Kingdom Hearts Fan Fiction ❯ To Mate ❯ Chapter 7 ( Chapter 7 )

Chapter 7
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There was a change in the atmosphere after the incident the night of the full moon. It was a change that Riku noticed immediately. Sora no longer snuck into his room at all hours of the night and he maintained a feign optimistic attitude. The silver haired human could tell that the werewolf was trying too hard to act like nothing happened and that he was fine with the way things were. Riku also noticed that Sora avoided meeting his eyes, or making skin to skin contact as well as the fact that the brunette no longer proclaimed his affections so openly. The things that were missing the college student couldn't help but find that he missed them, he missed the old Sora.

As the werewolf scampered around the kitchen, making breakfast and chattering away to himself, Riku watched him. His aqua gaze followed the boy's every move. The dainty teen turned to look at Riku.

"Are you listening to me?" He asked, a brow raised in question. Riku snapped out of his thoughts and opened his mouth to reply, but the phone rang. Sighing he pushed back from the table and stood.

"Excuse me." Walking briskly over to the phone, he pulled it from its receiver and pressed a button to accept the call then pressed it to his ear. The werewolf pretended to be uninterested as he continued to chop vegetables. He could hear Riku "mm-hmming" and could make out his head nodding from the corner of his eye. The call ended with Riku telling the caller "take care" before he hung up. Striding back over to his previous place at the table, he sat and stared at his cup of coffee with mild interest, his thoughts seeming to be in a jumble from the contemplative look on his face.

"So who was that?" The brunette inquired, abandoning his cutting to look at Riku. The silver haired teen groaned.

"My brother." He said, running a hand through his hair. Sora brightened.

"You have a brother? Why didn't you tell me?" Riku shrugged.

"I don't like to talk about my family." Sora cocked his head.

"Why's that?" Riku shot him a glare, causing the boy to smile nervously and put his hands up defensively. "Right, you don't like to talk about it." Riku sighed.

"It's complicated." The boy nodded his understanding.

"Okay... So what was your brother calling about?"

"He's coming to Twilight Town on business and needs a place to stay."

"So he's staying here?" Sora asked and Riku nodded. The boy smiled, "Wow! I finally get to meet a member of your family!" He said excitedly and once again began cooking, this time with more of a noticeable bounce in his step.

"He's going to be here for two weeks."
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Riku sat impatiently on the couch, the time of his brother's arrival drawing unbearably near. Sora stared at him skeptically, watching his every move.

"Umm... Riku, why are you so anxious?" Said teens head snapped up and aqua eyes met sapphire for a moment before the latter averted to the owner's fidgeting hands. The other didn't even grace him with an answer.

The silence between them grew tense until finally it was broken by the sound of a knock on the door. The silver haired teen shot up and rushed to the door, but calmed himself before he opened it. On the other side he was greeted by a calculating man, who was staring at his watch. Eyes that matched met, the taller of the two "tsked".

"What took you so long?" Sora approached, looking over Riku's shoulder.

"It was only two seconds." Riku retorted.

"Two seconds wasted. You should have been waiting by the door." Sapphire eyes stared up at what looked like a very adult Riku. The man's hair and eyes were almost the exact same color as Riku's, but this man had a colder look to him. His eyes were more narrow and his hair reached down past his waist.

"Why should I? You aren't THAT important." The silver haired teen shot back. Sora saw the man raise one finely shaped eyebrow and lean closer.

"Would you like to place a bet on that, LITTLE brother." Riku scowled at the tall man, but didn't have time to respond before Sora cleared his throat, drawing the attention of both silver haired males.

"Hi, I'm Sora." He said, stepping around Riku and holding his hand out. Cold aqua eyes looked him over quickly before the man stepped forward and walked around Sora, assessing him with an appraising stare. His hand dropped back to his side as he watched the man stiffly. The man snorted and brushed past the two, walking farther into the apartment.

Sora looked at Riku with a confused expression and the man sighed in exasperation.

"That, Sora, is my asshole of a brother Sephiroth." the human teen grabbed the other man's bags that were leaning against the wall in the hall and pulled them in. Sephiroth sat on the couch, elegantly. Sora couldn't help but stare, everything about this man radiated complete authority and grace. The werewolf couldn't help the admiration in his stare.

Pushing past him, Riku walked over to the chair across from the couch and sat down. The werewolf slowly walked into the kitchen.

"I guess I'll get you some coffee." He walked into the kitchen and came out a few minutes later with a tray, three cups of coffee placed on it along with a container of cream and another of sugar. He set his load on the table between the two plush pieces of furniture and sat in silence as the brothers stared the each other down. After a few tense minutes Sephiroth cleared his throat and looked between the two of them.

"I realize you may see my stay here as a hindrance. Let me tell you, I do not care if you act cozy in front of me, but I do not want to hear any procreating for the duration of my stay." Riku choked and stared at the taller silver haired man with a surprised look. Sora cocked his head, confused.

"Procreating?"

The two men looked at him, one surprised the other mildly amused.

"Come now, don't tell me you two haven't had sex yet?" The brunettes face flushed as he looked away. Riku's head snapped back to his brother, his own cheeks heated.

"Of course we haven't!"

"So you mean to tell me that you aren't a couple?" Sephiroth raised a silver brow, almost disbelievingly.

"No, we aren't." Riku growled, glaring at his brother. Sora visibly stiffened, this not going unnoticed by the taller of the silver haired men.
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The following days after Sephiroth's arrival Sora could feel the tense air when the brothers came within two feet of each other. After five days the only interaction the brunette had with the cold older man was when asking him if he'd like something to drink, or what he would like for dinner. Other than those times it was completely silent in the apartment until Riku arrived home from work.

On the sixth day something unexpected happened. As Sora was putting down the mug of coffee Sephiroth asked for the other wrapped his long, bony fingers around the boy's tan wrist and held him in place. Their gazes met and Sora couldn't help but blush. The silver haired man drew Sora's hand closer to his face and pressed his lips against the curve of his knuckles.

"Tell me Sora, why is it that you like my brother?"

"W-what?" the werewolf stammered, his cheeks turning and even fiercer shade of pink.

"Why do you like my brother?" The boy looked away.

"I don't 'like' Riku... I love him." He said, embarrassedly. Sephiroth smirked and with a sudden yank, the boy fell gracelessly into his lap. Sora looked into eyes that looked so much like Riku's stunned that the other would do something like that. He scrambled to get him away, bur the tall male held him steady.

"If you love him so much, then why aren't you dating?" the human leaned in closer, the other looked away.

"Well... it's because..." He paused, trying to think of what to say, but he couldn't say them.

'If I tell him that Riku doesn't like me because I'm a guy... then wouldn't that make it final? Could I still go on?' Sora thought desperately.

"Do you know why he won't date you?" Receiving no reply he leaned in closer, eying the boy's reaction. "Maybe it's because you have the figure of a boy, after all, his other girlfriends all had nice shapely figures. Or maybe it is that he thinks you don't really "love" him." Sora opened his mouth to retort, but he closed it, finding that he really didn't know what to say. "Why don't you leave him, and be mine instead?" The werewolf looked at the silver haired man, who quickly swept in and captured his lips. The brunette stiffened, shell shocked.

"I'm---" A voice from behind them called, but stopped as key's fell from numb fingers and crashed to the floor with a noisy clink. Sora pulled away from Sephiroth, eyes wide in horror.

"Wait, Riku!" He said, scrambling from the chair and over to his silver haired mate. The silver haired slid back into the hall, Sora following him. Riku stood with his head hung while the brunette closed the door. They stood in silence for a moment, until Sora couldn't take the tension. "Riku, it wasn't what it looked like..." He heard the other male snort.

"Yeah, you and my brother weren't kissing when I walked in, it was all a figment of my imagination."

"I didn't want to! I wouldn't do that!" the boy said, his voice strained as tears filled his eyes. Riku felt his anger swelling and tightened his hands into fists.

"Obviously you would!" He shouted, his angry eyes meeting Sora's teary ones.

"But it wasn't me!" Sora said back, his voice cracking. In a moment of pure, hot anger Riku reached his hand back and swung forward with all the force he could muster and smacked Sora across his cheek. The smaller boy hit the wall across from the platinum blond and slid down it, stunned. He sat on the floor, holding his throbbing cheek, the sting of Riku's hand still fresh.

"You're nothing but a whore! You're just like all the others, all you want is someone you can ride on until a better guy comes along." He hissed, aqua eyes narrowing into a burning and hate filled glare. He could barely stand the sight of the boy, crumpled on the ground and sobbing as he tenderly held his abused cheek. Turning he stormed back into the apartment, slamming the door and making a bee line for his room.
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Later that night, after Riku had time to cool down and mull over the situation in his head he realized how wrong he had been. He looked over at his brother, who seemed to be sleeping peacefully in Sora's usual spot. Slipped out of bed and out the door, down the hall and into the living room. He could make out Sora's huddled form on the couch, back to him.

"Sora?" He called out.

"Yeah?" The boy answered in a hoarse voice. Riku sighed and walked over to the couch, sitting next to the boy. The brunette didn't even turn to look at him, just continued to lay, staring at the back cushion of the couch. With another sigh, he ran his hand through his hair.

"Listen Sora..."The silver haired man trailed off, trying to find the words.

"Riku?" Sora's voice was questioning. Aqua eyes looked to the boy through the darkness.

"What is it?" He felt the boy shift, trying to get comfortable.

"I'm going to go back to Destiny Island." The werewolf stated.

"That might be a good idea, at least until Sephiroth leaves." Riku agreed, smiling. Sora sat up, looking at his mate.

"I'm not coming back." He croaked, eyes over flowing with tears.

"What?" The human whispered, not believing what the boy was telling him. Sora drew his knees to his chest.

"It was a mistake for me to stay here." He sounded miserable as he hid his face in his arms. "It's better if we never see each other again."

"Wait, Sora. Don't be rash. If this is about what I said earlier, well I'm sorry, I was just angry." Riku tried to reason. Sora shook his head.

"It isn't that." His voice was muffled, but Riku could still easily make out what he was saying.

"Then what is it?" He asked, reaching out and touching the boy's arm. The werewolf bit his lip, his mate's warm touch comforting.

"You don't love me."

~*~Author's Corner~*~

Sorry for this being so late, I'm still trying to come up with things for the side story, because at this rate it isn't going to be very long. What I'm planning to do is wait two weeks to upload the sequel when I finish this one, but during those two weeks I will be uploading the first two side stories. The first one will be a Leon/Cloud one and the second, well that I'm going to leave as a surprise.

Thank You.