Hi, all it's me again (ahhh!) This chapter is longer than any chapter I've done thus far so please sit back and enjoy. I slipped another song into this one but since stretching it through the whole fic would prove difficult, I didn't (I didn't even put the whole song).
Chapter Four: New Day, New Surprises
Sora sat up and stretched as he let a long yawn slip from his lips. He balled up his fist and rubbed his eyes as he flopped down to return to his bed. He turned to his right as he opened his eyes. That's when he saw her.
Her hair was done in a short black bob which was now spread across the pillow. It framed her round face. She had a pleased look on her sleeping face. "YUFFIE?!?" he cried as the girl awoke with a startled snort.
"Nya?" she questioned as she shot up to a sitting position, still clutching the pillow to her chest tightly. She looked around then came to a stop at Sora's startled face. "Oh, HeeEEey Soora..." She stretched her words out as she yawned. "Umm how the HELL did you get in here?"
"Your mom let us in." He let out a frustrated sigh. "She did, did she?" 'I knew it.' "Yup." "And why are you in my bed?"
"Coz' Squall's sleeping on your couch and your mom insisted that we sleep here with you. He seems to be enjoying this more than I am though," she said as she pointed her finger behind Sora.
'WE?!? HE?!?!?'
He twirled around to see where Yuffie had pointed. Blonde, spiky hair, neatly groomed almond brown eyebrows, long dark brown eyelashes, soft lips. "C-CLOU-" Yuffie had silenced him by pressing her hand to his mouth. "Shhh...you'll wake him up!" she scolded, barely whispering.
He scrunched his eyebrows together, realizing he couldn't do anything. "OK," he muffled as she slowly took her hand from his mouth. "Good Sowa," she said as she smiled and patted his head. He pouted cutely.
"So, when did you guys get here," he said in a slightly annoyed voice. "Umm... around 1 a.m. this morning. Tifa and Aerith are coming later this afternoon." Sora realized he was lucky that he didn't wake up to find himself sandwiched between three girls and one guy. "Good thing too, Tifa's boobs would have taken up half the bed!" he joked as he and Yuffie giggled.
"Well anywho, I've decided to make you guys breakfast as a sign of my undying gratitude." Sora then slipped into a flashback from when they were still in school.
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"What the hell is this?" Leon asked as he sniffed the substance contained in Yuffie's thermos. "Oh that's my 'Super Duper Yuffie Special' shake. It has raw eggs, orange juice, strawberries, tons of sugar and I top it off with granola." Everyone else at the table exchanged disgusted looks among eachother. "Tic-Tac?" Aerith kindly offered as she held the small plastic container in front of Yuffie's face.
"Nope, s'okay. Thanks anyways," the raven haired girl said as she smiled. "I don't think that was a question," Leon said as the others giggled. "Aw, shut up Squall! You're always so mean to me!" she giggled as she playfully punched his muscular arm.
"Is that cooked?" Tidus asked as he pointed to the fish that Sora was poking through the saran wrap. "Half-cooked," she corrected. "But that's the way I likes it!" she exclaimed happily as she rubbed her hands together and licked her lips. Everyone at the table erupted in laughter. "You sure are a weirdo, Yuffie," Riku stated between his string of laughs.
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Sora snapped back into the present as he found Yuffie's big brown eyes staring at him. "No, that's okay I prefer my food fully cooked." "Hey!" she whispered as she tickled the boy who fell off the bed as he attempted to escape her wrath.
He giggled as he got off his butt and back onto his feet. "We'll I'll go cook up something. I know how to cook a few dishes," he admitted as he rubbed the back of his head cutely in slight embarrassment.
"Why are you embarrassed? Nothing's sexier than a man who knows how to cook!" she smirked. This caused him to blush even more as he headed out the door. "Wait for me!" she squeaked as she jumped off the bed and bounded after him.
By the time he entered the kitchen, Yuffie had already pounced on the sleeping Leon and was clinging tightly to his chest as she traced circles into it with her finger. "Squawllypoo," she quietly sang as he began to wake up. "Yuffie?" he asked weakly as he blinked his eyes and averted the blue grey pools to the girl's face.
"Get off of me."
"You know you like it," she said seductively and leaned down to press her lips to his. This had caused him to flush a rose red color. "What are you wearing?" he asked as he directed his eyes to her overgrown shirt after the kiss.
She was wearing her regular short khaki shorts which were barely visible because a large, white, navy blue pinstriped collared long sleeve button down shirt covered 97% of her body. The buttons on her wrists, three bottom buttons and a few top buttons were undone. This exposed a bit of cleavage which made Squall even redder.
"You likey?" she said in the same seductive tone. "This is Sora's dad's shirt. Sora's mom let me borrow it." Sora then turned from his job of scrambling eggs and looked at the couple from the large doorway in the wall that separated the kitchen and the living room.
Yuffie and Squall both turned their eyes to Sora who had obviously saddened at the mention of his father's name. Sora turned from their gaze and placed the bowl back on the counter as he continued to scramble the eggs.
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His dad had always been a tender subject for him ever since he had been killed in a car crash. Sora remembered running down the stairs after hearing voices shouting at eachother. His father quickly passed the bottom of the stairs. Little Sora, 6, had scrambled after him and grabbed onto his wrist with both of his small hands.
"Daddy, where are you going?" he asked, his small voice quivering in confusion and fear. His father had messy brown hair like Sora but it was shorter and he had grey eyes. Hey there kiddo," his father had said as he ruffled his son's hair. "I'll be back in a little while, I promise."
"Okay daddy..." The next thing he knew, his father had gotten into his car and Sora's mom wrapped her arms around him. She was crying. Another adult male voice shouted his father's name as he ran out of their house and hurried to his own car. He ran so fast that Sora hadn't got a decent look at him.
That was all he remembered for the rest of that day. The next day he had remembered his mom had gotten a phone call. "S-Sora...honey, I have something to tell you." She kneeled so that she was eyes length with the child. She was crying again.
"Honey...your father....he's..." she paused and let a sob escape her. "He's not coming back..." She said as she buried her head on Sora's shoulder and continued to cry. "He promised!" he remembered shouting as he stepped away from his mother. "Sora, he died in a car wreck..."
"No...NO!!!!!" cried as he ran into his hallway and sat down. He curled his legs up to his body and cried into his knees.
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"No..." Sora said softly as he continued to reminisce. Yuffie was now holding onto his hands, a concerned look was plastered on her face. "Sora, Sora, are you okay?" she said sadly as she shook his hands in her own. Leon was standing next to her with the same concerned look on his face. "Sora?" Leon asked as he looked into the boy's cloudy eyes.
Sora took his hands from Yuffie's grasp. "I'm...fine..." he lied as he returned to beating the eggs. Yuffie gave Leon her 'I'm worried about him' look. Leon simply shook his head.
"Breakfast will be ready soon guys. You can wait in the living room," He stated in a monotonous voice. Yuffie bit her lip to prevent herself from saying something as Leon placed his hand on her shoulder. They then followed his command and headed into the adjacent room.
Sora could still hear their hushed voices from the next room. "Squall, I'm worried about him. He shouldn't be like this," the feminine voice said. "If he wants our help he can ask us for it," Leon commented. "Don't be so cold. Sora's a helper, not one who asks for it. We should-." "Yuffie, no, this is his problem." "But..." her voice faded as they came to and understanding. "Fine."
The front door creaked as a familiar face popped out to check out the room. "Riku," uttered Yuffie to recognize the boy's presence. Leon simply turned to face him. "Hey guys, is Sora here?" he asked although he seemed surprised by their presence. He looked at Yuffie and thought about saying, 'Nice shirt' but decided against it when he realized who the shirt belonged to. 'Touya.'
"He's in the kitchen but..." "It's okay Leon," Sora's voice answered from his spot in the kitchen. He was now cooking the eggs and didn't bother to turn to acknowledge his best friend's presence. "Sora," Riku greeted as he jogged to the boy's side. "Hey..." the boy answered in a withdrawn voice. Riku read Sora like an open book. "Hey? That's all you have to say to me? Sora what's wrong?" his friend questioned with a hint of hurt in his voice.
Sora then placed a weak smile on his lips as he turned to face his friend. "Sorry Riku. I'm a bit tired right now....."
'He's lying.'
"You can tell me anything, Sora. I'm here for you!"
"I...know sorry Riku. Thank you."
Riku smiled but that smile then turned to shock as he grabbed Sora's hand to keep it away from the fire that had formed from the eggs being burnt and fried. "Wha-?!" Sora said in confusion but then he hurled himself into Riku's embrace and straddled his hips as the fire flamed dangerously high. Sora's momentum had made both of the boys slam into the kitchen wall.
Sora shut his eyes tightly as he clung to Riku for dear life. This caused Riku to blush profusely but he realized he had to do something about the matter at hand. "What's going-HOLY SH-!" Leon exclaimed as he saw the scenario ahead of him. Yuffie was running around frantically searching for a fire extinguisher when she had crashed headfirst into Cloud who rushed past her with the red savior tucked under his arm.
Clad only in his boxers, the blonde rushed past all of the spectators as he latched onto the extinguisher and directed its nozzle at the flame which he was working quickly to put out.
A few minutes later, Cloud let out a tired sigh as he covered the last little flame in the white foam. He was panting heavily as leaned against the counter for support. Sora's mother rushed into the foam covered room, Yuffie tailed behind her with a scared look on her face.
The brunette woman looked around the room then focused her attention on her son who still clung on tightly to Riku whose face was still flushed. "Sora, you should've woken me up!" she scolded. Her voice sounded concerned but not surprised. "Why do I get the feeling this has happened before?" Yuffie questioned but the look on the woman's face told her that she was correct.
"Oh, okies..."
"Thank goodness that no one was hurt and that this naked man was here to save you!" she cried as she patted Cloud's back. Cloud was blushing now too. It was then that Sora's stomach let out a freakishly loud and long growl which directed everyone's attention to him.
[I'm falling even more in love with you
Letting go of all I've held on to
I'm standing here until you make me move
I'm hanging by a moment here with you]
He finally released his hold on Riku and looked down at the floor in embarrassment.
"We'll obviously Sora's stomach has voiced all of your thoughts. Let's go and get something to eat and clean this mess later. After Cloud puts on some clothes that is," Harumi, Sora's mom said.
[I'm living for the only thing I know
I'm running and I question where to go
And I don't know what I'm diving into
Just hanging by a moment here with you]
Everyone nodded in agreement as they all emptied out of the kitchen leaving Sora and Riku there. "Um listen, about grabbing onto you like that..." "It's okay, I enjoyed it." "Huh?" Sora furiously blushed. Riku chuckled.
[There's nothing else to lose, there's nothing else to find
There's nothing in the world that can change my mind]
"We'll after saving your hand from being charred, I think I deserved that." "Eh yah, I guess you're right....thanks." "No prob," Riku quickly replied as he turned to exit the room, stopping to tousle Sora's hair and continue on his way. Sora just stood there confused but then decided to follow after Riku.
[There is nothing else
There is nothing else
There is nothing else]
"Sora honey, why don't you and Riku change into some fresh clothes and the go to collect the rest of your friends? I'm sure they'd enjoy an outing. Leon is kindly offering to pay for your food. He says it's because he feels guilty for just standing there uttering profanities."
"Kay' mom," Sora said as he hurried to his room. 'I'm never washing this shirt again,' Riku thought to himself as he smiled. "Riku you can borrow some of my clothes," his brunette friend called to him. "Okay thanks Sora," Riku called back to him as he hurried after him.
[Desperate for changing
Starving for truth
I'm closer to where I started
I'm Chasing after you]
Many random things popped up in this chapter and I hope you could bare it though. I can't seem to put enough physical romance and emotions/feelings in my fics and I'll try to strongly focus on that next coming chapter. And about Sora's past, that'll have it's own chapter as well since I have made it a very complex subject. It's planned to be titled, 'Karma.' Please review!
Song mentioned: excerpt from 'Hanging By a Moment' which belongs entirely to the band Lifehouse.
LoveS-deep-O-blue-R-eyes-A
