Hearts Open Wide
By rebel_Ed18 [Syn] and Mana
Rated M because there will be yaoi, shounen-ai, fluff, make out sessions, and smex... but smex comes waaaaay later! Just a warning. Oh, and we don't own these characters except for two and you will figure out who they are when they pop up. Yes. Enjoy~
"Quick, quick! Turn to channel seven!"
"Why?"
"Cause I'm the oldest and I said so now do it!"
The blonde groaned and followed the shorter brunette's orders, turning their television on, the blonde turning to channel seven, a black haired reporter was on, the wind blowing gently in her hair as her lips began to move. "Good evening. Just recently there were reports of the hit band Next In Line breaking up. Talk of this was last heard of when the drummer, Seifer and the guitarist and vocalist, Squall Leonheart, had gotten into a fight, causing each other to be permanently scarred across their faces."
"Sora! Roxas! Turn the TV off!"
"In a minute mom!" they both shouted to her, their blue eyes never leaving the screen of the television. For a long time, Next In Line was their idol and the twins followed their concerts and everything that happened to them.
"This time, the band is officially breaking up. Squall announced that this morning. The reason is still unknown about why this band broke up after a long and successful career. Fans everywhere are devastated about this break up. Just what went wrong? This is Vanessa Rose, NCM 7." The twins continued to stare at the television, mouths open, their faces nearly two inches away from the screen. They knew.
They knew the reasons.
What, you think that Next In Line's biggest fans wouldn't know about what was going on? Of course they knew. "How could she DO that to him?!" shouted the brunette, Sora.
"I-I don't know! I always KNEW that she was a good for nothing! I mean, what the fuck happened?!"
"M-Maybe he broke up with her?"
"No, he really did love her... So SHE broke up with HIM." They both gasped.
"OR SHE CHEATED ON HIM!" they exclaimed in unison. Their blue eyes lit with a red and orange flame. "That WHORE!" Sure, a majority of the male listeners to Next In Line were in it for Rinoa, but there were a select few that despised her. Sora and Roxas? They were in that category. They were the two that hated her a lot. More then you would know. Oh, how old were this boys? About 12, I would say. Sora would be 13 and Roxas is 12.
"You cheated, Cloud!" whined a young boy. He wore blue knee length jeans with a sweater on and a slightly larger than his head baseball cap, the main color red and the rim and visor part black. He was walking on the left side of a tall blonde man, thin light brown rimmed glasses wrapping around his luscious blue eyes. His blonde hair spiked up and in the back a little bit. It was weird, but it was cool and it made him different. That was good right? He wore a short sleeved sweatshirt a checkerboard pattern printed on it, a zipper running down the middle. Already, the zipper was 1/3rd unzipped to show off a black shirt, jeans on his legs. His other hand was holding the hand of another young boy. He was a little taller than the baseball cap one, but he wore a light blue short sleeved shirt, blonde hair a cute mess, and shorts.
"I did not cheat. How can you cheat in tag?"
"You have longer legs, Cloud!" the first boy whined again. Cloud chuckled lightly.
"That's true, Ki..." Cloud fixed the boy's hat and then smiled lightly, turning to the other boy. "Li, are you feeling okay?" He nodded.
"I'm just hungry is all."
"Well, that can be fixed. What should today's snack be?"
"Ice cream?" suggested Ki, a bright smile on his face. Cloud blinked and then nodded.
"Alright, one for ice cream.... What about you, Li? Ice cream?"
"Sounds good!" The second boy smiled, looking up at Cloud. Were the three of them related? No. Not at all. The boys, they were about 13, yet still so attatched to this man. Why? Because this man had adopted them; Li and Ki Akage. For a long time, they have been around Cloud Strife, a man who is not only a doctor, but also a professional piano player, teaching everybody and anybody that wanted to learn the art of the soothing music. He was a good teacher too. Oh, and those glasses? Pssh... They're a fake. He just wears them because it makes him look more professional, and because Ki thought that it would be cool to see him wear glasses.
The twins had gotten ice cream, Cloud paying for it. Ki got Mango flavored ice cream in a chocolate waffle cone covered in rainbow sprinkles and Li got a lemon sherbet in a cup with Gummy Bears mixed into it. Cloud? Nothing. He wasn't the one for ice cream. He watched them eat the ice cream, laughing to each other, harmless jokes being passed around, laughter ringing in the air. Everything was fine.
But everything wasn't. Roxas, Sora, Cloud, Li, Ki, Squall, Rinoa, and Seifer. Their fates were now put into a giant wheel, spinning and spinning, their fates mingling together, showing many strange things. Some of these predictions were full of hurt, pain, sadness, anger. Others were happy, joyful, blissful and full of love. And yet, how do these guys all come together? Well... There's only one way that we can tell... And there's only one way for you know exactly how these lives would tie together, wrapped by a red string of Destiny.
Guess you'll just have to wait to find out, now won't you?