First I would like to say, the beginning of this chapter isn't so good (due to lack of description and mostly dialogue).
Chapter Ten – Friends Four-ever
Sora stood and grabbed the other boy's hand. "Let's go exploring!" And then they ran off.
"Where are we?" Riku asked, looking at all the many stores and people.
"We're in the town!" The brunette smiled.
"This reminds me of my old home," Riku said. "Radiant Garden."
"Hmm, did Radiant Garden have sea salt ice cream?"
"Tons!"
Sora pointed over to an ice cream cart. "Let's get some then!"
Riku stopped the boy before running off to the cart. "But I don't have any money." He frowned.
"I do!" Sora yelled excitedly. "No come on, come on!" He urged and pulled Riku along with him to the front of the cart. The saleswomen at the cart looked down at the toddlers.
"Are you two here for some ice cream?" She asked. Her voice was bubbly and her hair was black and short, a bandana went around her forehead that had the symbol for the ice cream shop printed on it.
"Mhm!" Sora and Riku nodded simultaneously.
"And what kind can I get for you today?"
"Two sea salt!" Sora jumped.
The saleswomen took out two ice cream pops that were covered in their white plastic coverings. "That'll be two dollars." She said and she handed the boys their ice cream.
Sora took the money out of his pocket and gave it to the lady. He then grabbed a handful of sugar packets.
"Thank you." Riku said to the lady as the two walked off.
"You're welcome!" She had smiled.
Riku opened his ice pop and went to lick it.
"Wait," Sora said, halting the boy from enjoying his new treat. He held up the packets he took from the cart. "You have to put sugar on it!"
"Sugar?" Riku questioned, looking at the boy as if he knew something he didn't.
"Mhm," Sora nodded. He opened a packet and poured some of it on Riku's and then his own. "Now try it."
Riku took a lick from it. "All the saltiness is gone." He pouted.
"You don't like it?" Sora frowned, his eyes getting glassy.
Riku quickly smiled, not wanting the other boy to cry. "I love it."
Sora lay in his bed, alone in his room, facing towards the ceiling. He had long ago stopped crying a bit after Roxas had dropped him home.
'How come he doesn't talk to me anymore?' He rolled over to his stomach. 'Why do people have to change? It's no fair!'
"Sora?" Sora's mom, Rinoa, peeked through the door.
"Yesss?" Sora whined into his pillow, his voice coming out muffled.
"Is something wrong, sweetie?" Rinoa frowned, walking over and sitting on the end of Sora's bed she put her hand on his back.
"I don't want to go to school tomorrow," Sora began. "Or the day after that, and the day after that…actually can I please be excused for this whole year?"
"You're so silly, Sora," Rinoa laughed. She stood up and walked back towards the door. "You're going to school, whether you like it or not! And dinner will be finished in a half hour."
Sora groaned as his mother closed the door behind her. The brunette rolled off his bed and over to the window where a treasure chest sat beneath. Sitting to his knees, he put in the lock combination and unhooked the latches. Inside the chest sat stacks of books and spirals, a star covered blanket, a couple of old toys, and small box. He opened the box and took out a folded lined piece a paper. Opening it, it said 'I, Rikku Satochee, sware to B fourever Sora Heebaree's best friend' in blue crayon. And in green crayon was the sloppy signature of a five year old Riku Satoshi.
'My spelling was atrocious.' Sora frowned. He laid on the ground, back to the floor and eyes facing towards the paper that he held up above him. "Friends four-ever." He mocked his younger self.
"Come on, Sora," Kairi shook the sleeping Sora whom lay in bed. Sheets tossed and raveled all around him. "Wake up you lazy bum!"
Sora slowly opened his eyes. Realizing he was awake, he quickly jumped up off the bed. "Oh my god, am I late?" He asked, looking frantically at Kairi and Pence. He then rubbed his eyes with the back of his hand.
"No," Pence chuckled. "We made sure to get here earlier this time."
"Oh." Sora calmed down, beginning to get ready for school.
The time went by smoothly. Outside was cooler this day, but still hot. Sora made sure to put on the right shirt today and had the one he borrowed from Riku already washed, dried, and in his backpack. Like usual, they met up in the courtyard before splitting to their individual classes.
Roxas poked Sora in the middle of the forehead. They were sitting at the same table they sat at on the first day in the art room. "You feeling better today?" He asked.
"Yeah," Sora smiled. "A lot better actually. Did you do anything after you left?" He held his chin up in his palm, his elbow leaning on the table.
Roxas began plucking at the bracelets on his wrist. "I went over Axel's house and he played some video games with me."
"Was it a date?" Sora cooed, a large grin appearing on his face.
"N-no!" The blondes face turned as red as Axel's hair.
Sora began to laugh at the other, but his laughter soon came to an end when he noticed a shadow looming over him and hands place at each side of him on the table. He saw Roxas have a questionable look on his face, and looking up he saw…
"Coach Villiers?" Sora asked, beginning to feel a bit uncomfortable.
"You bet your ass!" Snow yelled as he swiftly grabbed Sora from the underarms and threw him over his shoulders, creating a scene that wasn't quite the usual. It was as if the coach had fire in his eyes. Sora began to flail, trying to get out of the grip coach Villiers had around his waist, even if that meant tumbling to the floor. The coach pointed at Roxas. "Don't think you're not coming either!" He yelled, reaching over to grab the blonde who had bolted out of his seat.
Zack laughed. "I haven't seen the coach as fired up like this in the longest time!" He said to Riku, who just smirked as a reply.
"GET OVER HERE!" The tyrant coach yelled as he flipped over the table Sora and Roxas were previously sitting at. "After I get you I'm getting your other friends too!"
The art teacher, Miss Vanille, came out of her office yawning. "Snow," she said, becoming alert of the situation. Her hands were placed on her hips as she stood in front of Roxas. "What do you think you're doing, hmm?" She asked sternly.
"These two kids and their mischievous friends were supposed to go to the disciplinary yesterday but didn't!" Snow explained.
"Well that gives you no right to come barging into my classroom," Miss Vanille told him. "Now put my student down! Give the kids a break, it's only the second day of school."
The coach let out a huff and then dropped Sora's down to his feet. He looked down to the brunette. "You got off easy this time." As he walked off he put two fingers to his eyes and then pointed them to Sora and Roxas. Miss Vanille walked back into her office, ready to get back to the nap she had been rudely awoken from.
"He's watching us~!" Roxas snickered into Sora's ear. Sora let out a small laugh as the two picked back up their table and aligned it in place.
"Hey, you two," Zack called over to them. "Come here!"
The boys walked over to Zack, Sora being a bit hesitant though to the fact that Riku was sitting right across from the raven head. Roxas and Zack pounded fists. "Hey Roxy," Zack gave his signature eye brightening smile. "You're looking more and more like Cloud each day!"
"Funny, considering we're only cousins."
"Who is your friend?" Zack asked, looking up at Sora.
"Sora," Sora responded. "Hibari."
"Hibari," Zack sounded surprised. "I knew a Hibari once, when I was little!"
Sora smiled. "Yeah, my family's lived on this Island from even before I was born." He nodded.
"Well Riku, don't be shy. Introduce yourself!" Zack told him.
"I'm already familiar with these two," Riku replied, he put his hands behind his head. "They're my biggest fans." He teased, making Sora blush.
"Are not!" Roxas crossed his arms.
"How was town yesterday, with Roxas?" Olette asked. She was peering down at Sora who was resting his head on his desk. They were in History, their second class of the day.
"It was the same as always." Sora responded.
"I think Axel's jealous!" Kairi sing-songed on the word jealous, emphasizing it. Sora rose up to his elbows.
"But Roxas likes him," Sora explained. "Not me!"
"Well, he doesn't think that." Olette stated.
"You know," Sora sat up straight at his desk. "He let me in his house yesterday."
Kairi and Olette looked at Sora surprisingly. "Really?" They asked in unison. Sora nodded as a response.
"But he never lets anyone inside," Kairi put her finger to her chin. "Was there anything weird inside his house?"
"No," Sora shook his head. "But he did act suspicious. And when he came back from changing, he seemed so weird! He wouldn't stop staring at me until I said something."
"Maybe he was going to give you a big kiss!" Kairi teased, her and Olette making kissy faces at Sora.
Roxas pulled off his shirt, changing for gym with Axel and Sora. He felt Axel begin to poke at his side. Annoyed, he was going to say something but Axel cut him off. "Roxas, you've gotten softer since last year!"
Roxas sighed, surprised it wasn't something sexual Axel was going to say to him. "Are you calling me fat?"
Sora was looking through his bag for his gym shorts. He found them folded up beneath the school shirt he was supposed to return to Riku. 'Maybe I should give it to him now.' He though as he quickly changed into his gym shorts. "Roxas, I'm going to give this back to Riku."
"Okay." Roxas managed to say in the midst of trying to get out of one of Axel's deathly hugs.
Sora ran around to the other side of the lockers, looking for Riku whom he found undressing. "Riku," He called out grabbing the boy's attention. He held the shirt up in the air. "I have it!" He decided to run over to the other, excited to see whether Riku would thank him. But the brunette tripped over a pair of someone's shoes and into the snow head's shirtless body.
He was stunned for a couple seconds until Riku pulled him up and away from him. "I-I have you shirt, Riku!" Sora nervously smiled, holding the shirt folded up in front of him. Riku looked at him with a plain face, and then smirked as he took his shirt from him. With an eyebrow raised he said, "Your nose is bleeding."
Sora pouted as he covered his nose, feeling the blood come to his lip. Riku put his gym shirt on and then put a hand on Sora's shoulder. "I'll take you to the nurse," He said. "But don't take this as anything more than a grain of salt."
Riku pushed Sora along in front of him. "Sugar." Sora said, trying to correct the boy.
"What?" Riku asked as they entered the hallway.
"You mean sugar." Sora repeated, trying to make it more clear what he was meaning.
"Salt is smaller than sugar." Riku sighed.
"But sugar is sweeter," Sora said with a smile. "And that makes all the difference."
Riku put his hands in his pockets. "If you say so." He smirked.
"You're being nice."
"You're not stuttering."
Yay, tenth chapter done with ` u `. And yeah, Riku's abs are just that rock hard for Sora to get a nose bleed. LOL .