by Flare Haynekie
Disclaimer: …………
Warnings: AU, OOC-ness, shonen-ai, Kairi-bashing?
Author's notes: got nothing to say, shyu.
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Chapter 12: Cooking for the one you love
After his bath, Sora went down to the kitchen for some dessert. He found some cheesecake, and sat down with the whole thing to eat it while thinking. Sion found him, and sat with him.
"Sora? What's wrong? And don't say nothing because if it was nothing, you wouldn't be here trying to stuff yourself with cheesecake."
Sora sighed. "It's Riku… he made me agree to make him lunch tomorrow. He'll make mine too, but then he added that I might want to take a rain check on marrying him…"
"And? Are you scared because Riku's hitting on you a bit?"
Sora groaned. "No. It's just that I don't even know if it's true, or if he's just kidding."
"Well, one way to find out is actually making his lunch tomorrow. And, you never know what may happen."
"Did you do something?"
"No… why do you ask?"
"You're acting funny."
Sion grinned, grabbing the cheesecake. "Really? Well, anyway, off to bed you go. If you want to wake up early to make Riku's lunch, you might as well get a good night's sleep."
Sora went up the stairs, pausing at the top to stare at Sion who had followed him. "You're definitely acting weird." He said before rushing up to his room.
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Yuffie happily hummed to herself as she helped Sora make Riku's lunch. Riku had gotten early and left Sora's lunch all made. He even wrapped it around a baby blue handkerchief, and left a note telling Sora and Yuffie not to open in until lunch hour.
"Sora, be careful or you might end up burning that up." Yuffie warned, lowering the heat on the stove.
"Sorry, Yuffie. I'm just not that good at cooking."
Yuffie stuck her finger in whatever it was Sora was cooking… "Don't worry. It's actually pretty good!"
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Sora sighed, looking at both his lunch and Riku's lunch on the table. Riku's was wrapped in a green handkerchief (Yuffie's doing), and placed next to Sora's. Caroline was at the counter knitting something in an odd cream color, while Sora was simply staring at the lunches as he sat on one of the tables.
"Good morning, Riku." Caroline greeted. "You went to school today? How rare!"
Riku chuckled. "Good morning to you too, Caroline. Actually, Sora asked me to go to school."
"Oh? Then I suppose things are going well?" Caroline asked with a chuckle. "Don't worry. All Sora needs right now is a good friend to keep him company."
Riku nodded, walking over to the table where Sora was, staring at the lunches in mid-daydream. Riku grinned, waving his hands in front of the brunet's eyes. When that didn't work, he picked the green lunchbox and placed it down in front of him as he sat across Sora.
"Huh?" Sora muttered as he snapped awake. "Riku? Is it lunch time yet?"
"Almost. Although, I think we should eat before Kairi arrives." Riku said, unwrapping the green handkerchief. "Let's see what you made…"
Sora grabbed his and unwrapped it. He waited for Riku, and together they raised the top, exposing the sweet aroma of an extremely delicious meal coming from both lunches.
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Riku sighed. "Sora, never cook again. That was so good, and I'm so full…"
Sora laughed, slightly blushing. "You should do that again. You're lunch was soo good! But I'm full, I don't wanna move…"
Caroline walked to them, placing two glasses of water in front of them. "Here boys. Drink this up, it'll make you feel better." And with that she went back to the counter.
The boys lazily drank the water, finding themselves a bit less full.
"I liked your lunch." They both said at the same time, smiling after doing so.
"Can you cook for me again?" Sora shyly asked.
Riku laughed. "Of course! Oh, did you make the lunch yourself?"
Sora shook his head. "No. I don't know really how to cook. Yuffie gave me instructions, so I supposed she helped me. But I mixed everything up and cooked it. I thought I did it wrong at first, but Yuffie would taste everything I made and tell me if it was good or not, so she helped me a lot. I owe her again now."
"Don't worry, Yuffie's the kind of person whose greatest reward is watching others happy. In that way, she's very like Selphie."
"Selphie? How come?"
"Selphie will do anything for anyone she considers a friend. This doesn't count in Kairi. Anyway, I've seen a lot of people trying to pay her back with money, presents, lunches, everything. And she always refuses them all saying that what makes her happy is when her efforts paid off and everyone's happy. Of course, if the person keeps insisting, even after she explains, then she'll accept whatever their giving her just so they don't feel she's being rude to them."
"Does she really do that?"
"Of course she does."
Sora hmm-ed, looking at Riku interested. He looked towards the door as a faint ringing was heard.
"It's lunch time." Riku said, getting up and cleaning up the table, then heading towards the counter to help out Caroline. Sora got up as well, running off to sit on his stool so he could watch Riku greet the first students.
After what seemed like hours (but were only about 20 minutes), Kairi appeared, looking as pissed as the last day they saw her.
"Riku." She said, then looked at Sora. "Fag. How nice to see you here."
Sora glared at her, followed by Riku. "Well Kairi, I didn't know you stooped so low." Riku said, shaking his head. "I can't believe you would actually call Sora that."
"Oh, I'm sorry." Kairi said, sarcastically. "It really isn't my fault to have such a girly guy with a girl's name here in the island. After all, it has never happened before."
'Ever look in a mirror?' Riku mentally asked Kairi, before speaking. "Either way, Kairi, stop from insulting Sora or we'll have to ban you from coming back here anymore."
"You can't ban me! Caroline won't have it!"
"She will if you keep bother her only grandson."
"The fa- brat is her grandson? I thought she didn't have any."
"She didn't know that her daughter had a child. After Dom left the island, no one really knew much of what happened to her."
"My mother was friend's with Dom… but that won't make a difference! This kid needs to learn his place! Specially in new places." She 'humph'-ed and stomped out the store.
Sora looked at Riku with wide eyes. "She's so mean!"
Riku sighed and took him in his arms for a soft hug. "She's always mean, don't let it get to you."
"Do I really have to learn my place? What is that about?" Sora asked in a low voice.
"She just believes that anyone who's a threat to her normal and unexplainably weird life must set their priorities before messing with her life. In other words, they should make sure that their life doesn't mix with hers, ever."
"Isn't that a bit selfish of her?"
"A lot, but she doesn't realize she's selfish. Plus, she doesn't admit it either."
A faint song caught Sora's attention, making him search for his cell phone. He looked at the screen before picking it up, leaning on Riku's chest. Riku just blinked in wonder, keeping his arms around Sora.
"Hellou, Cloud!"
Hello to you to, Sora. Um, what's up?
Sora looked up, watching Riku's eyes gaze at him. "Riku's eyes? Oh, and the ceiling too."
Ha ha, very funny, Sora. No, seriously, what's up?
"Not much. I mean, you did call me yester-"
Wait, did you just say Riku's eyes?!
Sora blushed. "Eh, yeah…?"
And? What exactly are you doing?
"Being hugged by Riku… what about you Cloud? Why are you calling when you called yesterday? What's new?"
Oh, that. Thanks for reminding me. I'm coming over for a visit tomorrow at 10 in the morning and I'll be staying over at your house for a couple of days while I do my report.
"You're coming over? What's the report about?"
I'm supposed to write about a legend.
"Oh, no…"
And I decided to write about the Paopu Legend of Destiny Islands!
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To be continued!
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[Author's note]
Didn't know how to end it, so I though "why not end it with Cloud going to the islands for a visit?" Sure, great idea! But I needed to give a reason other than just visiting… plane tickets aren't cheap, you know (this coming from me who do knows how expensive these tickets can be). So, yeah, he's now going over to not only visit, but to also do a report on the island's legend! So, I get to write even more about it! Yay!
[Things you should know]
Why didn't Kairi got her revenge? Well, because she found out Sora's Caroline's grandson. Kairi's friends with Caroline, so she backed down for now, but by the way she talked to Sora, we can almost tell what her revenge might be… no, I don't know yet. =P
[Thanks to]
1. piggiesofdoom – yay, Riku's spontaneous! And, I think no one would mind them making lunch for us every now and then, hehehehe. Question: what in the world are poprocks???!!! Yes! By the time I'm replying all thish, I'm half-way done with the 13th chapter! Weeee!
2. cammy-world666 – Eh, so far, fluffiness isn't a word (but it's not like we all care! Although my word recognizes the word… maybe it IS a word!!). There is? I never knew… oh, try to remember! Would be very interested in knowing! And two things, one: I'm not cruel!!!! Why am I cruel??? And two: nyuuu! I'm not the plot bunny exterminator! Um, I actually revive them… Anyway, give me two more days and I'll have 13 done…
3. Mechanical-Assembly - ish sat on meep! Um, yeah, I did the whole Bouncer pair… No, you weren't the only one who thought Sion looked too much like Sora (of course, this I found out way after I played Kingdom Hearts, that I found this game at my dad's store and went "wait, he looks just like Sora!") Meh, I'm original! Yay! eats the pocky sankyu for pocky! (-- loves pocky)
4. nurseangelj16 – erm, chapters 12 and 13? Well, here's 12! 13 will take a while longer since I need to work on 14th. Until that one's done, I won't post 13… and about the drawing, I'm thinking about it! It takes a while for my inspiration to draw kicks in, specially when I'm playing Tales of Destiny (my Leon!!!!!!! Why did you die?!) Thanks for the review!
----Flare