Author's notes: Wow! o_O so many reviews already?? I can't believe you like this story so much ^^
The idea's not really original I guess but I'll try to make it worth reading! Last chapter was Sora's POV so we get Riku's in this one. I tried to make this a little more believable so we get to see what the Mr Perfect actually thinks and feels ^^
Umm and Chiikuu: about this brunet vs brunette thing. Actually someone pointed out to me that it is spelled brunet. For more info, I've looked it up both on the internet and my own dictionary and it's right. 'brunette' is used for females so since Sora is not a girl it's spelled 'brunet'. you can look for yourself:
www,bartleby,com/64/C005/002.html
I guess not many people know about that so I don't think there's much difference.... I used to write 'brunette' because 'brunet' look a little, well, wrong to me. I still mix it up sometimes so I might spell the word different in every other sentence...eheh. I guess it's ok as long as it gets the point across, though.
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The bell rang and Riku made his way through the crowded halls. The school day was already over and Sora was stuck in the classroom, talking to a teacher who tried to explain the curriculum and rules to him. Riku smiled as he thought of the new boy. He seemed interesting in a way, outstanding compared to all the other bland students in this school. Even though every girl in the entire school was trying to get close to Riku, he never really bothered to like anyone.
He sighed. Sometimes he felt stupid. He felt like he was caged by his parents in a way even though he was rich and could do practically everything he wanted to. If he decided to go to Disney Land he could have just taken their private jet and gone to wherever he wanted - as long as he was back for the dinner party. Idiotic dinner parties. Oh and yes, they had a private jet. Riku loathed it because all the girls wanted to see it and revelled of them and Riku flying to Paris.
"The city of looooveee---" he sarcastically sang to himself, imitating those idiot girls chasing him.
He shook his head and continued to walk down the hall. Idiot girls, he repeated in his mind. And still he flirted with every single of them, using his charm every day. It was the only way to deal with them, he thought. They weren't his friends, nor did he want to be friends with them, so the next best thing to keep them from being overly depressed and heart broken (yes, he knew how those teenage girls were) was to pretend he actually cared for them. Not that he really did, or tried to make them like him. They just fell for him the moment they saw him and he couldn't do a thing to make it stop. It was like a curse.
"Riku!"
He winced. A girl's voice but at least it wasn't any of his groupies.
"Kairi," he muttered, turning around with a forced smile. 'No need to be harsh to her, she's not one of the idiot girls,' he told himself. Still, he had to get home now. He promised his parents to come home as soon as possible since there was a banquet that he needed to attend.
'Stupid banquet...' He had never understood why he had to be there when his parents had a party. They called it his duty as their heir and he always pretended to understand although in reality he thought it was ridiculous.
"Hey!"
Kairi nearly ran him over as she jumped to catch up with him. She hugged him, smiling brightly as always and Riku sighed, waiting for her to finish. He always let her hug him but he never really hugged her back. Kairi was used to it, though.
She nodded, brushed herself off and straightened.
"Sooooo, you seem to have found a new target, huh?"
Riku watched her in confusion and a bit of annoyance. What was she talking about?
"New target? What do you mean?" He saw Kairi giving him one of these looks again and rolled his eyes as he understood what she meant. He hated those looks. She always had to do that.
"Oh come on! It's not like I'm doing this on purpose! He fell for me, I didn't do anything!"
Kairi continued staring at him with that particular expression and it really, really unnerved him to see her like that. Suddenly he wished she were one of those idiot girls because then he could have just told her to run around in circles and bark like a dog - she would have done it. Every girl would gladly do that for Riku if he only asked nicely.
But Kairi was different. She had been like that when they first met, drooling over Riku just like everyone else. Something, however, changed between them once Riku realized how easy it was to talk to her. She was always nice and fun to hang out with, sometimes had a scary side and a bit of insanity in her but all in all she was, well, acceptable. Not a friend, though. Riku had no friends.
"Don't do it to him. He's not like the rest."
He snapped out of his thoughts and saw her eyes drift away to gaze into the distance of the corridor where their classroom was. His gaze followed hers and he idly wondered why she was so concerned about this boy. It wasn't like they knew each other. He was, after all, just a student like everyone else and why did Kairi think she had the right to stop him from doing it to him? On the other hand, he had to admit that the boy did seem different and not like the rest. Maybe that was the reason Kairi cared for him that much.
He frowned, wondering what kind of feeling just passed him. It was like...like something burning him. He didn't like the fact that Kairi was more concerned about this boy than him. Not that he really cared for her attention, nope, he didn't need anyone to really care for him. And still, he felt that he didn't like it.
Thoughts coming back to focus on Sora, Riku remembered the love-struck expression of the boy when they first met. And this expression lasted the whole day. He could see that Sora was in love with him like everyone else, seeing only a perfect being and not a person, so why should he not flirt with him to keep him happy? He did it with everyone, even the teachers who fell for him because he didn't want to break anyone's heart. Letting them keep their little world of fantasies was better than being completely anti-social even if he sometimes wished to be it. But that was against his education. He had been taught since he was a baby to keep social connections and he'd always been told that he was lucky to have this natural charm.
"You just don't understand, do you?" Kairi suddenly asked and it surprised Riku even if her voice was calm and soft. He cast his eyes down, frowning and biting his lower lip in thought. What did he not understand?
"I said Sora's different. He's not chasing after you like a rabid fangirl. He wants to make friends with you. And in a way..." she suddenly paused, causing Riku to look at her in curiosity.
A smile crept up her lips and she shook her head. "Never mind. I bet, though, you'd like to know what he wrote in that little note!"
Riku's eyes widened in surprise. She had caught him. Of course he was wondering what the boy had written and what had caused Kairi to giggle like that. He wouldn't admit it, though and kept calm despite his inner excitement.
Kairi only smiled knowingly and motioned him to come over to the wall instead of standing in the middle of the hallway. Riku obeyed and followed her. 'What in the world is she planning now? I knew I shouldn't get involved with people...' he thought to himself, feeling his stomach twist in anticipation. He couldn't even figure out why he was so anxious about this note, it probably wasn't anything important. But then why was Kairi telling him?
"Here," the girl suddenly said, handing him a crumpled up paper.
He raised his eyebrows and eyed it for a moment, then took it into his hands and unfolded it.
He had to smile at once as he saw the handwriting of the other boy. It was neat and still looked natural and round unlike the handwritings of other boys, which looked like the work of brain-damaged apes.
Then he began to read. There were only three lines.
"You two aren't a couple, right? He doesn't seem to be one to have a girlfriend. But he's really gorgeous...do you think we could be friends someday?"
Riku snorted as he read the note aloud. There it was again, someone just called gorgeous again. But it's been inevitable from the start and he knew it.
"It would do you good to have a real friend," Kairi murmured, though it was more to herself than to him and she turned around. She turned and started walking but then stopped. She turned her head and smiled her usual smile.
"I hope you see it someday. Sora's different...he wants to be your friend. But I guess you don't know the meaning of this word. Still, I ask you to stop flirting with him before he gets his hopes up."
She turned back, ready to get out and home but she was stopped by Riku's answer.
Riku snorted. "And what if I don't want to?"
That surprised both him and Kairi. He blinked and cocked his head at his own answer. Didn't he always think he used his charm for the others? And now he didn't want to stop flirting with Sora?
Kairi shook her head with a smile and left. "Sorry, we'll talk tomorrow!"
Riku was alone again. He sighed. Suddenly his eyes flickered to his watch.
"Ah! I'm late!"
Great, he thought. Now he'd wasted so much time just because of Kairi. It was just so typical of her, typical of girls.
He heaved a long sigh in annoyance and rubbed his temples.
He simply knew why he didn't want to get involved with anyone. They would just waste his time, precious time he had to invest in...studying and other things his parents forced him into.
Ever since he was little he had been forced into stupid things like piano lessons, special sports training and private manner education. It seemed to him they wanted to make him into some kind of super-human like he wasn't good enough the way he was.
"Errrm, Riku?"
Riku jerked in surprise as was again startled out of his thoughts. This was the second time a day now but this time it wasn't Kairi. It was.
"Sora?" He blinked seeing the new boy waving a hand in front of his eyes.
"You forgot this," the brunet murmured, shoving a book into Riku's face.
Riku yelped and stumbled back before he blinked and took the book. His maths book. How could he forget that? He had never forgot any of his books in his whole life.
"Oh, thanks," he murmured, still caught a little off guard to see Sora here.
The brunet smiled and nodded, then proceeded to walk away. Riku raised an eyebrow and finally managed to gather his wits.
"Hey, Sora!" he called, quickly catching up with the boy to walk beside him. He saw Sora's blush and smirked; time for some fun.
He slipped an arm around the other boy's waist as they walked and pulled him a little closer, leaning in to his ear. Sora's eyes widened immediately and he tried to pull away, though only half-heartedly. No one could resist Riku and he knew it.
"How about we go somewhere? Like.an ice cream store?"
He knew Sora wouldn't agree; he would probably just squeak something and run away with a red face; and that was good because Riku actually had no time. He had to get home, he had promised his parents.
"Hmmm only if it's your treat!"
Riku jumped in surprise and almost pulled his arm back as he saw Sora grinning adorably at him. Did this boy just answer? He had expected him to faint or get another nosebleed but definitely not to answer like that. However, he could keep his cool this time and only smirked back at the younger boy.
"You're sure full of surprises, Sora."
He winked at him and saw his face turn beet-red.
"Well, about the ice cream," he huskily murmured, fully aware of his irresistible voice, "Maybe next time."
He smiled pulling away to see Sora's reaction. There wasn't much, though. Sora had melted into a puddle. Riku chuckled and decided to take it a little further. He'd never done that on the first day but with Sora it would be ok, he thought.
Secretly taking out a piece of paper from his pocket, he leaned in and breathed right into Sora's ear, causing the younger boy to twitch.
"Right now I'd rather...." He could feel Sora's heated cheek, seeing that the boy was near the edge of passing out, and so it went unnoticed as Riku slipped the little note into Sora's pocket.
"...walk home. My parents are waiting."
Riku pulled away quite suddenly, raising his hand to wave at Sora before he hurried out of the building. He was grinning in satisfactory.
Sora was frozen in place for a while and simply stared at the disappearing figure.
On his way out, Riku began to run because he was more than just late now. His parents would probably make a huge fuss about it and tell him about his duties as their son and so on and so forth. He sometimes wished he could be a normal boy with a normal family and have a normal life. It wasn't that he was ungrateful but he just didn't think he deserved all the attention. He wasn't perfect like everyone thought. Actually he thought he was quite stupid and ignorant. He didn't know much about the real world. All he knew was what he read or learned in school and what his parents told him. They had never let him go out with classmates or do casual things like they did.
He sighed in exasperation There he was again, thinking about stupid stuff like that. It wasn't like his thoughts were going to change anything. And also, when he thought about it, he didn't want to be like the others. Even if he was lonely sometimes the way he lived, he also cherished this loneliness and wouldn't trade it for anything. He was considered an angel, a God even to some girls and that was good.
Riku nodded to himself. He had other things to think about. Like what excuse he could use for being late.
The image of Sora grinning at him suddenly flickered in his mind and he frowned, a little surprised at the intrusion. It wasn't like he was feeling anything for the boy, anything except for a little interest, maybe. That boy sure seemed interesting and the fact that he had already done the thing with the note surprised himself a little. He had never given anyone his phone number on the first day. And also, he never gave anyone his real phone number, just the number of his residence so one of the maids or butlers would pick up. However, this time he'd written his own number, the one of his room, and he didn't even know why. He'd written it in class and planned to give it to Sora sometime during the lesson but then it never happened.
Riku shook his head. He noticed that he had stopped running because of his thoughts. Not good. He picked up his pace again and made his way home, trying not to think of anything anymore.
And still, this Sora seemed to manage to occupy his mind for the rest of the day.
- To be continued -
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Ending notes: Was that okay? Riku seems a tad, um, I dunno, cynical? lol. Mmm...I didn't want to make it that obvious at first, I mean that he's interested in Sora. But I guess it just happened... Well, they won't get together for a looooong time, I tell you that. I've planned to make them friends first...but even that will take a while.
okay, please tell me what you think! Anything you want me to change or you like or whatever! Just tell me in your review ^^