"Now, Sora run! Now attack! Now dodge! ATTACK!" Riku was backseat playing for Sora, and it drove him nuts. They had been playing for an hour now, and had decided that they would have some fun and try to beat the character on the game known as Riku at a fencing match. It turned out to be harder than it looked. Sora glared at the screen and pressed the start button to pause the game. He turned to Riku, his icy blue eyes alight with anger.
"I know what to do, Riku, thank-you-very-much, and don't need you to backseat play for me!" he yelled, making Riku flinch.
"Sorry." He muttered, looking at his feet. There were empty soda cans strewn about the floor and cookie crumbs littered the room. Sora sighed and smiled, trying to make Riku feel better.
"Sorry, but sometimes your backseat playing can get quite annoying." Riku looked up and grinned back at Sora, then looked around the room and grimaced. It was a complete mess.
"Um...Think we should clean up so your mom doesn't get angry at us?" Sora shrugged.
"I guess, but we're just gonna get it messy again." Riku laughed.
"Well, let's try to be more neat, then, so your mom won't ban us from electronics." Sora gasped and pretended to die. He twitched on the floor, tongue lolling out of mouth, eyes crossing. Riku stopped laughing and started to look concerned. "Sora?" he asked, concern lacing his voice. What if Sora had died? What if he had a stroke, or a seizure, or-Sora sat up and smiled at Riku.
"Gotcha!" Riku let out the breath he didn't know he had been holding and glared at Sora, who was laughing his butt off at Riku.
"Sora that wasn't funny. I was really worried about you!" Sora smiled at Riku and stood, pulling Riku off his bed.
"Oh c'mon, you can't worry that much! It's not like you LIKE me or anything!" Riku froze. Did Sora know? No, he was still smiling. He was just joking. So Riku laughed it off and shook his head.
"No, if I liked anyone, it would probably be that new girl in Chem class, Aerith. She's cute, huh?" Riku thought he saw a glimmer of disappointment in Sora's eyes, but dismissed the thought and kept up the façade of liking Aerith. She wasn't all that bad, she WAS really pretty, and smart to boot, but she wasn't Sora.
"Yeah, she is. Not as cute as Yuffie, though, huh? Didn't Squall ask her out on Monday?" Riku nodded, grinning.
"And she said yes! Imagine that. Yuffie and Squall. If Cloud and Aerith aren't the cutest couple in the yearbook, they definitely will be. I mean, he gave her Griever! He has to be serious about her." Sora nodded, and suddenly grew wide-eyed. "What is it?"
"I feel so much like my mom right now...She always gossips about things going on in her work." Riku shuddered.
"Ew. Let's not talk anymore unless it's about the game." Sora nodded and the two got up to look for cleaning supplies. While they were cleaning, Sora began humming a song. Riku recognized the tune, so sang along to it. Sora stopped humming at stared at Riku.
"What? Am I really that bad?" Riku asked, smiling. Sora shook his head.
"No, no, you're actually really good...Sing some more." Riku nodded, and racked his brain for a song they both knew.
"I cannot take this anymore
Saying everything I said before
All these words they make no sense
I found bliss in ignorance
Less I hear the more you say
You'll find that out anyway!" Sora shook his head and Riku raised an eyebrow.
"No, not that, it's too rough. Something sweet, and haunting...Like Evanescence. Missing. Try Missing." Riku shrugged but nodded.
"Please please forgive me
But I won't be home again
Maybe some day you'll have woke up
And barely conscious you'll say to no one
Isn't something missing?
You won't cry for my absence I know
You forgot me long ago
Am I that unimportant?
Am I so insignificant?
Isn't something missing?
Isn't someone missing me?" Sora nodded and smiled.
"I love that song. Every time I hear it, it reminds me of you're eyes, how haunting they are, like I've seen them before I knew you." Riku blushed and kept his head down. "Keep singing, Riku, I love your voice!" Riku smiled and picked up where he left off.
"Even though I'm the sacrifice
You won't try for me not now
Though I'd die to know you love me
I'm all alone
Isn't someone missing me?
Please please forgive me
But I won't be home again
I know what you do to yourself
Shudder deep and cry out
Isn't something missing?
Isn't someone missing me?" Riku stopped, and Sora protested with a moan.
"No, Riku, keep going, it was so beautiful! You really have a talent for singing." Riku smiled and began singing again, trying to be extra depressing.
"Even though I'm the sacrifice
You won't try for me not now
Though I'd die to know you love me
I'm all alone
Isn't someone missing me?
And if I bleed
I'll bleed knowing you don't care
And if I sleep just to dram of you
I'll wake without you thereIsn't something missing?
Isn't something
Even though I'm the sacrifice
You won't try for me not now
Though I'd die to know you love me
I'm all alone
Isn't something missing?
Isn't someone missing me?" Sora sighed.
"Man, I love that song...Almost always makes me cry..." Riku raised an eyebrow and continued to vacuum up the crumbs on the floor.
"Well, Sora-boy, you're the only one who will EVER hear me sing out of church. I hate my voice." Sora's jaw dropped and he stared at Riku.
"No! Really? I think it's amazing. Well, c'mon, let's finish this so we can try to beat Riku again!" The two grinned at each other and continued to clean. They finished in about half an hour, and while they were putting the cleaning implements away, Sion and Kairi came back. Riku glared at Sion, who merely glared back and kissed Kairi goodbye. Kairi smiled at the two and ruffled Sora's hair as she passed them.
"Have a good time, Kairi?" Riku asked politely. Kairi nodded vigorously.
"God, yes! Sion is so much fun to be around! And he's a real gentleman. Never says anything mean or rude in any way." Riku looked at Sora and rolled his eyes, making Sora smile.
"Well, I'm glad that you had fun, sis. By the way, Riku's staying over for the night." Sora said, grinning. Kairi smiled back and shrugged.
"That's okay. Nothing can ruin my mood!" Kairi skipped up the stairs happily.
"Even finding out that we "accidentally" melted her favorite lipstick while we were cleaning?" Riku whispered to Sora, who giggled. Suddenly, there was an outraged scream from upstairs. The boys looked at each other.
"Your room?" Riku asked. Sora nodded.
"My room." The duo ran up the stairs and into Sora's room, locking the door before Kairi could even get to them.
"YES! We did it!" Sora screamed, pumping his fist in the air. He had finally beaten Riku at their little friendly fencing competition. Sora threw his arms around Riku and Riku's eyes widened. Then, he smiled, and hugged Sora back.
"Congrats! And I didn't even backseat play! You're good at this." Sora pulled away from the hug, hope and pride making his eyes shine.
"Really? You think so?" Riku nodded, and Sora hugged him again.
A/N: I REALLY didn't mean to add in that Evanescence song. It just...happened. I was listening to Evanescence, then thought about whistle while you work, and...Yeah. This happened.