Accidental Infatuation

Accidental Infatuation
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Chapter Thirteen

I am not dead!!! I was on vacation in mid Novemeber, and I have not really had a break since then. With school, work and the busiest holiday season known to man, it left only a little time to write, and it didn’t help that I was so focused on writing that sequel to Reflections of Mirrored Souls (hint, its called The Mirror Has Two Faces, and I won’t discourage anyone from reading it, hehe) Anyway, once again, SO SORRY for the wait on this, and I hope that it was worth it. Look for the next couple of weeks to bring a few more updates on some of my other stories. Thanks for all your kind words from last chapter and all those from before as well!

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The next week seems to fly by, so fast that I barely notice it. Sure, I had sessions with Dr. Vexen and even one with Sephiroth, but I don’t really remember them. Mostly because of the fact that I haven’t really started with the actual rehabilitation. All they have been doing is checking the extent of my injury and making sure that I am still mentally sound, meaning that I haven’t fallen into depression or become suicidal or anything. But honestly, with Riku as a boyfriend, who could fall into depression?

We’ve managed to keep our relationship from both Kairi and Naminé, the reactions from the female twins basically frightening us into silence. Even Roxas and Axel won’t tell the two of them in fear of being killed for not telling. I think Naminé suspects something, but I think that she just enjoys the thought of two boys being together. Freaking fan girl. Demyx however definitely suspects something and is being a whiny little bugger because we aren’t telling him anything. Because if I have learned anything in my first week and a half here, it’s that Demyx has a big mouth. As soon as he knows, so will the entire world.

“So, what do you want to do today?” Demyx breaks me out of my thoughts, bringing me back to the over crowded lunch table. I don’t think that this thing was made for seven people, especially when four of us are in wheelchairs today.

“I don’t know, any ideas?” Kairi and Naminé question in unison, and surprisingly enough, Riku doesn’t even groan. I think that he is getting used to twin talk from being around Roxy and I so much this week. The thought makes me smile slightly and I feel his hand squeeze mine under the table.

“Reno sent me some new porno if anyone wants to watch them.” Axel shrugs with a smirk, clearly meaning it as a joke, but I doubt he remembers that he is dealing with my twin.

“Gay or straight? Cause if they are gay, I might take you up on that offer, provided that you are nowhere near me to ruin my fantasy. Because there is no good eye candy in this joint.” Roxy grins, earning a squeal of delight from Naminé, a sound of disgust from Kairi and a mock glare from Axel.

“Aw, Roxy. I think that you might have just broken my heart.” With a pout, Axel places a hand over his heart, looking at my twin with a fake sadness. I laugh at the display, and silently wonder why they haven’t officially become a couple yet. There is definitely some mad chemistry and a mutual attraction there, but neither of them have actually taken the steps to make it official. But I believe there is a blonde twin who is not my own who is scheming to get them together.

“Yeah, right, Axel. That would imply that you actually have a heart.” My boyfriend scoffs, laughter erupting from the entire table, including the redhead in question.

“Come on guys, you are suppose to be helping me figure out what to do today.” Whines Demyx. I guess that Zexion is away for the weekend and Demyx couldn’t go, hence the wheelchair. And now he apparently thinks that we are here to amuse him.

“Well, our sister is coming to visit us this afternoon.” I speak up. I am really excited to see Aerith today. Last weekend when Mom had dropped off a ton of stuff off for Roxy, it had been really emotional for all of us. She thought that she would only be separated from one of her sons for such a long period of time, but after only a couple of days, she ended up losing us both. She is, according to everyone back home, a complete wreck, almost unable to function independently. When Cloud called us the other day, he told us that Aerith and Leon have had to move back in with her for a little while, just until she is able to get back on her feet, and gets used to the fact that even though we aren’t there, we will be coming home soon.

“So that leaves us out of any plans until after dinner tonight.” Roxy adds. He is as depressed as I am about Mom right now. Maybe even more so. She calls is almost everyday just to hear our voices and check up on us, but even that is really hard for us to handle. Mom told us that since the accident, she is afraid that she is never going to see us again every time she says goodbye. And it really hurts both of us to think of her like this.

“You’re sister is coming? I want to meet her!” Naminé exclaims.

“So do I! From what you told us about her, she sounds so cool.” Kairi continues, the two of them staring us down. Another thing about the last week, Roxy and I have become quite a bit closer to the female twins. And I think that that surprises me the most of all. But now that I know that Kairi isn’t going to try and just me around every corner, I see that she really is a good person, and a true friend.

“Personally, I want to meet her husband. Is he really as cold as Sora said that he is?” Axel grins, leaving back in his chair, his eyes never leaving my twin’s face.

“Most likely Sora toned it down. I met him like three times before I got more than a nod of acknowledgement from him.” Roxas laughs, digging into his chocolate ice cream. “Man, I want some good old fashioned sea salt ice cream. Fuck, I miss that stuff.”

I just laugh as the other three males raise their eyebrows in a strange form of unison. “Sea salt ice cream?” they all repeat, earning laughter from the four of us.

“You can only get it on Destiny Islands.” Naminé smiles, grabbing an eraser from off the table and rubbing it over the sketch she is working on. She is an awesome artist as I have come to find out, and she is rarely seen without her trusty sketchbook if she isn’t on her way to a session. She told me that one day she would love to make a living off of drawing manga.

“It’s a delicacy there. Made from actual sea water.” Kairi continues, and I think it’s funny that Riku, Demyx and Axel’s heads all move in perfect unison to face whoever is talking. I sense Roxy smile at the same observation, and we decide to continue it on.

“But at the same time, it’s actually quite sweet too.” I add, leaving the table open for my brother.

“And it is my favourite food in the entire world. I sure hope Aerith brings some. I think I am going through withdrawal symptoms.” As if to prove his claim, Roxy holds up his good hand, making it shake on purpose. All of us burst out laughing at his antics, and I think that we have really formed some deep friendships here. “I didn’t know that you two were from Destiny Islands.” My brother says, looking over at Kairi and Naminé.

“Yup. Fate Island.” They answer together, becoming involved with Roxy in a long conversation that I basically ignore. I feel Riku squeeze my hand gently again. Looking over at him, I stop myself from swooning at his profile, but only because I can see a mischievous smiles playing on his lips. I know what that smile means. He wants to get out of here and spend some time alone with me before I am lost to my visitors for the day. Ooh. Time alone with my boyfriend? Who am to pass up such an opportunity? Axel and Demyx seem to be involved with their own, and Roxy is still talking to the girls. Now how do we make a break for it without being obvious?

I cough a little, still tasting the Caesar salad that I had for lunch, thinking suddenly that I have an excuse for myself, now if only I was able to come up with something that would warrant Riku coming with me. But before I can think of anything plausible, Riku suddenly stands up from the table.

Everyone stops their conversations, looking over at the silver haired teen with confused looks plastered on their faces. I try and hide my light laughter, only to fail miserably. So I try and make it seem more natural by looking over at Riku as well. “Um, Riku, Where are you going?” I laugh.

“Everyone has smelly garlic breath. And Axel just had a Caesar salad. I’m going to brush my teeth and get away from him before he explodes.” Riku shrugs, pointing at the smirking redhead. Why do I get the feeling that they plan these things?

“Aw, Riku, don’t you like the perfume du Axel? I’ve saving a special one just for you.” The smirk is still in place as he pats his stomach, earning a grumble from deep within his tummy. All I can think about is that I really, really, really don’t want to be around him when he does let it all go.

“Brushing my teeth sounds like a great idea too.” I add, pushing myself away from the table. I sense the knowing look that my twin is sending me, choosing only to smile at every thing. “Mind if I walk to my room with you?”

“Doesn’t bother me.” I receive another shrug of his shoulders from my boyfriend before his hand ghosts over my shoulder to rest on the handles of my chair. Man, it’s a good thing that he has to do that to everyone, because if he didn’t, people might start watching and notice that his fingers tend to linger a little longer on my shoulders, or give me little squeezes of affection. “Catch everyone later.” He says to everyone else as I wave and we make out way to the door of the cafeteria. As soon as we come to the entrance, we both here Demyx’s voice piping up.

“Is it just me, or does it seem like Sora and Riku are getting closer? And what does this do to help me figure out what to do this afternoon.”

The door closes and without missing a beat, my hand flies up to rest on the pale fingers on my handle bars. How could something so new feel so right? I let out a deep sigh of contentment, knowing not to talk to Riku too much while we are moving as not to mess up his count. I’ve learned so much about my boyfriend over the past week. Like how he has memorized the layout of this building, but he still needs to count his steps. And the fact that his light sensitive. That has been the best part so far, I think. Just the getting to know each other better part. And that thought brings up something that I really haven’t given much thought to before.

“So, have Axel and Roxas bitten the bullet yet and finally get together?” Riku questions as we continue down the hall towards my room.

“No. Roxas isn’t letting himself get into another relationship until he figures out if he can be friends with them first. He’s dove straight into so many relationships head first recently, I think he wants to build up that kind of connection first, so he doesn’t get hurt.” I answer, saying my own theory out loud for the first time. I can’t believe I never realized that that was going on. I only just figured it out now. And all I can think is that I am so happy for my twin. I only can hope that he is able to find some happiness. Regardless with whom it might be.

“Makes sense. Didn’t he say that one of his ex’s used to beat him?” Riku is awfully curious today. And why shouldn’t he be?

I let out a soft hum. “Roxy says that Seifer only ever hit him the once. And I’m glad that’s all it took to get him to break up with the bastard. Because I always had fears that Roxy would get hurt, or raped or killed or something and there would be nothing I could do about it.”

Riku doesn’t reply, he just runs his hand lightly through my hair, gently massaging my scalp. I close my eyes halfway, enthralled by the touch of my boyfriend’s fingers. I love where we are in our relationship right now, pleased that it is so comfortable in our curiosity. I really am truly happy.

We get to my room, and I push the door open to allow Riku to push me in. there I tell him to take a seat on the nearest bed and wheel myself into the bathroom, intent on really brushing my teeth. The small white box seems to be even smaller now that there are two beds in here, but I can deal with it if it means having Roxy here with me. Having him here makes all this worth it. Oh, and Riku helps too.

Looking in the mirror, I can’t help but notice that the bags that I had developed under my eyes have almost disappeared. I guess actually being happy helps with that type of thing. And I really don’t want anything to end right now. Not wanting to leave my boyfriend waiting too long, I quickly brush my teeth, before wheeling myself back into the bedroom. At my entrance, Riku instantly turns his head in my direction.

“You smell like mint. I can smell it from here.” He laughs lightly, as I get close to him. I add my own laugh to the sound as he reaches his arms out. I take his hands and instantly he turns me around, chair and all, putting the back of my chair right up against the side of the bed. It’s a really good thing that neither Roxy nor I are very big, because when they first brought the other bed in, there was less than a foot between them, and only just enough room for my chair to move around them. That only lasted for like a day before Riku and Axel decided to push both beds together up against the wall to make one queen sized bed for us to share. Especially since we spend a lot of time in this room with Axel and Riku. Usually Roxy and Axel take the bed, while Riku sits on a chair next to me.

With my chair against the bed, I feel Riku’s hands go to my shoulders and begin to rub. Oooh. Have I ever mentioned that massages feel really good? Because I think that Riku has magical hands. Somehow, he is always able to make the strain of pushing myself around all day evaporate. And I don’t complain. Any contact from him is nice.

But as usual, all good things must come to an end.

As if on cue, the door to my room bursts open with a crash, revealing a red faced Roxas and a roaring Axel.

“Perfect timing you two, as usual.” Riku sighs, hands moving from my neck and shoulders. I swear, they always seem to know exactly when we are going to start something, because somehow, the two of them always seem to burst in at that moment. Curse you twin telepathy! I know that’s how Roxy knows!

“You know that you love us.” Axel smirks and I just roll my eyes. “Besides, wouldn’t you like to know what is happening in the cafeteria as we speak?”

Now that peaks my interest. “In the cafeteria? We only just left there. What could be happening there?” I question, looking at my twin. His face is flushed with laughter and I have absolutely no idea why.

“Well, apparently, Naminé thinks that they two of you would be perfect together.” Axel grins an evil grin, looking at me in particular. “And Demy seems to be lacking any other personal missions at the moment, because he agrees with her.” Why do I not like where this is going?

“And the point is?” Riku asks in a bored tone.

“The two of them have decided that it is their goal to get the two of you together against your wills or willingly. Your choice.” Axel finishes, coming to sit on the bed beside my boyfriend. Roxy comes over and helps me turn my chair around so that I am facing everyone, before he goes and takes a seat next to Axel.

“We already knew that Naminé was going to try and get us together.” I point out, recalling the conversation for them same day that Riku and I actually got together.

“But now she is serious.” Roxy laughs and I once again smile at the sound. I’ll never get tired of hearing it. It just reminds me how close I came to losing him. “And she has now recruited Demyx to help her. So you two had better be careful unless you are about to reveal this whole thing to them. Because we were sent to spy on you and see if you two were going at it in the hall closet.”

“Besides, it’s not like the two of you aren’t obvious or anything. You’d think that Riku wasn’t the only blind one here.” Axel snorts. “And just for the fuck of it, why haven’t you two told them yet?”

Riku just laughs and I start to blush as he explains to them. “Naminé would be all over us, wanting to see some live action Yaoi, and then draw us. You know that she is the biggest fan girl in the world.”

“She’d never leave us alone, and as disgusted as Kairi acts about the whole thing, I think that Naminé will corrupt her soon enough.” I continue through my blush. But then a thought crossed my mind. “And why aren’t you two together yet? Why not send them after you?” I ask and this time it is Roxy’s turn to break out into a fierce blush.

“Nah, there is no reason for us to get together and steal your thunder.” Axel smirks, wrapping his arm around Roxy, pulling my brother close to him, most likely not even noticing how bright my twin has turned. Heh, I don’t know how much longer Roxy will be able to last without jumping Axel. “Besides, it’s not like we like each other or anything.”

“But I have a question. How come they don’t haunt Zexion and Demyx? They are both guys and I guess they are both fairly good looking. So why doesn’t Naminé go after them?” I ask, slightly curious as to why the comment has drawn such laughter from Axel and Riku.

“Rule number one here. Never, ever make Zexion mad or upset, and that includes making Demyx upset. That man will send you to an early grave if you even look at him the wrong way. Thus Naminé is scared out of her wits to go after Demyx to see if she can catch him and Zexion in a moment.” Riku explains, leaning against the wall and stretching his long legs out. Why do I get the urge to kick Roxy and Axel out of the room so that I can somehow get on the bed and stretch out next to him?

“Besides, Zexion rarely ever comes out of the basement.” Axel adds, strangely not letting Roxy go yet. I give the two of them a week, tops.

Before any of us get to continue on with the conversation, the phone on our nightstand starts to ring. Reluctantly, Roxy pulls himself free of Axel’s hold and answers it.

“Hello? Yeah. Really? Great! Send them down! Bye!” I watch as his face lights up even more with each passing second, and I know exactly what is happening.

“Aerith’s here!” We both exclaim, large smiles over taking our faces. We both then move into the small, cramped bathroom and begin to fix our uncontrollable mass of spikes, a little excited to see our big sister again.

“We’ll catch you later, alright, then?” my head snaps back into the bedroom at the sound of my boyfriend’s voice, utterly confused at the statement. Riku is standing, getting a helpful hand from Axel.

“Where are you going?” I ask, not wanting to end my time with Riku quite yet today. Yeah, I am a greedy little bastard when it comes to spending time with him.

“We’re going to leave you guys to spend some time with your sister. You don’t need us around and in your way.” Axel replies, and instantly, I am back out in the bedroom grabbing onto Riku’s wrist, all but shoving Axel out of the way.

“But I want you to meet Aerith.” I tell him, not letting go of his wrist, completely forgetting about the other two people in the room. “Besides, I want to be able to introduce my boyfriend to the rest of my family. I’m not going to hide this from them. I care for you, Riku.” My voice has gone down to whisper, and I feel his warm hand come up and rest on my cheek.

“Sora…” his voice is equally as quiet as my own as I watch him bend down closer to me. I take this opportunity to lean in the rest of the way, our lips meeting in a chaste kiss.

The sound of roaring laughter and someone clearing their throat causes us both to break apart, a crimson tint spreading over both our faces.

“What a moment! I totally wish I had had my camera!” Axel laughs loudly, holding his sides, while Roxy just rolls his eyes with a grin.

“Man, you two are the corniest thing that I have ever seen.” Roxy smirks, and over the loud roar of Axel’s laughter, we hear a knock on the door.

“It’s open!” Roxy and I call in unison, and eagerly watch as the door swings open to reveal to reveal our brunet sister and her stoic husband. Aerith has a warm smile on her face, while Leon has his normal…scowl line thing. “Aerith!”

With a small laugh, Aerith walks into the room, and instantly I notice something as she takes Roxy into a tight hug. As she moves on to giving me a hug, my eyes meet with my twins, and I know that he notices the exact same thing as I do.

“Hi, Sora. Hi, Roxas. How have you been? Are you both okay?” her smile is so warm, and it reminds me just how much Aerith is like a second mother to us.

“Yup!” We grin. “Hi, Leon!” We receive a small nod of acknowledgement from him, and honestly I can’t believe he gave us that much.

“Everything is going alright?” She continues, looking slightly over at Riku and Axel who are looking a little out of place.

“Yeah. Aeri, I want you to meet someone.” I smile, watching as Riku’s eyes go wide at my statement. I still find it amazing how expressive his eyes are even though I know that he can’t see. I reach over and grab his hand again. “This is Riku. Riku, this is my older sister, Aerith. Her husband Leon is over by the door.”

“Hi.” Riku says, his voice very quiet, and suddenly I wonder where the confident guy that I have gotten to know over the past week has gone. And the other thing that I notice is that he is refusing to make eye contact with my sister. I wonder if it is because he doesn’t want her to know that he is blind right off the bat.

“Hello, Riku.” Aerith smiles at him, holding a hand out to my taller boyfriend. Not wanting to let him embarrass himself, I casually push his arm forward and luckily, Aerith reads the sign and shakes his hand gently. “It’s nice to finally put a face to the name. It seems that you are all Sora ever talks about.”

“Sora is just excited about finally having a boyfriend.” Roxy smirks, and I just stick my tongue out at him as Riku sort of steps back. “And this is Axel, Aer.”

“Hey.” Axel smiles, waving at Aerith.

“I’ve heard just as much about you, Axel.” She smiles, a blush instantly staining Roxas’ cheeks.

“And I know it must all be good stuff too. Anyway, Riku and I will be on our way, leaving you four to visit. I need to call my brother, and Riku has fencing practice. Later, guys!” Axel still has a silly smile on his face, before grabbing Riku’s arm and pulling my boyfriend over to the doorway. There they stand, having a small staring contest with my brother in law. It almost looks like he is trying either to A, scare them off or B, look deep into their souls and try and discover their intentions with us. Honestly, I don’t want to know which it is either way. Eventually, Leon moves out of the way enough to allow Axel to pull Riku past the smaller man. Wow. I never exactly realized how tall Riku and Axel are before now. I mean, Leon is 5’8’’ or so, and both Axel and Riku are taller than him by several inches.

“So, that is your boyfriend, Sora?” Aerith questions with a smile, drawing our vision back to her, and I watch as she sits down gently on my bed. Leon just steps all the way into out little room, leaning against the wall in almost a bored tone, but I know that that is just how he is.

“Yeah.” I grin a goofy grin, and I can feel a small blush rising on my cheeks.

“He’s cute.” She giggles, patting the bed next to her, which Roxy promptly takes the offer and sits next to her. He snuggles right up to her, something that he has always done. Roxy has always been cuddly towards Aerith, while I always chose to glomp on Cloud. At least it made for a tight knit family. “And Axel is too.” She adds, sending my blush over to my twin.

“Aeri…” Roxas whispers quietly, his head resting against our sister’s shoulder.

“Yes?” she still as that warm smile on her face, and I feel bad that Roxy is going to ruin it so soon.

“Is it true that you and Leon have moved back in with Mom? Is she really doing that bad?” I notice the tears that are welding up in my twin’s eyes as he speaks, and I can feel the guilt that is radiating off of him. We’ve spent many nights talking about his guilt. For some reason, he blames himself for everything. If he hadn’t gone out with Seifer, we wouldn’t have been in the accident, if he hadn’t agreed to separate us at first, Mom wouldn’t have had to go through two separations. I try and assure him that it isn’t his fault, but there is something else going on inside his head that I just can’t decipher.

Aerith goes quiet, looking over at her husband. Leon just hides his eyes from us. “Yes. I am not going to lie. She’s going through a really tough time right now. It is almost as if she is going through the motions that she did when Dad died.”

Dad…

“What got her out of it when Dad died?” I ask, a little apprehensive of talking about my father.

“Well,” Aerith’s smile returns as she reaches the arm she doesn’t have wrapped around Roxy out to me, taking my hand into her own. Running her thumb over my knuckles, it forces me to look up at her and meet her green eyes. “She found out that she was pregnant with the two of you, and it gave her a reason to live.”

Bingo!

“So, when are you going to tell her?” Roxy and I question, evil grins lighting our faces.

“Tell her what?” she asks in a fake I-don’t-know-what-you-are-talking-about voice. I sneak a peak over at Leon, who has a light rose colour on his cheeks. Whoa! He has emotions!

We both laugh, and I know that they both know that we know. So we decide to be blunt. “We know you’re pregnant.” We see Aerith blush and Leon coughs in embarrassment, and I can see that we are going to have some fun with this.

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And enter more family members! And one on the way, hehe! Once again, I am so so so so so so so sorry that it took so long to get this chapter out! I wanted to have it out back in December by the holidays, but unfortunately, I was always on the go, I didn’t even get a chance to talk to some of my best friends, and yes that means you Pahoyhoy! I missed you!

And I also want to say that we have passed the first anniversary of this wonderful story! Thank you so much to all those who are still coming back to read this, and to those of you who are new here, welcome and thank you too! Lets hope that 2009 brings many more chapters, one shots and stories for all of us to enjoy!

Anyway, I am hoping to be posting another few things in the next couple of weeks, with many more ideas flowing freely into my mind! I hope everyone has enjoyed this chapter, and I look forward to seeing, reading and replying to all the wonderful reviews that I hope to get from all of you! Thanks once more, and until next time!