The third chapter…

Meeting the Witch…es

"Hm…" Sora awakens to find himself on a soft navy blue bed with a lighter blue blanket covering him. He sits up, rubbing his eyes lightly. Yawning slightly, he stretches his arms up to the ceiling. As Sora begins to stand up, a yell cries out in anger.

"What the hell is that girl doing in MY house Riku?" a voice screeches.

"Oh, you noticed?"

"Of course I noticed…don't you dare talk back to your mother!"

"She got caught in the rain…so I wanted to be a good person, MOM!"

Sora continues to listen until their voices get really low and quiet.

"There's something else too…you're not known for the good deeds you do…"

"What!"

"You probably just picked her up for a fun time and then break her heart…that's the reputation you have, Riku Kiseki."

Sora's wraps his arms around himself, feeling used by Riku. No, he said he just wanted to be my friend, that's all…that's all, right?

"GET THAT GIRL OUT OF MY HOUSE!" Riku's mother bellows. Suddenly everything is silent and Sora's stomach twists and turns with fright, terror and hurt.

He suddenly hears someone climbing the stairs and panics on what to do.

Riku's POV

I come in to check on how Sora's doing. As I approach her, I notice that she now had on the hat I had given her. She looks so peaceful, so innocent when she's sleeping. I lower down to her face and bite my lip. Should I? I only just met her but I've had such strong feelings…

"That tickles," she giggles softly, opening her eyes. I turn away from this beautiful angel and blush slightly.

"Hey, you okay?" I turn back around seeing her tilt her head a bit. I nod my head, forgetting about my mother's demand.

"That's good," she smiles, closing her eyes happily.

3rd POV

Sora opens his eyes to find Riku very close again. He (Sora) blushes, and makes a sharp squeak. Riku slowly continues his way closer to Sora's face. As their breaths mingle with each other, the door flies open. They both jump away from each other and stare at Riku's mom.

"MO-!"

"Riku, if you can't get this girl out, I WILL!" she grabs Sora's arm, pulling it hard. Sora's eyes begin to water, realizing that this wasn't a dream…

"Don't You Dare Start Crying! Riku Would Have Had His Way With You And Then Kicked You Out Like Nothing Ever Happened!" she tugs harder, making Sora cry out in pain. He hears yelling and cursing behind him. Riku!

"Don't you dare hurt her!" he shouts racing as fast as he can. "Sora!"

"Ri-"

"Out!" his (Riku's) mother pushes Sora to the ground, hissing angrily. The door suddenly slams shut as Sora sees Riku almost there. Sora up from the ground at the door to see Riku in the window, face upset. He turns away and closes the curtains. Sora notices it's still raining outside, still pouring like the day he had met Riku. Sora gets up and tries to get the mud off but just stands there in the middle of the road. He begins to cry softly, waking no where in particular. Was this how it would end? Sora falls to his knees, staring up to the gray sky. His tears and rain combines, flowing down his face.

"Ri……Riku…" suddenly he collapses in the middle of the road.

A car screeches to a halt…

The car door opens…

"You okay?"

The blond picks the figure up…

"Hey?"

Cerulean blue eyes meet and then fade away…

"I'll take you home…"

'Home? I have no home…'

Sora wakes up and finds a blonde boy in a chair, sleeping by the bed Sora was lying on. He immediately starts to blush but then shakes his head furiously. As he begins to run his fingers through his hair he realizes that the hat is still on. Sora sighs sadly, knowing what this meant. It meant another guy would think he's a girl.

"You're up," a voice breaks through Sora's thoughts and startles him.

"Where am I?" he speaks quietly.

"My house," the blond jokes. "You're not from around Destiny Islands, are you?"

Riku had said that.

"No."

"My name's Roxas," the boy happily says. "What's yours?"

"Sora."

"I like your name."

"Thank you."

"So, why were you in the middle of the road?" Roxas asks curiously. "You could have gotten hurt."

"…I…I was kicked out of my house."

"Oh…"

"But I was okay…someone took care of me," Sora says carefully choosing his words.

"Who?"

"Uhm…Ever heard of the name Riku?"

"Riku?"

"Yes."

"Why would Riku-?" Sora looks up at Roxas, lower lip trembling. "Sorry, did he hurt you?"

"No, Riku didn't, hi-I needed to leave…"

"Oh."

"He was good to me…"

"Are you sure his name was Riku?"

"Yes."

"It's strange," Roxas scratches his head. "Riku's never been like this…"

"Like what?"

"Being nice and all," Roxas explains. "Usually he disregards most people only lucky one's like me and some others, and you are actually his friends…"

"What about his um…girlfriends?"

"Riku? Oh, he's more of a bachelor type; he won't stay with a girl for more than a month…except for Kairi."

"Oh…who's Kairi?" Sora asks him, a bit hopeful that whatever Kairi was like he could try being like.

"A S-L-U-T! She always wore really tight shorts so short that they would tear if she sat down," Roxas grumbles. "And she would always be on Riku consistently, kissing and holding him whenever in public…but Riku's smarter now because once Kairi started taking things to far, like wearing very dumpy skirts that would show her underwear and shirts that showed off her FLAT chest he had had it; he dumped Kairi right in the front of millions to see! I was so happy!"

Okay, Sora thought. Plan A is dead.

"What about you?" Roxas smiles. "Do you like Riku?"

"N-no, I mean he's just my friend."

"Aw man, thinking a pretty girl like you would love to have Riku as a boyfriend but I guess silver-haired sex god is not your type," Roxas sighs. "You guys would have made a great couple too…"

"Well…" Sora begins to fidget with his fingers. "I guess I like him a little but…"

"I guess no one can resist his charm," Roxas winks at him, making Sora blush. "But anyway, do you want to go to the café and meet some of Riku's friends?"

"Okay…"

Wyvern Café

"Hey Roxas!" a red-headed male calls he and Sora over. He then notices Sora. "Whoa, so who's your friend?"

"Knock it off Wakka, anyway, you guys this is Sora," Roxas presents him to the teens. "Sora, everyone."

"Hi."

"Name's Wakka, ya?"

"I'm Tidus, nice to meet 'cha!"

"You're so pretty!" the brunette girl squeaks.

"And that's Selphie," Roxas sighs, rolling his eyes.

"Selphie you promised if I gave you sugar you wouldn't be hyper and crazy for once!" Tidus complains.

"Tidus are you that stupid?" Wakka smacks his hand on his face. "Sugar makes anyone hyper!"

"Oh."

"Sora, I love your eyes!" Selphie bounds around him, happily. "Laladadadadalalala!"

"Thank you."

"Selphie sit down! People are watching!" Roxas orders.

"Weee!"

As the boys try to tame the Selphie, Sora begins to giggle at the girl shrieking happily and flailing limbs.

"Lalalalalala!" she sings randomly.

"Hey, Selphie, I'll give you a bag of chocolate later if you come down," a voice comes from behind Sora. Suddenly everything, every movement, every shriek and holler stops. Sora's eyes widen as he recognizes the voice. He turns around to come face to face with his savior and his crush.

"Riku!"

"Hey, I missed you," he looks down and strokes his cheek. "I'm sorry about my mother…"

"Riku!" Sora wraps his arms around Riku, hugging him tightly. "I thought I wouldn't see you again!"

"I wouldn't be able to live with myself if I didn't see you again," Riku smiles, loosing the grip on Sora. "Are you okay?"

"Mm-hm, Roxas helped me!" Riku looks up from Sora to the blond, smiling softly.

"Thanks for looking after Sora," Riku says.

"Heh, no problem," Roxas blushes softly. (C'mon, everyone has to at least admit Riku is extremely sexy no matter what your sexual orientation is, right?)

"This. Is. So. CUTE!" Selphie chimes. "Riku's got a crush!"

"What! I didn't say that!" Riku blushes, shaking his head continuously. Sora giggles, giddy and full of energy.

If everyone thinks Riku's got a crush on me, maybe there's hope (Totally forgetting that it's the feminine Sora Riku's falling for).

"Oh, I wish I had brought my camera!" the brunette girl whines.

"Luckily, I brought mine!" Yuffie pops out of nowhere. (Whoa, where'd she come from?) "Smile for the camera!"

FLASH.

"Riku, I see stars…" Sora giggles softly. Everyone laughs at Sora who points at nothing in the air. "Look Riku, a blue star and a pink one too!"

Riku looks at Sora, smiling at his cute charm. He notices the bell that tells a new costumer came into café.

"Huh?" Riku turns to find the worst possible person to come in at this time. "Crap, I knew she'd find me!"

The red-haired girl begins to walk over to Riku and his friends. He looks down at Sora, afraid of the separation between both of them.

I won't lose her again.

Sora's POV

I feel Riku's face very close to mine. "Riku?"

"Sora, we're gonna put on a little show…trust me," he lowers his face and kisses me. Millions of emotions fill my head, causing me to become dizzy. Happiness, sadness, excitement, anger, confusion,and…love? No! Riku was only doing this so that girl won't bother him. I don't care though; this might be the only chance to do this with him. I lean up further to deepen the kiss and I feel Riku smirk.

"Hey Riku," a voice interrupts the private moment between Riku and I. Riku casually breaks the kiss looking up from Sora. "Oh…"

"Why are you here?" Riku growls.

"Well…I-"

"Spit it out Kairi, I'm trying to have a nice time with my girlfriend," Riku wraps him arms around me. I blush; resting my head against his chest.

"Your girlfriend?" Kairi raises a brow at me. "Oh…I see."

Oh no, not good. She suspects me! Crap, not good. Not good at all!

"Riku…" I pipe up. He looks down at me and grins kindly.

"Sorry, Sora and I have to leave," Riku nods to his friends. "Bye you guys."

"Bye!"

"Wait a minute!"

"What now, Kairi?" Riku rolls his eyes, facing away from her.

"I wanna ask Sora something…" Kairi says innocently.

"Okay," as Sora begins to move, Riku grabs my arm.

"No."

"I'll be okay," Riku lets go of me and I follow Kairi to the bathroom waiting hallway. I suddenly sense something very suspicious and I begin to panic.

3rd POV

"So, Sora…" Kairi starts, and then rips off Sora's hat. "How long to you plan to keep this up?"

"Wha-?" Sora stands there too shocked that his hat is gone to notice anything.

"I know that you're a guy," Kairi smirks. "So, you're a gay guy too, huh?"

"Uh…"

"That's totally disgusting! Don't even try to corrupt Riku!" she snaps sharply.

"How did you know?"

"Simple…one you don't have any…" Kairi jabs him in the chest with a finger. "Two, you don't dress like a girl (stupid reason, I don't dress like a girl at all either…hell, I don't even match) and third…"

"…"

"I know you from Faith Valley."

"What!"

"I was that scared, innocent girl no one cared or paid attention to…" Kairi explains. "But when I moved here and I saw Riku…I go after something and I'll mess people up if they get in my way…"

"…"

"So if you get in my way of my goal, I'll tell Riku you're a guy and personally see to it that the rest of your life is a living hell…" Kairi glares. "It was nice meeting you, again…"

She walks away from Sora who begins to slip to the floor.

Sora's POV

"Why? Why is this happening to me? Why?" I hold my head in my hands. "I only wanted to be Riku's friend…only his friend…"

Stay tune for the next chapter:

"Are you upset about what I did?"

"Did she make you cry?"

"You're hurting me!"