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The darkness that lies within	By : blackdiamondprincess Category: Kingdom Hearts > Slash/Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 1827 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter List
- 1-The darkness that lies within
- 2-And so, it began...
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I. And so, it began�
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As we
penetrated deeper and deeper into the woods of the island, following Tidus, I
had an unsettling feeling growing inside of me. I don't know, maybe it was the
fact that it kept getting darker the farther we went, or because the density of
the trees around us grew thicker and blocked all other light coming from above
or because of all the nocturnal, creepy noises around us, but I suddenly didn't
feel right about our little excursion anymore. I didn't want to look like I was
chickening out, so I tightened the hold I had on Riku's right arm. His
reassuring smile shone down on me and we continued to follow Tidus and Selphie,
who were walking a few meters ahead of us.
After
almost 20 minutes, I heard Kairi whine behind Riku and me.
"You
guys? How much further?"
Riku's
hand on my left hip tightened a little as he helped me step over a few slippery
stones near the small rivulet bank we were walking on now.
"Giovanni,
I don't remember walking for so long last time." Riku said with a slight
frown. I looked up at him with a questioning face. He grunted and quickened his
step to catch up with Tidus.
"Chill,
Rik. I know where we're going. It's just a little farther."
Tidus reassuringly said, turning his face towards us with a grin. "Enjoy
the scenery or something, we're almost there."
I sighed
in annoyance, really not feeling like going much deeper into those creepy
woods. Riku reassuringly smiled down at me, reading my thoughts off my face
like he always did and rubbing the tip of his nose against mine.
"What
if we're lost?" I quietly whispered up to him.
He only
chuckled, the sound deep and comforting. "Then I wouldn't be too worried,
because you're with me."
I felt a
small smile wanting to spread over my lips, but I held it back, not wanting to
be amused. I wanted to feel safe and somewhere I could at least see 3 feet
ahead of me. In a result I pouted.
"We'll
be back on the beach soon, I promise." He said with a small chuckle,
pressing his lips on the crown of my head in a soft kiss and squeezing the
flesh of my left hip affectionately.
I only
grunted and he chuckled again.
A few
minutes later we found an old, abandoned path running through the woods. It
looked like it had been run down quite a lot in the past, because of two bare
streaks of earth running in between the grass growing on each side of them.
There was
finally some moonlight coming through from above, indicating that the trees
weren't packed together anymore and that we could finally see were we setting
our feet on.
"Feeling
a little better?" Riku whispered in my ear and I nearly jumped.
"No."
I said, still a little grumpy from before. I let go of his hand and wriggled
out of the hold he had on me. "I want to go back. I don't have a good
feeling about this."
"I
promise I won't let anything happen to you." He softly whispered back,
taking me in his arms. "We won't even enter the house, if that's what you
want. But we can't go back on our own; we're safer with the group."
"It's
alright Sora." Kairi softly spoke as she passed us by, hanging by Wakka's
muscular right arm. "We got our men to protect us." She winked and
giggled.
I watched
her walk further for a moment before the back of Riku's right hand on my face
brought me back to his attention. Kairi was right, I should trust Riku, he
wouldn't bring me somewhere I would be sure to get hurt, now would he? Maybe I
was just being paranoid because it was dark and because of the constant hooting
of those damn owls in the night around us.
"Ok�"
I whispered back, sliding my right arm around his hips. I still wasn't feeling
a hundred percent sure about all of it, but I figured that if Riku trusted it,
then that I should as well.
The road
wasn't really that long after all, because a few meters further, we saw a gate
obstructing our way further down the road, behind it the silhouette of a
gigantic, old mansion. Even though the moon stood beside it like an eerie, pale
globe up in the black sky and no clouds obstructed its light, there was still a
shadow falling on the house. The many windows now resembled lifeless eyes staring
back at us, the double front doors a mouth waiting to swallow us whole. On top of the house stood a weathercock, twirling on itself rapidly.
There
wasn't even the slightest wind.
I
couldn't help but tremble in fright. There was something about that house that
just wasn't right.
"Is
this it?" Selphie wondered, peering through the iron bars. "Hey, it's
unlocked." She said, giving the gate a small push
and watching it swing open a little.
Riku
frowned and took a step closer to Tidus. "Last time there was a chain
around the bars. The gate was locked."
"Then
how'd you guys get in?" Wakka asked.
"We
climbed over." Tidus said with a shrug. "Guess we're luckier this
time." He pushed the gate, opening it further.
"You
guys, maybe this house isn't as deserted as you might think." Kairi said,
taking a step back in doubt. "There's a car." She said pointing at
the dark silhouette of a vehicle near the left wing of the house.
"It
was there last time too, Kai." Tidus reassuringly spoke. "We checked
it last time, it's not working."
I ran my
hands over my arms, feeling cold even though we were in the middle of summer
and I was already wearing a long sleeved shirt. Riku came back to me and asked
me if I felt alright, running his hands comfortingly over my shoulders.
"I'm
cold." I whispered back. He immediately threw his arms around me, pressing
his lips against my forehead while rubbing his hands against my back, creating
a little heat with the friction.
"Better?"
He smiled back, looking at me now. I smiled up at him, knowing that I had to be
a little annoying to him right now and held him to me.
"A
little." His lips
met mine softly and I closed my eyes, feeling like his presence could chase
away all the insecure feelings I felt at that moment. "I don't want to go
in there."
Riku only
smiled softly, his right hand playing in my hair comfortingly. "Then we
won't go in. I've been there already."
My eyes
closed in relief and I rested my head against his firm chest. You know that
feeling you have when you're in the safest place you know? Mine was right
there.
"I
don't feel like going in there either, baby." I heard Kairi whisper to
Wakka, holding him back as he had wanted to take a step closer to the gate.
"Doll,
I didn't come all this way to stand in front of a gate." Wakka whispered
back to her, taking her face in his hands.
"Ok,
but be careful and hurry back." She whispered up to him with a worried
smile.
I watched
how he pressed a kiss against her forehead and then on the tip of her nose.
"I'll be back before you know it. Just stay here with Riku and Sora,
alright?"
He turned
and passed through the gate, closely followed by Tidus and Selphie. All three
of them soon disappeared through the gaping mouth of the house, engulfed into
the darkness of that sinister place.
For some
reason I only kept feeling colder, my body starting to shiver even though
Riku's warm arms were enveloping me in a protective embrace.
"I
hope they come back soon." Kairi whispered after a lapse of 10 minutes had
passed.
I laid my
gaze on her and silently wished for the same thing, the 'fun' had stretched
itself long enough.
And sure
enough, only a moment passed before we saw our three friends coming out of the
clutches of the house and passing through the gate again.
"Found
something interesting in there?" Riku asked them, taking over a bunch of
papers Tidus had been holding. "What are these?"
"We
think those are the deed papers of the house." Selphie chirped in, beating
some dust off her mini-skirt. "We might figure out who the last owner of
that house was."
"Or,
if there's none, claim it for ourselves." Tidus added with a smile.
"You've seen how it is inside, man. If we could tidy it up, we might make
it into a club or something like that."
"Or
sell it for some hard cash." Wakka said with a nod, already starting to
walk back down the road with Kairi.
Riku held
the papers for me to look at as well and I noticed how old these documents
actually were. "Did you check the date? It's says 1902�" I said and
immediately discovered that they hadn't checked the date by the dumbfounded
look on their faces. "There must be a reason why it's been vacant for so
long�?"
Selphie
snorted and took the papers out of my hands. "Come on, Sora! Stop being so
paranoid! Maybe no one discovered it yet, except for us!"
"Still,
I think we should go do some research on the house before even thinking of
doing anything else with it." Riku spoke, coming to my defence as usual. I
could feel his warm, comforting hand sliding underneath the hem of my shirt and
caress circles on the skin there. "Maybe it's not so bad to be a little
paranoid; better save than sorry."
I could
see Selphie roll her eyes at that, but she remained silent.
"Then
alright, let's do some research at school, there's a large archive database
there." Tidus offered, as we began to walk away from the house and its
gate.
"That's
a good place to start." I heard Riku say, though I was barely listening
anymore as I looked back at the house, finding one of its front doors swaying
gently in a non-existing wind while the weathercock was standing eerily still.
And was I
the only one to have noticed the sudden silence of the howls?
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Riku
rolled off of me after our lovemaking and I laid myself on my side, facing away
from him but soon finding his arms encircling my waist and the moistness of his
lips against my left shoulder.
"When
will you finish your classes tomorrow?" I asked him, turning off my
bedside lamp and plunging the room in transparent darkness.
"At
2, but afterwards I'm meeting Tidus in the campus' library for our research on
that house." His naked body was pressed against mine, radiating warmth and
yet I still felt cold even though we got home over two hours ago.
"You
guys really intend to go through with it, don't you�"
I whispered softly, tightening my hold on his arms embracing me.� The mere thought about that house made my
body turn cold and I shivered.
"Are
you still worried about that house?" He asked, coaxing me to turn around
and taking me in his arms.
I nodded,
closing my eyes. "There's something unsettling about it� I can't explain
it, but�"
"I
believe you�" He whispered and I looked up at him. "If you say that
the house makes you uncomfortable then it does�"
"You
won't think of me as annoying?" I whispered softly, recalling the way
Selphie had reacted to me earlier.
"Never." He chuckled and I felt his lips on my
head. "How long have we been together now?"
"I
can't remember, feels like forever." I whispered back, holding him
tighter.
He
laughed, lying himself on his back now, that deep smooth voice of his making
butterflies flutter in my stomach. "Babe�"
"Yes?"
I said, looking up at him from my head's position on his chest.
"I'll
always be on your side." He stated, looking me deep in the eyes. I smiled
at that, though it was only briefly.
"Even
when the world is against me?" I wondered, not realising then that it was out loud.
"Definitely." He softly spoke back, treading his
fingers through my hair, making little tingling sensations to run down my
spine.
"Even
if that means that our friends turn on us?" I whispered,
creping on top of him now.
"Do
you really think it'll come down to that?" He asked me with a smile his
fingers still going through my hair.
Oh Riku�
my metaphorical knight in shining armour, how lost do I feel without you now�
"I
just don't know what to think. Sometimes I feel like I've lost all contact with
them." I laid myself on his chest, my face turned to the side as I
listened to the steady heartbeat of his heart. "I really don't know."
"Even
Wakka and Kairi?" He
softly spoke while I felt him pull the blanket over our naked bodies.
I yawned
and snuggled closer to him. Nodding silently.
"Oh�" He whispered comfortingly. "I'm sure it was just a
misunderstanding."
"I
hope it is�" I softly replied, the clutches of sleep taking me in their
grip. "I wouldn't want to see our friendship end because of it."
"Just
sleep, you're tired�" If I hadn't indeed been dead tired I would've got
told him off for blowing me off like he did, but in the end, his caring words
would prove themselves to be proof of his heartfelt affection toward me, as
always�
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Big,
angry green eyes and pouting lips were directed at me as I turned around from
the pharmacy cabinet with a bottle of antiseptic in my right hand and a ball of
cotton in the other.
"Will
it sting�?" The little five year old boy in front of me whispered bravely,
his eyes set on determination now, though it was easy to tell he was a little
frightened.
I smiled
at him and applied little of the solution on the cotton ball. "Close your
eyes and it'll be over in no time." I reassuringly spoke to him. He did as
I told him to and I decided to distract his mind from what I was about to do.
"I hear your mom gave you a big birthday party yesterday."
The boy
nodded enthusiastically. "Uh-huh! There was a cowboy blowing balloons and
a castle me and my friends could jump in! It was so much fun Sora-san! All my
friends came, but why didn't you come Sora-san?"
I gave
him an endeared smile and ruffled his black hair. "Because
I had a lot of work. I'm really sorry that I missed your party, Evan. I
wish I had been there."
"Will
you come next time, Sora-san?" He asked as I lifted him up from the
medical bed and put him on his feet.
I nodded.
"Now go on and be careful this time."
He
frowned, only then realising that I had already disinfected his wound and
looking down at his right knee. "Hey, it didn't even hurt!" He
happily exclaimed.
"Waw, you really are a big boy now!" I replied with a
chuckle, turning around to take a lollypop from the jar on my desk.
"Yay!" He chirped, taking the candy out of my hand and bouncing out the door.
"Thanks Sora-san!"
I laughed
softly and stood straight again, placing the antiseptic back on its spot in the
pharmacy cabinet.
That was
what I did; I was in my fourth and final year of college studying paediatrics
and an apprentice paediatrician to Quistis-san, the
resident paediatrician of the children day-care centre on the campus. On days
like those, I usually took over when she was absent, gone to one of her medical
conventions or on another business trip.
I loved
this part-time job, not only because it complemented my studies perfectly, but
also because it prepared me a little for my upcoming four years of medical
school. It wasn't always easy and sometimes I felt myself on the verge of
giving up, but the dream of becoming a doctor always fuelled up my ambitions.
And of
course, Riku helped a lot too.

"You
know, Evan-chan has taken a real liking to you."
I turned
around and found Marlene, one of the teachers, standing by the door.
"He's
a good kid." I spoke with a chuckle as I removed my rubber gloves.
"Nakami-san just picked him up and asked me why you weren't
present at Evan's party yesterday." She entered the room and sat herself
on one of the chairs near the door. "Why didn't you come? She finally
wanted to meet you, since Evan seems to be talking about you a lot."
I sighed
and scratched the back of my head. "Riku had planned something at the last
minute and I found myself with my hands tied."
She gave
me a suspicious look. "Literally or figuratively?"
I emitted
an annoyed sound and gave her a look. "I'll excuse myself to her
personally tomorrow morning."
"Talking
about your gorgeous boyfriend, he's on line two." She casually informed
me.
"You
only tell me now?" I reprimanded her jokingly, now walking over to the
phone that hung against the wall near the pharmacy cabinet. "Nice try
though."
She stuck
out her tongue to me and I chuckled.
Marlene
was already 27 and had finished her studies in elementary and kindergarten
education two years ago. She started her job as a teacher at Balamb College Children Day Care Centre last year, on
the same day I started there. We quickly became good friends and the moment she
saw Riku when he picked me up that day, she had had a rush on him. she didn't tell me, of course, knowing that Riku was my
boyfriend, but I could tell and today it's no secret to anyone anymore, not
even Riku. She accepted my relationship with Riku, but that didn't mean she let
go of the pranks relating to the subject.

"Why
is it that every time I get her on the phone she's pms-ing?"
I
laughed. "Marlene is just jealous because she's about to grow old
alone." I ducked out of the way of the pen flying towards me. "Hey
baby."
"Are
you off? Do you want me to come and pick you up?"
"No,
I'll just meet you at 'Bahamut' in ten. I can still
walk a 100 meters without you helping me standing, baby." I whispered with
a chuckle.
"Ok,
but I can be at the day-care in two minutes�"
"Then
you'll just have to be patient for eight more minutes." I said, opening my
log book that lay on the desk in front of me. "I know you just want to
show off that new car of yours. Maybe Marlene would want to go for a
ride." I said, looking at the honey brown haired woman who gave me a
playful scowl.
I heard
him chuckle on the other side. "On second thought, think I'll
just meet you at' Bahamut'. See you later babe."
"Later."
I hung up and finished the entry in my log book before closing it and taking
off the white jacket I wore.
"So,
for when's the wedding?"
"So
stingy today, Marlene." I chuckled, walking to the annexed changing room. "Forgot to take
you pills again?" I opened my locker and put on my thick, white knitted
turtleneck sweater and my shoulder bag. I arranged my bangs and looked at my
face in the mirror behind me. I noticed the dark circles underneath my eyes and
pouted slightly at my reflection. I admit, I hadn't had the slightest bit of
sleep the night before, but it was the reason for it that made me upset. How
could one believe that a house was actually hunted? I shook the idea off of me
for the umpteenth time that day and walked out of the room.
"I'll
see you tomorrow at 9, Marlene." I called after her as I now locked up the
nurse room and she walked her way down the hallway and into her little class
room.
I walked
down the hall and was about to take a right turn into the west-wing corridor
when I suddenly noticed black stains on the grey floor and white wall ahead of
me near the exit door. I chuckled in endearment at first, thinking that one of
the teachers must've had a painting workshop today and lost sight of one of the
infants. I stepped towards the exit and took a closer look at the imprints that
I now recognised as a set of 4 imprints of bare hands and feet. A frown then
grew on my face.
What in
the world was this? Did a child walk bare footed here? And if so, why did the
tracks only begin 8 feet away from the exit door to abruptly end 3 feet before
it?
I
squinted my eyes and what at first had seemed like paint to me from afar, now
looked like a powdery substance that was faded out on some places.
"Ash?" I wondered,
did the day-care have any chimneys?
I looked
behind me, finding the hallway to be empty, only the sounds of laughing
children in the distance perturbed the otherwise constant, soft zooming of the
fluorescent lamps. Was I somehow hallucinating?
A chill
ran down my spine and the same angst as the night before took hold of me again,
making me gasp. I closed my eyes and shook it off me, opening the exit door and
running out of the building.
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My plate
of macaroni and cheese was starting to grow cold as I merely picked at it, my
appetite suddenly gone.
"It
still doesn't mean anything, Sora." Riku said comfortingly, bringing his
glass of water to his mouth.
"Still,
I'd prefer if you didn't go. There's something weird about that house, I know
it." I whispered back, watching him stand up and wipe his mouth with a
tissue before walking over to my side of the table.
"Come."
He held out his hand to me.
I took
his hand and stood with a slight pout on my face. "I'm being serious,
Riku."
He led me
to our living room and turned on the stereo, the device coming to life with a
slow jazzy number.
"Come
here." He took me in an embrace and we started to dance slowly, his face buried
in the junction of my right shoulder and my neck. "You're so tense; you
didn't even touch your plate�"
I sighed and
held him close to me, my eyes fluttering shut as I felt his lips pressing moist
kisses on my skin. "Don't go to that house� Please�"
"It'll
be broad day light and I promise nothing is going to happen to me." He
whispered back and his right hand took hold of the back of me head, his fingers
sliding through my hair the most wonderful of feelings.
Like always,
I found myself giving in to him and I moved my head out of our embrace to look
at him with an expression stuck between worry and sadness. "I don't know
what I'd do if I ever lost you, Riku." I whipsered and I could feel my
eyes begin to water up at the mere thought of life without him. I moved in to
embrace him again, embarassed that I somehow had to feel the way I did. I
didn't feel like talking to him about what had happened to me at the day-care
either, just so not to worry him. "Don't go doing anything reckless,
tomorrow okay? You and Tidus go over there and come back immediately,
right?"
He chuckled
and his embrace tightened on me. "Okay, mommy." He pressed a soft
kiss on the junction of my right shoulder and neck again. "I'm not ready
to step out of your life. Not now, not ever. Please don't worry."
I looked up
at the ceiling, trying to keep the tears from rolling down my face. "It's
too late�" I half whispered, half chuckled, sniffling. "I'm already
worrying."
"Babe�
this is really getting to you isn't it?" He looked at me now, a concerned
expression on his face.
I wiped away
my tears and nodded. "Yeah," I sniffled and looked up at him, while
shaking my arms so I could wipe my cheeks dry with the sleeves of my sweater.
"But if you really feel it's important to you, then just go. But be
careful...?"
"Oh,
Sora�" Another embrace and I held him tightly to me. "I love
you."
"I love
you too." My voice was but a mere whisper, my heart now anxiously beating
in my chest.

If I had
known what was about to happen, I would've stopped him that night. If I had
known how things were going to go from then on, I would've never let him go to
that house.
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To be continued�

-BDP-
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