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Chapter 6: Abuse

10 minutes later, Riku was on the bed, hands chained, naked. His older brother's mouth was pressing delicate kisses over his navel before dipping lower. Riku's body was burning, his desire raging with the knowledge of what was to come. Sephiroth's fingertips traced imaginary patterns over his gleaming skin. He was going to enjoy every moment of this. He watched as Riku arched his back and moaned. But then, Sephiroth looked at the alarm clock on his dresser. Without even looking at Riku, he got up and changed, then left. Riku waited a minute, then tentatively called his name.

"Seph?" No answer.

What had happened? All of that foreplay, and he was gone. But to where? Riku called, shouted his brother's name, but no one came. He stayed awake for hours, despite the late hour, waiting for his brother to come. Nothing had happened like this before. Eventually giving up, Riku went to sleep, still chained to the bed.

The next morning, Riku woke up to someone shaking him and calling his name. Sephiroth had taken away the chains and set out a fresh set of clothes that were a little too big for Riku.

"Get dressed before you come out." Riku put on the clothes and put his ear to the door before walking out. Someone else was there. He had a deep voice, and from what Riku could hear, elegant manners. He stepped out of the door to see his brother and the other man sitting on the couch, being too friendly. He had one hand on Sephiroth's thigh, and his brother had his arm draped over the man's shoulders.

"Riku, meet Xemnas. Xemnas, this is my little brother." Riku immediately felt betrayed. He thought he was the only one who had access to Sephiroth's personal life. He let no one get close to him. And suddenly, it came to Riku. His brother had spent last night with this Xemnas. He had abandoned him right in the middle of that… Riku felt discarded, unwanted. The person that mattered most… he thought that he was his brother's most important person. But now the truth was obvious. He was cheated, lied to. He wasn't special to anyone. A fuck toy for his brother and 'just' a friend for Sora.

Without saying anything, Riku left. After the front door was closed, he ran as fast as he could to the bus stop and waited. He decided to go back to school. He could study or something. Midterms were soon, anyway. But it was a holiday… he just needed something to do to take his mind off recent problems. By the time he got back to school, he resolved to practice sparring with whoever was there. A good workout always got his mind back on track. He could let out some of the pent-up anger, too. At the gym, he changed, then warmed up with a few laps around the gym. He stretched, then was ready to go. Riku was just in time for a lesson, and even though it was for the younger kids, he decided to join in and help when he was needed. After the lesson, the underclassmen were ready to fight, and they all wanted to try beating Riku. Of course, he went through them almost like water, working some until they gave up, disarming others, scoring easy points, and humiliating them all. It soon became understood that Riku was not in the mood to play around.

Just then, two seniors walked in, armed and ready. One of them was eyeing Riku. He knew who they were, often practicing with them. They were part of the few who were in Riku's league. He walked over and greeted them.

"Hey Cloud, Squally." Riku smiled at the couple.

"Its LEON. Get it?"

"Hey Riku! Squally-poo's grumpy today. Teehee" He could tell Cloud was suppressing a giant grin. Both of them loved to tease Leon to his wits end.

"So, you wanna spar or what? First me and you, Riku, then you can do Cloud." He was completely serious, but Cloud burst out laughing.

"And after that, we can have a threesome!" Leon glared at his boyfriend while unconsciously moving between Cloud and Riku. He was very protective of the person he loved, while the other, who was just as devoted at Leon, was more carefree and flirtatious.

"Go on Squally, Rikus waiting." He gave him a kiss on the cheek and pushed his toward the sparring ring.

"I'll watch!" The happy banter of the two lovers put Riku in a better mood. They were so cute together. The thought made Riku just a little jealous of what they had together.

Many hours and lots of sweat later, the three boys were in the locker room taking showers. The sight almost made Riku sick. Seeing Cloud and Leon naked was okay, he didn't really care, but when they flirted, slapping each other on the ass and groping, chasing each other around the shower room, Riku had had enough. He got dressed as quickly as he could to the sound of Cloud squealing. As soon as he left, though, those innocent-enough sounds turned into groans of pleasure. Riku thanked God they cared enough to let him leave before getting too into it.

Riku walked to the dorms, looking for Axel. He wanted to talk to someone about what was going on, and even though Axel could be an ass sometimes, he was trustworthy. He was the only one who knew about what Riku and Sephiroth did when they were alone. First he looked into the dining room, thinking that he would find him shoveling food down. No matter how much he ate, Axel never seemed to gain an ounce of fat on his slim frame. Riku wished he could eat like that. He had to work hard to get the toned muscles he had. But as it turned out, only Zexion was to be found in the dining room.

"You know where Axel is?"

"Try his room. He went up there 10 minutes ago." Riku sighed and went upstairs. He didn't bother to knock before walking in. he didn't know it yet, but he would soon regret that. Axel was, strangely enough, in bed, even though it was only 3 in the afternoon.

"Hey, Axel, I need to talk to you."

"Uh, sure. What's up?" He didn't move, so Riku sat down on a chair by the bed.

"Its about Seph."

"Ohh, what is it this time?" Riku looked at Axel. The way he gave a little moan unnerved him a little.

"Well, I went over there yesterday for Christm—"

"Ahhh, ohh." Axel cut him off with not so quiet moans.

"Axel, what the hell." Suddenly, a blond head popped out from under the blanket.

"Oh, you stopped…"

"Roxas, is that you??" Roxas nodded and blushed, too embarrassed to say anything. They had been keeping their relationship secret for months, and this was not how he had planned to let people know. Riku stared, and then laughed. It seemed like he only saw happy couples today. He wanted that so, so badly. Something normal and happy. It was life was taunting him.

"Well, I guess I'll let you guys…. Finish up." Roxas turned a brighter pink, if it was possible, and disappeared under the sheets again. Just great. Roxas used to be a little shy, but now it looked like he either wasn't shy at all or really wanted Axel.

Riku walked down the hall and snuggled up in a chair with his book. Despite everything going wrong, he decided he was going to laugh in life's face and not care. Because if he didn't do that, he would cry.

Several minutes later, Axel came into the room. He was still wet from taking a shower. Without saying anything, he walked over to Riku, set a big bowl of ice-cream and cookies in his hands, and plopped down in the other chair. Riku could always count on Axel for knowing just what he needed to feel better. He grabbed the spoon and started shoveling in the ice-cream.

"So, you were over at Seph's house yesterday. What happened?"

"We, ahh, you know. Almost." Axel gave Riku a look.

"You know I wish you wouldn't do that, but there's something else. Tell me."

"Well, he started to, and I was even chained to the bed," Axel winced, "but then he just left. Like he totally forgot I was even there."

"That's… weird." Riku started to tear up, and then began eating the cookies.

"And the next morning, he came back, untied me, and left again. When I walked out of his room, there was a man. Xemnas." Axel was shocked. He knew Sephiroth must be crazy, but he didn't know that the man was totally heartless. Tears streamed down Riku's cheeks. Axel got up and gave Riku a hug and patted him on the head like a little kid.
"Riku, maybe this is it. You need to let go of him, and get on with your life. He isn't good for you."

"But…"

"I know it hurts. It hurts to see this happen to my best friend." They were like that for a moment, Axel with his arms around Riku. It made him feel better. Maybe he did need to move on.

"There's someone else, isn't there. A little blue-eyed boy." Riku looked up at Axel and blushed.

"Is it really that obvious?" Riku sounded like a teenage girl. He was getting all exited, his still damp eyes bright. Axel laughed.

"Just look at you! Of course it is. I'm amazed he can't see it. Both of you are pretty dense. Riku giggled.

"And, he's coming back tomorrow! I can't wait to see him!"

The next day, Riku talked the teacher into letting him go down to the airport to meet his little friend. Riku waited and waited for what seemed like forever. Finally, the plane was announced over the speaker, and people started filing out of a hallway. It took a while for students of DBA to start coming out of the plane, as they were all seated together, and even longer till Riku saw Sora. But when he did! Rikus heart jumped into his throat, and butterflies that had been still sprang to life in his stomach. Then Riku noticed the dejected air around Sora. The boy's head was down, shoulders slumped. And when his head rose ever so slightly, the boy's eyes were dark, the color of the sea in a storm. It seemed as if that same sea could pour out of his eyes at any minute; they were brimming with tears. They locked onto Riku's, and with a sharp cry, the boy dropped his luggage and ran over to Riku. Riku didn't know exactly what to do. There was a sobbing boy in his arms, and he was aware of the many people staring at the scene. But he knew he couldn't hold back; he wrapped his arms tightly around Sora and squeezed.
"It's alright. I'm here now" Riku said soothingly. He caressed the boy's head. Sora hiccupped and stood back from Riku, wiping his eyes. He gave Riku a hopeless smile and retrieved his bags, which were causing a commotion in the middle of the hallway. By now, they were no longer being stared at, although a group of girls kept glancing at them and giggling to themselves.

An hour later the bus arrived at the school. Regular classes were going to start the next day, and most of the boys wanted to have fun. Sora, however, quietly made his way back to the dorms, Riku in his wake.

"So, how was your trip? Did you have fun?" Sora ignored Riku's feeble attempt to start up a conversation. Riku had to tell himself not to be hurt, that they boy had probably gone through something terrible, id it had affected him this much. Riku resigned to follow in silence until they got upstairs.

"I'm going to take a shower now." It was the first thing Sora had said, and Riku got the hint that he wanted to be left alone for the moment. It was confusing; first he jumped into his arms, and now his wanted nothing to do with him. Riku sighed and waited once again, this time outside the bathroom door. Half an hour later Sora came out, dripping wet. He didn't bother to glance at Riku, but walked to the bedroom without a word and closed the door. Riku got up to leave, and opened the front door. He could talk some other time, when Sora felt like it. Then, through the door, he heard faintly:

"Don't go. I'm sorry. I want to talk to you."

Well. I tried to make it longer, but I don't think I succeeded. Tell me what you thought, okay? I need to know if its worth taking time to write this…