I'm Not a Model

Chapter Ten

"She paid for this?" Sora was tracing the black lines that made up the dragon wings tattoo on my back. My shirt was flung half way across the room when we made it to my room. I was sitting hunched-back on the edge of the bed as he stared at and explored the expanse of my back. "This looks like it hurted alot when you first got it..."

"Yeah, I can't believe I actually went through it all just to get some black ink permanently stuck to my back. Now that I think about it, it really wasn't worth it. And could you stop touching my back as if you're afraid of it; It's weird to have fingers just barely touching you." I heard him 'hmph' from behind me.

"She must've been nice," I heard Sora say quietly. It was true, though. Kairi was nice, but she was the naive nice. She always had this view of the world that made it seem almost nice to live in. But then again, she had these times in which she could make the world sound like it just devoured her whole soul alive. One moment she could be happy, the next she could be the most depressed thing I had ever seen.

"Yeah, she was nice," I couldn't help but smile at the simple memory of her. In some ways, Sora's naive but kind ways reminded me of her in a sense. It was just barely there, though, and I didn't mind it at all. "But you're nice, too, Sora."

"I kinda already knew that," the brunette said. He leaned forward enough so that he could rest his head against my back, wrapping his arms around my waist. "I can tell you really miss her, Riku."

"No, not really. I used to, but then over time, I kinda started to forget about her. Not in a sense that she didn't exist, but I just stopped thinking about her as often..." Sora was good at comforting people, which is something he should be good at since he obviously has a big heart. I remember when I first saw the knuckle-head that's behind me now. He just seemed so innocent compared to the world around him.

"Oh, I think I understand.. Hey, Riku, can I ask you a question?"

"Sure, go ahead." Sora let my waist go, crawling over to sit right by my side.

"Would you miss me if I were gone?"

He reminded me of a needy child at times. "What makes you think I wouldn't? You mean a lot to me, and I thought you knew that."

(A/N: ::dies from writing such sappy stuff:: And this is SO fucking cheesy..... )

This is why I hated being emotional: It makes people think you're soft and mushy. And I bet that's what Sora was thinking while he was smiling at me. He had those shoujo-manga-eyes, the really emotional and sappy looking ones. I couldn't help but shove my hand in his face to make him look the other way.

My hand was covering his mouth, so all I heard were muffled sounds, and one of them sounded like the word 'Bastard'. But I had to yank back my hand when the little brat bit the skin of my palm. I looked at the skin as it turned red, and it had a little spit on it, too. "You little shit, I need a tetna shot now. You probably gave me rabies or something."

"What! You expected me to let you suffocate me!?" he fumed.

"Last time I checked, humans usually breathed through their noses, breathing through the mouth is optional."

"So? You didn't have to do that to me!" Sora pouted cutely, which was always something that made me slightly glad.

"Whatever you say, Sora," I rolled my eyes.

"Are you even listening to me?"

"No, not really. I don't listen to people who usually just talk shit." He hit me in the arm for that remark.

"You're one to talk. Everything you say is bullshit," the brunette remarked. I knew this was going to end up into one of our dragged out arguments, so I had to end this quick. I reached over to where he was sitting and I pulled him closer. The small but audible squeek he made showed me he wasn't going to say anything else as I pulled him firmly onto my lap. Even after our kiss, he's still shy. Even though I couldn't see it from the back of Sora's head, I knew he was blushing. If he wasn't, he wouldn't be Sora.

"Are you still shy, Sora? I was hoping you grew out of that," I said against the back of his neck.

"I'm not shy! I'm just not use to you doing all these sneak attacks on me," the brunette in my lap muttered. I couldn't help but nuzzle his neck, he was just so cute when he said that. I held him tighter, and he didn't tense up or anything. If I did this a few days ago, he would've scratched my eyes out in terror. But I guess now he's realizing he can be himself around me.

"Yeah," a quick nip on his neck, "whatever you say, Sora." He exhaled rather quickly when I did that, and his hands were on either side of my legs, his fingers were tangling in the sheets. Sora was obviously the over-responsive-to-stimulation type, and I didn't mind that at all.

"I just came over a for History book....." he mumbled. "I wasn't expecting to stay over here for this long, and neither were my parents.."

"Did you, by chance, tell them where you were going?" I asked.

"I just told them I'd be right back since I had to go get a History book from a friend. And my parents know it shouldn't be taking this long," Sora explained.

"Get the hell off my lap and get the fuck out of my house. Your parents might be smart enough to come over here first and I really don't need to deal with them."

"They don't even know where you live, Riku."

"Believe me, parents manage to find their way over here from time to time." It's true, parents always managed to find my house. I remember when Kairi's parents found my house somehow since they knew she was at her boyfriend's house. Then again, my name is known by every grown-up in town.

".......... Fine, I'll leave if you insist on it." He got off of my lap and turned to look at me. "But I swear, you've been acting weird since the end of the school day. I'm not stupid, and I know that something happened when Cloud was alone with you in the bathroom.

Me? Weird? "Hey, you could be on to something, now when are you planning to leave?" I didn't want anything to accident;y slip out about that kiss in the bathroom. Sora would probably have an emotional break down if he ever found out.

"Tell me what happened," the brunette stood there, his arms crossed firmly against his chest. "I'll leave when you tell me." Okay, this little brat was just going to end up with his feelings hurt.

"It's none of your concern." My voice was on stern, I wasn't planning on telling him.

"Yes it is. If it effects you, then it effects me."

"Fine, do you really wanna know!?"

"Yes."

I almost bit my lip to keep myself from saying it, but he wanted to know. "I kissed Cloud in the bathroom today. There, are you happy?" Of course he wasn't happy, common sense would say not. He stood there, his brain trying to process the mind-blowing information I just gave him. I wouldn't believe it myself. I don't even see how Aerith even put up with Cloud day after day. The blond was a bastard to everybody, so why would he become somewhat nice to me?

"Riku... you can't be serious..." Sora lowered his arms from his chest as his once firm stance began to pretty much fall apart. "Why?"

"I don't know, he started it!" I got up quickly as I saw that Sora was going to start being over-emotional like I first thought. I tell the kid what he wants to know, and he starts to flip out.

Sora took in a deep breath before asking, "Did you enjoy it?"

That's when I heard the door to my bedroom slam close, the sound of feet clad in black converse rushing down my stair case.

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"And we meet again, Riku." Argh, I hate that smirk of his. It's as if it's just telling me how superior the guy is.

Cloud took a step closer. We were in the hall way, as usual. I never saw him anywhere else, except by his locker. But today there was a minor difference; I was at my locker. Cloud walked all the way over to the other side of the building to where my locker was located. I hated looking at him and his.. his.. emo-ness. Sora made a cute emo, but Cloud on the other hand... He made the dark style of clothing sexy snd that just agitated me to no ends.

"I saw that Sora kid today," he smirked. "He didn't look too well. I wonder what could've happened to make him that way." I was ignoring him as I was throwing my backpack and things into my locker. Atleast I told myself I was ignoring him.

He slammed a palm up against the nearby locker, a few inches away from my head. "No point in ignoring me. I'm not going anywhere." Shit, I didn't know what to do, so I just slowly turned to face him. Cloud was right in my face, his blue eyes trying to burn the green right out of mine. His cocky smirk turned into a smile, "See? No we're getting somewhere."

"Why are you bothering me?" I hissed through my teeth, looking around to make sure everybody in the halls at the moment was minding their own business.

Cloud gave me a bored expression as his hand, the one that wasn't against a locker, slid upward and gently swept over my bottom lip. "I would think it was obvious by now." I was damn near ready to bite off his finger, but knowing him, he'd probably enjoy that. "I'm willing to call everything with Aerith off just for you. You should feel special."

"Yeah, I feel like a Special Education kid from just standing here and talking to you." If he was insulted, Cloud didn't show it. Blondie just just shook his head and stood up straight, no longer looming over me.

"You know, that mouth one day is going to get you in trouble, but until then," he paused and that made me even more uneasy, "your mouth is mine." He bent down once again to capture my lips in a mind-numbing kiss. God, he was good at this. I only had a taste for a second before he pulled away, his eyes darting down the halls to make sure no one was watching. Whoever was looking in our direction was gone now, out of fear that Cloud would kill them. "I'll talk to you later."

He walked off down the hall.

I swore a string of swear words, as I rummaged through my locker to find my books for my morning classes.

My life is just fucked.

Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!! I've been tired and I don't feel like writing anymore. Yeah, that's my excuse on why this chapter is so short. I wanted to get something up before Christmas Eve. (Yawns) Fweee, nothing new really going on with the Authoress.

Wait.... I changed my pen name!!! I was bored and decided to change it. No real reason for doing it.

Um, I guess that's it. It's really boring during Christmas Break. Read and Review, ne?