Blood Runs Red

Chapter 10: The closet

A/n: Spring break forever bitches! So yes, I am on spring break and instead of writing my psychology paper I decided to add another chapter to my story. I hope you guys enjoy, it's starting to get late and I'm tired so it may be alittle choppy and my sleep deprived mind may think that it is the best I've ever written. My condolences.

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"10…11…12…" Roxas continued as Riku pulled me out of the living room and slowly up the stairs. I stumbled blindly over the steps, but not because of the darkness of the area, but because Riku was still holding onto my hand. And he wasn't barely holding my hand, he was tightly holding my hand. I instantly became nervous and I knew that that was only going to make my hand sweaty. Therefore, I breathed, slowly, in and out as we finally made it to the top of the stairs. I don't think it was working.

There were still loud thuds as people moved throughout the house to hide. "Where should we hide?" I asked quietly. "Definitely not in your room because that would be too obvious." He replied. That was true, so I racked my brain for another place. "There's a guest bedroom across from Cloud's room on the right. " I suggested. "Good spot as any." Riku confirmed. We tiptoed down the hall and Riku, thankfully, let go of my hand to open the door. I went in first and he followed.

Then he shut the door behind him. Butterflies began to rumble in my tummy and my hands became clammy. Stop getting so flustered, I thought. He only shut the door to make it look like no one came in here, not to make out with you. At the thought I had a wave of pleasure run down my body. I really need to stop this.

"The closet." Came Riku's voice out of the darkness. "What?" I asked confused. I mean wasn't this good enough? It was so dark in the room someone could open the door and never even notice us. They would have to have a flashlight to see us, like the one that Roxas conveniently had. Well darn. "Nevermind, closet it is." I said.

We then commenced to looking for the closet. It had been quite some time since I had been in this room and could not remember where everything was located. After a good few minutes, we were able to map out the room. Not without a few bumps and curse words along the way of course. The bed lay against the farthest wall, across from the door, which also happened to have a window above it. The flashes of lightening from outside revealed the small dresser that sat next to it on the left and held a lamp and other miscellaneous objects. The closet was on that wall and the TV and a few shelves sat on the other.

I grabbed the knob to the closet and opened the door. Nothing hung on the racks and the closet was empty. A good thing because the closet wasn't huge. We crammed ourselves into the small space and managed to shut the door. The one thing I hated most about hiding go seek was the waiting. You had to wait for the person who was 'it' to come find you and there was never telling how long that could take. But today that was a different story.

I couldn't ask to be anymore alone with Riku than I was right now. The only issue was the awkward silence, which seemed to be ear piercing silent. I cleared my throat, as quietly as I could so that Roxas couldn't hear me but also loud enough for Riku to notice. And he did because then he asked, "Afraid of the dark?" As I was not ready for the question, I forgot momentarily how to speak. "I take your silence as a yes then." He said with the hint of laughter in his voice.

"I'm not afraid of the dark!" I mocked yelled, but in a whisper. "There are many things that I am afraid of but the dark is not one of them." "Then what are you afraid of?" Riku probed. I know that he wasn't trying to get into some deep conversation in a closet, in the dark, during a game of hide and seek. But I let that go because Riku was talking to me and not just talking but actually trying to learn something about me. "I don't know." I stalled. "My father for one." "Why?" he asked, concern in his voice.

"There are too many reasons. Reasons that I can't even explain. But let's just say that I did something that my father isn't too proud of and he enjoys taking it out on me." I explained vaguely. I liked Riku. Even if he wasn't gay, that didn't mean I felt comfortable enough to explain to him that my father beat me because I was gay. That would be a little too much information. There was a long silence, and I knew that I had gotten very serious and I wasn't sure that Riku was expecting that.

After a while his whispered voice filled the air, "You sound like you deal with some pretty rough stuff at home. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to invade." He somehow managed to find my hand in the darkness and put his over it. I became flustered. "No, no it's okay. Most people wouldn't even have bothered with asking, so the fact that you are concerned makes me feel better. Reminds me that people still care."

I turned away from his direction. My eyes were watering and I was not going to cry. I was not dammit. He was quiet again and I felt like I was letting too much slip every time I opened my mouth but I couldn't help it. I just wanted to talk to someone but I wasn't sure if I could trust Riku yet with this kind of news. "If you ever need anything, you can talk to me. Or you know, whatever you need. I'm your friend, I want to help you Sora." He expressed.

There was the sound of the floor creaking as he leaned closer to me. I turned towards him and stared hard into the dark. There was his outline but I couldn't see his face. I wasn't able to tell if he was being truthful or just saying that out of pity. Then his hand touched my face and I jumped. That had to have been an accident. No, because his hand was still there, laying lightly on my cheek. My breath hitched in my throat.

"I'll help you Sora." God, I loved it when he said my name. I could feel him lean closer to me and now he was so close his breath hit my face. My heart was pounding. All thoughts were erased from my mind. His thumb graced my lip. And then again. "Sora." He whispered one last time before he leaned all the way in and kissed me.

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A/n: Yes I'm evil, I know. But in this world I control everything. Now back to reality where everything sucks. Please review though ;D

Peace out darlings.