Transfer Affection
Chapter one: Reunion in the Dark
PG-13
Disclaimer: Me no own KH. Though the plot is mine.. Even though I haven't thought of it yet.
So dark...
But I should be used to it by now, right?
After all... It's been so long without a light...
He didn't think it was possible. Yeah, impossible, unthinkable, and any other worlds that could sum up 'How the hell did you get in here?' Yet, here he was, defying what the other young man didn't think was defy-able.
"You look old, Sora." Was that all he could think of, after seeing the one person he wanted to see the most after so long?
"So do you. And pale." The teen chuckled at his own joke and the other merely smirked. He hadn't laughed in years. He didn't think it was possible anymore. Even a smile was stretching it.
Caught up in his own thoughts, the silver haired teen did not even notice the foreign warmth in his hand. When he finally did, he looked down in astonishment at their clasped hands. His companion giggled, receiving the same odd look from the pale boy.
"You sound like a girl when you giggle, Sora."
"Aw, shut up, Riku. We're not even out of here yet and you're already teasing me."
A frown tugged on Riku's lips. "How are we going to get out of here?" he asked with a raise of an elegant eyebrow. Sora grinned broadly, "We go out the way I came in, of course."
"Of course." The sarcastic tone. One of the things Sora missed most about him.
"Oh, stop it. I know what I'm doing! Now, let's go, okay? Okay? Hey, where's Mickey?" Sora asked, briefly looking confused. Riku frowned, "He already got out." He spoke with a bitter tone. Sora decided not to prod further.
"Ah... Alright, then! One less to worry about!" at his friend's glare, he hastily added, "Not that I have to worry about you, of course."
"Let's just go, okay?" Sora nodded cheerfully and began to pull Riku in a seemingly random direction before he stopped with a soft "oh!"
"Just remembered, I have to put this on you first. Your eyes need to adjust to the light slowly, not right away." The seventeen year old pulled out a black bandanna and hastily began to tie it around Riku's green eyes.
"Who told you to do that? I doubt you just got smart all of a sudden and realized it all on your own." He spoke in his calm voice. Again with the teasing...
"Auron did," Sora admitted sheepishly. Riku raised an eyebrow beneath the blindfold, "Who's Auron?"
"He's... my friend. Donald and Goofy, they had to return to the Kingdom, and so Auron and this really nice girl named Yuna joined me instead. They're really great! Wait 'til you meet them!"
"So they abandoned you? Donald and Goofy?"
The boy shook his head rapidly, "No, no! They just had to take care of business back home, that's all!"
"Sounds like abandonment to me, Sora." Riku replied as they began to walk once more, Sora holding his hand again to steer him. Riku found he didn't want the younger boy to let go.
"Just... let it go, alright, Riku?"
"Alright."
The companions continued to walk in silence, Sora still leading Riku towards the exit.
"Sora?"
"Mmm?"
"I'm sorry."
A long silence passed as they continued to walk. Finally Sora drew in a breath and Riku looked hopefully over at which he guessed was Sora's direction.
"It's okay, Riku." Sora squeezed his friend's hand reassuringly, and a small smile graced Riku's face.
"Thank you."
"Don't mention it," Sora replied. The two continued to walk in another long silence after their brief exchange of words, until Sora saw a small light ahead, "Riku! We're almost there!" Forgetting about Riku's new blindness, he began to run, dragging Riku behind. He ran towards the light, which began to pulse slowly and grow bigger as he neared it.
And then they heard a voice, a soft, angelic voice, "Sora? Did you find him?" When she finished, Riku found himself wanting to hear more of that voice. He wanted to see the owner of that voice.
"Yeah! And he didn't even put up a fight!" it was the first time any of the people present had heard Sora laugh in more than two years. The voice of the angel disappeared from Riku's mind as the laugh of Sora's replaced it. Oh, he missed that laugh. He was addicted to that laugh, the ringing, happy voice of the younger boy. What was even funny about what he said? It didn't matter. All that mattered was the laugh.
Riku finally felt Sora slowing down, and inwardly sighed with relief. Sora let go of his hand to hug the owner of the voice, leaving Riku to stand there, lost.
"Yuna! You shouldn't have come in. It's dangerous."
"Oh, shush, Sora. I've gone through a lot worse." The girl stuck her tongue out at Sora and Sora laughed again. Riku smiled.
"Anyway, we should go. Meet you on the ship!" those were the last words Riku heard from the girl before he felt her presence leave them.
Riku felt Sora's gloved hand slip into his own, but he continued to look ahead, keeping up an expression of nonchalance.
"Riku?"
"Yeah?"
"Do you trust me?"
"Of course."
-To be continued-
There we are! The first chapter of a story with no future plot. Well, I haven't thought of one yet, anyway. I'll just play it by ear. Anyway, I'm in desperate need of a beta-reader, so e-mail me if you'd like to 'apply' for the job. Please review, and I'll try to keep this story going!