Disclaimer: Another day, another sulking realization that I do not own these characters or kingdom hearts OR Final Fantasy cry
Warnings: I know where you live .
Notes n' stuffs: sniffles Thank you First-Doughter-of-Ipswich and PsYcHoTiC AlBiNo LuVeR your comments make meh happeh! Yus I try to make each chapter 3000 words + dunno why, I just feel I accomplish more than I do on my college essays that way XD shhh don't tell the teachers!
On to the next chapter!
-Destiny University-
-5: Happy Birthday Riku-
"Uh Rox! NO not so hard!" Demyx stopped in front of his own dorm room upon hearing the familiar sound of Sora's voice whining from inside. He couldn't help but wait and listen with his curiosity now sparked and his ear up against the wood of the door.
"Ah YES! Take it Sora!" and that voice belonged to no other than Roxas. What the HELL were they up to in HIS dorm room?! Demyx lowered his hand towards the brass knob of the door and was about to twist it open when he heard the brunette again but halted in complete shock.
"Zexy! He Is SO ROUGH! I prefer you!"
The tall blond resembled a deer in the headlights. Zexion…his room mate…the guy who barely got out two sentences a day was doing WHAT with the two slightly younger 'perverts'? Now that Demyx thought about it, the blunette never showed interest in anyone in that way or if he did, he never said anything. Was it possible he took a liking to both of his new friends? At… the same time? Demyx didn't even know he swung that way! He turned the knob quickly and pushed the door open in hope to stop or join the madness inside while shouting "I'M COMING!"
Sora stared up from where he laid on the floor with Roxas sat beside him and Zexion glanced over from his place on the edge of his bed. All three boys eyed Demyx suspiciously with arched brows. The tall blond stood in the doorway with a newfound shock as he pointed blankly in an accusing manner to the males before him. Sora and Roxas each held a console controller in hand. Demyx noted that in fact, everyone was fully clothed and they were playing… Soul Calibur 3. Wow, did he feel stupid?
"Um, Demy?" Sora asked as he saw his female fighter, Ivy die on screen via Roxas' male fighter, Kilik. "AH NOW I DIED! NU!"
Roxas laughed and put down his controller with a triumphant smirk. He had defeated Zexion and Sora with ease, damn it was TOO easy.
"What's wrong Demyx? You look like you've just seen a gay orgy or something…" the brunette stated as he dropped his own controller and sat up. Zexion nodded his greeting to the blond in the doorway who blinked a few times before edging into the room.
"Nothing, nothing." He coughed "Anyway, it's Riku's birthday and we are throwing a small surprise party in his and Axel's dorm room! Axel has taken him out to distract him and we have half an hour to set up everything and get Namine, Selphie and Leon here!"
Everyone started at him blankly before it sank in. Sora was the first to jump to the conclusion, surprisingly. "OH! Surprise party! I want to help!"
Demyx slapped him over the head lightly and laughed. "We're all helping. Zexion, go get Nami, Selphie and Leon. Sora, Roxas, come with me!"
Zexion pushed up from his bed and disappeared into the hallway on his task. The two boys on the floor rose to their feet and followed the blond out of dorm room 9 and into dorm room 8. Roxas glanced around as the door opened. The layout of the room was similar to his. One side was perfectly neat and the other was a giant mess. That must be Axel's side he noted.
It took hardly any time at all for Sora to be bouncing on one of the beds at random. "Oooo comfy. Who's bed is this?"
"That would be Riku's. I'll be right back." Demyx shot back out of the room and returned a few moments later with two bags full of what looked like party food and balloons. And was that... pin the tail on the donkey?!
Sora leapt from Riku's bed and jumped up and down in front of the food bearer. "I wanna help with food!"
Roxas quickly stepped in front of his brunette friend and shook his head. "You'll poison everyone, you do the balloons." This earned him a pout. He wasn't THAT bad of a cook was he? Sora thought over the times he had attempted to cook then took the balloons.
"Point taken." He set to work on blowing up the assorted colors of air-filled-rubbery-fun and scattered them one by one around the room. Some ended up on the floor while others laid upon Axel and Riku's beds. The idea was for a few, Sora however got carried away and the entire room ended up looking more like a child's colorful ball play pit. It was fitting for the twentieth birthday of a person he had never met before.
Roxas and Demyx worked quickly together on sorting out food and drinks, a task neither found too difficult. They had cake, biscuits, cola..wait..CAKE. Sora noticed a double chocolate birthday cake laying atop a desk. It looked so beautiful with it's chocolatey goodness covered in icing and 'Happy Birthday Riku' spelt out across the top in white. Mmm...Maybe no one would notice if he just tried a tiny bit. He extended his index finger out towards the edge and- "BLAH! I wasn't going to touch it, honest!" Sora waved his hands around in defence after Roxas slapped the potential offending finger away. He should have known better than to leave a cake in view of the chocoholic.
"How many balloons is a few to you?" the blond teen asked as he scanned the color filled room.
"Fifty-plus apparently." Sora gave a toothy grin and turned to Demyx who seemed amused by setting up 'Pin the tail on the Donkey'. The game had many memories for him of his own birthdays past where he himself would usually end up being the donkey. Good times.
It was another five minutes before everything was set up. Zexion had returned with Namine, Selphie and Leon and everyone hid with the lights off, none quite grasping the concept that having the lights off made little difference with the winter sun shining through the window. They all listened in silence as two sets of footsteps approached the door. The knob slowly turned. The door swung open and everyone jumped up and yelled "SURPRISE!" Well, everyone apart from Zexion, Leon and Sora. Both Zexion and Leon were brooding. Sora stared in awe at the man stood in the doorway. Stunning aqua eyes peered straight at him through long strands of silver and his lips displayed a faint smile which caused the small brunette to fight the urge to melt on the spot. Damn, the room got hot fast. Sora pinned the thoughts on being so close to something as beautiful as...cake and not being able to touch it yet.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY RIKU!" Selphie sprung forward and latched her arms around the silver haired man's neck. She was joined shortly after by a blond female of similar height who hugged Riku tightly. Sora gathered that this girl must have been Namine.
"Thanks guys, but you really didn't need to-" Riku started but was cut off by Demyx's hand in his face. The tall blond male pushed the two girls aside and clung onto his friend.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" he chanted into the birthday boy's ear before letting him go once more.
After everyone had wished him a happy birthday, they all found pleasurable comfort in sitting around, talking and munching on party food. Sora had yet to speak to the man he now knew as Riku. He instead was dragged into a game of pin the tail on the unsuspecting Roxas by Axel and Demyx. The red head slowly crept up behind their target, careful to be as silent as possible when he was joined by his two accomplices. Sora edged to one side, Demyx to the other and on the count of one, two, three- all three jumped Roxas and brought him struggling to the ground.
"Axel, get off me!" He squirmed under the weight of the taller man and found it impossible to move as he was bound by the red head's minions by the wrists. The brunette laughed and increased the pressure best he could, completely oblivious to the fact that the aqua eyes were watching his every move.
"AHA!" Axel let his victory known and stared down at the frowning blond boy under him who had just acquired a new accessory of a donkey's tail. The frown softened gazing up in those emerald cat-like eyes and Roxas felt the heat in his cheeks. Blah! He was blushing again. It was becoming a bad habit! Sora and Demyx walked away laughing.
"You can get up now Axel..." The tiny blond squirmed a little before once more giving up. It seemed that his only option at present was to lay horizontal under the other male who was surprisingly heavy for his slim frame.
"I don't want to yet. Besides, you don't seem 'that' bothered." Axel sat with a knee flat to the ground either side of Roxas' waist and pressed all his of his weight down onto the thin wrists he held tight at his sides.
"If you haven't noticed, i don't really seem to have a choice."
The red head looked thoughtful for a moment then leant closer to the other boys face. "I like this game, Roxy."
Roxas narrowed his eyes and sat up when the pressure on him was lessened. "That's nice, because I don't." He pushed Axel the rest of the way off of him, stood and walked away to whine at Sora for letting such a game take place with him as the target.
"Nami! Come here, we have to get Riku's cake ready!" Selphie beckoned over her best friend to the other side of the room. It was surprisingly spacey with so many people in one dorm. Namine ran over to her brunette friend and both females began to place candles into the top of the cake; twenty to be exact. "Ah! We need a lighter or matches or something!" Selphie jumped up and down on the spot while looking for a source of fire but came up empty.
"Lighter you say?" Axel reached into his back pocket and pulled out his small fire-making device. He caught the slightly peeved looked from Roxas and just had to ask. "What's wrong Rox? I don't smoke.. if that's what you're thinking." Selphie took the lighter and lit each candle.
"Huh? Why would i care if you did?" The blond sat back on one of the beds to the side of the room trying to look disinterested. He turned his head away and gazed idly in another direction.
Axel made his way over and stood in front of said blond with his hands to his hips and a mischievous smirk. "So Roxy, how do you like my bed?"
Even with his head turned away it was easy to see the uncomfortable tint of red staining his cheeks. "Oh, this is your bed? I was hoping it was Riku's."
"Really? That's odd, seeing as you've been staring at me all night and not Riku." Axel sat down next to Roxas and leant back on his hands. "I like it when you stare at me."
The blond teen turned his head to face the red head with an expression showing he was less than impressed. "I wasn't staring at you."
"That's funny considering you were in fact staring at me."
Roxas flinched as Axel leant closer then flinched again upon feeling a hot hand against his cheek. The heated digits traced lightly over his skin before stopping beneath his chin to tilt his head up. And there were those emerald eyes again; staring into him, making him feel unable to look away as they were as captivating as ever. Roxas felt no response from his own body as his head told him to push away from Axel who wore an expression of complete seriousness and seemed lacking all his usual devious and malicious intentions. He still couldn't pull away as he watched the red head further invade his personal boundaries and bring his face merely inches from his own. Yet again Roxas could feel his cheeks burn up from more than just the others warm hands and he hated the affect the man appeared to have on him. His cerulean eyes trailed their half lidded gaze down to Axel's slightly parted lips as he found himself drawn in, no longer caring that the other male was closing the gap between them.
"Axel, quit trying to maul the poor boy."
The red head narrowed his eyes at the familiar voice and glanced towards Riku with annoyance. "He doesn't seem to mind." Roxas immediately jumped up with realization and walked away to Sora and Demyx who were currently helping Selphie and Namine with the cake.
"Aww look what you did now Riku, you scared him off."
Riku rolled his eyes and sat down next to the pyro-maniac-perv. "So that was Roxas and his friend is…Sora, right?"
"Yup." Came the short and to the point reply. Axel laid back on his bed and sighed in frustration. His perfect chance to make Roxas give in was going too well and Riku had to screw it up with his talk of mauling and such. Damn.
"HAPPY BITHDAY RIKUUUUU!" Selphie squealed, cake held within both hands as she and everyone else broke into a chorus of singing 'happy birthday'. Riku stifled an amused laugh at Zexion and Leon's lame attempts to join in before his eyes fell on Sora who appeared slightly uncomfortable as he shifted on the spot, glancing in all directions except the birthday boy's.
"Blow out the candles! OH! Make a wish!" Demyx pointed at the cake with it's twenty glowing candles. Riku took a hesitant moment before blowing them out and making his wish.
"HOORAY! Now we can eat it!" Selphie dragged Namine away with her to cut the cake.
Sora beamed with happiness as he received his chocolate covered joy from the blond female. He looked down at the icing adoring the top of his piece and noticed it was the 'Ri' part of 'Happy Birthday Riku'. His eyes scanned the room until they rested upon the silver haired birthday boy. He was sitting with Leon and seemed to be in deep conversation as he held a blue balloon between both hands. Sora thought briefly over the fact that it was him who had blown it up. The thought passed and he tasted his cake. It was…SO GOOD!
XXX
An hour had passed since most of the cake had been eaten. Namine and Selphie had returned to their dorm room for the night after again wishing Riku a very happy birthday. Leon and Zexion went next door to room nine to listen to Zexion's new CD and were followed shortly after by Demyx who had dragged Roxas with him to hear the song he was learning on his guitar. Naturally, Axel had also left to stalk the two blonds.
Riku lay silently on his bed staring up at the ceiling, not noticing that one other remained in the room with him who was just as quiet. He turned his head to the right over towards Axel's side of the room to see Sora. The brunette was knelt before the window resting his chin on the back of his hands as he stared at the setting sun from the red head's bed. His face took on a faint glow from the world beyond the glass pane; a world which he was watching so intently he appeared to be lost in it.
"You have a real sweet tooth, don't you Sora?" Riku placed a plate with the last of the cake down on the window sill next to the brunette. Sora turned his head to look at the chocolatey goodness then to the silver haired male beside him. He hadn't even heard him come over. Hell, he didn't even notice the movement on the bed as Riku knelt beside him.
"Yeh, so you noticed?" Sora eyed the cake again.
"Not many people have nine sugars with their coffee, it's a little obsessive." Riku noticed the blue, lust ridden eyes that stared down at the cake with affection and couldn't help but laugh. The eyes shot up to fix their gaze on his.
"What's funny?"
"I've never seen anyone look at chocolate with such intensity. I brought it over for you. I'd prefer you to have it, get hyper and keep your room mate up all night than Axel have it and keep me up." Riku flashed a smile which passed almost too quick to decipher. But Sora saw it. Heat invaded his cheeks as he caught the aqua stare. AH! He hoped Riku couldn't see that he was blushing. Wait, why was he blushing?
"Thanks Riku. I'll make sure Axel doesn't keep you up all night." He missed the amused smirk on the silver haired male's face due to his choice of words and poked a fork into the cake to take a bite. "Mmm…sooo gooodddd…"
Riku found himself staring at the brunette as intensely as he had been staring out of the window. He couldn't remember when watching someone eat cake felt so mesmerizing. Another piece of chocolate entered Sora's mouth before the metal of the fork slid back out over his lips with another "mmmm"
"So," Riku tried, his eyes never leaving the brunette's lips, "is cake your favourite food?"
Sora nodded in response as he finished another piece. "Yeah. So are waffles, ice cream, bagels, sweet things in general…" he trailed off when the fork re-entered his mouth yet again.
"You're studying drama, right?"
Another nod.
"Yeah and you're studying art. Demyx said."
Riku gave a nod of his own and leant the side of his head against the cool glass of the window while watching Sora finish the cake.
"You're good at blowing, Sora."
The brunette's eyes almost popped out of his head and he almost chocked on his cake at the words. Riku noticed and couldn't fight the amused smirk playing his lips. "Demyx told me you blew up all of the balloons."
"OH! Erm, yeh I did.. heh..You're good at blowing too" Sora rubbed the back of his neck nervously, feeling a little stupid for jumping to the wrong conclusion too fast. "The candles, I mean.."
"FEAR NOT! For I hath returned!" Demyx bound into the room followed by Roxas and Axel. "It's getting late and I have work to do so I kicked Axel out, but the only way to get him out of my damn room was to kick Roxas out. SO. Here we are."
Sora glanced back over his shoulder towards the door to see a frustrated looking Roxas with an even more frustrated looking Axel who eyes were glued to the small blond beside him.
"BUT, before I go it is Riku present time!" Demyx handed Riku a gift wrapped in silver paper with a card.
The silver haired male turned to face the newcomers and sat with his back against the wall under the window. Sora also turned to sit in the same manner.
Riku popped open the card.
To Riku
Happy Birthday and all that jazz!
We had NO idea what to get a weirdo like you but then Axel came up with a brilliant plan! It was pretty damn pricey so you better kiss my feet. And Axel's feet, and Zexion's and Roxas' and Sora's. We all chipped in!
Have a super fun day with US!
Lots of birthday lovin' from me, Ax, Zex, Rox and So.
Riku glanced up to Demyx and laughed. "Birthday lovin'?"
"Yes. Now shut up and open your damn present!"
As told, Riku opened the silver covered present to find the jacket he saw at Hot Topic not to long ago on his outing with Axel. He looked up to see Axel bearing an almost inhumane grin. "Wow. Thanks guys but why did Sora and Roxas help get it, they only met me today." His eyes shifted between both mentioned boys.
"I know I only just met you, but I figured that if Demyx, Axel and Zexion are all so great then I was pretty sure their friend would be too. So I was happy to help, so was Roxas." Sora beamed at Riku.
"Yeah it was really no problem." Roxas added.
Before Riku had a chance to respond he was jumped by Demyx and knocked sideways on his bed next to Sora by a tight hug. "OH RIKU! I hate to leave you on your day of birth but I must write an essay! I'll make sure to say thanks to Zexy too for you. He already started his work so he stayed in the room."
Axel slowly edged away towards the door but was halted upon hearing Demyx. "Get back in here Ax and write your damn essay too!"
The blond got off of Riku and dragged the red head over to his desk to get some work done. He wished another 'happy birthday' and said goodnight to everyone before leaving to get his own work done.
Sora glanced down at the still laying figure of Riku a few inches away and was rewarded with his aqua stare. A look of realization passed through those enticing orbs before their owner sat upright and moved off of the bed to stand.
"Come on Sora." Roxas stood in the doorway and gestured for Sora to follow.
"OH ROXY! DON'T LEAVE ME!" Axel made to get up from his chair at his desk but the blond had already bolted with a "Shut the hell up Axel!"
Sora edge off of the red head's bed and walked past Riku in the direction of the door. "Happy Birthday Riku. G'night. Good night Axel." He waved receiving a wave from the essay writing perv sat at his desk.
"Thank you Sora. Good night." Riku gave a wave of his own and the brunette left the room letting the door close behind him.
"Hey Axel…"
"Hmm?" the red head turned to look at his friend and arched a brow in question.
"Ah, nothing.." Riku sat on his own bed facing the window and took out his sketchbook and pencil.
X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X
Me: YAY Riku is here
Riku: "About damn time!"
Me: Watch your mouth young man or I'll wash it out with soap I tell you!
Axel points and laughs
Me: Shut it Axel or I'll further deprive you of Roxas lovin'!
Roxas: "YAY!"
Axel: "YAY!?!?!?!"
Riku laughs at Axel
Me: AND I'll deprive you of Sora lovin' if you don't behave Riku! And I'll replace the Sora lovin' with Donald lovin'!
All cringe
Me: Yeah that's what I thought.
NEXT CHAPTER: STUFF that I haven't decided yet!
sniffles DO I get cookies now? Big cute shiney eyes