Unexpected

"Saw"

Riku yawned and tossed the remote at Sora. "I officially give up," he said, stretching out and sinking further into the couch. "Absolutely nothing on TV."

"This fails," said Sora, picking up the remote and flipping through a few channels. Being lazy was only made complete with a brain-melting marathon watching the idiot box. Unfortunately, they didn't care about wedding cakes, feline reproduction, or true stories from the ER. There wasn't even a violent movie to get the testosterone flowing. After scrolling three times through the movie channels, Sora saw a title he recognized, though had never watched, and – figuring he may as well – flipped to the channel, even if this particular movie happened to be the fourth installment in the series.

Riku's reaction to Sora's choice was delayed, but after a moment, the older teen sat up straight and stared at the TV, then at Sora.

"Uhm… hey, Sora?"

"Yeah?"

"Do… you even know what you just flipped over to?"

"Yep! Saw IV!"

"Exactly. Sora, you've never been able to handle gore and torture…"

"I know… but there's nothing else on." Sora gave him a lopsided grin, and Riku lifted a silver eyebrow.

"You're going to pass out five minutes in, you know that right?"

"You ever seen any of the Saw movies?"

"Nope. Had no interest whatsoever."

"Oh well," said Sora with finality. "I'm in the mood for some horror." He picked a pillow for the couch and held it in his lap.

"Fine. When you puke, I'm not cleaning it up."

--

Five minutes in, Sora had no passed out. Rather, he was completely hooked, and Riku was entirely disturbed. Sora would close his eyes when blood started spraying, but at every other moment, the boy's wide ocean eyes were glued to the screen.

Riku thought the movie was hokey and more than a little twisted. Sora thought the movie was pure genius, which was scary, as this was the Keybearer. Riku was very firmly of the opinion that anyone who could whoop your ass with a key should not be learned in the ways of torture.

As the credits started rolling, a spine-chilling laugh filled the room, and Riku was shocked (and pretty much scared shitless) to discover it was coming from Sora. The younger teen let his laughter die away and fixed narrowed eyes on Riku.

"Hello, Riku…" he said in a low, husky, and cold voice. "I want to play a game…"

"No!" Riku said, standing up and scowling. "I cannot even believe you like that movie…"

"I have given you the tools you need to survive…"

"Hey! Stop that!"

"But the choice is up to you…"

"You are so weird. I'm going to make some cookies."

"Live or die."

--

All the while Riku was making cookies, and pretty much for the rest of the afternoon, Sora kept leaving Riku little Jigsaw-esque notes about "making your choice." Riku wadded them all up and burned quite a few of them. And when he found a small tape player with his name on it, he smashed the damn thing right away, more than a little freaked out. Especially since he hadn't seen Sora in half an hour. When said teen reappeared carrying a stack of blank paper and a pencil, and began drawing out a design for some gruesome-looking device of torture, Riku decided it was time for an intervention. He pulled out his phone and dialed Zack's number.

"Hello?"

"Zack. Get your boyfriend."

"Riku?" Zack paused on the job. "What's wrong with Sora?"

"He's going freaking insane."

"Uhm… wait, how?"

"I'll let you see for yourself. Here."

Zack heard the phone transfer and then a chilling, low laughter.

"…Sora?"

"Hello, Zack," Sora purred coldly. "I want to play a game…"

-end-

Sassy: No, not the good kind of game either, Zack.

I understand that some (if not most) of you will not understand this. Well, I think you'd have to watch any of the Saw movies to understand. I've never been one for gore or horror, but randomly I decided to watch Saw IV when it came on a month or two ago… and I became totally obsessed. Yes, it's gory and twisted, but deliciously so and I love the entire series. With Sora being so happy and upbeat, I don't think it's a stretch for him to have one slightly twisted quirk in his personality. Because I certainly do. My girlfriend thinks I'm insane, but she only fuels my obsession. (She bought me the first 4 movies. X3) I highly recommend the series.

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