Unwanted Feelings By: Angelistical06 Fallenangelz06hotmail.com
Disclaimer: I do not own any Kingdom Hearts characters and/or related characters... Not making a profit either so no calling any lawyers for you! HA!
'...' = thoughts "..." = dialogue
Chapter 10: Goodbye
"Sora, would you quit dragging your feet?!"
The two lugged the sheet covered body up a cliff that hung over the sea. Having no other way to dispose of the body, they had to do it manually.
"When did she get so heavy?" Sora picked up the pace, gripping to her feet. It was still raining, making it harder to move upward.
"I don't...know." Riku squinted. Supposedly rain kept falling into his eyes, blurring his vision. But a part of him knew there were tears mixed in. He never wanted her to be killed, but what's done is done. Sora hummed over the sound of twigs being crunched under foot and wet soil sloshing around. It was a muddy route but it was the only way up. "How can you hum at a time like this?"
"It's helping me coup with it." He huffed. "Does it bother you?"
"No...Ok, we made it." He hauled the body up and letting it drop to the ground. The view was great. The dark waters drifted to the shore and pulled back as the rain danced off it. Sighing heavily, he picked up his end and eyed Sora. "On three..."
"Ok. 1...2..." they swung the body back and forth over the edge of the cliff, timing it to the count down. "3!" Both let go of the sheet as they watched her body fly up and cascade downward. Peering over the edge, Riku watched as the sheet grew smaller and smaller then hitting the waters with a dim splash.
"Should...we say something?" Sora walked up next to him.
"Like what?"
"You know, like 'she was a good friend...blah blah...in heaven now' crap?"
Riku narrowed his eyes at him. "That isn't funny Sora! God, grow up would you?" He ran a hand through his hair and turned around to leave. "I...better get back to the hospital."
"Why the hospital?" He dug into his pocket and pulled out his house keys.
"It's the only place I have left to go..." he murmured sadly. Sora closed his eyes for a minute to think.
"Hey, we can stay at my house! My mom is well asleep now." He paused to sneeze. "Man, it's kinda cold out here.." Riku smiled and wrapped his arms around him. Sora returned the smile.
"We can't go to your house either...just come back to the hospital with me, ok?" He practically melted in the older boy's arms.
"Ok.."
Riku searched his room closet looking for a dry gown. Finding a towel, he threw it to Sora. "Here, dry off." he returned to his search.
"Thanks." Sora ruffled it over his hair.
"Ah-ha...." Finding what he was looking for, he quickly changed.
Sora silently finished drying for the most part and had fallen into a daydream of thought. 'What have I done..?.. I killed someone...I'm a monster now..' It was like he had just realized what he had done. Dropping the towel, he backed up into a corner. 'What have I done?!'
"Sora?..." he called for the fourth time. Studying his blue eyes, Riku found an old innocence that dwelt with in him from the beginning. "Hey, what's wrong?" he held him against him.
"Riku...why did I do that?" he trembled, gripping his arms around him. Riku sighed.
"It was an accident...that's all." he kissed his forehead. 'Sora...what are you going through?' he felt his gown stick to his chest from a warm fluid. Sora was crying. Was he finally feeling remorse?
"Why do you always stick up for me?! Even when I blame myself, you always see it differently!" he pushed himself away. His blue eyes glistened with tears, his cheeks slowly regaining their vague pinkness. "Why can't you see me for who I am?..."
There was silence between them. Was Riku really overlooking Sora's actions? "Sora, I do see you for who you are, and that's why I love you." He kissed him gently letting what he told him sink in for a minute. "Now, let's get some rest." he walked over and turned off the light. Sora sat in the chair by the window, leaning his head against it. "Don't you wanna sleep in the bed?" Sora smiled briefly.
"It's ok, I'm comfortable here." he looked at his sea green eyes, they seemed to be glowing in the soft light of the early morning sky.
"Have it your way." He laid down, folding his arms under his head. Something brown caught his eye. Looking over, a wave of gloom hit him. He reached for the soft fury object. It was the teddy Kairi had hit him with earlier. Squeezing it lightly, a soft melody played from it. "..Simple and Clean.." he quickly recognized the song. It was her favorite.
"Where do we go from here, Riku?" Sora whispered half sleep. "It all just seems so unreal..."
He placed the bear back on his stand. "Away from here. We'll leave this place..."
He thought about it for a minute. "But where, and how?" Sora opened his eyes now, interested in the idea.
"We'll finish the raft and leave this island, and all it's memories." he closed his eyes, breathing in deeply.
"But it's only water out there."
"No, I'm sure there's other worlds out there besides our own." He rolled over, extremely tired from the whole ordeal. "..It has to be."
"So good, cats ask for it by name! Meow!"
Riku opened a groggy eye. He had dosed off again with the over head tv on. Sora slept peacefully in the chair, not wanting to be disturbed. The room shined brightly with the morning sun; the halls, once abandoned and creepy, currently ringed with the sounds of doctors and others. He was tired of this hospital now, matter of fact he was tired of the whole island and the people around him. It was time for him and Sora to leave...time to leave now. Why not? It was the perfect time, when people least expected it. Even though he wouldn't think people would expect them to leave the island. They'd call it a suicidal mission or something. Shows how much they know.
"Sora! Hey Sora, wake up!" He called as he rummaged his things, packing everything into a duffle bag Kairi had given him.
"MMmmm...five more minutes please?" Sora pleaded in his sleep. Riku sighed and decided to pack his things first and let Sora sleep a little longer. He'd need it. Thinking on his toes, he whipped off that awful night gown thing and slipped back into his jeans.
"Ah, my favorite toothbrush." he jogged into the bathroom. The lights stung his eyes as it broke through semi-darkness. It reeked of cleaning agents and rubber. "I won't be missing this." he snatched up his tooth brush from the holder, accompanying a sneeze. 'Must be catching a...' his thoughts trailed off while a stream of crimson came flowing from his nostril. "Shit!" Grabbing a wad of toilet paper, he stuck it up his nose.
"Your nose, still hasn't fully healed." Riku swirled around startled by Sora sudden presence.
"Damn, Sora you scared me." he chuckled nervously, checking out his bloodied nose in the mirror.
"Riku, do you trust me around you?"
"What?"
"Do you trust me around you?" Sora leaned his head against the wall.
"Sora-please." he applied pressure to his nose, squinting in pain. This wasn't the time for silly questions. They needed to get a move on.
"Well? I need to know. I don't want you to be scared of me."
"Yes, I trust you. I mean, I am going on this journey with you. If I didn't trust you, I wouldn't be going with you." Riku flushed some stained tissue down the toilet. "Now c'mon. We gotta get going." Grabbing his hand and then the duffle bag, they rushed out the room and to the elevators.
"We're leaving right now?" Sora tumbled into the elevators with his friend. It all was happening so fast. Was he ready?
"Sooner the better." Riku impatiently hit at the buttons. Finally the doors closed and proceeded to the main floor. Sora quietly looked down at his feet. He felt scared for the first time in a while. He wasn't sure what was going to happen to them. The doors opened with a ding as the two dashed out and into a familiar person.
"Woah! Where's the fire?" Tidus fell back.
"Tidus?" Riku chirped. Great, all they needed was another distraction. Sora silently stood behind Riku.
"Looks like you're up and about." Tidus laughed "Where you-.....Sora?" a certain black haired teen caught his attention.
"Hey, we're kinda in a hurry so.." Riku spoke up as he grabbed Sora's cold hand.
"Just a sec. What is he doing here?" Tidus asked, narrowing his eyes. He walked up to the shorter teen ready to knock him on his ass. "This bastard- "
"Hey! Chill!" Riku pushed him off Sora. "Back off him!"
Tidus regained his balanced. "Why are you sticking up for him?! Don't you remembered what he did?!"
"Let's just go, Riku.." Sora whispered to his boyfriend, gripping his arm.
"I bet he's behind Kairi's disappearance too!" The two froze.
"W-what?...Look, like I said we're going now." Riku stated nervously.
"Yeah, didn't you know? Kairi didn't come home last night. She's still missing and her parents are freaking out." He rolled up his sleeves. "And this crazy shit probably went after her again!" Tidus tackled Sora down and pinned the boy to the hard marble floors.
"Hey! Lemme go!" Sora cried, in pain from having the back of his head slammed into the floor.
"Get off him!" Riku dropped his bag and tried to pry the boy off Sora. Tidus elbowed Riku off him and started punching at Sora.
"Admit it! What did you do to Kairi?!" He continued to punch at the black hair boy. Sora kicked and squirmed under him, trying to remain calm. Riku knew Sora's dark side will soon emerge if he didn't stop Tidus right away. People slowly swarmed around them, whispering loudly.
"Tidus! Stop!" Sora pleaded, tasting the metallic taste of blood in his mouth.
"Listen! Sora was with me all night! Kairi never showed up!" Riku shouted.
"Shut up, Riku! And quit taking up for him!" he growled.
"Damn it Tidus, you brought this on yourself.." rearing back, Riku unleashed a mighty blow to the back of Tidus head.
"...uughhh.." His eyes rolled into the top of his head and he fell limply forward. Landing on Sora. The small audience gasped.
"Riku...is he dead?" He whispered still underneath him. Riku shook his hand out in pain.
"No...he'll be ok. Now let's go!" He helped him up and picked up his things.
"Hey! Hold it right there you two!!" the security guard called to them.
"Fuck!" Riku grabbed Sora's arm. "Time to go." They busted out the door and into the streets. Shouts of the security guard right behind them rang into the thick air. The sky had turned a dark, malevolent shade of black. Threatening to down pour or something equally as harsh.
"Riku! It's about to storm!" He huffed trying to keep up with the older one. "We can't go out to sea now!"
"Well we can't stay here!" He stopped in his tracks, looking upward into the huge black clouds coming towards them. "And that doesn't look like any storm..."
THE END
