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"Do you have any 9's...?"
"Go Fish.."
"Sora.."
"What?" Sora looked up, only to have Riku's face a couple inches from his.
"You're zoning..." He said, before sitting up on his bed and stretching. It had been a week since Sora had been staying there, so today was an equal Saturday; Riku had felt that something bad was going to happen, but Sora just said it was because he was nervous.
Yeah, he was nervous..But of what?
"Sora...could I...Maybe...I dunno." Riku finished, shaking his head.
"Hey, don't worry." Sora put a hand on his shoulder, but Riku reacted by flinching away. Riku's eyes met Sora's, before his gaze fell.
"Don't you feel it? Sora, something's going to go wrong." Riku said worriedly.
"No, Riku, nothing's going to happen, alright? Now, calm down. You wanted to go to the Park today, right?" Sora asked.
"Well...yeah, but—,"
"Riku, don't worry. If anything was wrong, I would sense it. Alright?" Sora's tone was getting a bit aggravated, and Riku didn't exactly want to be the one in the line of fire.
"Alright...I guess you're right..." Riku said, standing up. Sora nodded, smiling. He was happy Riku finally understood. Nothing could be worse than things already were!
---Splurge!---
"Sora! Here!" Riku stuck his tongue out at Sora, causing the younger boy to spin around. Riku laughed, running out from behind the tree. Yes, a game of Tag was a little childish, but... Riku's gaze went a little sad as he looked at Sora.
"Gotcha! Huh? Riku, what's wrong? You're...upset..." Sora paused. Riku blinked, looking at Sora a little curiously.
"What? No I'm not! Honest!" Riku said, crossing his arms.
"Yes, you are! What's the matter, Riku...? You can tell me!" Sora said, pouting. Why couldn't Riku tell him?
"It's nothing! Now, how about that game of Tag, hmm...?" Riku said, trying to avoid the question. Sora's eyes narrowed as he scanned Riku's emotions. Sadness, confusement, regret... Why? Fear? Fear was there, too! Sora then switched to the teen's thoughts, only to be blocked.
"Hmmm..." Sora looked down. His gaze was still narrowed as he looked at his friend. There was only one thing that Sora could do to see if he thought right.
"Riku...Kiss me." Sora said in the most serious tone possible.
"Wh-What!" Riku spluttered, a hand flying to his mouth. Sora saw a deep shade of crimson take over his face.
"I said kiss me. Yeah, you heard right." Sora said. Riku tensed, thoughts starting to run wild as he unconciously leaned forwards. Why was Sora asking him this? Why on all earth's? It was just so confusing! Once Riku realized what he was doing, he leaned in, slowly pressing his lips to Sora's. That would be Riku's first kiss.
A million thoughts were running through Riku's head, Sora realized. He tried to read a few, and one had caught his attention.
'I can't believe I'm kissing him...What if he rejects me?'
Sora pulled away, looking up at Riku with a steady gaze. "You..You love me." Sora said in a matter-of-fact tone. He saw Riku stiffen, his gaze lowering. Riku then gasped as Sora wrapped his arms around him in a hug.
"I love you too! You crazy lunatic!" Sora was laughing. Riku was just looking back at all of the weird looks they were recieving while holding onto Sora.
"Um..Ahem, Sora?" Riku asked. Sora pulled away, grinning like mad.
"Who cares, Riku? You just bill-boarded your feelings to me! I feel so relieved now!" Riku's jaw dropped. This couldn't be real...
"Riku..."
What...?
"Riku."
Hm..
"Riku!"
"Huh?" Riku looked around.
"I asked you if you had any 3's." Sora said. Riku nearly fell over. So that had been in his crazy thoughts...
"Riku, is anything wrong? You seem a little depressed..." Sora said. Riku looked down. If he wanted to avoid the stupidity of his dream, then...
"Sora, what would you do? If you liked somebody but couldn't tell them?"
"Ah, so you like somebody! Is that all?" Sora asked. Riku looked down at his lap.
"Sora..It's not as easy as it sounds...I...I..." Riku couldn't bring himself to say it. He just couldn't! What was he supposed to say? 'Sora, I'm gay and I love you.'? No! That was just...no. No. No!
"Er..so..you..I dunno! I have my pendant on! Riku, tell me!" Sora equipped that whiney tone he always had. Riku bit down on his lip and groaned. Sora heard him grumble something.
"What? I can't hear!" Sora said, getting a little too close to Riku. Riku felt a blush rise up onto his face as Sora advanced on him.
"I said...I said...um..."
"Out with it, Riku! I probably know it already, anyway!" Sora said. He seemed awfully persistant today, Riku noticed irritably. The phone then rang, but it was picked up by Yuna. Riku continued to hesitate, before repeating what he had said just a little louder.
"I have a crush on a guy..." He said. Sora leaned back from where he'd been leaning close.
"O-Oh...Um..." Sora paused, looking down with a saddened expression. "So? I'm not against anybody who isn't straight. It's just what their heart decides." Sora said. Riku sighed, lowering his gaze.
"Sora..It's who that I can't tell you." Riku said. Sora blinked, looking down in thought.
"Do I know him?" Sora asked. He became thoughtful when Riku nodded. He only knew Riku as a guy..so...Realization came to Sora's eyes as he slowly pointed a finger to himself. When Riku nodded, Sora gained a shocked expression, jaw falling agape.
"How..Eh?" Sora was at a loss for words.
"The second I saw you." Riku answered. He looked down, avoiding Sora's gaze.
"Riku...I..." Sora didn't get to finish as the door opened, and Yuna came in very pale and a frightened look on her face.
"Sora.." She paused, putting a hand over her mouth and sobbing.
"Mom...what's wrong...?" Riku asked. Yuna shook her head, walking over to Sora and hugging him, burrying her face into his hair.
"Sora..I'm so sorry!" She sobbed. Sora was confused, but all he could do was pat Yuna's back.
"What's wrong...?" Sora asked. Why would Riku's mother be crying...? And because of him? It just didn't add up, or even make sense..
Yuna finally took her hand from her mouth a few minutes later, hicupping and trying to regain her voice. "S-...Sora, y-your parents...they're...they..." She couldn't seem to continue it, going into a heavy sobbing fit once more. Sora's eyes widened. No...
"...A..are they dead?" He asked quietly. It only took a small silent nod from Yuna, before he felt tears build up in his eyes and spill down his cheeks. How could they be dead? How was that even possible? He fell to the ground in a weak sitting position, the tears still swiftly and silently cascading down his face. He only looked up when Yuna sniffed and started to speak again.
"Th-The service said that your Aunt...she'll be picking you up tomorrow to take you back to Odiba...Sora, I'm so sorry!" Yuna moved to sit on the bed, her head in her hands. Sora's expression was still frozen with a mixture of shock and greif; so was Riku's. He looked between Yuna, then Sora, before getting up and retreating from his room.
Riku kept running. He didn't know why, but an immense feeling of guilt was weighing heavily on his heart. He felt responsible for some reason...How would it feel? For everything to be fine, and then be told that your parents just died? Riku paused, finding himself in the Park. He looked around wildly, not registering the pouring rain that had started up just a few minutes ago. The rain caused his hair to cling to his face as he sat down on one of the benches, curling into an upright ball. How had it happened? How had Sora's parents died? His thoughts swirled around his mind, causing exhaustion to swell up inside of him. He felt his eyes droop, then his mind succumbed to the world of sleep, with the rain continueing to fall upon his sleeping frame.
---Splurge!---
"Riku..." Riku groaned, his eyes opening blearily.
"Hm...Mom?" Riku sat up, looking around. How did he end up here again...? "What time is it?" He asked, looking around. Yuna checked her watch.
"3 am." She replied, pulling Riku to his feet. Riku almost stumbled, realizing that his whole body hurt. Badly. Yuna steadied him, pushing him towards the car. Riku got into the passenger's side, his eyes battling to stay open. He was still tired, albeit being asleep before. He looked out of the window the whole ride home, watching as the rain continued to plummet down to the ground. It was almost like the heavens were crying for Sora's loss. Maybe it was... Whenever it rained, did that mean that a new person had gone to heaven?
"Mom? If it rains, does that mean that a new soul goes to heaven?" Hm, might as well voice the thought. Riku's gaze saddened as he remembered earlier events.
"Possibly, dear. But if it rained for each sould who went to heaven, it'd be raining all the time." Yuna answered, her gaze fixed on the road.
"Oh..." Riku said, before turning to look out of the window again. He might not have been able to see a thing, but...
Yuna pulled into the driveway, getting out. Riku got out as well, before they both headed inside to where Sora was. Riku saw the brunette passed out on the couch, so he silently made his way upstairs so as not to disturb his mother or the sleeping boy. He made it to his room and closed the door behind him, before sitting down on his bed.
The next morning came, Riku dreading the days events. He made his way down to the Kitchen where Yuna was cooking, talking to Sora at the same time.
"Morning, people..." Riku grumbled, plopping down into a chair next to Sora. Yuna looked up.
"No plopping in my chairs, Riku." She said scornfully. Riku just groaned, letting his head plummet onto the counter.
"I guess I should go over to my house today and get my stuff..." Sora grumbled, staring at the Kitchen table. He didn't want to go back to that Lord-Forsaken place in Odiba. Because of all the people there... He just didn't want to go back. Everybody there probably took him for a fool that wasn't exactly on the straight side. The truth was, Sora wasn't sure anymore. Once he had figured out the silver-haired boy beside him had had feelings for him, he actually began to wonder his own orientation.
"...Can I go too?" Riku asked, picking his head up for the moment. When Sora nodded, his head hit the table again. He didn't seem bothered by the pain. Yuna set a plate of eggs and bacon in front of the two, forcing Riku to sit up and eat. Sora ate, trying to keep his mind off of his parents all the same.
---Splurge!---
"Sora...what is this room?" Riku asked, looking through some boxes. Sora looked up, walking over. They had...approached Sora's attic?
"The attic." Sora said, walking in to gather some boxes. Riku saw the boy pause, then reach inside a box, pulling a picture out from it. Riku strained to look up at it, before Sora turned it around for him to see.
"This is...us. Well, me, my mom, and..." Sora paused. "Kishi." He finally said. "He used to be my friend until school. When I was 3, he was 4. He and his mom were over for a Barbeque once, and while he was in the bathroom, something awful happened. My mom..I guess I did something to upset her, but she wasn't exactly experienced with taking care of a child, so she... she threw me into the couch for making her mad. Kishi saw it when he came in, and started yelling at my mom. If it wasn't for him...I probably wouldn't be alive right now. He did deliver sense to my mom that time..." Sora grumbled, putting the photo away. Riku was silent for a few moments, looking as if he were staring into space.
"I guess she did finally settle down...right?" Riku looked up, seeing Sora's glazed expression.
"Yeah..eventually..." Sora whiped the surfacing tears from his face, rummaging through the rest of the boxes. When he was finished, he stood. "Let's get these things in my suitcase...Your mom can drive me to the airport afterwards..." He said quietly, exiting the room. Riku got up to follow, giving the house one last look.
"Are you ready, boys?" Yuna kept her eyes on the road as they made their way to the airport. Riku wasn't all that ready, and Sora looked like it was torture just to go back!
"I...guess..."
"No." Sora sulked down into his seat, before gazing at Riku. "Riku..about earlier..I do too..." He said, as if he were trying to give the other boy the answer and not make it evident to Yuna at the same time. Riku's gaze went to Sora, a questioning look on his face. His eyes then widened, before a grin plastered onto his face, ear to ear, literally advertising his happiness. Sora grinned, before leaning back. His gaze saddened a second later as Yuna pulled up to the airport. Sora got out, before motioning for Riku to follow him. Riku did, finding himself inside one of the shopping departments.
"Uh..Sora...?" Riku looked around, trying to find out where the brunette had gone.
"Back here, Riku..." Sora's voice sounded close, but far off at the same time. Maybe it was the crampment of the place... Riku followed it, finding himself behind the restrooms in the storage.
"Sora...? Are you in here?" Riku looked around, before unexpectedly being glomped on by a black blur.
"Rikki-Chan!"
"Eh..heh..don't call me that." Riku said. He instantly regretted it as Sora's eye filled with tears, and he sighed.
"Fine, fine!" He said. "As long as..you're happy with it.." Riku grumbled.
"Yay!" Sora looked up from where he was latched onto Riku, scrambling up a little and kissing his nose.
"Sankyuu!" (A/N: Quote taken from my bro...I find that word highly amusing...XD) Sora said, jumping off. They both made their way to the front where Yuna and a woman with short blonde hair and peircing green eyes were waiting.
"Come along Sora, get your things. We don't have all day!" Sora's Aunt carried the same tone Sora did when he was whiney and aggravated. Sora nodded, securing the duffel bag on his shoulder.
"Yes ma'am." He said, going to follow her. Riku stood still for a second, before reaching a hand out.
"Hey..Sora? You promise to call me, send me letters, update me on things when you leave, right?" He asked.
Sora nodded.
"'Course, Rikki-Chan!" He said, grinning. He jumped up, kissing Riku on the nose again. "I will everyday! Bye, Rikki-Chan!" Sora then ran to catch up with his Aunt. Yuna raised an eyebrow.
"And I never got informed of this engagement?" She asked. Riku watched Sora leave for the last time as he boarded the plane, before his gaze went to Yuna.
"MOM!"
Owari