Disclaimer:I don't own Kingdom Hearts (or else it wouldn't be rated E for everyone )
Warning:This fanfic is a slash, meaning male/male relationships, specifically, Riku/Sora. So if you are in any way offended by this, please don't read any further. If you choose to ignore this warning and end up hating this fic, then please don't flame about it because of the fact that it's a slash!
Oh boy. Please don't pelt me with vegetables. I know I haven't updated in almost a year. But look, at least I'm updating now, right? RIGHT! Is pelted with vegetables Meep. I'm soooo very very sorry. It's just that I started high school and things have been so very busy and hectic for me. But I have not forgotten this fic, and I plan on finishing it. Thank you everyone for giving me suggestions for names. I've been thinking hard about this, and I finally decided on one. I chose it purely for plot advancing purposes..as you may later on see. And I do plan on having another couple.. Tidus and someone maybe.. Don't know who, though. Now, without further ado, I present to you…
Clothes Make the Man
Sora looked away from the fading sunset, reluctantly looking to Riku. His heart raced, pounding against his chest. What would Riku do if he found out.., Sora's body stood frozen in fear and the tension was apparent on his face. Riku waited for an answer with a kind smile on his face. For just a moment, all the fear flooded away, and Riku looked so much more beautiful than the sunset.
"You still haven't told me your name," Riku repeated, prompting the girl before him.
"Y-Yuna," Sora stuttered. It was the first name he'd thought of, and just happened to be the name of his cousin.
"Yuna. It's a beautiful name," Riku shifted his view back to the horizon. No longer was the sun casting out arrays of light. A thin line of pale blue light was all that stretched across the horizon.
"Funny..how something so magnificent only lasts for an instant," Sora sighed as even the blue light began to fade. The sky was darkening, illuminated only by the glowing moon and stars.
"It comes back everyday. I never grow tired of it," Riku abandoned his spot and began walking back towards the town. His steps were slow, waiting for Sora to follow.
"I guess you're right," Sora pulled away and followed Riku. The light had now completely disappeared, and the sea and sky merged together in the far off darkness.
The two slowly walked back, an awkward silence between them. Riku was leading the way, but Sora wasn't following, more so walking a step behind.
"Thank you," Sora blushed. It was strange, pretending to be a girl.
"What for?" Riku paused, looking back at Sora.
"The sunset," Sora looked down and smoothed out his skirt, trying to hide his burning cheeks, "I've never much noticed it before."
"Since you're gonna be living here from now on, maybe we can go down and see it again some other time," Riku suggested. They were approaching town. The streetlights were lit, all perfectly in rows down the street.
"I don't know.." Sora replied quietly.
"Where do you live? I'll take you back," Riku's voice faltered for just a moment. His cool died away the second he realized that the girl had rejected his invitation.
"It's alright. Thanks again," Sora waved Riku goodbye and jogged away, leaving the dumbfounded Riku standing alone on the street.
"Maybe I'll see her again," Riku shrugged. Even when no one was around, he kept his calm exterior, refusing to show his emotions. To be rejected, the thought had never even passed through Riku's head before today. The girl didn't even seem interested in him. Dissapointed, Riku headed back to his house, a frown marring his face.
Huffing and Puffing from the desperate escape, Sora ran down his streets, almost missing his own house amidst his panic.
"So, how was your date?" Tidus cackled. He was sitting in front of Sora's door, a delirious grin glued on his face.
"Lot's of fun," Sora hissed. If looks could kill, Tidus would've already been pronounced dead.
"So, did he rape you yet?" Tidus said between bursts of laughter.
"TIDUS!" Sora gave him a not-so-friendly shove.
"Not even a kiss?" Tidus pursed his lips together, mocking Sora.
"Leave me alone Tidus. I won the bet, didn't I?" Sora sighed, having no intentions of starting a brawl.
"You did?" Tidus asked innocently.
"What the hell. What are you getting at?" Sora's annoyance went up a few bars.
"Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe our little playboy asked you to watch the sunset with him again," Tidus gave a victorious grin.
"You..were spying on us!" Sora tried to control his rising anger. He was failing.
"Hey, I figured you'd lie to get out of it," Tidus scooted away from Sora, "so entertain me and keep this act up for a little while. Plus, I believe it was part of our deal?"
"Get a life, Tidus. Don't you think maybe there's something wrong with your head? Why the hell do you derive pleasure from this?" Sora walked past the stunned Tidus, and opened the front door.
"You're trying to back out now?" Tidus regained his composure and got up to leave.
"Tidus," Sora called to him just as Tidus started walking away.
"Yes?" Tidus turned around, and the door slammed in his face.
"I'm fucking serious, Sora," Riku fumed, "are you even listening to me?"
"Yeah..I am," Sora was pretending to ignore Riku. He had hoped that by being uninterested, Riku would give up and move on to another subject. Riku had come to his house and stormed up to his room an hour earlier, at 8 in the morning.
"That girl..she just flat out rejected me," Riku continued, not much caring if Sora actually was listening or not. He needed to let this all out, and the best way to do it was usually telling his best friend.
"Well, it happens," Sora shrugged, mentally pleading Riku to move away from the subject. It was making Sora uncomfortable.
"Not to me, it doesn't," Riku's tone was flared with anger, but Sora had known Riku long enough to see that he was disappointed as well.
"She's just one girl, you know every girl at school would give their kidneys just to talk to you," Sora attempted to cheer his friend up.
"Yeah, I know. There's something weird about this girl though. Yuna. You know anyone with that name?" Riku asked with genuine interest.
"You asked me that already," Sora swiveled around in his chair, trying to make his boredom more apparent than it already was.
"And you said?" Riku frowned. Why the hell is he being such a jerk?
"I said I didn't know anyone named Yuna," Sora lied, "she just moved here, so why would I know her anyway?"
"She seems kinda famliar," Riku closed his eyes, trying to recall what Yuna had looked like.
"Geez, let it go, Riku," Sora couldn't take it anymore. He had been listening to Riku complain for more than an hour. He propped himself up, opened his closet door, and grabbed a random outfit.
"What's with you? Why're you acting all bitchy today?" Riku stood up as well, and stared at Sora with a hurt expression.
"You come stomping up to my room at 8 in the morning, when you know that I don't get up until noon. Then, you make me sit through an hour of your little sob story," Sora left for the bathroom before Riku could throw in a comeback.
Stunned and feeling a bit awkward, Riku stood in the middle of Sora's bedroom, still processing what Sora had just said so harshly. It was so unlike his friend, to act this way towards him, even if it was justified.
A few minutes later, Sora reentered his room, dressed in his usual manner. His hair was now smooth and polished, not a single strand misplaced.
"Sorry about that. I'm an arrogant bastard, I know," Riku extended a hand and rubbed Sora's hair lovingly.
"Hey, what! I never forgave you," Sora's squirmed under Riku's hold.
"C'mon Sora, let's kiss and make up," Riku joked, laughing at Sora's reluctance. It had always been this way between them.
"Wouldn't that be like cheating on your 20 girlfriends?" Sora finally gave in and joined in on the humorous mood.
"What's 20 girlfriends compared to you?" Riku slung his arm around Sora's shoulder.
"Shut up, Riku. I forgave you already," Sora had run out of things to say. Actually, he really didn't like where this was all going. The way Riku had acted with him never much bothered him, but now Sora had become more aware of it. It made him feel strange.
"Alright. Thanks for listening to me, really appreciate it. I gotta head home though, my mom's got this huge ass list of chores she wants me to do," Riku left the room, closing the door lightly behind him. Sora could hear Riku bid his parents goodbye, then a thud as the front door closed.
Sora waited for someone to pick up the ceaselessly ringing phone. Each ring pounded into his head, adding to the headache he got from Riku's endless ranting. Finally, he had enough, and picked up the phone himself.
"Hello?" Sora said wearily, hoping that the person at the other end would keep it short.
"Hey, guess who?" a voice replied.
"Yeah, I'm kinda busy right now. Keep it short, okay?" Sora rolled his eyes. It was Riku. If it's about 'Yuna', I'm just gonna hang up.
"Don't wanna talk to me, huh?" Riku faked a few sobs.
"Seriously, I'm busy," Sora lied again.
"Okay, fine. I know you don't wanna hear anymore about Yuna-" Riku started.
"Good bye!" Sora's voice was nothing but aggravation.
"Sora! Tidus called me and said that she wanted to see me again," Riku said in one hurried breath.
"WHAT!" Sora almost dropped the phone.
"Why are you so surprised?" Riku wondered why his friend wasn't happy for him.
"No. Nothing. I gotta go," Sora didn't say goodbye, and didn't wait for one either, hanging up the phone with one loud motion.
"Hey mom, I'm gonna go to Tidus' house," Sora rushed out the house and ran onto the streets.
Next update will be hopefully next week. But no sooner than that, unless I get some nice reviews maybe.. I hope you liked that chapter. I know things aren't very interesting so far, but I like to get everything established before we go on to the juicier parts. I like to have a plot, is what I'm saying. But the next chapter, I'm going to try to add some nice parts in. A treat for waiting so patiently for me to update. See you all later!
