Yes, that's right, one more chapter. Just to sum up a bit more. Hope you enjoy it!
Chapter 11
Eternal Love
Sora woke up to the back of his eyelids. He could see the light through them. He felt his face being gently caressed. He smiled as he opened his eyes, seeing Riku still with him. He sat up to see the time.
"Wow, we slept a while," Sora said.
"Yeah, we have to be at school in ten minutes," Riku said. "I'm surprised your mom didn't wake us up. I guess she had an idea what was going on, maybe," Riku suggested.
"Oh, I don't know," Sora looked at his door handle to ensure he had locked it last night. "Good, it's locked."
"Well, I guess we should get dressed. I suppose this day of school will probably be...interesting," Riku said.
"You have no idea. Everyone is going to think we are both mental," Sora said as he imagined everyone's look as they saw him and Sora together even though Riku had probably said otherwise the previous day. Sora drowsily walked to the bathroom with his clothes to take a shower, hoping it would wake him up. It helped a lot. He stepped back in his room to find Riku had already left. He walked downstairs and found him scrounging around the refrigerator.
"Mom didn't make anything?" Sora asked, shocked.
"I guess not. I don't think she is even up-" Riku started.
"Woah!" Sora's mom shouted as she nearly fell down the last stair. "I'm up! Here I am. I overslept. Shit. Shit. Shit. Do you guys want some milk to eat and pancakes to drink?" she asked rushing to the counter. Riku laughed.
"I definitely don't think so," Riku joked at her confused statement. She did not understand.
"No, mom. Go get ready for work. We have to go any way, we are going to be late if we stay to eat," Sora said.
"You're a good boy," she said as she ran out of the room.
"Wow," Riku exclaimed.
"Let's just go," Sora said as he stared at the clock. They exited the house and much to Sora's surprise, Riku grabbed his hand as they walked down the sidewalk. They reached the school with two minutes to get to class. They walked in the building together to head to English class. You could have attracted less attention dragging a dead body through a mall. Everyone glared at them. People stopped what they were doing the glare at them. Sora was more surprised when he confidently held Sora's hand and continued walking to class.
"Must have something on my face," Riku joked.
When they walked into the classroom, Sora immediately spotted Rikku, who smiled widely and waved. Sora let go of Riku's hand to sit next to her. Sora thought Riku would sit next to his other friends, but followed Sora to sit next to him instead. Then again, he understood why he might not want to sit next to them.
"Well, I am glad to see both you," she said happily.
"So I guess my mom got you back earlier too?" Sora asked.
"Yep. I guess that's good," she said.
"Yeah. Is Yuna here?" Sora asked.
"Actually, she was arguing with that bitch-" Rikku said.
"She is here today?"
"Yeah. Why?"
"Oh, well, there was a thing that happened yesterday that involved her trying to convince Riku they were going out, I think. Well, I hit her."
"What? Nice," she said.
"All right class, can we begin-"
"YOU FUCKING BITCH-" someone shouted from the hallway.
"Oh, it is too early for this," the teacher grunted as he made his way into the hallway.
"Was that Yuna?" Riku asked Sora.
"Probably," Sora chuckled.
"So, today in gym. We will probably go outside, so do you want to skip and go to the lake?" Riku asked.
"Yeah," Sora agreed. "This day is probably going to feel like it will never end."
"With the way people are acting, I probably plan to skip a lot more than gym," Riku said.
"Really?"
"Yeah," Riku said immediately.
"Well, what do you have second hour?"
"History."
"Let's both ask to go to the nurse, then meet in the bathroom," Sora suggested.
"Okay. Upstairs though, you can lock the door," Riku said.
"Third hour?"
"I probably should go to third hour. I skip it too often as it is."
"Fourth?"
"Music Theory class. Real easy to get out of."
"Okay, we could meet-"
"Outside, by the music room. There is no class and the teacher doesn't come back tell sixth hour."
"All right. Then we will have to tough it out tell gym, because I can't afford to miss Trigonometry or my World History class. Too much homework."
"Are you kidding me?" Rikku said, turning around. "You two are going to skip that much?"
"Sure," Sora said.
"Why not?" Riku asked.
"Well, I don't know. Can I meet up with you guys fourth hour?" she asked. Sora looked at Riku for a response. He did not mind.
"Okay."
"Great."
"Class. Please just find a new book to read and prepare a small report on the first three chapters for tomorrow," the teacher said through the doorway, preoccupied with something else.
"Damn," Sora groaned.
They all went to the bookcase to grab a book and get it over with. No one else seemed to bother. The three of them race through the first three chapters and then quickly wrote down the small report.
When the bell rang Sora quickly finished the last sentence and stood up to leave.
"See you in a minute," Riku said. Sora walked out and walked to his second hour class. It was a small computer class. He immediately went to the teacher.
"May I go see the nurse. I don't feel well," he lied.
"Oh. What's wrong? Is it that stomach flu going around?" she asked as though talking to her own child.
"It might be," Sora told her.
"Yeah, go ahead," she said. Sora walked out of the classroom, making sure to keep the same appearance until he got out the door. He walked up the stairs to the second floor and saw that Riku was already there, talking with someone.
"Tidus?" Sora asked suspiciously.
"Oh, hi Sora. I was just apologizing to Riku about...past events," Tidus said.
"Oh. Right," Sora said, feeling a bit guilty that he was suspicious of him.
"Well Tidus. I guess I could thank you. If it wasn't for you, I may not have realized I had feelings for Sora, and if I hadn't have hit you, I suppose they might have never figured out how to get my memory back," Riku said.
"True," Sora added.
"Thanks, but it still seems a bit awkward. Plus, now people now what I did," Tidus stated angrily. Sora cocked an eyebrow.
"How?" Sora asked, knowing he had not said anything to anyone.
"Me," Riku said. "Apparently I told someone at school. I'm really sorry Tidus."
"It's not that bad, I guess. I mean, now I don't have to hide it I suppose. Only, there is no one in this school that is a guy, that would consider going out with me," Tidus said.
"I'm sure there is someone. Just ask. Don't try to put it off if you want to tell someone how you feel. Trust me, it will cause more problems than you know," Sora said, speaking from experience.
"Well there is this one guy I like. I mean we have been friends forever, but I am really worried what he will think of me if I tell him," Tidus said.
"Tidus, tell him. If he likes you back, you won't regret it. If not, if he is actually your friend, he won't care," Sora said.
"I hope so," Tidus said.
"Who is it," Riku asked.
"Wakka," Tidus said.
"Wakka?" Riku responded, a bit surprised.
"Yep."
"Wow. I did not expect that one. Keep in mind that if he does like you, you are going to be putting him in a pretty strange position. I mean, he is like team captain on every sport. If people figure out, he might lose a lot-"
"Riku! Don't tell him that," Sora shouted.
"He's right. We could keep it secret I wouldn't mind. I wouldn't want to put any more stress on him," Tidus said. "Thanks guys." He walked out of the bathroom in much higher spirits.
"That was weird. Giving relationship advice. Never thought that would happen to us," Riku said.
"Yeah. I feel sorry for him. That used to me. That was hard to deal with. It was all I could think about," Sora admitted.
"Yes, but you have worked hard for me," Riku said, pulling him closer. Riku playfully bit at Sora's neck before finding a spot to suck on. Sora wrapped his arms around Riku. Suddenly, they both heard the bathroom door shut, indicating someone had come in. They forgot to lock it. It was their principal. They quickly broke apart, looking extremely embarrassed.
"I know you two boys are not skipping class," he said with a hateful look at both of them.
"Umm...No," Riku said. beginning to bail out of the bathroom.
"I think the both of you need to get back to class before I throw you out of my school," he said. Sora started to follow Riku, but was halted.
"I will walk you back to class. To make sure you get there," he said with an annoying smile that made Sora's temper rise.
"Whatever," he mumbled. They walked down the stairs and turned to the hallway where the computer room was. He opened the door to let himself in first. Sora had a feeling he was going to talk to the teacher.
"Ahem, Mrs.Billingsly," he cleared his throat, pretending as though he was only trying to attract the instructors attention when Sora knew he intended to have everyone hear what he was going to say. "I wanted to inform you that this student was in the upstairs bathroom for a while, apparently to busy having his neck sucked in the boy's bathroom," he said, grabbing Sora's head and tilting it so everyone could see the red mark Riku had left. Gasp and giggles erupted from the class. "I just wanted you to know where he was." He smiled at Sora before walking from the room, pleased with himself.
"Please sit down," the teacher said, not looking him in the eye. Sora fell into his seat and put his head down. He felt everyone's eyes on him. He wanted badly to hit that ignorant. He had no right to say that. But what could he do about.
Sora sat there until the bell rang, then he quickly left the room before the teacher could ask him to stay to talk. His third hour class was an Art class. It was a big room that Sora could easily find a spot alone to sit and ignore the rest of the class. They did not do much drawing because the teacher thought of his class as an analyzing art class. So basically, he lectured endlessly as people slept, then gave a test the next day. Since Sora missed the lecture yesterday, the teacher gave him notes and he did not have to take the test. He browsed the notes but decide to simply scribble on his desk as he thought about seeing Riku next hour, that is, if they could do it without getting caught. He was not sure his mom would be so lenient if he was suspended again.
When the bell rang, Sora made his way to his fourth hour class. It was an Biology class. He had the worst teacher too. He would usually sit around playing games on his computer then randomly give out work some days, then out of now where give notes, then expect them to complete an insanely hard test which everyone usually fails. Then yells about how he gave them all they needed to prepare. Sora walked up to the teacher and simply asked what they were doing.
"Nothing today," he said. "Oh, but here are some worksheets we did yesterday. You can go into the hall and do them if you want."
"Sure," Sora responded, intending to leave. He grabbed the worksheets, walked into the hall and then walked outside. He carefully made his way behind the building by the music room, feeling like the principal was just going to pop up any second.
"Sora," Rikku called. "I heard what happened second hour."
"Oh yeah. Can you believe he did that. He must hate me," Sora said, scanning for Riku.
"That was way out of control. I can't believe you could hold your temper through that, I would of freaked out," she said honestly.
"It wasn't easy. But then again, I think I might have been more embarrassed then angry," Sora said.
"Where is Riku?" she asked as she took a sit on the windowsill.
"I don't know. Maybe he got caught on the way. He said it was easy to get out. Is that him?" Sora asked.
"Umm. Yep, I think so. Why is he coming from over there?" Rikku asked. They watched as he walked up to them.
"Whew!" Riku exclaimed as he lied down on the ground.
"What happened?" Sora asked, sitting next to him.
"On my way here, the principal saw me walk outside, so I had to take a huge detour. Hopefully he doesn't figure out," Riku stated, out of breath.
"Have you guys talked to Tidus today?" Rikku asked.
"Yeah, this morning. Why?" Sora asked.
"I mean, since second hour," she said.
"No. Why, what happened?" Riku asked, getting anxious.
"He asked Wakka out," she stated.
"What? Really? He actually did it? That fast?" Sora asked.
"Yeah," she said.
"What happened?" Riku asked sitting up.
"Wakka actually said yes. In front of everyone, like it was no big deal. It was amazing. No one could even respond to it because they were all speechless at his instant response. It was crazy," she said.
"That great," Sora said.
"He took your advice," Riku said. "I am actually surprised. I didn't see Wakka doing that."
"Well, this school sure has a lot to gossip about now. It seems like every class is gossip hour. The teachers are so irritable about it. No one is paying any attention," Rikku said.
"At least we don't have to feel so weird about being the only ones," Sora told Riku.
"Shit!" Rikku yelled, jumping off the windowsill. "He is a fucking stalker!" The principal was heading towards them. He had not seen them yet, but he was coming dangerously close.
"Are any of these windows open or unlocked?" Riku asked. They started to try all of them.
"This one is, but I need nails to open it. Rikku?" Sora asked. She quickly opened it up and climbed inside. Sora went next, then Riku. They closed the window and stayed down so he could not spot them. They could here footsteps from outside. They suddenly stopped, then took off again, growing fainter in the distance.
"That was close," Rikku said.
"Yes," a voice from behind Riku came.
"AHH!" Rikku screamed.
"What?" Sora yelled, feeling his heart pound a million times a second.
"Oh, sorry to frighten you," the woman said. It was the music teacher.
"Umm. Sorry about going through your window. We were just kind of...Hehe," Rikku said nervously.
"It's okay. I don't really mind. But I would prefer you use the door on your way out, if you don't mind," she said quietly.
"Sure," Rikku said as she started to walk toward the door in disbelief they were getting away with it.
"Thanks," Sora said.
"Of course," she said absentmindedly as she walked back to her desk. They left the room and walked down the hallway farthest from where they thought the principal would be.
"That was a little weird. No wonder she doesn't have many classes," Rikku said.
"I thought you said she was not in there this hour," Sora said, looking at Riku.
"Well. The light was always off, I didn't know she sat in the dark," he responded.
"The bells going to ring in about five minutes," Rikku said. "I am going to head to my next class. See you guys later."
"Bye," Sora and Riku said together. Soon after the bell rang and Riku waved Sora off as the crowd came.
Sora's next two hours were long and enduring. He struggled through tons of homework and notes. When seventh hour finally arrived it had felt as though he was working for days. He stopped at his locker to throw everything in it, and quickly went down to the gym. Riku was already there. They had already started doing excerisizes. When they were finished the teacher pointed to the door outside, indicating to go out. Everyone filed outside and to the field. Riku and Sora started to walk the track until they got close to the hill to the forest, then they ran down it when no one was watching.
They stopped running when they got onto the trail.
"I am so sick of running today," Riku said. They strolled down the trail until they reached the turnoff point that seemed like it was starting to develop a path from being walked on. They reached the lake and both fell on the grass to relax.
"We should just skip tomorrow and come here," Sora said.
"Your mom would probably freak," Riku said.
"Maybe I can get into another fight that sounds justifiable. Then she wouldn't mind," Sora suggested.
"I don't know," Riku said, moving his hand to Sora's. Sora sat up to look at the water. He noticed something much bigger than a petal floating in the lake.
"What is that?" Sora asked.
"Huh? It looks like a fruit," Riku said.
"I don't see any trees with them," Sora said, looking up.
"I'm gonna get it," Riku said. He took off his shirt, and jumped in. He swam to the fruit and grabbed it, then swam back. He examined it carefully.
"Well, it is unlike any fruit I have ever seen," Sora said.
"I think I've heard of this. It's called a Papua fruit. It has a legend behind it," Riku said.
"Really?" Sora asked, intrigued.
"Yeah. They say that whoever you share it with, your lives will be intertwined for eternity. No matter what," Riku said, running a finger over it gently.
"That's awesome! Riku, we should do it!" Sora said.
"You want to?" Riku asked.
"Yes. Then, nothing will tear us apart," Sora said happily grabbing the fruit.
"It is just a legend," Riku reminded him as Sora took the first bite. It was very sweet.
"Well, then we have nothing to lose, right?" Sora said. Riku took the next bite.
"I suppose your right," he told him.
"I don't feel different," Sora said.
"Your such child," Riku stated at his remark. "What do you expect to happen?"
"Oh. I don't know," Sora said. They finished the fruit together, sharing the last piece in a kiss.
"Well, I hope it works," Sora said, scooting closer to Riku.
"Me too," Riku said, holding Sora close him as they watched the wind ripple the lake.
Okay, people, it is done. I hope I have made the resolution well enough. I have worked SO hard on this story. I know the insanely unexpected plot change was a little different, but I liked it better than simply going into what every one typically expected, so please understand. I hope you all have enjoyed this, even though it was quite a bit different then my other ones which were goofy.
Thank you for all of the reviewers who have truly made writing this story much easier. The more reviews I get, the faster I find I can write. You all have been good inspirations. Specific people whom I very much would like to thank would be:
Atheist, who also has a majorly cool story called "Fight for their Hearts". This is an amazingly helpful reviewer!!!
Top and Bottom, who has a few funny stories, one of which is called "Undying Love". If you hate Kairi, you'll love his other one "The Heart of a Rogue". If you like Kairi, back away slowly.
AkaShiChick, this girl cracks me up. Your reveiws are always exciting to read because you always make them so vivid. Your fantastic! lol!