I revised the first 4 chapters. Not much changed but you might want to read them. If you don't then nothing will happen...
I'm thanking you twice: once for those of you who reviewed. And twice for those of you who helped me to try to get it out faster! THANKS!
Warning: Yaoi, rape, beatings, among other sad things.
Disclaimer: check the first chapter.
Oh before I forget... happy birthday to LadyRhio!
Chapter 5: Him
'Where am I?' Riku thought as he opened his eyes. Realization hit him as he looked at his alarm clock.
10:27 a.m.
Riku groaned and rolled over, 'Damn I need more sleep.'
Two hours later.
"Riku get the hell up!" Riku rolled over and continued to sleep. "Riku, goddamn lazy ass, get the fuck up!" SMACK! Riku sat up and stared at Leon, who had Riku's pillow in his hand.
"Good I see you're awake. Your turn to do dishes." The brunet dropped the pillow and walked out of Riku's room.
Still in his sleep induced haze, Riku looked around his room. 'What the hell? Why am I in my room?' Riku shook his head and grabbed what appeared to be clean clothes.
Heading towards the bathroom, Riku stopped, "Next time I fall asleep on the couch, just leave." Leon leaned over the counter, "Who said it was me?" The silver haired man smirked, "It's always you." Riku turned and walked into the recently cleaned bathroom.
'Leon musta got bored.' Riku started the water and stripped. 'Wow the water feels great! Hopefully this hangover won't affect my chances to talk to Sora about last night.' Riku cleaned up and got out. Drying his hair, he brushed his teeth.
"Riku?" He stopped brushing his teeth and looked into the semi fogged mirror. "Keep the house clean. I picked up all your messes."
He nodded and mumbled something inaudible and continued to brush his teeth. Leon grumbled and went into the living room, grabbed his keys and left.
After Riku was done, he found his hair brushed and shifted it through his hair. 'I hope that Sora will forgive me. It wasn't my entire fault.' Riku's movement faltered for a second before he grabbed his set of keys and went out the door to Sora's apartment.
"Sora, wake up!" Sora opened one eye and quickly closed it. "Sora if you don't get up then I'll have to... eat your lunch!" The brunet sat up quickly and looked around.
"Food?" Sora rubbed his eyes, "Yes, now get up!" Cloud walked away. "I hear ya, I hear ya. Coming. Wait, lunch?" Sora jumped out of bed and threw on a shirt. "Whatta mean lunch?"
Cloud chuckled, "It's almost one." He looked at the clock above the stove.
"Wow. Sorry for sleeping so late." Sora sat at the table. The put some bacon and waffles on a plate and handed it to Sora. "Here eat." Sora looked at the plate hungrily, "Yummy."
"Sora?" the brunet looked up, "Hmm?" he grabbed another piece of bacon "Me and Leon are going up to Yuffie's to visit. We'll be back later." Cloud grabbed his cell phone and keys. Yuffie happens to be this energetic woman, who knows a lot about everything. Cloud, Leon, Vincent, and Sephiroth are always talking to her when he (Sora) isn't around.
"Sure just be home before eight. I need help studying." Cloud raised an eyebrow, "What I'm human, and chemistry is hard!" Sora whined sticking another piece of bacon in his mouth.
Cloud shook his head, "Fine. See ya later kiddo." Sora nodded and Cloud left.
Sora finished eating and cleaned off the table. Walking into his sky blue room, the brunet grabbed clean clothes and turned into the bathroom. Thankfully Cloud hadn't asked how Sora got home, so Sora was safe from lying.
The young brunet tried to keep his mind occupied, as he stepped into the scolding hot water. Sora washed his hair as events from his past came back to haunt him. He frowned and tried not to think about them, but they wouldn't leave.
Flashback
"Get up you lazy fuck! I haven't the time to screw around!" the foot came down, again. This time the steel toed boot landed on his stomach. A younger Sora groaned and rolled over. The man proceeded to kick Sora a few more times, before he left.
Sora gripped his sides and coughed up blood, ''Why does this happen to me? Am I that bad? Did I screw up the first nine years of my life?' Sora cried himself to sleep, in a puddle of his own blood.
End Flashback
Sora groaned and shook his head, trying to rid himself of his past. The brunet stepped out of the shower and dried off, tying a towel around his waist.
Going into his room, he looked around, 'I should probably clean this mess.' All of his clothes, clean and dirty, were thrown about. CD's, movies, books, and other stuff was thrown about the room.
Sora walked over to his dresser and pulled out what he hoped to be a clean pair of pants and a t-shirt. He finished getting dressed when someone knocked on the door.
Grumbling, Sora got up and stalked over to the door, ripping it open. Vincent and Sephiroth stood there hand in hand, "Oh Sora! I thought you'd be asleep for a few more hours!" Vincent chuckled. Sora rubbed the back of his head. "Where's Cloud?" Sephiroth asked.
Sora looked around when it dawned on him, "Oh. They went out to Yuffie's. I don't know... I think they left together." Sephiroth gave Vincent a look that went unnoticed by Sora.
"Ok kiddo, thanks." Vincent smiled. "Bye guys." Sora responded as they walked away.
Sora headed back to his room and grimaced, 'I think my room got dirtier while I was gone.' He walked over to his CD player and popped 'Meteora' by Linkin Park in. Putting the CD on number thirteen, 'Numb', he hit repeat and got to work on his room.
Half way through cleaning his room, there was another knock on the door. Sora scowled, 'I can't even clean my room in peace.' The brunet swung the door open, "What!" it came out more as a demand than a question.
The silver haired man stepped back, "Nice greeting Sora. Can we talk about last night?" Sora just stood there and smiled, as he slammed the door in Riku's face.
Sora, feeling better, turned and went back to his room, turning the music up louder.
Riku grimaced as the door slammed in his face. He growled and kicked at the door. The door swung open and he smiled, 'Stupid, forgot to look the door.'
The silver haired man quietly walked into the apartment and closed the door. Walking up to the room with the music blaring, he hesitated. Riku took a breath and opened the door to reveal Sora, in the middle of his semi cleaned room. The young brunet was sorting through clothes.
Sitting on the bed quietly, without Sora noticing, Riku sighed. The brunet was oblivious Riku and sang the words to the song. When the song ended, Riku grabbed the remote for the stereo and stopped the music.
Sora jumped in surprise and whipped his head around. "What the hell are you doing here!" the brunet demanded as he stood up. Riku shrugged and sighed, "Sora we need to talk... about last night..." Sora shook his head and walked over to the window, "No."
"Fine then, just listen to me. If you still don't want to be my friend by then, I'll leave. Not before then." Sora realized he wasn't going to leave and agreed. Riku looked shocked. He didn't think that Sora would listen to him.
The silver haired man took a deep breath and began, "Sora? I am truly sorry! You don't even know the half of it." Riku sighed as shifted, but still wouldn't look at him, "I have... a problem... you shouldn't have been left with me. Or at least when I'm drunk, I should say." Sora snorted, "I have a… a problem… although I shouldn't be calling it that. I have what you would call a split personality disorder..." The brunet raised his eyebrows, even though Riku couldn't see him. "I know it's not an excuse. Every time I get drunk 'he' comes out. Chase (He's) is a bit aggressive. If I had known that... that Chase would do such a thing... I don't know... I probably would have let you go straight home. Or warned you to stay away from someone like me."
Sora turned around and glared at Riku, "Don't blame what you did on some 'disorder'. You made me relive something I wish didn't happen!" Riku looked at Sora in confusion, "Sora what are you talking ab-" Sora walked out of his room and slipped on his shoes. "Just shut up!" he shouted as he grabbed his coat and left.
Riku stood there stunned.
"Hey you two!" Cloud greeted all too happily, "Where have you been? You two were supposed to be here an hour ago!" the blond jumped up and down obviously high on something.
Leon pushed off the wall he was leaning on and walked over towards them. Standing next to Cloud the brunet asked, "Are you idiots ready?"
Vincent frowned and Sephiroth laughed, "Ya know, usually the position is switched. We're usually here before you and asking you that!" Cloud smiled, "We know." Together the four of them walked into the ally way.
Riku stepped into the bright building. He couldn't remember where her room was, but figured he'd ask someone. Looking around the lobby, he spotted the young woman he was looking for.
She had brown long hair and was wearing a pink t-shirt with a long a peachy-ish colored skirt. Her eyes were a nice blue colour. She was sitting in a chair and reading a book. Riku walked over to her and sat right across from her, not saying a word.
Without looking up from her book, "Are just going to sit there or are you going to say something?" She smiled and looked up.
He smiled, "Aw Aerith, you jump right to the point don't you?" Riku smirked and eyed her up and down, "You haven't changed much since the last time I saw you. Still just as beautiful as ever." Slowly, Riku leaned forward and rested his elbows on his knees.
Aerith raised an eyebrow, "Don't talk fancy to me! You're just skirting past the real reason as to why you're here." The brunet got up and motioned for Riku to follow her. Together they walked back up to her suite.
He was silent all the way up the building, to her rooms, with a pensive look on his face. Walking through the doors he spoke up, "Hey Aerith? Have you seen or heard a kid named Sora?"
Without faltering in her steps, "I might have but you know, I meet all kinds of people. It's really hard to tell with the work I do." Aerith pointed to a couch and continued walking, into another room.
"Well I met one and let me tell you, he's a cutie. But there was a problem, see I kinda asked to take him home while I was drunk and-" Aerith came flying back into the room with a worried expression on her face, "Riku Chase didn't do anything did he?" she sat right next to him and took his hands into her hands.
Riku looked down and sighed heavily, "No, well, nothing important. He tried but I got a hold real fast. The kid, I mean Sora, started to freak out real bad. He said something like how he didn't want to relive anything. I don't know anymore." He hung his head.
Sighing Aerith lifted up his chin with her fingers and looked into her eyes, "Just because you have Chase doesn't make you a bad person. And I know who you're talking about. You're right, too, he is a cutie." Riku looked at her in shock. She could possibly help him, found what he's looking for.
"Aerith you could possibility be able to help me. See I need to get a hold of Sora and I have no clue to as to where to look. I have to explain and I don't' even know where to begin to look. I figured that maybe you could help me." Blue eyes meet green eyes and the owner of the blue pair looked away.
"Riku you know I can't give any of that away. I'm sorry." She smiled sadly, "But Aerith, he could be in danger, and if you give me where he is then he won't be. See you'll be protecting him in more ways than one." His eyes found hers again and his seemed to begging her, "Fine, but I didn't tell you a thing understood. And you report to me afterwards got it?" She told him where.
Riku hugged her tightly and raced out of the building, toward the location he was given.
Sora was in deep thought about what happened at his apartment building. He needed some more time to cool down. His head was racing with all these events that took place.
He trudged down an unknown street, just wandering. The brunet was in deep thought when he bumped into someone. Looking up, "I'm so sorry I didn't mean to bump into you-" he smiled.
Cathy looked startled until she realized who it was. There was Sora in the flesh. "Oh my god, Sora! What are you doing in this part of town!" she hugged him and smiled.
Hugging back, Sora, also smiled, "I was just heading up to the park to clear my head." He stepped back and looked at her. "Why don't you come with? It could be fun. We could talk a bit." She looked at her watch, "I have a few hours to kill, why not."
Cathy followed Sora to the park. Walking down the trail, they spotted a bench to sit and talk on.
An hour later they had learned a lot about each other's lives. Cathy glanced at him for the millionth time and blushed slightly, turning away. Sora caught this, "Cathy?" the dark haired girl turned to face him. Slowly Sora leaned over and lightly pressed his lips to hers. She was stunned for a few seconds before responding back.
Neither of them heard the gasp that came from their backs. Riku stood there stunned.
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