Live and Learn
Chapter 10
"I'm leaving now, Ariel", Riku informed as he left his office, offering a brief smile to his secretary. Ariel's gorgeous red hair glimmered as the woman lifted her eyes to look at Riku.
She was a great worker, and Riku was glad he chose her – even if his reason at the time had been the fact that Ariel had been the only one of the applicants that was in a committed relationship. Riku didn't want to make the mistake of seducing his secretary. It always ended in a hissy fit when they realized they had just been a one-night-stand, and Riku would have to go through the trouble of finding another secretary. Riku had been there too many times, he wouldn't do it again.
"Okay, Mr Foxx, have a good day", Ariel's melodic voice filled the room. "Say hi to Roxas for me."
Riku nodded as he stepped into the elevator.
"I will."
As he stood in the elevator, watching the lights indicating which floor he was on blinking downwards and listening to the supposedly calming elevator music, he decided he wanted to surprise Roxas and stop by a bakery to get some dessert to go with dinner. He figured that he should probably call to inform he'd be a bit late, so he dug out his phone and called his home number.
"Roxas Foxx speaking", Riku heard his son answer, his voice serious, reminding Riku of himself while talking business. The boy was obviously trying hard to answer exactly how Riku had taught him to, and the thought made Riku smile.
"Hey, Rox, it's dad. Listen, I'm gonna be a bit late, so can you wait for me before you eat?"
"Aww, dad, I'm reeeeally hungry!"
Riku bit his lip.
"Okay, one ice cream, only one. I'm counting them when I get home", he sighed.
"Awesome! Bye!" The boy cheered and hung up.
Riku huffed. He was sure Roxas would sell his own father for sweets; the boy was a sucker for anything sweet.
His phone rang. 'Home' flashed on the screen.
"Yeah?"
"Um, drive safe, ok?"
"Of course", Riku smiled.
The bakery was quite full, and it took twenty minutes before Riku finally stood in front of the blushing cashier as he chose a chocolate cake.
"A-anything else, sir?" The girl asked as she packed the cake into a box.
"No thanks", Riku smiled, paying and taking the cake box and the receipt.
While walking back to his car, Riku chuckled at the hastily scribbled cell phone number on the back of the receipt.
When Riku arrived, he noticed he was over 30 minutes late for dinner. The front door flung open before he even got to it, revealing a wide-eyed Roxas.
"Cake!" The boy screamed at the top of his lungs, and his ear-splitting cry was immediately followed by two scolding exclamations of 'Roxas!'.
"Don't shout like that", Riku said, but couldn't help but laugh at the prowling boy who was obviously preparing to pounce on the cake box. "And the cake's for dessert."
"Can I please carry it to the kitchen?" Roxas asked, suddenly on his best behavior. Riku knew he just wanted to peek in to see what type of a cake it was. The boy still remembered the time when Riku had fooled the boy and bought a pound cake. The boy had thought it was bread.
Riku handed the cake to Roxas, who carried it away, walking slowly and carefully, as if he the cake would shatter into tiny pieces at the smallest slip. Riku took off his coat and shoes.
"Chocolate!"
"Roxas!" Two voices bellowed.
Riku approached the kitchen, ready to give Roxas an earful, but apparently someone beat him to it.
"…are you yelling for, Roxas? You're seriously hurting my ears! Go wash your hands, then we'll eat."
Riku ruffled the boy's hair as he ran past him, then turned his gaze on the other person in the room.
"Welcome home", Sora said, smiling as he set the table. Riku went to help him, taking the plates from Sora. "How was work?"
"Busy. As always. Yours?"
"All I have to say is thank God it's Saturday", the brunette grinned, turning to the stove to stir the food in the pot.
Riku wrapped his arms around the man from behind, nuzzling the soft spikes the teacher called his hair.
"Sorry I'm late."
"Because of the cake?"
"Yeah…"
"You spoil him too much", Sora scolded, leaning back against Riku's chest. Riku smiled. Sora was a fool if he thought Riku didn't know Sora was just as crazy about cakes as Roxas was.
Riku placed a kiss behind Sora's ear.
"Maybe…"
Riku took his seat beside the table just as Roxas rushed back, and the three started dinner.
"I sent Mrs Potts home when we came with Roxas", Sora said, and RIku nodded.
"That's fine. She'll get some time with her son", the silverette hummed.
Ever since a month ago, when Riku had agreed to try if it would work out between him and Sora, it wasn't uncommon for Sora to come home with Roxas after school. The brunette would take care of Roxas until Riku came back from work and then they'd eat dinner together. Then Sora would either take a bus home or spend the night in one of the guest rooms.
When it came to their relationship, they really hadn't gotten past kissing. But oddly, Riku was quite content with the way things were, even if he hadn't gotten laid for a month. He didn't need to relieve his stress with sex; he could feel his troubles melt away the minute he stepped inside his home and was greeted by two smiling faces. He was eager to get home when he thought that there were actually people waiting for him there.
Riku really liked Sora, he could admit that much. Loved him? Perhaps not yet. Riku wasn't gay, he knew that, since the idea of even looking at another man that way disgusted him. Sora just happened to be his exception to the rule.
Nevertheless Riku wasn't ready to have sex with him. He didn't even know if he ever would be. He couldn't help but freak out whenever they made out, and Sora would accidentally move so that Riku could feel the slight bulge in Sora's pants. Though, the brunette was usually very careful about not letting Riku feel it.
Riku knew it had to be so hard for Sora to hold back so much. There were days when Riku couldn't stand being touched by Sora, and days when he wanted to hold him tight and never let go.
Despite it all, Sora was patient with him, not getting mad when Riku flinched away from his touch or rudely interrupted a nice make out session. The man would carefully find out Riku's mood when the man came home, and act accordingly.
Sora was like a dream.
"Okay, then, I'll be back at eight", Sora said as after dinner as he put his coat on. The man had to go get a change of clothes before he came to spend the night.
"Yeah, see you in a few hours", Riku said, smiling, and leaned in to give Sora a soft kiss. Sora smiled an bit his lips, tearing his eyes off of Riku's mouth.
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"Thanks again, Nami", Riku said as he gave the blonde woman Roxas' backpack.
"It's really no problem. Just call anytime and I'll come take Roxas off your hands. You deserve to have some time to yourself too", she said, patting Riku's upper arm as she got in her car, in which Roxas was sitting already, buckled up and ready to go sleepover at his aunt's.
Riku leaned on the open window of the passenger seat.
"Be good, Rox", he said to the boy. "If Nami has anything bad to say about you, I'll put you in a cage and torture you by eating all kinds of delicious cakes in front of you."
"You wouldn't!" Roxas protested.
Namine laughed.
"Sis would be so happy to see you right now. You're like a different man. I haven't seen you like this since high school", she said softly.
"I'd be happy to see Kairi too…" Riku sighed. They were quiet for a while.
"So… When will I meet this person?" Namine asked slyly.
"Who?"
"The one who you're obviously crazy about."
Riku chuckled. Namine was so perceptive it was scary.
"In time", Riku promised. "Now go."
"Tell them they're doing a great job!"
"Yeah, yeah. Bye Nami, bye Rox. Have fun."
"Love you, daddy."
"Yeah, you too, champ."
Just few minutes after Riku had gotten back inside, he could hear Sora open the front door. Riku had given him a key, since Roxas was good at forgetting his.
"Hey", Sora said, dropping his bag on the floor as he bent over to untie his laces. "Hmm, it's quiet. Where's Roxas?"
"Sleepover at Namine's", Riku told him. Sora's eyebrows nearly merged with his hairline as they rose in surprise.
"O-oh. Just the two of us?" He asked.
"Yeah…"
Riku didn't know what Sora expected or what Sora thought was his reason for sending the boy to Namine's. Riku had just wanted to spend some time with Sora. Just Sora.
"Hey, there's a movie starting soon on channel 4 that I wanted to see", Sora informed.
"Okay, huddle up!" Riku ordered. Sora rushed closer, and they placed their hands on each other's shoulders. "You go turn the TV on and I'll go get us some snacks. Understood?"
Sora nodded.
"Okay, go!"
A/N: I'm so sorry, this was supposed to be much longer and have some actual plot development here but I never got time to finish it...
My weekend's been hectic with my dad travelling, a friend's wedding, my cousin's confirmation party (in the middle of which I had to go see a doctor too!) - I just got home and I'm travelling myself in 6 freaking hours AND I HAVEN'T FINISHED PACKING!
So I hope you'll all excuse me, and I promise I'll write AS SOON AS I get home! I just wanted to get something out here for you, I'm sorry since it became just a filler .
But I love you all and please leave a review about, well, anything - the weather, the fic, how much you hate or love me, what you had for dinner...
Well, I'll go pack and see ya later!
Lotsa luv,
Lumeton