Jealousy

A/N: Hi all! Thank you for waiting! I’ve come back from China! Well, here’s chapter 3! I will edit chapter 2 soon! And again, thank you all for waiting!

Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts (though I wish I did), so don't sue cause I'm writing this for 'your' enjoyment

Onward!

Chapter 3: Uneasy

By: Nichibotsu


(Riku POV)

A figure is underneath me, I don’t know who it is. It’s so dark here. I think the figure is calling my name, but I cannot hear clearly. I look more closely, it’s Sora that’s underneath me. What am I doing? Why’s he’s naked? Why the hell am I naked?! I listen. He’s moaning.

“Riku… Oh yes Riku…” I look at him, this isn’t Sora. I notice it is Kairi that is underneath me. Ew, but how? “Riku… Riku…-“

“RIKU!” I jolt awake just as I see that cute angelic face of Sora’s hovering over mine. I had to hold myself back from pressing forward and capturing those lush lips with mine. I roll over to get the picture of those cherry red lips and that hideous dream out of my mind. I mumble sleepily, “What do you want?”

“You’re finally awake! Jeez, I tried waking you up like a million hours ago!-” I think he’s the most annoying person of all times… well third most annoying… Kairi’s first, Cloud’s second- “We’re gonna be late for breakfast! I bet there’s only leftovers now and the icky yucky things left that people don’t want,” Sora pouts cutely, his bottom lip sticking out with a little frown upon his cute face, I want to kiss him so bad.

“You’re not only a lazy butt, but a pig as well,” I laugh as I got up, barely missing the pillow that was thrown at me. The fluffy object hits the wall with a small thud and slides onto my bed.

“I’m not the one who slept in and we have PE first period!” he exclaims. He seems very mad. Oops.

“Whoa, chill, Sora, I was kidding!” I say, it’s not my fault he has a bad temper. Well… not really.

“Sorry,” he mumbles, his cheeks are light pink with embarrassment. I don’t really know what he’s embarrassed about. I mean, it’s only me and him in this room. Me and him. Nah! I shake my head furiously to get those pictures out of my head, what the hell is wrong with me today?! Though he does look very cute - he always does.

“Anyways, get up and go get dressed-” I remember I’m only in my boxers, it’s not my fault the heater decided to ‘over heat’ yesterday-“The others-” I knew who he meant by ‘the others’ they were the other band members: Wakka, Tidus and Stupid Cloud- “Said for us to meet them in the cafeteria for breakfast, oh yeah, Kairi’s there too – speaking of which, I forgot to say thanks… for the Winter Holiday Dance. You really saved my life. Since I slept in yesterday-” he had a day off yesterday for being part of the Winter Holiday Dance Decorating Team- “and forgot to tell you-” I’m cutting off what he’s saying too much aren’t I? Oh well-“I never got the chance to tell you,” he smiles.

“Huh? Wha-? I don’t know what you’re talking about, Sora” I must have a really dumb face on. Does this mean my plan didn’t work?

“Kairi, she was starting to annoy me,” that smile of his is sweet enough for any sweet tooth at the moment, “and then you came and got her to stop sticking onto me. Thanks, Riku” I would be so happy at the moment if only my plan had worked. I must think of something else. I am so angry at the moment. Not only did my plan not work, it made Sora even happier! He doesn’t seem the least bit jealous!

“Yeah sure no problem,” I say out of instinct, though probably not meaning any of it.

“Anyways, I’ll meet you in the cafeteria alright? Then we can go to PE together” Don’t we always go to classes together? I didn’t have the time to ask for he already left with the door slamming behind him. Everyone’s waiting? I sigh, that means I’ll have to get up this time.

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(Sora POV)

I walk down the halls trying to get my way to the cafeteria while deep in thought. I think Riku likes Kairi, or maybe at the dance… the dance… seeing those two dancing… sadly, seeing those two dancing together made me puke. It’s not that they’re bad at dancing or anything – no wait… I change that: it’s not like ‘Riku’s’ bad at dancing or anything - I shouldn’t judge Kairi yet, but I don’t really think she’s the best of dancers - but just seeing those two together makes me feel uneasy. – I bump into someone. I tend to do that a lot as I mumble a quick, “Sorry” and continue on my way.

“Sora, wait,” I recognize that voice. I stop and turn around. It’s Cloud.

“Hi Cloud,” I smile at him.

“Morning to you too,” he replies, “Anyways, what were you saying about ‘those two’ making you uneasy?”

I probably have a shocked – no, a dumb expression on my face, “H-how did you-?” I manage to stutter leaving the rest of the question unsaid. I’m pretty sure Cloud can understand what I am saying. He probably already got used to it a year ago.

“You tend to mumble what you think a lot,” he notes.

I blush; I forgot I do that a lot. Most of the time I don’t even notice. Just like now. I look down, “Er… um… yeah…” What? It’s not my fault I have nothing better to say.

“You think they like each other don’t you?” That question hit the mark dead on. How does he do that? I don’t trust my voice this time so I just nod once. He decides to change the topic – thank god, “Anyways, everyone’s waiting. I was sent to find you. And before you ask, Riku arrived a few minutes before I left to find you.” I only nod and follow Cloud to the cafeteria where most people are gone except for a crowd of people around one table. I know immediately that it’s where the others are sitting. There’s usually a crowd around us for some reason.

“Hey guys,” I say bouncing up to them, all traces of me deep in thought are gone.

“Hi Sora!” Kairi says, her mouth full of – god knows what she’s eating. It’s so gross, but I can’t be mean. It’s not nice. I turn around instead after giving a small smile.

“Yo, I saved you some breakfast,” Tidus grins pushing the tray of food towards me.

“Thanks,” I reply. It’s good to have a friend like Tidus to save you some food. Either that or he really hates my whining when I’m hungry…

“Come sit, ya?” Wakka says with a wide grin.

Cloud comes close to me and whispers in my ear, “But first get them to leave,” I know he is talking about the crowd that is around us.

I sigh, “Everyone, please choose a table to sit at or leave.” I don’t get why I always have to do all of this stuff. But at least everyone listens. I see the crowd get smaller and smaller when finally there is no crowd at all except people seated at tables and some heading towards to door. See what I mean by ‘everyone listens’?

I sit down, Cloud on my right and Riku on my left. Kairi right in front of me. Why me? I don’t think any more of it though. My tummy grumbles, sending me a message telling me that I’m hungry. I start eating what Tidus had saved me. I’m about to put my spoonful of food into my mouth before I remember, “Tidus?”

I see Tidus suppressing a giggle or snort, but he replies with a straight face, “Yeah?”

“You didn’t put anything in my food did you?” I remember last time he placed a dead spider in my soup when I was late for lunch because of – err… yeah what was I doing that time? Oh yeah, because of the School Committee and had a late lunch while skipping class. That was fun – well… the skipping class part was fun, but the ‘almost’ eating a spider part wasn’t so much. If it wasn’t for Cloud having a ‘washroom break’ and then crashing in me and Riku’s room for the rest of class, I would of ate that spider long ago.

Tidus bursts into a laughing fit. When he finally calms down – that’s a long time and I’m starving! – He finally says, “No, no, not this time,” he sighs, “If only Cloud didn’t ruin it the first time, I would have tried it today as well.” This earned him a scolding glare from Wakka - he tends to scold Tidus a lot like a mother or something - a deathly glare from Riku - don’t tell anyone this, but Riku’s scared of spiders - a smug grin from Cloud - probably thinks he saved my life or something, but he might have… if the spider was poisonous - and a little giggle from Kairi - Probably thinks it’s funny to see me choke – I’m starting to hate Kairi – no, not hate, hate is too strong of a word… for now – but I’m starting to ‘dislike’ Kairi more and more everyday.

I don’t think more of what everyone’s doing because I’m starving and we have classes soon. I check my watch. Very soon. I start eating very fast. When I finish, I smile and put the tray aside to throw the garbage out afterwards when we are all ready to leave. I check my watch once again. “We still have fifteen minutes left before classes start.” I note.

“Leaving in five,” Tidus says, “Got Biology with Mrs. Too Fat ‘n Too Ugly” – The Biology room is quite a walk from the cafeteria and don’t even ask who ‘Mrs. Too Fat ‘n Too Ugly’ is. Alright! I’ll answer! She’s the meanest, ugliest and fattest teacher of all times, me and Riku had her last year as well, but thankfully we were lucky, she was ill or something (probably too fat, serves her right for not taking care of her own body) and left school early. The supply teacher wasn’t all that good either, but anyone’s better than her.

I feel something on my waist. I look down. It’s Cloud’s arm. I look at him and blink before my lips spread into a smirk, “Giving up already?”

“You wish,” I see my own facial expression plastered on Cloud’s face, “I’ve got classes with ‘him’ today.”

I roll my eyes. Cloud seems to be obsessed with ‘him’. I bet you’re all wondering ‘who is ‘him’?!’ ‘He’ is none other than our Math teacher Mr. Squall Leonheart. He’s really an unusual teacher. He doesn’t like being called ‘Mr. Leonheart’, but instead he tells us to call him ‘Leon’. I can see why Cloud likes him, not only does Leon have a good wardrobe, but his attitude is one of a kind. But still, Riku’s better. Speaking of Riku --

“Riku, wait!” Kairi exclaims and tries to hurry to catch up with Riku that is already gone pretty far away from our table. Riku. I had forgotten all about him! I can be such a ditz sometimes! I’m the one who likes him, but for a whole 45 minutes I had totally forgotten about him! I mentally kick myself in the head. I don’t like me sometimes.

“What’s up with him?” Tidus says with a strange expression.

“Angry for some reason, ya?” Wakka shrugs.

I sigh, deciding to change the topic, “'Mrs. Too Fat ‘n Too Ugly’s' going to get mad if you arrive late… again”

“Shit,” he swears before packing whatever he took out of his bag back into it and slung the thing over his back and with a wave of goodbye, he left.

“What time is it, Sora?” Cloud asks. I just noticed that Cloud’s hand has withdrawn from my waist and is now neatly placed on the table in front of us.

“Um… 8 more minutes until classes start,” I reply, while looking at my watch to reassure the time.

“Ah, I guess I’m off as well, ya?” Wakka says with a grin. He also packed his bag and left with a polite, “Bye,” leaving only me and Cloud around the table.

“Aw man, I was supposed to go to PE with Riku, but since… since he left with-” I couldn’t finish.

“Does really seeing those two together make you feel… what’s the word you used again? … Uneasy was it?” Cloud asks.

I look down, “Err… yeah… I guess it does make me feel a bit… ‘Uneasy’” I guess being with Cloud for a year made me open up to him, but not just a bit. I know I can always say whatever I want to him and he’ll always give a kind word back. I know he feels the same towards me too.

When my mind goes back to the present, I notice Cloud up from his seat with his bag over his back and a hand stretched out towards me, “Well? Are you coming or what?”

“Huh? What?” I say thoroughly confused.

“I said lets start walking towards our first class, I have Music anyways so we’re both pretty close to each other,” Cloud repeats. The Music room’s really close to the gym and the change rooms. I nod and take the hand. I get up and also pack my stuff, slinging my bag over my back as well. I pick up my tray of garbage, walking over to the garbage can and dump the garbage, stacking the tray in an already made pile. Cloud walks over to me, “Ready to go?”

I smile and nod. He continues, “Don’t you think that Riku seems a bit… oh I don’t know… jealous or something?”

I look at him as we start walking towards our class, “Jealous? Of what?” I really don’t know why Riku would be jealous; he has no reason to be.

“Of us”

“Of us?” I repeat, “Why’s that? We already broke up and I don’t think he likes you very much… no offence or anything!” I add quickly.

“Baka, I was talking about you,” Cloud says walking beside me.

“Me?! Why would Riku be jealous of me?” I exclaim, I know my love is only one sided.

“You really are stupid, Sora. I meant maybe he likes you as well-”

“There’s no way he would,” I say sadly, I know he wouldn’t like me. He likes Kairi, I know so! I saw that look he gave her when they danced, it almost makes me envious. But I won’t hate them, hate isn’t good, it’ll rot the heart, make the heart plunge into a world of darkness and once its there, it’ll never come back. Not until you see the light again.

“Then why did he have such an angry… no, such a jealous expression when he saw my hand on your waist?” Cloud replies coolly.

“He did?!” I exclaim more and more surprised at every passing second, “I didn’t see… heck, I didn’t even look at him for a second since I called him down,” I look down ashamed.

He stops walking and I stop too. He reaches for my chin and raises it upwards to that I am looking straight into his eyes. I remember why I liked him before. His eyes. They seem so kind and helping. Just like him: kind and helping.

“Don’t go blaming yourself, Sora. I’m here to help you, but if you keep on putting yourself down, how am I supposed to help you then? Only you can fully build up that confedence to face the one you love and say ‘I like you, I really, really like you. No, even more than that, I love you’. I can only get you to face the one you love, but you’re on your own when it comes to saying ‘I love you’ Sora. And even if the one you love doesn’t feel the same back, don’t feel bad about it. Be proud that you stood up and said what was in your heart,” Cloud’s little speech really pulled a string in my heart, I’m beginning to understand why Cloud is always helping. Something I must do as well. There is just one more question that needs to be answered.

“What if you think the person you like likes another person?” I ask.

“Well then-” he was cut off as the bell rang signaling that the first period is about to start. “Sorry, Sora! We’ll talk later!” he says before hurrying towards the music room.

I sigh. I turn around and walk towards the gymnasium, ready for another uneventful and very boring day.

TBC...

A/N: Sorry to end it here, I will update soon! Well, school's coming up, so my updates will not be as frequent (not that they ever were... I'm really sorry about that!). Now, R&R and I'll try to update faster!

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