Challenge Post - 220
Challenge: [220] Sunshine
Title: Good Morning, Sunshine
Wordcount: 599
Notes: I skipped a couple of weeks because I had no idea what to write. This idea kind of sprang out at me for this week’s challenge, but I’m not sure how I feel about it. OT3 power.
Perhaps he truly has spent too much time in the darkness, as Sora has told him-perhaps that is why he awakens so easily to the sun’s first rays as they stream through the window.
… Or perhaps it’s Sora’s snoring that has dragged him away from his pleasant slumber.
Personally, Riku is more inclined to believe the second option.
Muttering idle threats under his breath, he briefly considers pressing bare feet against equally-bare legs, but quickly dismisses the thought, because his feet are not cold and therefore wouldn’t have the desired effect.
Instead, he none-too-gently nudges the slumbering boy to wakefulness, not flinching away from the glare that Sora aims at him as soon as bright blue eyes are open and aware.
“Sora.”
Eyes that are less than three inches away from his own blink slowly. “Well, good morning to you too, sunshine,” Sora replies, all sarcasm, before he yawns and ducks his head, nuzzling against Riku’s shoulder. “Too early to be awake. Go back to sleep.”
“You were snoring,” Riku says accusingly, though he does not try to deter Sora’s attempts at snuggling.
“Was not,” Sora mumbles, already sounding like he’s half-asleep again. “Was Kairi.”
Riku snorts. “Kairi doesn’t snore, you dolt.”
“Does too,” Sora retorts, and the bite he gives Riku’s neck (right above his clavicle) makes the silver-haired boy gasp softly. “She just… girly-snores.”
“Your argument is ridiculous,” Riku informs the younger boy. “You’re going to have to do better than that, Sora.”
“I might be able to if someone - not that I’m naming names or anything, Riku-”
“Nice,” Riku interjects, and is bitten again for his efforts (this time just below his ear, and he tries not to squirm).
“-would let me get some decent sleep,” Sora finishes, unperturbed. “Now shut up and go back to sleep before you wake Kairi up, and you know how grumpy she can be when she first wakes up.”
“I’m what?” Kairi asks as if on cue, voice a bit lower than usual (and incredibly sexy, Riku thinks). The covers rustle and Sora instantly freezes, hissing when Kairi pinches him in the side. “I’m only grumpy when I’m rudely woken up, thank you very much.”
“Riku was fussing at me,” Sora says quickly, as if to save himself from further pinching.
“Sora was snoring,” Riku swiftly explains in order to save himself from getting pinched, but it doesn’t work. “Ow!”
“I don’t care who was doing what-I only know that I was woken up, and not in a good way, and I want to go back to sleep.”
“Sorry,” Riku and Sora say in unison, and Kairi visibly relents, curling closer to Sora’s side, the fingers of one hand now playing along the arm that Riku has slung over Sora, and her gentle touch raises goosebumps on his skin.
“Go back to sleep,” Kairi breathes. “Too early.”
All three lapse into a comfortable silence, holding onto each other, and Riku notices the slight change in their breathing when Kairi and Sora slip back into sleep. Thankfully, Sora doesn’t snore this time.
The sun continues to rise and Riku smiles, closing his eyes. The warmth of the sunlight is welcoming, and he’d missed it during his time in the dark.
He knows now, though - and maybe he didn’t before - that some forms of light and warmth always stay with him, and had been with him back then, too.
Not that he’ll say anything about it or anything.
The last thing he needs is to be known as a sap.
Sora’s already filled that position, after all.
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Yay for silly fluff?
Title: Good Morning, Sunshine
Wordcount: 599
Notes: I skipped a couple of weeks because I had no idea what to write. This idea kind of sprang out at me for this week’s challenge, but I’m not sure how I feel about it. OT3 power.
Perhaps he truly has spent too much time in the darkness, as Sora has told him-perhaps that is why he awakens so easily to the sun’s first rays as they stream through the window.
… Or perhaps it’s Sora’s snoring that has dragged him away from his pleasant slumber.
Personally, Riku is more inclined to believe the second option.
Muttering idle threats under his breath, he briefly considers pressing bare feet against equally-bare legs, but quickly dismisses the thought, because his feet are not cold and therefore wouldn’t have the desired effect.
Instead, he none-too-gently nudges the slumbering boy to wakefulness, not flinching away from the glare that Sora aims at him as soon as bright blue eyes are open and aware.
“Sora.”
Eyes that are less than three inches away from his own blink slowly. “Well, good morning to you too, sunshine,” Sora replies, all sarcasm, before he yawns and ducks his head, nuzzling against Riku’s shoulder. “Too early to be awake. Go back to sleep.”
“You were snoring,” Riku says accusingly, though he does not try to deter Sora’s attempts at snuggling.
“Was not,” Sora mumbles, already sounding like he’s half-asleep again. “Was Kairi.”
Riku snorts. “Kairi doesn’t snore, you dolt.”
“Does too,” Sora retorts, and the bite he gives Riku’s neck (right above his clavicle) makes the silver-haired boy gasp softly. “She just… girly-snores.”
“Your argument is ridiculous,” Riku informs the younger boy. “You’re going to have to do better than that, Sora.”
“I might be able to if someone - not that I’m naming names or anything, Riku-”
“Nice,” Riku interjects, and is bitten again for his efforts (this time just below his ear, and he tries not to squirm).
“-would let me get some decent sleep,” Sora finishes, unperturbed. “Now shut up and go back to sleep before you wake Kairi up, and you know how grumpy she can be when she first wakes up.”
“I’m what?” Kairi asks as if on cue, voice a bit lower than usual (and incredibly sexy, Riku thinks). The covers rustle and Sora instantly freezes, hissing when Kairi pinches him in the side. “I’m only grumpy when I’m rudely woken up, thank you very much.”
“Riku was fussing at me,” Sora says quickly, as if to save himself from further pinching.
“Sora was snoring,” Riku swiftly explains in order to save himself from getting pinched, but it doesn’t work. “Ow!”
“I don’t care who was doing what-I only know that I was woken up, and not in a good way, and I want to go back to sleep.”
“Sorry,” Riku and Sora say in unison, and Kairi visibly relents, curling closer to Sora’s side, the fingers of one hand now playing along the arm that Riku has slung over Sora, and her gentle touch raises goosebumps on his skin.
“Go back to sleep,” Kairi breathes. “Too early.”
All three lapse into a comfortable silence, holding onto each other, and Riku notices the slight change in their breathing when Kairi and Sora slip back into sleep. Thankfully, Sora doesn’t snore this time.
The sun continues to rise and Riku smiles, closing his eyes. The warmth of the sunlight is welcoming, and he’d missed it during his time in the dark.
He knows now, though - and maybe he didn’t before - that some forms of light and warmth always stay with him, and had been with him back then, too.
Not that he’ll say anything about it or anything.
The last thing he needs is to be known as a sap.
Sora’s already filled that position, after all.
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Yay for silly fluff?