StuckWith You

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Pairings – RikuxSora, AxelxRoxas and many more (well, not really many…)…

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 He Walked Away

When the sun had already started to set in the horizon, Roxas decided to pay a visit at Sora's place. It had taken him a good while to make Axel go home, since the redhead seemed to have become a little bit attached to him.

With a small sigh Roxas casually opened Sora's house's door, not minding to knock or ring the doorbell. He did that almost always, since he knew he was welcome in there, even in the dead of night.

But this time, he hadn't expected he would interrupt something. Something, which involved both Sora and Riku and a kitchen table. And especially when his best friend was being straddled against the table behind him, a silver-haired and a lot taller boy hovering above him, their faces only mere inches apart. And when Roxas took a closer look at their position, he noticed that their fingers were entwined and a familiar pair of handcuffs still chaining them together.

"S-Sora…" Roxas whispered quietly in the air, hoping that neither one of the boys could hear him. A smile spread on his features slowly and his cold blue eyes brightened.

So how the heck did this happen?

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Sora looked out of the window. The sky was starting to take a reddish color and the sun was slowly sliding downer and downer. This would mark the beginning of the last night he would have to spend with Riku. If he was able to survive through this night, he would be free again and wouldn't have to stand Riku's cruelness any longer.

He surely had a lot of things he would tell Roxas… And then they would plan for ways to kill Riku, but most likely would never try them.

"Soon it'll be over…" Sora said, mostly to himself, as his fingers danced across the wooden surface of the kitchen table. He could feel Riku's gaze slowly fix upon him, but didn't bother to form an eye contact, "…Then you don't have to bother with me anymore."

Riku snorted. His left hand, which was linked to Sora, lied on the table, close to the other one's right hand. If he stretched his fingers a little, he could have touched Sora's palm. But there was no reason to do that, so Riku just snorted again and said, "That's it?"

"W-what do you mean?"

"You're boring, Sora," Riku rolled his eyes and leaned slightly forward, his silver hair softly falling past his shoulders, "After today, we'll return to the state we used to be in and this weekend will mean nothing."

Sora blinked his bright blue eyes and nodding as a reply. True, nothing would ever change between them. Their time together has ended a long time ago—this weekend was just a silly twist of fate. Sora smiled a small smile, which reflected both nostalgia and sadness, "Sure. But that's what you wanted, isn't it? You said earlier that we'd never be friends again."

"I said that alright," Riku shrugged his shoulders, "And I still don't wanna befriend with you."

"Then why did you said it as if you cared?" Sora pouted, casting a long and suspicious glance at Riku's direction.

"Because…" a deep sigh crossed Riku's lips, surprising Sora slightly. Riku's usually so confident appearance seemed to fail and for a while, Sora thought he saw sorrow in those mysterious eyes. But soon Riku was back to his normal self and looked straight at Sora, "…Because I can't think of you as a friend anymore."

Sora's eyes widened momentarily, before he locked them at the kitchen table. Odd tension lingered in the air and Sora knew that Riku had still things to say.

"Sora… you… you wouldn't understand."

The brunette looked up at his so-called friend. There were many things Sora didn't understand, so Riku was probably right. Whatever he was about to say, Sora might not understand it or get it wrong.

Suddenly Sora felt a soft pressure around his free wrist. He looked at his hand and saw Riku's delicate fingers around it, as if holding him if he was to run away. Sora glanced absently at the other one, whose eyes were covered by silver locks. The time seemed to freeze and the world started disappear around him. What was this odd feeling, which made his head spin?

Now Sora's attention was completely focused on Riku's lips, as he spoke slowly, each word taking their time to pass his lips.

"Sora, I need you."

And with that, Sora's heart stopped beating. His eyes widened, as he saw Riku standing up and walking around the table. The next thing he knew, he was sitting on top of the table and Riku leaning towards him, standing between his open legs.

It all happened like in the movies, in which the princess would always find her prince. It all happened in slow-motion, accompanied by heartbeat, which was speeding up second after second. Somehow Riku's hands found Sora's and their fingers were now tangled and pushed against the wooden table. A pink color painted Sora's cheeks, slowly spreading across his whole face.

"Uh…"

Riku stopped leaning forward. He wasn't sure whether he was hearing things or did someone just say something. He quickly straightened his back and glanced towards the front door and saw a blonde boy standing there. Colorfully cursing, he stepped backwards, which led to Sora falling forward and crashing against Riku's chest.

"Riku, wha—" Sora asked and looked at the direction where Riku was furiously glaring. When he saw Roxas standing there his blush only deepened, "Ah… H-hey Roxas! W-w-what are y-you doing he-here?"

"I came to check on you," Roxas stated with a gentle smile, "But it looks like you don't need me here. I'm sorry for interrupting."

"R-Roxas!"

Roxas turned around and started to make his leave out of the house. But before he exited through the door, he looked over his shoulder at his best friend, "You'd better tell me everything later on, okay? I'll promise to tell you about Axel too…"

And with that, Roxas was gone. Sora stared after him, unable to think for a while. However, he was soon torn back into the reality, as Riku harshly tugged him towards the fridge.

"Whatever happened just a while ago," Riku muttered darkly, while taking a can of coke out of the fridge, "…Didn't mean anything. Forget it."

Sora looked at the silver-haired boy, disbelief flashing in his eyes. Riku had almost kissed him and now he said that it didn't mean anything? And he also asked him to forget it? Sora pouted with such force that if Riku only had looked at him, he would have surely shuddered in confusion.

"But, R-Riku…" Sora tried to say, but the glare Riku sent him was enough to keep him quiet. Although he wanted to scream and yell at Riku how much he wanted to continue the things they had just been doing, he couldn't do that. Even if it may felt exciting to be near Riku, it didn't mean that he had completely warmed up for him. He knew what kind of rotten person he was and there was no changing that.

"Whatever there was during these few days, won't be tomorrow," Riku said and Sora heard him gulping, "It's not like I'd love you."

Sora sighed and let his head fall down. He didn't feel like being there, but all he could do was try to swallow the things Riku said and keep up a straight face. He had already broken down in front of the silver-haired boy once, and he was not ready to do that again.

The spiky brown-haired boy gathered all of his strength and took a step closer to Riku. He leaned his forehead on the other one's chest, which confused both Riku and himself. He didn't know how he suddenly had enough courage to invade Riku's personal space, but his head was now comfortably against the taller boy's firm chest.

It doesn't matter if I ruin everything, Sora thought, as if trying to justify his actions, there is nothing to ruin anyway.

Sora felt Riku grabbing his shoulders and pushing him away. The brunette bit his bottom lip, afraid of looking up and started to regret what he had done. He must have been insane, but he couldn't change what he had done.

"Riku, I—"

Riku sighed and tightened his grip on Sora's shoulders, "Look, Sora, just stay away from me, okay?"

"But…" Sora tried to protest, but couldn't find the right words, "…I… I understand."

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An hour was spent in silence, as they sat on Sora's house's grassy backyard, both of them gazing into the distance. The night sky was clear of clouds and a crescent shone brightly in the sea of stars. Sora noticed that that night there were more stars than there usually were, because of the city's lights. It was as if stepping into a whole new dimension, where there were no lights to interrupt the stars' shining.

Sora was lying on his back, as far from Riku as he could get. The silver-haired boy was sitting, but his head was tilted backwards and he, too, was gazing the stars.

Suddenly Riku started to hum a familiar sounding song. Sora looked up at the other one, slightly surprised that he was actually letting some noise pass his lips, after such a long time of silence. The brown-haired boy smiled and closed his eyes, just listening to the song Riku was humming and trying to recognize it.

"Hey Sora." Riku said suddenly and stopped humming. Sora looked at him, giving him a quizzical look. But Riku's eyes were locked at the sky above, as he continued, "Do you remember when we built that raft? We were supposed to sail away and see other lands. To see what's behind the horizon…"

Sora frowned thoughtfully, but suddenly remembered. How come he had forgot something like that? They used to work so hard on the raft… But, "Whatever happened to that raft?"

Riku chuckled hollowly, "We never managed to even try it out. Can't you remember? That night when we were supposed to leave, you kissed me."

Sora closed his eyes and let the thoughts come flooding in.

After a long day of work, it was finally done. The raft was finally lying on the sand, ready to sail across the big ocean.

"It's awesome, Riku," Young Sora, not more than ten years old, chimed, "Are we leaving now?"

Riku nodded his head, a broad smile on his lips. His big sea green eyes gazed at the setting sun and then at Sora, who was standing next to him, "Are you sure you want to leave right now? It's not like we're be in a hurry."

"B-but…" Sora tried, but sighed and slumped his shoulders, "Okay, fine. Let's leave tomorrow, 'kay?"

Riku nodded his head as a reply. He was very proud of the raft and he was sure it would take him and Sora into awesome adventures. He just wanted to see what was beyond the horizon.

"Riku…" Sora said somewhat nervously, his gaze wandering around nervously, "…B-but what if the raft sinks? Y-you know that I can't swim…"

Riku smiled and draped his arm around Sora's shoulders, "Don't worry Sora. If it comes down to that, I'll save you."

"Heh-heh, okay!" Sora bounced up and down, smiling happily and hugged his friend, "Thanks Ri-ku."

Riku opened his mouth to say 'you're welcome', but before he could say anything, a warm pair of lips covered his mouth. But as suddenly as they had came, they went and Sora jumped backwards.

"W-what…" Riku asked, his features filling with confuse, as he stared at the smaller boy, "…S-Sora?"

But Sora was too shocked to say anything. He just turned around and started to run away the fastest he could, leaving Riku standing alone on the beach with the raft.

"And I waited for you." Riku sighed, scratching the back of his neck uneasily, "But you never came back. You didn't even come back the next day, when we were supposed to leave."

Sora's eyes widened and he sat up so fast it made his head spin for a moment, "Y-you waited for me? B-but I-I thought that…"

"Thought what?" Riku snapped, suddenly sounding somewhat angry and maybe even the slightest bit miserable, "You thought that I would hate you because you kissed me? Are you fucking slow or something?"

"Wha—" Sora shuddered a little, as he listened to Riku's speech. He surely sounded furious this time… maybe he should just give up and talk about something else. But to answer that, Sora mentally shook his head. He wouldn't stop this conversation before he got an answer, "I thought you were mad about the kiss… and I thought you still are."

Riku slapped his forehead, causing Sora to wince. Okay, maybe that wasn't the best comeback, Sora thought, but was surprised when Riku burst out into light laughter.

"You really are the stupidest boy I've ever met," The silver-haired boy groaned while rubbing his temples and realizing that he had actually slapped his forehead pretty hard, "I don't hate you for some stupid kiss. It meant nothing and there's no reason to make a big deal out of it. But what I was and still am mad about is that you never showed up. I hate you for just leaving and not wanting to be my friend anymore, all this just because of a kiss."

Sora looked at Riku for a long time. So was this all a mere misunderstanding? But if it was a misunderstanding, did it mean that they could be friends again? A smile came upon Sora's features and excitement shimmered in his innocent blue eyes, "So it was just a misunderstanding? Then, does that mean that we could become friends again?"

Riku shook his head as a reply and Sora slumped his shoulders weakly.

"Oh yeah…" Sora said, as he remembered what Riku had said earlier, "You told me earlier that you don't want to be my friend again."

"That's right. There's no point in being your friend." Riku replied, while standing up and pulling Sora up in process. He looked up at the sky once again, "I wonder if it's still there… the raft, I mean."

Sora looked up too and shrugged, though he knew Riku couldn't see it, "Beats me. But… isn't that beach off-limits these days?"

"It is." Was a short answer, before Riku started to lead Sora towards the woods right next to Sora's backyard, "We'll go check it out."

The spiky haired boy looked up at the other one, as he started to run and pull him harshly after him. And soon they disappeared into the woods, their shoes getting wet because of the wet grass beneath their feet. Sora didn't know why they were running, but tried his best to keep up with Riku's pace.

When they had crossed the woods, they were almost immediately greeted by the sound of waves hitting the rocks and salty scent filled their nostrils. Few more steps and their shoes shank into soft sand, which was only a small area between the woods and the shoreline. The ocean seemed never ending and impossible to cross when standing there and glancing at the darkening horizon.

Sora was slightly out of breath, after running all the way there. This used to be the place where he grew up. When he had been younger, he and Riku had spent almost everyday here, building sandcastles, running around and splashing in the water. Though, it was ironic that even though he had always been close to the ocean, he still couldn't swim.

"It seems like an eternity since I last saw the ocean," Sora sighed dreamily, while taking few more steps closer to the ocean, Riku following right behind him, "I don't understand why this place is off-limits though. This' one of the most beautiful places I've never been to."

Riku shrugged and came beside Sora, "Who knows. Though I gotta admit that you live a pretty poor life if you think this' one of the most beautiful places."

"It's not only the place…" Sora smiled, ignoring the insult Riku had just sent him, "…But the memories. All the things we used to do down here. It all begun here, as well as ended."

Riku nudged Sora's shoulder, as if saying that he was getting too emotional. Then he nodded his head towards the rocks on their left, "C'mon let's go check if the raft's still there. I hid it into the secret place when you didn't show up."

"The Secret place!" Sora clapped his hands and bounced up and down full of enthusiasm, "I can't believe I'm visiting that place again! I never thought that I would never go back there!"

"Hold your horses." Riku groaned, as he guided Sora to a small entrance, hidden by the large stones and few wines hanging in front of it. It would be no wonder if no one found that place.

They walked into the dark cave, their footsteps echoed loudly in the corridor-like passage. Sora almost tripped twice, but luckily both times Riku prevented his falling by pulling back his handcuffed hand. And both times Sora had got insulted because of his clumsiness, but the brunette was too excited to even care.

When they reached the end of the passage and were standing on the entrance of the main cave, both of the gasped. The raft really was there, untouched and safe. It looked just like before, only the sail was slightly ragged and dirty. But besides that it was just like it used to be.

"I can't believe this…" Riku said, a small smile ghosting on his features, as he walked towards the raft, "It's… actually still here… After all these years, I thought that someone might've destroyed or vandalized it…"

Sora kneeled in front of the wooden raft. He ran his fingers on its surface, wiping off some of the dust, which was covering it. He looked up at Riku, and noticed that the said one was staring at him and didn't turn away, even when the younger teen formed an eye contact between them. Sora opened and closed his mouth for a while, before he was able to smile and say, "It's too bad that we never got to sail with this raft."

"It's all your fault though." Riku shrugged, finally tearing his eyes off of Sora and now glancing at the ragged sail, "It would've been cool to see all kinds of places. Though I doubt that this raft will sink as soon as it's been set on the ocean."

Sora eyed the raft and bit his lip. True, it looked slightly brittle, but looks may deceive, "We could try it out!"

"No."

"But!" Sora regarded Riku with big and teary eyes, "Why nooot?"

"Because I say so," Riku stated sharply and pulled Sora up from the ground, "Let's head back. We left your house's door unlocked so we never knew what kinds of murderers might've invaded your house by now."

Sora winced visibly and blinked his eyes, "D-do you r-really th-think that there'll be m-murderers?!"

Riku rolled his eyes, but decided to add sarcastically, "Yeah and they'll rape cute boys like you, before slitting their stomachs open and pulling out the intestines."

Somehow Sora failed to notice the sarcasm in Riku's voice and draped his arm around the other one's. He scanned his surroundings furiously, as they exited the cave, hoping that there wouldn't be any serial killers around. He didn't want to get raped and all that stuff…

"Gah, get off of me you idiot," Riku snarled and shook his arm to drive Sora away, "I'll become the murderer soon, if you don't let go."

Sora let go off Riku immediately and leaped as far from hi as he could. He looked nervously at Riku's direction, as if fearing that he would jump on him and eat his brains. Which, Sora knew, he could do if he annoyed him enough. That's why he decided that it was the best if he tried not to talk nor even look at Riku for a while…

They walked into the woods again and Sora had to walk a little bit closer to Riku so that their hands wouldn't get tangled on the trees, which were blocking the small pathway. Sora chuckled nervously, when his hand brushed against Riku's hand, immediately scolding himself mentally. He sounded like a foolish schoolgirl who was in love. And he was neither one of those.

Soon the familiar house could be seen through the woods. Sora sighed, his shoulders slumping. For some reason he had this feeling like when he got home, he would immediately get separated from Riku. He knew that he still had one night to spend with him, but the uneasy emotion only grew stronger and after each step he took. And after a while, he wanted to stop walking completely, but of course Riku tugged him forward harshly.

Sora wondered how he even was worried about the separation of him and Riku. The only thing the other one had done during these few days was being bitchy and mean. So why did he care so deeply about him? Sora didn't know, but he knew that it didn't matter much. After this weekend Riku would be gone. This was only temporary 'friendship' they had. Even though Sora could only laugh at the term friendship—Riku plain hated him, which meant that they weren't even qualified as friends.

Sora looked up at Riku, hoping that he could ask him, if we're neither friends nor enemies, what are we?

"We're nothing, Sora."

Sora's eyes widened, "Hunh?"

"You asked what we are if we're not friends or enemies," Riku said with a small snort, "And I replied we're nothing, which we are."

A faint hint of blush came to Sora's cheekbones and he scratched the back of his head, "Oops… Must've been thinking out loud again…"

Riku rolled his eyes and muttered something, which sounded like 'idiot'. Sora bowed his head down in shame, silently promising himself that he would never think that much again.

"Sora!! Riku!"

Both Sora and Riku turned to look at the direction of the voice. They saw Kairi running towards them, waving her hand in the air above her head and her auburn hair flowing with the wind, as she sprinted towards the two boys. When she reached her destination, she said under her breath, "I t-think I found the key, which might match the lock of those handcuffs."

Sora and Riku exchanged glances. Sora didn't know whether Riku's eyes reflected relief or sadness and Riku couldn't read Sora's usually clearly readable blue eyes. Neither one of them knew whether they should be relieved or something completely else.

"I see you've got along pretty well!" Kairi pointed out happily, "Sora's still in one piece! I heard from Roxas that you two used to be good friends, but I don't know wha-…"

"Just give me the key, Kairi." Riku said bluntly and snatched the key Kairi offered him. He looked into Sora's eyes, before practically shoving the key into the lock.

Sora watched as Riku turned the key in the lock. He just stared and hoped that it wouldn't open. He crossed his other hand's fingers behind his back, begging and praying mentally that the key would be wrong and he would still have one more night to spend with Riku. He must be masochist, because he was enjoying the hell Riku was giving him so much that he didn't want him to leave.

The lock gave a small 'click' sound, before the chain around Riku's wrist opened and fell off.

"Hmm…" Riku nodded his head and massaged his wrist, trying to get used to the freedom, "…It seems like it was the right key."

Sora watched as Riku walked into his house, probably to gather all his things that he could leave. The brown-haired boy looked miserably at his wrist, on which the other pair of the handcuff's rings was still hanging. But there was no Riku any longer.

"Hey, Sora?"

Sora looked at Kairi, who was giving him a concerned look. But he just shook his head and laughed weakly, "It's nothing. I'm glad that you found the key."

"You don't look like it though," Kairi folded her arms above her chest and gave a long glance at her friend, "There's something you're not telling me, but I'm not sure what it is. Maybe you started to actually like Riku?"

Sora tried to laugh as genuinely as he could, but knew that Kairi wasn't stupid enough to miss the hint of misery in his voice. He shrugged and walked past the brunette girl, "It's nothing Kairi, really. Just feels great to be free again. Being with Riku resembled pretty much hell."

"Haha, I don't doubt that," Kairi snickered, before turning around on her heels. She knew that there was something wrong with Sora, but she also knew that there was nothing she could do to help, "Well, take care Sora. I gotta go, I promised Tidus that I would go by his place in a few. If you need anything, you know that you can always call me."

Sora nodded and waved after his friend. Then he headed back inside, just before Riku walked past him and exited the house without saying anything. And he left with such hurry that Sora knew he would not be seeing Riku around any more. Expect for school, but there they were like complete strangers, never said anything to each other nor barely even acknowledging each other's presence.

Sora looked down at his hands. What was wrong with him? Why Riku just couldn't like him? It felt like, no matter what he did, he never was good enough for the silver-haired boy.

Sora stared after Riku as long as he could see him. And when he couldn't see him anymore, his vision became unfocused and his knees gave up. The tears he had fought against were now free to flow down his cheeks.

There was nothing left to hide, now that Riku was gone.

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A/N: One more chapter to go. Whatever will happen to Sora and Riku? We'll see in the next chapter The Finale, if this' the end of our little Juliet and Romeo.

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