Title: Rejection
Author: Little ole' me
Fandom: Kingdom Hearts
Pairing: RikuxSora (one-sided), SoraxRoxas
Rating: PG
Warnings: Shonen-ai, slight AU
Disclaimer: Square Enix owns most, my mind owns the rest.
Author's Notes: I'm like…back from the dead. Haha. It's because my band teacher isn't all "ehmaygawd. Band performance, you all suck, practice, freak out, gah." So, yeah…I have three more fan-fictions for you. Or something like that Oo, I forgot to count, so I'm just guessing.
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A young teen with messy chocolate hair and unnaturally blue eyes stared at a yellow star-shaped fruit in his hands. He understood the legend, and he understood the fact that Riku had chucked the 'magic' fruit at his head, but what he didn't understand was why. Why did Riku toss at him a symbol of love? Why did Riku look angry at Sora's confusion? Why was he sitting there on the sand, silver hair partially covering his eyes, and a rarely seen pout on his lips?
A million different questions ran through Sora's mind, and his mouth was open in a questioning way. He stood there like that for about five minuets. Finally, an extremely hurt looking Riku got up and turned away.
Sora made a noise that could have been either 'wait' or 'what', neither of them really knew, but it successfully got Riku's attention. "Yeah, Sora?" He sighed.
"Um, uh, I-uh…"
"Are you going to continue speaking gibberish, or can I leave?" The elder male snapped, still facing the other direction. He wouldn't dare let Sora know how much he had just let his guard down.
"Uh, um, I mean no. Can…can you stay?"
"Yeah, I guess I can."
Sora scratched the back of his head and dropped the yellow fruit. "Why'd you give me this thing?" He asked, nudging it with a banana yellow shoe slightly.
"Why do most people give each other Paupos, Sora?" Riku asked, slowly turning to face the other. Sora blushed slightly, and then said "Well, Selphie told me the legend…and it's all gushy and romantic, so…for…uh, love?" He turned a deeper shade of scarlet and made a coughing sound. "But we're both guys, so it's not that, right?"
Riku sighed once again, and wondered why he was so obsessed with Sora. The brunet was clueless, and a bit thick-headed, but he held some strange power of Riku. "Guys can love each other, Sora."
"Well, I know…that. B-But…" Sora stuttered, the blush remaining.
"Would you believe me if I told you I loved you?" Riku asked, his eyebrows rising slightly. There was no smirk, no sarcasm, no cruel intentions…and to be honest, that scared Sora.
"Um…uh, I guess so? Kinda?" Sora said shyly. After a moment's thought the brunet decided on "Yeah, I guess."
Riku breathed a small sigh of relief and continued "Would you say that you loved me back?"
Sora's eyes widened considerably as he shook his head slightly. "N-no…Riku. S-so…sorry."
If Riku looked hurt before, the look on his face was indescribable. "Oh." Was all his lips could allow him to say.
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Sora awoke; sweat covering his body, panic in his eyes. His breaths came out in short pants, as his tanned and calloused hands groped for his nightstand light. Light suddenly flooded the small, off-white room which caused his partner to stir. "Mhm…Sora? You okay?"
The brunet trembled slightly, shaking his head 'no'. When the man beside him did not hear an answer, he got up, wrapping a comforting arm around Sora's waist. "Another nightmare?" He asked with concern.
"No…just memories. I feel so…guilty." Sora sighed, a small tear rolling down his cheek. Riku never came back from the Secret Place that day, and Heartless attacked the next. The island was destroyed, but everyone made it away in time. Everyone except Riku…
"There was nothing you could do…don't keep reminding yourself about it." A blonde man assured, lying back down. After all, it was about 3 AM and he had work the next day.
"I guess you're right…" Sora pouted, turning off the light and snuggling next to the warm body. No matter what everyone told him, he couldn't help but feel guilty. He could of chased after Riku, he could have returned to the deserted, crumbled island to look for him, or he could of said 'I love you too'.
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Author's Notes: I actually like how this turned out, but you guys decide. I was just tired of pretty much every soriku fic ending up with Riku being all "ohmygawd, Sora I love you." And Sora being like "ohmygawd, I love you too. Let's get married and have babies." And then the story ending with a furious make-out session or sex…or something. So I wrote this xD. Go me.