They were finally on the way back to their apartment. They'd been shopping for one and a half hours now, and the party would start in just over two. Plenty of time to get ready. The car was filled with items, including but not limited to: for Riku - a skin tight, black, long fluted sleeve, semi transparent shirt, with very stylish silver stitched Celtic knot work down the sides (Riku really did look great in Celtic knot work after all-it suited his complex personality) that Sora insisted Riku get; a pair of black-with-fade stretch flare jeans, with slits up half way up the thigh, stitched 'together' with yellow cord also for Riku, with less insistence than the shirt; a silver cuff, which was very big and long, covering half of his fore arm, set with bright blue topaz to bring out his eyes (some times Sora wondered where all this money came from, then he remembered-Riku is fabulous at what he does, that is, designing, modelling and sometimes even physically creating fashion master pieces); and last for Riku, a matching plain topaz and silver stud earring. For Sora there was slightly less, (as he insisted, rather forcibly, that he would pay Riku back, although Riku insisted almost as forcibly that he wouldn't, eventually they agreed to go it halves, though Riku wouldn't let Sora look at any of the prices so chances were he would end up paying for the most of it) there was the exact same shirt that Riku bought, except in white and with black Celtic knot work down the sides, and that it was possibly more transparent; and last for Sora some amazingly designed denim skin tight, bootleg, snow camo pants, which matched his shirt amazingly, down to the black stitching over one knee. They both secretly got each other Christmas presents however, (Sora laybyed his chosen gift for Riku, for obvious reasons) and Sora's was some where amongst the bags, all displaying different logos and brands. They pulled up in the driveway just at 4:30. Sora grabbed a handful of bags and unlocked the front door, dumping the bags on the table and grabbing his wallet from the arm of the arm chair in the lounge and asked in the most serious voice he'd used all day (yes even more serious than when remembering the heartless, getting Riku to take him seriously was, well…a very serious thing!) how much he owed Riku, Riku placed the bags he'd carried in from his car carefully down on the table, tactfully leaving the bag containing Sora's gift in the car. He looked at Sora with one of his 'please just leave it' looks, but Sora wouldn't budge.
"Fifty." he said stiffly, his voice flat and monotonous, he obviously hated the idea of taking any money from Sora. Sora pulled a twenty, two tens and two fives from his wallet and handed them to him, knowing full well he owed more than fifty, knowing also, however, that he could slip a little more into getting him a really awesome birthday present. His birthday was, after all, on January 13th, very soon after Christmas. Riku put the money in his back pocket, and smiled.
"Time to get ready," he said, grabbing the bags denoted to him a whirling around, charging down the hall to his room, and pumping his stereo up. Yup, Riku was in 'getting ready for a big party' mode, not a doubt about it. Sora grabbed his own bags and receded to his room, deciding that tonight he would go all out. He would do the unthinkable. This event had occurred only once ever before. He was going to let Riku apply excessive amounts of makeup to his face. Shock. Horror. He laughed at himself, imagining Riku's delight at being informed of his decision. He grabbed out his clothes and yelled out,
"Bathroom's mine!"
"Again? Aww man! You always get it first." Riku whined in response, Sora just smiled yelling,
"You snooze, you lose!" Sora opened the bathroom door and turned on the heat and fan, ran the hot water and when it was to temperature quickly jumped in, washed all the accumulated grime from the zoo off himself and then jumped out. A ten-minute shower…Riku would die at the suggestion of it. He donned his outfit, looking at his skin-tight ensemble and wondered what he would do with his hair. He decided to let Riku handle it; after all, he was the professional amongst them. He opened the bathroom door, emerging to find a shirtless Riku in the hall, desperately trying to find his cologne.
"Have you seen it?" he asked Sora, on the edge of hysteria,
"Uh…actually…I think it's in this draw…here," he said walking to a small table, gently opening said draw and removing a bottle of expensive cologne from its' depths. He made as if to throw it to Riku, laughing as he winced, and walked over, handing the boy his nice smelling stuff.
"Oh, by the way, do you think you could help me get ready?" Sora asked casually, laughing mentally as Riku's face stretched into a huge smile,
"yeah, sure," he replied, "but after I've had my shower, okay?" he asked, or really told Sora.
"sure," Sora said, nodding and accidentally flicking water on Riku with his hair. Riku laughed, wiping the water off his face with a small 'hey'. Sora laughed, "sorry," he said, shaking his head more, sprinkling water all over Riku, causing him to shield his face and run to the bathroom. with a small victory cry Sora entered his room, examining himself in his full body mirror. The jeans were absolutely amazing, they fit perfectly, showing off absolutely every curve, and were so funky! And the shirt just added style in bucket loads, he looked so sexy…well bar his hair, which was, at the present point in time, feral. He sighed, and began the long wait for Riku to be done in the bathroom.
Riku sighed contentedly as the hot water poured through his hair, washing out the small amount of product from his hair. He scrubbed himself with his shower gel…again, and then grabbed his make-up remover, using the non-fogging mirror to cleanse his face of the mascara and eyeliner.
"ready to be re-done" he muttered, laughing at himself. He found his own vanity rather amusing at times. He turned off the water, after lounging under it for a few minuets, and removed himself from the shower. He put on his new clothes, looking amazingly sexy, even with his hair undone and no make-up. He then blow dried his hair, putting in a small amount of mousse to layer it, and applied his mascara and eyeliner. He then added just a hint of blue eye shadow, and some very subtle sparkle, and a clear lip gloss to his lips. Now he looked…well drop dead gorgeous, practically perfect in every way, glamorous, and most of all, ready to party! He applied some of his cologne to various parts of his body, including behind his ears, a trick he'd learnt from Kairi. The idea was that with the loud music, people would lean in to talk to you and smell your cologne or perfume. He then opened the door to an exclaimed 'FINALLY' from a despairing Sora. Riku laughed, strutting over to where Sora was before asking what was wrong. Sora then went on a tirade about his hair and make-up, before Riku stopped him with a finger to his lips, before picking up a hair clip and clipping the top layers of his hair above the bottom layers.
"I'll be right back" he assured the slightly worried looking boy . He re-entered the room with a straightener and some smoothing serum, along with his make-up box. He plugged the straightener in, and waited until it reached temperature. He then proceeded to straighten Sora's crazy hair, thought careful top style it in the 'designer scruffy' way. He then opened up his make-up box revealing three layers of different products and make-over materials. Sora gasped slightly and a look of horror crossed his face.
Riku laughed, his face a mixture of amusement and sympathy and said assuring "hey, it'll be okay, I'm only going to put some eyeliner on ya, maybe a little glimmer" Sora groaned slightly, before the make over began. After Riku had finished he looked amazing, and together they were the hottest guys in Traverse Town. "Thanks sooooo much" Sora said, hugging Riku tightly. Riku had the over whelming urge to kiss him, every fibre of his being longing to take those gorgeous lips into his own. By this stage Sora had stopped hugging him, but Riku held him against his body a moment longer.
"its cool, anytime…well you know that." just at that moment Riku's mobile beeped, drawing his attention to the time,
"uh…Riku…I wanted" Sora began, but Riku cut him off,
"Sora, we've gotta go, or we'll be late!" he said, as he rushed towards the front door.
"to talk to you," Sora muttered to himself deflatedly, before running after Riku. They were finally going to the party!