Author's Ranting: oi...I hope this chapter is ok. I'm still busy with my studyings... school sucks -_-
It's pretty late right now but I just had to write something before the end of this week so here it is, I hope it's not too crappy. The ending is sweet, I think. Ehh...whatever, read it yourself and enjoy!
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"Man, what's with Sora?" Tidus asked after a while, scratching his head confused. He looked over at Selphie and waited for an answer of the hyper girl, but Selphie had quieted down and was frowning at Riku in sympathy. Tidus frowned, too and looked at the silver-haired boy who was staring at the sand with an unreadable expression.
Silence filled the air and Tidus looked back and forth between his girlfriend and Riku. The sun was now almost gone, darkening the beach.
"I'll get Kairi." Riku muttered, heading towards the boats at the pier.
Tidus raised his eyebrows and Selphie blinked.
"What? But Riku, you just said--"
The silver-haired spun around and glared at his two friends. "Well, our dear princess is going to be in danger if she stays on that island. And Sora wouldn't want that, now would he?" Riku hissed, sounding so hateful that Selphie started to get tears in her eyes.
"Wakka's there. Come on, don't overreact just because of this." Tidus tried to reason and Selphie covered her head with her hands, expecting Riku to go berserk and beat them up for stopping him. But instead, Riku rolled his eyes and turned around to stalk towards his house.
"I'm going to get some sleep. Tomorrow we'll rescue the princess."
With those words, the silver-haired boy walked away, leaving Selphie and Tidus on the beach.
"That's all your fault!" Selphie whined, poking Tidus's shoulder. The blonde wrinkled his nose.
"What?! *You* wanted to get back without thinking about the others! It's your...fault..." He had wanted to accuse Selphie but his voice got more and more quiet as he saw the look on his girlfriend's face. Selphie was scowling - and that meant that she was really pissed off.
"Uh..." Tidus looked around nervously and tried to escape his doom.
"Fine." Selphie suddenly said, looking guilty. "It was my fault. And that's why I have to make it up. I'm going to talk to Sora and Riku, they just can't have a fight because of this."
The brunette grimaced and hugged her boyfriend before she ran off into the direction of Sora's house. Yup, Sora's house, not Riku's. Because Riku was still dangerous when angry. Sora wouldn't hurt her, or at least she hoped so.
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"Knock knock!" Selphie chided as she stood in front of Sora's door.
"Go away." Came a muffled reply but that only made Selphie open the door. She grinned. 'Stupid Sora, what a big mistake. Not locking your door while I'm running around here. Heh...' Selphie giggled and looked around to see Sora sitting at his desk, breaking pencils.
"Um, Sora-dear... I don't think killing pencils is a solution." Selphie offered, smiling brightly as the boy turned to her. He let the pencil fall to the floor and nodded.
"Right..." He muttered, only to reach for a pen, trying to break it. "This is much better!" He growled, scowling in a very scary way.
Selphie almost regretted coming here, almost.
"Well, I don't see why you're so angry, Sora." She confidently said, hands resting on her hips.
The brunette boy tightened his grip on the pen and nearly broke it, clenching his teeth.
"I'm. Not. Angry. AT. ALL." He bit out.
Selphie quirked and eyebrow and rubbed her nose. "Um, Sora... you know, I'm sorry. It was my fault. Leaving Kairi and Wakka on that island. It's not Riku's fault, so don't be angry with him..."
Sora suddenly turned to her, his eyes flaring up to glare at her.
"I thought I said I'm not angry." He sneered, scaring the life out of the poor girl. Sora was sure acting strange lately. He never was the type to be angry with someone, especially not with his best friend and boyfriend. What could be the reason for this?
"Sora, I'm just--" But Selphie was cut off by Sora getting up from his chair, pushing her towards the door.
"Just go. I need to think."
That was the cue for Selphie to stay and find out what was on Sora's mind. She immediately made herself as heavy as possible, so heavy that Sora couldn't push her away any more and crossed her arms, smirking at his lost effort. She could be strong when she wanted it.
"Need to think, eh? About what? About Kairi? About Riku? About Kairi and Riku?" Selphie nearly started blabbing randomly again but then reminded herself that she had to clear this now.
Sora looked away and shrugged, sitting himself on the bed. Selphie hopped after him and plopped down on the bed as well.
"I don't know. I mean, I love Riku alright. And he hates Kairi. But you know what? If Kairi never came here, then would Riku and I be together? Wouldn't we still be friends, best friends but nothing more? It was all because of Kairi that this started, you know, the...the..." Sora blushed. No one else knew about this 'Kissing Lesson' where Riku had taught Sora how to kiss.
"The...?" Selphie's eyes went wide with expectation and she blinked her big green eyes at the boy.
Sora's cheeks flushed and he just shrugged, murmuring something unintelligible.
But Selphie, being herself, still managed to understand whatever Sora had been muttering and squealed happily.
"Awww that's soooo...." She then paused, putting her finger to her chin, thinking of a nice word. "...kinky!" She grinned and Sora blinked at her.
Selphie giggled and patted Sora's back. "Why didn't you tell me earlier? I could've used this method for Tidus!"
Sora blinked again. 'Method?' It wasn't a method or plan or anything. He really just wanted to learn how to kiss. Because before that day he hadn't even thought about Riku in any way other than his friend.
"So that's why you want to save Kairi?" Selphie asked after awhile. She had quieted down and was serious for once. Sora sighed and nodded. His anger had subsided through the conversation with the bouncy girl but now he felt torn. Torn between Kairi, someone he had always cared for, and Riku, the person he loved more than anything.
"What should I do?" Sora murmured, sounding so helpless and small that Selphie had to frown. The girl hummed quietly and snapped her fingers.
"Go to Riku. Tell him that you love him. Make love. Forget about Kairi." Selphie had a cheeky grin painted on her face as Sora got beet red, pressing his hands to his cheeks to make the blush go away.
"Selphie!!" He cried out but eventually started grinning himself.
The brunette girl shrugged and wagged her eyebrows. "Hey, you love him and he loves you. You shouldn't even notice that there's anything besides you. That's how lovers are supposed to be. Totally oblivious to their surroundings." She winked and smiled warmly.
Sora smiled a little, too and slowly nodded. "Maybe..." he murmured. "But I can't help the fact that I care for Kairi. And I don't want Riku to hate her..." he paused, looking out of the window. Then he looked back at Selphie and stared for a while. He sighed and spoke, "It's strange how the relationship between me and Kairi changes all the time. Like a ride on the roller coaster. First I thought I loved her, then I still cared for her but didn't love her, then I hated her for being mean to my Riku, and now I care for her again. Because, somehow, she's, like, the reason for Riku and me being together. Or at least.. I don't know if we'd be together if she hadn't come here."
There was a long time of silence after Sora had stopped talking. For once, Selphie didn't know what to say. She had absolutely no idea of what to say about this.
Suddenly thunder was audible and Selphie jumped slightly.
"Oh...better go home now..." Selphie said, frowning at the weather outside. "...or to Tidus's place..." she grinned.
Sora smiled and nodded, pushing her again, this time gently, towards the door.
"Selphie..." He began, but was cut off by the small girl hugging him.
"You're welcome." She whispered before she pulled away and hopped out of the room.
Sora smiled again and sighed. "Thanks."
It was getting night. A stormy night. A stormy night, alone. Alone, in an empty bed. An empty bed without Riku.
"Rikuuuuu........" Sora whined and started beating himself for making Riku angry. He had every right to be jealous and angry, Sora knew that he shouldn't care for Kairi that much. He just couldn't help it. But Riku was definitely more important than Kairi. Sleeping without Riku was hard enough, but sleeping without him in a stormy night when snuggling and cuddling was the best thing to keep you save, that was simply killing Sora.
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Riku sighed as he felt something warm pressed next to his body. Lazily, one eye opened only to be greeted by the blackness of the night. So it wasn't morning yet. 'Thank God', Riku thought and closed his eye again. He had been angry at Sora all the time and after taking a shower he went to bed, cursing himself to sleep. He was still too tired to care whatever had woke him and somehow his position felt too good to leave it. Idly wondering what was causing that warmth that made his heart relax, he slowly opened his eyes again and blinked a few times to adjust to the darkness. It wasn't completely dark, the light of the moon and the stars was lightening the room pretty well. The storm had stopped and now it was only raining silently. Riku sighed and noticed that there was something on his stomach. He shook his head slightly to wake up and finally realized that Sora was the cause of his comfort. The brunette boy was lying beside him, one arm possessively draped over Riku's stomach.
"Sora..." Riku breathed, a mixture of hurt and happiness washing over him. He was happy that Sora was here beside him, coming here in the middle of the night to be close. It showed that Sora still needed him, no matter how much he cared for Kairi. Kairi, that hateful Kairi. He'd never really liked her. She was always in the way, though he had learned to live with it, now it was killing him to see Sora care for Kairi. Wasn't he supposed to be his boyfriend? So why care about the ex-girlfriend?
Riku felt his mood sink and quickly moved to wrap his arms around Sora, giving him something to hold on. He wouldn't overreact because of this now. Sora had come back to him that was all he needed. He would never go to Kairi to seek comfort. Suddenly Riku felt like he had to do something. Something to show Sora that he loved him more than anyone could ever do. But what should he do? It was in the middle of the night and it was still raining outside. And also, what more was there to do? Riku had done everything he could think of to show Sora how much he loved him.
"...pan...cakes....and..." Sora's mumbling startled Riku and the silver-haired quickly looked at the younger boy. He was sleep talking again. About food.
Riku chuckled and sighed. Somehow the word 'pancake' struck an idea and he carefully crawled out of the bed to get some paper and a pen. Pancakes, something so simple and still delicious. Simple, was the keyword. Riku had to do something simple yet sweet for Sora to get him back for himself.
The silver-haired ripped out a blank page of his diary since it was the only source of paper in this room and took a pen into his hand, walking over to the window where the light was stronger. There, he paused. His brows furrowed together, the cap of the pen was caught between his teeth as he chewed on it thoughtfully. The fingers of his left hand were drumming on the windowsill while the right hand played with the pen. Now what?
Something simple yet sweet.
The silver-haired took a deep breath, spitting the cap out onto the floor and started writing.
"To my best friend in the whole universe." Best friend was the perfect term. Riku figured that Sora could start to feel intimidated by being called lover or something like that. Riku nodded to himself and continued writing a little note for the sleeping boy in his bed and then went to hide it in his pocket. Sora would find it in the morning, read it, and hopefully realize that Riku was the one he should love, not that stupid Kairi.
The silver-haired went back to the bed and carefully sat down beside Sora. He smiled faintly as he traced his index finger over Sora's body. He let his finger trail down Sora's arm, wandering down the hand where he drew a heart, mentally marking him. No one else should have him. No one else *could* have him, because no one could love him like Riku did. Riku loved Sora above all.
"Kai..ri..." Sora shifted and mumbled some more. Riku instantly withdrew his hand as if burned and tensed, deep hurt coming back into his mind. Sora was dreaming about Kairi? "Don't...go..." Sora mumbled again and shifted again, seeming uneasy.
Riku's heart almost shattered into pieces before he decided to flee this situation. He quickly grabbed his coat, put it on and rushed outside into the rain.
The rain wasn't heavy, it was almost gone by now. But Riku could feel every drop push him down, further to the ground, until he was crouching. He tried to find a logic solution to this. Maybe Sora was just randomly talking, it didn't have to be a dream about Kairi. Maybe he was just dreaming of food and somehow...
'No he wasn't.' A voice inside his head scoffed. Why was it so easy to give in to a silly voice? Riku hugged himself and sat down, leaning against the wall of the house. He wouldn't go in there anymore. He couldn't look at Sora, hear him sleep talking about his ex-girlfriend. The ex-girlfriend that said she had a crush on Riku.
Riku shuddered. Then a thought entered his mind. What if Sora still loved Kairi? What if he was really in love in Kairi. It would hurt him like hell if Kairi didn't love him back because she was in love with Riku.
The silver-haired frowned. He didn't want Sora to get hurt, he wanted him to be happy. Even if it meant that he would be with Kairi. But if Kairi refused? Riku felt hatred against Kairi coming up again. Not for being in the way for Sora and him but because he was sure that she would just hurt him.
"Big..fat..cow..with..warts..." Riku muttered, clenching his fists.
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Inside, Sora was rolling around in the bed, miraculously managing not to fall out of the bed. He was dreaming, about Kairi. Kairi and Riku, to be precise. In his dream, Kairi screaming at him, telling him to leave her alone because she was in love with Riku.
"But Kairi..." Sora began, trying to stop her from tugging on Riku's arm.
In that dream, Riku smiled at Kairi and scowled at Sora.
"You never treated me right." Riku darkly said. Kairi nodded and glared at Sora.
"Don't go!" Sora called out as the two started fading.
It was one weird dream, but it showed exactly what he was feeling. He felt guilty for making Riku angry and the fact that Kairi had a crush on him only made it worse. What if they got together and turned against him?
Sora woke up with a start and found himself in Riku's bed, only without Riku.
"Riku?" He whispered, trying to focus his eyes. There was no one in this room.
"Riku...." Sora frowned, tears forming in his eyes. As he climbed out of the bed, walking over to his jacket, something fell out as he grabbed it.
He saw a piece of paper with something scribbled on.
Since it was still dark, he moved to the window where the light was stronger and narrowed his eyes to read the note.
"To my best friend in the whole universe." He read out aloud and frowned even more. Riku...
"Sora - I'm not good with poems. I know it, you know it, everyone knows it. I wish I could write you the best love poem ever, but I can't. All I can do is watch you while you sleep, looking like an angel. Sometimes I wonder if you've just come here by mistake, you know, angels belong in heaven, not here."
Sora paused to smile as he felt his heart move. This was so much better than any love poem because it was straight from Riku's heart. It was simply Riku. He then went on reading.
"There's not much space left so... FORGET KAIRI! PLEASE! I love you, and no one else can do like I do. I will do anything for you, and you know it. And if you don't love me back I'm going to beat the crap out of you, understood?!"
Sora found himself laughing. He sure hadn't expected that to come, although... it was typical for Riku to throw in something like this.
He then looked further down. "Your laughter is so wonderful. I love you."
Sora closed his eyes and pressed the note to his heart, sighing deeply. "I love you, too..." He whispered. Suddenly something pulled him outside, something in him urged him to go outside although he had no idea why.
Following his inner voice, he put on his jacket and opened the door only to find Riku curled up on the ground, soaking wet. It hadn't been raining too much but everything was still wet.
"Riku?" Sora quietly asked.
The silver-haired flinched but didn't look up. Sora frowned and crouched down to his boyfriend.
"Hey..." He whispered, but Riku didn't answer.
Sora sighed and reached out to take Riku into his arms, locking in a tight embrace. It was a little odd since Riku usually hugged Sora like this. But right now, Riku seemed to need protection and Sora wanted nothing more than giving it to him.
~Tbc~
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Ending Notes: Praise me! Praise me! PLEAAAAASE! Or "I'm gonna beat the crap out of you, understood?!" ...eehhh...right. Anywayz, like I said I hope you liked this chapter (gods, how often am I going to say that??) and stay tuned for more, hopefully it's coming out faster than this one. (hey it only took me one week...but still, that's tooooo long! heh...) okies I'm in my bed now, can't keep my eyes open.......
It's pretty late right now but I just had to write something before the end of this week so here it is, I hope it's not too crappy. The ending is sweet, I think. Ehh...whatever, read it yourself and enjoy!
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"Man, what's with Sora?" Tidus asked after a while, scratching his head confused. He looked over at Selphie and waited for an answer of the hyper girl, but Selphie had quieted down and was frowning at Riku in sympathy. Tidus frowned, too and looked at the silver-haired boy who was staring at the sand with an unreadable expression.
Silence filled the air and Tidus looked back and forth between his girlfriend and Riku. The sun was now almost gone, darkening the beach.
"I'll get Kairi." Riku muttered, heading towards the boats at the pier.
Tidus raised his eyebrows and Selphie blinked.
"What? But Riku, you just said--"
The silver-haired spun around and glared at his two friends. "Well, our dear princess is going to be in danger if she stays on that island. And Sora wouldn't want that, now would he?" Riku hissed, sounding so hateful that Selphie started to get tears in her eyes.
"Wakka's there. Come on, don't overreact just because of this." Tidus tried to reason and Selphie covered her head with her hands, expecting Riku to go berserk and beat them up for stopping him. But instead, Riku rolled his eyes and turned around to stalk towards his house.
"I'm going to get some sleep. Tomorrow we'll rescue the princess."
With those words, the silver-haired boy walked away, leaving Selphie and Tidus on the beach.
"That's all your fault!" Selphie whined, poking Tidus's shoulder. The blonde wrinkled his nose.
"What?! *You* wanted to get back without thinking about the others! It's your...fault..." He had wanted to accuse Selphie but his voice got more and more quiet as he saw the look on his girlfriend's face. Selphie was scowling - and that meant that she was really pissed off.
"Uh..." Tidus looked around nervously and tried to escape his doom.
"Fine." Selphie suddenly said, looking guilty. "It was my fault. And that's why I have to make it up. I'm going to talk to Sora and Riku, they just can't have a fight because of this."
The brunette grimaced and hugged her boyfriend before she ran off into the direction of Sora's house. Yup, Sora's house, not Riku's. Because Riku was still dangerous when angry. Sora wouldn't hurt her, or at least she hoped so.
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"Knock knock!" Selphie chided as she stood in front of Sora's door.
"Go away." Came a muffled reply but that only made Selphie open the door. She grinned. 'Stupid Sora, what a big mistake. Not locking your door while I'm running around here. Heh...' Selphie giggled and looked around to see Sora sitting at his desk, breaking pencils.
"Um, Sora-dear... I don't think killing pencils is a solution." Selphie offered, smiling brightly as the boy turned to her. He let the pencil fall to the floor and nodded.
"Right..." He muttered, only to reach for a pen, trying to break it. "This is much better!" He growled, scowling in a very scary way.
Selphie almost regretted coming here, almost.
"Well, I don't see why you're so angry, Sora." She confidently said, hands resting on her hips.
The brunette boy tightened his grip on the pen and nearly broke it, clenching his teeth.
"I'm. Not. Angry. AT. ALL." He bit out.
Selphie quirked and eyebrow and rubbed her nose. "Um, Sora... you know, I'm sorry. It was my fault. Leaving Kairi and Wakka on that island. It's not Riku's fault, so don't be angry with him..."
Sora suddenly turned to her, his eyes flaring up to glare at her.
"I thought I said I'm not angry." He sneered, scaring the life out of the poor girl. Sora was sure acting strange lately. He never was the type to be angry with someone, especially not with his best friend and boyfriend. What could be the reason for this?
"Sora, I'm just--" But Selphie was cut off by Sora getting up from his chair, pushing her towards the door.
"Just go. I need to think."
That was the cue for Selphie to stay and find out what was on Sora's mind. She immediately made herself as heavy as possible, so heavy that Sora couldn't push her away any more and crossed her arms, smirking at his lost effort. She could be strong when she wanted it.
"Need to think, eh? About what? About Kairi? About Riku? About Kairi and Riku?" Selphie nearly started blabbing randomly again but then reminded herself that she had to clear this now.
Sora looked away and shrugged, sitting himself on the bed. Selphie hopped after him and plopped down on the bed as well.
"I don't know. I mean, I love Riku alright. And he hates Kairi. But you know what? If Kairi never came here, then would Riku and I be together? Wouldn't we still be friends, best friends but nothing more? It was all because of Kairi that this started, you know, the...the..." Sora blushed. No one else knew about this 'Kissing Lesson' where Riku had taught Sora how to kiss.
"The...?" Selphie's eyes went wide with expectation and she blinked her big green eyes at the boy.
Sora's cheeks flushed and he just shrugged, murmuring something unintelligible.
But Selphie, being herself, still managed to understand whatever Sora had been muttering and squealed happily.
"Awww that's soooo...." She then paused, putting her finger to her chin, thinking of a nice word. "...kinky!" She grinned and Sora blinked at her.
Selphie giggled and patted Sora's back. "Why didn't you tell me earlier? I could've used this method for Tidus!"
Sora blinked again. 'Method?' It wasn't a method or plan or anything. He really just wanted to learn how to kiss. Because before that day he hadn't even thought about Riku in any way other than his friend.
"So that's why you want to save Kairi?" Selphie asked after awhile. She had quieted down and was serious for once. Sora sighed and nodded. His anger had subsided through the conversation with the bouncy girl but now he felt torn. Torn between Kairi, someone he had always cared for, and Riku, the person he loved more than anything.
"What should I do?" Sora murmured, sounding so helpless and small that Selphie had to frown. The girl hummed quietly and snapped her fingers.
"Go to Riku. Tell him that you love him. Make love. Forget about Kairi." Selphie had a cheeky grin painted on her face as Sora got beet red, pressing his hands to his cheeks to make the blush go away.
"Selphie!!" He cried out but eventually started grinning himself.
The brunette girl shrugged and wagged her eyebrows. "Hey, you love him and he loves you. You shouldn't even notice that there's anything besides you. That's how lovers are supposed to be. Totally oblivious to their surroundings." She winked and smiled warmly.
Sora smiled a little, too and slowly nodded. "Maybe..." he murmured. "But I can't help the fact that I care for Kairi. And I don't want Riku to hate her..." he paused, looking out of the window. Then he looked back at Selphie and stared for a while. He sighed and spoke, "It's strange how the relationship between me and Kairi changes all the time. Like a ride on the roller coaster. First I thought I loved her, then I still cared for her but didn't love her, then I hated her for being mean to my Riku, and now I care for her again. Because, somehow, she's, like, the reason for Riku and me being together. Or at least.. I don't know if we'd be together if she hadn't come here."
There was a long time of silence after Sora had stopped talking. For once, Selphie didn't know what to say. She had absolutely no idea of what to say about this.
Suddenly thunder was audible and Selphie jumped slightly.
"Oh...better go home now..." Selphie said, frowning at the weather outside. "...or to Tidus's place..." she grinned.
Sora smiled and nodded, pushing her again, this time gently, towards the door.
"Selphie..." He began, but was cut off by the small girl hugging him.
"You're welcome." She whispered before she pulled away and hopped out of the room.
Sora smiled again and sighed. "Thanks."
It was getting night. A stormy night. A stormy night, alone. Alone, in an empty bed. An empty bed without Riku.
"Rikuuuuu........" Sora whined and started beating himself for making Riku angry. He had every right to be jealous and angry, Sora knew that he shouldn't care for Kairi that much. He just couldn't help it. But Riku was definitely more important than Kairi. Sleeping without Riku was hard enough, but sleeping without him in a stormy night when snuggling and cuddling was the best thing to keep you save, that was simply killing Sora.
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Riku sighed as he felt something warm pressed next to his body. Lazily, one eye opened only to be greeted by the blackness of the night. So it wasn't morning yet. 'Thank God', Riku thought and closed his eye again. He had been angry at Sora all the time and after taking a shower he went to bed, cursing himself to sleep. He was still too tired to care whatever had woke him and somehow his position felt too good to leave it. Idly wondering what was causing that warmth that made his heart relax, he slowly opened his eyes again and blinked a few times to adjust to the darkness. It wasn't completely dark, the light of the moon and the stars was lightening the room pretty well. The storm had stopped and now it was only raining silently. Riku sighed and noticed that there was something on his stomach. He shook his head slightly to wake up and finally realized that Sora was the cause of his comfort. The brunette boy was lying beside him, one arm possessively draped over Riku's stomach.
"Sora..." Riku breathed, a mixture of hurt and happiness washing over him. He was happy that Sora was here beside him, coming here in the middle of the night to be close. It showed that Sora still needed him, no matter how much he cared for Kairi. Kairi, that hateful Kairi. He'd never really liked her. She was always in the way, though he had learned to live with it, now it was killing him to see Sora care for Kairi. Wasn't he supposed to be his boyfriend? So why care about the ex-girlfriend?
Riku felt his mood sink and quickly moved to wrap his arms around Sora, giving him something to hold on. He wouldn't overreact because of this now. Sora had come back to him that was all he needed. He would never go to Kairi to seek comfort. Suddenly Riku felt like he had to do something. Something to show Sora that he loved him more than anyone could ever do. But what should he do? It was in the middle of the night and it was still raining outside. And also, what more was there to do? Riku had done everything he could think of to show Sora how much he loved him.
"...pan...cakes....and..." Sora's mumbling startled Riku and the silver-haired quickly looked at the younger boy. He was sleep talking again. About food.
Riku chuckled and sighed. Somehow the word 'pancake' struck an idea and he carefully crawled out of the bed to get some paper and a pen. Pancakes, something so simple and still delicious. Simple, was the keyword. Riku had to do something simple yet sweet for Sora to get him back for himself.
The silver-haired ripped out a blank page of his diary since it was the only source of paper in this room and took a pen into his hand, walking over to the window where the light was stronger. There, he paused. His brows furrowed together, the cap of the pen was caught between his teeth as he chewed on it thoughtfully. The fingers of his left hand were drumming on the windowsill while the right hand played with the pen. Now what?
Something simple yet sweet.
The silver-haired took a deep breath, spitting the cap out onto the floor and started writing.
"To my best friend in the whole universe." Best friend was the perfect term. Riku figured that Sora could start to feel intimidated by being called lover or something like that. Riku nodded to himself and continued writing a little note for the sleeping boy in his bed and then went to hide it in his pocket. Sora would find it in the morning, read it, and hopefully realize that Riku was the one he should love, not that stupid Kairi.
The silver-haired went back to the bed and carefully sat down beside Sora. He smiled faintly as he traced his index finger over Sora's body. He let his finger trail down Sora's arm, wandering down the hand where he drew a heart, mentally marking him. No one else should have him. No one else *could* have him, because no one could love him like Riku did. Riku loved Sora above all.
"Kai..ri..." Sora shifted and mumbled some more. Riku instantly withdrew his hand as if burned and tensed, deep hurt coming back into his mind. Sora was dreaming about Kairi? "Don't...go..." Sora mumbled again and shifted again, seeming uneasy.
Riku's heart almost shattered into pieces before he decided to flee this situation. He quickly grabbed his coat, put it on and rushed outside into the rain.
The rain wasn't heavy, it was almost gone by now. But Riku could feel every drop push him down, further to the ground, until he was crouching. He tried to find a logic solution to this. Maybe Sora was just randomly talking, it didn't have to be a dream about Kairi. Maybe he was just dreaming of food and somehow...
'No he wasn't.' A voice inside his head scoffed. Why was it so easy to give in to a silly voice? Riku hugged himself and sat down, leaning against the wall of the house. He wouldn't go in there anymore. He couldn't look at Sora, hear him sleep talking about his ex-girlfriend. The ex-girlfriend that said she had a crush on Riku.
Riku shuddered. Then a thought entered his mind. What if Sora still loved Kairi? What if he was really in love in Kairi. It would hurt him like hell if Kairi didn't love him back because she was in love with Riku.
The silver-haired frowned. He didn't want Sora to get hurt, he wanted him to be happy. Even if it meant that he would be with Kairi. But if Kairi refused? Riku felt hatred against Kairi coming up again. Not for being in the way for Sora and him but because he was sure that she would just hurt him.
"Big..fat..cow..with..warts..." Riku muttered, clenching his fists.
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Inside, Sora was rolling around in the bed, miraculously managing not to fall out of the bed. He was dreaming, about Kairi. Kairi and Riku, to be precise. In his dream, Kairi screaming at him, telling him to leave her alone because she was in love with Riku.
"But Kairi..." Sora began, trying to stop her from tugging on Riku's arm.
In that dream, Riku smiled at Kairi and scowled at Sora.
"You never treated me right." Riku darkly said. Kairi nodded and glared at Sora.
"Don't go!" Sora called out as the two started fading.
It was one weird dream, but it showed exactly what he was feeling. He felt guilty for making Riku angry and the fact that Kairi had a crush on him only made it worse. What if they got together and turned against him?
Sora woke up with a start and found himself in Riku's bed, only without Riku.
"Riku?" He whispered, trying to focus his eyes. There was no one in this room.
"Riku...." Sora frowned, tears forming in his eyes. As he climbed out of the bed, walking over to his jacket, something fell out as he grabbed it.
He saw a piece of paper with something scribbled on.
Since it was still dark, he moved to the window where the light was stronger and narrowed his eyes to read the note.
"To my best friend in the whole universe." He read out aloud and frowned even more. Riku...
"Sora - I'm not good with poems. I know it, you know it, everyone knows it. I wish I could write you the best love poem ever, but I can't. All I can do is watch you while you sleep, looking like an angel. Sometimes I wonder if you've just come here by mistake, you know, angels belong in heaven, not here."
Sora paused to smile as he felt his heart move. This was so much better than any love poem because it was straight from Riku's heart. It was simply Riku. He then went on reading.
"There's not much space left so... FORGET KAIRI! PLEASE! I love you, and no one else can do like I do. I will do anything for you, and you know it. And if you don't love me back I'm going to beat the crap out of you, understood?!"
Sora found himself laughing. He sure hadn't expected that to come, although... it was typical for Riku to throw in something like this.
He then looked further down. "Your laughter is so wonderful. I love you."
Sora closed his eyes and pressed the note to his heart, sighing deeply. "I love you, too..." He whispered. Suddenly something pulled him outside, something in him urged him to go outside although he had no idea why.
Following his inner voice, he put on his jacket and opened the door only to find Riku curled up on the ground, soaking wet. It hadn't been raining too much but everything was still wet.
"Riku?" Sora quietly asked.
The silver-haired flinched but didn't look up. Sora frowned and crouched down to his boyfriend.
"Hey..." He whispered, but Riku didn't answer.
Sora sighed and reached out to take Riku into his arms, locking in a tight embrace. It was a little odd since Riku usually hugged Sora like this. But right now, Riku seemed to need protection and Sora wanted nothing more than giving it to him.
~Tbc~
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Ending Notes: Praise me! Praise me! PLEAAAAASE! Or "I'm gonna beat the crap out of you, understood?!" ...eehhh...right. Anywayz, like I said I hope you liked this chapter (gods, how often am I going to say that??) and stay tuned for more, hopefully it's coming out faster than this one. (hey it only took me one week...but still, that's tooooo long! heh...) okies I'm in my bed now, can't keep my eyes open.......
