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Riku slowly became aware of his surroundings, he had a splitting headache and a bad taste in his mouth. Through his closed eyes lids he could see a bright light and it only heightened his headache.
"Turn off the damn light!" He muttered, sitting up shakily.
The light was dimmed and Riku opened his eyes. Just as he did he felt a sharp pain across his cheek, his head turned to the side he tasted blood in his mouth.
"Hey! What do you think you're doing Aran! He's sick!" Kairi cried out, her eyes wide.
Riku looked up and saw Amarantha standing over him, her hand slightly red from the high powered slap she had given him.
"What the fuck was that all about?" She asked, her voice soft, yet it made Riku cringe in its anger. "Did you think getting yourself drunk and getting alcohol poisoning would help anything?"
"So that's why I have a headache." Riku muttered, massaging his forehead, a red mark was starting to show on his cheek.
"Anyone who downed 3 glasses of straight whiskey in less then 20 minutes would have a headache." Amarantha said. She rolled her eyes at him and started to leave. "You're such an idiot."
Riku jumped from the bed he was lying in and staggered after her, his head feeling like it would split open in pain. "Amarantha! Wait!"
Amarantha stopped and looked back at him, a frown on her face. "What do you want?" She asked.
Riku stopped in front of her. "I just wanted to say thanks."
Amarantha raised an eyebrow. "For what?"
"For that slap, I needed it." Riku massaged his still stinging cheek. "But God! You hit hard!"
Amarantha smirked. "Anytime." She then became serious. "You need to go lay back down, you're not going to get better by running around town." With that Amarantha left.
Riku smiled and walked back to his bedroom, lying down on the bed and asking for Kairi and Sora just to let him sleep. When they were gone he sighed and looked up at the ceiling. That was a really stupid thing to do. He agreed wholly with Amarantha.
(A Week Latter)
"Man! It feels good to be out of that blasted house!" Riku said, stretching like a cat up toward the sky.
"It's good to have you out of the house." Sora said, walking beside Riku toward a cliff that hung over the sea. "I've been wanting to do this for forever!"
Riku chuckled. He stopped and set his towel on the ground. He pulled off his shirt and flip-flops, setting them down next to the towel. "Last one in's a rotten egg!" He said, running toward the edge of the cliff.
"Hey! No fair!" Sora yelled, he quickly took his shirt off and ran after Riku, his flip-flops flying off behind him.
Riku did a flip when he jumped over the edge of the cliff and dived into the water below with barely a splash. Sora did a cannonball, water splashing everywhere. Riku came up out of the water and shook his head like a dog. Laughing he dunked Sora then swam off, heading up the ladder that led back to the top of the cliff. Sora came from behind and pulled Riku down off of the ladder by his ankle, he then scurried up it, not giving Riku the chance to grab him.
Amarantha smirked as she watched Sora and Riku come back onto the cliff. Her eyes lingered on Riku's muscular arms and chest.
"A nice view, huh?"
Amarantha jerked her head around to see Kairi standing by her, taking her shirt off so that only her bikini was on.
"I wasn't looking at them." Amarantha said lamely, blushing slightly.
Kairi smiled and winked at her. "Of course you weren't." She then ran off toward the cliff, tackling Sora from behind.
Amarantha sighed and took off her heavy Organization coat and her boots, it was to hot of a day to be wearing them. She watched as the three teenagers jumped off the cliff, Kairi screaming all the way down, Riku's laugh was clearly audible. After a moment Amarantha, overcome with curiosity walked closer to the cliff edge, she glanced over the edge and saw the three fighting to be the first up the ladder. She watched, highly amused as Riku threw both Sora and Kairi off back into the water. He was soon back on top of the cliff.
He saw Amarantha and smiled at her, water dripping off of his body. "Come on in!" He said. "The water's fine!"
Amarantha shook her head. "Nah, I'm good." She looked over as Sora climbed up the ladder, Kairi close behind.
When Riku grabbed her around the waist and practically dragged her to the edge of the cliff Amarantha, her eyes wide, turned back to him and tried to push him away.
"Don't you dare!" She yelled, trying in vain to get away from the edge.
Sora and Kairi were laughing and encouraging Riku to push her in. Riku smiled sweetly at her and gently let go of her waist, he then took his hand and easily pushed her on the shoulder, sending her stumbling over the edge. But Amarantha had grabbed onto his wrist, so when she fell he did to. Both of them went tumbling down toward the water, Amarantha's eyes wide and her mouth open as she screamed.
Coming back up to the surface Amarantha frowned and searched for Riku. He came back up not a foot from her. Before he could take a breath Amarantha pushed him back under water roughly. Swimming toward the ladder Amarantha cursed under her breath, her clothes were wet and heavy, making it hard to swim. When she reached the ladder she could barely drag herself up it, her clothes weighing her down.
When she reached the top Amarantha tried her best to ring the water out of her clothes, but it was no use. With a frown she wrapped her arms around her waist and glared at Riku as he came up the ladder.
"You want a bathing suit?" Kairi asked, walking up to her. "I have an extra with me."
Amarantha was about to decline the offer when she had the mental image of her dunking Riku over and over again in the water. She smirked and nodded.
"Thanks, I would like that very much."
Kairi smiled and ran off, Amarantha following.
