Arigatu for the reviews guys. I was really surprised you all like it coz it's been a while since I last wrote a fic, and this is my first ever Kingdom Hearts fic. ^^; So anyways, I thought I'd treat you with the next chapter. Heh, look out for really crappy stuff coming. Ja!
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The next morning, Sora was really tired. When he sneaked back into his room and laid back in his bed, his mind kept crawling back to the previous event with Riku, causing him to lay awake. Finally, the boy managed to cry himself to sleep only a few minutes before the sunrise.
"Sora!"
The now 15-year old didn't respond. He sunk deeper into the blankets that surrounded him. 'So...tired. Go away.'
"Sora, honey, wake up! It's your birthday and I made you a nice breakfast! Come downstairs before it gets cold!"
"No.." he whispered.
He could hear his mother's footsteps coming up the stairs and standing on the platform, facing his bedroom door. She gently knocked twice and then opened the door. "Honey, are you all right?"
"Just leave me alone." he responded groggily.
"I'll take that as a 'no'. Do you want to talk about it?"
"No, just let me sleep."
Sora's mom walked over the piles of clothes scattered all over the floor. 'He really must clean this place up.' After almost tripping on an action figure, she made it over to her son's twin-sized bed and sat down on the edge. She laid her hand on Sora's back as if telling him that she was ready to listen to whatever he had to say.
"Mom, just let me sleep! Please!"
"Sora, what's the matter? You never acted like this on any of your birthdays." she paused for a moment, "Is it about Riku? Did something happen?"
Sora remained silent, hoping that his mom would think that he'd fallen back to sleep. He heard his mom sigh then say, "Alright, I'll give you another hour. Come down when you're ready." She got off the bed and safely managed to reach the door. "Happy Birthday, Sora." she added before closing the door.
'Yeah... happy all right.'
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About an hour later, Sora did come downstairs to see his mom reading the newspaper at table with a big plate of waffles and a tall glass of orange juice sitting in front of her. He took his seat across from her and began chowing down on the food. Looking up from the paper, his mother smiled gently at him.
"Good morning."
"This is great, mom." Sora said in between his bites.
"Sora, slow down. You're going to give yourself a stomachache. That's no way to spend your birthday."
Sora suddenly stopped eating. His lips drooped. He looked out the window to his right, seeing a good view of the children's island. His thoughts began drifting off to another place. He saw Riku holding his hand out to him. His hair glowing white, his eyes filled with trust and love, and his gloved hand calling to him. Everything about the way he stood, the look in his eyes, the little smile on his soft lips, were all telling him that nothing could go wrong, insuring nothing but felicity.
"Honey?"
Immediately, he snapped back to reality. The image of Riku disappeared, now all there was was a feeling of emptiness in his heart.
"Oh. So I was right... Well, what's the matter?"
He sighed. "It's Riku."
"What about him?"
Before continuing, Sora gulped down another waffle and took a drink of his orange juice. "I talked to him last night. He came to my window and told me he needed to talk to me about something that was on his mind."
Sora's mom only nodded as her prussian eyes fixed on her only son. "What did he want to talk to you about?"
"He told me that he likes me, and he kissed me."
A squeal escaped from his mother's mouth. "Sora, that's great! See, I knew that he cared about you the same as you did for ----"
"Wait, mom. There's something else."
Raising a brow, she told him to continue.
"While he was over here yesterday, he read my livejournal. You know, the 'secret' one?"
He took notice of his mother's eyes widening and heard her mouth, "Oh..."
Sora nodded his head and took another bite at his waffles. "He didn't mean to, but he read it anyways. Then he told me that he only realized that he liked me back until AFTER he read it."
"Well, what's the matter with that?"
"Mom, I thought that if he was going to like me back, he would all ready be in love with me, not AFTER he found out."
"So then, did you tell him?"
"Yeah, and we got in an arguement."
"Oh, honey...."
"I feel really bad. I mean, I finally got his attention and his love, I even got to KISS him for goodness sake! but I just had to go and mess it up over a stupid livejournal."
Sora's mom got up from her chair, walked over to the otherside of the table, and hugged him. "It'll be all right, honey. Look, don't be upset over it. Love has a weird way of working through things. Sometimes the two people who are destined for each other don't love each other at the same time until after one confesses."
Sora looked up at his mom. "What do you mean?"
"Well, take your father and me, for example. When your father first told me that he liked me, I didn't know how to react because at the time I only thought of him as a friend. It was really awkward whenever we were around each other for the next couple of days, but then I realized that I liked him back. I realized that he meant a lot to me, and he was probably the one person I couldn't live without." she noticed that Sora wasn't moved by this. "Or do you remember that book Pride and Prejudice? Elizabeth didn't start to like Mr. Darcy until AFTER he proposed and wrote that letter to her. Even Moulin Rouge, kind of."
"I guess... but it's different."
"How?"
"Well, the obvious things. All those couples you mentioned were male and female. While the situation with me and Riku it's male and male. That's different..."
"Not necessarily, honey. Love is love. It doesn't matter if the two partners are straight, bisexual, or gay. I bet it would be the same if it were you and Kairi."
"No it wouldn't. I know that Kairi loves me, but since I've already come out that I'm gay and told her about my love for Riku, she backed down."
"See, one-sided love right there."
Sora sighed, this was just getting more and more confusing for him. "I suppose... but I was hoping me and Riku's love would be something like Romeo & Juliet, ya know? Well, except for the dying part at the end, but, I imagined that when I told him that he'd smile back, tell me that he felt the same way, then we'd have this magical kiss ---"
(A/N: Heh, Sora's a hopeless romantic, eh? ^_~)
"Well, when you two kissed, did you feel anything?"
"Well, kind of. I felt his tounge and butterflies in my stomach. I mean, everything felt like it was in the right place, but at the same time, it didn't. Like we were kind of moving too fast or something."
"Was it because you felt like he was hiding something from you? He did kiss you before he told you about reading your livejournal, right?"
Sora only shrugged. "I..guess. I'm not sure, but something about it felt wrong. Maybe I'll figure it out when I see Riku again today."
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But Sora didn't see Riku. Throughout the whole day nobody could find the silver-haired boy. Sora went to his house and asked his parents where he was, but they only said that he went out somewhere.
'Where could he be? I hope he doesn't hate me or anything.'
Sora tried to make the best of his birthday though. He didn't want to tell Selphie, Kairi, Tidus, and Wakka about what happened last night. His birthday might've turned into a search party or a time of solace instead. Plus, everybody was in a busy state getting everything ready for his birthday party later that night. He didn't want them to worry. This was a situation that needed to be settled between only him and Riku, nobody else needed to get involved. But how was he suppose to talk to him when he wasn't around?
'Riku, I only hope that you're not doing anything to hurt yourself. I would die if you were doing that.'
That's when he spotted somebody standing on the Paopu Island. They were looking right at Sora with a soft smile across their lips. Their long hair flowed with the ocean breeze and the sun reflected back their tanned skin.
"Riku?" Sora squinted his eyes and held up a hand to block the sun. "RIKU!" He began to sprint over to the island.
Riku only smiled as he turned his back on his love. "Don't worry, Sora. I'm still here." he whispered, hoping that Sora would hear him. Then he dove off of the island and into the sea.
"Riku!" Sora called as he, too, now dove into the water and swam as fast as he could after his friend, but to no avail. Riku was just too fast for him, and he had dove underwater. God only knows when Riku would come up for air, he could hold his breath for such a long distance for such a long time. This left Sora standing in chest high water, staring out at the ocean.
'Where have you gone?'
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Wow, that was a really crappy chapter. o.o;;
So, where had Riku gone? Why didn't he wait for Sora to come up to him? Why didn't he grasp his cute lil bishounen in his arms and kiss him??? *cough* Sorry. So, there's a party going on in the next chapter, what's going to happen?
Continue? Want more? *waves the next chapter in her hand* Review so I can get this added ASAP!
Heh, I'm a cheapskate. ^^;
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The next morning, Sora was really tired. When he sneaked back into his room and laid back in his bed, his mind kept crawling back to the previous event with Riku, causing him to lay awake. Finally, the boy managed to cry himself to sleep only a few minutes before the sunrise.
"Sora!"
The now 15-year old didn't respond. He sunk deeper into the blankets that surrounded him. 'So...tired. Go away.'
"Sora, honey, wake up! It's your birthday and I made you a nice breakfast! Come downstairs before it gets cold!"
"No.." he whispered.
He could hear his mother's footsteps coming up the stairs and standing on the platform, facing his bedroom door. She gently knocked twice and then opened the door. "Honey, are you all right?"
"Just leave me alone." he responded groggily.
"I'll take that as a 'no'. Do you want to talk about it?"
"No, just let me sleep."
Sora's mom walked over the piles of clothes scattered all over the floor. 'He really must clean this place up.' After almost tripping on an action figure, she made it over to her son's twin-sized bed and sat down on the edge. She laid her hand on Sora's back as if telling him that she was ready to listen to whatever he had to say.
"Mom, just let me sleep! Please!"
"Sora, what's the matter? You never acted like this on any of your birthdays." she paused for a moment, "Is it about Riku? Did something happen?"
Sora remained silent, hoping that his mom would think that he'd fallen back to sleep. He heard his mom sigh then say, "Alright, I'll give you another hour. Come down when you're ready." She got off the bed and safely managed to reach the door. "Happy Birthday, Sora." she added before closing the door.
'Yeah... happy all right.'
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About an hour later, Sora did come downstairs to see his mom reading the newspaper at table with a big plate of waffles and a tall glass of orange juice sitting in front of her. He took his seat across from her and began chowing down on the food. Looking up from the paper, his mother smiled gently at him.
"Good morning."
"This is great, mom." Sora said in between his bites.
"Sora, slow down. You're going to give yourself a stomachache. That's no way to spend your birthday."
Sora suddenly stopped eating. His lips drooped. He looked out the window to his right, seeing a good view of the children's island. His thoughts began drifting off to another place. He saw Riku holding his hand out to him. His hair glowing white, his eyes filled with trust and love, and his gloved hand calling to him. Everything about the way he stood, the look in his eyes, the little smile on his soft lips, were all telling him that nothing could go wrong, insuring nothing but felicity.
"Honey?"
Immediately, he snapped back to reality. The image of Riku disappeared, now all there was was a feeling of emptiness in his heart.
"Oh. So I was right... Well, what's the matter?"
He sighed. "It's Riku."
"What about him?"
Before continuing, Sora gulped down another waffle and took a drink of his orange juice. "I talked to him last night. He came to my window and told me he needed to talk to me about something that was on his mind."
Sora's mom only nodded as her prussian eyes fixed on her only son. "What did he want to talk to you about?"
"He told me that he likes me, and he kissed me."
A squeal escaped from his mother's mouth. "Sora, that's great! See, I knew that he cared about you the same as you did for ----"
"Wait, mom. There's something else."
Raising a brow, she told him to continue.
"While he was over here yesterday, he read my livejournal. You know, the 'secret' one?"
He took notice of his mother's eyes widening and heard her mouth, "Oh..."
Sora nodded his head and took another bite at his waffles. "He didn't mean to, but he read it anyways. Then he told me that he only realized that he liked me back until AFTER he read it."
"Well, what's the matter with that?"
"Mom, I thought that if he was going to like me back, he would all ready be in love with me, not AFTER he found out."
"So then, did you tell him?"
"Yeah, and we got in an arguement."
"Oh, honey...."
"I feel really bad. I mean, I finally got his attention and his love, I even got to KISS him for goodness sake! but I just had to go and mess it up over a stupid livejournal."
Sora's mom got up from her chair, walked over to the otherside of the table, and hugged him. "It'll be all right, honey. Look, don't be upset over it. Love has a weird way of working through things. Sometimes the two people who are destined for each other don't love each other at the same time until after one confesses."
Sora looked up at his mom. "What do you mean?"
"Well, take your father and me, for example. When your father first told me that he liked me, I didn't know how to react because at the time I only thought of him as a friend. It was really awkward whenever we were around each other for the next couple of days, but then I realized that I liked him back. I realized that he meant a lot to me, and he was probably the one person I couldn't live without." she noticed that Sora wasn't moved by this. "Or do you remember that book Pride and Prejudice? Elizabeth didn't start to like Mr. Darcy until AFTER he proposed and wrote that letter to her. Even Moulin Rouge, kind of."
"I guess... but it's different."
"How?"
"Well, the obvious things. All those couples you mentioned were male and female. While the situation with me and Riku it's male and male. That's different..."
"Not necessarily, honey. Love is love. It doesn't matter if the two partners are straight, bisexual, or gay. I bet it would be the same if it were you and Kairi."
"No it wouldn't. I know that Kairi loves me, but since I've already come out that I'm gay and told her about my love for Riku, she backed down."
"See, one-sided love right there."
Sora sighed, this was just getting more and more confusing for him. "I suppose... but I was hoping me and Riku's love would be something like Romeo & Juliet, ya know? Well, except for the dying part at the end, but, I imagined that when I told him that he'd smile back, tell me that he felt the same way, then we'd have this magical kiss ---"
(A/N: Heh, Sora's a hopeless romantic, eh? ^_~)
"Well, when you two kissed, did you feel anything?"
"Well, kind of. I felt his tounge and butterflies in my stomach. I mean, everything felt like it was in the right place, but at the same time, it didn't. Like we were kind of moving too fast or something."
"Was it because you felt like he was hiding something from you? He did kiss you before he told you about reading your livejournal, right?"
Sora only shrugged. "I..guess. I'm not sure, but something about it felt wrong. Maybe I'll figure it out when I see Riku again today."
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But Sora didn't see Riku. Throughout the whole day nobody could find the silver-haired boy. Sora went to his house and asked his parents where he was, but they only said that he went out somewhere.
'Where could he be? I hope he doesn't hate me or anything.'
Sora tried to make the best of his birthday though. He didn't want to tell Selphie, Kairi, Tidus, and Wakka about what happened last night. His birthday might've turned into a search party or a time of solace instead. Plus, everybody was in a busy state getting everything ready for his birthday party later that night. He didn't want them to worry. This was a situation that needed to be settled between only him and Riku, nobody else needed to get involved. But how was he suppose to talk to him when he wasn't around?
'Riku, I only hope that you're not doing anything to hurt yourself. I would die if you were doing that.'
That's when he spotted somebody standing on the Paopu Island. They were looking right at Sora with a soft smile across their lips. Their long hair flowed with the ocean breeze and the sun reflected back their tanned skin.
"Riku?" Sora squinted his eyes and held up a hand to block the sun. "RIKU!" He began to sprint over to the island.
Riku only smiled as he turned his back on his love. "Don't worry, Sora. I'm still here." he whispered, hoping that Sora would hear him. Then he dove off of the island and into the sea.
"Riku!" Sora called as he, too, now dove into the water and swam as fast as he could after his friend, but to no avail. Riku was just too fast for him, and he had dove underwater. God only knows when Riku would come up for air, he could hold his breath for such a long distance for such a long time. This left Sora standing in chest high water, staring out at the ocean.
'Where have you gone?'
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Wow, that was a really crappy chapter. o.o;;
So, where had Riku gone? Why didn't he wait for Sora to come up to him? Why didn't he grasp his cute lil bishounen in his arms and kiss him??? *cough* Sorry. So, there's a party going on in the next chapter, what's going to happen?
Continue? Want more? *waves the next chapter in her hand* Review so I can get this added ASAP!
Heh, I'm a cheapskate. ^^;
