I'm Not a Model
Chapter Four
"Come on, tell me, Riku", the brunette whined. People who whine are people I usually want to hit, but it just makes Sora more adorable than he already is. We were walking home from school together. He's been at my heels ever since school let out for the day, begging to know what exactly happened when I was taken to the principal's office. "Please!?", his beggings were becoming more and more frequent, and I didn't want to give but.....
"Fine, if you really want to know", I sighed, shoving my hands into my pocket. "The old man who's in charge of the school said it might be best if I stayed home for a few days". Sora was quiet, as his mind was translating what I just said.
"You got suspended?", I nearly laughed at that. The school gave up on suspending me a while ago, seeing that it had no effect on my behavior at all.
"No, they just gave a me a few days off. That's all", I smiled reassuringly. He acted as if he really couldn't believe the school could be that generous, especially towards me. He eyed me suspicion, but he didn't say anything. He just folded his arms against his chest and snorted.
"Now I'll be in school all by myself". Okay, I couldn't help it, but that just made me laugh. Sora stopped walking to look at me. "What are you laughing at?".
I'm going to be honest; this guy kinda acts like a girl at times. Seriously, he does. I know he'd flip if I told him, though. So, it was best for me not voice opinion, unless I wanted to be hit. Of course, he wanted to be violent anyway, and decided to pull my hair really hard.
"What's so funny?", he pouted, his fingers still holding onto my hair.
"Do you really wanna know?"
"Yeah"
"You act like a girl at times"
Sora let go of my hair, and walked off. I only rubbed my head before the idea of run after him came to me. "Wha...? Wait!", I called after him, Sora stopping in his tracks. "I don't understand why you're acting upset. You asked, I answered!".
"How do I act like a girl then!?", the brunette asked. Is it just me, or are we starting to look like a married old couple; we're standing out a public street arguing over nothing.
I didn't even have to think about the question before I answered. "You blush a lot, you never get mad, you whine like a girl, and you pout and beg like one, too". Maybe I said too much because his face was red, redder than anytime before. I had to fix this or else he might do something drastic, like actually cry or run off. "But those aren't necessarily bad things...."
'Boy, did I ever step in it......'
He came up to me, his face on fire and everything. I thought I had him figured out, but I guess that's what led to my very sad downfall; the kid actually punched me in the face. Might I add, this guy had one hell of a punch. I lost my footing a little from the impact of his fist to my face, but I lived.
And now, I really wanted to hit him back. But decided against since I might end up breaking his skinny little arms. "What was that for?", I gritted through my teeth. I was expecting a damn good answer, but of all things, he gave this clueless expression as if he didn't know what was going on or he couldn't believe he just hit me in the face. Sora's face immediately told me what he was going to do next.
"Riku! I'm sorry, I didn't mean to", he apologized. I had to roll my eyes at.
"If you're going to beat the shit out of someone, you don't apologize for it", I said.
"But I hit you for no reason", big blue eyes were drowning in regret.
"Just shut up and let's go. You're even more like a chick when you apologize", I laughed as I started to walk ahead of him. I was going to be nice and let him get away with it this time, since it was me that did kinda piss him of. He didn't reply to what I said at all, he just walked along side of me. Hell, he was even smiling right after what just happened. I learned something new about this guy today; He's one who'll apologize quickly if it doesn't cost him a friendship. That's what I think anyway
We ended up at my house this time. This was Sora's first time seeing my house, so I was already prepared for the questions he had. Since I stayed, the outside appearance of the place was well....
"Riku, what happened to that window?", brunette pointed at my bedroom's window. That was no surprise, since I broke it before I left the house this morning. One would be surprised to see how hard a shoe with a broken shoelace could be thrown. It's obvious I have anger management problems, but who doesn't?
"I threw my shoe out the window this morning". I was looking for my keys as I climbed the porch.
"And why does you garage say 'Bite Me'?", he pointed to the door of my garage as he followed me up unto the stairs.
"I was pissed at my mom last week", I answered as I unlocked and pushed the door open. "I really wanted to spray paint her car, but she wasn't home".
"The alarm clock on the lawn?".
"I also threw that out the window this morning". He followed me inside. Throwing our book bags on the floor, we made our way up the nearby stair case that led to the second floor. The walls were painted beige, and my mom got the stupid idea of getting tannish carpeting. Even our furniture was some shade of brown. Mom had all the time in the world to cordinate her living room, but no time for her only child.
Leading him into my room, which wasn't covered in some form of brown, I offered him a seat on my bed. My room actually rather plain and wasn't all that big, either. No clothes on the floor, no clutter on the desk, no posters or anything on the walls. The only special thing about my room was the shattered window.
"Wow, Riku, your room is really clean", Sora said with awe as he made himself comfortable on my bed. I took my seat in the chair at my desk, and I was untieing my shoelaces. I always hated shoes, they were bothersome to me for some reason. I looked up at Sora who was also prying of his black and white chucks. Of all times, I realized he would a lot better with a little eyeliner on. Maybe it was the way he was tilting his head when he was pulling of his shoe that made me realize he long eyelashes or something.
"Of course it's clean. I keep it clean all the time, unlike some people", I shot him a knowing glance. As soon as I had both of my sneakers off, I pulled open a drawer in my desk. Sora was watching me as I was going through the drawer looking for something. It was all the way at the bottom, which would make sense since I haven't used this stuff in awhile. With it in hand, I told the kid across from me to come here.
"What's that, Riku?", He asked as he came closer.
"I would think you would know what this is", I said as I pulled on the collar of his black shirt. He kneeled down until we were eye level.
"Is that eyeliner?", he asked as I started putting the make up on him. "Why are you putting eye liner on my eyes? And what are you doing with that stuff anyway?". When I was done with his left eye, I moved on to the other.
"You'll look better with eyeliner", I answered. When I was completely done, I threw the little black eyeliner pencil back into the drawer. I also pulled out a mirror that was in there to show Sora what he looked like.
"Wow, you're right...... But you didn't answer my question! Why do you have eyeliner?".
"I have the right to be entitled to own personal belongings, you know. I don't have to explain a thing". I dropped the mirror back into the drawer and slammed it shut, just in time to hear a car pulling up into the drive way. Getting up, I walked over to the window to see who it was. As I peered out the window, Sora leaned over my shoulder to get a glimpse, too.
"Looks like my mom is home early", I smirked.
"Do you think she's going to be mad about the broken window?", Sora looked a little worried.
"I don't know, let's see", I said as I stuck my arm out through the huge hole in the glass. Luckily, I pretty much tore all the glass out the window before I left this morning. I stuck whole head out the window, and called down to the silver haired women who was just stepping out of her silver Lexis. She shot me a glare as she realized I was yelling at her from a broken window.
"Hey mom!!!!!!!!", I yelled, hoping the neighbors could hear. And believe it or not, Sora was behind me laughing his little blue eyes out.
"Riku!! How long has that window been broken!?", she screamed from the driveway.
"Since this morning", I answered, trying to sound as happy as possible. The look on her face said she was pissed.
"HOW!?"
"I threw my shoe out the window".
"First you throw your alarm clock out the window and now your shoe!? Really, Riku, I really don't know what to do with you". With her terrible tantrum, she got back into her car.
"Where is she going?", I heard Sora whisper over my shoulder. The angry women pulled out of the driveway, and sped off as fast as she could.
"My guess is she's heading over to my aunt's place for the night", I answered. "She usually goes there when I piss her off". The neighbors next door were nosy so they naturally were looking through their curtains to see what was going on."But you know, she usually never gets this mad over something I've broken, like a window. Whatever the principal told her during their phone conversation must've did something".
Sora sat back down on my bed. "Since my mom abandoned me for the night or two, what would like to do Sora?". He looked up, a thoughtful expression on his face, but he then just shrugged.
"I really don't know. We didn't get any homework today", He said. I placed my hands on my hips, sighing at the boredom that was sure to ensue.
"You're a boring person, Sora", I said as I fell onto the bed beside him. "You know, with all this free time, you could tell me why you punched me in the face. You don't seem like the type of person to hit people".
The expression on his face just sank. 'Um, well, the reason I started going to your school was because people always messed with me. At my old school, it was really hard to go through the school day without getting into a fight with some random person", He offered me a small smile. "Do you want to know what they always said about me?"
"Yeah".
"They always said I acted kinda....girlish".
No wonder he hit me so hard. It kinda made sense. It was like a reflex to defend yourself when someone called you a name, no matter who it was. I have that same problem, especially at school. It has died down though since everyone I've gotten into a fight with either transfered to a different school or they avoided me at all costs.
"Yeah, you're kind of over emotional like one, but that's not a bad thing. It just shows you're a very nice person", I said.
"I guess you're right", he replied. He nearly squeaked when I fell over, my head cushioned by his lap. I looked up at him with a blank expression as his face turned into a red Christmas light.
"What?", I asked. I'm not that clueless, I know I was making him uncomfortable. Damn shame I wasn't planning on moving, though.
"It's nothing", Sora said quickly, averting his eyes away from me. "Is there anything to do here?".
"It's kinda rude to ask questions like that in someone else's house, you know?", I said, making sure to squirm in his lap. "And you're acting like you're going to spend the night here".
"That reminds me to ask you can I spend the night", he tried to look sheepish, but I'm not that stupid.
"You could've asked earlier", I said. "I guess it doesn't really matter since my mom's not home. But I must warn you, I can't cook or anything".
"I know how to cook, a little". He raised his fingers and started playing in my hair. "Not my fault if I burn something", the brunette laughed.
"I'll only blame you if you burn the whole damn house down and why are you playing with my hair?", I glared. "Play in your own, freeloader".
"My hair isn't as nice as yours. Besides, it's in spikes, so I can't do anything to it", blue eyes replied, sticking his tongue out.
"You could try less gel".
Yank!
"Owwww, is it just me, or do you have a thing for my hair?", I said as I rubbed my aching scalp. He looked down at me, his face red, but not on fire or anything. I sat up, and positioned myself so I was sitting in his lap, looking him in the face. He turned even redder as he squirmed underneathe me.
"What are you doing!?", he yelped.
"Making myself comfortable. You're warm and soft". I was enjoying this, just tormenting him for the hell of it. "Besides, I know you have to be enjoying this", I smirked, flashing him a feral grin. His reaction to my words were what really made me want to laugh. He shook his head to say no, but his maroon cheeks were saying otherwise.
"Could you please get off of me!? You're heavy!", he screeched.
"Heavy? Are you saying I'm fat?", I asked as I leaned in closer to his face. "I'm not fat, kid. I'm nothing but muscle if you haven't noticed".
Sora shut up then. Since he didn't know how to respond verbally, he responded physically by shoving me off his lap and onto the floor. With a loud thud, I looked up at him through slanted eyes.
"That wasn't necessary", I growled as I sat up.
"Yes it was", he retaliated. He pouted like a little brat; his arms folded firmly against his chest, his eyes squeezed closed, and his face looking flush. And that would contribute to why he didn't see a shoe being thrown at him.
I am finally done. Sorry, school caught up with me, giving me all these projects that would just eat up my free time. And people are just so nosy about Riku's past. Well, he has eyeliner in his drawer, that's a small clue. Meahahahaahahahaa, I know I'm so evil. Read and Review!!
BTW: Dir en Grey is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!