RP AIM thread #2
Aim thread with Riku and Sora.
Warnings: None really.
Talk of childhood events, a bit on stuff heard about the dean, and little cookie men.
Sora had been looking slightly stunned at the computer screen. Part of him not believing what Axel just told him. 'Maybe it's not true... maybe he's just making up rumors 'cause he's upset about Penelo...?' The boy denies but still doesn't think Axel the type for that no matter how much he tried to convince himself. "Control people like a puppet..." He murmurs before the sound of the door opening made him jump out of his chair. The news on the dean was only one of the things that had him jumpy, he had also been dreading this 'Talk' Riku mentioned. Sora wasn't new to the world of dating, he'd heard that 'we have to talk' line before, he'll he'd even used it himself when he was going for a gentle break up. "Riku...?"
Riku had hesitated outside the door for a moment, but it was better to talk now. Before he lost all the mustering up he did to tell Sora what was really bothering him. He stepped into the room, and quietly shut the door behind him, setting his book bag down beside his bed. "Hey," he said quietly, neutrally. He stepped over to the desk and sat down on his bed so he was facing Sora, running over and over in his mind how to word what he was feeling just right.
Sora watched Riku move around the room. "Hey..." He answered back when Riku greeted him. The worried blue eyes fall onto his boyfriend trying to catch his eyes but Riku looked lost in thought. He sits down waiting for a few seconds which to him felt like hours before his mouth got the better of him. "Are you breaking up with me Riku...?" He said almost in a whimper.
Riku blinked himself back into reality, his brows slowly raising. "What? ...No. Of course not, Sora. I... wanted to talk to you about... what was bothering me," he said slowly.
Sora let out a breath he didn't realize was being held before sinking back in the chair. "O-oh!... Really?!" The boy say up straight again when Riku said this. He was finally going to hear the big secret? "I can help now...?" He said a little hopeful.
"I'm... not sure," Riku said softly. It didn't seem like something he could just help with, but maybe... "But... you... you were right. I didn't trust you." He lowered his gaze a moment, breathing a quiet sigh before looking back up. "I didn't think you would understand. But, I see now that there's nothing worse than not telling you... because it hurts you. And I don't want that." He paused a moment to let his thoughts process again. "Look... I'll admit it. Straight out. I'm afraid. Even the littlest of things trigger my powers and I'm afraid if we... that I'll hurt you and," he paused to rest his hands on Sora's cheeks, "I would never forgive myself if I did. And... to be honest, I'm jealous of you too. You... can just act on whatever you want. I can't. I tense up every time, because my body knows I'm afraid. I wish I could just follow my heart like you do, but..." he lowered his head, shrugging his shoulders a bit as he let his hands fall back to his side. "There."
Sora leaned into Riku's palm watching his face thoughtfully as he spoke to him, his chair moving closer as he leans to be face to face with Riku. "You didn't think I'd understand that? I've been scared of the same thing. I realized how stupid and irresponsible I was being about my powers. I don't know what I'd do if I hurt you..." He takes Riku's hands in his own brushing his thumb over the back of his knuckles. "But my powers and my body seem to know it's you. I know I don't want to hurt you, it's my main focus whenever I touch you, hold you or kiss you. Still... I know what you mean." His hands lift Riku's holding them to his chest. "But the jealous thing... I didn't expect that, I always thought you thought you were better than me... heh, and I kinda believed it." He smiles calmly before talking again. "But you do realize, it's very hard to physically hurt me. Even if you did muster up enough strength in your powers it would probably be awhile before they could do anything serious..." He said taking comfort in that fact. It's also what helped him feel so comfortable around Riku. Even when Riku did use his power on him it never scared him, it just felt like another part of Riku tapping his shoulder, lifting him or just plain messing with him.
Looking back up at Sora, Riku finally gave a soft smile. "I guess. I just... didn't want to admit that I was scared… or jealous." He paused, his tone suddenly teasing and playful. "Cause... I kinda liked thinking I was better too." He grinned softly and squeezed Sora's hands gently. "Does that make you mad?"
Sora shook his head. "No, not really... I already knew you liked to tell you're self you're better than me. I let you get away with saying it don't I? I just let you believe what you want to make you happy baby." He laughs softly, resting his forehead against Riku's. "But you scare me like that again ... I'll give you something to be really scared of." He warned trying to sound threatening but was too happy that Riku finally told him something to really sound upset. "Storming out of the room and not talking to me... had be thinking I grossed you out or something." He gave a small pout just to add to Riku's guilt a little.
Riku shut his eyes a bit, the smile unable to leave his lips. He clicked his tongue before saying, "I'm sorry." He eyed that pout and rose a hand, brushing his thumb and pointer finger against his chin. "Forgive me?"
Sora closed his eyes when Riku touched his chin listening to his voice. The words 'Of course I forgive you. I always will.' come to his mind but instead with a quick attempt to hide the grin he says: "No." He attempts a serious tone before lifting his head. "Nope, I don't think it'll be that easy. You did scare me quite a bit Riku." He tries to keep looking serious but a grin keeps tugging at his lips.
Riku blinked, looking shocked until he saw the faint hint of a grin trying to form. "No?" he asked, tilting his head some. "Then... what do I have to do to earn it?"
"Oooh I don't know... I want it to be something good. I've been really worried and I have had a rough day, what with my job interview and all." Sora mused in a business like tone. "And you ran to the shower after I kissed you that was a blow to the egooo~..." He leans over again resting his hands on Riku's knees, the blue eyes looking up thoughtfully. "I don't know what yet... but I'll think of something." Might as well get something he really wanted since Riku was so willing to comply.
Riku gave a faint laugh and another soft smile. "I'm sure," he said, letting his hands lay on top of Sora's. Then, he peered at him curiously. "Job interview, huh? Where at?"
"Oh, yeah I didn't get a chance to tell you, but I don't want to keep mooching off my mom so I had an interview to work as a waiter at that new night club and restaurant place, the blackjack. The owner seems really nice and laid back plus Zack works there so I wont be on my own." Sora said sounding cheerful again, leaning in closer to Riku again, his forehead resting against the larger boy's chin. It's been days since he'd last touched Riku, it surprised him how much he missed the feel of it.
Riku seemed glad when Sora drew closer and put his arms around him when he did, shutting his eyes a bit. "Good. I might have to visit. I'm supposed to be having an interview myself at that Shinra Eclectic place..."
A content sigh escapes him when Riku pulls him in, his face tucks against Riku's neck. "That place across from the flower shop? Yeah, I saw they were looking but waiter's get tips so I took that flyer instead. But now we'll both have jobs, we're being independent ... it's what you’ve always wanted." He smiles moving one of his hands up to play with a soft lock of Riku's hair, letting it slip through and around his fingers.
"Yeah... I'm looking forward to it," Riku said, nuzzling the top of Sora's head a bit. "I think my mom will be glad to hear it too. She's only been hearing me talk about it every time she calls," he muttered with a chuckle.
"Heh, looks like I'll have to come visit you on my breaks." Sora gave a lazy grin when Riku nuzzled his hair. "You called your mom? How's she doing?" His hand moves over Riku's chest and slips around his torso as Sora moves on the bed between Riku's legs, making himself comfortable.
"I'd like that," Riku said. He only shifted to give Sora a little more room to sit so he didn't have to hang halfway off of the bed, still holding him close. "She's good... considering," he said, the word 'considering' sounding particularly bitter.
"What...? Did your dad do something...?" Sora said leaving the words 'again' hanging unsaid. His head lifts up to look at Riku watching his face for any signs that something bad might of happened. "Or do you mean in general?" He settles comfortably against Riku when the boy moves to give him room but keeps watching his face.
Riku glanced down at Sora, shaking his head. "He's just being an asshole. As always. Didn't even bother to say 'hi' when I was talking to my mom," he muttered with a soft snort. "But whatever. I don't even care and it doesn't matter. Have you talked to your mom or Kairi lately?"
Sora cups Riku's cheek and pulls him in for a soft kiss. Something else he hadn't done in days. "Yeah... mom's okay, she's seeing some one else, I'm glad she's dating again but I don't think she'll find anyone soon, no one can be as good as dad was..." He murmurs still having mixed feelings on his mother back in the world of dating. "Kairi's alright, said she says she hasn’t heard from you... You two aren‘t drifting apart ‘cause of…her being my- … and you being my-…" He said sounding like the two finally clicked.
Riku gladly kissed him back, and nodded when he spoke. "Course not. No one can replace your father and she knows that," he offered. He tipped his head to the side some, blinking. "Hm? No. I just haven't had a lot of time to call. Barely had time to talk to my mother."
"Hm, that's good, I always thought you had a crush on her even when we dated and well I still thought you had one on her, until you told me I was the one you had the crush on." Sora gives a silly grin tugging Riku in for another quick kiss taking the subject off his mother. "How long have you liked me anyway...?" He asks coyly after breaking the kiss.
Riku stared at him for a long moment, giving a dismissive laugh, then averting his gaze. "Does it matter?"
This just intrigued Sora more, he wiggles a little excitedly, sitting up straighter. "Oh, well yeah, I wanna see just how clueless I was..." He notices Riku trying to look away and traces his finger over the boy's lower lip. "Come on Riku... I wanna know. When did you realize you liked me?" He cooed curiously.
The finger over his lip tickled faintly and he found it hard to keep even the smallest of smiles from coming out. "A long time ago," he answered simply, yet still beating around the bush.
"When exactly? And don't say you don't know 'cause I'll know you're lying!" Sora insist laughing softly and playfully tugging a lock of hair. "Why wont you tell meeee?" The curious boy whines.
"Cause," Riku began, "A long time ago is good enough." His tone was teasing and so was his expression; he grinned, brushing his fingers over Sora's cheek.
"Come ooooon Riku! Gimme an age." Sora said turning to playfully nip Riku's fingers. "Oh, stop trying to distract me." He was glad things were fairly normal between them again and hoped it would stay this way for at least another week or so. But he felt like Riku was slowly starting to trust him more which made everything else that had him sad seem trivial and unimportant. "No, a long time ago isn't good enough you jerk. Come on you're supposed to be playing nice boyfriend to gain back my forgiveness." The cheerful brunette reminds him.
"Oh yeah," Riku said in a mock-disappointed tone. He looked thoughtful for a moment before squinting at Sora with one eye in an inquisitive way. "Do you want an exact time?" he asked, looking for a way to not have to give that to him.
"Yes please since you just gave away that you know it." Sora grins mischievously.
Riku sighed, but the smile never left, even as he glanced away as though embarrassed. "It might have been around 14 years old," he muttered with a small shrug of his shoulders.
"Fourteen? Really?" Sora said sounding a little surprised, mostly that Riku was telling him. "When? What was I doing?" He continues prodding.
"Heh. Yeah... You were just... being there for me," Riku said. Upon being rather certain that Sora would want him to elaborate more, he looked back at him. "You remember that huge fight I had with my dad? The one that really triggered my powers that year?" he asked.
Sora thinks back to the day Riku found his powers, he had sent his dad through a wall because... "You mean the day he... hit you." His eyes fell to Riku's cheek almost seeing the bruise there as he relives that day in his head. His hand lifts up brushing his palm over Riku's arm as if soothing bruises that have long vanished. "Yeah... I remember."
"Yeah... I never told you, but we had fought that morning, so I went to school pissed off. And all I'd wanted all day was just to be with you, but you went to a different school then... And when I ran to your house that night..." he paused, remembering how he had had to force himself to stop crying from an assortment of things when he'd gotten there so Sora wouldn't have to see it, and the looks and 'are you okay? what happened?'s he'd gathered from his peers the next day. "I just... I don't know. I was so relieved that you were there for me. If I didn't have you, I wouldn't have had anywhere to go. I remember feeling so grateful and this... little feeling in my heart just started to grow. I didn't know what it was at the time, but..." He shrugged some, smiling almost sadly at Sora. "That's how it happened."
Sora was speechless as he took in what Riku was telling him. He remembered that day, his mother had put him in that catholic school because they had better academic programs, safer environment and she thought it would make him more open minded to see some religious views, at least it's what she told him. The school was nice but he missed Riku and Kairi so much when he was there he also remembered the funny feeling he had all morning that day. "Riku..." He presses close, wrapping his arms tightly around his boyfriend when he saw that sad smile. He could never forget that night, he'd never seen Riku so upset and scared, he remembered the look on his face, it was pure torture and he never wanted to see that look again. Though he put together what Riku had been to upset to tell him that day when he walked Riku home in the morning and saw the crumbled wall, not only did his father go off on him harder than ever but that day was when Riku found out he was a mutant. "Heh, you found love.. on the worse day of your life...how ironic…" The boy threw in the little joke when things were growing sadly quiet.
Riku welcomed the warm embrace, his own arms wrapping a bit tighter around Sora. "Yeah... but I'm just glad I found it," he said, placing a kiss on the curve of Sora's ear. His voice dropped into a barely audible whisper. "Happier than you'll ever know."
"You do know... that I totally forgive you now…" Sora laughed and placed a soft kiss on Riku's neck and lifts his lips to the boy‘s ear. "I love you." He whispers adoringly. "You have no idea how much. Powers and all." The words slip out as Sora's mouth seems to run on it's own kissing whatever part of Riku they could reach and talking softly to him.
Riku smiled more this time, though it seemed more similar to a grin and chuckled quietly. "Good." Everything inside him smiled. "I love you too, Sora." That half-grin turned playful when he kissed Sora's cheek. "How long have you liked me, hm?" He asked, but didn't pull away. He was far too comfortable.
Sora smirked. "Long enough." The boy throws back at him.
"Hey, now that's not fair," Riku remarked, poking at his ribs. "I told you."
Sora laughed and squirmed to get away from Riku's poking. "It is to, you were telling me as a plea for forgiveness and points to your nice boyfriend score, but you're trying to get the story out of me just because you're nosy." He teased giving a playful nip at Riku's lower lip.
Catching Sora's lips against his own before he pulled away, Riku kissed him. "...But I really want to hear it," he muttered, laughing softly as well.
"Aw... you going to pout for me?" Sora said with a mischievous little grin as he lifts his head to look at Riku's face. The voice he was making already sounded like it should have a pout to it.
Riku rose his brows curiously. "If I do, will you tell me how long?" he asked, grinning once more, but in a hopeful way.
Sora let out a laugh at Riku doing the hopeful eager look for once. How could he deny Riku's request when he looked so eager to hear it? He hadn't seen Riku so excited over something in awhile. "Sure will." The boy leans back to get a good look at Riku's face.
Riku gave a good laugh that made it seem as though he were thinking 'I can't believe I'm doing this,' before making his best pouty face, complete with his lower lip poking out a little bit. He was having a hard time not breaking the look with the urge to laugh again.
Sora nearly 'Awed' if he didn't think Riku'd swat him off his lap. But it was cute, mostly 'cause Riku looked so awkward doing it and because Riku had a mature looking face it looked more like a come hither look than a bratty pout. "Damn, yours looks more hot than cute like mine." He tries to sound bothered by this but just eyes the pouty little lip.
The noise Riku made sounded like an odd mix between a laugh and a snort. "But no one will ever be able to beat your pout," he said, brushing his lips over the corner of Sora's mouth, wiping the pouty look from his face and going back to his more casual smirk. "Now keep your promise," he teased.
Sora grinned before settling back against Riku. "Hm... I dunno. It kind of snuck up on me. Like a little thought that would cross my head saying, 'Riku looks kinda nice after swimming' or 'Wonder what he'd do if I took the paopu he‘s eating.' stuff that I'd later wonder 'what the hell?' over. But what finally tipped me off would have to beee~..." His head tilts to the side in a dramatic pause just to drive Riku nuts.
And it worked, Riku lightly tickled Sora’s side and kissed along his neck, talking a little impatiently against it. “Spit it out already!” He chuckled.
"Ah-hahaha...." Sora laughed squirming a bit in Riku's arms when he kissed him and spoke against his neck giving a slight tickle. "I'm getting to it, I'm getting to it you distraction." He grinned at how silly Riku was acting, he liked it. "I would have to of been when I was around fifteen..." He nods. "You can say you were just ...being you. I had been hanging out at the park practicing on the basketball court that summer and I destroyed the basket... and cracked the wall behind it 'cause I threw the ball too hard…" He made a face at the memory. "I fled that place like ...well I just got the hell out of there. I ran to your place ’cause it was close by but you and your family were out for the day or something so I went home, locked myself up in my room and didn't come out that whole day. My mom was going nuts, she even threatened to ground me if I didn't tell her... though it wouldn't work since I already didn't want to leave my room. I didn‘t open the door for her or say a word other than ‘I‘m fine.’" He let out a little sound that was part laugh part scoff. "But when you came to see me later that day, everything just felt like it would be okay. You came through my window said ... I dunno said something insulting and Riku-ish. Probably ’Hey twerp’ or ’What are you doing curled up in the emo corner loser?’ but everything just felt safe... I felt so much better just by you being in the room... I wanted to tell you everything and anything without you even asking...and I did after …nearly knocking you to the ground for calling me a twerp." He gave an apologetic look. "You spent the night and I never felt more comfortable than I did when I was lying next to you. I realized I liked it and I suppose that's where my warm fuzzy feeling started growing." He mumbled the last part looking embarrassed.
Riku chuckled, nodding some when he remembered that incident. "And to think we never knew for all this time," he said thoughtfully, although he spent half of that time trying to figure out what that funny feeling was that he got when he was around Sora.
"So much time wasted huh?" Sora said, combing his fingers through Riku's hair. "We'll make up for it though. I know you hate your powers but I was kind of happy I didn't have mine alone. Sorry if that sounds self-fish. But when I saw you that day I remembered that and what made me feel better about having powers was that now you wouldn't have to go threw having them alone. I could be there for you even than." He kissed Riku's forehead before moving to kiss his mouth. "So stop hiding stuff like that from me. I want to be there for you."
Riku offered a faint smile. "Okay. I won't," he promised. It would take some working on, as he liked to believe he could take care of everything himself, but for Sora's sake... he was sure it could be worked on.
"Heh, good. Took me almost 19 years but I'm finally getting threw to ya." Sora smirked lazily combing his fingers threw Riku's hair. His mind seeming to slip else where as they grow quiet. He couldn't help but think of what he heard on the Dean. 'Ability to control... people.' He repressed a shutter.
"Heh," was his short response. All the heart ache, anger, hurt... it seemed to have vanished in a few mere minutes. Riku loved that about their relationship. It was nearly impossible to stay mad or frustrated with Sora-- even when he wanted to... and Sora couldn't seem to stay very mad at him either. He just hoped they wouldn't have to keep relying on that... They seemed to be on a bit of a rocky start, but he was certain that if they could be friends for as long as they had been, they could be something more, too. He gently rocked Sora, just sitting there in the silence contentedly.
Sora's thoughts were shaken a bit when Riku started moving him a slow rocking motion. He didn't seem to mind though, letting the touches and comfortable familiar feeling make everything better. A content smile played on his lips as he shifted on the bed to lean back on Riku. "Riku... What have you heard about the dean?" He murmured, unable to shake the bad feeling and he himself never paid mind to the rumors, but perhaps it was time he listened.
Riku blinked, thinking about the question a moment, but didn't stop the small sway. "Lots of things. But the rumor that he raped his assistant was the main thing I heard, really... Why?" he inquired.
Sora flinched at the word and the thought of the dean's power. "Yeah... that's what I heard to. I kind of know her boyfriend. The assistant that is, I think the rumor might be true." He said worriedly.
Riku lifted his head a bit. "What? How do you know?" he asked, elevating a brow.
"It was a brief talk but it's been bugging me all day. I dunno... maybe it's not true and I'm just jumping to take Axel's side. But he said.. the dean was a mutant... and his power was the ability to control other people..." Sora said turning his head to look at Riku.
Now both brows rose and Riku stared at Sora for a long moment. "But if this... Axel is right... that's not good odds for anyone," he said, and gave a thoughtful frown. "Do you believe him? It doesn't seem like something someone would just take lightly, but... I don't know him, so I don't know."
"That's the thing. I don't know him that well either... I mean what I do know... he doesn't seem the type to spread such a rumor... but maybe he's just mad about his girlfriend. I dunno... but you're right. If it is true than no one is safe but …I don't know, it does seems strange that he'd just tell me something so important out of the blue the way he did.... maybe he is just messing with me." Sora sighs trying to relax, he'd wanted to be held by Riku for days now and here he was bring the moment down.
"You never know. He could be... or he may have just needed someone to tell. But there's no way of knowing right now. If it's really bothering you, Sora, maybe you should talk to Axel about it," Riku said, absent-mindedly rubbing one of Sora's shoulders.
"Maybe..." Sora's head tilts to the side as he leans into Riku's touch. It felt nice, and made it easier to relax and push his worries away. "Couldn't hurt to ask... but part of me doesn't want to know more..."
"I can understand that. But don't you think it would be better to know the truth? I mean... it seems like you've been thinking about it quite a bit."
"I guess... it's just... kind of scary you know? That someone could do that to someone else..." Sora tilts his head wanting Riku to continue rubbing his shoulder. One of his hands taking Riku's free hand and lacing their fingers before bring it up to kiss Riku's fingers. "Yet, right now all this stuff that was bothering me just seems not to matter now that you're here..."
Riku stared at him with a soft gaze for a long moment, then looked downward, resting his head against Sora's. "Heh... and yet all I was doing earlier was causing problems," he muttered before going back to rubbing Sora's shoulder. "You're amazing. I don't even know how you manage to forgive me sometimes."
"Damn right I'm amazing and don't you ever forget that." Sora said proudly, pumping his fist out in a cheering manner. "That feels nice." He comments to the touching. "Heh, and of course I forgive you. You didn't think keeping secrets from me would be the deal breaker on that did you? You always kept stuff from me, sure it...bugged me more now since we’re not little kids and just friends anymore, but it'll take a lot more than that for me to hold a grudge." The smaller boy finishes turning his head to look over at Riku with a smirk.
Riku laughed at Sora's cheerful display. "Hmn. Well, that's good. But how many times did you call me a jackass while I wasn't in the room?" he asked, that grin returning.
Sora's eyes shift back and forth with a guilty look. "I’d never! ... I called you a stubborn dumbass. Not a Jackass and I bit little boy shaped cookies out of spite." He admits with a laugh at how stupid he acted when he was sick.
"Oh, ah-huh. I see. I knew there was something," Riku answered with a chuckle, briefly tickling his ribs with a few pokes. "Though," he began with a dramatic sigh, "I can't really say I blame you."
Sora made a surprised yelp and squirmed when Riku started poking and tickling him. "Ah!" He tries to catch Riku's hands to stop the madness. "Tickling not fair! That's another cookie that going to be tormented in spite!" He laughed squirming a bit until Riku stopped trying to get him. "Well... yeah... as long as you forgive me for my cookie eating bad mouthing ways. It's fine."
"Forgive you?" Riku snorted. "For what? You didn't do anything. I was the one trying to earn your forgiveness, remember?" He gave a little snicker, taking Sora's hands in his own and brushing his thumbs over the backs.
"True. Stop confusing me! See how you turned it on me like I'm the one in trouble!" Sora said with a displeased huff and leans back watching Riku's hand on his own contently.
"Heh. I can't help that I'm too sneaky for my own good," Riku teased, laying his chin on Sora's shoulder when he leaned back against him. His fingers brushed over the tops of Sora's slowly and his eyes shut, feeling peaceful.
"Though... those cookies did kinda look like you... had white frosting hair and everything. I think I still have some left." Sora slips out of Riku's lap with a regretful whine at not having the warmth anymore and goes to the little fridge, pulling out and opening the container Dagger brought over. "That friend of yours made them. Dagger, I think was her name. She's sweet."
Riku peered at the cookies before a brow elevated and he snickered faintly. "That's... interesting," he commented, not sure what to make of them. "Yeah. She's cool. She came by, huh?"
"Yeah, guess she read when I wrote that I was sick. Zack came to with soup... but that's long gone." Sora laughed and waves a little Riku cookie boy at the bigger Riku or a 'tasty Riku' which is what he called the cookie boys to himself, which provided much amusement for him when he was stuck in bed. "She sat... well right were you're sitting." He recalls. “…and hugged that pillow." He points to the pillow and plops back down next to Riku on the bed. "Where'd you meet her anyway?"
"Tch. Those things can't beat the real thing," Riku said, waving his hand in a dismissive way. 'And she hugged my pillow,' he thought with a couple blinks before shrugging it off apathetically. "Oh, I was just practicing my powers in that tunnel by Sunset Hill. She was in there as well, but I didn't see her until she cried out in victory over her powers or something... scared the shit out of me. Talked for a while," he said, shrugging a bit.
Sora laughed at that little display of confidence and vanity. It was probably the cutest thing Riku's done in years and it would probably be a long time before he saw something like it again. "Hee, I love you." He said between chuckles. "Oh... you didn't tell me about that. Your practicing? That's great Riku, you found a place to practice, no wonder I haven't been seeing my stuff floating around when you're dreaming lately."
Riku just tilted his head to the side and grinned at Sora through his bangs. "Yeah... some... weird random thing left a screened comment on my journal a while back after I grumbled about my powers and suggested I find somewhere to practice and such. So I did," he said.
"That is strange..." Sora says putting the boy cookie down and picking up a star shaped one, since he was no longer mad at the tasty Riku's or the real Riku. His hand moves up to comb through Riku’s hair, pushing the hair out of his eyes. "But at least you made a friend out of it... though after just one talk she sure took to you fast..."
"Hm... yeah, she kinda did," Riku said, but shrugged shortly after and leaned over to place a spontaneous kiss on Sora's lips, then prop his pillow up against the wall and sit against it. His back had been starting to ache for sitting up for so long.
"Hm..." Sora mused but his train of thought was cut off by Riku's kiss, slipping the cookie his teeth he moves back and rest his cheek to Riku's chest hearing the soft heart beat and slipping his arm around the slim waist. "Pillow and..." He lifts Riku's shirt a bit placing the cookie on his stomach. "...a plate. Boyfriends are very useful indeed."
Riku snorted, making the cookie shift on his stomach a bit, but there was no sound of protest. His arm slipped around Sora's shoulders without him really thinking about it and he peered at the cookie. "Apparently," he said, sounding amused.
Sora grinned before leaning over and taking the cookie into his mouth, brushing his tongue and lips over the flat stomach teasingly. With a satisfied little smirk he pulls away and settles back against Riku's chest, closing his eyes and sighing contently.
Riku squirmed slightly at the small tickle on his stomach and let a short, quiet laugh out, but was otherwise motionless. He lifted his hand up enough to softly stroke Sora's cheek bone with the back of his fingers.
Sora's breath started coming out more softly as he laid there, letting Riku touch and pet him, his body too comfortable and drowsy to really mind, not that he did. He had to admit, he loved the attention after going awhile without it. Too bad all the comfortable sensations and feelings made it hard to stay awake for said attention. His mind drifting off, all the worries and insecurities going away with every touch of Riku‘s hand he finds sleep quickly.
Warnings: None really.
Talk of childhood events, a bit on stuff heard about the dean, and little cookie men.
Sora had been looking slightly stunned at the computer screen. Part of him not believing what Axel just told him. 'Maybe it's not true... maybe he's just making up rumors 'cause he's upset about Penelo...?' The boy denies but still doesn't think Axel the type for that no matter how much he tried to convince himself. "Control people like a puppet..." He murmurs before the sound of the door opening made him jump out of his chair. The news on the dean was only one of the things that had him jumpy, he had also been dreading this 'Talk' Riku mentioned. Sora wasn't new to the world of dating, he'd heard that 'we have to talk' line before, he'll he'd even used it himself when he was going for a gentle break up. "Riku...?"
Riku had hesitated outside the door for a moment, but it was better to talk now. Before he lost all the mustering up he did to tell Sora what was really bothering him. He stepped into the room, and quietly shut the door behind him, setting his book bag down beside his bed. "Hey," he said quietly, neutrally. He stepped over to the desk and sat down on his bed so he was facing Sora, running over and over in his mind how to word what he was feeling just right.
Sora watched Riku move around the room. "Hey..." He answered back when Riku greeted him. The worried blue eyes fall onto his boyfriend trying to catch his eyes but Riku looked lost in thought. He sits down waiting for a few seconds which to him felt like hours before his mouth got the better of him. "Are you breaking up with me Riku...?" He said almost in a whimper.
Riku blinked himself back into reality, his brows slowly raising. "What? ...No. Of course not, Sora. I... wanted to talk to you about... what was bothering me," he said slowly.
Sora let out a breath he didn't realize was being held before sinking back in the chair. "O-oh!... Really?!" The boy say up straight again when Riku said this. He was finally going to hear the big secret? "I can help now...?" He said a little hopeful.
"I'm... not sure," Riku said softly. It didn't seem like something he could just help with, but maybe... "But... you... you were right. I didn't trust you." He lowered his gaze a moment, breathing a quiet sigh before looking back up. "I didn't think you would understand. But, I see now that there's nothing worse than not telling you... because it hurts you. And I don't want that." He paused a moment to let his thoughts process again. "Look... I'll admit it. Straight out. I'm afraid. Even the littlest of things trigger my powers and I'm afraid if we... that I'll hurt you and," he paused to rest his hands on Sora's cheeks, "I would never forgive myself if I did. And... to be honest, I'm jealous of you too. You... can just act on whatever you want. I can't. I tense up every time, because my body knows I'm afraid. I wish I could just follow my heart like you do, but..." he lowered his head, shrugging his shoulders a bit as he let his hands fall back to his side. "There."
Sora leaned into Riku's palm watching his face thoughtfully as he spoke to him, his chair moving closer as he leans to be face to face with Riku. "You didn't think I'd understand that? I've been scared of the same thing. I realized how stupid and irresponsible I was being about my powers. I don't know what I'd do if I hurt you..." He takes Riku's hands in his own brushing his thumb over the back of his knuckles. "But my powers and my body seem to know it's you. I know I don't want to hurt you, it's my main focus whenever I touch you, hold you or kiss you. Still... I know what you mean." His hands lift Riku's holding them to his chest. "But the jealous thing... I didn't expect that, I always thought you thought you were better than me... heh, and I kinda believed it." He smiles calmly before talking again. "But you do realize, it's very hard to physically hurt me. Even if you did muster up enough strength in your powers it would probably be awhile before they could do anything serious..." He said taking comfort in that fact. It's also what helped him feel so comfortable around Riku. Even when Riku did use his power on him it never scared him, it just felt like another part of Riku tapping his shoulder, lifting him or just plain messing with him.
Looking back up at Sora, Riku finally gave a soft smile. "I guess. I just... didn't want to admit that I was scared… or jealous." He paused, his tone suddenly teasing and playful. "Cause... I kinda liked thinking I was better too." He grinned softly and squeezed Sora's hands gently. "Does that make you mad?"
Sora shook his head. "No, not really... I already knew you liked to tell you're self you're better than me. I let you get away with saying it don't I? I just let you believe what you want to make you happy baby." He laughs softly, resting his forehead against Riku's. "But you scare me like that again ... I'll give you something to be really scared of." He warned trying to sound threatening but was too happy that Riku finally told him something to really sound upset. "Storming out of the room and not talking to me... had be thinking I grossed you out or something." He gave a small pout just to add to Riku's guilt a little.
Riku shut his eyes a bit, the smile unable to leave his lips. He clicked his tongue before saying, "I'm sorry." He eyed that pout and rose a hand, brushing his thumb and pointer finger against his chin. "Forgive me?"
Sora closed his eyes when Riku touched his chin listening to his voice. The words 'Of course I forgive you. I always will.' come to his mind but instead with a quick attempt to hide the grin he says: "No." He attempts a serious tone before lifting his head. "Nope, I don't think it'll be that easy. You did scare me quite a bit Riku." He tries to keep looking serious but a grin keeps tugging at his lips.
Riku blinked, looking shocked until he saw the faint hint of a grin trying to form. "No?" he asked, tilting his head some. "Then... what do I have to do to earn it?"
"Oooh I don't know... I want it to be something good. I've been really worried and I have had a rough day, what with my job interview and all." Sora mused in a business like tone. "And you ran to the shower after I kissed you that was a blow to the egooo~..." He leans over again resting his hands on Riku's knees, the blue eyes looking up thoughtfully. "I don't know what yet... but I'll think of something." Might as well get something he really wanted since Riku was so willing to comply.
Riku gave a faint laugh and another soft smile. "I'm sure," he said, letting his hands lay on top of Sora's. Then, he peered at him curiously. "Job interview, huh? Where at?"
"Oh, yeah I didn't get a chance to tell you, but I don't want to keep mooching off my mom so I had an interview to work as a waiter at that new night club and restaurant place, the blackjack. The owner seems really nice and laid back plus Zack works there so I wont be on my own." Sora said sounding cheerful again, leaning in closer to Riku again, his forehead resting against the larger boy's chin. It's been days since he'd last touched Riku, it surprised him how much he missed the feel of it.
Riku seemed glad when Sora drew closer and put his arms around him when he did, shutting his eyes a bit. "Good. I might have to visit. I'm supposed to be having an interview myself at that Shinra Eclectic place..."
A content sigh escapes him when Riku pulls him in, his face tucks against Riku's neck. "That place across from the flower shop? Yeah, I saw they were looking but waiter's get tips so I took that flyer instead. But now we'll both have jobs, we're being independent ... it's what you’ve always wanted." He smiles moving one of his hands up to play with a soft lock of Riku's hair, letting it slip through and around his fingers.
"Yeah... I'm looking forward to it," Riku said, nuzzling the top of Sora's head a bit. "I think my mom will be glad to hear it too. She's only been hearing me talk about it every time she calls," he muttered with a chuckle.
"Heh, looks like I'll have to come visit you on my breaks." Sora gave a lazy grin when Riku nuzzled his hair. "You called your mom? How's she doing?" His hand moves over Riku's chest and slips around his torso as Sora moves on the bed between Riku's legs, making himself comfortable.
"I'd like that," Riku said. He only shifted to give Sora a little more room to sit so he didn't have to hang halfway off of the bed, still holding him close. "She's good... considering," he said, the word 'considering' sounding particularly bitter.
"What...? Did your dad do something...?" Sora said leaving the words 'again' hanging unsaid. His head lifts up to look at Riku watching his face for any signs that something bad might of happened. "Or do you mean in general?" He settles comfortably against Riku when the boy moves to give him room but keeps watching his face.
Riku glanced down at Sora, shaking his head. "He's just being an asshole. As always. Didn't even bother to say 'hi' when I was talking to my mom," he muttered with a soft snort. "But whatever. I don't even care and it doesn't matter. Have you talked to your mom or Kairi lately?"
Sora cups Riku's cheek and pulls him in for a soft kiss. Something else he hadn't done in days. "Yeah... mom's okay, she's seeing some one else, I'm glad she's dating again but I don't think she'll find anyone soon, no one can be as good as dad was..." He murmurs still having mixed feelings on his mother back in the world of dating. "Kairi's alright, said she says she hasn’t heard from you... You two aren‘t drifting apart ‘cause of…her being my- … and you being my-…" He said sounding like the two finally clicked.
Riku gladly kissed him back, and nodded when he spoke. "Course not. No one can replace your father and she knows that," he offered. He tipped his head to the side some, blinking. "Hm? No. I just haven't had a lot of time to call. Barely had time to talk to my mother."
"Hm, that's good, I always thought you had a crush on her even when we dated and well I still thought you had one on her, until you told me I was the one you had the crush on." Sora gives a silly grin tugging Riku in for another quick kiss taking the subject off his mother. "How long have you liked me anyway...?" He asks coyly after breaking the kiss.
Riku stared at him for a long moment, giving a dismissive laugh, then averting his gaze. "Does it matter?"
This just intrigued Sora more, he wiggles a little excitedly, sitting up straighter. "Oh, well yeah, I wanna see just how clueless I was..." He notices Riku trying to look away and traces his finger over the boy's lower lip. "Come on Riku... I wanna know. When did you realize you liked me?" He cooed curiously.
The finger over his lip tickled faintly and he found it hard to keep even the smallest of smiles from coming out. "A long time ago," he answered simply, yet still beating around the bush.
"When exactly? And don't say you don't know 'cause I'll know you're lying!" Sora insist laughing softly and playfully tugging a lock of hair. "Why wont you tell meeee?" The curious boy whines.
"Cause," Riku began, "A long time ago is good enough." His tone was teasing and so was his expression; he grinned, brushing his fingers over Sora's cheek.
"Come ooooon Riku! Gimme an age." Sora said turning to playfully nip Riku's fingers. "Oh, stop trying to distract me." He was glad things were fairly normal between them again and hoped it would stay this way for at least another week or so. But he felt like Riku was slowly starting to trust him more which made everything else that had him sad seem trivial and unimportant. "No, a long time ago isn't good enough you jerk. Come on you're supposed to be playing nice boyfriend to gain back my forgiveness." The cheerful brunette reminds him.
"Oh yeah," Riku said in a mock-disappointed tone. He looked thoughtful for a moment before squinting at Sora with one eye in an inquisitive way. "Do you want an exact time?" he asked, looking for a way to not have to give that to him.
"Yes please since you just gave away that you know it." Sora grins mischievously.
Riku sighed, but the smile never left, even as he glanced away as though embarrassed. "It might have been around 14 years old," he muttered with a small shrug of his shoulders.
"Fourteen? Really?" Sora said sounding a little surprised, mostly that Riku was telling him. "When? What was I doing?" He continues prodding.
"Heh. Yeah... You were just... being there for me," Riku said. Upon being rather certain that Sora would want him to elaborate more, he looked back at him. "You remember that huge fight I had with my dad? The one that really triggered my powers that year?" he asked.
Sora thinks back to the day Riku found his powers, he had sent his dad through a wall because... "You mean the day he... hit you." His eyes fell to Riku's cheek almost seeing the bruise there as he relives that day in his head. His hand lifts up brushing his palm over Riku's arm as if soothing bruises that have long vanished. "Yeah... I remember."
"Yeah... I never told you, but we had fought that morning, so I went to school pissed off. And all I'd wanted all day was just to be with you, but you went to a different school then... And when I ran to your house that night..." he paused, remembering how he had had to force himself to stop crying from an assortment of things when he'd gotten there so Sora wouldn't have to see it, and the looks and 'are you okay? what happened?'s he'd gathered from his peers the next day. "I just... I don't know. I was so relieved that you were there for me. If I didn't have you, I wouldn't have had anywhere to go. I remember feeling so grateful and this... little feeling in my heart just started to grow. I didn't know what it was at the time, but..." He shrugged some, smiling almost sadly at Sora. "That's how it happened."
Sora was speechless as he took in what Riku was telling him. He remembered that day, his mother had put him in that catholic school because they had better academic programs, safer environment and she thought it would make him more open minded to see some religious views, at least it's what she told him. The school was nice but he missed Riku and Kairi so much when he was there he also remembered the funny feeling he had all morning that day. "Riku..." He presses close, wrapping his arms tightly around his boyfriend when he saw that sad smile. He could never forget that night, he'd never seen Riku so upset and scared, he remembered the look on his face, it was pure torture and he never wanted to see that look again. Though he put together what Riku had been to upset to tell him that day when he walked Riku home in the morning and saw the crumbled wall, not only did his father go off on him harder than ever but that day was when Riku found out he was a mutant. "Heh, you found love.. on the worse day of your life...how ironic…" The boy threw in the little joke when things were growing sadly quiet.
Riku welcomed the warm embrace, his own arms wrapping a bit tighter around Sora. "Yeah... but I'm just glad I found it," he said, placing a kiss on the curve of Sora's ear. His voice dropped into a barely audible whisper. "Happier than you'll ever know."
"You do know... that I totally forgive you now…" Sora laughed and placed a soft kiss on Riku's neck and lifts his lips to the boy‘s ear. "I love you." He whispers adoringly. "You have no idea how much. Powers and all." The words slip out as Sora's mouth seems to run on it's own kissing whatever part of Riku they could reach and talking softly to him.
Riku smiled more this time, though it seemed more similar to a grin and chuckled quietly. "Good." Everything inside him smiled. "I love you too, Sora." That half-grin turned playful when he kissed Sora's cheek. "How long have you liked me, hm?" He asked, but didn't pull away. He was far too comfortable.
Sora smirked. "Long enough." The boy throws back at him.
"Hey, now that's not fair," Riku remarked, poking at his ribs. "I told you."
Sora laughed and squirmed to get away from Riku's poking. "It is to, you were telling me as a plea for forgiveness and points to your nice boyfriend score, but you're trying to get the story out of me just because you're nosy." He teased giving a playful nip at Riku's lower lip.
Catching Sora's lips against his own before he pulled away, Riku kissed him. "...But I really want to hear it," he muttered, laughing softly as well.
"Aw... you going to pout for me?" Sora said with a mischievous little grin as he lifts his head to look at Riku's face. The voice he was making already sounded like it should have a pout to it.
Riku rose his brows curiously. "If I do, will you tell me how long?" he asked, grinning once more, but in a hopeful way.
Sora let out a laugh at Riku doing the hopeful eager look for once. How could he deny Riku's request when he looked so eager to hear it? He hadn't seen Riku so excited over something in awhile. "Sure will." The boy leans back to get a good look at Riku's face.
Riku gave a good laugh that made it seem as though he were thinking 'I can't believe I'm doing this,' before making his best pouty face, complete with his lower lip poking out a little bit. He was having a hard time not breaking the look with the urge to laugh again.
Sora nearly 'Awed' if he didn't think Riku'd swat him off his lap. But it was cute, mostly 'cause Riku looked so awkward doing it and because Riku had a mature looking face it looked more like a come hither look than a bratty pout. "Damn, yours looks more hot than cute like mine." He tries to sound bothered by this but just eyes the pouty little lip.
The noise Riku made sounded like an odd mix between a laugh and a snort. "But no one will ever be able to beat your pout," he said, brushing his lips over the corner of Sora's mouth, wiping the pouty look from his face and going back to his more casual smirk. "Now keep your promise," he teased.
Sora grinned before settling back against Riku. "Hm... I dunno. It kind of snuck up on me. Like a little thought that would cross my head saying, 'Riku looks kinda nice after swimming' or 'Wonder what he'd do if I took the paopu he‘s eating.' stuff that I'd later wonder 'what the hell?' over. But what finally tipped me off would have to beee~..." His head tilts to the side in a dramatic pause just to drive Riku nuts.
And it worked, Riku lightly tickled Sora’s side and kissed along his neck, talking a little impatiently against it. “Spit it out already!” He chuckled.
"Ah-hahaha...." Sora laughed squirming a bit in Riku's arms when he kissed him and spoke against his neck giving a slight tickle. "I'm getting to it, I'm getting to it you distraction." He grinned at how silly Riku was acting, he liked it. "I would have to of been when I was around fifteen..." He nods. "You can say you were just ...being you. I had been hanging out at the park practicing on the basketball court that summer and I destroyed the basket... and cracked the wall behind it 'cause I threw the ball too hard…" He made a face at the memory. "I fled that place like ...well I just got the hell out of there. I ran to your place ’cause it was close by but you and your family were out for the day or something so I went home, locked myself up in my room and didn't come out that whole day. My mom was going nuts, she even threatened to ground me if I didn't tell her... though it wouldn't work since I already didn't want to leave my room. I didn‘t open the door for her or say a word other than ‘I‘m fine.’" He let out a little sound that was part laugh part scoff. "But when you came to see me later that day, everything just felt like it would be okay. You came through my window said ... I dunno said something insulting and Riku-ish. Probably ’Hey twerp’ or ’What are you doing curled up in the emo corner loser?’ but everything just felt safe... I felt so much better just by you being in the room... I wanted to tell you everything and anything without you even asking...and I did after …nearly knocking you to the ground for calling me a twerp." He gave an apologetic look. "You spent the night and I never felt more comfortable than I did when I was lying next to you. I realized I liked it and I suppose that's where my warm fuzzy feeling started growing." He mumbled the last part looking embarrassed.
Riku chuckled, nodding some when he remembered that incident. "And to think we never knew for all this time," he said thoughtfully, although he spent half of that time trying to figure out what that funny feeling was that he got when he was around Sora.
"So much time wasted huh?" Sora said, combing his fingers through Riku's hair. "We'll make up for it though. I know you hate your powers but I was kind of happy I didn't have mine alone. Sorry if that sounds self-fish. But when I saw you that day I remembered that and what made me feel better about having powers was that now you wouldn't have to go threw having them alone. I could be there for you even than." He kissed Riku's forehead before moving to kiss his mouth. "So stop hiding stuff like that from me. I want to be there for you."
Riku offered a faint smile. "Okay. I won't," he promised. It would take some working on, as he liked to believe he could take care of everything himself, but for Sora's sake... he was sure it could be worked on.
"Heh, good. Took me almost 19 years but I'm finally getting threw to ya." Sora smirked lazily combing his fingers threw Riku's hair. His mind seeming to slip else where as they grow quiet. He couldn't help but think of what he heard on the Dean. 'Ability to control... people.' He repressed a shutter.
"Heh," was his short response. All the heart ache, anger, hurt... it seemed to have vanished in a few mere minutes. Riku loved that about their relationship. It was nearly impossible to stay mad or frustrated with Sora-- even when he wanted to... and Sora couldn't seem to stay very mad at him either. He just hoped they wouldn't have to keep relying on that... They seemed to be on a bit of a rocky start, but he was certain that if they could be friends for as long as they had been, they could be something more, too. He gently rocked Sora, just sitting there in the silence contentedly.
Sora's thoughts were shaken a bit when Riku started moving him a slow rocking motion. He didn't seem to mind though, letting the touches and comfortable familiar feeling make everything better. A content smile played on his lips as he shifted on the bed to lean back on Riku. "Riku... What have you heard about the dean?" He murmured, unable to shake the bad feeling and he himself never paid mind to the rumors, but perhaps it was time he listened.
Riku blinked, thinking about the question a moment, but didn't stop the small sway. "Lots of things. But the rumor that he raped his assistant was the main thing I heard, really... Why?" he inquired.
Sora flinched at the word and the thought of the dean's power. "Yeah... that's what I heard to. I kind of know her boyfriend. The assistant that is, I think the rumor might be true." He said worriedly.
Riku lifted his head a bit. "What? How do you know?" he asked, elevating a brow.
"It was a brief talk but it's been bugging me all day. I dunno... maybe it's not true and I'm just jumping to take Axel's side. But he said.. the dean was a mutant... and his power was the ability to control other people..." Sora said turning his head to look at Riku.
Now both brows rose and Riku stared at Sora for a long moment. "But if this... Axel is right... that's not good odds for anyone," he said, and gave a thoughtful frown. "Do you believe him? It doesn't seem like something someone would just take lightly, but... I don't know him, so I don't know."
"That's the thing. I don't know him that well either... I mean what I do know... he doesn't seem the type to spread such a rumor... but maybe he's just mad about his girlfriend. I dunno... but you're right. If it is true than no one is safe but …I don't know, it does seems strange that he'd just tell me something so important out of the blue the way he did.... maybe he is just messing with me." Sora sighs trying to relax, he'd wanted to be held by Riku for days now and here he was bring the moment down.
"You never know. He could be... or he may have just needed someone to tell. But there's no way of knowing right now. If it's really bothering you, Sora, maybe you should talk to Axel about it," Riku said, absent-mindedly rubbing one of Sora's shoulders.
"Maybe..." Sora's head tilts to the side as he leans into Riku's touch. It felt nice, and made it easier to relax and push his worries away. "Couldn't hurt to ask... but part of me doesn't want to know more..."
"I can understand that. But don't you think it would be better to know the truth? I mean... it seems like you've been thinking about it quite a bit."
"I guess... it's just... kind of scary you know? That someone could do that to someone else..." Sora tilts his head wanting Riku to continue rubbing his shoulder. One of his hands taking Riku's free hand and lacing their fingers before bring it up to kiss Riku's fingers. "Yet, right now all this stuff that was bothering me just seems not to matter now that you're here..."
Riku stared at him with a soft gaze for a long moment, then looked downward, resting his head against Sora's. "Heh... and yet all I was doing earlier was causing problems," he muttered before going back to rubbing Sora's shoulder. "You're amazing. I don't even know how you manage to forgive me sometimes."
"Damn right I'm amazing and don't you ever forget that." Sora said proudly, pumping his fist out in a cheering manner. "That feels nice." He comments to the touching. "Heh, and of course I forgive you. You didn't think keeping secrets from me would be the deal breaker on that did you? You always kept stuff from me, sure it...bugged me more now since we’re not little kids and just friends anymore, but it'll take a lot more than that for me to hold a grudge." The smaller boy finishes turning his head to look over at Riku with a smirk.
Riku laughed at Sora's cheerful display. "Hmn. Well, that's good. But how many times did you call me a jackass while I wasn't in the room?" he asked, that grin returning.
Sora's eyes shift back and forth with a guilty look. "I’d never! ... I called you a stubborn dumbass. Not a Jackass and I bit little boy shaped cookies out of spite." He admits with a laugh at how stupid he acted when he was sick.
"Oh, ah-huh. I see. I knew there was something," Riku answered with a chuckle, briefly tickling his ribs with a few pokes. "Though," he began with a dramatic sigh, "I can't really say I blame you."
Sora made a surprised yelp and squirmed when Riku started poking and tickling him. "Ah!" He tries to catch Riku's hands to stop the madness. "Tickling not fair! That's another cookie that going to be tormented in spite!" He laughed squirming a bit until Riku stopped trying to get him. "Well... yeah... as long as you forgive me for my cookie eating bad mouthing ways. It's fine."
"Forgive you?" Riku snorted. "For what? You didn't do anything. I was the one trying to earn your forgiveness, remember?" He gave a little snicker, taking Sora's hands in his own and brushing his thumbs over the backs.
"True. Stop confusing me! See how you turned it on me like I'm the one in trouble!" Sora said with a displeased huff and leans back watching Riku's hand on his own contently.
"Heh. I can't help that I'm too sneaky for my own good," Riku teased, laying his chin on Sora's shoulder when he leaned back against him. His fingers brushed over the tops of Sora's slowly and his eyes shut, feeling peaceful.
"Though... those cookies did kinda look like you... had white frosting hair and everything. I think I still have some left." Sora slips out of Riku's lap with a regretful whine at not having the warmth anymore and goes to the little fridge, pulling out and opening the container Dagger brought over. "That friend of yours made them. Dagger, I think was her name. She's sweet."
Riku peered at the cookies before a brow elevated and he snickered faintly. "That's... interesting," he commented, not sure what to make of them. "Yeah. She's cool. She came by, huh?"
"Yeah, guess she read when I wrote that I was sick. Zack came to with soup... but that's long gone." Sora laughed and waves a little Riku cookie boy at the bigger Riku or a 'tasty Riku' which is what he called the cookie boys to himself, which provided much amusement for him when he was stuck in bed. "She sat... well right were you're sitting." He recalls. “…and hugged that pillow." He points to the pillow and plops back down next to Riku on the bed. "Where'd you meet her anyway?"
"Tch. Those things can't beat the real thing," Riku said, waving his hand in a dismissive way. 'And she hugged my pillow,' he thought with a couple blinks before shrugging it off apathetically. "Oh, I was just practicing my powers in that tunnel by Sunset Hill. She was in there as well, but I didn't see her until she cried out in victory over her powers or something... scared the shit out of me. Talked for a while," he said, shrugging a bit.
Sora laughed at that little display of confidence and vanity. It was probably the cutest thing Riku's done in years and it would probably be a long time before he saw something like it again. "Hee, I love you." He said between chuckles. "Oh... you didn't tell me about that. Your practicing? That's great Riku, you found a place to practice, no wonder I haven't been seeing my stuff floating around when you're dreaming lately."
Riku just tilted his head to the side and grinned at Sora through his bangs. "Yeah... some... weird random thing left a screened comment on my journal a while back after I grumbled about my powers and suggested I find somewhere to practice and such. So I did," he said.
"That is strange..." Sora says putting the boy cookie down and picking up a star shaped one, since he was no longer mad at the tasty Riku's or the real Riku. His hand moves up to comb through Riku’s hair, pushing the hair out of his eyes. "But at least you made a friend out of it... though after just one talk she sure took to you fast..."
"Hm... yeah, she kinda did," Riku said, but shrugged shortly after and leaned over to place a spontaneous kiss on Sora's lips, then prop his pillow up against the wall and sit against it. His back had been starting to ache for sitting up for so long.
"Hm..." Sora mused but his train of thought was cut off by Riku's kiss, slipping the cookie his teeth he moves back and rest his cheek to Riku's chest hearing the soft heart beat and slipping his arm around the slim waist. "Pillow and..." He lifts Riku's shirt a bit placing the cookie on his stomach. "...a plate. Boyfriends are very useful indeed."
Riku snorted, making the cookie shift on his stomach a bit, but there was no sound of protest. His arm slipped around Sora's shoulders without him really thinking about it and he peered at the cookie. "Apparently," he said, sounding amused.
Sora grinned before leaning over and taking the cookie into his mouth, brushing his tongue and lips over the flat stomach teasingly. With a satisfied little smirk he pulls away and settles back against Riku's chest, closing his eyes and sighing contently.
Riku squirmed slightly at the small tickle on his stomach and let a short, quiet laugh out, but was otherwise motionless. He lifted his hand up enough to softly stroke Sora's cheek bone with the back of his fingers.
Sora's breath started coming out more softly as he laid there, letting Riku touch and pet him, his body too comfortable and drowsy to really mind, not that he did. He had to admit, he loved the attention after going awhile without it. Too bad all the comfortable sensations and feelings made it hard to stay awake for said attention. His mind drifting off, all the worries and insecurities going away with every touch of Riku‘s hand he finds sleep quickly.