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 Four: Secret
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"Shut up," Sora said before removing his finger and replacing them with his lips.
Riku was shocked. Sora was surprised-- surprised at his boldness.
The rain came down harder, faster, colder... And soon both boys were drenched. Riku wrapped his arms around the younger boy, pulling him closer and Sora did the same. Soon they were absorbed in a heated kiss that made them forget that they were making out in a public area. Public area. Where everyone would see them... If there were people there to see them, that is.
Sora pulled away from the kiss and looked into Riku's eyes. They were filled with... Lust? It was pretty hard to tell.
"What?" Riku asked softly as he gazed into Sora's eyes. Raindrops clung to Sora's not so spiky bangs and a few drops slid off of his button like nose. The brunette shook his head, making some unwanted drops pelt the silver haired boys face.
"You know... You're sexy when your hair's down," Riku said as a smirk formed on his lips. Upon hearing this, Sora blushed, madly.
"T-t-thanks," Sora stammered and patted his hair to see if it was really down, as Riku said. Then he began panicking. No one's ever seen him with his hair down before and he made sure that no one saw it down with all the gel he used to make it stick up. Memories of when he was younger flowed into his mind...
"Why is your hair so long!?!?"
Sora looked up into the angry face of his father...
"CUT YOUR DAMN HAIR! YOU LOOK LIKE A GIRL!"
"Sissy boy! Sissy boy!" Little children chanted as Sora cowered in fear...
"I'd date you... If you were a girl. But you look so much like one so I guess it won't matter if I..."
Sora shook his head. Of all the times he had to remember those... Minutes passed in silence and Riku began fearing if he caused the sudden silence. He wasn't used to sitting in silence, especially when Sora was around. The young teen would always smile, grin, giggle and rant about something that didn't matter to anyone else but him. It was odd and out of place to see Sora quiet and... sad?
"Did I say something wrong?" Riku asked.
"No," Sora replied softly and buried his head in Riku's shoulder. Riku was surprised, yet again, at Sora's actions. He wrapped his arms around the now sobbing boy, silently vowing to protect him in any way he can.
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Riku walked into his house with Sora on his back. He couldn't believe that the brunette managed to persuade him to give him a piggyback ride and let him spend the night for a few days. But with the other boy around it meant that Riku wouldn't be as bored as he most always was. He climbed up the stairs and entered his bedroom.
Turning on the light, he crossed over to his unmade bed. He gently dropped Sora onto his bed and went about tidying his room a bit. He kicked away at dirty clothes and when he was done he observed Sora.
The younger boy was in a deep slumber ever since they left the park. And even with the lights on it didn't seem to faze him. His childlike face was enveloped in an orange glow from the fluorescent light bulb. The sight before Riku was... breathtakingly innocent. And it was all his. The silver haired boy grinned to himself before turning towards his closet. He picked a few dry articles of clothing before deciding to use the shower.
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Sora shook in his sleep. He tussled and turned and even kicked the sheets off the bed. He was having a bad dream, a bad dream that slightly resembled a memory...
Five-year-old Sora was playing in his living room with a set of blocks that his mother bought him. It was almost dinner and the smells of food wafted into the living room from the kitchen. He piled the blocks into a pyramid and then kicked at it. The blocks fell and Sora laughed, happily, while singing.
"And they all fall down" He couldn't remember the rest of the song but he thought that, that verse fit his blocks falling just perfectly. He heard his mother calling him to dinner and he reluctantly went. There at the dinner table sat his mother, father and Kairi. He forgot that she was spending the night. How stupid of him.
Quickly sitting down, they briefly said their thanks before digging in. Dinner was over in a matter of seconds and Sora rushed back to his blocks. Kairi followed him. A few minutes passed, happily and Sora's father called him to his side. Sora stood up and walked over to his father who was reading the newspaper in the corner.
"Yes?" Sora chirped happily as he reached his father.
"Do you like Kairi?" Sora's father asked.
Sora raised an eyebrow at his father's odd question but answered anyway. "Yep!"
"Do you like her as a friend? Or something more?"
Now that was just baffling. After all, Sora and Kairi were only five...
"She's my best friend in the whole wide world!" Sora replied cheerfully.
"Do you like her as something more?"
"Something more?" Sora's eyebrows knotted. What did his father mean by that?
The old man nodded. "Like a girlfriend."
"Girl... Friend?" Sora said confusedly. This is getting weird... He thought.
"Yes, like a girlfriend."
"Ew! That's nasty! She's my friend!" Sora replied. He was getting quite offended...
"What about your other friend? Tidus?" His father asked, coldly.
A blush appeared on Sora's face. "He's my friend too"
"Do you like him more than a friend?"
"Uhmm... Well sometimes when I'm over at his place he hugs me and I hug him back and--" Sora stopped speaking. His father had stood up so quickly...
"What did you say he does to you?"
"He... Hugs me..."
"Right. Now finish what you were going to say."
"And sometimes he also kisses me..." Sora said quietly.
"Repeat that."
"And sometimes--"
"No, that last part. Loudly."
"He also kisses me," Sora said loudly.
A look of hatred crossed through his father's eyes and suddenly his hand was in the air. Sora stared at the idle hand raised above his head... And before he could move that hand was upon his face in a second. Slapped. Sora had gotten slapped.
"I will not have a gay son do you understand!?"
Sora tried to understand what his father was saying. Gay? What's that..?
Another slap.
"I asked you if you understood!?"
Sora tried to nod, he really did, but he was still confused...
And that was when he woke up to someone hovering over him.
"So... You're awake..." a voice said from above.
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Sora looked up at the speaker. His eyes were green. His hair was silver... But it wasn't Riku. In fact it was Riku's older brother, Sephiroth. Sora sat up on Riku's bed, his eyes roamed around the room.
"Uh... Where's Riku?" Sora asked Sephiroth.
"Who cares?" Sephiroth responded.
The brunette gulped and his eyes roamed around the room again.
"I've been wanting to have a talk with you for the longest time," Sephiroth started and one of his hands met Sora's chin.
"Look at me," he commanded. Sora looked elsewhere. "I said look at me," and Sephiroth forced the brunette to stare him straight in the eyes.
"What do you want?" Sora huffed and a smirk appeared on the silver haired boys face.
"Would you believe me if I answered your question?"
Sora stared at Sephiroth, not really understanding. "Nooooo," he drawled.
Sephiroth sighed and his hand fell to the bed. He soon had Sora cornered on the bed with only him in front.
"I want... You," Sephiroth answered his own question.
Sora again stared at the silver haired boy in front of him. True to his word, he didn't believe what Sephiroth told him.
"You see... I've been watching you this whole year and I don't think Riku deserves you. After all... I planned that he went out with you..."
Planned? Well... What the hell did that mean? Sora thought.
"What I mean by 'planned' is that... I told Leon to dare Riku to ask you out. Why? So that he would bring you here."
"...Why...?"
A smirk again donned Sephiroth's features. "So I would be able to do this..." And he leaned in to kiss Sora. Sora tried to fight back but soon Sephiroth was on top of him and kissing, licking and nipping at his skin. Soon the silver haired boy moved away from Sora and stared at him.
"You still don't believe me?"
Sora shook his head. He couldn't believe that Sephiroth just... advanced on him.
"Well then... Where's Riku? Not here. So, that means that what everything I said was true. He left you. He left you here to be with me. He's gone and he's probably laughing at your stupidity."
"You're lying," Sora growled. "He wouldn't do that to me."
"Oh?"
"Yeah. He wouldn't do that to me. It's not Riku to just leave me without saying anything."
"And how long have you known him?"
Sora remained silent. How long has he known Riku? Oh, right... 2 weeks. 2 weeks, 14 days, 336 hours, 20,160 minutes, 1,209,600 seconds...
"Two weeks," Sora decided to answer.
"Aa, which means that there would be two more weeks until I could finally take you."
"Take me? What the hell are you going on about?"
"I already told you. Leon dared Riku to ask you out. You are supposed to be with Riku for a month before he 'mysteriously' dumps you. But I can't wait that long..." And with that Sephiroth proceeded in passionately kissing Sora.
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Riku emerged from the bathroom feeling very refreshed. He combed his silver locks and walked back to his bedroom. There were muffled sounds coming from his room and Riku looked at his door curiously. As he came close he thought he heard a faint 'Gerroff' from Sora. But there was no one else in his room... and he was sure that the whole house was empty...
Riku hastily walked towards his bedroom door and kicked it open. It wasn't closed before... And oh the sight he saw when he stood there in the doorway. His jaw dropped, his eyes narrowed and he quickly ran to Sephiroth.
"Get the fuck off of him!" Riku said as he grabbed Sephiroth's long silver mane. He tugged at the hair, which made Sephiroth roughly nip Sora's lip before he fell on the carpeted floor.
Sora sat up on the bed, lip bleeding. He watched the scene in front of him. Here was Riku, so maybe what Sephiroth said was a lie...
Riku got on top of brother and started punching the older teen in anger. Who was he to take advantage of a sleeping person!?
"Dirty bastard," Riku yelled and punched Sephiroth yet again. There was blood on his fists but he ignored it. Grunts from Sephiroth and soon the younger silver haired boy was suddenly thrown off. Riku landed at the foot of the bed and he glared at his older brother. Sephiroth stood and smirked at the two boys before him. He edged closer and closer and suddenly fell on Riku's bed.
In no time Sora jumped off of the bed, helped Riku up and the two boys were found fleeing down the stairs and out of the house. It wasn't raining as hard as it was previously but it was still slippery. They ran down the sidewalk and soon came to a stop by a crosswalk. Panting for breath Sora leaned against the metal pole for support. He looked over at his companion who was shaking and staring at his open palmed hands.
"What the fuck did I do...?" Riku whispered to himself. The drizzle had washed away the little blood that stained his flesh but in Riku's eyes... he could still see it.
"Are you okay?" Sora asked, slowly.
Riku lifted his head to peer into Sora's face. "Did he tell you anything?"
Sora was about to reply with a yes and question Riku about a certain dare that involved them... But thought better of it. He would question the silver haired boy another day; preferably tomorrow.
"No," Sora said and shifted his eyes to the ground.
The silver haired boy looked at Sora. He was lying; he knew it. He also knew that Sephiroth told the brunette everything about their relationship. It was a lie a dare... everything Sora didn't need with all the pain he was carting around with him. So he decided to spill the beans even if they were already spilled.
"You're lying," Riku observed. "Sephiroth wouldn't just make out with you and not tell you his motives..."
"Ok. So I lied. Big deal..." Sora said, his eyes still on the ground. "You're lying too..." he added.
Riku sucked in a breath. Sora was bound to find out sooner or later anyway...
"I know and I'm sorry..."
"Is that all you can say? After deceiving me this whole time... You know Riku... I really loved you," and with that Sora crossed the street and decided to go home. Home, that evil place that he dreaded so much. But the more he thought of Riku the more the tears threatened to come. He really did... He really did love Riku. And all Riku ever did was... lie to him. God, he hated people who lied, he thought as he slowly walked home...
Tidus... I wish you were here with me... Maybe then I wouldn't be so alone..
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Riku stared at Sora's retreating back. He felt the need to go after him but thought better of it. He was found out. Found out to be a liar and a deceiver in the only person's eyes that actually gave a damn about him. He turned around and decided to walk home even if Sephiroth was there... Even if he had to deal with being beaten...
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End of chapter. But end of story? Nahhh, I'm having too much fun groveling in their pain. HAHAHA. Just kidding, I actually feel really bad ;-;. And uh... This chapter must've sucked. –nods- Why you ask? Because I have never written anything this emotional before and uh, I haven't gone through anything as emotional as this. O.o; Hey I just get what I see in the movies, okay? XD.
AND YEAAAAAAAAH. Tidus is gone ;-;. Poor Tiddy... I just realized that, that sounded wrong... o.o... Anyway... If you wanna find out what happened to Tidus then you'll have to wait for the next chapter XP. Fuwahaha, I'm evil. Yehp. You guys know what to do -review-. See yaaaaa 3