Disclaimer: I hate this things If I owned KH I would have someone writing this things for me
Parings: Sora/Riku others later on
Rating: PG-13 for now rating to change
Warnings: This fic is a YAOI and in case the paring didn't give it away it means male/male relationships don't like don't read. Really very simple. It's also an AU okay. Well having said that enjoy the story.
A/N: Okay here's the next chapter read on and Thanks to: animegirl17 thanks for the offer I'll definitely keep it mind when the writers block hits. Maria Rose Blck, I liked that scene too I'm so evil don't worry though we'll stop teasing Riku soon. VampssAmby10210, I just wanna say thanks for reviewing since chapter one, I'm glad you're not bored of this yet. Kuan Yin, yay! new reader thanks for reading my story I'm glad you like it, it gets way better. PrincessSwifty thanks for the review. Me, I'm actually thinking of having them each take turns. That way I think it makes things much more interesting, than having only one of them be the seme. sora otaku, firstly I wrote more so for the love of Kingdom Hearts get the cheese away from me, secondly I liked your idea it's kind of like what I have in mind, but not quite, thought I love hearing suggestion and thirdly I loved the faces (lol) D ( that's me) Lady Geagua: It is acting, I thought people might get confused by that. And I'm glad you liked the song and dream thing I thought no one was going to piece it together. I also incorporated the part in the beginning of the opening for the game when the wave crashes over them and Riku extends his hand for Sora to take, but Sora can't swim to him, (heartbreaking UU) except in my story I switched a few things
Riku had noticed. What kind of friend would he have been if he had not. He had noticed how Sora faked his smiles, his interest, his cheerfulness. The others bought it, but he didn't. Sora might be a good actor, but when it came to hiding his feelings from Riku, he was horrible.
Riku had indeed noticed, but had so far restrained himself from asking Sora anything, regarding his strange behavior. Sora had always been an open book, with him. In a way he didn't want to ask Sora to share his feelings with him, he wanted Sora to come to him willingly. He wanted Sora to tell him what was bothering him. The days passed and two weeks later, whatever it was that had been bothering Sora, had obviously been resolved.
Sora was now being Sora again. No longer acting, happy or interested, he actually was. Riku could still not help but wonder what had happened to his friend, to make him think he couldn't trust him. His thoughts however were cut off by the blow of a whistle.
"Alright guys gather around."
The new soccer team had been chosen and their first match was in less than half a week against their toughest opponents, the Ansem High soccer team. That was the reason they had, held practice every day 'till nine for the past week and a half, no one complained and that was a very good thing. They were working hard to get in perfect shape, to learn new plays and strategies. Before the whistle blew, they had been running laps around the field. Now they were standing in front of coach Cid.
"I just got your new uniforms in today."
He said pointing to the boxes he had set on a bench in front of him. He opened one of them and started pulling jerseys out reading the name on the back throwing them along with shorts to the appropriate person. The colors were blue and silver. The shorts were blue with gray at the sides going from hip to the seam of the shorts.The jerseys were also blue with silver going from the under side of the short sleeve all the way to the seam of the shirt.
"Riku!"
Coach Cid yelled throwing the jersey in Rikus direction, who caught it reflexively with out blinking. When all the uniforms had been passed around to their owner. Cid took out a small gray box, he held it up for everyone to see. At seeing the gray box the team went silent. They all knew what the box held inside.
Cid took the lid off the box, tilting it towards the team confirming what they all knew it held. A band. The most coveted band in the sport. Some swallowed in anticipation others cracked their knuckles an some smiled excitedly. Riku stayed calmed.
"I know you guys know what this is, but now I'm going to tell you what it means and what it does not represent."
He said looking around himself at each and every one of the boys, staring at them in the eye, lingering a little longer when his gaze landed on Riku.
"This does not give you the right to act superior or get away with anything or pull rank. It however means, leadership, responsibility, teamwork, understanding and most importantly strength. It means being able to pick up the team, to know how to push and pull never carrying the team, but encouraging and believing in yourself as well as others. Never ignoring or making someone less, always knowing how to carry forward and only forward regardless of past events. Not dwelling on mistakes but learning from them."
Taking the band out he held it with one hand.
"Giving this is never easy. Receiving and accepting this and all it represents is more difficult. Knowing all this. Do you accept the responsibility of Captain Riku?"
Cid held Riku's gaze. He had lied when he had said giving the title of Captain was not easy, this year had been easy picking out the captain. Riku was not only the best player, he showed great leadership and understanding of the sport. It never seized to amaze him, how he could turn the entire team into raging bulls on the field. How when they were having a bad match, he would always show such vigor the others couldn't help but follow in his example. Mostly what separated Riku from the rest of the team was the facthe truly loved the sport.
Riku was surprised, but he did not have to think about the answer. He knew he could carry the title as well as all it meant. He was not only strong physically but also mentally. Being captain was something most players coveted, not him, but he was being honored with the title not to mention the responsibility and trust. He would not turn it down.
"I accept."
The team cheered erupting in congratulations slapping Riku on the back in a friendly gestures. Riku smiled lightly thanking his teammates.
After practice Riku drove home, he usually preferred to walk, but when he had late practice he drove. Just to avoid walking late at night, not because he was afraid. Sora had told him, he didn't like the thought of him walking alone at night and thought it was dangerous. Sora would wait anxiously in Riku's room, waiting for him to get home, though he pretended he was not worried. Riku of course saw right through Sora, and decided for Sora's sanity, he would just drive home when he had practice, thus putting his friend at ease.
Riku drove into his driveway parking his black Acura RSX in the curved driveway. Riku stepped out of his car locking it and wiping some invisible dust of the hood. He liked his car it had been a present from his parents for his eighteenth birthday. He really didn't care, that his parents could get him anything he wanted. He had never taken advantage of their financial position. He admitted it was nice to know he could have anything he wanted, he need only ask. Riku however had never taken advantage of his parents money.
Another of the reasons he and Sora got a long so well was because Sora had the same advantages as Riku and never took advantage of it nor did he flaunt it. Even their parents thought alike they both knew their parents could afford to live in a more chic place, though they wanted to raise them as normal as possible. They didn't want their children to turn into spoiled brats who just spend money and got drunk and drugged up at clubs. And they didn't and of that they were proud.
Riku climbed the white marble stairs to his room, dropping his gym bag on the way in. He had already showered at school, so he didn't need another shower. He moved to the window facing Sora's room. He climbed the window and dropped down on to the roof. He wanted to tell Sora about being made captain.
He hopped inside Sora's room and frowned. It was quiet and for a second he wondered if perhaps Sora was in another room, he was about to head out of Sora's room when he spotted the lump in the bed. Riku shook his head smiling. Sora had fallen a sleep with the lights on again. He moved forward to the corner of the room where Sora's bed was, next to the window facing the back yard.
He looked down at his friend then at the clock on Sora's night table, which read only nine thirty. He looked back at Sora. He looked so peaceful when he slept. His eyes closed so that his eyelashes touched his cheeks lightly like soft black feathers, his mouth slightly opened the bed sheets tangled around his legs and body. Riku stood there watching Sora sleep breathing deeply and steadily. He was quickly loosing track of time and anything else. All that he could see and hear was the sleeping boy in front of him. He reached down taking a stray strand of Sora's hair that was lying gently on his forehead and pushed it back. Sora stirred a bit, Riku blinked taking his hand back, he looked back down at the clock. It was ten o'clock.
He had been watching Sora sleep for half an hour, and knew that if Sora hadn't moved he probably still would be. It was then he realized he could watch Sora sleep forever. He shook his head and turned away from Sora's bed. He brought his hands to his temples rubbing furiously.
"Get a hold of your self Riku."
He whispered to himself. Taking a deep breath he walk over towards the door, where the light switch was and turned off the lights. Without another look at Sora he climbed out of Sora's room and made his way to his own room.
The next day Riku met Sora in his driveway, he was taking his car again since he had practice.
"Good morning. Man I slept great last night. How was practice?"
Sora greeted and asked Riku who was standing his arms folded on top of the car's roof on the drives side.
Lucky you. Riku thought a little bitterly. He had spent the entire night wondering about his growing attraction and feelings for his best friend.
"Practice was brutal"
Sora walked up to Riku's RSX and opened the door climbing in the passenger seat.
"Oh did you come over after practice yesterday? 'Cause I left my light on and I woke up like at two and it was off"
Sora asked from inside the car. Riku blushed and was glad he was not in the car yet.
"Yeah, but you were sleeping so I left and turned off the lights."
Sora nodded and frowned at Riku's stomach, which was all he could see of him through the driver's side window.
"Well lets go"
Riku bent down leaning on the opened window peeking his head inside the car to look at Sora.
"Aren't we waiting for Tidus?"
Sora shook his head.
"No. He said he had something to do at Kairi's and would just catch a ride with her."
With a shrug Riku got in the car. Sora watched how Riku shifted gears and looked at his friend.
"So when are you gonna let me drive your stick "
Sora asked excitedly. Riku looked sideways at his friend.
"You want to drive my stick? You really think you could handle it Sora?"
Riku asked. Sora frowned, driving a stick shift didn't look that difficult, he merely shrugged and turned his head looking out the window at the passing houses. Missing the slow smile that had formed on Riku's lips. He was smiling not at what Sora had said, but at the very vivid mental images he was having because of what Sora had said. He scolded himself and concentrated on the road.
A few blocks away in another neighborhood, Tidus was knocking furiously on the door of Kair's house. The door opened and Kairi's mom stood at the door smiling at him.
"Good morning Tidus. Kairi's in her room. I think she's still a sleep, do me a favor and wake her will you?"
Tidus nodded and Kairi's mom stepped out going to work, Kairi's mom was a doctor and she usually left earlier for work, so he was a bit surprised to see her answering the door. Tidus just shrugged it off and went into Kairi's house. He marched up the stairs stumping loudly, taking two steps at a time. Without knocking he burst into Kairi's room. Normally he would have been more polite, he would have knocked and he would have waited for her to open the door. However these were not normal circumstances and he needed someone to talk to. He was freaking out and on the verge of a breakdown. Okay so perhaps he was overreaction about the breakdown, but he needed to talk to someone.
He stepped into the lilac room covered wall to wall with posters pictures and what not. He stepped over books, clothes, magazines, CDs and walked up to the sleeping form of Kairi. Tidus had no time to wake her gently, grabbing one of her shoulders he began shaking her.
"Kairi! Kairi WAKE UP!
Kairi groaned and started fighting with the hands that were shaking her. Her mother never shook her that hard to wake her. In fact her mother never even shook her nor did she shout so loud. Slowly she realized it wasn't her mom and that voice sounded very familiar.
"Kairi come on!"
Tidus? She thought. What on earth was Tidus doing in her room, shaking her awake? She swatted Tidus's hand away and groaned again.
"Stop it!"
The shaking stopped and she cracked an eye open, only to close it again shielding her eyes from the sudden light. But not before she saw Tidus standing by her bed looking. Crazed. Was the only word she could think to describe him at the moment. Rubbing sleep from her eyes she sat up leaning back on the head board of her bed. She glared at Tidus and punched him on the stomach, needless to say it was a pathetic attempt, Tidus didn't even flinch.
"Tidus, what do you want?"
"I need to talk to you."
Still feeling very sleepy, she missed the desperation in his voice.
"Man this better be really good."
Tidus gulped he didn't know exactly where to begin, he began wriggling his hands nervously. It was then Kairi noticed how troubled Tidus really looked. He seemed not only troubled but desperate and anxious even twitchy. She wondered briefly if perhaps he had drank too much coffee with sugar again, but dismissed the thought. In a more calm and understanding tone she spoke looking up at Tidus who was looking away from her.
"Tidus what's wrong? Tell me."
The blond boy took a deep breath and sat down heavily on Kairi's bed, by her side. He looked at her like a lost little kid and her heart went out to him.
"First you have to promise not to breathe a word of what I'm about to tell you to any one."
"I pro..."
"NO!"
Tidus cut her off before she could finish.
"No Kairi. Don't just say I promise. I mean it not a word to anyone not even Selphie."
Kairi was a little surprised and frowned.
"Okay scouts honor."
Tidus narrowed his eyes shaking his head.
"You're not a scout. You got kicked out, when you tied Aerith to a tree and duck taped her mouth and put gum in her hair."
Kairi smiled in reminisce to the memory.
"It wasn't just me Selphie helped and beside she started it when she ripped the head off my limited addition Wilderness Girl Barbie"
Tidus rolled his eyes and bounced on the bed impatiently.
"Kairi!"
"Okay Tidus I swear I won't tell anyone including Selphie."
Tidus looked at Kairi searching her eyes for any trace of lies. Kairi wanted to squirm but held he own. If Tidus wanted to confide in her she would respect his wishes and tell no one, not even Selphie, who she kept nothing from.
"Okay I trust you."
Hearing Tidus say that, Kairi felt a little overwhelmed. Knowing Tidus had chosen to talk to her to confide in her. Instead of going to Sora or Riku which would have been a more obvious choice. Taking a deep breath he reached for Kairis's hands and gave them a slight squeeze. Kairi was beginning to worry, and hoped her friend wasn't in some serious trouble.
"I think I'm gay!"
Tidus squeaked out in hurried breath. Kairi blinked, she waited silently for him to continue. When he didn't she thought of telling him he couldn't think he was gay he either was or was not. Though she didn't tell him that. Instead she looked at him.
"Okay. What do you mean you think? Are you not sure?"
Tidus shook his head and sighed.
"No. I'm pretty sure I am."
Kairi nodded understanding, but still a bit confused.
"Okay, so you're pretty sure you're gay. What made you realize this?"
Tidus blushed a little.
"Uh Sora."
"Sora!"
Kairi asked, wondering what Tidus and Sora had been up to. Tidus seemed to read her mind and quickly added.
"Unintentionally Kairi!" Tidus exclimed.
Kairi smiled guiltily. She still didn't see why Tidus was all worked up about being gay.
"Okay so you're gay. What seems to be the problem then?"
Tidus looked at her skeptically.
"Kairi this is when you freak out and start saying things like how could you."
Kairi smiled sympathetically at him. She was a little hurt that he would think she wouldn't be accepting. Maybe he was right. Had he told her this a few years ago she would have probably freaked, but thanks to Sora she was now ready.
Flashback
"But Sora why not?"
Kairi asked a little teary eyed. They were at the beach, the others were out swimming, she and Sora had decided to stay in dry land and soak up the sun. At the moment Kairi was sitting on her beach towel her legs drawn up to her chest hugging her knees tightly, resting her chin sadly on her knees. Sora was feeling very uncomfortable.
"Kairi I do like you and you're my friend, but I don't think I could like you that way" He paused and added " Or any other girl."
Kairi's head snapped up as Sora's words sank into her head. Sora didn't like girls than that meant. She looked over at Sora who was sitting next to her on his own towel.
"Does that mean... that you're... that you're ... gay?"
Sor shrugged feeling very uncomfortable. He had never thought about it, until the thought of him and Kairi going out didn't seem all that appealing, nor did the thought of going out with girls in general.
"I guess so. Kairi look I'm really sorry, I never meant to hurt your feelings. Please don't hate me."
Kairi nodded sadly, if Sora didn't like girls there was nothing she could do about that. And she wasn't about to stop talking to Sora just because he was gay, that would be a stupid thing to do. Even though she was hurt, she knew she'd get over it, and she would rather have Sora as her friend forever than have him be her boyfriend for awhile before either of them got bored and eventually broke up.
"It's okay Sora I could never hate you just for that. Now I just feel really stupid."
Sora moved closer to Kairi and hugged her tightly kissing the top of her head.
"Don't. You're not stupid Kairi."
Kairi returned his embrace, burying her face in his chest. Sora started panicking when he felt Kairi start to cry silently. All he could do was hug her and wait for her to calm down. When she did she pulled away from Sora mumbling an apology wiping tears from her eyes. Sora took her chin in his hand and looked into her puffy eyes, feeling guilty. He really had not meant to hurt her.
"Are you going to be okay?"
She inhaled deeply an nodded giving Sora a small sincere smile.
"Yeah I'll be fine."
End of flashback
"No Tidus I'm not going to freak out on you. I think your doing a good enough job for both of us."
Tidus let go of her hands and stood from the bed. He started pacing the room running his hands through his blond hair. Kairi sighed watching the blond, blue eyed, muscle toned, tanned boy in front of her and mumbled.
"It always the cute ones."
Tidus was too busy mumbling to himself to hear Kairi. He stopped his pacing and turned to Kair.
"Okay you want to know the problem. I'm gay and in love with Sora."
M.C:(laughs insanely) I am sooooo evil. Question does that count as a cliffhanger?
Demak:(shrugs) I don't know.
Jin: (shakes head) It better not. I've told you many times not to do that. Cliffhangers. No one likes them.
M.C: Man chill out. That was kind of short wasn't it? Well for me anyway. Poor Tye and poor Riku. You know what? I think I've developed a liking to torturing Riku he-he
Demak: I thought we had decided to stop doing that.
M.C: We will at least for the next chapter. Speaking of which, will be under a different pen name. I'm going to change my pen name, 'cause I can't stand that 2 in front of my name. How dare they? So if you see the story under another pen name it's still mine I won't change the title of the story though 'kay?
Jin: Yeah I think they got it, now lets get writing before we get threaten with Swiss cheese again ( ) Yuck!
M.C: Okay. Uh sorry if there are more mistakes than usual I kind of typed this in a hurry and only ran a quick spell check.
Demak: Well you know the drill people drop us a review they're motivation for us the muses (giggles) see ya next chapter!
