One by one I got nothin' to hide. Hey, don't let it go to waste. I love it
but I hate the taste.
I've got most of this figured out. Forgive me if it's weird, ok? I've decided whose heart I'm going to rip out. Don't be mad. It all works out. "As soon as you walk through that door, you'll feel right as rain." I'M GOING TO DROWN THEM ALL! MUAHAHAHA! No, no I'm not. Just kidding. I was just thinking that for some reason and started laughing. Bwehehe. And as I was writing this first part, I just kept thinking, 'where the hell am I going with this? Stupid characters think they're alive up there in my brain. Don't you know you have no free will?!' Oh well.
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Kairi hopped into the room, her usual over-exuberant self once again. "So, you guys ready to go back?"
"Sure." Sora stood and stretched, a wide grin spreading on his face. "C'mon, Riku. I'm anxious to see everyone again!"
Riku sighed a smile and held out his hand. Sora helped him up and Riku dusted himself off. "Let's go then."
The trio walked out of the treehouse and down to the small dock where Kairi's boat and one other were tethered. "I'll take my boat. You guys don't mind sharing, do you?" Kairi smiled at them and giggled innocently.
"Sure, no problem." Sora grinned and hopped into the boat, slapping his knee and inviting Riku to sit in his lap. Riku stifled a laugh at Sora's willing expression and took a seat facing him. He laughed out loud at his friend's confused look and stuck his tongue out. Sora then laughed too and tossed Riku the oars, his eyes saying 'two can play at this game.'
The three rowed to the island with the dwellings on it laughing and joking the whole way. Sora kept looking into Riku's eyes and blushing. He wasn't quite sure why. Perhaps this was what love did? It made him feel weak in a good way. 'He has such pretty eyes.'
"You're beautiful." Sora whispered. It was Riku's turn to blush.
"So are you." They both smiled.
"Huh? Who's what?" Kairi interrupted.
"Huh, oh, nothing!" Sora smiled at her in a happy-go-lucky way. Kairi rolled her eyes but smiled back.
"Honestly, Sora, you're so weird sometimes!" She giggled.
"Well some things can't be helped." Riku laughed and shoved Sora playfully.
"Hey! I don't appreciate being made fun of by such attractive people. It's bad for my self-esteem." Sora crossed his arms and pouted, trying not to laugh as well.
"'Attractive'? I thought I was beautiful." Riku joked; raising that stakes a bit.
"'Beautiful'? Who would say that to /you/?" Sora laughed, looking at Riku rather oddly.
"I dunno. Why don't /you/ tell /me/?" Riku challenged.
"Eh heh, I dunno what you mean." Sora looked at him intensely, tilting his head toward Kairi every so often.
"Nevermind." Riku grinned. "Just messin' with ya." He said too low for the girl to hear.
They reached one of the many docks on the larger island and got out of their boats. Sora stretched again. "So, where is everybody? Like Tidus and Wakka and Selphie and our parents?"
Kairi's smile faded. "Sora..." She turned around, looking out to the sea. "About... About your parents..."
Sora felt his stomach drop. 'God, no.' "What about them?"
Kairi seemed worried by his sudden monotone voice, but continued. "I'm so sorry. I didn't want to be the one to have to tell you, but I can't just stand here and lie to you. Sora, I-"
"When did it happen?" His face was devoid of emotion.
"Two years ago." Her gaze on the ocean never faltered. "When everyone was returning to the island. So many... It didn't seem to matter what your condition was; they just appeared back here. We found..." Her voice showed slight strain. "We found your parents on your doorstep." She winced, not wanting to tell him about the battered condition they had been in. "There was nothing we could do. We had a burial at sea for them. After that... You know how much they meant to this island; how much you, both of you, meant. After that, the light seemed to disappear from this place. And I hated it for that. We all missed you. All of you. It just wasn't the same. Sora-" She reached to hold him, but he stopped her.
"It's ok, Kairi. Just... Leave me. I'll be fine." He turned around and began to walk away.
"Sora." She started to cry, calling after his back. "Sora!"
He broke into a run, just trying to get away. He didn't want to talk to her. It was painful enough just to see her again. Go. Just go. She started to run after him, but was stopped again, this time by Riku.
"Don't." He sighed, staring after him. "Just leave him."
Kairi looked up at him through her tears. "You're right. You go." She hugged him as he placed an uncertain hand on her back. "I'm so glad he has you."
"What do you mean, 'has me'?" He looked down at her, trying not to give away what Sora so desperately wanted to keep secret.
She smiled. "I know. I'm not the fool you take me for. Women are very perceptive about these things. Don't worry, I support you. I'm so glad you have each other." She hugged him tighter.
"Good." He smiled too. "Good. Sora was worried. He didn't want anyone to know. Especially not you. I guess he was worried that you still had feelings for him."
"I do. You always carry a torch for your first love. But the feeling of hopelessness your absence left on the island made me think he wouldn't come back. I moved on. I even had a 'thing' with Tidus for a while. Didn't work out." She smiled. "I just want him to be happy now. He'll be happy with you. He always has been."
She let go of him and looked up into his eyes, determined. "Go to him. Go to him, Riku. Love will find a way to comfort him."
Riku nodded and smiled at her before taking off in the direction Sora had gone.
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So sad! Oh well. I've got plans for next chapter, so expect it soon, unless something unforeseen comes up.
BTW: What do uke and seme mean? If they mean dominant and submissive, then Lito, you'll just have to wait. I /do/ have plans for the lemon. Yay! But I think I'll keep the story PG-13 and just send the lemon to whoever wants it when the time comes. Nighty-night!
I've got most of this figured out. Forgive me if it's weird, ok? I've decided whose heart I'm going to rip out. Don't be mad. It all works out. "As soon as you walk through that door, you'll feel right as rain." I'M GOING TO DROWN THEM ALL! MUAHAHAHA! No, no I'm not. Just kidding. I was just thinking that for some reason and started laughing. Bwehehe. And as I was writing this first part, I just kept thinking, 'where the hell am I going with this? Stupid characters think they're alive up there in my brain. Don't you know you have no free will?!' Oh well.
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Kairi hopped into the room, her usual over-exuberant self once again. "So, you guys ready to go back?"
"Sure." Sora stood and stretched, a wide grin spreading on his face. "C'mon, Riku. I'm anxious to see everyone again!"
Riku sighed a smile and held out his hand. Sora helped him up and Riku dusted himself off. "Let's go then."
The trio walked out of the treehouse and down to the small dock where Kairi's boat and one other were tethered. "I'll take my boat. You guys don't mind sharing, do you?" Kairi smiled at them and giggled innocently.
"Sure, no problem." Sora grinned and hopped into the boat, slapping his knee and inviting Riku to sit in his lap. Riku stifled a laugh at Sora's willing expression and took a seat facing him. He laughed out loud at his friend's confused look and stuck his tongue out. Sora then laughed too and tossed Riku the oars, his eyes saying 'two can play at this game.'
The three rowed to the island with the dwellings on it laughing and joking the whole way. Sora kept looking into Riku's eyes and blushing. He wasn't quite sure why. Perhaps this was what love did? It made him feel weak in a good way. 'He has such pretty eyes.'
"You're beautiful." Sora whispered. It was Riku's turn to blush.
"So are you." They both smiled.
"Huh? Who's what?" Kairi interrupted.
"Huh, oh, nothing!" Sora smiled at her in a happy-go-lucky way. Kairi rolled her eyes but smiled back.
"Honestly, Sora, you're so weird sometimes!" She giggled.
"Well some things can't be helped." Riku laughed and shoved Sora playfully.
"Hey! I don't appreciate being made fun of by such attractive people. It's bad for my self-esteem." Sora crossed his arms and pouted, trying not to laugh as well.
"'Attractive'? I thought I was beautiful." Riku joked; raising that stakes a bit.
"'Beautiful'? Who would say that to /you/?" Sora laughed, looking at Riku rather oddly.
"I dunno. Why don't /you/ tell /me/?" Riku challenged.
"Eh heh, I dunno what you mean." Sora looked at him intensely, tilting his head toward Kairi every so often.
"Nevermind." Riku grinned. "Just messin' with ya." He said too low for the girl to hear.
They reached one of the many docks on the larger island and got out of their boats. Sora stretched again. "So, where is everybody? Like Tidus and Wakka and Selphie and our parents?"
Kairi's smile faded. "Sora..." She turned around, looking out to the sea. "About... About your parents..."
Sora felt his stomach drop. 'God, no.' "What about them?"
Kairi seemed worried by his sudden monotone voice, but continued. "I'm so sorry. I didn't want to be the one to have to tell you, but I can't just stand here and lie to you. Sora, I-"
"When did it happen?" His face was devoid of emotion.
"Two years ago." Her gaze on the ocean never faltered. "When everyone was returning to the island. So many... It didn't seem to matter what your condition was; they just appeared back here. We found..." Her voice showed slight strain. "We found your parents on your doorstep." She winced, not wanting to tell him about the battered condition they had been in. "There was nothing we could do. We had a burial at sea for them. After that... You know how much they meant to this island; how much you, both of you, meant. After that, the light seemed to disappear from this place. And I hated it for that. We all missed you. All of you. It just wasn't the same. Sora-" She reached to hold him, but he stopped her.
"It's ok, Kairi. Just... Leave me. I'll be fine." He turned around and began to walk away.
"Sora." She started to cry, calling after his back. "Sora!"
He broke into a run, just trying to get away. He didn't want to talk to her. It was painful enough just to see her again. Go. Just go. She started to run after him, but was stopped again, this time by Riku.
"Don't." He sighed, staring after him. "Just leave him."
Kairi looked up at him through her tears. "You're right. You go." She hugged him as he placed an uncertain hand on her back. "I'm so glad he has you."
"What do you mean, 'has me'?" He looked down at her, trying not to give away what Sora so desperately wanted to keep secret.
She smiled. "I know. I'm not the fool you take me for. Women are very perceptive about these things. Don't worry, I support you. I'm so glad you have each other." She hugged him tighter.
"Good." He smiled too. "Good. Sora was worried. He didn't want anyone to know. Especially not you. I guess he was worried that you still had feelings for him."
"I do. You always carry a torch for your first love. But the feeling of hopelessness your absence left on the island made me think he wouldn't come back. I moved on. I even had a 'thing' with Tidus for a while. Didn't work out." She smiled. "I just want him to be happy now. He'll be happy with you. He always has been."
She let go of him and looked up into his eyes, determined. "Go to him. Go to him, Riku. Love will find a way to comfort him."
Riku nodded and smiled at her before taking off in the direction Sora had gone.
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So sad! Oh well. I've got plans for next chapter, so expect it soon, unless something unforeseen comes up.
BTW: What do uke and seme mean? If they mean dominant and submissive, then Lito, you'll just have to wait. I /do/ have plans for the lemon. Yay! But I think I'll keep the story PG-13 and just send the lemon to whoever wants it when the time comes. Nighty-night!
