Kingdom Hearts I own not -_-
Warnings:
A even more kawaii chibi Riku...and he's naked too O.o
(OH COME ON! HE'S A LIL KID! no hentais here! geez....)
Author's Ranting:
Thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaank you sooo much for the reviews! Wow I haven't got so many reviews since Next Lesson ^.~
So, naturally, here's the second chapter. I hope you like it.
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Riku stifled a quiet yawn and rolled over to lie on his stomach, digging his head into the pillow. Sora had to fight the urge to go 'awww' and quickly turned away to stare at the wall on the other side of the room. Seeing Riku like this was killing him, or rather, it would kill Riku, because Sora had to hold back the urge to squeeze and cuddle him to death.
Riku suddenly sneezed, making Sora's gaze snap back to the boy.
"Sora?"
The little boy opened his eyes and rubbed his nose, shaking his head like a puppy. Sora smiled. "Yeah?"
Riku looked at him with sleepy eyes and sat up. "I'm hungry," he said, eyes still half-lidded while his lips formed Sora's trademark pout.
"Hungry? But you just ate...." Sora replied, raising his eyebrows in surprise. Either this boy was trying to be annoying, or he really was just a glutton. The first possibility was rather unlikely, because little Riku could not be annoying, no matter what he did.
Sora sighed and nodded. "Fine, what do you want to eat, then?" He cocked his head as Riku crawled onto him, starting to gnaw on his shirt again. Riku mumbled something unintelligible into the shirt and gnawed more, almost biting Sora's shoulder.
"Hey hey hey," Sora gently pushed him away. Riku inhaled sharply and then fell right back to sleep. Sora scratched his head and decided to let Riku sleep a little more. Maybe he could find something to wear in the meantime. As soon as Sora left the room, a loud wail stopped him. Quickly, he ran back to his room to find Riku sitting helplessly on the bed.
"Where did you go?!" he demanded, crossing his arms as he sniffled.
Sora sighed and shook his head. "I thought you were asleep. I just wanted to find something to wear for you. You can't run around in that shirt." He went back to the bed and sat down beside Riku, patting his head.
"I'm just in the next room, don't worry. Just lie down and sleep. If there is anything just call me."
Riku had a sulky look on his face as he looked up at Sora from beneath his eyelashes. For a long time, he didn't say anything, just looked at Sora with that look. Then he snorted.
"I'm not tired. I don't want to sleep. Let me help you find clothes!" he took a deep breath to make his chest bigger and Sora laughed at the attempt of looking brave. He patted Riku's head again, loving the feel of the hair that felt like it was made of velvet, and nodded.
"Fine. We'll start searching in my parents' room. Maybe they kept some of my old clothes."
Riku nodded eagerly and bounced off the bed, rushing out of the room. Sora blinked. Hadn't he just been totally sleepy and tired? His thoughts, however, were interrupted by loud squealing sound, followed by laughter. Quickly, Sora followed the sound and eventually found Riku rolling around on his parents' four poster.
"It's soo biiiig!" Riku squealed in delight and rolled around, making somersaults.
Sora slapped his forehead and sighed. Then he smiled, seeing that Riku was completely busy with the bed so he could look for clothes without being distracted by the little boy. He went over to the closet and opened the doors. Lots of old clothes were in it, most of them were his parents' clothes like the wedding dress of his mother.
"If I could only remember where she put my clothes... I know she kept some of them..." Sora started digging through the clothes, taking them out one by one. He was so caught up in searching through the things that he didn't notice that Riku had come over from the bed and was now crouching beside him, putting the clothes back in.
Every time Sora took something from the right corner out , Riku put it back into the left corner, making the whole situation turn into an endless game. Sora was getting frustrated and began to wonder why the clothes kept getting more and more, until he turned to his side to see his little friend working eagerly.
"Riku? What the hell are you doing?" he asked, sounding tired.
Riku stopped putting the clothes in and looked at him, his lips formed the shape of an 'O'. Then he pointed at Sora.
"You said 'hell'!"
Sora shrugged. Riku frowned and crossed his arms. "You're not supposed to say that! It's a baaaad word!" He stretched the word 'bad' to emphasize that he was serious. Sora blinked. Right. For a three-year-old boy, it was a bad word. Kids weren't supposed to say those things.
"Sorry," Sora offered, scratching his head. Riku scowled at him and Sora began to feel nervous. Who knew what a little kid could do. They could turn into monsters sometimes. Riku narrowed his eyes at Sora and Sora looked at him, half expecting him to jump and bite him like a dog.
Riku, however, only began to put the clothes back in, ignoring Sora totally. Sora frowned and watched him, until he saw Riku holding something really small. It was a small shirt!
"Riku, wait!"
He quickly grabbed the shirt and inspected it. It was white and had blue stripes. Not really beautiful but maybe it would look cute on Riku. Riku blinked as he suddenly didn't have anything to hold and cocked his head.
"Hey give it back! I have to put back in!"
Sora chuckled. "Neat freak, aren't we?" he laughed, ignoring the fact that Riku had no idea what that weird neat-freak thingy was.
"Don't worry about it, you will wear this. You don't have to put it back."
Sora looked through the rest of the clothes while Riku watched, and eventually he found the matching underpants and pants. The only thing that was missing were the shoes but shoes weren't really necessary on Destiny Islands.
"Okay, now we got the clothes. Come here, I'll dress you," Sora said, extending his hand to Riku. The little boy crossed his arms, stubbornly looking away.
"Don't wanna," he answered, sticking his tongue out.
Sora rolled his eyes. "You mean you want to wear this cloak-like shirt forever?" He gave Riku a look, holding the other, smaller shirt in his hand. Riku looked at the shirt, then at Sora, and then back at the shirt. He threw his arms into the air and groaned.
"Fine, fine, dress me, whatever!"
Sora smiled. If it weren't for the adorable child-like voice, this would have sounded exactly like the old Riku. The brunette motioned his friend to come over and the young boy obeyed, although only hesitantly.
"Lift your arms," Sora said, pulling the shirt up. He couldn't help to blush as he saw that Riku wasn't wearing anything underneath.
'He's just a kid, Sora. Just a baby. Besides, he's a boy,' he reminded himself, trying to clear his thoughts. He tried to remove the shirt quickly so he could let Riku put his pants on, but Riku had other plans. As soon as he was freed and naked, he squeaked and dashed out of the room.
"Riku!" Sora yelled, jumping up to follow him. Riku was laughing and running towards the bathroom, where he stopped.
Sora came in, panting to catch his breath. As he was about to scold Riku for running away, he saw that the little boy was staring wide-eyed at the bathtub. Before Sora could say anything, Riku began to climb into it. Sora blinked as he watched Riku trying his best to get in although he was too short to reach it properly. To Riku, the bathtub seemed like one big mountain he had to climb, and Sora simply stood there and watched him. Surprisingly, Riku managed to get in, plopping onto the hard bottom with a 'thump'.
"Owwie..." he whined, grimacing in pain. Sora walked to him and crouched down to lean his arms on the bathtub.
"You wanna take a bath?"
Riku turned to face him, unconsciously using the puppy eye look on him. He nodded.
Sora shrugged and turned on the water. "Okay. I suppose you need me to wash you, huh?" he asked, noting that he was blushing again. 'God, he's just a little boy, stop blushing you idiot!' he thought to himself.
Riku nodded and pointed at one of the bottles that were standing around the bathtub. "I want bubble bath!" he exclaimed, looking at Sora with irresistible twinkling eyes.
"Oh, all right," Sora sighed, pouring some of the liquid into the water. Riku smiled happily as he watched Sora move his hands in the water to make the bubbles appear. He began to imitate the motion and soon laughed as he was able to make his own bubbles. Sora smiled, remembering the time he and Riku used to take baths together. They often had sleepovers and their parents always let them take bubble baths together.
It didn't take long for Riku to be covered in bubbles and water and Sora took out a cloth to wash him. After a while, it all seemed natural to Sora and he wondered if he should get so attached to the little Riku. He would turn back sooner or later, wouldn't he? If not, how was he supposed to tell his parents? Sora didn't know what to do. Riku was so cute like this but he still needed the old Riku back.
"You're thinking," Riku stated as he saw that Sora was staring off into space. The silver haired boy splashed a little water towards Sora's face and successfully shook him out of his thoughts.
"Huh?"
Riku lifted his hand and poked Sora's cheek like he had done in the kitchen. "What are you thinking about?" he asked, splashing the bubbles around.
Sora sighed and shook his head, dismissing the question. Riku pouted and splashed Sora right into the face. "Tell me!" he demanded, making a mess with the water. Sora wiped his face with a nearby towel and rolled his eyes as Riku crossed his arms. He looked so ridiculous but still so adorable with those bubbles on his hair, looking like he was wearing a hat.
"I was thinking about what we're going to do after the bath," Sora answered, looking at his wet clothes. He would have to change, too.
Riku nodded. "And what are we going to do after the bath?" he asked. Sora scratched his head and shrugged.
"I don't know, that's why I was thinking. Maybe we should go to Kairi," he answered, hoping that Riku remembered Kairi. He didn't seem to remember much. As he looked at him, Riku nodded again, before he sighed and got up.
"Okay, I'm done," he murmured, already trying to climb out of the bathtub.
"Wait a second," Sora said and took the sprayhead, washing off the remaining bubbles. Riku giggled as the water came tumbling down on him and opened his mouth to catch some of the drops. Sora laughed as he watched this and finished off before Riku climbed out of the bathtub.
"Cloooooothes!" he called, standing completely wet and naked in the bathroom. Sora quickly covered him with a towel and ran into the room to get the clothes. When he got back, Riku was trying to reach the wash-basin.
"Wazzat?" he asked as he saw Sora coming back. The brunette raised his eyebrows and then saw that Riku was pointing at the bottle standing near the wash-basin.
"That's soap," he answered. Riku cocked his head.
"Soap? Wazzat?"
Sora laughed. "That's what you use when you wash your hands."
"Why?" Riku asked.
"Why what?" Sora answered.
Riku rolled his eyes. "Why do you use this soap?"
Sora blinked, and thought for a while. Then he nodded. "Because soap makes your skin clean."
"Doesn't water make your skin clean, too?"
The brunette frowned. Was Riku going to question him further? He shrugged. "Yeah, so you use water and soap, and you're perfectly clean." Wow, that was good. Riku couldn't possibly ask another question now, could he?
"Where does soap come from?"
Sora slapped his forehead and sighed. Riku watched him with a bemused look, waiting for the answer. Sora smiled weakly and sighed again.
"Soap is produced in factories." 'Keep the answer as short and as simple as possible, then he'll stop asking,' he thought to himself.
"What is 'factories'?"
Sora paused. He had to think of something good now. "A factory is a place where soap is made," he proudly answered, hoping that he had answered everything. However, Riku seemed to be much more curious now.
"And where does water come from?"
Sora felt like crying. So Riku could be annoying. Then he remembered that three-year-old kids tended to ask questions endlessly and he suddenly wished for the old Riku to come back. Riku would always know how to answer those questions, he practically knew the answer to everything. But right now it was Riku asking the questions. Oh joy...
Sora chose his only option.
"I'll tell you later. Now come and let me dress you."
Riku sulked and struggled as Sora tried to put the clothes on him. "Come on, don't be a baby. I'll tell you later, just get dressed and let's see Kairi."
The silver haired boy stomped his foot and pouted, but he let Sora dress him completely. When he was done, Sora picked his friend up and showed him the mirror.
"See? Now it's much better, right?"
Riku refused to look into the mirror and continued to sulk. Sora rolled his eyes and set him down on the floor again, looking him over. He had been right, the shirt did look very cute on him. White with blue stripes. And he had the matching shorts, navy blue. The color seemed to fit Riku perfectly, and the size was just perfect. Maybe still a little too large, but that's what made it look so cute.
Ruffling his hair, Sora took Riku's hand and lead him out of the bathroom, towards the door.
"Let's go and see the others now, okay? And don't let go of my hand. I can't have you run away before we know what's happened to you."
Riku was still sulking and ignored Sora, simply staring at the ground. Sora sighed and began to walk, pulling Riku along. They were only moving slow because Riku's short legs couldn't go as fast as Sora's. They walked in silence and Sora occasionally glanced down at Riku, who was still ignoring him. Heaving a sigh, he stopped and crouched down to his friend.
The silver haired boy looked away, intentionally pretending to be offended. Sora smiled and used his index finger to turn his face back.
"Water comes from the ocean. See? There's our ocean," he said, taking Riku by the shoulders to turn him towards the beach. The boy's eyes widened and his lips formed a big smile as he turned back to Sora.
Sora smiled, too, relieved that Riku wasn't sulking anymore. He patted his cheek and then got up to walk ahead, pulling Riku along. As they walked, Riku tugged on Sora's hand.
"Ne Sora!"
Sora looked down. "Hm?"
Riku grinned.
"Where does the ocean come from?"
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Ending notes:
Tadaa...there's your second chapter. Liked it? Please tell me!
This chapter was just...a filler. Kind of. Next Chappy will be about Riku meeting Kairi and...dun dun dun SELPHIE!
The others (meaning Tidus 'n' Wakka) may be there too
So...do you want to see what happens when the little brat meets the girls?
DO YOU?! I hope you do, because I wanna ^^
Chibi Riku: Where do girls come from?
Ehhh...heh...all righty, let's just stop here.