I was pleasantly surprised that morning when I awoke to find Riku lying
next to me. In my sleep I had wrapped my arms around him, pulling him close
so that our foreheads touched. I stifled a laugh and kissed him, brushing a
few strands of silver out of his face. "Good morning, beautiful."
He moaned and smiled at me, his sleepy eyes meeting mine. "Morning." He kissed me as well and snuggled closer to me. He was still fully clothed and I blushed slightly when I realized I was only wearing my boxers. Well, it wasn't like it mattered.
"When did you get here?" I asked casually.
"I climbed in your window right after you fell asleep. I never went home." He smiled warmly at me. His eyes emitted a comforting glow that I miss so much.
"You never went home? Well, I guess your parents wouldn't care." I grinned at him. "You need to be loved."
"Yes I do. By you, and only you." He kissed me deeply, sliding his tongue past my willing lips. We melted into each other. His warmth... It's all I'll ever need. To have that ripped away... "I love you." His eyes burned with passion and honesty. I'd never felt like that before. My heart fluttered and skipped a beat. This feeling was so good. I never wanted it to end.
"I love you, too."
I sighed and closed my eyes, burying my face in his chest. "Don't ever leave me." I whispered.
"I won't. I can't." But you did... He stroked my hair gently, kissing the top of my head. "As long as you love me, Sora, I'll never leave you."
I felt his hand slide down my back and under the waist of my boxers. I tensed slightly but quickly relaxed at this contact. I kissed his chest and moved my hands up into his hair, moaning slightly as his hand moved lower.
Suddenly, I heard footsteps coming down the hallway. "Crap. You have to get out of here." He quickly scrambled out the window, leaning in halfway and I sat on my knees still reaching for him over the windowsill. "I'll meet you later, okay?"
"Okay." He kissed me one last time as I heard the door open. He ducked down quickly as I turned around to face my mother.
"I never thought you'd be up this early, Sora." She grinned with her hands on her hips. She was so much like me at times. Or the other way around.
"Just watching the sunrise." I matched her grin.
"Well, if you want to go to the other island today, you'd better get your chores done. I thought I'd wake you at the crack of dawn so you could get an early start."
"That's mom, always thinking of me." I laughed and hopped off my bed, scrambling to pick clothes off the floor and get dressed.
"When you're done cleaning your room, you can come down for breakfast. I'll have more for you to do after that." She smiled and left the room, closing the door behind her.
"So I guess you'll be late, then?" Riku called quietly from the window.
"You're still here?" I smirked at him. "Yeah, guess I will. You picked a great day to profess your love for me. Chore day. Ha." I jumped up on my bed and kissed him, slipping him some tongue. I pulled away smiling. "That will have to suffice until later, okay?"
"Okay." He smiled and climbed off the ledge outside my window. I watched as he ran down the island toward the dock and out of sight. Out of sight, but not out of mind.
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Beh, I swear, they think they're alive, up there in my head. X. Anyway, Riku's words... When I wrote them, they hit me, right here. I just... I knew what love was, how love is wasted so much. I work with a girl who's 17 and has a two-year-old daughter. I wonder now, how many times did her boyfriend tell her he loved her before she got pregnant? How many times did he tell her he loved her after she had their baby? Love is so precious. People think that they can say it anytime they want. You can't...
You can't.
He moaned and smiled at me, his sleepy eyes meeting mine. "Morning." He kissed me as well and snuggled closer to me. He was still fully clothed and I blushed slightly when I realized I was only wearing my boxers. Well, it wasn't like it mattered.
"When did you get here?" I asked casually.
"I climbed in your window right after you fell asleep. I never went home." He smiled warmly at me. His eyes emitted a comforting glow that I miss so much.
"You never went home? Well, I guess your parents wouldn't care." I grinned at him. "You need to be loved."
"Yes I do. By you, and only you." He kissed me deeply, sliding his tongue past my willing lips. We melted into each other. His warmth... It's all I'll ever need. To have that ripped away... "I love you." His eyes burned with passion and honesty. I'd never felt like that before. My heart fluttered and skipped a beat. This feeling was so good. I never wanted it to end.
"I love you, too."
I sighed and closed my eyes, burying my face in his chest. "Don't ever leave me." I whispered.
"I won't. I can't." But you did... He stroked my hair gently, kissing the top of my head. "As long as you love me, Sora, I'll never leave you."
I felt his hand slide down my back and under the waist of my boxers. I tensed slightly but quickly relaxed at this contact. I kissed his chest and moved my hands up into his hair, moaning slightly as his hand moved lower.
Suddenly, I heard footsteps coming down the hallway. "Crap. You have to get out of here." He quickly scrambled out the window, leaning in halfway and I sat on my knees still reaching for him over the windowsill. "I'll meet you later, okay?"
"Okay." He kissed me one last time as I heard the door open. He ducked down quickly as I turned around to face my mother.
"I never thought you'd be up this early, Sora." She grinned with her hands on her hips. She was so much like me at times. Or the other way around.
"Just watching the sunrise." I matched her grin.
"Well, if you want to go to the other island today, you'd better get your chores done. I thought I'd wake you at the crack of dawn so you could get an early start."
"That's mom, always thinking of me." I laughed and hopped off my bed, scrambling to pick clothes off the floor and get dressed.
"When you're done cleaning your room, you can come down for breakfast. I'll have more for you to do after that." She smiled and left the room, closing the door behind her.
"So I guess you'll be late, then?" Riku called quietly from the window.
"You're still here?" I smirked at him. "Yeah, guess I will. You picked a great day to profess your love for me. Chore day. Ha." I jumped up on my bed and kissed him, slipping him some tongue. I pulled away smiling. "That will have to suffice until later, okay?"
"Okay." He smiled and climbed off the ledge outside my window. I watched as he ran down the island toward the dock and out of sight. Out of sight, but not out of mind.
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Beh, I swear, they think they're alive, up there in my head. X. Anyway, Riku's words... When I wrote them, they hit me, right here. I just... I knew what love was, how love is wasted so much. I work with a girl who's 17 and has a two-year-old daughter. I wonder now, how many times did her boyfriend tell her he loved her before she got pregnant? How many times did he tell her he loved her after she had their baby? Love is so precious. People think that they can say it anytime they want. You can't...
You can't.
