'Just look at him...He is all of the things that I'm not..Innocent, sweet, naive..Sora is the light while I am the darkness. He's rubbing off on me now, it seems..I'm not the same person I was before.' Riku thought silently, his blue green hues dark with thought. He was sitting on the beach with the brunette he had just been thinking of, watching him from the corner of his eyes.
/I'm limited
Just look at me - I'm limited
And just look at you
You can do all I couldn't do
So now it's up to you
For both of us
Now it's up to you/
In a way Sora seemed so happy it was if he were smiling not just for himself but for Riku as well.
"Riku?" Sora's voice brought him crashing back to earth, voice warm and full of concern. He must have worried the brunette by zoning out so suddenly, looking to the blue eyes that settled on him. Those eyes were one of the many things he had fallen in love with, they had softened his own cold eyes.
"Sorry, Sora. guess I zoned out." Riku chuckled, a smile pulling at his own lips.
/I've heard it said
That people come into our lives for a reason
Bringing something we must learn
And we are led
To those who help us most to grow
If we let them
And we help them in return/
"What were you thinking about..? You always keep your thoughts to yourself..You could talk to me, ya know." Sora said with a slight pout in his tone, crossing his arms. Usually Riku wouldn't even humor such behavior but since knowing Sora that had changed. That was how much of an effect the boy had on him..As much as he didn't like to admit it Sora had changed him, made him a better person.
'Could I really..become light myself? When I look into those eyes..I think maybe I can.' Riku thought before moving a hand to gently grip Sora's chin, getting a little satisfaction at how a blush graced Sora's cheeks.
"You don't need to pout.." Riku said, slowly beginning to lean in.
/Well, I don't know if I believe that's true
But I know I'm who I am today
Because I knew you...
Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sun
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you
I have been changed for good/
"You..you can't shut me up just by k-kissing me, baka!" Sora squeaked before he felt the familiar warmth of the older boys lips on his, a groan of want and defeat escaping his lips. Riku loved the sound of Sora's voice and sounds, his heart skipping a beat as his lips moved with the younger boys. Yes, Sora had changed him in so many ways..He had been saved from the darkness by the same knucklehead that he had teased all the years of growing up with him..Though truly Riku knew he was the knucklehead because he had thought he was alone all those years when Sora had always been there.
"I love you.." Riku whispered against Sora's soft lips.
/It well may be
That we will never meet again
In this lifetime
So let me say before we part
So much of me
Is made of what I learned from you/
"I love you too.." Sora responded softly, breathing coming in soft pants for a moment before he kissed Riku deeper and entangled his hands in the older boys long silver hair. This love..it had lowered his guard and turned him into what he was today..He had never imagined sharing this feeling with anyone, this personal contact. Now he couldn't imagine himself without it. How had Sora done all this to him..? Given him this gift of love? Riku kissed him more lovingly, hands moving to rest on the brunettes soft flushed cheeks. He wanted Sora to feel all the love that he held in his heart, silently trying to convey his gratefulness and love.
/You'll be with me
Like a hand print on my heart
And now whatever way our stories end
I know you have re-written mine
By being my friend...
Like a ship blown from its mooring
By a wind off the sea
Like a seed dropped by a sky bird
In a distant wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you/
"I'm still not gonna give up on asking you what you are thinking.." Sora mumbled as he was forced to lay down on the warm sand of the beach, azure hues glazed. Seeing Sora like this reminded Riku of all the arguments he had with the brunette in the past and all of them had ended with Riku pinning the younger like this but it was not in this loving way. He loved to see him like this..The way that only he got to see..Gently he kissed along Sora's jawline, neck, down to his collarbone. Sora gasped before letting out a gentle moan, closing his eyes.
'Thank you...Thank you for not giving up on me Sora...You have given me a reason to change..to become a better person'
"Can it, baka..I know you won't give up. You are as stubborn as a mule.." Riku growled half heartedly, glancing up at Sora.
/I have been changed for good
And just to clear the air
I ask forgiveness
For the things I've done you blame me for/
"You know..for someone so scary looking you are a big teddy bear.." Sora said teasingly, eyes looking down to Riku who kissed his collarbone once again, making Sora let out another moan.
"Look whose talking...I have you right in the palm of my hand. But I owe you a lot. You..you were the only one who has never given up on me." Riku said, a blush now coloring his own cheeks.
/But then, I guess we know
There's blame to share
And none of it seems to matter anymore/
"That's all in the past, Riku. I don't care what anyone thinks or says.I know that you are good and you always have been! We all mess up sometimes and that is no reason to give up on anyone! Especially not you...Anou...I always have loved you.." Sora said with such conviction that it made the silver haired male freeze, blue green hues wide. There it was..That kindness that he so deeply loved yet it still surprised him when Sora said these things.
/Who can say if I've been
Changed for the better?
I do believe I have been
Changed for the better/
Suddenly Riku found himself being forced to the sand on his back, breath hitching as he realized Sora was now ontop of him. He was grinning that same smile that could light up a room, obviously proud he had sucessfully pinned Riku.
"You let your guard down..I win..But Riku, you really don't give yourself enough credit. It wasn't just me who brought you back from the darkness..You helped yourself too and you changed yourself. I love you..for you no matter what you do or who you become." Sora said, kissing Riku on the lips before kissing his neck next. Yes...the knucklehead spoke the truth as always. He always knew just what to say.
/Because I knew you
I have been changed for good/
"Just shut up and kiss me...my baka.." Riku said, his body tensing to the kissing as his hands ran through the brunettes spiky hair. His eyes had small tears brimming in them but a smile was on his face. These were tears of joy.
'I am going to spend every moment of my life showing you my love, my thankfulness..I love you Sora..You have changed me for good'