition to go to school. I have the doctor's slip right here." Seari said and handed her the white paper. Amea frowned, taking the slip, her frown growing even bigger when she saw that it was not forged, but true. The frown immediately disappeared once Seari had finished 'rearranging' things in her black purse and she looked up.
"Yes, thank you. But.... I have a few questions concerning your son. In his recent report for English, he wrote about the recent news going around. Ah... the Chasers and the strange creatures?" Amea asked and Seari nodded, smiling happily.
"Yes, he has quite the imagination." Seari said. Amea nodded.
"I'm pretty sure you've seen it already from the news, but in his report he happened to get all of the names correct. Only... the names of the people were not the same, except for the enemy, that is. Would you care to explain that, Mrs. Kousuke?" Amea asked and Seari's smile disappeared, a sad expression appearing.
"W-well, you see... Sora recently had a unfortunate encounter with them. You can ask that boy... what was his name? Ah, Riku Hetuma, I believe. Yes, he was there to help rescue Sora from the river when a couple of those Soulers, as Sora likes to call them, attacked him." Seari said.
"He overheard those people talking on his way home and caught everything. When they noticed that he was there, Omen, I believe, sent those creatures after him. Ever since then, he's been trying to avoid them." Seari said sadly. "Hopefully, they won't bother Sora anymore." The secretary recoiled in shock.
"O-oh... I'm so sorry, Mrs. Kousuke. We had no clue... We presumed that he was one of them." Amea said and Seari nodded.
"No, no... It's alright. Ever since that recent attack, they've stopped so you don't have to worry anymore. We didn't tell Sroa because he didn't like much attention and wanted to continue his daily life normally. Anyways, Sora should be back in school two days from now." Seari said.
"It's okay. Tell Sora that he can stay home until next week. He should have a long time to recover." Amea said and Seari nodded, standing up. She shook her hand.
"Thank you." Seari said and exited the office. Outside, reporters were crying and they apologized repeatedly. After ten minutes, Seari finally managed to get to her car and driver off. She sighed in relief and then pulled into a deserted alley.
A bright light engulfed her and then it vanished, and Hikari was standing there.
"Well, now there's one less thing for Sora to worry about." Hikari said happily and stepped out of the car. It slowly dissolved into nothing and she disappeared in a flash of light.
~0~0~0~0~
Two days later...
"Are you sure about this, Sora?"
"I'm positive."
"You really sure?"
"Absolutely."
"One-hundred percent sur-"
"Larxene, Kixur! I'm sure!" Sora yelled in exasperation and he sighed.
"We were just checking, Sor." Larxene said. "Besides, you haven't fully gotten over your fever yet. And the secretary did say that you could stay home for at least a week." Sora sighed.
"Don't worry." Sora muttered. "I can take care of myself - and no, I did not cook that fish. He... sorta flew out the window."
"Sora..."
"It's the truth! Come on, Kixur!" Sora whined.
"Okay, okay... But... it's so.... unlikely that the fish flew out of the window!" Kixur said. He turned to Larxene. "Larxene, keep Sora in check."
"Yeah, I got it." Larxene said. Sora sighed and stared at Larxene whiled Kixur walked down the stairs into the waiting taxi.
"Why do you always treat me like a baby? With you and Kixur together, it's like I have a second pair of parents!" Sora yelled and Larxene giggled.
"Come on, Zo. You are like a baby to us!" Larxene said and Sora groaned. He trudged over to his wrecked apartment and unlocked the door.
"So in two days, I'm going back to school, right?" Sora asked and Larxened nodded in confirmation.
"Yeah, but I really don't think you should go to school tomorrow." Larxene said and folded her arms behind her head. Sora blinked.
"Why?" He asked.
"Um, well.... Let's just say that a few people will be there... people you know?" Sora blinked again at her, definitely not getting it. Larxene slapped her forehead.
"Dense as always, Sora. Dense as always." With that, Larxene left Sora standing there.
"Wait, what's that supposed to mean?"
~0~0~0~0~
The next day...
Sora walked through the school and tried his best to ignore all of the stares and the sorry looks. A couple of people walked up and patted Sora on the back, whispering a small 'sorry'. But he knew better. As soon as this day was over, they were going to go back to beating Sora up.
This school was just like that.
Larxene walked up to him and began chatting with him.
"Guess what? I heard that Seami High lost to another team before our match even started!" Larxene said, giggling and Sora laughed.
"That's neat." Sora said quietly. The entire day passed by normally, with the exception of no one hitting or pushing Sora. Sora, however, avoided Riku like the plague....
Which was really hard to say the least, considering the fact that Riku was right behind Sora in all of his classes. Sora turned his head back to Larxene.
"Hey, Xene. I'm going to go the bathroom room, okay?" Sora asked and Larxene nodded.
"I'll be waiting in the English class then." Larxene said and Sora nodded, going to the bathroom. Riku didn't know that he was staring at the brunette until a hand waved around in front of his face, back and forth frantically.
"Riku? Earth to Riku? You there?" Selphie asked and Riku blinked, before chuckling and nodding. After much prodding by the persistent Kairi, the group was all friends again and it was just like the old times.
"Riku to Selphie. I'm here. Over." Riku joked. Selphie smirked as she put her hands on her hips.
"You were so checking someone out. Who's the lucky girl?" Selphie asked and her smirk grew wider. Riku tried his infamous glare on the girl but it seemed to have no effect on her. Tidus coughed.
"Guys, we're going to be late for English." Tidus said and immediately, everyone turned to look at him, surprise in their eyes. "What?"
"You hate English class. You almost always skip it. Why go now? Kairi asked suspiciously and Tidus shrugged. Wakka rolled his eyes.
"It's 'cuz the Principal threatened to confiscate your iPod, didn't he?" Wakka asked and Tidus grinned.
"Ya got that right! So let's scram!" Tidus yelled and Riku chuckled.
"You guys go on ahead. I'm going to go to the bathroom for a sec." Riku said and they nodded, turning around.
"See you in English, Riku!" Kairi said and Riku nodded, heading towards the direction that Sora went in.
~0~0~0~0~
Sora stumbled, tripping over his own feet. His hand flew out and managed to grasp onto the locker nearby. Sora sighed. It hadn't even been a couple of feet yet, and already, Sora managed to trip over his own feet three times.
This was why Sora hated getting sick. Absolutely, positively, hated it.
He never did like the feeling of being cooped up inside and having a sora throat, runny nose, and pounding headaches. And then there was that 'no going outside, you're too sick' thing and how he couldn't eat anything but soup.
And then there was that paranoid feeling.
Sora blinked, turning around. Nope, the hallways were empty, most of the students already gone inside class now. Those that were outside, were either busy doing their own thing or not looking Sora's way. Strange, Sora thought. Felt like someone was following him...
Or was that just the fever getting to him?
Sora sighed again and turned into the bathroom. Pushing the white door open, he stumbled into the sinks to his left and felt the smooth, cold surface underneath his sweaty palms. Turning on the faucet and wincing at the small squeaks it gave out, Sora splashed his face a couple of times.
Looking into the mirror, Sora saw that his face had gone from bright red to its normal color again, with a tint of red still seen on his cheeks. His fever was going down, at least. Turning off the water, Sora wiped his face with paper towels and threw them into the waste basket across the bathroom.
'Two points.' Sora thought.
A abrupt noise caught Sora off-guard and he turned around, but slipped on the water that managed to escape down from his face.
Sora braced himself for impact as he soon felt himself falling... Moments passed and Sora creaked an eye open. Then he opened both of his eyes and blinked a couple of times. He didn't fall, did he? Only then, did Sora feel something holding him up. He looked up to see...
"Hetuma?" Sora asked softly and he got a soft grunt in reply from the older boy. Riku held the boy up, his hands still on Sora's shoulders to keep him from halling again, his back faced towards Riku.
Sora took a deep breath, his vision still a bit foggy when Sora turned around...
Damn his shoelaces. How'd they undo themselves again?
Sora tripped, for the.... Riku didn't know. Inwardly, he wondered whether or not the boy was just plain clumsly or... oh God no, if Sora was actually tripping over invisible things. And then Riku caught Sora again.
This time, in his arms.
Sora turned his head up and Riku felt his heart stop for a moment, his breath hitching in his throat. Those eyes.... they were so.... so blue... so full of innocence but clouded with tiredness and sleep.
When Riku looked down at Sora's glasses which were sliding down his nose, he briefly saw the logo sign on his shoes. The words were clear but they had remained the same size through the lenses.
Wait, what?
Riku looked back and saw that in truth, the words looked as if they were only through normal glass, not the glasses lens. For someone with 20/20 vision like Riku, the lenses were supposed to be blurry. For someone with horrible eyesight, the lenses were supposed to be clear and things magnified.
Riku definitely was not blind. If he was, then why were the words not magnified?
He felt his heart stop for the second time in a row, realizing what those glasses were.
They weren't normal glasses. Yes, they were glasses, but the glass that was being used was not like the others. Riku had seen this type of glass before. It made viewers on the outside see the thing on the inside as something dreadfully dull, devoid of color with the slightest tint of whatever. But the person on the inside could see things crystal clear. It was to fool people.
His parents often used this type of glass for their valuable items. It kept any thiefs that managed to get in stop them from stealing it and go looking for something a lot more... shiny... er... something that looked a whole lot more valuable instead of the dull gleam that looked on the items. There was only one thing Riku could thing of.
Sora was faking his look.
Sora felt himself get lost in those sea-green foam eyes. Those shining, emerald eyes.... The eyes of his once best friend.... And, Sora didn't want to admit it but...
The eyes of his long-time love.
Sora had always thought he fallen in love with Kairi because of her looks and her kind personality. He always felt this jealousy that would boil inside of him every single time he saw Riku and Kairi together.
That was what Sora thought, anyways.
The truth came to him one day when he and Riku were walking through the paths of the smallest island of the chains. Everything was going fine until one of the wooden floorboards gave and Riku fell.
Riku was in a coma for at least two weeks and Sora stayed by Riku's side, even when Kairi had caught a small cold. It made Sora realized who he truly loved....
Riku.
At first, it was only a small crush. Sora had always dismissed what he felt each time he and the older boy were together when they were little. They were inseparable. That is, until Kairi came into the picture.
Riku started paying more attention to her and Sora missed the days of when they used to spend all their time together. He longed for those days, before Kairi was there. Sora doubted that the older boy had any feelings for him, anyways.
And then Sora realized how close they were and blushed immediately. He had hoped that his fever might cover up for it but...
Probably not.
Riku raised an eyebrow when he saw Sora's face suddenly heat up. He looked at him before suddenly realizing how close they were. Their faces were only a couple inches apart, Riku's eyes boring into Sora's. His hands were wrapping around the younger boy's body and Sora's hands were on Riku's chest.
Riku felt his own face heat up before he pulled himself away from Sora. He still steadied him, but his hands had moved from around Sora to his shoulders again. Riku sighed and then broke the silence.
"We... should probably get to English, right?" Riku asked and Sora nodded, not meeting Riku's gaze. Sora turned around and walked out, Riku trailing behind. The short walk was awkward and tense, the last few students casting curious glances at the two and their heated faces.
Sliding open the door, Sora was at his seat in a second while Riku took his time to get to his seat. He noticed nothing different about the class or the school, so why did he get the feeling that something was going to happen after school?
Thanks for reading! Hope you enjoyed it after a while of not updating.
Happy soon-to-be Holidays!
~Midnight Hell~
