Kingdom Holidays
May 8th: No Socks Day

Today was Saturday. And so far, it was nice out. Sora had his suspicions that it was going to rain but thus far he'd been proven wrong. With a smile, he shook the nail polish bottle. Then he leaned forward, opened it, and started painting his toe nails. He had chosen the color red because it was a favorite. Blue was also a favorite color, as was yellow. But both, he thought, would look silly on his toes.

So he opted for red. He really did like red. And blue and yellow. He liked all colors. Every single one had its own little personality. He screwed the bottle shut and wiggled his toes once he finished. Yes, red was the right color.

"Hey Sora?"

The brunette looked up as he heard the voice from upstairs. "Down here." He leaned back and propped his feet up on the coffee table, being careful not to let his toes touch as they dried.

Riku appeared at the top of the stairs. "What happened to all the socks?"

"It's No Socks Day."

Riku rolled his eyes as he walked down the stairs and into the living room. "What?"

"No Socks Day." Sora repeated.

He walked up behind the brunette on the couch and spotted the painted toes.

Sora looked up and smiled, catching the stare. "Polished nails are optional."

"Okay…" Riku shook his head slowly. "The skirt yesterday and the painted nails today… are you trying to tell me something?"

Sora tilted his head slightly, his neck still craned back. "Like what?"

"Like my boyfriend wants to be my girlfriend?"

Sora wrinkled his nose. "Why does everyone call me a girl?"

A smile laced the taller man's lips. "Because you wear skirts and paint your nails."

"To celebrate."

Riku smiled and ruffled Sora's hair. "Good thing you're cute."

"You say that a lot."

"Do I?" He asked as he leaned on the back of the couch.

Sora nodded and turned slightly on the couch. "Yeah. But it's true so I don't mind."

"Back to my question. Where are all my socks?"

"I hid them."

"Sora…" Riku straightened and rubbed at his forehead.

"No Socks Day means no socks today."

"I guess that means I'm included as well."

Sora nodded and patted the couch beside him. "Sit down and let me paint your toes."

"Uh… I think not."

"Why not?"

Riku turned and started for the kitchen. "You said that was optional." He said over his shoulder.

"On come on. A little polish won't turn you gay." The comment made the brunette smile.

"No."

"You are no fun!" Sora whined. "You never want to celebrate with me."

Riku paused and turned around. He always had a problem telling the brunette no when he whined like that.

"Come on." He patted the couch again. "Tell me I'm lucky I'm cute and come sit down."

Riku groaned as he walked around the couch and fell down on it. "You're cute." He muttered.

Sora smiled as he bent over to pull Riku's feet into his lap. Then he pulled a second bottle of polish out of his pocket, uncapped it, and started painting.

"If you tell anyone I let you do this…" Riku leaned back as he threw an arm over his head and left the threat open.

"Oh stop. You know you like it."

"Just hurry up before I change my mind."

"You no. You can't now." Sora continued in silence as he painted each nail. Once he finished, he capped the bottle, leaned over to set it on the table, and clapped his hands together in triumph. "There you go. But don't move until it dries."

Riku lifted his arm and sat up. "Purple, huh?"

Sora beamed. "It's your color."

"Why do you have two colors of nail polish Sora?"

"I don't. I have seven."

Riku's mouth dropped open. "You have seven bottles of nail polish? Since when? And why?"

Sora shrugged. "Last night, at the mall after the movie, while you and the guys went to the music store, I went with the girls to the cosmetics one. And because I wanted to, I guess."

"Sora…"

Sora held up his hand. "I know. I'm not a girl. But I can buy and wear nail polish if I want to."

Riku shook his head slowly. "If you're going to do it you should at least wear black. It's not so… girly."

Sora stuck out his tongue. "I could have gotten the pink that Kairi did."

"I hate pink."

Sora laughed. "You don't like girl's clothes or make-up or pink or anything remotely girly. What kind of gay guy are you?"

"Uh… one who doesn't want a sex change?"

Sora frowned as he pushed Riku's feet off his lap and stood up. "I don't want to be a girl!"

Riku grabbed for his arm. "Oh come on. I'm just teasing."

Sora wrenched his arm away. "You can be really mean sometimes."

"Sora…"

"I'm going to the beach." He turned and headed for the door without putting any shoes on.

"Wait!" Riku got up and followed. He grabbed Sora's arm after the door was opened. "I'll go with you."

"I'm not giving you your socks back."

"I know." He threw an arm around the shorter brunette's shoulders as he closed the door behind them.

"I love you." Sora wrapped his arm around Riku's waist.

"You fucking better."

Sora let out a laugh as they walked down the path to the beach. The sun was high and since it was nice out, Sora wasn't surprised to see the beach was packed. He spied Kairi sitting in the sand with Selphie and Tidus, who were building a castle. Wakka was lying on a beach towel, asleep, not too far away.

"Hey guys!" Kairi looked up at nearly the exact moment said guys spotted her. After waving, she jumped up and headed over.

"Hey Kairi." Sora waved with his free hand as she approached.

Her smile widened as her gaze drifted lower. "Oh holy shit! I can't believe you got him to do it! Oh priceless!"

Sora laughed loudly and beamed. "I told you I could get him to do anything."

"Wait a minute…" Riku looked between the two.

She wrinkled her nose and continued like Riku hadn't spoken. "I won't ask how and I don't want to know." She pulled a small camera out of the pocket of her shorts. "But I have to get a picture."

Riku held up his free hand and shook his head. "Oh no you don't, Kairi." He started backing away.

With a high-pitched laugh, Sora tightened his grip on Riku's waist and tried to keep him from escaping. "You're not going anywhere."

"Damnit Sora! Let go!"

Laughter erupted from the auburn haired girl as she pressed the picture button on her camera several times.

Notes: I make fun of Sora a lot in my stories, about being/acting like a girl. I don't know why it comes up so much when I write. It just does. I really don't have any gender confusions when it comes to him. I really don't.