Trust the Unseen ( Passion )
Title: Slow Down
Prompt: #90. [ worry ]
Pairing: Riku & Kairi
Rating: PG
Words: 170
Table: ♥
Notes: /
She had been overworking herself. It was a constant and something Riku figured stemmed from their separation; this is what she had done when he and Sora hadn't been there. This is what she had been reduced to underneath all the stress and the worrying.
But now they were home. She didn't need to carry on the way she did--
“I do, though.” Kairi sighed, finally turning to face him. There was an oddly pronounced sorrow in her eyes, telling him the truth. She did need to do this. “And sure, you're here now, but what about later?” She asked.
“We're not leaving again, Kairi.”
A lie.
“Don't lie to me. You can tell me whatever truths you need to, I don't care about how horrific they might be. But do not lie to me.” She said, her eyes cold and hardened over with the knowledge of the lie. She shook her head slowly, those eyes never leaving mine. “Not about that.”
She turned her back to me, a cold fortress waiting for the next blow.
Title: Competition
Prompt: #32. [ satisfaction ]
Pairing: Riku & Kairi
Rating: PG
Words: 74
Table: ♥
Notes: /
There were lots of things that Riku was fabulous at.
Fighting, running (shall we just say sports in general?), school... he even danced like a star!
But there was one thing Kairi was better at than him.
Never in her life had Riku stood to make her speechless -- but when she had first kissed him, his eyes widened and he'd almost not responded to her.
And for a while afterwards, he couldn't seem to find the words.
Title: Race
Prompt: #68. [ truth ]
Pairing: Riku & Kairi
Rating: PG
Words: 219
Table: ♥
Notes: /
Riku was an honest person.
He was, in fact, blatantly honest. He still managed to hurt her sometimes, but then she had to sit back and remember that she had asked for it. She had wanted him to never treat her like glass.
It had all started with a race. A race he'd let her win and she knew it.
That was quickly followed by her tears and threats, leaving Riku uncomfortable and a little sorry, she believed.
The next race, he beat her. Mercilessly.
And forever onwards, he never coddled her. Never pretended and went about being fake for her benefit.
She liked it.
“I love you. And I know Sora loves you too, but I want you Kairi.” He closed his eyes. “I just wanted to let you know; finally. Because I'm tired of dancing around everyone. So...” He let a whoosh a breath leave him. “You know. There.”
He stood before her, clearly feeling awkward with her simply staring at him. She broke out into a huge smile and she could feel the happiness erupting out of her with the small action. She threw herself at him, wrapping her slender arms around his neck and laughing.
“I'm glad you don't want to dance around, cause I don't either...” Her lips pulled tight together as she watched the understanding pass through his eyes.
“I love you, too.”
Title: Pregnancy and Marriage
Prompt: #17. [ friend ]
Pairing: Riku & Kairi
Rating: PG
Words: 151
Table: ♥
Notes: /
“Do you ever wanna get married, Riku?” Kairi asked.
Riku whipped his head around, watching her a little warily. “Uh... I don't know?”
“I do!”
“Well, just make sure you save the marrying and especially the children for when you've graduated, got it?” He demanded, not looking at her. “And before the children starts happening, I wanna meet the guy. And I get to decide.”
“What!?”
“You heard me!”
Kairi burst into laughter and managed to choke out, “and what if I already know who I want to have kids with?”
“Oh?” Riku perked up, curious and a little bit dreadful of the answer.
“You'll just have to wait and see.”
Riku scowled. “Don't wanna know anyway.” He muttered. Kairi heard despite the low octave of his voice.
“Oh, I think you'll wanna know.” She whispered slyly, brushing past him. Just a little too close.
Only if the name's Riku, he thought, following her down the beach.
Little did he know, it was.
Title: When I Grow Up...
Prompt: #58. [ boredom ]
Pairing: Riku & Kairi
Rating: PG
Words: 202
Table: ♥
Notes: /
“Riku wanted to be a nudist!” Sora exclaimed, springing up off the ground into a shocked standing position, his eyes leaving the signature page of the latest year of school's yearbook to meet the writer's eyes.
Kairi smiled widely despite the fact that the heated glare being directed at her from behind her was liable to make her burst into flames at any second.
“Thanks for that, Kai -- maybe you should have warned me before you decided to put that there. Then maybe everyone in school wouldn't know.” Riku cut in, the disgust littered through his tone more than evident.
“I couldn't help it!”
“When did he aspire to be a nudist?” Sora asked, trying to stem the hysterical laughter bubbling up in his chest.
“When we were... oh, maybe eight or nine, we were sitting on the docks, incredibly bored. He just randomly let me know that was what he wanted to be!” She laughed and Sora lost it, bursting out with her. Riku stood, rigid and left the room.
“Lesson learned.” He said to himself, ready to go out and let loose enough secrets to make Kairi regret her ever picking up the pen. Never again would she be the first to sign his yearbook!
Title: Late At Night
Prompt: #83. [ intense ]
Pairing: Riku & Kairi
Rating: PG
Words: 163
Table: ♥
Notes: /
“Riku, why did we go and see a movie at midnight again?” Kairi asked, her fingers digging into his bicep with a strength Riku almost wanted to flinch at. He only felt it when he concentrated on her, but he relented from saying anything. Though...
“You know that you're safe with me by now, don't you?” Riku asked, hurt making it's presence known much to his dismay.
“Well, yeah, but... it's so dark! Can you even see!? I can't see! And there are creeps out here!” Kairi shrieked a little too loudly.
“Yeah, they can probably hear you and are coming for you now that you've insulted them.” He smirked, glad for the cover of darkness.
“Shut up, Riku.” She muttered, but she pressed herself closer again his side if that was even possible.
“You're safe with me.” He sang aloud.
“Got it.” Kairi returned, looking up at him. “And you know it.” She added more seriously.
“Yeah, yeah... Stop complaining then, or I'll let them have you.”
“You wouldn't!”
“I would!”
Title: Dress
Prompt: #05. [ hate ]
Pairing: Riku & Kairi
Rating: PG
Words: 108
Table: ♥
Notes: /
“Ya know, that zip-up dress of yours is a little to provocative for my tastes.”
“Good thing you're not wearing it then.” Kairi flashed him a pretty smile, heading back behind her work desk to help a customer. Riku had come to see her, bored, while she was working and had realized, for the first time, that her dress was indeed zip-up. And it wasn't even completely zipped!
“Riku, why all of a sudden, huh?”
“That guy,” Riku pointed at the customer's retreating back, “just stared at your breasts the whole time, waiting for the zipper to split!”
“Riku--”
“Or maybe he wanted to reach over and do it himself--”
“Riku!”
“Dress properly Kairi or I'll kill the next person and then you!”
She sighed. “I never say anything about the shirts that show off your stomach, Riku. I'm not even showing anything!”
“I'm allowed!”
“It's not even wrong in my situation either!”
“I'll burn it when you're not watching.”
“I'll wear it to bed.” She threatened. His face immediately broke out in sly perversion.
“I didn't know you were so kinky, Kai. I never objected to taking it off you myself and if that's what you have in mind--”
“OUT!”
Title: Strength and Luck
Prompt: #35. [ easy ]
Pairing: Riku & Kairi
Rating: PG
Words: 217
Table: ♥
Notes: /
Kairi had had a hard time growing up with Riku. His random displays of strength had done nothing for her already infatuated heart.
It was a moment like this, when she and Riku had travelled all the way to the other side of town for a harmless bit of fun ice skating, where he would do something like that. 'To impress you!' Selphie would say, but she had never believed it.
Until now.
“Ready?” He asked, smiling boyishly at her. Feeling special, she thought.
“I guess so, just don't drop me!” She laughed nervously.
“Have I ever?”
“We're on ice now.” She deadpanned, just as he started skating towards her.
He lifted her like she weighed nothing, holding her up for a moment before bringing her back down in front of him, keeping her steady and pushing her on the ice until she regained her balance. She felt nothing but a giddy happiness when he did something like that, knowing she was lucky to have him. Ask any of the girls who watched idly from the side, elbowing their own boyfriends and pointing, some she knew simply jealous of her relationship with the silver haired legend.
“You're amazing, you know that?” She asked breathlessly, turning in his arms so he was guiding her backwards.
“I know.” He answered cheekily, kissing her forehead. “Ready for another go?”
Title: Motorcycle Ride
Prompt: #71. [ patience ]
Pairing: Riku & Kairi
Rating: PG
Words: 167
Table: ♥
Notes: /
He'd been sitting here for an hour with her, trying in vain to coax her onto the damn bike. He was mentally snarling and cursing himself and partially her to hell. Just a little more, she would eventually break... “Kairi, come on. It's just a bike. You can tell me when to go slower and I will, okay, just trust me.”
“I do trust you.” She said, biting her lip. And after a moment, “when we die...” She gave in, sighing, but still thinking of everything that could possibly go wrong.
He smiled, buckling the helmet he'd placed on her head in a rush before she could retract her desicion. “We're not going to die, you drama queen.”
A little patience and eager convincing would always break her. Though, sometimes it took a long time.
But, he thought to himself as she held her arms tightly around him, burying her face in his back as he started the bike and slowly started to speed off, sometimes it was all worth it.
Title: Scared
Prompt: #06. [ water ]
Pairing: Riku & Kairi
Rating: PG
Words: 66
Table: ♥
Notes: /
He had never been scared of water before.
But then, he'd never been scared of darkness before, had he? Look where he was now.
The possibilities of water and its ways were endless, he now found. Water could drown and fill you up until you couldn't breathe. Just like darkness.
He would never look at the clear liquid the same again.
He would never look at anything the same again.