Killing Time
Disclaimer: Don't own KH…yeah…these things are getting annoying.
Joh: I'd like to thank Jessie for all the lovely help she gave me for this chapter.
Jessie: Aw I'm just happy I could help!
J-twins: -Huggles-
Warnings: Angst ahead, language, some violence, yaoi
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"What's going on…?" Sora asked slowly, rubbing his eyes and frowning at the group of people gathered in Riku's living room. Riku stood beside Sora, scowling sourly at nothing in particular.
Roxas and Axel were seated on the couch, arms brushing as they spoke in muted tones. Roxas was looking annoyed about something while Axel was smiling lazily, his long fingers tracing patterns across the blonde's knee.
Demyx stood by the couch, looking strangely small without his sitar strapped to his back. Next to him stood a short but slender man who Sora had never seen before. He was frowning and had his arms wrapped around himself, wearing an expression that clearly said he wished he could be anywhere but here.
"Is there some kind of meeting or…?" Sora trailed off curiously, glancing up at Riku. They had just both woken up and from Riku's disgruntled expression Sora wondered if the group of assassins in Riku's apartment was something he had not been expecting.
Riku ignored Sora's question and addressed the group. "You all are too fucking early." He growled, crossing his arms.
Demyx shot his hand up into the air like he was in school waiting for a teacher to call on him. "I can explain!"
Riku raised an eyebrow.
Demyx beamed, clasping his hands together. "You see… I told Axel the idea and then he told Roxas and then Roxas told me that he wanted to go too so I said okay but I forgot when we were supposed to go so we all just came here! Oh! And I got Zexion to agree to come!" Demyx added proudly, poking the man next to him.
"I was wondering why he was here." Riku muttered.
"No one wanted Zexion to come." Axel whispered loudly, earning himself a glare from the pale-haired man.
"Um, I still don't get what's going on." Sora sighed as he scratched the back of his neck, feeling somewhat intimidated by the fact that he was in a room with a bunch of assassins.
"We're going clothes shopping!" Demyx squealed, leaping towards Sora and grabbing him by the shoulders.
Sora's eyes widened, as he slowly comprehended what Demyx had just said. "Clothes? For who?"
"For you, of course." He picked at the long trailing sleeves of the black shirt Sora was wearing. "You can't always be wearing Riku's clothes. It just won't do."
"Are you serious?" The brunet asked breathlessly, hope flaring in his chest. If what Demyx was saying was true then that would mean he would get a chance to go outside. Not only would it be a possible way to escape but Sora was also dying to get away from Riku's apartment after being cooped up in it for so long.
"But we're all going with you so don't get any ideas." Riku grumbled from behind him, as if reading his thoughts.
Sora deflated. "Right…" Well, at least this trip would give him a breath of fresh air.
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After Riku had taken a shower and dressed the group made their way down to the lobby, crowding into the elevator that thankfully no longer smelled like fish. After that Sora wasn't sure what happened since Riku insisted that he be blindfolded so that he wouldn't know their location. Just in case.
Reluctantly, Sora agreed and allowed Riku to tie a black strip of cloth over his eyes and guide him out the door.
Even though he couldn't see, Sora felt refreshed to once again be able to feel wind through his hair and have the sun beaming down on his skin.
"Hurry up, Sora." Riku tugged on his arms and pushed him forward before, without any warning, he was lifted up and into what Sora guessed was a car seat. He felt someone nudge him as they sat beside him, seat belts clicking into place.
"There's no room in here." Axel drawled from somewhere to Sora's left.
"Just squeeze in. I'm sure you can fit, you freaking stick." Sora was sure that was Riku speaking and it sounded like he was sitting right next to him.
There was a rustling sound before Axel cursed and someone jostled Sora. "I'm telling you, there's no room." Axel growled.
A car door slammed, making Sora twist his head towards the source of the noise. It was disconcerting to have everyone talking all around him when he was unable to see what was going on.
"Just have Roxas sit in your lap."
"I am not sitting in his lap. You think I wanna get groped the whole car ride?"
Axel sniggered and Sora felt someone tug playfully on a lock of his hair. "Then maybe Sora could sit on my lap." This comment was followed by a sharp whack and then a groan before Riku spoke up.
"No one is sitting on anyone's lap." He stated firmly, reaching over Sora to buckle his seat belt for him.
After a few minutes the clamor seemed to calm down. "So…who's driving?" Demyx asked, his voice coming from somewhere behind Sora.
"That would be me!"
Sora frowned at the unfamiliar voice, fingers twitching as he restrained the urge to pull the blindfold away from his eyes.
"Marluxia!"
"What the fuck…"
"What are you doing here?" Riku demanded, annoyance seeping into his voice.
"Well, Demyx told me all about your little shopping trip for the boy, so I just had to come." The voice (Marluxia? Was that his name?) replied as the car started.
"Shit…" Riku cursed under his breath as the car began to roll forward.
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Halfway through the car ride Riku removed the blindfold and Sora blinked several times, relieved that he could see again. He was sitting in a small car with Riku on one side and Roxas on the other. He was amused to see Axel had squished himself in between Roxas and the window and was staring down at his boots sulkily.
Demyx was sitting in the back, leaning against a spare tire with ear buds plugged in. Zexion was seated in the passenger seat, fingers drumming against the dashboard as he stared blankly out the window.
The driver, Marluxia, was probably the strangest man Sora had ever seen. Stranger even than Xigbar. He had pale pink hair. Pink hair. Long pink hair.
Sora stared at him for several minutes, wondering if he had been wrong in assuming from the voice that Marluxia was a guy. Maybe he/she was a girl with a somewhat deep voice?
"It's a guy." Roxas muttered under his breath, noticing what Sora was looking at.
"Oh…"
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Escaping was definitely going to be difficult, if not impossible.
As soon as they had reached the mall and gotten out of the car, the six assassins surrounded him. They did it casually so that to anyone else they would simply appear to be a large group of friends. No one would suspect anything. They didn't even look remotely like assassins.
"Where should we go first?" Demyx wondered as they entered the mall, shoving his hands into his jeans.
"We should get him a coat since it's getting colder." Roxas suggested, pulling a baseball cap from his bag and putting it on.
Sora frowned, casting a sidelong glance at him. "You make it sound like I'm going to be moving in permanently."
Roxas shrugged. "Well…oh look! A coat store!" he said suddenly, grabbing Sora's sleeve and tugging him towards the store.
Roxas began sorting through the clothing racks along with Marluxia while Sora stood to the side awkwardly. He wondered if he tried to run for it if they would risk making a scene in public to catch him. He sighed. He wasn't sure what the others would do but he knew that Riku wouldn't care about causing a scene.
"How about this?" Marluxia held up a slim white coat with black buttons. "It's cute, hm love?"
"Isn't that a girl's jacket?"
Marluxia glanced at it blankly. "So…?"
Sora stared at him blankly before shrugging. "Whatever." He sighed. He had never really been into what he wore and was therefore, not a big shopping fan.
"What do you think, Riku?" Axel asked, looking amused.
Riku shrugged. "Black would be better." He replied, checking his watch and glancing around the small shop.
"We'll get this one." The pink-haired assassin concluded, folding it over his arm and prancing over to the counter.
The rest of the clothes shopping was spent much like that. Marluxia would pick stuff out, ignoring if Sora liked it or not, while the rest would chat lazily about nothing in particular. It was strange, Sora thought to himself. Everything seemed so relaxed and normal. Was it weird that it felt that way to him?
After two hours each person in the group was carrying at least one bag out into the parking lot to the car.
"Why did you buy so much?" Sora moaned, swinging the two bags he was carrying. "It's not like-"
"Sora!"
The brunet turned his head, eyes widening in shock. Tidus stood a few feet behind him, hand clutching a pretty brown haired girl. "Sora? Is that you?" he hurried forward, dropping the girl's hand. "Dude! What happened? Everyone's been talking about you! Did you run away or something?"
Sora glanced up at Riku anxiously, feeling a cold dread wash over him as he took in the suddenly serious expressions all six assassins were wearing. Even Demyx wasn't smiling anymore.
Tidus glanced around at them, the smile slowly fading from his lips. "Sora, who are these people?"
Sora took a trembling step forward. "They…they're…" he broke off with a jolt when he felt Riku's hand clamp down on his shoulder.
"You should leave." Sora whispered, looking up slowly into Tidus's narrowed blue eyes.
A confused frown creased the blonde's lips as his eyes darted from Sora's panicked expression to Riku looming over him.
"Get in the car, Sora." Riku hissed in his ear, directing him towards the car. From the corner of his eye he watched Demyx subtly reach inside his jacket. With a quick, barely seen flick of his wrist, Demyx sent a small knife flying through the air.
"No, wait!" Sora jerked in Riku's grasp, breaking free and darting forward, stumbling into Tidus heavily.
As pain shot through his shoulder and through the rest of his body, Sora was dimly aware of Tidus exclaiming in confusion and horror, Riku cursing darkly, Zexion growling at Demyx, and his own ragged breaths cutting through the air.
He fell against Tidus's shoulder, eyes fluttering as he felt blood running down his back in thin streams.
"Shit, Sora! What the hell just happened?!" Tidus grabbed him by the arms, steadying him as he looked around wildly. His wide eyes landed on the six men and he took a step back. "You...!" he trailed off and took another step back, dragging Sora with him. "Yuna, go call the pol-"
Riku leaped forward, knocking the blonde over the head, grabbing Sora around the waist and tossing him over his shoulder.
Dizziness washed over Sora as he was thrown roughly into the car, landing sprawled out across the seats. He caught a blurry glance of the girl, Yuna, being held tightly by Marluxia with Zexion whispering something to her so quickly it seemed like his lips were barely moving.
With a groan, Sora reached back to touch his wound gingerly. His stomach lurched when he felt the cold hilt of Demyx's knife protruding from his shoulder, sticky with blood. He squeezed his eyes shut and clenched his teethed as he wrapped his trembling fingers around the hilt and yanked it out. He bit back a scream and fought back the bile in his throat as he tossed the knife to the floor of the car with a muffled thud. He buried his face in the seat, shaking and sweating as he carefully traced his wound with his finger, trying to get a feel for how bad it was.
"Go on ahead, Zexy and I will handle this." Demyx's voice floated through his ears, echoing strangely. That was the last thing Sora heard before he finally passed out.
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Riku frowned as he peeled away the shirt from Sora to inspect his shoulder. Axel turned around in his seat from the front to look at the two in the backseat.
"Doesn't look that bad." He commented, leaning closer to inspect the wound.
Riku carefully touched the wound before drawing back. He was sure that he had seen the knife go in deeply but Sora's wound looked shallow and was already scabbing over. He glanced at the shirt he had pulled off of Sora, inspecting the amount of blood that had seeped into the dark fabric. There was no way there could be that much blood for such a shallow cut.
"Is this normal?" he asked, glancing up at Axel.
The redhead shrugged. "Hell if I know, I'm not a doctor." He snorted.
"Guys, can you shut up for a minute?" Roxas snarled from the driver's seat, hands gripping the wheel tightly. "I need to focus on driving."
Axel rolled his eyes. "Just let me take the wheel, Roxy."
"Fuck you, no." Roxas growled, swerving the car suddenly so that the passengers were jerked in their seats.
Riku sighed and glanced back down at Sora's wounded shoulder. It definitely wasn't normal.
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Joh: Yay! This is so not spell checked! Woo!
Jessie: Yay? That's a happy thing?
Joh: Yes…yay.
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