Now that Riku has been back, I never wanted him to leave again. I clung to him every chance I could get and he didn't mind. It was one of those things where we really enjoyed each other's company. We'd often play some sort of game together like Monopoly or something or video games. Video games were always a fun time we'd spend with each other. He'd beat me though, but from time to time, he'd let me win. He thought I wouldn't notice, but I did. But, in all, we enjoyed doing things like this. There wasn't no fighting the darkness, no world traversing, just us living a normal life with one another and I wouldn't have it any other way.
On the Friday afternoon, I had my head laid down on Riku's lap while we were watching whatever it was on TV. He stroked my hair and I purred. He looked down at me and gave me a really wide grin.
He spoke to me, "I've been thinking Sora."
"About what?" Always worried when Riku starts off with that.
"Nothing serious." That gave me a relief. "It's just that now everyone is settled down and I'm not out there. Maybe we should do some sort of luau?" He asked me.
I thought it over. That sounded really good. I haven't been to one and wouldn't mind doing so. "Sure." I said simply.
"Great. Now get up, we got a luau to set up." He nudged me.
"Right now?" I asked.
"Yes now."
I whimpered. "Alright." I sat up and got out of the couch. "But don't start without me."
"I promise. I won't. Now get changed to your bathing suit." He winked at me.
I got changed into the bathing suit that I worn several weeks back. It was pretty much my only one I had.
I went out with Riku where we carved out a section of the beach. We took the many decorations from his house and set it up. It was littered with tiki torches and bamboo. It looked Hawaiian to me. And the mood was set just right. The sun had started to sink down nd the waves rolled in glistfully in shades of orange. Every time we were alone on the beach, it was beautiful and romantic.. We stood there as Riku reached for my hand. Riku then took my head and gave me a smooch on my lips, which I accepted.
"C'mon, let's go get Axel and Kairi." Riku told me.
By this point, Axel had moved in with Kairi. Their relationship got serious fast and everyone noticed. I was glad for them. I could tell, within my heart, that they belonged to each other like I belonged to Riku. At some points, it was cute. Other times, it was just plain funny and awkward. Especially for Axel. I usually see them walking down the beach in the morning while I did some sort of exercise to keep in shape. They held each other's hand as they talked. What? I couldn't tell and I didn't plan on eavesdropping to find out.
We went up to Kairi's place where Axel had been staying also. Axel opened up the door. He wasn't in his typical black organization robe. Instead, he was in a pair of fiery red shorts and barefoot. His vibrant red hair slunk down. Freshly wet from a shower.
"You need anything?" Axel asked me.
"We are holding a luau. We were thinking about inviting you and Kairi for this." Riku asked.
Kairi noticed us and came by Kairi. She was only in a bra and some short shorts.
"What are you lovebirds doing?" She asked.
"They're doing a luau." Axel spoke for us.
"That sounds like fun." She smiled.
"It'll be romantic!" I interjected.
Axel thought things through. "Might as damn well do this. We got nothing else to do."
"Good. We got a small spot out on the beach. Look for the lit tiki torches. And don't forget to wear your swim suits." Riku explained.
They looked at us and nodded.
"We'll see you soon." Kairi said as they went back in and closed the door.
"Sora, c'mon. We need to get ready for tonight ourselves." Riku told me. He headed back to his place.
"I thought we were?" I was puzzled.
Riku shook his head. "We got to get the hula dancers. Won't be a luau without them."
"How are we going to find them? Not like we can get them from any of the worlds." Riku looked at me. "What?"
He responded, "We're not going to another world."
"So we got hula dancers here?" I was puzzled.
"Yes and no." Riku was vague.
"Huh?"
"Let me put it like this. It'll only be us four there. Axel and Kairi will be our invited guests."
"Then that makes us the hula dancers." I realized.
"Precisely." He laughed. "I love it when you're clueless. You look cute and that makes me love you even more." He kissed me on the lips before we entered.
"So, where are our hula outfits?" I asked Riku.
"I was thinking to make them." Riku answered.
"Make them? This soon? Why didn't we do it sooner?" I had a mini freak out session.
"Don't worry. We got a hour before we have to get out there." Riku was calm. "And they don't take that long if we work together on this."
I sighed. "Alright, I'm in."
Riku smiled at me. "I figured you'd say yes. After all, you got a good body to show off." He circled around me, checking me out seductively. Riku went into the closet and pulled out a plastic container. He lifted the lid from the top. "Come see. This is what we'll make our grass skirts out of."
I went over and looked inside. There was grass ferns and leaves piled inside it. I was amazed by the amount that was in there.
"When did you get all of this?" I asked him puzzled.
"As you can tell, I am in the tiki culture. This also includes the art of hulu dancing. I started picking it up shortly after our victory over Xemnas."
"That doesn't explain where you got all this grass stuff."
"I wanted to make my own instead of having be loaned one."
"That makes sense."
Riku nodded. "C'mon, let's make ours."
We spent the next hour in our swim suits creating our grass skirts. We sewed each strand on a piece of elastic waistband. What ended up was a rather authentic pair of grass skirts. RIku looked at them with an affirmative nod.
"Looks good."
"So we just wear this? Over our swim suits?" I asked, still not sure how to wear this.
"No. We'll have to strip and wear a loincloth called the malo. I'll tie it around on you."
I then stripped right in front of Riku. Riku took a piece of cloth that came from the bin and started to wrap it around me where a long piece of cloth hung in front of me. I looked down. This felt different, but in a good way. I had worn plenty of different clothing before. Hell, I was a merman in one world. The material felt comfortable and wasn't itching. The cloth was tied tightly and was snug as it was wrapped around me. Riku then took another piece of cloth and wrapped himself in a similar fashion. We proceeded to wear our newly made grass skirts. Riku looked at me. Without a moment further, he went back into the box and took out two leis and bracelets. We adorned ourselves with them.
"Looking good Sora." Riku nodded. "Let's go out there. Kairi and Axel should be waiting for us now."
We went back outside. It was now dark. The stars shone brightly above the island. As Riku said, Kairi and Axel were outside waiting for us. They were in their swim suits. Kairi in a revealing bikini and Axel in a similarly red board shorts. They sat on little stools that we set up.
They turned around and saw us arrive.
"Gosh damn it. You two look fucking amazing!" Axel told us bluntly.
"Thank you." Riku replied.
"Glad we got entertainment for this." Kairi said in her cheerful self.
"Wouldn't be a luau without two sexy hula dancers." Riku said.
"And Riku didn't teach me any moves." I complained.
"I'll teach you while the food cooks." Riku looked at me with a glisten in his eyes.
"Food? What food?" I asked him.
"Just some meats over an open pit fire." Riku explains.
"Oh." Then a thought hit me. "Wait, how are you going to cook the meat and teach me at the same time?"
Riku answered. "Simple. There'll be a rack over the fire where the meat will be cooking. It'll take a long time for it to cook. Long enough for me to teach you some moves. Basic moves."
I nod. "Alright."
Riku put the meat on the rack to let it cook. We then took positions in front of Kairi and Axel. Riku did some moves and taught me them. I got to admit, I was a little clumsy. It wasn't like I didn't know how to dance. It was just that these moves were new to me. The actions were very flowy. We moved our arms like the waves and shook our hips seductively. After some time, I started to pick it up and Riku picked up the speed. He looked at me and expected me to do the same. I nodded and sped up to match Riku's moves. We performed in front of the two lovebirds and they enjoyed every moment. I felt as seductive as I looked.
After a while of putting on the show, the meat was ready. We took our seats in our grass skirts across from Kairi and Axel. Riku grabbed the foam plates and divided the meat between the four of us. We dug in with our hands and enjoyed the rest of the night.
The fire had dwindled and the night had cooled. We laughed at our rather stupid jokes and stories. And of my various blunders in my past adventures.
"This was truly fun guys." Kairi told us.
"Glad to hear. I've gone to plenty of these things to know." Riku replied.
"I can't wait to do this again!" I exclaimed excitedly.
"We'll think about that." Riku told me.
The atmosphere was rather chill.
At long last, the fire had died down. We said our goodbyes to Kairi and Axel. Riku walked me back to his place with his arm wrapped around my shoulder. I could only assume that Kairi and Riku went back to Kairi's place in a similar fashion. We went to the bedroom where we stripped and went to sleep immediately in a comfortable cuddling position.
Then the next morning. I woke up nauseous and headed straight to the bathroom to throw up.