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Special Thanks to Niamh, Maire, and Noelle (Shinigami) For helping me and reading my story! Thanks, you guys, I couldn't have done it without you!
Disclaimer: I don't own the KH characters. If I did, Riku n Sora would be chained to my bed and I'd have guards with m80's pointed at them to make sure they don't escape. The senses in fashion, however, are owned by me because most of the things the people in this story are wearing can be found in my closet. HOWEVER… I may owe that to the textile and clothing companies from whence they came! MUAHAHA… ahem… I also do not own starbucks. Where are we, Seattle?
Genre: Romance/Comedy
WARNINGS: Contains shounen-ai and YAOI content. Maybe a lime gasp in some later chapters… At least a lemon or something, I don't know, im just gonna think about that… Make-out and other scenes are very detailed!
Rated R for sexual content, language, and innuendo
SUMMARY: It's summer vacation and Riku knows Sora has feelings for him. Riku wants to tell Sora what he's thinking, but has no idea where to start. However, a caffeine boost and some whipped cream should spark Riku's Imagination…
Riku's POV YAAY IM IN MY BIHSOUNEN'S HUGH JASS SHOES! grovels at Riku's very large feet
Saiko: …Err… okay can we just get this started then?...
Kyo: Uh… okay then, but what's wrong with a little random comic relief?
Saiko: -.-' face palm
Another note… each chapter in this story is named after a form of coffee. With the Chapter name will come with a description as to why I named the chapter what it is. DON'T WORRY, no spoilers.
Better than Coffee
Chapter 1: Caramel Macchiato
This chapter was named such because caramel macchiato is kindof sweet, yet more bitter. This chapter contains the like, as well as references to the drink.
Ah, last day of school before summer vacation…
The class sits around staring at the clock, not really paying attention to Mrs. Kojima who was trying to sum up the year's lessons in a single "brief" essay, as the time ticks by slowly.
"Hey, Riku…" The familiar voice from next to me whispers in a cute yet affective attempt to gain my attention. I look towards him.
I knew what Sora felt. Since the beginning I knew. He had told me he loved me at the beginning of the year, and I haven't had time to give him a chance. We haven't talked about it since, except once in a rare while when I would poke fun at him. Nothing offensive, usually a simple comment in between conversations was the norm. I'm not sure what kept me away from it, but I've always wanted to give him that chance. I was just never sure where to start.
"Yes, Sora?" I say, smiling with my chin in my hands.
"You want to go to Starbucks after school for some," as he tries to fight back the sudden need to scream out the word, "coffee (!!!)?" Sora had always loved coffee. Always. It's almost his fetish, but we try to convince him to get the decaf so nothing bad happens… things breaking, spilling, messes being made, the sound barrier unfortunately being penetrated and destroyed…
I smile back at him. "Sure. Just, no espresso, okay?" I said as a sad look appeared on his face.
"Oh," he said, but smiled his same Smile of Eternal Cuteness™, "I'll just get an (a/n: I hope I get the order of these words right…) iced decaf grande mocha… (a/n: cheers)
The bell rings. Mrs. Kojima finally concludes her lecture with a cheerful "See you next year!" as half of us are already out of the room and running down the hall to our lockers.
End of Sophomore year at Kajimari High School. It was fun, picking on little freshmen and being considered the most ignored class of this year. It's very strange how each year is treated differently… The freshman are always welcomed warmly, the sophomores are ignored, the juniors are respected and are considered to know everything, and the seniors are feared by all, loved by none, and, even considering the circumstances, are cried for when they take leave.
As I thought about this on the way out the front door of the school, I had forgotten the thing that was good about this year: being reunited with Sora. After the incident with the heartless (no one really says "Kingdom Hearts" anymore because it just brings back pain and is treated as a jinx) I was glad to come home…
FLASHBACK
"I'm not afraid of the darkness…"
Little did I know I was afraid. I was terrified.
"Sora, take care of Kairi for me…"
"I won't be afraid…"
"I've been having these weird thoughts lately…"
"Sora!" I ran past and through the doors… The darkness was cold…
I held out my hand to him and as he took it, the light shone through the darkness… That beautiful light…
Then I was home.
END FLASHBACK
That light, the light from Sora's heart, had saved me. It saved Kairi. It saved the universe.
For such a puny boy, he sure packs a punch…
I felt something grab my arm and pull me backwards. Then the familiar voice awoke me from my trance…
"Ri-ku," he said in a sing-songy tone, pulling me backwards by the arm while trying to catch me from falling on top of him, "You're going the wrong way…"
Before long I realized I was actually walking away from Starbucks and into the street. I blushed. "Oh… I knew that…" I said, looking down at him and brushing a silver strand of hair from my face, then looking back at the road where a huge line of buses from the school was racing past.
We walked into Starbucks, and stood at the counter waiting for service from the barista who is currently flirting with one of the other baristas. He looked at us and smiled, "What can I get for you?"
I nudged Sora's hip half to remind him to get something decaf and the other half to entertain the barista as he watched a blush form on Sora's face. "Yeah, uh," Sora looked up behind the counter at the menu, even though both of us already knew what he was going to order: "I'll have an iced decaf grande mocha," he said, and the barista laughed as I mouthed the words with him in unison timing. He looked at me.
"You?"
"Yeah, I'll have a... Grande caramel macchiato, please…"
I was pleased at how the words "caramel macchiato" felt on my lips. I repeated it again just to remember how it felt, and laughed inwardly at myself for the need to feel something so trivial. I looked at Sora who I noticed was looking down at the countertop whispering to himself, "caramel macchiato, caramel macchiato…" I had to say, I found it cute that he followed suit so nicely… He looked up at me, blushed, and gave me his Smile of Eternal Cuteness™, saying, "I just liked how you said it," and laughed. I laughed with him and patted him on the back as the barista handed us our beverages.
"Here's an iced decaf grande mocha and a," pausing to laugh, "Caramel macchiato," he said, and smiled as we thanked him, paid, and left.
We sat outside in the sun with our coffee, talking about the year with me sharing my thoughts about how sophomores are ignored, why coconuts, opposing to the legend, in fact do not migrate and cannot be carried by European swallows, (a/n: sorry guys, just watched Monty Python and the Holy Grail 3) and other things amongst those.
Sora was finished with his mocha before I could finish my author laughs Macchiato, and mine was too hot to finish drinking. I looked up at Sora and laughed. He had dipped his nose into the whipped cream on his iced mocha and it left a white mark.
I leaned towards him to brush it away off with my finger, greatly restraining the need to lick it off myself. He took my hand, looked at my finger, then back at me, and slowly put my finger in his mouth. A chill ran up my spine as I felt him caress it with his warm tongue, running his tongue up the side and around it, continuing even though my finger was clean of extra whipped cream. He took as much time as possible before he pulled my finger out of his mouth and kissed it.
I looked around to make sure no one saw, we were lucky the only other people around were in a huddle by the sidewalk talking about what was happening that summer, and the barista inside was too busy flirting again to notice. I looked into Sora's big blue eyes again, and muttered, "wow…" and looked at my finger. I quickly glanced at the macchiato I left on the table, grabbed it, and handed it to him in offering. "uh… Want some?" he took it, smiling, and drank the rest of it, obviously enjoying the taste of something that had touched my lips.
I'm beginning to think chastity isn't one of the things Sora was born with…
SQUEE! That's the end of Chapter 1… Caramel Macchiato! I thought it was cute… The ending reminds me of my first kiss, when I pulled away and yelled, "Let's go do some homework!!" only, maybe not quite as abrupt… I really like how this came out, even though it was only 4 pages… I think the thing is there aren't many paragraph spaces, making it look shorter, but seem longer to read. Sure as hell though, though, it took much longer to write than to read.
Saiko: blushes I have to admit, Kyo, that was pretty good…
Kyo: That's a compliment, coming from a guy…
Saiko: I know… but it was good, the grammar flowed nicely…
Kyo smacks Saiko, but kisses him anyway
. enjoy Chapter 2!