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Chapter 10 – The Party part 3

"Namine, would you HURRY UP?" Kairi was asked impatiently. She and Namine were standing outside the giant wall that surrounded the Strife mansion. Kairi was getting steamed: she could hear the music and could only imagine all the celebrities dancing and drinking on the other side of that wall.

"Kairi, you should be grateful that I'm even actually helping you with this." Namine replied in her usual serene voice. She was struggling to lift up an enormous ladder, and finally managed to lift it up with Kairi's help. It slammed against the wall with a dull thud.

"Finally!" Kairi exclaimed. "Okay Nam, now give me the rope please."

Shaking her pretty blonde head, Namine handed her the rope which had a triple hook at its end.

"Well, good luck to you. I hope you have a nice time."

"Are you sure you're not coming with me? You're never going to get the chance to be at a party like this again. You might even hook up with a hot celebrity. Don't you have a crush on Cloud Strife? It's his party, you could ask him for a tour of the house…. Those always and in the bed room, especially with him if the rumours are even remotely true…."

"Kairi, for the last time, I don't have a crush on Cloud Strife. I just said that he has a perfect body and that it's hard to imagine anyone more attractive. Just because I can appreciate fine male physique doesn't mean I'm drooling over him like you."

"Aww well. Hope you have a great night too, drawing or knitting or whatever. Bye Nam."

And with those words she started climbing the sturdy ladder. When she reached the top she heaved herself on the edge and fastened the rope. Then she waved goodbye to Namine and, holding the rope, carefully started her descent. Suddenly she realized how high up she actually was and she desperately wished Namine had brought a strong enough rope. It didn't break, however, and she safely reached the bottom.

Only then did she notice she wasn't at the party. It seemed to her like she was in a forest instead; there were bushes and trees all around her, most of them looking very excotic.

She suddenly felt very out of place in her turqoise cocktail dress. She started walking in the direction the music was coming from when she heard something moving in the bushes. Turning around, she saw something that froze her in her place. An enormous tiger, gigantic and terrifying, was eyeing her intensely. It was the kind of animal that was impressive even behind bars in the zoo she used to love going to as a child. But never had she noticed the exquisite way the giant cat moved, or the rippling muscles underneath its beautiful fur. The whole situation was very unreal to her. Just a minute ago she had been mentally preparing for the best party of her life. Now she was standing face to face with one of nature's deadliest predators. She wanted to scream but she found herself unable to do absolutely anything. She was standing very still. Then the tiger started walking circles around her. When she made even the slightest movement the beast snarled at her loudly. Kairi was quite sure she was going to die.

Sora really didn't know what to say. He could hardly believe Ariel just asked him that. Roxas liked him? As more than just a friend? What was she talking about? He tried to say something but he only managed to produce a few inarticulate sounds.

Ariel sighed. "I was afraid of this. It must be really hard to notice Roxas even has a sexuality with all the sex just oozing out of Cloud's pores. I really don't envy that boy's situation."

Sora had to agree. He had never even considered Roxas might like anyone; or thought of Roxas in any sexual way because of his gorgeous brother always stealing the spotlight.

"I mean, it's ridiculous if you think about it," Ariel continued, "like even at this party, where there's hot guys all around, if you would ask any girl which guy's the hottest they'd say Cloud. Maybe it's the whole fighting thing that adds to his sex appeal or something."

Then the music faded out, and everyone looked at the stage curiously.

"Oh it's starting!" Ariel exclaimed, grabbing Sora's hand and dragging him off towards the stage.

"What's starting?"

"Demyx' performance. This should be good, he's as good live as he is in his clips."

With a lot of pushing on Ariel's part and a lot of muttered apologies on Sora's, they won a place right in front of the still empty stage. Then Demyx walked on stage, casually holding his guitar. Sora was sort of suprised, having half been expecting a spectacular entrance with much smoke and many drum rolls. There was general cheering from the crowd. Sora found himself cheering as well. The whole thing was like a dream. He was standing right next to his favorite female performer, about to listen to a song by his favorite male performer. How had he ended up here again?

Demyx was looking very relaxed, with the same twinkle in his eyes that had won the heart of so many hopeless teenage girls. Sora could understand why he had been named Sexiest Man Alive. He wasn't as utterly perfect as Cloud, but those eyes and that smile had something that was uniquely appealing. Demyx was just vibrant and alive in every way, and even the way he moved showed it. Sora couldn't help but smile as Demyx was modestly smirking and scratching his head. "So…. I don't usually play at parties unless someone manages to get me exceptionally drunk, and people don't appreciate it anymore by then. But I've made an exception for our dear friend Cloud, I guess you can all understand why."

Chuckles and wolf whistling all around.

"Let's not waste any more of your precious time and get this party started!" Demyx cried, and the music blasted away. Everyone cheered, and as if a switch had been turned on, started dancing. Ariel grabbed Sora's hand and dragged him to the dance floor.

"Time to see you move, pretty boy!"

Demyx was great live. His voice was as seductive and arousing as it was when taped. Sora felt himself moving naturally, twirling Ariel around every know and then. He was moving very easily and Ariel was complimenting him on his dancing. It probably had something to do with the cocktails. Sora felt himself lost in a pleasant trance. There was the music, there was Ariel and there was the dance floor, and that was enough to make Sora perfectly happy.

The dancing continued for some more songs, but then Demyx switched to a slightly slower, more romantic song. And that's when Sora noticed Roxas standing there, just a few yards away, awkwardly eyeing him and Ariel. Sora thought about what Ariel had told him before and instantly felt weirdly guilty. If Roxas really liked him, it was a fact that at some point Sora would be confronted with it, and he had no idea how to react.

Ariel noticed Roxas as well, and grabbed Sora and shoved him in his direction. "Go dance with Roxy for a while, he deserves a good time too."

And that's how Sora felt himself in the awkward arms of his best friend, who was blushing so furiously that it seemed his head was about to burst. Sora knew he had to break the silence, so he said, as if it meant nothing at all, "so, you wanna dance?"

"S-sure!" Roxas said in a voice that wasn't his. And then they started dancing really awkwardly, not really shuffling but doing something that leaned towards it. Roxas, who was slightly taller than Sora, kept looking at some point over Sora's head, refusing to make eye contact. After the song the music stopped, and Roxas excused himself immidiately and disappeared into the crowd.

Sora sighed and looked around him. Most people were now standing close to each other and looking as if their make-out sessions had only stopped because the music had as well.

"Hope everyone's enjoying thenselves. It sure looks like it," came the chipper voice of Demyx.

"Now it's time for a few songs with a very good friend of mine, the one and only Ariel Rockwell!"

The crowd cheered as Ariel appeared on stage, holding her microphone, and Sora found himself cheering loudly as well.

"I'm pleased to announce that Ariel and I will be releasing a set of singles together, and you will be the first to hear them. This first song is called, "Because we're young." Enjoy."

Sora was happy to discover that this was another upbeat dance song, but unfortunately he now had no one to dance to it with. He went to the bar and had another drink from Eric, which he finished quickly. Then he went back to the dance floor, where he was instantly assaulted by a very drunk Cloud and Zack, who sandwiched him in between them. Both were wearing only their swimming shorts. Sora didn't know what was happening to him; he was shoved against Cloud's toned chest by Zack, who was grinding roughly into his behind. "How are you liking this party Sor? Do I know how to throw a party or what?" Cloud asked him, grinning rather stupidly. Sora felt utterly embarrased. He had never been in a more erotic situation. He could feel Zack's manhood pushing against his butt, and his own erection was grinding against Cloud's. Cloud started smiling, a deadly and gorgeous smile. "Ahh, is little Sora getting a little excited there? Does little Sora want some man on man action? Well, let's give little Sora what he wants, shall we Zack?

And to Sora's infinite horror and delight, Zack and Cloud started making out passionately over his head. He was almost squashed as they shuffled closer to each other. He couldn't help but look at them devour each other. It was utterly tantalizing. Sora thought he would have a heart attack as Cloud's hand went roughly through his hair. He didn't remember afterwards how long they had made out with him in the middle. It could easily have been an hour. But afterwards Cloud looked at him with that same lethal smile. "Getting a little hot there, aren't we Sor?"

Zack grinned behind Sora. "Maybe mr. Leonhart here needs to cool down a little after that?"

"Well my Fair prince Zack, I think you might be right."

And before he knew it, the two of them lifted him up and threw him into the pool.

The water wasn't cold at all, but it was very wet and Sora felt outraged.

He was vaguely aware of the couples making out around him. It was all very surrealistic. It was as if he was stuck inside some distorted sex dream. He swam towards the edge of the pool and hoisted himself out of it. Then he just stood there, confused and unable to figure out what to do. He really wanted to get out of his wet clothing, that was one thing he was sure of.

"Hey Sor!" cama a familiar voice Sora had trouble placing. Then Roxas appeared out of the swooning crowd of shuffling couples.

"Wow, what happened to you?"

"Zack and Cloud threw me in the pool!" Sora said, instantly regretting how whiny that sounded.

"Haha nice. Come with me, we need to get you out of these wet clothes."

The two of them then went back inside the house and entered Roxas' room, only to find a guy on the bed, fully clothed, on top of a girl who had her legs spread almost painfully wide, while a second girl sat on top of his butt and massaged his back.

"Aladin?" Roxas asked, sounding not at all surprised but half-amused and half-annoyed. The guy froze and sat up to face Roxas, throwing the girl off his back.

"Oops, sorry babe. Hey Rox. How's it hanging? Sorry I borrowed your room. Me and these two lovely ladies will just be on our way." He said apologetically.

And he left the room very swiftly, followed by the two girls who looked disappointed and not at all embarrrassed.

"Aladin always does that." Roxas explained, "he's a total player. One of Cloud's model friends. Cloud was stalking him for two months before concluding he had to be one hundred percent straight. They're pretty good friends now. Between the two of them, they've probably slept with everyone at this party." Sora grinned stupidly, and Roxas got him some dry clothes, then went to fix his hair in the bathroom while Sora changed.

After that they went back to the party, Sora feeling slightly less woozy now. They had barely left the house when they heard a drunken voice calling out to them. It was Axel, who looked completely wasted. "Hey there boys! Great party right? Rox, I really, really want to tell you someting." He staggered towards Roxas with his arms spread wide, he looked like he was about to hug the boy, who was eying him warily. Then Axel grabbed his stomach before puking all over Roxas: in his face and on his expensive looking shirt.

Roxas froze in his place, while the pink-blue contents of Axel's stomack dripped on the ground from him. Then he wiped some of the stuff out of his eyes and, with frightening speed and power, hit Axel square in the jaw. He then stormed off into the house, cursing all the way. Sora was left alone with Axel, who was lying on the floor, stirring feebly with his eyes half-opened.

Sora helped him to his feet, Axel's arm around his shoulder. He tried to ignore the stench as he led the redheaded man inside the house, where he laid him on the couch. Axel started snoring almost as soon as he hit the couch, so Sora laid a blanket on him and left him there.

Back at the party Sora noticed Demyx and Ariel weren't singing anymore, and that the DJ was playing again. It was a cool dance song Sora vaguely recognized. Suddenly he felt like dancing, so he joins the large crowd on the dance floor. As he looks around him, Sora realizes that it's just like the parties they show you at commercials for alcoholic drinks: everyone was good-looking and having a great time, dancing in the sexiest way imaginable. Sora moved as if he was one with the people around him, feeling positively mellow now. After a while of trancelike happiness, he felt two large hands on his hips, and hot breath in his neck.

"Hey handsome, wanna dance?" a husky voice whispered into his ear, and Sora instantly knew Cloud was standing behind him.

Sora closed his eyes and lost himself to the music and the sensation of his best friend's brother grinding up against him. Then Cloud roughly turns him around so that they are standing face to face.

"Sorry for tossing you into the pool earlier." Cloud said, with his charming, sheepish grin.

"That's okay." Sora was having a hard time focusing. Cloud was clearly very drunk, but in a weird way it made him even more irresistible. He wasn't his usual cheerful, clueless self; he was looking confident and even a little dangerous. And that's when Sora realized just how well Cloud was aware of the effect he had on people. He could see it in those bright blue eyes, that were piercing and knowing. It was in the way Cloud wetted his lips, making them mercilessly appetizing.

"You know, Zack and I had a fight just now. I told him to get out of here and never come back, and I don't even remember the reason… I don't think he'll be back this time."

Sora didn't know what to say to that, so he just kept quiet.

"It's just that I'm hopeless in relationships, Sora. I really am. Always have been. Probably always will be, too. And it's all because… well, I'm a stud muffin. "

That sounded really funny to Sora, who started laughing uncontrollably, until he noticed the way Cloud was looking at him; it was almost predatory.

"So.. would you like a bite?"

And without warning, Cloud leaned in and pressed his perfect lips on Sora's. Sora felt like he was about to faint. A thousand thoughts ran through is head, but then Cloud's hand was behind his head, pushing him deeper into the kiss. And all of those thoughts were then replaced with just one thought. "This is unbelievably great." Cloud's lips were dominating and impossibly soft at the same time, and they made Sora feel like he was flying. He felt something wet pushing against his lips and entering his mouth, and realized it was Cloud's tongue. Cloud started casually exploring Sora's mouth, brushing against Sora's tongue teasingly. A fight for dominance of the kiss ensued, with Sora losing almost immediately. All thoughts vanished from Sora's head as Cloud slowly made out with him.

Then Cloud went through Sora's hair with his hand and removed his tongue from Sora's mouth completely, before pushing back in again. He kept repeating this motion in a slow but forceful rythm, and Sora felt a dangerous tension building inside him. It was an odd but incredibly arousing sensation as he understood the implications of Cloud using this particular kissing technique. The tension inside his belly increased but Sora didn't want to stop the kiss. He let his hand wander over Cloud's bare, muscular back. Cloud used his own free hand to grab Sora's hand and placed it carefully on his perfectly sculpted behind.

That did it for Sora: all of the alarm bells in his head went off, but he knew it was too late. He lost all control over his body. He pulled out of the kiss as his muscles tensed uncontrollably, and a horrible, long moan excaped from his mouth, as Sora climaxed in his pants. He saw Cloud's eyes widen in surprise, and he did the first thing that came to his mind: he ran. Away from Cloud, away from the dancing celebrities, away from the party. He was not aware of where he was going, only aware that he had to get as far away from the party as possible.

Then he stumbled upon a tree root that was sticking out of the ground, and he fell flat on his face. He lay there for a while before standing up, his head feeling appropriately numb. That's when he noticed the fence that marked the edge of the enclosure Cloud had put Diva in for the duration of the party. He decided to enter and seek the tiger out. He had developed a genuine bond with Diva, and felt like petting her and just burying his head in her shiny fur. He entered the enclosure and walked around a corner of the house.

Then he saw Diva, circling a quivering mess he recognized as Riku's stuck up cheerleader girlfriend, Kairi. For a moment he considered calling: 'Diva, kill!' just to see what would happen, but he reconsidered. 'Diva! Come here girl.' The giant cat looked up happily and so did Kairi. She looked terribly frightened: she was still shaking quite violently and her dress was now half green thanks to the grass she had been lying on for god knows how long. Diva trotted towards Sora to let him pet her, and Sora called out to Kairi, "You can stand up. She won't hurt you." Slowly Kairi tried to stand up, but she seemed unable to and fell down almost instantly. Sora sighed, told Diva to stay and went to help her. He helped er stand up and together they left the enclosure, Kairi still having trouble walking. Sora was surprised to realize he actually felt sorry for the girl. He might have wished her dead over a hundred times, but she was such a mess right now that he just had to help her. He decided against asking her just what she was doing here, figuring she must have tried to sneak into the party somehow.

After he closed the fence Kairi threw himself into his arms and burst into tears. Sora held her awkwardly and patted her back. "Uhm.. there, there."

"Thank you," she sniffled, "I've never been more afraid in my entire life! You saved me! I'll never forget this!"

She began crying louder than ever after this, and Sora held her until she finally calmed down. "I would like to go home now please."

Feeling thankful for that, Sora escorted her to the front gates of the house. He asked if she would be okay from here, and she replied that she could walk home, she lived nearby. She hugged him one last time before walking off, still looking a little shaky.

Sora went back to the party where Ariel called him over to dance, offering him another cocktail. Hoping it would help him forget, Sora accepted the sweet drink. He complimented her on her performance. They danced and chatted for a while, and Ariel shouted, "You are a lot of fun Sora! We should have lunch sometime soon!"

They had a lot more cocktails, and the last thing Sora remembered was raising his glass and feeling perfectly happy before blacking out.