Warnings: There still are mistakes in grammar, I think. Also Shounen-ai, which means malexmale love. NOT FOR KAIRI FANS! (or Naminé) Also, there might be some drug using, self-destructive activities and maybe some character deaths… Crossovers from Final Fantasy VII and VIII…
Pairings: SoraxRiku, one-sided SoraxAxel and RikuxKairi, WakkaxTidus, CloudxLeon, AerithxCid and maybe some more…
Disclaimer: Still nothing.
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1. Sora will get his sight back
eventually.
2. There will be more about Riku's
past, so if you didn't get it now, don't worry. And if you
wondered what the past thingy had to do with Sora; Riku knows that
something like that wouldn't happen to him, but since the things
that happened to him caused him big traumas and blabla… I hope you
understood :lol:
3. There will be more of "dramatic"
scenes.
4. THANK YOU:hugs everyone:
So, I'm happy you all reviewed, and hope you continue to do that! But what do you think- should I change the rating of this story to M? No, not because I'd write lemon (sorry you perver… umm… reader, haha), but because there is lots of… Blood and dark themes… Dunno, you tell me!
Chapter #13, Be There- Part III
Riku lied on his bed, his eyes focused on his white ceiling. This all was too messed up… Could it even be real? Sora was suffering way too much… And really… Blind? It all had happened so fast- before he could even open his eyes to see what's happening, everything was over.
He groaned and snatched his pillow, and hugged it tightly, hoping that it'd be Sora in his arms, not only a white cushion. Oh, how he longed to see that happy smile, and those beautiful eyes. Sora was like a drug to him- addicting and he never could get enough… Riku rolled to his side, never releasing the pillow from his grip.
How long he'd be able to live like this? Live without Sora… Everyday was so hard without him. But he just couldn't go back yet. Lord knows how much Sora'd have to suffer, when they finally face each other. And did Sora really want to see him? Maybe Sora didn't want to see him ever again, after what he had done? No, Sora wasn't like that…
Riku noticed his notebook on the bedside table. He grabbed it, and opened the page where he had written his last song. After glancing it for a while, he took out his pen, and eraser, and started to erase some of the words and sentences. He replaced the erased phrases with news, and soon his work was done and he looked at his accomplishment.
He read it few times, and smiled faintly to himself. "Now it's more angsty than it was, but… I like this better."
With satisfied smile plastered to his lips, he collapsed to his bed, yet not feeling really sleepy. The morning sun already shone brightly in the sky, as the dawn broke from the horizon. This was one of those nights, when Riku couldn't even dream of sleeping. All he could do, was think about a certain brunette…
"Soooraaa…" He whined, and rolled around, "Why do I have to torture myself like this? I just could go back to him…"
But even if he wanted to do that, something deep inside of him told him to stay here- stay far away from Sora. He knew it was ridiculous, but he just couldn't stop feeling guilty. That shameful feeling burned him from inside, tearing him apart into tiny pieces. Trusting Kairi had been the greatest mistake he had ever done. If he could, he'd give Kairi a good smack for swindling him like this. She probably didn't understand what she was playing with.
I swear she's gonna pay…
"Sora?"
"Hm?"
"You know… Today's monday." Cloud stated, leaning his head to his palms, frowning slightly.
"Yeah? What about it?" Replied Sora, who turned his head around, even though he wasn't able to see anything. His lips had a frown, and his expression was sulky.
"Mom's coming home today." The blonde said, scratching back of his head, "I'm just afraid of her reaction… She'll probably go and try to jump of a bridge."
Sora chuckled bitterly, and nodded, "You may be right. I just hope that she won't do that."
Cloud looked at Sora, and the necklace around his neck. He smiled and shook his head. The brunette man had no idea about the locket, or about who had put it around his neck. He had to admit, that Riku could be kind of romantic if he wanted. A small giggle escaped from his lips, as his twisted mind sent him an image of Riku, holding large bouquet of red flowers, boxes of chocolate and brown teddy bears for Sora.
"What's so funny?"
"Oh nothing… Just… Thinking."
Sora just rolled his blank eyes. Even if he couldn't see that ambiguous smile, he heard the twisted snickering, which never meant 1. Something stupid. 2. Something perverted. 3. Both.
Maybe in some situation that madly girly giggling would've been amusing, but not now. Sora knew that Cloud was joking around, because he wanted to lighten up the atmosphere. But the brunette just didn't feel like being happy. Why would he even try to smile, when there was no reason to?
"Aargh, stop that giggling! It's very disturbing!" Sora groaned, as he tried to smack his brother, but Cloud dodged the blind man's attack easily.
"Okay, okay! I'll be quiet." Cloud said, before covering his mouth with his hands. Only muffled voices came from him now, until he quieted down completely. Every attempt to cheer Sora up was in vain. That sulky expression stayed, and didn't go away.
"I'm sorry Cloud… Of course you don't have to be quiet. Just stop that giggling." Sora said finally.
"No, maybe it's better if I won't say anything…" Cloud chuckled, "Do you want to know who visited you last night? R-"
But before he could continue, to door slammed open, with such a force what made the whole building shake. Brunette woman stomped in, her eyes literally flaming from fury. Cloud looked startled, and backed to the farthest corner, as Aerith dashed next to Sora. Next thing Sora knew, was that her mother hugged him tightly, while screaming 'oh my god, are you okay sora?' repeatedly into his ear.
"Mom… You're making me deaf… Being blind is already hard enough."
But that didn't calm the hysteric woman down- No. Aerith just started to cry and scream even more, know nearly strangling Sora into her death grip.
"WHATAREYOUSAYINGMYPOORBABYCAN'TBEBLINDOHMYGODOHMYGODMYBABY!" Aerith squealed and squeezed her son tightly, "I'm one day gone and you're already lying in a hospital! What happened to you?"
Sora gave a forced and painful smile, as he shoved his mother away.
"Mom, we need to talk." Said Cloud from the corner, saving his brother from his mother's preach, "Outside. Now."
Aerith opened her mouth to protest, but Cloud was already dragging her outside. Right after they had left, a woman with dark-hair walked in, giving odd glances to the blonde, who was jerking his mother. But she just shrugged it off, and walked next to Sora's bed, kneeling down.
"Hi Sora, I assume?" She said sweetly. Sora nodded unsurely, not sure where to turn his head, "Nice to meet you! I'm Rinoa Heartilly, I'm your doctor."
"Hi… N-nice to meet you too." Sora mumbled.
"Oh, you don't have to be shy! It's okay if you can't see me, I've been working with blinds ever since I was 18, so don't worry!" Rinoa chirped, and messed Sora's hair. She then stood up, and straightened her sky blue shirt. "Let's go take an X-ray picture from your brains… Come on, I'll show you the way."
Sora stood up, his knees trembling slightly. Rinoa took his hand, and started to guide him towards the door, eyeing the necklace quickly.
"That's beautiful necklace you have there. Where did you buy it?" She asked, as she opened the door. Sora frowned, and touched his neck, feeling cold chains around it. He felt the heart-shaped metal, and frowned even deeper.
"I… I didn't…" He muttered, unable to say anything. He didn't have any necklace on him, when he last checked, "I don't know."
"Oh too bad. That'd be just my style too." She said ever so happily, as she jerked the blind man after her. But suddenly a hand on her shoulder stopped her, and she winced slightly from the slightly painful squeeze.
"Where. Are. You. Taking. My. Poor. Baby?" Aerith stated way too calmly and dangerously for Sora's taste.
"Oh, you must be Sora's mother! Well, I'm taking him to be X-rayed, so if you may, you should wait here, or in his room. It'll only take few seconds!" Rinoa said to the furious Aerith, who was already planning to do another strangling attack at Sora.
"Mom! What were we talking about just a minute ago?" Cloud ran next to his mother, stopping her to jump on Sora and kill him with hugs and kisses. "The things will just go worse if you don't fucking calm down!"
But the brunette woman just sent few angry glares towards her older son, before embracing Sora tightly. "Don't worry, mommy's right here!"
Rinoa lifted her eyebrow and looked at Cloud, who shook his head weakly, mouthing the words 'she's crazy'. The dark-haired woman nodded her head in understatement.
"Ummm… Mrs. Aerith? Could you let Sora go?"
"Oh… Of course…" Aerith sniffed, before releasing the brunette man, who gasped for air, "I'm sorry. I'm just so worried… My little baby…" She said and rubbed gently Sora's cheek. The said one groaned, and rolled his grayish eyes, giving his mother an empty glare.
"Drop it mom. I don't need your pity." He stated, before turning around.
Rinoa gave a concerned glance to Aerith, before starting to guide Sora way. The brunette woman watched weakly, as her son walked away. Her feet gave up, and she fell on the floor, her shoulders shaking, as she hid her face into her hands. Cloud frowned sadly, and walked to his mother, unsure how to calm her down.
"I shouldn't have ever left…" Aerith sobbed quietly, slowly getting back on her feet, "I should've stayed here… This' all my fault…"
"No, you can't say this would be your fault…"
"Then whose fault this is?" She spat as she turned around to face her older son. After few seconds his strict expression was gone, and she smiled heartily again. "I'm sorry Cloud. Sora will be alright, so there is no need to us to worry, right?"
"Umm…" Cloud looked down and scratched back of his head. It was maybe better to play along… "Yeah sure! Why would we worry, since everything's gonna be alright!"
"Tiddy?"
"Hn."
"Tiddyyy?"
"…"
"Tiddytiddytiddytiddytiddytiddytiddytiddy! … TIDDY! STOP IGNORING ME, TIDDY!" Selphie cried and kicked the blonde man hard on his leg. Finally, Tidus turned his head from the TV and gave an angry glare to the hyper girl.
"WHAT! Stop Tiddying me already! I hate that name!" Tidus yelled.
"Yeah, whatever. Sora's going to be alright, right? His going to get his sight back, right?" The brunette girl asked with large puppy-dog-eyes. Tidus just rolled his eyes and turned his head back at TV.
"Of course he will."
"Are you sure?" Selphie continued to nag and drive Tidus slowly crazy, "Hundred percent sure?"
Tidus' eyebrow twitched as he tried to keep his attention on TV.
"Four hundred percent sure?"
Tidus balled his fists, just hoping that Selphie would soon shut the fuck off. He really wasn't in a mood to listen Selphie's babbling.
"Seven hundred percent sure?"
"THAT'S IT!" Tidus snapped suddenly, and threw a sofa pillow to Selphie's head, "Not a word anymore. Not a single peep, understood?"
Selphie covered her mouth with her hand, and nodded her head rapidly. Tidus sighed, clearly satisfied to the answer, and leaned his back on the couch. For nearly ten seconds there was no sound from the brunette girl… Wow, that must be the new Guinness world record…
"But Tiddyyy… I just hope that Sora'll be alright!"
Tidus frowned, bidding farewell to the seconds of silence. "Yeah me too…"
"Should we go check on him? Are you sure Cloud will be alright? I'm so worried about him too! It must be pretty rough to watch aside when your brother suffers this badly! And Riku, what a cocky bastard he is! He didn't even want to go to look Sora! Can you imagine that? That's just sooooo stupid, I mean really! You'd go to look Wakkie, if he'd be in a hospital, wouldn't you?"
Tidus' face turned bright red, when he heard Selphie talking so openly about the orange-haired man. "Yeah, I guess I'd go to see him…"
"A-HA! You're blushing! Aww, that's just tooooo cute!" Selphie squealed, as she pointed Tidus' crimson colored cheeks. The blonde just bowed his head, and mumbled something fuzzy.
"I'm so not blushing…"
"You are too!"
"No, I'm not!"
"Yes, you are!"
Tidus groaned, and smacked the sofa pillow at Selphie's head once again. The brunette grinned madly, and pumped her fist into the air; "This' war Tiddy!"
Later that day, Sora was once again lying on the hospital's bed, his blank eyes staring in front of him, without seeing anything. Darkness surrounded him… Endless darkness everywhere he looked. Only small voices, as Aerith and Cloud moved nervously in their seats, could be heard.
Sora's eyes were numb from those tears he had to held back every now and then… Everytime he even thought about Riku… Every memory about him wanted to make him cry his eyes out, but somehow he managed to stop them before he could even blink his eyes. He had to stay strong, so he wouldn't make Cloud and Aerith even more worried.
Talking about Aerith, Sora felt really bad what he had said earlier to his mother. But for some weird reason, he just couldn't bring himself to apologize.
The door opened, and Rinoa walked in, holding a pile of papers in her hands.
"Sorry it took me a while, but I couldn't get these results any faster…" She started, and walked next to Sora's bed, "But this look pretty good. I mean, looks like you'll recover soon! Isn't that great?"
Sora looked up, and nodded, but he didn't even try to curve his lips up. Is there anything he'd even want to see again? If he wouldn't be able to be see Riku ever again, maybe being blind wasn't so bad at all…
"Yeah, of course…" He said quietly, and bowed his head.
"Is that true doctor?" Aerith jumped on her feet, and dashed to Rinoa, and shook her from her shoulders, "Is that true, is that reallyreally true? Are you sure?"
"Haha, calm down Mrs. Aerith! He will get his sight back, so don't worry!" Rinoa said, smiling widely to the woman, who was now jumping in joy all around the room, resembling very much Selphie when doing so. Cloud, just shook his head and laughed relieved.
But Sora… He just kept watching into nothingness, not sure what to do or what to feel. Yes, he was supposed to be happy and all, but… The life wasn't so black and white after all.
"Aren't you happy Sora?" Aerith hugged her son, clearly not noticing the tension in Sora's appearance.
"Yes mom… I am very happy."
But Cloud didn't miss the hollowness of Sora's words. He frowned and walked to his younger sibling and kneeled down, "What's wrong Sora?"
"Nothing." He answered, forming a painful smile into his lips, "I'll be able to see again… That's just… great… I mean really…"
Cloud opened his mouth, but closed it, as he couldn't find correct words. His eyes lingered on the necklace again, and he just had to smile. He could just imagine the expression on Sora's face when he found out about it…
Suddenly the door slammed open, and black white Border collie ran in. It looked around, and immediately when it spotted Rinoa, it started to bark playfully. The dark-haired woman rolled her eyes and folded her arms strictly.
"Angelo! How many times I've told you to stay in my office? Oh, you're such a nuisance!" She groaned and walked to Angelo, which kept barking happily. "I'm sorry, I'll go to take this little one back to my office… I'll be right ba-"
But Angelo ran past Rinoa, and jumped to Sora's bed.
"ANGELO!"
Angelo licked Sora's face, and waved its tail happily. The brunette sat up, blinking and frowning, trying to push the dog away. He couldn't help but start to laugh, as Angelo kept tickling him and barking happily.
"ANGELO! DOWN!" Rinoa yelled and pointed the door, but in vain… Her efforts had no effect to the Border collie, who nuzzled his head to Sora's ear, causing the said one to giggle even more.
"This' strange…" the doctor muttered, as she walked to the bed, and literally yanked the dog away from Sora, "I'm sorry Sora… He usually obeys me… And it's odd that he's so friendly towards you- usually he doesn't like strangers."
"No, it's no problem!" Sora said, his mood already happier. He stroked the head of the dog, which was now sitting on the floor. "He's so soft… Teeheehee… I bet he's cute too!"
Rinoa sighed and nodded her head, sweet smile plastered on her face. She turned her head towards Cloud and Aerith, who were both smiling warmly, as they watched the giggling boy. They were very relieved to see him smiling again… Even if it had been only few days, they already had started to miss the happy Sora.
"Hmm… You know Sora…" Rinoa said, lifting her eyebrow suggestively, "…With this job, I hardly have ever time to see Angelo… And I always have to take him here in the hospital with me… He gives me really hard time…"
"Yeah?"
"So, what I am trying to say is… How about if you'd take care of Angelo for me?"
Sora's dull eyes widened, and his hand stopped stroking Angelo, "R-really? Are y-y-you sure?"
"Of course." Rinoa winked, "As long it's okay with Mrs. Aerith, then…"
"Are you sure it'd be okay for Sora to just… take your dog?" Aerith asked, folding her arms and eyeing the black-haired woman, who nodded her head.
"Yes! It'd be a lot easier to me anyways! And I could always come to see my little angel, right?" Rinoa kneeled down on the floor and scratched behind Angelo's ear, making its tail whip furiously. "…Be good to your new owner, okay? And take good care of Sora…He'll probably need your help, don't you think?"
Angelo licked Rinoa's face, showing that it had understood it's new mission. "Good boy…" She said, and patted the dog's soft forehead. "I'll come to check on you every now and then…"
Sora smiled widely, and he jumped out of the bed to hug Rinoa, "Thank you, thank you! I promise I'll take good care from Angelo!"
"Hehe… I know you will."
"Lance… You have a visitor." Jail's safety guard knocked to an iron door, and opened it. Behind it stood a blonde man, looking slightly over his shoulder.
"A visitor? Is it Willie again?"
"No. Just come on already." The guard spat and waited for the man to walk out of the room, before slamming the door close. Lance eyed the other man, before starting to head towards the room, where the prisoners were allowed to speak with visitors, the guard following right after him.
In the room, he looked around, but the guard shoved him roughly towards a chair, and gesturing him to sit. He snorted, but obeyed however. He fixed his green eyes towards a glass and table in front of him, waiting for someone to come behind it.
After few seconds he heard the door open from the other side of the glass, and slow footsteps. His eyes widened, as he saw the silver-haired man sit in front of him, his head bowed down. But in mere seconds, his confused expression had changed into a lunatic grin.
"It's been a while…" He said, leaning his head to his palms, keeping his eyes on the man, "…Riku…"
CC: Angelo is from Final Fantasy VIII so I don't own him… He's just sooo cute! Sorry about the shortness of this chapter... Hehe... Just wanted to make a cliffhanger!
Sora: Yay, doggie!
CC: Yayyay!
Riku: You're awfully cheerful today…
CC: Of course! I have a brilliant idea planned for the future chapters!
Sora: No more torturing Sora, pleeeaaaseee….
CC:whistles: No, I mean no… This idea isn't going to hurt you…
Riku&Sora: …
CC: Uhh… Thank you reviewers! And umm… Keep on reviewing!