Silently Deciding
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Kingdom Heart characters or Squaresoft or Disney.
WARNING: This fiction is a SHONEN-AI and in case the pairing didn't give it away, it means male/male relationships but not explicit, which is yaoi. It might be yaoi in the later chapters if I decide it to be. If you don't like this, don't read! Really quite simple. SEQUEL TO ANGEL EYES
Thanks to my reviewers so far with my story! I love you all! MercuryGoddess: I'm not sure if I'll have everything on the Destiny Islands. Sounds good to me. What do you think?
::thoughts:: -'inner voice'- ENJOY!
Chapter Four: Confusion Over Plans
Finally after ten long minutes from the usual twenty short minutes, Sora reached the dock of the main land where everyone lived. He threw the rope out of the boat and it hooked onto the wooden stump on the dock luckily. Although, he wasn't so lucky when he attempted to get out of the boat. Sora's moves were very sloppy and he tripped when he exited the boat with limp Kairi in his arms. ::I have to get her to Selphie's fast::
Sora tore down the path to Selphie's house with anxious worry. He was determined to make it to her house and damn anyone who tried to stand in his way. He wouldn't let anything happen to one of his best friends. He was so determined and too simple minded on rescuing Kairi, he almost ran into a yellow bouncy ball on the path to her house.
"Whoa!" Sora attempted to stop and dig his heels into the earth but he pushed down to much and with Kairi's extra weight, he landed hard on his rump. "Oww..." he moaned out. He coughed at the dirt and dust he flung up into the air when he tried to slow down to avoid the collision.
"Oh my goodness! Are you okay Sora?" he heard a high-pitched hyperactive bouncy but concerned girl. He looked up and was staring straight into the bright and shiny emerald green eyes of the bouncy girl herself, Selphie.
She had changed over the years. Her shoulder length hair from before had grown out and reached down to her elbows. She tied it back into a high ponytail with a green hair scrunchie. Two of the dark brown strands in the front shaped her face. Instead of her usual yellow rubber sundress, she wore a bright yellow shirt with two green turtles on it and some short blue jean shorts. Two yellow flip-flop sandals completed her ensemble.
"I'm so sorry Sora! I didn't mean-" she was cut off when she saw the unconscious Kairi in his arms. "Oh my goodness! What happened? Don't answer that." Selphie ran over and heaved Sora off the floor with lots of strength that suddenly came out of no where. It almost sent Sora flying. "Quick! Let's go to my house!" Selphie dragged him off running and he almost fell a couple times.
While they were on their way to Selphie's house, a silver haired teen was having some trouble trying to think of a brilliant way to get Sora's attention. Although the hitting Kairi thing had proven to work, he didn't want to do that again! He was just angry! He didn't mean it. Okay he did mean some of the things he said about her dressing sluttish and being scum but he didn't mean to hurt her. Sure, he didn't like her but Sora liked her and if Sora did, then he would accept Kairi too. Didn't mean he had to like her, just accept her. No harm in that, right?
::Maybe I could just say I was sorry that I hit her but is Sora going to forgive me? Maybe I should say it wasn't me who hit her but someone else. No lying would just prove that I can't be trusted. Sora wouldn't like that quality::
-'Or maybe you could flirt shamelessly with him and Sora will fall hopelessly in love with you. Yeah right. He doesn't want you. You tried to kill him and you DID hurt Kairi. He doesn't even like you so there's no way he would trust someone worthless like you. He just gives you pity and tries to cheer you up because he's your 'friend' and he supposedly cares about you'-
::But what about the kiss we shared? He accepted that so why wouldn't he accept me along with it?::
-'Wasn't he the one who tried to ignore it this morning and brush it off like it was nothing? What about that? Huh? He doesn't care or want you and he never will. Face it. Why would he when he can have Kairi over you?'-
Riku mentally threw a dirty old boot at that voice inside his head but he frowned as the words stuck in his head. Did Sora not want him? Did he pity him? Was he just pretending to care? No, he wouldn't. If so, what about the times when they were younger. They had given promises to each other especially a very special oath...
"RIKU!! Where are you?!?" A little crying five year old Sora was running around Destiny Islands, hoping that he would find a certain silver haired friend of his.
Riku had been mad for some reason and he ran away when Sora asked what was wrong. Riku had been too fast and had gotten away from him when Sora had tried to keep up with him. Usually Riku would have been at his favorite place in the whole radius of their home: Paopu island. But today, he wasn't there...
Sora ran as fast as he could to catch up to Riku but since he was left behind forgotten, Sora knew only to follow the trail Riku left in the sand with his footprints. Tears blinding his vision kept him from finding Riku a few times when Sora had to stop and wipe his eyes. He couldn't cry when he had to find Riku who was probably all alone by himself trying to handle his own problems.
Sora sprinted under the bridge and halted when he saw where the footprints in the sand led to: the secret place. He slowly walked to the entrance of the 'secret' place of theirs and Sora could hear the sound of restrained weeping. He pushed away the vines that had grown over the entrance and ducked to enter, hitting his head on the rocky surface. Sora rubbed the top of his head but went inside to find his best friend.
When he had gotten inside enough, little Sora could see the outline of a familiar figure and best friend with his knees to his chest, who was trying to hold himself together. Riku's philosophy had always been that men don't cry and he didn't want to be considered weak, even if he was a little kid. He had to remain strong. He didn't realize however that even the tallest and proudest mountain can crumble.
Sora walked over noisily and Riku turned away, with his back facing Sora. Sora sat down behind Riku, not knowing how to comfort his best friend. He remembered that his mom would always hug him and rub her hands up and down his back in a soothing way. So Sora did just that.
His arms encircled Riku's waist from behind and leaned his head on Riku's shoulders, offering any kind of support he could give. He didn't like to see Riku so sad because it made him sad too.
"Don't cry Riku," he said softly in a little shaky voice.
"I'm not crying," Riku replied weakly. "I don't cry." But Riku turned around and launched himself at Sora, hugging him tightly as if Sora was his only lifeline. Riku burst out into tears and wept with all his soul. Sora hugged him back just as tightly, feeling Riku's tiny frame shake with powerful sobs, and rubbing up and down Riku's back like his mom used to do to him.
"It's okay Riku. It'll be okay. Tell me what's wrong." Sora could feel Riku shake his head in his shoulder, refusing to tell him his problems.
"Promise me one thing Sora. Just one thing," Riku replied somewhat muffled because his face was buried in the fabric of Sora's cotton shirt.
"Anything Riku," Sora softly replied.
Riku pulled back to look Sora straight in the eyes with his own shiny and puffy aquamarine eyes. Sora stared back with his still teary blue eyes. "Promise me Sora that we'll always be friends forever no matter what happens."
Sora didn't even take a second to think about it. "I promise," he replied sincerely with a smile on his face through his tears. Riku pulled him back into a fierce hug with a moment of hope, trust, understand, and strong unspoken friendship pass between them. It felt like their hearts had been linked together through their promise of eternal friendship. They sat there alone in the dark secret place and cried, together.
Riku thought about the memory that had replayed itself through his mind. Sora probably didn't even remember it anymore now that 'perfect' Kairi had clouded up his mind. He'd never ever admit it to anyone in the entire universe or in any of the other worlds but he was jealous of little miss princess of hearts.
"I think she's going to be alright Sora," Selphie spoke gently to Sora as she patted his arm. Kairi was lying in Selphie's huge bright yellow room in Selphie's full size bed with a large green comforter with baby turtles all over it. Selphie had developed a strong love for turtles nowadays. Her yellow wallpaper even had baby turtles all over it! Someone was definitely obsessed.
"Are you sure? Is this going to be something serious? What's going to happen? When will she wake up? Will she be okay by tomorrow? How is she? What's going on with her? What gave her that bruise? What-!" Sora was cut off by Selphie's hand over his mouth.
"Sora... calm down! Take a breather. She's alright. I know you care about her but don't worry. It's just a fainting spell. Now get out here and get some fresh air. I'll find you when she wakes up, ok?" He didn't even have time to agree or disagree when she pushed him out the door and into the outside world, shutting her door and locking it behind him.
Sora turned around and stared disbelievingly at the closed door. Selphie had just kicked him out of her house when he was worried about his friend! He felt angry for a split second before sighing in defeat and deciding to go back to the other island to get away to think about some things that had been bothering him.
He walked down the dirt pathway and calmly walked over to the dock where 'The Highwind' was tied. Sora cautiously stepped in after untying the rope and picked up the wooden oars so he could row. Sora didn't even pay attention as he rowed out to sea. He had done it so many times it felt as if he could be asleep with his hands tied and still be able to row. It felt that natural and the sea had always had a strange way of calming and exciting him at the same time.
Even though Kairi was the one hurt and unconscious, the only one Sora was concerned with was Riku. It unnerved and frightened him that he was thinking this way. Kairi was one of his best friends and he really cared about her. She was the one he was supposed to love, right? She was the one he was destined for, correct? She was the one he had been looking for and found so she was the 'one' for him, wasn't she? He kept thinking these thoughts about Kairi and wondering if they were truly destined for each other. Sora unnoticed that he was already halfway through his journey to the island.
Meanwhile, Riku was having troubles of his own. He was leaning lazily against the Paopu tree, the palm trees shading and hiding him from the sun's rays. He was toying with the forgotten star shaped fruit that had once been lying beside his spilled blood. Had that been another one of his signs? The shedding of crimson blood? If it was, he didn't want it. He didn't want another sign. He'd take the things life threw at him without taking the easy road with these 'signs' of his.
Although he wanted nothing to do with these 'signs' anymore, Riku actually anticipated the coming of another for his problem. He needed help to get Sora. ::Maybe I should just confront him and something will come to mind:: Speak of the devil (or should I say angel)... Riku heard a loud curse a few yards away. He turned and stared at a familiar form. ::Of course::
"DAMN IT!" Sora yelled out. Today was just not his day. He had attempted to get out of the boat but instead of it being Kairi that had fallen, it was Sora. Except for the fact that she had someone to catch her. Well, Sora didn't. Normally something like this didn't bother him but his leg had also landed on a rusted nail sticking out of the wood. Not a very pleasant site. The nail had pierced his tan skin and was still attached to his right calf. The blood was staining the wood as well as dripping down his leg. Luckily it wasn't bleeding to heavy. That is until the nail would have to be removed.
"Why does this have to happen?" Sora whispered out.
"Because Sora some things don't turn out how we expect it." Sora looked up and was staring into the cloudy aquamarine eyes of his best friend. Riku walked over and kneeled down beside him, examining his leg. "Come on let's get you up. I've got some medicine and bandages at the tree house."
Riku took his arm and pulled him up to his feet a little too roughly because Sora winced as his feet made contact with the wooden dock. Riku had noticed so he put his right arm around his waist and made Sora put his left arm around his neck. Riku did that so he could support Sora's body enough causing Sora less pain.
Sora blushed at the closeness of their bodies but leaned onto Riku so his leg wouldn't have to go through so much strain. His leg felt like it was stinging because of the combination of his blood and the rust from the damned nail. He could also feel some more of his dark warm blood seep down to his shoes.
They made their way slowly in uncomfortable silence across the sandy beach to the steps that led to the handmade tree house. They stopped and stared up at the winding staircase to the tree house. They exchanged looks. Riku's look was stating 'can you make it up?' and Sora's look was 'we can do this together'.
Together they made it up taking synchronized steps. Riku took his right foot up one stair as Sora took his uninjured left leg up. Then after they made it up the next stair in that fashion and same goes for all the others. Slowly, they made it up all the wooden steps and they completed their mission together.
Riku released Sora for a second so he could lay the old thick blanket hanging on the wall onto the floor so they could be more comfortable. Riku walked back over to Sora staring at him straight into his clear pools of cerulean eyes as if he was searching for something important. Sora stared back and Riku stopped right in front of him, their bodies very close to touching but not. Riku lifted up his gloved hand and gently touch Sora's cheek softly. Sora held onto his breath when he felt the leather material rub against his warm skin.
After a silent and uncomfortable moment for Sora, Riku pulled back only to replace his arm around Sora's waist and hang Sora's arm around his neck. Riku gently lowered Sora down to the ground on his back onto the thick old blanket. Sora could feel the slightly scratchy material on his uncovered skin. Riku got up and moved away to the back of the tree house to get the supplies they needed: the medicine and bandages to wrap his gash. He returned and pulled out the med kit. Sora got a little nervous because he hated doctors and all this medical attention crap. Riku seemed to sense his nervousness because he spoke up.
"Look Sora, it's going to be okay but this might hurt a little considering that I'm going to have to pull the nail out," he spoke calmly. Riku turned his gaze away from Sora to the med kit and rummaged through it in search of something of importance. "Damn! I can't find it!" That sparked Sora's curiosity but also filled him with dread.
"What? You can't find what?"
Riku turned back to him and looked him in the eyes. "Well... see... I can't find the pliers and so... I'm going to have to... pull the nail out... with my bare hands," Riku whispered out the last part. He didn't want to cause Sora more pain than he was already in. Riku removed his black leather gloves giving his hands air from their tight encasement. He continued to gaze into Sora's blue eyes as he did this.
"Is it going to hurt Riku?" Sora said trying to hold back fear from his voice but failed.
"Does it hurt now Sora?" He nodded slowly. "Well you're just going to brace yourself because this will probably hurt a lot worse. Sorry." Sora was still scared so Riku reached out and grabbed Sora's bare hands in his own, skin against skin. He laced their fingers together and squeezed it to give Sora some reassurance. It somewhat helped but he was still scared. Riku smiled down at him softly. "Sora, it'll be alright. You've been stuck in worse." A small smile graced Sora's face and he replied by nodding his head twice. "You ready?" Sora shook his head. "You trust me, right?" Am agreeable nod from the other without hesitation, giving the silver-haired youth some coinfidence.
"I'll count to three, okay?" Sora nodded. "Ready Sora?" Sora nodded staring into Riku's aqua green eyes uncertainly. "One." Sora shut his eyes and Riku reached down with one hand to take hold of the nail as gently as he could but he still heard Sora hiss in a distressed breath. "Two." Riku closed his eyes lightly.
All happened in slow motion from that moment, Riku leaned down with his face barely an inch away from Sora's. They could feel each other's breath on each other's skin but neither one of them dared to open their eyes to reveal their current emotions.
"Three," Riku said in a husky whisper as he lowered his lips onto Sora's and pulled onto the nail, releasing its grip from Sora's calf. In pain, Sora hooked his arms tightly around Riku's waist and crushing him down on top of his own body. Riku, in turn, buried his hands into the soft fluffy texture of Sora's cinnamon hair.
Sweet pain...
{----{End of Chapter}----} TBC
What I meant from the words sweet pain was that their kiss may have been a means of comfort and support plus it was innocent, but there was also the physical pain of the nail incident. There was also the emotional pain of everything that had been going on in their lives at the moment but they put it aside for that second. What'll happen next?
By the way, has anyone noticed that in these first chapters that I've been giving hints to scenes that appear later? Remember when Riku cut himself and then he said sweet pain. That's one. Can you figure out anymore in this fiction?
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Kingdom Heart characters or Squaresoft or Disney.
WARNING: This fiction is a SHONEN-AI and in case the pairing didn't give it away, it means male/male relationships but not explicit, which is yaoi. It might be yaoi in the later chapters if I decide it to be. If you don't like this, don't read! Really quite simple. SEQUEL TO ANGEL EYES
Thanks to my reviewers so far with my story! I love you all! MercuryGoddess: I'm not sure if I'll have everything on the Destiny Islands. Sounds good to me. What do you think?
::thoughts:: -'inner voice'- ENJOY!
Chapter Four: Confusion Over Plans
Finally after ten long minutes from the usual twenty short minutes, Sora reached the dock of the main land where everyone lived. He threw the rope out of the boat and it hooked onto the wooden stump on the dock luckily. Although, he wasn't so lucky when he attempted to get out of the boat. Sora's moves were very sloppy and he tripped when he exited the boat with limp Kairi in his arms. ::I have to get her to Selphie's fast::
Sora tore down the path to Selphie's house with anxious worry. He was determined to make it to her house and damn anyone who tried to stand in his way. He wouldn't let anything happen to one of his best friends. He was so determined and too simple minded on rescuing Kairi, he almost ran into a yellow bouncy ball on the path to her house.
"Whoa!" Sora attempted to stop and dig his heels into the earth but he pushed down to much and with Kairi's extra weight, he landed hard on his rump. "Oww..." he moaned out. He coughed at the dirt and dust he flung up into the air when he tried to slow down to avoid the collision.
"Oh my goodness! Are you okay Sora?" he heard a high-pitched hyperactive bouncy but concerned girl. He looked up and was staring straight into the bright and shiny emerald green eyes of the bouncy girl herself, Selphie.
She had changed over the years. Her shoulder length hair from before had grown out and reached down to her elbows. She tied it back into a high ponytail with a green hair scrunchie. Two of the dark brown strands in the front shaped her face. Instead of her usual yellow rubber sundress, she wore a bright yellow shirt with two green turtles on it and some short blue jean shorts. Two yellow flip-flop sandals completed her ensemble.
"I'm so sorry Sora! I didn't mean-" she was cut off when she saw the unconscious Kairi in his arms. "Oh my goodness! What happened? Don't answer that." Selphie ran over and heaved Sora off the floor with lots of strength that suddenly came out of no where. It almost sent Sora flying. "Quick! Let's go to my house!" Selphie dragged him off running and he almost fell a couple times.
While they were on their way to Selphie's house, a silver haired teen was having some trouble trying to think of a brilliant way to get Sora's attention. Although the hitting Kairi thing had proven to work, he didn't want to do that again! He was just angry! He didn't mean it. Okay he did mean some of the things he said about her dressing sluttish and being scum but he didn't mean to hurt her. Sure, he didn't like her but Sora liked her and if Sora did, then he would accept Kairi too. Didn't mean he had to like her, just accept her. No harm in that, right?
::Maybe I could just say I was sorry that I hit her but is Sora going to forgive me? Maybe I should say it wasn't me who hit her but someone else. No lying would just prove that I can't be trusted. Sora wouldn't like that quality::
-'Or maybe you could flirt shamelessly with him and Sora will fall hopelessly in love with you. Yeah right. He doesn't want you. You tried to kill him and you DID hurt Kairi. He doesn't even like you so there's no way he would trust someone worthless like you. He just gives you pity and tries to cheer you up because he's your 'friend' and he supposedly cares about you'-
::But what about the kiss we shared? He accepted that so why wouldn't he accept me along with it?::
-'Wasn't he the one who tried to ignore it this morning and brush it off like it was nothing? What about that? Huh? He doesn't care or want you and he never will. Face it. Why would he when he can have Kairi over you?'-
Riku mentally threw a dirty old boot at that voice inside his head but he frowned as the words stuck in his head. Did Sora not want him? Did he pity him? Was he just pretending to care? No, he wouldn't. If so, what about the times when they were younger. They had given promises to each other especially a very special oath...
"RIKU!! Where are you?!?" A little crying five year old Sora was running around Destiny Islands, hoping that he would find a certain silver haired friend of his.
Riku had been mad for some reason and he ran away when Sora asked what was wrong. Riku had been too fast and had gotten away from him when Sora had tried to keep up with him. Usually Riku would have been at his favorite place in the whole radius of their home: Paopu island. But today, he wasn't there...
Sora ran as fast as he could to catch up to Riku but since he was left behind forgotten, Sora knew only to follow the trail Riku left in the sand with his footprints. Tears blinding his vision kept him from finding Riku a few times when Sora had to stop and wipe his eyes. He couldn't cry when he had to find Riku who was probably all alone by himself trying to handle his own problems.
Sora sprinted under the bridge and halted when he saw where the footprints in the sand led to: the secret place. He slowly walked to the entrance of the 'secret' place of theirs and Sora could hear the sound of restrained weeping. He pushed away the vines that had grown over the entrance and ducked to enter, hitting his head on the rocky surface. Sora rubbed the top of his head but went inside to find his best friend.
When he had gotten inside enough, little Sora could see the outline of a familiar figure and best friend with his knees to his chest, who was trying to hold himself together. Riku's philosophy had always been that men don't cry and he didn't want to be considered weak, even if he was a little kid. He had to remain strong. He didn't realize however that even the tallest and proudest mountain can crumble.
Sora walked over noisily and Riku turned away, with his back facing Sora. Sora sat down behind Riku, not knowing how to comfort his best friend. He remembered that his mom would always hug him and rub her hands up and down his back in a soothing way. So Sora did just that.
His arms encircled Riku's waist from behind and leaned his head on Riku's shoulders, offering any kind of support he could give. He didn't like to see Riku so sad because it made him sad too.
"Don't cry Riku," he said softly in a little shaky voice.
"I'm not crying," Riku replied weakly. "I don't cry." But Riku turned around and launched himself at Sora, hugging him tightly as if Sora was his only lifeline. Riku burst out into tears and wept with all his soul. Sora hugged him back just as tightly, feeling Riku's tiny frame shake with powerful sobs, and rubbing up and down Riku's back like his mom used to do to him.
"It's okay Riku. It'll be okay. Tell me what's wrong." Sora could feel Riku shake his head in his shoulder, refusing to tell him his problems.
"Promise me one thing Sora. Just one thing," Riku replied somewhat muffled because his face was buried in the fabric of Sora's cotton shirt.
"Anything Riku," Sora softly replied.
Riku pulled back to look Sora straight in the eyes with his own shiny and puffy aquamarine eyes. Sora stared back with his still teary blue eyes. "Promise me Sora that we'll always be friends forever no matter what happens."
Sora didn't even take a second to think about it. "I promise," he replied sincerely with a smile on his face through his tears. Riku pulled him back into a fierce hug with a moment of hope, trust, understand, and strong unspoken friendship pass between them. It felt like their hearts had been linked together through their promise of eternal friendship. They sat there alone in the dark secret place and cried, together.
Riku thought about the memory that had replayed itself through his mind. Sora probably didn't even remember it anymore now that 'perfect' Kairi had clouded up his mind. He'd never ever admit it to anyone in the entire universe or in any of the other worlds but he was jealous of little miss princess of hearts.
"I think she's going to be alright Sora," Selphie spoke gently to Sora as she patted his arm. Kairi was lying in Selphie's huge bright yellow room in Selphie's full size bed with a large green comforter with baby turtles all over it. Selphie had developed a strong love for turtles nowadays. Her yellow wallpaper even had baby turtles all over it! Someone was definitely obsessed.
"Are you sure? Is this going to be something serious? What's going to happen? When will she wake up? Will she be okay by tomorrow? How is she? What's going on with her? What gave her that bruise? What-!" Sora was cut off by Selphie's hand over his mouth.
"Sora... calm down! Take a breather. She's alright. I know you care about her but don't worry. It's just a fainting spell. Now get out here and get some fresh air. I'll find you when she wakes up, ok?" He didn't even have time to agree or disagree when she pushed him out the door and into the outside world, shutting her door and locking it behind him.
Sora turned around and stared disbelievingly at the closed door. Selphie had just kicked him out of her house when he was worried about his friend! He felt angry for a split second before sighing in defeat and deciding to go back to the other island to get away to think about some things that had been bothering him.
He walked down the dirt pathway and calmly walked over to the dock where 'The Highwind' was tied. Sora cautiously stepped in after untying the rope and picked up the wooden oars so he could row. Sora didn't even pay attention as he rowed out to sea. He had done it so many times it felt as if he could be asleep with his hands tied and still be able to row. It felt that natural and the sea had always had a strange way of calming and exciting him at the same time.
Even though Kairi was the one hurt and unconscious, the only one Sora was concerned with was Riku. It unnerved and frightened him that he was thinking this way. Kairi was one of his best friends and he really cared about her. She was the one he was supposed to love, right? She was the one he was destined for, correct? She was the one he had been looking for and found so she was the 'one' for him, wasn't she? He kept thinking these thoughts about Kairi and wondering if they were truly destined for each other. Sora unnoticed that he was already halfway through his journey to the island.
Meanwhile, Riku was having troubles of his own. He was leaning lazily against the Paopu tree, the palm trees shading and hiding him from the sun's rays. He was toying with the forgotten star shaped fruit that had once been lying beside his spilled blood. Had that been another one of his signs? The shedding of crimson blood? If it was, he didn't want it. He didn't want another sign. He'd take the things life threw at him without taking the easy road with these 'signs' of his.
Although he wanted nothing to do with these 'signs' anymore, Riku actually anticipated the coming of another for his problem. He needed help to get Sora. ::Maybe I should just confront him and something will come to mind:: Speak of the devil (or should I say angel)... Riku heard a loud curse a few yards away. He turned and stared at a familiar form. ::Of course::
"DAMN IT!" Sora yelled out. Today was just not his day. He had attempted to get out of the boat but instead of it being Kairi that had fallen, it was Sora. Except for the fact that she had someone to catch her. Well, Sora didn't. Normally something like this didn't bother him but his leg had also landed on a rusted nail sticking out of the wood. Not a very pleasant site. The nail had pierced his tan skin and was still attached to his right calf. The blood was staining the wood as well as dripping down his leg. Luckily it wasn't bleeding to heavy. That is until the nail would have to be removed.
"Why does this have to happen?" Sora whispered out.
"Because Sora some things don't turn out how we expect it." Sora looked up and was staring into the cloudy aquamarine eyes of his best friend. Riku walked over and kneeled down beside him, examining his leg. "Come on let's get you up. I've got some medicine and bandages at the tree house."
Riku took his arm and pulled him up to his feet a little too roughly because Sora winced as his feet made contact with the wooden dock. Riku had noticed so he put his right arm around his waist and made Sora put his left arm around his neck. Riku did that so he could support Sora's body enough causing Sora less pain.
Sora blushed at the closeness of their bodies but leaned onto Riku so his leg wouldn't have to go through so much strain. His leg felt like it was stinging because of the combination of his blood and the rust from the damned nail. He could also feel some more of his dark warm blood seep down to his shoes.
They made their way slowly in uncomfortable silence across the sandy beach to the steps that led to the handmade tree house. They stopped and stared up at the winding staircase to the tree house. They exchanged looks. Riku's look was stating 'can you make it up?' and Sora's look was 'we can do this together'.
Together they made it up taking synchronized steps. Riku took his right foot up one stair as Sora took his uninjured left leg up. Then after they made it up the next stair in that fashion and same goes for all the others. Slowly, they made it up all the wooden steps and they completed their mission together.
Riku released Sora for a second so he could lay the old thick blanket hanging on the wall onto the floor so they could be more comfortable. Riku walked back over to Sora staring at him straight into his clear pools of cerulean eyes as if he was searching for something important. Sora stared back and Riku stopped right in front of him, their bodies very close to touching but not. Riku lifted up his gloved hand and gently touch Sora's cheek softly. Sora held onto his breath when he felt the leather material rub against his warm skin.
After a silent and uncomfortable moment for Sora, Riku pulled back only to replace his arm around Sora's waist and hang Sora's arm around his neck. Riku gently lowered Sora down to the ground on his back onto the thick old blanket. Sora could feel the slightly scratchy material on his uncovered skin. Riku got up and moved away to the back of the tree house to get the supplies they needed: the medicine and bandages to wrap his gash. He returned and pulled out the med kit. Sora got a little nervous because he hated doctors and all this medical attention crap. Riku seemed to sense his nervousness because he spoke up.
"Look Sora, it's going to be okay but this might hurt a little considering that I'm going to have to pull the nail out," he spoke calmly. Riku turned his gaze away from Sora to the med kit and rummaged through it in search of something of importance. "Damn! I can't find it!" That sparked Sora's curiosity but also filled him with dread.
"What? You can't find what?"
Riku turned back to him and looked him in the eyes. "Well... see... I can't find the pliers and so... I'm going to have to... pull the nail out... with my bare hands," Riku whispered out the last part. He didn't want to cause Sora more pain than he was already in. Riku removed his black leather gloves giving his hands air from their tight encasement. He continued to gaze into Sora's blue eyes as he did this.
"Is it going to hurt Riku?" Sora said trying to hold back fear from his voice but failed.
"Does it hurt now Sora?" He nodded slowly. "Well you're just going to brace yourself because this will probably hurt a lot worse. Sorry." Sora was still scared so Riku reached out and grabbed Sora's bare hands in his own, skin against skin. He laced their fingers together and squeezed it to give Sora some reassurance. It somewhat helped but he was still scared. Riku smiled down at him softly. "Sora, it'll be alright. You've been stuck in worse." A small smile graced Sora's face and he replied by nodding his head twice. "You ready?" Sora shook his head. "You trust me, right?" Am agreeable nod from the other without hesitation, giving the silver-haired youth some coinfidence.
"I'll count to three, okay?" Sora nodded. "Ready Sora?" Sora nodded staring into Riku's aqua green eyes uncertainly. "One." Sora shut his eyes and Riku reached down with one hand to take hold of the nail as gently as he could but he still heard Sora hiss in a distressed breath. "Two." Riku closed his eyes lightly.
All happened in slow motion from that moment, Riku leaned down with his face barely an inch away from Sora's. They could feel each other's breath on each other's skin but neither one of them dared to open their eyes to reveal their current emotions.
"Three," Riku said in a husky whisper as he lowered his lips onto Sora's and pulled onto the nail, releasing its grip from Sora's calf. In pain, Sora hooked his arms tightly around Riku's waist and crushing him down on top of his own body. Riku, in turn, buried his hands into the soft fluffy texture of Sora's cinnamon hair.
Sweet pain...
{----{End of Chapter}----} TBC
What I meant from the words sweet pain was that their kiss may have been a means of comfort and support plus it was innocent, but there was also the physical pain of the nail incident. There was also the emotional pain of everything that had been going on in their lives at the moment but they put it aside for that second. What'll happen next?
By the way, has anyone noticed that in these first chapters that I've been giving hints to scenes that appear later? Remember when Riku cut himself and then he said sweet pain. That's one. Can you figure out anymore in this fiction?