Kingdom Hearts Fan Fiction ❯ Dirge ❯ Uke ( Chapter 17 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

: Dirge

Pairing: CloudXRiku!

Rating: M

Warnings: Yaoi , and violence, and bad language, lots of language.

Music: L`Arc~en~Ciel - Living in your eyes

Prompt: Sin


“Cloud? …….Cloud!”

The blonde was sitting in the storage room, a huge pile of junk surrounding him He had been sorting through the various items and prepping them for sale, when he had…..fallen asleep.

Riku rolled his eyes as he examined the scene in front of him. Cloud was snoozing away, his back leaning against a small pile of boxes. The position couldn’t have been comfortable, but that didn’t stop the blonde from just falling asleep on the job.

“Cloud!” Riku shouted again, this time right in the older man’s ear. Cloud’s form shuddered visibly as he suddenly jumped, knocking over the pile of boxes he had been leaning on. Riku simply laughed.

“What the hell was that for?” Cloud growled as Riku helped him stand up from the pile.

“You shouldn’t have been asleep.” Riku countered. “At least I was doing my job.”

Cloud glared back. “At least you get to move, Squall has had me locked in this tiny room for the last couple hours.”

“I thought you said you were going to assume your role as leader?” Riku remarked snidely, earning a glower from Cloud.

“Shut it.” The blonde replied. “I’m still in charge.”

“You’re uke and you know it.”

Cloud had Riku pinned to the wall before the teen could bat an eyelash. “Want to run that by me again?” He hissed in the younger boy’s ear. Riku shuddered visibly.

“I thought you weren’t interested.”

“I’m not uke.” Cloud replied smoothly, evading any chance Riku had of changing the subject. The older man suddenly backed off, letting Riku slide down against the wall, his heart pounding. “Did you come in here to tease me or to say something? If it’s the first, you can go.”

Riku glared at Cloud’s back and stood up, trying to get his wildly thumping heart to calm down. “ I needed to ask a favor. Can Sora and I go down the East side?”

“The East side?” Cloud paused a moment as if to think about it, then shook his head. “No.”

“Oh come on.”

“You remember what happened last time.” The blonde replied in a growl. “I’m not gonna have you two come back torn up, or dead.”

“We promise to be careful, nothing will happen.”

“What do you want to go down there for anyways? I know it’s not for the House there, unless you’ve given up on me that fast. So what is it?” Cloud had a touch of bitterness in his voice, especially when he was referring to Riku’s interest. The tone didn’t go unnoticed by the silver-haired teen.

“Sora wants to see someone, I promised to go with him.”

“Does this someone happen to be a girl?” Cloud asked.

Riku hesitated. “Well, yes…”

“I knew it.” Cloud responded. “Fine, he can go, and so can you.”

“Yes! Thank you Cloud you won’t regret this…”

“No I won’t, because I’m coming along. Not even Tidus would attack me.”

Riku’s smile suddenly fell. “Why do you have to come?” he asked. “Won’t Squall get mad?”

“Fuck Squall.” Cloud replied. “I’m not uke. I’ll do what I want.” When Riku tried to protest, Cloud cut him off. “Don’t even bother saying no Riku. I’m going, that’s all there is to it.

Cloud was pissed. The little comment Riku had made had struck a nerve. The last thing the teen wanted was to make Cloud more upset, he’d just have to break the news to Sora. Cloud was coming with them.

“When can we leave?” Riku asked quietly.

“Well when do you want to leave? Today? I don’t know how much time we have till sundown, but we should be able to make a round trip without a problem…”

Riku thought about it. “I’ll go ask Sora, he’s the one who wants to go.”

The older blonde nodded and waved Riku off. “Go ahead, I have a few more things I need to inventory. Come back and tell me when you guys want to go. And don’t try to sneak off without me.”

“Wouldn’t dream of it.” Riku replied, rolling his eyes. The teen exited the room, leaving Cloud alone with the boxes and piles of junk. Carefully the blonde set down the piece of machine he had been holding and stared at the box sadly.

“I’m not uke…am I?” he asked the pile of junk. It didn’t seem to have an answer. Sighing, Cloud leaned back against the wall and stared at the ceiling for a few minutes. His icy blue eyes searching it, as if for some enlightenment. “I wish I knew what to do.”

“Well you can start by leaving. Sora and Riku are already getting ready to go.” Cloud turned to see Roxas standing in the doorway, a smug smirk on his face. “Riku sent me to tell you. He said you might be in a pissy mood, so be careful.”

“Do I sound pissy to you?” Cloud snapped. Roxas’s grin only widened.

“Yeah.” he replied.

Grumbling, Cloud got up from his position against the wall and pushed past the younger teen. “Shut up.”

Before Cloud could completely leave the room, Roxas held out an arm to stop him. “Hey Cloud…do you know what Wednesday is?”

“Yeah, it’s Dirge, why?”

“Well, it’s also September 21, Riku’s birthday.”

Cloud pulled up short and shot a strange glance toward Roxas. “How did you know that?” he asked.

“I heard Riku talking to Sora about it the other day. Not that he wants anything. He specifically told Sora that if he got him anything, he’d beat him to a pulp.”

“Why are you telling me this?” Cloud asked quietly. Roxas only smiled again.

“I dunno, I thought you might like to get him something. It will be his first birthday away from his parents, and I know he thinks highly of you.”

“You hang around Namine` too much, you’re starting to sound like her.” The older blonde replied. “I suggest you keep your nose in your own business.”

“He likes jewelry.” Roxas replied, before walking away from Cloud. The older man simply stared after him, letting the message sink in. Did Roxas know about the half-formed relationship between him and the silver-haired teen? But then again, how could he? Even thinking about it was beginning to make Cloud’s head hurt.

“Hey Cloud, are you ready yet or are we going to leave without you?” Riku yelled from the doorway to the room that lead to the roof.

Cloud looked up and shook his head, letting his thoughts settle. So Riku liked jewelry? He could imagine it, the boy did have the kind of looks that would look good with some jewelry, especially silver. Maybe he could find something simple from Namine`, something inexpensive that Squall wouldn’t yell at him for getting…

“Hurry up!”

“Coming!” Cloud responded.