Shiro: Welcome to our new story! The idea of this story came from Hachi, and she wanted to make it a combined story because it's so fun! Don't worry, we'll still be writing Spiral Hearts. It's just that this is a nice break, don't you think? This first chapter is a little long, so please bear with us. As usual, I wrote Riku's P.O.V. and Hachi wrote Sora's. This story came from two yaoi manga called How to Control a Sidecar and Happy Boys. Hachi wanted to do Kingdom Hearts versions of both, so we decided to smush them together. And so, this was born. Enjoy.
Sora's P.O.V.
It was a normal day in Twilight Town as the Lucius Caelum Café was getting ready to open. I had classes at Destiny Academy until twelve like any normal day, and then I immediately headed to the café on the first train from Destiny Islands to Twilight Town. Currently I was in the locker room changing into my uniform.
The café's uniform was a white dress shirt with black dress pants, a white vest, and a black waist coat. The employees also wore a pair of black dress shoes and a white ruffled tie. I hooked up the headphone radio into my ear and clipped the microphone part to my waist coat. I had a pocket watch in my waist coat pocket and a pair of white gloves on.
I walked into the kitchen area and noticed that the first footmen, Cloud Strife, Zack Fair, and Zexion Gensou, were already there waiting. Cloud had spiky blond hair and mako blue eyes and his left ear was pierced with a simple earring in it when at work. Zack had spiky black hair and mako blue eyes like Cloud, he sent the blond a childish grin as they chatted. Zexion had short dark bluish silver hair that was short in the back and had his right bangs covering his right eye. He had dark blue eyes and carried a book with him as he ignored the other two.
The first footmen had a slightly different uniform from the footmen. They had a light gray ruffled tie instead of a white one like the footmen had.
"Hey, Sora!" Zack greeted.
"Hi." I replied as I sat down on the chair.
I looked up as a red spiky haired green eyed man entered the room. His name was Axel Ignis and he was the pastier of the café. He wore a white chef's jacket and white chef's pants, a red hat and a red tie around his neck. Around his waist covering his pants was a red apron. He smiled at the three of us as he sat down next to Zexion.
The last three footmen entered the room; Ventus and Roxas Aer and Demyx Mare. Ventus and Roxas were twins with blond spiky hair that almost rivaled Cloud's and my own brown spiky hair. They both had blue eyes that were the exact same shade as my eyes. Demyx had blond hair styled into a mullet and blue eyes like most of the employees. He smiled goofily and went to talk with Axel as Roxas and Ventus sat next to me.
We looked up as the last two people of the café entered. Eraqus Lucius was the owner and founder of the café. Eraqus had black hair that had half of it in a ponytail and the other half down with a strand of his bangs hanging at the side of his face. He had silver eyes and a scar over his right eye and a beard and goatee. He wore a white dress shirt and a black dress coat with black dress pants.
The last guy was the Butler of the Lucius Caelum Butler Café. His name was Squall Leonheart, commonly known as Leon, and he had brown hair that usually spiked down but was tied back into a ponytail during work hours and blue eyes. He wore a white dress shirt, white vest, a black waist coat, and black dress shoes like the footmen and the first footmen. His pants were black with white lines running down them and he wore white gloves and a white tie to complete his outfit.
"It seems that everyone is here." Leon said as he and Eraqus stood before them.
"Yes. So are you all ready for another day of work?" Eraqus asked.
"Yes, sir." Everyone answered.
"Remember to speak correctly. If I hear that vernacular that you normally use, I'll punish who ever used it." Leon threatened.
"…" We all remained silent at that.
"I leave the work to you, Leon." Eraqus said as he left and headed to his office.
"Thank you, sir. Axel, begin making the deserts since we will be opening soon." Leon ordered.
"Right away." Axel agreed.
"Sora, Ventus, Roxas, Demyx I want you to prepare for our guests and to try and not screw up today." Leon commanded.
"We won't mess up." We agreed.
"Cloud, Zack, and Zexion watch these four and make sure to take care of anything that might escape my eye." Leon ordered.
"Right." The three agreed.
I followed Ventus, Roxas, and Demyx into the main area of the café and we began setting the chairs and tables up. Once the chairs were set up the first footmen brought out the tablecloths and spread them over the tables.
"How's it going with your family?" Ventus asked.
"How do you mean?" I replied.
"Like how's Vanitas doing?" Ventus asked.
"Why do you care?" I asked confused.
"Well, we did go to school together." Ventus replied.
"Yeah, you used to be best friends." Roxas added.
"Well, Vanitas is fine from the last time I saw him…" I said as I trailed off.
"What happened?" Roxas asked.
"We got into a fight because he was being a jerk, as usual." I answered.
"He can't be that bad." Ventus tried.
"He can be." I said with a sigh.
We finished with the booths and then surveyed the area for anything that needed to be done. I put the vases of flowers onto the tables as Roxas and Ventus put the place settings into place. Demyx made sure the chairs were pushed in all the way before we went to the wall to survey everything.
"What about Xion?" Roxas asked.
"She's doing fine. She's having fun working at the Floral Caelum Café." I replied.
"It's funny." Demyx stated.
"What's funny?" Roxas asked.
"Well Sora works at a butler café. Xion works at a maid café and Vanitas works at a bar." Demyx stated.
"That is kind of funny." Roxas agreed.
"What are you four doing just standing around?" Zexion asked annoyed.
"We're done." Ventus replied.
"If you're done out here, then go polish the silver ware and the dishes." Zexion ordered.
"Right!" We said as we hurried into the kitchen.
It didn't take long for opening time to come and our cues to begin work. We each waited for our names to be called as our customers entered. All three footmen left rather quickly when we started and then the others.
"Sora, please come greet the Madam." Leon said over the radio.
I walked to the front door and bowed to the young lady who stood in the threshold. I took her coat and put it in the closet and then took her purse from her and put it on my arm as I took her arm in mine and led her to a table. I pulled the seat out for her and pushed it in as she sat down.
"If you need me just ring this bell, my lady." I said as I set a bell down next to the flower vase.
"Thank you. May I have a menu?" She asked.
"Of course, I was just about to get that for you." I replied as I walked into the kitchen to retrieve said menu.
"Thank you." She replied as she opened it once I handed it to her.
"Your very welcome, my lady." I replied.
"What is the cake of the day?" She asked.
"It is called Mille-feuille." I answered.
"What is it exactly?" She pressed.
"Traditionally, a Mille-feuille is made up of three layers of puff pastry, alternating with two layers of pastry cream, but sometimes whipped cream, or jam. The top is usually glazed with icing or fondant in alternating white icing and brown chocolate strips, and combed. Alternatively the top pastry layer may be dusted with confectioner's sugar, cocoa, or pulverized nuts" I replied.
"That sounds delicious." She replied with a smile.
"Did you see a tea, ma'am?" I asked.
"The Darjeeling tea sounds delicious." She answered.
"So a mille-feuille and Darjeeling tea?" I asked.
"Yes. Oh, may I ask something?" She asked before I left.
"Yes?" I asked.
"May I have jam for the Mille-feuille, and white icing and brown chocolate stripes combined and confectioner's sugar on top?" She asked.
"Of course, I'll let the pastier know." I replied as I bowed and left.
I walked to the kitchen and got out of the way of those leaving before walking to the counter.
"Axel, the lady ordered a Mille-feuille with white icing and brown chocolate stripes combined and confectioner's sugar on top." I said.
"I see she has lovely taste. What tea did she ask for?" Axel asked as he got the ingredients together.
"Darjeeling tea." I answered.
"Very lovely taste. Well, you know how to make it." Axel stated.
I nodded and grabbed out the items. I placed the tea leaves in a strainer over the teapot and poured the hot water over them. I then took another teapot and repeated the action except with the tea in the first pot. This was to make sure no tea leaves made it into the tea. I placed the tea on a tray and grabbed a cup that was pure white with a gold border and flower patterns that had on it that matched the teapot along with a matching saucer. I placed a cover over the teapot to keep it from cooling and walked out to the lady.
"Here you are, ma'am." I said.
I placed the saucer and cup in front of her while holding the tray in one hand and then took the cover off the teapot before pouring her a cup of tea using only one hand. I carefully lifted it away before it got to full. I placed the teapot onto the table near the flower vase so the customer couldn't reach it without me coming to her.
"I'll return with your order now, my lady." I said.
I entered the kitchen and waited for Axel to give me the okay on the desert. Once he did I gently put it on the tray and walked back to my customer. I placed the plate in front of her and a fork on the plate.
"Thank you." She said.
"You're welcome; if you need anything else just ring the bell." I said.
After that I served a few more customers with only a few mistakes made. Leon called me back to the entrance as my first customer of the night was ready to leave. I lead her back to the door and helped her with her coat and gave her purse back to her. I bowed along with Leon as she exited the door that Leon had opened.
When nine o'clock rolled around we began to close the café. I helped clean the dishes as we began to put everything away. The footmen were in charge of washing and drying dishes as the first footmen took care of the tables. Axel had put away whatever desserts were still whole and the ones that had a few pieces were put into take out boxes with ice for us to take home.
Once all the work was done we went into the changing room to begin changing. Leon came in once we were almost done changing and stood by the door as we sat on the changing benches.
"You all did well tonight. The footmen need to learn more about tea. I hope you don't use tea bags at home." Leon started.
"No, sir." The four of us said.
"Good. Also the boss is leaving to visit an old friend tomorrow, leaving me in charge." Leon added.
"Okay." We all agreed.
"Demyx and Zack, watch your vernacular. You messed up several times." Leon ordered.
"Sorry…" They replied.
"Sora, you need to be more on top of what you're doing. Same goes for Roxas." Leon said.
"All right, we'll watch that." The two of us agreed.
"Axel, please consider getting an assistant, just in case." Leon suggested.
"I don't need one, but I'll consider it." Axel replied.
"Also, I hope you have been taking inventory." Leon added.
"I have been." Axel replied.
"Good. You're all dismissed, remember to be careful on your way home, you never know when you'll see our customers. If you see them leave immediately." Leon ordered.
"Right." We all agreed.
We left after finishing changing and walked down the street to our apartments which weren't too far away. They were in an area called sunset terrace which was between Twilight Town and Destiny Islands. I stayed on the train as we pulled into the station.
"Sora?" Ventus asked.
"I'm just going to go by the bar." I replied.
"I'll go with you." Ventus said.
"See you later." Roxas and Demyx replied as they got off the train.
I went to the bar to see Vanitas a few times a week, but since I was underage I only watched him from outside. I had to admit I was worried about him at times. We got off at Traverse Town and went to the Atrum Caelum bar in the first district. Ventus and I checked to see if the coast was clear before running to the window and glancing inside. Luckily no one noticed us and I spotted Vanitas instantly.
He looked to be doing fine and I smiled before glancing at his coworkers. I heard Ventus let out a sigh and followed his gaze to a man with short brown hair. Ventus looked at me and silently asked if I was ready to leave and I nodded. We ran off not noticing the eyes that followed us as we ran back to the train.
Ventus unlocked the door to our apartment and we entered. We kicked our shoes off before sitting at the table. Ventus started making dinner as I set the table. We lived in a 2DK, a two bedroom apartment with a kitchen and a dining room. We had made half of the dining room into an entertainment area but it was small so we normally just hung out in our rooms.
After we ate dinner, spaghetti and meatballs, I served the deserts we got from Axel. Once we finished we went to our rooms to study before heading to bed. We heard music in the apartment next to us and knew Demyx, who share and apartment with Roxas and lived next door, was practicing his Sitar. We heard Roxas yell at him then it became quiet and we all went to bed around eleven thirty.
Riku's P.O.V.
"Riku, it's already eleven. You should get up." A silky voice called from the other side of my bedroom door.
I groaned and covered my head with my blanket. I hadn't gotten much sleep the night before, and I really didn't want to get out of bed.
I heard a sigh and the sound of my door opening. The man I was living with walked into my room and pulled the covers off of me. "If you don't get up, you don't get food." He said.
I rubbed my eyes and looked at him. His long silver hair was tied back in a pony tail and his feline like green eyes were staring at me with an amused expression. He was already dressed for the day in one of his usual outfits: a royal blue dress shirt, black jeans, and black boots. I sat up and stretched my arms. "All right, all right. I'm up."
He turned to walk away. "I'm going out."
"Where're you going, Seph?" I asked as I stood up.
Sephiroth turned back to me. "The store. Someone has to keep the food supply in this house from running out."
"Good point." I said while stretching some more.
"See you at work." He said as he left.
"See ya." I called after him.
I took a quick shower and changed into whatever clothes I could find that didn't smell bad. I found a black tank top and some jeans that I was sure I had lost months ago. I went to fix myself something to eat when the doorbell rang. "Come in." I called.
The door opened and a boy about my age with spiky black hair and yellow eyes walked inside. "You know Riku; it might not be me next time you say come in." He said as he leaned against the kitchen counter and watched me make eggs.
"Who else but you would have the courage to come to Sephiroth's house, Vanitas?" I asked without looking at him.
"Good point." He grabbed an apple from a fruit bowl we had sitting on the counter. "But I'm not afraid of that old dude."
"Old? Geez, you're either stupid or brave." I scrapped the scrambled eggs I made onto a plate.
"I prefer to say I'm reckless." He said and took a bite of the apple.
"One of these days I'm going to poison those apples." I said as I sat down at the counter opposite Vanitas.
"Ah, but then you'd have to dispose of the body. Not to mention all the work you'd have to do to make sure you don't get caught." He took another bite. "Clear fingerprints, remove any traces of poison, etc. Too much work. That's why I don't kill."
"Why are you my friend again?" I asked as I ate my breakfast.
"Because you're a looser who can't make real friends."
"Then so are you." I looked at him and finally got a good look at his outfit. He was wearing a black T-shirt and black and red pants that had all sorts of buckles and zippers running down the legs.
"Nah." He turned from me and took another bite of the apple. "I choose not to have friends."
"Right." I said sarcastically and finished eating. I stood up and went to put my plate in the sink.
"Paine and I are going to harass people in the 2nd District. Wanna come?" He asked in a bored tone. He sounded like he didn't care, but I knew he wanted me to come.
"What about Terra?" I asked.
"He's being a goody two-shoes and going to class. Man, why would anyone wanna go to collage? It's four more years of hell."
"Eight years for you, Mr. I-Didn't-Finish-High-School."
"Who needs school?" He threw the core of his apple into the trash can and turned to me. "You coming or what?"
"Yeah, yeah." I walked past him and grabbed my favorite jacket: a loose gray jacket with red and blue streaks curving up the arms and across the back. I threw it on and started for the door.
Vanitas followed me and, after I locked the door, we headed down the street where a girl with short dark silver hair, not like the bluish-silver color that Sephiroth and I had, but more gray, was waiting for us. Of course, if you said she had gray hair you'd get you ass kicked. Her eyes were crimson red. She wore a black tank top with red straps and a black shawl that covers one arm. The shawl was connected together with a silver "x" shaped pin. She also wore black gloves that stopped above her elbow and short black shorts. Her belt was black with a skull buckle and she had a red studded belt hanging loosely on her waist. To finish her outfit she wore black tights that came to just below her shorts and black boots. I know it seems like I was being repetitive, but we just all wear a lot of black.
"There you guys are." Paine said as we approached her. "I was worried Vanitas had jumped you."
"Please, Riku's not my type." Vanitas said as he held his hands behind his head.
"Oh, I'm not?" I asked teasingly. "Is that why you came onto me when we first met?"
"That was then and this is now." He answered.
"Yeah, Terra's his type now." Paine said with a smirk.
"Too bad he keeps rejecting you." I smirked as well.
"Shut up, I'll get him." Vanitas said. "By force if I have to."
The three of us made our way from the 3rd District of Traverse Town where we lived to the 2nd District where all the shops in town were located. Not that we planned on buying anything. Mostly we walked around town and listened to Vanitas complain about his family. My thoughts were that he at least had a family, but I kept my mouth shut. Paine didn't talk very much, and that's what I liked about her. She wasn't like Vanitas who loved to hear himself talk. She only spoke when it was necessary.
"Man, that brother of mine annoys the crap outta me." Vanitas was saying. "He's so…innocent. It makes me sick. I wish someone would teach him that the world's a lot harsher than he realizes."
"If you didn't care about him, you wouldn't be talking about him." Paine said.
"Shut up. I don't care about that twerp." Vanitas replied.
"Sure you don't." I said.
Vanitas punched my arm, "Oh, shut it."
Paine rolled her eyes. "Boys." She said.
Vanitas, Paine, and I stopped to get a bite to eat around five. After we were done eating I looked at the watch on my wrist. "Hey, it's almost time to be heading for work." I said.
"Great, time to molest Terra!" Vanitas stood up and threw his half eaten burger, his third burger, into the trash.
Paine rolled her eyes and stood up. "Let's just go."
The three of us made our way to the 1st District where the bar we worked at, called Atrum Caelum, was. It was a fairly popular bar, but it attracted some of the worst people. I would be lying if I said I liked it, but it was the only reason I had a home. After my parents died I was forced to live in the street until Sephiroth found me. He said I could live with him only if I worked for it. So, he got me a job at the bar he worked at and now, here I am. I befriended a few of the other employees, and life wasn't too bad. That is, except…
When Vanitas, Paine, and I entered the bar, Sephiroth was already there and setting up for the night. We greeted him and headed to the back to get our assigned tasks for the day. Since the three of us were still minors, we couldn't legally work behind the counter. Instead, we served drinks to the tables, cleaned up the place, and kept the customers in line. Tonight I had the job of serving drinks.
We were helping Sephiroth set up for the night when a woman with long brown hair and brown eyes entered the bar. She wore a white tank top that showed her stomach and a short black skirt with black suspenders. To complete her outfit she wore black gloves and brown shoes. She smiled at us, "Hey there."
"Hey, Tifa." I said. Tifa Lockhart was the most popular of the bar tenders. It might have had something to do with her big breasts, but that was just my guess. She said hello to Sephiroth and started setting up behind the counter.
Not long after Tifa arrived, did the last of my co-workers that I liked show up. He was tall and fairly muscular with short brown hair that spiked up in the front. His eyes were bright blue. He wore a black T-shirt and tan pants. Vanitas got an evil grin when he saw him enter.
"Better watch out for Vanitas tonight, Terra." Paine said as she was cleaning a glass. "He's planning to rape you."
"See? You just spoiled the whole thing by telling him." Vanitas fake glared at her.
Terra chuckled. "I think I can handle Vanitas."
"Oh, can you?" Vanitas looked at him with a raised eyebrow.
"Yes, I can." Terra smirked at him playfully.
"What is this about raping people?" A cold voice said from behind me. I froze. I felt a hand on my shoulder and I knew right away who it was without having to turn around. It was Ansem, the manager of Atrum Caelum. I could feel his piercing golden eyes on me and it made me shiver.
"Vanitas and Terra are just joking around, sir." Tifa said.
"Not something to really joke about, is it?" Another voice said as a man with silver hair walked past me. He too had gold eyes, for he was Ansem's brother. Xemnas was his name. He wore a black and white long-sleeved shirt and black jeans. He was another bar tender.
"It's a very…serious topic." Ansem's grip on my shoulder tightened. Only I noticed, of course.
"Yeah, yeah." Vanitas answered. "Whatever."
"That's enough messing around." A third man entered the room, only he was much older and bald. He was the owner of the bar; his name was Xehanort and he was the father of Ansem and Xemnas. "Back to work."
"Yes, sir." All of the employees said at once.
"I have to get to work." I said and tried to walk away from the man behind me.
"Not so fast, Riku." He kept his grip on my shoulder firm. "I would like to…speak with you. In private."
I still didn't look at him. I didn't need to see the lust in his eyes because I already knew it was there. "…Yes, sir…"
I followed him into his office, which was at the very back of the building. Far enough away from the bar so that no one could hear us. I fought the urge to cry as he locked the door behind us.
"You dodged a bullet tonight, Riku." He glared at me. "You know what would happen if anyone ever found out."
"I know, sir." I looked at the ground. I didn't want this, not tonight.
He placed his hand under my chin and tilted my head up so I was looking at him. "Good. You know your place now." He leaned in and kissed me. "Let me remind you anyway." He pushed me down to my knees. I had been through this enough times to know what he wanted. I took a deep breath and reached for his pant buckle. There was no use resisting him, I had already learned that the hard way. It was easier for me to just give him what he wanted and be done with it. I pulled down his clothes just enough so I could get his member out. I wrapped my fingers around it and licked the head. I ran my tongue up and down the length until he was hard, and then I took his head into my mouth. I closed my eyes and hoped he would be satisfied quicker this time, but he never is. I pushed him deeper into my mouth, and then pulled back out. I kept a steady rhythm up as his hand played with my hair. I could hear him moan, and I hated it. After a while he held my head still and began to thrust into my mouth. This made me nearly gag, but Ansem made sure I didn't pull away. I squeezed my eyes shut and waited for the nightmare to be over. He finished with a groan and one final thrust, filling my throat with his seed.
He pulled out and tilted my head up to him. "Swallow." He ordered.
I obeyed him and swallowed what he had left in my mouth. The taste of it made me nauseous.
He grinned at me. "Good boy, Riku. Now go to work." He let me up and I wasted no time getting out of there. I wiped my mouth with my sleeve.
The rest of the night went as usual. Focusing on work helped me to forget what I had been through. It was around three in the morning when the bar closed. Vanitas kicked out the straggling drunks and everyone prepared to return home.
Sephiroth turned to me as I put my jacket on. "Ready to go?" He asked.
"Am I ever," I answered and walked with him toward the door.
"Riku." Xemnas called from the hallway connecting the bar to the offices of Ansem and Xehanort.
I turned to him, a knot forming in my stomach. "Yes?"
"Ansem wants to see you." He said with a slight smirk.
Sephiroth put a reassuring hand on my shoulder. He had seen my bruises, but he never asked about them. I assumed he knew where they came from. Not even he could protect me from Ansem. No one could.
Without saying anything I walked past Xemnas to Ansem's office. I stopped in front of the door and took a deep breath.
"It's open." I heard from inside. I turned the handle and pushed open the door. Ansem was standing in front of a window to the left of his desk. "Lock it." He ordered.
I know what you're thinking. You're thinking I should have just run away while I had the chance. Well, you'd be wrong. I tried that once. It didn't end well. Instead, I closed the door behind me and locked it.
I didn't even hear him come up behind me. I never do. I only felt him there suddenly. His hands searching my body, looking for where my clothes switched to skin. I felt his breath on my ear, making me shiver. "Don't worry; I'm not in the mood tonight. I just wanted to say good night." He licked my ear to distract me from the hand that crept down my chest. It slid into my pants and began to rub my tender flesh.
Despite myself, I let out a slight moan at his touch.
He rubbed harder. "That is, unless you want it." His breath was hot on my neck.
I bit my lip to stop myself from making any noise. If I made even the slightest sound of pleasure, he took that as a yes. Instead I decided to take a risk, and I shook my head.
"No? You're right. The mood isn't right tonight." He pulled his hand out of my pants and turned me around to face him. "Tomorrow, however, is perfect." He smirked and kissed me lustfully. He held the kiss longer than usual, letting his tongue move freely around my mouth, and then he released me. I nearly ran out of that office.
I went straight home. Sephiroth was still up, waiting for me. He didn't say anything as I took off my jacket and headed for my room.
"Riku." He said finally.
I turned to him. "Yeah?"
"…Never mind. Good night." He turned away from me and headed for his room.
"Night…" I opened the door to my room and went straight for my bed. This was my life. Was it good? No. Was it bad? Not completely. But it could be better. Please, let it be better soon.
Shiro: I know this was long, but it was the introduction to the lives of Sora and Riku. The next chapters won't be as long, we promise. Please keep reading and reviewing! ^-^