[01.] Heart : Chance Encounter
Title: Chance Encounter
Fandom: Kingdom Hearts
Theme: [01.] Heart
Claim: Cloud/Riku
Word Count: 1047
Rating: PG-13/T (Cause I said a bad word)
Summary: It wasn’t Sora, Kairi, King Mickey, or even his own determination that made Riku fight the darkness trying to invade his heard. A brief conversation during a chance encounter was all it took.
Musical Inspiration: HIM And Love Said No. . .The Greatest Hits: 1997-2004
Disclaimer: Riku, Cloud, and Kingdom Hearts are not mine. They are the property of some cool people at Disney, Square Enix, and other places, I’m sure, but the point is, I am not affiliated with anyone who owns Kingdom Hearts or has anything to do with it. So there.
Author's Notes: So. . .I've started.
There couldn’t have been a stranger way to meet the person you wanted to be with for the rest of your life.
Riku had always known he was gay. At eight years old, he was sent home from school early after Tidus attacked a fellow classmate for calling Riku a faggot. Not knowing what a faggot was, he’d asked his homeroom teacher, and after a lengthy explanation about homosexuality and the varying viewpoints on whether it was right or wrong (though Riku had long stopped listening at this point), he was sent home. Riku found this unfair considering he’d only hit the boy in Tidus’s defense, but once arriving, sat his parents down to inform them that he was gay. They were unsurprised.
Riku had always known that he wanted to go on great adventures. At six years old, he and Sora were already play-fighting with wooden swords, practicing their newfound techniques on each other. He’d always been a curious child-one of those kids into everything. One time, Riku managed to take apart the Asaki family television set without electrocuting himself. When he went home one evening at fifteen years old and told his parents that he was done with Destiny Islands, was setting off to see new worlds, and briefly mentioned a raft made of logs, his sister, Ayumi, laughed herself silly.
“That’s nice, dear,” said Mrs. Asaki. “Good luck on your journey.”
Riku, somehow, got the feeling they hadn’t taken him seriously.
Riku had always known he was a bit foolhardy. When all the seven year olds were afraid to jump out of the tree house after one of the big kids did it, little five-year-old Riku called them babies and did it himself. One broken ankle later, Riku promised never to do anything so crazy again. He broke that promise faster than his ankle healed, so when Riku found himself in Hollow Bastion, kidnapping princesses, short two best friends, and taking the orders of a woman he was sure was lying to him, he thought it might have been a bad idea to go see other worlds.
In fact, the other worlds that existed weren’t even the kind of worlds Riku had in mind in the first place.
Then again, Riku had always known he was a bit proud, so he’d hardly admit the mess he was in to anyone, much less himself. Looking back, Riku knew there was one reason he hadn’t lost his heart to the darkness earlier, hadn’t lost it completely, even when he’d found himself in the World of Darkness. Even when he’d thought Sora and Kairi were gone forever. Even when he thought he’d never get out of Hollow Bastion for good.
It had to be the strangest way to meet the person you wanted to be with for the rest of your life.
Cloud was working for Hades at the time. He was an ex-SOLDIER, whatever that meant, and looking for someone Riku later found out to be Sephiroth. Maleficent was holding a meeting with some of her allies in the other worlds, and Hades was there, as usual. Back then, Riku had already kidnapped Alice and Snow White for Maleficent, and after receiving orders to go after another princess named Cinderella (with the return promise that if he succeeded, Maleficent would take him to Sora the second she found him), he’d been dismissed. Walking back to his room, Riku heard Hades going off about some guy named Hercules (his “hair” was flaming, Riku was sure), and then Cloud was sent out of the room to wait.
“High on the food chain, aren’t you?”
Riku spun around, looking back to the spiky-haired blond man that exited the room.
“Name’s Cloud. You?”
Riku surmised he probably fell in love with Cloud that very second. There was infatuation, at the very least. For years he’d carried around a crush on Sora, but Sora was young, immature, and tended to scream instead of talk. Cloud . . .Cloud was beautiful. It was his voice that caught Riku’s attention, though. Soft, somewhat boyish, yet masculine.
“I’m sorry,” said Riku, realizing he was staring. “Riku.”
“So what are you doing here?”
“Maleficent . . .she’s supposed to help me find someone. If I get the princesses . . .”
“What’s this princess business about, anyway?”
“I honestly don’t know.” Riku paused, watching Cloud as he leaned against the wall. They were far enough down the hallway to be out of earshot, but Riku dropped his voice anyway. “What are you doing here?”
“Hades. I’m supposed to take out Hercules.”
“Who’s that?”
“Don’t know. All I gather from Hades is that he’s bothersome.”
Riku nodded.
“Why are you working for him?”
“I’m looking for someone, too.” Cloud brought a hand to his neck, slowly rubbing at his collarbone. Eyes shut, his head fell back against the wall. Riku stared. “This falling into darkness isn’t all it’s made out to be, is it?”
Riku stared at Cloud, watching his fingers move across his skin. He licked his lips and stared at the ground, suddenly feeling uncomfortable.
“I just want to find my friend.”
Cloud nodded.
“Be careful. The darkness is a nasty business. Don’t lose sight of the light.”
There was no time to respond. The door down the hall flung open and Hades stormed out.
“Cloud,” he snapped. “We’re leaving.”
Cloud nodded to Hades and used one foot to push away from the wall. He turned to Riku and smiled.
“Nice talking to you, Riku.”
Riku had always known he was a romantic. He pretended the legend of the paopu fruit was a stupid girl story, but he’d always hoped it was true. When he was fifteen years old, a man named Cloud had smiled at him, and for the first time since arriving in Hollow Bastion, Riku smiled back.
He hadn’t known it at the time, but there were plenty more meetings where that one had come from, and if he had known it then, the smile on his face would have been blinding.
Cloud had told him that day not to lose sight of the light, and for that, though Riku would never be so cheesy as to tell him, Riku knew he’d always owe Cloud his heart.
Fandom: Kingdom Hearts
Theme: [01.] Heart
Claim: Cloud/Riku
Word Count: 1047
Rating: PG-13/T (Cause I said a bad word)
Summary: It wasn’t Sora, Kairi, King Mickey, or even his own determination that made Riku fight the darkness trying to invade his heard. A brief conversation during a chance encounter was all it took.
Musical Inspiration: HIM And Love Said No. . .The Greatest Hits: 1997-2004
Disclaimer: Riku, Cloud, and Kingdom Hearts are not mine. They are the property of some cool people at Disney, Square Enix, and other places, I’m sure, but the point is, I am not affiliated with anyone who owns Kingdom Hearts or has anything to do with it. So there.
Author's Notes: So. . .I've started.
There couldn’t have been a stranger way to meet the person you wanted to be with for the rest of your life.
Riku had always known he was gay. At eight years old, he was sent home from school early after Tidus attacked a fellow classmate for calling Riku a faggot. Not knowing what a faggot was, he’d asked his homeroom teacher, and after a lengthy explanation about homosexuality and the varying viewpoints on whether it was right or wrong (though Riku had long stopped listening at this point), he was sent home. Riku found this unfair considering he’d only hit the boy in Tidus’s defense, but once arriving, sat his parents down to inform them that he was gay. They were unsurprised.
Riku had always known that he wanted to go on great adventures. At six years old, he and Sora were already play-fighting with wooden swords, practicing their newfound techniques on each other. He’d always been a curious child-one of those kids into everything. One time, Riku managed to take apart the Asaki family television set without electrocuting himself. When he went home one evening at fifteen years old and told his parents that he was done with Destiny Islands, was setting off to see new worlds, and briefly mentioned a raft made of logs, his sister, Ayumi, laughed herself silly.
“That’s nice, dear,” said Mrs. Asaki. “Good luck on your journey.”
Riku, somehow, got the feeling they hadn’t taken him seriously.
Riku had always known he was a bit foolhardy. When all the seven year olds were afraid to jump out of the tree house after one of the big kids did it, little five-year-old Riku called them babies and did it himself. One broken ankle later, Riku promised never to do anything so crazy again. He broke that promise faster than his ankle healed, so when Riku found himself in Hollow Bastion, kidnapping princesses, short two best friends, and taking the orders of a woman he was sure was lying to him, he thought it might have been a bad idea to go see other worlds.
In fact, the other worlds that existed weren’t even the kind of worlds Riku had in mind in the first place.
Then again, Riku had always known he was a bit proud, so he’d hardly admit the mess he was in to anyone, much less himself. Looking back, Riku knew there was one reason he hadn’t lost his heart to the darkness earlier, hadn’t lost it completely, even when he’d found himself in the World of Darkness. Even when he’d thought Sora and Kairi were gone forever. Even when he thought he’d never get out of Hollow Bastion for good.
It had to be the strangest way to meet the person you wanted to be with for the rest of your life.
Cloud was working for Hades at the time. He was an ex-SOLDIER, whatever that meant, and looking for someone Riku later found out to be Sephiroth. Maleficent was holding a meeting with some of her allies in the other worlds, and Hades was there, as usual. Back then, Riku had already kidnapped Alice and Snow White for Maleficent, and after receiving orders to go after another princess named Cinderella (with the return promise that if he succeeded, Maleficent would take him to Sora the second she found him), he’d been dismissed. Walking back to his room, Riku heard Hades going off about some guy named Hercules (his “hair” was flaming, Riku was sure), and then Cloud was sent out of the room to wait.
“High on the food chain, aren’t you?”
Riku spun around, looking back to the spiky-haired blond man that exited the room.
“Name’s Cloud. You?”
Riku surmised he probably fell in love with Cloud that very second. There was infatuation, at the very least. For years he’d carried around a crush on Sora, but Sora was young, immature, and tended to scream instead of talk. Cloud . . .Cloud was beautiful. It was his voice that caught Riku’s attention, though. Soft, somewhat boyish, yet masculine.
“I’m sorry,” said Riku, realizing he was staring. “Riku.”
“So what are you doing here?”
“Maleficent . . .she’s supposed to help me find someone. If I get the princesses . . .”
“What’s this princess business about, anyway?”
“I honestly don’t know.” Riku paused, watching Cloud as he leaned against the wall. They were far enough down the hallway to be out of earshot, but Riku dropped his voice anyway. “What are you doing here?”
“Hades. I’m supposed to take out Hercules.”
“Who’s that?”
“Don’t know. All I gather from Hades is that he’s bothersome.”
Riku nodded.
“Why are you working for him?”
“I’m looking for someone, too.” Cloud brought a hand to his neck, slowly rubbing at his collarbone. Eyes shut, his head fell back against the wall. Riku stared. “This falling into darkness isn’t all it’s made out to be, is it?”
Riku stared at Cloud, watching his fingers move across his skin. He licked his lips and stared at the ground, suddenly feeling uncomfortable.
“I just want to find my friend.”
Cloud nodded.
“Be careful. The darkness is a nasty business. Don’t lose sight of the light.”
There was no time to respond. The door down the hall flung open and Hades stormed out.
“Cloud,” he snapped. “We’re leaving.”
Cloud nodded to Hades and used one foot to push away from the wall. He turned to Riku and smiled.
“Nice talking to you, Riku.”
Riku had always known he was a romantic. He pretended the legend of the paopu fruit was a stupid girl story, but he’d always hoped it was true. When he was fifteen years old, a man named Cloud had smiled at him, and for the first time since arriving in Hollow Bastion, Riku smiled back.
He hadn’t known it at the time, but there were plenty more meetings where that one had come from, and if he had known it then, the smile on his face would have been blinding.
Cloud had told him that day not to lose sight of the light, and for that, though Riku would never be so cheesy as to tell him, Riku knew he’d always owe Cloud his heart.