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This chapter is short.
Love is Blind
Chapter Six
Riku was very disturbed by the meeting with the gray-haired man. The man's image continually pinned itself in his mind throughout the night. He could hardly sleep. Riku had never found himself scared before, scared for his dear life. That man, Ansem, Riku knew he was dangerous from the looks of him. He did not want to see that man again. He wanted to stay away from him as far as possible for that matter.
But that night, Riku couldn't help sensing that someone was watching him. Maybe it was his imagination, because he thought he felt something but if he looked around and out the window there could not possible be anyone watching him.
Thus, Riku turned back to his original state of mind, which was moping for Sora. He couldn't stop his sulking. The more he thought about it, the more he fell into the darkness of his own mind and the more he lost the sense that someone was watching him.
In the morning, Riku felt horrible. He doubted that he will ever feel anything else but horrible for the rest of his life. His parents were worried, he knew. Riku had good parents, and he knew if he told them his secret would be safe and he might even get some comfort but he wanted no one to know. He could not tell Sora now, so what was the use?
For the whole afternoon, he went around walking aimlessly. Once or twice, when he was not thinking of Sora for the moment, he thought he sensed a presence, but when he looked around he saw nothing. Was he paranoid now too? Was he going crazy?
The next day, Riku didn't even bother to go out. He stayed home, in his room. He didn't want to go out anymore, just to see the cute brunet and the red-head together. No, he could not bear that.
Maybe he could stay inside for the rest of his life. He didn't want to go outside anymore. Sora wasn't there, not his Sora anymore. He has nothing else to do, nothing meaningful in his life. Sora was his only meaning. Sora was everything, Sora is everything.
Riku's mother knocked on her son's door. "Riku?" When there was no answer she asked, "Are you feeling well, honey? Are you sick?"
/I'm sick of my life./ "I'm not sick, Mother," Riku replied, his voice less powerful than normal and he sounded so tired.
This only concerned his mother more. She couldn't just do nothing. "Dear, is something bothering you?"
"No, Mother," Riku lied despicably.
"There has to be something wrong for you to be acting like this," his mother stated.
"No, Mother," Riku repeated sounding even more tired than before.
"Then why don't you go outside, Dear, and play with your friends?" his mother suggested.
Friends? Who would he have to see? Sora. How would he feel when he sees him? Depressed and horrible.
Riku looked over at the wooden sword that Sora had made for his birthday. No, he cannot face it, he cannot face him. As strong as Riku was at everything else, this was definitely an exception.
"No, Mother!" Riku raised his voice.
His mother from the other side of the door was shocked. Riku rarely raised his voice to his parents. He was such a nice son. There was definitely something wrong. But she didn't know what and didn't know how to help her darling son. However, she did know that Riku was upset and does not want anymore to bother him any further so she left, feeling very concerned and determined to discuss this with Riku's father.
For days now Riku stayed inside. His depression only becoming stronger and he feeling numb to it. He floated into darkness without realizing, only thinking of his rejected love and loss.
Riku became so pale and he didn't eat much either, only bites of what his mother took to his room. His father was worried, his mother mourned. His friends wondered why he was like this. Sora became concerned for his friend. They went to visit him but to no avail. Riku would not come out. He would not talk to them, not even Sora. Nothing can be repaired. Nothing can be like the way it used to be.
But in this time of terrible melancholy, someone, someone was smiling, enjoying, planning.