A/N:

I don't own KH.

That is all.

Chapter Five- December

There were lots of benefits to being Riku's boyfriend. Watching him sleep was one of Sora's favorite things to do now that the sliver haired boy slept with him every night. His mother and father hadn't minded and even though they hadn't told them, Sora was pretty sure that his mother already knew.

Riku's breathing was slow and even, his half pulled back silver hair falling out of the black band and into his face. The rain on the windows was reflected on slightly pale skin. Sora reached up to the sliver locks and ran his fingers through the soft hairs, Riku mumbling in his sleep.

Sora smiled at that and curled close to his boyfriend, letting the older boy wrap his arms around him protectively. The brunette sighed happily and decided that he wanted to wake up like his every day. The rain beat harder on the window, and Sora sighed tiredly.

He hated the rainy season. From now until March or April, it would be mostly clouds, rain and cold weather. That also meant, no swimming, playing outside, and sometimes closed school for floods.

Sora's first term back at school had been very hard, but he was sure he had done quite well, and now, school would be let out for two weeks for Christmas and New Years. The last day was today and Sora knew that they would have to get up soon. Sora sighed heavily and poked Riku in the chest.

"Ri-chan…," he said softly, "Riku…wake up, we got to get ready for school…"

Riku mumbled and hugged onto Sora, making the younger boy snicker. Sora poked harder.

"Come on, Riku."

"No." Riku said, just holding on to Sora. Sora was starting get annoyed. This time, he took the skinof Riku's underarm and twisted. The older boy jumped awake and sat up, looking at Sora angrily.

"What'd you do that for!"

"'Cause you wouldn't get up!" Sora said, sitting up too. Riku looked sour for a moment, still half asleep, but then yanked Sora back down to bed.

"Five more minutes…" Riku said, smiling at him. Sora was really irritated at this point so he tried to push away. The sliver haired boy was much stronger than him, so he tried harder, his stubbornness getting the best of him.

Suddenly, he felt a set of lips on his own, immediately preventing anymore squirming. Riku's tongue ran over his own lips and he gasped, allowing the tongue inside. They wrestled their tongues for dominance, Riku winning this time, pushing a little into Sora's mouth. Sora moaned into the kiss, letting Riku practically control the entire situation. Soon, Sora was parting away from him, but he felt kisses trailing down his neck.

"Riku….R-Riku…" Sora said, grabbing the boy's head and bringing it back up to his. Sora kissed Riku again, smiling.

"Get up." Sora said, firmly.

"No."

"Yes"

"No"

"YES"

"NO"

"Riku!"

"Sora!"

Sora immediately got up and looked at Riku, who was smirking at him.

"Riku, we have to get up…I'm going to take a shower, I expect you up by the time I'm back in here." Sora got up and padded to the other side of the room to his dresser, pulling out a pair of dark blue briefs. He glanced back at Riku.

"Get. up." Sora said sternly, reminding Riku strongly of Hana, walking over and opening the door, the hall light pouring in. As soon as Sora was gone, Riku curled back up and sighed, closing his eyes.

Wait…Sora was in the shower…that meant…

Riku had never gotten up that fast and gone to the bathroom that fast in his life.

"So, what do you want for Christmas?" Sora said over the shower water, placing toothpaste on his toothbrush. Riku was in the shower, lathering his hair with shampoo.

"Well, I don't really know Sora…," He admitted, listening to the boy brush his teeth, "I really don't want anything."

Sora was spitting into the sink. "That's a lie, everyone always wants something…."

Riku rinsed his hair as Sora still went on.

"I mean, it is Christmas….and the first Christmas we've had in almost 2 years…that and you're my boyfriend, so I want to get you something special…"

Riku turned the shower off, and held his hand out of the shower curtain. Sora handed him the towel from the rack, and he wrapped it around his midsection before pulling the curtain back.

Sora turned his head and closed his eyes, respectful of his boyfriend's privacy, pushing up onto the edge of the sink, as Riku dried off.

Finally, once dressed in his strawberry printed boxers that Sora had given him, Sora opened his eyes and asked again.

"What do you want for Christmas!"

Riku walked over to his perched boyfriend, grabbing onto slightly loose tie and pulling. Sora clumsily fell into Riku's arms, looking up at the boy.

"This."

That was all Riku said.

Sora was late. Not that Riku had expected him to be on time, but he could always trust Kairi to bring him around five minutes late or so. It was already heading close to 45 minutes, and neither a red or brunette head had appeared. School had ended for the break and kids were standing outside in their jackets, huddling together as they walked towards home. Riku tapped his foot, still waiting for the other two.

Suddenly, he saw a familiar dirty blonde head running up to him. Tidus stopped at him, panting. Riku only looked down at him, his annoyance coming through his glare, and Tidus grinned sheepishly.

"Sora's in the auditorium…said that he wanted you to come there….I only just got away from the group."

Riku thanked Tidus, who had immediately run away towards Selphie and Wakka, who were yelling for him. The sliver haired boy stomped back into the school, furious that someone didn't come get him and that he had to stand out in the cold. Once entering the auditorium, he walked up the ramp to see Sora sitting at a piano that was center stage, calmly. The brunette offered him a grin. He could see Kairi clinging to the curtains back stage, looking at Sora hopefully.

Sora turned around and began to play softly, easily, the notes carrying over the room as Riku walked down the aisle, almost entranced, and sat down in one of the seats up front. Sora's voice, strong and loud, started up the song.

Staring out at the rain with a heavy heart,

It's the end of the world in my mind…

Then your voice pulls me back like a wake up call,

I've been looking for the answer…

Somewhere…

I couldn't see that it was right there…

But now I know what I didn't know…

Sora was so concentrated on his song, Riku's thoughts completely wiped away with the soft singing voice, the notes being played very softly.

Because you live…and breathe…

Because you make me believe in myself when nobody else could help…

Because you live…

My world…has twice as many stars in the sky.

Riku was reminded of all the times Sora was looking at him with upset blue eyes when he would say anything and everything to hurt him, to break they boy, purely out of jealousy and nothing else.

It was out of hurt that Riku spited Sora; that he acted so stupid a year ago. Sora still wrote him this wonderful song, singing loudly now, his voice echoing in the empty room.

I'm so glad I found an angel
someone...
Who was there when all my hopes fell
I want to fly, looking in your eyes.

Because you live…and breathe…

Because you make me believe in myself when nobody else could help…

Because you live…

My world…has twice as many stars in the sky.

Riku felt himself get up and jump up on the stage, standing to watch Sora as he leaned back on the bench and back forward again, smiling as he let out another note, his voice rising.

Because you live there's a reason why
I carry on when I lose the fight
I want to give what you've given me always...

With another round of the chorus, he ended the song, turning his head back to Riku, grinning. Riku just stood and stared at him.

"Merry Christmas, Riku…"

The stores were littered with trinkets and gifts that people were buying up for their loved ones. Riku knew for a fact that after the gift Sora had giving him, he had to do something really special. Alas, Riku had been at it all day and all he managed to find was some really nice jewelry and hair piece set for Kairi, which were shaped like white flowers.

Currently, he was sitting down at a café, staring blankly to the ocean, sipping his coffee. Over his vision was the small island that he hadn't spent much time on recently because of the chilly weather of the rain season, and the cold wind blowing off the ocean.

That's when it struck him. The perfect gift for Sora couldn't ever be bought in a store, not for their first Christmas together.

Riku got up and left, heading towards the outside of the café and towards the familiar island.

Riku entered the Misonai household and took in the smell of cinnamon and pine, listening to Kairi and Hana giggle in the kitchen. He immediately when up to Sora's room and dropped off his things, depositing his jacket on the bed. Taking the present for Sora out of a bag that he hid it in, he looked at it lovingly.

In his hands was a paopu fruit from the group's favorite tree, and it sort of flopped into his hand as he turned it over. He knew that Sora would just love it. Stowing it away in his pocket, Riku headed downstairs and into the kitchen in hopes of finding his boyfriend. Hana and Kairi greeted him with smiles.

"Hey Kai, Hana-san." Riku said, smiling at them, "Where's Sora?"

"He was wrapping presents in the living room," Kairi said, decorating the sugar cookies in front of her with icing, "But I bet he fell asleep."

Hana giggled. "He has been quiet for a while, hasn't he?"

Riku nodded and reached over quickly for a cookie, effectively dodging Kairi's wooden spoon.

"Thanks."

Kairi just half glared at Riku, who stuck the cookie in his mouth, smirking at her. Leaving the room, he headed for the living room, which was the room right beside the kitchen. When he entered the living room, he saw a mess of brown hair lying on the floor, wrapped presents neatly under a Christmas tree, which was glittering with white lights and clear antique ornaments.

Riku crept over to Sora and kneeled down to him, placing a hand on the younger boy's face.

"Sora…"

Sora didn't stir, but just snored softly on, but curled up to Riku's touch. Riku kissed Sora's cheek.

"Sora…Wake up…"

Stirring slightly, Sora opened up one blue eye, looking up at Riku.

"Hey…" He said quietly, smiling sleepily. The brunette stretched languidly, not unlike a cat, and sat up. Riku smiled at him as Sora rubbed sleep away from his eyes.

"Were you tired?"

Sora grinned at him. "Yeah, I guess so. I did a lot today! So, what'd you need?"

Riku gulped, suddenly feeling butterflies in his stomach. The memory of Sora's first rejection of the paopu he had given him almost two years ago was flooding his mind and even though the situation back then was completely different (Riku wasn't anywhere close to realizing his true feelings then) that wasn't stopping his nerves from reacting.

"Riku," Sora said, tilting his head, "You look worried, what's up?"

"Uh…Sora…" Riku said, his hand in his pocket, "I…uh…got you something…and I….umm…wanted to…giveittoyou."

Riku closed his eyes and quickly removed the paopu, holding it out. He didn't hear a reaction, but felt two hands on his hand. It wasn't until he felt a drop of water on his fingertips did is open his eyes, seeing Sora pulling his hand to his heart, holding the paopu with Riku.

"I've always…"

Riku's face broke into a beautiful smile, taking his other hand, and breaking the paopu in half, the juice spilling on his hand.

"I love you, Sora…I want to share this with you…"

Sora just smiled right back at him, thinking about how this could quite possibly be the best Christmas ever.

It wasn't until later that night that Kairi found her two best friends, lying on the couch, holding hands and fast asleep. In Riku's hand was the remaining amount of paopu, clutched tight.

She sighed heavily and covered them with a nearby blanket.

"You boys…I swear…" Kairi whispered, but she had a soft smile on her lips.

"Merry Christmas….Sora…Riku…"

A/N:

Almost forgot. The song Sora sings is "Because you live" by Jesse McCartney. I love that song and I love him. He's pretty. XD

ANYWAY, I don't own that song either, for the record!

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