Her Big Mouth, His Big Feet

By Fantasy-chan

Disclaimer: For the record, sex with Riku is fan-tabulous. However, he doesn't belong to me.

Pairings: Riku x Sora, hints of Sora + Riku, hints of Tidus + Riku + Sora

Uber-Fun Author's Notes: WOW! What a response…thank you guys so much for the encouragement and reviews! (Huggles to all my reviewers). I love you all, and for all the reviews, you have been rewarded with an uber-fast chapter of HBMHBF!

Summary: In which Riku reveals 'The Plan' and commences 'Operation: Kiss Sora.'

Chapter 5: While Among Those With Hormones, Hop On

Sora woke up the next morning with a lot less on his chest—after a long talk with Tidus, Sora felt loads better. Sure, he still felt a bit dreadful considering Riku's feelings, and of course he felt pangs of guilt of having those feelings only because Riku didn't feel that way towards him, instead of just feeling bad of Riku being rejected by Kairi…but Sora had promised Tidus that he wouldn't let it get to him today. And that he wouldn't.

After eating a quick breakfast of Eggo waffles with chocolate lube on top (he had made sure neither of his parents were around; the last thing he wanted was for his mother to go on a gay pride ballistic), Sora made his way towards the shore, hoping to find some of the guys. Sure enough, Riku was there several blueprints lying in the sand in front of him, studying them absorbedly.

Trying not to feel uncomfortable, Sora jogged up to him. Riku stalled for a moment before looking up at Sora. They shared a moment of silence, blue eyes gazing intently into green. Discomfort swam around them in the air of anxiety—neither of them moved, neither of them blinked. This wasn't the uneasiness that Sora had felt last night with Tidus—no, this was an uneasiness that only could've come up from years of devotion and love.

Questions flew around them, all left unanswered. Was this really how it was going to be, after all this time of being best friends? After so many years of building such a strong bond—would they really let their friendship deteriorate? Would they really allow a girl to come between them, even after declaring a full-frontal war against the specie that was girl? After all that time of configuring the 'He-Man Woman-Haters Club' with the awesome big blue sign that said 'No Girls Allowed?' Would they really allow their friendship to end like this?

Could they really allow their friendship to end like this?

Sora stared at Riku, who stared back. They fought without words, emotions flying between the two. Neither of them wanted to end their friendship—yet neither of them wanted to admit to their true feelings. After all, who could blame them? Rejection was a bitch and a half.

Sora relaxed a bit. But secrets were okay, right? Everyone had secrets—and it wasn't as if Sora had to tell Riku his feelings…whatever those feelings might be. Sora broke the spell by scratching the back of his head and looking towards the deep blue ocean. 'This is silly,' he thought belatedly. 'I don't even know my feelings toward him, and I here I am acting stupid.'

Sora looked back into that endless green, and suddenly everything was understood. Sora grinned at him. Riku slowly but surely grinned back.

"Hey," said Riku.

"Hey guy," Sora greeted, plopping down next to Riku Indian-style. He took the top blueprint into his hands and looked closely at it. The picture on it looked a lot like…French toast sticks? Popsicle sticks? "What's this? A new wall for the club?"

Riku chuckled and snatched the blueprint out of Sora's clumsy hands and rolled it up. "No, no…it's my raft, stupid. And its name is High Wind."

Sora scrunched up his nose. "High Wind? You always pick out the trashiest names, Riku. It should be named Excalibur." He snatched the rolled-up blueprint back.

Riku scrunched up his nose in turn. "Excalibur? Just how original are you anyway?" His tone was disdainful and condescending, but Sora took no offense to it. Riku's face slowly transformed into a smirk. "Excalibur…it's almost as good as your name, Sora."

Riku knew Sora hated his name. Sora hated the fact that his name so closely resembled his mother's, and besides that, it was a girl's name. "Shut up, Riku!" Sora snapped. And then curiosity washed over him, as he glanced back at the blueprint in his hands. "What…what do you need a blueprint for, anyway?"

Was Riku planning on running away without him? Sora tried to suppress a surge of anger. That bastard! Riku knew how much he wanted to travel the world, and here he was, leaving Sora out of things. Sora didn't care if Riku loved Kairi or not and was hurt because of her rejection...Riku was not going to leave the island without dragging Sora along with him!

Before Sora could verbally rip into Riku, Riku answered "It's all a part of 'The Plan'. Our plan."

That stopped Sora completely. Their plan? "Our plan?" Sora asked, confused.

Riku nodded, distracted. His eyes became hazy and Sora knew that meant Riku was deep in thought. "Yeah…remember when we were talking about traveling the world and stuff? Well that got me thinking…why don't we? We're not being forced to stay on this island…we're forcing ourselves to stay on this island. We think we have this obligation to stay here, when in fact we're just making ourselves miserable. So why shouldn't we be able to leave? We have every right to…especially with a mother like yours, Sora," Riku teased.

Sora normally would've rolled his eyes, but instead he just looked contemplative. Riku was absolutely right. What obligation did he hold to Destiny Islands? Nothing, nada, zip. Not even his parents could convince him to stay. So why should he?

Sora's eye sidled over to Riku. But Riku did have a tie to Destiny Island. He had Kairi. Was he really going to give his feelings up so easily?

Sora couldn't allow Riku to do that to himself. Sora knew if he was in love with someone—in which he may as well be, with his stomach doing so many twists and turns—no matter how much that certain person rejected him, he wouldn't stand to be without them. Even if they ended up being with someone else, he'd want them to be around him. To make sure they were happy. Because being happy was the most important thing in the world, right?

"We should bring Kairi," Sora blurted. Riku sent him a sharp look.

"What?" said Riku, eyes narrowed.

Sora tried not to make his idea seem so obvious. Maybe mentioning Kairi so soon had been a big mistake. "Well, you know, after the fight…I got some thinking done. And well, no matter what, we're all still friends. We should offer to bring her, just to show no hard feelings, yeah?" Oh God, he was beginning to sound like Wakka. Sora continued: "We can even bring Tidus! You won't mind, right?"

Riku tried—honestly tried—to give a lackadaisical expression, but it came out so strained that he quickly quitted it and settled for stoic. Sora saw the face and immediately regretted his words. He looked down at his lap and suddenly felt like crying.

'I'm being silly again,' Sora thought, trying to banish his tears. 'Riku is only upset that I mentioned Kairi too soon…so why do I feel like my entire world has crashed?'

Sora felt an arm encircle him, and found himself enclosed in a warm embrace against Riku's slightly muscular chest.

"Of course I don't mind, Sora," mumbled Riku into Sora's hair. "As long as I'm with you, I'm all right…" He took a deep breath, breathing in Sora's scent—was that a hint of cherried mint? Curiously, Riku sniffed again. It smelt an awful like…

Riku backed off and smacked Sora in the head. Sora yelped. Riku scowled at him. "You moron. You never washed your hair properly—that's probably why your hair is still so messy!"

"But I did wash my hair properly," Sora whined, rubbing the back of his head. He scowled. "It's only because Kairi's stupid gel is permanent!"

Riku shook his head, trying not to get a headache. Permanent gel? Who the hell had ever heard of permanent gel?

Only Sora, Riku concluded. Only Sora could fall into the trap of using nonexistent permanent gel and have his hair stick outs and ins permanently.

But it did make Sora look absolutely adorable. There was no doubt about that.

Riku sighed, wiping a hand through his platinum hair as he tried to get his hormones in control—he couldn't possibly lose control of them now, not when Sora was so close and cute and they had just gotten over a fight and—

Sora looked up at him with huge blue innocent eyes glowing in the sunlight and pouty lips curved into a curious frown. Riku nearly groaned out loud. Why the hell was Sora doing this to him?

"Hey, Riku…" began Sora, tilting his head a bit and looking worried. His beautiful blue eyes were half-lidded and his hair covered some of his face, making him look undeniably like a sex kitten straight out of The Playboy Penthouse. "Anything…wrong?"

Riku flushed as he realized he couldn't hold back any longer. Sweeping his head down, he took Sora's lips with his own. He felt Sora go impossibly still as he wrapped his arms around Sora's slender form once more, feeling Sora's heartbeat mingle with his as a never-ending samba beat. It only served to turn Riku on more…instead of just cool him down, like he thought it was supposed to. The heat of passion overtook Riku as his hands swept up Sora's back and into his spiky yet soft brown. He became so enraptured into Sora's lips that he forgot that not only were they on the beach in public view, but that Sora needed to breathe.

Sora pushed away from Riku—though not fully, as he was still in quite a daze—and awkwardly took some deep breaths of air, his eyes never leaving Riku's big shoes. He had never felt so invigorated in his life—the blood was pumping through his entire system, and he didn't know what was happening or where his brain was.

Taking a shuddery breath, Sora looked up at Riku, who was looking not only regretful, but incredibly flustered as well. He was looking down at the sand. Sora wondered what was going through his mind.

"R-Riku…?" Sora asked tentatively.

"I'm sorry," came the gruff response. "I d-didn't…I mean, I didn't know…"

Sora's brow deepened, as he tried to figure out what Riku was stuttering. His eyes wondered off to the clean sand, and spotted another blueprint. It was near his foot. Sora's eyes widened at the words.

'Operation: How To Kiss T.I.D.S.'

"Riku!" Sora yelped, picking up the blueprint. On it was a bit of a stick-figure drawing of what apparently was a young boy, spiky hair and all. "What the hell?"

Riku blushed far more than before as his eyes' bulged. "Ah…"

Curious, Sora read some of the lines: "One: Get him alone on a midsummer's eve. Two: Feed him cake. Three: Sweet-talk…" Sora couldn't read on, he was laughing too much. Riku snatched the plan away from him, blushing.

Sora had tears coming out of his eyes; he was laughing so hard that his ribs and lungs hurt. "O-oh, man…"

"It's not that funny," mumbled Riku, his face a hot red. Sora glanced mischievously at him.

"So…planning on seducing Tidus, eh?"

Riku quickly looked up at him, eyebrows banishing into his bangs. "What? No!"

Sora shook his head, obviously not believing him. "C'mon, Riku!" Sora teased. "It's pretty obvious…All you need to do is add a 'U' to T.I.D.S. and you got Tidus!" Sora thought for a moment, accusation lighting up his eyes as he scowled at Riku. "And I bet you were just practicing your technique on me because I look likeTidus!"

Riku was in shock—where the hell did Sora get his ideas from? Riku had a sneaky suspicion that his friend had a severe case of A.D.D. (Attention Deficit Disorder). "Sora," said Riku, slowly. "I'm not trying to…"

"Hey guys," chirped a familiar blonde, placing his hand on Sora's shoulder. Neither of them had noticed Tidus snuck up on them. "What's shaking?"

Sora, looking quite like a cat that caught his mouse, only grinned and winked at Tidus. "Oh nothing much. Did you know that Riku digs you?"

Riku wanted to slap his forehead—or at least disappear off the face of the world—when Tidus flushed a cherry-red and stuttered "What?"

Sora nodded, wisely. "Yeah, I know. Big surprise, right?" Sora shook his head as he tried to shake off feelings of envy and melancholy coiling in his stomach. He plastered on a big smile for both Tidus and Riku. "Well, I guess I'll just leave you two lovebirds alone…"

"Sora—" said both boys as they tried to stop Sora, but Sora was already running off towards the clubhouse, holding in tears of grief.

Riku couldn't move—his sneakers were frozen to the sand as he watched, devastatingly, Sora's small figure disappear into the clubhouse. Obviously, he was taking the short way home.

Tidus, a sad yet cynical smile on his face, turned to Riku. Riku didn't even bother to look at him. "I guess we've got some explaining to do," Tidus said, sorrow filling his heart as well. How was he ever going to explain to Sora that it wasn't Tidus Riku loved…that it had truthfully been Sora all along?

And how was he supposed to be honest with his own feelings, when the truth was…Tidus loved them both?

End Chapter 5

Next Chapter: In which some explaining is done, and the process of the raft is underway.

Fun Author's Notes: Ah, much mucho better. Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter! And can anyone guess what T. I. D. S. stands for? I'll give you a hint: T is for 'The'. Anyway, here are some reviewer's responses! And don't forget to join my group YaoiBishies, or check out my newstory T!o Be Someone Without No One

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