Up, Up, and Away

[Rikugurl]

Ven frowned as he watched the other. "I don't know. The fucking name just popped into my head." This sounded more that the Ven that Terra knew. Luckily, this 'Soran' deal took his mind off the kiss... for now.

Could Sora's full name be Soran? It wasn't in any of the data that they had collected. No one called Sora 'Soran', not even Sora's parents. Besides, the name 'Soran' was much more close to his heart than this Sora guy. He frowned as he started to look up Sora's file. He pulled up a recent picture that they had gotten and just looked at it.

Suddenly, he felt a pull in his heart... not like the one he had before in the room with Terra... but something deeper. He had looked at pictures of Sora over and over again.. Hell, he had to study this guy just to act like... his brother. His eyes darkened as he looked at the picture, shaking his head. These pulls... they never came until after eating that fruit. Something had to be true about it... it opened something in his heart.


Xio blinked as he was taken by the back of his neck and placed down on the ground. He looked up but quickly returned to the fireplace. Ah, nice and warm again!

Axel grinned as he was pinned but his face dropped as he heard Roxas. "Wha-what!? Why? I'm not tired! I don't wanna go to bed! I'm wake! Don't make me gooooooooo!"


"With whaaaaa" He blinked as he was dragged inside before he could ask. He was hit with the cooler air as they stepped in. Looking around, Riku watched people skating around with odd shoes on their feet. No, he had never seen anything like this before. Kids made it seem pretty easy as the music played above them. When did this get made?

Dance? He blinked as he looked down at his lover. Riku had a body to die for... but he didn't know how to move it... with music. He tried to dance to make Mickey cheer up once and that just went horrible.
He rubbed the back of his neck and laughed. "O-ok... let's try it."
Again... if this was the old Riku, he'd tell Sora to forget it... however, over the years, he had really soften up. He wasn't sure if it came with maturity or if it was just living with Sora... it could of been both.

He walked to a stand with Sora called 'Rental'. He looked up at the sign for information.
A round man looked at the two and smiled.
"Oh, good afternoon Sora! I'm glad you could make it." He looked at Riku and smiled too. "And you are...?"
"Sora's partner, Riku." He said simply as he continued to read the sign.
The man blinked. Partner...? Partners in what? If he had asked that out loud, Riku would of replied with 'Partners in bed'. He always did get a kick out of seeing people's faces with how blunt he was with admitting his... 'connection' with the lovable teacher.

"I see... well, what would you like? Blades or Skates?"
Riku blinked as he looked at the man. Blades sounded more for people who knew what they were doing.
"Skates."
"Shoe size?"
"9 1/2"
The man leaned down and pulled out a pair of odd shoes with four wheels on the bottom. "Here ya go! What can I get for you Sora?" Riku took the skates and looked at them oddly. This was going to be... interesting.

[Reno]

Terra was etaring throuhg the books, his eyes scanning and scanning. He knew it was rather random of Ven to say it, but... usually when the boy had little spurts of 'inspiration; he usually lead to something major.

He started to look through Ansem the Wise;s written data - not knowing where else to turn. Sora and Soran... they had to be related right? The names were too fucking close.

He read carefully when Ansem spoke of Sora and his heart, the strenght of it and Namine;s attempts to regain his memory. He paused, then read allowed, "Though, even with Namine, riku and mine own efforts it still seems that memories are lcoked depe within this boy's heart - onces that not even the witch could surface. It's a theory that I believe might be true: There is a small yet noticable gap in his childhood, from birth, which would not be rememebered anyways until about age five or so. Now it is likely that Sora might have just simply forgotten with age, the memories being pushed away - but he is still so young it is hard to imagine. It is possible to assume he did not always live on Destiny or maybe even not on the world at all." From there the speculation broke off and continued down the path of Roxas and regaining the memories and words of the Organization. Nothing else seemed important.

He glanced up at Ven. "you think Sora used to be Soran?" That seemed unlikely.


Roxas grinned. "My my, i'm gonna have to shut you up Axel." he purred, his fingers slyily running down the other's chest. "What to do..."


Sora grinned cheerfully at the man behind the counter. Unfrotunetly for poor little Riku he did know what he was doing - for the msot part. He;d gone here a few times since it was built with some of his kids before. And well damn of course he was going to join in. It was a lot like skateboarding only... well you had to balance your weight between eight instead of four wheels.

But he didn;t want Riku to know he COULD skate. that would be mean. Besides, it;s be funner if they were the same. "Ahh... skates size umm thirteen." He blushed a bit here. He hated how big feet were, always had. When he was a teenager they had always made him feel so awkward and clumsy. He always tripped over his own two feet and people would laugh and he;d just feel ashamed and would glare at his own two feet and well~ he had an awkward teenagerhood that's all he had to say about that.

Once he got his own skates, he thanked the other man graciously, leading Riku to a bench. He sat down with the other cheerfully, tugging off his shoes and sticking on the skates, tying them up securely. He hadn;t been on the skates in awhile, so it would be awkward. It was easier on blades but - like he said that didn;t matter. He glanced at the other, grinning. Maybe they would end up making this a challenge like they used to when they were kids. That would be great.

[Rikugurl]

Ven listened quietly as the other read out loud. What was this? Ansem didn't know where Sora actually came from? No one knew where Sora came from?
He frowned. He didn't know where he came from either. All he knew was that he was separated from his family by the Darkness and turned into a keyblader. That was when he was very young and his memories from it were very blurred. His memories were trapped deep inside his locked heart.

Maybe... maybe that was it. The fruit must of opened up some of his memories. And if he called Sora 'Soran'... then...
"I don't know... but when I was relapsing everyone's names in my head... I called Sora 'Soran'... out of no where. Now looking at his picture, it feels like I know the bitch... even before everything happened."

His eyes became dark once again under the hood.
"Ah! Who the fuck cares what Sora's name might of been. That's not our job to figure out people's past... we just need their damn keyblades." He sighed as he stood. "I'm going to make some toast and jam... want something?"
His feet pattered across the floor and pass Terra.


Axel blinked as he heard the purr. His eyes began to narrow more as a grin ran over his face. Oh man... he could already feel his temp rising again. A tongue came from soft lips as the pyro licked them. Why did he have to be sick?

The fire in the fireplace started to burn more rapidly from Axel's excitement.


Riku chuckled as he heard Sora's shoe size. He remembered those days as Sora fell off the treetops because his feet use to get in the way. Wakka and Tidus were known to make fun of Sora when they use to race down the beach. How he got his huge feet... he didn't know. It was... kinda bizarre. He was just glad that Sora didn't kick in his sleep or he'd be real injured in the morning.

He followed Sora to the bench and took off his boots, pulling on the skates. Now... a bigger problem swept over him. He was going to have a problem just standing up! He tied the laces tight and rolled his feet on the ground, getting the feel of it. He could do it. He outdid his Darkness... he could skate. Slowly he pushed himself up off the bench, being extremely careful... but that didn't work.

He suddenly fell on his ass, his feet giving from underneath him. Silver hair flew in the air as he fell backwards. He blinked at the whole thing and started to laugh. Hopefully they wouldn't injure their asses too bad that they would have to make a rain check for the night ahead.

[Reno]

Terra gave Ven a suspicious look as he passed. But if Ven said to leave it at that... He shrugged, setting down the book. It was of no concern to him. Even if Ven DID know Sora/Soran those feelings would only get in the way. It was best to leave it silent - because as it seemed the stubborn keyblade master was one they would have to kill before obtaining the keyblade.

A shame really. He was a good kid - just an idiot with a stubborn streak.

"Do we have any muffins?" He asked curiously, picking up another book to flip through. Back to the barrier magic he had been reading over before. "I think i know of a way to win this fight." He said aloud, not caring if Ven was listening anymore or not. they had to prevent the teams from joining again. He had found out quite quickly that they were not easy, even alone. And together it was a nightmare. Riku and Roxas had been getting close to being too much for him. He didn;t know much about Sora but Ven and him had shared some words - the brunette was a tough fucker.

They would do anything to win though - and that meant turning the odds into their favor. Ven was wind and he was earth, they complimented each other almost perfectly in battle, one attacking their opponent from air, the other on the ground so that there was no escape.

They hadnlt foughten together for awhile but... he kenw they could still do it.


Roxas straddled the other;s hips, rolling his own against the other, creating delicious, and tortoring friction. At least he was quite now. "mmm Axxxel."


Sora watched his lover, watching him fall. the minute Riku started to laugh, so did he. He got to his feet, testing the skates, before rolling in front of the other, grinning. He balanced himself carefully, holding his hands out for the other to take. "Hehe, you need to move both feet as if you were marching. it'll feel weird but it;s not too hard once you get the hang of it." He took Riku's hands carefully, lifting him.

[Rikugurl]

The blonde walked into the very small kitchen and pulled down his hood. His hair was still very messy from the night before... but he didn't care all too much. He pulled out the bread and popped it in the toaster before opening the very small fridge. He looked in and grabbed the jam, placing it on the counter. Seeing a muffin, he took that too. "One left."

When the toast popped up, he placed it on a small plate and started to load it with jam. Once done, he put the jam away and walked back out to the main room and handed the other the muffin. He stood over Terra, eating his toast slowly. "What is it?"


Axel grinned more as he looked up at the other. Below his eyes, a rosy color started to form, some sweat rolling down his face. At the grind, he arched his neck a bit, moaning softly. The world started to get dizzy again and hot flashes started to rush through his body. His eyes grew heavy.... and he slowly started to fall asleep with illness.


Riku looked up at Sora a bit surprised. So... he already knew how to skate. That was no fair. He nodded as he took Sora's hand and tried not to push too much on him so he'd come down with him. He did manage to stand, his feet wobbly. It was a bit funny when his body went back and forth trying to balance... but he did finally find his inner balance.

"Ok.. let's do this!" He grinned as he put his hands around Sora's waist. "You lead."

[Reno]

Terra grinned excitedly at the muffin, taking it and biting into it's ooey goodness, momentarily falling in his muffin-happy-place.

He came back from it rather quickly through when Ven inquired him of his plan. He pushed the book towards the other;s sight - though he didn;t expect him to actually read any of the words. Ven was NOT a book person. He'd first through them to a tornado before read them.

Hence why he did all the reading while Ven lost his eyesight to a computer.

"Barrier magic." He said simply. "This is the magical mumbo jumbo on how to use it." He knew he would probably be the only one to read and understand it though. He had elarned a lot of magic and attacks through reading the books before him - though not all. "We;ve been locked into segregated areas before when fighting heartless remember? And felt trapped? If we can learn the spell..." he paused for emphasis, then grinned. "We can turn the fights in our favor - more then just seperating them by worlds can. If we learn it correctly, we can assure that no one will be able to interfre like last time and finally we;d be able to take them all one by one. with the two of us fighting together none of them stand a chance."


Roxas grinned as the other began to doze off under him. "i win~" he teased faintly, but Axel was too far gone hear. He stood, steretching a bit, drawing the blankets around his lover again. He kissed the other;s forehead softly. "sleep well Axey~"


Sora grinned innocently as he watched riku attempt to find balance. Once the arms were around his waist though, asking for him to lead, he blushed, nodding silently. "K." He put his hands over Riku's and started to skate foreward slowly, letting the other get used to the feeling of moving with wheels on his feet.

Unfortunetly, riku still didn;t get the fact that he was supposed to move his legs with him as well. His foot got caught and they both went tumbling to the carpeted floor, not even making it to the rink. Sora burst into laughter, even as it felt like the one atop him was crushing him. "Riku!"

[Rikugurl]

Ven looked at the book as the other pushed it up to him. A dull look came over his face and he quickly swatted it away. Ven didn't do books... he got all his information from the computer. Unfortunately, Ansem only wrote in books and none of it was transfered.

He took another bite of the toast as he listened. "Yea... that could work... but I think we should find some different keyblades for now. Let them cool their guns. I think attacking them when they least expect it would be better.. right now, I'm sure they're inching for an attack to happen. We should probably leave Destiny and The Gardens for another time. We can practice this new majick on weaker opponents."

He nodded to himself as he talked. If Aqua was talking to them, knowing their normal way of working, she could tip them off on when to get ready. If they do something abnormal, it would throw her off too.


Axel snored as he cuddled up to the couch. What a horrible trick! Xio couldn't help but grin at the evil idea. Roxas was pretty smart. He lowered his head and sprawled out, enjoying the crackling fire. Today was going to be nice and quiet for once. It was nice after such a horrible battle.


Riku looked around as he was being pulled, not really paying attention. He blinked when his skate caught onto something, making him fall forward and taking Sora down with him. He laughed and got up the best he could. "HAHA! Sorry~~" He nuzzled the other one and tried to get up again.

This sort of thing lasted for a good hour before Riku started to get the hang of it. Of course he almost ran over a few kids in the process but as long as no one got hurt, things were fine. He did manage to give himself some nice bruises on his elbows and knees, Sora making a comment of buying him pads.

In the long run, no matter how good Riku got at skating, he still wobbled around the rink as Sora made it look easy. This was pretty embarrassing for someone who had to hold the reputation of being buff, strong and handsome. Even some kids stopped when he was on the side of the rink and gave him some pointers.

After that was all said and done, it took a second for Riku to take off those death traps from his feet. "Let's face it Sora... wheels aren't meant to go on feet." He laughed as he pulled on his boots and brought the skates back to the Rental place. "So... where to next?"

[Reno]

Terra nodded in agreement to the other;s words. It was a good idea. They would plan and flesh it out further later as they went along with it.

"Speaking of others, have you located any other keybladers?" he asked curiously. They;d have to go searching for awhile - possibly get seperated further into the universe trying to find them all.

Who would be next?

"What about the mouse king?" he asked curiously suddenly.


Roxas smiled, walking past Xio, petting him, before going up the stairs. He knew if either of them needed him, they would make themseleves known. Axel by yelling and whining, Xio by yipping and scratching at the doo.r He went up the stairsa to their 'study' and looked at the papaerwork. He sighed. Might as well.


Sora just laughed, brushing the apology off. It was the first of MANY falls for Riku, and the first of quite a few for Sora. He kept alongside his lover most of the time, guiding him across the rink. But his various attempt to stop riku from falling ended up with him falling as well. It wasn;t like when he guided one of his kids, who were considerably lighter. Riku was a much heavier mass of person - at least more then Sora but that mostly came from height. So basically, when Riku fell, he fell.

He teased Riku a bit, skating backwards half the time, gudiing him with his hands and instrucing him along the way - but even if he was a teacher he sucked at teaching sports. The other kids at the rink even helped them out a bit.

Eventually riku got better though - like always. He had a fierce determination and soon he was skateing around the rink all by himself and not falling. Sora was still faster but, if they continued to do this more commonly, he'd get the hang of it. And then they;d probabaly fight over who was better and what not.

Sora grinned, setting his own skates on the desk, glancing a Riku. "let;s go get something a snack! like a pretzel!" He licked his lips. "mmm pretzels..."

[Rikugurl]

Ven stuffed the last of the toast in his face. Thankfully he swallowed before the other opened his mouth about the King.
He looked down at the man reading and suddenly backhanded him.
"Didn't I just fucking say weaker? You fucking listening to me? Oh yea, well, let's just go after the King of the universe. That sounds much easier to me Terra. You're the smartest."

He frowned and chucked the plate in the trash. Fucking idiot. He walked over to the chair and started to type into one of the keyboards. Since they wanted to stay some what close to the three keybladers, they might as well stay in the connected worlds here. Unfortunately, the Disney Castle was one of them...

"Well, worlds called Wonderland and Atlantis are the closest connected worlds at this point. We can start there?"


Riku smiled and nodded, walking over to where a small snack bar was located at the other end of the rink. When he reached it, he bought two pretzels and handed one to Sora.
"You know... I wish I looked a little bit more graceful in these leather pants." He looked down and laughed, seeing that they were a bit scuffed from falling so much.

He bit on the soft treat and smiled... it reminded him of the Sea-Salt ice cream. It had been forever since he last had that weird taste.

His eyes moved to the window, seeing that the sun had shifted quite a bit. That was the bad fact of today... it started late. It had to be 3-4pm already. He frowned as he shifted his weight a bit. He took another bite and looked out the window. His mind had been preoccupied with not falling for quite awhile... but now it was free to wonder again... and he started to get nervous once more.

5-6 more hours were left till his plan for Sora would begin.

[Reno]

"ow!" Terra complained as he was hit. His eye twitched. At least Ven was back to normal. He bit into his muffin viciously, swallowing it as Ven continued to speak, talking about where they could go. Muffin finished, the black-haired male stood, walking over to the other. "Wonderland sounds good." He hit the other upside the head. "fucking bastard!" He crossed his arms sulkily. They were both back to normal is seemed, fighting like always as if the kiss never happened.

And back to bussiness as usual.


The next hour and a half was spent in the back, where Sora cheerfully made Riku push him on the swings and vice versa, climbed on the monkeybars, sliding down the sldies and all around acting like idiots even thought they were in there twneties. Many people gave them weird looks - but plenty of the kids there knew Sora and would wave and giggle.

After that, the sun was getting lower. It wouldn't set for awhile but the next part was the most important. His gift. It was time.

He took Riku's hand in his, leading him down the beach to avoid the crowds. The eventually had to step back into the fray, and Sora lead the other to a small store with a sign painted in red - it said Cheri's Knicknacks.

He led the boy inside. It was empty except for an older woman, maybe thirty, standing behind the desk. She had frizzy blonde hair and bright green eyes. The bell above the door rang, and she looked up. A familar grin spread across her face. "Sora! I've been waiting for you!" She looked to the side, at the handsome young male beside him. "And you're definitly Riku! I recognize that silver-hair. I've seen you around town but you probably don't know me." she chuckled.

Sora just shook his head, letting go of Riku;s hand, walking over to her. "Soo... um do you still have it?"

"Why of course Sora! I wouldn't misplace this speacial little gift!" She reached behind the desk, handing it out to him. She winked at Riku. "you're gonna love it, this bright little boy made them all himself!"

The brunette blushed at the praise but grinned. "thanks." He walked over to Riku, blushing brighter and holding the box tightly, then he lead the male to the corner of the shop, having him sit down in a stool. "Close your eyes Riku." he murmured softly, blushing worse. the nerves in his heart tingled even more. This was it. His gift. He looked into the other's eyes, smiling but not hiding his nervousness. He had made this gift himself - that was half the reason on why he was so late getting home as of recently. Who knew the silly classes he took in college would ever help him now? He had to thank Cheri for the material however and the resources. It wasn;t the gift itself he was worried over though-

Now, he just had to hope Riku would go for the second part of the gift.

OOC: annnnnd you'll have to wait until I'm home before you get to find out EXACTLY what the gift is XD *ish evil* you can speed it up by having already of posted before I get home! Remember around 3:30-3:45 my time.

[Rikugurl]

OOC: DDDDDDDDDDDD: EVIL!

Ven grinned as he heard the 'ow'. He did hit rather hard... but nothing was like Terra's backhand which he got a few minutes later. He moved foreward from the force and growled. That was another bad reason why Aqua left... she couldn't break up their fighting now. Sometimes they almost killed each other.

The blonde grinned but just shook his head as he started to work on the computer more.
A ripple ran through Wonderland. The ripple caused small bug like creatures to get dumped into the world. These bugs were actually cameras that would take in video and sound. Since they were so small, they could get into little cracks so if any keyblades were hidden, they could be found easily. The bugs were attracted to Darkness and power... so they were helpful to find what they were looking for.

Ven leaned back on the couch and sighed. "Now we just wait." Or at least just him. Terra would probably hit the books again, but Ven's job was to make sure he saw exactly what the 5 bugs saw.


Riku really wished that he knew he was going to play around like a little kid today... he wouldn't of dressed up so nice. It was one thing seeing adults act 5 but it was another seeing adults act 5 when they were in good clothes. He pushed Sora on the swings and made a fun little game of chase. Of course, being so big and with Sora's huge feet, they had to make sure that they didn't run over the little kids that were playing.

They climbed across the monkey bars which both of them had ease with. Riku showed off by pulling his body weight easily over the top and was able to tag Sora from above. When he was running from bigfoot, he made it too a jungle gym that had a pole on it for kids to slide down... or climb up. Of course Riku saw it as something else. He grinned as he took the poll and swung on it, teasing the other. Of course he was tagged easily and got dirty looks from mothers.

Riku raced after Sora again, having to dodge under low things and climb into small cubbies. He lost Sora at some point, looking around. He looked up to see if Sora was on top of the wooden play set and figured that it was easier going UP the slide than turning his body into a thousand shapes to get to the stairs. He jumped on the slide and walked up, his boots holding on well... but he did manage to slide down only to bump into Sora at the bottom. Sora gave him a small lesson that slides were meant to go down... not up!

After that, he noted that the sun was getting lower and that most of the younger kids were being dragged out of the park. He too was suddenly dragged out as well. He was pulled along the beach, watching out for the crowd of people on their way home... thankfully there weren't that many people on this world like some others he had been too... like The Gardens.

He blinked as he was suddenly pulled into a little shop. He looked up as he heard the sound of the little bell. The shop was empty but it was very cozy and held things that Riku had never seen before. He was really missing out on a lot since he never came here. The only real shopping he did was on the corner where the wood was or if they needed to replace something... like clocks.

"Hmm?" He looked at the cheerful woman and smiled softly. "Oh... yea, I'm Riku. Nice to meet you." He nodded as he watched her give a little box to Sora. A box? He blinked as he looked at it... wonder... what it could be. He had to laugh when he heard the woman. 'Bright little boy' she says. What was he? Six? He saw Sora's blush and smiled softly, being led to the corner of the store behind a shelf of... well... knickknacks. He sat on the stool and looked at the other, nodding slightly at the command, slowly shutting his eyes.

[Reno]

OOC: I love you too XD

Sora blushed a bit as he watched Riku do as he was told. He took a deep breath, then stepped around Riku so that he was behind the other. "I wanted to do something speacial since we weren't gong to get to go anywhere." He started slowly. "And well... let's just so those welding and wood shop classes came in handy." He joked. "did you know, the fifth anniversary is wood?" he commented off-hand, just to make conversation.

He shuffled around in the box, before slowly drawing out the first item. He unclasped the gold chain before hovering it over Riku's head, lowering it until a small but noticable weight laid across his chest. He clasped it again, pulled Riku's hair out from under the chain, letting the silver locks flutter against his shoulders once more.

He took out the second item. He looked towards Riku. "Now don't flinch -" he paused then chuckled. "Okay well don't flinch TOO much. and don't open your eyes yet." he reached up, fingering the earrings in Riku's ear, rolling one between his fingers, before unclasping it - it was the one on the lobe. It was a simple black ring. he set it aside.

He cleaned the new one he held in his hand with some antiseptic he had thoightfully placed beforehand in the box, before manuvering it into Riku's now empty piercing, clasping it from behind. He let go of his lover's hear, grinning faintly. "not yet." he murmured, taking Riku's hand and placing two earrings in his hand - one was an old one he had just removed, the other was new - the second part of his gift.

"Not yet." He repeated, before grabbing a nearby hand mirror - he loved this knickknack store he could just find anything right off-hand! He angled the mirror so that Riku would be able to fully see the new ensemble. "Okay... now." He whispered.

When Riku opened his eyes, he would be staring at his own image - and what Sora had done.

Around his neck was a necklace - a golden chain that shimmered beautifully in contrast to his silver hair. Sora had chosen it spefically because he didn't want the color to be lost by the already vibrant silver. The weight on his chest was the pendant of the chain. It was of a crescent moon shape - the moon made of metal but colored bright white that seemed to shine just like the moon. At the tip of the crescent another piece hung on by a small link. It was a star - oddly made of wood. The constrast of colros seemed odd at first but eventually it grew pleasant to the eyes. The neclace itself symbolized more then just the star and moon - it symbolized Twilight and who Riku was.

The second piece - the new earring - was what he worked twice as hard on though. It was bright yellow (He hadn't been worried about the color - Riku loved yellow) with a small brown and green piece sticking from the top. It was half of a star, the half stem and leaf shotting from the tip of it - a paopu fruit to be exact.

The third piece was held in Riku's hand. The two earrings laid in a bright constrast to each other. One was just a pure black ring - the second was the other half of the paopu earring, the rest of the stem sticking from it so there could be no mistake. But that piece wasn't exactly for Riku. It was for Sora. The other could only hope that the silver-haired male understood the significance.

He knew this was were the objection could come - He knew because Riku knew that he was terrified of needles - ever since he was eight and had to get rabies shots after he was bitten by some crazed dog. That had been the worst day of his young life. He could barely watch Riku get his ears' pierced, it always made him flinch and look away. but he wouldn't be Sora if he didn't try to quell his fears - and he wanted to share this with Riku. There'd be no way in hell that he;d get more then one piercing though - some people on Destiny weren't as crazy as others.

Sora looked over the top of the hand mirrior to see his lover's reaction, smiling shyily, light blush in place. "Happy Anniversary Ri." He whispered.

[Rikugurl]

A smile couldn't be stopped as he kept his eyes closed. Again, he loved surprises. He wondered what this could be. He shifted a bit as he felt Sora go behind him and felt something around his neck. His smile grew as he felt gentle hands pull his hair from under the chain. A necklace? He smiled, wondering if it would become a trademark necklace like his and Roxas's.

When the other one said not to flinch, he was a bit confused... but when he felt the other touch his ear, he bit his lip. Oh... ear... bad place to touch! "Mmm..." It took him all his might not to open his eyes. He stayed still even when he felt the other take out one of his seven earrings. He felt the another ring go in and felt two more objects in his palm.

A necklace and... earring?
Seemed pretty feminine. He supposed that was what he got for having long hair.

When he was told to open his eyes, an ocean sliver opened and then widened. He blinked as he looked at his reflection. Of course, the necklace caught his eye first. The craftsmanship of it was lovely... Sora really made it?

"Sora, what are these books for?" Riku asked as he looked at some odd books on the table.
"Oh! They're for my new college course. I had to pick something so I took welding and wood shop classes." Sora called from the bedroom.
There was a pause as Riku looked down at the books again. "What the hell are you going to use that for? You're going to be a first grade teacher."

He smiled, fingering the pendant. The moon... it was like Sora took a chunk of it out of the sky. He looked at it, trying to see what was behind it. He knew Sora well enough that everything he gave Riku on their anniversary had a meaning behind it. A moon and star... His eyes grew lively as he smiled more. "Twilight..." He whispered.

He looked down at his palm, seeing his old ring and a new one. That too seemed handmade. He pulled his free hand away from the necklace and pushed his hair behind his ear, seeing the new earring in the black one's place. He made this too? For taking only a year in those shops... he learned from one hell of a good teacher. It was a paopu fruit obviously... but only half of it. He looked back down at the other one and blinked.

He suddenly laughed, his laughter filled with much joy. "Oh Sora... you're the best." He stood and took the mirror, placing it down where there was room. His arms wrapped around the brunette's neck, making sure one of his hands held onto the earrings tightly. Leaning down, he brought his lover into a passionate kiss.

[Reno]

"Hey I think it'll be fun! Besides maybe I'll learn something." Sora said, walking from the bedroom, toweling his hair dry.

Riku snorted. "Sure."

"Hey I'm artistic!"

"About as artistic as those pictures oin the Secret Cae's walsl right?"

Sora pouted and stuck out his tongue. "Just for that you have to nake me dinner!"

"Don't I always?"

"A big one!"

Sora's smile grew as he watched Riku fondly looked at his gifts. His heart beat a little quicker, the blush spreading. and then Riku's eyes were on him and he blinked. The mirrior was suddenly gone from his hands.

His heart thumped quicker, the blush spreading to his ears a Riku uttered 'Oh Sora... you're the best.' Then suddenly he was engaged in a very passionate kiss. He reached up tangling his fingers into the other's hair. When they broke away for air, sora gas[ed against the other's lips. "Riku..." He smiled up at him softly. "You really like it?"

[Rikugurl]

Riku smiled as Sora remained close. He was sure that the woman at the counter hadn't seen them... unless she was looking. He kissed the other a few times more sweetly, running his hand through the brunette hair softly. "Yes I really like it Sora... It's beautiful." He nuzzled the other one and smiled more. "I'm a lucky man to have you."

He pulled away, his eyes still very bright. "I'm going to wear these forever huh?" He lifted his hand and looked down at the two earrings. "This second one... it's yours right? Does that mean that someone is finally going to get his ears pierced?"