Chapter 4: Bad Habits and Close Calls-Part 2
Riku nervously watched as the girls showed Sora the picture. He heart was beating so fast it was ready to jump out. He studied Sora's face as his expression changed. Riku only felt calm after he heard Sora speak.
"Wow, Riku. This is really good. You are getting better everytime."
"Uhh...thanks." Riku replied as he blushed. The girls giggled abit but only he noticed.
"Anyway guys, we have to get goin'. See you boys later." Selphie said as she started walking away and waving. Kairi followed close behind her.
"Riku?"
"Ya, Sora?
"Maybe we should get goin' too. It's going to be getting dark soon. You want to come over to my house for a bit?"
"Sure." Again he blushed but this time he started to daydream abit too. He only snapped out of it when Sora waved his hand really close to his face.
"Come on already."
Riku quickly ran to the spot where he had been drawing and packed all of his things. He looked over to find that Sora had already started walking away. He swung his bag over his shoulder and ran after him. As he was running, he didn't notice that Sora had slowed down almost to a stop. By the time Riku reacted it was too late. He slammed right into Sora. Sora was face down in the sand with Riku on his back. All of the things that were in his bag, were now laying all over the ground. Riku got up and let Sora have some room to breathe. Riku felt so bad and was worried that Sora was mad at him. The next thing he knew, he heard laughter. Even after an attack like that, Sora couldn't help but laugh. He just couldn't stay mad at Riku no matter what he did, and that made Riku relieved.
Riku looked down at Sora and held out his hand. Sora did his little trademark smile and gladly took his hand. Sora didn't catch it, but Riku was blushing, big time. Riku watched Sora's every move, but forgot to notice that he was still holding his hand once Sora was up. Again, Sora was oblivious to Riku's reaction. Riku then stopped blushing and decided to get going.
Once they got to Sora's place, they noticed that his mom wasn't home yet. They didn't care much though but figured it was ok becuase then they knew that his mother wouldn't bug them to turn down their music. When inside, they took off their shoes and went upstairs. They turned to the left and entered Sora's room. Riku had been in there before, many times but enjoyed it everytime. His room was small but was inviting. His bed was against one of the walls and his window was just above it. He had toys hanging from his ceiling and a desk beside his bed. The room reflected the kind of person Sora was; kind, sweet, caring, playful...etc. and that's what Riku loved about it so much.
Sora placed his bag on the floor next to his bed and walked over to his CD player. He turned it on and started to surf through the stations. When he found one he liked, he walked over to his bed and layed down on it. Riku decided to sit in the chair that was by the desk. Sora was kind of confused though. Normally Riku would sit next to him on the bed, but figured that Riku wanted to sit closer to the CD player.
"So, what are we going to do?" Asked Riku.
Sora leaned over his bed and reached into his bag. He took out his picture and his supplies. "Well, I was first going to finish colouring my picture and then go from there. I don't really know what we can do after that. I just want to get this done before I forget about it."
"Good idea. I think I'll work on mine too."
"Oh, ok. I really like how your's is turning out. But I do have one question though." Riku tensed up, just thinking of all the question that Sora could ask him. "Why did you draw me in it?"
Riku knew that question would be asked sooner or later. "Well...you are my best friend and it just looked like the perfect place. I really like that waterfall and I thought it was the best place to draw it from. Plus, you just happen to be in that spot."
"Oh." Sora replied but he didn't really believe Riku for some reason. It might have been because of how fast Riku said all that, or how bad he was trying to hide his face. "Riku..." Riku looked up only to find that Sora was sitting on the edge of his bed, facing him. "You know you don't have to hide anything from me."
Riku was shocked. He was not expecting that. "What are you talking about? Of course I know that. Why would you say something like that?"
"Well, no real reason, but I was just wondering why you keep trying to hide your face when you look at me sometimes."
"Oh, I'm not trying to hide it. I just...I was just looking at my drawing. That's all." He looked at Sora to see what his reaction was.
"Oh, ok." Sora said as he smiled and returned back to working on his picture. Riku gave a quiet sigh and began working on his picture.
An hour later, Sora's mom got home. When she got in the door, noticed Riku shoes with the rest of them. She walked up the stairs and called to Sora. He yelled back at her, telling her that Riku was there and that they were upstairs. His mother then went in the kitchen and made the boys a snack. She took it up to them and noticed that they were working on their homework and didn't want to bother them too much.
"Oh, I see you guys are doing your homework. I have an idea. Why doesn't Riku stay over tonight? It would give you guys some more time to work on your assignments and be able to spend more time with each other."
"Sounds good mom. What about you Riku?"
"Okay, I'm sure my mom wouldn't mind."
"Alright, so you should call your mom now since it's about 8pm now."
"Okay." Riku said as he got out of the chair and started walking towards the phone out in the hallway.
After he was done calling, he told Sora and his mom that it was alright. Sora's mom left them alone and soon went to bed, since she had to get up early in the morning. At about 10:30, they decided to go to bed. They both had their turns in the bathroom to get changed and were trying to decided who was going to sleep where.
"Riku, you are my guest and I think you should have the bed."
"Well, I don't want to. It's your bed and you should be the one to sleep in it."
"Oh, come on. I get to sleep in it everynight. One night is not going to kill me." Sora gave a sigh and started to think of something else. "Well...then maybe we could just share it tonight. It is big enough for the two of us."
Riku was speechless. He had drempt of being able to share a bed with Sora but never thought he'd have the opportunity. "I...I.. can't. I don't think we'd be able to fit on there."
"Oh, trust me. I think there is enough room. I would know after all. Come on, what's the big deal?"
Riku felt trapped. He didn't want to say no to Sora but he didn't want Sora to find out that he wanted to share the bed so badly. "I guess we could. But if I find that I can't sleep, then I get the floor."
"Okay, it's agreed then."
Sora got in the bed first and moved all the way over towards the wall. He then looked at Riku and waited for him to move. Riku was frozen. He couldn't help but feel very nervous. He finally walked over to the bed and looked down at it.
"Come on already. I do want to get to sleep sometime tonight." Sora giggled.
"Okay, okay." Riku said as he started to crawl into the bed. He tried his best to stay on his side and leave enough room for the both of them. Riku then stretched out his arm towards the desk on turned the lamp off. Sora turned over and faced the window. He tried to fall asleep but was kept awake by Riku moving and sighing. Sora didn't know what was bugging Riku so much, but Riku was trying to hide something that was happening to him. He was feeling a little uncomfortable but at the same time, too comfortable. His body was reacting to the closeness to Sora and he didn't want anything to happen. Sora turned over and looked at Riku (luckily it was dark enough that he wouldn't have noticed the bump in Riku's boxers.)
"What's bugging you?"
"I...uh..I'm not use to sharing a bed with someone. I can't sleep. I think I'll just sleep on the floor."
"Oh, okay. I guess then we'll both get some sleep. Goodnight."
"Goodnight." Riku said as he got out of the bed and place the extra blanket and pillow on the floor. He layed down and finally calmed down a bit. 'Man that was too close. I want him to know how I feel, but not like that. Oh well, maybe someday I'll be able to tell him, maybe.' After a couple of thoughts to himself, he finally fell asleep.
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Riku nervously watched as the girls showed Sora the picture. He heart was beating so fast it was ready to jump out. He studied Sora's face as his expression changed. Riku only felt calm after he heard Sora speak.
"Wow, Riku. This is really good. You are getting better everytime."
"Uhh...thanks." Riku replied as he blushed. The girls giggled abit but only he noticed.
"Anyway guys, we have to get goin'. See you boys later." Selphie said as she started walking away and waving. Kairi followed close behind her.
"Riku?"
"Ya, Sora?
"Maybe we should get goin' too. It's going to be getting dark soon. You want to come over to my house for a bit?"
"Sure." Again he blushed but this time he started to daydream abit too. He only snapped out of it when Sora waved his hand really close to his face.
"Come on already."
Riku quickly ran to the spot where he had been drawing and packed all of his things. He looked over to find that Sora had already started walking away. He swung his bag over his shoulder and ran after him. As he was running, he didn't notice that Sora had slowed down almost to a stop. By the time Riku reacted it was too late. He slammed right into Sora. Sora was face down in the sand with Riku on his back. All of the things that were in his bag, were now laying all over the ground. Riku got up and let Sora have some room to breathe. Riku felt so bad and was worried that Sora was mad at him. The next thing he knew, he heard laughter. Even after an attack like that, Sora couldn't help but laugh. He just couldn't stay mad at Riku no matter what he did, and that made Riku relieved.
Riku looked down at Sora and held out his hand. Sora did his little trademark smile and gladly took his hand. Sora didn't catch it, but Riku was blushing, big time. Riku watched Sora's every move, but forgot to notice that he was still holding his hand once Sora was up. Again, Sora was oblivious to Riku's reaction. Riku then stopped blushing and decided to get going.
Once they got to Sora's place, they noticed that his mom wasn't home yet. They didn't care much though but figured it was ok becuase then they knew that his mother wouldn't bug them to turn down their music. When inside, they took off their shoes and went upstairs. They turned to the left and entered Sora's room. Riku had been in there before, many times but enjoyed it everytime. His room was small but was inviting. His bed was against one of the walls and his window was just above it. He had toys hanging from his ceiling and a desk beside his bed. The room reflected the kind of person Sora was; kind, sweet, caring, playful...etc. and that's what Riku loved about it so much.
Sora placed his bag on the floor next to his bed and walked over to his CD player. He turned it on and started to surf through the stations. When he found one he liked, he walked over to his bed and layed down on it. Riku decided to sit in the chair that was by the desk. Sora was kind of confused though. Normally Riku would sit next to him on the bed, but figured that Riku wanted to sit closer to the CD player.
"So, what are we going to do?" Asked Riku.
Sora leaned over his bed and reached into his bag. He took out his picture and his supplies. "Well, I was first going to finish colouring my picture and then go from there. I don't really know what we can do after that. I just want to get this done before I forget about it."
"Good idea. I think I'll work on mine too."
"Oh, ok. I really like how your's is turning out. But I do have one question though." Riku tensed up, just thinking of all the question that Sora could ask him. "Why did you draw me in it?"
Riku knew that question would be asked sooner or later. "Well...you are my best friend and it just looked like the perfect place. I really like that waterfall and I thought it was the best place to draw it from. Plus, you just happen to be in that spot."
"Oh." Sora replied but he didn't really believe Riku for some reason. It might have been because of how fast Riku said all that, or how bad he was trying to hide his face. "Riku..." Riku looked up only to find that Sora was sitting on the edge of his bed, facing him. "You know you don't have to hide anything from me."
Riku was shocked. He was not expecting that. "What are you talking about? Of course I know that. Why would you say something like that?"
"Well, no real reason, but I was just wondering why you keep trying to hide your face when you look at me sometimes."
"Oh, I'm not trying to hide it. I just...I was just looking at my drawing. That's all." He looked at Sora to see what his reaction was.
"Oh, ok." Sora said as he smiled and returned back to working on his picture. Riku gave a quiet sigh and began working on his picture.
An hour later, Sora's mom got home. When she got in the door, noticed Riku shoes with the rest of them. She walked up the stairs and called to Sora. He yelled back at her, telling her that Riku was there and that they were upstairs. His mother then went in the kitchen and made the boys a snack. She took it up to them and noticed that they were working on their homework and didn't want to bother them too much.
"Oh, I see you guys are doing your homework. I have an idea. Why doesn't Riku stay over tonight? It would give you guys some more time to work on your assignments and be able to spend more time with each other."
"Sounds good mom. What about you Riku?"
"Okay, I'm sure my mom wouldn't mind."
"Alright, so you should call your mom now since it's about 8pm now."
"Okay." Riku said as he got out of the chair and started walking towards the phone out in the hallway.
After he was done calling, he told Sora and his mom that it was alright. Sora's mom left them alone and soon went to bed, since she had to get up early in the morning. At about 10:30, they decided to go to bed. They both had their turns in the bathroom to get changed and were trying to decided who was going to sleep where.
"Riku, you are my guest and I think you should have the bed."
"Well, I don't want to. It's your bed and you should be the one to sleep in it."
"Oh, come on. I get to sleep in it everynight. One night is not going to kill me." Sora gave a sigh and started to think of something else. "Well...then maybe we could just share it tonight. It is big enough for the two of us."
Riku was speechless. He had drempt of being able to share a bed with Sora but never thought he'd have the opportunity. "I...I.. can't. I don't think we'd be able to fit on there."
"Oh, trust me. I think there is enough room. I would know after all. Come on, what's the big deal?"
Riku felt trapped. He didn't want to say no to Sora but he didn't want Sora to find out that he wanted to share the bed so badly. "I guess we could. But if I find that I can't sleep, then I get the floor."
"Okay, it's agreed then."
Sora got in the bed first and moved all the way over towards the wall. He then looked at Riku and waited for him to move. Riku was frozen. He couldn't help but feel very nervous. He finally walked over to the bed and looked down at it.
"Come on already. I do want to get to sleep sometime tonight." Sora giggled.
"Okay, okay." Riku said as he started to crawl into the bed. He tried his best to stay on his side and leave enough room for the both of them. Riku then stretched out his arm towards the desk on turned the lamp off. Sora turned over and faced the window. He tried to fall asleep but was kept awake by Riku moving and sighing. Sora didn't know what was bugging Riku so much, but Riku was trying to hide something that was happening to him. He was feeling a little uncomfortable but at the same time, too comfortable. His body was reacting to the closeness to Sora and he didn't want anything to happen. Sora turned over and looked at Riku (luckily it was dark enough that he wouldn't have noticed the bump in Riku's boxers.)
"What's bugging you?"
"I...uh..I'm not use to sharing a bed with someone. I can't sleep. I think I'll just sleep on the floor."
"Oh, okay. I guess then we'll both get some sleep. Goodnight."
"Goodnight." Riku said as he got out of the bed and place the extra blanket and pillow on the floor. He layed down and finally calmed down a bit. 'Man that was too close. I want him to know how I feel, but not like that. Oh well, maybe someday I'll be able to tell him, maybe.' After a couple of thoughts to himself, he finally fell asleep.
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So...how was it? I know I haven't updated in a while but I've been very busy and I've been trying to figure out what should happen next. I'll try to get another chapter out ASAP.
Anyway, please R&R!!!! ^.~