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Comments: Yes, the beginning is a repeat from last chapter. It was leading into this chapter. This is a Sora chapter. Black Juju yeah, I thought his feelings would serve to complicate things further, not that there isn't enough complications. Riku did enjoy that and Riku is somewhat evil in this story as we will see later in chapter 9, but really in chapter 10. This chapter holds the explanation for the phone conversation. Steel Heart they are not my favorite couple either, but it works for this story. At least for a while. Hopefully there will be plenty of Riku x Sora, guess we'll just have to wait and see. I like the switching pov's so that I don't make it seem like Sora is the only main character. Becca86 I just try to make sure I keep it interesting by giving information that wasn't giving in the other pov. Glad you liked the chapter. Kyree thanks, I'll try.
Chapter 8 Axel's Lover
"I wasn't expecting to hear from you. It has been a long time."
"I know, but I had things to work through. I didn't think I could face you properly before. But things are different now, and I am ready"
"Ready? What do you mean, you are ready?"
"To face you. I have decided it is time for you to come live with me for a while. You have been there long enough. She had her chance and failed, now it is my turn."
"I don't understand what you mean. How did she fail?"
"It is alright if you don't understand. She does. She agrees with me. You will be coming to live with me. I will be there to get you in a week. Be ready then."
Sora listened as the dial tone sounded over the phone. He didn't understand what his father had been talking about. But one thing he did understand was that it looked like he would be moving. He was not going to do anything until he talked to his mother though. His father had said his mother agreed with him, but Sora wanted to hear it from her.
Sora walked into the living room where his mother sat on one end of the couch watching television. It was Saturday morning and she did not have to be a work for another couple of hours. Sora made his way over to the couch and sat at the opposite end. He waited quietly to see if she would say anything about his father to him. When she did not, Sora started the conversation.
"Dad called me."
"Did he?"
"Yes, didn't you know he was going to?"
"I didn't know when."
"He said I am going to go live with him. And that you agreed with this."
Sora looked at his mother to catch her reaction, but she gave none. She didn't even look his way.
"That's right."
"So you two just decided this without even asking me how I felt about it? Don't I have a say in this?" Sora asked. He was trying to keep his cool.
"You are just a child Sora. This is your father and my decision to make."
"That is not fair. I will have to leave my friends and my school. What about therapy? Don't you want me to go to it?" He was trying any approach to get her to change her mind.
"You can still go to therapy, you will just have further to go. It is not like he lives in another country, just on the other side of town. You can make new friends and there is nothing wrong with the school that you will be going to." His mother was breaking down all of his objections, but he was not ready to give up.
"I shouldn't have to make new friends. I like the friends I have. I don't want new friends."
Finally she turned to face her son, a look of anger on her face. Even still Sora was determined to hold his ground as long as he could.
"Grow up Sora. Stop acting so childish. We have already decided. You will move with your father and make new friends. If you don't want to make new friends that is up to you, but moving is not. Whether or not you think it is fair makes no difference. There are a lot of things that aren't fair. So get use to it."
It was pointless. If he continued at this point she would start yelling about the things that had happened in the past. She would tell him it wasn't fair that she had be left alone to take care of him. She would talk about working two jobs to support them. Sora didn't even want to think about what else she would say. From the look on her face, this was one of those days that she hated him.
Sora got up and stormed out of the house. He walked not caring where he was going. Anywhere was better than home at this point. He just need to get away from her. Maybe it would be good to move to his fathers. Then he wouldn't have to see the hatred in her eyes. He wished his father did live in another country, then maybe he could escape the memories that haunted him. He could get away from everyone and everything he knew here. Including his friends and Axel.
Maybe Axel was a big part of this wish. Last night at the club had hurt him more than he cared to admit. He just reinforced that no one loved him, that he wasn't worth loving. Axel had been the only one he thought there was a chance of him loving him, but last night he was reminded of how false that thought was. Axel only wanted him for sex. Nothing more. That seemed to be all he was good for. But Axel had left him yesterday to meet up with that guy, so maybe he was being replaced.
As Sora walked on his phone rang. Checking the caller id he saw it was Hayner. Hayner was probably wondering what had happened to him last night.
"Hey, Hayner."
"Sora, what happened to you last night." Hayner said, just as Sora had expected. Hayner wasn't one to beat around the bush. He always got right to the point.
"Sorry, I wasn't feeling good. I didn't want to ruin the night for everyone else."
"Oh, I see. Are you okay now?"
"Yeah, I feel better. So what happened after I left? Did you talk to Rikku again?"
"Those jerks wouldn't let me near her. Man I hate people like that. They really seem to think they were something else. Oh and then one of them tried to fight with Axel but his friends held him back. After a while they dragged him out of there. But Rikku left then too."
"I have some good news for you though." Hayner continued.
"What's that?" Sora asked.
"It looks like Axel has final figured out he is not getting in your pants and moved on to a new victim. He was all over some guy last night, it looked like they were going to have sex right there in the club."
Sora groaned to himself. That wasn't something he wanted to hear. He had left because of seeing Axel. He had also left to get away from the silver haired jerk.
"Isn't that great? I mean that now he'll leave you alone." Hayner asked.
"Yup, it's great!" Sora said in his usual cheerful voice.
"Leslie was really worried about you. I heard you agreed to go out with her. That's great too."
Sora cringed. He had forgotten about that. He didn't really want to go out with the girl, but Sora wasn't known for hurting people. If he had said no she would have been hurt. So he agreed. Now that he was moving, he would be able to get out of it. He hoped. He would have to play it off like he was only thinking of what was best for her. Even if he was only moving to the other side of town it would be hard for them to see each other. She would be better off with someone else.
"I'll tell her I am sorry when I see her. I have some things to do, so I'll talk to you later."
"Okay, bye."
Sora hung up the phone. He felt worse now than he did when he left the house. Hayner had to go reminding him of things. He knew that Hayner had not said things to purposely hurt him, he hadn't even realized he had hurt him. But it didn't make things any easier.
Sora spent most of the day walking around town. He stayed in the park for a while just sitting and watching kids play. They were little kids so his usual anger that comes out when he hears waves of laughter stayed buried. He met up with a couple of other kids from his school and played games in the arcade. When the day was turning into night he found himself walking again. His mother would be at work so he decided he would head home.
Sora curled up on his bed, burying himself in the covers. He was tired from all the walking he had done during the day. But sleep eluded him. His mind was so full of so many thoughts. He thought about the phone call with his dad and his conversation with his mother. He thought about how and when he would tell his friends he was moving. He thought about Axel and the guy he had been with. His mind even wandered to the silver haired jerk from the club. He wanted to know why that guy had made sure he saw Axel there.
Forcing thoughts of the guy he didn't even know but hated anyway out of his head, he turned over to look outside the window. The moon was bright and he felt he should find comfort in that, but he didn't. He felt like it was mocking him.
Sora awoke to a bright room. He didn't even know when he had fallen asleep. Getting out of bed he grabbed some clean clothes and made his way to the bathroom. After a quick shower he threw on the clothes, brushed his hair and teeth. Opening the door slightly, he listened for sounds from his mother. Hearing her in the kitchen, Sora quietly made his way passed her and out the front door only stopping to grab his shoes by the front door.
"Sora, great, I was just coming to your house." Sora heard the familiar voice of his best friend say.
"You were? Why? Did we have plans today?" Sora asked, innocently.
"Nope, just figured we could do something today."
"Sure." Sora answered cheerfully. "What do you want to do."
Hayner thought for a minute before answering, "How about a movie later? Right now we could go get some food, I'm starving."
"Food, yeah. I'm starving too. Let's go." Sora said as he jumped up and grabbed Hayner's arm pulling him down the road towards an area with restaurants. Hayner laughed at how hyper his best friend was. He was use to it, Sora was always hyper.
"Did you eat candy this morning Sora?"
Sora looked back at him, a confused look on his face, "I haven't eaten anything this morning. That's why I'm starving. Why?"
"You're just so hyper, I thought maybe you had some candy." Hayner said, smiling.
Sora pouted, "I'm just naturally this way. I don't need any candy."
Hayner couldn't help but chuckle at Sora's pout. Which caused Sora to pout more. The two made there way to a nearby cafe and after eating their fill, headed to the movies. Hayner picked out a action film after Sora refused to see the new horror movie. Afterwards they went back to Hayner's house and spent the rest of the day playing games and watching tv.
That night Sora found himself once again having a hard time getting to sleep. He had spent all day with Hayner and hadn't told he he was moving. He hadn't been able to find the right time.
"Maybe I should just tell them all at once. That would probably be better." Sora decided that was what he would do. Having figured out that problem he fell fast asleep.
"When are you leaving then?" Olette asked. Sora was sitting with her, Hayner, Pence, and Leslie before school. He had just explained to them all that he would be moving to his father's.
"He said a week. So this weekend I guess." Sora told them.
"I thought you hadn't even heard from your dad since he left?" Hayner asked.
"I hadn't, not till Saturday. I don't know about mom though."
"So why all of a sudden?" Pence asked. Sora shrugged. He really didn't know the answer. He didn't understand the things his dad had told him, so he could not answer.
The bell rang indicating it was time to get to class. Sora guessed they would continue talking about it at lunch after they had all had a chance to think about it. After visiting his locker he made his way to his first hour class. This would be the first time he had seen Axel since the club Friday night and he wasn't looking forward to it.
As the teacher lectured Sora felt his phone vibrate. He had a text message, probably from Axel since he was about the only one who sent him messages in class.
'Hey kitty. Want to have some fun after school'
Sora read the message and went back to the lecture not bothering to respond to it. A few minutes later another one came.
'Is the lecture that interesting you cant answer'
Again Sora read and did not respond.
'Are you ignoring me'
Followed by 'Damnit Sora what the hell. Why aren't you talking what did I do'
Not wanting to deal with it anymore, Sora turned off his phone. He could see Axel out of the corner of his eye looking at him. Sora did not miss the look of anger and confusion on his face. After class Sora quickly gathered his things. As he made his way to the door he was stopped and pull backwards.
"What's going on? You never ignore my messages."
"So?"
"Sora, your mad about something, what is it?" Axel asked quietly. Sora sighed and turned to face him slightly.
"If you want someone to screw, why don't you ask your friend from Friday night." Sora said and yanked his arm out of Axel's grip. Sora hurried out of the room, leaving a confused Axel behind.
The day passed quickly and Sora went out of his way to avoid Axel. HE didn't want to talk to him, he didn't even want to see him. He hurried home after school telling his friends he had to start packing. He wanted to be alone. His mother wouldn't be home until late, so he would have the house to himself until then.
Sora had just made his way to his room with a snack in hand when he heard a knocking on the front door. Thinking it was Hayner who had decided to come over an offer to help, Sora opened the door and quickly tried to shut it again once he saw who it was. Axel wasn't going to let him though and soon was inside the house.
"What was that all about earlier? My friend from Friday night?"
"I saw you with him at the club. You seemed to really like him, so why don't you go to him?"
"Are you jealous, Sora?" Axel asked. Sora turned away, but didn't answer. Axel laughed then wrapped his arms around Sora.
"I must admit, I didn't think you would get jealous, not of something concerning me."
"I just... Are you tired of me? Do I bore you?"
"So that's what it is? You think I am going to replace you then leave you by yourself."
"Are you?" Sora asked quietly. Axel kissed the back of his head then moved to his ear.
"No, Sora, I won't leave you all by yourself. Whether you believe it is true or not, I actually care about you. That guy the other night is someone who I get my pills from. He asked me to meet him at the club and we danced. We used to sleep together but haven't for a while."
"But you were kissing on him and the way you two were dancing made you look like lovers."
"Former lovers, and I got caught up in the heat of the moment. Nothing happened."
"Oh." Sora didn't know what to say. He knew he didn't have a right to be jealous or even ask about any of this. Axel wasn't his boyfriend and he was free to sleep with who ever he wanted. Axel was at Sora's ear again, whispering into it.
"The only one I think of as my lover now is you."
Sora's eyes went wide. He had not been expecting that. Axel actually does think of him as his lover. Sora felt Axel kissing his ear then move down to his neck. He closed his eyes as he took in the feeling. Axel hands started roaming his body.
"Axel, stop."
"Why?" Axel asked, pulling away slightly but not releasing his hold. Sora started walking towards the other room, Axel following. Axel smirked as he saw were Sora had led him. Right to his bedroom. Axel had never been in Sora's room since they had always met at his house. He quickly looked around then made his way to the bed with Sora.
The two laid in bed covered in sweat. Sora was cuddled up against Axel, tired from their activities. He was always tired after having sex with the red head.
"Axel?"
"Hmm?"
"I am going to be moving soon."
"So I've heard."
"You heard? How?"
"I heard your friends talking about it at school. Where are you moving to?"
"My dad's. He lives on the other side of town somewhere, I'm not really sure where."
"The other side of town huh? Well, we can still see each other, I'll come visit you over there."
"I'll still be coming over here to see the doctor."
"Then I'll meet you after your sessions. See, even though you moving away, I'm still not going to leave you by yourself. And you can call me any time."
Sora smiled to himself. Even if Axel wasn't his boyfriend he would still be there for him. He would not be all alone.
TBC
Damn, maybe I should make this an Axel/Sora fic. But it is suppose to be Riku/Sora. I suppose it will all come together in the end. Maybe. Next chapter our two main people will meet again. Please review. I need inspiration, this fic has been somewhat difficult. My last one was so much easier.