I own this fanfic! Yessss! But I do not own the characters of Kingdom Hearts or anything else -_-
Warnings:
Sleepy, overworked author alert. The chapter shouldn't be too bad, though...
Author's Ranting:
Uhhh alll rightyy... This chapter is weird. *shrugs*
Hm.... it's reaally late here and I have to get up early tomorrow so I had to hurry writing this.
What's there to say? Just read the chapter!
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"Uh, Riku?" Sora asked, trying to shake the little boy off. No matter what he did, Riku didn't let go, almost like he was glued to him. Sora frowned and went over to the fridge while Riku just stuck like a bur.
"How about instant noodles? I know it's not really healthy but I can't cook and mom's not here so..." Sora stopped talking as he noticed that Riku was gnawing at his shoulder again .
"Riku..." he groaned and the little boy snickered, intentionally growling like a little dog.
"O~kay, little pup. Let's eat noodles today."
Riku barked and grinned. "I wanna watch TV!" he then called, jumping off Sora before he dashed off into the living room. Sora blinked, sighing in exasperation. Were little kids really that unpredictable? He couldn't remember whether he was like that when he was young.
Sora shrugged it off and went to prepare their dinner. Two cups of instant noodles, he should be able to handle that. He stared at the instructions and frowned. How come he had never done this before? Oh right, his mother always cooked for him. He had never done anything on his own regarding household, nor had he ever taken care of someone. Sora sighed. No sense in worrying, taking care of Riku couldn't be more difficult than spending time with him as usual.
He eventually managed to get the noodles ready and went into the living room, balancing the two cups on a tray he found in a drawer. He chuckled at the thought that he had never ever looked into those drawers in the kitchen before. When he reached the room, he found Riku on the floor on his hands and knees, eyes wide in innocence while his lips were drawn to a pout as he frowned.
Sora smiled and set down the cups of noodles on the small table near the couch before he turned to see what Riku was watching.
Riku cocked his head, looking fascinated and confused at the same time while Sora gaped in shock. For a few seconds, he was too shocked to even breathe and Riku's face scrunched up as he watched further. He seemed to crawl closer to the TV to get a better look, tilting his head to the side in confusion.
Sora finally snapped out of it and jumped towards Riku, trying to cover his eyes.
"Ahh Sora, what are you doing?!" Riku's tiny voice exclaimed, arms whirling around in a try to remove Sora's hands from his eyes.
"Riku, you're not supposed to watch this. Your noodles are ready, come here and eat," Sora said, trying to stay calm although his face was flushed as he cast a glance at the current pprogram. He let go off Riku and pushed him lightly towards the table. Riku pouted and got up, running over to where the cups were standing.
Sora took a deep breath and rubbed his face to cool it and quickly changed to another channel, blushing furiously. Riku looked at Sora, standing helplessly at the table. The brunette looked over to him, staring a little, before he realized that Riku needed to be fed.
"Oh." He went over to Riku, picked him up with one arm and took the cup of noodles into his vacant hand. They sat down on the couch where Riku sat next to Sora, short legs stretched out. Sora began to feed Riku as the voices of the TV echoed through the room. Some kind of family movie was running, harmless enough for a three-year-old to watch. Different from what Riku had been watching just a moment ago. How did he get onto this channel anyway?
Sora frowned as he continued to feed Riku. His parents had locked the adult channel so Sora couldn't watch it. Not that he ever wanted to watch it. He would be way too embarrassed to look at this. Sora snapped out of his thoughts as Riku tugged on his arm.
"Huh?"
Riku had his arms crossed and looked like he was in deep thought. Then he looked up at Sora and spoke.
"What were they doing?" he asked, looking thoughtful.
Sora blinked before he realized what Riku meant. He gave him a nervous smile and bit his lip, thinking of something to say.
"Um, they were...they were playing! Yeah. Playing." He hoped that Riku was still too young to notice that he was blushing like mad in this very moment. The silver haired boy raised his eyebrows. He wrinkled his nose and shook his head.
"But they were making strange noises. Like it hurt or something. Do you think they were really playing?"
The innocence in Riku's voice made it all the worse for Sora and he felt the embarrassment heat his cheeks.
"Heh, ehh...let's eat a little more, hm? Look, here comes the plane!" he held out the spoon with the noodles and directed it into the boy's mouth, pretending it was a plane. Riku seemed to be distracted by it and continued eating without asking any questions.
The TV was still running and Sora nervously glanced at the film, checking if it was still all right to watch.
When Riku was finished, Sora got his own cup of noodles which of course was already cold but he didn't care. He ate while Riku lay on the couch, nearly dozing off. His eye-lids got heavy and he almost closed his eyes. Just in that moment, Sora finished dinner and got up, causing the little boy to wake up again.
Sora turned to Riku to see him frown slightly. "Oh? Sorry, were you asleep? I'll just throw this away and then it's bedtime." He smiled and patted Riku's head before he went off to the kitchen. When he came back he saw that Riku was awake again. He was standing in front of the TV, holding the remote control in his hands.
Sora paled as he heard the sounds. He closed his eyes, praying that he was just iimagining things but when he turned to look at the screen, it was there again.
"Riku! Stop changing the channel!" Sora yelled, surprising the little boy. Riku dropped the remote and frowned at Sora, then looked back at the TV.
"See? That doesn't look like playing!" Riku insisted, pointing at the screen. Sora's ears felt like burning up and he quickly grabbed his friend and ran with him into the bathroom.
"They are playing. It's a game. And now I'll brush your teeth and then you go to bed."
Riku sulked with crossed arms and stood there like a stone, not moving. Sora rolled his eyes and took out a new toothbrush.
"Come on, open your mouth," he said as he added the toothpaste to the brush. Riku stuck out his tongue and shook his head. He was being such a brat right now. Probably because he was tired. Sora could see that was fighting the sleep in his eyes and that probably made him so stubborn. Sora sighed and thought of a way to make him stop this.
"Riku..." he began and the boy heaved a sigh as though Sora was the annoying brat. He rolled his eyes and waved him off.
"Fine, fine. Do it and go to bed, you brat," Riku said in such a mocking tone that Sora almost thought the 15-year old Riku was talking, instead of the little boy.
He finally opened his mouth and Sora brushed his teeth, carefully not to hurt him. It was awkward to brush someone else's teeth but Riku couldn't possibly brush his teeth alone. He couldn't even eat properly. Sora smiled as he picked Riku up to let him rinse. He held him just above the wash basin and Riku spit out the remaining toothpaste, grimacing and making noises.
Sora chuckled and gave him a glass of water. "Here, rinse your mouth with this."
Riku did as he was told and stuck out his tongue after Sora had put him down.
"It tastes horrible!" The little boy exclaimed, fanning his tongue in disgust. Sora laughed and ruffled his friend's hair, making him glare at him. Maybe he should get some children's toothpaste for Riku.
After that, the brunette took his friend to his room, placing him on the bed and pulling the covers over him. Riku kicked them off and sat up.
"I'm not tired!" he snapped, rubbing his eyes as he pouted stubbornly. Sora sighed and sat down beside Riku.
"Don't try to fool me, Riku. You are tired. Now go to sleep, I'll stay here until you're asleep, all right? Come on now, lie down."
Riku sulked and refused to move but Sora eventually managed to push him down. He sat there, running his hand through Riku's hair in a slow motion, lulling the boy to sleep. Riku's eyes, however, were wide open and he seemed to be wide awake.
"Ne Sora?" he asked, shifting slightly on the bed. Sora looked down, still running his hands through the silky hair.
"Hm?" He had given up on forcing Riku to go to sleep. The boy would fall asleep soon, he thought. It wouldn't take that long. Riku looked up at him with his beautiful aqua eyes.
"Can we play what they played?"
Sora's hand stopped immediately and his eyes widened as he nearly choked and began to blush like there was no tomorrow.
"Uhhh...." he stammered, shaking slightly. "Um...n-no. We can't. That's only for adults," he answered, feeling his mouth getting incredibly dry.
"Oh," Riku replied. He yawned and closed his eyes, and Sora felt relieved as thought Riku was going to sleep now.
But he was wrong. The silver haired boy's eyes opened again and he looked at Sora with questioning eyes.
"What's an a-dul?" he asked, pronouncing the word as if it was some very difficult foreign word. Sora chuckled and almost felt like going 'aww'. Riku was so sweet, even though the situation was majorly embarrassing for Sora.
"Adults are grown ups. You know, like mom and dad. They are adults," Sora replied, smiling gently at his friend.
Riku blinked.
"Oh."
He shut his mouth, seeming to think. Then he spoke again.
"So mom and dad play this game?"
Sora bit his lips as he felt the heat rise into his cheek. He did not want to imagine anything like this right now.
"Yeah..I guess they do..." he murmured, rubbing his cheeks nervously.
Riku nodded. "So when I'm a dad, I can play too, right? And when we're both..um...a-du-lts...can we play it together?"
That did it. Sora felt his head explode in embarrassment and he covered his mouth to prevent himself from screaming. This was definitely the most embarrassing conversation he ever had, and the fact that it was Riku to whom he was talking only made it worse. The fact that Riku had just asked if they would play the game together was driving Sora crazy.
Riku watched Sora's antics in confusion and backed away into the pillow.
"What's wrong?" he asked, frowning at Sora's behavior.
The brunette panted, trying to regain his calmness and he laughed nervously. "Oh nothing, nothing. Um, no, we can't play the game, sorry. You're supposed to play with a girl." He paused, trying to think of a way to stop this.
"But I think your mom and dad should explain that to you," he quickly added, hoping that Riku would drop the subject.
The silver haired boy sat up and crawled onto Sora until he was face to face with him.
"But why don't you explain it to me?" he whined, looking directly into Sora's eyes.
Sora was on the edge of passing out and he didn't even know why. Of course, the subject was horribly embarrassing for him, but what really made him nervous was that Riku was asking all this. And he was asking everything in that innocent voice of a three-year-old child and that made Sora really nervous.
"Hey Riku, I'm really tired. Let's just go to sleep and I'll explain to you tomorrow. Is that all right?"
The silver haired boy narrowed his eyes and put a finger to his chin, considering Sora's words. Then he nodded and reached out to get a hold on Sora's ears. He wrinkled his nose.
"They're warm," he said a little puzzled. Then he pulled Sora's face closer to his own and gave him a clumsy, wet smooch on the lips. He giggled as he withdrew and jumped off Sora into the blankets, closing his eyes tightly.
Sora sat there as though he was in a trance. Then he blinked, frowned, and blinked again. He looked down at Riku who seemed to be fast asleep. He frowned again. He yawned and realized that he really was tired. Looking at Riku's sleeping form he decided to sleep in his parent's bed. Yawning again, he slid off the bed and quietly walked towards the door. He turned off the light and opened the door but it ccreaked as he opened it and he felt Riku stir on the bed.
"Sora?"
Sora turned around, seeing that Riku was sitting again, rubbing his eyes.
"Yes?" he impatiently answered, hoping that Riku would just fall asleep again.
The silver haired boy frowned at the tone in Sora's voice and looked down.
"I'm thirsty..." he murmured, climbing out of the bed. He went over to Sora and clung to his leg, looking up at him from beneath his eyelashes. "Are you mad at me?" he quietly asked, pouting slightly.
Sora blinked and then smiled. He crouched down to Riku and shook his head. "Of course not. How could I?" His smile broadened as he saw Riku's lips form a smile.
"I'll get you a glass of water, all right?"
Riku nodded and let go of Sora, waiting patiently until Sora got back. Taking the glass into both of his hands he drank until it was empty and wiped his mouth with the back of his hand. Sora nodded and patted him on the head before he turned around and walked out while Riku hopped into his bed again.
Sora passed the living room to find the TV still running. He took a deep bbreath andpicked up the remote. His fingers went over the buttons but he stopped himself, shaking his head. 'What am I doing here?' he asked himself, quickly turning it off before walking into the bathroom to brush his teeth and go to bed.
He fell asleep rather quickly, lying sprawled on his parents four poster. However, he awoke after some time as he felt something cling to him, and it was not the blanket. He blinked a few times to adjust his eyes and eventually saw that Riku was snuggling up to him. He would have said something, but Sora felt too tired to care and wrapped his arms around the little boy, falling right back to sleep.
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Ending notes:
About the thing at the beginning... the brother of a friend is 3 years right now and he's playing dog all the time.. biting me and barking... heh... cute little brat.
Anyway, I'm really dead if I don't go to sleep now....I hope this chapter is ok since I wrote it in a rush -_-
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