Accidental Infatuation

Accidental Infatuation
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Chapter Eleven

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“Do you know that this is going to be the first time I’ll be outside since the first day here when my mother dropped me off?” I ask rhetorically as the four of us make our way down the corridor, Riku pushing my chair, Axel and Roxas walking next to us. And I swear that the two of them are walking closer and closer together with every step they take. Ooh, gossip fodder.

“Wow. I thought that you were getting a little pale over there, Sor.” Roxy smirks and I just stick my tongue out at him in retaliation.

“We just need to make a quick stop off at my room first. As comfortable as these are, I don’t think the outside world is prepared to see the sexiness that is my jammies.” Axel grins, shaking his ass for effect.

“Eww! That was near my face, eww!” I squeal, waving my arms around in a disgusted manner, sarcasm just rolling off of my words.

“Oh, Riku, I want to let you know that if Sora ever gets too annoying, just ping him in the back of the head. He really seems to hate it.” Roxas still has that evil smirk on his face, and I can’t help but realize that it might have been a bad idea for Roxy to meet my crush so soon.

I just hear a light chuckle from behind me, a sound that I realize that I ma coming to enjoy hearing. “That’s okay. If I did that, he would probably start whining, and I don’t think that I have recovered from last night.”

“Hey!” I exclaim through my laughter.

“True enough.” Axel is failing miserably at hiding his own laughter as he stops in front of a door with the number eight on the front. But the number isn’t what catches our attention; it’s the large scorch mark that covers the entire bottom half of the door, and creeps up one side almost to the top.

“Do I want to know?” Roxy and I question at the same time, Roxy looking over at Axel, and I look back at Riku, just knowing that he had something to do with this. He has an evil smirk on his face, his unfocused eyes sparkling with merriment.

“Not overly. But we can tell you this. Hair gel? Yeah, it’s definitely flammable. They are right with putting that warning on the label.” Riku tells us as Axel just looks away sheepishly. “And they aren’t replacing this door either. They figure if he just going to keep burning them, he can live with the consequences. And that includes if he burns it right down again.”

“Again?” I ask in complete disbelief.

“How many doors have you gone through, Ax?” Roxas laughs, his eyes never leaving the redheads Axel’s blushing face.

“In the three and a half months that I’ve been here, I think that this is number what, seven?” he grins, looking back at Riku, who just nods in agreement. “I’ll only be a minute. I’ll be right back out. Don’t miss me too much.” And with that, the redhead disappears into the room, being sure not to allow Roxy or myself to see into his room. We just look at each other and shrug, assuming that it is just some strange Axel thing.

Stopping me so that I am backed against the wall, Riku leans against the wall beside me, Roxy stopping on the other side. I keep stealing glances over at Riku, and damn does he look sexy! Leaning up against the wall, head titled down a little, his arms crossed over his chest, hiding the white lettering on the front of his sleeveless black shirt. Paired with the dark denim jeans, I have to restrain myself from reaching over and touching him. And the odd flick in my shoulder once again breaks my gaze off of the silver haired teen to look at my twin. And when I look at my brother and our eyes lock, I know that Roxy is just as giddy as I feel about the two of us spending the day in the gardens with Axel and Riku. And our echoed thoughts are telling us exactly the same thing. This is a double date.

Our silent conversation continues through our locked eyes until a noise coming from down the hall causes us both to look up. My breath catches in my throat as I see Kairi wheeling herself down the hall towards us. I silently hope that she is passing by, but seeing the grin that is spreading on her face as her vision locks onto us, I know that that is not the case. My chest begins to burn at her approach as so many different scenarios run through my mind, none of them ending up pleasant for me. My hands fly to the arms of my chair, capturing them in a death grip in an attempt to keep me grounded. As she gets closer and closer, light spots begin to invade my vision, and everything instantly goes silent around me with the exception of a small buzzing noise that over powers everything. Why me? Why today? What does this have to happen?

“Sora!” I hear a distant cry of my name that sounds like Roxas before I feel a hand come to rest on my shoulder. My gaze instantly snaps over to focus on my twin, everything else around him completely blurred. I see his lips moving, but whatever he is saying is completely lost to me in the dull buzz. I feel my throat start to tighten as I try my hardest to make out what he is trying to say to me, but all I can think about is how Kairi was talking about us being together. The white spots return in full force, threatening to take over everything.

All of a sudden I am crushed against something, hard, causing my attention to be drawn away from my thoughts and my eyes to focus on the object that I am being crushed against. Roxas has his one good arm wrapped around my shoulders, my head crushed against his chest.

“Come on, Sora. Don’t do this to me.” I hear his voice shake and it is the last thing I need to snap me out of my panic and back into reality. With the force of being thrown into a brick wall, breath and oxygen return to my deprived lungs.

“Roxy?” I ask, feeling his arm lift from around me. For some reason, my vision is still blurry, and I look up in the direction that I know that Roxy is in. I feel his finger run under my eyes, removing the tears that I hadn’t realized had gathered there. It clears up my vision and I can see the worry etched onto his face. Riku is standing right there, and surprisingly, his features carry the exact same emotions.

“Shh.” My twin whispers, pulling me back in for a tight hug, rocking us back and forth slightly in a comforting manner. “If you don’t want to see her, we can tell her to go away.” His voice is still quiet and I pause to thing about his offer for a moment.

“Actually, I better get it over with now.” I tell him, which earns me raised eyebrows. “I’d rather do it now while you are right here with me, then to wait until later and you aren’t near by.” I receive a nod from him as he pulls back and takes my hand into his own when he steps to my side. I almost had forgotten about Riku for a moment until I feel his hand on my shoulder, giving it a light squeeze. And as id that had flipped a switch, I can feel the obligatory blush rising to my cheeks. Dammit! Why do I have to blush at every little thing that he does?

I look down the hall to where Kairi is approaching us, a little slower than, before, and as soon as my breath begins to quicken once more, I feel my hand being squeezed by Roxy, and Riku rubs my shoulder in a calming massage type way. Ooh, that feels good. And even better, it takes my mind off the fact that Kairi is a girl.

“Hey guys. Is Sora okay? He looked like he was freaking out there for a minute.” Kairi asks as she comes up to our small group.

“He’s okay now. He just was having some bad memories of a phobia he has, but we managed to get him calmed down.” Roxas tells her, a complete look of indifference plastered on his face.

“Well, I’m glad to see that you’re doing okay now. Listen, Sora, I was wondering if I could talk to you for a moment.” Kairi’s violet eyes are wide with a sweet smile that lights her face up, but all I can hear are the words that imply that she wants to be alone with me.

“Um, sure thing? What’s up?” I ask, trying not to let her notice the utter death grip I have on Roxy’s hand, or the trembling that I feel racking the rest of my body.

“I was kinda hoping that maybe we could talk alone.” The smile is now gone from her face, but is now replaced by a look of innocence that she pulls off all too well.

“Whatever it is, you can say it in front of me, Kairi. Because you know that no matter what it is, Sora will tell me about it later.” Roxas covers for me, before her request begins to affect my breathing again. Kairi just sighs.

“I guess. But Riku doesn’t need to be here, does he?” I feel sort of bad for her as it seems like we are trying to embarrass her or something, but I know that everyone is only trying to do what is best for me. But I can’t think up an excuse for him to stay. I look up at him, but his face is set in a neutral line.

“I need find out what is taking Axel so long anyway.” Riku shrugs, before giving my shoulder one more squeeze and walking across the hall. He knocks twice on the closed door and calls out, “Ready or not, Axel, here I come!” Without waiting for a response from inside, he opens the door slightly before slipping inside. As soon as the door is shut, we hear a scream which causes the three of us to turn and look at the charred door. “Ahh! The trauma of seeing Axel naked has blinded me! Someone help me!” The yelling is then followed by a loud ‘throwmp” and all I can think is ‘I don’t wanna know’.

“Not asking.” Kairi says, turning her head away from the door.

“So, what did you want to talk to me about, Kairi?” I ask, trying to keep myself calm.

“Oh, I just wanted to apologize for last night.” Kairi looks down at her lap, I suddenly feel very sympathetic towards her. It takes a lot of guts to apologize to someone for something like that. “I guess I was being a bit of a bitch.” I squeeze tightly at Roxas’ hand to stop the comment of ‘You think’ that I know is coming. “I just never thought in a million years that every guy here close to my age would either be gay or not interested.”

“It is a little ironic, isn’t it?” I offer her a small smile.

“Tell me about it. Riku is the only one who isn’t gay and he has already told me that he isn’t interested in a relationship right now.” She laughs and I have to bite my tongue at her comment.

“If it helps at all, I never meant to lead you on if I did. Because I’ve been out for almost 5 years, and I’ve known pretty much my whole life.” I look up at Roxy who just has a huge smirk on his face.

“Tell me about it. When we were in pre-school, Mom got called into a parent teacher conference because we got into a fight with a bunch of the other kids. Everyone was avoiding us or teasing us because we wouldn’t play house with a mommy and daddy. We always knew that there could be two daddies. And we’ve always known that girls are icky. No offence.” Roxy’s comment earns laughter from the three of us.

“So, do you think that we could be friends, start over and forget all that happened last night?” the smile on her face is sincere and something about it tells me that I can trust her. The feeling I get from her now is the same as the one that I get from Naminé, but that makes sense considering that they are twins. But where Naminé reminds me of Aerith, Kairi reminds me of Tifa. I think that given time, the two of them and Roxy and I could become great friends.

“Of course, Kairi. Anyway, Riku and Axel are going to show us around the property. I wonder what is taking them so long?” I ask, looking up at Roxy. The look on his face is one that honestly reminds me way too much of Axel. “Don’t even go there, Roxy!” I warn, laughter in my voice. He bursts out laughing as well, earning us a strange look from Kairi.

“I don’t think that I ever want to find out what goes on in the minds of gay boys.” She laughs at us. “I’ll leave the two of you to your fun and games in the garden today. I’ll see you later on!” she smiles with a wave before wheeling herself away. We both wave to her as she rolls down the hall before Roxy leans down and he gives me a tight hug.

“You do realize that you let go of my hand as soon as you told her that you’ve been out forever, right?” he whispers as I reach my own arms up and wrap them around his back, realizing only now that my hands are shaking slightly.

“Really? I guess that knowing that she isn’t going to try and jump me around every corner calmed me down a little, because that’s what I was freaking out mostly about before.” I chuckle, letting my eyes slide closed, relishing in the feeling of having Roxas physically here with me.

“Whoot! Now lose the clothes and give me a video camera! I smell twinky twincest in the air!” the cackling voice behind us is unmistakably Axel’s, followed by a distinctly Rikuish groan.

“No chance, Axel.” Roxy and I tell him in unison as we finally part. The lecherous grin on Axel’s face disappears instantly as his entire expression drops in disappointment. Roxas and I just laugh as Riku snickers and pats his friend on the shoulder, before walking towards me.

“I’m sick of being inside. Let’s get going.” Riku tells us all before coming to stop beside my wheelchair. It always surprises me to see him move about without his cane or a guide. I swear, he moves as if he had perfect vision. Not to mention the incredible natural grace he seems to possess.

“Which way are we heading?” Roxy asks, moving not so discreetly towards Axel, who seems to have forgotten all about his disappointment from seconds ago.

“Follow me.” The grin is back in place on his face as fast as it had fallen off and I can’t help but feel frightened for my twin.

“No. Don’t follow him or else you’ll end up locked in a closet. And last time it took me over an hour to find Demyx. So following Axel is a bad thing.” Riku warns with a grin, his hand running over my shoulder again, leaving a trail of goose bumps in its wake. Dammit! I need to learn to control myself a little better. If I am going to go to pieces every time he touches me, well, I’m sure that it won’t end well.

“Then who are we going to follow? Sora and I don’t even know how to get back to our room from here.” Roxy laughs and I nod in agreement. One thing we unfortunately share is an incredibly horrid sense of direction. Seriously, if we ever got lost together, we’d at least not die alone, let’s put it that way.

“I completely mapped this pace out within my first week here. I haven’t run into a wall here in like, four years. Well, unless someone pushes me or gives me the wrong directions. I wonder who would do that. Axel, do you have any idea?” Slowly we begin to walk down the hall, Roxy and Axel only a few steps behind us, and Riku is once again pushing me along.

“I have no idea what so ever of the individual to whom you are referring to, Riku.” Axel smirks in that overly innocent voice that I am learning is a very comment voice for him to use.

Our banter continues as we travel the hallways, the smell of fresh air coming closer and closer with every foot that we traverse. It really hasn’t been that long, but after living my entire life on an island where you never stayed indoors, not being outside in three days is a big deal. With each step, I feel Riku pushing me closer and closer to partial freedom.

“Hey look! The exit!” Axel cries out, pointing in front of me to the glass door illuminated by sunlight.

“Can we let him out and never let him back in?” Roxy asks with a laugh as we finally get to the door. And as ashamed as I am to admit it, I am so excited about the fact that I am going outside, I just about start bouncing in my chair. “Excited much, Sor?” And leave it to Roxy to notice it.

“Shut up, Roxy.” I laugh.

Axel then pushes his way in front of us and holds open the door for Riku to push me through, Roxas following closely behind us. As soon as we are out, I take in a deep breath, relieved to feel the fresh air flow into my lungs. Oh, the difference a few fresh plants do compared to medical equipment. I can hear the roar of the road that runs along the other side of the clinic, as well as a few birds that inhabit the garden. The balmy August sun warms my arms, but the gentle breeze blowing keeps it from getting too hot. It’s just how I like it. And looking around, I am taken aback completely by the sheer amount of gardens and greenery that I can see on either side of a wide walkway that disappears in the fauna in several directions, each path wide enough to easily allow two wheelchairs to roll comfortably side by side. Every few feet, a stone or carved wood bench is at the edge of the path.

“Wow. I never realized that there was all this out back here.” I whisper, completely awestruck. Honestly, when Riku mentioned a garden, I expected that it would be a small rock garden surrounded by pavement. Not the vast array spread around us.

“Our gardens were and still are tended by a former student of the University’s botanical science department. His girlfriend came here after an accident and he wanted to give her something to brighten her stay. After he graduated, he hated to leave something he had put so much work into, especially because he knew it would just grow over. So now he works here as our gardener and operates a small landscaping business on the side.” Riku tells us as we continue our stroll through the gardens, the scents of many of the flora assaulting my senses, something that I eagerly take in and savour.

“That’s awesome. I’d really like to meet him. What did it look like before? And how long has he been working on it?” Roxas questions, leaning down and gently touching a pretty periwinkle blossom on a vine. I wish I had a camera.

“Well, before he started, I guess it was just a small field with a few trees. In the past seven years, he’s literally been able to transform it.” Answers Riku. “And trust me, if you come out here even once a week, you will most likely meet him. Marluxia is always doing things in here. Seph once told me that it’s a good thing that he’s paid a salary and not hourly, because he spends way too much time working in here.” And that earns a laugh from everyone.

I pull my eyes away from the gorgeous rose bushes that we are passing, turning to look at Axel, who has a real smile on his face, not a smirk, and his gaze is completely fixated on my twin, who looks completely oblivious to his admirer. Roxas now has his nose buried in a white rose, inhaling deeply. As he pulls away from the rose, his eyes shift over to the redhead and as soon as their eyes lock, a small blush rises to my brother’s cheeks. Roxy returns the smile and coyly turns away to focus on the flower in front of him once more. I can feel the excitement that is flowing through his body, and I have to hold in my laughter. Roxy wants Axel just as much as Axel wants him, yet it seems as if each of them are too nervous, or scared of rejection, to make the first move. Hmmm. Interesting. Maybe I will seek out Naminé’s help and have her help me get my revenge for Roxy telling her that he will help her get me and Riku together. Oh, the possibilities…

A hand on the side of my neck startles me out of my thought, causing me to jump physically a little. At the sound of melodious laughter from behind me, I am able to calm the instant erratic breathing that had assaulted me at the touch. I feel his long fingers caressing the tense muscles in my neck and every once in a while, his digits dip under the collar of my t-shirt, trying to massage the kinks out of my shoulders.

“So what do you think of it so far?” Riku’s whisper comes from right beside my ear, through the light haze of pleasure that has arisen within me, I never noticed him get so close to me. Not that I am complaining that he enjoys being closer to me. Because let’s face it. I enjoy it too.

“It’s beautiful.” I smile, no longer looking at the rosebushes, or at my twin and Axel, but now at the silver haired teen over my shoulder. With his clouded aqua eyes locked onto me, I notice that there is a very tiny hint of red to his cheeks. What could he be embarrassed about? Or maybe he is just as nervous being around me as I am around him. Because I would hate to think of Riku as being absolutely perfect. This little thing shows me that he is only human, not some faultless, unreachable deity. And it makes him that much more endearing. Would it be okay if I kiss him? I mean, he made the first move last time, so does this mean it is up to me this time? Dammit. Why couldn’t Roxy have told me what to do in a situation like this! And I just realize that while our eyes are locked, he has moved in front of me.

I feel the hand stop its massage and lift off my neck and shoulder, and it instantly feels cold despite the warm heat of the sunshine. But I don’t have to go without the tender touch for long as the hand cups my cheek, much like the other night. Trying my hardest to tamp down the blush that is trying it’s darndest to makes its way onto my cheeks, I tentatively lift one of my own hands and place it against Riku’s cooler one. And although I know he can’t see it, I send Riku a soft smile to let him know that I am enjoying this too. Something inside tells me that he sees the smile in his own way as he returns the gesture, causing all the millions of fluttering butterflies in my stomach and chest to migrate downwards to the very bottom of my stomach, stirring up sensations that I have never felt before. And in a move that I both enjoy and frown at, Riku’s beautiful aquamarine eyes slide closed as he slowly begins to lean forward.

Everything else is forgotten for the moment as this time I am ready and prepared for the action as my eyes slide closed on their own accord. The fall of his warm breath on my lips is an incredible sensation, knowing that he is this close to me by his own choice. A million thoughts are running through my head at an alarming pace, but I easily tune out the dull buzz it has created in favour of focusing everything on Riku. When a moment passes and his lips never connect to mine, yet I can sill feel the warn breath only a mere inch from my lips, I take matters into my own hands. Smirking slightly I lean forward only a tiny bit before our lips meet for the second time in as many days. His lips are slightly chapped and dry, but I could care less. Each movement at first is cautious, our lips just gently pressing against one another, savouring the feeling. The hand he has pressed against the side of my face is cool, a refreshing change against my flushed skin, and with his fingers, he is playing with my earlobe, something that I would have never thought feels so incredible. I half expected him to pull back from our kiss after only a few seconds, but I am pleasantly surprised that instead, he begins to kiss me with renewed vigour. Our lips move against one another slowly, the now moist lips feeling so good against my own.

Wanting to have him closer to me, the hand I have on his slowly starts to slide down his pale wrist, along the warming flesh of his bare arm. When I reach his bare elbow, I cup my hand there for only a moment before I continue upwards, my hand eventually touching the soft fabric of his shirt. In a movement that feels completely natural, my other arm ventures up to rest on his other shoulder, the entire time out mouths moving against one another with vigour. And I know that this might only be my first real kiss, but I know that I need to feel him closer, for there to be more pressure between us to ever come close to satisfy me. My hands then decide to take matters unto themselves and begin to snake around behind Riku’s neck, meeting just under the fall of the slivery strands that are silky to the touch. Realizing just what kind of perfect opportunity this is, I smile into out continued kiss before pulling him closer to me. I can feel his surprise through our connection, but neither of us break it.

Suddenly I feel Riku smirk into the kiss, before his mouth suddenly opens and I feel his tongue running along my swollen lips. Desperate to know exactly what he tastes like, my own mouth slides open. I’ve given no time to prepare before his tongue slides into my mouth. I am instantly overwhelmed with the intoxicating taste of spearmint and chocolate, a mixture that I find myself immediately becoming addicted to. Riku’s smooth tongue runs along my own, trying to coerce it into life, the warm organ traveling along the top and sides before pulling out partially and flicking the tips of our tongues together in one of the most erotic things I have ever felt. I allow myself to follow his lead, he has enticed me into responding, our movements so smooth and natural together as if it had all been orchestrated from the start. I pull him closer still to me, the action causing our teeth to clank together, the sound causing my stomach to clench in pleasure, a wave of it shooting through my body, something that I have never experienced before. The hand on my cheek finally moves up into my hair and the slight pull his fingers create is just making this all that much more real. I let out a slight whimper as his tongue retreats back into his own mouth, lips coming back together and he pulls back, panting for breath. I open my eyes to look into his sightless ones, the beautiful orbs clouded over in lust, a gorgeous smile on his swollen lips, and I know it is mirrored on my face as it runs through my mind that we just shared our first real kiss.

“Holy fuck, Roxas! Did you see that? They were just totally tongue fucking! That was so fucking hot!” And leave it to Axel to ruin the mood completely, and all both myself and Riku can do is chuckle, still holding one another close.

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One of these days Sora and Riku will learn to make out where Axel can’t interrupt them. Personally, I think they are exhibitionists, lol. Sorry this is so late, but I tried to make up for it with the length. 4960 words…wow. I had a bit of time to write on this and make it just right thanks to an evil bout with bronchitis. Stupid lungs…asthma plus bronchitis is not a good combo. But after 3 inhalers and 2 antibiotics I am better, finally. Man, I always seem to have something medically wrong with me.

Shout out to my twin who took care of me when I was sick and for editing this, against her will apparently (she lies, she is becoming addicted to yaoi, lol).

Once again, thank you all so much for your patience while waiting for me to get the disclaimer fixed on this story, and sorry it too so long. But you may have noticed, I did get three new oneshots posted, all of them lemons with different pairings. And to make things even better, I have the next chapter almost all ready to go, so it shouldn't be long before that one gets posted as well! Anyways, thanks once again to everyone for sticking with me! Until next time!