hey peoples! this chapter is hot off the press! -looks around and finds the papparazzi around a really good author- not that the press cares, but i cannot stress how much i love you guys for your reviews. i literally had to read your reviews several times while writing this for motivation (because if i'd been writing this on my own without anyone to support me, it probably would've ended at ch.8 or 9) so anyway, THANK YOU:D you guys rock Riku's and Sora's socks off (as well as other articles of clothing...heheh...)
new moongirl: thank you:) you're an awesome person for reviewing my story out of all the other ones out there
Kuraii Koneko: you're right, i do love you for your comments. -begs- please keep them coming. and my ego... it left me a while ago, said something about making me humble... and write down your Kingdom Hearts ideas! don't let them catch dust! i wanna see them -begins whining like a spoiled little brat-
Purple-Fairy93: you...you really think this one is your favorite...? -glomps you- beautiful beautiful child! you're an amazing person!
Mystery Reviewer: you...love me...? -sobs- i love you too! for your wonderful comments that motivate me to write even more! thank you!
Hikaru-Kun: -hugs you- you're gonna be Roxas? awesome! and somebody's gonna be Axel? cool. Axel and Roxas are awesome and perfect for each other. and have you looked at Axel's eyes? they're like a cat's! its so cool! and i'm ranting so i'll just shut up now, anyway, thank you for your reviews and your hug:)
Jinxmint: its ok that you didn't review for ch.8, you reviewed for ch.9 and that's what counts:) (no, i'm gonna lock you up forever and never show you the end of the story. the evils of an author at work). actually, i don't really have a crush either (the guys at my school are all idiots). and trust me, i'm fine with the word 'bastard'. otherwise it wouldn't show up in this story. anyways, thanks for the review!
STBRW (aka Shizuma The Black Renkin Wi...): i have a short name version for you! if you see those letters, that means you. :) and i totally understand not being able to eat that popsicle. actually, i put a few of the Riku ones in a cooler and set them in my room next to the Riku shrine... my brother will kill me if he ever discovers that it exists...(he thinks i'm obsessed -rolls eyes-)
yunchen: that's great that your relationship is back on track! but Europe hasn't got the game yet?i thought they got it before America... i'm glad you like Sora's mom though! she's a fun character. and Ansem... he acknowledges the littlemannerisms like that, but the big ones he just ignores the big ones completely. and ... fluff! some of this is fluff, so... enjoy :)
theevilashleyness: that's so true! fluff is good! and fun. heehee... i love writing fluff. itsgood for the soul.
Ska Chick and Anime Freak: hmm... brownies or Riku-kissing-Sora plushie...do you really have to ask? -snatches plushie and cuddles it- and you read and reviewed before eating chocolate:') you're too good to me... and there are some pervy Riku and Sora in here just like you asked! heheh... perversion is so much fun...
XO'MagickMoon'OX: i'm happy you liked Sora's mom! she's a fun person :) and macaroni is good... especially homemade...cheers for personal experiences! OO wow that was kindarandom... and iput sugar in my Cheerios too!but not 5 spoonfuls... usually my max is 3... and you didn'tactually get a heart attack, right? medical bills scare me...
DemonSurfer:right now i'mdebating whether to throw Axel in there or not... if he does, it won't be for a while. and Axel and Roxas are perfect for each other, andi loveAxel's eyes! they're green and like a cat's, it's so cool! plus his hair is fun :) and Demyx and Marluxia... can't say anything about the couple cuz i don't know who Marluxia is yet (i know they're in Organization XIII but that doesn't say much except that they wear thoseblack clothes that i like alot)
mars explorer: no! don't die! i need you to review!REVIEW! then you'll get even more chapters! it really is my motivation. but you love this story--yay! -throws confetti-
BeuitifulDisgrace: woo-hoo! you love it! you have no idea how happy that makes me! and you were grounded from the computer? that sucks... actually, i'm grounded right now too, butnot from thecomputer or playstation so i'm happy :) and i'll make sure theywon't meltby the time they get to you! i'll send them via Santa Claus! oh wait... then you'll have to wait a while... ok, maybe not Santa Claus, but i'm sure i'll find a way somehow. and yes! Riku saw Sora's six-pack! i loved writing that chapter, it was so much fun with all the perversion and fluffiness!and Ansem does just pick the worst times, doesn't he? but despair not! (wow i sounded intelligent there OO) there is a way to break the curse!...i just haven't thought it up yet... damn creativity fails when i need it most... oh well, here's the next chapter!
Ailias: -announces to fangirls and fanboys- sorry bout the teasing, but its for character development, i swear! andi bet Riku would love a Sora popsicle too. -gasps before grinning evilly- or what if Riku had to watch Sora eat a Riku popsicle and ate it really slowly?
I was in a room. It was empty except for one person. His back was facing me, and his silver hair was long–for a guy. I couldn't think of who he was, yet I knew I knew him. Riku . . . that's it! Then he turned to me.
"Sora . . ." he held his hand out. I grabbed onto it without hesitation. Swiftly, Riku pulled me close and brought my lips to his. I slid my free arm around his neck, deepening the kiss. Then Riku broke away for a second.
"Sora . . ." Riku mumbled, his lips still brushing mine. His hands ran through my hair soothingly. But then his tongue flicked across the edges of my mouth. Unconsciously, I licked my lips, and soon our tongues were intertwined passionately while–
"Rise and shine! Time to get up! Don't wanna be late, Sora!" my mom called cheerfully.
I swear, I'll get back at her someday . . . I thought maliciously. Violent scenes ran through my mind.
Shaking my head, I forced myself to get up. At school I'd see the real Riku. And that would be way better than some dream.
Downstairs, I slipped my shoes on and grabbed a Poptart–strawberry. Heading out the door, I began walking to school. It was only a few blocks, and it helped keep me in shape. No matter what Riku said, I was in shape. I was! Suddenly, I was unable to suppress the grin that came to my face when I showed Riku my six-pack on Saturday. Track is so worth it! His face was priceless!
Of course, at track practice Coach wiped off my grin by making me run the course. I didn't mind though, running was comforting. It was if I could just run away from my problems (not that I had that many).
I had slowed down to a jog by the time I saw Riku watching me from the stands. He gave me a wave as I went by. I just grinned. If I had waved back Coach might've seen me and made me start doing hurtles or something. And I didn't like hurtles. They were too high.
Brrrrrrrrrrrring.
"Coach! You made us late again!" one of the other athletes complained.
"You won't be late if you run fast! Think of it as motivation!" Coach yelled back.
I just groaned. Leave it to a teacher or coach to think of a bright side . . . But my mind made up its own bright side as it peered through my eyes to see Riku waiting for me.
"You didn't have to wait for me, y'know. You'll be late like me now," I told him as I half-jogged up the steps.
"Nah, I won't be late, and neither will you if you change fast," he said.
"I don't change very fast in the morning," I said. My eyes widened as I realized what I just said. Shit! Why'd I go and say something like that?
A few seconds later, Riku replied with, "Does that mean you change faster at night?"
Oh god oh god oh god bad thoughts bad thoughts bad thoughts . . .
"I'm just tired in the morning." Oh great, Sora, that really helped, I thought as my mind continued to swim freestyle through the muck in the gutter.
"Why?"
"It's morning, it's early, and I like to sleep," I said as I reached the boys' locker room. "So I'll see ya later."
"Sure you don't need some help? It's still morning . . ." Riku said, glancing at me.
"I-I've got it!" I cried, scrambling into the locker room. Some of the guys looked at me strangely but did shrugged it off.
All in all, I did manage to make it to my first class—music theory—on time. Barely. In fact, the bell rang the instant I stepped inside the door. I sighed in relief as I slumped into my desk next to Tidus.
"Dude, that was close. Why were you almost late, anyways?" he asked curiously.
"Riku," I said simply, as if that explained everything.
"What? Were you guys makin' out in the hallway or somethin'?"
"No! He walked with me to the locker room after track this morning."
"So you made out in the locker room? Bet the guys were thrilled to see that."
I rolled my eyes. "Tidus! We did not have any sexual interaction, alright?"
"Fine, geez! I was just asking."
"No, you were hoping to copy it from the school security cameras so you'd have something embarrassing to show us on your birthday."
". . . Dude, how the hell'd you know?"
"You mean I was right?"
We both stared at each other incredulously for the next five minutes of class until Mrs. Jansek noticed and wondered if there was some invisible alien between us that was holding our attention. The rest of the class laughed, and Tidus and I agreed that she'd seen War of the Worlds one too many times even if it was an awesome movie. Which it was. Except for the fact that Tidus and I both agreed that the son should've died at the end—it was too cheesy having him come back. Of course, Kairi and Selphie had told us we were idiots and that hotties like him should live on to inspire fools like us into getting some fashion sense.
"Sora, are you paying attention?" Mrs. Jansek asked, jerking me out of mental Memory Lane.
"Yes."
"Good, now we have a new student today everyone, so please make him feel welcome. Well, introduce yourself," she said, gesturing to the spiky-haired blonde next to her. My hair's still spikier, I thought childishly.
"Hi, I'm Roxas. Nice to meet you," he—apparently Roxas—said dully.
"Ok, there's an empty seat on the other side of Sora," said Mrs. Jansek, pointing at the vacant seat next to me.
"Hey, Sora," Roxas greeted as he sat down next to me.
"Hey," I returned. "Where are you from?"
"Just one of the other islands around here," he said casually.
"Cool. I've lived here my whole life, so I can't really relate. Is it really as hard as they say, moving?"
Thus went our conversation until Mrs. Jansek was only too kind to notice. Starting then we began writing on the edges of our papers. Some might've called it girly, but if you want to get to know a person without talking—writing is your best friend.
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At lunch, Leon, Cloud, Yuffie, and I all managed to get in line right behind several sophomores.
"Hey, Sora," I mumbled into his hair, wrapping my arms loosely around his shoulders from behind.
"H-hey, Riku," Sora replied. I could almost hear his blush as it turned his face a light pink.
"Omigod they're so adorable!" Kairi cried.
There. Right there. That killed the mood. Annoying redhead.
"So is this your boyfriend, Sora?" someone asked. Someone I knew all too well, unfortunately.
"Y-yeah, this is Riku, Roxas." I looked up to see Roxas gazing at me as if I was some interesting piece of art or something. Examining me. Analyzing me. I didn't like it. At all.
"Hi," I said, trying to restrain the hatred I was feeling. But then Sora's hands latched onto my arms and the world was at peace again as I reveled in the contact. Does he really affect my mood that much? I wondered internally.
"Hey Roxas, what instrument do you play?" Kairi asked.
"Me? I play drums."
"Really? That's so cool! I have no rhythm so I could never do that," said Kairi.
"It's really not that hard," Roxas said.
"Trust us, she can barely play the notes at the right time," Tidus joked.
"I'm not that bad!" Kairi insisted.
"What do you play?" wondered Roxas.
"Me 'n' Selphie play clarinet," Kairi announced proudly.
Talk like this went on as we retrieved our food, but in order to do so I had to let go of Sora.
"Riku, you can let go now," Sora said.
"No."
"C'mon, I'm starving."
"Are you saying food is more important to you than me?"
"When I'm hungry and you're in the way, yes."
I feigned a heart attack at his words and dramatically (fake) wept as the impatient lunch lady shoved me a tray.
At the table, somehow I managed to get there last, so Roxas and Tidus were already sitting on both sides of Sora. In the end I ended up sitting right across from my love between Leon and Namine. Whoa, did I just call him 'my love'? Since when have I been that committed? I mean, we're dating and all, but usually it takes a little longer before you call someone 'your love', right?
"So Sora, how long have you guys been dating?" Roxas asked.
"It's been . . ." Sora's eyes lifted to the ceiling as he mentally counted the days. "Four," he finally said—proud of his ability to count them just like that. I smiled inwardly. He could be just so childish . . . it really was adorable.
"Months?" said Roxas.
Sora shook his head. "Days."
"Oh! That reminds me! Your guys' anniversary is comin' up soon, right?" Tidus asked. Everyone was puzzled, that is, until they realized the question was directed at Cloud.
Everyone just stared at Tidus.
" . . . oops . . ."
So I was right!
"Tidus . . . I'm gonna . . . fucking . . . kill you . . ." Cloud said, gritting his teeth as he glowered at his younger brother who just sort of tried to crawl underneath the table.
Leon, being one of those guys that couldn't let anyone else know what they're feeling, just up and walked away. Very calm and controlled—except that it looked as if he was seething with . . . anger? Hatred? Annoyance? Fear? Any one of those could've been the emotion he was feeling, or maybe it was all of them. I didn't know.
"Ok, you might as well know now, Leon and I are a couple, alright?" Cloud said, clearly saving his energy to strangle his brother with for another time. It wasn't long before he followed Leon, and a good thing too because no one really knew what to say.
"I . . . um . . . I . . ." Tidus stumbled.
"Tidus, just shut up before anyone else feels like murdering you. It's bad enough that Cloud knows where you sleep at night," Selphie said, patting him on the shoulder.
"Ok, thanks Selphie," he said before giving her a smile.
"Guys? I really hate to break the mood, but what the hell just happened?" Roxas asked, befuddled.
And thus, Kairi began explaining everything to Roxas. Bored, I listened until I received a sharp kick in the shin.
"Ow! What? . . . Sora . . . ?" Sora was looking down at his food, and looking kind of depressed.
"What's wrong?" I asked. Sad faces didn't suit the usually cheerful teen.
"Promise me that we . . . we won't ever end up like that . . . feeling a need to hide our relationship . . ."
I sighed. Was that it? I kicked him lightly, causing him to look up.
"I promise."
We both smiled as a sweet feeling passed over me. What was that feeling again? Oh, right. It was love.
yay! good ol' RikuxSora sweetness, and a bit of LeonxCloud--you all saw that coming, right? and i didn't make Roxas all that evil in this chapter, but... you'll see plenty of that in the future (so sorry Roxas fans! honestly!)
and Tidus is a character i'm basing off of someone in my class. so, since i live in America there'll be a lot of "what's up", "dude" and "yeah". just thought i should warn you.
oh! and this is just an extra thing i wanted to say about the game (possibly a spoiler), but i love Sora at Halloween Town! when he hears about Santa, its so cute! i wanted toglomp him! course... then my brother looked at me likei was some sorta freaky fangirl (which i am, but he hasn't realized that yet)
anyways! review! my lovely reviewers! chapters will come if you review! -reviewers ignore me- ...ok then, how about if i give you macaroni with Riku and Sora shaped noodles? -reviewers come running-