Caged Thoughts
Chapter Three: Those Damn Shorts.
Warning:This fanfic contains Shonen-Ai, no Yaoi… yet. Maybe. Possibly. Sorta kinda. I dunno.
PS: Someone tell me, when is something rated Yaoi, instead of Shonen-ai? Just, when exactly does it cross the line? I'm pretty sure I'm not that far, so far. At least, I hope I'm not. o.o;;
Disclaimer:This is the part where I talk about the stuff that isn't mine. So… there are a lot of things that aren't mine, but I'll only speak of things related to Kingdom Hearts, Square-Enix/Soft, Disney, the Final Fantasy series, and how I don't own anything having to do with them business-wise and junk. Oh… wait… by listing them off and saying… I just… ugh, forget it.
Reviews:
BisexualBuddha: Eh-Heh, thank you! You know what makes me happy? Your reviews, and me knowing you like my fanfic! Are they really that in character? Riku was a pervert in the second chapter. X3 Oh! And speaking of the second chapter, sorry I didn't respond to your review then, it's just that I got it in meh inbox after I put the second chapter in.
Gehkiie: -sniff- Really? You'll follow me that far? What if I… jumped into a pot of boiling molasses! Would you follow me then? Sorry it took me so long to update… Xx
I've been having some stupid arguments with meh parents, and it's mostly all settled, for now at least. You know, of course, you could just blame it on the hormones. That always works. To your other comment: REALLY? ARE YOU SERIOUS? YOU CAN GET ME THOSE THINGS! I'd love you so much if you could (Although, I literally just ordered the box set of Gravitation, and the Kingdom Hearts CD on so, you can take that off of your 'what to get Poke'-Sama' list)! I wanna dress up in a man-skirt like Riku. X3! A friend and I were arguing the other day over that… whether or not it was a man-skirt, or a tailcoat. He hasn't even played the game before. I said, "If it's a coat, it would cover all of his upper half!" So he said, "But it's a tail coat. It's called a tail coat, because it only covers the bottom half of you. Your 'tail'." And I argued, "But, if it only covers your, 'tail', as you put it, why would you call it a coat?" "I don't know!" he yelled.
And so the conversation ended… Until he started poking me with a ruler in the thigh. And now I have a cut on my leg from his metal ruler, we had to stay after class after we had a meter-stick fight. Also, our science teacher is now afraid of putting us in seats next to each other... –Shifty eyes- He started it!
Woah… -looks up- I made that review response really long.
Note:
If you didn't pay attention to my second review response… I'm sorry I haven't updated in a while. I've been having some arguments between my parents and I, and I've been all angsty lately, too. It's sort of hard to write more of a humor fanfic when you're angsty, y'know? I had an idea to turn this into a depressing/angsty and romance fanfic, but I wasn't sure the drastic change would work so well with the little readers I have. I don't want to lose you guys! ; Although, if I did, it may actually start to develop some sort of plot.
Thoughts: 'Blah.'
Speech/talking: "Blah."
"Have you seen Riku or Sora today?"
"Ummm… nope!" Selphie leaned her head over the side of the dock, looking at her feet. "Why?"
"Well…" Kairi paused for a moment in thought. "It's not like either of them to miss this much of the day. Sora… I could make an exception, but," she laughed, "it's… what, around 3:00PM? And Riku, well, I don't think he's the type to snore the day away. At least… I don't think he is."
Selphie turned towards her friend and cocked her head to the side in a confused manner.
"I don't know what I'm talking about. I tend to ramble, don't I?" Kairi fell backwards so she had her eyes to the sky.
"Well, I wasn't really paying attention anyways." Kairi sighed, but Selphie continued cheerfully as ever, "I don't see why you're worrying over them. I'm sure they're fine. Prob'ly playing by themselves…" She smirked.
Kairi glanced over at her friend worriedly. This time, for her own safety. Whenever Selphie took on that look, chaos soon ensued. She hoped to the Gods that, this time, she wouldn't be a part of it. Of course, that didn't mean that they were paying attention…
"Well, you want to go find them?" Kairi asked.
"Sure, I guess… It's too bad, I just got comfortable," mumbled Selphie as she picked herself up lazily.
The both of them walked across the dock, and they saw Tidus approaching them.
"Hey guys," he greeted, "what's up?"
"We're looking for Riku and Sora!" Selphie chirped, happy at the new arrival.
"I haven't seen them all day, I'm just curious about where they might be," Kairi explained.
"Well…" Tidus thought for a few moments. "I heard some yelling pretty early in the morning. It almost sounded like Sora, but I'm not quite sure, y'know? I was half-asleep 'cause it was around four or five or six… I can't remember."
Selphie's face scrunched up in concentration. "Where do you think they went?"
"What do you mean?" Kairi and Tidus chorused in unison.
"Well, if it was Sora, I'm sure he wouldn't 've been yelling for no reason. But, he is Sora, and… you never know. I'm just saying, he must've been with someone. And… unless he was with Wakka, - which I doubt, 'cause Wakka's a lazy bum and wouldn't be up that early – I'd hafta think that he'd of been with Riku." Finished her hypothesis, Selphie found both of her friends with a hand on their chins, looking at the ground, pondering in thought.
"Well!" Tidus suddenly exclaimed, surprising Kairi, "speaking of Wakka, I have to go. I promised him a game of Blitz Ball." He rubbed the back of his head and smiled sheepishly.
"N'kay, we'll keep looking. Thanks for the help." Kairi smiled in gratitude.
"Awww, poo." Selphie's lower lip jutted out in a pout. "Why can't you stay with me, Tidusss?"
"I'm leaving the both of you, not just you."
Selphie giggled. "You sound like some guy who's breaking up with his girlfriend… s… girlfriends."
Tidus shook his head and snickered, "Why would someone have two girlfriends? And what if I'm gay? I've never told you what kind of gender I like."
"EEE! ARE YOU? AREYOUAREYOUAREYOU? That would be so cute! Who do you like! Wakka?" Selphie squealed.
"WHAT? NO! DON'T THINK UP STUPID THINGS LIKE THAT! I DON'T LIKE WAKKA!"
"Why not?"
Kairi stopped her laughter, Selphie refrained from her questioning (at the moment), and Tidus just basically jumped around. The sudden intrusion on his arguing had scared him.
"Why not?" Wakka asked again, with an almost desperate look on his face. He shifted and tucked the Blitz ball he had been holding in front of him, to under his arm.
"Oh, I, uh… no! I… I didn't mean that, I mean- um, you see…" Tidus stuttered, trying to regain his composure. His cheeks were flushed from the previous anger Selphie had brought up, and from the embarrassment he was trying desperately to hide.
Selphie started giggling, and pointed at Tidus. Wakka was still looking a bit down, but it was hard to be sad when you were fricken' confused out of your mind.
"Agh…" Tidus covered his face with his hands. "Never mind, I didn't mean that I hate you, Wakka. Selphie was just confusing me with her stupid… hyper-confusie-ness."
"Ah, right. I can understand that, man." Smiling one of those big grins, Wakka walked closer to Tidus and punched him in the arm playfully. "So, what happened to that game of Blitz ball? You promised me one, ya?"
"Right… I was just trying to shake off these two. That one," Tidus paused and pointed a finger over at Selphie, but said, "is like a leech. A leech using super-glue."
Laughing, Wakka bopped Tidus on the head with the blue-striped ball and Selphie once again pouted.
"Well, come on, man! Let's go! I've been waiting for way more than I should have to. Selphie is no excuse, ya?"
"Yeah yeah yeah… I'm comin'." Drawled Tidus. He let himself get dragged away by Wakka, waving his goodbyes to the two girls left behind.
"So, what now?" Kairi finally decided to speak.
Selphie triumphantly pointed a finger in some random direction.
"To Riku's house! Tally-ho!"
Kairi asked, "Why Riku's house? Didn't Tidus say he heard Sora this morning?"
"Ee-yesss. But, if Sora was outside this morning, then he wouldn't have been in his house at that time, right?"
"But-"
"And also, I think Riku still has some of those pretzels I really like in his pantry…"
Rolling her eyes, Kairi reluctantly followed the ever-exuberant Selphie. When was she not happy? Oh, right, when she was scheming. Of course, at those times, she was just being mischievous.
'More like down right evil,' Kairi snorted.
And so, they walked hand in hand (ok, not really, more like Selphie almost dislocating Kairi's arm out of its socket in the process of pulling her down the path) towards their destination. Riku's house…
And it didn't take them that long to get there.
Sora groaned.
Someone had been banging on his front door for a few minutes, but he was so comfortable that he didn't want to move. His mom would just get it soon anyways.
Bang bang bang!
His sheets were gone… he must've kicked them off in his sleep. Why was he so warm then?
BANG BANG BANG!
Wait a second, what was that smell?
Still half-asleep, Sora tried to concentrate on the scent invading his senses.
'I know that smell…' he tried to think, '…Riku?'
BANG BANG BANG!
Squirming, Sora mumbled, "Uhnnn… shaddup… stoopid door…"
He heard a deep chuckle come from above him, and turned his head to look up at the source of the sound.
Voicing his previous thoughts, he again mumbled, "Ri… ku? What are you doin' in… in mah house? And… in my bed to-"
A window opened (Sora was faintly aware of the breeze coming through it), and Selphie scrambled in.
"Ah-HA! Now, fear me. For I will not rest until the pretzels are under my contr-" She cut herself off in mid-sentence when her eyes met the sight on the couch. "Awww…"
"Wha… a? Why are…" Sora rubbed at his eyes. "-Why are you in my room, too, Selphie?"
"What are you talking about? Are you still asleep? Stupid-head," chuckled Riku, again.
Yawning and arching his back to the likeness of a cat, the events of what had happened that morning slowly but surely came back to him. Sora sat there for a few more minutes, blinking a couple times as everyone looked at him. Everyone but Kairi.
'Where is that girl?' wondered Selphie.
"Selphie! Help me in!" Kairi yelled. Without the same energy Selphie had, it was a little more difficult for her to get up and over the windowsill. Never mind reach it.
'Oh, right, still outside.' Selphie mentally laughed.
Selphie glanced towards the window and said, "Ah, be back in a sec, guys!"
"Wa… ter? I fell… and, came to your house? Shower… your clothes… sleep…"
Sleep was starting to sound very good then. Sora was still tired from losing all the sleep, he had just remembered, he had lost that morning. Thoughts still foggy from exhaustion, he leaned sideways and curled up against the person whose lap he was in.
Lap… he was… in…
"RIKU?"
It seemed like sleep wouldn't claim him until later.
"That's my name, don't wear it out. Ok, well, actually, you can say it as many times as you want. It's quite a beautiful name you know… Riku." Riku smirked. "But that's only because it's mine."
Sora blushed.
"Ah, sorry I fell asleep… there. I was really tired, you know? It was early, and," he stretched and yawned, "I like my sleep."
"Don't apologize, it was fine." Riku stood up and straightened his pants just as Selphie pulled Kairi through the window. "Besides, it's not like I didn't enjoy it."
'Enjoy it?' Sora repeated in his mind.
"So!" Kairi huffed, "you two were here! And I was all worried…"
"You don't need to worry about me, I'm fine on my own. But, this klutz…" Riku jabbed a finger in Sora's direction. "He got himself sick this morning when he decided to take a swim."
"A SWIM? That leap was more of an act of defense! Well, maybe not defense, you were just asking for it!"
"Enough! Stop it!" Selphie stomped her foot. "You were all cozy before, but of course, now that we're here you can't be nice! It's so obvious."
Sora blinked.
"What is?" Sora asked.
"See? He is a stupid-head… and a klutz," Riku pointed out, much to the displeasure of Selphie. She knew what would come next…
"NO I'M NOT!" Sora was the one to then stomp his foot.
"SHUT-UP!" Selphie's yell resonated through the house.
Sora cowered and Riku just stared at Selphie nonchalantly with arms crossed.
Finally having their attention, Selphie gave out her orders. "Sora, just ignore Riku. Riku, stop irritating Sora." Short, but simple.
"Well, what now?" Kairi interjected.
Grabbing Kairi's arm - "PRETZELS OF COURSE!" – Selphie dragged her into Riku's kitchen through the doorway at the side of the room.
Sora stuck his tongue out at Riku; he was happy Selphie - sort of - had taken his side.
"Watch where you point that thing…" Riku used his index finger to poke Sora's tongue back into its original safekeeping. "You never know where it may end up."
He smirked when Sora, once again, was confused. It was so funny to watch him like this…
"Found 'em!" yelled Selphie between her munching. "These things are so good…"
"So, are we going to do anything today? Anything that we could do at…" Kairi checked her wristwatch. "3:37 PM?"
"How 'bout… we go make sandcastles!" suggested Sora.
Groans came from Kairi and Riku, but Selphie jumped at the idea.
"We can make a really big one, right?"
"Yep! And maybe make some little flags out of sticks and-"
"Paper towels! Or napkins! Or whatever they're called!"
"Good idea!"
"Oooh, what about turrets? And towers, too!"
"Maybe a dungeon!"
"Nooo… dun wanna hurt the poor innocent people."
"We're gonna make sand people?"
"Yep!"
"Can I make a dragon, too?"
"Yep!"
"C'mon, Riku, let's go!" Sora grabbed Riku's upper arm and tried pulling him towards the front door.
Selphie did the same to Kairi, and they were on their wa-
"Sora."
Well, maybe they'd leave later.
"Yep?"
Riku cleared his throat. "Do you always walk around outside in pajamas that aren't your own?"
"Not normally- oh. Right." Sora grinned sheepishly. "Well, I don't want to go outside in these, and I don't have any clean clothing, do I?"
"Not yet, your clothes are still in the washing machine. They're probably clean, just not dry yet."
"Hmmm… could one of you guys run over to my house and get something for me?" Sora glanced around.
Selphie scrunched up her face, "Ewww. I'm not digging through your underwear."
"Hey!" Sora pouted. "What's wrong with my underwear? As you put it so nicely."
"They probably have rocket ships all over them." The brown-haired girl burst out laughing.
Sora's face gained a brilliant shade of red. "They do not! I think…"
"Just ignore her, Sora. Even if there are rocket ships on your underwear, I'm quite sure they're awesome rocket ships." Kairi giggled at Riku's input on the matter. "Bringing us back to the topic of actually getting somewhere… I have some shorts you left here a while ago. But, when I say a while ago, I mean a while ago. I'm not sure if they're too small for you."
"I doubt it," Selphie snorted, "Sora hasn't grown, and never will grow, an inch taller."
"HEY! I-"
"C'mon, you first graders. Sora, come with me, I need help finding them. It's been a while." Riku started towards his room, Sora begrudgingly trailing behind.
"So… which ones are they?"
"What?" replied Riku.
"The shorts; I have a few pairs, it's not like they're all the same ones in different sizes."
"Ouch, that cut me deep. Almost a negative one on the 'you're making me feel stupid' scale."
"Shut-up."
Into Riku's room Sora stomped, and patiently waited for him to finish looking.
"Well? Aren't you going to help me? I didn't ask you to come in here to just stand there. Although I'm sure you're very good at it, it's not helping," Riku stated.
Resorting to moving his hand in a way that mimicked Riku's mouth (trying to get the last 'word'), Sora walked over to the cabinet his friend was already sifting through.
"You didn't tell me which shorts they were. How am I supposed to know what I'm looking for?"
Riku glanced up from his work for a moment, and said, "My style isn't quite like yours, 'Mr. Rocket-Ship-Underwear', so it shouldn't be that hard to find them." Sora raised a finger in objection, but Riku beat him to it, "they're the ones with the blue flames up the edges, remember?"
"Ah, ok. I know those…" Sora started digging through the folded clothing, not caring whether or not any of it was put back in order. "Found them! Jeeze, maybe these are a bit small."
"If you wear any of my pants, other than those PJs, they'll probably fall off before you can get to the front door," Riku pointed out.
'Not that that would be a bad thing…' he thought and chuckled.
Sora looked up when he heard his friend's amusement. "What?"
"Nothing, nothing." Riku waved his hands around, dismissing the subject. "Go on, hurry up and get changed. I want to get this sand-castle-making over with."
"N'kay."
A few minutes later, Sora came out of the bathroom with his shorts, and a shirt Riku lent him, on. The shorts - as Riku had said, they had blue flames down the sides - went down to a few inches above his knees. They weren't tight around the sides, but since they were from so long ago, they were a bit… shorter, than Sora remembered.
"Ahhh, I dunno guys…" Uneasily, Sora grabbed the bottom of the shirt he was wearing, trying to hide his embarrassment.
"Nonsense!" Selphie snipped, "they look fine! C'mooon, I wanna go make some sandcastles!"
"Fine, fine."
Selphie skipped towards the door and opened it for the group, and they all walked merrily to the beach, each for their own reason. Selphie was excited about the sandcastle making, Kairi was just happy to spend time with her friends… but Riku and Sora were a different story. Sora, still unsure of the shorts adorning his hips, was walking unsteadily onward. Of course, this caught Riku's attention. What didn't, when it came to Sora? He was quite happy about his luck that day. First, seeing Sora wet; second, seeing Sora wet a second time, but half-naked; third, being able to hold Sora; fourth, falling asleep with Sora; and now: fifth, being able to catch many a glimpse of those nice thighs of his…
He hoped his luck would continue.