Sora walks up sideways in his bed with his sheets kicked off and his shirt up, exposing his stomach. He feels very well rested though. Sora sits up in bed, rubbing his eyes. Just when he stretches his arms above his head does he realize something.
Riku isn't in bed.
"I was just about to wake you." Sora opens his eyes to see Riku sitting on the floor with his legs crossed. He's already dressed and ready for school. He's staring at him with amusement, his smile soft.
"What are you doing?" Sora raises his eyebrow as he groggily makes his way to the end of the bed so he can get out. "It's like...seven in the morning."
"I'm was meditating. I got up at six so I could get ready and have time to meditate. I do it everyday." Riku chuckles when Sora gives him a weird look.
"Riku you're like an old person." Sora shakes his head. "I can barely get out of bed at seven to go to school let alone get up at six!"
"You've always had problems with waking up." Riku chuckles. "I actually like getting up early. It gives me more time to get things done."
"Ew." Sora wrinkles his nose. "You overachiever you."
"If you put your mind to it, you could be an overachiever as well-"
"No! I will always be lazy! I won't be like you! Waking up at six...there's something wrong with you!" Sora points at finger at Riku. When the silver haired male chuckles. Sora can't help to crack a smile, starting to wake up. "But really...every day you get up at six to mediate?"
"Not always to meditate. I like to work out in the morning too. I meditate if I feel like I need to get a hold of myself or calm down. It's good to do if you're having a test or if something else that's hard to deal with is going on." Riku's green eyes glance down to the piece of Sora's stomach that is still showing from his shirt not being pulled down properly. He can see the dip of his hip, the same hips that were tempting him all last night.
To Riku, sleeping with Sora was very hard to deal with.
"Huh...does it help?" Sora doesn't even want to go to school because he knows he'll have to deal with Roxas...it's not going to be a good day.
"It helps me. You want to meditate Sora?" Riku pats the space next to him. Sora glances at the time, seeing that he got up ten minutes early...oh no. Riku's overachieveness has spread to Sora. Sora chuckles to himself but he sits down. "What's funny?"
"Nothing. Yeah I want to do it. It might help with...you know." Sora rubs the back of his head. Riku watches him closely, frowning when he sees those blue eyes dull every slightly.
"I'm here for you Sora." Riku reaches out and grabs his hand, giving it a squeeze. Those aqua eyes are so earnest.
"I know." Sora finds his lips turning in a smile. "But I have to deal with Roxas alone...or maybe I won't deal with him at all. Maybe I can just avoid it."
"No. I doubt you can." Riku rubs his hand.
"Yeah but...I don't even want to talk to him. When I do talk to him what do I say? I know he's going to be like 'Sora I'm sorry.' He's going to look at me with those blue eyes and I..." Sora swallows, squeezing Riku's hand tighter. "I feel awful when I think about him. Roxas isn't going to make it easy on me."
"...Like you said you can't trust him. He might do something again and you don't need that Sora." Riku averts his gaze. "...That's why it's good to meditate though. It will help you think about what you really want. It makes things clearer...calmer...at least for me."
"Okay..." Riku's hand is bigger than his. Sora just noticed. It's warm too and he likes how it feels with Riku's fingers interlaced with his. He squeezes it for good measure. "Alright. Lets do this thing."
"Close your eyes." Riku turns to face Sora. He keeps his hand in his, and grabs his other hand. Sora closes his eyes. "Take a deep breath in..." Riku's voice is very soothing. Low and smooth. "...then out."
Sora does this a couple of times and he thinks he feels a difference though he's not sure what.
"Think of nothing...you're in a blank room...there's nothing in there." Sora's eyebrows furrow as he tries to listen to Riku. It's hard to picture the white room. It's hard not to think of anything. "Relax...another deep breath." Sora does as he's told. The more he breathes, the more he listens to Riku's voice...the more his muscles loosen, the more he's able to visualize this white room.
The pain...white room...the betrayal...empty...Roxas...Nothing.
There's nothing but white now.
Sora doesn't know how long he stays in this state before Riku tells him to release a breath he didn't know he was holding. "Open your eyes." Sora opens them feeling it's hard to do so. He almost wanted to crawl right back in bed. It made him sleepy...he's very relaxed.
"Did it help?"
"I think so...I mean I still don't know what to say to Roxas but I'm not as freaked out about it. I feel like taking a nap."
"That happened to me the first time too." Riku chuckles, ruffling Sora's hair. "You got to get up though. It's time for you to get ready for school."
"No." Sora huffs, looking at the time. "...I'm going to wait till the last minute."
"Nope, up you go." Riku stands up, grabbing Sora's arm. Sora goes lax to make it harder for him and he doesn't get up either. Riku ends up dragging Sora towards the bathroom, who groans. "Sora get up!" Riku looks half way between irritated and amused.
"No! You can't make me!" Sora gets out of Riku's grip just to roll around on the floor. "Meditating made me tired...maybe I should just stay home so I don't have to do anything."
"Come on Sora you can't just go to sleep. You got to deal with it." Riku watches how Sora just groans. He smirks. "I have ways of making you listen Sora..." Riku jabs Sora in his side, getting him to jerk in laughter. "I won't stop till you get up and go to school."
"You w-wouldn't!" Sora gasps when Riku wiggles his fingers on his neck getting him to giggle and shy away from the touch.
"Oh I would." Riku's smile is sinister.
"Uh fine! I'll go to school! I'll do something with my life! You happy now?"
"Yes."
Sora gets up off the floor, marching over to his dresser. He grabs some clothes, taking some out over dramatically. By the time he gets to his pants, Riku can't help to snort in laughter.
"You're such a goof."
"Takes one to know one!" Sora replies cheerfully before he walks into the bathroom to get himself ready.
"Oh that's a good one." Riku speaks with sarcasm.
"Damn straight it is." Sora yells from the bathroom. He hears Riku chuckle. He doesn't say anything else. Sora is sure he went down stairs when he heard creaking. Sora gets dressed and brushes his teeth. He tries to tame his mane but no matter what he does, his hair spikes all over the place. At least it doesn't look matted now that he's brushed it.
Once he's done he goes down stairs to see Riku eating some cereal at the kitchen table. Since he's not being attacked by his mother, Sora is sure she's gone. She left for work. Sora goes over to make his breakfast, feeling Riku's gaze on him but it doesn't bother him.
"Ew you're eating that wheat cereal." Sora wrinkles his nose as he sits down at the table with Riku.
"What's wrong with it? It taste good."
"No it does not."
"Are all my life choices ew to you Sora?" Riku smirks in amusement. "Admit that you don't like the wheat cereal just because it's not loaded with sugar."
"I will admit no such thing!It's because it sucks and most of them are ew. You get up at six and you eat wheat cereal. That's just nasty."
"What's nasty was your breath this morning."
"Fuck you Riku." Sora kicks him under the table. It's not hard and it gets Riku to laugh. Sora finds his lips turning up. "I bet your breath stunk too. You just got up early enough to fix it."
"Exactly. The overachiever wins."
"You're not winning, you're eating wheat cereal. That stuff tastes like they just found some bark off the ground."
"It does not taste like tree bark." Riku glares at him.
"Ohh is someone get defensive about their gross cereal?" Sora smirks as he reaches over and grabs Riku's cheek.
"It's not gross and it's good for me. You're sitting there eating chocolate." Riku grabs Sora's cheek in retaliation.
"It's Krave and it's not just chocolate Riku. It's a healthy choice of cereal-" Sora groans when Riku gives him a hard tug. It becomes an all out 'who can pull each others cheeks the worse?'. Riku's grip is tighter so Sora goes for something else. His hair. He yanks.
His face gets red when Riku moans. He straight up moans. It wasn't even like small one either...Those aqua eyes had flashed with lust.
"...I told you." Riku gets red afterward, those aqua eyes staring intensely at the wheat cereal that he puts in his mouth quickly. Sora's heart hasn't calmed down.
He kind of wants to pull his hair again. The face he made was hot.
"What are you looking at?" Riku is defensive. It's not a threat. He's still flushed. Sora leans in and kisses him. Riku stiffens in surprise before he relaxes into it. He tastes like milk but his lips feel nice...He likes the way Riku moves closer to him, likes those strong hands that are on his waist.
When they pull away, Sora's more flushed than Riku. The silver haired male started getting really into it. He can use his tongues in ways that Sora hasn't experienced before.
"Pulling your hair really turns you on huh?" Sora says, trying to get the upper hand in this. Riku is staring at him with a predatory gaze. Sora swallows.
"You know Sora...I just really want to eat you up right now." Riku licks his lips. "You're making it hard on me."
"Nah i'm not on the menu. But you have your wheat cereal."
"I like you more than wheat cereal." Sora can't help to laugh at how seriously Riku said that. Those aqua eyes soften but he can still see that spark of the desire. Those feelings that Riku has been hiding from him all this time.
Sora's laughter slowly dies and now they're just staring at each other. There's a tension that isn't bad. Sora says what he feels. It's much easier than before and he wonders if it's because of the meditation.
"I think I want to give us a shot."
Riku who had been putting some of his wheat cereal in his mouth starts to choke. He bangs on his chest a couple of times before looking at Sora with wide eyes. Sora feels himself get red but he doesn't look away. He's surprised at himself for saying it but...he doesn't regret it. It wasn't something he had to think about.
"...You're serious?"
"Yeah. I'm calling it off with Roxas and...I think I want to date you."
Sora can not explain the light he sees in Riku's eyes right now. They shine. Sora hates when Riku bows his head, his hair getting in the way from him seeing those beautiful orbs. "...So after you break it off with Roxas...we're dating."
"Yeah if you want to."
"Of course I want to." Riku laughs. It's more of relief than humor. "you goof...i'd never turn you down."
"Hey Riku, look at me." Sora grabs Riku's face and lifts it up. He doesn't like him hiding away. Sora's stomach tightens when he sees how those aqua eyes glisten. He's never seen Riku so bright and it warms something in Sora knowing that he caused it.
Riku leans in and kisses him. Sora opens his mouth right away when his tongue strokes his lower lip. The smaller male moans as Riku wraps his arms around his waist, bringing him closer. The kiss is desperate, and it heats Sora up more than he would like to admit.
The feeling of being wrapping up in Riku is great. The feeling of his tongue against Sora's is even better.
Sora tilts his head when Riku leaves kisses along his jaw line. He freezes when he catches the time on the clock. Riku pulls away and Sora can't hep to whine.
"...It's time for school." Riku looks just as disappointed though. His aqua eyes have gotten darker.
"Let's do that some more." Sora opens up his arms for Riku to come back in. Riku's eyes flash and he moves closer. He catches himself and grinds his teeth.
"No. We have to go to school."
"You're no fun." Sora grumbles as he gets out of his seat, putting his bowl in the sink. He freezes when Riku presses himself against his back, reaching over to drop his bowl into the sink.
"I'll be fun for you later." Riku nibbles the shell of Sora's ear, getting him to shiver and groan. It feels so good- "But school first."
"You're such a tease." Sora narrows his eyes when Riku walks away with a smug smile on his lips.
"Takes one to know one."
"Don't use my stuff against me!" Sora stomps the floor childishly before they both walk out of the house to head to school.
Riku laughs. Maybe it's just Sora, but it's much lighter. The wind blows against them, moving Riku's hair back, showing him those aqua eyes that are staring at him and only him. Riku has betrayed him before but...even so, he knows he can trust him.
Sora can't believe he went from hating this guy, to best buds, to lovers. He'd never expected it but...Riku is full of surprises and secrets. Only now is Sora starting to find them all out...
Riku is an adventure and Sora wants to explore him.
"Like something you see?" Riku snaps him out of his thoughts, his smile smug again but it's big. Sora snorts but he doesn't say anything.
Riku really is more beautiful when he smiles.
Sora doesn't want to do this. He'd rather crawl in bed but he had to face Roxas some time. He skipped his study hall but he can't skip his other classes. It's time to get this over with. Sora grips his fist before he walks into the music room. He's running on the late side.
Sora sees Riku first. He had been looking towards the door and when he sees him, he gives him a nod. He probably thought he was going to skip out. The music room has never felt so tense. It's worse knowing that he has no where to sit but next to Roxas.
Sora makes his way back towards his seat. Blue meets blue. Roxas is staring at him with this frown, looking like a sad puppy. He looks in distress. Sora feels his stomach twist but he forces himself to sit next to the blonde.
He can feel those blue eyes staring at him. The same blue eyes he's been looking at for years.
The class is stealing glances and they're starting to whisper. They can tell something is up. The teacher comes in and starts class but Sora can't pay attention when he feels Roxas staring at him.
"Sor." Roxas calls and it's so quiet. It doesn't sound like his voice at all.
Sora takes a deep breath but he looks over at him. Roxas looks surprised he responded, he licks his lips and Sora knows he's nervous. He's trying to think of something to say.
Sora plays with his pencil but he doesn't look away. He can't back down, even though he feels his anger start to dull. He can't stay angry at him when Roxas looks like that but...they can't go back. Sora decided that.
"We need to talk." Sora whispers, glancing towards the teacher who is going off about something he doesn't care about. Music notes and shit.
Roxas nods slowly. "Wanna bail?"
"Yeah." Sora and Roxas stand up. The students stare at them as they walk up and then right out the door. If the teacher noticed he doesn't say anything. Probably because he hates them and would rather them not be in his class. Without them acting out, he can actually teach his class.
Sora felt Riku's eyes on him as well. He'll tell him how this goes after it's over.
The two walk in silence till they get into the bathroom. They use to skip classes together in here. They had fun but this isn't fun for either of them. Sora checks under the stalls to make sure no one is in here before he turns to face Roxas.
The blonde is stiff, looking at him with his full attention. His expression is serious.
"I thought you would avoid me longer to be honest." Roxas chuckles nervously.
"...I wanted to." Sora admits.
"I don't blame you."
Silence falls over them. It's thick. They just stare at each other, both not wanting to speak.
Roxas is the first to break it. "Sora I'm-"
"I know what you're going to say." Sora puts his hand up. "You're going to say your sorry...You're going to say you won't do it again...but I don't want to hear that." Sora is honest. Roxas closes his mouth. "Roxas..." Sora locks eyes with him. When he sees how the blonde looks increasingly more nervous he falters for a second...but then he remembers the pain Saturday. And he thinks of aqua eyes. "I think we should end this."
"I was afraid you were going to say that." Roxas lets out a long breath of air. "Sora can't we work this out? I don't want to lose you." He's shaky.
"I can't do this anymore Rox. I love you. You're my best friend and I care about you but I...I don't think I want you as my lover. I wasn't sure about it before this happened and then Saturday happened and...I can't take you hurting me like that. I know you Roxas. I was angry but I know that you wouldn't just do things like that with anybody. You did it with Axel because you like him. He certainly likes you and said he would snatch you up in a heart beat so why don't you go with him-"
"I want you Sora! I made a mistake but that doesn't mean I want to date Axel-"
"Roxas i'm going to date Riku." Sora can't take it. Roxas is too much for him...his eyes are getting watery. He can't stand it when he cries. Sora had to tell him. He had to rip the band-aid off.
"...What?" Roxas's face drops.
"I'm going to date Riku." Sora averts his gaze when he's sure Roxas is going to cry. "...I'm sorry Rox-"
"We've been in this kind of relationship for close to three years and you don't date me but Riku comes along after he tortured you in middle school and you jump right on him..." Roxas sounds pissed off. Sora looks at him to see Roxas's eyes are darker, tears streaming down his face. He's glaring at him.
"...I didn't know what I wanted from you Roxas but...I know with Riku." Sora takes a step closer and Roxas takes a step back. "Roxas i'm sorry about this...Axel will be better for you-"
"How do you know what will be better for me?" Roxas snaps. "I wanted you for three years and I waited patiently...you made it seem like I would have you eventually and then I make a stupid mistake when i'm drunk and you're ready to end it...and jump on another guy. I'm sure this has everything to do with Riku." Roxas is bitter.
"For three years I wasn't sure and you knew that! And it's not all Riku! You cheated on me Roxas! With your close friend, with a guy you know has a huge thing for you! Stop acting like you're the victim here."
"Fuck you Sora." Roxas yells, those blue eyes flaring. Sora wonders if he's going to try to punch him. He's gripping his fists. The blonde is at his limit. Just when Sora thinks he needs to get ready for a fight, Roxas marches off.
Once he's gone, the anger Sora felt starts to dull. Now he feels empty. Roxas did cheat on him but Sora wishes he had cut this off sooner. It felt good being with Roxas but the blonde had developed deeper feelings for him. If he wasn't sure he should have dragged this out.
Sora feels bad. He hates seeing Roxas cry. He hates fighting with him.
Sora starts to walk out of the bathroom, deep in thought only for Axel to march into the bathroom. He grabs Sora by the shirt and slams him against he bathroom wall.
"You made him cry." Axel growls, his voice low. "No one makes Roxas cry."
"What were you expecting? He's crying because our relationship is over Axel. I would think you would be happy. This is what you wanted." Sora doesn't fight much against the red head. He doesn't feel like it.
"...I didn't expect him to be this upset. I just wanted to get you away from him..." Axel averts his gaze, his grip loosening on his shirt. Sora can't believe that he might be seeing some regret in those green eyes.
"He needs to be comforted..." Sora is still angry with Axel. He's still pissed off about Saturday but when he thinks of those blue eyes with tears streaming down them... He grabs Axel by the shirt and flips them over. The red head is surprised to say the least.
"I can tell that you know what you did was wrong. Roxas has been hurt. So you need to go and comfort him. You need to make this better. Roxas likes you Axel...he wouldn't have done those things with you if he didn't...So now is your time to not be such a dick and get your man."
" I never thought I'd hear those words from you." Axel relaxes, this fire burns out of those green orbs. "...I'll fix this. I'll make him feel better. I'll chill out too." Sora lets go of him. Axel starts to walk out of the bathroom before he turns around. He ruffles Sora's hair. "...As long as you're not with Roxas, I have no problems with you Sora. Once this all gets settled down, i'd like for you to be my buddy again."
"I don't know." Sora looks at him evenly. "You haven't even apologized for what you did."
"Well you stole the love of my life and then I took him back...so I say we're even." Axel grins.
"Hmm..." Sora hums before he kicks Axel in the balls. The man yelps, his mouth falling open in pain as he falls to the floor.
"My nuts!"
"Now we're even." Sora says with a cheerful smile. "See you at lunch buddy old pal." Sora waves good bye, this smug smile on his lips.
Axel gives him a weak middle finger. Even though Sora just attacked Axel, he feels a lot better.
It seems Sora and Axel have becomes friends once again.
"How did it go?" Riku turns to face him when Sora sits at the lunch table. So far it's just Riku sitting at the table. Those aqua eyes are looking him over in concern before locking with his.
"You know, horrible." Sora lays his head on the table. "...Roxas got really pissed off."
"He should have expected this outcome after what he did." Riku narrows his eyes.
"I think he was more sad about me breaking it off with him. He got pissed off when I said I was going to date you." Sora closes his eyes. "I hate seeing him cry...i've been feeling like shit. Have you seen Roxas or Axel anywhere?"
"No I haven't..." Riku sounds...in awe? Sora opens his eyes to see Riku staring at him with his eyes widen.
"What?"
"...I was just surprised you told him that." Riku's lips twitch at the corner. "I bet Roxas was pissed but...it makes me happy."
"Yeah I can tell." Sora snorts. "You're horrible."
"When it comes to you, yes I am."
"At least you admit it." Sora's lips turn in a smile as he glances towards the lunch line. He spots Kairi but he doesn't see Roxas or Axel. Sora frowns. "I told Axel to go make Roxas feel better. I hope he can. "
"You are a very kind person Sora."
"I don't think I am."
"You kidding? Roxas cheats on you and you send the guy he cheated on you with to go and help him...because you see it as the best for him. You are very kind."
"I owe him at least that. I've been dragging this on...I should have stopped it once I realized our feelings for each other were different."
"Don't dwell in the past Sora. That's the number one rule to anything in life. You followed what you thought was right now and you're helping Roxas. That's what you should look at." Riku puts his hand on his shoulder. It's warm and Sora finds the tenseness fade away in his muscles.
"I guess." Sora sits up in his chair and offers Riku a smile. The smile he gets in return makes him feel even better.
"Aw don't you two look comfortable." Sora flushes slightly when Kairi shows up with a grin on her lips, sitting down in front of them. "It makes me happy. I've missed seeing you two all nice to each other."
"I've missed those times too." Riku agrees, drinking some of his milk.
Sora stares at the girl who was his first love and is now like a sister to him. She really does look happy, just looking at them. Her blue eyes distant like she's thinking about something...probably the past. How they use to be.
"Hey Kairi when we hang out Wednesday, Riku can come too. It will be like old times." Sora smiles when Kairi beams.
"Yeah!"She giggles. "that sounds like fun! What do you say Riku?"
"I'd love to." Riku glances at Sora before he gives Kairi a smile. "It really will be like old times."
After awhile of the three talking about their plans for Wednesday, Kairi realizes they're missing Roxas and Axel.
"I wonder where they are?"
"Beats me." Riku grunts. "So Busch gardens is this weekend." Riku changes the subject quickly when he saw how Sora get slumpy.
"Oh yeah!" Both Kairi and Sora say at the same time.
"Did you both forget?" He raises his eyebrow.
"I did." Kairi sticks out her tongue. "I need to get packed and everything...wow it came so quickly!"
"Shit everything has been going on I forgot! I need to get my stuff together too..." Sora's eyes light up in excitement only for him to pale. "Roxas will be there..."
"Yeah." Riku watches Sora carefully.
"That's a good thing right?" Kairi takes note of the change, looking at her friend with a frown. Sora can't keep anything from those blue eyes. Before the lunch period ends, Sora ends up telling Kairi everything that happened. It was nice having Kairi agree that it was best to break it off with Roxas. IT makes him feel like he did pick the right choice.
The look of delight on Kairi's face was immediate when Sora told her about the Riku part of the story...she squealed and Sora couldn't help to get flustered. If he didn't explain that part she wouldn't understand why Roxas is so mad.
Riku just listens to Sora while he explains what happen in the bathroom quietly. When Sora got to the part with Axel shoving him against the wall, he had gripped his fist...
Kairi and Riku both laughed when Sora told them how he kicked him in the nuts. They both thought he had deserved it.
"Roxas will come around...you've been friends for so long. It's like you said Sora, Roxas seems to like Axel so maybe once he sees that himself, things will be better." Kairi says with a smile.
"I hope so." Sora frowns when he thinks of those watery blue eyes.
He really does.
Sora blinks out of his half asleep state when a crumpled up ball is placed on his desk from behind. He already knows it's from Riku so he opens the note. Riku has been quiet since they've been in this class. It's not a bad silence. Sora doesn't mind it. Today has been too loud anyway.
"The way you were talking to Kairi made it sound we were already dating."
Sora tilts his head...did he? Well they are about to date so why would that matter? Sora's eyes widen. He should probably ask Riku properly.
"I didn't notice. Did it bother you?" Sora sends back. The reply is quick.
"It didn't bother me. It was surprising but I liked it. I just wanted to clarify. We're dating now?"
"Yeah we are. I'll ask you better after school if you want. I should have asked you I just figured you knew."
"I'd like to see how you would ask me." Sora can feel the smugness behind him. He rolls his eyes, a smile turning his lips.
What Sora doesn't see is how Riku is gripping his fist under the table and tapping his foot. Riku is excited and the happiness he feels is hidden behind his hand, a smile he wants no one to see.
Riku can barely contain himself.
The class goes by pretty quickly and soon Sora finds himself walking out with Riku by his side. Riku once again is quiet and Sora's feeling nervous for some reason. They were all good this morning but now the air is thick with tension. It's not bad but it's pressure.
Maybe it's like this because Riku is waiting for Sora to ask him. How the hell should he? How did he ask out those girls? A lot of the times they wrote him a letter saying how they thought he was cute or their friends would introduce them...Sora did ask Kairi out. He took her under a cherry blossom tree, held her hands, and spilled out his feelings. It may have been cheesy but Kairi was the girl he loved. She was on his mind 24/7.
Sora frowns. He doesn't want to do anything like he did with Kairi...that obviously didn't work out. Why is he over thinking it? It's just Riku...Sora likes him but it's not like with Kairi. He's not in love with the guy.
"Sora! Riku!" Kairi smiles brightly, standing in front of the school with Namine. No sign of Roxas and Axel. Sora doesn't know if he's happy about that or not. The last time he saw Roxas he wasn't in good shape so he can't help to be a little distressed that he hasn't seen either of them since then.
"Hey Kairi, I can't stay long out to talk. I have to go home and get ready for work. Ugh." Sora whines. "...Have you seen Roxas and Axel?"
"No I haven't." Kairi frowns.
"oh."
"You should probably go if you have to get ready. Riku looks pretty impatient too." Sora looks over at Riku just for him to turn his head. His hands are in his pockets and he's stiff. He does look about ready to go. "Don't worry too much about it Sora."
"I'll try not to. I'll see you tomorrow Kairi. See you Namine." Sora waves his hand at his two friends before he heads away from the school. Riku by his side.
This impatience...is it because Sora is taking awhile to ask him? Maybe he should just do it. When they get in front of his house, Sora finally faces Riku. He's already staring at him, those aqua eyes are pretty intense though his expression is blank. He looks like a bad ass.
Not really the mood Sora was picturing but he'll work with it.
"So uh...I don't really have a cool way of saying this. I thought about it but uh..." Sora flushes, his staring isn't helping. "Will you be my boyfriend and stuff?" Sora's face feels so hot. He wants to hide it but he doesn't.
That blank expression changes immediately. It's like Riku just took off a mask. The grin he has is too large and soon he has Sora in his arms, lifting him off the ground.
"Yes I will be your boyfriend and stuff." Riku says with a chuckle as he places Sora down.
"Good." Sora mumbles, grabbing at his pants. He can't look at Riku's beaming smile right now.
"I was beginning to think you wouldn't do it." Riku grabs Sora's chin, pulling him in for a kiss. He gasps from the fever in it and the feeling of his soft tongue against his-
Riku pulls away leaving Sora panting and wanting more.
"Tomorrow I want to take you out on a date." He licks Sora's lip before biting it,a bit roughly. Sora holds back a moan and a whine when Riku pulls away again. Those aqua eyes are darken and the hands that were reaching for Sora are shoved in his pocket.
"A-A date? Where?" Sora takes a step closer.
"Anywhere you want." Riku replies cheerfully. It's strange seeing him so perky. Sora is about to say he would rather them just hanging out at his house when Riku reaches out and gently caresses Sora's lower lip with his thumb. It's an action that shuts him up and those eyes...they keep going between dark to light. Riku stares at his lips intently before he lets go of him and moves back. He smiles.
"Think about where you want to go." Riku shoves his hands in his pockets once again and starts to walk off. "have a good day at work babe."
"N-No pet names!" That's the only thing Sora can squeak out.
"Aw but I like them. You can call me something to!" Riku yells back.
"NO!" Sora yells back stubbornly. All he hears is Riku's low chuckle as he keeps walking far and far away.
Sora feels frustrated. Riku said yes and he kissed him and stuff but...Riku worked him up just now. He kept going in really hot then to just pull away. Now Sora has a problem right before work...having to look all cool too.
Maybe Sora should have asked better. Riku looked pretty happy though...He acted kind of weird but he looked happy.
Sora sighs. Riku was easier to read when he was younger...he was able to read his needs more too. Older Riku just left him very needy before work...
Yes, Sora is very frustrated.
"Yo Roxas wait up!" Axel limps faster when he sees the blonde walking quickly down the hallway. He walks right out of the school. Roxas doesn't say anything, if anything he moves faster. Curse Sora for kicking him in the balls. It's still hurting him...Axel bites his lip and runs after the blonde. "Roxas where are you going?" Axel grabs his arm when he gets right to him.
Roxas rips his arm from his grip. "You are the last person I want to see right now." He drawls. His voice is dry and stale. Nothing like the blonde's usually tone.
"I know." Axel lowers his gaze. "But I can't let you walk out alone like this-"
"I want to be alone." He snaps, starting to walk again. Instead of stopping him, Axel walks with him.
"Roxas you were crying...I know you. When you're upset like this, the last thing you need is to be stuck alone. You like to bottle things up when it gets like this-"
"What makes you think I would confined in you?!" Roxas turns on his heel, glaring so darkly at Axel that he actually tenses. Those big blue eyes are watery and his face is red from his anger. "You're the reason i've lost Sora. You took advantage of me and because of that...Sora is going to go with Riku!"
"You're right." Axel watches how Roxas blinks. He wasn't expecting him to agree. "Roxas...i've been an ass hole. Of course that's nothing new but...i've reached a new level of ass hole ness." Axel rubs the back of his head. "I didn't think that your relationship with Sora meant so much. I was just focused on how Sora felt about you that I wasn't looking at how you felt about him. I didn't want to. I've hurt you and i'm sorry."
"...Do you expect me to just say you're forgiven?" Roxas's says quietly.
"No not really. I just...Don't want you to hate me." Axel's voice drops down and it sounds too needy for his own taste. He feels...vulnerable.
Roxas stares at the red head in surprise. He studies how Axel flushes ever slightly, how those green eyes have lowered.
"...Come on." Roxas marches off and Axel happily follows him. It doesn't take long of silence before Roxas is speaking again. "...I was expecting Sora to be angry. Maybe I shouldn't have even thought our relationship would have stayed in tack but...I could never have imagined how easy it was for Sora to just break it up. Or how easy it was for him to tell me that he was going to be dating Riku. Can you believe that? I've been in this kind of relationship with Sora for three years. I love the guy and...that was so easily thrown away for someone like Riku."
Axel is quiet for once. He just listens. Roxas needs that right now, not a commenter.
"...I know I made a mistake. What I did with you was...even though I want to blame it all on you... i can't." Roxas blushes at this. "I did betray Sora but...I suppose I deserve this. I just hated how easy it was for him. Right now, I'm the only one who's h-hurting." Roxas's voice breaks at the end. He covers his eyes with his arm. "I-I'm the only one...who's crying." He sobs.
Axel can't stand that sound. He pulls Roxas into his chest quickly, wrapping his arms around him in a protective way. Roxas pushes on his chest like he would shove him but instead he buries his head deeper into his chest. He starts to beat his fist into Axel's chest out of anger or dismay, maybe it's both.
"And then he says things like...He doesn't want to lose me...I don't want to lose him either! But I don't want to see him with Riku! That prick..." Roxas grips Axel's shirt. "Damn it.."
"Would you like me to give Riku a big fat shiner for you?" Axel runs his fingers through his hair.
"I'll give him the fucking shiner myself." Roxas pulls away, wiping his nose on his sleeve. He looks up at Axel, and his heart melts at seeing those dismayed blue eyes. "I can hit Riku all I want, it doesn't change the fact that Sora wants him over me...I wonder if I even if I didn't make the mistake with you if this would have happened..."
"Honestly it probably would. I could see they were getting closer way before this happened. It was obvious Riku had a thing for Sora and...I think it grew on Sora too." Axel cups Roxas's cheek when those blue eyes had lowered. Axel doesn't care that they're outside where anyone can see. He doesn't care about anything but the blonde. Staring into those wide eyes, Axel moves in to kiss Roxas. The blonde gasps so Axel just kisses him tenderly before pulling back.
"Roxas I love you. I have a shitty way of showing it but I do. I knew Sora's feelings weren't what you wanted...and honestly I wanted you to myself. Roxas I want to be the man you lean on and I want to be yours. I won't dilly dally with your feelings. I'd be proud to call you mine. So don't look all sad. It breaks my heart. It makes me want to hurt Sora-"
"Don't hurt him." Roxas says quickly, his face a bit flushed from the older man's honest feelings.
"I won't. We're cool now I think. Sora kicked me in the nuts and said we're even so i'm pretty sure we're friends."
"How does that make you think your friends?" Roxas shakes his head but that gets a slight grin out of him. He averts his gaze. "...I don't want to jump into another relationship. I need some time to get myself together and really, jumping into a relationship with you, one the reasons for all of this, seems stupid but..." Roxas flushes. "I will admit...that i've been having trouble forgetting about Saturday-"
"Oh really?" Axel perks up, if he had a tail it would be wagging. The smile he has is suggestive.
"Shut it before I finish your balls off."
"You're so violent." Axel pouts.
"As I was saying...yes i've been thinking about it. Not just the lewd stuff but us talking and..."Roxas is getting increasingly more flustered with how happy Axel looks. "I'm just saying I will consider moving this relationship forward but i've not decided on anything! Furthermore you owe me big for all the trouble you've caused."
"And what do I owe you?" Axel grabs Roxas's hand and kisses the back of it. He smirks seductively. "I'll give you anything you want. I want to make you feel better. I've been a bad boy- ow!" Axel winces when Roxas chopped him on top of the head.
"I don't mean in a sexual way you perv. That be more of a treat for you than me." Roxas grunts. "No..." Roxas smirks and Axel frowns. "You're going to be doing my homework for a week."
"What? I don't even do mine." Axel pales.
"You better do it good too. If you are lazy and get me bad grades I won't even consider going out with you-"
"You're cruel!" Axel gasps.
"This is your punishment and this way I get to relax. On days we're both off this week, I'll come over your place."
"Oh?" Axel seems to like that a lot more than the homework. "Is that all?"
"Maybe." Roxas keeps his arms crossed. The glare on his face is more cute to Axel than anything.
"Well how about I take you out for some sea salt ice cream." Axel wraps his arm around Roxas's shoulder, giving him a grin. "Let's ditch class and have some fun!"
Roxas thinks about this a moment...He thinks about how Sora and Riku will be together at lunch. His stomach turns so he looks at Axel. After a moment his grin is contagious...
"Sure. Let's have some fun."
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