Fan Fiction ❯ Don't Think of Me ❯ Troubles of being a dad... ( Chapter 4 )
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By: MD Sora 
Worries and woes....and Atem gets hurt
Anime/Manga: Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama / Angst / Romance | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 04.06.2005 | Pages: 6 | Words: 10.0K | Visits: 223 | Status: Completed
Worries and woes....and Atem gets hurt
Anime/Manga: Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama / Angst / Romance | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 04.06.2005 | Pages: 6 | Words: 10.0K | Visits: 223 | Status: Completed
A few weeks had passed, and Riku was slowly getting by with the demon child also known as Atemu. Riku had bags under his eyes from having to get up at the oddest times to feed the little runt. With changing diapers, feeding, and bath time, Riku’s schedule was full. He somehow found the time to go to work for a little before he went strait home to care for Atemu or Atem as he was coming to all him.
Riku sat in the rocking chair, which he had bought, with Atemu in his arms rocking him gently. The little baby was sound asleep his cute pouted lips stuck out as little spit bubbles sprouted. “You know Atem, you remind me of someone....” he said softly, he half wondered if he was losing it talking to a baby but he ignored it.
Atem blinked his eyes open and looked ready to cry but Riku was ready with a bottle and stuck it in his mouth before a single note could come out. Atem seemed happy enough as he sucked greedily at the bottle looking at Riku as if waiting for him to continue.
Riku smirked before he laid his head back sighing “He had the same eyes just like you...a beautiful blue...it always reminded me of the deepest parts of the ocean. He had this way of talking that made me feel like I could tell him anything...bear my soul before him and he wouldn’t judge me just accept.” Riku said looking off into space. Images of Sora filled his mind’s eye, but he shoved them away and shook his head.
Atemu made a little whimper, spitting the bottle out. Riku sighed, wiping Atem’s mouth with a soft cloth before getting up and laying him on his shoulder as he began to pat his back to make him burp. Soon enough Riku heard the little burp noise that was soon followed by a warm and wet sensation on his shoulder.
“Aww Atem!” Riku groaned holding his son in front of him, on his shoulders a bit of throw up laid soaking into Riku’s black tank top. Atemu gave Riku an innocent look sticking his tiny fist in his mouth making him look cuter. Riku sighed and set the baby in the crook of his arm. “Lets get to bed...and tomorrow...I think it’s time I start looking for a nanny or something.”
The next morning Riku set an ad in the paper asking for some help. Riku put down that the one who was hired would get free room and board as well as $239.00 a week, and he would also leave them his black and silver viper to get around. The next few weeks he had women after women wanting to take him up on his job offer. However Atem had different plans...
The first women who tried out, quit after 20 minuets with Atemu, the only thing the little baby boy would do was scream as loud as his little lungs could.
The next women went just as quickly after Atemu threw up all over her and pulled at her hair painfully.
The last few that had tried also quit after Atem refused to eat and take his nap, and he also would pull their hair and barf in their purses.
Riku sat at the rocking chair one night after the last one quit and looked at his son who was looking back up at him with the most innocent stare he could. “Are you purposely trying to make it difficult for me? 6 months have passed...and not one person can stand you. Why is that?” Riku asked with a tilt of his head.
Atem answered with little baby talk noise and sucked on his fist. Riku sighed again; he had been doing that a lot lately, and rubbed at his temples.
“Well I guess we can wait and see if another person is crazy enough to take you on” Riku grumbled, he got up from the chair carrying Atem with him on his way to the room.
The following morning Riku had taken the day off since no one had called to take on the job of watching Atemu. Putting a pair of dark sunglasses and a hat to somewhat disguise himself, Riku wrapped Atem up warmly and headed out to the park.
Back at his house sitting at the window sill was Sora. He had lost a lot of the weight he had gained from his pregnancy, though there was a slight side effect, his body had attained a slightly more feminine look. All he needed was breasts and a pussy and he would be able to pull of being a woman. He sighed softly before deciding to go out for a walk in the park. He looked around for his jacket but could only find his mothers; he grabbed a beanie putting it on as well. On his way out the door he also grabbed a book and his reading glasses.
Once at the park he sat down by the children’s area and opened his book up to read, he did even notice the silver haired man as he sat down beside him. But he did notice when his beanie was snatched off. Sora turned to glare at who ever it was but felt his breath catch in his throat. Riku sat there next to him, his head tilted back, eyes closed and his jaw slack as he slept. In Riku’s arms was Atemu who had Sora’s beanie in his mouth.
“Hey Atemu...” Sora whispered softly reaching out and taking his beanie back. Atem looked up at Sora with wide eyes before he began to squirm more reaching out to him. Sora smiled and carefully pulled the little boy out of Riku’s lax arms. He put his beanie back on before cradling Atemu kissing his forehead.
“Have you been a good boy? “ Sora cooed, he got up from the bench leaving Riku and walked over to the swing set. He sat in a swing and held Atem tightly before he pushed off gently from the ground. Atem cuddled close to Sora sucking on his fist and looking up with curiosity. Sora grinned and continued to rock Atemu until the beautiful sea blue eyes began to close slowly, and soon the baby boy was fast asleep his fine silver hair waving gently in the wind.
Riku startled slightly as he woke up, he yawned stretching his arms over his head however he stopped midway. He looked down before his eyes widened “Shit...” Riku looked up and around wildly for his little boy. He spotted someone at the swings and ran over to them.
Sora glanced up as Riku came running over to him hastily “Have you seen my -.....”Riku stopped as he looked at Atemu nestled in Sora’s arms. Riku did not know it was Sora who was holding Atemu in his arms. “Why do you have him?”
Sora struggled to keep his voice steady before he answered making his voice slightly more high pitched. “He looked like he was about to fall out of your arms...plus I don’t think it’s a good idea for you to be falling asleep in the middle of the park. Especially if you’re a famous rock star they would take your baby and use him for ransom don’t you think?” he said softly smirking.
“How do you know who I am?” Riku demanded.
“Your hat and sunglasses fell off when you ran over here” Sora said bluntly.
“That doesn’t matter....you shouldn’t have taken my child like that...is that what all women do now?” Riku muttered. Sora stared at Riku like he was crazy, he had called Sora a ...a women? “Sorry about that....I’ve been under a lot stress...I can’t find anyone to watch my kid...and I need to get back to work soon” Riku said rubbing his temples and sitting in the swing next to Sora.
Something in Sora’s mind clicked as a wide grin spread across his face. If Riku thought he was a woman then he could work for him and be with Atemu at the same time. “I wouldn’t mind trying out for that job” he answered with a tilt of his head.
Riku looked at Sora with a raised eyebrow “are you sure you’re qualified?”
Before Sora could say anything, Atemu made a whining noise opening his eyes and looked up at the two. His face turned red before he began to cry loudly, Sora quickly began to rock the baby making soothing noises laying him up on his shoulder patting him lightly. Atem hiccupped slightly before he went silent and fell asleep again with a small grunt.
Riku stared in amazement...who ever this stranger was....she was good. “Your hired....your name?”
“You can call me Cielo” Sora answered.
Riku gave Sora his cell phone number before taking Atem back and leaving. Atem made a sound of protest as he was pulled from Sora’s arms, his eyes opened up and he began to wail loudly as Riku made his way back to his car.
Sora watched them go before looking down at the tiny piece of paper that had the number on it. He knew that what he was about to do was very dangerous and that he probably was not going to get out of it with out getting hurt.
“God I’m so fucking stupid!” Sora said aloud running a hand threw his hair. “Grrr and how the hell am I going to explain to mom?”
With a grumble Sora picked up his book and glasses and made his way back home.
Meanwhile Riku was driving in his stunningly expensive custom styled black and silver-blue viper. Atemu sucked on his pacifier looking out the window contently. Riku gave a side glance to his son as he drove down the busy street at a highly dangerous speed, Atem looked back over at him, and dropping his pacifier from his mouth he gave Riku a bright gummy smile making his eyes light up. Riku balked and narrowly avoided crashing into the light post; he swerved dangerously and came to a skidding halt. Atem began to wail once more the smile disappearing from his face, Riku though didn’t pay any heed.
Riku silently continued to drive until he came to his apartment. Grabbing Atem he headed inside bumping into someone on his way up. Cold stormy grey eyes glared into his own, Riku looked strait back into them with a half hearted glare. It was Leon, one of his few acquaintances that he knew who lived three doors away from him.
“You look like you’ve just seen a ghost” Leon said plainly , he was dressed in his usual jeans and leather jacket meaning he was going to be out for most of the night doing gods knows what.
“It’s nothing...I gotta go...I need to get this little rug rat into bed” Riku said before brushing past the taller man. Leon raised a fine chocolate eyebrow shrugging slightly before walking away.
Riku shakily pulled the keys out and unlocked his door stepping inside. Atem yanked harshly on his hair and made an indignant noise. Riku smiled softly before moving to sit on one of the black sofas.
“I bet you’re wondering what’s up huh?” Riku muttered while laying down and placing Atem on his chest. “I swear to god Atem...when you smiled at me....I swear...I could see Sora giving me that same exact smile.”
Atem tilted his head sucking on his fist that was shoved in his mouth. “Gah?” he sounded.
Riku’s eyes drooped slightly “just like him, heh, I would almost swear that you look like him sometimes...I’ve never seen anyone smile the way he does...a simple upturn of the lips before it blooms like a flower and blinds me with it’s ...beauty” Riku mumbled as sleep began to over take him, nights of staying up late worrying and working hard had taken it’s toll.
“You look just like him” Riku whispered before sleep finally won over and took him.
Later that night Sora headed home packing his things and leaving a note for Yuki and his mother. He was about to walk out of the house when a hand on his wrist stopped him. Light blue eyes stared at him intently at him with a fringe of blonde hair slightly hiding them. “Yuki let me go” said Sora tugging on his trapped arm.
“Where are you going?” he demanded.
“I got a job as a babysitter” answered Sora quickly averting his eyes “I’m gonna go live with them for a bit till I’m done with the job”
Yuki narrowed his eyes studying his cousin carefully “Your hiding something Sora, don’t try and lie you were never very good at it” he growled.
Sora sighed and averted his eyes looking down “I mean it...it...well I...” he began to mumble but Yuki cut him off with a gracious wave of his hand.
“Tell you what, let’s go to the coffee shop down the street and when we get there you’re going to tell me exactly what’s going on” he said before grabbing Sora by the scruff of his collar. He paused looking Sora’s outfit over “Why are you wearing your mothers clothing?”
Sora blushed bowing his head , Yuki let out deep growl before pulling Sora with him into the drive way “You have damn well better have a good reason for this Sora” Yuki snapped as he shoved the other into his black corvette and getting in himself. With a roar of the engine they were speeding down the street.
When they got to the shop yuki found them an empty booth and ordered some drinks. Taking his seat he turned his icy gaze back on Sora “start talking” he said simply.
Sora shifted in his chair before he sighed giving up, he bowed his head and began to speak “When I got to the park...I sorta ran into Riku...well more like he sat down next to me..” he began ignoring yuki’s gasp, “Riku was asleep and Atem was there ...and I took him from Riku and swung with him on the swings. Riku woke up looking around seeing Atem was missing, he saw me with him and came over. He saw how well I handled Atemu and asked me if I wanted to take up the job of being his babysitter”
“Did he know it was you? I mean, he saw your face right?” asked yuki, Sora paused as the coffee was brought to them. He took a sip of the hot liquid before he spoke.
“He didn’t know it was me, I had grabbed moms coat when I left...he sorta thinks that I’m a girl” mumbled Sora scratching the back of his head. Yuki choked on his coffee when he heard this. When he stopped his looked at Sora with wide eyes.
“And you letting him believe it!” yuki yelled loudly, Sora shushed him before giving him a nervous smile. Yuki sighed shaking his head softly; the two lapsed into silence while they sipped at their drinks. After a bit yuki spoke up.
“I can see why he didn’t really recognize you, your face has gotten a little thinner and you lost that cute little baby look you used to have. But I don’t this is a very good idea Sora, I mean working for your ex lover making him believe that you’re a girl.” He said looking at him with a concerned expression “You’re just asking for trouble Sora, tell me, what on earth possessed you to want to help Riku out, after all the shit he’s done to you”
Sora went silent before speaking again “If you think that I’m doing this because I still have feelings for Riku then your wrong” Sora said softy looking up at yuki with burning eyes. Though inside he felt a sudden emptiness, he had always told himself that he was over Riku, but he had never said it out loud. It seemed that now, him and Riku were officially over, Sora was over Riku and Riku was over Sora. But why did he feel so empty? “I’m doing this because I want to stay around with Atemu”
“I don’t know how you plan to pull off pretending to be a woman around him Sora, he is bound to figure it out sooner or later and the consequences are not going to good at all. Yuki went silent for a bit staring intensely at his coffee; Sora held his breath as he watched his cousin think it out. “How long are you going to stay there?” he asked, Sora smiled slightly knowing yuki was going allow him to go threw with it.
“I’m not sure just yet, but as soon as I find out or get an idea I’ll call you and mom” Sora answered drinking the last of his coffee. Yuki nodded and stood up, Sora following the suit. The two headed out side and drove back to the house. Yuki waited while Sora got his things and got back in the car. As they drove toward Riku’s place, Yuki spoke once more “I’ll tell your mom that you got a job and all, just don’t tell her what you’re really doing cause the next thing you know she’ll be kicking Riku’s door down dragging you out”
Sora giggled slightly at the mental image before nodding “I know, thank you Yuki, for everything”
“Don’t mention it, you’re my little cousin after all, I need to look out for you” yuki said giving Sora a crooked grin. “Oh ya here you might need this...I just hope you know how to use it” Yuki muttered before handing Sora a box full of makeup supplies.
Sora smacked yuki on the side of the head pouting cutely “you are an ass hole you know that?”
Yuki just laughed pulling up to the large apartment complex. “If you need anything make sure you call me “Yuki said as he helped Sora out of the car.
“I will” Sora promised as he hefted his bag out. Yuki walked him all the way up to Riku’s door; before he left he leaned over and gave Sora a sweet kiss on the cheek.
“Please be careful Sora, I don’t want to see you hurt again ok?” yuki said giving a weak smile.
Sora offered him a cheesy grin with the victory sign. “Stop worrying...it’ll be ok” he replied. Yuki gave on last wave before he turned and walked off, Sora watched him before he turned and knocked on the door. Butterflies fluttered in his stomach as he waited, he grinned when he heard Atem make a loud baby talk noise.
Inside Riku was still napping on the couch; Atem was on his stomach now and was supposed to be napping as well. When the little boy heard a knock at the door he increased the volume of his baby babble and tried to get his sleeping father to awaken.
Sora knocked again frowning; Riku wouldn’t leave Atem in the apartment by himself would he?
Atem squawked louder pounding his little hands on his father’s chest. Riku snorted softly before his breath evened and he continued to sleep.
Sora, now worried, checked to see if the door was open. Surprisingly it was unlocked and he allowed himself in. Atem looked up from his spot on Riku’s chest and gave a happy cry. Sora looked around and saw that Atem was sitting on Riku who was fast asleep.
“We really got to stop meeting like this Riku” Sora muttered as he walked over and picked up his little boy. Atem cooed happily nuzzling Sora’s shoulder and gripping one of the chocolate locks in his tiny hand. “Hey Atemu, miss me already?” Sora asked as he walked over to his abandoned luggage picking it up. “I wonder if he got me a guest room or something”
Sora held Atem with one arm and the luggage with the other as he set off to explore Riku’s apartment. It was well furnished; the walls were painted a dark grey to match the black floor. A few frames were hung up holding the platinum records and countless awards that Riku had gained. “Wow...goes to show you how talented your dad is ne Atem?” Sora murmured.
Atem cooed softly as he played with the locks of hair that grew from Sora’s head. Sora rounded the corner and spotted a door that was slightly ajar. He walked inside a let out a soft gasp, the walls had pictures of him and Riku from when they first met until they broke up.
“What the...” Sora muttered looking at each and every picture; he was almost over whelmed with the tidal wave of memories that suddenly flashed in front of his minds eye.
“I see you found your room” came a voice from the doorway. Sora startled and looked over at Riku.
“I’m sorry...I heard Atem and you didn’t answer the door...” He began rambling.
Riku stopped him with a wave of his hand “Don’t worry about it , listen I would love to give you a tour of the house and what not but I need to get to work. You think you can handle that?”
Sora nodded “shouldn’t be a problem” he answered with a tiny smile.
Atem then chose to let himself be noticed, he grabbed tightly onto Sora’s hair and yanked...hard.
“Gaahhh! Atemu it’s attached!!” Sora whimpered slowly pulling Atem from him. The little silver haired baby held on tight giggling. Riku knowing that this could make Cielo want to quit came over and tried to take Atem. Sora let go and reached up to where Atem had a death grip on his hair and gently pried the silky strands from the tiny fist. Atem let go and began to wail loudly big fat tears streaming down his face.
“Listen please don’t quit, I’m sure Atem didn’t mean it” Riku began, but Sora simply smiled and took Atem into his arms.
“Heh it’s ok, he didn’t know any better” Sora said while he rocked the little boy “Shhh it’s ok Atem...I’m not mad at you”
Riku simply stared “You’re not going to quit?”
Sora looked at him raising an eyebrow “No....unless you want me to”
“No!” Riku almost shouted, he was about to go on but his eye caught the clock and he saw the time. “Oh shit I’m going to be late!” with that he turned and all but ran to his own room stripping as we went.
Sora looked over at Atem who was sniffling softly “Should we follow?” he asked gently.
Atem just grunted slightly and nuzzled against Sora’s neck. With a smile Sora walked out of the room to Riku’s. When he got there he had to try really hard to not burst into hysterical laughter. Riku was on his back, on the floor trying to get a pair of pants on. His black leather shirt was bunched up and his normally pale face was a bright crimson as he struggled.
“Need help there?” Sora asked the amusement he felt clearly in his voice.
Riku looked up quickly and blushed a darker shade of red “n-n-no I can handle it” he said quickly
Sora looked Riku over and recognized the pants. It was a pair of pants that he had gotten Riku for their two year anniversary; he called them the puzzle pants because unless you knew how to put them on you would never be able to do it. Sora had been the only one to have figured out how to put them on and had tried to show Riku but with the way Riku was he didn’t have the patients nor the logic to do it. With a shake of his head Sora gently sat Atem on the bed and kneeled down helping Riku up.
“Believe me, there is no way to get these pants on...” Riku started but was shut up when he felt Cielo quickly work the pants into a perfect fit and fix them up.
“There you go” Sora said before moving away, Atem clapped his hands together giggling.
Riku looked at Cielo with shock “how did you do that?” he asked
Sora smirked “my ex-boyfriend had the same exact pants, I was the only one that could figure out how to put them on” Sora answered simply.
Riku just looked at cielo before nodding dumbly, in the corner of his eye he caught sight of the clock and cursed. “Oh gods I’m going to be late” he muttered before disappearing into the bathroom to finish up.
Sora picked up Atem before walking into the kitchen and digging around and making Riku is favorite snack; Oreo cookies with the cream removed and put in a separate bag topped with another baggie of pitted cherries. Sora made it quickly and grabbed the keys to Riku’s car. Atem played with the keys giggling when the keys would jingle. Just a few seconds later Riku came bustling into the living room and was about to run out the door but Sora stopped him.
“Here, keys, wallet, cell, and a bag of snacks for later with a bottle of water” Sora said pushing the said items into the silver haired singer’s arms. Riku looked at the things in his hand then back at Cielo with a questioning gaze. Sora just rolled his eyes “you’re going to be late if you don’t get moving”
“Oh shit” Riku growled before he leant over and gave Atem a kiss on the cheek. “Thanks Cielo!” he shouted as he ran out the door and down the hall almost knocking Leon over who was in a heavy make out session with his blonde haired boyfriend.
Sora chuckled before closing the door and going back inside. He headed strait for the kitchen with Atem still in tow, he opened the fridge and looked around scowling. “What the hell is he feeding you Atem? There is nothing in here!” Sora said exasperatedly. Atem just made spit bubbles and gave Sora an innocent look.
“We better go shopping then, I think I have some cash with me in one of my bags” he muttered as he walked back to the guest room.
A while later with Atem bundled up; Sora and the little baby were out on the streets headed for the corner market. On their way there the two passed by an elderly lady’s house, the old women was out on her porch watching people as they passed by. She spotted Sora and Atem and immediately walked over to them.
“Aww what an adorable child!” She cooed giving Atem’s cheeks a gentle pinch.
Atem glared at her heatedly looking like a mini Riku. Sora just smiled softly before looking at the lady. “Thank you” he said.
She turned her eyes on him, “Is he your son?” she asked
Sora almost said no, but with a glance at Atem, who had now entertained himself trying to bite off his mittens, he couldn’t do it “Yes, he is my son” he answered confidently.
“Oh you poor dear, you look so young!” she worried “And you are so beautiful, a young lady like you shouldn’t be with a baby. To think you’re a mommy so young”
Atem perked up before he opened his mouth “mmm...mo...Momm...mommmmm...mommy” he said before looking up at Sora with a bright smile “mommm....mommy!” he said again before giggling and sticking his fist in his mouth.
Sora’s eye widened as he felt his heart melt, tears stung the corners of his eyes “Oh...”
The old women laughed heartily “Aww the little ones first words...congratulations” She said patting Sora’s back “how old is he?”
“Only about six months” Sora answered
The old women raised her eyebrows “And he’s speaking already! My, my how children grow” she muttered “well I must be going, would you like to come over again sometime? You can bring your little boy of course, he can eat some cookies that I make daily” she asked, Sora was going to turn her gently down on the offer but he could see the hopeful look in her eyes.
With a small sigh he nodded his head and smiled brightly “Sure, how does tomorrow sound? Same time?”
The old women nodded “Oh I can’t wait!” she exclaimed “I’ll see you tomorrow…?” she paused.
“My name is Sora” the brunette said offering his hand.
“ah , mine is Antoinette , I shall see you tomorrow Sora” she said with a warm smile , she gave Atem a little kiss on the cheek before turning and going back up onto her porch. She beamed warmly at them as they continued to walk off to the corner store.
Just as they rounded the corner Sora quickly pulled out his cell phone and dialed Riku’s cell. After a bit Riku picked up sounding breathless “ya?”
“Riku Atemu said his first word!” Sora said barley keeping his voice in check.
“What! Here put him on the phone and make him say it” Riku said eagerly ignoring his fellow band mates who were telling him to get back to work.
Sora placed the phone by Atem’s mouth “C’mon Atem say mommy” Sora said looking at the baby with eager eyes “Say it for your daddy”
Atem looked at the phone then back at Sora’s hopeful gaze; he opened his mouth and spoke once more “Mmmmommy” he mumbled.
Riku listen with rapt attention and let out a whoop “He fucking spoke!!! My kid just said his first word!”
“Daaaa.....daaaaadddy....mommy...daaadddy...” Atem said before giggling shyly. Sora just stared at him before his face burst into a big cheesy smile.
Riku nearly dropped the phone “he said daddy....HE SAID DADDY!!!!” Riku yelled excitedly. His band mates were now staring at him like he had grown a second head, Riku glared at them before getting back on the phone. “Can he say anything else?”
Sora took the phone from Atem, “No, that’s all I’ve heard him say so far. But this means you can start teaching him other words” Sora said, he pushed the door of the corner store and walked in immediately grabbing a cart. He gently set Atem down and pushed the cart around.
“Where are you?” Riku asked, he could hear other people’s voices as well as the occasional beep.
“Oh I went to the corner store. You don’t have anything in the fridge so I decided to come out and buy you some.” Sora answered as he threw in a few veggies and fruits into the cart. Atem somehow had grabbed an apple and was trying to bite it, but being he lacked teeth it was gradually becoming an impossible feat for him.
“Whoops, I’m so sorry about that. I had completely forgot about going shopping, when you get to the register just tell them to charge it to my account” Riku said , he looked over his shoulder and saw that everyone was glaring holes into his back. “Listen I gotta get back to work. I’ll see you when I get ho-….shit…Scratch that; I’m going to be a bit late tonight. There is a party after work n’ all so I’ll call you before I leave and check up on how things are going.”
Sora felt his heart sink a bit when Riku said he would be going out but he quickly pushed it aside, he didn’t care for Riku anymore…not like that. “Ok then, talk to you later” Sora said and before he could help it he said “And be careful”
“I always am” Riku replied before hanging up, he paused staring down at the phone. Sora always would say that to him and he would always have the same reply. Shaking his head Riku got up and got back to work, he would ponder that shit later.
Sora spent a while getting everything for the kitchen, he also made sure to grab a few jars of baby food for Atem. When he was done he went to the register telling them where to charge it. After he was completely done he pushed the shopping cart down the street and back to Riku’s apartment.
When he actually got there Sora was faced with a bit of a problem. He had a lot of groceries, there was no way he could carry all of it up the stairs, plus hold Atem with out risking dropping every thing. “Shit…what am I gonna do?” Sora muttered softly.
“Do you need some help?” came a soft tenor from behind him. Sora turned and saw a guy with brilliant blonde hair and startling baby blue eyes, he was dressed in a tight black turtle neck with a pair of casual jeans.
“Um Sure” Sora replied. The guy nodded before bending down and picking up a few of the bags, Sora grabbed what was left and held Atem securely in his arms.
They took the elevator to the top floor and walked down the hall towards Riku’s apartment. The two of them walked in silence accept for Atem who was making spit bubbles. Sora struggled to pull out the keys to unlock the door when they were snatched out of his hands.
“Hey Leon”
Sora looked next to him to see a taller brunette with a shaggy mass of hair and stormy blue eyes looking at him. The brunette brought out the right key and unlocked the door for Sora before he looked over at the blonde. “What are you up to Cloud?”
Cloud shrugged before following Sora into the house. Leon followed as well shutting the door; Sora looked over his shoulder at the two while he set the bags down.
“Thanks for the help” Sora said to Cloud, the blonde simply shrugged as if to say it was nothing.
“I was no problem, I was on my way up here anyways” Cloud said before glancing at Leon.
Sora saw the way Cloud was looking at Leon and understood what was going on between them. “Anyways, um…what’s your guy’s name?”
“I’m Cloud and this is Leon” Cloud said, he looked at Sora with calculating eyes “Who are you?”
“My name is…Cielo” Sora answered hesitating slightly. Atem looked up from where he was sitting on the counter and let out an indignant squawk.
“Ora….ora mmmommy...” he mumbled, he glared at Sora before pointing at him “Ora!”
“I think Atemu is saying you’re lying” Leon said, though he face was neutral you could still see that he was a bit amused.
Sora glared back at Atem before pouting “fine….I’m Sora”
“Oh so YOU’RE Sora” Cloud said crossing his arms “You’re the one Riku cheated on huh?” Leon glared at Cloud before he pinched him hard in the side “Owww what the hell was that for?!” he snapped before he saw the look on Sora’s face.
Sora was busy putting the bags of food away but you could easily see the tears that were pooling up in his eyes. He didn’t wear a look of misery, but more of a look of pure anger and hatred. “Ya that’s me” Sora said coldly.
Even Atem seemed to sense the anger Sora was radiating, he whimpered before laying his head down.
“Sorry if cloud was rude” Leon said he pushed Cloud toward the door “We’ll see you later Sora.” With that he dragged Cloud out the door and closed it with a snap.
Sora finished putting every thing away before he went into the living room picking Atem up and holding him in his arms. “I don’t understand Atemu , I keep trying to forget him , I try to not feel anything for him after what he did , but no matter how hard I want this pain to go away…..it keeps coming back” Sora whispered as a few drops fell from his face onto Atem’s cheek.
“I want to forget that I ever loved him! I don’t want to go threw that shit again, I can’t…it hurt so much” Sora cried as he body shook with sorrow, Atem looked up at Sora crying as well. “I can’t feel for him…he doesn’t….and never will….love me” Sora sniffled a bit before he got up holding Atem close , he walked to the guest room and laid down falling asleep while his tears continued to pour.
Atem sat up on bed looking down at Sora, his blue green eyes studied Sora carefully. He planted a chubby hand on Sora’s wet cheek and made little baby noises, and if you listened carefully you would almost think he was making a promise to Sora.
“Ora momma” Atem muttered before he laid down using Sora’s hand as a sort of teddy bear holding it close.
~*O0o*~@~*o0O*~
At almost one in the morning a loud pounding on the door followed by the continues ringing of the door bell woke Sora up. He sat up rubbing his eyes tiredly , he carefully got out of the bed, so he wouldn’t wake Atem up, before shuffling to go answer the door.
As soon as he opened it Riku was thrown into his arms, he looked up and saw two women dressed rather sluttishly. “He passed out at the bar so we brought him home” one of them said adjusting her skimpy shirt.
Sora glanced at Riku before looking up at the women “ok, I’ll take him from here” he said somewhat coldly.
“What you his girl or sumthin’?” asked one of the women.
“No I’m his babysitter” Sora replied before closing the door and locking it securely. He carried Riku to his bedroom and laid him out on the bed. He stripped Riku until only his boxers remained; he pulled the covers over Riku’s body making sure to not wake him. He walked to the bathroom and grabbed a trash can, bottle of pills, glass of water, and a towel and set them on the bed side cabinet. Sora looked back at Riku studying the way his face looked so childlike when he was asleep, carefully he fell to his knees beside Riku and leaned over placing a sweet whisper of a kiss on the silver haired singer’s lips.
Riku fussed slightly before he sluggishly blinking his eyes open and looked strait into the pools of shocked azure. A feral smile curved on his lips “Sora…my Sora…” He whispered before his eyes drooped and he once more fell into a deep slumber.
Sora let out the breath he was holding; hastily he got up and ran out of the room back into his own. “I can’t believe I just did that” Sora whispered aloud, he reached up and touched his lips. With a growl he wiped at them savagely as if her were trying to get a bad taste from his mouth. “I don’t care about you Riku, I don’t love you anymore. I’m not going to let myself fall for you again” he whispered harshly. Whimpering he crawled into the bed and held Atem close allowing his tears to flow once more. He could feel it, his heart that had slowly repaired it’s self was beginning to shatter once more, and Sora knew that if it broke again….he wouldn’t live threw it.
Riku groaned, slowly he blinked his eyes open before he immediately shut them. The sunlight seemed too bright and his mouth felt like it was full of sand. /What the fuck happened?/ he frowned trying to remember what had happened but drew a blank. Without thinking Riku sat up quickly and instantly regretted it as his stomach did flip flops and bile rose in his throat. He clapped a hand over his mouth making to run like hell to the toilet but a hand on his shoulder and a trashcan shoved under his nose stopped him.
The singer puked into the plastic trashcan with great heaves, his eyes began to water and he looked up blearily seeing the slightly distorted image of someone standing in front of him. / You look just like him…/ For a split second Riku thought he was looking at Sora but before he could really think on it his stomach gave another lurch and more came up.
After a while Riku stopped gagging and lay back on his pillows pulling the blankets around him. Sora took soiled trash can to the bathroom and washed it out before going back over to Riku. He had heard Riku groaning and figured he was waking up; he had just barely made it to the trashcan before Riku started to blow chunks.
“So how are you feeling this morning?” Sora asked softly remembering to make his voice an octave higher.
“I don’t know… did you catch the licenses of the fucking trucks that ran me over?” Riku grumbled throwing an arm over his eyes.
Sora giggled softly before grabbing the bottle of Tylenol and glass of water. “Here take this , it should help your headache and the water will help your stomach out”
Riku reached out clumsily taking the offered items. He popped three pills into his mouth washing them down with the water. “Thanks” he grunted before rolling over and burying himself in the covers. He suddenly froze and bolted upright again almost making himself sick again. “Where’s Atem?!”
As if on cue a soft crying came floating out of the guest room. Sora sighed and walked out of the room to go get the cute turquoise eyed baby. Moments later he came back in with a sniffling Atem in his arms.
“He slept in your room?” Riku asked as Sora handed him his son.
Sora cocked his head and gave the other a tiny smirk “You weren’t exactly in the best of conditions for him to be by you”
Riku flushed looking down at Atem who was having the time of his life attempting to bite the buttons off of the mittens that Sora had put on him. “Sorry about that…” He muttered softly. He peeked through his bangs at Sora “..um…exactly…how did I get home?”
Riku saw a flicker of what looked like a mix of sadness and fury pass threw Sora’s eyes before it was gone and replaced with amusement. “A couple of your girlfriends brought you over and tossed you in…literally”
“They aren’t my girlfriends….just some chicks I hang out with from time to time” Riku growled defensively.
Sora held up his hands giving Riku a smile “sorry I didn’t mean to assume…plus you didn’t have to explain…it’s really none of my business right? I’m just the baby sitter”
Riku gave Sora a look “Are you sure I’ve never met you before…I’m talking to you as if I’ve known you all my life”
The brunette blinked “I know what you mean…I’m sorry…I’ve been really stressed out before I came over here to work and all…I’ll watch my mouth” Sora said with a slight up turn of his lips. Looking around Sora began to clean up the mess and organize Riku’s room up.
Riku gave a curt nod watching the baby sitter clean. With calculating aqua eyes Riku did a once over of Cielo. / Something isn’t right …for a girl…she kinda looks…masculine. She doesn’t have a chest really…the sporty type maybe? Hmm…something is telling me that….maybe…Cielo…is…a guy? / Riku’s eye brows arched /no…can’t be…I would have noticed…still…she talks in a wispy voice, she doesn’t have a chest, she has a slightly masculine body , and her hair…it’s…short for a girl…reminds me of someone I know…well there is only one way to find out/ Riku looked down at Atem and gave him a small smile. “Atem you can try all you want to bite those buttons off but they aren’t going to come off…you need teeth to do that”
Atem looked up and gave Riku a heated glare before returning to his buttons “da…da…iku” he muttered around the fist of cotton he had stuffed in his mouth.
Sora looked up from his little cleaning spree and smiled “I don’t think he liked what you said…”
Riku chuckled “no I don’t think he did” with a slight groan Riku gathered Atem in his arms and threw the covers back and stood up. “I’ll go make breakfast , don’t worry about cleaning my room Cielo…you’re the babysitter remember?” With a smirk Riku handed Atem to Sora and walked in clad only in his boxers. /I wonder if I can get her to slip and speak in her real voice…hmm…but how? /
Sora watched Riku go, his eyes automatically locked onto the boxer clad ass. Atem looked at his mother then back at his dad seemingly making mental notes, a little plan formulated in the baby’s head. Atem squirmed in Sora’s arms reaching out with pudgy hands “Da da Iku!” he squealed.
The brunette looked at his tiny son and frowned “iku? Who’s that?” Sora paused and pondered it a bit before his eyes widened “Riku! Atem said your name!!”
Atem giggled as his mother ran strait to his target, now all he had to do was make sure he hit the bulls’ eye.
Riku looked up from the eggs he was frying “What now?”
“He said your name…well close to it anyways” Sora said happily
“C’mon Atem…say my name…say Riku”
Atem looked at his father then back at his mother before giving a gummy smile “Iku….Iku da…ora…ora mommy…”
Riku smiled and leaned over kissing Atem’s cheek “That’s my boy…” Atem gave his dad a pleased look that suddenly turned evil. A chubby hand shot out grabbing onto the silver locks before his father pulled away.
“Shit!” Riku gasped as he was yanked back painfully, he lost his balance and crashed against Cielo who fell to the floor with him and taking a hysterically giggling Atem with them.
Riku was pressed against Cielo who was looking up at him with shocked sea blue eyes. The silver haired one pushed himself up and looked down. Atem was looking up at him and next to him Cielo was looking up as well. Something occurred to Riku that he hadn’t seen before, he could swear that Cielo and Atem were identical, their face shapes, eye color, and way they stared was a lot alike. Riku narrowed his eyes studying Cielo carefully , then suddenly something else hit him , his crotch was fully pressed up against Cielo and he didn’t feel what he normally would feel had be been pressed up against a women , he was sorely tempted to grind against the soft lump and see what happened.
Sora’s eyes widened when he realized where Riku was resting, he fidgeted before scrambling to get up. “Umm…I…I need to use the bathroom!” Sora squeaked he gathered Atem in his arms and got up and ran into the bathroom shutting the door with a click.
Riku sat on the floor staring at the shut door with a smug grin on his face “ So your not a girl….so why try and hide it?” with a sigh Riku got up straitening his boxers , as he turned to go back into the kitchen he saw something glinting on the floor. Quirking an eyebrow he bent down and picked it up, when he saw what it was his eyes widened. In his hand glittered a beautiful silver bracelet that he had given Sora when they had gone on their very first date, he could still remember it like it was yesterday…
//FLASH BACK//
Riku waited patiently for Sora to come out of his house so they could go on their little date. Last week Sora had admitted to loving him, Riku’s lips quirked up at the memory, the way that Sora’s face glowed bright red when he said “Riku…I…I love you”.
The door opened and Sora came running out pushing his mothers’ hands away as she tried to wrap him up in yet another scarf. “I’m fine mom, it’s not like there is a blizzard out here!” Sora shouted over his shoulder.
Riku’s breath hitched when the glowing eyes locked onto his and a warm smile spread across the others face. Sora’s mom watched the two before shaking her head and walking back in “Take care of him Riku, don’t let me little boy get hurt you hear me?!” she yelled over her shoulder as she shut the door.
“Mom!!!” Sora wailed in embarrassment. Riku smiled and walked over to Sora wrapping him in a warm hug.
“You know, you look adorable when you’re embarrassed” Riku muttered into his ear. He held Sora close as they walked down the street heading for the town square.
“You could have helped Riku” Sora grumbled, he cocked his head to the side and leaned up giving Riku a sweet kiss. Riku pulled Sora to him until the smaller boy was pressed up against him and kissed him until they were both breathless.
After he pulled back Riku looked at Sora lovingly “I have something for you” he reached into his pocket and pulled out a beautiful silver bracelet that had the same charm as the crown necklace that Sora always wore. “This is something that I want you to wear as long as you love me , don’t ever take it off…it’s one of a kind…I had it specially made for you” He whispered as he put it on Sora.
“I guess that means I’ll never take it off…until the day I die” Sora whispered back he wrapped Riku in a tight hug “Thank you so much…I love you…forever…”
“Forever…I’ll love you forever Sora…until the day I die…”
//END FLASHBACK//
“Until the day I die…” Riku murmured “I guess we died Sora…” Riku closed his eyes before looking at the bracelet again. /How did she…he…whatever it is get a hold of this?/
Riku felt a small stab of hurt at the thought that Sora had taken it off…but at the same time he reminded himself that he wasn’t with Sora anymore.
Inside the bathroom Sora leaned against the wall panting “God that was close…he was pressing up right there!” the brunette whispered harshly.
Atem giggled “Ora mommy dada Iku…”
Sora glanced at Atem with narrowed eyes “if I didn’t know any better Atem I would say you planed that” he grumbled , but he knew , a little baby couldn’t do something like that…not purposely that is.
“Ora mommy!” Atem chirped brightly before bursting into a fit of giggles.
“Ora….why do you call me ora?” Sora asked looking at the giggling baby. “Ora….Sora…Oh crap!”
Atem stopped laughing and looked at Sora wondering if he did something wrong “Ora mommy?”
“You’re saying my name…oh no...Atem…don’t’ say my name anymore ok? It’s just plain mommy…but don’t call me Sora” the brunette whispered holding the pudgy hands in his own.
The turquoise eyed baby titled his head “Ora?”
Sora shook his head “No…just Mommy…ok”
“Ora mommy?”
“No…just mommy” Sora whispered again, Atem gave Sora a look before he quieted. “Ok then…we should get back out there before your daddy starts worrying about you”
Sora opened the door and walked back into the kitchen , Riku looked over his shoulder as he finished serving the food and placed it on the counter “ you ok there?” he asked casually.
“Ya…just…I felt a bit dizzy nothing big” Sora answered promptly. Atem poked at his plate keeping silent looking a bit put out.
Riku eyed Sora carefully before he pulled the bracelet out and slid it over to the other “This came off and I found it on the floor”
Sora gave a good impression of a fish as he gaped at the piece of jewelry. Riku watched his reaction before he cleared his throat and leaned in making Sora keep eye contact with him.
“I know you’re not a girl…”
It felt as if his heart had stopped and a bucket of ice spilled in his stomach. Sora gulped nervously “how…how’d you come to that?”
The singer gave a dry laugh “I didn’t know that girls now a days had penises.” He said bluntly.
Sora blushed brightly before looking back at the bracelet “Listen Riku I can explain..” he began speaking in his normal voice but Riku cut in.
“The only thing I want you to tell me is how did you came to get this….I know you know Sora…he’s the only one that could have possibly given this to you…it’s…”
“One of a kind and was made just for him…something he wouldn’t take off until he stopped loving you…forever…until the day he died” Sora finished
Riku raised an eyebrow “he told you all that?”
Sora frowned, did Riku not realize he was talking to him…unless…no…Riku couldn’t possibly still believe that he wasn’t Sora.
The fair skinned singer blushed and shifted uncomfortably “So…are you…where you two in a relationship?”
“no…I was more like the one who was there to pick him up and help him put his heart back together” Sora answered bitterly.
Riku was silent chewing on that bit of information before he spoke again “ was he really all that bad after we broke up? I mean…did he talk about me or anything?”
Sora let out a long sigh “It seemed as if his world had crashed , he had nothing…only a broken heart and tears of blood. All he wanted to do was curl up and die , the one person who he ever trusted and loved more then his own life had rejected him. Its like he was standing in the rain and his life was falling apart around him. He kept thinking the whole thing was a nightmare and he would wake back in your arms, he prayed so hard that you had never cheated him…that he was still worth something in your heart and not just a cheap fuck.”
Riku felt an over whelming wave of guilt wash over him. He wanted to say something in his defense but nothing came.
“Though he never said he hated you, no he still loved you even after what you did to him. Right now though he doesn’t love you not like he did, he used to stare at the phone wishing you would call him and tell him that you wanted to talk and work it out or something. He kept this hope that you would want him back again and that would both forget about it and go on with your lives. Eventually he got tired of hoping and wishing so he gave up. I’m sure he would still like to be friends with you if you asked…he misses you” Sora finished with a small smile.
Riku sat back in a chair with a blank look on his face. Sora watched him with sad eyes wondering if he had said too much but at the same time he had this grim satisfaction at the incredibly guilty look on Riku’s face, the pained look in his eyes.
Suddenly a piercing cry caused both of them to turn.
“Atem!!”
Riku sat in the rocking chair, which he had bought, with Atemu in his arms rocking him gently. The little baby was sound asleep his cute pouted lips stuck out as little spit bubbles sprouted. “You know Atem, you remind me of someone....” he said softly, he half wondered if he was losing it talking to a baby but he ignored it.
Atem blinked his eyes open and looked ready to cry but Riku was ready with a bottle and stuck it in his mouth before a single note could come out. Atem seemed happy enough as he sucked greedily at the bottle looking at Riku as if waiting for him to continue.
Riku smirked before he laid his head back sighing “He had the same eyes just like you...a beautiful blue...it always reminded me of the deepest parts of the ocean. He had this way of talking that made me feel like I could tell him anything...bear my soul before him and he wouldn’t judge me just accept.” Riku said looking off into space. Images of Sora filled his mind’s eye, but he shoved them away and shook his head.
Atemu made a little whimper, spitting the bottle out. Riku sighed, wiping Atem’s mouth with a soft cloth before getting up and laying him on his shoulder as he began to pat his back to make him burp. Soon enough Riku heard the little burp noise that was soon followed by a warm and wet sensation on his shoulder.
“Aww Atem!” Riku groaned holding his son in front of him, on his shoulders a bit of throw up laid soaking into Riku’s black tank top. Atemu gave Riku an innocent look sticking his tiny fist in his mouth making him look cuter. Riku sighed and set the baby in the crook of his arm. “Lets get to bed...and tomorrow...I think it’s time I start looking for a nanny or something.”
The next morning Riku set an ad in the paper asking for some help. Riku put down that the one who was hired would get free room and board as well as $239.00 a week, and he would also leave them his black and silver viper to get around. The next few weeks he had women after women wanting to take him up on his job offer. However Atem had different plans...
The first women who tried out, quit after 20 minuets with Atemu, the only thing the little baby boy would do was scream as loud as his little lungs could.
The next women went just as quickly after Atemu threw up all over her and pulled at her hair painfully.
The last few that had tried also quit after Atem refused to eat and take his nap, and he also would pull their hair and barf in their purses.
Riku sat at the rocking chair one night after the last one quit and looked at his son who was looking back up at him with the most innocent stare he could. “Are you purposely trying to make it difficult for me? 6 months have passed...and not one person can stand you. Why is that?” Riku asked with a tilt of his head.
Atem answered with little baby talk noise and sucked on his fist. Riku sighed again; he had been doing that a lot lately, and rubbed at his temples.
“Well I guess we can wait and see if another person is crazy enough to take you on” Riku grumbled, he got up from the chair carrying Atem with him on his way to the room.
The following morning Riku had taken the day off since no one had called to take on the job of watching Atemu. Putting a pair of dark sunglasses and a hat to somewhat disguise himself, Riku wrapped Atem up warmly and headed out to the park.
Back at his house sitting at the window sill was Sora. He had lost a lot of the weight he had gained from his pregnancy, though there was a slight side effect, his body had attained a slightly more feminine look. All he needed was breasts and a pussy and he would be able to pull of being a woman. He sighed softly before deciding to go out for a walk in the park. He looked around for his jacket but could only find his mothers; he grabbed a beanie putting it on as well. On his way out the door he also grabbed a book and his reading glasses.
Once at the park he sat down by the children’s area and opened his book up to read, he did even notice the silver haired man as he sat down beside him. But he did notice when his beanie was snatched off. Sora turned to glare at who ever it was but felt his breath catch in his throat. Riku sat there next to him, his head tilted back, eyes closed and his jaw slack as he slept. In Riku’s arms was Atemu who had Sora’s beanie in his mouth.
“Hey Atemu...” Sora whispered softly reaching out and taking his beanie back. Atem looked up at Sora with wide eyes before he began to squirm more reaching out to him. Sora smiled and carefully pulled the little boy out of Riku’s lax arms. He put his beanie back on before cradling Atemu kissing his forehead.
“Have you been a good boy? “ Sora cooed, he got up from the bench leaving Riku and walked over to the swing set. He sat in a swing and held Atem tightly before he pushed off gently from the ground. Atem cuddled close to Sora sucking on his fist and looking up with curiosity. Sora grinned and continued to rock Atemu until the beautiful sea blue eyes began to close slowly, and soon the baby boy was fast asleep his fine silver hair waving gently in the wind.
Riku startled slightly as he woke up, he yawned stretching his arms over his head however he stopped midway. He looked down before his eyes widened “Shit...” Riku looked up and around wildly for his little boy. He spotted someone at the swings and ran over to them.
Sora glanced up as Riku came running over to him hastily “Have you seen my -.....”Riku stopped as he looked at Atemu nestled in Sora’s arms. Riku did not know it was Sora who was holding Atemu in his arms. “Why do you have him?”
Sora struggled to keep his voice steady before he answered making his voice slightly more high pitched. “He looked like he was about to fall out of your arms...plus I don’t think it’s a good idea for you to be falling asleep in the middle of the park. Especially if you’re a famous rock star they would take your baby and use him for ransom don’t you think?” he said softly smirking.
“How do you know who I am?” Riku demanded.
“Your hat and sunglasses fell off when you ran over here” Sora said bluntly.
“That doesn’t matter....you shouldn’t have taken my child like that...is that what all women do now?” Riku muttered. Sora stared at Riku like he was crazy, he had called Sora a ...a women? “Sorry about that....I’ve been under a lot stress...I can’t find anyone to watch my kid...and I need to get back to work soon” Riku said rubbing his temples and sitting in the swing next to Sora.
Something in Sora’s mind clicked as a wide grin spread across his face. If Riku thought he was a woman then he could work for him and be with Atemu at the same time. “I wouldn’t mind trying out for that job” he answered with a tilt of his head.
Riku looked at Sora with a raised eyebrow “are you sure you’re qualified?”
Before Sora could say anything, Atemu made a whining noise opening his eyes and looked up at the two. His face turned red before he began to cry loudly, Sora quickly began to rock the baby making soothing noises laying him up on his shoulder patting him lightly. Atem hiccupped slightly before he went silent and fell asleep again with a small grunt.
Riku stared in amazement...who ever this stranger was....she was good. “Your hired....your name?”
“You can call me Cielo” Sora answered.
Riku gave Sora his cell phone number before taking Atem back and leaving. Atem made a sound of protest as he was pulled from Sora’s arms, his eyes opened up and he began to wail loudly as Riku made his way back to his car.
Sora watched them go before looking down at the tiny piece of paper that had the number on it. He knew that what he was about to do was very dangerous and that he probably was not going to get out of it with out getting hurt.
“God I’m so fucking stupid!” Sora said aloud running a hand threw his hair. “Grrr and how the hell am I going to explain to mom?”
With a grumble Sora picked up his book and glasses and made his way back home.
Meanwhile Riku was driving in his stunningly expensive custom styled black and silver-blue viper. Atemu sucked on his pacifier looking out the window contently. Riku gave a side glance to his son as he drove down the busy street at a highly dangerous speed, Atem looked back over at him, and dropping his pacifier from his mouth he gave Riku a bright gummy smile making his eyes light up. Riku balked and narrowly avoided crashing into the light post; he swerved dangerously and came to a skidding halt. Atem began to wail once more the smile disappearing from his face, Riku though didn’t pay any heed.
Riku silently continued to drive until he came to his apartment. Grabbing Atem he headed inside bumping into someone on his way up. Cold stormy grey eyes glared into his own, Riku looked strait back into them with a half hearted glare. It was Leon, one of his few acquaintances that he knew who lived three doors away from him.
“You look like you’ve just seen a ghost” Leon said plainly , he was dressed in his usual jeans and leather jacket meaning he was going to be out for most of the night doing gods knows what.
“It’s nothing...I gotta go...I need to get this little rug rat into bed” Riku said before brushing past the taller man. Leon raised a fine chocolate eyebrow shrugging slightly before walking away.
Riku shakily pulled the keys out and unlocked his door stepping inside. Atem yanked harshly on his hair and made an indignant noise. Riku smiled softly before moving to sit on one of the black sofas.
“I bet you’re wondering what’s up huh?” Riku muttered while laying down and placing Atem on his chest. “I swear to god Atem...when you smiled at me....I swear...I could see Sora giving me that same exact smile.”
Atem tilted his head sucking on his fist that was shoved in his mouth. “Gah?” he sounded.
Riku’s eyes drooped slightly “just like him, heh, I would almost swear that you look like him sometimes...I’ve never seen anyone smile the way he does...a simple upturn of the lips before it blooms like a flower and blinds me with it’s ...beauty” Riku mumbled as sleep began to over take him, nights of staying up late worrying and working hard had taken it’s toll.
“You look just like him” Riku whispered before sleep finally won over and took him.
Later that night Sora headed home packing his things and leaving a note for Yuki and his mother. He was about to walk out of the house when a hand on his wrist stopped him. Light blue eyes stared at him intently at him with a fringe of blonde hair slightly hiding them. “Yuki let me go” said Sora tugging on his trapped arm.
“Where are you going?” he demanded.
“I got a job as a babysitter” answered Sora quickly averting his eyes “I’m gonna go live with them for a bit till I’m done with the job”
Yuki narrowed his eyes studying his cousin carefully “Your hiding something Sora, don’t try and lie you were never very good at it” he growled.
Sora sighed and averted his eyes looking down “I mean it...it...well I...” he began to mumble but Yuki cut him off with a gracious wave of his hand.
“Tell you what, let’s go to the coffee shop down the street and when we get there you’re going to tell me exactly what’s going on” he said before grabbing Sora by the scruff of his collar. He paused looking Sora’s outfit over “Why are you wearing your mothers clothing?”
Sora blushed bowing his head , Yuki let out deep growl before pulling Sora with him into the drive way “You have damn well better have a good reason for this Sora” Yuki snapped as he shoved the other into his black corvette and getting in himself. With a roar of the engine they were speeding down the street.
When they got to the shop yuki found them an empty booth and ordered some drinks. Taking his seat he turned his icy gaze back on Sora “start talking” he said simply.
Sora shifted in his chair before he sighed giving up, he bowed his head and began to speak “When I got to the park...I sorta ran into Riku...well more like he sat down next to me..” he began ignoring yuki’s gasp, “Riku was asleep and Atem was there ...and I took him from Riku and swung with him on the swings. Riku woke up looking around seeing Atem was missing, he saw me with him and came over. He saw how well I handled Atemu and asked me if I wanted to take up the job of being his babysitter”
“Did he know it was you? I mean, he saw your face right?” asked yuki, Sora paused as the coffee was brought to them. He took a sip of the hot liquid before he spoke.
“He didn’t know it was me, I had grabbed moms coat when I left...he sorta thinks that I’m a girl” mumbled Sora scratching the back of his head. Yuki choked on his coffee when he heard this. When he stopped his looked at Sora with wide eyes.
“And you letting him believe it!” yuki yelled loudly, Sora shushed him before giving him a nervous smile. Yuki sighed shaking his head softly; the two lapsed into silence while they sipped at their drinks. After a bit yuki spoke up.
“I can see why he didn’t really recognize you, your face has gotten a little thinner and you lost that cute little baby look you used to have. But I don’t this is a very good idea Sora, I mean working for your ex lover making him believe that you’re a girl.” He said looking at him with a concerned expression “You’re just asking for trouble Sora, tell me, what on earth possessed you to want to help Riku out, after all the shit he’s done to you”
Sora went silent before speaking again “If you think that I’m doing this because I still have feelings for Riku then your wrong” Sora said softy looking up at yuki with burning eyes. Though inside he felt a sudden emptiness, he had always told himself that he was over Riku, but he had never said it out loud. It seemed that now, him and Riku were officially over, Sora was over Riku and Riku was over Sora. But why did he feel so empty? “I’m doing this because I want to stay around with Atemu”
“I don’t know how you plan to pull off pretending to be a woman around him Sora, he is bound to figure it out sooner or later and the consequences are not going to good at all. Yuki went silent for a bit staring intensely at his coffee; Sora held his breath as he watched his cousin think it out. “How long are you going to stay there?” he asked, Sora smiled slightly knowing yuki was going allow him to go threw with it.
“I’m not sure just yet, but as soon as I find out or get an idea I’ll call you and mom” Sora answered drinking the last of his coffee. Yuki nodded and stood up, Sora following the suit. The two headed out side and drove back to the house. Yuki waited while Sora got his things and got back in the car. As they drove toward Riku’s place, Yuki spoke once more “I’ll tell your mom that you got a job and all, just don’t tell her what you’re really doing cause the next thing you know she’ll be kicking Riku’s door down dragging you out”
Sora giggled slightly at the mental image before nodding “I know, thank you Yuki, for everything”
“Don’t mention it, you’re my little cousin after all, I need to look out for you” yuki said giving Sora a crooked grin. “Oh ya here you might need this...I just hope you know how to use it” Yuki muttered before handing Sora a box full of makeup supplies.
Sora smacked yuki on the side of the head pouting cutely “you are an ass hole you know that?”
Yuki just laughed pulling up to the large apartment complex. “If you need anything make sure you call me “Yuki said as he helped Sora out of the car.
“I will” Sora promised as he hefted his bag out. Yuki walked him all the way up to Riku’s door; before he left he leaned over and gave Sora a sweet kiss on the cheek.
“Please be careful Sora, I don’t want to see you hurt again ok?” yuki said giving a weak smile.
Sora offered him a cheesy grin with the victory sign. “Stop worrying...it’ll be ok” he replied. Yuki gave on last wave before he turned and walked off, Sora watched him before he turned and knocked on the door. Butterflies fluttered in his stomach as he waited, he grinned when he heard Atem make a loud baby talk noise.
Inside Riku was still napping on the couch; Atem was on his stomach now and was supposed to be napping as well. When the little boy heard a knock at the door he increased the volume of his baby babble and tried to get his sleeping father to awaken.
Sora knocked again frowning; Riku wouldn’t leave Atem in the apartment by himself would he?
Atem squawked louder pounding his little hands on his father’s chest. Riku snorted softly before his breath evened and he continued to sleep.
Sora, now worried, checked to see if the door was open. Surprisingly it was unlocked and he allowed himself in. Atem looked up from his spot on Riku’s chest and gave a happy cry. Sora looked around and saw that Atem was sitting on Riku who was fast asleep.
“We really got to stop meeting like this Riku” Sora muttered as he walked over and picked up his little boy. Atem cooed happily nuzzling Sora’s shoulder and gripping one of the chocolate locks in his tiny hand. “Hey Atemu, miss me already?” Sora asked as he walked over to his abandoned luggage picking it up. “I wonder if he got me a guest room or something”
Sora held Atem with one arm and the luggage with the other as he set off to explore Riku’s apartment. It was well furnished; the walls were painted a dark grey to match the black floor. A few frames were hung up holding the platinum records and countless awards that Riku had gained. “Wow...goes to show you how talented your dad is ne Atem?” Sora murmured.
Atem cooed softly as he played with the locks of hair that grew from Sora’s head. Sora rounded the corner and spotted a door that was slightly ajar. He walked inside a let out a soft gasp, the walls had pictures of him and Riku from when they first met until they broke up.
“What the...” Sora muttered looking at each and every picture; he was almost over whelmed with the tidal wave of memories that suddenly flashed in front of his minds eye.
“I see you found your room” came a voice from the doorway. Sora startled and looked over at Riku.
“I’m sorry...I heard Atem and you didn’t answer the door...” He began rambling.
Riku stopped him with a wave of his hand “Don’t worry about it , listen I would love to give you a tour of the house and what not but I need to get to work. You think you can handle that?”
Sora nodded “shouldn’t be a problem” he answered with a tiny smile.
Atem then chose to let himself be noticed, he grabbed tightly onto Sora’s hair and yanked...hard.
“Gaahhh! Atemu it’s attached!!” Sora whimpered slowly pulling Atem from him. The little silver haired baby held on tight giggling. Riku knowing that this could make Cielo want to quit came over and tried to take Atem. Sora let go and reached up to where Atem had a death grip on his hair and gently pried the silky strands from the tiny fist. Atem let go and began to wail loudly big fat tears streaming down his face.
“Listen please don’t quit, I’m sure Atem didn’t mean it” Riku began, but Sora simply smiled and took Atem into his arms.
“Heh it’s ok, he didn’t know any better” Sora said while he rocked the little boy “Shhh it’s ok Atem...I’m not mad at you”
Riku simply stared “You’re not going to quit?”
Sora looked at him raising an eyebrow “No....unless you want me to”
“No!” Riku almost shouted, he was about to go on but his eye caught the clock and he saw the time. “Oh shit I’m going to be late!” with that he turned and all but ran to his own room stripping as we went.
Sora looked over at Atem who was sniffling softly “Should we follow?” he asked gently.
Atem just grunted slightly and nuzzled against Sora’s neck. With a smile Sora walked out of the room to Riku’s. When he got there he had to try really hard to not burst into hysterical laughter. Riku was on his back, on the floor trying to get a pair of pants on. His black leather shirt was bunched up and his normally pale face was a bright crimson as he struggled.
“Need help there?” Sora asked the amusement he felt clearly in his voice.
Riku looked up quickly and blushed a darker shade of red “n-n-no I can handle it” he said quickly
Sora looked Riku over and recognized the pants. It was a pair of pants that he had gotten Riku for their two year anniversary; he called them the puzzle pants because unless you knew how to put them on you would never be able to do it. Sora had been the only one to have figured out how to put them on and had tried to show Riku but with the way Riku was he didn’t have the patients nor the logic to do it. With a shake of his head Sora gently sat Atem on the bed and kneeled down helping Riku up.
“Believe me, there is no way to get these pants on...” Riku started but was shut up when he felt Cielo quickly work the pants into a perfect fit and fix them up.
“There you go” Sora said before moving away, Atem clapped his hands together giggling.
Riku looked at Cielo with shock “how did you do that?” he asked
Sora smirked “my ex-boyfriend had the same exact pants, I was the only one that could figure out how to put them on” Sora answered simply.
Riku just looked at cielo before nodding dumbly, in the corner of his eye he caught sight of the clock and cursed. “Oh gods I’m going to be late” he muttered before disappearing into the bathroom to finish up.
Sora picked up Atem before walking into the kitchen and digging around and making Riku is favorite snack; Oreo cookies with the cream removed and put in a separate bag topped with another baggie of pitted cherries. Sora made it quickly and grabbed the keys to Riku’s car. Atem played with the keys giggling when the keys would jingle. Just a few seconds later Riku came bustling into the living room and was about to run out the door but Sora stopped him.
“Here, keys, wallet, cell, and a bag of snacks for later with a bottle of water” Sora said pushing the said items into the silver haired singer’s arms. Riku looked at the things in his hand then back at Cielo with a questioning gaze. Sora just rolled his eyes “you’re going to be late if you don’t get moving”
“Oh shit” Riku growled before he leant over and gave Atem a kiss on the cheek. “Thanks Cielo!” he shouted as he ran out the door and down the hall almost knocking Leon over who was in a heavy make out session with his blonde haired boyfriend.
Sora chuckled before closing the door and going back inside. He headed strait for the kitchen with Atem still in tow, he opened the fridge and looked around scowling. “What the hell is he feeding you Atem? There is nothing in here!” Sora said exasperatedly. Atem just made spit bubbles and gave Sora an innocent look.
“We better go shopping then, I think I have some cash with me in one of my bags” he muttered as he walked back to the guest room.
A while later with Atem bundled up; Sora and the little baby were out on the streets headed for the corner market. On their way there the two passed by an elderly lady’s house, the old women was out on her porch watching people as they passed by. She spotted Sora and Atem and immediately walked over to them.
“Aww what an adorable child!” She cooed giving Atem’s cheeks a gentle pinch.
Atem glared at her heatedly looking like a mini Riku. Sora just smiled softly before looking at the lady. “Thank you” he said.
She turned her eyes on him, “Is he your son?” she asked
Sora almost said no, but with a glance at Atem, who had now entertained himself trying to bite off his mittens, he couldn’t do it “Yes, he is my son” he answered confidently.
“Oh you poor dear, you look so young!” she worried “And you are so beautiful, a young lady like you shouldn’t be with a baby. To think you’re a mommy so young”
Atem perked up before he opened his mouth “mmm...mo...Momm...mommmmm...mommy” he said before looking up at Sora with a bright smile “mommm....mommy!” he said again before giggling and sticking his fist in his mouth.
Sora’s eye widened as he felt his heart melt, tears stung the corners of his eyes “Oh...”
The old women laughed heartily “Aww the little ones first words...congratulations” She said patting Sora’s back “how old is he?”
“Only about six months” Sora answered
The old women raised her eyebrows “And he’s speaking already! My, my how children grow” she muttered “well I must be going, would you like to come over again sometime? You can bring your little boy of course, he can eat some cookies that I make daily” she asked, Sora was going to turn her gently down on the offer but he could see the hopeful look in her eyes.
With a small sigh he nodded his head and smiled brightly “Sure, how does tomorrow sound? Same time?”
The old women nodded “Oh I can’t wait!” she exclaimed “I’ll see you tomorrow…?” she paused.
“My name is Sora” the brunette said offering his hand.
“ah , mine is Antoinette , I shall see you tomorrow Sora” she said with a warm smile , she gave Atem a little kiss on the cheek before turning and going back up onto her porch. She beamed warmly at them as they continued to walk off to the corner store.
Just as they rounded the corner Sora quickly pulled out his cell phone and dialed Riku’s cell. After a bit Riku picked up sounding breathless “ya?”
“Riku Atemu said his first word!” Sora said barley keeping his voice in check.
“What! Here put him on the phone and make him say it” Riku said eagerly ignoring his fellow band mates who were telling him to get back to work.
Sora placed the phone by Atem’s mouth “C’mon Atem say mommy” Sora said looking at the baby with eager eyes “Say it for your daddy”
Atem looked at the phone then back at Sora’s hopeful gaze; he opened his mouth and spoke once more “Mmmmommy” he mumbled.
Riku listen with rapt attention and let out a whoop “He fucking spoke!!! My kid just said his first word!”
“Daaaa.....daaaaadddy....mommy...daaadddy...” Atem said before giggling shyly. Sora just stared at him before his face burst into a big cheesy smile.
Riku nearly dropped the phone “he said daddy....HE SAID DADDY!!!!” Riku yelled excitedly. His band mates were now staring at him like he had grown a second head, Riku glared at them before getting back on the phone. “Can he say anything else?”
Sora took the phone from Atem, “No, that’s all I’ve heard him say so far. But this means you can start teaching him other words” Sora said, he pushed the door of the corner store and walked in immediately grabbing a cart. He gently set Atem down and pushed the cart around.
“Where are you?” Riku asked, he could hear other people’s voices as well as the occasional beep.
“Oh I went to the corner store. You don’t have anything in the fridge so I decided to come out and buy you some.” Sora answered as he threw in a few veggies and fruits into the cart. Atem somehow had grabbed an apple and was trying to bite it, but being he lacked teeth it was gradually becoming an impossible feat for him.
“Whoops, I’m so sorry about that. I had completely forgot about going shopping, when you get to the register just tell them to charge it to my account” Riku said , he looked over his shoulder and saw that everyone was glaring holes into his back. “Listen I gotta get back to work. I’ll see you when I get ho-….shit…Scratch that; I’m going to be a bit late tonight. There is a party after work n’ all so I’ll call you before I leave and check up on how things are going.”
Sora felt his heart sink a bit when Riku said he would be going out but he quickly pushed it aside, he didn’t care for Riku anymore…not like that. “Ok then, talk to you later” Sora said and before he could help it he said “And be careful”
“I always am” Riku replied before hanging up, he paused staring down at the phone. Sora always would say that to him and he would always have the same reply. Shaking his head Riku got up and got back to work, he would ponder that shit later.
Sora spent a while getting everything for the kitchen, he also made sure to grab a few jars of baby food for Atem. When he was done he went to the register telling them where to charge it. After he was completely done he pushed the shopping cart down the street and back to Riku’s apartment.
When he actually got there Sora was faced with a bit of a problem. He had a lot of groceries, there was no way he could carry all of it up the stairs, plus hold Atem with out risking dropping every thing. “Shit…what am I gonna do?” Sora muttered softly.
“Do you need some help?” came a soft tenor from behind him. Sora turned and saw a guy with brilliant blonde hair and startling baby blue eyes, he was dressed in a tight black turtle neck with a pair of casual jeans.
“Um Sure” Sora replied. The guy nodded before bending down and picking up a few of the bags, Sora grabbed what was left and held Atem securely in his arms.
They took the elevator to the top floor and walked down the hall towards Riku’s apartment. The two of them walked in silence accept for Atem who was making spit bubbles. Sora struggled to pull out the keys to unlock the door when they were snatched out of his hands.
“Hey Leon”
Sora looked next to him to see a taller brunette with a shaggy mass of hair and stormy blue eyes looking at him. The brunette brought out the right key and unlocked the door for Sora before he looked over at the blonde. “What are you up to Cloud?”
Cloud shrugged before following Sora into the house. Leon followed as well shutting the door; Sora looked over his shoulder at the two while he set the bags down.
“Thanks for the help” Sora said to Cloud, the blonde simply shrugged as if to say it was nothing.
“I was no problem, I was on my way up here anyways” Cloud said before glancing at Leon.
Sora saw the way Cloud was looking at Leon and understood what was going on between them. “Anyways, um…what’s your guy’s name?”
“I’m Cloud and this is Leon” Cloud said, he looked at Sora with calculating eyes “Who are you?”
“My name is…Cielo” Sora answered hesitating slightly. Atem looked up from where he was sitting on the counter and let out an indignant squawk.
“Ora….ora mmmommy...” he mumbled, he glared at Sora before pointing at him “Ora!”
“I think Atemu is saying you’re lying” Leon said, though he face was neutral you could still see that he was a bit amused.
Sora glared back at Atem before pouting “fine….I’m Sora”
“Oh so YOU’RE Sora” Cloud said crossing his arms “You’re the one Riku cheated on huh?” Leon glared at Cloud before he pinched him hard in the side “Owww what the hell was that for?!” he snapped before he saw the look on Sora’s face.
Sora was busy putting the bags of food away but you could easily see the tears that were pooling up in his eyes. He didn’t wear a look of misery, but more of a look of pure anger and hatred. “Ya that’s me” Sora said coldly.
Even Atem seemed to sense the anger Sora was radiating, he whimpered before laying his head down.
“Sorry if cloud was rude” Leon said he pushed Cloud toward the door “We’ll see you later Sora.” With that he dragged Cloud out the door and closed it with a snap.
Sora finished putting every thing away before he went into the living room picking Atem up and holding him in his arms. “I don’t understand Atemu , I keep trying to forget him , I try to not feel anything for him after what he did , but no matter how hard I want this pain to go away…..it keeps coming back” Sora whispered as a few drops fell from his face onto Atem’s cheek.
“I want to forget that I ever loved him! I don’t want to go threw that shit again, I can’t…it hurt so much” Sora cried as he body shook with sorrow, Atem looked up at Sora crying as well. “I can’t feel for him…he doesn’t….and never will….love me” Sora sniffled a bit before he got up holding Atem close , he walked to the guest room and laid down falling asleep while his tears continued to pour.
Atem sat up on bed looking down at Sora, his blue green eyes studied Sora carefully. He planted a chubby hand on Sora’s wet cheek and made little baby noises, and if you listened carefully you would almost think he was making a promise to Sora.
“Ora momma” Atem muttered before he laid down using Sora’s hand as a sort of teddy bear holding it close.
~*O0o*~@~*o0O*~
At almost one in the morning a loud pounding on the door followed by the continues ringing of the door bell woke Sora up. He sat up rubbing his eyes tiredly , he carefully got out of the bed, so he wouldn’t wake Atem up, before shuffling to go answer the door.
As soon as he opened it Riku was thrown into his arms, he looked up and saw two women dressed rather sluttishly. “He passed out at the bar so we brought him home” one of them said adjusting her skimpy shirt.
Sora glanced at Riku before looking up at the women “ok, I’ll take him from here” he said somewhat coldly.
“What you his girl or sumthin’?” asked one of the women.
“No I’m his babysitter” Sora replied before closing the door and locking it securely. He carried Riku to his bedroom and laid him out on the bed. He stripped Riku until only his boxers remained; he pulled the covers over Riku’s body making sure to not wake him. He walked to the bathroom and grabbed a trash can, bottle of pills, glass of water, and a towel and set them on the bed side cabinet. Sora looked back at Riku studying the way his face looked so childlike when he was asleep, carefully he fell to his knees beside Riku and leaned over placing a sweet whisper of a kiss on the silver haired singer’s lips.
Riku fussed slightly before he sluggishly blinking his eyes open and looked strait into the pools of shocked azure. A feral smile curved on his lips “Sora…my Sora…” He whispered before his eyes drooped and he once more fell into a deep slumber.
Sora let out the breath he was holding; hastily he got up and ran out of the room back into his own. “I can’t believe I just did that” Sora whispered aloud, he reached up and touched his lips. With a growl he wiped at them savagely as if her were trying to get a bad taste from his mouth. “I don’t care about you Riku, I don’t love you anymore. I’m not going to let myself fall for you again” he whispered harshly. Whimpering he crawled into the bed and held Atem close allowing his tears to flow once more. He could feel it, his heart that had slowly repaired it’s self was beginning to shatter once more, and Sora knew that if it broke again….he wouldn’t live threw it.
Riku groaned, slowly he blinked his eyes open before he immediately shut them. The sunlight seemed too bright and his mouth felt like it was full of sand. /What the fuck happened?/ he frowned trying to remember what had happened but drew a blank. Without thinking Riku sat up quickly and instantly regretted it as his stomach did flip flops and bile rose in his throat. He clapped a hand over his mouth making to run like hell to the toilet but a hand on his shoulder and a trashcan shoved under his nose stopped him.
The singer puked into the plastic trashcan with great heaves, his eyes began to water and he looked up blearily seeing the slightly distorted image of someone standing in front of him. / You look just like him…/ For a split second Riku thought he was looking at Sora but before he could really think on it his stomach gave another lurch and more came up.
After a while Riku stopped gagging and lay back on his pillows pulling the blankets around him. Sora took soiled trash can to the bathroom and washed it out before going back over to Riku. He had heard Riku groaning and figured he was waking up; he had just barely made it to the trashcan before Riku started to blow chunks.
“So how are you feeling this morning?” Sora asked softly remembering to make his voice an octave higher.
“I don’t know… did you catch the licenses of the fucking trucks that ran me over?” Riku grumbled throwing an arm over his eyes.
Sora giggled softly before grabbing the bottle of Tylenol and glass of water. “Here take this , it should help your headache and the water will help your stomach out”
Riku reached out clumsily taking the offered items. He popped three pills into his mouth washing them down with the water. “Thanks” he grunted before rolling over and burying himself in the covers. He suddenly froze and bolted upright again almost making himself sick again. “Where’s Atem?!”
As if on cue a soft crying came floating out of the guest room. Sora sighed and walked out of the room to go get the cute turquoise eyed baby. Moments later he came back in with a sniffling Atem in his arms.
“He slept in your room?” Riku asked as Sora handed him his son.
Sora cocked his head and gave the other a tiny smirk “You weren’t exactly in the best of conditions for him to be by you”
Riku flushed looking down at Atem who was having the time of his life attempting to bite the buttons off of the mittens that Sora had put on him. “Sorry about that…” He muttered softly. He peeked through his bangs at Sora “..um…exactly…how did I get home?”
Riku saw a flicker of what looked like a mix of sadness and fury pass threw Sora’s eyes before it was gone and replaced with amusement. “A couple of your girlfriends brought you over and tossed you in…literally”
“They aren’t my girlfriends….just some chicks I hang out with from time to time” Riku growled defensively.
Sora held up his hands giving Riku a smile “sorry I didn’t mean to assume…plus you didn’t have to explain…it’s really none of my business right? I’m just the baby sitter”
Riku gave Sora a look “Are you sure I’ve never met you before…I’m talking to you as if I’ve known you all my life”
The brunette blinked “I know what you mean…I’m sorry…I’ve been really stressed out before I came over here to work and all…I’ll watch my mouth” Sora said with a slight up turn of his lips. Looking around Sora began to clean up the mess and organize Riku’s room up.
Riku gave a curt nod watching the baby sitter clean. With calculating aqua eyes Riku did a once over of Cielo. / Something isn’t right …for a girl…she kinda looks…masculine. She doesn’t have a chest really…the sporty type maybe? Hmm…something is telling me that….maybe…Cielo…is…a guy? / Riku’s eye brows arched /no…can’t be…I would have noticed…still…she talks in a wispy voice, she doesn’t have a chest, she has a slightly masculine body , and her hair…it’s…short for a girl…reminds me of someone I know…well there is only one way to find out/ Riku looked down at Atem and gave him a small smile. “Atem you can try all you want to bite those buttons off but they aren’t going to come off…you need teeth to do that”
Atem looked up and gave Riku a heated glare before returning to his buttons “da…da…iku” he muttered around the fist of cotton he had stuffed in his mouth.
Sora looked up from his little cleaning spree and smiled “I don’t think he liked what you said…”
Riku chuckled “no I don’t think he did” with a slight groan Riku gathered Atem in his arms and threw the covers back and stood up. “I’ll go make breakfast , don’t worry about cleaning my room Cielo…you’re the babysitter remember?” With a smirk Riku handed Atem to Sora and walked in clad only in his boxers. /I wonder if I can get her to slip and speak in her real voice…hmm…but how? /
Sora watched Riku go, his eyes automatically locked onto the boxer clad ass. Atem looked at his mother then back at his dad seemingly making mental notes, a little plan formulated in the baby’s head. Atem squirmed in Sora’s arms reaching out with pudgy hands “Da da Iku!” he squealed.
The brunette looked at his tiny son and frowned “iku? Who’s that?” Sora paused and pondered it a bit before his eyes widened “Riku! Atem said your name!!”
Atem giggled as his mother ran strait to his target, now all he had to do was make sure he hit the bulls’ eye.
Riku looked up from the eggs he was frying “What now?”
“He said your name…well close to it anyways” Sora said happily
“C’mon Atem…say my name…say Riku”
Atem looked at his father then back at his mother before giving a gummy smile “Iku….Iku da…ora…ora mommy…”
Riku smiled and leaned over kissing Atem’s cheek “That’s my boy…” Atem gave his dad a pleased look that suddenly turned evil. A chubby hand shot out grabbing onto the silver locks before his father pulled away.
“Shit!” Riku gasped as he was yanked back painfully, he lost his balance and crashed against Cielo who fell to the floor with him and taking a hysterically giggling Atem with them.
Riku was pressed against Cielo who was looking up at him with shocked sea blue eyes. The silver haired one pushed himself up and looked down. Atem was looking up at him and next to him Cielo was looking up as well. Something occurred to Riku that he hadn’t seen before, he could swear that Cielo and Atem were identical, their face shapes, eye color, and way they stared was a lot alike. Riku narrowed his eyes studying Cielo carefully , then suddenly something else hit him , his crotch was fully pressed up against Cielo and he didn’t feel what he normally would feel had be been pressed up against a women , he was sorely tempted to grind against the soft lump and see what happened.
Sora’s eyes widened when he realized where Riku was resting, he fidgeted before scrambling to get up. “Umm…I…I need to use the bathroom!” Sora squeaked he gathered Atem in his arms and got up and ran into the bathroom shutting the door with a click.
Riku sat on the floor staring at the shut door with a smug grin on his face “ So your not a girl….so why try and hide it?” with a sigh Riku got up straitening his boxers , as he turned to go back into the kitchen he saw something glinting on the floor. Quirking an eyebrow he bent down and picked it up, when he saw what it was his eyes widened. In his hand glittered a beautiful silver bracelet that he had given Sora when they had gone on their very first date, he could still remember it like it was yesterday…
//FLASH BACK//
Riku waited patiently for Sora to come out of his house so they could go on their little date. Last week Sora had admitted to loving him, Riku’s lips quirked up at the memory, the way that Sora’s face glowed bright red when he said “Riku…I…I love you”.
The door opened and Sora came running out pushing his mothers’ hands away as she tried to wrap him up in yet another scarf. “I’m fine mom, it’s not like there is a blizzard out here!” Sora shouted over his shoulder.
Riku’s breath hitched when the glowing eyes locked onto his and a warm smile spread across the others face. Sora’s mom watched the two before shaking her head and walking back in “Take care of him Riku, don’t let me little boy get hurt you hear me?!” she yelled over her shoulder as she shut the door.
“Mom!!!” Sora wailed in embarrassment. Riku smiled and walked over to Sora wrapping him in a warm hug.
“You know, you look adorable when you’re embarrassed” Riku muttered into his ear. He held Sora close as they walked down the street heading for the town square.
“You could have helped Riku” Sora grumbled, he cocked his head to the side and leaned up giving Riku a sweet kiss. Riku pulled Sora to him until the smaller boy was pressed up against him and kissed him until they were both breathless.
After he pulled back Riku looked at Sora lovingly “I have something for you” he reached into his pocket and pulled out a beautiful silver bracelet that had the same charm as the crown necklace that Sora always wore. “This is something that I want you to wear as long as you love me , don’t ever take it off…it’s one of a kind…I had it specially made for you” He whispered as he put it on Sora.
“I guess that means I’ll never take it off…until the day I die” Sora whispered back he wrapped Riku in a tight hug “Thank you so much…I love you…forever…”
“Forever…I’ll love you forever Sora…until the day I die…”
//END FLASHBACK//
“Until the day I die…” Riku murmured “I guess we died Sora…” Riku closed his eyes before looking at the bracelet again. /How did she…he…whatever it is get a hold of this?/
Riku felt a small stab of hurt at the thought that Sora had taken it off…but at the same time he reminded himself that he wasn’t with Sora anymore.
Inside the bathroom Sora leaned against the wall panting “God that was close…he was pressing up right there!” the brunette whispered harshly.
Atem giggled “Ora mommy dada Iku…”
Sora glanced at Atem with narrowed eyes “if I didn’t know any better Atem I would say you planed that” he grumbled , but he knew , a little baby couldn’t do something like that…not purposely that is.
“Ora mommy!” Atem chirped brightly before bursting into a fit of giggles.
“Ora….why do you call me ora?” Sora asked looking at the giggling baby. “Ora….Sora…Oh crap!”
Atem stopped laughing and looked at Sora wondering if he did something wrong “Ora mommy?”
“You’re saying my name…oh no...Atem…don’t’ say my name anymore ok? It’s just plain mommy…but don’t call me Sora” the brunette whispered holding the pudgy hands in his own.
The turquoise eyed baby titled his head “Ora?”
Sora shook his head “No…just Mommy…ok”
“Ora mommy?”
“No…just mommy” Sora whispered again, Atem gave Sora a look before he quieted. “Ok then…we should get back out there before your daddy starts worrying about you”
Sora opened the door and walked back into the kitchen , Riku looked over his shoulder as he finished serving the food and placed it on the counter “ you ok there?” he asked casually.
“Ya…just…I felt a bit dizzy nothing big” Sora answered promptly. Atem poked at his plate keeping silent looking a bit put out.
Riku eyed Sora carefully before he pulled the bracelet out and slid it over to the other “This came off and I found it on the floor”
Sora gave a good impression of a fish as he gaped at the piece of jewelry. Riku watched his reaction before he cleared his throat and leaned in making Sora keep eye contact with him.
“I know you’re not a girl…”
It felt as if his heart had stopped and a bucket of ice spilled in his stomach. Sora gulped nervously “how…how’d you come to that?”
The singer gave a dry laugh “I didn’t know that girls now a days had penises.” He said bluntly.
Sora blushed brightly before looking back at the bracelet “Listen Riku I can explain..” he began speaking in his normal voice but Riku cut in.
“The only thing I want you to tell me is how did you came to get this….I know you know Sora…he’s the only one that could have possibly given this to you…it’s…”
“One of a kind and was made just for him…something he wouldn’t take off until he stopped loving you…forever…until the day he died” Sora finished
Riku raised an eyebrow “he told you all that?”
Sora frowned, did Riku not realize he was talking to him…unless…no…Riku couldn’t possibly still believe that he wasn’t Sora.
The fair skinned singer blushed and shifted uncomfortably “So…are you…where you two in a relationship?”
“no…I was more like the one who was there to pick him up and help him put his heart back together” Sora answered bitterly.
Riku was silent chewing on that bit of information before he spoke again “ was he really all that bad after we broke up? I mean…did he talk about me or anything?”
Sora let out a long sigh “It seemed as if his world had crashed , he had nothing…only a broken heart and tears of blood. All he wanted to do was curl up and die , the one person who he ever trusted and loved more then his own life had rejected him. Its like he was standing in the rain and his life was falling apart around him. He kept thinking the whole thing was a nightmare and he would wake back in your arms, he prayed so hard that you had never cheated him…that he was still worth something in your heart and not just a cheap fuck.”
Riku felt an over whelming wave of guilt wash over him. He wanted to say something in his defense but nothing came.
“Though he never said he hated you, no he still loved you even after what you did to him. Right now though he doesn’t love you not like he did, he used to stare at the phone wishing you would call him and tell him that you wanted to talk and work it out or something. He kept this hope that you would want him back again and that would both forget about it and go on with your lives. Eventually he got tired of hoping and wishing so he gave up. I’m sure he would still like to be friends with you if you asked…he misses you” Sora finished with a small smile.
Riku sat back in a chair with a blank look on his face. Sora watched him with sad eyes wondering if he had said too much but at the same time he had this grim satisfaction at the incredibly guilty look on Riku’s face, the pained look in his eyes.
Suddenly a piercing cry caused both of them to turn.
“Atem!!”