That night, neither Sora nor Riku could sleep. Sora kept reflecting on the day's events while Riku kept thinking about what he read from that confused_puppy's livejournal.
Sora rolled restlessly around in his bed. Something was different about the way Riku acted throughout the whole day. He seemed so caught up in thought no matter what they did. He even beat him 10 times when they were playing Super Smash Bros. and that, right there, is a big warning sign. What was bothering his best friend though? What could be on his mind?
'I can't believe it.' Riku thought. 'All this time and he hadn't told me! How long was he planning on keeping this from me?! And the others are in on it too!' The boy looked out his window and began space out. He didn't know how to react to the newly acquried information about his best friend. 'He LIKES me?! How? When? What? Where? Huh?!'
Why are you so confused? It is really that hard to believe? a voice in his head asked.
'But he likes Kairi. I mean, he practically sacrificed his life for her. The whole time he was going around sealing worlds, he was more concerned about Kairi more than he was about me.'
That's not true. He was just as concerned for you as Kairi. Afterall, he wouldn't let you out of his sight for two weeks when you got back from the Darkness, remember? He cares about you a lot. He IS your best friend.
'I guess, but I mean, all this time I thought that he liked Kairi...not me. Why me? I mean, I'm the one who tried to kill him back when the Heartless were around...TWICE! Why would he like me after that?'
Why not? Even after you joined the Darkness and tried to kill him, he still has the heart to forgive you for that. You should be grateful that your friendship is still as strong as it was before the Heartless.
'Yeah. You're right...but... I don't know how to act around him anymore. I mean, I don't know whether to completely ignore him or act like I know nothing about his attraction towards me or.. or...'
Or?
'Or.. like him back?'
Are you saying that you have a thing for your younger friend?
'No, I mean...yes. Oh, I don't know. Maybe I do. I mean, I care a lot about him. I sure missed him while I was trapped in the Darkness... He means a lot to me, a lot more than Kairi. Before she came, it was just me and Sora. Argh, I think I should sleep over this.'
You haven't answered the question. Do you or do you not have a thing for Sora?
'...yes. I do. Yeah, I do have a crush on him! I think I really do have a crush for that silly little boy! Wow. Well, now I know what to do for his birthday.'
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Sora sighed. "I hope you're alright, Riku. You can come to me whenever you have something on your mind, you know that."
Then he heard a tapping noise coming from the otherside of his room. He sat up in his bed and looked over at his window. A large shadow casted on his clothing covered floor."What the?"
Cautiously, he walked over to his window and saw Riku sitting on his windowsill. He slid open the window and poked his head out. "What the hell are you doing here in the middle of the night?"
"You said that I could talk to you whenever I had something on my mind, right? Well, I need to talk to you."
"Now?"
"Well, it doesn't look like you were sleeping."
"I was about to fall asleep thank you ---"
"Shut up. Come on, let's go."
Riku jumped down from the sill as Sora grabbed some shoes and hopped down after his friend. 'What the hell is going on?'
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Sora shivered as the ocean breeze swept around him. 'I should've brought my coat.' "Riku, what is it that you needed to talk about?"
Riku had his back turned to him and he was gazing up at the moon. "You remember when we were younger how we camped outside my house for a whole week?"
"Yeah?" he replied, unsure where this was leading.
Riku closed his eyes. "I remember how you stayed up all night one night because you said that you were going to protect me from the darkness."
Sora blushed slightly as the memory came into his mind. "Yeah?"
"I guess what I'm trying to say is that you'd still protect me from the Darkness, and that means a lot to me."
"Well, you are my best friend, Riku, I mean, I'd do anything for you."
"Yeah. Friendship really means a lot to the both of us." he turned around to face his friend. "Especially after the Heartless."
Sora glazed at his older friend. The moonlight made his hair glow a very pale white, his skin look somewhat lighter, and his eyes glowed. He looked totally breathtaking.
Riku smiled at this attention. He held his hand out to him. "Take my hand."
Sora flnched. The last time Riku held his hand out like that was right before his adventure begun as the Keyblade Master. "Riku?"
"Don't worry. Nothing bad's going to happen. I promise." he outstreched his arm farther now. "It's my turn to protect you from the Darkness."
Still confused as to what was going on and on Riku's unusual behavior, he grabbed a hold of his friend's hand and was suddenly pulled forward, crashing into a warm and inviting body. He looked up at Riku.
Riku grinned back at the boy in his arms. Then he leaned into him for a kiss. Sora's lips were a little cold but soft. He felt the boy flinch at first but then returned the kiss. Riku pulled him closer into him and traced his tounge along Sora's lips, begging for entry.
On the otherhand, Sora didn't know how to react. Everything was moving really fast for him. He was really happy that this was happening. This was, afterall, what he fantasized about, but it didn't feel exactly right somehow. He didn't understand what could be wrong when everything seemed to be going right.
Sora pushed the older boy's lips off of him, leaving Riku's tounge practically hanging out of his mouth. "Wait, what was that for?"
"Sora, I like you."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa. When did this happen?"
"What does it matter? I like you and you like me, all is well." he leaned in for another kiss but when he found no soft skin against his, he opened his eyes. "What's wrong?"
"I never told you that I liked you. I mean, I DO like you, a lot, but how'd you find out?"
Riku looked away. He knew that if he told Sora the truth, it would hurt him because he had looked onto a journal he wasn't suppose to ever see. He had intruded on his friend's secrecy, how was he to tell him. "Well...I..." Riku glanced over and saw saffire eyes peering at him. He could've stared into them forever until he snapped back into reality. "I..."
"You?"
Riku sighed. "I read your livejournal. Your OTHER one. Your confused_puppy one." He glanced at his crush and saw that he was shocked.
"You WHAT?!"
"I didn't mean to, honestly I didn't! When I went to the livejournal homepage and was about to log you out, I noticed that username and got curious. Oh god, Sora, I'm sorry!"
"How could you?!"
"Well how could you hide that from me? How come you didn't come out with your feelings?"
"I didn't know how you'd react! I thought you'd hate me and be disguisted with me! Besides, why didn't YOU come out with YOUR feelings?!"
Riku looked at his feet. "Because, I didn't realize that I liked you until after I read your livejournal."
"I don't understand. So you liked me only AFTER you read that I liked you? What is that? I mean, if I would've straight out told you that I liked you without you reading my livejournal, how would you react? I mean, shit, Riku!"
Riku hadn't thought about that. If he hadn't read Sora's livejournal, he probably would've been disguisted with him but eventually grow to like him.. at least, that's just what he thought. "Look, Sora, can we forget about that?"
"How can we?! You read the one thing you weren't suppose ----"
"Oh, so everyone else can read that journal except ME? When it's ME that you talk about in there? I think I should've deserved to know since it's about ME. And besides, if I hadn't read it, I probably would've never realized that I loved you this much ---"
"You love me?"
Riku stared back at Sora. His eyes glimmered in hope and love, but at the same time anger and hate. "I care a lot about you..." he turned his back to the younger boy in the direction of his house. "Look, I'm sorry about kissing you, and reading your livejournal when I wasn't suppose to, and also for moving too fast. I just wanted to tell you that I feel the same way that you do, I really do, but it's almost morning. You need your sleep because it's going to be a big day for you. I'll see you later. Happy 15th birthday, Sora."
Before Sora could say anything, Riku had already disappeared in the distance. He sighed. 'Great, now what have I done? I had the boy in my grasp, but I just had to let him slip because of a little privacy problem?!' "Argh, I think matters have just got even worse."
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Argh, sorry that this was a crappy chapter. It's really late so bare with me here. I'll write the next chapter soon. Wonder what will happen now? Review to find out!
Sora rolled restlessly around in his bed. Something was different about the way Riku acted throughout the whole day. He seemed so caught up in thought no matter what they did. He even beat him 10 times when they were playing Super Smash Bros. and that, right there, is a big warning sign. What was bothering his best friend though? What could be on his mind?
'I can't believe it.' Riku thought. 'All this time and he hadn't told me! How long was he planning on keeping this from me?! And the others are in on it too!' The boy looked out his window and began space out. He didn't know how to react to the newly acquried information about his best friend. 'He LIKES me?! How? When? What? Where? Huh?!'
Why are you so confused? It is really that hard to believe? a voice in his head asked.
'But he likes Kairi. I mean, he practically sacrificed his life for her. The whole time he was going around sealing worlds, he was more concerned about Kairi more than he was about me.'
That's not true. He was just as concerned for you as Kairi. Afterall, he wouldn't let you out of his sight for two weeks when you got back from the Darkness, remember? He cares about you a lot. He IS your best friend.
'I guess, but I mean, all this time I thought that he liked Kairi...not me. Why me? I mean, I'm the one who tried to kill him back when the Heartless were around...TWICE! Why would he like me after that?'
Why not? Even after you joined the Darkness and tried to kill him, he still has the heart to forgive you for that. You should be grateful that your friendship is still as strong as it was before the Heartless.
'Yeah. You're right...but... I don't know how to act around him anymore. I mean, I don't know whether to completely ignore him or act like I know nothing about his attraction towards me or.. or...'
Or?
'Or.. like him back?'
Are you saying that you have a thing for your younger friend?
'No, I mean...yes. Oh, I don't know. Maybe I do. I mean, I care a lot about him. I sure missed him while I was trapped in the Darkness... He means a lot to me, a lot more than Kairi. Before she came, it was just me and Sora. Argh, I think I should sleep over this.'
You haven't answered the question. Do you or do you not have a thing for Sora?
'...yes. I do. Yeah, I do have a crush on him! I think I really do have a crush for that silly little boy! Wow. Well, now I know what to do for his birthday.'
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Sora sighed. "I hope you're alright, Riku. You can come to me whenever you have something on your mind, you know that."
Then he heard a tapping noise coming from the otherside of his room. He sat up in his bed and looked over at his window. A large shadow casted on his clothing covered floor."What the?"
Cautiously, he walked over to his window and saw Riku sitting on his windowsill. He slid open the window and poked his head out. "What the hell are you doing here in the middle of the night?"
"You said that I could talk to you whenever I had something on my mind, right? Well, I need to talk to you."
"Now?"
"Well, it doesn't look like you were sleeping."
"I was about to fall asleep thank you ---"
"Shut up. Come on, let's go."
Riku jumped down from the sill as Sora grabbed some shoes and hopped down after his friend. 'What the hell is going on?'
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Sora shivered as the ocean breeze swept around him. 'I should've brought my coat.' "Riku, what is it that you needed to talk about?"
Riku had his back turned to him and he was gazing up at the moon. "You remember when we were younger how we camped outside my house for a whole week?"
"Yeah?" he replied, unsure where this was leading.
Riku closed his eyes. "I remember how you stayed up all night one night because you said that you were going to protect me from the darkness."
Sora blushed slightly as the memory came into his mind. "Yeah?"
"I guess what I'm trying to say is that you'd still protect me from the Darkness, and that means a lot to me."
"Well, you are my best friend, Riku, I mean, I'd do anything for you."
"Yeah. Friendship really means a lot to the both of us." he turned around to face his friend. "Especially after the Heartless."
Sora glazed at his older friend. The moonlight made his hair glow a very pale white, his skin look somewhat lighter, and his eyes glowed. He looked totally breathtaking.
Riku smiled at this attention. He held his hand out to him. "Take my hand."
Sora flnched. The last time Riku held his hand out like that was right before his adventure begun as the Keyblade Master. "Riku?"
"Don't worry. Nothing bad's going to happen. I promise." he outstreched his arm farther now. "It's my turn to protect you from the Darkness."
Still confused as to what was going on and on Riku's unusual behavior, he grabbed a hold of his friend's hand and was suddenly pulled forward, crashing into a warm and inviting body. He looked up at Riku.
Riku grinned back at the boy in his arms. Then he leaned into him for a kiss. Sora's lips were a little cold but soft. He felt the boy flinch at first but then returned the kiss. Riku pulled him closer into him and traced his tounge along Sora's lips, begging for entry.
On the otherhand, Sora didn't know how to react. Everything was moving really fast for him. He was really happy that this was happening. This was, afterall, what he fantasized about, but it didn't feel exactly right somehow. He didn't understand what could be wrong when everything seemed to be going right.
Sora pushed the older boy's lips off of him, leaving Riku's tounge practically hanging out of his mouth. "Wait, what was that for?"
"Sora, I like you."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa. When did this happen?"
"What does it matter? I like you and you like me, all is well." he leaned in for another kiss but when he found no soft skin against his, he opened his eyes. "What's wrong?"
"I never told you that I liked you. I mean, I DO like you, a lot, but how'd you find out?"
Riku looked away. He knew that if he told Sora the truth, it would hurt him because he had looked onto a journal he wasn't suppose to ever see. He had intruded on his friend's secrecy, how was he to tell him. "Well...I..." Riku glanced over and saw saffire eyes peering at him. He could've stared into them forever until he snapped back into reality. "I..."
"You?"
Riku sighed. "I read your livejournal. Your OTHER one. Your confused_puppy one." He glanced at his crush and saw that he was shocked.
"You WHAT?!"
"I didn't mean to, honestly I didn't! When I went to the livejournal homepage and was about to log you out, I noticed that username and got curious. Oh god, Sora, I'm sorry!"
"How could you?!"
"Well how could you hide that from me? How come you didn't come out with your feelings?"
"I didn't know how you'd react! I thought you'd hate me and be disguisted with me! Besides, why didn't YOU come out with YOUR feelings?!"
Riku looked at his feet. "Because, I didn't realize that I liked you until after I read your livejournal."
"I don't understand. So you liked me only AFTER you read that I liked you? What is that? I mean, if I would've straight out told you that I liked you without you reading my livejournal, how would you react? I mean, shit, Riku!"
Riku hadn't thought about that. If he hadn't read Sora's livejournal, he probably would've been disguisted with him but eventually grow to like him.. at least, that's just what he thought. "Look, Sora, can we forget about that?"
"How can we?! You read the one thing you weren't suppose ----"
"Oh, so everyone else can read that journal except ME? When it's ME that you talk about in there? I think I should've deserved to know since it's about ME. And besides, if I hadn't read it, I probably would've never realized that I loved you this much ---"
"You love me?"
Riku stared back at Sora. His eyes glimmered in hope and love, but at the same time anger and hate. "I care a lot about you..." he turned his back to the younger boy in the direction of his house. "Look, I'm sorry about kissing you, and reading your livejournal when I wasn't suppose to, and also for moving too fast. I just wanted to tell you that I feel the same way that you do, I really do, but it's almost morning. You need your sleep because it's going to be a big day for you. I'll see you later. Happy 15th birthday, Sora."
Before Sora could say anything, Riku had already disappeared in the distance. He sighed. 'Great, now what have I done? I had the boy in my grasp, but I just had to let him slip because of a little privacy problem?!' "Argh, I think matters have just got even worse."
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Argh, sorry that this was a crappy chapter. It's really late so bare with me here. I'll write the next chapter soon. Wonder what will happen now? Review to find out!
