Chapter 2 - Tattered Pages
Riku smirked and looked at Sora.
"I was going to ask you to go out with me." He looked at Sora's eyes, now retrieving that look of confusion he got the first time he saw Riku.
"What! Why? Riku what are you on!" Sora shook Riku's shoulders and Riku just smiled.
"I'm not on anything, I just want revenge. Plus I've liked you forever." Sora stopped shaking Riku and his eyes seemed to flare as they gazed at Sora's own. Sora's eyes glazed over. He was looking straight at Riku, but his vision was blurry. His hands dropped off of Riku's shoulders and to his side. Riku stood up and walked outside. Sora shook his head and his eyes returned to normal. He held the door open with his foot and locked the door. After flicking off the lights he proceeded to follow Riku. Riku dusted the snow off of his book bag and unzipped it..
"Have you really liked me forever?" Sora looked up at the sky and a snowflake landed on his cheek.
"Of course I have." Riku dug through his bookbag for something.
"But why would you like someone like me?" Sora squinted and noticed a small scratch on Riku's cheek.
"I'm not sure." Riku looked up at a bird flying across the sky and zipped up his book bag. "But I just do." He slung his book bag over his shoulder and began to walk towards his house. Sora snapped back into reality and jogged up to his side.
"You just do? How is that?" Sora became confused. He watched Riku as he walked up to and knocked on his own door.
"Damn, no one here... Meh, I'm not sure of it myself, but some of the best things have no answer." Riku maneuvered his hand between a space betwixt the bricks of his house. He pulled out a key with a blue tag on the end.
"There. Well, until next time Sora." Riku unlocked the door and walked in. He pushed the door until there was just a crack of light shining out onto Sora.
"Wait a second. I don't have anywhere to go." Sora looked at the snow covered concrete beside him.
"What?" Riku opened the door again.
"She got arrested and dad's been gone forever. Happened last night. I don't have a home." Sora looked inside Riku's house at his living room, lit up with a small light sitting on a glass table.
"God damn. What else can go wrong? Jesus...alright, you're staying here." Riku grabbed Sora's wrists and leaded him inside. Sora jumped a little after Riku's skin touched his own. Sora shut the door and looked at the walls of Riku's house. His eyes skimmed over the bare wall.
"It's really plain, huh?" Riku stopped walking and let go of Sora's wrist.
"Yeah. Haven't really gotten around to buying anything." Riku went into the kitchen and grabbed a can of Coke out of the fridge.
"So, why did you think there was someone here? Don't you live alone?" Sora looked at Riku as he opened the can and took a long chug.
"Well, I thought Axel might have came here. He used to bum here every now and then. He lives with the rest of the Organization, but he got tired of their antics and stayed here." Riku took another chug and tossed the empty can on the floor.
"Hmm...So, you're gonna just let me stay here, even after he left?" Sora sat down in a chair in the living room.
"Yeah. Why not? You need a place." Riku laid down on the raggedy couch near the front window. He stretched and picked up a book beside him. It's pages were fringed and its cover was a little torn.
"Is that manga?" Sora looked at the cover which read "DEATH NOTE". Riku looked up from the manga.
"Yup. Kick ass manga. I've read it several times. Only reason its messed up is because I let Axel borrow it." Riku looked back at the manga and flipped a page.
"I haven't ever read it." Sora squinted to examine the cover. A dude and what seemed like a devil were on it.
Riku put the manga down beside the couch and turned on his side.
"Night Sora. I'm going to sleep. Tiring day." Sora walked over to the couch and picked up "DEATH NOTE" and walked back to the chair. He opened the cover and began to read.