I'm Not a Model

Chapter Eleven (it's eleven right?)

"Sora."

No response.

"Sora, I'm sorry for whatever it was I did." He's damn lucky I'm actually apologizing. Here I am, in the middle of math class, trying to get him to atleast look at me. He sits right next to me for crying out loud, so how can he keep his focus straight ahead of him for all this time!? It's way too early in the morning for this kind of stuff....

"I don't want your apologies. I want an answer to the question I asked yesterday." Ohh, okay, I see where he's going with this. Did I or did I not enjoy kissing the super bastard, Cloud? Of course I didn't enjoy it, or atleast that's what I tell myself.

"Does it really matter if I enjoyed it or not? I enjoy making out with you..." I was whispering, trying to make sure no one outside our conversation heard us. This is me and Sora's business, and we don't need it flying around through rumors.

Sora gave me the coldest of glances. I knew I really messed up, but now I know I'm just fucked.

"It's not about what you enjoy doing with me. It's about what you enjoy doing with Cloud." Ouch, that hurt.

"I don't do anything with him! He just chases me around and if I'm not careful, he might try to rape me," I hissed. Seriously, I have a reason to be afraid now. It's not everyday I'm stalked by a guy. I'm use to girls leaving me love letters taped to my locker and kidnapping me to do whatever it is they want to do to me, which never invloved tongue molestation. "Why the hell would I chase a guy who has a girlfriend anyway? You know I'm not that type of person."

"Then why would he chase you if he has a girlfriend already?" Sora's just trying to make me lose this one arguement. Of all the arguements, why is it now that he actually has the ability to gain the upper hand?

"How the hell should I know!?"

Whoops.....

"Riku, is there something you would like to share with the class?" Now the teacher decides she wants to listen. And Sora decided it was best to scoot his chair away from me like he had nothing to do with what was going on.

"No." I think I pissed her off when I rolled my eyes because she slitted her eyes and turned right back around to continue writing on the chalk board. Once the teacher had eyes focused solely on the board infront of her, I shot Sora a pointed glare. There was no point in continuing this discussion during math class, since we might get interrupted again.

Stupid emo brat, always being over emotional. Probably thinks I'm some sort of slut now with his super-good-moral-values-system-thingies. I blame his parents for that, brain-washing him most likely.

As I sat there sulking, there was a firm knock on the classroom door. Of course every student looked to see who it was as the teacher opened the door for our visitor. And, oddly, it was the art teacher also known as my uncle, Seph.

Pushing up his glasses, he cleared his throat and said, "Could I borrow Riku for a few moments, please?" The math teacher looked at me, as if I had done something bad, and luckily, Seph noticed. "Don't worry, he's not in any real trouble. I just need to talk to him," he tried to smile politely at her.

She let out a sigh, "Riku, go."

I got out of my chair and walked towards the door, hearing whispers from the onlooking teenagers. Actually, they were all quite amusing, especially: "Wow, have you noticed? The art teacher looks almost exactly like Riku. You know, the emerald eyes, the grey hair.. Think they're related?"

I recieved one last glare from the lady in charge of making my fifty minutes in math class a complete replica of hell as I was kindly escorted out of the room by my uncle. The grey haired man quietly shut the door behind us. The whole situation seemed kinda suspicious. Seph never came and dragged me out of class. When we were at school, he more or less ignored me, especially if the faculty was nearby. If they found out we were related, they'd hound him down with ways to make sure I'm properly disciplined.

"Sooo....," I started, "why are you dragging me out of class?"

"Someone wants to talk to you, that's all." I shoved my hands into my pockets, letting out a sigh as I walked right next to him.

"Who?"

"You'll find out once we're in the art room, so don't worry about it."

"I can't help but worry about it," I slitted my eyes in his direction. This just wasn't my day. Cloud is lurking in the shadows, waiting to molest me, Sora's being girlishly-emotional, and now someone wants to talk to me and that person had to get Seph to drag me to them. Yep, this day is just plain dandy.

As I was led into the art room, the only person I saw there was Aerith. She was at a desk, her eyes red and a box of tissues near by. She must've been crying earlier. And she just shot me a look that could make Satan run like hell. Something told me that whatever her problem was, it involved me. It didn't help when shoved me forward and closed the door behind us.

"You......" Her face flushed with anger as soon as she said that. I looked to Seph for answers about what the hell is going on, but he was already on the other side of the room, his face behind a newspaper that looked atleast ten years old.

"Riku, you jerk! How could you!?" Aerith shriek and I cringed.

"What did I do!?"

"You took Cloud away from me! I thought you were a 'Women-Killer', not a 'Man Stealer!" That's when she decided to get out of her seat, walked over towards me, and started to hit me. She wasn't hitting me hard, she was doing the girlish-type of hitting; it doesn't hurt, but it's annoying.

"What!? I didn't steal him! Your boyfriend or whatever is stalking me and won't go the hell away," I explained as I grabbed her wrists. "Now what did he tell you?"

"He told me he was dumping me for a guy......" The water-works were back, and she decided to be clingy and hug me. Seph was still over there, acting as if he had no clue about what was going. I swear that guy is useless.

"How did you know it was me?"

"You're the only guy he talks to," the long haired girl said, her voice muffled against my shirt. "That, and the fact I saw you two in the hallway earlier today." I thought the hallways were empty when Cloud decided to be freak-ish this morning. Guess I was wrong.

"And the point of bringing me here.......?"

"I thought I could beat you up..."

"Okay, are you two done now?" Seph finally decided to speak up. The old newspaper he was holding was ripped in half and his glasses were also slipping off his nose. "I really don't need to be hearing this."

"Then why the hell did you stay in here?" I asked.

"I'm nosy and I had to make sure neither of you decided to hurt each other." He pushed his glasses back up into their proper position on his nose. "I'm going to assume you two are done, so Aerith go back to class. You didn't even bother to go to homeroom this morning, so you missed out on attendance."

Aerith looked surprised as she stood upright as the realization hit her. "Why am I still in here!? They marked me absent which will go on my spotless record!" She shoved me out the way and exited the room through the once closed door. I swear, she's the only girl I know of that thinks missing one day of school means certain death.

"What about me? Do I have to go back to class?"

"No, I wanted to talk to you about something. Close the door and come here", he motioned towards a desk that was close to where he was standing. Being obedient, I closed the door and walked over to the other side of the room where Seph was standing. As I took my seat, he began.

"Riku, can I ask you a personal question?"

"Sure, what is it?"

"Are you attracted to other men?" If I could, I would've killed myself right then and there. He said personal, but I didn't think that personal. And I couldn't read his expression since his stupid bangs were hiding his eyes. But this was Seph, and he didn't go around judging people for whatever it was they were into.

"Yeah, and your point is.....?"

"Better hope your mom doesn't find out." He stopped looking in my direction, and just stared out the window.

"Why?"

"Why do you think your mom constantly avoids me?"

That was the most unsuspected thing that hit me today. Something about Seph screamed straight, not gay. And my mom's a homophobe, even towards her own brother. Damn, once she finds out about me, who knows what she might do. But on the other hand, she has seen me with Sora in bed (doing nothing) that one time...

"Damn, I'm screwed," I cursed. "But atleast that explains why she avoids you at all costs. I always thought that was weird."

"It is weird, to ignore your brother due to his preference." Seph refocused on me, "and the fact that I stole a few of her boyfriends"

I sweatdropped at that. "Uh, I hate to be cruel, but I think I would hold a grudge against my brother if he kept stealing all the people I was dating." And he laughed and smiled.

"And you're right about feeling that way, but to carry the grudge on for over a good nineteen years is a little extreme," and he kept smiling. "But that's the not the issue. You and the obvious problem you have with Cloud is, though."

"Damn right it is."

"I thought you had something going on with Sora, the kid I met yesterday." Seph pushed his grey bangs out of his eyes. He was as sharp as ever, it appears. "Kinda obvious what's happening there."

"....I hate you."

"I know you do, but I suggest that you atleast try to talk with me unless you want to deal with this without any advice at all. It's not like your mom is any help in the matter." Damn, he's good. He knows that if I tried to solve the problem by myself, things have a good chance of becoming worse. Things like this require patience, tact, and probably alot of other stuff I most likely don't have.

"Fine, Mr.I-Know-About-Everything-That-Goes-On, what the fuck should I do? And you damn well better have an answer to this," I growled, but he only looked amused by my obvious irritation about the matter.

"Oh, I don't know, maybe it would help if I knew exactly which guy you're actually seeing...." Seph's voice was dripping with sarcasm, which is something totally new for him.

"I'm interested in Sora," I gritted through my teeth.

"Then how did Cloud end up in this?"

"He has a thing for little grey haired boys with emerald eyes," even I had to roll my eyes at that remark. "He won't leave me alone, something happened between us, Sora bitched and whined until I told him what was wrong, and now he's upset and acting as if everything is my fault."

"Well...." Seph's going to make this dramatic. And he's been acting out of character today; he's acting a little too... cheery. He's been playing with the paint thinners again. That has to be the only logical answer. "From what I can tell, it's not your fault-"

"No shit sherlock."

"Let me finish, Riku. I was about to say Sora was being a bit over emotional, but be patient and try to talk some sense into him," Seph pushed his glasses, which were slipping off his nose again, back into their proper place on his face. "Then again, you don't have patience..."

"Don't point out the obvious, and your advice is useless. I could've figured that all out on my own, for God's sake." This was an utter waste of time.

"So why didn't you figure it out then?"

"I was going to eventually! And all I can say is that someone was playing with paint thinner today!"

"Wow, is it that obvious? I was just cleaning paintbrushes with it earlier and I guess I did get a little goofy from the gas."

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"Kairi, why don't you hang out with the other girls?"

"Because I don't like them. They're no fun at all. All they do is brag about how they slept with one of the football players"

"What's so fun about being with me all the time?"

"You always want to do fun things like going to concerts and parties and stuff! And I like spending time with you because you never judge anyone on appearance, and that's a nice change of pace in this school."

"But do all the things I like to do make you happy? My fun should never outweigh yours....."

"................ I guess so."

I noticed. I noticed her eyes lost their usually cheerful sparkle when she said that.

I noticed Sora's eyes weren't shining as bright as usual during math class.

Why would I realize that on my way back to that class?

OMFG!!!!!!! I'm HERE!!!! Did you miss me? This has been the longest break, hasn't it? Why this long? Because I'm lazy. Hmmmmm.... What the hell was the point of this chapter? I don't know, but blah.

Random unimportant news:

1) I bought FF7 finally. I have one question though: Where the fuck did Cloud get a damn motorcycle in the Shinra building? I didn't see one lying around in a room somewhere, and I sure as hell didn't see a floor for parking motor vehicles. I'm not off the 1st disc yet...

2) I still don't have my alpha-omega RPG, Xenogears (cries)

3) I'm failing science class.. Sucks to be me o,o

I guess that's it. Yeah, I'm awesome (not). Read and review?

And all grammar errors be mine, I'm too tired to reread 5 pages of pycho-babble