A treat for you Gothic Punk Riku fans! A new song written by me...but
really in the story its written and sung by Riku. And for those who waited
for a bit of warm love moment there isn't one yet! Maybe a cozy embrace
and a little snuggle. . Well please review...that's what is really making
me keep writing.
Punkish Issues
Just Smile...! (chp. 5)
The bell rung like always, around 3:30 p.m. this meant their dismissal. Kids rushed down the hallway leaving the school grounds. Sora stopped by at his lockers dropping off the books he didn't need to take with him. A note slipped out and glided down onto the floor. He stared at it deciding if it was important enough to waste time picking up.
"I hope its not some girl asking me out on a date. That happened to much at my old school" Sora sighed scooping up the note and slammed his locker closed.
He opened the note and began to read it. It was confusing to figure out who wrote it. Sora turned around hearing foot steps echoing in the empty halls. He saw Riku walking down the empty hall backwards. He winked at him and gave him a cocky grin. Sora smiled back figuring out Riku must have wrote it.
"Are you coming..." he heard Riku's voice echo through out the hallways as he held out his hand towards him.
Sora ran straight towards him grabbing his hand and smiled up towards the older boy. Riku pulled Sora in close to him, his arms encircled around Sora's waist. He welcomed the embrace hands resting on Riku's shoulders as he leaned into him.
"I'm so sorry..." Riku mumbled into Sora's cinnamon locks of hair. He inhaled the sweet fragrance of him.
"It's ok Riku. Everything will be fine...I know it." Sora sighed content resting there in his embrace.
"Hey you kids scram school is over!" The janitor yelled making shooing motions with his hands.
Riku pulled away from Sora and grabbed his hand dashing out of the school. He led Sora down streets passing by several houses. They stopped in front of Riku's mansion like house.
"I bet they are all in there waiting for us to come in." Riku breathed heavily trying to catch his breath.
"I know they are." Sora said panting from trying to keep up with Riku.
Riku opened the door dragging Sora in with him. They progressed down into the basement were the others probably were waiting for them. Like they assumed Kairi, Slephie, and Tidus were there lounging on the couches waiting there. Slephie broke out into a huge grin and pounced on them.
"You guys made up already!" Slephie squealed squeezing them to death.
"Of course we did Slephie." Riku chuckled prying the hyper girl off him.
"That's a relief hope this kind of problem wont happen again Riku." Kairi giggled receiving a glare from him.
"Are you two like a couple now? Tidus asked smiling hysterically at the two blushing boys.
"N-no! What in the hell gave you that idea!?" Riku stammered trying refrain from blushing too much.
"We are just friends. Besides I don't swing that way." Sora laughed at Tidus' question.
The room went silent after Sora's comment. They all stopped the joking a stared at him. Kairi face held all knowing look, Slephie face held an 'uh oh' kind of look, Tidus looked well...confused, but what disturb Sora the most was Riku's expression. He looked hurt but tried to hide it.
"Um...did I say something wrong?" Sora asked searching for some kind of answer from one of them.
"No." Riku sneered grabbing his electric guitar.
Rest of the band copied Riku and went on the stage to practice. Slephie set up her drums, Kairi started adjusting the mixer, and Tidus was tuning his guitar with Riku. Sora plopped down on the couch to watch them practice. After several minutes of setting up Kairi started the melody. Tidus and Slephie chimed in at the same time. Then Riku started playing a softer chord than Tidus was playing.
"Woke up one day No longer the same Refuse to run away Don't know who to blame"
"Look into the mirror Stare into the heart Image becoming clearer It's no longer dark"
"Parents just want to talk But don't listen anymore Go on ahead and walk Walk right out of the door"
"Don't need them here Live freely for a while There's nothing to fear So just smile"
Sora sat there on the comfy coach listening to Riku's voice. Each word that flowed with the tune soothed Sora for some reason. It was almost like a lullaby, except it was sung and written by Riku. It would be kind of awkward for him to actually write a lullaby though.
"Soar into the sky On the right track Just continue to fly Don't turn back"
"The time has now come Live by the celestial moon Sleep near the divine sun They will understand soon"
"No time to reminisce Don't have to cry It all comes down to this Almost there don't die"
Riku closed his eyes praying he wouldn't mess this practice up either like he usually did. He opened his eyes slightly and kept singing in a soft enchanting like voice he was blessed with.
"They won't wait But who really cares This is simply fate Life can't always be fair"
"Don't need them here Live freely for a while There's nothing to fear So just smile"
"Just smile!"
The melody slowed down to a complete stop. You could only hear the echo of it that bounced off the walls of the basement. Sora was awed by the whole performance the band gave. Kairi had some real talent to come up with a perfect melody to match it. But what was still interesting to Sora was Riku's rich deep voice.
"That was great you guys." Riku breathed setting down his guitar on the stage.
"Yeah, I think it was one of are best in a while!" Tidus chimed in after Riku.
"Totally you guys! We rocked big time today! Its break time so me and Slephie will make a snack for everyone." Kairi said dashing up the steps with Slephie tagging behind her.
Riku packed up Slephie's drums setting them into the corner, along with Kairi's mixer. Tidus shined up his guitar while admiring it, paying no attention to anything or anyone around him. Riku shook his head at his antics and put his guitar in the case. He jumped off the stage and plopped down on the coach by Sora.
"So what did you think?" Riku asked waiting eagerly for a response.
"You guys were amazing Riku!" Sora exclaimed giving him his trade mark smile.
"You really think so?" He whispered staring up at the ceiling.
"Yeah, why don't you think so?" He tilted his head at the side confused.
"I'm just thinking about the competition at the battle of the bands. We might enter..." Riku sighed still staring at the blain ceiling.
"You guys are good enough too." Sora pointed out to him.
"I guess you are right..." He trailed off in his own thoughts.
Kairi and Slephie came back down the stairs with five sandwiches in no time. Tidus quickly put his guitar away in the case. He jumped off the stage and grabbed a sandwich. Riku grabbed one as well as Sora did.
"I'm done!" Tidus announced gleefully causing Riku to choke on his sandwich.
Soon everyone finished their snack in less than 10 minutes. Kairi and Slephie took up the plates they brought them down on. Tidus decided it was time for him to go back home. Soon afterwards Kairi and Slephie left to go to the mall for an hour or so leaving Riku and Sora alone.
"Riku, do your parents ever come home?" Sora asked leaning against Riku.
"No they are always on business trip. I'm basically home by myself." He replied trying to ignore the fact Sora was leaning on him.
"Oh don't you get lonely being here by yourself though?" He mumbled into Riku's shirt.
"S-sometimes...but I'm use to it." He stammered as Sora snuggled close to him.
"I can I stay here tonight with you?" Sora whispered half a sleep.
"Sure...just call your mom so she knows."
"Ok." Sora yawned and padded up the stairs to call his mother.
Shit what the hell was I thinking?! I can't let him stay over here! He might find my knives or even worse my hidden stash of drugs. He could figure out my feelings for him and my life would be over with. I won't be able to face him any more. He will absolutely ignore me for rest of my life too.
"She said it was ok!" Sora yelled down the stairs.
"Alright I'll be up in a minute!" Riku called back.
Damn it! Shit! Why me?!
Punkish Issues
Just Smile...! (chp. 5)
The bell rung like always, around 3:30 p.m. this meant their dismissal. Kids rushed down the hallway leaving the school grounds. Sora stopped by at his lockers dropping off the books he didn't need to take with him. A note slipped out and glided down onto the floor. He stared at it deciding if it was important enough to waste time picking up.
"I hope its not some girl asking me out on a date. That happened to much at my old school" Sora sighed scooping up the note and slammed his locker closed.
He opened the note and began to read it. It was confusing to figure out who wrote it. Sora turned around hearing foot steps echoing in the empty halls. He saw Riku walking down the empty hall backwards. He winked at him and gave him a cocky grin. Sora smiled back figuring out Riku must have wrote it.
"Are you coming..." he heard Riku's voice echo through out the hallways as he held out his hand towards him.
Sora ran straight towards him grabbing his hand and smiled up towards the older boy. Riku pulled Sora in close to him, his arms encircled around Sora's waist. He welcomed the embrace hands resting on Riku's shoulders as he leaned into him.
"I'm so sorry..." Riku mumbled into Sora's cinnamon locks of hair. He inhaled the sweet fragrance of him.
"It's ok Riku. Everything will be fine...I know it." Sora sighed content resting there in his embrace.
"Hey you kids scram school is over!" The janitor yelled making shooing motions with his hands.
Riku pulled away from Sora and grabbed his hand dashing out of the school. He led Sora down streets passing by several houses. They stopped in front of Riku's mansion like house.
"I bet they are all in there waiting for us to come in." Riku breathed heavily trying to catch his breath.
"I know they are." Sora said panting from trying to keep up with Riku.
Riku opened the door dragging Sora in with him. They progressed down into the basement were the others probably were waiting for them. Like they assumed Kairi, Slephie, and Tidus were there lounging on the couches waiting there. Slephie broke out into a huge grin and pounced on them.
"You guys made up already!" Slephie squealed squeezing them to death.
"Of course we did Slephie." Riku chuckled prying the hyper girl off him.
"That's a relief hope this kind of problem wont happen again Riku." Kairi giggled receiving a glare from him.
"Are you two like a couple now? Tidus asked smiling hysterically at the two blushing boys.
"N-no! What in the hell gave you that idea!?" Riku stammered trying refrain from blushing too much.
"We are just friends. Besides I don't swing that way." Sora laughed at Tidus' question.
The room went silent after Sora's comment. They all stopped the joking a stared at him. Kairi face held all knowing look, Slephie face held an 'uh oh' kind of look, Tidus looked well...confused, but what disturb Sora the most was Riku's expression. He looked hurt but tried to hide it.
"Um...did I say something wrong?" Sora asked searching for some kind of answer from one of them.
"No." Riku sneered grabbing his electric guitar.
Rest of the band copied Riku and went on the stage to practice. Slephie set up her drums, Kairi started adjusting the mixer, and Tidus was tuning his guitar with Riku. Sora plopped down on the couch to watch them practice. After several minutes of setting up Kairi started the melody. Tidus and Slephie chimed in at the same time. Then Riku started playing a softer chord than Tidus was playing.
"Woke up one day No longer the same Refuse to run away Don't know who to blame"
"Look into the mirror Stare into the heart Image becoming clearer It's no longer dark"
"Parents just want to talk But don't listen anymore Go on ahead and walk Walk right out of the door"
"Don't need them here Live freely for a while There's nothing to fear So just smile"
Sora sat there on the comfy coach listening to Riku's voice. Each word that flowed with the tune soothed Sora for some reason. It was almost like a lullaby, except it was sung and written by Riku. It would be kind of awkward for him to actually write a lullaby though.
"Soar into the sky On the right track Just continue to fly Don't turn back"
"The time has now come Live by the celestial moon Sleep near the divine sun They will understand soon"
"No time to reminisce Don't have to cry It all comes down to this Almost there don't die"
Riku closed his eyes praying he wouldn't mess this practice up either like he usually did. He opened his eyes slightly and kept singing in a soft enchanting like voice he was blessed with.
"They won't wait But who really cares This is simply fate Life can't always be fair"
"Don't need them here Live freely for a while There's nothing to fear So just smile"
"Just smile!"
The melody slowed down to a complete stop. You could only hear the echo of it that bounced off the walls of the basement. Sora was awed by the whole performance the band gave. Kairi had some real talent to come up with a perfect melody to match it. But what was still interesting to Sora was Riku's rich deep voice.
"That was great you guys." Riku breathed setting down his guitar on the stage.
"Yeah, I think it was one of are best in a while!" Tidus chimed in after Riku.
"Totally you guys! We rocked big time today! Its break time so me and Slephie will make a snack for everyone." Kairi said dashing up the steps with Slephie tagging behind her.
Riku packed up Slephie's drums setting them into the corner, along with Kairi's mixer. Tidus shined up his guitar while admiring it, paying no attention to anything or anyone around him. Riku shook his head at his antics and put his guitar in the case. He jumped off the stage and plopped down on the coach by Sora.
"So what did you think?" Riku asked waiting eagerly for a response.
"You guys were amazing Riku!" Sora exclaimed giving him his trade mark smile.
"You really think so?" He whispered staring up at the ceiling.
"Yeah, why don't you think so?" He tilted his head at the side confused.
"I'm just thinking about the competition at the battle of the bands. We might enter..." Riku sighed still staring at the blain ceiling.
"You guys are good enough too." Sora pointed out to him.
"I guess you are right..." He trailed off in his own thoughts.
Kairi and Slephie came back down the stairs with five sandwiches in no time. Tidus quickly put his guitar away in the case. He jumped off the stage and grabbed a sandwich. Riku grabbed one as well as Sora did.
"I'm done!" Tidus announced gleefully causing Riku to choke on his sandwich.
Soon everyone finished their snack in less than 10 minutes. Kairi and Slephie took up the plates they brought them down on. Tidus decided it was time for him to go back home. Soon afterwards Kairi and Slephie left to go to the mall for an hour or so leaving Riku and Sora alone.
"Riku, do your parents ever come home?" Sora asked leaning against Riku.
"No they are always on business trip. I'm basically home by myself." He replied trying to ignore the fact Sora was leaning on him.
"Oh don't you get lonely being here by yourself though?" He mumbled into Riku's shirt.
"S-sometimes...but I'm use to it." He stammered as Sora snuggled close to him.
"I can I stay here tonight with you?" Sora whispered half a sleep.
"Sure...just call your mom so she knows."
"Ok." Sora yawned and padded up the stairs to call his mother.
Shit what the hell was I thinking?! I can't let him stay over here! He might find my knives or even worse my hidden stash of drugs. He could figure out my feelings for him and my life would be over with. I won't be able to face him any more. He will absolutely ignore me for rest of my life too.
"She said it was ok!" Sora yelled down the stairs.
"Alright I'll be up in a minute!" Riku called back.
Damn it! Shit! Why me?!