Note: You all are far too kind. -smiles and bows- I am relieved that the last chappie was liked. I was worried. So, here's the next update. All review thanks and answers are at the verry bottom. But thanks.
Warnings: None really, other than denial and cranky people. It is yaoi though. I hope you figured that out before you got to chapter FIVE.
Disclaimer: I own nothing related to Kingdom Hearts. If I did then oi, would things be different...
The room was dim, only lit by the pale moonlight shining through the window. It would have been silent if it weren't for a persistent silver-haired teenager.
"Leon."
There was a rustling of sheets and then heavy silence.
"Leon."
The heavy silence settled back into place. Riku hissed in frustration before grabbing his pillow and hurtling at his friend. "Leon!" The pillow hit with a flump and its victim gave a strangled cry. "WHAT THE-"
"Aww," Riku cooed, still notably from a safe distance. "Did I wake you from a good dream?"
In the dim light, he saw Leon turn his head, assault object still plastered and hiding his expression from view. "Yeah," came the muffled angry reply. "I had just shoved your ass down a flight of never ending stairs…"
Riku took this opportunity to hurry to Leon's bedside. "Sssh! I need to talk to you," he said hurriedly. Leon ripped the pillow off his face and glared. "Why is it that you can't 'need to talk' during daylight hours?" he snapped. "Because Sora's here then," Riku replied calmly. "The only reason I'm talking to you now is because he's sleeping in Cloud's room." Leon suddenly sat up. "He's what!" Riku rolled his eyes. "Shut up for two reasons. First, one of Cloud's roommates moved out, so there was room for Sora. Second, Cloud and Sora are best friends, not boyfriends. Besides, Sora clearly lusts over me." Leon snorted. "Yes because he's been so blatantly obvious about it. With all the long, adoring gazes he gives you, the licking his lips, the drooling-oh wait. None of that ever happened…" he trailed off thoughtfully.
"Point is," Riku continued, "I decided this would be the perfect time to discuss my plans to make Sora swoon."
"You've got to be kidding me. You woke me up to talk about your stupid plans that won't work to get Sora into bed with you. To try and help you out, on a bet we made. A bet that if I lose, I have to sing some love song to Cloud, therefore single-handedly murdering any dignity I have or may have gained in the future."
There was a silence as Riku thought it over. "Yeah, basically," he said simply. Leon looked at him in unflattering disbelief. "Go play in traffic," he said coolly, wrenching his blanket over his head. "My dear friend that won't do," Riku said in a sing-song voice. "Because if you don't talk with me, I'll simply have to put all my creative mind into keeping you awake." Leon groaned, knowing Riku was right. "I hate you so much right now," he said, still hidden under sheets. "Speak."
"Right, so here's my plan," Riku declared. "Sora is apparently different from any of the other countless guys I've charmed into bed-"
"Half of which, I believe you only got because you refused to put the gun down."
"So the usual won't do," Riku finished, ignoring the grumpy brunette. "Sora will refuse again and again to my natural appeal. I need another approach." Leon pulled his covers down only to expose one eye. "What, the blustering, stuttering, flustered idiot wasn't working fast enough for you?" Riku huffed at him. "You're a real princess when someone wakes you up in the middle of the night and interrupting good dreams aren't you?" he asked, clearly put-out. Leon gave him a one-eyed stare. "I'm sorry, I forgot I was supposed to bounce up and smile nice and pretty at three in the morning."
Riku rolled his eyes. "Anyway, I need some way to show Sora that I really do care for him-"
"You what?!" Leon asked, now sitting up and smirking.
"Make him think I do, make him think I do!" Riku hastily corrected. Leon's smirk melted into a grin. "Hm. Right. Just keep telling yourself that," he said calmly. Riku frowned at him, a suspicious glint in his eyes. "You don't think I can do it." It wasn't a question, more of a statement. "No," Leon said honestly. "You will not bed Sora in a week, if ever. I don't think so and neither does Cloud." Riku spluttered. "You told Cloud about this?" he howled. "No I didn't," Leon said calmly. "All I did is ask him if he thought you had a chance with Sora. He shrugged and said 'not really.'" Riku surveyed him, frowning again. "You do an awful lot of talking with Cloud, don't you?" Leon shrugged. "We're friends," he stated simply. "Friends talk." Riku sighed. "Maybe if you just told him you liked him, things would move a little faster."
"Like you and Sora, right?"
"…Touché. So like I was saying, I need a real plan…"
Wham.
Leon and Riku sat bolt up in their beds, dimly confused by the loud noise. Riku rubbed one eye before opening it blearily. "Wha-" he began, but was cutoff by the banging noise. The door quivered almost violently in its frame. Both boys stared at the door with half-lidded, sleepy eyes.
"What's wrong with the door?" Riku asked.
"Dunno," mumbled Leon, yawning.
Wham.
They sat looking at the door, wondering what was going on, until a voice on the other side of the door filled the not-so-wide stretch for them.
But hey, your name could be a long stretch when you'd been up all night.
"Leon! Riku! Let me in!" Sora shouted. There was another voice mumbling something followed by a whistle. "Fuck off!" Sora snapped. He was clearly in a very bad mood. "Sora?" Leon called. "Why are you trying to break the door down? Just use your key." Riku nodded his agreement.
It was clear they weren't fully awake yet.
There was a silence on the opposite side of the door as Sora tried to calm himself. "I left my key. And I've been knocking on the door for the past fifteen minutes. So, one of you, be a love and OPEN THE DAMN DOOR!"
Slightly nonplussed, Leon stood up and made for the door. "Wait!" Riku said. Leon froze. "What?" Riku smiled. "I'll get it. I've got to get him to notice me somehow." He stood up and stretched, shirt riding up and revealing a little of his flat, muscled stomach. Smirking, Riku tugged down on his sweatpants, showing much more than Leon cared to see. He screamed and covered his eyes. "Oh god I'm blind!" he shouted in dismay. Riku shot him a dirty look and kicked him.
"Hey, I'm still out here!" Sora bellowed. There was another whistle, louder and longer. A smacking sound, and an unfamiliar voice crying out in pain, followed by hurried footsteps. "So help me I'll kick down this fucking door!" Sora shouted.
Riku went to the door and pulled it open. "Someone's got a temper…" he trailed off, taking in the sight in front of him.
Sora stood in front of him, arms folded with an angry pout on his full lips. His cheeks were flushed from yelling. But that wasn't what held Riku's attention-it was what Sora was wearing. Or more fitting-not wearing. He was dressed only in a furry towel, slung loosely around his hips. His skin was damp from his shower, and droplets still clung to his thick cinnamon hair. His bangs were plastered to his face and hung in front of his deep blue eyes. His breathing was a bit heavy, due to pent-up anger.
All in all, it made for a delightful picture.
Riku had seen Sora in only a towel before, but the circumstances were different, he hadn't really looked. Now that he was really looking, he found that he liked what he saw. Immensely.
"Well?" Riku snapped back to reality and blinked down at Sora. "Well what?" Sora sighed. "May I please be granted entrance to my own room so I can get out of this hallway where I've been some type of twisted eye candy for all the guys going by?" Riku stepped numbly aside, still staring out into the hallway. Maybe if he would have turned around he might not have missed the appreciative glance Sora gave him.
Leon didn't. "So enlighten us Sora," he began. "Instead of shrieking and posing semi-nude in the hallway, why didn't you just go to Cloud's?" Sora turned to him and shook his head. "Well I hadn't realized until it was too late that I had forgotten my key, but I'd figured if I knocked hard enough, one of you would open the door. When minutes started going by, I compared running halfway through the school to just waiting a 'few more minutes'." His lips twitched, suppressing a smile as he walked over to his own bed, then froze. "Hey…" he trailed off softly, picking up a sheet of paper apparently ripped out of a sketchbook. "What the-this is me! But…who would draw me?"
Riku whirled on Leon, who sat swinging his legs over the edge of his mattress, face calm. "You didn't," Riku mouthed, horrified. Leon nodded and mouthed back, "I did." He leapt off onto the floor before leaning over Sora's shoulder. "Look near your left foot," he murmured before crossing the room and pulling open the door. Riku paled before coloring again. He knew that was where he had signed his name. Sora finally tore his wide eyes away from the drawing to look at Leon. "Where are you going?" he asked, frowning. "To talk to Cloud," Leon replied simply, swinging the door shut behind him.
A knife wouldn't have been able to cut through the thick awkward silence. Riku's mind was screaming for him to say something, anything but his mouth seemed welded shut. All he could do was stand and gaze wide-eyed at Sora's back, waiting for the heat in his face to die down. Sora cleared his throat and faced Riku. "Why?" It took a lot of effort and a few attempts, but Riku finally got his mouth to work. "Why what?" Sora frowned and tilted his head, raising an eyebrow. "Why did you draw me? Are there more?" He took a step closer, and Riku instantly took one back, swallowing hard. "Erm…" he tried, not sure what to say. "Why?" Sora repeated, taking two more steps. "I just want you to tell me why you drew me, and didn't plan to tell me about it." Riku only took one step back. "Because I…" he faltered, slowly realizing he was being forced into a corner.
One step forward, one step back. Two steps forward, two steps back. One, two.
All too soon Riku bumped into a wall. He had nowhere to go now. He swallowed hard again and looked at the boy in front of him. Sora was only a few inches away and there was a small smile on his lips. "Just tell me why and I'll back off," he said quietly, his sapphire orbs not leaving Riku's aquamarine ones. He placed one hand on the wall beside Riku's head and waited. Sora was too close for Riku to think properly. "I…"
The second note: Ohhh don't hate me. Puh-wease. Right, so onto the reviewers!
BeuitifulDisgrace246: Thanks for always reviewing hun! -hugs- Glad you liked, and erm...-scratches head- I guess your question somewhat got answered in this chapter...heh. Anysmoo, thanks again!
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Avacados are evil: You reviewed all chappies in the same day. You pwn for that. -hands cookie- And as for Riku being/not being a prick well...it's not over yet...
Egnima:Thanks for the positiveness and this bet is pretty ugly for the both of them...here's your update!
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Ja ne, Kat: Actually, Cloud only read one poem, so he doesn't know yet. Sorry if that wasn't clear. -cringes- There are an awful lot of blondes roaming the halls... But he is a good actor, you'll see just how well soon. -winks-
grlkat: Hmm...to be quite honest, I haven't really hammered down specifics on Sora's dancing just yet myself. There will be at least two more dancing scenarios though. Glad you enjoy!
Whew. I think I thanked you all. If not, beat me over the head with it, but not to death. I'm only running on green tea right now. Thanks also to my favorite/alerts list adders and to my first C2! -dances- I would've thanked you all seperately, but I couldn't tell the difference between the new adds and the old ones. Heh, sorry about that. One last thing! I'm going to start a new fanfic! This one isn't going anywhere, but I've got another idea I'd love to put up. Same pairings and also a possible AxelxRoxas. So what do you say? Please tell me what you think! Don't believe the hype, reviews don't make the writers cry.