I'm working on it, really. Someday I will own Kingdom Hearts!! Yess! ...ehem...
Warning:
can't think of any....kawaii Riku as always...
Author's Ranting:
Hmm...this chapter feels like a filler. Sora's parents will be back soon but not in this chapter.
Next chapter, definitely. For now, Kairi's being nice, Riku's being uber-kawaii and Sora's being in love.
Yup, that's pretty much it.
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"I could help you a little," Kairi offered. Sora considered this for a moment, then nodded. Of course Kairi's true intention was to cuddle the absolute sweetness in person - Riku.
They went back to Sora's house, Riku in Sora's arms. The little boy turned to look at Kairi, frowning in suspicion. When Kairi looked at him, he quickly looked away, hiding in Sora's shirt. Kairi pouted slightly since she felt a little offended but on the other hand, Riku was simply too cute to be angry at him. The way he shyly turned his head to peer at her, before quickly turning back, practically rubbing his face into Sora, it was just too cute. Sora squirmed at the feeling and glanced at Kairi who held a look of pure adoration towards the silver haired boy.
It was almost scary.
Finally they reached the house and Sora let go of Riku, letting him play with his toys while he went to tidy up the rooms. Kairi went to help him, cleaning the kitchen as he cleaned the living room.
"Seems like you eat a lot of instant food, lately," the auburn haired girl remarked, seeing the rows of Ramen cups standing on the kitchen counter.
Sora sighed, scrubbing the floor. "Oh yeah. I can't wait for mom to come back, I'm really getting sick of this food."
Kairi giggled and shook her head as she dumped the empty paper cups into the trash bin.
"You know, you actually have a lot of stuff here. I could cook something for you and Riku, how does that sound?" Kairi had a perfect vision of her cooking Spaghetti for the two. Riku would be just too adorable, looking at the long noodles in wonder. Spaghetti was just perfect for little kids. And the ingredients were here, too!
Sora's eyes went wide, his mouth was half open and it seemed that drool was coming from the corners of his mouth.
"Would you...would you really do that for us?" He seemed to be ready to pounce Kairi as he ran into the kitchen, and the girl laughed.
"Only if you promise me not to jump on me and drool onto my face like a dog." He sure seemed like doing that every moment.
Sora blinked, then wiped at his mouth, sobering a little. "Sorry. But you know, it's been a week since I had a proper dinner. The thought of eating something other than luke-warm soup is just..."
Kairi laughed, patting Sora's head. "Come on, you go clean the living room and I'll make some Spaghetti."
Sora nodded eagerly and went back to his task while the girl began to look for the ingredients, setting up everything to cook.
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Half an hour passed and Sora was finally done as he suddenly wondered about what Riku was doing. It was so quiet and the little boy wasn't clinging to him like he used to do. It almost got him worried so Sora decided to look for him.
As he went to his room, he found Riku sitting at his desk, drawing in concentration. He smiled at the sight. Riku scratched his head and furrowed his brows, then placed the red colored pencil back to whence he got it and took another one. He seemed to be totally absored into his drawing, not noticing that Sora was watching him.
Eventually, he was finished and placed everything neatly back to where it had been even though Sora's desk was always messy.
He sat back, taking the drawing into his hands to look at it.
Sora went over to look at the sheet and blinked. There were six people on the drawing. Two were drawn bigger than the others, probably because they were supposed to be in the foreground while the others were just in the background. The two in the foreground where Sora and Riku, and Sora was amazed how well the little boy could draw. In the background, there was Kairi who looked quite nice. Next to her was Selphie. Sora chuckled. Riku had given her fangs and evil red eyes and there was drool coming from her mouth. If he had been able to write, he would have probably written 'monster' above her head.
Then there were Wakka and Tidus. Wakka had a ball in his hand. Sora was once again amazed how well Riku could draw them and how much detail he put into the picture.
Then his eyes came back to the two figures in the foreground. He noticed that Riku was holding something in his hand in that picture. Something star-shaped.
"Paopu," the little boy said, pointing at the fruit just as though he had read Sora's mind.
"Dinner's ready!" Kairi's voice chimed from the kitchen and Riku's head snapped into the direction of the door. It seemed he was surprised to hear Kairi's voice because he sat upright, looking around quickly. Seeing that Sora was the only one in this room, he turned around to him, spreading his arms towards him.
A smile broke over Sora's face and he bent down to take Riku into his arms.
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Dinner went smoothly for the first few minutes, for Sora decided to feed Riku again. Kairi insisted on letting him eat on his own but Sora refused stubbornly.
"No way we let him do that! You just cleaned the kitchen and there's nothing worse than a three-year-old eating Spaghetti!"
Riku watched the two teens argue and wrinkled his nose as he saw Sora dropping the fork on the table.
"But he's three! He is able to eat on his own! And it's Spaghetti! Kids love eating Spaghetti, you take away the fun if you feed him!"
"Sorry, Kairi but this is not about fun! I have to clean everything afterwards and I have to take care of Riku, make sure that he's clean when he goes to bed and who knows what else--" Sora broke off immediately, realizing that he was talking just like a mother. He looked down and frowned, wondering when he had developed into something like this and when he looked up at Kairi again, he saw that she was looking somewhere else.
Sora turned around. And gaped.
"I told you he'd be able to handle it," Kairi whispered, watching with a smile as Riku rolled the noodles around his fork, rotating his head about 90 degrees as he watched the spectacle from another angle. It was getting more and more and there was no end. The more he spun, the more the noodles there were. He continued twisting and spinning until all of the noodles were wrapped around the fork and then he raised the lump and opened his mouth.
Sora raised his eyebrows and suppressed a grin. This was not going to work. Of course he should be near despair now knowing that Riku was going to make a mess every other minute, but the scene before him seemed too adorable.
Riku opened his mouth as wide as possible, closing his eyes in order to get it even wider open. Kairi giggled and covered her mouth with her hands. Riku needed full concentration. Sora was trying hard not to laugh. He watched the little boy trying to shove the pack of noodles into his mouth, which of course didn't work. The pack of noodles, which was almost as big as his face, bumped against his mouth and nose and Riku grimaced slightly, shutting his mouth again.
Kairi squealed, causing Riku to drop the fork and cover his ears. Sora burst into laughter and nudged Kairi, then he turned to Riku and wiped at his nose.
"You're making a mess again."
Riku stuck out his tongue and pushed Sora away. "Am not!" he stubbornly replied and reached again to get the fork. However, he was stopped by Sora and glared at the older boy as he saw him take away the fork.
"Come on, let's try this again. And this time try to take a little less at a time."
Riku nodded and took the fork again. He lifted it and Sora rolled his eyes because Riku was taking all the noodles at once again.
"Riku," he began but the silver haired boy stuck out his tongue.
"I'll defeat it!" he spat and opened his mouth as wide as he could.
Sora slapped his forehead and sighed. Riku was always so stubborn especially when he saw his task as a fight. Realizing that it was really not working, though, Riku frowned and put it back.
He looked up at Sora with questioning eyes and pouted at the noodles.
Sora snickered and patted the little boy's head. "Told ya it wouldn't work. Come on, I'll show you how to do it."
Kairi watched as he took the fork and fed Riku with small portions. Riku didn't seem to mind that Sora was feeding him again and Kairi smiled, watching them until Riku was finished. She didn't think he was too little to eat by himself but maybe he just wanted Sora to feed him.
After dinner, Kairi said her goodbyes and even got a little hug from Riku before she left for her own home.
"Mom's probably waiting for me so I'll get back now. Bye bye Riku!" She blew him a kiss and Riku grimaced, hiding behind Sora. Kairi shook her head and sighed then leaned close to Sora for a second.
"Don't forget to tell him how you feel when he's normal again."
Riku watched them in confusion and jealousy as he saw Kairi being that close to his Sora.
"Mine!" he complained, pushing Kairi away and hugging Sora's leg in a possessive way.
Kairi laughed at this and nodded, giving Sora the thumbs up. Then she left and Riku glared after her, tightening his tiny arms around Sora's leg.
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It was bedtime then and Sora let Riku take another bubble bath before they went to sleep. Riku was so happy with all the foam and bubbles, splashing around while squealing in delight. Sora loved seeing Riku like this, it made him happy. After Riku was finished, Sora brushed his teeth and then they went to the bedroom.
They lay down and Sora had his arms around Riku. However, the little boy began to squirm around after a while. Sora, who was exhausted from the day's work, grumbled slightly and tried to hold Riku still but it didn't work.
The boy freed himself from Sora's arms and hopped out of the bed, leaving to somewhere. Sora had no choice but to follow him since he wouldn't let him run around alone when it was dark. He wouldn't be able to reach the light switch and then he would just get himself hurt.
"Riku, wait for me," he mumbled, pushing himself up to see where the boy was going.
Riku skipped out of the room and ran into Sora's room where he climbed on the chair to get the drawing lying on the desk. Sora yawned and padded behind him, standing in the doorway.
"What? You want to draw now? Come on, just go to sleep for now and finish it tomorrow."
He saw Riku shaking his head and watched as he took a pencil. The boy added something to the picture and then nodded in approval to the outcome.
"Finished," he proudly said, turning to grin at Sora. The older boy yawned again and nodded, turning around to walk back to the bedroom. Riku took the drawing into his hands and jumped from the chair to follow Sora.
They lay down and Riku placed the sheet next to them, smiling at his work. Then he curled up beside Sora and closed his eyes. When he fell asleep, Sora raised his head to look at the drawing, wondering what Riku had to add. He narrowed his eyes, concentrating to see something due to the darkness, and he couldn't turn on the light without waking his little friend. So he leaned closer, straining his eyes to look at the picture.
He saw what Riku added. And he blushed.
On that drawing, Riku was still holding that Paopu fruit in his hand. But now Sora was also holding one and above them there was a little heart floating.
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Sora couldn't remember when he fell asleep but it must have shortly after he saw the drawing of Riku. He woke at the sound of Riku humming into his ear and opened his eyes in wonder. The little boy was sitting on his stomach with his head leaned down to Sora's ears, humming a little song to wake him up.
He smiled and took hold of Riku to place him beside him as he sat up.
"Morning, Riku," he greeted and Riku grinned adorably, resting his hands in his lap.
Sora looked at the clock. And gaped in shock.
"ALREADY 11:30 ?!" he shrieked, causing Riku to cover his ears and squeal.
Sora blinked and stopped shrieking, causing Riku to stop squealing. He then smiled, shaking his head at the boy. Why did kids always squeal when someone else was making noise?
But he had other worries. His parents would be back soon and what should he do with Riku? Someone had to take care of him while he welcomed his parents. The plan Kairi had worked out was clever but he needed someone...
Wakka. He was the only one Riku would allow.
He motioned Riku to come to him and took him into his arms as they left the house.
"I need you to stay with Wakka for a while, ok? I'll be back as soon as I can. It won't take longer than an hour, I promise."
Riku's eyes widened and he stared in shock at Sora, who raised his eyebrows.
"What?"
In no time tears were rushing down the little boy's face and he sobbed and wailed, clinging to Sora for his dear life.
"Nooo! I don't want Wakka! I want you!" He wailed right into Sora's ear and clutched to him with all his strength.
Sora couldn't help feeling sorry for him but he knew he had to get him stay with Wakka somehow. It really wouldn't take long. Just for a few moments when he told his parents everything was all right and then Kairi would call and he'd be back.
Riku refused. And being stubborn, Sora knew that this wasn't going to be easy. He had to think of something.
They reached Wakka's house and saw the boy playing outside, training a few new moves with his ball.
"Hey Wakka," he greeted the redhead and Wakka waved at them.
"Kairi told me you'd come here."
Sora nodded, happy that Kairi had already taken care of that so he didn't have to explain the whole situation, wasting more than he already had.
Riku's face was still full of tears and he refused to even look at Sora and only held on to him as if letting go meant death.
But then an idea struck Sora and he knew that Riku would immediately agree on staying with Wakka if he used that .
"Say Riku, didn't you lose last time? You said you want to beat Wakka, right? How can you back down now?" He smirked in satisfaction as Riku suddenly let go and looked up at him with big, excited eyes.
"You gonna beat that guy, right?"
Aqua eyes were suddenly burning with determination and he nodded eagerly. "You bet!" he called, balling his hands to a fist. Sora smiled and nodded at him before letting him go. Riku hopped down and looked up at Sora as he tugged on his hand.
Sora crouched down and gave him a little kiss to encourage him. Then he ruffled his hair and turned around.
"Love you," he called before he hurried back into the direction of his home.
Riku smiled brightly and waved after him. Then he turned around to face Wakka.
Time for another round. Riku wouldn't lose to Wakka and disappoint Sora. He grinned.
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Ending notes:
Awww Riku is definitely gonna win against Wakka, right? We just know it!
A three year old boy against a fifteen year old, it's OBVIOUS who's gonna win.
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well, that's all for now. Next chapter we will see how Sora deals with his parents yay!