Alright Everyone! These are the LAST 3 CHAPTERS of AtB! Please, read the Author's Notes at the end of this story!
I don't own KH.
-After the Battle-
March
Riku thought that your sixteenth birthday really wasn't that big of deal. Maybe it was because he spent his sixteenth birthday as Xehanort's heartless, hanging out with Ansem the Wise (something Riku hardly considered fun) and occasionally watching over Sora. Hana, on the other hand, had decorated the house for Sora's sixteenth birthday and made him a cake. She also got him gummi bears to specifically put in his ice cream.
That happened to be what Sora was eating right now, as Kairi and Selphie enjoyed a conversation. Riku could feel his lip curling up in disgust, because of Sora's strange eating habits. Not that he could say anything, Sora said it was just unnatural for teenagers to drink coffee and eat strawberry jelly with peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, so Riku decided that being disgusted wasn't really fair to Sora.
Riku ate his chocolate ice cream slowly as he thought about this party. Last year, neither of the boys celebrated their birthdays, what with Sora being in a deep sleep to restore his memories and Riku trying to locate Roxas. It seemed almost cruel, that the two of them were growing up and everything seemed to go by so fast.
Hana brought out the presents from the other room as Sora finished up his cake and ice cream. Sora smiled brightly and grabbed the first one handed to him, from Tidus, who was sitting across the way.
As the paper was ripped off, Riku began to wonder…
How many moments are we going to get to share like this? Life has already shown us that we can so easily be split up, that we can so easily be taken away, hurt or even killed. We really are just humans you know…just really unique humans.
-After the Battle-
"Riku, you've been awfully quiet all day…" Sora said as they both sat at his bedroom window, looking up at the clear night sky.
"I'm sorry…Happy Birthday…"
"And you've said happy birthday about a million times. What's on your mind Riku?"
Riku looked at him instead of staring at the waves crashing in for high tide. Sora was looking at him with a worried stare, a look that seemed to be on Sora's face whenever Riku was quiet and thinking.
The older boy sighed heavily and looked that the waves once again, Sora leaning his head on Riku's shoulder. The pressure and warmth was comforting to Riku. After a moment, Riku spoke quietly.
"Sora…how long do you think we are going to be like this…."
Sora looked up at Riku.
"As long as we want," he said simply, as if the answer was obvious. Riku's eyes widened as Sora's voice continued.
"This feeling…inside my heart….will always be there. I know that maybe, some day, you might not want to be with me. That one day, we might find other people, but right now…this…is what I want. Just this."
Riku moved suddenly and Sora wrapped his arms around his waist.
"I don't care how long this lasts, I just want to enjoy every moment I have with you Riku. Every single moment of our lives…"
Riku felt lips over his, Sora's body pressing on top of him. Their kiss was hungry, different from the other kisses they had shared before, Sora's tongue slipping into his mouth quickly. The younger boy was straddled on top of him, both of them still kissing.
Riku felt heat rising in his face, not willing to admit to himself that he was probably blushing. Sora pulled away smiling, his face just as flushed.
"You know…you still didn't give me my birthday present…" Sora said, leaning down and softly taking his boyfriends lips again. Riku wrapped his arms around Sora's waist, pulling him closer. The room felt like a sauna, when Sora started kissing Riku's neck slowly and sucking.
"S-Sora…" said Riku, stuttering far more than what could be considered 'cool'. At the sound of his name, Sora's tongue darted out on his skin, Riku suddenly letting out a moan.
"Riku…"
Sora's lips were at his ear, whispering very softly. The silver haired boy was squirming under the weight or the heat, he wasn't sure. Sora was blushing furiously but his eyes were almost clouded with some emotion that Riku found hard to understand.
He didn't want to…
Sora's soft lips were on his again, passionate and fast, their hips grinding together. Riku felt his breath catch and his nerves stand on end, wondering how far Sora would go this time. It always started like this, in the past few months, once they had gotten past kissing. Each time they moved slowly forward, being careful not to make anything awkward between them. This time, Sora's reckless abandon was thrown in and his brash personality was taking over more by the second.
Not that Riku minded. The brunette unzipped the boy's black long sleeved shirt, kissing his way down the pale skin. Soon, Riku sat up and pulled Sora back up to his lips, holding him close. Riku began to give up on his previous thoughts of the future and enjoyed the moment, just as Sora said.
All I want is this…
Hands were on his belt, lips still on his, tongues curling together playfully.
Just…this…
-After the Battle-
"So, I gotta know, how far have you gone with him," asked Selphie, making Riku choke on his smoothie, sputtering. Kairi, Riku and Selphie were walking away from a small smoothie shop. Today marked the first day of Spring Break, and Sora had promised his grandparents that on his next day off he would help them build the rest of their fence. So, Riku called up Kairi to hang out and some how Selphie ended up with them too.
This is the last time I call Kairi to hang out…
"Well!" Kairi said, pulling on Riku's sleeve. Riku remained silent and walked on as the girls began to whine. They followed, Riku simply drinking his smoothie as they begged him.
"Come on, Riku! Sora wouldn't tell us a thing!"
"Yeah! For the first time in his life, he didn't tell me a thing!"
Riku sighed and looked at them. "I don't kiss and tell. Sorry…"
Kairi and Selphie stopped in their tracks and Riku thought that was that. Suddenly, innocent little pure hearted Kairi said:
"Oh, so you've gotten up to blowjobs and hand jobs then…very nice!"
This time, Riku was sure he was going to die of either embarrassment or choking on a strawberry banana smoothie.
-After the Battle-
Sora wiped his brow of sweat and leaned back into the half finished fence, sighing. Before him, he could see his grandfather, noticeable by the slightly spiky gray locks, echoing his movements.
"Paw-Paw, are you doing alright?"
The old man waved it off, grinning at Sora. "Just fine, Sora! How's that boyfriend of yours? Riku, right?"
Sora thought about the previous night and smiled to himself.
"Fine, Paw-Paw, just fine…"
At that moment his white haired grandmother came out with two glasses of lemonade, smiling at the pair.
"I always said you and Riku would end up staying together, you always had such a strong friendship when you were children," she said, "Then when you boys got older, you still stayed right by each others side…"
Sora thought about the year that they were apart. He search for months and then something happened that placed him in a deep sleep. Try as he might, he couldn't remember what had happened to place him in that sleep, but from what Riku had mentioned to him, he was just trying to restore something that was lost.
While Sora couldn't imagine what he has lost, he didn't see that Riku was too concerned about, so he didn't say anything…but he did know that Riku had taken care of him while he was in that sleep. He didn't actually hear Riku talk about what happened to him, but he knew that Riku was there.
By my side…
"Yea, Na-Naw, we do…"
-After the Battle-
"I'm not afraid of the darkness!"
"Riku!"
It was the darkness, floating around him in dangerous tendrils, consuming his body, his heart, his soul. Riku ran to get away from it; ran to stay away. He tried to summon his Keyblade, but it didn't work. His weapon failed, his light was gone.
"Riku!"
"Why are you asking about them, when you should be asking about her?"
"Riku, what are you talking about!"
"What, are you to cool to play them now that you have the Keyblade?"
"It's telling me you're on the wrong side!"
"SORA!"
"RIKU!"
Riku woke up suddenly, sitting up in the small bed. His body was drenched in a cold sweat, as he brought his hand up to his face. Beside him, he saw that Sora was asleep, but that was all he could see. The darkness around him was beginning to feel suffocating and his heart was beginning to hurt. He reached for Sora's shoulder and shook it hard.
"Sora…Sora…" Riku said, his voice slightly panicked, shaking frantically, "Sora! Sora!"
Sora sat up quick, looking around the room, his hand poised up as if he was going to summon the Keyblade.
"What? What wrong, where is it?" Sora said, looking around. Riku suddenly grabbed him close.
"The darkness, it's coming…" Riku said in a whisper, holding onto Sora as if his life depended on it.
"Riku…there's no darkness…it's gone…"
Riku felt arms wrapped around him, and the darkness dwelling in his heart disappearing.
"It's gone Riku…It's just me and you...here…..just this…"
Just this…
-After the Battle-
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