Prompt: Idiotic
Given by: Jao Ensatsu Kokuryuha
Setting: Radiant Garden, Post-KHII
Pairings: None
Sora sat in a chair by the bed, a concerned expression on his face as he watched his friend, who had finally fallen into a deep sleep.
Riku rarely took ill…at least seriously enough to keep him bedridden. It was probably due to this that when he did, Sora was always worried. It had been that way for as long as either of them could remember.
The spiky-haired teen knew it was foolish. People got sick, and Riku was just as human as the next person was, but it still just seemed wrong to see Riku so frail.
As Sora was watching, teal eyes surrounded by dark circles drifted open, and pale lips managed a weak grin.
"I guess some things really never change," murmured Riku.
"I can be concerned for my best friend…besides you look like you'd fit right in at Halloween Town," muttered Sora, even as he grinned back.
"People take ill, Sora, don't worry so much," commented Riku as he sat up against a couple pillows. "My body has to adjust to a new world…that means new viruses, temperatures, humidity levels…everything. I'll be fine in a couple days."
"Great…another couple days of shovelling gravel with Cloud," commented Sora, still smiling at his friend.
"Aww, you actually have to exert yourself instead of just hanging around the computer room while I do all the work," Riku joked without his usual finesse.
Sora gave his friend a small glare and was about to punch his arm when he noticed something shift in Riku's eyes. The silver-haired boy looked almost frightened for a second before the emotion had passed.
"What?" asked Sora, his concern returning. "Riku, what was it?"
"It's nothing," answered the teal-eyed boy. "It's just that you never used to get that look before…but he did."
"He…?" Confusion added to Sora's concern.
"Roxas," explained Riku.
"Well…he is a part of me," commented the blue-eyed boy.
"I know," replied the silver-haired teen. "I just rarely can see the similarities."
"Was he really that different?" asked Sora, who still knew very little of what his Nobody had been like, having only briefly met him once in between battles.
"Yeah," answered Riku. "He didn't look or sound like you as much as Xemnas did Xehanort. He had the same basic build, but there were more notable differences…and he acted a lot different, had different gestures and looks, that sort of thing…he moved a lot differently."
Sora leaned back in his chair a little, "What do you mean, moved differently?"
"Well, he fought with a lot of anger, and he tended to overdo every gesture and expression." Riku smirked lightly, "He also had the most idiotic run I've ever seen…including Kairi's and Selphie's…"
"What?" asked Sora, trying to look tough, but fighting back a laugh at the same time, "But I don't' have an idiotic run…do I?"
"No, not like this, you don't," commented Riku. "It looked like he was trying to squat, run, and perform the lumberjack song at the same time…"
Sora burst out laughing at that point. The door to the room suddenly opened before he could control himself enough to speak.
Leon entered with a cup of tomato soup in his hand, and a bottle of water along with a bottle of aspirin tucked under his arm.
"Riku really should rest, Sora," commented the scarred man as he set the items down on the bedside table.
"I know, I'm not bugging him," responded Sora between his snickers as Riku offered a small agreeing nod before bringing a hand to his head as if in pain.
Leon crossed his arms and looked between the ill boy and his laughing friend. "What were you two talking about anyway?"
"Nobody," they both answered, one through suppressed laughter, the other already weak from the effort of the brief conversation.
A dark brown eyebrow arched, "I sad 'what' not 'who'."
"We know," answered Sora as Riku replied, "Same difference."
"Fine," stated Leon before giving Riku a quick once-over and then silently exiting the room.
Riku picked up the cup of soup and gingerly took a sip, as Sora watched him with a knowing, amused expression.
A silver eyebrow rose in question.
"Still think you don't have a chance at getting through to him?" questioned Sora as Riku set down the mug and opened the bottle of aspirin.
"You might have a point there," commented the teal-eyed boy, "But I'm not going to think on it until it doesn't feel like a couple of Large Bodies are bouncing off each other in my head."
"Yeah, that's probably a good idea," agreed Sora with a smile, glad to see his friend's spirits up. Everyone else had written Riku's down mood from the past several days off as the first signs of the illness, but Sora knew better. He would not doubt if it had not been why Riku got so ill.
"Well, get better soon so I can get out of gravel duty," Sora said as he stood to leave. "Cloud complains non-stop all day."
"Good to know I'm missed," commented Riku as he shifted lower in the bed.
"You are," responded Sora with a warm smile.
"You're still a total sap, too," murmured Riku.
"You know you love me," teased Sora as he turned to the door. "I'll let you get some sleep now."
"Thanks Sora." It could have been the illness, but Riku's voice sounded much too serious to simply be thanking his friend for leaving him alone.
Sora smiled as he closed the door behind him.
So what if they were both a bit idiotic at times…that was what friends were for.
