A Sketch, a Song, and All That Can Happen

Summery: Freshman, Sora, meets senior, Riku, at a prestigious all boys' high school. AU, yaoi, RikuSora, with a little AxelSora later on, Rating is for language and some sexual situations.

Disclaimer: I own nothing, sadly…

A/N: Hey everybody! Look who's finally back after, what...a month? Well, whatever it's been a long time. I'm sorry that it took so long. College is tougher than I thought. I hardly have any free time to write. I squeezed this chapter out this weekend instead of doing my actual homework. Ok, enough about me, on to the story!


Chapter Twelve:

"Promise me that you won't open it until Christmas," Sora said sternly as he handed a large packaging envelope to Riku.

Riku smiled and nodded as he went to take the envelope, "I promise."

Sora held on for a moment longer, staring directly into Riku's eyes untrustingly, before relinquishing his hold on the package.

Riku inspected the envelope, turning it over in his hands. I wonder what could be in here. It's not even heavy. With his free hand he reached behind his back to grab the small package he had tucked into the waistband of his jeans. He smirked as he handed Sora an identical envelope. "If I have to wait, so do you," he placed the package into Sora's hands.

Sora studied the envelope and looked at Riku quizzically. Riku only smirked and shrugged his shoulders.

Suddenly, Riku grabbed Sora by the arms and pushed him against the side of the building, out of plain view of the parking lot. Sora was pinned between the cold brick wall and Riku's warm body. Riku pressed his lips to Sora's surprised ones. He deepened the kiss when he finally felt Sora reacting. As soon as the kiss began, it was over. Both boys could see their breath mingling between them. Riku pressed his forehead to Sora's, "I don't know how I'm going to live without you for three weeks,"

Sora smiled, "I don't know how you're going to do it either." A car horn went off in the parking lot. Sora walked out of their semi-hiding spot. "Shit, that's my dad," he cast a glance back at Riku, "I'll see you when winter break's over, 'kay?"

"Yeah, see ya," Riku called back. He waved as Sora got into the car.


"Mom, I must say, I think you out did yourself this year. That dinner was amazing," Riku said while rubbing his now full stomach.

His mother laughed, "Why thank you, sweetie. I agree, but I think I made too much," she sighed, looking around the table at her two sons, "It's so nice to have you boys here. I miss you both so much!"

Riku's older brother, Cloud, rolled his eyes. He stood up from the table and began collecting the dirty dishes; Riku followed suit.

The boys' mother had tears in her eyes and looked toward their father, "Look at those manners. We certainly have raised fine young men. I think I may cry."

Riku smiled at his mother as he went to take her plate away, "Too late Mom, you already ARE crying."

The boys took their full load of dishes into the kitchen and began to put them in the dishwasher. They completed their task in silence. After several minutes, their parents joined them in the kitchen. Their mother's eyes were red and puffy from crying. She walked over to her sons and took them in her arms.

"My boys, I love you both so much. You have grow into such handsome, wonderful, men. I am so proud of you," she gave them a kiss on the head.

Their father cleared his throat as he approached the small group. "Your mother's right. You are fine young men," he offered Cloud his hand first, followed by Riku.

"This is ridiculous," Cloud mumbled as he made his way out of the kitchen and down to his bedroom.

Riku smiled at his parents, "Thanks for everything. This was a great Christmas," he hugged his mother one last time, "'night."

Riku went upstairs to his room and shut his door. He walked over to where he had set his duffel bag from school and took out the package from Sora. I can finally see what he got me. I don't know why I'm so excited, he thought as he carefully opened the envelope. He reached inside and pulled out a small, flat box. Riku lifted the cover and saw a perfectly crafted guitar pic inside. He took it out to see get a better view in the light. It was decorated with a sun setting over water. This has got to be the most detailed pic I have ever seen. Where did he find something like this? Riku set the pic back in the box and went to see if there was anything else inside the envelope. He took out two folded sheets of paper. He unfolded one and saw that it was a drawing of himself playing guitar. This kid never ceases to amaze me. He set that drawing down and reached for the other sheet. On one side it had written: For your eyes only. Riku raised his eyebrows, Hmmm, I wonder what could be in here? He unfolded the paper and when he saw what was on the sheet, his jaw dropped and his eyes almost popped from their sockets. Holy shit…did not know that he was capable of something like this. What a little tease, he thought as his eyes roamed the page. It was a sketch of both of them, Riku behind Sora, resting his hands on the smaller boy's hips. Both were shirtless and the sketch seemed to end just at Sora's hips. The younger boy had his head thrown back against Riku's chest, lips parted slightly, arms wrapped around Riku's neck. This is like, soft-core porn. Shit, he's good. Riku put the sketches and the pic on his nightstand, turned off his light, and lay down in bed. I can't wait until I see him again. I'm going to have to thank him properly, he thought as he grinned to himself.


Sora sat in his bed, reading light turned on, book lay forgotten on his stomach, reminiscing about his day. His family opened presents early in the morning because Kairi demanded it. Little Kairi was so cute! I think she played with every single toy she got already. I got some nice things, too. Everyone was so happy today. I forgot how much I missed them all. It was nice just relaxing all day and just being with my family. Sora closed his eyes and relaxed further into his bed. Suddenly, he jerked up in bed, "Shit, I almost forgot about the present I got from Riku!" Sora jumped from his bed and hurried over to his backpack. After a few seconds of frantic searching he found the package and pulled it out from his bag. He brought the large envelope over to his bed and into the light. Sora carefully ripped open the bubbly package and dumped its contents on his comforter. Out came a long thin box as well as something small, flat, and square that was wrapped in tissue paper. Sora reached for the box first and removed its cover. Inside was note and a necklace. Soa picked up the note and read:

I know I'm not as crafty as you are, but I wanted to give you something that meant something to me. I made this necklace with the first guitar pic I ever got. I wanted you to know that you're important to me. Merry Christmas, Sora.

-Riku-

Sora lifted the necklace out of the box and examined it closely. The chain was a simple ball chain and the pic was a dark metallic blue. He put it around his neck and secured the fastener. He smiled as he went to unwrap the other gift. This has got to be a CD of some sort. Nothing else is shaped like this. Finally, all of the tissue paper was removed and a CD was, indeed, revealed. Sora took the CD out and placed it in his CD player. He pushed play and went back to look over the track list. He wasn't playing much attention when the music had started, but when he heard the vocals, the CD case fell from his hands and lay forgotten on his bed. Sora crept closer to his speakers and listened. Oh my God! That's him, that's Riku singing. I can't believe that he made me this whole CD. Sora reached around until he found the CD case again. He read over the track list more slowly:

Clumsy

One Man Guy

I'm Willing

Silent Sigh

Such Great Heights

I Wish

He put his song… my song…our song on here. Sora settled back into bed, Riku's soothing voice still streaming from his speakers, and fell into a comforting sleep.


A/N: Ok, quick note, the artists of those songs are as follows: Our Lady Peace, Rufus Wainwright, Ben Lee, Badly Drawn Boy, Iron & Wine, and me. Those are some of my favorite songs and they just seemed to scream Riku and Sora. I know that dealing with a Christmas themed chapter is a little early, but I really wanted to write this one. I had been planning this scene FOREVER! I think that's all for now. Again, I have no clue when I'll have the next chapter out. As always, reviews are my drug; feed my addiction!