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Riku held his own against the Heartless easily, even though his mind was focused on other things. So much so, that he did not notice the intrusion of someone other than a Heartless until they were quite close.
He blinked at the gorgeous blonde standing in front of him, before readying his Batwing sword for attack.
"Hey, wait! I'm not looking for a fight!" The spiky blonde said, holding up his hands to show that he was unarmed. Well, at least he didn't have weapons in his hands...at the moment.
"Then what are you looking for?" Riku asked, still keeping his blade up.
"Heartless." The attractive blond told him simply.
"You can't fool me." Riku protested, his aqua eyes narrowing. "The only people I ever see here are those who have turned to darkness, and I am here to destroy them."
The golden-haired man sighed, looking at the ground. "Perhaps I have turned to the darkness before. It's a mistake I sincerely regret, and I am not planning on doing it again. It cost me too much."
Riku relaxed his blade, beginning to understand this alluring older person in front of him. "I know what you mean. Darkness has a high price...one which I wish I had never paid."
The blonde looked at him with deep blue eyes. "You're...Riku, aren't you? Sora told me about you once, after I told him that I was searching for someone. He said he was searching for someone, too. You."
Riku looked wonderingly at him. "He...said that? You know Sora?"
Golden spikes shook slightly as he nodded, "Yes, I know him. He's here, actually."
"What! Sora's here? Where? Who ARE you, anyway?" Riku questioned, his heart speeding up a few notches at the thought of seeing Sora again- without being enemies. Would Sora ever forgive him for what he did? Probably not, Sora's heart was too pure to want anything to do with a corrupted soul like himself. But yet...If this person in front of him knew Sora, and used to play for the darkness...then maybe Riku did stand a chance.
"I'm Cloud Strife, and yes, I just saw Sora a few minutes ago." The blue-eyed blonde explained, gesturing behind him.
Riku then remembered something that made his heart sink. He couldn't see anyone here unless they were tied to the darkness somehow, and Sora was anything but dark. "It doesn't matter I guess..." Riku muttered.
Cloud looked confused, "You don't want to see him?"
"Of course I do! But that's not the problem. Here, I can only see people with ties to the darkness, such as yourself. Sora has none such ties. I wouldn't be able to see him if I tried." Riku sighed, and sat down on the cold floor of the coliseum. "Not that he'd want to see me anyway."
Cloud sat almost gracefully next to him. "What makes you say that?"
Riku looked up, his pale aqua eyes meeting Cloud's bright blue ones. "I'm nothing...nothing but a puppet to the darkness- to Ansem. He's inside me, ready to control and manipulate my every move to his will. Do you have any idea what that's like?"
To his surprise, Cloud smiled wryly. "Seems this place is nothing but a stage..." he said cryptically.
"What?" Riku asked, not understanding.
Cloud looked away. "Sora just told me he was having the same problem, too. He said he was just a puppet for Marluxia..."
"Oh?" Riku pressed, wanting to know more. His blonde companion seemed the only tie he had to Sora in a long time. Maybe just the person he needed right now.
"Yes... I also told him that I too had the same problem once. I was Sephiroth's puppet. He would control my body to do his will." Cloud said, watching Riku with his intense blue eyes.
"So...you know what I've been feeling. What it feels like to have somebody else controlling you. How it feels when your hands are no longer your own. When your body doesn't respond when you tell your legs to run away. When you almost kill the person who is perhaps the most important in your life?" Riku said sadly, meeting Cloud's gaze with an intense one of his own.
"Yes, exactly. Sephiroth made me...I was so close...so close to killing Aerith myself... If I had been any weaker, my sword would have been the one plunging through her. I would have killed her." Cloud told him quietly, looking down at his hands. Both the gloved and the clawed one were shaking.
Riku nodded, feeling that both of them were very alike. "Cloud..." He put a hand on one of Cloud's shaking ones, steadying it. "But you didn't kill her, did you?"
The blonde shook his head, turning his hand so that he could hold Riku's. "No...but Sephiroth almost did. I'm still looking for her. That's why I turned to the darkness, because Hades promised that if I did, he'd help me find her. Who knows, maybe she did die after all."
"Do you know that?" Riku demanded caringly. "Are you ready to give up, just like that?"
Cloud looked up at Riku with a wondering expression. "I...no, I'm not." His face melted into a smile, squeezing Riku's hand a little before letting go of it. "So far, you're the closest person who I've met that knows most about what I've been through. Thanks, Riku."
Riku was taken aback at the gratitude that Cloud was showing. "You're thanking me? You're the one who even bothered to talk to me." 'Not to mention you're really hot.' Riku added in his head, able to keep it mental unlike Sora's talkative mouth. "You're my closest connection to Sora at the moment as well. Is he alright?"
Cloud nodded, "Yeah, I think he'll be alright. Now that he has a purpose and knows what he has to do.
The silver-haired one sighed sadly and put his head in his hands. "I just wish I could get rid of Ansem. But even still, would that help? I miss Sora."
A weight settled itself comfortingly on his shoulder, and he looked up to see a hand there. Cloud smiled, "You know what I told Sora? I told him to find a distraction. It helps you take your mind off things. Helps a lot." His eyes became distant.
"Distractions? Like what?"
"Well, my distraction used to be Leon. He and I were...close." Cloud told him.
Riku wasn't surprised by this. After all, the blonde was extremely good-looking, and what guy would pass up someone like him? "I see... Were?"
"Yes. Were."
"So you're single?" The silver-haired one pressed, getting ideas.
"You could probably say that..." Cloud replied, raising an eyebrow in a gesture of interest.
Riku smiled. "Well..." He leaned in close to Cloud, bringing his hand up and trailing his fingers across the blonde's cheek. When there was no move made to pull away, he continued, "No one's going to get mad at me for distracting you, then."
He brought his lips up to Cloud's in a cautious kiss, not really sure what to expect from the enigma sitting by him. He was relieved when Cloud returned the kiss. At least then he wouldn't be called a pervert or anything for kissing this beautiful blonde whom he had just met. Riku pulled away from the other's lips slowly, not really sure how much he wanted to push things.
Cloud watched him with unreadable eyes, that soon flowed into an amused expression. "And to what do I owe that pleasure to?" He asked his aqua-eyed companion.
"Do you really have to ask? You're hot, gorgeous, and appealing; you can empathize with me; and you're the only friendly human interaction I've had in a while." Riku replied boldly.
Cloud smirked at him. "And you know that you're just as sexy." It was not a question.
Riku countered with a smirk of his own. "And what are you going to do about it?" He taunted.
"This." Cloud told him simply, leaning towards Riku and pressing his pale lips up against the silver-haired boy's, letting his gloved hand trail through that silken silver hair.
Riku moved his body closer to Cloud's, savoring the gentle kiss, yet he wanted more. He let his tongue lap slightly at the others lips, asking permission to be let in. Cloud's lips parted without hesitation, allowing Riku's tongue to slip inside, where it proceeded to explore.
Apparently, Cloud was not one to submit easily. His tongue battered playfully with Riku's, his fingers massaging the back of his head softly. Riku was not the submissive type either, and both tried to win the battle playing out inside each other's mouths. Riku's own hands left their resting places at his sides, and brought them up to caress Cloud's cheeks and hair. The hair was remarkably similar to Sora's, but where Sora's was soft and supple, Cloud's was smooth and silky.
Riku's eyes were closed as they both broke for air, and then dived back in with passion, each of them trying to get an advantage over the other, with no winner in sight. Or maybe there was.
Cloud's hand moved from Riku's hair to make it's way down to his hip, where it rested, massaging slightly. Riku found himself making a small moaning sound. He was losing. Cloud's clawed hand lightly touched his cheek, the cold metal sending goose bumps down his side. Riku pressed himself as close as he could to Cloud's body, without sitting in his lap.
They broke for air again, and this time Cloud did not plunge back into Riku's mouth, instead he moved his pale lips to Riku's neck and began kissing and nipping it tenderly. Riku moaned in pleasure. Yep, he had lost. He gripped Cloud's hair with one of his hands, while the other settled itself comfortably on the blonde's shoulder, moving downward until it reached the spot on his back where the wing connected. He caressed the joint softly, feeling the odd, leathery skin, and Cloud shuddered with pleasure against him.
The hand on his hip moved upward, under his shirt, where it traced invisible lines making slight shivers run through Riku's body. The clawed hand joined it, making a cold, hard counterpoint to the soft, warm hand already there. Combined with Cloud's soft lips kissing below his ear and nipping his earlobe playfully, it was heaven.
The claws dragged lightly down his chest, just enough so it didn't hurt or break the skin. Riku knew that he was at the utter mercy of Cloud, and if he wanted to kill him, it wouldn't have been hard at all. But Riku wasn't worried about that, he had lost track of all time and how much he was moaning. They could have been sitting there for hours or just scant minutes and he wouldn't have known the difference, only that he wished it would never end.
He didn't bother to stop Cloud when his shirt was removed and he was pushed back onto the cold floor of the coliseum, the weight of the blonde settling slightly on him as thighs held him from either side of his waist. Cloud licked slowly down across his neck and onto his collarbone, where he stopped to lavish the soft skin, before traveling downward again.
Riku's heart was beating rapidly, letting himself enjoy Cloud's touches, and he let out a shuddering moan as pale, silky lips found his nipple. The blonde's teeth scraped softly and teasingly at it, and Riku buried both of his hands in Cloud's hair. It felt weird to be submitting to someone else, yet there was a profound sort of longing in it, as if he needed for once to be the one who wasn't dominating things. He needed a distraction, and this was working extremely well.
The silver-haired boy felt the attention giving mouth of the blonde move even lower, and he shuddered in anticipation as Cloud's hand and claw fumbled clumsily at his belt, and he reached down to help him remove it. Cloud's hands were able to work fine from there, and he pulled down Riku's pants and boxers, exposing him even more to the cold floor underneath him.
The blonde wasted no time with making sure Riku was ready or even teasing him, and quickly engulfed as much of Riku's arousal as possible with his hot, wet mouth. The aqua eyes fluttered closed and he moaned with pleasure as Cloud's tongue played along his length with needy intensity. The black wing moved to trail against his hip and side, adding even more to the sensations.
Riku shuddered again as pleasure ripped through him. He was enjoying Cloud's forcefulness. This wasn't about love or sensuality, this was about sex. It made him feel less guilty about liking Sora, yet suddenly sleeping with this person whom he had just met. And, oh, Cloud was good. His mouth was moving quickly and persistently, and the only problem Riku had with any of it was that he wasn't on top. Cloud was older, but Riku probably could have pushed his position more...yet it really wasn't that unpleasant at all.
Still, he felt like he had to do something, so he dug his hand's into Cloud's hair, holding his head still. He then thrusted himself into Cloud's mouth. The blonde's eyes looked up at him and he quirked an eyebrow. Riku just smirked and thrusted harder. He could have sworn he felt Cloud smirk as well, and the tongue began it's work again, this time with even more passion and fervor. The second battle of the war had begun, with each of them doing the most they could, trying to prove themselves to the other. Riku was in ecstasy, and he felt that he would release soon, but he tried to hold off, wanting this to last forever.
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Sora found himself touching his lips softly where Cloud had kissed him. It had been a simple kiss, maybe...but Sora found so many meanings in it. He liked guys, that was for sure now. He had friends that were girls, but none were likely to ever become his girlfriend. Kairi was a friend, a but could only be a good friend at most. He and she were so different, and that difference kept them from making anything more of their relationship.
Riku...well, Riku was his best friend since before he could remember. If there was an adventure worth having, Riku would be the one to jump at it, and he was always dragging Sora along with him. They may have been different in many ways, but they understood each other. Riku could be a sore loser and arrogant at times, but he also had a playful and teasing side. Sora was one to hang on to his childhood innocence as long as he could, and that made him naive and maybe not as understanding as he could be, but coupled with Riku's understanding and seriousness, they were like a perfect match.
Yeah, so maybe Sora had a crush on his best friend, but it was probably just his childishness. It's not like Riku would ever see him like that. Riku had even had a couple boyfriends before, so it wasn't like the sexual tendencies were an issue. Truthfully, Sora was scared of saying anything about it. He didn't want to lose anything from the friendship they already had, and if Riku didn't feel the same way, then that could create a rift between them that might never heal.
Cloud's kiss had been an insight into what he could possibly have in his life. It was caring and kind...like a promise of protection, and of truthfulness. It worked very well at distracting him, because now he could think about the soft feel of Cloud's pale lips on his own and the closeness and warmth emanating from the body that had been so close to him.
The scuffling sound of Heartless erupted all around him, and Sora suddenly found himself surrounded by black bodies. He grabbed his Keyblade and started hacking away at them. Parrying here, getting in a critical attack there, yet still they came. Sora knew he could probably handle them all if he tried, but it would be a stretch, and severely tiring. although...there had to be a time to test if the offer was real.
"Cloud!" he called out to the air, focusing his mind on the older blonde.
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All of a sudden, Cloud's eyes widened, and he sat up, still on top of Riku. Riku groaned at the sudden stop of the pleasure and looked up at Cloud, grabbing his arm and trying to pull him back down. "What is it?" he asked.
Cloud looked confused for a moment and said. "Sora. It's Sora. He's calling me or something."
"Sora? What's wrong?" Riku asked, still annoyed that he was laying there completely exposed and had no release from the pressure in his groin.
"Well, I told him that if he needed help or something, I'd come." Cloud explained.
'You'd come? I need to come. Right now.' Riku thought. But if Sora was in trouble or something...he groaned again. To be selfish or not? "Did he sound urgent, like he would die if you didn't help him this moment?"
Cloud thought about it and shook his head. "No. Not like that...it was more of...like he could handle it, but it would be easier with help."
That decided Riku. "Then he can wait. I however, might die if you just leave me like this." He said stubbornly. He did feel bad about leaving Sora like that, but Sora was a lot stronger than he looked. A lot. He even beat Riku once. Riku who was enhanced with all of Ansem's powers at the time. He and Cloud still needed to hurry though. Sora must at least need some help if he was asking.
Cloud smirked at him. "Alright. I'll finish you then."
Riku rolled his eyes, "And what about you?" He looked pointedly at the bulge in Cloud's pants, "I'm not going to let you be the self-sacrificing hero." He sat up and grabbed the waist of Cloud's pants and started undoing them.
Cloud didn't stop him, but he did say, "But we don't have time for-"
"I know, I know." Riku said irritably, and having undone the pants, pulled them down along with the boxers until they were entirely off Cloud's legs. He grabbed Cloud's hips forcefully and pulled them down firmly on his own. Then he began grinding his own hips up into the blonde's, exercising his control even from the bottom position, and not even caring that Cloud still had his cloak and shirt on.
Cloud smirked even more and dove down to engage Riku's tongue in another playful combat, his hands grabbing Riku's sides and rubbing sensually, the cold metal of the claw tracing lightly. He then ground his own hips forcefully against Riku, both of them roughly and trying to make the other release quickly. It was the third battle.
Riku was moaning loudly into the blonde's mouth, and dug his hands into Cloud's red cape to use him as leverage to thrust up even harder. As an afterthought, he used one of his hands to grip and massage the wing joint, which he had found to be a sensitive spot. He was right, and Cloud's body shuddered in rapture against him. To answer, the blonde shoved his hips even faster and more firmly, making Riku almost whimper in the sheer pleasure and slight pain it caused. Their breathing was harsh and erratic.
"Mmm...Cloud..." he mumbled, but the friction of it all was just to much for the silver-haired boy, and he released with a loud cry and groan, the pleasure spiraling through him in forceful waves and slowly disperseing. Cloud however, was not done, and continued shoving against Riku roughly. Though now that Riku wasn't hard anymore, it hurt. A lot. He didn't want to get aroused again either. Not because it wasn't enjoyable, but because they didn't have the time.
So, Riku grabbed Cloud's hips and quickly flipped their positions around, so that he was on top. He then quickly moved his head down and grabbed the blonde's hard member between his lips. Knowing that he had to do this fast, he used his mouth, tongue, and fingers to pleasure Cloud as much as he could.
"R...iku..." Cloud muttered, as he made small moaning sounds of pleasure. The silver-haired boy continued to trace intricate patterns with his tongue and rubbed insistently at the base of the erection with his fingers. Cloud's hand entwined itself into silver hair, mussing it and controlling his head movement's slightly. Riku found that he could taste his own essence on Cloud as he sucked vigorously and even tickled slightly with his teeth.
Finally, Cloud released with an intense cry of rapture. Riku swallowed quickly and pulled away, panting at the strain all of that had put on him and feeling severely drained. He wasn't used to such demanding exercises such as that. But then again, it had been so good...
He just lay there on the floor with his eyes closed, savoring what he had just experienced. When he finally opened his eyes, he saw that Cloud was fully dressed and straightening out his ruffled hair spikes. Cloud flashed his a smile that conveyed all sorts of content, thanks, and just plain lust. He then turned and started walking away. "I've got to go. See you around Riku." He called over his shoulder, almost as if nothing had just happened between them, and kept walking.
"Does that mean I lost?" Riku mused quietly to himself, and gathered his clothes, pulling them on slowly.
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Wow...Cloud is SUCH a player...heh... I think Cloud is a really weird character in this story. Even I don't understand him, so don't ask me.