Plant Flowers in your Heart
Chapter 1
Beep Beep Beep Beep
Beep Beep Beep Beep
Beep Beep Beep Beep
"Unggggg…."
It was around 10:30 AM on Destiny Islands where a certain "lazy bum" was doing his absolute best to stay in bed all day. "….Nope.." Sora mumbled as he slapped a clumsy hand in the direction of his alarm clock. He missed his target and instead knocked something off of the nightstand. The beeping continued along with the sound of cracking seashells.
The spiky haired boy was indiscernible from the blankets until he popped out of them like a jack in the box from his destruction moments ago. "….wuh..wus..that?!..."
He looked around the room frantically until his eyes locked onto the object in question.
OH NO.
Oh no oh no oh no oh ffff-
The beautiful lucky charm that Kairi so lovingly crafted was reduced to nothing more than a pile of shattered seashells and string. Sora scrambled to his feet and carefully scooped the contents into his hands. "Man, she's gonna be so pissed! Ah I'm such an idiot!" He continued scolding himself as he placed what was left of kairi's charm into the top drawer of his nightstand.
Beep Beep Beep Beep, The alarm clock repeated.
Moments later a soft knock at the young man's bedroom door could just barely be heard, but just loud enough to stop him from from his relentless self ridicule. "Sora, Honey are you awake?", his mother called out through the door." Your alarm has been going off for about five minutes. Please come down stairs and get some breakfast, it's getting late. Before we know it it'll be lunch time."
Sora responded, "Okay Mom! I'll be there in a sec!" But breakfast was the last thing he could think about at the moment. With a heavy sigh he dragged himself to his dresser and pulled some casual wear out of the drawer. A red tank top and some shorts. Maybe a shower would help clear my head.. He exited his room and headed into the bathroom. Sora shut the door behind him and turned on the water only giving it a couple of seconds before shedding his clothes and hopping in. The water took longer to heat up than he expected and he shuddered under the shower head. After a couple of minutes when the water became hot he could feel his muscles begin to relax and his mess of hair become a little less spiky from being soaked. With eyes closed, The young man let his mind wander. Kairi. He thought.
His mind went back to a memory of the two of them sitting at the dock of the play island. Her beautiful red hair gently moving in the breeze. The sun was beginning to set but Kairi's smile illuminated their world. His world. Always his light in the darkness, even before His journey that separated him, kairi, and Riku.
He felt lucky to be home again.
About thirty minutes later, Sora turned off the water and without looking, reached out to the rack above the toilet seat for his towel. He continued to feel for the towel but air was the only thing he grabbed. Deciding to finally rely on his sight, Sora slightly pulled open the shower curtain to view the space where his towel should be. Nothing.
I could've sworn I put my towel there...oh! He finally remembered that he never grabbed one in the first place. He was much too distracted from the recent accident this morning. There was only one thing left to do. He mentally prepared himself. It was time for an awkward naked sprint back to his room. He looked over at his clothes. Well, I guess I could just throw my shorts on really quick. He thought some more. But, this IS my last clean pair and I don't want to soak them. He figured it was better not to think twice about his plan.
Sora quickly hopped out of the shower and used his clothes to cover his crotch, but careful not to get water on them. He pulled open the bathroom door and was greeted with a blast of cold air. "ssshhhhiiit!"
He ran for it down the hallway like he was running a marathon. Things were going smoothly, until he slipped on a stray sock on the floor. "AAAaaAAaaaHHhhHHh!" He shouted before falling on his back, but still lucky enough to keep his parts covered up. The spiky haired boy laid there for a moment with a sock on his face, stunned from what had just happened and not aware of the fact that someone was coming upstairs.
"Um, what are you doing?", a familiar voice said in an amused tone. Sora, removed the sock from his face and looked up to see Riku standing over him. "Riku! Wha-w, why are you here?!"
"I came here to make sure you were ready to go. I figured you'd be running late as usual, but I wasn't exactly expecting this." Riku gestured to Sora and his barely covered frame. Sora's cheeks turned a bright red as he proceeded to cover himself with his hands.
"Riku! I don't know what you're thinking but whatever it is, you're wrong!" He rose to his feet, "and what do you mean you were making sure I was ready? For what? I'm ready for breakfast if that's what you're talking about! Also, you never said why you're here. Does my mom even know you're in our house?"
"You're kidding right?" Riku responded in disbelief. "Sora, you KNOW we're supposed to help Kairi move out of her Dad's house today. Her and Namine were approved for that apartment on the south side of town. Remember we just planned this with the girl's last week?"
"Fuck that's TODAY?!" Sora face-palmed with a free hand.
"Yup"
"Well...dang."
Riku put a hand on Sora's shoulder. "You okay buddy?"
The brunette sighed, "Just a little stressed...I'm honestly a little scared to face Kairi right now..:
"Why?"
"It's just...er, let me just show you."
"Sora, wait." The silver haired boy walked to the hall closet and pulled out a green towel. He threw it to the other boy and continued with, "cover your ass first dude."
Sora blushed again and dashed to his room to get dressed while Riku shook his head and laughed.