A burning sensation hit my eyes. Rubbing my eyes wouldn't help so I gave up. I realized I was still falling deeper and deeper into the pitch black clouds. A pressure of some sort squeezed my hand, and when I looked up, and there he was, Riku. He didn't let go of me after all. "Riku?" His eyes were closed but he was still conscious. "S-Sora," Riku whispered. As his eyelids fluttered open, we locked eyes with each others. Staring into those jade eyes made my stomach turn and twist. Wait, what am I thinking?! Riku's my friend and I'm falling in darkness, I should be panicking! I bet it's just the mist making me act weird, like the stuff a dentist gives you before they pull a tooth out. But then why did I tell him I love him before I went the darkness. "Sora? What's going on?" The comment snapped me out of my thought. "I don't know Riku. You didn't go of my hand and-"
Before I could finish my sentence, both of our gravity-defying bodies hit a cold, hard surface. "Ow!" "Omph!" Opening my eyes, I realized we weren't in the darkness anymore, but on another world? Sitting in front of a white and gold castle? "Oh, my head…" I nudged Riku so he would see the stone mass. "Riku, Riku look!" "Ow, what Sor-woah." We both stared for a few seconds, and then stood up, walking even closer. Standing side by side, Riku held my hand. My stomach was immediately filled with butterflies. I don't understand why this is happening to me, feeling this way around Riku.
"Sora? You okay? You're face is all red." I was brought out of my thought when Riku talked. I didn't know what to say, "Oh-uh, well-I uh." He put his forehead on mine, which made my stomach even more twisted in knots. "R-Riku," I whispered. "Shh…You have a fever. Let's go inside and see if anyone is home." We walked up the set of stairs and opened the gold, front doors. Riku surprised me, picking me up in a bridal style and walked into a castle.
He looked around most of the foyers but no one was in sight. We finally went upstairs and Riku found a large bedroom down the end of the hallway. He walked in and I was set down on the king size bed. "Sora, take off your shirt," Riku said as he was peeling off his own shirt. I was confuse,"W-Why? I perfectly fine h-how I am…" The silver-haired boy crawled on the bed and hovered over me. "You still look red. I don't think you're okay." I was too stunned by his sparkling eyes to realize that I was quickly stripped down to my boxers. He smirked at me for staring at him. "There, all better," he whispered. Once I realized what happened, I made a squeaked sound and hid under the covers. "S-Sorry Riku…I k-kinda zoned out. I-" I was cut off when a warm hand cupped my face.
"R-Riku." His face got much closer to mine, that our lips would touch if we moved any more. Our foreheads touched again, and he had a sympathetic shine in his eyes. "Sora…" "Y-Yeah?" There was a short science between us. I was hoping that he would kiss me. "You still have a temp so I'm gonna go get an ice pack," he said as he was sliding off the bed. "Riku!" He turned to see why I had shouted his name. "Yeah Sora?" I honestly didn't know why I shouted his name, it was more like an instinct. "Uh, y-you don't need to leave. I-I get scared when I'm alone in a scary place…" Riku smirked at my reaction and crawled under the covers with me. "Goodnight Sora," he whispered in a voice that gave me chills. "G-Goodnight Riku." This was the first time we slept together. I mean, sure we had sleepovers, but not in the same bed and while I had feelings for him. I looked over at him and knew he was dead asleep, and spooning me at the same time. Shifting around to make myself more comfortable wasn't as easy as I thought. Riku's strong arms wouldn't even let me move a centimeter. So now I knew I was going to wake up with a sore back whether I liked it or not, but I do really like spooning, don't get me wrong! I placed a kiss on Riku's forehead and closed my eyes to sleep.
When I woke up, the sunlight filled my eyes. "Crap, it's bright," I thought. As I shifted in the bed, a soft moan came from Riku. I glanced around to see his beautiful face still sound asleep. I got up on my knees to stretch, and realized I was straddling his waist. Opps…Riku sighed quietly and his eyes started to flitter. As I panicked, I uh, kinda feel off the bed. Thud! "Owwwwww…" My head hit the side table really hard, the best part was that it was made of pure marble. Riku's head jumped up from the pillow to see the racket I caused.
"Sora? What did you do? Another nightmare?" He hopped of the bed to check my injury. He sighed, "Well, there's no blood so that's a good thing. Do you have a headache or anything?" I could tell he really cared by the look in his eyes. "I just have a headache. Heh, that's all ohhhh…" My head was starting to throb. "It is that bad?" he questioned. I managed to nod my head but that just made matters worse. My attention span was so slow because when I looked around, I was sitting on Riku's lap while staring straight in his emerald eyes. I freaked out and jumped out of the stare down just to land on my back, which was sore as well.
I awkwardly laughed to myself and groaned once more because of the pain in my head. "Sora, stop hurting yourself!" My headache got worse, and I felt dizzy. I didn't know what to say to Riku next. I said something really stupid next and I blamed it on my dizziness, I felt drunk. "Hey Riku." "Hm?" I laughed quietly to myself, remembering a stupid fact from our fifth grade health class. "Did you know that kissing helps make a headache go away?"
I'm still not sure exactly why I said it, but when I did, Riku got on top of me. "Oh really?" I felt my face heat up, "Y-Yeah, Mrs. Butterworth told us a long time ago in fifth grade, remember? She said that sometimes it really didn't work though…" Riku's face got closer to mine and he whispered to me, "Let's see if it really works." Before I could protest, his lips met mine in a rough kiss. They were soft yet a little rough. Our lips moved together in sync and I loved it. His tongue ran across my lower lip, asking to enter my mouth. I moaned to the feel and opened my mouth. Out tongues fought for dominance but Riku won. He left my mouth, both of us needing air. "R-R-Riku…" He smiled at me and started leaving a trail of kisses down my jawbone. I tried to hold in the moan that was crawling up my throat but it somehow escaped me. I whispered his name as he nibbled on my neck, "Riku…mmmm."
He found the sweet spot on my neck which caused me to moan even more. I felt him smirk against my frail skin. He got up and asked me, "Did you like that Sora?" I couldn't help but blush, turning my cheeks a crimson color. Riku chuckled to himself, "I'll take that as a yes. Come on now, let's go find some ice for that head of yours!" The silver-haired boy got off me and helped me up. He also found my clothes and handed them to me. Once we were dressed, we headed downstairs to find the kitchen.
But once we got down the grand staircase, there were sounds of voices in the grand hall. Riku pulled me behind a column to hide. I wanted to see who it was, and I saw something I wasn't expecting. A mouse, two different looking dogs, (one was standing on its hind legs) and a duck. I tried to listen in to the conversation.
"King Mickey, we need to find the keyblade bearer soon or else it'll be too late," the duck exclaimed. The dog on its back legs joined in, "Yeah King Mickey! What if Ansem comes and destroys the kingdom?" I took cover behind the column again and wondered to myself. King Mickey? Keyblade? Ansem? I whispered to Riku, "I've heard this before." "What?" He wondered. "King Mickey, keyblade, Ansem. I know this! Like in a dream or-" I got cut off by a soft kiss from Riku.
When he pulled away, he whispered to me, "Sora! Shut up! We don't want to get caught. Heck, what if those 'creatures' are evil or something?" "Ahem," said a voice. Riku and I turned our heads around to see who it was. Out of nowhere, I see a short wizard's staff down fast. It was most likely to hit Riku or me. I don't know how, but all the sudden, I was holding a large key looking thing. As the staff was getting closer to Riku's head, I leapt in front of him and used my key thing to block the staff. The duck and I had a little battle to see who was the strongest and who would give out first, I guess.