By: psych0tic
Disclaimer: Don't own the characters they are owned by Squaresoft and whoever else thought of them. Boo hoo. BUT! But I do own the story. Even though it's a tad cliché...
Summary: Riku considers himself 'straight'. No exceptions included. So what happens when he gets dared to ask Sora, a guy, out for a date? And... also to be a couple for a whole month?
Chapter Three: I Never Back Down
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It was a week since the dare. Which meant that Riku and Sora have been going out for a week. Sora seemed happy with it and so did Riku... even though his happiness was a bit forced. Needless to say the entire population of the school wasn't as happy as Sora. Nor were they half as happy. In fact Riku's hordes of fan girls and fan boys... wanted Sora to die. Plain and simple as that. Also the teachers didn't approve nor did the student's parents. Although, why they cared about who was going out with who... No one really knew.
The silver haired boy was staring at the security and tons of other students who took to watching the couple. It was just so irritating and it always got him riled up. HE WASN'T EVEN SERIOUS ABOUT THIS. HE WAS JUST GOING THROUGH WITH THE DARE!!! But would he ever announce something like that? Apparently no.
"Nosy bastards," Riku said, his statement directed to the people watching them.
He and Sora sat underneath the oak tree during lunch. They stopped going to the cafeteria when everyone started crowding around their table. This spot... Well, this spot... it was their spot and no one came near—save for Kairi, Leon, Selphie...
Sora stopped chewing his sandwich and stared at Riku, "Who...?" he asked. I hope he doesn't mean me... the brunette thought as he observed Riku's expression. Apparently the older teen had his eyes narrowed, mouth clenched shut, and was whispering obscenities.
"Them," Riku growled and pointed at the nosy people.
"Oh," Sora said softly as his eyes glazed over the crowd.
"It's like they've never fucking seen a fucking couple before," Riku said as he roughly bit into his sandwich.
"Well, I guess it's because we--"
"Don't give me that 'it's cause we're guys and that's different' shit. I swear... Even Cloud's staring at us and he's in a "sort of relationship" with Leon."
Sora's eyes widened. "He's in a relationship with Leon!?!?!"
Riku looked at his boyfriend curiously. "Yeah... Why do you wanna know?"
"Well it just means that we're not the only ones," Sora said with a small smile.
"Oh," Riku said and took another bite out of his sandwich. He glanced over at Sora, who was looking at his sandwich with disgust. "D'you wanna bite of mine?" he offered.
Sora snapped his eyes up from his bologna sandwich. "N-no, bologna's fine with me," Sora stammered.
Riku laughed a bit. "Quit lying. I know you hate bologna," he said as he shoved his teriyaki sandwich underneath the brunette's nose, temptingly. "Take a bite," he ordered, his eyes still on Sora.
Sora hesitated before taking a large bite. He chewed thoughtfully and when he swallowed took another bite. Seconds later he had devoured Riku's sandwich. Giggling sheepishly he leaned against the trunk of the tree.
"Sorry about that," he said as he looked at Riku who was smiling at him quizzically.
"Hungry much?" Riku said with a little laugh of his own. "It's okay though," he said as he wrapped his arms around Sora. He figured it was what would satisfy Leon of the dare. At least that's what he told himself.
The two boys cuddled underneath the oak tree. A soft breeze teasing with strands of their hair. The day was perfect.
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Riku entered his house after walking Sora home from school. It was empty and dark and perhaps a bit cold. He kicked his shoes off and walked down the hall and towards the living room. Sephiroth wasn't home. Aerith wasn't home. It was a Friday and he had nothing to do.
He flipped on the light, illuminating his living room in a fluorescent orange glow. He threw himself onto his couch and hugged a throw pillow to his chest. Maybe he should've invited Sora over for the weekend... Riku shook his head. He didn't want to get too carried away with this dare. After all it was going to end in 3 weeks. Three more weeks of being with Sora-- then he'd have to break it off and pretend it never happened. Or would Sora request that they still be friends?
Riku's thinking time was cut short, however, by the sound of Aerith's persistent knocking on the door.
"I'm coming!!" Riku yelled and got off the couch to open the door for his older sister. She always forgot her keys. So this wasn't an abnormal occurrence. Once the longhaired brunette entered the house a black haired girl-- Yuffie, followed her in. Yuffie was an energetic person; she always wore a green tank top with some really short khaki shorts.
"Hey Yuffie," Riku said as he closed the door after the two girls.
"Heeey!" Yuffie said to Riku as she kicked off her shoes and followed Aerith into the living room, which was, conveniently connected to the kitchen.
"How do you manage not to freeze your ass off out there?" Riku asked as he followed the two girls into the living room. Yuffie shrugged as she jumped into the armchair.
"So how're you and Sora?" Aerith asked as she seated herself onto the leather couch.
"Aa... We're doing pretty good," Riku replied as he re-claimed his spot on the couch.
"Cool! But if you make him cry you'll be hearing from me, you got that!?!?" Yuffie said in a mock angry voice.
"Yeah, yeah," Riku said as he rolled his eyes. "Why do you care anyway?" he added.
"Because... He's the cutest thing I ever met!! And you're sooo lucky to be his boyfriend" the short haired girl answered in a sing song tone.
Aerith giggled as she saw a little blush appear on Riku's face.
"But you never told me that you liked boys..." Yuffie simpered as she looked at Riku with big huge chibi eyes.
"I don't," Riku said quickly without thinking. The silver haired boy watched as a look of puzzlement came across Yuffie's face. Then he just realized what he had said.
"I mean... I don't like boys who act all... tough," Riku said, recovering himself. He didn't want Yuffie or Aerith to find out that he had been dared to go out with Sora.
"Oh," Yuffie said and looked around for the remote to the TV. When she found it she turned the TV on and proceeded to watching a cartoon show. Riku sighed and looked towards Aerith who was looking at him in a strange way. The brunette got up from the couch and motioned for Riku to follow her. They went all the way into the dining room, which was in a far off corner of the house.
"What?" Riku asked his sister as they came to a stop. Aerith turned around and observed him some more.
"Back there... When you said you didn't like boys..." she said.
"Yeah...?" Riku said. He didn't know where she was getting at.
"Why are you going out with Sora when you don't like boys?"
"Well, maybe I've changed my mind..."
"Don't lie to me. Last Friday was you and Leon's annual game of dare or double dare wasn't it?"
Riku was surprised. How did she know this!?! "How did you--"
"I have my connections," she winked at him. "But what you're doing to Sora it's... It's just not right. You have to tell him right away!"
"But it hasn't been a month yet."
"Oh?" Aerith looked really mad right now. "So you have to tell him in a month!? What the hell Riku!? Do you not care about his feelings!? Why'd you do this dare!?"
Riku glared into his sisters emerald green eyes. The same color as his. The same color as Sephiroth's. They all had the same color eyes...
"I did this dare," Riku said quietly. "Because I never back down from anything."
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Another week passed and the end of Riku's little dare was growing nearer and nearer. He figured this out all on a little date to the nearby café with Sora. They were sitting across from each other in the coffee scented café. Sora took a sip of his milk shake and stared at Riku. The silver haired teen seemed troubled by something...
"What's wrong?" Sora asked after minutes of staring and not getting a response. Riku snapped out of his daze and his eyes met briefly with Sora's.
"Nothing," Riku responded as he stared into the contents of his mug. "It's just..." he sighed and took a sip of his coffee. His eyes darted back up to Sora's oceanic blue orbs. And yet again he was mesmerized. No such eyes as deep and blue existed...
Sora blushed as Riku's eyes lingered on him. He took this chance to try to read Riku's emotions through his eyes. After all... The stupid saying that people loved to say was: Eyes are like doors to your soul. So he took that saying to heart and stared into Riku's emerald green orbs.
Pain. Sadness.
Those were in those emerald green orbs.
"Riku... What's wrong?" Sora asked, tentatively. But the response he got wasn't satisfying at all. The silver haired boy shook his head and took another sip of his coffee.
"Can't you just tell me?" Sora pleaded.
And that was when he snapped.
"Do I always have to tell you everything!? Maybe I don't want to tell you. Maybe I just want some privacy!? God, sometimes I wish you weren't my boyfriend."
The tears. Oh the tears... The crystalline water molecules that Riku hated so. Especially when they were coming from someone he cared for. Someone he loved...
But I don't love Sora...
"Do you... Do you really..." Sora tried to say as the tears came from his eyes. He didn't bother to wipe them when he knew they'd come anyway... "Do you really mean that...?" he asked quietly. His blue, blue eyes were filled to the brim with tears as he looked up at the silver haired boy.
Riku flinched. Did he really mean that? No, no he didn't. He opened his mouth to say so but when nothing came out but a groan Sora got up from his seat and ran to the door. Riku followed, of course he would follow, he wouldn't let Sora just run out and into the street like that.
The silver haired boy ran down one side of the street. It started to rain a bit and if he didn't find Sora soon he would be drenched. He passed by a park that he and Sora sometimes went to when they were up for it.
"I come here sometimes," the brunette said as he sat on one of the rusted metal swings.
"It's calming I guess," Riku said as he sat on the other swing.
"I come here... When it feels like nobody loves me..."
Riku backtracked his steps as that certain memory came flooding into his mind. It was raining hard now and he knew that Sora would get sick if he were out here for too long. So he had to find him fast... And he now had an idea where the brunette just might be.
They swung in silence. This was so unlike Sora. Sora was usually a bright and cheery kid. So why would he feel like nobody loved him?
"Why do you feel like that?" Riku found himself asking.
Creak, creak. The sound of old metal being used...
"I don't know. I-I just do. I guess... I think it might have to do with my dad..."
"Your... dad?"
The silver haired boy ran through the rain and through the park until he reached the playing center. He saw dozens of children running to their parents. But Sora wasn't there... So he continued running, running to the other play center... On the other side of the park.
Sora nodded. "Un. My dad..."
"What about your dad?"
"Well... When he found out that I had an interest in boys he sort of went crazy and... Sometimes he beat the shit out of me."
Riku raised both his eyebrows. The silver haired teen never had a dad and he didn't know what it would be like. "I'm sorry."
Sora looked up at him. "It's alright," he said with a smile. "Because I have you now."
Riku stopped running as he saw a lone figure by the swings—swinging. He slowly walked towards Sora.
"Can I swing with you?" he asked.
Sora stopped his swinging and looked at Riku. The metal stopped creaking, briefly, before they started up again.
"Sure."
Riku sat down on the other swing and watched Sora swing. He took in a deep breath before starting his apology.
"You don't have to apologize," he heard Sora say.
How did he know what I was thinking...
"No. I do." Riku said stubbornly before calming down. "I'm... really sorry for saying what I said..."
It seemed so weird. Riku, apologizing.
"I'm sorry too," Sora said as he swung some more. "For assuming and everything else..."
Riku smirked at the younger boy. "But it was all my fault. If I hadn't told you what was bothering me sooner none of this would've--" Sora's finger was on his lips. During Riku's little rant hadn't noticed that Sora stopped swinging, came over to Riku's idle swing and put a finger on his lips. The silver haired teen looked at the teen in front of him with questioning eyes.
"Shut up," Sora said before removing his finger and replacing them with his lips.
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This... This... is just turning damn fluffy. XDDD. But there you have it. A nice 5 page chapter! WHOOHOO! Sora's bad relationship with his father is revealed. Dun dun dun... That was inspired by uhm... That one book that I read. I think it was called 'Rainbow High'. Good book, good book. Go read it. One warning though... It's a gay book. XP. OHHHH!!! And the swinging stuff was inspired by fireblazie's "Swing" fic. Good Naruto fic. Go read. And while you're at it... Read her... "And They Say Chivalry Is Dead" fic, also. Ahem. I should shut up now. Yes.
So what do you all think? O.o. About this chapter that is... REVIEWWWWW... I live for them o.O.