StuckWith You
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Pairings – RikuxSora, AxelxRoxas and many more…
Warnings – AU, Yaoi/shounen-ai, bad grammar, randomness, OOCness and… HANDCUFFS! 8D
Disclaimer – I do not own Kingdom Hearts, which probably is kind of obvious.
"Dialogue."
"Flashbacks or thoughts."
'Lyrics.'
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The Night And The Morning After
Sora gulped, as the hands around his waist started to run circles around his hips. He looked up, as if trying to see through the fabric covering the samurai's eyes, trying to search for something…
After a while, he gave up and relaxed again. The warmth of the other male was so comforting… It all felt so right. But could it be right to swindle someone by pretending to be a girl? Sora bit his lip thoughtfully. Even though he hated to admit it, he did look rather girlish in a kimono. Especially with that entire makeup and weird hairdo.
The song ended too fast and the pressure around Sora's waist suddenly disappeared. He untied his arms from the samurai's neck and took few steps backwards, looking down at his shoes, not knowing what he should do next. The boy in front of him chuckled lightly, before turning around and starting to walk away.
"Where are you going?"
"What do you think?" the voice was slightly harsher than it was meant to be, "…I'm so tired of this place."
"Take me with you!"
A silence… arms stretching out and grasping the smaller figure into a tight embrace.
Sora shook his head and rubbed his eyes. What was wrong with him today? He had practically dreamed while being fully awake… He sighed and watched as the silver-haired samurai disappeared behind a corner. Maybe he should follow him? Ask him who he was and where he had come from?
But the answer to his question already played on his lips, as he smiled and said quietly, "…Riku."
He started to walk after the samurai, (only) tripping twice while stumbling out of the living room.
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After dancing few dances with Naminé, Roxas was completely exhausted. He wondered how the heck the blonde girl had enough energy to not to even break a sweat. He sighed, as he headed towards the sofa, where he had left Sora. But when he reached the couch, he saw that someone else had occupied it now.
With a frown he turned around and glanced around the large living room, but he couldn't spot Sora's Geisha costume in the crowd. Maybe he had grown bored of waiting and went to search for Kairi? Roxas nodded his head, as if replying to his own question.
Roxas spun around on his heels, and nearly bumped on Kairi, who had appeared behind his back. The red-haired girl took a step backwards, smirking widely, "Hello Roxy. Want to come to my room? We're going to play Truth or Dare in a few…"
"Who do you mean with 'we'?"
"Well… Everyone that wants to join us…" Kairi kept smirking devilishly, before she walked past Roxas and patted his shoulder, "Don't worry, I'll try not to ask anyone we don't know… It'll be funnier if everyone knew each other anyways…"
Roxas slumped his shoulders, but followed Kairi's orders nevertheless, and started to head towards her room, which was on the second floor. He wrinkled his nose at some drunken teenagers, who were sprawled across the first few stairs of the staircase.
After managing to get to upstairs, Roxas opened Kairi's room's door and saw that there was someone already in there. He frowned at a familiar red-haired boy, who was so busy glancing out of a window to even seem notice the blonde. Roxas closed the door as quietly as he could and leaned his back on it, hoping that Axel would just keep on staring blankly into the darkening night.
"Well well this surely is goin' to be fun." Axel stated suddenly, causing Roxas jump a little.
The blonde blinked his eyes, "How'd you…"
"I can see your reflection through this window, y'know." The red-haired teen laughed lightly, leaning his head on the surface of the window, his greenish eyes staring at Roxas' reflection, "…And anyways, I might be stupid, but I'm not deaf."
Roxas chuckled a little, feeling uneasy as he realized how the older male was following his each gesture. He gulped and sat down on Kairi's bed, trying to make himself feel as comfortable as he could. He eyed the room, trying to find something interesting in it, but the decoration seemed boringly normal.
"Where did you leave that little girlfriend of yours?" Axel asked, somewhat bitterly.
"Wha…? Who?" Roxas frowned, but remembered Axel's earlier remark about Sora being his girlfriend. He laughed and shook his head, "Look, that couldn't possibly be my girlfriend because—"
"Heeya!" The door slammed open, revealing a brown-haired girl, dressed up in a bunny costume, "Ohh, Roxas, your costume is aaweesome!"
Roxas scratched the back of his head, while glancing at the girl's dress, that seemed to be made to cover as little skin as possible, "…Ehh… thank you Selphie. I didn't make this though…"
Axel snorted and rolled his eyes. Selphie looked at him, pouting slightly and folding her arms above her chest, "Axel's as cheerful as ever I see." She mumbled, but when she looked at Roxas again, her lips were curved upwards again, "So whaddaya think about my costume? Aren't the ears the cutest?"
"Yeah, sure…"
Selphie grinned and pumped her fist into the air playfully.
"Selph, what actually are you doing here anyways?" Axel groaned in annoyance, "Don't tell me that Kairi invited you to play Truth or Dare with us too?"
The brunette girl nodded her head furiously and placed her hands on her hips, "Yep yep. And don't think you can get away easily… I already have truths and dares planned out in my head!"
Both Axel and Roxas sighed in disbelief.
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"R-Riku?" Sora poked his head into a small room, where he had seen the silver-haired samurai disappear. The lights weren't turned on, but he could see a silhouette of Riku by the window. Sora gulped and his grip on the doorknob tightened, as he started to wonder if it was a too clever idea to disturb the boy in front of the windowsill.
But when Sora was about to back away, a strict voice stopped him, "…What do you want?"
So it was Riku alright, Sora thought, a small smile playing on his features. He sighed and stepped into the room, but not daring to go too close to Riku, "…It's been so long that we've even talked to each other."
A hollow chuckle was the only reply Sora gained. The brown-haired Geisha bowed his head down, his smile only growing wider. No matter how rude Riku could be, he was still happy that he was there. It had been so long since they were even standing this close to each other… It was rare moments that they walked past each other, since usually they tried to avoid each other like the plague. Maybe it wasn't on purpose, more like a habit they couldn't kick.
"I wonder whatever you're doing here." Riku stated suddenly, tearing Sora out of his thoughts.
"I… I don't know." Sora replied honestly, glancing around nervously. Talking with the silver-haired boy was surprisingly hard and awkward… "…I guess I just wanted to chat. You know… know if you're doing fine and what you've been up to."
"It's none of your business."
Sora blinked his eyes, as Riku's word hit him harder than millions of sharp daggers. It took him a while to recover from the impact, "…Oh… of course. I'm sorry."
"You know what?" Riku turned around, though Sora still couldn't see his face through the thick darkness that was surrounding them, "You should be sorry too. You have no idea what—"
The door behind Sora's back opened with a loud screech. The two boys looked at Kairi, who ran her hand on the surface of a wall, until she found the light switch and pressed it. Pale light filled the room, and a grin grew to Kairi's lips as she saw who were inside of the room, "Ahh! Here you are! I've looked everywhere for you. We're just about to start to play Truth or Dare in my room, so come there right away."
"I don't know Kairi…" Sora mumbled, "…I think that I—"
"No way Sora. I'm not letting you go this time." Kairi stated firmly, while walking to Sora and grabbing his hand, "The last time I had mercy on you, but not this time. You'll be playing Truth or Dare with us, liked it or not."
Sora groaned, as Kairi pulled him out of the room. The redheaded girl stopped on the doorway and looked over his shoulder at Riku, "And same goes with you. C'mon, I'll show you where my room is."
Without any protests, Riku followed Kairi and Sora.
Kairi opened her room's door and smiled, as she saw that the others she had invited were already there. And even if there were only Sora, Riku, Roxas, Axel, Selphie and her, she was pretty sure that eventually things would get rather interesting. Especially when playing with Selphie, who happened to be the biggest fangirl around…
"Ookay, since everyone's here, let's start, shall we?" Kairi clapped her hands and sat on the floor, pulling Sora down next to her. Everyone gathered on the carpet into a small circle.
Selphie, who was being as hyper as ever, looked at everyone, before informing loudly, "Can I be the first?"
"Sure." Kairi nodded her head.
"Yosh!" She shrieked happily. She looked at everyone, before her eyes landed at Axel, a devious smile forming on her lips, "…Aaaxel! Truth or dare?"
Axel rolled his eyes. He had kind of guessed that he would be Selphie's first victim… With a sigh, he answered, "…I don't know… Truth?"
Selphie held her chin thoughtfully, as she tried to think of a question she could ask. After a while, her eyes lit up and she asked, "Have you ever had dreams of being with another male? And if you had, who was it?"
"Oh… That's a mean question young lady. But I'm afraid that I can't answer that question, because I don't want to ruin your innocence yet." Axel replied with a wink that caused chills run down Selphie's spine. The red-haired boy laughed, before looking at Kairi, "Okay, since I imagined that it'd be my turn, Kairi, truth or dare?"
"Dare."
"Okay, go get us some beer." Axel waved his hand in front of his face lazily, "I'm getting thirsty here."
Kairi puffed her cheeks, but stood up and left the room. Soon she came back with beer cans that she offered to everyone. Sora was the only one who turned down the offer, even though Kairi tried to convince him that he wouldn't even get drunk of one can of beer.
After settling down, Kairi sipped his beer and glanced at her friends, "So, anyone who'd want to be next?" Selphie's hand shoot into the air, but Kairi just chuckled and shook her head, "Naw, not you again Selphie… How about… Sora?"
Sora looked down at the floor, "…Okay… truth."
"Let's see…" Kairi said, gazing up at the ceiling, before back at Sora, "Who's the first one you've ever kissed?"
A bright blush swept across Sora's cheeks immediately and he opened his fan, trying to cover his face with it. Everyone around him burst out into heavy, somewhat mocking, laughter. Only Roxas gave his friend a concerned look and shoot angry glares at the others. A sad frown came to Sora's features and he hugged his knees. This was exactly why he hated Truth or Dare…
"Ah…haha, sorry Sora…" Kairi tried to regain her composure, while patting her friend's back, "It's just that… you're like fifteen? And you still haven't had your first kiss?"
"No it's not that…" Sora tried to explain, but no one seemed to listen to him anymore, "…The f-first one I kissed is…"
"Riku!" Selphie squealed and pointed the silver-haired samurai, who was currently untying the ribbon around his head. The black fabric fell on the floor, revealing two seagreen orbs, which lazily glanced the screaming brunette girl, "Oh my god Riku! You're sooo cool!" she giggled, before her eyes lit up once again, "Ohh! I know! You could teach Sora how to kiss!"
"Selphie!" Roxas groaned, trying to in vain help his best friend. Axel stretched his arms and slipped the other one around Roxas' shoulders, giving him a reassuring squeeze. The blonde pouted and folded his arms, but didn't bother to fight himself free from the red-haired teen's grasp.
Sora's heart stopped beating, as he slowly turned to look at Riku, whose pale face became even whiter. Soon the silver-haired boy managed to regain his cool state again, and shrugged apathetically, "Selph, dear, you probably missed one little detail here… We both are boys, me and Sora."
"So?" Selphie grinned, "It's basically the same as if you were kissing a girl. And look, Sora even is dressed up as a girl, so you could as well pretend he's a she."
Riku sighed in defeat and shook his head, "And what if I don't do it?"
An evil glimmer came to Selphie's eyes. Her lips curved upwards into a devilish smile and Riku could swear he saw devil's horns appearing above her head… "If you don't… You don't even want to know what I might do." She laughed like a maniac, before adding, "And you know very well what I'm capable of."
Riku grimaced and looked at Sora, who was as red as a ripe tomato. He sighed, while standing up and walking towards Sora.
The brown-haired boy looked up at the other male in front of him. Riku offered his hand to help him up and Sora took it gratefully.
As they stood there, Sora's world started to spin and his breathing became heavier. He felt Riku place his hand on his shoulder and giving him a slight squeeze. Sora was positive that if the taller boy wouldn't pull away soon, he would most likely swoon in his arms… He closed his eyes, trying his best to keep his mind focused on that moment.
When Riku pulled Sora against his chest, the brunette could hear his heart beating nearly as fast as his. That made him calm down a little, as he realized that he wasn't the only one who was being nervous. His body was trembling and he was unable to do anything but watch as Riku slowly leaned closer to his face.
"I hope you're watching closely Selphie…" Riku chuckled, as he closed the distance between his and Sora's faces.
"…Is this wrong?"
"Yes Sora…this is wrong."
Sora took a step backwards, a panicked look on his features. Riku straightened his back and lifted his eyebrow at the brown-haired boy, who quickly turned away and stumbled towards the door in Kairi's room, "…I-I'm so sorry!"
Everyone watched as Sora exited the room clumsily, closing the door behind him rather loudly.
Selphie glanced everyone, before bowing her head down and mumbling, "…Ehh… Maybe it wasn't such a good idea after all…"
Roxas narrowed his eyes at Selphie, then Riku, who seemed to be completely lost in his own thoughts. Then he looked at Axel, as if seeking for support, but the redhead just examined his fingernails, while pulling Roxas closer to his side.
"Well…" Kairi stated uneasily, "…I guess we could as well continue…?"
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Sora stopped to catch his breath once he had entered the nearly empty kitchen. There were only few teenagers sitting by a round table, too deep in their conversation to notice Sora. The brunette sighed and walked to the refrigerator and opened it. He knew that Kairi always had few cans of diet cola hidden somewhere behind vegetables, so he pushed aside a cabbage and a sack of potatoes, until his hand touched a cold surface of a coke can.
He slammed the fridge's door close and walked out of the kitchen, heading towards the bathroom, since he was positive that it would be empty, unless some making-out couple had already been able to occupy it before him. His heart kept beating fast, no matter how much he tried to inhale deep breaths, in and out.
As he opened the bathroom's door, he was happy to see that there was no one there. He closed and locked the door, before sitting on the cold marble floor. He leaned his back on a wall, letting his head tilt backwards and eyes slid close. He pressed the cold diet cola can against his forehead, hoping that it would help him to lose the reddish color, which didn't seem to want to leave his cheeks.
"That surely was a close one…" He mumbled, as he placed his hand on top of his chest, feeling his heart still racing. A faint smile grew to his lips, as he thought what his friends expressions would be if he returned there right now… They probably didn't even care if he left the game though.
Sora opened the can and sipped the coke. After swallowing few gulps, he choked and spat out the liquid in his mouth. He lifted the can in his hand and frowned, as he noticed that what he was drinking wasn't diet cola, like he had thought. It was the same beer everyone else under that same roof was drinking. Sora sighed and thought that it couldn't be that bad to drink a can of beer.
…Oh how wrong he had been.
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Next morning Sora woke up with a terrible headache and his stomach hurting. After drinking a can of beer, Sora had noticed how cheerful he had become and thought that maybe another can wouldn't hurt. And after that, he just wanted a third one and when the third one didn't do anything but add the cheery feeling, he had asked for fourth one. Though Vincent, who had been drinking with him, had told him that he would most likely feel awful next morning, Sora drank the fourth beer, before passing out on the living room's floor.
He groaned and rubbed his temples. The sunlight that shone between the curtains hurt his slightly bloodshot eyes, as he sat up. At this point, he realized that the floor wasn't the most comfortable sleeping place… he would definitely need a painkiller or two.
Luckily his mother wouldn't be home this weekend… She would probably bite his head off for getting wasted like that…
Sora yawned, while standing up. Or more like, tried to stand up. Something pulled him down by his wrist and he collapsed back on the floor, on top of something warm and smelled like… Riku?
Sora's eyes widened and he quickly lifted himself, so that he wasn't lying on Riku's stomach anymore. He tried to back away as far as possible, but once again, something around his wrist stopped him. At first he thought that it was Riku, who was grabbing his hand, but when he looked down, he saw a metallic shackle around his slender wrist. His eyes widened even more (if possible), as he followed the chain with his eyes, only to notice that the other shackle was around Riku's wrist.
The brunette glanced his surroundings, starting to panic slightly. The only thing he saw was passed out teenagers and empty beer cans. And Riku.
He lifted his hand and examined the ring, hoping that it would be some kind of fake handcuffs that could be easily opened by just pulling a little… But after gritting his teeth and trying to open the shackle, he found all of his efforts in vain.
Riku shifted a little, causing Sora's heart nearly jump to his throat. What would he do once Riku woke up? What would he say? 'Good morning Riku, looks like we'll be spending some time together?'. Sora wanted to cry in frustration, as he remembered the yesterday's incidents and how Riku nearly kissed him in front of everyone… A small blush swept across his face. This was not good… not good at all…
Sora watched as Riku opened his eyes slowly. The older boy blinked few times and looked around the room, before his eyes landing at Sora, who winced visibly.
"Good morning Riku…" Sora mumbled awkwardly, waiting the moment Riku would notice the handcuffs with fear, "It's a really beautiful morning today, is-isn't it?"
"…What the fuck, Sora?" Riku rolled his eyes, before closing them again. He yawned, clearly taking his time to completely wake up. When he opened his eyes again, he gave an annoyed glare to the brunette boy, who was sitting beside him, "What the fuck do you want Sora?"
Sora winced again, before chuckling goofily, "…Ahh… Well… You see… It's… I mean… Uhh… How should I say this… I…"
"Sora, what the hell is this?"
Sora watched as Riku lifted his own hand, causing his hand to rise too. The silver-haired pointed the handcuffs with his free hand and gave a firm frown to the other one, "…I want an explanation. Now."
"Why you think that I'd know!" Sora let out a small whine, "…I woke up and they were there. I have no idea how it happened or when, but it's not like it'd be my fault."
The next glare Riku shot Sora with, made the brown-haired boy pull his knees up to his chest and cover his head with his free arm. Now he was afraid… it was weird how scary Riku could be…
Riku stood up, pulling Sora up with him. With long paces he started to head out of the living room. Sora had to nearly run so that he could keep up with the other one's speed, which was rather hard, because he was still wearing the those same funny wooden shoes.
As they arrived to kitchen, they saw Kairi, Selphie and Naminé sitting by the table, sipping tea and giggling. Riku stomped to them and lifted his hand in front of their faces, nearly making Sora trip on his silky kimono.
"Could someone please explain me this?" Riku stated, his voice dangerously low and calm.
The girls exchanged glares, before shrugging and continuing to drink their morning teas. This only pissed Riku off more, and he slammed his left hand, that wasn't chained to Sora, on the table, causing Naminé to drop her tea mug on her lap and both Kairi and Selphie nearly choke on their drinks.
Riku gave them a charming, yet hate-filled smile, "I asked, what's the big deal with the handcuffs?"
"I don't know!" Kairi snapped, while offering a napkin to Naminé, "It's not our fault if you do something stupid while you're drunk."
Riku narrowed his eyes, and turned to look at Selphie, who was oddly quiet. The silver-haired boy placed his hand on the table, right in front of her, "…Selph? Would you happen to know where's the key of these handcuffs?"
Selphie looked at him as if he had hit his head, "What? Why'd I know?" she piped and poked her tongue out. She glanced at the handcuffs and her expression changed from annoyed to excited, "…Ohh, but I hope that would have been me. That's a brilliant idea. I think I'll try that on Axel and Roxas…"
"There's no need to do that though." Kairi pointed out with a light laugh, "It looks like Axel isn't going to let go off of Roxas even without handcuffs…"
Selphie squealed and clapped her hands in excitement.
Riku frowned, as he turned around. He dragged Sora violently out of the room. The younger one groaned, whined, pouted and cursed, but nothing seemed to draw Riku's attention towards him. After a while, he gave up and just tried his best not to make Riku angrier than he already was.
As Riku suddenly decided to go to upstairs, he pulled Sora maybe a little bit too roughly towards the stairs. After the first few steps, Sora tripped, since he couldn't walk as fast as Riku with his long kimono and the annoying shoes. Moaning in pain, he rubbed his nose that had hit the stairs, while trying to pull himself up. Riku just stared him, before snorting and continuing walking, even though Sora was still practically lying on his stomach.
"H-hey!" Sora hissed in pain, as he managed to get back on his feet, "Do you happen to have any idea how much that hurts?"
Riku looked at Sora, "Do you happen to have any idea how much I care?"
Sora opened his mouth to say something, but closed it soon after. The coldness of Riku was already getting annoying… He surely hoped that he wouldn't have to spend much more time with that cocky idiot, who just opened Kairi's room's door, and stepped in. He walked to drawers and opened them, starting to search for something.
The brunette rubbed his temples. He had already forgotten his headache, until it suddenly struck back.
Riku didn't notice Sora's suffering, but just continued his search. The younger one closed his eyes and leaned his back against the shelf Riku was currently examining, "…What are you searching for?"
"Something that could get us out of these handcuffs…" Riku sighed, "…I'm sure that here should be something here."
"What are you searching for, Sora?"
"It was something important that I lost long ago…" was a plain reply, with a short sigh and pout, "I was so sure that it'd be here…"
"And I'm sure you'll find it. Someday. And I bet, it's not the item that is important, but the memories it brings back."
"Haha, that's the cheesiest thing ever!"
Happy laughter and smiles that went from ear to ear.
"…And I'm sure you'll find it. Someday…" Sora mumbled suddenly, before he even realized what he was doing. His blue eyes glancing hollowly into nothingness as he continued, "…And I bet it's not the item that is important, but the memories it brings back."
Riku stopped all of his movement. After a short while, he sighed and said, "…That's the cheesiest thing ever."
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A/N: Thank you everyone who reviewed. :D I've got so many reviews that I was like O.O I honestly thought that I'd get only like two reviews or something like that. But I'm happy that you like this story. And do feel free to keep on reviewing and making me want to continue this story.
Until next time, farewell o/
