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or something like that... lol
But I don't own Kingdom Hearts...and you know it! Don't play dumb! I know you know it! I know it!! Really! I'm so sure!
*gets dragged away by nice men in white*
Warnings:
Can't think of any right now...um...a mentally disturbed author is typing this story...warned ya!
Author's Ranting:
Ahh I'm sorry to keep you waiting for so long. I wrote the first half of the chapter one week ago but I suddenly had a lack of ideas how to continue.
Well, luckily I did find something to write... ok, have fun..I guess.
Ah! I also would like to say that this story has absolutely no plot. I guess. I mean, all that happens is Sora taking care of Riku who is doing lots of cute stuff. But there's not going to be a really deep meaning in this or anything... but I guess you know that...um... *gets dragged away once again*
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"What the...?" He blinked a few times and rubbed the sleep out of his eyes to see Riku already sitting on him, poking his mouth with a pen.
"Lemme write something! Lemme write something!" Riku's voice rang as he poked Sora even more, ignoring the fact that he couldn't even write his own name.
The brunette groaned and pushed the little boy away, turning to his side to ignore him. The sun wasn't even up yet! How could Riku be awake? Sora sighed and nuzzled back into the pillow, ignoring the protesting pokes he got from Riku.
"Get uuuup! Get up! Get up! Get up! I wanna play!" Riku whined directly into Sora's ear in his high-pitched, annoying, child-like voice. Sora groaned and shook his head, squeezing his eyes shut.
"I'm so boooored! Play with me!!" Riku screamed, punching Sora's shoulder. He threw the pen away and began pounding with his tiny fists, hoping that Sora would finally get up.
And it worked. After a while, Sora growled and sat up, holding Riku in place.
"Riku. It's..." he squinted at the clock, "It's 5 o'clock! The sun is not even up yet so stay in bed and be quiet! I want to sleep!" He grunted and scowled at the little boy to emphasize his statement. Riku merely glared at him and crossed his arms.
Sora sighed again and let go of the boy, falling back onto the pillow. He closed his eyes while he felt Riku settle beside him, and smiled in content. Thankfully Riku was reasonable...
Sora shifted to lie on his stomach. He sighed. It was uncomfortable. He shifted again to lie on his back with his hand draped over his eyes. He sighed again.
A few moments later he rushed into a sitting position and glared at the wall before him. Riku lay beside him spread eagle, watching him. Sora rubbed his eyes and forehead, glaring and scowling at nothing in particular. Then he looked at the window and he narrowed his eyes as he saw that the sun was slowly coming up.
His eyes turned towards the clock on the wall. It said ten past five. He shook his head, then turned to look at Riku. The silver haired boy looked at him with an innocent expression, arms crossed behind his head, legs spread apart, lips pouty. Sora fought back the urge to take him into his arms and cuddle him since he knew that it would scare Riku. He didn't want to be another Selphie or Kairi for him.
He just sat back, leaning against the headboard. "Now I can't sleep anymore, thank you very much," he muttered, resting his hands in his lap. He heard Riku shift beside him and then saw that the little boy went to hug him, placing his head on his stomach.
"'m sooorry," he whispered, kissing Sora's stomach. The brunette squirmed.
"Hey! That tickles," he protested and Riku giggled. Then Sora smiled and grabbed Riku's arms, pulling him up to face him. Riku giggled and protested half-heartedly but eventually stilled, looking at Sora with his adorable big eyes.
"You little brat," Sora whispered, cradling Riku in his arms. The silver haired boy sighed as he snuggled up to his new pillow and let his tiny hands grasp Sora's shirt.
They remained like this for a few minutes, but Riku eventually wriggled out of Sora's arms and bounced off the bed, leaving through the door. Sora heaved a sigh of exasperation and forced himself to follow the boy.
Riku ran into the kitchen and stood before the fridge, frowning at the problem before him. Sora eventually came into the kitchen and smiled as he saw Riku trying to open the fridge. He was jumping up and down, trying to reach the handle.
"What? Don't tell me you're hungry!" The brunette threw his arms into the air and shook his head in disbelief. No one could be hungry at five o'clock. And he thought kids didn't eat much, well, he was wrong.
"I want ice-cream!" Riku declared while he tried to get a chair. He was using all his strength, pulling on the chair standing at the table but the chair seemed to be stronger than him.
"Ah...mm...Sora...lend me a hand!" he demanded, kicking the chair with his foot. Sora rolled his eyes and patted Riku's head.
"No ice cream for you, little one. You get a serious breakfast like..." Sora remembered that he had absolutely nothing except for cereal. "Like cereal. There you go." He rubbed his eyes wearily and began to pour some cereal into a bowl before he added the milk. Riku sulked and went back into the bedroom to lie down.
"Hey!" Sora called as he saw the little boy wandering off. He sighed and took the bowl with him in case Riku wanted to eat in bed. When he reached the room he saw Riku lying on the bed with his arms crossed, looking stubbornly at the ceiling.
"I don't want you stupid cereal, I want ice-cream...." he muttered, thrusting his lower lip forward to an adorable pout. Sora sighed and sat down beside the boy.
"All right, come on. I don't have ice cream and cereal's good too. I promise we go shopping today and I can also buy you some clothes. Even if it's just for a week, I'll make sure it's a good week." He reached out and caressed Riku's face, making the little boy close his eyes. Although Riku tried to resist, his breathing became slower and he seemed to doze off as Sora continued to caress him and stroke his hair. He uncrossed his arms and they slowly slipped to his sides as his whole body relaxed, falling asleep.
Sora smiled and shook his head. No matter how annoying Riku was, he was still extremely cute.
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As Sora promised, they went shopping as soon as Riku was up again. It was nearly noon now and they were in a store that sold clothes for kids and also had various toys. Of course, Riku was more interested in the toys than anything else and begged Sora to buy him the Sephiroth action figure along with a miniature version of the Highwind.
"Pleaaaaase! Pleaaaase! Pleaaaaase! I'll be a good boy, I promise! If you buy them for me I'll love you foooreeeeveeeer!" He bounced on his feet, pleading with Sora as he used the puppy eye look on the older boy.
"Please...?" he quietly asked, carefully, as if his life depended on this one question.
Sora heaved a long sigh and looked into his wallet. He sighed. Too bad his parents weren't around to give him money, he had to use all of his savings to pay for the little kid. Not that he didn't want to. For Riku, he'd pay all the money he had. It was just that...Riku was so expensive!
"All right, all right, you'll get your toys," Sora answered, walking to the counter to pay. Riku squealed and jumped onto Sora's back, strangling him almost in the process.
"Thank you thank you thank you thank you thaaaank you!"
Sora chuckled and reached out to pry his friend off. "You're welcome, Riku," he answered as he set Riku back down on the floor. He paid and gave the toys to Riku who held them and stared at them for a while. Sora watched him and wondered what he would do now. Riku's gaze lifted and he looked up to Sora.
"Thank you very much, Sora," he said in his most polite voice, bowing his head slightly. Sora blinked and laughed, remembering that Riku's parents had been very strict when he was young. They always told him to be polite and scolded him when he didn't behave like this. It was funny, though, that Riku seemed to remember this.
Sora patted the younger boy's head and turned to look at the clothes.
"Say, Riku...what do you want to wear? Are there any clothes you like?" He scanned the store for a moment before he turned to Riku. When he saw the silver haired boy he shook his head and smiled.
"Dschhhhh here I come! Let me take you to the Lifestream!" Riku was trying to imitate the voice of *The One Winged Angel* as he played with his new toys. He let the Highwind fly, fleeing from the evil Sephiroth, making all the necessary noises and sounds.
"Riku!" Sora called, tapping the little boy on the head.
"Huh?" He looked confused for a moment, as if he was wondering where the tapping had come from and then tilted his head up to see Sora. The brunette waved at him, telling him to quit playing for a second.
"Now look, what clothes do you want? Here are many things, tell me what you like."
The silver haired boy pouted as he placed his new toys neatly on the floor and looked around the room. Boring, he thought. Who needed clothes? He wanted to play now! His eyes wandered through the room until they came to rest on something. His eyes grew wide and a smile formed on his lips as he spotted *it*.
"I want that!" he exclaimed, pointing at a navy blue baseball cap. Sora turned into the direction he was pointing at and raised his eyebrows. Then he smiled and scratched his head.
"Don't you think it's a little too big for you?" He took the cap and looked at it. Hell, it was even too big for Sora.
But Riku shook his head vigorously, pulling on Sora's arm, making him lower it so he could take the cap. He put it on and it slipped over his face.
"It's not to big..." he mumbled, thrusting his hands forward to feel where he was going since he couldn't see anything. Sora laughed and picked him up before he bumped into something. Riku squealed and struggled to get free but Sora was stronger and eventually took the cap away.
"No, if you want a baseball cap I'll buy you one in your size. But first look at the clothes...they're more important."
Riku looked around the store but didn't seem interested in anything. He shrugged and leaned his head against Sora's shoulder, drawing random patterns on his chest. Sora frowned a little but then decided to just pick something he thought would fit his friend. He let Riku continue to play while he picked three absolutely adorable sets of mini jeans and t-shirts. He also bought a little baseball cap with a wolf saying 'Rawwwr' on it. Sora thought it would look cute on Riku.
Seeing that Riku was still occupied with Sephiroth and the Highwind, he went over to the counter once again to pay for the clothes.
"Aww, you're buying a completely new wardrobe, huh?" The shopkeeper asked. She was a young woman, maybe around thirty. Sora nodded absently as he placed the clothes on the counter, eyes fixed on Riku. He couldn't have Riku destroy anything in this store. With Riku running around and playing like this, Sora feared that he would ruin something that belonged to the store, and Sora would have to pay for it.
"Doesn't seem to be your brother," the woman commented as she watched Riku, too.
Sora turned to her and smiled. "Nope, he's not."
The shopkeeper put a hand to her heart and sighed dreamily. "Aw how cute! So you're just babysitting him, huh? Trying to earn some extra money?"
Sora smiled and shook his head. "Ah, no. I don't get money for this, actually..." 'I'm losing money because of him,' he thought, but kept smiling.
The woman put a hand to her cheek. "Ahh so you're doing this voluntarily? Awww this is so nice of you!" She seemed to be totally fascinated by Sora and began to revel.
"It's really seldom to see that someone plays babysitter without demanding money. Most babysitter are really expensive, too! They don't even take care of your child, they just let them play on their own."
Sora nodded again absently and turned to watch if Riku was still all right. If the woman could just stop talking and quickly let him pay so he could take Riku home. He was too nervous and too worried that something might happen especially now that Riku was getting really caught up in playing.
"Don't get too rough, Riku!" he called, frowning in worry.
The woman chuckled. "Don't worry, he won't ruin anything. This store is made for kids, lots of children come here everyday so there's nothing priceless like a Ming Vase," she said and checked the prices of the clothes.
Sora sighed and nodded, still unable to take his eyes off Riku. He wasn't that worried anymore but he still felt like he needed to watch him. What if Riku hurt himself while playing. Sora suddenly noticed that he was really thinking a lot and worrying about Riku as though he was his father or mother. He chuckled.
The shopkeeper finally checked all the prices and showed him the bill.
"You're really good with kids, I can sense it. So, if you're vacant..."
Riku's ears perked up and he stopped playing, turning to look at Sora and the woman.
Sora smiled and shook his head, attempting to say that he wasn't really a babysitter, but the woman cut him off.
"My kids are really nice! They won't make much trouble and if you could take care of them for a while I could finally go to see a movie again, I'll pay you of course!" She rambled on about her kids and how perfect little angels they were and that she needed some time off, while Sora tried to explain that he wasn't interested.
Suddenly Riku was standing beside Sora, toys dropped to the ground.
"He's mine!" The boy yelled and hugged Sora's leg, scowling at the shopkeeper behind the counter, which he couldn't even see properly due to his height. Sora blinked and looked down at Riku.
The woman blinked, too and then laughed.
"Aw, of course he's yours. Right, I shouldn't have asked." She smiled and reached for the candy box, wanting to give Riku a lollipop which the silver haired boy refused.
"He's mine! You can't have him! Don't take him away!" Riku insisted, scowling even more at the woman.
Sora smiled and shook his head in an apologetic way at the shopkeeper. Then he turned to Riku and picked him up into his arms. Riku sulked and refused to look at anyone.
"It's all right. I'm not going anywhere, you don't have to share me. I'm completely yours, really. And this nice lady is offering you candy, don't you want to take it?" He tapped the little boy's nose with his finger and stroked his cheek.
"You okay?" he asked, leaning in so that their foreheads were touching. Riku made a whining noise and pushed his forehead against Sora's, grinning again as they pushed against each other to see who was stronger. Of course, Sora gave in after a few seconds and Riku proudly proclaimed that he was the strongest man in the universe. The shopkeeper and Sora laughed at this and Riku frowned.
"Stop laughing at me," he pouted, trying to hide his face in Sora's shirt. The woman smiled and sighed.
"He really loves you, just like you're one of his parents."
Sora blushed slightly at the comment and quickly left the store after he thanked the woman.
They went into another store to get Riku's long awaited ice-cream and Sora also took the chance to buy something edible so they didn't have to live off cereal. Of course, the only thing he could buy were instant noodles and other fast food since Sora had no idea to cook. They couldn't even ask Kairi or Selphie to cook for them since their parents would probably ask what they were doing. And once someone found out about Riku's little problem, it would certainly cause chaos. The first day was almost over then, and Sora smiled at the thought of having Riku wear the things he had bought for him. Especially the baseball cap would look cute on him.
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Ending notes:
I kind of rushed the ending. But I just had to finish this chapter since I had written the beginning one week ago... I just couldn't find a good point to end this chappy but now I've finally found something.
Um...Sora's starting to think like a mother lol... worrying over Riku all the time and stuff... isn't it cute?
And I think... yup, maybe I'll have Sora turn into a kid once Riku's back to normal so they switch roles heh heh
That would be cute. Ok, until the next chapter, then...
Ja ne!