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Title<\/b>: Something Old, Something New [Sora\/Riku]
\nRating\/Warnings<\/b>: PG-13
\nSummary<\/b>: This is the place where Sora and Riku make new promises, except that they’re all old promises.
\nAN<\/b>: Written for Shiritori. I have no earthly idea why I didn’t post this to Ao3 normally. <\/p>\n
Something Old, Something New<\/b><\/p>\n
Rain began to fall just as Sora zipped up his backpack, heavy drops plunking from the tree leaves onto the roof. The rain made Sora\u2019s childhood bedroom feel even smaller than usual, a safe place Sora barely fit in anymore. <\/p>\n
\u201cAre you sure you want to go out in this?\u201d Riku asked. He was still sitting on Sora\u2019s bed, leaning on the windowsill with his cheek pillowed on his elbow. He was dangling his other hand out the window to let fat raindrops drip onto his hand and roll down his fingertips. <\/p>\n
The quick tumble in Sora\u2019s bed had been a mistake, because now Riku was unapologetically trying to tempt Sora into crawling back into the mussed sheets and wasting the rest of the afternoon right there. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s just rain, you aren\u2019t gonna melt,\u201d Sora teased. He slung his backpack over one shoulder and reached down to slap Riku\u2019s bare hip. \u201cWill you get up? People say I\u2019m the lazy one, geez.\u201d<\/p>\n
It was just a summer rain shower, coming down hard but warm and not making the waves particularly rough. Muscle memory made the trip over to the play island easy enough, and if the rain kept any current island kids from stumbling over them, that was fine by Sora. <\/p>\n
Not that most of what they did was scandalous. They jumped waves just off shore and skipped rocks until Sora bitched that Riku was cheating as usual<\/i> and it turned into a wrestling match. The rain was too steady for a sandcastle, but Sora collected shells in the pockets of his board shorts while Riku dug hands into the wet sand after each receding wave to look for sand crabs. <\/p>\n
\u201cAw, don\u2019t scare him,\u201d Sora said, crouching down next to Riku as he was letting the little thing scuttle from palm to palm, trying to burrow its way out of his hands. He plucked the sand crab up between his fingers, grinning as it waved all its little legs at him. \u201cHe\u2019s all \u2018help me, help me!\u2019 Go on, buddy.\u201d Sora sat the crab down on the sand and dusted his hands off as the next waved washed over their feet and swept the crab away. <\/p>\n
\u201cMy hero,\u201d Riku said, apparently his high-pitched impression of a crab voice, and then he shoved Sora so that he tipped over into the receding wave. <\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re such a diiiiick!\u201d Sora wailed, spluttering as the next wave splashed over his lap and into his face. <\/p>\n
\u201cMm, well.\u201d Riku stood up, reaching down to haul Sora up by the armpits. \u201cGood thing I hear you love enormous dicks.\u201d<\/p>\n
When the sun started to set, the two of them washed off the worst of the sand and salt in the spring, and then headed up to the tree house. Sora\u2019s pack had been spelled waterproof, protecting the blankets and sandwiches inside. Riku had brought a jar of fire spelled into a potions jar; it smelled a little funny and gave off green sparks, but it flickered pleasantly across the walls and ceiling. <\/p>\n
\u201cWhy\u2019d you want to come out here anyway?\u201d Riku asked curiously as he handed over the thermos of hot chocolate. \u201cCan\u2019t see the sunset with the rain, and stargazing\u2019s probably out too.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWell\u2026\u201d Sora fiddled with the cap of the thermos. \u201cIt\u2019s because this is the place we make promises.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPromises?\u201d Riku tilted his head. \u201cLike\u2026promising not to go off on our own anymore after Quadratum?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cUh-huh. And promising not to be reckless the night before Xehanort.\u201d Sora took a swallow of hot chocolate. \u201cAfter the Dark Margin, too. We said we\u2019d go on our next adventure together, for the King.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe promised to escape on the raft here, too. We have made a lot of promises here, huh?\u201d Riku\u2019s smile was small, a little bittersweet. \u201cHere, give me that, you\u2019re going to spill it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sora let Riku pull the thermos out of his fidgeting hands. He was so handsome, Sora thought helplessly, watching firelight flicker across Riku\u2019s bare chest and catch in his hair. \u201cSo I thought\u2026if we made a new promise, it should be here.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cA new promise?\u201d Riku asked. Sora hummed, dropping his eyes nervously. \u201cSora?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI mean, I guess they\u2019re all old promises really,\u201d Sora said quietly. His heart was beating in his ears so loudly that he could barely hear himself. \u201cI want to find new worlds together, and fight together and protect each other and just to be with you all the time. I\u2026\u201d Sora\u2019s throat closed up at that point, to his aggravation. <\/p>\n
\u201cHey, what\u2019s going on?\u201d Riku slid closer, until they were hip to hip, one arm sliding around Sora\u2019s back. <\/p>\n
Sora had wanted to say more, but all the other things were stuck, caught in his throat. Instead he reached into his pocket and pulled out what he\u2019d been hiding there. He reached for Riku\u2019s free hand and opened his fist to let his surprise slither down into Riku\u2019s palm, a silver chain with two rings strung on it. <\/p>\n
Riku blinked at his hand, eyes wide, for the longest second of his life. One ring was a Master\u2019s Ring, purple with a center band of shifting blue-green, and the other was a Force Ring, etched gold with a bright red stone. \u201cDid you\u2026make these?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah,\u201d Sora sniffled, scrubbing at his eyes with the heel of his palm. \u201cAqua helped some\u2026or like a lot, but, yeah.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSora, you\u2026\u201d Riku narrowed his eyes suddenly. \u201cWere you fooling around in the ocean with these just loose in your pocket?!\u201d<\/p>\n
That startled a watery laugh out of Sora. \u201cKinda! Relax, they were spelled to me, or I\u2019d have lost them a hundred times. I was carrying them around for\u2026a while.\u201d Sora raised his eyes up to Riku, whose expression was a complicated combination of shock, love, and exasperation. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t have to be that kind of promise, if you don\u2019t want it to. It can mean anything we want.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rings clutched protectively in his hand, Riku crushed Sora against his chest in a hug. Sora hummed at the tightness of his grip, the anxious knot in the center of his chest loosening as Riku\u2019s heartbeat thudded against Sora\u2019s cheek. <\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re such a menace,\u201d Riku muttered into his hair, voice cracking. \u201cAre you kidding me with this shitty proposal? Ask me properly.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNuh-uh, it\u2019s your turn,\u201d Sora retorted, smile hidden against Riku\u2019s chest. \u201cI already did.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSaying we should get married when you were five so I could sleep over every night does NOT count,\u201d Riku argued. He hefted Sora more fully into his lap, Sora\u2019s legs curling comfortably around Riku\u2019s waist. <\/p>\n
\u201cWho says it doesn\u2019t?\u201d Sora pulled away just enough to give Riku a showy pout, knowing full well that it was very unfair of him to do that with tears still clumping up his eyelashes. \u201cI meant what I said. You complain all the time I never take turns.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI never learned to share, so we\u2019re a match.\u201d Riku brushed the tip of his nose against Sora\u2019s. \u201cWant to take your homemade rings and get married so we can sleepover every night?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes,\u201d Sora said, pout melting into a wide smile. He pressed his mouth against Riku\u2019s, quick, firm. \u201cSo no more adventures without me, got it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd no more blipping yourself out of reality,\u201d Riku replied sternly. Sora nodded, miming crossing his heart. \u201cDeal. Unless you think I have to ask Master Yen Sid for permission for your hand.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t joke about that!\u201d Sora laughed. Riku snorted softly as he found the clasp of the chain and undid it to free the rings. \u201cThey probably won\u2019t fit, we need Aqua to size them.\u201d Sure enough, Sora\u2019s ring was so big he had to wear it on his thumb for now, while Riku\u2019s only fit on his pinky. \u201cGuess I should have gone for engagement earrings, huh? One size fits all.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re beautiful,\u201d Riku assured, kissing Sora\u2019s forehead, his temple, his cheek. \u201cYou\u2019re beautiful. I\u2019m gonna marry you.\u201d He pushed Sora back, Sora going willingly until he was flat on his back, Riku\u2019s weight pleasantly heavy against his chest and belly. <\/p>\n
Riku kissed him slow and possessive, one hand tight on Sora\u2019s hip and the other palming the back of his head, cushioning it from the rough wood floor. Sora wrapped his own arms around Riku\u2019s neck to pull him closer, winding fingers in Riku\u2019s hair until Riku was humming low in this throat, like a purr. <\/p>\n
By the time Riku lifted his head, Sora was flushed and a little dizzy, and only regretting a little bit that he\u2019d dragged Riku out of his soft bed earlier.<\/p>\n
\u201cSora?\u201d Riku asked, voice low and rough. Sora blinked at him slowly, eyelids heavy. \u201cDo you know how to undo the spell so that my ring is stuck to me instead of you?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2026do not,\u201d Sora admitted sheepishly. Riku shook his head like he hadn\u2019t expected any better, and Sora tugged his hair more roughly, making Riku\u2019s eyes flutter. \u201cShut up, you. We\u2019ll figure it out.\u201d<\/p>\n