Authors notes: I apologize for the long wait. Once summer takes the place of school I'll make it up. As for right now read and relax.
Self Inflicted Heartache
Juliets Secret
I sighed as I shoved all my reject clothes back into my already crowded dresser. As I slipped on my shoes my phone rang. The caller id didn't recognize the number but I was in too good of a mood to be cautious of a phone call. "Yello, Sora speaking." I greeted cheerfully.
"Hey Sora. It's me Riku." I blushed deeply trying my best to suppress squealing like an overly excited teenage girl. As calmly as possible I replied, "Hey. I didn't know you had a cell phone. What's up?"
"I didn't have one up until like five minutes ago. My dad wanted to make sure I could call if something happened. Anyways I was wondering if you could meet me at the park in five minutes. Kairi asked me to pick up a few things for the sleep over." Damn, I loved his voice.
"Yeah sure I'll be right there. Bye."
"Bye." I hung up and darted out of my room in a fit of joy. On the way there I got so nervous that my hands began to shake in my pants pockets. This would be the first time that I would be alone with Riku. My heart was already pounding by the time I turned the corner to the park. I sat down in the grass and looked up at the sky. I was going to lay on my back until two hands covered up my eyes from behind and a deep voice said, "What's someone like you doing here all alone?" I knew it was Riku by the way he stifled his laugh.
"Waiting for a friend. What about you?" I played along. He smiled as he helped me up. "Aha Kairi put us in charge of the movies." We agreed on going to the mega movies R us down the street.
When we got to Kairi's house Roxas and Axel were making out on the couch and Kairi was pouring the chips into big bowls while Namine was putting our names on our two liter bottles of soda. That's what I liked about Kairi's parties, she believed that having separate cups was too messy so instead she just wrote our names on our bottles and gave us the whole two liters. "Riku and I couldn't decide which movies to get so we bought Letters to Juliet, Robin Hood, and Twilight." I said closing the door behind Riku.
Kairi grabbed the movies from my hand and flipped through them smiling. "I wanna see Letters to Juliet first." Namine called from the kitchen. Kairi nodded in agreement as Axel agreed out loud. I helped Kairi put the chips on the coffee table in her living room while Axel put Letters to Juliet in the dvd player and the rest of us got comfortable. Riku scooted in close next to me on the floor which made butterflies jump around uncontrollably inside my stomach.
About half way through the movie I decided to go outside on the porch to get some fresh air. It was around nine and all the stars were already out and shining as bright as ever. The door opened and closed behind me. "Hey. Why'd you leave? I was comfortable." Riku sat down next to me. "I just wanted some fresh air." Riku looked at me quietly for a few minutes before I looked away. "You missed the good part. The old hag found Lorenzo."
We gazed into each others eyes for a few minutes before I got those butterflies so I looked away quickly and got up. "What's wrong?" he asked getting up and spinning me around to face him. "Nothing." I could almost taste the dishonesty in those words and apparently he could too because he said, "Don't lie." I shouldn't have felt that way. I shouldn't love him and I knew it. I knew that there was no way he could return the feeling. No way, at all. Riku sighed before shaking me by my shoulders. "If something's bothering you you can tell me! Do you not trust me?" I couldn't help but laugh as I ran my fingers through my hair nervously. "Of course I trust you. I feel like I can trust you with my life if push comes to shove." Riku let go of my shoulders frustrated. "Then what's wrong? You are so hard to figure out, you know that Sora?" No, I didn't know that. "I am?"
"Yes. Yes you are. All I wanna do is... is," Riku paused "Never mind just tell me what's wrong."
"What do you wanna do?"
"Nothing."
"Don't lie."
"You wanna know what I want to do?"
"Uhh yeah! That's kinda why I asked."
"I wanna," It was then, under the night sky surrounded by quietly chirping crickets that he leaned in and pressed his lips against my own surprised lips. It felt as if the world slowed down and everything around me seemed to disappear. I knew right then and there that what I was feeling for him was what he was feeling for me.