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 Seven: I Will Part 1
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"Your father's coming home," Mother said in a trembling voice, "Tomorrow," she added. She looked at Sora, searching him for any kind of emotion.
"So?" Sora said and rolled back over to get to sleep. He didn't fully understand why his mother was so scared. Surely jail would've softened his father... right?
"What--" Mother sighed and shook her head. "Sora, honey, we have to pack, now."
"Why?" Sora asked. This time he sat up and stared at his mother in the eye. "Wouldn't jail soften him? So when he comes back he'll be really nice and..."
"Stop being so naïve!" Mother said. "He left a message on our answering machine and his voice is as gruff as ever."
"So what does that have to do with anything?"
Mother rolled her eyes. "Sora, you don't understand. When he finds out about you and Riku he is surely going to kill the both of you."
Now this was getting interesting. Not only did his mother mention that his father was going to kill him and Riku when he comes back but... His mother knew about his relationship. She knew! And he didn't even tell her. Now to find out how she knew...
"How do you know about Riku?" Sora asked his mother curiously.
She looked at him incredulously. "Are you crazy!?!?! PACK!! OR ELSE I'LL MAKE YOU PACK!!"
"Alright, alright," Sora said as he tumbled off his bed. He made sure that his mom had left before packing whatever he wanted to bring. And suddenly it dawned on him. He was leaving. Sora stopped his packing. Leaving... But leaving where!? His mother didn't tell him... All he knew was that his father was coming home tomorrow and—Tomorrow!? Holy crap! That's my birthday!
"So, about tomorrow," Riku said as he wrapped his arms around Sora's waist.
"Hnn?" Sora hummed.
"Do you wanna just skip school for the whole day or... Celebrate when school's over?"
"Let's skip school the whole day," Sora said with a smile on his face.
Sora was supposed to spend his whole 15th birthday with Riku. But could he? Not with his father's sudden release from jail. Oh and his mother's demand to pack and leave... Why did his life get screwed over again!? Just when he found someone something happens that would separate them. Forever. Sora shook his head. He will see Riku someday even if they're both married and have kids and— There was a knock on his door.
"Come in," Sora said softly as he began to repack.
"Uhh... hey?" a very familiar voice said as its owner stepped inside the room.
"Riku!" Sora exclaimed as he turned around to glomp the older boy.
"Yehp, that's me," Riku said with a chuckle as he looked down at Sora. Then his eyes wandered to the opened suitcase on the bed.
"Are you going somewhere?" Riku asked as he let go of Sora and made his way towards the bed. He stood there, staring at the clothes that were thrown into the suitcase.
"I..." Sora began as he made his way towards his bed. He sat on the right side of the suitcase and stared at Riku. "I'm moving," he said softly. Sora gulped and shifted his eyes to his feet that were restlessly moving about. And when Riku would ask that question... he would have to tell him why he was moving. All of it. His whole life story and what not.
"...Why?"
And there was the question just as Sora had foreseen. I mean... It was common sense... Sora sighed. He didn't know where to begin... So he had to tell him what his mother told him earlier. He wasn't even going to question Riku on why he was here instead of at home.
"Because my dad's coming home," Sora replied, still looking at his restless feet. They were swinging off the bed and kicking the mattress.
"So why does that have to make you move?"
"My mom found out about us and she said if we move then we'll all be safe from my dad..."
"Okay..." Riku said. Now he was confused. Safe from Sora's dad? What the hell?
"Basically my mom's scared that if we stay here then he'll continue to abuse her and if he finds out about me and you she said he might kill us. Both of us.." And Sora began to shake but he had to continue. "It won't matter if I'm his son. I'm dead to him."
Those words echoed in Riku's mind. Dead to him. But why? Why was Sora... dead to his father? What happened... Riku noticed Sora shaking and he made his way towards the other side of the bed. It would be his last time, he figured, his last time to hold the other boy in his arms. His last time. His last chance. Riku gently pushed the suitcase aside and sat down next to Sora. He wrapped his arms around the younger boy and Sora rested his head against Riku's chest. Riku finally voiced what he was wondering.
"What happened?"
Sora decided to wait awhile before answering. Why did Riku have to ask a very ambiguous question!? There were so many answers to 'what happened?'. And Sora could only think of one.
"What happened was that my father came home drunk one night," Sora mumbled into Riku's shirt. He was still leaning on Riku's chest. "I had a friend over—a guy friend and... I guess he got mad at my mom or something and he beat her up and then he came after me and my friend..." Sora was shaking again so Riku's hands went to run themselves through his boyfriend's milk chocolate hair. This calmed Sora down and he continued.
"He found us in my closet and I remember him pulling me out first and then... And then the police people told me I fainted..."
Riku chewed this bit of information before lying down on the bed, Sora still on top of him. "So what happened to your guy friend?"
"Tidus he... He got in the hospital. Apparently my dad went crazy and tried to kill him... And then a few days later my mom told me that he moved away and that dad was in jail."
Riku's hands were again playing with the brunets and Sora was still lying on Riku.
"I'm sorry," Riku said as his hands moved down to the small of Sora's back. His fingers moved around in circles as he massaged the younger boy. Sora's life just seemed so stressful.
"It's... It's alright," Sora said as he began to feel himself drift off. Lying here with Riku was warm and relaxing and it just made Sora want to sleep, forget about packing... And forget all about tomorrow.
And that's what he did.
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Riku awoke the next day, early as usual, to find a little sleeping boy holding onto him—tightly. He smiled as he watched Sora sleep. He looked so innocent, peaceful and trouble less. And it seemed really rude to just wake the brunet up. He looked at his watch and groaned. It was only 5:47 AM. Then he remembered that Sora was leaving today. Leaving Destiny Islands, leaving his school, leaving his friends, his life and him: Riku.
And then it seemed almost right to just wake Sora up. He gently pushed Sora off of him and sat up on the bed. He glanced at Sora before tickling the younger boy. Sora's eyes seemed to snap open immediately after he gasped. The brunet glared at Riku and sat up on the bed.
"What was that for?" he asked, a little pout forming on his lips. Riku smirked and shrugged—one of his usual answers for Sora's childish questions. Riku then wrapped his arms around Sora and tried to forget that the brunet was leaving him... forever.
"Happy birthday," the silver haired boy whispered in Sora's ear making him shiver. Riku's lips descended from Sora's cartilage and landed on the brunet's neck. He kissed, licked, nibbled and sucked on the sensitive skin there making Sora shiver even more. Riku stopped doing what he did to chuckle softly and then continued.
That was Sora's birthday present.
"Nn... Yeah... Happy! Whoo—God, Riku that tickles," Sora half moaned half said. The brunet leaned into Riku and raised his hand to caress Riku's cheek.
He closed his eyes and sighed. "I wish I could take you with me," Sora said with a little pout.
"I wish I could go with you," Riku said softly. His lips were back to Sora's ear and he kissed the lobe. His little kisses ascended to Sora's cartilage and he quickly nipped it. His kisses then descended towards the lobe and he slowly began to lick Sora's ear.
My, my...
Sora shivered at the touch. It felt weird and lovely at the same time. He leaned into Riku some more with a contented sigh. Riku's hands seemed to have a mind of their own. They trailed down Sora's waist and up the brunet's shirt. They caressed the soft skin underneath which caused the brunet's breathing to quicken and become irregular.
"Mm, Riku..." Sora whispered as he felt Riku's loving hands rub themselves over his skin. Oh, how it felt so good.
Riku was in a moment of pure bliss and needless to say so was Sora. But his mind wandered... What was he doing? Hell, they were only 15... Was he really going to let this little session of theirs go all the way? Or was he going to stop right now?
"Why'd you stop?" Sora's voice pierced the silence.
Riku shook his head of the thoughts. He smiled at Sora in that enchanting way of his before placing a kiss on the brunet's forehead.
"It's almost 7 and I think your mom's coming down the hall," Riku responded softly. He heard a faint 'oh' from Sora before the brunet toppled off of him and landed on the floor. Sora got up from his position and rubbed his bum. The door creaked open and both boys turned their heads towards the door.
Sora's mother stood in the doorway in her nightgown. Her eyes moved from her son to Riku and then back to her son. After a few moments of silence she finally spoke, "We're leaving at 11:30." And with that she closed the door and disappeared from their world.
Riku glanced at the digital alarm clock on Sora's nightstand: 7:10 AM. Four hours and 20 minutes until Sora leaves... Riku concluded. He gave a short nod to himself before pushing his bum off the bed. He placed his hands behind his head and stood by Sora.
"Want me to... Help you pack?"
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I... Am... EXTREMELY... SORRY... For this really short and VERY, VERY, VERY late chapter. ;-;! Please forgive me! I had to study for finals and all that crap. ...And I still have to study for finals... Ugh, I hate finals. AND TO TOP IT ALL OFF... I'm frikken' failing math ! Anyways... I'm really sorry for this chapter. It sucked majorly—I know. Forgive meeeeeeee!! See ya. ;;