by Flare Haynekie
Disclaimer: …………
Warnings: AU, OOC-ness, shonen-ai
Author's notes: meh… I'm soo sleepy!
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Chapter 9: Kairi finds out! (finally!)
Kairi found Selphie almost reaching the school. The brunette was extremely hyper, but then again, when wasn't she?
"Selphie! Wait up! I need to tell you something!" Kairi called.
At the mention of her name, Selphie quickly turned around. "Kairi! How are you? Hey, what's wrong? You look kinda, flustered."
Kairi caught up with her, taking her time before the two walked together into the school. "You will not believe what I just found out!" Kairi exclaimed in a hushed voice.
"Really? What?!" And everyone practically knew never to feed gossip to Selphie too early in the morning.
"You remember that new girl I told you about yesterday?" Kairi asked.
"You mean Sora?" Tidus asked, suddenly popping out of nowhere behind them. The girls almost screamed.
"Tidus! Don't scare us like that!" Selphie scolded.
"Hey, Selph, what happened with Sora yesterday? He kinda left really tired." Wakka added, also popping out of nowhere, interrupting Tidus' apology.
"I dunno. I guess that duel with you guys tired him out." Selphie reasoned.
Kairi watched the flow of the conversation until she heard something that caught her attention. "Wait, did you guys just said he while referring to Sora?"
"Yeah." The three said in unison.
"Kairi?" Selphie suddenly realized. "Hey, you also thought Sora was a girl, didn't you?"
Kairi looked at them horrified. "You guys knew? How come no one bothered to tell me?!" she exclaimed, gaining a few curious glances in her direction, but ignoring them as soon as they saw Selphie.
"Well, I thought you found out…" Selphie trailed off, ready to make her run.
"Oh? Did it ever occur to you that I might not know?"
"Hey, we thought that since you're so into making Sora's life miserable you had gone and stalked him and found out he was a guy before any of us did." Selphie quickly replied, hoping Kairi bought that.
"Actually, I hadn't thought of that. I also didn't know that Sora moved in to that empty house in front of Riku's!"
Selphie almost said something when the bell interrupted her, all four running into the school building to continue their conversation a lot later.
Meanwhile, Sion wondered what made Kairi run off in such a hurry, so he decided to take a peak at the sleeping boys. He softly laughed at the sight, rushing to his room then back to Sora's with a camera in hand. Taking a few photos (in case the first one didn't come out right), Sion smiled and went back downstairs to wait until the boys woke up. It took longer than Sion thought. Riku woke up first, quickly panicking from the strange room before he remembered that he had spent the night at Sora's house. Then looking left, he saw Sora's relaxed face as the brunet sleep. He didn't dare to move since he didn't want to wake up Sora. But he didn't have to as Sora stirred and somehow fell off the bed. Half asleep, Sora got up, grabbed some clothes from the drawers and dragged himself into the bathroom, leaving the door open.
"Well, at least it's noticeable he still isn't fully awake." Riku muttered before yawning and grabbing his toothbrush before walking into the bathroom to wash his teeth.
Sora yawned as he stepped into the bathtub, giving a content sigh. Once he was awake enough to be aware of things around him, he noticed Riku washing his teeth. "Eh?! Riku! What are you doing here?"
Riku turned to look at Sora, then quickly rinsed his mouth before speaking. "Here as in here in your house, or here as in here in the bathroom?"
Sora deeply blushed. "Both!!"
Riku grinned, leaning on the sink. "Let's see, you invited me over last night to help you clean up your room. And when you woke up, you just left the bathroom door open, so I let myself in to wash my teeth."
Sora pouted. "You could've announced you were coming in…"
"I did, you just were so out of it you didn't hear me." Riku turned around. "Anyway, hurry up. I also want to bath, and we should go down to Raku and see if everyone's okay."
"I will, I will, just please go and close the door."
Riku shrugged and closed the door. "There, closed it. Anything else?"
"Wha-? No, no! Please get out so I can finish my bath…"
"How come? We're both men. There's nothing to be embarrassed about."
Sora gave a small squeak. He gave up trying to say something and continued his bath, Riku keeping an eye on him. After Sora was done, Riku turned around so Sora could dry and dress himself without much fuss. As soon as Riku noticed Sora dressed, he started undressing, Sora blushing and running out the bathroom.
"Sora?" Riku asked, loud enough so the brunet could hear him from his room, while getting into the bathtub.
"Yeah?" Sora answered, Riku smiling because of it.
"Hey, what'll we have for brunch? I could buy you something at Caroline's shop."
"Eh, that's okay. I think dad left something for us to eat anyway. Um, thanks for the offer. Maybe some other time."
"How about I take you for ice cream then?"
Sora then decided to poke his head in, blushing as he saw Riku's smile. "Why ice cream?"
"Because, Sora, we need to celebrate your arrival to the island, and what better way to celebrate than ice cream?"
"So, do we need to tell Selphie, Tidus, and Wakka?"
"Nope."
Sora looked at him puzzled. "No? How come?"
"It'll be just us."
With a deep blush, Sora lowered his head, making sure his bangs covered his blush, or at least part of it. "K-k-kinda like a…. date?"
"Well, if you want to think about it that way." Riku smiled wider. "Besides, I don't see why not."
Sora nodded, as calmly walked out the bathroom, leaving the door open, which spiked Riku's curiosity. After hearing nothing from Sora, Riku closed his eyes, opening shortly after when he heard Sora's soft voice singing.
"Turning sadness into kindness,
your uniqueness into strength.
It's okay to get lost so begin walking
once again, once again.
Do you like to be praised by
answering everyone's expectations?
Will your smile always be beautiful,
even if you hide your true self?
Just dreaming the beginning then waking up,
the continuation can be reached someday by myself
The most important thing is always
without any shape.
Even if you have it or lose it,
you'll never know.
Turning sadness into kindness,
your uniqueness into strength.
It's okay to get lost so begin walking
once again, once again."
Riku tilted his head, wondering what made Sora sing that all of the sudden. Well, he wasn't going to wait until later to find out. "Hey, Sora?"
Sora walked it. He still had a soft blush on his cheeks. "Yes?"
"What made you sing that all of a sudden?"
Sora blinked a few times, thinking of what to answer. "It was on the radio?"
"Really?"
"No… it was actually on TV, but I like the tone…"
Riku chuckled. "I see." Riku got out to dry, Sora merely turning around. "Next time, why don't you sing one that you can relate on?"
"But I like that song… it reflects something real. I like it for that too."
They stayed silent for a while, the only noise was from Riku drying and dressing himself, and the water draining. Riku finished dressing himself, then guided Sora out the bathroom so they could both put some shoes on. As soon as that was done, they hurried down into the kitchen, finding no food, but a note instead.
Dear Sora, and Riku:
By the time you read this it'll probably be lunch, and I'm a bit late so I couldn't prepare anything. Some girl named Kairi was here in the morning… she left in a hurry after seeing you two sleeping. She didn't come back or anything, so I guess she went to school. Later on, Yuffie dropped by. She said that she would make lunch for you guys, so go to her house and eat. Oh, and Riku? Be careful. I think you should be prepared to hear a long speech from her because you didn't go to school today. I'll see you guys later.
Sion Barzahd"Kairi was here?!" Sora asked, looking at Riku with wide eyes. That's not good. Riku quickly paled. "Riku?"
"She saw us sleeping…"
"Yeah? And?"
"Sora, you probably didn't notice, but we weren't exactly sleeping in the most usual way…" Riku said, twitching. He explained the position they were in when he woke up. "Sora, whatever you do, don't provoke Kairi today. Kairi is prone to fighting her way to get anything she wants."
"I kinda noticed that when she took my lunch yesterday."
"Yeah. And that was because she didn't want you with me. If I'm not mistaken, she finally knows that you're a guy, which means that she's going to change tactics."
Sora groaned. Just great. His third day in the island, and he was already hiding from overly-aggressive girls. Things couldn't get any worse, could they?
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To be continued!
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Author's note: yay! I finished! For today, I'm over my little depression! I love you guys for being so nice to me! hugs everyone Yay!!! Eh, I'm gonna go start the next one, kay?
[Things you should know]: the song is called "Turning sadness into kindness" and it's sang by little by little. Plus, it's the Naruto third opening theme song. Original title "kanashimi wo yasashisa ni"…. It's kinda obvious to point out that I was watching Naruto again…
Thanks to:
1. xXNotHeartlessXx – no! Don't think that! Of course you're still loved! It's just that you disappear a lot… uh, Kairi-whore? Well, that's a new one!
2. cammy-world666 – eh, I'll try and find chocolate anyone! I just adore chocolate! Uh, yeah, the sleeping position was a spur of the moment thing! Even I was shocked! Hehe. Anyway, you have good ideas for what Kairi would say… I might write them in too! But, then again I might not! That shall be a lovely surprise! Anyway, I'll try to update as soon as I can… don't I always say that?
3. piggiesofdoom – it made you feel giddy? LOL! Yes, I have an overly large stuffed animal collection and I wanted them in there! So, they are! Yeah, plot bunnies aren't for eating, but they taste so good! Eh, I don't eat them, I chew them for a while…………. I think….
4. synchu – eh… I thought I told you I didn't have muses… well, at least I don't think I do! Meh, thanks for being very, very loyal!
5. MagRowan – oh, you were on vacation? Hope you had a great time! Eh, Kairi might start something bad… but I'm not telling just yet! And, yeah, now that you mention it, she does remind me of Sae! (--- guilty of reading Peach Girl) Oh, you loved my legend! Thanks so much!!! And no worries cuz I feel great! (mind you, that's what ice cream causes!)
Anyways, my sis drew a lil piccie of what Riku and Sora looked on the bed (from last chapter), and I have a link for a photo of my huge plushie collection! (lies! It's not that huge, but it's rather big!)
Plushies---- meh, I can't put the link up!!!!! ff.net won't let me!!!!
Unfortunately, sis has yet to scan the piccie, so when she does, I'll give you guys the link!
---Flare
[Edit] I fixed the song, and Sion's memo... glares at ff.net