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Chapter 7 – Beginning of true love

Sora was waiting in his hotel room, counting the number of tiles in his en suite due to his boredom in waiting for Leon to return with his dinner. He and the rest of Red Nocturne had been in Destiny City for about five hours now and already Sora wanted to get the hell out of there. So many things reminded him of Riku it wasn't funny. Such as the silver taxi services that transported the rest of the band to the hotel, while Sora got in his silver rental van and drove to the hotel Oceanic View. Sora swore that Leon chose those companies directly to piss him off, and if he did, he did a good job.

After counting the forty-fifth tiles for the eighth consecutive time Sora sighed and pulled out his trademark black guitar and started strumming and playing random chords, warming his fingers and hand to the rhythm that began to echo around the room. He stopped for a bit then randomly shuffled at the bottom of his guitar case in his secret compartment where he stored a stack of papers. He pulled one of them out and started strumming chords out to begin the list of lyrics and chords that associated perfectly with the lyrics. Switching at timed intervals between the chords he began to sing the lyrics that were randomly scribbled onto the page.

(AN: Feeling a Moment by Feeder… not mine… but the Welsh band's… I love em… because the lead singer/guitarist is soooo hot!)

Feeling the moment the slip away

Losing direction you're losing faith

You're wishing for someone

Feeling it all begin to slide

Am I just like you

All the things you do - can't help myself

How do you feel when there's no sun

How do you feel when rain drops come pouring down again

How do you feel when there's no one

Am I just like you

Turning to face what you've become

Bury the ashes of someone

Broken by the strain

Trying to fill that space inside

Am I just like you

All the things you do - can't help myself

How do you feel when there's no sun

How do you feel when rain drops come pouring down again

How do you feel when there's no one

Am I just like you

All the things you do

Don't ever feel

that you're alone

I'll never let you down

I'll never leave you dry

Don't fall apart

Don't let it go

Carry the motion

Carry the motion back to me

Feeling the moment the slip away

Feeling the moment the slip away

Am I just like you

How do you feel when there's no sun

How do you feel when rain drops come pouring down again

How do you feel when there's no one

Am I just like you

"Nice song, probably be better if you played the main part on an acoustic cause it is a light song…" A voice trailed off at the door to Sora's room.

The singer looked up to see a pizza box fly at him, though he caught it easily and looked at Leon who stood at the door looking at Sora with the usual cold gaze. Sora gave a weak smile as he slid the paper loosely into his case soon to be followed by his black Les Paul guitar. Sora gave a small nod at Leon's comment and picked up a piece of pizza from the box on his lap and began eating. Leon still stood there, trying to formulate a question that wouldn't offend Sora, nor hint to anything that the singer might be planning.

"You practising a new song for the band? Or maybe a solo work?" Leon asked, causing a light choke from the singer out of surprise. As soon as Sora regained his composure he dropped the piece of pizza from his hand into the box and opened the guitar case once more, though he allowed Leon to look at his secret compartment, filled with seven different songs and different chord diagrams and set ups.

"I'm just tired of always being the singer… Why don't you let me have a chance to prove myself as a guitarist as well?" Sora asked, pulling out his guitar and started to clean the guitar with a torn rag from the case and a bit of alcohol for a good cleanser.

"You get to play Hate To Say I Told You So… so what are you really complaining, me and Cloud are pretty good on the guitar, we do it so you don't have to worry." Leon said grabbing Sora's guitar and started to help, only to have the singer snatch back his guitar from the guitarists hand. "Besides, you'd probably intrude…"

Sora's mind snapped with that comment, he knew that Cloud and Leon were pretty good guitarists and not to mention that Sora was originally a singer before he met the band. But that comment was a direct hit to his pride and his ego, something that you do not tread on with lead singers. (AN: I'm being serious as well)

"Is that all I am?" Sora said weakly still cleaning his guitar, his voice barely made it to Leon's ears.

"What?" Leon asked, trying to hear what the singer said to him.

"I said, IS THAT ALL I AM? A FUCKING SINGER?" Sora asked, raising his voice a little beginning to get Leon to flinch in response.

"It's not that, you're the only one here that hasn't any musical ability… shit." Leon said realising what he just said as Sora lunged at him and punched his left cheek with a wrath that was unseen before from the singer.

"NO FUCKING ABILITY!" Sora asked between punches that Leon was barely able to avoid as Sora was driven on the hunger of hatred.

"Shit! Sora I'm so sorry, I didn't mean it." Leon said still not attempting to strike back not wanting to start a full on fight.

"To fucking hell you didn't mean it Leon. That's exactly what you meant to say, is that all I am, is just a cover man for you, but in real life I'm a failure right? I'm a failure as a musician, and a failure as a son… I get the fucking picture."

Sora stormed out of the room, taking a piece of pizza for the long walk that he needed to clear his mind of the frustration. Leon rubbed his temples before lightly touching the bruise that was forming on his left cheek which was now throbbing violently. He sighed and locked the room, but not before finishing cleaning Sora's guitar for him, as a peace offering between two close friends.

When Leon returned to his hotel room, Yuffie came up to his and lightly touched his cheek in worry. Leon told her not to worry about it, and sat down on their hotel bed and gave another sigh. Yuffie went over to the en suite and applied her make up as the two were going out tonight to celebrate their three year anniversary of boyfriend/girlfriend, and a one year anniversary of their engagement, the one thing that he hadn't told Sora about yet.

While Yuffie was applying "her face" as women say it, Leon walked over to his suitcase and carefully took out a small box and slid it into his pocket. Tonight was going to be a good night, whether or not Sora was going to do anything stupid, for once in Leon's life, he was going to forget everyone else's troubles and get his life right first.

Sora in his raged state just walked around the city, not knowing where he was going, nor really caring for that matter. He walked for what seemed like hours for him, but when looking at his watch, was really only fifteen minutes. The singer sighed as he walked to the nearby park and sat at one of the benches where he lounged down in and breathed in slowly and long and exhaled just the same, giving his brain the needed oxygen to start functioning properly.

Looking around Sora noticed that he definitely picked the wrong time to be in a park, as he saw a wedding taking place to his left, a couple kissing in front of him and another couple to his right in the bushes doing whatever the heck they wanted. Sora gave a small shudder at the thought of doing something that extreme in public and began to think about his relationship options, which were fast approaching zero the further he thought about them.

He looked at the couples for once last time and gave a small sigh of both annoyance and depression as he thought about his past loves. Surprisingly enough, Sora wasn't focusing on Riku this time, he was thinking of his best friend from whom he was tragically taken from. Sora breathed in and closed his eyes, and in his mind he was forming the series of images that he and his friend spent together playing video games, listening to music, laughing.

"Roxas…" Sora slowly breathed out as he started thinking about the day from which he was separated from his best and only ever brother like person to him. He remembered Roxas' hair glistened in the sun that day, and his skin was absolutely stunning in the sunlight that Sora felt his heart go weak whenever he visualised it in his later years.

A small tear escaped Sora's eyelids, though it was quickly swept away by his finger, not wanting to make a scene in the middle of the city. This posed a very interesting question for Sora, which was how the hell he was going to get back to the hotel from here. He didn't even know where here was to be exact. The surroundings of the city night began to form in Sora's eyes now that he was actually paying attention to the environment in which he stood at. The park that he emerged from was surrounded by tall skyscrapers that shone with neon and fluorescent lights that hurt the eyes when stared at for so long. He looked at the names of many of the buildings. Most of the skyscrapers were mostly major businesses, while most of the small buildings were… adult areas.

"Great I leave the hotel and find myself in the strip club section of the city, go figure." Sora said to himself as he went to one of the convenience stores nearby in some form of hope to get directions. Once inside he noticed that it was a normal store, with lines of magazines and confectionary items, a typical family-run store. Sora approached the counter and questioned the whereabouts of the Oceanic View hotel.

"Sorry I would have no idea where that is, you're best bet would be going to the club across the other side of the park, they know where every hotel is in the entire city." The store clerk said, pointing to one of the most lit buildings in the area.

"Isn't that like an adult club?" Sora asked, raising his eyebrows in response to the directions.

"What's the matter you afraid of getting a little dirty?" The store clerk laughed as Sora shook his head while walking out of the store, he really was starting to hate this place.

So the singer headed over the club and reached the bouncer and showed his driver's licence saying he was 19 (I think that's the first time I gave Sora an age… my god) and was let in. Once inside Sora felt the immediate effects of his decision as a heavy bass line thumped in the atmosphere, hitting his heart with every beat. He advances through the hallway to the main club area, where neon lights flashed in every direction, creating a mixture of red, blue, lilac, green and even yellow was in the maze of light.

Sora ignored the main dance stage situated right near the DJ box with the speakers right next to it and headed over to the bar where he sat at one of the stools waiting to be served. He thought that since he was here he might as well get a drink before heading back. He didn't have to wait long as a male voice interrupted Sora's attention at his shoes.

"What would you like?" A male voice echoed throughout Sora's head snapping the singer's thoughts as he looked into a see of aqua.

"Fuck." Was all that Sora could let out when he stared at the face of a silver haired male, with aquatic eyes.

"Well people do come here for that, but you don't seem the type." The male said showing his pearly whites in enjoyment of the singer's expense. "So what would you like?"

"Obviously you don't remember me…" Sora said, before ordering a Smirnoff and looked at the bartender as he walked away.

Sora let out a brief sigh of relief that he didn't have to worry about Riku anymore, he hadn't remembered him, well considering he hadn't spoken to him in about a year now he might have been lucky with what's happened. That was until the same male came back with his vodka on a small try, on it was a small message.

Meet me at the alleyway after your drink. I need to speak with you urgently

Soras nearly spit out his drink after reading the note, okay so maybe Riku did remember him, so Sora was in a mode of decision, to follow the note or just ask for directions to get back to the hotel, considering he was the one who broke his heart in the first place. But that also did give him reason to punch his lights out without being noticed in the crowd. Sora mused over his thoughts and once he finished his drink he went outside and walked around the building to the darkened alley on the side of the building.

He didn't have to wait long as the bartender that served him came out a back entrance and approached him. He stood a few feet away from him but didn't say anything, probably trying to think of a way to apologize was what Sora was thinking. But after a short pause the guy spoke

"If you are who I think you are, then you've got me confused." The bartended said approaching Sora causing the singer to flinch in self defence.

"Really? Then who would you be?" Sora asked, never letting his glance off the male approaching him.

When the figure approached him he placed his right hand on Sora's cheek and slowly stroked it, creating a flow of butterflies in Sora's stomach, knowing what this will eventually lead to. Though the male stopped and whispered lightly into Sora's ear what he was talking about in the first place.

"I'm Riku's brother Sephiroth, he'll be here in a minute so just wait your little horses." Sephiroth's tongue flicked out into Sora's inner ear creating Sora's breath to hitch in his throat at the action, making the male grin in an almost evil way.

"HEY! Bro get your hands off that kid he hasn't done anything to you." A voice echoed from one of the main streets that the alley was connected to.

"True, but he is someone that you would love to meet." Sephiroth said almost laughing at his own sentence. The other male shook his head as he approached the two other males and hit the silver bartender over the head for his comment, but when his eyes met Sora's he almost dropped the bag that he was holding onto.

"S…Sora!" Riku gasped as he looked straight into the sapphire blue eyes of the singer, his mouth hung open in dire shock. There was a silence that hung in the air as both Riku and Sora looked at the other in an uncomfortable way. The silence was broken as the older silver haired teen coughed and told Riku that he'd see him back at the apartment and left, leaving the two of them to hopefully properly acquainted if either one of them had the courage to speak.

"It's great to see you Sora… wow, you'd have guessed my first day here would be this good." Riku said with a small grin. "Some in I'm just starting my shift, I'll get you a free drink." Riku opened the employee entrance and offered Sora to enter. Sora not being one to decline anything free (AN: heh I'm such a scab XD) he went in and found himself being hit with that same bass line that he felt when he first entered the club.

Riku put on his bartender gear and started washing glasses that he saw on the counter as Sora sat himself on the exact same stool that he sat at earlier on in the night. Once Riku had washed the glasses he gave Sora a small glass of vodka like the singer had ordered while Riku was cleaning the glasses and they started to talk. Luckily for the both of them there was no one else at the bar and Riku was only to stay at the bar to serve, he couldn't go and order at any of the tables near the dance floor.

"So… how've you been Sora?" Riku said leaning on the counter of the bar as Sora took a sip of the vodka in the glass.

"Not bad, the band's playing in the theatre in three days…"

"Yea I saw the flyers, man I can't believe that you have already you know made it." Riku said taking Sora's now empty glass and refilled it.

"Haven't made it yet, the band's on the rocks, Leon got on my nerve again today, saying that I wasn't musically inclined." Sora said looking at the refilled glass in confusion. He lifted up a little and rose an eyebrow at Riku who gave a small smile in response.

"I told you I'd get you free drinks."

"Oh so that's how it starts, first you get me drunk, then you take advantage of me… no wait you have a girlfriend, you can't do that." Sora said with a small smirk in response.

"You mean I used to…" Riku trailed off as he made his own drink.

Sora gulped down his drink and frowned at Riku's answer. He began wondering why he had left his girlfriend, maybe he dumped her, maybe she dumped him… maybe even he was to blame for their failed relationship.

"Sorry if I had anything to do with…" Sora started only to be cut off by the silver haired adult.

"Don't be an idiot, you had nothing to do with it, she just wasn't right for me, that's all. You see we talked and discussed that it was best that we you know just stayed as friends." Riku said taking a swig of his small cocktail before refilling Sora's glass again with vodka.

"Okay, if you say so… so you've you been?" Sora asked looking Riku into those aqua eyes that always held him in a trance, and this time was no different.

"Lonely, man I never knew how lonely it could be being single." Riku said with a sigh.

"I'm with you there…" Sora said gulping down his vodka and letting his own exasperated sigh.

Riku looked at Sora as he placed the glass on the table from finishing his third shot of vodka within fifteen minutes. Sora looked back at Riku and gave a small smile, which Riku returned the same, until he leant a little closer and placed a hand at the back of Sora's head, causing the singer to tense incredibly under Riku's touch.

"Don't be afraid. You know I'll never hurt you…" Riku said closing the gap between to two, almost kissing Sora, until the singer moved his head to the side, connecting his cheek to Riku's lips not his mouth.

"Too late for that Riku… you already have hurt me…" Sora said, a small tear streamed down his face which was caught by Riku's finger, and carelessly flicked aside.

"Sora, I'm sorry for that, but we lived thousands of miles away, I knew it would never work." Riku said hand still placed on the back of Sora's head.

"And what makes you think that this will be different?" Sora asked turning his head to Riku, which the silver haired adult saw as his opening and caught the singers lips with his. To his shock, Sora responded by opening his mouth voluntarily allowing Riku to slip a tongue into and battled Sora's for dominance.

After a few more seconds both parted for some oxygen in which Sora began to break down crying. Riku out of shock tensed, but still comforted the onyx and cherry haired male with a small hug and rubbing his back in small circles.

"Why?" Sora managed to say after a small cry, his eyes locked back with Riku's and he asked once more, "Why?"

"Because Sora I was foolish, I love you and I know it, you know it. And I don't want you to hurt once more because of me. The only way I can assure you that is to actually be with you." Riku said holding onto Sora a little more tightly than before. "Sora I love you and I'm sorry for what I've done, just don't leave me again Sora. I couldn't take it when you left me…"

Sora gave a small gasp at Riku's sentence but then relaxed into Riku's embrace, letting the body warmth flow around him and Riku's smell intoxicate his nostrils, placing his mind in ecstasy. Sora knew that the once place that he knew where he belonged, was in the arms of his new lover, in the arms of his Riku.

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