Ok, here I am again!! I'm reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally sorry about taking so long
but I've had heaps of homework to do and it's really annoying! Plus, at one
stage I had this annoying writers block and I didn't know how to introduce
everything and make it all kinda. you know! No? whatever!
Anyway, thanks to you guys who reviewed (Sora otaku [keep on at it with your fic, it's only just started and u should write moooore!!] , Kagami Onna [teehee, yes I wish I had a pic of Ri's face when he heard Sora, oh I would die laughing!], Heather Christi [gee that's cool, you're under my spell!! *does happy dance* thanks for all the praising, a girl can never get enough ^_^], Cardel [oh wow, I was so hoping you would review!! I luuuuuurve songs and dreams and if you approve I feel worthy *claps*) because I love you all, and everyone who didn't review. shame, shame on you all! Unless you review this chapter, then all is forgiven my children U_U
Thanks to you guys who reviewed, I really appreciate it and I would love for all of you guys to review and feedback (whether that be good or *gulp* bad) because how else will I know if I'm doing alright? ^_^ Well anywho, I hope you enjoy this chappie and pleeeeeeeeeease say you love it *bats eyelashes*
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Nothing could have prepared me for Sora's outburst. he was. in love. with me? This just wasn't real; I had to have imagined it! But no. it was as real as ever and I hadn't been hearing things.
My eyes were widened with horror, as I started to wonder what the hell was going on.
Sora, my best friend. Sora, who wasn't even gay! Or. was he? Suddenly it crossed my mind and it began to make sense. He had never even kissed a girl, not even Kairi who everyone assumed he was going to end up with sooner or later. I mean, everyone knows Sora's not the kind of guy who takes a hint easily, even when Kairi was hanging off him like that it didn't surprise us that they hadn't officially gotten together. But now that I thought about it, maybe there was a better reason apart from his ignorant personality.
I felt myself sway, backing away raggedly and slamming into the wall as I flailed my arms out to try and steady myself, failing miserably. I landed on the ground with a dramatic crash. I could almost feel the colour drain from my face as I saw two azure eyes snap open, reacting to the loud crash.
"Hmph." he pouted as he slid into an upright position and flexed his tummy as he stretched and yawned.
He still failed to notice me sitting against his bedroom wall, huddled up in a messy heap, not that I particularly minded.
He fiddled to clutch at his blankets, pulling them up and thrusting them away from his body as he swung his legs to the side of his bed so he could sit up straight, facing me and still not noticing that I was there (god he could be so ignorant).
My face turned beet red as I noticed the bulge protruding from his lap as he stretched once more. He opened his eyes, flustering slightly.
"Eh. hey Riku," he muttered softly, slipping a pillow over to rest on his lap as he blushed a rosy pink and smirked at me, obviously thinking I hadn't seen (or heard) anything.
I clenched my teeth together and smiled sheepishly at him as I fought a bloody battle to focus my eyes on his face rather than his half naked body. what? What had I just been thinking? His. body?
"Heh. um, well I'm gonna go take a shower," Sora exclaimed as he raised a questioning eyebrow at me for my obvious strange behaviour.
I squinted my eyes at him and bit my lip, trying not to widen my eyes in disbelief. All I could answer with was an incomprehensible grumble as I forced a grin and nodded towards the bathroom to hurry him up.
He laughed and tapped me lightly on the head, ruffling my hair affectionately. I gulped and chuckled nervously, slightly recoiling from his touch.
"Geez Ri, I haven't got cooties!"
I stuck my tongue out at him playfully, thankful that it was finally confirmed that he had no idea why I would shrink back from him. There it was again, Sora's ignorance. I began to regret giving in to weakness before- the almighty Riku give in to a little shock? Never! The almighty Riku blushing like a little schoolgirl? Never ever! Well, it had happened, and I thanked god that it was only Sora who saw it.
"Well. off to the shower then, Sora." I hinted, seeing him stare off into space and not wanting to know what on earth he was daydreaming about.
"Er. right," he grinned, shifting his eyes to the floor and sleepily shuffling his feet in a movement that remotely resembled walking as he fumbled with the door and slipped into the bathroom, kicking it shut as soon as he was inside.
I ran my shaky hand through my hair and clenched a fist with my free hand. I never thought I would have to face an awkward moment with Sora, my bestest buddy-o-pal in the whole universe. No way would I let this little misunderstanding get in the way of our friendship, I wasn't the kind of guy to just give up like that.
Anyway, maybe I misinterpreted this whole thing. Maybe Sora had been dreaming about Kairi and I just happened to be there too. After all, I was his best friend and our whole futures were planned around each other. Yeah, that had to be it. But doubt filled my mind, and for the first time in my life I was utterly afraid. For the first time in my life there was something I couldn't fix by talking to Sora about it because if I did I ran the risk of scaring away my only true friend. The only person who really loved me for who I was, not how talented I was, not my looks or popularity. Sora loved me because I was me. And there was no way I was going to screw up my relationship with someone so special to me just because of a little misunderstanding.
"Boys?" came a voice from outside Sora's room. It was Sora's mum of course, and Riku hesitantly lifted himself to his feet and swiftly pulled the door open.
"Hey there Riku, do you and Sora wanna come down for some brekkie now?"
"Oh, um. Sora's kind of in the shower right now so we."
"Hey I'm here, I'm here!" squealed a little brown haired boy with a towel draped around his waist. He rubbed his hair with his towel, somehow making his hair even messier that usual and slipped on a loose top. He flung his towel off, wearing, to my relief, boxer's underneath, and clumsily pulled on his jeans, managing to trip over three times in the process. He slipped on odd socks, which just happened to be lying around, and jumped into his shoes as he raced towards the door, grasping my gloved hand and yanking me down the stairs hurriedly and into the kitchen. You just couldn't come between this boy and his food!
Sora grabbed a plate and plopped himself down at the table as he picked a large quantity of everything on the table, from the pancakes to the bacon and eggs, some cereal and steak and ice cream- you name it he was eating it! I had lost my appetite with all the confusion of the morning and had decided, in order to be polite, to simply have an egg. I sat there poking at my yolk as it spilled out on to a piece of toast, watching it turn soggy and yellow.
"Smm, hmmph-pmm?" Sora exclaimed, swallowing his mouthful, "I heard it's gonna be a whole lot of fun! We should go."
I narrowed my eyes at him suggestively. Surely he hadn't expected me to understand what he had said then? Obviously he had, because he was looking at me hopefully, awaiting my answer, shovelling more food into his mouth.
"Sora, you might want to try swallowing before you start talking?" I suggested, amused, putting a lot of emphasis on the word before.
He pouted, that famous Sora pout.
"Hey, I thought it was pretty clear," he huffed defensively, "Selphie's party..." he finished, before stuffing his face with a pancake wrapped around a slab of ice cream.
"Yeah, how could I possibly not show up? I would be the guest of honour anyhow," I smirked.
Sora and I always jested about how superior one was to the other, and I always seemed to feel so sorry for Sora in the end because even though I had set out to win, when I got all the girls to side with me he would go into a little pouting fit and he looked so damn adorable when he did it!!
"Ha! Yeah right! It's me they want; all those girls will be chasing me all over the party."
Sora smirked in amusement as he noticed me biting my lip in thought, spacing out at what he had said. 'I wonder if he really likes girls' I thought, trying as hard as I could to remember a time when he had shown any real interest in the female species.
"Hey! Ri! You there?" Sora smirked evilly as he pushed his empty plate into the middle of the table. It slid towards me and I looked nervously at his empty plate as opposed to my squished mush that was once an egg and a piece of toast.
"Eh. Sora, how about we get going? I mean school starts in twenty minutes and Tidus wanted us to pick him up from his house, so..."
"Sure, let's go," Sora replied as he slid from his seat and casually made his way to the door as I jumped up and walked behind him. I pulled on my shoes quickly before hurriedly walking outside. I sighed at the beautiful shore, waves lapping up carefully on it.
Suddenly Sora swirled around to face me as he flashed me one of his cheeky grins.
"Oh. um, I forgot, we were meant to pick up Kairi down here before but. well since we forgot I'm sure she won't mind."
"Sora, Kairi will be so pissed off at you! You know how she gets when she gets ignored or neglected or."
"Well yeah, but it'll blow over," he replied, still holding that cheeky grin. I frowned worriedly. Sora had been doing this a lot lately, forgetting about little things with Kairi. He didn't seem very concerned either. could this be to do with.? I immediately dismissed the thought from my mind and let out a low sigh, making a waving gesture with my hand towards Sora as I sprung off towards Tidus' house with Sora following close behind.
I hummed tunelessly as I could feel the wind flowing through my hair and hitting my face, making a wonderfully cool sensation. I loved running, it made me felt free, and when I was running beside Sora there was nothing more I needed to feel happy.
I slowed my pace gradually as we approached Tidus' house.
"Ooph! Heh. sorry Ri."
I could hear a faint murmur coming from the boy who had just come to a sudden halt as he smashed into my side. Of course, I made no move to flinch. I never flinched, just smiled and shook my head at the little brunette's attempt to hide his mistake by punching my shoulder lightly.
"Well, are we gonna go and see if Tidus is up and ready or not?" I chuckled gently while edging away from his weak punch. Sora blushed slightly and gave me a cheesy grin, nodding his head enthusiastically.
I stepped up to the door and tapped an even three knocks on the door lazily, Sora standing behind me in his usual casual stance.
A blonde woman with sleek hair and a suit answered the door impatiently. She was holding a mobile phone and tapping her foot as she looked to see who was here. She started to smile when she saw Sora and I standing there.
"Oh, boys! I'm sorry but Tidus has already gone, didn't you know? He had to get to school early for blitzball practice."
"Oh. yeah. I forgot," Sora said, slapping his forehead.
"Sora," I said through gritted teeth, "Can you PLEASE stop forgetting things like this?"
Sora turned a red face towards the ground and spat out a defeated mumble. I laughed and thanked Tidus' mum before I grabbed Sora's arm and yanked him in the direction of school. Sora shook his arm out of my grip to my surprise.
"Hey Ri. can we just walk to school today? You know, no running, just. talking," he said awkwardly, giving me a soft smile.
"Sure Sora."
Uhoh. What did he want to talk about? I had just started to block out what I'd heard this morning and now Sora wanted some alone time. This was starting to get scary!
We were just walking next to each other, each of us silent except for our even breathing and our feet raggedly sinking into the sand as we walked.
"Ri."
Anyway, thanks to you guys who reviewed (Sora otaku [keep on at it with your fic, it's only just started and u should write moooore!!] , Kagami Onna [teehee, yes I wish I had a pic of Ri's face when he heard Sora, oh I would die laughing!], Heather Christi [gee that's cool, you're under my spell!! *does happy dance* thanks for all the praising, a girl can never get enough ^_^], Cardel [oh wow, I was so hoping you would review!! I luuuuuurve songs and dreams and if you approve I feel worthy *claps*) because I love you all, and everyone who didn't review. shame, shame on you all! Unless you review this chapter, then all is forgiven my children U_U
Thanks to you guys who reviewed, I really appreciate it and I would love for all of you guys to review and feedback (whether that be good or *gulp* bad) because how else will I know if I'm doing alright? ^_^ Well anywho, I hope you enjoy this chappie and pleeeeeeeeeease say you love it *bats eyelashes*
Ok then, what you all gotta do is review, savvy? Nice, seeya next time!!
Nothing could have prepared me for Sora's outburst. he was. in love. with me? This just wasn't real; I had to have imagined it! But no. it was as real as ever and I hadn't been hearing things.
My eyes were widened with horror, as I started to wonder what the hell was going on.
Sora, my best friend. Sora, who wasn't even gay! Or. was he? Suddenly it crossed my mind and it began to make sense. He had never even kissed a girl, not even Kairi who everyone assumed he was going to end up with sooner or later. I mean, everyone knows Sora's not the kind of guy who takes a hint easily, even when Kairi was hanging off him like that it didn't surprise us that they hadn't officially gotten together. But now that I thought about it, maybe there was a better reason apart from his ignorant personality.
I felt myself sway, backing away raggedly and slamming into the wall as I flailed my arms out to try and steady myself, failing miserably. I landed on the ground with a dramatic crash. I could almost feel the colour drain from my face as I saw two azure eyes snap open, reacting to the loud crash.
"Hmph." he pouted as he slid into an upright position and flexed his tummy as he stretched and yawned.
He still failed to notice me sitting against his bedroom wall, huddled up in a messy heap, not that I particularly minded.
He fiddled to clutch at his blankets, pulling them up and thrusting them away from his body as he swung his legs to the side of his bed so he could sit up straight, facing me and still not noticing that I was there (god he could be so ignorant).
My face turned beet red as I noticed the bulge protruding from his lap as he stretched once more. He opened his eyes, flustering slightly.
"Eh. hey Riku," he muttered softly, slipping a pillow over to rest on his lap as he blushed a rosy pink and smirked at me, obviously thinking I hadn't seen (or heard) anything.
I clenched my teeth together and smiled sheepishly at him as I fought a bloody battle to focus my eyes on his face rather than his half naked body. what? What had I just been thinking? His. body?
"Heh. um, well I'm gonna go take a shower," Sora exclaimed as he raised a questioning eyebrow at me for my obvious strange behaviour.
I squinted my eyes at him and bit my lip, trying not to widen my eyes in disbelief. All I could answer with was an incomprehensible grumble as I forced a grin and nodded towards the bathroom to hurry him up.
He laughed and tapped me lightly on the head, ruffling my hair affectionately. I gulped and chuckled nervously, slightly recoiling from his touch.
"Geez Ri, I haven't got cooties!"
I stuck my tongue out at him playfully, thankful that it was finally confirmed that he had no idea why I would shrink back from him. There it was again, Sora's ignorance. I began to regret giving in to weakness before- the almighty Riku give in to a little shock? Never! The almighty Riku blushing like a little schoolgirl? Never ever! Well, it had happened, and I thanked god that it was only Sora who saw it.
"Well. off to the shower then, Sora." I hinted, seeing him stare off into space and not wanting to know what on earth he was daydreaming about.
"Er. right," he grinned, shifting his eyes to the floor and sleepily shuffling his feet in a movement that remotely resembled walking as he fumbled with the door and slipped into the bathroom, kicking it shut as soon as he was inside.
I ran my shaky hand through my hair and clenched a fist with my free hand. I never thought I would have to face an awkward moment with Sora, my bestest buddy-o-pal in the whole universe. No way would I let this little misunderstanding get in the way of our friendship, I wasn't the kind of guy to just give up like that.
Anyway, maybe I misinterpreted this whole thing. Maybe Sora had been dreaming about Kairi and I just happened to be there too. After all, I was his best friend and our whole futures were planned around each other. Yeah, that had to be it. But doubt filled my mind, and for the first time in my life I was utterly afraid. For the first time in my life there was something I couldn't fix by talking to Sora about it because if I did I ran the risk of scaring away my only true friend. The only person who really loved me for who I was, not how talented I was, not my looks or popularity. Sora loved me because I was me. And there was no way I was going to screw up my relationship with someone so special to me just because of a little misunderstanding.
"Boys?" came a voice from outside Sora's room. It was Sora's mum of course, and Riku hesitantly lifted himself to his feet and swiftly pulled the door open.
"Hey there Riku, do you and Sora wanna come down for some brekkie now?"
"Oh, um. Sora's kind of in the shower right now so we."
"Hey I'm here, I'm here!" squealed a little brown haired boy with a towel draped around his waist. He rubbed his hair with his towel, somehow making his hair even messier that usual and slipped on a loose top. He flung his towel off, wearing, to my relief, boxer's underneath, and clumsily pulled on his jeans, managing to trip over three times in the process. He slipped on odd socks, which just happened to be lying around, and jumped into his shoes as he raced towards the door, grasping my gloved hand and yanking me down the stairs hurriedly and into the kitchen. You just couldn't come between this boy and his food!
Sora grabbed a plate and plopped himself down at the table as he picked a large quantity of everything on the table, from the pancakes to the bacon and eggs, some cereal and steak and ice cream- you name it he was eating it! I had lost my appetite with all the confusion of the morning and had decided, in order to be polite, to simply have an egg. I sat there poking at my yolk as it spilled out on to a piece of toast, watching it turn soggy and yellow.
"Smm, hmmph-pmm?" Sora exclaimed, swallowing his mouthful, "I heard it's gonna be a whole lot of fun! We should go."
I narrowed my eyes at him suggestively. Surely he hadn't expected me to understand what he had said then? Obviously he had, because he was looking at me hopefully, awaiting my answer, shovelling more food into his mouth.
"Sora, you might want to try swallowing before you start talking?" I suggested, amused, putting a lot of emphasis on the word before.
He pouted, that famous Sora pout.
"Hey, I thought it was pretty clear," he huffed defensively, "Selphie's party..." he finished, before stuffing his face with a pancake wrapped around a slab of ice cream.
"Yeah, how could I possibly not show up? I would be the guest of honour anyhow," I smirked.
Sora and I always jested about how superior one was to the other, and I always seemed to feel so sorry for Sora in the end because even though I had set out to win, when I got all the girls to side with me he would go into a little pouting fit and he looked so damn adorable when he did it!!
"Ha! Yeah right! It's me they want; all those girls will be chasing me all over the party."
Sora smirked in amusement as he noticed me biting my lip in thought, spacing out at what he had said. 'I wonder if he really likes girls' I thought, trying as hard as I could to remember a time when he had shown any real interest in the female species.
"Hey! Ri! You there?" Sora smirked evilly as he pushed his empty plate into the middle of the table. It slid towards me and I looked nervously at his empty plate as opposed to my squished mush that was once an egg and a piece of toast.
"Eh. Sora, how about we get going? I mean school starts in twenty minutes and Tidus wanted us to pick him up from his house, so..."
"Sure, let's go," Sora replied as he slid from his seat and casually made his way to the door as I jumped up and walked behind him. I pulled on my shoes quickly before hurriedly walking outside. I sighed at the beautiful shore, waves lapping up carefully on it.
Suddenly Sora swirled around to face me as he flashed me one of his cheeky grins.
"Oh. um, I forgot, we were meant to pick up Kairi down here before but. well since we forgot I'm sure she won't mind."
"Sora, Kairi will be so pissed off at you! You know how she gets when she gets ignored or neglected or."
"Well yeah, but it'll blow over," he replied, still holding that cheeky grin. I frowned worriedly. Sora had been doing this a lot lately, forgetting about little things with Kairi. He didn't seem very concerned either. could this be to do with.? I immediately dismissed the thought from my mind and let out a low sigh, making a waving gesture with my hand towards Sora as I sprung off towards Tidus' house with Sora following close behind.
I hummed tunelessly as I could feel the wind flowing through my hair and hitting my face, making a wonderfully cool sensation. I loved running, it made me felt free, and when I was running beside Sora there was nothing more I needed to feel happy.
I slowed my pace gradually as we approached Tidus' house.
"Ooph! Heh. sorry Ri."
I could hear a faint murmur coming from the boy who had just come to a sudden halt as he smashed into my side. Of course, I made no move to flinch. I never flinched, just smiled and shook my head at the little brunette's attempt to hide his mistake by punching my shoulder lightly.
"Well, are we gonna go and see if Tidus is up and ready or not?" I chuckled gently while edging away from his weak punch. Sora blushed slightly and gave me a cheesy grin, nodding his head enthusiastically.
I stepped up to the door and tapped an even three knocks on the door lazily, Sora standing behind me in his usual casual stance.
A blonde woman with sleek hair and a suit answered the door impatiently. She was holding a mobile phone and tapping her foot as she looked to see who was here. She started to smile when she saw Sora and I standing there.
"Oh, boys! I'm sorry but Tidus has already gone, didn't you know? He had to get to school early for blitzball practice."
"Oh. yeah. I forgot," Sora said, slapping his forehead.
"Sora," I said through gritted teeth, "Can you PLEASE stop forgetting things like this?"
Sora turned a red face towards the ground and spat out a defeated mumble. I laughed and thanked Tidus' mum before I grabbed Sora's arm and yanked him in the direction of school. Sora shook his arm out of my grip to my surprise.
"Hey Ri. can we just walk to school today? You know, no running, just. talking," he said awkwardly, giving me a soft smile.
"Sure Sora."
Uhoh. What did he want to talk about? I had just started to block out what I'd heard this morning and now Sora wanted some alone time. This was starting to get scary!
We were just walking next to each other, each of us silent except for our even breathing and our feet raggedly sinking into the sand as we walked.
"Ri."