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that, but... yes. *cough*
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Muffy- Yeah I don't really like Kairi coz she's always the one who comes between the boys... and yeah, Selphie's cool! Tidus and Wakka will definitely come into the story sooner or later. Yeah, I've always thought Sephy and Ri are related, so I just might make Sephy his daddy! Yes... I may have emphasized the whole giggling girlies thing but it has to be that way lol and they'll get over the whole Riku thing once they find out he's gay, HA! That's true, Riku's mom is gonna act like Sora's own mommy during the stay, which is very cute. Riku's charm is gonna come out MAJORLY in the further chaps! Thanks for the long review!!!
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Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts, duh! I wouldn't waste my time writing fan fiction if I did!
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Riku awoke the next morning to find himself surrounded in half-light that was streaming through his window. He had always been an early riser, finding it easy to get up in the mornings. This was probably due to the fact that he had grown up with his mother getting up early and taking him to work ever since he had been a small child. In the next room, he could hear the unmistakable rustle of his mother getting ready. Deciding it was time to get up, Riku slid out of bed and re-made it so that it looked totally spotless. His room looked like that of an adult's, his furniture all matching, dark wooden pieces with intricate carvings, just screaming sophistication. He had a large TV beyond the foot of his bed and a stereo system on a specially designed dressing table, beside a mirror and above several drawers full of masses of neatly folded clothes. It was adorned with simple neutral yet bold colours of whites, creams, blacks and browns, creating a professional sort of coordination. Nodding to himself at his neat bed, he walked out his door and shut it quietly behind him. He silently trailed down the stairs and spotted his mother in amongst her mess of papers.
"So, when we leaving?" he said, startling his mother and making pivot on the balls of her feet to face him, clutching a piece of paper. Her face instantly warmed when she saw Riku and her stance relaxed.
"Don't do that hon," she sighed playfully, "When you're ready we can leave, I'm sure they're gonna want me to do something extra! Oh, and I'm sure Sora would love to see you as soon as possible."
Riku nodded and turned back to go up and take a shower. Though he would never admit nor show it, he was excitedly anticipating his next meet with the angelic brunet. Removing his clothes and tossing them aside, he turned the taps on and jumped into the shower. After a hurried bout of washing, Riku got out of the shower and dried himself. 'What to wear...' he thought as he stepped out into his room and opened his large wardrobe, tapping his bottom lip in thought. Shaking his head to free himself from worrying, he frowned. 'Come on Riku, you don't worry about what to wear, you're Riku, not some teenage girl trying to impress a date,' he thought, retrieving whatever clothes were in front of him in spite of his foolishness. These just happened to be one of his many pairs of jeans and a simple black shirt, which made him look even more mature than his original nature and look held. He couldn't help smiling as he admired his own reflection in the mirror, knowing he looked doubly as good as he had yesterday. That would mean Sora would be shocked and even more bumbling than then. Riku smiled maliciously at the thought and swivelled around happily to walk out of his room. He was ready to visit the latest player in his amusing little game.
Riku didn't often get the chance to play with those of the same sex, because he had always tried not to make his "sexual preferences" known to the public. It wasn't that he cared at all about what the people around him thought- there were many openly gay people in Shazahri who were totally socially accepted- but his games would be wasted on the girls of his town if they knew he was batting for the other team, so to speak. Well, considering it was just him and Sora in the little hospital, and shortly his own house, he was free to act how he pleased. His mother knew he was gay, because she had her ways in finding out things- who could resist those pleading, bright eyes of hers? Not even Riku had surpassed her watchful eye and sweet face. She was good at keeping secrets though, and that was why his father had never known about this particular fact. Something Riku planned to keep from him for as long as he could, not that it would be hard. He wouldn't be surprised if he didn't notice him getting up on the table and screwing some random boy right in front of his eyes- he would do exactly what he did any time he spent time with them, just look right past Riku, smiling, and shifting his eyes right back to his newspaper or his prized beauty- his wife.
Riku's parents were both creatures who, like him, resembled some sort of gods. His father had given him his silver hair and milky complexion, not to mention a certain masculinity that just emitted from the both of them, and his mother had given him his startlingly bright aquamarine eyes, while his father had bright icy blue ones, and her amazing smile, though their personalities made different uses of them.
Riku trudged down the stairs, his fingers trailing along the banister. He felt like running down and thumping to the ground, pulling his mother out to the car with him, but being Riku, he coolly landed at the bottom after taking his time walking down.
"Well, I guess I'm ready if you want to go," he hinted at his mother who had seemingly not even noticed his arrival downstairs.
"Ok, you go out to the car then and I'll come right out," she mumbled into her paperwork, pointing to the keys that were currently residing on the table beside her. He walked over to the table and picked them up, jangling them swiftly, before moving out to the already open door, of which had a beautiful day's light now streaming through it. He unlocked the passenger side and slid himself snugly into the seat, turning the key so he could turn on the radio. A voice emitted from the speakers of the car, telling Riku that which he already knew, that the weather was perfect. Turning off the radio, he turned to see if his mother was coming. There she was, bustling through the door with her bag swinging off her shoulder.
"Okay," she smiled as she flopped into the driver's seat and turned the key further to start to car, "we're off!"
"Is Sora coming with us when we leave?" Riku blurted out, finally having asked the question he so badly wanted to know.
Smiling, his mother answered, "Yes, I think that's exactly what's going to happen."
Content with that answer, Riku fixed his attention back on the passing scenery outside his window, smirking evilly at any girl who just happened to be in his vision. After what seemed like eternity to Riku, they arrived at the hospital car park and both hurried out, setting off for the foyer.
"Hey Rama! Any news?" grinned Nisha as she skipped over to the young girl who smiled back and began talking about what was going on around the hospital. Riku was getting bored now and wanted to go and visit Sora. He approached his mother and began to tap at the desk so as to hint at his boredom. Noting the boy's obvious discomfort, she rolled her eyes and told the girl she would "be right back", poking Riku's back before walking off to the hospital rooms.
"You little brat," pouted Nisha teasingly as they walked alongside each other. Riku grinned widely and looked at her wickedly, chuckling quietly. Soon they had halted at the door that Riku had first entered yesterday when he met his new 'friend'. Full of confidence, he stepped forward and turned the doorknob, swinging it open fully. Turning back to his mother, he waved her off with his hand, still wearing his triumphant grin. Shaking her head, she smiled back and left the room.
Riku shut the door quietly and trekked over to the once-more sleeping figure in the flimsy hospital bed. The scruffy hair was visible on the pillow, and as he approached the figure further, he saw the peaceful angel face. Sora's hand was resting downwards beside his side-turned face and it was flinching every time he breathed out. Although Riku thought this was overly adorable, he couldn't fight his urge to wake him with a little bit of fun. Leaning down beside his face, Riku brushed his hand on Sora's gently, feeling it shudder beneath his touch. His face stirred and fixed into a troubled expression, his bottom lip, of course, thrust into a pout. Knowing that he was on the verge of waking, Riku moved his mouth to Sora's neck and pressed his lips gently to the sensitive flesh, in an affectionate gesture that was somewhere half way between a kiss and a nuzzle. He could sense Sora's discomfort and nudged his neck forcefully before quickly raising himself just in time to see Sora's eyes flutter open.
"Woah!" yelled Sora, just before sitting up abruptly as he had the day before. Riku found himself relieved that he had stood up fully instead of leaning over Sora like he had then. He rubbed his eyes and gave Riku a sulky glare before stifling, and eventually giving into, a wide yawn.
"Hey honey bun," purred Riku mockingly. Sora scoffed and his face softened before he flashed Riku a sleepy grin.
"You sure are here early," he yawned.
"Yeah, my mom had to get here early, she couldn't wait to get here."
Riku rolled his eyes and sat down gently on Sora's bed, his body brushing against Sora's. A certain rush went through him that he didn't usually get when he was playing his games...
"So... What you doing today?" asked Sora, somewhat awkwardly.
"I dunno, what you wanna do? My house isn't very interesting or anything..."
"I'm staying with you... today?" asked Sora with awe.
Riku felt his heart sink again as his game was interrupted with emotion. 'Stupid feelings.'
"Of course you are," he answered, cocking an eyebrow, "Didn't I promise I'd take you back to my place today?"
"Oh, y-yeah... I just, didn't know if you were humouring me or something," he laughed sheepishly.
"Have a little faith in me Sora, you can trust me," said Riku quietly, fixing Sora with a look so intense that he wasn't sure it was Riku looking at him, because as soon as he had blinked, Riku was back to his seductive self.
"And anyway, if you can't trust the boy who's keeping you company despite the fact that he just met you yesterday, especially in a world so deprived of caring people, who can you trust?" he finished softly with a wide-stretched grin.
Sora shrugged innocently, his eyes squinted slightly in thought.
"I dunno... You?" he giggled.
"Exactly," finished Riku, standing up and ruffling his hair as though he were a child, "I think I'd better go get mom so she can take us back to my place, ok? Pack your things."
"I don't have any things..." mumbled Sora. Riku cringed at the statement, realising his clothes had probably been ruined in the accident, and he sure wasn't going to bring him home in a hospital gown.
"Right, right... Well, you can slip on something of mine if you want, I'll get mom to drive me down."
"Thanks. Hey... Riku?"
"Mmm?"
"Why are you being so nice to me?" he asked timidly, cocking his head to the side in question.
Riku opened his mouth to answer, but soon realised he in fact didn't know the answer to the question at all. Turning his charm back on, he answered Sora with a simple question, that was rather like a statement to end the matter.
"Well, why not?" he said breathily, winking gently before opening and slipping out the door.
Before moving, Riku stopped and closed his eyes briefly. What was going on? This was a one-sided game, and he was beginning to think Sora stood a chance in it. He kept getting weird feelings... Weird feelings he wasn't supposed to get. Riku's limitation of feeling was physical attraction, on which he rarely acted. This boy, this simple, innocent boy, he didn't have the potential to make Riku lose at his own game... he couldn't...
"What you doin' there?" rang out a voice from somewhere beyond the blackness of Riku's eyelids. Opening one eye suspiciously, he saw it was his mother, hands on hips, looking at him like he was some sort of weirdo. He opened both of his eyes, relieved that it was only her.
"Oh, hi. I was just coming to look for you. Sora's got no clothes, we should really drive back home so I can grab him something to wear when he comes back..."
"That's cool, we can go now! My shift doesn't start for about an hour and there's a couple people in... I have some work to do, but it can wait. Sora's more important!"
"Right," mumbled Riku as he followed Nisha through the hall and out past the foyer, where she waved goodbye to Rama, and out into the carpark.
"So what's up?" asked his mother expectantly.
"What do you mean?" he replied flatly, knowing exactly what she was talking about.
"Honey, you're a smooth operator, I don't think I've ever seen you jaded or faltered at all... and that was weird! Are you sick? Or tired maybe... No, you've been tired before..."
"Mom, there is nothing wrong, I'm not tired or sick, or jaded, faltered or any of that! I'm just normal... I still have no idea what you're talking about!" he finished exasperatedly, hurrying ahead and opening the car door to get in.
"Ok," she sighed back. If he didn't want to tell her, it was his choice... She was going to find out sometime anyway, that was her job!
Riku was silent for the whole car ride home, almost afraid of giving something away to Nisha. Really, when she wanted to know something, she always found out in the end... though Riku wasn't exactly sure what was going on himself, so would she be able to then? Probably, knowing her.
When they arrived back at their house, Riku rushed ahead of her once more, entering the house. This time it wasn't because he was trying to avoid her- he just wanted to get in and out as quickly as possible so he could return things to normal and keep playing with Sora. Once he brought him to his house, things would be much more fun.
Riku rushed up the stairs and pushed open one of his drawers, pulling out a pair of jeans that he thought would look good on Sora. He slammed it shut and opened another drawer, pulling out a plain top for Sora. 'Yep, that'll do,' he thought with a shrug, stuffing them into a shopping bag. He trailed down the stairs and landed at the bottom gracefully, facing his mother who was standing waiting for him.
"K, you got everything?" she smiled.
"Uhuh," he grunted back simply.
Sighing once more, Nisha went outside and locked the door behind Riku. He was acting very suspicious, so... Well, so not Riku! They drove back to the hospital in silence, save Riku's tapping to the beat of the song on the radio and Nisha's wailing singing.
When they arrived, Riku had almost forgotten about his mother's suspicions, and was acting more or less normal again. He stepped out of the car and walked casually to the hospital behind her. He couldn't wait to get back to Sora and take him back to his house! He had never enjoyed a game so much as he did the one he had started with Sora. He had never been so free to have a one on one game like this one.
He rushed into the hospital as quickly as possible for someone who was trying to look cool, calm and collected, and smiled back at Nisha in goodbye. Trailing along the corridor, he spied the now-familiar number on Sora's door and slowly turned the doorknob, nervousness now clutching his stomach like never before.
This time, Sora was wide awake, sitting up and humming to himself. Riku's cocky nature once more returned to him when he saw the innocence of the boy- he didn't know how to win in this game! Riku was going to win after all.
Sora's face lit up into a broad grin when he saw Riku entered the room with the bag dangling from his arm. He kicked the door shut behind him effortlessly and tossed the bag into Sora's lap.
"Here's some stuff I thought might look good on you," he smirked, moving beside Sora's bed. Sora pulled out the clothes carefully, seemingly awestruck at the pieces. Riku wondered what was so amazing about a few items of clothing, as Sora turned to him uneasily.
"Riku, I don't wanna ruin them..." he explained apprehensively.
"Um... I wasn't really worried that you would Sora," replied Riku, trying to hide his disbelief. What was Sora expecting him to bring, rags?
"It's just... they're really nice. Don't you have anything les... nice? I mean, I would hate to be responsible for getting something on them or anything like that."
"You don't like my clothes Sora?" smiled Riku sceptically, though teasingly.
"NO, no, they're so nice, I like them a lot! It's just... Well, are you sure you want someone like me to wear your good clothes?"
"Someone like you? What is that supposed to mean?" Riku was serious now. Someone like Sora? Was this how he had been brought up, to think he was on a lower standard than everyone else?
"Oh, well at home nobody really talks to me. I mean, not like a friend or anything... I think it's because they have more money than me... well, I always thought so anyway... And I didn't really think people like me were supposed to wear clothes like this..."
Riku couldn't believe that Sora was so naïve, lacked knowledge of real importance, all because his father had never explained to him. That and the people who had always been too caught up in their own lives to care about someone like Sora.
"Well apparently the people at home have their priorities screwed up," frowned Riku, thinking aloud. Sora laughed meekly, biting his lip and blinking teary eyes at Riku.
"Oh, well... Thanks. I'm sorta... what's the word? Ignorant?"
"No, ignorant's the word for stupid people who don't know something... You're just uninformed," Riku smiled, ruffling Sora's hair.
"Oh... Well, ok."
Riku sat beside Sora's bed silently for a few minutes before Sora cleared his throat, snapping him out of his thoughts and making him raising his face to Sora.
"I don't mean to be ungrateful or anything, but would you mind leaving while I change?" laughed Sora.
Embarrassedly, Riku rose up, trying to think of something to say that would excuse his ambiguity. Smiling seductively, he flicked his tongue out briefly over his top lip.
"Damn, and I thought you were going to let me stay for a while there," he concluded huskily before walking out the door, smiling smugly to himself.
"What are you so happy about Mister smiley?" came a suspiciously mocking voice, that could be none other but his mother.
"He's funny," replied Riku vaguely as he leaned against the wall beside the doorframe. His mother continued to look at him sceptically, though it seemed that Riku either didn't notice or was ignoring her impeccably. Riku knocked on the door after a few minutes.
"Sora, are you decent?" he mused, leaning his forehead against the door.
"In a second... Yeah!" came a muffled reply.
Riku opened the door and stepped inside the room, his smiled still freshly planted on his face. Now that Sora was out of the hospital bed, which ultimately made him look more feeble, and generally younger in that sense, he appeared much more physically mature, and he suited Riku's plain yet tasteful clothes more than he had ever imagined. However, his baby face remained unchanged and was all Riku could identify him by, excluding his dishevelled hair. Then came the adorable grin. 'Yep, that's Sora,' thought Riku.
"Wow, you look really good," exclaimed Riku, sounding a little more awestruck than he would have liked. His comment resulted in a deep blush from Sora, and with that, his confidence was back on track.
"Heh... I dunno, these kind of clothes look better on you," he mumbled timidly, walking towards Riku.
"Yeah, I guess you're right," laughed Sora with a wink, "but either way, we should get out of here. I spend too much time in this place as it is!" he finished, tugging at Sora's hand and pulling him out of the room. Sora's legs fumbled behind Riku who was smiling and walking hurriedly out of the hospital. Nisha followed them closely behind, farewelling everyone as she went along.
Riku opened the door for Sora, who was so clueless towards other people's manners that Riku had to push him inside the car. Moving to the other side, Riku hopped in, smirking at Sora.
Getting impatient, Riku called to Nisha who was conversing one of the nurses who had just arrived at work.
"Ok, well Riku wants me to hurry up, and I probably should too! We're taking home Sora, you know, the boy who came in yesterday? Yes, that's Sora! He's coming to stay with us and-"
"MOM!"
"Well, I should really go, I'll be back in a while, bubye!"
Nisha opened the door and got in the car, throwing Riku an exasperated look before starting up the car and driving out into the street.
"You're so impatient, baby! Definitely got that one from you're daddy," she giggled, shaking her head. Riku let a bitter expression pass over his face but quickly let it pass as he looked at Sora and tried to smile at him. At being smiled at like that, like someone was trying for him, not looking right through him, treating him like an equal, like... like a friend.
Both of the boys were snapped out of their thoughts (as had been happening so often lately) by the sudden stop of the engine and the jangle of the keys being withdrawn from the car.
"Ok boys, in you go," said Nisha, opening the door for Sora while Riku opened his own door unconsciously, his mind still dwelling on the thoughts that were racing through his confused mind.
"Here's the key honey," she continued hastily, stretching out her hand with a house key in it. Riku looked at her hand as if she were crazy then back at her face.
"Er... I have my own," he said, cocking an eyebrow.
"Right... Ok, I'll see you tonight! I'll pick up some nice things to cook you a super dinner," she winked before getting in the car and heading back to the hospital.
Riku tugged at Sora's hand again and pulled him to the door, which Riku swiftly unlocked and opened with his free hand. Sora was gawking at the house, no doubt astounded by it's size and modern style. Normally it irritated Riku when people treated his house and possessions like some sort of amazing artefacts, just because the were expensive, because he was smart enough to know that they were just things, but the way Sora was doing it was simply adorable, innocent in it's way. He had obviously never seen anything near to like this and Riku knew he probably didn't even realise the look that had overcame his face.
Riku guided an almost totally limp Sora inside his house and let go of his hand. Sora spun around slowly, taking in his surroundings with big, wandering eyes.
"Well... I want to show you my room now, since that's where you'll be sleeping..." said Riku with a cheeky grin implanted on his face.
Sora turned to Riku, slowly coming out of his astounded daze and gave a sheepish laugh and a small nod, his eyes wandering further to see where his room could possibly be. It could be anywhere; Sora didn't think he'd ever been in a house that huge!
Riku jolted his head to the side in a signal to follow him as he walked towards the stairs, ascending them while looking back at Sora who was admiring the railing. There was no other way to explain it- the boy just made him melt inside! When they arrived at Riku's bedroom door, Sora had gotten over the extravagance of the house slightly and was walking expectantly beside Riku.
"Well I think we should go shopping before it gets late," said Riku casually before kicking open the door and receiving a small squeak from the boy beside him, "since you have no pyjamas or clothes or anything."
"Oh... Well I really hate to say so, but I kind of have no money," mumbled Sora with his face down. Riku laughed softly, patting Sora's shoulder as if he were an inexperienced child. 'Hm... I guess he sort of is,' thought Riku.
"Don't be stupid Sora, I have more money than I know what to do with," laughed Riku, with a trademark wink.
"Oh, no! You shouldn't have to pay for me, you're already feeding me and giving me somewhere to sleep," said Sora hurriedly, a stern look fixed on his face.
"Um... What do you say, you can pay me back when you're a rich superstar?" smirked Riku, nudging Sora in the ribs.
"Well... yeah, that shouldn't be too far off," beamed Sora, giving in.
"Great! Well it's one o'clock now," started Riku, looking at his watch, "so do you want to get started?"
"Now? Shopping? Just like that? But we just got here," gawked Sora sulkily, obviously not wanting to leave what was to him a palace. Riku rolled his eyes and pulled Sora out of the house by his shirt collar, grabbing his wallet before slamming the door behind them.
"Ow! Riku, you're ruining your top!" pouted Sora, pushing him off.
"Never mind," shrugged Riku, "I've got another one!"
"Oh... heh. Ok, so where we going?"
"Hmmm... over there!" yelled Riku, pointing along the path and sprinting off, glancing back behind him at a wide-eyed Sora.
"Not fair!" yelled Sora after him, grinning and running behind him.
After a few minutes of racing each other along the path, Riku stopped, laughing. Sora skidded to a halt beside him panting, and shot him a glare.
"Here we are Sora," smiled Riku, raising his hand in a gesture to display the many shops squashed together, seemingly going on forever.
"Woah..." gasped Sora, his eyes widening with amazement for what was definitely not the first time that day.
Riku looked at an unaware Sora, smiling at his sweetness. This was going to be more fun than he had bargained for.
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Sorry if this chap was sort of... Well, to put it simply, crap! I'll try and make it a little cute next time, but I can't promise anything! *dodges hoards of shoes being thrown* SORRY!
Anywho, keep reviewing coz it keeps me going, and sorry for taking so long to update! I've been busy and lacking in inspiration lately so that's just me... and for those who have read My Angel, I've started chapter 8! That's also been hard because of my lack of inspiration, so sorry again! Well yes, REVIEW EVERYONE!!!
xoxo Eva McBeava
As always, thanks to those who reviewed...
camigirl4k3- FAVOURITES LIST?! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!!! ^____^ oh thank you, I love it when I get on someone's fave list... though it's probably no big deal for others U_U ehrm yes... I know, Riku and Sora at Riku's place together... *sigh* how exciting! Please keep reading!
Muffy- Yeah I don't really like Kairi coz she's always the one who comes between the boys... and yeah, Selphie's cool! Tidus and Wakka will definitely come into the story sooner or later. Yeah, I've always thought Sephy and Ri are related, so I just might make Sephy his daddy! Yes... I may have emphasized the whole giggling girlies thing but it has to be that way lol and they'll get over the whole Riku thing once they find out he's gay, HA! That's true, Riku's mom is gonna act like Sora's own mommy during the stay, which is very cute. Riku's charm is gonna come out MAJORLY in the further chaps! Thanks for the long review!!!
Promise- Do you know that the praise you gave me just then was the most wonderful review I think I've ever received? Wow, thank you so much for saying those things, I get so worried that I think I might suck and then I get reviews like yours and I feel so wonderful! Thank you, I highly anticipate more sweet reviews from you!!!
Uzumaki-sama- Phew, good to know you've made your decision- and you like it! ^_^ I hoped the 2nd chapter would have an effect somewhere along those lines. Hooked, I love it when people use that word... just never thought someone would say they were hooked on anything I wrote o_O Riku's mom's more like Sora than Riku, which is unusual but... well, I'm nothing like my mom, so who said that was unrealistic eh? Thanks for reviewing!!!
Sora Otaku- OH MY GOD! Where the heck have you been missy? I swear, I've been sitting here with my head down going "Why oh why has she abandoned me?" and here you are! It's great to have you back my dear, I love it when old reviewers come back to me, it means a lot to me! *eyes tear up* Anyway, I hope you come back for more next time! Thanks for reviewing!
Thanks also to- Lizzie, Raven's Light, fellow reader, CLOud for being so darn nice to me and reviewing at all!
Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts, duh! I wouldn't waste my time writing fan fiction if I did!
Well yes... Here y'all go, I'm trying my best to make it good *twiddles thumbs nervously*
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Riku awoke the next morning to find himself surrounded in half-light that was streaming through his window. He had always been an early riser, finding it easy to get up in the mornings. This was probably due to the fact that he had grown up with his mother getting up early and taking him to work ever since he had been a small child. In the next room, he could hear the unmistakable rustle of his mother getting ready. Deciding it was time to get up, Riku slid out of bed and re-made it so that it looked totally spotless. His room looked like that of an adult's, his furniture all matching, dark wooden pieces with intricate carvings, just screaming sophistication. He had a large TV beyond the foot of his bed and a stereo system on a specially designed dressing table, beside a mirror and above several drawers full of masses of neatly folded clothes. It was adorned with simple neutral yet bold colours of whites, creams, blacks and browns, creating a professional sort of coordination. Nodding to himself at his neat bed, he walked out his door and shut it quietly behind him. He silently trailed down the stairs and spotted his mother in amongst her mess of papers.
"So, when we leaving?" he said, startling his mother and making pivot on the balls of her feet to face him, clutching a piece of paper. Her face instantly warmed when she saw Riku and her stance relaxed.
"Don't do that hon," she sighed playfully, "When you're ready we can leave, I'm sure they're gonna want me to do something extra! Oh, and I'm sure Sora would love to see you as soon as possible."
Riku nodded and turned back to go up and take a shower. Though he would never admit nor show it, he was excitedly anticipating his next meet with the angelic brunet. Removing his clothes and tossing them aside, he turned the taps on and jumped into the shower. After a hurried bout of washing, Riku got out of the shower and dried himself. 'What to wear...' he thought as he stepped out into his room and opened his large wardrobe, tapping his bottom lip in thought. Shaking his head to free himself from worrying, he frowned. 'Come on Riku, you don't worry about what to wear, you're Riku, not some teenage girl trying to impress a date,' he thought, retrieving whatever clothes were in front of him in spite of his foolishness. These just happened to be one of his many pairs of jeans and a simple black shirt, which made him look even more mature than his original nature and look held. He couldn't help smiling as he admired his own reflection in the mirror, knowing he looked doubly as good as he had yesterday. That would mean Sora would be shocked and even more bumbling than then. Riku smiled maliciously at the thought and swivelled around happily to walk out of his room. He was ready to visit the latest player in his amusing little game.
Riku didn't often get the chance to play with those of the same sex, because he had always tried not to make his "sexual preferences" known to the public. It wasn't that he cared at all about what the people around him thought- there were many openly gay people in Shazahri who were totally socially accepted- but his games would be wasted on the girls of his town if they knew he was batting for the other team, so to speak. Well, considering it was just him and Sora in the little hospital, and shortly his own house, he was free to act how he pleased. His mother knew he was gay, because she had her ways in finding out things- who could resist those pleading, bright eyes of hers? Not even Riku had surpassed her watchful eye and sweet face. She was good at keeping secrets though, and that was why his father had never known about this particular fact. Something Riku planned to keep from him for as long as he could, not that it would be hard. He wouldn't be surprised if he didn't notice him getting up on the table and screwing some random boy right in front of his eyes- he would do exactly what he did any time he spent time with them, just look right past Riku, smiling, and shifting his eyes right back to his newspaper or his prized beauty- his wife.
Riku's parents were both creatures who, like him, resembled some sort of gods. His father had given him his silver hair and milky complexion, not to mention a certain masculinity that just emitted from the both of them, and his mother had given him his startlingly bright aquamarine eyes, while his father had bright icy blue ones, and her amazing smile, though their personalities made different uses of them.
Riku trudged down the stairs, his fingers trailing along the banister. He felt like running down and thumping to the ground, pulling his mother out to the car with him, but being Riku, he coolly landed at the bottom after taking his time walking down.
"Well, I guess I'm ready if you want to go," he hinted at his mother who had seemingly not even noticed his arrival downstairs.
"Ok, you go out to the car then and I'll come right out," she mumbled into her paperwork, pointing to the keys that were currently residing on the table beside her. He walked over to the table and picked them up, jangling them swiftly, before moving out to the already open door, of which had a beautiful day's light now streaming through it. He unlocked the passenger side and slid himself snugly into the seat, turning the key so he could turn on the radio. A voice emitted from the speakers of the car, telling Riku that which he already knew, that the weather was perfect. Turning off the radio, he turned to see if his mother was coming. There she was, bustling through the door with her bag swinging off her shoulder.
"Okay," she smiled as she flopped into the driver's seat and turned the key further to start to car, "we're off!"
"Is Sora coming with us when we leave?" Riku blurted out, finally having asked the question he so badly wanted to know.
Smiling, his mother answered, "Yes, I think that's exactly what's going to happen."
Content with that answer, Riku fixed his attention back on the passing scenery outside his window, smirking evilly at any girl who just happened to be in his vision. After what seemed like eternity to Riku, they arrived at the hospital car park and both hurried out, setting off for the foyer.
"Hey Rama! Any news?" grinned Nisha as she skipped over to the young girl who smiled back and began talking about what was going on around the hospital. Riku was getting bored now and wanted to go and visit Sora. He approached his mother and began to tap at the desk so as to hint at his boredom. Noting the boy's obvious discomfort, she rolled her eyes and told the girl she would "be right back", poking Riku's back before walking off to the hospital rooms.
"You little brat," pouted Nisha teasingly as they walked alongside each other. Riku grinned widely and looked at her wickedly, chuckling quietly. Soon they had halted at the door that Riku had first entered yesterday when he met his new 'friend'. Full of confidence, he stepped forward and turned the doorknob, swinging it open fully. Turning back to his mother, he waved her off with his hand, still wearing his triumphant grin. Shaking her head, she smiled back and left the room.
Riku shut the door quietly and trekked over to the once-more sleeping figure in the flimsy hospital bed. The scruffy hair was visible on the pillow, and as he approached the figure further, he saw the peaceful angel face. Sora's hand was resting downwards beside his side-turned face and it was flinching every time he breathed out. Although Riku thought this was overly adorable, he couldn't fight his urge to wake him with a little bit of fun. Leaning down beside his face, Riku brushed his hand on Sora's gently, feeling it shudder beneath his touch. His face stirred and fixed into a troubled expression, his bottom lip, of course, thrust into a pout. Knowing that he was on the verge of waking, Riku moved his mouth to Sora's neck and pressed his lips gently to the sensitive flesh, in an affectionate gesture that was somewhere half way between a kiss and a nuzzle. He could sense Sora's discomfort and nudged his neck forcefully before quickly raising himself just in time to see Sora's eyes flutter open.
"Woah!" yelled Sora, just before sitting up abruptly as he had the day before. Riku found himself relieved that he had stood up fully instead of leaning over Sora like he had then. He rubbed his eyes and gave Riku a sulky glare before stifling, and eventually giving into, a wide yawn.
"Hey honey bun," purred Riku mockingly. Sora scoffed and his face softened before he flashed Riku a sleepy grin.
"You sure are here early," he yawned.
"Yeah, my mom had to get here early, she couldn't wait to get here."
Riku rolled his eyes and sat down gently on Sora's bed, his body brushing against Sora's. A certain rush went through him that he didn't usually get when he was playing his games...
"So... What you doing today?" asked Sora, somewhat awkwardly.
"I dunno, what you wanna do? My house isn't very interesting or anything..."
"I'm staying with you... today?" asked Sora with awe.
Riku felt his heart sink again as his game was interrupted with emotion. 'Stupid feelings.'
"Of course you are," he answered, cocking an eyebrow, "Didn't I promise I'd take you back to my place today?"
"Oh, y-yeah... I just, didn't know if you were humouring me or something," he laughed sheepishly.
"Have a little faith in me Sora, you can trust me," said Riku quietly, fixing Sora with a look so intense that he wasn't sure it was Riku looking at him, because as soon as he had blinked, Riku was back to his seductive self.
"And anyway, if you can't trust the boy who's keeping you company despite the fact that he just met you yesterday, especially in a world so deprived of caring people, who can you trust?" he finished softly with a wide-stretched grin.
Sora shrugged innocently, his eyes squinted slightly in thought.
"I dunno... You?" he giggled.
"Exactly," finished Riku, standing up and ruffling his hair as though he were a child, "I think I'd better go get mom so she can take us back to my place, ok? Pack your things."
"I don't have any things..." mumbled Sora. Riku cringed at the statement, realising his clothes had probably been ruined in the accident, and he sure wasn't going to bring him home in a hospital gown.
"Right, right... Well, you can slip on something of mine if you want, I'll get mom to drive me down."
"Thanks. Hey... Riku?"
"Mmm?"
"Why are you being so nice to me?" he asked timidly, cocking his head to the side in question.
Riku opened his mouth to answer, but soon realised he in fact didn't know the answer to the question at all. Turning his charm back on, he answered Sora with a simple question, that was rather like a statement to end the matter.
"Well, why not?" he said breathily, winking gently before opening and slipping out the door.
Before moving, Riku stopped and closed his eyes briefly. What was going on? This was a one-sided game, and he was beginning to think Sora stood a chance in it. He kept getting weird feelings... Weird feelings he wasn't supposed to get. Riku's limitation of feeling was physical attraction, on which he rarely acted. This boy, this simple, innocent boy, he didn't have the potential to make Riku lose at his own game... he couldn't...
"What you doin' there?" rang out a voice from somewhere beyond the blackness of Riku's eyelids. Opening one eye suspiciously, he saw it was his mother, hands on hips, looking at him like he was some sort of weirdo. He opened both of his eyes, relieved that it was only her.
"Oh, hi. I was just coming to look for you. Sora's got no clothes, we should really drive back home so I can grab him something to wear when he comes back..."
"That's cool, we can go now! My shift doesn't start for about an hour and there's a couple people in... I have some work to do, but it can wait. Sora's more important!"
"Right," mumbled Riku as he followed Nisha through the hall and out past the foyer, where she waved goodbye to Rama, and out into the carpark.
"So what's up?" asked his mother expectantly.
"What do you mean?" he replied flatly, knowing exactly what she was talking about.
"Honey, you're a smooth operator, I don't think I've ever seen you jaded or faltered at all... and that was weird! Are you sick? Or tired maybe... No, you've been tired before..."
"Mom, there is nothing wrong, I'm not tired or sick, or jaded, faltered or any of that! I'm just normal... I still have no idea what you're talking about!" he finished exasperatedly, hurrying ahead and opening the car door to get in.
"Ok," she sighed back. If he didn't want to tell her, it was his choice... She was going to find out sometime anyway, that was her job!
Riku was silent for the whole car ride home, almost afraid of giving something away to Nisha. Really, when she wanted to know something, she always found out in the end... though Riku wasn't exactly sure what was going on himself, so would she be able to then? Probably, knowing her.
When they arrived back at their house, Riku rushed ahead of her once more, entering the house. This time it wasn't because he was trying to avoid her- he just wanted to get in and out as quickly as possible so he could return things to normal and keep playing with Sora. Once he brought him to his house, things would be much more fun.
Riku rushed up the stairs and pushed open one of his drawers, pulling out a pair of jeans that he thought would look good on Sora. He slammed it shut and opened another drawer, pulling out a plain top for Sora. 'Yep, that'll do,' he thought with a shrug, stuffing them into a shopping bag. He trailed down the stairs and landed at the bottom gracefully, facing his mother who was standing waiting for him.
"K, you got everything?" she smiled.
"Uhuh," he grunted back simply.
Sighing once more, Nisha went outside and locked the door behind Riku. He was acting very suspicious, so... Well, so not Riku! They drove back to the hospital in silence, save Riku's tapping to the beat of the song on the radio and Nisha's wailing singing.
When they arrived, Riku had almost forgotten about his mother's suspicions, and was acting more or less normal again. He stepped out of the car and walked casually to the hospital behind her. He couldn't wait to get back to Sora and take him back to his house! He had never enjoyed a game so much as he did the one he had started with Sora. He had never been so free to have a one on one game like this one.
He rushed into the hospital as quickly as possible for someone who was trying to look cool, calm and collected, and smiled back at Nisha in goodbye. Trailing along the corridor, he spied the now-familiar number on Sora's door and slowly turned the doorknob, nervousness now clutching his stomach like never before.
This time, Sora was wide awake, sitting up and humming to himself. Riku's cocky nature once more returned to him when he saw the innocence of the boy- he didn't know how to win in this game! Riku was going to win after all.
Sora's face lit up into a broad grin when he saw Riku entered the room with the bag dangling from his arm. He kicked the door shut behind him effortlessly and tossed the bag into Sora's lap.
"Here's some stuff I thought might look good on you," he smirked, moving beside Sora's bed. Sora pulled out the clothes carefully, seemingly awestruck at the pieces. Riku wondered what was so amazing about a few items of clothing, as Sora turned to him uneasily.
"Riku, I don't wanna ruin them..." he explained apprehensively.
"Um... I wasn't really worried that you would Sora," replied Riku, trying to hide his disbelief. What was Sora expecting him to bring, rags?
"It's just... they're really nice. Don't you have anything les... nice? I mean, I would hate to be responsible for getting something on them or anything like that."
"You don't like my clothes Sora?" smiled Riku sceptically, though teasingly.
"NO, no, they're so nice, I like them a lot! It's just... Well, are you sure you want someone like me to wear your good clothes?"
"Someone like you? What is that supposed to mean?" Riku was serious now. Someone like Sora? Was this how he had been brought up, to think he was on a lower standard than everyone else?
"Oh, well at home nobody really talks to me. I mean, not like a friend or anything... I think it's because they have more money than me... well, I always thought so anyway... And I didn't really think people like me were supposed to wear clothes like this..."
Riku couldn't believe that Sora was so naïve, lacked knowledge of real importance, all because his father had never explained to him. That and the people who had always been too caught up in their own lives to care about someone like Sora.
"Well apparently the people at home have their priorities screwed up," frowned Riku, thinking aloud. Sora laughed meekly, biting his lip and blinking teary eyes at Riku.
"Oh, well... Thanks. I'm sorta... what's the word? Ignorant?"
"No, ignorant's the word for stupid people who don't know something... You're just uninformed," Riku smiled, ruffling Sora's hair.
"Oh... Well, ok."
Riku sat beside Sora's bed silently for a few minutes before Sora cleared his throat, snapping him out of his thoughts and making him raising his face to Sora.
"I don't mean to be ungrateful or anything, but would you mind leaving while I change?" laughed Sora.
Embarrassedly, Riku rose up, trying to think of something to say that would excuse his ambiguity. Smiling seductively, he flicked his tongue out briefly over his top lip.
"Damn, and I thought you were going to let me stay for a while there," he concluded huskily before walking out the door, smiling smugly to himself.
"What are you so happy about Mister smiley?" came a suspiciously mocking voice, that could be none other but his mother.
"He's funny," replied Riku vaguely as he leaned against the wall beside the doorframe. His mother continued to look at him sceptically, though it seemed that Riku either didn't notice or was ignoring her impeccably. Riku knocked on the door after a few minutes.
"Sora, are you decent?" he mused, leaning his forehead against the door.
"In a second... Yeah!" came a muffled reply.
Riku opened the door and stepped inside the room, his smiled still freshly planted on his face. Now that Sora was out of the hospital bed, which ultimately made him look more feeble, and generally younger in that sense, he appeared much more physically mature, and he suited Riku's plain yet tasteful clothes more than he had ever imagined. However, his baby face remained unchanged and was all Riku could identify him by, excluding his dishevelled hair. Then came the adorable grin. 'Yep, that's Sora,' thought Riku.
"Wow, you look really good," exclaimed Riku, sounding a little more awestruck than he would have liked. His comment resulted in a deep blush from Sora, and with that, his confidence was back on track.
"Heh... I dunno, these kind of clothes look better on you," he mumbled timidly, walking towards Riku.
"Yeah, I guess you're right," laughed Sora with a wink, "but either way, we should get out of here. I spend too much time in this place as it is!" he finished, tugging at Sora's hand and pulling him out of the room. Sora's legs fumbled behind Riku who was smiling and walking hurriedly out of the hospital. Nisha followed them closely behind, farewelling everyone as she went along.
Riku opened the door for Sora, who was so clueless towards other people's manners that Riku had to push him inside the car. Moving to the other side, Riku hopped in, smirking at Sora.
Getting impatient, Riku called to Nisha who was conversing one of the nurses who had just arrived at work.
"Ok, well Riku wants me to hurry up, and I probably should too! We're taking home Sora, you know, the boy who came in yesterday? Yes, that's Sora! He's coming to stay with us and-"
"MOM!"
"Well, I should really go, I'll be back in a while, bubye!"
Nisha opened the door and got in the car, throwing Riku an exasperated look before starting up the car and driving out into the street.
"You're so impatient, baby! Definitely got that one from you're daddy," she giggled, shaking her head. Riku let a bitter expression pass over his face but quickly let it pass as he looked at Sora and tried to smile at him. At being smiled at like that, like someone was trying for him, not looking right through him, treating him like an equal, like... like a friend.
Both of the boys were snapped out of their thoughts (as had been happening so often lately) by the sudden stop of the engine and the jangle of the keys being withdrawn from the car.
"Ok boys, in you go," said Nisha, opening the door for Sora while Riku opened his own door unconsciously, his mind still dwelling on the thoughts that were racing through his confused mind.
"Here's the key honey," she continued hastily, stretching out her hand with a house key in it. Riku looked at her hand as if she were crazy then back at her face.
"Er... I have my own," he said, cocking an eyebrow.
"Right... Ok, I'll see you tonight! I'll pick up some nice things to cook you a super dinner," she winked before getting in the car and heading back to the hospital.
Riku tugged at Sora's hand again and pulled him to the door, which Riku swiftly unlocked and opened with his free hand. Sora was gawking at the house, no doubt astounded by it's size and modern style. Normally it irritated Riku when people treated his house and possessions like some sort of amazing artefacts, just because the were expensive, because he was smart enough to know that they were just things, but the way Sora was doing it was simply adorable, innocent in it's way. He had obviously never seen anything near to like this and Riku knew he probably didn't even realise the look that had overcame his face.
Riku guided an almost totally limp Sora inside his house and let go of his hand. Sora spun around slowly, taking in his surroundings with big, wandering eyes.
"Well... I want to show you my room now, since that's where you'll be sleeping..." said Riku with a cheeky grin implanted on his face.
Sora turned to Riku, slowly coming out of his astounded daze and gave a sheepish laugh and a small nod, his eyes wandering further to see where his room could possibly be. It could be anywhere; Sora didn't think he'd ever been in a house that huge!
Riku jolted his head to the side in a signal to follow him as he walked towards the stairs, ascending them while looking back at Sora who was admiring the railing. There was no other way to explain it- the boy just made him melt inside! When they arrived at Riku's bedroom door, Sora had gotten over the extravagance of the house slightly and was walking expectantly beside Riku.
"Well I think we should go shopping before it gets late," said Riku casually before kicking open the door and receiving a small squeak from the boy beside him, "since you have no pyjamas or clothes or anything."
"Oh... Well I really hate to say so, but I kind of have no money," mumbled Sora with his face down. Riku laughed softly, patting Sora's shoulder as if he were an inexperienced child. 'Hm... I guess he sort of is,' thought Riku.
"Don't be stupid Sora, I have more money than I know what to do with," laughed Riku, with a trademark wink.
"Oh, no! You shouldn't have to pay for me, you're already feeding me and giving me somewhere to sleep," said Sora hurriedly, a stern look fixed on his face.
"Um... What do you say, you can pay me back when you're a rich superstar?" smirked Riku, nudging Sora in the ribs.
"Well... yeah, that shouldn't be too far off," beamed Sora, giving in.
"Great! Well it's one o'clock now," started Riku, looking at his watch, "so do you want to get started?"
"Now? Shopping? Just like that? But we just got here," gawked Sora sulkily, obviously not wanting to leave what was to him a palace. Riku rolled his eyes and pulled Sora out of the house by his shirt collar, grabbing his wallet before slamming the door behind them.
"Ow! Riku, you're ruining your top!" pouted Sora, pushing him off.
"Never mind," shrugged Riku, "I've got another one!"
"Oh... heh. Ok, so where we going?"
"Hmmm... over there!" yelled Riku, pointing along the path and sprinting off, glancing back behind him at a wide-eyed Sora.
"Not fair!" yelled Sora after him, grinning and running behind him.
After a few minutes of racing each other along the path, Riku stopped, laughing. Sora skidded to a halt beside him panting, and shot him a glare.
"Here we are Sora," smiled Riku, raising his hand in a gesture to display the many shops squashed together, seemingly going on forever.
"Woah..." gasped Sora, his eyes widening with amazement for what was definitely not the first time that day.
Riku looked at an unaware Sora, smiling at his sweetness. This was going to be more fun than he had bargained for.
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Sorry if this chap was sort of... Well, to put it simply, crap! I'll try and make it a little cute next time, but I can't promise anything! *dodges hoards of shoes being thrown* SORRY!
Anywho, keep reviewing coz it keeps me going, and sorry for taking so long to update! I've been busy and lacking in inspiration lately so that's just me... and for those who have read My Angel, I've started chapter 8! That's also been hard because of my lack of inspiration, so sorry again! Well yes, REVIEW EVERYONE!!!
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