Author's note:
Happy Birthday America! Oops. Put this up a little too late. Nonetheless, -=hee hee=- I'm still so very happy for my great country, no matter how stupid some random citizens can be! (no names will be mentioned but you know who you are)
Sora: Also, we're very proud of our U.S. Troops and would like them to come now.
Riku: Plus we'd like to bless good Karma to all those who're are suffering including physically/verbally abused children, teenagers, and yes, even adults
Sora: And to those who receive little or no food and water.
Riku: Not to mention, those who're discriminated because of sex, sexual preferences, race, and/or religious beliefs.
Sora: So be kind to neighbor hood cyborg, and say a prayer for all those less fortunate than you, because, yes, their suffering exists in this beautiful country and-
Kiyda: We'd like to change that right away so that almost no one has to go through that pain and despair. Thanks for everything, fangirls and fanboys! I love humans, all 6 billion of ya! And don't miss Terminator 3! It so rocked!
Sora: ^_^ I feel better after all that preaching for good! Makes me wanna defeat the darkside or go get something to eat.
Riku: Let's just go get some bean burritos.
Kiyda: -=munch munch=- Mmmmm, culture.... -=munch munch=-
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Chapter 7. Pretty Please with Sugar on top
"Hey, mon!"
"Yo! Wakka! Nice to see ya, buddy!"
Just as Tidus was just taking off his shoes, the tanned young man with wild red hair in a headband turned up in trunks and a surfboard.
"You've been surfing?" wondered Tidus.
"No duh, aren't you da bright one of da bunch, eh?" teased Wakka, rustling his hair as he passed.
"Hey!" yelped Tidus, smoothing out his hair again. Wakka chuckled at his pal's frustration with his hair and banged once on his gym locker to open it.
"Sooooooooooo ya ready for de new play today?" asked Wakka, taking out his blitzball uniform. Tidus tossed his shoes in his lockers.
"Yeah, I'm fine. I mean, I'm ready," Tidus responded.
"You sound beat. Did your tutor beat ya death today with dem school books, or what?" asked Wakka, removing his trunks and putting on his other capris/pants.
"Yeah, kinda. But lately, my mind has been on his girl," Tidus confessed, taking off his pants and putting on another pair that ended at his thigh and his calf.
"UWAHHH!!" came the shrieks of the other blitzball team member as they ran out of the locker room. Tidus and Wakka ignored it like it happened everyday. Tidus took the ends of his shirt and began pulling it over his head.
"Heh. Girl troubles?" wondered Wakka, pulling on his top.
"Like no other. I don't get her! She's like some millennium puzzle -"
"-don't diss Yu-gi-oh, mon-"
"-I'm not - and I have to keep moving the pieces before she can really open up to me or something. She's got to be some kind of aahh!! What the hell are you doing here?!" snapped Tidus holding his shirt in his hands. Wakka closed his locker after popping out his blitzball.
"Eh?" wondered Wakka turning around to find a girl standing a few feet away before them. She grinned and giggled. Wakka grinned.
"Ah, it's just Selphie, mon!"
The girl was dressed in a jean jumper that ended a few inches above her knee and a short sleeve shirt underneath it. She wore wooden sandals and a silver necklace with two rings on it. Her eyes were bright emerald and her hair was a short, brown that curved out at her neck. She grinned and giggled.
"Selphie?! Who's Selphie!" Tidus snapped at Wakka as he walked away. "I thought it was Lulu!"
"It is Lulu! Dis is a friend! Trust me, you're just gonna fall in love wit her, mon!" called out Wakka as he headed out the door. "Bai, Selphie!"
"Bai, Wakka!" called out Selphie, waving a hand in the air with one still tucked behind her back.
SLAMN!
Tidus was left to put on his blitzballl top in the presence of the girl. She stared at him, then brought a finger to her lip, blinking.
"Wow. You have nice abs," compliment Selphie.
"Er, thanks," appreciated Tidus. Selphie was starting to scare him from the moment she appeared in front of them. She was short, of course, but pretty cute . She looked to be his age.
SLAMN! Tidus shut his locker and sat back down to put on his boots. Selphie plopped herself down beside him.
"Hi! I'm Selphie!" Selphie introduced herself. Tidus rolled his eyes as he buckled on his shoes.
"So I noticed," Tidus declared.
"Oh, uhm, well..." Selphie leaped onto her feet. "I bet you didn't know that I'm an expert in nunchakus!"
Tidus glanced up to her, perplexed.
"In what?" asked the blitzball star.
"Nunchakus! They're like...um....well, they're basically three sticks on a chain," declared Selphie, grinning.
"That's very descriptive," complimented Tidus with sarcasm. "Uhm, Selphie, you don't perhaps had ADD, do you?"
"Attention Deficit Disorder? No, why?" asked Selphie, plopping back down on the locker bench.
"Just wondering..." murmured Tidus, walking away and out of the locker room.
"Why are you so mean?" asked Selphie.
Tidus stopped dead in his tracks. He blinked, and glanced back at her, startled. She was gazing up to him with her big, blue, innocent eyes.
"Why?" she repeated her question.
Why was he being so mean to her? Tidus had never been called mean before. He was never like this. Since when did he become so cold to girls? Or just to her? What did she do to him?
Tidus blinked and smiled. "I'm sorry. I guess I've been having a rough day," declared Tidus.
"Rough day? What's that?" asked Selphie.
"You know, like when almost nothing goes the way you wanted it to," replied Tidus sitting down on the bench. Selphie brought a finger to her lips then giggled.
"Nope. I don't think so. There is no such thing as a rough day, because...... well, from my perspective, even if things don't go your way, you're still alive right? And being alive...that's a great thing. Being able to see the sun in the morning and the moon just before you fall asleep. Being able to have hope, free will, emotions, and love..... it's hard to say that you're having it rough because really....your having more than what you ever asked for. So I guess, I've never really had a rough day," Selphie explained, smiling cheerfully.
While staring at her surprised and astonished, Tidus realized he didn't know almost anything about Selphie. Until now. Now, Tidus had felt something after hearing all that Selphie explained. He felt that warm glow in your heart after someone has hugged you or said "I love you" and you didn't do a thing to make them say that to you. Selphie was definitely a girl who had stepped off her front porch, took a deep whiff of the air, the sun, and the earth, and immediately decided that life wasn't all that bad.
'Even though, I've only known her four about 2 minutes....' Tidus thought, 'I think I already know allot about her. Her thoughts are deeper than I thought they were, and her soul...it seems to be deeper, too. But she seems so happy and air headed all the time! I guess not. I guess.... people are just like that. Perky at one time, then deep thinking the next.'
"Wakka said I could watch you and your team practice today!" exclaimed Selphie. Tidus awoke from his thoughts and grinned at her.
"Yeah! I guess you could. C'mon! The boys are probably whining that I'm running late," explained Tidus, getting up from his seat and leading her out.
"Tidus, you're good kid!" exclaimed Selphie bouncing behind him.
"Kid? I'm sixteen!"
"Funny, you don't look like it!"
"ERR!! Selphie!"
" -=giggle=- Just kidding!"
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"What songs do you have?"
"Well, best 80s hits along with the 70s and the 60s..."
Leaning over the counter to talk to the clerk, was Hikari who was currently browsing with her twin brother, Riku, his friend, Sora, and their new companion, Kairi. Riku was sitting at a circular table in the "Spinning Disc Club" they were at with his feet kicked up on the table and his hands tucked behind his head as he watched his sister from a distance. Sora sat beside him, popping in a few chocolate strawberries they picked up along with about two large paper sacks of Kairi's mother's chocolates from their shop. Kairi sat quietly beside him on his other side, also eating a few of the strawberries.
"So you're from Luca, right? Where's that?" asked Kairi, chewing a strawberry. (Mother's Note: You shouldn't eat with your mouth full!)
"Well, technically, I have no clue," stated Riku.
"It's around the southern tip of Spira," answered Sora.
"I love it here in Zanarkand! I wouldn't want to live anywhere else," explained Kairi.
"Gee, thanks. What, did I diss your hometown, or something?" snapped Riku, rolling his eyes.
"Ow. Sorry," apologized Kairi, wincing from the snap.
"Riku, are you feeling okay?" asked Sora. He placed a hand on his head, then rapidly checked his pulse, then his ear, and the color of his tongue. He put a finger on his damp lingua. "Now say 'ahhh...'"
"Ahhhhstop it, Sora!" exclaimed Riku, biting Sora's finger.
"Yow!" Sora yelped, and immediately sucked on his fingertip. He looked hurtfully at Riku like he committed a sin for harming him. Riku felt he did.
"You okay?" asked Riku, putting his feet down and leaning over.
"Sora?" wondered Kairi, munching on a chocolate chip.
"Just a scratch," Sora excused, popping out his finger. The cut was still there, but it was hardly visible. Until more blood leaked out. He groaned. "Geez, you bit hard, Riku."
"Here, let me see that," exclaimed Riku. He quickly grabbed Sora's hand by the wrist and yanked him over so he could see it.
"Riku!" snapped Sora, agitated by Rick's actions. 'Why was he acting like such a bitchy retard!!?? Is he really like this way after school -' but just before Sora could complete his mental observation, Riku surprised him.
"Hmph. It's only a little cut, you big baby," explained Riku. He placed the finger in his mouth, sucking on it tenderly. He never turned his lowered gaze to Sora, in fear Sora would be glaring at him. But Sora wasn't. In fact, he didn't really know all that well how to even react! Sora felt a blush rising to his cheeks as he liked the funny sensation of Riku licking his finger. 'Course, Sora knew better than to smile and giggle like a girl. That'd be too scary and giddy for even him to do it. No, Sora was taking this like a man! This was torture! This was torment! This was... well, no, Sora could sit there for hours having Riku suck on his finger, and he'd feel no pain.
Actually, in real time than in Sora's thoughts, it only took about 19 seconds for Hikari to come along and find them in that position.
"Riku, you're just a vampire," exclaimed Hikari. Both Riku and Sora awoke, and Riku slipped Sora's finger from his lips.
"Yeah, and you know it, Hikari! You've bee living with him for about sixteen years now!" exclaimed Riku with a smile. Hikari pulled out a chair and sat down.
"'Bout time you showed up. They've been like that forever," stated Kairi, then shortly giggling after thinking about it.
Sora was allowed his hand back, and he noticed his finger was unusually pale. He quickly wrapped the hem of his shirt around it, drying it.
"What happened? I thought you would only suck on my finger, because you said we shared the same blood," began Hikari. "But you suck on Sora's finger, too. By the way, Sora, how DID you get a cut on your finger?"
"Well, Riku was acting all bitchy and I was check-"
"I bit him," Riku said bluntly. Hikari narrowed her eyes at her older brother.
"You didn't have to bite him. Don't you ever act nonviolently around someone else when I'm not around?" wondered Hikari, aloud.
"Nope," stated Riku, bluntly, too. Hikari sighed.
"I thought so," stated Hikari.
Sora took one last look at his finger tip before glancing up to find a waitress beside him. Sora freaked out.
"Yahhh!!" shouted Sora, falling out of his chair.
"Erm, Sora?" wondered Kairi, blinking at him.
"Hi, my name is Lulu, and I'm going to be your damn waitress today so you better order something or I'll break your arm in three different places, 'kay?" Lulu, the waitress, complied. Riku chuckled at Sora's disposition while Hikari grinned and Kairi helped Sora back into his chair.
Lulu sighed and placed the hand holding the small notebook on her hip. She was dressed in an apron over her gray short sleeve shirt, a black pleated skirt with black heavy boots. Her makeup wasn't heavy and but enough to tell her beige lipstick color and violet shade of eye shadow. Her wavy hair flowed down to her waist and a curtain of it hung over left eye.
"Look, I haven't got all day, so please make an order and PLEASE give me a goddess damn reason to do my job," declared Lulu.
"Okay, sure!" exclaimed Hikari. "We'd like to have an Extra-large Pizza with everything on it except anchovies!"
"Drinks?" wondered Lulu, still sketching down the order.
"Vanilla Coke!" exclaimed Hikari, beaming. ( -=author waves American and Japanese flags in the air=-)
"Dr. Pepper?" requested Kairi.
"Coke," spoke Sora, smiling and still blushing that he was frightened by her.
"Margarita, hold the Mayo," ordered Riku, kicking his feet up. All three of his companions groaned and complained of his lame joke, so Riku chuckled and reordered. "Okay, okay. I'd just like a Coke, Beautiful."
"Thanks, HANDSOME. See ya later!" Lulu called out as she made her way toward the kitchen.
"Nice choice, Hikari! So what are you guys going to eat?" asked Sora. Kairi threw a chocolate at him and so did Riku and Hikari. "Ow! Hey! I was just joking! I'll get something else when I hit home."
"Won't your mom be mad? Obviously, she would've noticed you've been gone this whole time," Hikari spoke. Sora fold his arms over table and leaned forward into his arms, smiling slyly.
"Actually, she's sentenced me to my room for the entire day and won't open up until 3 AM in the morning to night to apologize and tell me she's sorry about locking me up forever. Then again, she might've found out a few minutes after I left that I was gone....peeved about it all day, and slowly have forgotten by the time I come home. She won't remember a thing about it," Sora explained.
"Sometimes, you truly amaze me, Sora," compliment Riku. Sora grinned like a four year old receiving a cookie.
"Thanks," Sora appreciated.
"You find everything so predictable, Sora," observed Hikari.
"Yeah, I guess so. I mean, everything in Zanarkand never changes. People hit it rich. People drop dead. People lose businesses. People find love. People lose those lovers. It's all the same, the way the sun rises, the way it sets. Nothing could happen that I can't really figure to happen," explained Sora, relaxing his head into his arms.
"So if I kissed you now, you'd expect that?" asked a husky voice. Sora glanced up to see Riku smiling a smirk. Sora looked at him, peculiarly.
"What...?" wondered Sora, confused. 'Maybe I didn't here him right,' thought Sora. Riku smirked.
"So if I took you down right now on the floor, kissed you with tongue and all, I would've done everything you thought you I would, huh?" asked Riku. Sora blinked, then smirked, thinking it was joke.
"Right," Sora declared. Riku sighed and put his feet down to step onto them.
"What? What're you doing, Riku?" wondered Sora, blinking and staring up to him.
"Riku?" wondered Kairi. Hikari was also staring, confused.
"Okay. Get on the floor," commanded Riku, placing his hands on his hips.
"What?!" snapped Sora with complete astonishment.
"Now that you've predicted it, I've got to do it. Get on the floor," ordered Riku. Kairi was still confused as Hikari burst into fits of laughter, rolling out of her seat. Sora stared at him, blinking and in complete shock, wondering if he was joking again.
"What?!" snapped Sora, hoping that he was imagining all of this. 'I mean, I really like Riku - A LOT - and maybe even more than a friend, but EERRGH! What the hell am I talking about, I can't fall in love with Riku! Wait, do I want to? I mean, Riku's sexy and all, not to mention he's got a great personality, and he's actually wanting to get me on the floor and - ARRRGH!!! STOP THAT, SORA!!!' shouted Sora in his thoughts at himself.
Riku sighed again like he was not enjoying this (although inside his heart was beating rather fast) and grabbed Sora by the shirt (whose heart was also beating faster by the second), throwing him onto the floor. Sora panicked like a frightened patient just realizing he had signed up for neutered shot.
"Now, Riku wait!" Sora began trying to keep Riku off of him as Riku mounted him.
"Hey, you're the one who thought this up, Miss Cleo!" declared Riku.
"But! I didn't really! I mean - Dammit, Riku! Just get off!" snapped Sora, trying to keep Riku's chest off of him. He heard Hikari's elegant laughter and gritted his teeth. "Hikari, help!"
"Sorry, Sora! You got yourself into this mess!" chirped Hikari, clasping her arms around her tummy. Kairi pouted, resting her chin the palm of her hand. "Man, you guys, kiss already! I've seen more action in a Demon Diary volume!" commented Kairi.
"What is this, a some kind of damn Dinner Movie Theater - MMMMM!!" Sora's words were cut off by Riku's lips which landed flatly on his. Sora's eyes were eyes, staring at Riku's eyes shut tightly. 'His kiss... it tastes so wrong, yet so right.... No! No, not like this! I'll gladly accept Riku's kiss, as long as it's..... not... like.... THIS!'
"MRIKU!" Sora exasperated, but it wasn't him that threw Riku off. No, it was Riku himself. Sora sat up, staring at Riku as he wiped away the wetness from his lips. Riku was on his feet, panting a little, looked to be wearing an expression of seriousness.
"Sora, I'm tired of this! Just admit it: life isn't so predictable as you think it is," snapped Riku. Sora was panting, too, and he was still so confused about Riku. One minute, Riku was forcing himself on him, the next, he was tearing himself away like Sora had the Plague! And he was getting so tired of it.
"Dammit, Riku, why the hell are you so madly variable?! What's with the friggin' mood swings!?" Sora shot back.
"Gawd, this is so much better than 'Queer as Folk,'" commented Hikari as they both laid on top of the table, watching the two.
"Yeah...." agreed Kairi. Sora shot a dirty look at the two girls.
"Both of you: shut it!" snapped Sora at the ladies. Sora had never felt insanity before, but he knew that what he was feeling was probably it. "You want to know why the hell I find life so predictable?! Because all it is, is wishful thinking!!!"
Whoops.
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Happy Birthday America! Oops. Put this up a little too late. Nonetheless, -=hee hee=- I'm still so very happy for my great country, no matter how stupid some random citizens can be! (no names will be mentioned but you know who you are)
Sora: Also, we're very proud of our U.S. Troops and would like them to come now.
Riku: Plus we'd like to bless good Karma to all those who're are suffering including physically/verbally abused children, teenagers, and yes, even adults
Sora: And to those who receive little or no food and water.
Riku: Not to mention, those who're discriminated because of sex, sexual preferences, race, and/or religious beliefs.
Sora: So be kind to neighbor hood cyborg, and say a prayer for all those less fortunate than you, because, yes, their suffering exists in this beautiful country and-
Kiyda: We'd like to change that right away so that almost no one has to go through that pain and despair. Thanks for everything, fangirls and fanboys! I love humans, all 6 billion of ya! And don't miss Terminator 3! It so rocked!
Sora: ^_^ I feel better after all that preaching for good! Makes me wanna defeat the darkside or go get something to eat.
Riku: Let's just go get some bean burritos.
Kiyda: -=munch munch=- Mmmmm, culture.... -=munch munch=-
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Chapter 7. Pretty Please with Sugar on top
"Hey, mon!"
"Yo! Wakka! Nice to see ya, buddy!"
Just as Tidus was just taking off his shoes, the tanned young man with wild red hair in a headband turned up in trunks and a surfboard.
"You've been surfing?" wondered Tidus.
"No duh, aren't you da bright one of da bunch, eh?" teased Wakka, rustling his hair as he passed.
"Hey!" yelped Tidus, smoothing out his hair again. Wakka chuckled at his pal's frustration with his hair and banged once on his gym locker to open it.
"Sooooooooooo ya ready for de new play today?" asked Wakka, taking out his blitzball uniform. Tidus tossed his shoes in his lockers.
"Yeah, I'm fine. I mean, I'm ready," Tidus responded.
"You sound beat. Did your tutor beat ya death today with dem school books, or what?" asked Wakka, removing his trunks and putting on his other capris/pants.
"Yeah, kinda. But lately, my mind has been on his girl," Tidus confessed, taking off his pants and putting on another pair that ended at his thigh and his calf.
"UWAHHH!!" came the shrieks of the other blitzball team member as they ran out of the locker room. Tidus and Wakka ignored it like it happened everyday. Tidus took the ends of his shirt and began pulling it over his head.
"Heh. Girl troubles?" wondered Wakka, pulling on his top.
"Like no other. I don't get her! She's like some millennium puzzle -"
"-don't diss Yu-gi-oh, mon-"
"-I'm not - and I have to keep moving the pieces before she can really open up to me or something. She's got to be some kind of aahh!! What the hell are you doing here?!" snapped Tidus holding his shirt in his hands. Wakka closed his locker after popping out his blitzball.
"Eh?" wondered Wakka turning around to find a girl standing a few feet away before them. She grinned and giggled. Wakka grinned.
"Ah, it's just Selphie, mon!"
The girl was dressed in a jean jumper that ended a few inches above her knee and a short sleeve shirt underneath it. She wore wooden sandals and a silver necklace with two rings on it. Her eyes were bright emerald and her hair was a short, brown that curved out at her neck. She grinned and giggled.
"Selphie?! Who's Selphie!" Tidus snapped at Wakka as he walked away. "I thought it was Lulu!"
"It is Lulu! Dis is a friend! Trust me, you're just gonna fall in love wit her, mon!" called out Wakka as he headed out the door. "Bai, Selphie!"
"Bai, Wakka!" called out Selphie, waving a hand in the air with one still tucked behind her back.
SLAMN!
Tidus was left to put on his blitzballl top in the presence of the girl. She stared at him, then brought a finger to her lip, blinking.
"Wow. You have nice abs," compliment Selphie.
"Er, thanks," appreciated Tidus. Selphie was starting to scare him from the moment she appeared in front of them. She was short, of course, but pretty cute . She looked to be his age.
SLAMN! Tidus shut his locker and sat back down to put on his boots. Selphie plopped herself down beside him.
"Hi! I'm Selphie!" Selphie introduced herself. Tidus rolled his eyes as he buckled on his shoes.
"So I noticed," Tidus declared.
"Oh, uhm, well..." Selphie leaped onto her feet. "I bet you didn't know that I'm an expert in nunchakus!"
Tidus glanced up to her, perplexed.
"In what?" asked the blitzball star.
"Nunchakus! They're like...um....well, they're basically three sticks on a chain," declared Selphie, grinning.
"That's very descriptive," complimented Tidus with sarcasm. "Uhm, Selphie, you don't perhaps had ADD, do you?"
"Attention Deficit Disorder? No, why?" asked Selphie, plopping back down on the locker bench.
"Just wondering..." murmured Tidus, walking away and out of the locker room.
"Why are you so mean?" asked Selphie.
Tidus stopped dead in his tracks. He blinked, and glanced back at her, startled. She was gazing up to him with her big, blue, innocent eyes.
"Why?" she repeated her question.
Why was he being so mean to her? Tidus had never been called mean before. He was never like this. Since when did he become so cold to girls? Or just to her? What did she do to him?
Tidus blinked and smiled. "I'm sorry. I guess I've been having a rough day," declared Tidus.
"Rough day? What's that?" asked Selphie.
"You know, like when almost nothing goes the way you wanted it to," replied Tidus sitting down on the bench. Selphie brought a finger to her lips then giggled.
"Nope. I don't think so. There is no such thing as a rough day, because...... well, from my perspective, even if things don't go your way, you're still alive right? And being alive...that's a great thing. Being able to see the sun in the morning and the moon just before you fall asleep. Being able to have hope, free will, emotions, and love..... it's hard to say that you're having it rough because really....your having more than what you ever asked for. So I guess, I've never really had a rough day," Selphie explained, smiling cheerfully.
While staring at her surprised and astonished, Tidus realized he didn't know almost anything about Selphie. Until now. Now, Tidus had felt something after hearing all that Selphie explained. He felt that warm glow in your heart after someone has hugged you or said "I love you" and you didn't do a thing to make them say that to you. Selphie was definitely a girl who had stepped off her front porch, took a deep whiff of the air, the sun, and the earth, and immediately decided that life wasn't all that bad.
'Even though, I've only known her four about 2 minutes....' Tidus thought, 'I think I already know allot about her. Her thoughts are deeper than I thought they were, and her soul...it seems to be deeper, too. But she seems so happy and air headed all the time! I guess not. I guess.... people are just like that. Perky at one time, then deep thinking the next.'
"Wakka said I could watch you and your team practice today!" exclaimed Selphie. Tidus awoke from his thoughts and grinned at her.
"Yeah! I guess you could. C'mon! The boys are probably whining that I'm running late," explained Tidus, getting up from his seat and leading her out.
"Tidus, you're good kid!" exclaimed Selphie bouncing behind him.
"Kid? I'm sixteen!"
"Funny, you don't look like it!"
"ERR!! Selphie!"
" -=giggle=- Just kidding!"
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"What songs do you have?"
"Well, best 80s hits along with the 70s and the 60s..."
Leaning over the counter to talk to the clerk, was Hikari who was currently browsing with her twin brother, Riku, his friend, Sora, and their new companion, Kairi. Riku was sitting at a circular table in the "Spinning Disc Club" they were at with his feet kicked up on the table and his hands tucked behind his head as he watched his sister from a distance. Sora sat beside him, popping in a few chocolate strawberries they picked up along with about two large paper sacks of Kairi's mother's chocolates from their shop. Kairi sat quietly beside him on his other side, also eating a few of the strawberries.
"So you're from Luca, right? Where's that?" asked Kairi, chewing a strawberry. (Mother's Note: You shouldn't eat with your mouth full!)
"Well, technically, I have no clue," stated Riku.
"It's around the southern tip of Spira," answered Sora.
"I love it here in Zanarkand! I wouldn't want to live anywhere else," explained Kairi.
"Gee, thanks. What, did I diss your hometown, or something?" snapped Riku, rolling his eyes.
"Ow. Sorry," apologized Kairi, wincing from the snap.
"Riku, are you feeling okay?" asked Sora. He placed a hand on his head, then rapidly checked his pulse, then his ear, and the color of his tongue. He put a finger on his damp lingua. "Now say 'ahhh...'"
"Ahhhhstop it, Sora!" exclaimed Riku, biting Sora's finger.
"Yow!" Sora yelped, and immediately sucked on his fingertip. He looked hurtfully at Riku like he committed a sin for harming him. Riku felt he did.
"You okay?" asked Riku, putting his feet down and leaning over.
"Sora?" wondered Kairi, munching on a chocolate chip.
"Just a scratch," Sora excused, popping out his finger. The cut was still there, but it was hardly visible. Until more blood leaked out. He groaned. "Geez, you bit hard, Riku."
"Here, let me see that," exclaimed Riku. He quickly grabbed Sora's hand by the wrist and yanked him over so he could see it.
"Riku!" snapped Sora, agitated by Rick's actions. 'Why was he acting like such a bitchy retard!!?? Is he really like this way after school -' but just before Sora could complete his mental observation, Riku surprised him.
"Hmph. It's only a little cut, you big baby," explained Riku. He placed the finger in his mouth, sucking on it tenderly. He never turned his lowered gaze to Sora, in fear Sora would be glaring at him. But Sora wasn't. In fact, he didn't really know all that well how to even react! Sora felt a blush rising to his cheeks as he liked the funny sensation of Riku licking his finger. 'Course, Sora knew better than to smile and giggle like a girl. That'd be too scary and giddy for even him to do it. No, Sora was taking this like a man! This was torture! This was torment! This was... well, no, Sora could sit there for hours having Riku suck on his finger, and he'd feel no pain.
Actually, in real time than in Sora's thoughts, it only took about 19 seconds for Hikari to come along and find them in that position.
"Riku, you're just a vampire," exclaimed Hikari. Both Riku and Sora awoke, and Riku slipped Sora's finger from his lips.
"Yeah, and you know it, Hikari! You've bee living with him for about sixteen years now!" exclaimed Riku with a smile. Hikari pulled out a chair and sat down.
"'Bout time you showed up. They've been like that forever," stated Kairi, then shortly giggling after thinking about it.
Sora was allowed his hand back, and he noticed his finger was unusually pale. He quickly wrapped the hem of his shirt around it, drying it.
"What happened? I thought you would only suck on my finger, because you said we shared the same blood," began Hikari. "But you suck on Sora's finger, too. By the way, Sora, how DID you get a cut on your finger?"
"Well, Riku was acting all bitchy and I was check-"
"I bit him," Riku said bluntly. Hikari narrowed her eyes at her older brother.
"You didn't have to bite him. Don't you ever act nonviolently around someone else when I'm not around?" wondered Hikari, aloud.
"Nope," stated Riku, bluntly, too. Hikari sighed.
"I thought so," stated Hikari.
Sora took one last look at his finger tip before glancing up to find a waitress beside him. Sora freaked out.
"Yahhh!!" shouted Sora, falling out of his chair.
"Erm, Sora?" wondered Kairi, blinking at him.
"Hi, my name is Lulu, and I'm going to be your damn waitress today so you better order something or I'll break your arm in three different places, 'kay?" Lulu, the waitress, complied. Riku chuckled at Sora's disposition while Hikari grinned and Kairi helped Sora back into his chair.
Lulu sighed and placed the hand holding the small notebook on her hip. She was dressed in an apron over her gray short sleeve shirt, a black pleated skirt with black heavy boots. Her makeup wasn't heavy and but enough to tell her beige lipstick color and violet shade of eye shadow. Her wavy hair flowed down to her waist and a curtain of it hung over left eye.
"Look, I haven't got all day, so please make an order and PLEASE give me a goddess damn reason to do my job," declared Lulu.
"Okay, sure!" exclaimed Hikari. "We'd like to have an Extra-large Pizza with everything on it except anchovies!"
"Drinks?" wondered Lulu, still sketching down the order.
"Vanilla Coke!" exclaimed Hikari, beaming. ( -=author waves American and Japanese flags in the air=-)
"Dr. Pepper?" requested Kairi.
"Coke," spoke Sora, smiling and still blushing that he was frightened by her.
"Margarita, hold the Mayo," ordered Riku, kicking his feet up. All three of his companions groaned and complained of his lame joke, so Riku chuckled and reordered. "Okay, okay. I'd just like a Coke, Beautiful."
"Thanks, HANDSOME. See ya later!" Lulu called out as she made her way toward the kitchen.
"Nice choice, Hikari! So what are you guys going to eat?" asked Sora. Kairi threw a chocolate at him and so did Riku and Hikari. "Ow! Hey! I was just joking! I'll get something else when I hit home."
"Won't your mom be mad? Obviously, she would've noticed you've been gone this whole time," Hikari spoke. Sora fold his arms over table and leaned forward into his arms, smiling slyly.
"Actually, she's sentenced me to my room for the entire day and won't open up until 3 AM in the morning to night to apologize and tell me she's sorry about locking me up forever. Then again, she might've found out a few minutes after I left that I was gone....peeved about it all day, and slowly have forgotten by the time I come home. She won't remember a thing about it," Sora explained.
"Sometimes, you truly amaze me, Sora," compliment Riku. Sora grinned like a four year old receiving a cookie.
"Thanks," Sora appreciated.
"You find everything so predictable, Sora," observed Hikari.
"Yeah, I guess so. I mean, everything in Zanarkand never changes. People hit it rich. People drop dead. People lose businesses. People find love. People lose those lovers. It's all the same, the way the sun rises, the way it sets. Nothing could happen that I can't really figure to happen," explained Sora, relaxing his head into his arms.
"So if I kissed you now, you'd expect that?" asked a husky voice. Sora glanced up to see Riku smiling a smirk. Sora looked at him, peculiarly.
"What...?" wondered Sora, confused. 'Maybe I didn't here him right,' thought Sora. Riku smirked.
"So if I took you down right now on the floor, kissed you with tongue and all, I would've done everything you thought you I would, huh?" asked Riku. Sora blinked, then smirked, thinking it was joke.
"Right," Sora declared. Riku sighed and put his feet down to step onto them.
"What? What're you doing, Riku?" wondered Sora, blinking and staring up to him.
"Riku?" wondered Kairi. Hikari was also staring, confused.
"Okay. Get on the floor," commanded Riku, placing his hands on his hips.
"What?!" snapped Sora with complete astonishment.
"Now that you've predicted it, I've got to do it. Get on the floor," ordered Riku. Kairi was still confused as Hikari burst into fits of laughter, rolling out of her seat. Sora stared at him, blinking and in complete shock, wondering if he was joking again.
"What?!" snapped Sora, hoping that he was imagining all of this. 'I mean, I really like Riku - A LOT - and maybe even more than a friend, but EERRGH! What the hell am I talking about, I can't fall in love with Riku! Wait, do I want to? I mean, Riku's sexy and all, not to mention he's got a great personality, and he's actually wanting to get me on the floor and - ARRRGH!!! STOP THAT, SORA!!!' shouted Sora in his thoughts at himself.
Riku sighed again like he was not enjoying this (although inside his heart was beating rather fast) and grabbed Sora by the shirt (whose heart was also beating faster by the second), throwing him onto the floor. Sora panicked like a frightened patient just realizing he had signed up for neutered shot.
"Now, Riku wait!" Sora began trying to keep Riku off of him as Riku mounted him.
"Hey, you're the one who thought this up, Miss Cleo!" declared Riku.
"But! I didn't really! I mean - Dammit, Riku! Just get off!" snapped Sora, trying to keep Riku's chest off of him. He heard Hikari's elegant laughter and gritted his teeth. "Hikari, help!"
"Sorry, Sora! You got yourself into this mess!" chirped Hikari, clasping her arms around her tummy. Kairi pouted, resting her chin the palm of her hand. "Man, you guys, kiss already! I've seen more action in a Demon Diary volume!" commented Kairi.
"What is this, a some kind of damn Dinner Movie Theater - MMMMM!!" Sora's words were cut off by Riku's lips which landed flatly on his. Sora's eyes were eyes, staring at Riku's eyes shut tightly. 'His kiss... it tastes so wrong, yet so right.... No! No, not like this! I'll gladly accept Riku's kiss, as long as it's..... not... like.... THIS!'
"MRIKU!" Sora exasperated, but it wasn't him that threw Riku off. No, it was Riku himself. Sora sat up, staring at Riku as he wiped away the wetness from his lips. Riku was on his feet, panting a little, looked to be wearing an expression of seriousness.
"Sora, I'm tired of this! Just admit it: life isn't so predictable as you think it is," snapped Riku. Sora was panting, too, and he was still so confused about Riku. One minute, Riku was forcing himself on him, the next, he was tearing himself away like Sora had the Plague! And he was getting so tired of it.
"Dammit, Riku, why the hell are you so madly variable?! What's with the friggin' mood swings!?" Sora shot back.
"Gawd, this is so much better than 'Queer as Folk,'" commented Hikari as they both laid on top of the table, watching the two.
"Yeah...." agreed Kairi. Sora shot a dirty look at the two girls.
"Both of you: shut it!" snapped Sora at the ladies. Sora had never felt insanity before, but he knew that what he was feeling was probably it. "You want to know why the hell I find life so predictable?! Because all it is, is wishful thinking!!!"
Whoops.
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