Okay, be nice guys. As you'll see, Kairi's prior comment about things getting complicated is probably an understatement.
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"Riku, stop it!" Sora half shrieked as his stomach was mercisly attacked by the older teen. Having finally caught Sora, it didn't seem Riku was going to release him any time soon. Not that Sora really minded.
Riku continued tickling his boyfriend's weak spot. He paused only to laugh at Sora's half-hearted protests. The boy squirmed beneath him, writhing just so that Riku soon wasn't content with the innocent tickle fest.
Still distracting Sora with one hand, he moved the other to caress barely exposed hip. Sora twisted a bit in reaction. Riku grinned a little. He let up his attack with his fingers, bending down to let his mouth drift across bare skin.
Sora groaned softly. He let his own hands fall to his sides, simply relaxing under Riku's lips. He could never get enough of the silver haired boy's touch. He was a total glutton for tactile sensation and Riku made it a point to give Sora as much as he could.
Riku moved up, hiking Sora's shirt up further to nearly completely expose Sora's torso. A gentle prompt to raise his shoulders and the shirt was gone. Then Riku really went to work, hands and mouth working together until Sora was steadily moaning.
Running his tongue up the center of Sora's chest, Riku stopped at the top so he could give the brunette a long, lingering kiss. Pulling away, he moved on to Sora's neck.
"Riku, nugh, I don't think Leon…" Sora weakly protested.
"You want to stop?" Riku pressed his hips down.
"No." Sora gasped. "But maybe, the floor would be better than, ahh, Leon's bed."
"True." Riku agreed, completely stopping all action and climbing off the smaller boy. He turned back only to be pounced. He stumbled to the floorboards, Sora straddling him and going straight for his ears. He nibbled and sucked each one all the while rolling his hips.
Over the next few minutes, Riku's clothes were removed and as he worked frantically to finish discarding Sora of his, managed to flip their positions. He loved seeing the younger one writhing beneath him, face flushed. He was so different than-
"Riku!" Sora cried out as their bodies joined. There was frantic movement and the not so muted sounds of ecstasy before it ended in a whirlwind of sensation. Riku fell lightly onto Sora's body and they lay there letting their bodies cool and breath settle.
"I love you."
Sora lifted his head a little to frown down at Riku. Something about how he said that disturbed him. It was almost like he was reassuring himself. "What's wrong, Riku?"
"Nothing." Riku countered quickly. "I'm not allowed to say I love you any more?"
"Of course you can." Sora ran his fingers through silver layers.
"We should probably get out of here before Leon comes in." Riku chuckled. "I doubt he'd appreciate finding us like this."
"Yeah." Sora agreed and Riku slid off him and began collecting clothes. "I hope we didn't bother Cloud too much."
Riku froze mid-bend. A pained look crossed his face for a brief moment. "Yeah."
Sora made note of Riku's reaction. Clearly whatever was up with Riku, it had something to do with Cloud. As far as he knew, the two had never met before this visit. Did Riku simply not like Cloud?
He followed Riku up, got dressed and the pair left the room. The house was absolutely quiet and a quick check outside revealed that Leon and Kairi had left. Leon had probably decided to walk her to the other house. That meant they had a little more time to themselves. Since returning, Cloud had rarely been seen, sticking to his room when room.
Sora figured he could get some cuddle time in. He tugged on Riku's hand. "Come sit with me."
"Not now, Sora." Riku managed to snag his arm back. "I'm getting a drink, you want one?"
"Okay." Sora sat alone on the couch dejectedly.
Riku left for the kitchen and when he returned, handed over a bottle of water. He didn't even look at Sora. What the hell was with this?
Riku settled himself in the chair near the bookshelves and stared out the window. Sora knew that Riku had again retreated to somewhere he couldn't follow. Their relationship was frustrating as all hell. Sora knew he loved Riku and that Riku loved him. So what was getting in the way? There was this barrier between them that Sora couldn't find a way to break through.
"Hey, Riku?"
"Yeah?"
"I love you, too."
Riku looked at him. He slowly stood and came over to sit beside him. He wrapped an arm around Sora's small shoulders and drew him close. Kissing the mess of spikes, he murmured into the brown hair. "I'm sorry, Sor. I haven't been a very good boyfriend lately, have I?"
"I just wish you'd tell me what was bothering you."
Riku let out a long breath. "I'm not really sure but it's something I need to work out for myself. Please, just be patient with me, okay?"
"Always."
Sora fell asleep wrapped in Riku's arms and he was content to simply stay there, holding him. He leaned his head back however and stared at the ceiling. He had no reason for it but he really hadn't been expecting Cloud to be here. He knew this was Cloud's home base but the man had spent such little time here, it hadn't seemed likely they would cross paths.
But the fates had cursed him. He should have known better. Now he had this strange complicated situation than he knew needed to be resolved sooner rather than later. But before he could even attempt that, he needed to get himself settled.
The door creaked open and Riku turned his face. Leon walked in barely glancing at the pair on the couch. "My bed better not smell of sex."
"It doesn't."
"Good. Sora actually asleep?"
Riku did not like that question, especially in that tone. "Yeah."
"What the deal with you and Cloud?" Leon folded his arms, leaning on one of the table chairs.
"Deal?"
"Don't play dumb. The two of you know each other somehow."
Riku sighed. He was going to have to say something or risk a Gunblade to the face. "Okay, yeah. We've met before, back when he was working for Hades."
Leon leveled his eyes on him, knowing there was more to it than that. When Riku didn't volunteer any more information, he placed two fingers to his forehead, almost as warding of a headache. "Look, whatever it is between you two, fix it. This animosity can't continue."
"I know."
"I'm going to bed. If Cloud comes back, tell him he still has to help me in the morning."
"Cloud left?"
"Yeah. I have a hard time believing you didn't hear the door slam. Said he was going to train."
"Oh." Riku glanced down at the sleeping teen before him.
"He's loved you a long time, even if he didn't know it." Leon commented softly. "We all knew by how determined he was to find you."
Riku found himself smiling a little.
"Figure out what you really want, Riku." Leon moved toward his bedroom. "Some of us are waiting for it."
What did that mean? Riku watched Leon disappear. That was a very strange sentence. He couldn't begin to figure what the man meant by it.
Carefully sliding out from underneath Sora, Riku stood. Making up his mind, he re-positioned his lover to lay on the sofa. He pulled a blanket over him then quietly left the house.
He made his way through town, down the winding streets past Zero district. He still knew the layout of this world as well as he did Destiny Islands. He knew exactly where to go.
Reaching the river, he walked along side it until he reached a few large boulders. He moved around them and stepped up to the man sitting on the bank. Sitting beside him, they stared at the rushing water in silence.
"Why are you here?" The blonde's voice was soft.
"We need to talk."
"There's nothing to talk about."
"You don't think so?" Riku touched the man's exposed shoulder and turned him toward him. Then he leaned in and kissed him hard. The older man returned after the slightest of hesitations, reaching up a hand to cup Riku's face.
They pulled apart and Riku stared directly into Cloud's eyes. "I'd say we have a ton to talk about."