As Tane walked back to her room, she contemplated all of that days events. In less than 24 hours she'd managed to attempt to run away, bruise Riku's face, kiss Riku, see him dazed whilst holding his cheek- see a lot of emotions on him Infact, and become extremely confused. Eventful… but what had any of that accomplished? She hadn't escaped and found Kairi, she'd bruised her friends cheek, and the kiss… she couldn't even begin to think about the kiss.
And then there was whatever Riku had said when he'd appeared in the dinning room and given her a heart attack.. what was it? She'd been trying to convince herself it had meant nothing, she could remember that. And he had said… Tane frowned trying to remember as she replayed it all in her head. Glad something.. Glad we agree? Glad you agree? It was something like that.. what had he meant by that. That he thought it meant nothing? No. That kiss had meant something to him and she knew it. His actions moments ago backed that up.
When she reached the room that had started to be classed as hers, Tane threw herself down on to the bed and kicked the door shut. Right now this was probably the last place she wanted to be, but where else could she go?
Shrugging off her top and shorts, Tane pulled the black covers over herself and curled up. It might have been an 'eventful' day. But she'd never been so confused. Though Riku seemed even more confused. She frowned, what did he have to be confused about? A 'baby' had kissed him. Shouldn't he just feel annoyed or something? Confused didn't make sense. Great, she was even more confused now than before…
Sighing Tane let her eyes close, and drifted off into an easy sleep, but her dream was… strange.
She was stood in a large living room, a twisting stair case to her back, and a large black sofa facing away infront of her. She recognised the place from somewhere, but she wasn't sure where. Glancing out the window, she was mildly surprised to see she was on Destiny Island. But this wasn't her house, or one she'd been in before.. it was Riku's. So it shouldn't have been such a surprise when she walked around to the front of the sofa and saw the white haired boy lounging on it. He looked odd though. Tane had always seen him in blue trousers and a yellow jacket, but right now he was wearing all black. Maybe she'd spent too long around dark surroundings and it was messing with her subconscious. Shrugging the thoughts off, Tane looked down at him. His blue eyes were shut and it looked like he was sleeping. But she somehow knew he wasn't.
"Hi" she said. Wow, what a great line. Even in a dream she still had no idea what to say to him. She'd never been able to make small talk with him, even when she was little and stuck at Kairi's side. It was one of the main reasons why she'd stayed away from him as they grew up.
"Yes baby?" He questioned without opening his eyes. Great, even in her dreams he was calling her a baby.
"You're a jerk" She muttered, a scowl covering her features. Normally she would have ignored him, all he was doing was antagonising her, but for some reason she'd decided to respond. Strangely, her insult made him open his eyes and frown. He'd never reacted to her before, and she swore she heard hurt in his voice,
"Why am I?" He questioned as he propped himself up onto his elbows still frowning. How could he not know how he was a jerk? It was obvious she'd always hated being referred to as a baby.
"I'm not a baby" she said, a scowl still covering her features. It was a stupid insult to call her, and this was her dream! Why was she being bullied by Riku in her own dream?
Dream Riku's expression changed at her words though, a smug grin taking place of the scowl, and he relaxed again. What was going on? She'd never seen him act so strange around her. Though maybe she'd spoken too soon, for Riku suddenly sat up-right and grabbed her wrists, pulling her towards him. Once she'd stumbled forwards and was sat awkwardly onto his lap, he shut his eyes again before speaking,
"My baby" He murmured, bringing her hand up to his lips and kissing it. Tane's eyes widened slightly as she stared at the boy infront of her,
"I-wh-what?" she stammered, not quite believing what was going on. His baby. As in, his? He better not have meant she was his child. That would have just been too wrong and weird even by this dreams standard. But his next actions suggested he hadn't meant it in that way. As she took her eyes from his mouth, she noticed he'd moved closer – if that was possible. There was barely any inch separating their faces now. Tane bit down on her lip, glancing up into Riku's eyes, surprised again to see so many emotions on his features, but this time non where of anger of confusion.
"I-Riku?" She stammered again, not being able to form a sentence being this close to him. She sounded like a caveman, but right now that was the last of her worries. His eyes started to shut again as he leaned closer, closing the gap between them, and Tane wasn't sure how to react. She wanted to kiss him, though he seemed to want to do a lot more than kiss. As he met her lips with his, Riku's hands slid around Tane's slim waist, and he didn't waste time slipping them under her top and unhooking her bra. She frowned slightly into the kiss as she realised what he was going, but didn't bother to stop him. Rather than stopping any of this, she decided to move herself ontop of him without breaking the kiss, her hands now roaming Riku's own chest in return. She'd seen him shirtless many times from when he, Sora and Kairi had gone swimming on the island, but as his shirt was pulled off she couldn't help but gaze at his chest. It looked even more perfect than ever. A small, shy smile flickered across her features as her own top was removed, and she glanced down at him her hands fiddling with his trousers. Her lips met his again as she managed to undo the button and started to pull down his trousers. The dream might have seemed strange at first, but right now it seemed like the most natural thing in the world. After a moment though Riku broke away from the kiss, a serious look now on his features,
"Tane, I have to tell you something" He murmured into her ear, making the hairs on the back of her neck stand up at the sound of this voice.
"Mm?" Was all she could manage in reply, her hands still roaming his chest. Couldn't it wait, if it was really that important..
The sound of knocking at the door woke her up, and she sat bolt up right slightly flustered. What the hell had just happened. She had just been about to.. No. It was a dream. A stupid, messed up dream that for some reason her mind had decided to conjured up to play a trick on her. She wouldn't do that with Riku.. But it had all seemed so real.. Then again, didn't dreams always seem real? The Riku in her dream had definitely seemed real. 'But he wasn't real' she said to herself as she got out of her bed. She wasn't sure whether she was grateful or not for the person knocking at her door. They'd either saved her from a nightmare, or one hell of a good dream. And she hadn't even found out what he was going to tell her! Scowling slightly she turned the doorknob and half opened the door, peering out into the hallway. She didn't have to look far to see Riku standing infront of her though. Was this another dream? Surely you couldn't have a dream inside a dream? Raising an eyebrow, Tane placed her hands on her hips. How was she meant to tell if this was a dream. This Riku was dressed in his usual blue trousers and yellow jacket, but his face wasn't emotionless. He wore a look of slight confusion and.. intrigue? What did he have to be intrigued about.
"I have to tell you something" He said after a few seconds, seeming to regain his composure and blank look. His wording oddly matched what dream Riku had said before she'd been awoken.. there was no way that could just be a coincidence. No this had to be a dream too. Right? Sighing, still confused over whether this was real or not Tane raised her eyebrow again,
"What?" Maybe it was her subconscious again trying to tell her something. If this was a dream she should be able to control it, to some degree atleast.. Dream Riku had kissed her, and she had to admit, she'd wanted to kiss him. So if this Riku kissed her, it was likely to be a dream? But he seemed more serious than kissing. Why were all her thoughts recently about kissing Riku? Giving up with the white haired teen standing at her door, Tane flopped back down onto the bed, just realising she was only in her underwear. Whether this was a dream or not, she couldn't help the blush that filled her cheeks and kept her eyes on the ceiling. Feeling the bed dip slightly beside her, she glanced from the ceiling to Riku, who was watching her intently. Why did he have to look at her like that, it was like she was under questioning for committing a murder.
"What did you have to tell me?" She asked again, pushing herself up into a sitting position. Thankfully the room was dark, so it didn't really matter much that wasn't wearing proper clothes, but she still felt embarrassed at Riku seeing her half naked. Really, what was so important that it couldn't have waited till she'd come out of her room. Then again that could have been days.. After waiting a while longer, it still didn't look like he was going to speak, so Tane moved closer attempting to encourage him to tell her. He didn't take it the way she'd expected though, and stood up off the bed shaking his head.
"Doesn't matter" He muttered, turning and heading towards the door. Why couldn't he just say. Did he always have to be so damned awkward? Well she wasn't going to let him be this time.
Jumping up after him, Tane took his wrist in her hand, much like he had done with hers. True, she wouldn't be able to stop him if he tried to walk now, but she could atleast try.
"Tane.." The emotion in his voice made her freeze, dropping his wrist. No one had ever said her name like that.
"Riku" She replied back, apparently managing to match the emotion correctly as he turned to face her. Considering how much emotion she'd seen from him the past few days, exasperation shouldn't have been a new one. But it was. Had she done something wrong? Maybe he was actually annoyed that she'd punched him earlier, the bruise did look a lot worse. Why the hell had she done that.. Sighing, she reached up and traced the outline of the purple on his cheek again, hoping he wouldn't react the same as earlier. Instead he stayed perfectly still for a few seconds, before taking her hand from his face and entwining their fingers. Were they going to go through another portal or something? 'I hope I can get dressed first' she thought, the idea of going to some random place in her underwear wasn't one she liked the sound of. But no portal appeared, nor did Riku speak. They both stood still as statues, deep blue eyes boring into bright green.
"Is this real," Tane finally questioned, not being able to help her curiosity any longer, "Or is it a dream?" It seemed real, Riku seemed to be standing there, and she seemed to be holding onto his hand. But if a dragon suddenly jumped out of the wall, she'd take a guess of it being a dream. Then again, that could be real.. Trying to ignore the random thoughts that were suddenly invading her head, she waited for his answer. But it wasn't a straight forward real or dream. Instead the older boy lent forward, his lips lightly brushing hers, before moving to her ear,
"I'd say real, but you never know" He whispered, before breaking away from her, his face going emotionless again. "I have to go somewhere tomorrow, it'll help with finding Kairi. You're coming with me." Whatever illusion had appeared when they'd been standing together was shattered as Riku went back to business. True, she did want her sister back, but that wasn't her top priority right now. The fact Riku had basically kissed her was. And if he thought he could just change the subject, he was sorely mistaken.
"Riku-" She began, but was stopped at the waving of his hand in dismissal. No, he couldn't dismiss her, she needed answers. "Ri-" she tried again, but didn't even manage to say his whole name this time as his lips had pressed down onto hers, cutting her off. He was kissing her.. He was kissing her! She couldn't think properly, this wasn't happening. She was the one who'd kissed him, and he'd been annoyed or something, not wanted to kiss her back. 'Why are you complaining?' a voice asked inside her head, and she thought about it for a second. Why was she complaining? She wanted this didn't she? Pushing the thoughts of confusion away, Tane finally gave into the kiss, entwining her fingers back with his. It was nothing like their earlier kiss, or her dream kiss. It wasn't filled with anger or annoyance, and it wasn't steamy and passionate. But it was still filled with emotion, and the sweetness of it made Tane feel butterflies in her stomach. This time she really was sad when Riku finally broke the kiss, and the look on is face seemed to mirror that.
"I need to think-," He said, and Tane opened her mouth to protest but was stopped by his hand going up again, "Please Tane" There it was. He'd managed to put more emotion into those two words than he ever had in anything he'd ever said to her in her whole life. And she couldn't go against that. Giving a small nod, she took a step back, leaning against the wooden post of her bed. If he wanted to go, to think, she wasn't going to stop him. But she did have one last question,
"Was that what you needed to tell me, that you were going somewhere tomorrow?" Or had he meant something else. Apparently she wasn't getting her answer though, as Riku had turned and was closing the door behind him. Why did he have to be so awkward. Why couldn't he just answer? Sighing she watched as the door shut, but before it completely shut Riku turned to look over his shoulder,
"No" He said, before pulling the door closed and walking off.
A/N: Ok, long much xD Well compared to normal atleast. I watched vampire diaries last night and my god it was sad and poor Damon and I think that's affected my mood with this chapter ending and Riku O.o Oh well. Thankyou to everyone who's been reviewing so far, please carry on, and new reviews are always wanted. I logged on this morning and gained 11 reviews over night O.o it was a pretty good feeling actually :P But thankyou to 'the masked duck' who reviewed like every chapter at once, and to the people who usually review like mezwantzvgs and Azura soul reaver. They do help and are nice to get your views and opinions on the story. So yeah, I ramble quite a lot, but thanks to the people who do review (I know there are others I haven't mentioned, but this A/N would get too long, but thankyou!) and are keeping up with this story Z-Nugget xx