Upon waking up, Riku was slightly startled to feel that the carriage had been moving. His head was no longer resting on Sora's lap and he instead had a pillow under his head along with a blanket covering his body. Sora had been sitting upright and was leaning against the wall of the carriage on the opposite sided seat and appeared to be dozing. Riku sat up and furrowed his brows, head aching quite badly. "Sora?" He asked, looking towards his brunette friend. "… Where are we?"
Sora opened his eyes and glanced around for just a moment. "Mmh… probably almost there." He responded in a somewhat sleepy voice. He stood up and moved the curtain away from the door of the carriage, peering outside with somewhat interest as to where they were. The scenery was roughly the same as it was before, but there was a mountain in the distance, and instead of wheat growing in the fields around them, there were large fields of cotton instead. It was still raining softly outside, however not as much as it had been earlier.
"Almost where?" Riku asked hesitantly, not entirely sure if he wanted to know where they were going. "On vacation." Sora responded with a slight smile. "You wanted to go, right~?" He asked, smiling more. Riku was quiet for a moment before his slightly panicked expression softened. "O-oh." He said. "I guess that's okay… I didn't get to tell my mom I'd be leaving, though." He said.
"Oh. Sorry." Sora responded with a slight, sheepish smile. He moved to the other side of the carriage and sat next to Riku, leaning close and kissing him shortly on his temple. Riku looked up at Sora and pouted. "Why do you always gotta kiss me?" He asked. "Boys are supposed to kiss girls." He said.
"A boy isn't strictly limited to kissing girls." Sora responded with a small shrug. "It could be anyone with anything." He snickered softly. "Even if he wanted to kiss a horse, he could." He stated. Riku stared in a rather confused fashion. "… Why would someone want to kiss a horse?" He questioned.
"Because some people treat horses like pets, as if they were cats or dogs. I guess it's understandable. Horses can be pretty friendly if they were raised right." Sora responded. "Most of the horses I have seem to be fairly friendly, but maybe it's just towards me. I am not entirely sure." He said. "But, they could be pets, and kissing them on the forehead wouldn't hurt. It's just a sign of affection." He smiled.
"Oh." Riku paused for a few moments. "… I am your pet?" He suddenly huffed and crossed his arms. "Because you've kissed me on the forehead plenty of times before." He said. "N-no!" Sora responded somewhat quickly. "I'm affectionate towards you, but not like you're a pet. Affectionate like a friend." He explained in the attempts of saving himself.
Riku stared for a few silent moments before uncrossing his arms and letting out a soft sigh. "Fine." He said. "I guess that's reason enough." The two then sat in silence for a few moments once again. "… How long do you think it'll be now before we get there? How long have we even been travelling?" He asked.
"It's been a few hours at the least. I don't know entirely, because I fell asleep too." Sora said. "Judging by the cotton and mountains outside, though, we're fairly close to getting home." He stated. "Have your owners ever planted cotton before?" He asked somewhat curiously. The silverette shook his head. "Just tons and tons of wheat. It's fun to go through it when it's all grown, though. It'd be real fun to play hide-and-seek in if the other kids actually wanted to play with me." He said.
Sora made a slight pout. "If I were a little kid living there, I would have played with you. You're interesting to be with~" He said. "Most of the kids that live there are mean. I already told you that." Riku said, sticking his tongue out. … Honestly, he couldn't actually recall if he'd told Sora about that or not, but even if he hadn't, the brunette knew that now, at least.
All of the sudden, the carriage jerked downwards rather abruptly. It wasn't a very large distance, but it was enough to frighten Riku and suddenly cling to Sora. "W-what was that? Did we just run over something?" He asked. The carriage jerked again.
Sora laughed a little. "We didn't run over anything." He said. "I know what we ran over. The owner of this land here decided to dig a little moat going across the road for some reason; probably to mark where his border was or something." He shrugged slightly. "We are close, though. The property I live on is just two plantations away." He said.
"… You live on a plantation?" Riku asked a bit slowly. "Are you a really rich slave?" He seemed confused. Sora chuckled. "I am not a slave. My family owns the plantation. I'm not old enough to become the owner just yet." He said. Riku frowned a little bit at the thought. "You don't treat your slaves all bad, do you?" He questioned. Sora responded with a shake of his head. "I don't know how ours are treated. I don't interact with them much." He said.
"Oh." The youngster responded shortly. "Well, you should try and make it to where they're all treated nicely. It isn't fun when mama comes home and she's gotten hurt in some way." He pouted slightly. Suddenly, his mood changed rather quickly. "Do you think I can get her a souvenir from this vacation?" He grinned happily. "Pleeease?" He dragged out the word in a begging, pleading tone. "I won't ask for anything else, I super-promise~" He said.
"You can take whatever you want." Sora laughed a little bit. "Since she's a girl, she'd probably enjoy having some bracelets or necklaces." He said. He paused for a moment. "Or perhaps some real nice work gloves and some lotion. After working around a bunch outside, I imagine that she'd appreciate having some lotion." He said.
"Ooh, probably." Riku responded with a nod. "Do you think I could get some too, for when I have to start working?" He asked. The silverette had still been hugging Sora from his fright of the bumpy road, however his grip was not as strong anymore. Sora reached up and petted his hair. "You won't have to work for a long while, I promise." He smiled slightly.
Riku seemed a bit confused by what Sora said. "How come?" He asked questioningly. He paused for a few moments. "Why do you say it's a vacation, but then you keep talking about it like it's home?" He asked. "I have two homes." The brunette responded with a slight shrug. "I haven't been to the second one in a long while, the one we're going to now, so it feels like a vacation." He said. "It's not entirely a vacation, but it's nice to be away from the other home, I guess." He said with a slight smile.
"Are both homes big?" Riku asked the question in a somewhat half-hearted manner. Despite having been friends with Sora for a long time, the elder was slowly starting to come off as some snobby, noble, rich person. His mother did not like that type of people, and therefore he as well had been taught to despise them. If it weren't for those people, his mother would tell him, they would be free, able to live where ever they wanted and have a fun job of some sort.
"They're both fairly large. A bit bigger than the mansion at your plantation." Sora said. "… Well, much bigger. The 'mansion' where you live is just a large shack, no different from the homes you live in as slaves." He stated. "I promise you'll enjoy where we go, though. There's heating for cold winter nights and big beds with tons of thick blankets~" He smiled. "When we get there, I want you to get some different clothes right away." He said. "These are well past needing to be ridden of." He tugged lightly at Riku's shirt; the movement, despite its gentleness, had pulled a thread out of the fabric. Riku most certainly needed new clothes.
"Get rid of?" Riku questioned with a slight pout, glancing down at the coarse clothing. "I never really had a problem with it before… my mom made it for me when I was younger." He said. He randomly made a little grin. "She told me that I'd grow into it someday. It was almost like a dress on me when I was that young." He giggled. "I guess I've grown into it now, so maybe I should get another extra big shirt to grow into also." He said.
Sora quickly shook his head. "You need a lot of clothes! Not just one shirt to wear every day and grow into over the years." He said. "I change my clothes two to three times a day." He said. The youngster had a sudden look of bewilderment upon hearing his elder's response. "Three times every day?" He questioned. "What do you even need to wear to change three times in a day?" He asked.
"Sleepwear, for sleeping in, normal clothes, like when I'm just in the house and no important people are around, and then a formal outfit for when there are fancy people about." The brunette said. "It's most certainly not as much as other people wear every day." He snickered lightly. "Most of the time I just wear my casual clothing; what I'm wearing now. Axel becomes a bit cross with me when I try to wear my pajamas around the house." He stated.
"Who's Axel?" The boy asked, becoming a bit more interested in the conversation again. "He's my favorite butler. He gets me food and clothes and things like that." He said. Riku's confusion seemed to be near-everlasting as he once again questioned the logic of the noble. "Is he a slave?"
Sora shook his head. "He does it voluntarily; he's far from being a slave. He lives in my house and has a bedroom of his own. He also gets to eat whatever he wants and whenever he wants; I haven't ever seen him eat or drink before, but I'm sure he does at some point." The brunette made a slightly sheepish grin due to him not knowing much about his servant. "He seems to enjoy his job for the most part, though. I'd be in total disarray if he suddenly went and quit on me."
The carriage made a slight rumbling sound and shuddered for a short moment before the two were able to feel the vehicle stop. "We're here now." Sora said. "Because there is no other reason the carriage would have stopped, being so near home~" He smiled. The door opened up; neither of the pair had opened it. Sora nudged Riku away from himself to look outside. "It's not too impressive from behind, but it still looks fairly nice, I suppose." He said.
Riku hopped out of the carriage and looked over towards the house. He was instantly in awe with the sheer size of the home; he was unsure that it could really, truly be Sora's. The home—no, mansion, was positively huge. A three story abode. There were multiple chimney stacks around the edges of the black shingled roof; the home its' self had walls of white shingles. Other than a few windows, there weren't many decorations around the area. The carriage had been stopped in front of a small, stable like area, the barn being made of the iconic red-with-white-trim paint. Riku let out a somewhat excited gasp, reached out and grabbing Sora's hand quickly, tugging him outside of the carriage and gripping his hand tightly. "I get to stay here?!" He asked excitedly.
Sora laughed softly at Riku's positive reaction to the home. "Yes. You can sleep in whichever room you'd like; there's plenty to spare." He said. He began walking towards the home. It was about fifty yards from the barn, making it not be too far of a walk. There had been a small patio area in the back of the house, leading to a small back door. "We can enter through here. Perhaps you can see the front of the mansion later today." He said. "But first, new clothes and perhaps a snack." He said.
Riku bounced a little in an impatient way, walking ahead of Sora and tugging his hand like a dog that wanted more leash. "Well, walk faster so I can get that stuff and then see the outside!" He said. Once he got to the back door, he tested the handle, hoping that it would not be locked. It was not. He pushed the door open quickly and went inside with immediate interest. The door had led inside to a very nice looking hallway, one long grey-blue carpet extending from the end of the hall to the other end; it stopped at some stairs that led to somewhere that Riku was not able to see from his point of view at the time. The door they had walked into was at the very end of the hallway and right in the corner of it.
Riku went inside somewhat quickly, letting out a fairly happy little laugh and going down the hallway somewhat quickly. "This is pretty!" He said. "I've never been inside a home so huge!" He looked up at the high ceilings and grinned. "How many rooms are in here? A hundred?" He asked.
"Probably not that many." Sora snickered. "But there are a fair few. I'm glad you like it." He said. The brunette began walking down the hallway in a calmer manner than his younger friend, whom of which was making some sort of jittery walk-skip down the hallway. Riku reached the end of it and looked up towards the stairs, curious to see what was up there. There were some railings along the top of the wall when there were no more stairs to prevent anyone above from falling over, and they seemed to lead to some sort of room, for a wall was unable to be seen past the railings.
"What's up here?" Riku asked. By the time he was at the first step of the stairs, Sora was only halfway down the hall. He pouted, went back over to Sora quickly, and grabbed his hand again, pulling him towards the stairs impatiently. "I wanna see~!" He said.
Sora grasped Riku's hand and gave it a little squeeze. "Nope." He grinned. "I'm not gonna let you go. We get to go this way instead because I want you to~" He turned around and began walking back from which the way they came, easily having Riku stumble after him.
"N-not fair!" Riku huffed, trying to tug his hand out of the brunette's grip. "You're stronger than me." He complained. "Or you have the muscles of a baby." Sora stopped for a moment and prodded Riku's arm with one finger; it was rather un=muscular despite how much he ran around and climbed trees.
"Baby muscles?" Riku repeated, glancing at his arm in a somewhat disappointed manner. "Well, when I grow up, I'll be super strong!" He said. "Then I'll be the one to drag you around hallways." He said with determination, giving Sora a smug grin.
Sora snickered. "Sure. Whatever you say." He replied. He was no longer holding onto Riku's hand as tight anymore. "You can go where you want~" He decided randomly. "But you have to hold my hand the entire time." He said.
Riku looked almost confused for a moment before making a little sigh, deciding not to argue with his friend any more since he'd probably end up losing it. "Okaaay…" He murmured. His disappointment did not last long as he made his way back towards the stairs, climbing them as fast as he could without letting go of Sora's hand.
Riku was automatically in awe again of the room surrounding. The stairway had led up to what looked like a small greeting area, a few nice looking grey couches and loveseats with a table in the center and a few pieces of artwork and plants decorating the room. Despite Sora's specifications on holding his hand, Riku let go and went over towards the largest , basically falling down onto it once near enough. "It feels so nice~!" He said.
Sora watched with a rather amused expression. "You actually think those are comfy?" He asked. "I've never liked those couches. They feel scratchy and stiff." He said. "If you get so excited over those old things, you'll faint from shock at the beds." He said.
"I wanna see one of the beds!" Riku replied, sitting up quickly. "Fainting from comfy-ness would be awesome!" He giggled. Sora simply chuckled back. "Fainting for any reason isn't particularly good." He said. "I'll take you to see one of the bedrooms, at least. Follow me~" He cooed, going towards the corner closest to the railings of the little loft area. In that corner was a white door. Upon being opened, it led to another, however somewhat small, hallway. He walked inside.
The silverette followed after in a cheerful manner, wanting to see what the bedrooms in the mansion looked like. The hallway was surprisingly small; Riku would be able to stretch his arms out fully and the tips of his fingers would only be a few inches or so from the clean-looking wallpaper. The distance would increase just slightly when a door was; the door was thinner than the thick wall, and therefore, an inch or two of space was added.
"You can open any door you'd like." Sora said. "If it's unlocked, you can try to get in~" He said. The younger of the two quickly reached out to grab at the knob of the nearest door to open it; unfortunately for him, it was locked, not budging a bit. Riku made a slight huff and hurried over to the next door. Luckily for him, it did open. All the doors were on one side of the hallway, and there were only three; he was glad that the second one worked. He pushed the door open and peered inside.
In the room, the walls had white and pink wallpapers, decorated with prints of flowers here and there. A two-person bed sat in the middle underneath a window, perfectly centered in the somewhat small room. There was a dresser on the left side and a small table with a quill and ink well atop it, as well as a few candles, probably for writing at night time. "You sleep in a room like this?" Riku seemed positively amazed by the simple, yet elegant design of the room. "This is as big as my whole home!" He exclaimed. Sora suddenly let out a laugh. "You think this is where I sleep?" He asked. "My room is a fair lot bigger than this puny one is! This is just some workers room. They all sleep on the second and first floor of this home while I get the top all to myself." He said.
Riku looked over at Sora in a shocked way. "Your room is even bigger? What's in it?" He asked. "Pretty much the same things that are in this room, but a bit higher quality than this." Sora responded, glancing around the room with a somewhat uninterested expression. "Your room will probably be a little smaller than mine, but it most certainly will not be this puny." He said.
"A whole room, all to myself?" Riku asked. "I don't have to share a bed or anything?" He made a happy grin. "That's cool! Now whenever I sleep I can roll around everywhere and no one will get mad at me!" He laughed slightly. Sora seemed just a little confused. "Did you have to share a bed at home?" He asked. The silverette responded with a nod. "There's one bed in my home. Me and my mom have slept on it together since so far back, I can't remember the first time I did." He spoke in a near-proud voice, as if it was an achievement to have done that.
Sora frowned just slightly, but his frown turned to a smile not a moment later. "Well, both you and your mom will get to sleep alone tonight, so that should be a nice change for a little bit." He said. "Would you like to see my room now?" He asked curiously.
Riku quickly made a vigorous nod. "I do~!" He said. He grabbed Sora's hand and left the bedroom, going back out to the little greeting area and heading towards the opposite wall. There was another door in the same spot on the other wall. "Is it this one right here?" He asked in both a curious and an excited voice.
"It isn't." Sora replied with a random light snicker. "That's another hallway. It does lead to my room, though." He went to the door, but stopped. He pulled a key out of his pocket and put it into the lock of the doorknob, turning the key and then opening the door. "Typically the only people allowed up here is me, my parents, and Axel." He said. "You can come up here any time you like, though." He smiled. He walked through the door. There was a hallway similar to the opposite one; the house seemed nearly symmetrical from what Riku had seen so far. This hall wasn't exactly the same, however. Once again there were a few doors leading to bedrooms, however they were all open, unlike the opposite side. A spiral staircase going upwards was in the small room at the end.
Riku had never seen a staircase like the one at the end of the hall before. He went down the hallway curiously. Once he got to the door, he looked up the stairs in an almost confused way. "… These are stairs?" He asked somewhat curiously. "I never knew they looked like that. I've only ever seen ones that look…" He paused for a moment, uncertain of what choice of words he wanted to use. "… Stair-y." He said.
Sora chuckled softly. "That isn't a true word." He said. "I think stairs can be in any shape; I've only seen the 'stair-y' ones and these spiral ones, though." He stated. He went over to the steps and began climbing up, Riku following after him somewhat quickly. The youngster found the little somewhat-triangular shaped platforms rather fun to step up on; much better than the normal stairs, like the ones he'd gone up to get to the second floor originally.
Once they were at the top, Riku looked around almost immediately astonished once again. The room they had entered was very large; the top of the stairs were somewhat in the corner. Despite being on the third floor, there was somehow still a small fireplace just in front of them. There was no fire burning, but the room smelled nicely of smoked wood, leaving an interesting scent to the indoor area. Everything in the room was a brown color, the couches, rugs, tables, and the curtains of the many windows on one side of the room. Even the bricks of the fireplace were brown. Sora walked through the room in a nearly uninterested fashion whilst Riku followed after in a completely opposite way, peering around at the decorations with curiosity.
There was a simple brown door at the side of the room. Sora went over to it and turned the handle; all the doors had different ways of opening them, Riku realized out of the blue. Some of them had handles, the others had knobs. Perhaps the designer of the home was very indecisive over what to use. Following behind Sora once again, he looked around with his ever-so-persistent interest in the home.
There was a short hallway once again; this one was much larger than the ones just a floor below him. They were still fairly small; the bedrooms along the hallway, he imagined, most likely made up for the minute sizes. "This one here is my room." Sora went to the end of the hallway. The designer of the house also apparently seemed to really like putting the important rooms at the end of the halls. Strange, Riku thought.
Sora again had to use the key to open this door. He must have not liked people getting inside of his personal things. Inside the room, there was a similar color scheme as the room that had the spiral staircase in it. It must have been Sora's favorite color for the floor to have so much brown. Riku decided that it made fair sense, due to his friend's hair color being brown.
At first glance inside of the room, there appeared to be no bed. It turned out that it was in a little nook-like area to the left of the door, in a spot where another room probably would have been. There was a dresser, a desk, and a few paintings around the walls; they were also a brown color, along with the comfortable carpeted floor. As Sora had commented before comparing his room and the unknown servant's room, most of the furniture and contents were for the most part the same. Also as he had said, though, the furniture was fancier than the workers'. The dresser was built with a very nice dark looking wood and was skillfully carved into, swirls and floral shapes engraved into the wood. Riku couldn't get a good look at Sora's bed from when he was standing. He walked into the room and stared around curiously. "This is a really big room." He said.
"Do you like it?" The brunette asked curiously, watching his younger friend explore the fair sized room. Riku had walked over towards the corner in a near confused fashion; some big, strange, brown-colored… thing was sitting there, along with a second strange… thing, however it was much smaller than the first one. Riku had no clue what they were, reaching out and touching the largest object hesitantly. There were many windows along the wall and the roof was visible from the windows, however only through little gaps in the drapes shielding the sunlight from intruding through the glass. The clouds outside had apparently cleared, as a bit of sunlight was shining through onto the wooden object, shining on some smooth, white, almost stone-looking rectangular shapes. There were lots of the white rectangles all side by side, but just between and above them were occasional black rectangles, seemingly in a random order. The silverette reached out and touched it hesitantly, and was startled when a fairly loud 'pink' sound was made. "W-what is this?" He asked, hand drawing away from it.
Sora laughed at Riku's small fear. "It's a piano." He said, walking over towards Riku and pressing down on another key. The one he hit was at the opposite end of the long row of keys, and it made a deep, low sounding note. "It makes music. Surely you've at least heard of one before, right?" He asked. The boy gave a confused stare and slowly shook his head. "I never knew what it was before just now."
"You're so closed off to everything." Sora pouted. "I can't play the piano to save my life, but Axel can, and he plays it very, very well." He said. "It can make tons of different music that can either sound super happy or really sad. Either way, it's pretty relaxing to listen to." He smiled. "… Unless you just mash random notes, that is." He said.
"Oh." The youngster responded. "I think I remember mama mentioning that word before. What about the other thing?" He pointed towards the other object that was near the piano. It looked a bit like a box, but had strings and a stick with another string propped neatly beside it.
"A violin." Sora responded. "Do you have any clue at all what instruments are?" He snickered. "It also makes sounds, but it's harder to get a proper note out of than a piano." He said. "It's a bit more complex than just tapping some keys, in my opinion. You have to put your fingers in special places and hold the bow the right way and all sorts of nonsense." He said. He picked up the instrument by it's neck, lightly plucking the string for a short moment before setting it back down.
Riku listened with intent and interest. "That sounded cool!" He said with a cheerful grin. "Can I try, maybe?" He asked. Once receiving approval, he picked the violin up the same way that Sora had, being rather cautious and gentle with it so he would not break the instrument. He plucked at the string in a similar manner to Sora and looked nearly startled by the sound; the string he had plucked was on the opposite side of the instrument from the one that the brunette had plucked and made a much deeper sound. "… I-Is that supposed to happen?" He asked with a now somewhat hesitant voice.
Sora smiled and nodded. "Don't be afraid of it~" He said. "Doing something like that won't hurt the instrument. It's probably better if you use the bow, however. It makes a longer, prettier sound… as long as you are able to do it correctly, that is." He stated. Reaching out to take the violin back from Riku; the boy gladly did; and then taking the bow that rested against the wall, the elder put the instrument up to his chin and slowly dragged the horsehair-bow across the strings.
At the beginning, the sound produced by the violin wasn't so pretty. Sora hadn't attempted playing it in awhile. It made a slightly choppy, icky sound. Just a short moment afterwards, the sound had evened out and sounded much prettier. The note played for a few seconds before stopping.
Riku watched with a large amount of curiosity. "Why does it sound different when you use that?" He asked curiously. Sora paused in silence for a moment in thought. "… I have no clue, honestly. Perhaps it makes the vibrations different." He stated, lifting the bow in the air and staring at it with a moderate curiosity. "Oh well. Whatever it does that makes it different, it is interesting." He said. He took the violin out from underneath his chin and placed it back in the spot, along with the bow, where it had sat before.
"Do you have any more things like that?" Riku asked with a happy grin, curious to know about more instruments. This 'piano' and 'violin', still rather foreign things to him, made him eager to know more. "Are there other musical things, too?"
Sora had enjoyed Riku's enthusiasm. "Well… there are drums." He said. "I'm positive you at least know what those are. Some of them almost look like big bowls with giant pieces of animal skin or paper on them." He said. "When they're hit, they make a sound. They don't sound like a piano or a violin, or any other string instrument. They make a sound like stomping your foot on the floor." The elder explained.
Riku listened intently. Upon hearing the completion of the sentence, he stomped his foot on the floor experimentally to see what a drum sounded like. The two were standing on carpet, and therefore it did not sound like much other than a dull 'thunk'. The silverette gave Sora a confused look. "… Really?" He questioned.
Sora quickly shook his head. "I meant on a tile or wooden floor. The rug dampened the sound." He said. "I don't believe I have any drums at this house. Some of the workers might. I've never entirely liked the sound, so I never bothered having them. These two are my favorites." He motioned towards the nearby instruments. "If you wished to get a drum, though, I could show you one. I'm sure they aren't difficult to find or make~" He smiled.
The younger grinned. "Okay!" He said. Satisfied with the answer he was given, he decided to hop away from the instruments and instead went over to the window. "Do you think I can see what the front of the house looks like?" He asked as he gingerly moved one of the curtains to the side to look outdoors.
"Mmh… later." Sora stated, watching the boy for a moment. He walked over to his bed and laid down on it sideways. "I don't know about you, but that alcohol still has an effect on me." He covered his head with a nearby pillow and closed his eyes.
Riku quickly turned to look at the brunette and he pouted. "But that's no fun! I'm wide awake!" He said. He hurried over to the bed, having a bit of trouble to climb up the side. It was a fairly tall bed. He pulled the pillow off of Sora's head and huffed. "I wanna look around more." He said.
When the pillow was removed, Sora was grinning up at the boy. A moment later, he laughed slightly. "Did you truly think I was going to go to bed all of the sudden?" He asked. "'Twas a joke~" He cooed with a snicker, sitting up and batting Riku away lightly. "If you truly want to explore, why not do it yourself?" He asked. "I don't know about you, but when I was young, I liked exploring on my own. I've always lived in houses like this, and even if I'd lived in that home for months, I found it interesting to look around. Occasionally, I would find rooms that I had not known were in the house previously." He said. "I know of all the rooms in this house, unfortunately, so I suppose there is no true exploration for me anymore." He said.
Riku watched, sitting on his knees with his hands between them. "Explore on my own?" He questioned. He thought about the idea, unsure if he wanted Sora with him or not. "What if some worker of yours gets mad at me for being there?" He asked.
"If they get angry, tell me. They should all know who you are by now." Sora responded. He kept laying on the bed, however shuffled into the correct direction that people normally would rest. "I think I will at the least relax a little bit." He purposely yawned to emphasize his yearn to be lazy.
Riku's eyes narrowed slightly; his suspicions were that Sora truly did just want to sleep. "Fiiine…" He dragged out his word. He let himself off of the bed and headed to the door. Before going out of sight of the bed, he stuck his tongue out at Sora. "But don't be mad if you wake up with a bunch of fish next to you." Before the brunette could respond, he giggled and ran out the door.