Kingdom Hearts Fan Fiction ❯ Aches of the heart ❯ The tip-toe game ( Chapter 1 )

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ONE : The tip-toe game

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Hot pearls of sweat were rolling down his moist skin, his body arching at the most delicate of touches, the feeling of his lover's hands on him still as overwhelming and pleasurable after 2 years and a half into their relationship. The way he would touch, cherish and love… he knew it all by now and still it amazed him and made him crave for more every time.

"Ah! Riku…!"

His hips were moving to the slow rhythm his lover had set, the bed they were on answering each of his moans with protesting squeaks. He looked down into his lover's beautiful face and found those deep aqua eyes staring at him, their gaze almost dripping with blatant lust. He shivered mentally at that look; he could reach his orgasm by simply receiving that look from him… It was just the thought of what he could make him do and what he would receive in return that was terribly stimulating… He couldn't help it, and he loved the feeling.

"Beautiful…" Riku whispered throatily, watching how his boyfriend was working his hips on him so deliciously, moving his lithe body up and down with each breathy moan. His tanned skin was glistening with sweat were his night shirt had slid off, the dim light on his night table teasingly accentuating each of his movements. His half-lidded, innocent blue eyes were silently pleading at him in that angelic, yet erotic way again and Riku smirked softly at this; he knew that his boyfriend knew that that look was a major turn on to him, but the little brunette never seemed to realise he wore that look until it was too late. It was because of that that they were at it again in the middle of the night.

"Ngh! Ba… by!" Sora whimpered as Riku took hold of his buttocks and used his grip on them to move his hips to his liking. In other words; faster. "N-not so fast…I'm not there…"

Riku sat up in response and moved his right hand in between them, while his other supported Sora's back. "I can't wait any longer…"

Sora winced as he felt Riku take hold of his semi-erection, getting it hard and throbbing in no time. "This is the fourth time… tonight…" He panted, his body now trembling against Riku's, "N-no more… You don't know what you're doing to me…"

Riku chuckled briefly at that, licking the salty skin of Sora's throat as he arched. He would always ask for him to stop, but they'd always end up doing it more than once. "Just one more…"

"Ahh…!" The younger male cried out, Riku's tongue now travelling down his chest and suckling gently on one erect nipple, "Please…"

"Give it to me ange…" Riku throatily whispered as Sora brought his arms to rest on his shoulders and looked at him with lust darkened eyes, "I know you want to…" He licked his upper lip before holding his body close to his and whispering in his ear; "Give me your body…" Riku brought his hands underneath each of Sora's thighs and lifted him up and down his shaft easily. Sora couldn't do much but moan and hold on tight while he kept receiving every inch of Riku inside of his searing body and before he finally reached his edge and whimpered his lover's name with the last strength his body had managed to maintain.

With a stretched out moan Sora fell upon Riku, his breath coming rapidly as he kept his eyes closed and listened to his heart. "Tell me why I can never resist you?"

Riku breathed in deeply and grinned while running a hand through Sora's dampened locks, "Because I'm simply irresistible."

Sora rolled his eyes at that and smiled sleepily at Riku's chuckle, "No, it's because you always lure me into doing it, even though it is—" He turned his head to look at his bedside alarm clock, "1.30 in the morning."

The blonde male laughed heartedly, "And you love every single moment of it, ange. Don't even try to deny it. And in about 3…2…1… You're pouting."

"I'm not!" Sora immediately protested, although he knew he was indeed pouting. His boyfriend's chuckle didn't make it better. "We've been living together for far too long." He looked up and Riku pressed his pursed lips against his pouting ones.

"It's only been two years and a half and you're already tired of me? What happened to 'together for ever'?" Riku said with a grin, letting Sora remove his softening member from his body and watching him wobble his way to their adjoining bathroom. "Don't feel bad because I supply you with mind blowing sex, ange. You should be proud to have a lover like me!"

"Oh shut up," Sora spoke in annoyance as he appeared back in the bathroom's entrance with his night shirt fully buttoned and a damp cloth in his right hand. "You should consider yourself lucky that we're going on vacation tomorrow." He then sighed and closed his eyes and whispered in a sad tone, "You always do this."

Riku frowned slightly and let Sora remove the rest of bodily fluids from his torso, "Do what, ange?" He asked, but received no answer as Sora stood back up and threw the soiled cloth in the laundry bin in the bathroom. "Sora, what's wrong?"

Sora just shook his question away and re-entered their bed. "Nothing, let's just sleep alright? I'm tired."

Riku had opened his mouth to ask for another explanation, but Sora had already turned off his light and nestled himself in the covers. With a grunt he just turned himself over then, his back against Sora's. Even after two years and a half of co-habitation there were still a few mood swings of Sora's that he just did not understand. He sighed and just hoped that Sora's sudden bad mood would be over in the morning.

Sora opened his eyes on his side of the bed and sighed silently. A part of him was mad, another was sad. He felt stupid because of his sudden mood swing and because it had caused this uncomfortable climate between them, but he was also mad because his boyfriend hadn't understood the reason behind it. Or was asking for his understanding for this matter maybe too much? Was he overreacting?

Sora sighed again and gripped his pillow tighter, closing his eyes. Hopefully after a night of sleep Riku would've figured it out and it all would be alright. Yeah, there was nothing to worry about. __________________________________________________________

Th e night had caused a chilly air to creep into their room, his body slightly shivering in the silence of a slow winter morning. He sat up and rested his left hand on his neck, feeling the slightly tensed muscles there and rolling his head from side to side in an attempt to relax them. He then laid his sapphire blue eyes on the red duvet and then watched with a loving gaze how the lump lying next to him shifted positions.

Last night had ended on a bitter note, but he wouldn't let it bother this seemingly beautiful morning.

Turning his head towards the source of light coming from the split in between the curtains, he then smiled as he saw the large flakes of snow falling behind the window. The young man threw his legs out of his bed and bend over, picking up his boxers that were laying at his feet next the bed. He pulled the underwear up his hips, took his night robe that hung over a chair and walked over to the door, leaving his bed mate still asleep in the large bed.

He descended the small stairs leading to the living room/ kitchen and kneeled on the large beige sofa standing underneath the panoramic window and opened the curtains, revealing snow-covered streets. Another smile crossed his figures and he turned around to pick up the remote to the TV standing on a low dresser right from him, turning the device on.

A weather forecast was the first thing he saw and the smile on his lips grew even wider.

Just as he was about to go over to the kitchen at the other side of the room, the wireless phone on the low table in front of him rang.

"Hello?" He spoke, barely managing to oppress a yawn.

"Wow… drowsy… Good morning Sora."

"You and my mum are the only people I know who would call at an unholy hour like this," Sora whispered, muffling another gigantic yawn, "What's up, Cloud?"

"Just checking to see if the two of you were up already, Leon and I are leaving for Crystle in an hour."

"That's good, we've already packed, so we won't be long either," Sora replied, now walking over to the small kitchen and opening the fridge. "Seems like we won't have a lack of snow." He commented with one eye on the TV.

"Yeah, we're lucky… Listen, I'm kind of glad to have you over the phone and not Riku. There's been a slight addition to our plans."

The brunette frowned slightly, closing the fridge now, the phone stuck in between his right ear and his shoulder, both his hands carrying the milk, butter and eggs he needed for breakfast, "What's wrong?" Why was Cloud happy to have him over the phone rather than Riku?

"Well, it depends on what you describe as 'wrong'…" Cloud spoke, "The thing is that there'll be 7 of us instead of 6."

"Who's coming along?" He asked, hoping that whoever it was that it wouldn't affect their vacation.  Although he knew that there was one person who could…

"It's Sephiroth."

Sora bit his lower lip, wincing slightly and putting his items down on the working space. It was no secret that Riku and his elder brother didn't get along. Not in the least…"Oh god…" Sora groaned.

"I know, but it's also his chalet and he said that he had some business in Crystle so he wants to stay at the chalet while he's needed there."

Sora sighed, still wanting to be optimistic about the situation, "When is he going to get there? And how long will he be staying?"

"He told me that he would arrive this evening and probably stay for a week."

"A week?" Sora exclaimed, putting the spatula down that he had been holding on the working table, "That's half of the time we'll be spending there…" He whispered with a small pout.

"Yes it is… this isn't going to make a lot of people happy, you know, but he is as much the proprietor of that house as Riku is…"

Sora sighed again, looking at the eggs now frying in the pan, "True… but this is so not what we needed…" He looked up from the food he was cooking and saw his lover descending the stairs. "Hey Cloud?" He then said into the phone, "Riku's here, so I'll hang up now."

"Yeah, right. Then we'll see you there."

"Right, later." He hung up and looked up just in time to receive a loving kiss on his lips, "Morning." Sora then whispered with an amorous smile, happy to see Riku acting so affectionate after last night. He dreaded to tell him about what Cloud had told him though… it was sure to jeopardise his boyfriend's good mood permanently.

Riku stretched out and sat himself on one of the stools so he faced Sora, who was now putting the scrambled eggs on a plate. "Morning," He then replied, taking the plate Sora was handing him and putting it on the space in front of him. "What did Cloud want?"

Sora bit his lower lip, turned himself around and took the basket with bread from a counter behind him, "He had some news about our trip."

"By the way you sounded, it wasn't real good news…" Riku said after he had taken a sip from his glass of milk.

Sora turned himself back around and leant with his right hand on the working table while he put the basket with bread in front of his boyfriend with the other. He decided to just tell him what Cloud had told him earlier. "Sephiroth is going to be there too, Riku."

Riku let go of the fork he had picked up to eat his eggs and sighed, "Why?"

Sora bit his lower lip again and then walked over to him; they had already discussed the possibility that Riku's older brother could be spending the winter holidays with them. It didn't really bother Sora, but if Riku didn't feel comfortable, it would be hard for him to enjoy himself. "We talked about this already… please, Riku?" He whispered, laying his arms around his broad shoulders and pressing his right cheek against his left one. "It'll only be for a few days, he said. He has some business in Crystle. We'll still have the rest of our two weeks…"

The blonde sighed and put a hand on Sora's arms embracing him, "That is if you don't get mad at me for some or other reason."

Sora pressed a soft kiss on his left cheek, "I'm sorry baby…" He whispered, closing his eyes, "I guess I was just a little cranky because I was tired. I really want to have some fun with you…" Sora had decided to dismiss all negative feelings that had lingered from last night and just enjoy the time he would be able to spend with his Riku.

Riku turned his face to him and kissed him on his lips again, "You're not mad anymore?" At the shake of Sora's head he smiled, "I don't know for what, but I'm sorry anyways because I made you angry for something I said or did."

"Don't be," Sora whispered back, "I overreacted over nothing. Let's forget about it alright? I want this holidays to be relaxing ones. With you."

Riku knew what Sora was emphasizing on and he had all rights too; he had really been working hard for college lately and for the 'DC-daily', the daily paper of Destiny City where he had a part-time job as columnist.

"I know you've been looking forward to this for a long time…" Riku said, turning his head to face him, "I don't want to mess it up for you too…"

"Thank you," Sora whispered, giving a peck on his nose, "It's going to be fun, you'll see." And with that he let go of him and went over to the cupboards opposite to the small kitchen island and took out his cereals. "Don't let him get to you. He's not worth it."

Riku watched Sora eating his cereals while reading the funnies in the paper, his appetite suddenly gone.

But he's isn't even near me yet and he's already getting to me…

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"I think my toes have turned into ice cubes… Fuck, it's cold!"

Sora watched with an amused grin how Riku struggled to get their luggage up the stairs of the chalet and inside the small hall of the house. He then turned around and looked at the grand space he had just entered.

He stood in the welcoming hall now, a big circular room made mostly out of a beautiful sort of dark wood. On his left were closed double doors and on his right he saw a large living room. Ahead of him were large stairs leading to the first floor and a currently closed double door. Illuminating the whole space was a chandelier made out of deer antlers, the construction leaving Sora mesmerized for a few moments, hoping that the material used was synthetic.  He then descended the few stairs towards the luxurious sitting area on his right with large white leather sofa's and an enormous plasma-TV. A flossy white carpet lay underneath the whole area and a golden chandelier hung above it. The huge windows gave sight to the besnowed woods of the domain surrounding the chalet. Sora watched how Riku locked up their car and hurried up the stairs.

"Are we the first ones here?" Riku had entered the living room and was now looking around, checking if everything was still in place.

"Looks like it, though Cloud and Leon left an hour before us." Sora replied, walking over to the blonde and squeezing his right arm in excitement as he passed him by, "Maybe they went into town?" He then said in a louder voice, picking up his backpack and travelling bag from where Riku had left them in the income hall.

"Yeah, could be… at what time did Kairi say they'd be here?"

"They said they'd be here in the evening." Sora responded, stopping in front of the large stairs leading to the above floors and waiting for the other male to pick up his luggage so they could go explore the first floor together.

“That means that there are still 5 of the 6 rooms available.” Riku pounced, walking up the first step “Let’s go check them out.” He wiggled his eyebrows towards his boyfriend before turning back around.

Sora giggled, silently relieved that Riku’s bad mood from earlier had seemed to dissolve itself for now. He did realize that not much would be needed to push Riku’s buttons now that Sephiroth was going to spend a few days with them.

“Come on, I’m going to show you my room.”

“Ah, a bed…” Sora whispered, following Riku up the second set of stairs on his right and giving him a cheeky smile as the blonde turned and chuckled humorlessly at him. “Well, you do have a bed?” He innocently whispered.

Riku rolled his eyes and took Sora’s right hand so they could walk up the stairs side by side. Sora nervously smiled at the lack of appreciation for his joke and gave their joined hands an affectionate squeeze, “Please smile?”

A microscopic smile tugged at the right corner of Riku’s lips and he sighed as he saw Sora’s sad pout.

“Oh baby… I know…” Sora whispered, wishing he could erase Riku’s gloomy mood with a simple touch or kiss. He placed his right hand on his boyfriend’s left cheek, “But please?”

“Ange…” Riku whispered, turning his head away, ‘I’ll be fine,” He then gave him a grin and a brief kiss on his lips, “Let’s go see my room now, alright?”

Sora opened his mouth to protest, but Riku had already reached the top of the stairs. Why do you need to be so persistent at times…? I only want to help you…! He then sighed and climbed the last few steps up the stairs.

“I remember when I was little; my mum taught me how to ice-skate on the lake when it froze over like that.” Riku whispered as they were now both looking out of the window of their room on the second floor of the chalet.

Sora watched him from his spot on the windowsill and softly chuckled, “I’ve never ice-skated before.”

“I know, that's why I want to be the one to teach you,” Riku whispered, walking over to the king-size bed and sitting himself on it.

Sora scoffed, “You just want to be there when I fall on my behind so you can laugh at me.” He then directed his eyes to the large surface of frozen water a few hundred meters from the house.

Riku laughed, “Oh come on, ange…” He then said with a real smile on his face this time, although it didn’t predict much good for the spikey haired brunette. Sora hauled his shoulders innocently and then walked over to his boyfriend, who held out his hand to him, “Why do you say something like that for? We’re here to have a good time…”

For a moment there, Sora actually thought that Riku had believed what he had just said.

“If your idea of ‘fun’ implies me falling on my behind, then yeah, YOU’ll be the one having fun…” Sora sadly spoke, yet smiling at the thought that it would be great to have Riku smiling - even if it was at his expense- during Sephiroth’s stay. He nestled himself in his lap and kissed him softly on his lips.

Riku simply chuckled again and pulled his boyfriend closer to him, “That’s not exactly what I envision when I talk about fun… Besides if you hurt your behind, I will be deprived of the fun it provides me, and you know we both can’t have that…” He spoke seriously, making Sora laugh heartily. Riku smiled back and kissed his cherub’s forehead and caressed one of his chocolate strands out of his sapphire pools. “I don’t call you my ‘angel’ for nothing… How can I possibly have fun out of your pain?”

Sora trailed his eyes away from Riku’s and closed his eyes; what he wanted to say now was sure to ruin the mood, but he needed to have it out. “Baby, we need to talk.” He whispered, looking back at his lover with apologizing, yet determined eyes.

Aqua eyes squinted suspiciously, “Sure…”

Sora took a deep breath, “Why won’t you tell me about you and your brother?” Riku rolled his eyes in an exasperated manner after that sentence, causing Sora to sigh out nervously and grab his face so he’d look at him. “Riku, we’re supposed to be a team—”

“We are, and you know I love you.” Riku cut him off, pushing Sora off his lap and next to him on the bed so he could stand and walk over to the window.

“You’re tip-toeing; avoiding me, right here as I speak…!” Sora said, standing up in turn and walking up to his boyfriend, “Please, whatever troubles you’re going through, I want to be there for you.” He placed a hand on Riku’s left arm that was now folded on the blonde’s chest. “Baby?” He whispered worriedly after an uncomfortable moment of silence.

“Why do you have to be like this?” Riku grunted while shaking Sora’s hand off his arm. "One moment you're mad and upset with me, the next—"

“I just want to help you!” Sora whispered, his incomprehension at Riku’s behavior reflecting itself in his voice. “You’ve never told me why you and your brother—”

 “Sora look,” Riku interrupted, his eyes fixed on the besnowed scenery outside the window, “I don’t want to talk about it. I’ll be fine. Stop worrying.”

Sora watched him cross his arms over his chest again and shook his head, “You act all strange and you ask me to pretend nothing is wrong? Baby, you’re seriously worrying me. I want to know what is going on…” His voice was nothing but a desperate whisper now; the coldness of Riku’s indifference towards his own feelings cutting him like daggers of ice.

Riku turned around to face him with a regretful expression and sighed in remorse as he saw those beautiful pools of blue shimmering with threatening tears. “Sora, ange…”

“Don’t ‘ange’ me, just tell me!” Sora desperately said, “Tell me so I can help you… Why does Sephiroth set you off that much?” Sora placed a hand on his boyfriend’s left arm, “What did he do to you?”

Riku averted his eyes and clenched his teeth together; he had hoped that they would make up so it would’ve been the end of that, but apparently none of that was going to happen. He had made himself clear; he didn’t want to talk about his brother, why couldn’t Sora just accept that? Why did he have to make such a big deal out of it? “Weren’t you the one who wanted to have a stress-free vacation?”

Sora blinked, once again taken aback by his boyfriend’s icy tone, “Yeah, but baby—”

“Then stop talking about my brother, alright? I said I didn’t want to talk about it!”

With a last glare, Riku then walked towards the door, taking his winter coat from the bed as he went.

Sora let himself fall on the cushioned windowsill and cringed as the door slammed shut. He closed his eyes as he realized that their first vacation day was officially ruined. This can’t possibly get worse…