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Immortal Fisheh
Faye Silo
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Tsuzuki Misaki
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I saw Sora the next day in the gardens by the school; hand clasped tightly in Kairi's red hair, kissing her. His other hand rested on her hip, in a way that was just shy of indecent. I grimaced inwardly. What a sickly sweet display of affection.
I debated pretending I hadn't seen them, just going into the building and waiting for my miserable day to start, but my feet apparently had other plans. I found myself walking towards my two best friends and before I could gather the presence of mind to stop they had spotted me and waved.
I sighed and slapped a fake grin on my face, jogging the rest of the way towards the bench they were sitting on.
"Hey there, lovebirds," I said brightly, still grinning. "Isn't it a little early to be making out in public?" Sora just grinned in a way that said You know you're jealous. Kairi at least had the decency to blush, and if she wasn't actually embarrassed she sure looked it.
My grin faded to a simple smile, one not quite so fake. Absent-mindedly, I ruffled Sora's chocolate spikes and snorted when they kept their shape. I often wondered what exactly he used in his hair to keep it like that. I made a mental note to ask him that, just as a strange thought flashed unbidden into my mind: I wonder if it would stay like that during sex?
I felt my face flush and cleared my throat, intent on moving away from that subject.
"So, got any big plans for this weekend?" I didn't need to ask, I knew the answer to that. Kairi and Sora always went on a date every Friday. They were known to occasionally switch it to Saturday if one or the other had too much homework, but regardless they hadn't failed to miss a day.
"We're going to the movies tonight," Kairi said happily, smiling dazzlingly. My attention was drawn to her almost-too-white teeth and still-flushed face. When it came to her and Sora, she was always excited. Not that it was any of my business, which it most certainly wasn't, but I don't think I'd be able to put up with someone as clingy as she was. Not that being clingy was a bad thing, some guys like that in a girl I guess; it's just that I would hate that. I'm the kind of guy who goes for someone who can be my friend and not all lovey-dovey all the time. Maybe that was the reason I loved Sora so much.
"What movie?" I asked, feigning interest. While Kairi went on about some sappy love-story or whatever it was she was talking about, I took the opportunity to watch Sora out of the corner of my eye. He was nodding along, smiling a bit, but he looked as bored as I felt. A smirk crept onto my face as I realized he probably hadn't been the one to choose the movie. I've known Sora for forever, and I know that if he enjoys a movie he gets into the explanation with an expression nearly identical to the one Kairi was wearing right now.
The first bell rang at the school, alerting us that we had about 5 minutes to get to class. We all turned as one, staring at the school as if we'd never seen one before, as streams of people passed us. I was the first one to laugh, breaking the spell that had gripped our minds.
"Let's go," I chuckled, taking a few steps toward the building and stopping to wait for my friends. They stood up from the bench, laughing at their reactions to the wonderment that is school and clasped each other's hands firmly as they walked. Staring, I found I couldn't tell which one was Kairi's hand and which one was Sora's.
An irrational surge of jealousy made itself known, but I ignored it as I walked beside them towards the doors of the looming building. I had no right to be jealous, boyfriends and girlfriends held each other's hands all the time.
Still, the fact remained that just the sight of it made my chest ache.
Sora and I had Study Hall together 1st period, which was useful since both of us liked to slack off on our homework. Today, I had a lot to work on since I had been too distracted to do much last night.
Surprisingly, Sora had nothing to do, which made me wonder when exactly he had found time to do it around groping Kairi all night. Shuddering at that mental image, I watched him as he leaned back on two legs of his chair, staring at the ceiling. His arms dangled next to him like useless noodles and his shirt rode up slightly on his stomach, exposing creamy skin. He had a dreamy look on his face, a small smile quirking his features.
I wished I could have been the reason he was smiling like that. I wished I could kiss that smile away and replace it with a big bright grin. However, wishing, commercialized as it is, gets nobody anywhere.
I threw a pencil at his head, breaking his focus and causing him to fall backwards with a yelp. Everyone around us shushed him as I clasped a hand over my mouth, desperately trying not to burst out laughing. He scrambled up from the floor, bright red, putting his chair back in position and sitting in it, looking sheepish as if wanting to disappear completely. I sincerely hoped he didn't, since I got very few occasions to see him so cute.
"Back in the land of the living, I see," I said, still trying to fight off my laughter. He aimed a glare at me and suddenly I was struck with an image of lasers shooting from his eyes to melt my head like a candle. I clasped both hands over my mouth, shaking uncontrollably, face probably red from laughing so much. The image was just too funny.
I felt a hand touch my shoulder. I looked over and found Sora had scooted closer to me, a genuinely concerned look on his face. Suddenly, I didn't feel like laughing so much anymore. I casually brushed his hand away, though I desperately wanted it there.
"I'm fine," I said reassuringly. "Just got the giggles. Anyway, are you fine? You didn't hit your head or anything, did you?"
"Yeah," he said, his glare coming back full-force. "I smacked my head on the floor when I fell and it hurts like a bitch." Frowning, I tugged his head closer and ran my fingers through the back of his hair.
"What are you doing?" he asked curiously.
"Nothing," I said, "Just checking if you have a lump. It should be about…oh, here we go." I found a small raised bump on the back of his head and pressed gently. He hissed.
"Damnit, that hurts," he whined, pushing my arm away.
I nodded as if he had asked a question. "You should go to the nurse and get some ice for that," I said. "It's gonna hurt all day if you don't."
He nodded and left to ask the teacher for the pass. I watched him leave, and watched the door he had exited through long after he had disappeared through it. Discreetly, I held the fingers I had brushed through his hair under my nose and breathed in. It smelled just like him.
I didn't see Sora again until 5th period, Global Science. It wasn't a hard class, pretty much all you had to do was say humans sucked and animals should be given equal rights and blah blah blah and the teacher would give you good grades simply because she liked you. So it was easy to sit in the back and talk.
"How's your head?" I said quietly to Sora, who seemed to be ignoring me by staring at the board.
"It's fine," he said, still staring at the board defiantly. His arms were crossed over his chest in a manner that really let me know he was pissed. I was sad. If I had known he would be so mad over something so trivial I obviously wouldn't have done it.
"I'm sorry," I said. "I didn't mean to make you hurt yourself. I was just messing around." Like we used to do before you and Kairi became an item, I finished silently.
He sighed. "I was having such a good daydream," he said dreamily. "Man, I'd love to really try that sometime…" A dreamy smirk crept over his face as he got lost into it again, but suddenly his face turned red and he shot a glance over at me, his eyes wide with that deer-caught-in-the-headlights look.
I raised my eyebrows pointedly. "What exactly would you like to try sometime?" He shook his head frantically, turning his attention back to the board. I thought he was going to ignore me again, but he muttered, "Later," and that was that.
As we left the classroom, I said to him, "You have plans tonight, right? To go to some…movie with Kairi?" He groaned and nodded. I grinned over at him and patted his shoulder comfortingly. "Don't worry, dude. Worst comes to worst, start making out with her. You'll live." It pained me to say those words, but I had to say something to be casual.
He grimaced. "That all depends on if she doesn't push me away like last time. Believe me, she gets really into these romantic-type movies."
I chuckled sympathetically. "Anyway, you don't have anything to do Saturday, right? I got a new game and I thought maybe you could stay overnight and we could play it?"
Sora frowned. "I don't know, Riku, I have homework…"
"We can do homework too, ya dolt. Come on, we never hang out anymore." I was so close to getting on my knees and begging right in the middle of the hallway. As it were, the farthest I got was a puppy-dog pout before he laughed and gave in. I had the sudden urge to kiss him, but suppressed it and simply threw an arm around his shoulders companionably.
Stupid drama club. Stupid, stupid, stupid. Because of drama club being so long and having a surprise meeting (which I only found out about because of a message sent during 7th period, when I was all ready to go) I wasn't able to walk home with Sora.
"It wasn't even about anything important," I muttered. We were only discussing plans for our next production, and hadn't even reached a conclusion before they finally let us leave. I glared up at the steadily darkening sky, cursing myself for ever joining that club in the first place.
I sighed. That wasn't right, I loved drama club. However, if given a choice, I would definitely choose Sora first. I smiled as I imagined him getting ready for his date tonight.
He would probably shower first. (I couldn't keep the disturbingly vivid image of water running down his naked body out of my mind) Then he'd put in whatever he put in his hair to keep it so spiky, going carefully so he wouldn't mess up. He'd meticulously choose his best clothes combination that Kairi hadn't seen before, probably taking as long as Kairi herself did. And when all that was done, he'd be sure to stuff his pockets with mints and breath sprays, so that in the very likely chance that Kairi would make out with him, his breath wouldn't stink.
Of course, I didn't know for sure that's how he acted. I'd never actually been over while he was preparing, since he always kicked me out claiming he needed privacy to obtain a Zen state or whatever. But it just seemed like things he would do.
A throat being cleared nearby shocked me out of my thoughts. I realized it had come from the alleyway next to me. Suddenly, I was a little scared. I'd heard about creeps who hung out at night, looking for random people to pick up and rape. I began shaking slightly and tried to continue walking, but my legs seemed glued to the ground.
Wait, what was I so scared for? I may not be the best fighter, but I can defend myself if it becomes necessary. I've got nothing to worry about at all. Slowly, I turned to face my would-be assailant.
The person sensed me looking at him and his blue gaze met mine. A wide smirk appeared on his face. "Hey there, gorgeous," he said in a sultry voice. "Wanna have some fun?"
My mouth fell open. Sora?!
