Kingdom Hearts Fan Fiction ❯ Let Me Love You ❯ Chapter 2

Sorry for the long delay!!! Thank you to those who took the time to read the story, it is greatly appreciated!

 

Special Thanks to reviewers: Arie Date and anime_lover_kohaku.

 

I do not own Kingdom Hearts. Warnings are on first chapter.

 

Now on with the story!!!

 

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Chapter 2

 

After dinner at the Highwind home…

 

Leon helped his mother, Aerith, with the dishes; she was cleaning while he was drying and placing them into the basket; the distinct sounds of the television drifting into the kitchen from the living room and Leon's father-in-law, Cid, conversing with Sora and Cloud.

 

“So honey…” Aerith began. “You and Cloud seem close.”

 

Leon rolled his eyes as he dried a dish.

 

“We are not a couple” Leon said. “Even if I was interested in him, I don't think he'd be interested in me. He's straight as a 2 by 4.”

 

Aerith chuckled at how Leon explained Cloud.

 

“I saw Riku today…” Leon said, changing the conversation.

 

“Did you speak to him?” Aerith asked.

 

Leon shook his head sadly.

 

“I tried to get to him when I saw him in the halls.” Leon explained. “But he got to his class before I could get to him, plus I got sidetracked by Sora when I saw he was in the same class. Sora seems very interested in Riku though.” Leon thought back to the look his little brother gave Riku when he walked by.

 

Aerith sighed as she washed another dish and handed it over to Leon.

 

“I hope he's okay…” Aerith said. “Not only for his sake, but for Sora's sake too; despite Sora still being with Kairi, it's obvious that Sora still has feelings for Riku.”

 

Leon nodded in agreement.

 

“Did he look any better than from how I explained him?” Aerith asked.

 

Leon shook his head.

 

“If not that, worst then.” Leon said. “Even though I was looking at his back, I could still see he was super skinny; it's obvious that Sora has noticed it too, I saw him staring at Riku when he came into the class.”

 

“How much longer do you think Sora's going to be with Kairi?” Aerith asked suddenly. “I just can't stand that girl, from the day I met her, I knew she was going to be trouble.”

 

Leon looked down at his mother in surprise as he dried another dish she had handed to him.

 

“I thought you supported the relationship at first, even supporting them before they became a couple; both you and dad.” Leon said.

 

“I only pretended to like the idea of the relationship so I wouldn't hurt Sora's feelings.” Aerith explained, “You know how sensitive Sora was back then.”

 

“Well, at least nowadays you don't have to hold it back much.” Leon said.

 

“Yeah, I personally wished I was in your shoes back then.” Aerith said, “While me and Cid had to hide our disliking of her, you made it obvious you hated her, and it's amazing that at first Sora didn't notice it.”

 

“During that time, I thought I had a vegetable for a brother.” Leon chuckled. “But he caught onto it; it was obvious he was pretending not to notice though.”

 

The two stayed quiet for a few more moments; together, they finished the dishes and placed the soup, sponge, and drying towel where they were supposed to be. Just as they were about to exit the kitchen; Cid, Sora, and Cloud entered, Cid's arms draped over both boys shoulders.

 

“Well, tonight was a good night.” Cid said as he ruffled Sora's hair.

 

Sora playfully swatted at his father's hand.

 

Leon smiled, happy that he accepted his friendship with Cloud.

 

Aerith's eyes wondered over to the clock above the kitchen door and her eyes widened slightly.

 

“Oh my goodness…” She gasped. “Time sure does fly fast.”

 

Leon looked up at the clock himself, and he must say he was surprised at the time too; it was nearly ten at night; dinner did start oddly late that night anyway.

 

“I'll give you a ride home if you'd like Cloud.” Leon said.

 

Cloud smiled at him and gave a slight nod.

 

“I would like that.” Cloud said.

 

After a few more moments of conversation; Sora, Cloud, and Leon were walking out of the front door. Cid and Aerith stood at the door waving and calling out goodnight to all of them and telling them to wear seatbelts and be careful.

 

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It wasn't all that much of a long ride for Leon to take both Cloud and his little brother home. Cloud had transferred to Destiny University from Traverse University in the city; so all Leon had to do was drop Cloud off back at the university, since Cloud lived in the dorms over there. Then Leon turned back and drove himself and his little brother home.

 

During the drive home, Sora actually fell asleep in the backseat; Leon shook his brother awake. He would've done Sora a favor and actually carry him in, but he was tired himself and wanted to get some sleep.

 

Together the two made the short trip from the parking lot, into the apartment building and over the elevator; Leon pressed buttons three and four. First stop was Sora's floor.

 

“Goodnight, don't let the STDs bite,” Leon teased. It was a mean joke, but he couldn't help it; he knew that Kairi was cheating on his little brother.

 

Sora flicked Leon off as the door closed with a sleepy smile; then he walked down the hallway towards his own apartment. Taking out the key, he unlocked the door and opened it and walked in. He didn't even turn on the light by the door, he knew the apartment by heart and trekked over to his bedroom; but he did turn on the light in there, not remembering if he left anything on the floor that could trip him over in the dark.

 

Sora's apartment was a nice apartment, it was big, but not too big, sort of medium sized. It had a medium sized living room, with a cozy sized kitchen, it had one and a half bathrooms, and it had a huge master bedroom. Sora was originally surprised that the apartment fit his budget so well; he worked at the local supermarket, 20 to 25 hours a week and some extra if possible; Leon also worked there, it was Leon who helped him get the job in the first place when he was looking for one.

 

Sora just walked over to his closet, he stripped down to his boxers and threw the discarded clothing into the closet. Checking to see if there was anything on the floor, seeing none, he walked over to the light switch, turned it off and headed to bed. As soon as his head hit the pillow, he was asleep.

 

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An hour later…

 

Sora was having a very good dream; but something was bothering, a strange, unfamiliar ringing sound. He wanted to ignore it, but he couldn't his eyes snapped opened and he looked around; he didn't know what the sound was, until he heard banging accompanying it. It took Sora another moment to realize what it was; it was someone at his door.

 

He looked at the clock and his eyes widened when he saw that it was fifteen past midnight; cursing, he rolled out of bed and stormed over to his bedroom door. As he opened the door, he flicked on the light; the light in his room sort of illuminated the living room it was open to, at least enough light for him not to trip over something while he was so groggy.

 

Rubbing his eyes, he mumbled as he walked over to the door; as he unlocked it, he flicked on the light, which lit up the living room. He was ready to yell at whoever was at his door past midnight; he was thinking it was Kairi; he didn't want to deal with her; he figured that if it was her, he'd break up with her right there and go back to sleep.

 

When he opened the door, he had the shock of his life at who it was; it was Riku. He gasped as he looked up and down at Riku, he was a wreak; Sora was suddenly wide awake, but he was too shocked to speak.

 

Riku had bruises covering him from head to toe, most of which were bleeding as freely as the long cuts that had adorned his body along with the bruises. He was breathing heavily and Sora couldn't see his face, because Riku had his head down and his hair was curtaining it from view.

 

“So…ra…” Riku whispered between breaths.

 

Riku's body suddenly began to drop to the floor; that's when Sora broke out of his stupor.

 

“Riku!” Sora said as he jumped forward, he caught Riku before he hit the floor. Immediately, he nearly effortlessly shifted Riku's body into his arms and lifted him up into his arms, then turned back to his apartment, kicking the door closed behind him.

 

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Riku yelped as his Master dragged him into the apartment; he was so quick Riku didn't see him move.

 

“I'm getting very impatient waiting for you everyday!” His master snarled as he threw Riku to the floor.

 

Riku fell onto the ground on his hands and knees, the appendages to used to break his fall. He felt a very sharp sting of pain at his side, all of the air suddenly left his body and he collapsed onto the floor completely, gasping for air and clutching the side of his stomach. Another blow was delivered to that same side, despite his arm shielding that side, the blow that was delivered caused the air that he had collected to exit his body; that blow ordered him to lie on his back. Doing his best to follow demands, Riku rolled onto his back slowly; his eyes opened slightly to stare into a pair of amber eyes that were glowering down at him.

 

“I told you time and time again, to get home promptly!” His master snarled. “Yet, you choose to defy my commands!”

 

Riku tried his best to bite back a whimper, he knew better than to sound weakness around his master when he was ranting; he wanted complete silence at all times while he did that.

 

Riku watched as his Master walked back and forth from where he was lying down, he knew better than to move and get up unless his Master told him to get up or if he moved him by force. Riku's mind was racing at what would happen that time; he had tried his best to get home quickly, but the bus was late and his ankle was still healing from that last beating his Master had given him. Riku thought it would be best if he didn't run home, from how tender his ankle still was; if he ran home, he had a major risk of breaking it.

 

So, Riku stayed at the bus stop; the bus came ten minutes late. Riku hopped on and hoped that there was no traffic. Unfortunately for Riku, an accident happened and he knew that if he stayed in the bus, he would be even later home that he would've been if he just walked; seeing how close it was to the time he needed to be home, Riku took a major risk and ran. He was slightly amazed that he didn't really feel the pain in his ankle as he ran; but he knew that was completely do to the fear he was feeling as he ran home, knowing what was waiting for him when he saw the minute hand on his watch go past the time he was supposed to be home.

 

Even though he was less than five minutes late home, he was still in major trouble.

 

He watched as his Master suddenly stormed out of the living room and towards his bedroom; he could only pray that his Master would be lenient with him that evening, his body was still pained from the attack last week.

 

He closed his eyes, but they snapped opened when he felt eyes on him again; his eyes widened on what his Master had in his right hand, his dagger.

 

`NO!' Riku thought. `Not again!'

 

His Master bent down on his knees at his side and stared down at his body for a moment before he did anything, then he lunged for Riku's hair and yanked him up into a painful lustful kiss. Riku winced as he felt his Master's teeth tearing into the flesh of his skin, he could taste blood seeping from the wound already, his lips stung as the kiss continued. The feeling of his Master's tongue dove into his mouth and down his throat, almost causing him to choke.

 

It seemed like an eternity before the kiss was finally broken, but the pain didn't end. Riku's mouth parted in a silent scream as he felt the blade of the dagger run down his arm, he knew what his Master was doing. His Master was running the blade down his arm, enough to leave a long deep cut that would seep blood, but not deep enough to get any veins to kill him. Riku's Master lifted his arm up and looked at it, then brought it up to his lips and licked off the seeping blood, moving his head down so his tongue could travel the whole length of his arm; Riku shivered in disgust as it was done. He wondered for a second that if some string from the now cut sleeves of his long sleeved shirt got into his mouth also.

 

Riku wasn't surprised when he was suddenly let go, he didn't do anything to stop his sudden drop as his body thudded on the floor; but he did wince again when his head hit the floor hard. He watched with worried eyes as his Master stood up, he looked into his glowering eyes and waited for any commands that he had to follow; as was expected, an order came.

 

“Stand up,” His Master said; the command would've been simple if Riku's body didn't hurt so much.

 

Riku wrapped one arm around his ribs where his Master had kicked him, then used the other to push himself up; he struggled for a moment, but he was finally standing in front of his Master, panting from the pain in his stomach.

 

Again, his Master glowered at him and delivered another slap to his face. Riku yelled slightly and resisted the urge to nurse his cheek with his hand, he looked up at his Master scared wondering what he had done now.

 

“Next time don't take so much trying to stand up,” His Master said simply; then his Master shoved him.

 

Riku stumbled back and something from behind him tripped him; before he knew it, he was sitting on the couch. His Master stormed over and lifted Riku's legs onto the couch; Riku was now lying down on the couch, looking at the dagger his Master held in his hand. He watched it intently as it the dagger was descended upon his chest, the sound of tearing fabric came shortly after, and the coolness of the living room air gently rushed across his chest, erecting his nipples.

 

His Master smirked and dipped down to lick one of them, Riku whimpered when that was done. Upon hearing the whimper, Riku's Master bit down on his nipple; Riku let out a small scream.

 

“I told you before, no noise.” His Master said; then another slap was delivered to Riku's cheek.

 

While Riku was wishing for the pain on his cheek and all over his body to go away; he gasped as he felt that in one swift move, his Master had removed both his pants and boxers, leaving him completely bare for the gleaming eyes to see. Briskly, Riku's Master heaved Riku's legs over his shoulders; then he proceeded to unzip his pants.

 

“Oh Riku…” His Master murmured. “You've been nothing but a nuisance lately, your punishment is way overdue.”

 

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Sora sat down on a chair beside his bed as he watched over Riku, who was asleep on his bed. He listened as Riku quietly whimpered and watched as he squeezed his eyes, obviously Riku was dealing with a nightmare; Sora wasn't sure if he should leave Riku be or wake him up.

 

He sat down on the chair continuing to look at Riku was he thought about what he had done for Riku while he was unconscious. Riku's body was littered with cuts and bruises, practically from head to toe. Riku's cheeks were bruised, black and blue marks covered them along with one nasty cut; then there was Riku's chest, also covered with cuts and bruises, big, nasty, bleeding bruises; and at Riku's hips, were even more bruises, the most noticeable were a pair of bruises, one on each hip, in the shape of big hands.

 

Sora had basically stripped off all of Riku's cloths, since all he was wearing was a torn t-shirt and a pair of worn baggy sweat pants that were two sizes too big for him. After cleaning out and bandaging his wounds, Sora was thankful that none of the cuts needed to be stitched; Sora put some of his own cloths onto Riku. Even though Riku was about four inches taller than Sora, Sora's clothing were also too big for his frame, being either a size or two bigger; and Sora braided Riku's waist length hair, before he fixed up Riku's wounds so his hair wouldn't get in the way.

 

As Sora fixed up Riku's wounds, he was almost disgusted at how skinny his friend was. Riku's ribs were sticking out from his frame due to his thinness, and everything else was in worse condition. Sora stopped sword fighting only a few months ago, as a break so he could catch up in his studies, but at that moment he was brainstorming on what part of his training he could use to murder Riku's lover. He knew that it was Riku's lover that had done all of this to him; but he didn't know who he was or even what he looked like; he could only hope that Riku would cooperated with him when he woke up, Sora wanted to help him.

 

As if on cue, Riku's eyes twitched for a moment before the slowly opened. Sora looked at Riku as his eyes shifted around the room trying to figure out where he was; it took a moment before Riku looked at Sora.

 

“Hey…” Sora said quietly.

 

Riku just stayed quiet as he stared at Sora. Sora sighed and stood up, standing next to the bed.

 

“Riku, please speak to me!” Sora pleaded as he looked into Riku's eyes. “I'm sorry for everything, I'm sorry for never being there for you when you needed me. I'm sorry for choosing Kairi over you. I'm so sorry!” Sora had tears in his eyes as he finished.

 

Riku looked into Sora's eyes for a moment, he still didn't say anything; but he pushed himself up with his arms, then placed on hand gently on Sora's cheek and used the other to wipe away Sora's tears; then he did something that surprised the both of them, he leaned towards Sora's face, and then kissed him.

 

Sora's eyes widened in surprise, but his eyes closed slowly, the kiss felt so good. He wrapped one arm around Riku's waist, and a hand placed at the back of Riku's head pulled his lips closer to deepen the kiss.

 

Riku kissed Sora with passion and for the first time in his life, he truly felt at peace.

 

To be continued…

 

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Awww… they kissed!

 

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