Hidden Passion-Chapter 3
by creativepassion
Thanks to all who have supported me thus far. Things are starting to get interesting. In the last chapters, Riku admitted to liking Sora. Jealous of Kairi, he then learned that Sora had always like him. Here begins the third installment of Hidden Passion...
"SORRAAAAA…." Riku screamed at the top of his lungs. "Sora…I…I…I love you….I always have. And I always will." He was standing at the top of the island, hoping that Sora might hear him and try to get home faster. "Please Sora, return soon so that we may share our love together if what Kairi said is true. SORRAAAAA!" At that, Riku was satisfied, threw down the shell he used to project his voice and went home.
Never once had Riku endured so much excitement inside at once. He was practically about to burst into heart confetti, and there was little that could calm him down. He didn't know exactly how to buy the time. He tried watching movies, playing video games, reading books or magazines, and even playing some little solo-sport activities. Unfortunately, his mind was so set on Sora that until he saw the whites of his eyes, he could not be satisfied. Even though Sora hadn't confirmed Kairi's possible lie that he really had feelings for him, Riku felt like inside he had always known. Was that possibly the reason for Sora's starting problem the other night? So much curiosity and joy was literally making Riku still. Then the thought occurred to him…I'll write love poetry. "That way I can buy time AND think about Sora," Riku thought. Through the entire night he stayed up writing, erasing, editing, and then writing some more.
Riku awoke with his cheeks brushed up against something rather hard and rough. It was the desk he had sat at all night writing. He peered at the paper he had written and just grinned in pride of his accomplishment. He glanced at the clock and noticed that in about an hour, Sora would return from his boat trip. He quickly got ready, swallowed down a small breakfast and ran out the door.
Though he thought he would be early to the spot where the boat was coming in, it seemed as if he had missed something. A large crowd surrounded around the shore where the island medical team carried a body into the hospital. Upon closer inspection, it was Sora's uncle who had accompanied him on the trip. He ran inside the hospital to see what was going on.
"Where's Sora..?" Riku was starting to get scared of what happened. The whispering flying around was about a boat crash. Riku hoped that Sora was ok. The lady at the front desk just sighed and then calmly spoke.
"I'm sorry dear…he didn't make it. The only eye-witness was the uncle, and he doesn't remember what happened but is sure that Sora went under. All we have is his shirt and this small pendant around his neck that was in the driftwood his uncle washed up on. You are Riku, right? Kairi told me that it goes to you." Riku's heart dropped and the pain shot him right in the heart. He thanked the woman, grabbed the pendant, and then headed out the door.
On the way back to his house he walked very slowly and almost baby-like. The shock of it all hadn't kicked in. Then as he lay on his bed, the thoughts of what happened came to him. The thoughts of not seeing the one he loved, and apparently loved him as well ever again. The thought occurred that he might not ever get to see his lover again. Slowly and painfully, the tears came. Not just any tears, but heavy tears. His eyes turned into closed caves as waterfalls poured from them and soaked his clothes and bed. His emotions were like butter….slowly melting. He felt like he was coming apart, like a puzzle that is missing a significant piece that can't be completed until that piece is found. His breathing was becoming raspy and shorter. He could not feel the hunger that was forming from missing lunch, nor the bruise on his head he received from playing volleyball earlier, or even the cut across his back that he needed stitches for. The only thing he could feel was the heartache and loss of his beloved. He felt so stupid. Two best friends that always had feelings for each other, but neither expressed them. Then he remembered the dream he had a couple nights ago, it had been a symbol. Sora was just standing there waiting, yet Riku was too afraid to claim his man. Of course, the only difference was that the sea had taken Sora, not the red-haired heartless who he assumed was Kairi.
After several hours of mourning, Riku decided to look at Sora's treasures. He inhaled the scent and cloth of Sora's shirt. Just that alone gave him some relief. Amidst all the stuff he had ever seen of Sora's, there was one thing that stood out. The pendant that he gave Sora when they were children was hanging on a string with another little box on it. Riku closely inspected the little golden box, and flipped it open. Inside the box was a little spinning heart and music that was rather weak because of the condition it was in. It was playing their favorite song, "Simple and Clean." Riku then noticed with much joy and sadness, carved on the bottom of the box was "I Love You Riku."
Extremely hurt, yet satisfied inside knowing Sora loved him, Riku felt there was one thing he had to do. The poem he had spent all that on, he bottled up and threw in the water. Then Riku whispered, "To my love…my only love….my Sora………"
Hidden Passion
My entire life I lived,
Without you knowing the way I feel.
The secret has always been there,
A very difficult thing inside to seal.
Now that you know,
I must inform you what I've hid.
No other could take what I hold for you,
No beauty could make my feelings rid.
Every time I'm around you,
My heart begins to jump.
It leaps and it leaps and it leaps,
My chest feels every bump.
It isn't your beauty,
Or your boyish charm.
It isn't your lovely voice,
Or the way you move your arms.
I don't know how to describe it,
But my feelings say it best.
I can't show you what my heart is thinking,
Or unleash them from a dream in rest.
Inside I am burning with passion,
Yet I am frozen and cannot move at all.
I'm shooting towards the stars,
Yet my heart continues to fall.
I may not know much,
but there is one thing I do.
That I could never ever love anyone
unless that one is you.
Eternal Love,
Riku
Do not fear my fellow fans. The story is far from over. Expect many suprised in the future. Any comments, criticism, or praise is much appreciated. The support and the feedback just encourages me to finish the next chapter. I'm as excited as you are to see my first story bloom.-creativepassion
