Hello, Doctor

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Chapter 11

It was so nerve wracking to wait for a letter that might come sooner than expected. Every morning I'd wake up and think: 'The letter is coming today! I know it!'

Only to be disappointed and find only junk mail that I don't need.

I'm pretty sure the mailman thought I was a crazy stalker or something. After the fist few days of waiting… I decided it would just be easier if I waited at my mailbox at six forty-five in the morning to catch the mail as soon as it comes.

A fruitless effort so far…

Arrgh! It was driving me insane!

It's been over a week already… the letter needs to come now!

"You know, maybe you should think about other things… like bringing Kairi to school or waking her up for that matter… you realize it's almost 7:15, right?" My mother reminded and I shot up off of the couch to wake Kairi.

We were gonna be late to school today!

In a record-breaking seven-minute bath for the both of us and three minutes to get dressed and ready to go, Kairi and I were out the door in ten minutes. My mother handed us bananas as we left the apartment.

"Don't drive like a maniac Sora… it's not like it's the end of the world if she's ten minutes late…" Mom said and I shot her a playful glare as I buckled Kairi into her seat.

"Daddy? You're not going to drive with a banana in your mouth are you? Don't you think that's a little dangerous?" Kairi asked.

I laughed as I started the car. "Are you kidding? I love the thrill of danger!" I cackled before taking a bite of the banana and pulling off towards the school.

After dropping Kairi off, I drove to the Quickie Mart hoping Tifa wouldn't kill me for being a few minutes late.

-Hello, Doctor-

Riku's POV

I was not happy when the phone woke me from my slumber.

"Hello?" I grumbled.

"Hey, Riku… I'm glad I caught you on your day off." Cloud's voice rang loudly in my ear and I pulled the phone from my face.

"Why are you being so loud?" I asked.

"I'm not being loud, turn the volume down on your phone…" Cloud suggested.

"If I do that, I'll just put you on mute and go back to sleep. Was there something you wanted? Doesn't Zell have school today?" I asked.

"Yeah… but he told me something interesting yesterday and I just wanted to see if it was true," Cloud said.

"How does that concern me?" I asked.

"Well, it involves you and my… ex-patients I guess. You stole them from me…" Cloud joked and I sported a puzzled look.

"What are you talking about?" I asked.

"Let me just ask the big question… How did you manage to turn Sora gay?" Cloud asked.

I choked on my spit. "What? Sora's not gay!" I said through my coughs.

"Huh? Zell told me that Kairi told her that she had two dads now, you and Sora. So I figured you and Sora must have gotten together or something. Which would have been an amazing feat, my friend. Sora is pretty much as straight as a board!" Cloud laughed.

"By the way, does Sora know that you are inclined to his gender? I don't know… whenever he talks about you it's always about how he can't believe you are still without a girlfriend because you are such a good catch…" I said.

"Oh! Do I hear a hint of jealousy in your voice? You don't like it when your love interest speaks highly of someone else do you?" Cloud replied and I could hear the smugness in his voice.

"Who said he was a love interest?" I asked.

"Oh man, you didn't have to! I could just tell by the sound of your voice… and to answer your question… no, he doesn't know that I am gay. I mean, we're pretty good friends but his daughter was also my patient. I didn't want to give away all my secrets, you know," Cloud answered.

"Oh, okay."

"I'm still confused though… so you two are not together but you guys are close enough for Kairi to think of you as a second father? Sounds fishy to me!" Cloud said.

"As fishy as it sounds… that's basically the truth… minus the fact that I've practically been in love with the dude since I first met him…" I sighed.

"You really shouldn't do that to yourself Riku… it must be torture to be around him all the time… it's not healthy. You should go out and find yourself a nice gay man to court. I have a friend who's looking, if you're interested," Cloud offered.

"No… I know it's stupid of me to do this to myself… but I really don't want anyone else… if it's not Sora and Kairi, it's not happening," I declined.

"Sounds like you've got it bad, man… but you need to get over this. It's not like Sora is going to wake up one morning and say… 'Hey, I think I'm gay!' and come running to you professing his love…" Cloud said.

"I know that Cloud… but I'm not giving up on him… I just… I can't…"

"What has got you so hopeful about this? I went to med school with you, I know you're not stupid. And I definitely know that you're not the kind of person to hold on to fruitless endeavors… how can you be so sure?" Cloud asked.

"I don't really know… there's something about the way it feels when he hugs me… and before you say something about me working myself up over a man-hug... our hugs sometimes last from 45 seconds to a minute… you can't call those man-hugs, they last too long! And he doesn't awkwardly pat me on the back either… he really let's me hold him for a while… sometimes I wonder if he does it on purpose… you know, to placate my longing for him. I think he really feels bad about it… one time he got drunk and started crying and apologizing for being straight because he said he knew what it felt like to love someone who can't love you back… do you think that's strange?" I asked.

"Wait… so he knows about your feelings for him and he's still hanging out with you? That's strange in itself, but to actually get drunk and cry in front of you after knowing how you feel? There's no way! I don't think the guy realizes he has closet gay feelings for you! I'm gonna get to the bottom of this!" Cloud exclaimed.

"Cloud… seriously, don't. You'll ruin it!" I yelped.

"I'm not going to fuck it up! I just going to give him a push in the right direction… you'll see," Cloud said before hanging up.

I sighed and flopped back onto my bed. And that was yet another person who assured me that Sora would come around…

That was great and all… but how long would I have to wait to kiss him? To hold him in my arms? To watch him writhe beneath me?

I wouldn't set my hopes to high for that last one… I doubt Sora even new the details of sex between men. I groaned and rolled around to the other side of my bed.

How long would I have to wait to have him sleeping peacefully, right here? And to have Kairi come to this room when she has nightmares or when she wants to cuddle with her dads…

Oh God… I must be losing it! I'm having happy family fantasies!

"Riku… what are you gonna do, man? We still have a long way to go…" I said aloud to myself as I stared up at the ceiling fan.

I looked to over to the empty side of the bed and bit my lip. "A really long way to go…" I said before drifting off to sleep again.

-Hello, Doctor-

Sora's POV

I was putting more bread in isle 2 when the little bell rang to signal a customer. I smiled when I saw who it was.

"Cloud! What's up, man? I feel like it's been forever since I've seen you!" I said and took the man's hand before pulling him in for a friendly hug.

"Yeah… it's been a while. It's a good thing Zell goes to school with Kairi, otherwise we'd have a crisis on our hands," Cloud said with a laugh.

"So what brings you here to the humble Quickie Mart?" I asked.

"Actually, I came to see you. It suddenly hit me today that I hadn't seen you in over a month… how've you been?" Cloud asked.

"Well, don't I feel honored! Tifa! Can I take my break a little early?" I asked and Tifa came out from the back.

"That's fine, just be sure to finish putting away all the breads before you go," Tifa said and I moved to finish up what I was previously doing.

"Well to be honest Cloud, I've been doing some big changes since I last saw you," I said.

"Big changes? What kind of big changes?" he asked.

"Well… I quit my job at Chuck E. Cheese to have more time for auditions," I explained.

"Auditions?"

"Yeah… to be a voice actor. I just recently had an audition with 81 Produce and I'm waiting for the final judgment. It's enough to drive someone crazy…" I laughed.

"Wow! I had no idea you were into that kind of thing. I hope everything is successful!" Cloud said.

"Thanks Cloud. It's been pretty tough but if I get this job, it'll be so worth it," I said.

"So what made you decide to do this?" Cloud inquired.

"It was kind of a while ago… Kairi, Riku, and I were watching Disney movies and Riku discovered my talent for voices… I actually told him how I wanted to be a voice actor and he said I should give it a try… His faith in me was so apparent that it gave me faith in myself you know… and here I am, days away from finding out if this was meant to be," I said.

"I didn't think you and Riku were so close…" Cloud said.

"Well… Kairi sort of brought us together. She's already dubbed him as her second father… crazy child…" I chuckled and shook my head.

"So… do you like him?" Cloud asked and I choked on my spit.

"Why does everyone think that? Is it so weird that Kairi thinks of my best friend as a second father? Why do we suddenly have to be a couple! Doesn't anyone remember that I am heterosexual?" I snapped, tired of hearing the same thing over and over again.

"Whoa! Sorry… I didn't mean to offend you. It's just…" Cloud trailed off.

"What?" I asked dryly.

"Don't you feel horrible? I mean… do you just turn a blind eye to his suffering? How would you feel being close to the person you love but never being close enough? If you were really his friend you wouldn't have made him stay! You wouldn't have let him get so close to Kairi! There's only two scenarios that can explain why you would do such a thing! You either developed romantic feelings for him, or you hate his guts! Which one is it Sora?" Cloud yelled and I just stood there, wide eyed and shocked.

"Why are you so upset about this?" I asked quietly.

"Because a real friend wouldn't let this continue!" Cloud said.

"Well how do you think I feel, Cloud? I didn't ask him to develop feelings for me! I didn't force him to get attached to Kairi and I sure as hell don't need you to lecture me about it!" I yelled angrily before I suddenly felt a fist to my face.

I fell to the floor and glared at Cloud. "You are so lucky that I would get fired if I punched you back!" I barked.

"It's men like you that I hate the most… coward…" Cloud said before leaving the store.

What the fuck? Why is it that I'm being blamed for something that isn't my fault! Why wasn't Cloud sympathizing with me? It just didn't make any fucking sense!

I stood and put a hand to my head. Now I had a throbbing headache and I probably had a huge bruise on my face.

"Wow… that was better than the soaps I watched this morning…" Tifa said and I frowned.

"You were here the whole time? Why didn't you kick him out?" I yelped.

"I told you, you need to get out more… now look what happened. You now have one less friend and you'll probably have to give up the other one…" Tifa said.

I sighed and covered my face in shame. "I don't know what to do… I've never thought of Riku as anything more than a friend… ever! If I was harboring feelings for him, wouldn't I have had more illicit thoughts about him? Not even that, romantic ones? I don't understand what everyone keeps pointing at!" I cried out in frustration.

"I wish I could tell you the right thing to do but… that's something you really have to discover for yourself. How about I be the gracious boss that I am and let you off early… Demyx will be here in an hour and it doesn't seem like many people are in need of a Quickie Mart stop today," Tifa said.

I ran over to Tifa and hugged her. "Thank you…" I said and clocked out for the day. I ran to my car before pulling out my phone. I dialed Riku's number and waited for him to pick up.

"Hello?" Riku asked from the other end.

"Hey, Riku… it's Sora. Are you working right now?" I asked.

"No… today is my day off. I'm currently sitting on my ass doing absolutely nothing at all," Riku said in a lazy voice.

"Can I come over? I need to talk to you about something… it's important," I asked.

"Sure… if you think it's that important," Riku said.

"I'll be there in like ten minutes," I finished before hanging up.

When I got to his house I knocked on the door and waited.

"Hey, Sora… What the hell happened to your face?" Riku asked when he caught sight of the swollen cheek.

"Cloud happened… I don't know what happened… one moment we're catching up and the next moment I'm knocked to the floor by a fist to my face!" I said.

"Shit… let me get an ice pack for that," Riku said and moved down the hallway. I sighed and sat down on the couch. I know I wanted to talk to Riku but I still had no idea what I was going to say…

"Here." Riku said and I took the frozen pack of plastic from him.

"So Cloud punched you in the face… when Cloud said he wanted to talk to you… I didn't think he wanted to talk with his fists…" Riku said with a sad look on his face.

"We were arguing about you…" I said.

"About me? What do you mean?" Riku asked.

"You know you're my best friend, right?" I said.

"What is this about, Sora?" Riku's voice turned serious.

"I won't make you stay…" I trailed off. "If it hurts to be near me… I won't force you to stick around…" I said quietly.

"Sora…"

"And don't worry about Kairi… I'll tell her something that makes sense. Maybe that you were transferred suddenly to another hospital and didn't have the time to say goodbye… Kairi's a strong girl, she'll surely be upset for a while but she'll get over it," I spoke in almost a whisper to hide the sadness I felt at the thought.

"Are you kidding me Sora? Is this a joke? I thought I was your best friend! Is my existence really that easy to erase?" Riku started angrily.

"Of course not! But it'll have to do!" I replied defensively.

"What? Why?" Riku asked.

"Because I don't want to be the cause of your pain anymore! Cloud was right when he said that if I were really your friend I wouldn't let this continue anymore. You'll be just fine without us and once you have everything settled you can forget about Kairi and I and move on!" I yelled.

"Forget? I don't want to forget Sora! It's you who wants to forget! You hate the fact that I have feelings for you so you want to erase me from the picture! You're tired of having that guilty burden on your shoulders! You're running away and being a coward!" Riku yelled angrily and I teared up at the accusation.

"That's not true! I'm trying to do what's best for you!" I yelped.

"That's rich, Sora! Considering you have no idea what that is! I've had enough of this Sora… please just leave…" Riku said and I felt my chest burn at his words.

I placed the ice pack on the table and shot Riku one last glare before leaving the house. I got into my car and bit my lip when I saw that it was time to pick up Kairi. I called my mother and told her I could pick her up.

I hung up before she could ask me what was wrong.

I parked the car and walked into the school. I quickly signed Kairi out and grabbed her stuff.

"Daddy! You'll never guess what I saw at school to… Dad?" Kairi trailed off and took my hand.

I smiled at her and walked her to the car. I put all of her stuff in the trunk.

"Daddy, are you okay?" Kairi asked and pulled on my pant leg.

Then the dam I was holding up since I left Riku's house finally broke and I scooped Kairi up into my arms and hid my crying face on her shoulder.

"What's wrong? Is Daddy crying because of the bruise on his face?" Kairi asked.

I shook my head. "No… Kai… Daddy's heart hurts," I said softly before planting a kiss on her cheek.

"I know! Why don't we call Otou-san! He'll make it better," Kairi said happily.

"No… Kai… not this time. I just want to go home… don't you want to go home?" I asked and Kairi nodded.

I buckled Kairi into her car seat and as I drove home, I tried to think of the best lie to explain the bruise on my face.

When I pulled up to the apartment, my mother was waiting outside with an envelope in her hands.

"Sora, it's from 81 Produce," My mother said and handed me the mail. Kairi unbuckled herself and managed to get out of the car.

"Dad, is that the special magic envelope?" Kairi asked and I gave her a small smile.

"Yeah… lets find out what it says, shall we?" I said before closing the car doors and moving inside the apartment.

"Open it!" Kairi giggled.

I sighed and opened the envelope. I read the words on the paper and sighed.

"Is it bad news?" My mother asked and I shook my head.

"They hired me… but I'm not in a cheery mood right now..." I said and pulled Kairi into a hug.

"You did it, Daddy! If you don't want to cheer, I'll cheer for you!" Kairi squealed and I hugged her closer. "Thank you, Kairi… this is going to be a whole new chapter for us okay? Daddy's gonna give you everything he can…" I whispered and stood.

"Congratulations, Sora. I'm very proud of you," Mom said and gave me a knowing look before moving into the kitchen.

"I'm going to take a nap. Wake me if you need anything," I said and looked down at Kairi. "You want to take a nap with me?" I asked.

"Okay…" Kairi agreed and I moved over to Kairi's room. I plopped down onto the bed and my daughter giggled.

"I love you, Daddy…" she said, her blue eyes glistening with childhood innocence.

I smiled and hugged her close. I felt Kairi kiss my chest before I drifted off.

My heart felt just a teensy bit better afterwards.

A/N: Ooooooooo! Now we're getting somewhere, huh? Nothing like the cold hard truth with a side of separation to get your head in gear… REVIEW and you shall see what's happening next (aka the moment you probably have all been waiting for :D)

Nacht Schleier: Hehe! I'm glad you thought the last chapter was funny! Thanks for your review!

Mudkipluvr4ever: Yeah, Kairi is wiser and more mature than most five-year-olds. And yeah, I had to put that in there! It was calling me. Sora needed another moment of bonding with Riku. I hope you liked the update!

Kurami-chan: You shall see Axel soon! Yeah, I was hoping people would think that was funny! XD It's almost like code the with all those terms, it was only natural that Sora the straight guy would be confused by them… little did he know that he was in for a LONG road ahead of him! Hahah! Thanks for the review!

Lone DragonWolf of the Flames: Haha! Is it weird that I could vividly picture someone pulling up a chair with a bag of chips in from of the computer? Thanks for all your support!

Muffy: Awe! That's great that I could get you involved in the audition process. Yeah, I was trying to make Cid that complete opposite of Vincent for comical effect. I'm glad you enjoyed it. I hope you liked the update!

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Sayonara7: Haha! Yes, thank God for all things caffeine! Well, I really don't know if this is how the audition process goes… I personally think that people actually get scouted by agents for these kind of things instead of auditions but I wanted to make it easier on Sora. For me, I always thought, "If I don't make it as an Opera singer, I want to be a voice actor!" seems a little whacky, right? XD Sora will get his shit together eventually, but yes, he's too oblivious to know that kind of stuff. Thanks so much!

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Fack: Yes, the BL part was necessary, hopefully for comic effect. You thought it was funny, right? And as you just read, Sora got the job because the story wouldn't be half as entertaining if he didn't! You are not stupid! YOU ARE SMART AND BEAUTIFUL! Thanks so much for the review!

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