Title: Truth in Flood Advertising [Riku/Sora]
Rating/Warnings: PG for Lea’s single “fuck.”
Summary: The blue Flood is putting all Sora’s feelings out there; Sora has no idea.
AN: Written for Shiritori. There’s a Mickey Mouse short about Yen Sid owning a disco roller rink but that’s even too far for me.
Truth in Flood Advertising
“You won’t get mad at me if you can’t walk tomorrow, right?” Sora teased.
“Sounds like something good is going on in here,” Lea said, sticking his head in the door. His leer turned into an eyeroll when all he found was Sora and Riku in Merlin’s spare practice room, both of their clothes turned the bright blue of Wisdom Form. “Only you two can say junk like that and it’s completely innocent.”
“Stuff like what?” Sora asked. Riku shot Lea a warning glare over Sora’s head.
“Riku can explain it to you later,” Lea said breezily, not at all threatened by Riku. Especially not a Riku wobbling on magical rollerblades, being pulled along by Sora. “What’s the matter, Master Riku, Wisdom Form too much for you?”
“Get bent,” Riku muttered, trying to keep his eyes on his feet and scowl at Lea at the same time. “Your Wisdom Form is probably a unicycle.”
“It would still look cooler than whatever you’re doing,” Lea retorted, crossing his arms.
“Ignore him,” Sora instructed, unbothered by Lea’s teasing. “And stop looking at your feet! Just relax, you used to rollerskate all the time when we were kids.”
“I used to be like a meter closer to the ground,” Riku grumbled. He fumbled a step when Sora slipped his hands out of Riku’s grip. “Sora!”
“You got it, come on,” Sora encouraged, gliding backwards on his own and gesturing for Riku to follow him. Riku skated a few paces forward, scowling when Sora kept out of reach easily. “Slowpoke! Master Yen Sid in his big old wizard dress could do better than that.”
“Thanks for that mental image,” Lea said, cringing.
“I’ll show you!” Riku insisted, kicking off harder to catch up with Sora. For a minute speed evened out his balance, and it seemed like Riku had the hang of it as he chased after a whooping Sora who was still skating backwards just to be a jerk. But then Riku made a sudden grab for Sora’s arm and overbalanced himself, falling forwards.
“Whoops!” Sora exclaimed. He caught Riku with a lucky grab, but Riku’s momentum tipped him forward so that it looked like Sora was dipping him in the middle of a dance move.
“Romantic,” Lea commented.
“Wh-what?” Sora demanded, startled. His grip slipped, and Riku crashed to the floor. “Oops!”
“No no, I’m fine,” Riku wheezed from the ground, his form change flickering out. To add insult to injury, a Flood the size of a large cat appeared on his chest, the sudden weight of it making Riku grunt. It was teal-colored and rounded, a little poofy.
“What, and I say this with all due respect, the fuck is THAT?” Lea demanded.
“Huh?” Sora scooped the Flood up by the armpits and held it up like a large cat. “It’s just a Flood. My heart’s still healing so they pop out sometimes”
“Is not,” Lea said, frowning and poking the Flood’s forehead dubiously. It gave an indignant kreee in response. “Floods are the sharp purple friends Ven leaves lying around. This thing’s all squishy!”
“There’s different kinds for different emotions,” Sora said, stepping back as Riku struggled to his feet. “Like pink for embarrassed or yellow for anxiety. You never saw a good one before?”
“For some value of good,” Riku said, less casual about the Floods, even though this one didn’t seem interested in causing any trouble. Sora stuck his tongue out and the Flood yowled again, little back feet kicking.
“I’ll bite,” Lea said. “What emotion is that one?”
“I dunno,” Sora shrugged. He scooped the Flood up more comfortably with one hand to cuddle against his chest like a huge rabbit. “This one happens a lot when I’m with Riku, but we haven’t figured it out yet.”
“You haven’t, huh?” Lea’s sharp grin returned. Riku shot him a dirty look. “No idea at all? Bet you haven’t asked him. Hey, little buddy, wanna tell us what you’re for?”
The Flood, perfectly content being cuddled by Sora and the exact same color as Riku’s eyes, made what was unmistakably a kissy face.
“See?” Sora asked, unable to see what the Flood was doing from his perspective. “It’s a mystery.” Riku buried his face in his hands and Lea whooped with laughter. “What’s got into you two?”
