Hide and Seek

Agami Tsukino

Chapter Warnings: Language, Shounen-Ai, Sexual Refrences, Alcohol, Sillyness. YOU'VE BEEN WARNED!

Author Notes: Thanks for the reviews, they really help me out. I'm hoping to incorporate more this chapter and in future chapters...More Drama, More Action, MORE SHOUNEN-AI! Ha, maybe. If you're good. Oh, and there's a little SoraxTidus in this chapter, but nothing too serious.

Chapter 3:Count to 10

Riku swallowed sharply, looking up in surprise. Sora's face was red, his eyes narrowed. Sora hadn't been this mad since he caught Selphie and Leon making out in his bedroom during his birthday party. Riku got up slowly, pulling away reluctantly. He was so close, why did Sora have to wake up now?

"Sora, I can explain..." Sora interupted him sharply, pushing him from his slouched position to the cold, hard floor. He rose and pulled his pants back up, snapping them in place. There was a furious look across his face, and as inappropriate as it was, it turned Riku on even more. "Explain what, Riku? Huh? That you waited for me to pass out so you could RAPE ME? No, Riku, No. There's NO way you can explain that in a way that makes it okay!" Sora pulled his polo shirt over his head and started toward the door. Riku reached to grab him, to stop him, but was abruptly shot down by Sora's hand. "Don't you ever touch me again, Riku.."

Sora pushed the door open, slamming it into Kairi and Selphie. They looked puzzled, but after seeing the expression on Riku's face, they instantly knew what had transpired. "RIKU! YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF!" Kairi rose to his level, administering a swift smack upside his head. He winced, the growing headache taking control. He fell to the floor, holding his head. Tears flowed from his eyes and stuck the floor, echoing in his head. "I...was so close..."

Selphie pushed him over, flailing wildly. Kicking, punching, scratching, biting, doing anything she could to get her rage out. "HOW COULD YOU, RIKU? HOW COULD YOU HURT HIM LIKE THAT?" The door slammed shut, causing Riku to sob uncontrollably. This made the rage inside Selphie burn even brighter, the fact that he even had feelings for Sora was too much for her to grasp. She lunged forward at him again, pinning him to the floor. "YOU INSENSITIVE, KINIVING, LOW-LIFE..." She struck him across the face repeaditly. Wakka pulled her off of Riku, holding onto her tightly. "HEY! C'mon now, he's already beating himself up about this, Ya? He doesn't need any help..." Selphie grunted, pushing herself free from Wakka's embrace and leaving the room. Tidus ran through the door, hoping to catch Sora before too much time had passed, and he had gotten too far or done something he might regret later.

"Sora! SORA!" He began running through the streets of their small town, looking up and down the deserted neighborhoods. He left not 5 minutes earlier, he couldn't have gone far. "The Secret Place" he muttered to himself, the only place Sora could have gone that he hadn't checked yet. He began walking quickly through the yards of his neighbors, before coming to a cliff that overlooked the beach. He paused for a moment, before realizing something. "Sora never showed me the secret place." He began laughing to himself, before climbing down the steep trail that led to the ocean front. He knew it was somewhere near the water, on that beach, because Sora and Riku had often abandonded him on that very beach for their Secret Spot.

He stopped, and listened. He heard angry muttering, coming from a break in the cliff. There was a waterfall near a small lake, but he didn't know the terrain all that well. He took a breath, and began jumping the rocks, following the sounds of the low swearing. He saw a small tunnel, covered by some palm leaves. He crouched, and after recognizing the sound of Sora's voice, he entered.

"I can't fucking believe he'd do that to me!" Sora punched a side of the rock wall, wincing at the newfound pain. He picked up a rock and tossed it at the sketch of Riku on the wall. Tears were streaming down his face, tears of anger and rage. Tidus stopped, his mouth agape, silent. Sora continued cursing, coming to a stop when his blue eyes met Tidus'. "Tidus...what are you doing here?"

"Sora, I'm here to help you." Sora laughed to himself for a few seconds before adding a note of sarchasim to his voice. "Oh, really Tidus? You're going to help me? How? How can you make this okay?" Sora sobbed a few times before cringing, slaming his fist into the wall again. He cried out in pain, falling to the ground, his hand now covered in his own blood. Tidus crouched down, putting his hand on Sora's shoulder. "Listen, brother, everything will be alright. We always looked out for eachother, since we were kids, and that's not going to change now." Sora sniffled a bit, looking up at Tidus. "Thanks, man. Thank you for being here for me."

Tidus pulled a handkerchief from his pocket and wrapped it around Sora's hand. He figured it would help for the time being, until he could coax Sora out of the cave and back into town. "Are you alright?" Sora winced, holding his hand. "Yeah, I think so. It might be broken." Tidus smiled nevrously, manuvering Sora's hand into a nuteral position. "Can you move your fingers?" Sora squinted his eyes, but couldn't move them. "No! Oh no..." Tidus stood up, and held his hand out to help Sora up. "We need to get you back to town, so we can clean that and get it in a cast." Sora winced at the thought. He didn't want to go back, Riku was there.

"I don't feel comfortable there anymore. Riku..." Tidus smiled, interrupting. "...Is not a problem. If you're afraid, I will be with you the whole time. I'll even stay over at your house, in case he comes by in the middle of the night." Sora smiled at his best friend, taking his hand and rising to his feet. "Okay, let's go then."

"What got into you, bruddah?" Wakka inquired, looking down at Riku. He sat on the floor, staring off into space. Everything seemed surreal, as if it was all a dream; however, for Riku, it was more of a nightmare. He wished he could just wake up, have it all be over; to change everything back to the way it was before this crazy party.

"I...I don't know. Something came over me..." Wakka chuckled nervously, placing his hand on his hip. "Yeah, the alcohol...but c'mon, couldn't you keep it in your pants until tomorrow?" Riku began to blush as Sora's image returned to his conciousness. "I think...I love him..." Wakka's eyes grew as he stood in awe. They all had been friends since they were little, and short of Tidus' little fiasco a few months ago, they all were normal. The four of them used to comment on girls all the time, and now all of a sudden Riku's gay?

"How'd this happen? What's gotten into you, Bruddah?" Riku gave Wakka a cold, cocky look. "I love Sora, and there's nothing you, Tidus, Selphie, Kairi or anyone else can do to change that." He got up and headed to the door. "Woah, woah, you got me all wrong, ya? You're not in competition with anyone, you're free to have whatever feelings you want. We're not gonna stand in your way." Riku began to laugh, as if he'd snapped. "That's right, Wakka. You guys aren't going to stand in my way." He pushed Wakka to the floor, and walked out of the house. He was determined to find Sora, and to have him for his own.

Tidus and Sora began their long trek back to town. Getting to the secret place was the easy part; the hike back up the cliff was the distressing part. Tidus put his arm around Sora, helping him over the hard parts of the terrain. Sora wasn't even paying attention, so many things were going through his mind all at once. In one night he had so many mixed emotions and strange events occuring, he didn't know what to think. His childhood friend, Riku, had kissed him and taken him into a room, and raped him in his sleep. He didn't know for sure whether it was the alcohol making him do irrational things; or if it was his true intention to do what he did, and the alcohol had made his actions un-inhibited by reason or concious.

"Sora, are you alright?" Sora had stopped and was in a frozen gaze, looking at the ebb and flow of the ocean tide. The moonlight reflecting off of the water caught his eye, and he seemed almost entranced by it. "Sora? Hello, Earth to Sora..." He waved his hand infront of Sora's face repeaditly, but to no avail. Sora sobbed for a brief second, and shed a single tear, before turning to continue their hike. "I have no time to dwell on the past, so let's go and make our future." Tidus didn't know what to think of this, but it seemed Sora had gotten over the situation and decided to move on.

Tidus led Sora by the hand over the hilltop and back to the edge of town, before spotting Riku in an almost full sprint to the other side of the beach. Tidus crouched down, motioning Sora to follow. If he saw them, together like this, who knows what he might do. Wakka was close behind, shouting strains of some sort of reasoning, to try and get Riku to stop. He began to climb down the side of the cliff, before catching Sora out of the corner of his eye. "SORA!"

Tidus yelped, fixing his sight on Riku. If he caught them, it would be over. He'd probably beat Tidus to a bloody pulp and drag Sora away, and with his broken hand, he wouldn't be able to fight back. "Sora, we have to run, Riku's right over there." Riku began running through the brush toward them, a desperate, crazed look in his eye. Sora reeled back, crouching down behind Tidus.

"Back off, Tidus. This isn't about you." Tidus cringed, standing up to him, arms out stretched. "Stay away from him, Riku, he doesn't want to see you." Riku began to laugh, as he pushed his hair out of his eyes. "And who are you to judge that? This isn't your business, Tidus, so just walk away." Tidus pushed him back, and angry look in his eyes. "I'm giving you 'till the count of ten, Riku, either leave or I'm calling the cops."

He chuckled, pulling a knife from his pocket. "G'head and call 'em Tidus, you'll be dead and we'll be long gone by the time they get here." Tidus stood in awe, was Riku really serious? He'd be willing to kill one of his best friends just to take Sora, against his will, to make him love him? "Riku, you're not thinking straight..." He laughed, interupting. "No, Tidus, you're wrong. For the first time, I am thinking straight."

Wakka ran up to see the confrontation, and ran to Sora's side. "Yo, you alright bruddah?" Riku shot a cold glare at him, folding his arms. "Wakka, you and Tidus need to leave. Sora and I need some time alone." Sora stood, almost stumbling. "No, You're the one that needs to leave, Riku. LEAVE ME ALONE!"