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: Gaahh, I still don't own Kingdom Hearts or the songs I use here… :sobsob:
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Chapter #16, No Boy, No Cry
"Yo… It's me."
"Hi, what's up? Did you get out of there already?"
"No, not really. I have a favor I'd like to ask from you…"
"What is it? You know I'll anything for you, and you can always trust me!"
"Of course… That's why I need you to find out something…"
"Hmm?"
"Listen, I need you do that what we planned if you-know-what would happen… I can't talk very long, since the guards would start doubting something…"
"Oh that. Got it. Leave it to me."
"Thanks… Take care."
"You too, hope you get your ass out of there ASAP."
"Heh, you know I'll spend rest of my life here... But I think it's worth of it."
"You're crazy man. I'm glad I'm not one of your enemies, geez. Well, I'll call you later, bye!"
(A/N: Don't worry, you're not supposed to understand this dialogues' meaning… yet.)
Sora fixed his blind eyes up towards his blank ceiling, even though, he didn't know that he was staring at it. His heart throbbed painfully, as he only thought about the events in concert hall. Why he had to be so stupid? 'Just friends', really who can be that stupid and say stuff like that to the one you love? He groaned and slammed his palms to cover his face. He didn't even want to think about it, yet he couldn't forget.
…Life is shit.
The brunette sniffed. He wouldn't cry. No boy, no cry.
…But then again, there was no one to hear his crying, so why he wouldn't cry? There would be no one who would come and kiss his wounds better.
Angelo looked up at his sulky friend, before jumping on the bed, where Sora was lying. He seated himself lying next to the brunette, who sighed heavily. The Border collie tilted his head slightly to left, and licked gently Sora's cheek.
"Hehe, stop you're tickling me…" Sora laughed weakly, as he patted his dog's head, "…Thanks for cheering me up…"
Angelo barked happily, before placing his head to Sora's lap and slowly falling asleep. The brunette shook his head, but didn't wake Angelo up. If he wanted to sleep there, then be that way.
His hand kept petting the sleeping dog, while he fell back into his thoughts. Riku's voice had sounded so broken…. He knew that he had made Riku sad… and he couldn't stand that. He didn't want to see Riku sad, because of what he had done… All he wanted was to make Riku happy. With him.
Why he and Riku just couldn't live happily together? Why did always someone have to come and mess it all up. It's not fair that he was doomed to live in unending sadness… Without Riku. Without Riku, everything felt so… so vain.
He hugged himself, trying to calm himself down. Thinking about Riku made him sad, yet somewhat happy. That smirk, those welcoming arms… Had he really lost everything he had had? Or was there still a way to fix everything? There had to be a way to make everything better!
Sora bit his lip thoughtfully. Even if there was a way… How long their happy moments would last next time? It certainly seemed that the Destiny had fun to play with their hearts…
But… Even if things looked all helpless and like there would be no hope left… You could always believe.
"So…" Sephiroth leaned his head to his palms, while glancing all of the Melancholic Requiem band members, his gaze lingering at Cloud longer than it should have. "…You did great job. I'm glad to have such a talented group here in my record studio."
"So, we'll have a CD contract, right?" Riku asked lazily. He really couldn't focus on this moment right now… All he kept thinking was Sora. Maybe Sora really didn't love him after all? Or so it seemed… 'Just friends' had proved that pretty well.
…But he just couldn't be 'just friends' with Sora. His mind was a disorder emotion scala, and pictures of Sora kept haunting him. No matter where he turned his head, Sora was there- smiling, and waving his hand, like nothing would be wrong.
Cloud frowned to Riku, and patted the silver-haired man's shoulder gently. He leaned down and whispered into his ear- "Don't worry, Sora misses you as much as you do."
Riku bowed his head, and sighed heavily. Yuffie, who was sitting next to him, opened her mouth to say something, but Tifa stopped her, by kicking her foot. The younger one hissed, but decided to shut up anyways. It wasn't her place to say anything.
Wakka lifted his eyebrow, but remained silent, smiling widely. Love can make people pretty light-headed…
"…Well, I think you should record your first song, and we could put the single out before Christmas." Sephiroth informed, glancing towards Cloud, who snorted. Why that old fart kept giving him looks? Eeww…
No one else noticed Sephiroth's suggestiveglancing, but Leon. He lifted his eyebrow to the blonde, before just shaking his head, and shrugging. Maybe he was only imagining things…
"Yeah, Christmas is good." Riku replied and stood up, "Can we go now…?"
"Hm? Of course if you have to…" Sephiroth said, his eyes locked at Cloud, who looked up, just to avoid making an eye contact with the silver-haired man, "…We'll see next week…"
Everyone stood up, and thanked Sephiroth, who just waved his hand carelessly.
"Thanks, really!" Yuffie said, and bowed politely, "This means lot to us!"
"No problem. I love helping others." Sephiroth answered, large fake-grin plastered on his face. Riku rolled his eyes. Yeah, helping… After all- only thing he cared about was money. Of course Riku loved his cousin, yet he could be so… selfish sometimes.
"Oh, but before you go…" Sephiroth added quickly, before Cloud managed to tear the door open, "…I'd like you to meet your manager."
The door was slammed open, and Cloud had to jump few meters backwards, so he the door wouldn't hit right to his face.
Everyone frowned, as they saw the man, who was leaning on the doorframe. He had a long jacket, and a cowboy hat, and he was grinning like there would be no tomorrow. He winked to Tifa and Yuffie, before walking (arrogantly) inside and eyeing the rest of the band.
"Hiya. Name is Irvine Kinneas." Said the man with cowboy hat, while approaching Tifa, "…Nice to meet you, my lovely lady…"
Tifa frowned, and smacked Irvine's head, "Back off, I'm not interested."
Irvine pouted, and straightened his hat. He walked to Yuffie, but before he could even touch her, she jumped behind her sister, "Tifa, he's scaring me…"
Riku couldn't believe his eyes. What was Sephiroth thinking? This guy was literally nuts!
"Ahh, so you must be… Risu." Irvine said, as he turned his head towards Riku, who shook his head weakly.
"It's Riku."
"Well, whatever." Irvine snorted, and walked to the silver-haired man, eyeing him from head to toes, "Not bad I guess. Don't worry, we can make you a dream of every girl… You just need to throw that jacket away… Hmm… Maybe you won't need any kind of shirt- girls love to see bare chests."
Riku sweat dropped, and tried to push Irvine (who was trying to take his black jacket off, while laughing like a lunatic) away. He gave helpless glances to his cousin, who just smirked deviously.
"H-hey!" Riku yelped, as he tried to get his jacket back from the cowboy hat man, who just continued to laugh and run away from Riku's reach, "Give it back, you pervert!"
"Hoh-hoh-hoo!"
Leon sighed and folded his arms. When Irvine ran past him, he 'accidentally' let his foot slip, and –of course- caused Irvine to fall on his face. "…Sorry, my bad."
"Why you little…" Irvine cursed, but Riku managed to snatch his jacket back.
Sephiroth sighed and walked to Cloud, when no one was looking.
"Looks like they're having fun."
Cloud winced as Sephiroth placed his hand to his shoulder. He immediately pulled away, and frowned to the silver-haired man, while taking steps backwards.
"What do you want?" He asked, while glancing towards his bandmates, who all were busy dealing with their new (lunatic) manager. Sephiroth sighed heavily, trying to act heartbroken.
"I was just trying to be nice." The older male said, before turning around and walking back behind his desk, and sat down. Cloud lifted his eyebrow.
Nice, my ass…
"I think we should get goin', ya?" Wakka asked, as Riku, Tifa and Yuffie had somehow managed to tie Irvine into a chair, and gag his mouth with Sephiroth's (important) papers.
Cloud nodded firmly, and exited the room, soon followed by the others.
"I swear you're all gonna pay!" Irvine shouted from the room, before Tifa slammed to door close.
"…He's crazy." Yuffie informed, and inhaled a deep breath, "…I wonder how we're going to be able to deal with him…"
Riku shrugged, "…Sometimes I just don't get what Sephiroth's thinking…"
They all walked down the stairs, towards the front doors, laughing every now and then, and chatting lightly.
But when they reached the two big glass doors, Cloud noticed something, as he shoved his hands into his pocket. His cell phone… A panic grew inside of him. Oh no… He had forgotten it into Sephiroth's office… Shiiiiit.
"What's wrong?" Leon asked, as he saw the pained expression on Cloud's face.
"Oh nothing. I just forgot my cell phone." The blonde replied, and stopped his walking, "You guys go ahead- I'll go to get it, okay?"
Everyone nodded, and continued out of the doors, leaving poor Cloud standing there, biting his lip nervously. He started to walk towards the direction where they had just come from. Oh, how he hoped that Sephiroth wouldn't be there. Something in that silver-haired man made him extremely nervous.
He gulped as he reached Sephiroth's office's door. He knocked to it awkwardly and waited few seconds. He knocked again, but he couldn't hear any sound from behind the door.
He pushed the door open with trembling hands and stepped inside. The room was pretty dark, since the lights were turned off. Maybe Sephiroth had really left, after all.
Black cell phone lied on Sephiroth's large round glass table. Cloud sighed and walked inside. But after he had taken few steps inside, the door closed with loud sound, causing him to jump. His heart throbbed fast and loud, as total darkness surrounded him. It was maybe only wind or something… Haha…
Cloud
walked silently to the table and took his cell phone. But when he was
about to turn around, something snaked around his waist, causing him
to let out a horror-movie scream. He spun around and slapped the
thing behind him. That 'thing' groaned and pushed him against the
table, causing
Cloud to collapse on top of it.
"You probably have no idea how much that hurt."
Cloud's eyes widened as he recognized Sephiroth's cold voice. He tried to get off from the table, but firm grip on his shoulders kept him pinned down. He felt Sephiroth's hair falling to his face, as the man, who was leaning towards him, slowly became visible in the darkness.
"Aww, why you look so shocked?" Sephiroth teased, as he let his hair tickle Cloud's pale face.
"Let me go!" The blonde screamed, as he grabbed Sephiroth's wrists and tried to make him loose his grip around his shoulders. But it didn't loosen- no, Sephiroth only held him tighter and tighter. The silver-haired man's nails dug into Cloud's skin painfully, causing the blonde to hiss loudly.
"No." Sephiroth said calmly, as he leaned even downer, "…I want you… You're so… gorgeous."
Cloud gasped, as he tried to kick the man, but he barely could move his feet beneath the other's weight.
"You're even cuter than your little brother…" Sephiroth whispered into Cloud ear, his voice husky, "…Too bad he's too young for me."
"Gahh… You… PERVERT!" Cloud gathered all of his strength and pushed Sephiroth away. He quickly jumped to his feet and started to run towards the door, "Stay away from Sora!"
Sephiroth laughed bitterly, as he watched Cloud dash to the door, and trying to open it. Good that he had locked it…
The blonde man tried to open the door, but in vain. He let out a frustrated scream, as he turned the doorknob, and kicked the door, but nothing worked. It remained closed…
He heard steps behind his back. He quickly spun around and pushed his back against the door, as two hands came each side of his head.
"You're not escaping from me, my love."
"Eeeww! You're sickening me!" Cloud yelled, as he slapped hard across Sephiroth's cheek, leaving a large reddish handprint. The said one groaned, and grabbed Cloud's blonde hair, and yanked hard.
"You're not going anywhere until I'm done." Sephiroth ignored Cloud's screaming, as he pulled even harder from the blond locks.
Tears of pain slipped down from corner's of Cloud's eyes, as his vision started to become fuzzy. Pain shot through his head, like something would be pierced to his brains. He screamed, as he held his head. This was just like one of his headaches- just worse. Much worse. He had never experienced this much pain in his whole life.
But Sephiroth didn't notice Cloud's pain, as he leaned down towards the blonde's neck.
"Stop… please stop…" Cloud groaned in pain, his feet giving up. He fell towards the silver-haired man, his consciousness slowly drifting away, as the pain grew even stronger. The pain made all of his movement stop, and just made him hope that he'd die, and the pain would stop.
"…Stop… Please…" Cloud mumbled, as he closed his eyes. It was too painful to even try to keep them open.
"Cloud?" Sephiroth asked suddenly, as he noticed that the blonde man was leaning towards his chest, his eyes closed and face paler than usual. He slowly let go off Cloud's hair, and touched the blonde's temple. He gasped, as he felt the coldness of Cloud's skin.
"Holy shit…"
Tidus smiled happily, as he prepared a dinner for he and his father. Everything felt so right and perfect, and nothing would ruin his mood. Ohh, how great it felt to be in love.
After last night, he couldn't stop thinking about Wakka. After their kiss, they spent rest of the night just hanging around and talking… And kissing, of course. But morning had to come so soon… Now he was home, making lunch for him and his father, who had a great hangover. Well, it was right to him, since he drank so much.
The blonde boy danced happily, while he put plates on the table.
"What's made yer so happy?" Cid asked, as he walked to the kitchen. Tidus shrugged and spun around to take lasagne out of from the oven.
"I dunno! I'm just happy!" Tidus replied. He couldn't tell his father why he was so happy… Cid would never understand how he felt…
"Whatever." Cid said carelessly, as he picked up newspaper and started to read through it, "Yeh, Sora's friend had their first concert last night?"
"Yeah."
"Why ya didn't go to see 'em?"
"Dunno… I guess I had to look after you." Tidus laughed bitterly, as he placed the bowl of lasagne to the table and sat on the chair, "You drink so much lately."
"Heh…" Cid chuckled, "Ya shouldn't worry so much."
"…Maybe… But then you shouldn't be so reckless." Tidus said, as he started to eat the food, "…I can't believe that I, your son, have to preach about this to you."
Cid laughed and messed Tidus' hair, before starting to eat too. He glanced towards his son, who kept smiling widely, and every now and then snickered quietly. The blonde man shook his head, and took his fork to his hand.
"Ya get laid." He stated solemnly. Tidus' eyes widened and he nearly choked to his lasagne.
"DAD!"
"What?"
"It's not like everyone would be happy just because they had had sex, for god's sake!" Tidus cried and rubbed his temples, "You're so hopeless, dad."
But Cid didn't answer- just smirked and ate silently. Tidus banged his head on the table, "Really daaaaad!"
"I'm glad ya have grown a man, Tidus." Cid said, "Just don't get anyone pregnant, ya heard me?"
"DAAAAD!"
Riku sat in a car, with his bandmates. They were waiting for Cloud to come back… He had been away awfully long time now.
The silver-haired man sighed. Did Sora really miss him, like Cloud had said? He doubted that. Or if he missed him, he missed him as a 'friend'. Sora didn't love him. Yeah, that's right. They were 'just friends' from now on.
But maybe 'just friends' was better than nothing. This was better than a while ago, when they didn't even talk to each other. Now he could at least see and talk to Sora. Maybe even hug, if he'd be lucky… And even if Sora never could return his feelings… It was enough if he could be with him and make sure that he was all right. If Sora was happy, he was happy too.
"I wonder what's taking so long." Leon stated suddenly. Riku lifted his eyebrow quizzically and folded his arms. It wasn't everyday to see Leon showing care and attention towards anyone.
"You're right." Riku nodded and stepped out of the car, "We should go check on him. Maybe he got lost or something."
"I'll come with you. Others should stay in the car." Leon informed as he came out too, and slammed the door close before no one could follow. Riku just shrugged and started to jog towards SA-records, the brunette walking calmly behind him.
But when they walked inside from the large glass doors, Riku stopped walking and turned to look at Leon.
"You like him, don't you?"
"I don't know what you're talking about."
"Heh."
"…"
The two send few glares towards each other, before continuing to walk again. But before they could take more than three steps, they noticed Sephiroth, who dashed down the stairs, carrying Cloud in his arms. All Leon and Riku could do, was blink, as they watched the silver-haired man run towards the receptionist and yelling the poor woman to call an ambulance or something.
Leon's blood started t boil, for some reason, as he started to approach Sephiroth with long paces.
"What did you do to Cloud!" Leon asked firmly, as he grabbed the silver-haired man's shoulder and spun him around. The owner of SA-records narrowed his eyes dangerously, and pushed Cloud even tighter against his chest.
"I did nothing, you fool." He hissed and turned back to the receptionist, who was just dialing numbers hastily.
"…" Leon balled his fists and gritted his teeth loudly, "You did something you fucking jerk!"
Riku ran to Leon, and grabbed his fist, before he could slam it hardly to Sephiroth's back.
"Enough." Riku said to the furious man, squeezing hardly on Leon's wrist. When he was sure that the brunette wouldn't try to attack his cousin again, he walked to Sephiroth and frowned. He mouthed words- 'I know what happened.'.
Sephiroth just 'hmph'-ed, and kneeled down. He placed the blonde man on the floor, and touched Cloud's forehead. It was cold as ice. He frowned sadly and shook his head. He had no clue what had happened, but surely, it wasn't anything nice.
Cloud squeezed his eyes shut, and let out a helpless groan of pain. The pain in his head grew stronger and stronger, if that was even possible anymore. It felt like his head would explore every moment now… He gasped weakly, as he felt someone taking his hand.
"What happened?" Leon asked, and held Cloud's hand tightly. But no words escaped from the blonde's slightly parted lips, as he gave a weak squeeze to the brunette.
Riku blinked his aqua-colored eyes. He kneeled down beside Cloud, and touched his temples.
"He's freezing…" He informed, as he fixed his eyes towards Leon, who was already taking his leather-jacket off, and placing it on top of the trembling blonde.
Riku stared Leon for a while, and couldn't help the smile, which was curving his lips upwards. Even if the situation was death serious, smirk slowly spread to his features.
…Leon, you lucky son of a bitch.
CC: Sorry there wasn't much of Sora in this chapter…
Sora: Noo… You've forgotten all about me ;;
CC: Sigh, no it's not that.
Sora: Yay!
Riku: Don't be so yay, when your time comes…
CC: And what's that supposed to mean? Riku- I told you not to read my notes!
Riku: What notes?
CC: Oh yeah… I don't have any :lol:. Hahaha, I have pretty much fun today… Just ignore me and write me reviews, please. Thanks for those who already have reviewed. I'm so happy!