Sweet Redemption

Riku followed the delicious scent of eggs and bacon down stairs. When he walked in to the kitchen and froze and he could feel his heart skip a beat. There, cooking breakfast was his two beautiful angels, and they were wearing his clothes. He loved the way his sweats hung dangerously low on Sora’s hips and the way his shirt was only long enough to cover Shazz’s goodies but it left a great view of her killer legs.

He held back the urge to shove everything off the table and have his wicked way with them right then and there.
“Good Morning my lovelies.” Called out Riku. The two looked up from their work and Shazz couldn’t help but blush a little. Riku had just waltzed downstairs in a pair of baby blue boxers and the morning sun showed her how finely toned his body was.

Riku walked up behind Sora, who was busy scrambling some eggs on the stove, and he wrapped his arms around Sora’s waist and kissed the boy’s neck and shoulders. Once again that warm and longing feeling came over Shasta as she watched them. She turned away because she knew if she didn’t, she would surely cry.

Shasta continued with work with peeling some fresh oranges when she felt a pair of hands tighten on her arms and she was pulled back until he came in contact with Riku’s rock solid chest.

“Don’t think I forgot about you.” Riku’s warm breath tickled her ear has he whispered. She looked up into a pair of smiling green eyes and her arms reached up to him and she pulled him down into a kiss. It was just an innocent morning kiss and when it broke Riku licked his lips and said. “Mmmmmm citrusy.” Shasta giggled that she had been caught sneaking bites of the fruit that she was supposed to be pealing.

Riku took a seat next to Shazz at the table and Sora brought over a bowl of scrambled eggs as well as a plate of bacon and toast and took a seat across from them. The three of them helped themselves to a plateful of food because last night left them with quite the appetite.

“So Shazz,” mumbled Riku who had a mouthful of toast “What were you and Sora talking about on the deck this morning?”

Sora took this opportunity to answer for her. “She was talking about how she was going to leave Ken.”
Shazz couldn’t help but feel a little soccer punched about the comment as green and blues eyes were staring at her to say something.

“W..Well it wasn’t just that, but that was the basically what we were talking about, but ummm…yeah I do plan on leaving him.”

“Really?!” exclaimed Riku “Well hot damn girl!” He took her hand into his and he kissed it. “So what are you going to do? Where are you going to go?”

“Well, I figure it won’t be hard to get out of the house because he’s never home and I’ll probably just go back home to Travers and try and start anew.”

“Well if you ever need a place to stay, you’re always welcomed here.” Said Sora.

“Yeah, our house is your house.” Added Riku.

“Thank you so much you guys. I appreciate the gesture, I really do. You’ve done way more than need be and I’m sure we will remain friends, but I can’t stay here with you. I have depended on others for my happiness and I know I can’t keep doing that. I need to figure this out by myself; it’s the only way I can truly move on.”

The room fell silent as Sora and Riku stared at her. Shazz shifted nervously in her chair, praying that someone would say something…anything.

“Well what do you know,” piped up Sora “Our little girl is growing up.”

“Yeah, I don’t know if I should be happy or sad. I mean she is leaving us but it’s only to better herself.” Riku rested his chin atop his fist and studied Shasta. He was glad that she was planning on dumping her asshole of a fiancé but deep down he sort of hoped she would stay here on the island. “Are you sure you wanna do this by yourself? If there is one thing I learned from Sora is that you can’t fight your demons by yourself.”

“But I won’t be alone. I know once I go home I’ll have friends and family to lean on and besides, now that I know how desirable I am, I’m sure it won’t be hard to find a little action on the side.”

Riku dropped his fork and it landed with a clank on his plate. Sora almost choked on a mouth full of bacon and he quick took a swig of orange juice to wash it all down. They knew Shazz wasn’t theirs or anything but the thought of her being with someone else stung them a little.

Shazz could feel the tension in the room and she laughed nervously. “I’m joking you guys! Good lord what makes you think I would actually be capable of doing something like that.”

“You better be joking missy” said Riku. Shasta felt kind of bad at first but that soon faded as she noticed the grin on his face. “Because you are ours until we approve of the man you want to see.”

Shazz started to laugh but her joy was short lived when she saw his smile fade into a serious scowl.

“Oh come on you guys, you can’t be serious.” Riku’s expression didn’t change. He sat there, arms crossed, greens eyes bearing down on her. “Sora?” she turned towards the one person she thought would be more understanding but even he was shaking his head in agreement.

“I’m sorry hon, but there is nothing I can do. Riku pretty much wears the pants in this relationship.”

She wanted to protest but her heart was telling her to smile because there was no way she could win this argument. “Very well boys, I trust you know what you’re doing.”

Satisfied with the outcome, the three friends continued with their breakfast. Each of them talking and laughing as if they’ve known each other their whole lives, even though they were intimate before they had the chance to talk.

Riku could feel a weight being lifted off his shoulders each time he saw Shazz’s beautiful smile and heard the tinkling of laughter. Even Sora could sense and easiness about his older lover that he never felt before. It was like there was a whole new glow to him the warmed Sora to his very marrow.

Riku might not have saved Shasta completely, but he was content in knowing that she was on the right path. He understood her need to go out on her own, but he had hoped she would have wanted to stay with them a little longer only because he wanted to make sure she would stray and end up with Ken again.

But he put these thoughts of “what if” out of his mind. He didn’t want to waste any more of his time on what could have been or what should be, he just wanted to enjoy the time he had with the beautiful boy that saved him and the gorgeous stranger that encouraged let go and find the peace in his life that he had long sought after.



Well there you have it my dears. The final chapter to this whole....crazy thing ^_^ I hope you all enjoyed and thank you so much for reading and sticking with my till the very end, you're pretty much amazing!!! ^_^