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Comments: This chapter was fun to write, especially the part at Cloud's house when Sora has some 'problems'. Hope everyone enjoys. ChaosHarbor Roxas is worried about the whole situation. He is not use to Riku paying that much attention to someone else. So, yeah, your not really way off. Black Juju It is sad, but even I don't know completely what is going to happen and it is my story. Guess that is how it goes though, a story just kind of takes off on its own. But, I don't think things are going to be so easy for Riku that nothing will happen to him. Hanakitsunechan7 Sephiroth may appear, I haven't decided yet. Thank you everyone else that reviewed and to those that read.
Chapter 11 A Night at Cloud's
"Sora, it's Axel. I'm not going to be able to meet you after your session today. Somethings have come up and I need to deal with them. Give me a call this weekend." Sora listened to the message on his voice mail again trying to get some clue as to what had come up. When Sora thought about it he realized that he really didn't know all that much about the guy he was sleeping with. He knew things about the Axel at school and about the time he spent with him. He also knew about Axel's habit of eating breakfast foods every chance he got. But his private life was something unknown to Sora.
He didn't even know what the real reason Axel lived alone was. All he knew about that he had heard from rumors around school. Some said his parents were dead, some said they moved away leaving him by himself. But Sora didn't know if either one was the truth.
The bus ride home gave Sora a lot of time to think about things. His session had been the same as usual with nothing new coming out. Which led him to believe once again that they were pointless.
Dr. Mitchell could not fix him. He could not make him return to being who he used to be. He was still just as screwed up as he was when he first started going to see him. If not worse.
Two years ago, after the rape had happened, the police and the doctors at the hospital had told his parents that he might need therapy to help him through what had happened to him. His father immediately called on his old friend and got things set up for Sora to become his patient. It wasn't until after Sora was seeing Dr. Mitchell that he started sleeping with Axel.
Axel had been more help to him than his sessions ever had been. Axel was there for him to talk to, to confide in, even to cry on if he needed to. Axel didn't make him feel like whatever he may be feeling was wrong. He encouraged Sora to say what he felt and to be honest at least with himself. And to be honest with him, he wanted Sora to be his real self when he was around him.
At first Sora had been somewhat reluctant to open up to Axel. He would limit the amount of time he spent with him. That was when he thought maybe the therapy could help him. But things started changing quickly. His father had a hard time dealing with what had happened to him and started drinking. Then six months after the attack his father left. And Sora blamed himself.
His friends knew that his dad moved out and offered their support, but none of them knew what had led to it. None of them truly understood. Since Axel was the only one that did know and could understand Sora started spending more time with him. Something he kept from his other friends. About a year after the attack things changed again.
Flashback
Sora sat in Axel's living room watching television. Axel was in the bedroom taking a phone call. Sora didn't know who he was talking to, but he thought it might be someone Axel liked. Axel had smiled what Sora considered a weird smile when he answered the phone and then went to talk in private.
"Was that your girlfriend?" Sora asked when Axel returned to the living room no longer on the phone.
"I don't have a girlfriend, Sora. It was a guy." Axel answered sitting back down where he had been sitting before the call, on the couch next to Sora.
"Your boyfriend then?" Sora asked. Axel looked at him with a questioning look. The questioning look was shortly replaced with a smirk.
"Not my boyfriend either. I sleep with him, but I wouldn't call him my boyfriend or lover or anything like that. It is just sex."
"Do you like him better than me?" Sora asked, not really knowing where that had come from.
"I am sleeping with the guy so what do you expect." Axel said. Sora didn't know why but the answer upset him and he was starting to feel different things. He felt hurt, angry, and possessive. It was the feeling of possessiveness that led him to do what he did next. Sora leaned over and kissed Axel. Up to that point nothing like that had been done. Their friendship had been only that, friendship. But suddenly Sora wanted more, he wanted Axel all to himself.
Fear sprang up inside Sora as he kissed him, thinking Axel would push him away, saying he was just a little kid. Axel had often commented on how Sora was still just a kid even thought they were only a year apart. When Sora had pointed that out Axel had said it wasn't his age that made him say that. But Axel didn't push him away, he pulled him closer and deepened the kiss.
Sora found himself being push down on the couch. The next thing he knew Axel was on top of him. Axel's hands freely roamed Sora's body while his lips did the same. Kisses on his neck turned to bits then back to kisses leaving Sora whimpering for more. His ear nibbled on in a way that made shivers run through him. A hand under his shirt playing with his nipple. Sora didn't even try to stop it. He didn't want to stop it. Axel took Sora's responses as a good sign and kept going only stopping to ask a question.
"Are you sure about this?" Axel asked, his voice low in his ear. An act that sent even more shivers of pleasure running through Sora.
"Yes." Sora answered.
It didn't take long for Axel to undress the two of them. Knowing that this was Sora first time willing doing this, Axel took things slow and was careful to be gentle with him. He knew that Sora's first experience with sex was the rape and he wanted to show Sora that sex could be great. He wanted this experience to be a good one for Sora.
And it had been. After that they would occasionally sleep together. It was after that that Axel started showing an interest in Sora at school. Sora had asked him about that one day when they were at Axel's.
"Why are you after me at school? I thought we didn't want anyone to know about this or to see us together?"
"I know, but everyone knows my reputation at school. So if I show an interest in you then it gives me an excuse to kiss on you or grope you at school. No one will think anything of it, just that I am after you and you keep rejecting me. Works out well for both of us don't you think?"
"How does that work out well for me?"
"You get to be manhandled by me and no one will know you really like it." Axel said smirking.
End of flashback
Sora managed to get his mind back on track just in time to exit the bus at his stop. He walked the short distance to his house. He would be going over to Cloud's later and he wanted to shower and eat before then.
Two hours later Sora stood in front of Cloud's door knocking. The door was answered by a blond woman that Sora had never seen before.
"What the hell do you want?" the woman asked.
"Cloud asked me to come over." Sora answered. The woman looked him up and down making Sora uncomfortable before opening the door wider so that he could enter the house.
"He said to have you wait in his room." the woman walked off towards the hallway and stopped to look back at Sora. "Are you coming or not?"
Sora quickly followed. She led him to a bedroom where she opened the door and pushed him inside. Sora was about to protest but couldn't when he noticed he wasn't alone in the room. Cloud had stopped what he was doing and was looking at Sora. Sora's face turned bright red, something he hoped Cloud didn't notice, then he turned away. Cloud must have just gotten out of the shower because his hair was still dripping wet and he was only wearing a towel. A towel that was threatening to fall at any moment. Since Sora had turned away from him he missed the smirk that appeared for a second on Cloud's face.
"I-I'm sorry. That woman pushed me in here. I didn't mean to come in without knocking." Sora tried to explain feeling even more uncomfortable now.
"I figured that was what happened. That woman was my sister, Larxene, and she can be a bitch at times." Cloud said.
"Oh, I see. I'll go wait for you in the other room." Sora made for the door, but was stopped by Cloud's voice.
"I wouldn't do that. If you go out there you will have to deal with her. She is in a bad mood today, so it's safer if you just stay here."
"Ah but... "
"It's no big deal right? We're both guys. You see guys in the shower at school, so this is not a big deal." Cloud said. Sora could hear the rustling of cloth. Sora hoped it was because Cloud was getting dressed.
"Ah, that's true, but..." Sora didn't know what to say. What Cloud said was the truth, it wasn't the first time he had seen a naked guy, well only half naked, Cloud was wearing a towel.
Sora felt Cloud behind him, his arms coming up on both sides of him. Cloud grabbed the handles of the dresser drawer in front of Sora and pulled open the top drawer. Doing so caused Sora to be pushed up against Cloud's body. Sora could then tell that Cloud had not put any clothes on yet.
"Sorry, I need some boxers." Cloud said lightly right next to Sora's ear causing shivers to go down his spine. He blushed again at the contact. Sora now hoped that Cloud didn't move his hand slightly and feel that this was having a slight effect on him. It didn't take a genius to know that Cloud had a very nice body, who wouldn't react to a situation like this.
Sora had to quickly get himself back under control before Cloud noticed. He thought of things that didn't turn him on, like Ollete, Pence, and Hayner. Cloud finally found what he was looking for and moved away and Sora's thought of his friends help him with his problem. He was glad that he wasn't the least bit attracted to any of them. That could have been bad if Cloud would have noticed.
To Sora's relief Cloud finished getting dressed with no other problems for Sora. Cloud led him back out into the living room to wait for Leon who was suppose to be arriving soon. Cloud explained that Leon was bringing over a couple of movies for them to watch.
Leon arrived a few minutes later. He had brought over two movies. One was an action movie that Sora had been wanting to see and the other was a horror movie. Sora didn't really care for horror movies all that much. He would watch them on occasion but generally preferred not too. When he was younger Hayner use to tease him about being too big of a wimp to be able to watch them. But things had changed since then and it didn't bug him to watch them.
After Leon had arrived and the three had settle into the living room Larxene made her presence know again. Sora hadn't seen her since she pushed him into Cloud's room and had assumed she had left.
"Two guys tonight Cloud. What's wrong? Leon not enough for you anymore?" she asked. Sora wondered if she was implying that Cloud and Leon were sleeping together.
"Shut up and go away." Cloud said.
"Maybe you decided to try a threesome tonight. Sounds fun."
"You would probably know how fun a threesome is. You done that before haven't you?" Cloud said. Larxene threw him a glare before continuing.
"What I have done or not done before is not the issue. If you want to have a threesome that is your business, but your choice for a third is questionable." Larxene said, eying Sora. "This guy doesn't look like he would know what to do with his own dick, so how could he know what to do with either of your's."
Sora grew angry, but could not say anything. She was implying that he was a virgin who didn't know anything about sex. But to say anything in his own defense would give away things he didn't want to give away.
"And you don't know what to do with one either so you don't really have any room to talk." Leon added, surprising Sora.
"I don't remember hearing you complaining before." she said, smirking at him. Leon just ignored her smirk.
"I didn't complain to you, but if you had been any good then I wouldn't have had to turn to Cloud to give me the satisfaction that you couldn't."
Larxene turned pale and she glared at both Cloud and Leon. Sora was again starting to feel uncomfortable, like he was hearing things he shouldn't.
"Don't get all mad at me just because I know how to please someone and you don't." Cloud told her. "I told you that you shouldn't go after him in the first place. You just wouldn't listen."
It was clear to Sora that Larxene was pretty mad by this point. He couldn't exactly blame her, they had insulted her skills in bed, he would be angry too. But she had started all of this so he couldn't feel sorry for her. He didn't know if she was any good in bed and he didn't really care. As for his own abilities Axel had never once complained and he kept coming back for more, so that must be saying something.
Larxene walked over to the chair Sora was sitting in and grabbed hold of his arm yanking him up hard. Sora stumbled into her. She took the opportunity to get a better hold on him and started pulling him away. She didn't get far before Cloud and Leon were up.
"Where do you think you are taking him?" Cloud asked.
"To bed, where do you think? You two say I am no good, but little virgin boy here will be telling you otherwise in a few minutes." she said and started trying to pull Sora out of the room again. Sora pulled back on his arm to no avail. 'Is everyone stronger than me? I really got to work on that.'
Lucky for Sora Leon wasn't about to let her get him out of the room. He stopped her before she could make it to the door and broke her hold on Sora. Pushing her away from them he moved into between Sora and Larxene.
"I'm sure Sora would want his first sexual experience to be good. Not with some no good tramp like you." Leon said. Larxene seemed to hesitate for a moment, fear evident in her eyes. Sora guessed Leon must be glaring at her or something.
"It wasn't me who was no good, it was you Leon. You were the crappiest lay I've ever had." Larxene spat at him. She then turned he attention back to Sora. "Virgin boy, I wouldn't be wasting your first time on either one of these two losers. If you want to sleep with a guy then you should choose Riku. He's so much better than either one of them."
After making that comment Larxene made her way to the front door and left the house. Sora was unsure of what to say. He looked towards Cloud and Leon grateful that they had stopped her from taking off with him.
"Um... thanks, you know, for not letting her take me away."
Leon smiled slightly, "No problem."
"Did you really sleep with her?" Sora asked, knowing it wasn't really any of his business but he was curious anyway.
"Yeah, well, she kept throwing herself at me. One day I just gave in, wish I wouldn't have though. I wasn't kidding, she wasn't any good at all."
"And Riku? She made it seem like she had slept with him."
"Riku won't sleep with her. She keeps trying and he keeps rejecting her." Cloud said.
"I told him he would be wasting his time if he did." Leon said. Cloud looked slightly surprised.
"You did?" Cloud asked. Leon nodded. Cloud laughed and Sora soon had to laugh himself.
"But seriously Sora, don't pay attention to her. She is a bitter person. Especially now that her boyfriend dumped her." Cloud explained. "She is always going around trying to start stuff."
"It's true. She has always been like that. So ignore the things she says." Leon added. Sora nodded.
"So, should we get started on our movies?" Sora asked, sitting back down in the chair he had been rudely pulled up from.
"Yeah, let's do that." Cloud answered. Cloud and Leon returned to the couch. Cloud started the movie once everyone was settled.
The action movie turned out to be not as good as Sora had hoped it would be. He had wanted to see it ever since he had heard about it. Now he was glad he hadn't wasted his money going to see it at the theater. The horror movie was scarier than Sora liked. During the first movie he had moved to the floor to get into a more comfortable position. He had stayed there once they had started the second movie.
About halfway through the movie he felt something move by his leg. He looked behind him and saw that Leon had moved to sitting on the floor with his back against the couch. Sora changed his position to where he was sitting beside Leon leaning against the couch. This placed him between Leon and Cloud, who was still sitting on the couch. A little while later Cloud changed positions too so that he was now lying down on the couch. There were a couple of times Sora was sure he felt Cloud playing with his hair.
During a particularly scary part of the movie Sora buried his face in his hands to block out the image on the television. He was only that way for a few seconds before he felt an arm go around his shoulders and he was pulled sideways into Leon. Sora heard Leon say he would keep him safe and could not stop the blush that appeared on his face.
Sora was glad when the movie was over and Leon finally let go of him. He had spent the rest of the movie with his head down to hide the blush that would not go away. He lifted it just enough to be able to see the movie. The lights had been turned off at the beginning of the movie which helped hide the redness of his face, but Sora was still afraid that if he lifted his head too much Leon would notice since they were sitting so close to each other.
"I should probably go home now." Sora said. He needed to get out of there. Too many things had happened tonight and he was afraid if he stayed any longer he would be found out. That was a risk he wasn't willing to take.
"It's still early. Do you really have to go?" Cloud asked.
"It has been a busy day and I have a lot of things to do tomorrow. I should really get some rest."
"It's dark. I'll walk you home." Leon said, standing up and heading towards the door.
"You really don't have to do that, I just live across the street. I think I can make it there all right."
"You never know when Larxene might come home. She could be waiting for you out there." Cloud said. "Let Leon walk you."
"Oh, um, okay. I guess it is okay, if it won't be a bother." Sora said.
"You live across the street. How can that be a bother?" Leon asked. Leon walked to the door with Sora following him. Sora turned back to face Cloud before he left.
"Thanks for letting me come over and watch movies with you two. I had a great time." Sora said, smiling at Cloud. He then waved and walked out of the house.
Since Sora did only live across the street it didn't take long for Leon to walk him home. Leon walked him to the door which Sora promptly unlocked. Before he could pull it open and go in, Leon place his hand on his shoulder. Sora turned to look at the other confused.
"Is something wrong, Leon?" Sora asked, his eyes questioning. Leon smile a small smile, but one that Sora had a hard time looking away from. He had already figured out that he was attracted to the quiet brunet.
"Nothing at all." Leon said. What he did next was completely unexpected and surprised Sora. Leon leaned down and kissed Sora. It was a short kiss, no tongue involved but it was enough to get his heart beating. After Leon pulled away Sora stared at him with wide eyes, not even bothering to try to hide the surprise he was feeling. Leon just chuckled softly.
"You're just too cute, Sora. So innocent and cute. I'll see you later." Leon said. Leon turned around and headed back to Cloud's. Sora went inside and shut the door. His mind replaying what had just happened as he slid down the door.
"So innocent and cute." And Sora felt something inside of him break. Like a dam breaking the tears started flowing. Even if it seemed Leon, who he liked, might like him back he like him because he thought he was innocent and cute. Which Sora wasn't at all. Leon would not like the real him. He liked the Sora everybody else liked. Would he ever find anyone besides Axel that would like the real him? Someone that would accept him for who he really was? Would he every find anyone that would be able to see passed the mask to the him that was broken inside? If so, would that person be able to love him?
TBC
This chapter wasn't really planned and just sort of took off on its own. But I think it is rather good if I do say so myself. We finally know how Sora and Axel started sleeping together. And surprise, it was Sora that started that. I didn't see that coming. I really loved the part with Sora and the toweled Cloud. That was fun. Just to make it clear, that was not an accident. Cloud planned that. No Riku this chapter, he just didn't figure into it. Oh well, I'll try to have him in the next chapter. Please review, I love reviews.