Title: Lullabies and Bedtime Stories
Authoress:
PockyLoveLove
Rating:
T (may go up in later chapters)
Summary:
AUish On a normal outing, Sora and Roxas encounter the greatest battle which either of them ever had to face: caring for an abandoned child while trying to comprehend their growing feelings towards one another. Yaoi, SoraRoxas
Warning:
Yaoi, language, OOCness (hopefully not too bad), mistakes as its unbetaed

A/N: I was kinda slapped in the face by this idea while in the middle of listening to the KH II OST. This is not, I repeat, NOT an mpreg (I have concluded that I am just NOT cut out for mpreg XD) although there is a kid in the story. And really…Sora and Roxas pairing is in need of more love! X333333

As for the AUish tag: All the Organization XIII members are well, alive, and kicking! Roxas is still Sora's Nobody, but they're separate beings for the sake of convenience. Keyblades exist, of course, and only Roxas and Sora can wield them. Also, Roxas's personality is like that of when he is with Organization XIII, at least what I think his personality would have been like there, with mixes of the personality DiZ gave him in Twilight Town. I'll try to pinpoint what I mean by AUish more later XD

Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts or any of its characters in anyway besides owning a copy of both games. I only write to entertain others and for my own strange, twisted, yet loveable amusement. (And I worship Square and Nomura Tetsuya-sensei for their brilliant minds! And Sora and Roxas are both loveably admirable, holding the half needed to complete the other :3)


Lullabies and Bedtime Stories

First Lullaby: Found

A sprinkle of Stardust in your Eyes and your Eyelids fall, heavy and Drowsy

and you Find a sliver of a Dream in your Hand


"C'mon, we barely get a day off! Let's go get some food!!" exclaimed Sora happily, bouncing along the sidewalk with a sunny grin. He leaned in towards his companion who warily backed away, eyebrow raised at the devious tone. That sort of voice meant only one thing: the inevitable flattening of his wallet.

Shaking his head, Roxas replied firmly, "No. Absolutely not, Sora. I'm gonna be broke again trying to feed you!"

The blond nearly face palmed himself, however, upon realizing the consequences of his words. And lo and behold, Sora's infamous puppy eyes were turned on him, those bright ocean blue eyes gleaming pitifully at him with the look of a kicked puppy. Roxas could feel his resolve crumbling and his wallet deflating as he really did slap his forehead with a loud sigh. He should have been able to fight against this 'ultimate, secret weapon' of Sora's. Unfortunately for him, he wasn't. Not yet, at least. One of these days, he would say no and stick with it, keeping his wallet nice and fat. But until then…

"Ugh, fine," gave in a defeated blond, rolling his eyes at the overly happy whoop the other teen gave.

"You know I love you, right, Roxas?" Sora grinned shamelessly.

His eyes rolling once more on their own accord, he muttered dismissively, "Yeah, yeah. As long as I have money."

Too busy on a high, the brunet did not hear his response, only whistling cheerfully as they headed over to a nearby cake house. The same one that they had been frequenting on every outing they went out on. As the bell on the door twinkled at their arrival, a frilly dress clad waitress beamed in their direction and cried cheerfully, "Welcome to Twilight Cakes! Two?"

"Yup!"

"Right this way please!" She led the pair over to a window side table, handing them menus and another merry smile. "Do you two need some time to think over your order?"

Sora nodded, his chestnut brown spikes bouncing and poking him in the eyes.

"Okay! Please call me over when you're ready!" The waitress disappeared to tend to another set of customers, and Roxas just sighed, mourning his soon to be empty wallet. The things he did for his Other.

Leaning forward across the table, Sora asked animatedly, "What do you think I should get this time, Roxy? Hm? Hm? The raspberry mousse cake last time was really good, but I think I want something sweeter. Hmm, mango mousse cake? A strawberry mille-feuille? Fruit-filled chiffon cake? Tiramisu? Sachertorte? Green tea cake maybe? Or a fruit fresh cream sponge cake? Maybe I should just get a strawberry crepe?"

Mind reeling from all the dessert choices that the brunet had just listed off so easily from the top of his head, Roxas remarked, shaking his head with a concealed smile, "Order whatever you want, Sora. Since this is my treat, you can order everything that you want."

"Re-Really?!" brightened Sora, putting even the sun to shame.

"Yes, really," the other boy replied, the smile becoming harder and harder to hide. He found that when in the presence of his Other, it was hard to suppress little smiles and laughs like he had done back at the Organization. They just came…naturally to him, instead of forcing them.

Cheering, the Keyblade wielder exclaimed, positively beaming, "Yes! Then, I'm getting one of everything!! Excuse me!!"

The waitress popped back up with a bubbly smile, "Are you two ready to order?"

"Yup! I'll have a raspberry mousse cake, strawberry mille-feuille, fruit-filled chiffon cake, mango mousse cake, green tea cake, sachertorte, tiramisu, fruit fresh cream sponge cake, a strawberry crepe, and a fruit crepe," listed Sora, ticking off each item with a finger. His eyes turned to Roxas questioningly. "What about you, Roxas?"

"I'll just steal bites of yours, since I'm paying, thanks," responded number thirteen, calculating the approximate cost of all the desserts as his mind continued to swirl. Oh god, what had he gotten himself into exactly?

"Any drinks?"

Sora tapped his chin thoughtfully before saying, "One raspberry bubble tea and a honeydew bubble tea, both with tapioca please!"

The smile on the waitress's lips widened as she informed them ecstatically, "Okay! Also, today is our special 'Couple's Day'. If you come in with your sweetheart you get twenty percent off your whole total along with a complimentary heart-shaped cupcake, your choice of flavor."

"C-C-Couple's Day?!" squawked Roxas, slightly horrified. The other customers glanced over at him and his cheeks tinged pink slightly. Regaining his composure, his own crystal blue eyes glanced over at Sora who only grinned slyly. The grin that grinned whenever he was up to no good.

Turning back to the bubbly waitress, he said, (much to Roxas's horror and his wallet's relief), "Well, Roxas and I are a couple! Aren't we, Roxy?" To emphasize his point, and solidify their couple status, he leaned over and gave a light peck to the other's cheeks which turned a bright red. He spluttered incoherently, thinking, 'What…What the heck just happened? What just… What…?'

The girl nearly squealed, trying to contain her joy, "I knew it! You two make such a cute couple!! ('A what!? We're a what?!') What flavor cupcake would you like?"

"Hmmm, do you have strawberry?"

"Of course! I'll be right back with your order!" she chirped, rushing off with their long order.

Roxas, having had lost his soul during that little exchange, shook his head and said in a loud whisper, "What the heck, Sora?! Since when did we become a couple!?"

"Since when the waitress told us that today's Couple's Day and we get a twenty percent discount. And free cupcake!" he laughed, finding Roxas's current facial expression beyond hilarious.

Of course the tempting offer of free cupcake baited him.

Although that twenty percent discount on their whole entire total was actually really tempting to Roxas as well, especially to his wallet. He let out a sigh but inwardly thanked the hasty brunet's greed for sweets. It saved him from having to pay the full price.

Their order delivered, the two munched away on the sweet treats until the sun began to dip below the horizon. Releasing a loud and satisfied sigh, Sora exclaimed, "I'm so stuffed, if I eat another bite, I think I'll explode cream everywhere!"

The blond nodded, having enough himself. His intake of sugar today was far past his normal limit and right now, heaving into a toilet sounded pretty appealing. His stomach gurgled in agreement, moaning in both joy and pain. He had a low tolerance for sweet things as opposed to Sora who could shovel all the sweets and still not be affected. Well, not by a stomachache anyways. A sugar high, well…yes.

"Let's take the rest home?"

"Yeah, I don't think I can eat anymore," groaned Roxas, rubbing his stomach painfully.

The waitress appeared out of nowhere, smiling as she began to delicately place their leftovers into a pretty faded orange box, decorated with a pink bow. Once the bow was tied and puffed up, she relayed, "You're total today is fifty-three munny."

Reaching into his back pocket, Roxas (sadly) pulled out the correct amount. Once paid for, he grabbed Sora, who grabbed the box, and rushed out of the store after seeing those joyfully, big curious eyes of the waitress who was just dying to ask them about their, ahem, 'relationship'.

"Bye! Thanks!" waved Sora before being dragged out the front door, the bells tinkling as a goodbye.

Once outside, the Nobody let loose a relieved sigh, glad to be out and with most of his dignity still in tact. He turned around to find Sora just grinning at him in that way of his which had him saying defensively, "What?"

"Nothing at all, Roxy," sang Sora, laughing at the other's ruffled feathers. "Let's go by the park, 'kay?"

He just grunted his response, knowing very well that he wouldn't be able to refuse any request from his Other. Hands burrowing into his pockets, the two made their way back home, taking the pathway which crossed by the park.

"Man, I thought your face was gonna explode when I kissed your cheek back there," laughed Sora, fingers loosely looped around the handle of their cake box. Before Roxas could properly manage a retort aside from the mindless spluttering he was doing at the moment, he poked a soft cheek and laughed all over again as it tinged pink. The laughter died on his lips, however, as his eyes were drawn over to the empty playground, brows knitted together in concentration and nose scrunched up in curiosity. A frown creased his lips.

Taken back by the sudden sedated aura, Roxas tried, momentarily forgetting about the teasing, "Sora?"

"Hey, Roxas…" began the exuberant teen, still staring hard at the playground. The blond glanced over and did not see anything.

"Yeah?"

"Slides…don't have feet sticking out from under them on their sides, do they?"

"…No, Sora, they don't."

"Then," he blinked, pointing in the direction towards the double yellow slides, "why does that slide have feet sticking out on its side?"

Roxas did a double take and sure enough, there were a pair of feet sticking out from under the slide. He blinked several times, face blank as he answered, "I don't know, Sora. I don't know."

"Let's go check it out!" cried Sora, sprinting ahead.

Rolling his eyes at the childish nature of his companion, the teen followed after in a slower pace. When he reached the brunet, Roxas tripped over his feet, nearly doing a face plant into the nice and inviting sand beneath his shoes. He immediately went slack jawed as he openly gawked at the sight currently dancing in front of his blue eyes.

Sora was in a similar state, mouth gaping like a fish out of water and ocean blue eyes as wide as saucers. Finger pointing and mouth failing, all the poor boy could manage was, "Wahdahec?"

But really, in more coherent terms than Sora's scrunched together gurgle: What. The. Hell.

"What in Xemnas's name?!" Roxas finally cried, staring into a pair of sparkling ocean blue eyes which practically mirrored his own pair. His golden blond hair was mussed into messy spikes, resembling his own hair. This kid had his hair! And had his eyes!!

"Roxas… this kid looks a lot like you," pointed out Sora obviously, eyes still refusing to return to their normal size. Neither of them could tear their gaze away from the child who just sat in the sand, staring up at them as well.

"No, he looks exactly like you when you were a little kid—aside from the blond hair."

"How do you know what I looked like when I was a kid!?" the brunet cried, veering from the subject at hand. He looked indignant, cheeks puffed out.

Roxas answered, "Photo albums. Pictures." He returned his attention back to the child who just continued to stare at him with those big blue eyes.

"Rox, you gotta be blind to think that that kid looks anything like me. He's like…a smaller version of you!! Look!! Those clothes, though a bit different, are practically the same design! Those accessories are nearly the same! That weird, fan blown styled golden blond hair! Right down to those super blue and pretty eyes!!" cried Sora, waving his arms around and trying to accentuate his point.

The blond just raised an eyebrow having gotten over the initial shock.

Sticking his tongue out at his Nobody, Sora turned back to the kid as well, pondering for a few minutes. He suddenly crouched down and said with a friendly smile, "Hiya! I'm Sora and this is my friend, Roxas. What's your name?"

The kid blinked. And just when it seemed hopeless, he clutched at Sora's bare arm with hesitant fingers. Sora glanced down at the hand holding onto his arm and focused his eyes back on the little boy, confused. "Uh, where are your parents?" he tried again.

The boy just shook his head.

"You don't have parents?"

Shake of the head.

"But everybody has parents!" protested Sora.

His head shook.

He swiveled his head to regard Roxas, their eyes meeting. And within that instant, Roxas realized Sora's intentions.

"Sora, no. No. Absolutely NOT!" he stated firmly, shaking his head and even his arms to stress his decision.

"But Roxas! He says that he doesn't have any parents! If that's true, we can't just leave him here! It's getting late and he's only a little kid!!" argued Sora indignantly, taking the boy into his arms. The little boy settled comfortably into his arms, snuggling closer to his warmth.

"Sora, it's a child. What if he does have parents and they come looking for him?"

"But he says that he doesn't have any!"

Despite the strong appeal to just slap the palm of his hand into his forehead, Roxas resisted, gritting his teeth to ground out, "Sora, no. What would we do?"

"Anything but leave him!" the brunet retorted stubbornly. "C'mon, Rox! Let's just take care of him for tonight and try to find out where his parents are and if he has any. Then, first thing tomorrow, we can help him find his parents! Pleeeaaassse?" He pulled the puppy dog eyes and immediately Roxas twitched. It wasn't helping that the little kid in his arms was staring up at him like a wounded puppy as well with those damn huge blue eyes of his.

His resolve crumbled and he folded his arms across his chest, saying with a defeated sigh, "Fine."

Sora just grinned triumphantly.

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"We're hooome!" stretched Sora, happily bounding into the house with the blond haired, big blue eyed boy in his arms. The little kid had his own arms wrapped around Sora's neck, as though hanging on for dear life. Like he was afraid Sora would disappear the second the loosened his grip.

Dumping the cake box onto the table, the two headed over the couches, dropping down tiredly. Roxas massaged his temples when he suddenly asked, "What exactly is the kid's name?"

"Dunno," shrugged Sora, his arms winding around the tiny boy's body affectionately. Turning to properly face the child, his face buried into the crook of his neck, Sora inquired awkwardly, "Hey, uh, what's your name?"

The boy lifted his head up from his spot and just blinked cutely.

"Is he mute by any chance?"

Sora scolded the blond by throwing a pillow at his head, which he dodged instinctively. Pouting on the boy's behalf, he rebuked, "Don't call him mute, Roxas! I'm sure that he's just too shy to say anything!"

"Then, how exactly do we help him find his parents if he won't talk? We can't even get a name out of him."

"Just be patient, Roxas," chided Sora, ruffling the boy's hair. "I'm sure that he'll talk to us once he's more comfortable! We just gotta show him that we're not bad guys!"

Sora was lecturing him on being patient? Well, today was just full of surprises for this Nobody. He rolled his eyes, attention automatically being drawn back to the silent boy and grinning teen. Blue and blue crashed together as he and the child were drawn into a mini-staring contest. The little boy squirmed in Sora's arms, big eyes still locked with hues just slighter darker than his.

"Staring contest?" questioned Sora, blinking at the kid in his arms first and then his Nobody. He laughed, shaking his head at the two of them as he commented cheerfully, "Ya know, you two are alike in this way; both being too stubborn to lose."

Roxas faltered, breaking eye contact and nearly falling out of his chair as an added plus. "Y-You're like that too!"

The teen just grinned, laughing at the other's rarely seen flustered side. Sticking his tongue playfully, Sora countered, "Yeah, but I don't use my stubbornness to try and compete with a little kid!"

"That's because you are a kid yourself," he answered, poking his forehead with a smirk.

"Wha-!? Hey!! Don't poke me! I'm the poker! You're the pokee!" cried Sora indignantly, trying to get back at the thirteenth Organization member. He was hindered by the boy sitting in his lap, arms still tight around his neck.

The other Keyblade wielder dodged another pillow being hurtled in his direction, smirking. He just flicked the unsuspecting brunet's nose before jumping back and narrowing missing a set of teeth just waiting to clamp down on said appendage. He waggled a finger back and forth, sighing in false disappointment, "And you're supposed to be my Other?"

Sora stuck out his tongue, unable to budge from his spot on the couch.

"Anyways, we should focus on trying to get this kid to talk if we're going to help him," resolved Roxas, sitting down next to the brunet. He was immediately poked in the ribs, a cheeky grin his only response.

"Revenge," he clarified, satisfied. Eyes rolling, Roxas turned to the child cuddled in the other boy's arms, mouth quirked bemusedly, "How are we supposed to get him to talk? We need to find out his name in the very least."

"Mmmh…" pondered Sora, blond spikes tickling his chin. "Maybe we should bribe him with something."

The blue eyed boy chose not to comment only coughing lightly. As Sora ticked off a few of the things they could bribe the boy with, Roxas leaned closer to the baby face and inquired, "Hey, what's your name?"

"………" He was about to give up and go with Sora's bribery idea (which was sounding pretty convincing…and stupid) when a soft voice sounded timidly, stopping him.

"……n…"

Roxas did a double take despite already staring at the boy. Vaguely wondering if he had just dreamed up the sound, he pinched his thigh, unable to trust his ears. His mouth dropping slightly, he said, taken aback, "What?"

The boy looked into mirror crystal blue eyes and repeated more solidly this time, "…Ven."

Sora stopped talking to turn puzzled eyes at Roxas. Absently cuddling the boy closer to his chest, he asked the blond, "You say something, Rox?"

"H-H-H-He jus-just spoke…!" exclaimed Roxas, reeling back as his palms braced themselves on the soft leathery couch beneath him.

"What?! Really?! When!?"

The little boy glanced up at the two of them and said timidly, "M-My…name is Ven."

Head slowly turning downwards to stare at the boy, now identified as Ven, with boggling eyes, Sora blinked. Once…Twice… "Holy snap! He talked!!" cried Sora excitedly, grinning vibrantly. "Hiya Ven! I'm Sora! And this person next to me that looks exactly like you, he's my friend, Roxas!"

Ven curiously regarded Sora who was falling in love with the little boy more and more with each passing second. Honestly though, how could anyone not love him, he was so adorable. He swiveled his head over towards the Nobody, studying him for a few seconds over with those big eyes of his before declaring happily, his voice certain, "…Daddy!"

This time, Roxas really did fall off the couch, his face getting well acquainted with the wooden floors. From below, a muffled yell floated to the top.

"DA-DADDY?!"

Sora very slowly glanced downwards to stare at the fallen boy, saying, "'Daddy'? Rox…is there something you're not telling me? Like a past relationship maybe? One that would be very beneficial and appreciated to hear about now?"

"Don't be ridiculous, Sora! This kid looks like he's at least five!" cried Roxas indignantly, picking himself back up to the couch. He brushed away the dust from his clothes, feeling bright blue eyes focused on him again. The Nobody cringed slightly. Daddy? How in the world did this kid come to that conclusion? Sure, they looked alike, he would give him that much, but to call him 'Daddy'? This kid was old enough to realize that he was waaaay too young to be his dad. Besides, Roxas didn't even know if Nobodies could have children. They were just empty beings, right?

"Ven, are you sure that this blond haired, blue-eyed idiot is your dad?" inquired the brunet curiously, staring intently at the child. Even Sora, who was normally gullible enough to believe nearly everything, was having trouble grasping this one. He tried to maintain a serious air around himself while the little boy nodded bashfully. Unsure as to whether to believe Ven or not, he decided to try a different approach, "Okay, Ven, then who's your mommy?"

The blond haired child giggled a tiny fit as he exclaimed, "You are, of course. What a weird question to ask, Mommy."

"………"

Sora took a few deep breaths, trying to calm his inner mind which was in a state of total chaos. Or at least was going to be once he was able to process the words spoken to him in that overly cute voice. So far, he had only reached the word 'course'. Just one more sentence to go. ………"WH-WHA-WHAT?!"

This was absurd! Ven was old enough to tell between genders and probably knew that most moms were females! Females!! And he was most definitely not a female! He was a guy! Guys did not become pregnant with children. It was fact. Pure logically, undeniable fact. ……So why was Ven insisting that the brunet was his mom? Especially when: one, he was a guy, two, they just met, and three, he was a guy.

"You're the mom!?" exclaimed Roxas, eyes doubling their normal sizes as he pointed a shaky finger of disbelief at his Other. "You're the mom!? That would mean that we……"

Both boys paled simultaneously before their faces turned an interestingly dark shade of red. Ven giggled childishly as he poked at Sora's flushed cheek, saying, "Both Mommy and Daddy look funny. Like tomatoes."

Roxas and Sora could not get past the 'mommy and daddy' labels which were like a hard kick to their guts each time it was spoken from the younger boy. Exchanging dumbfounded glances, Roxas turned to the smaller version of himself and said awkwardly, "Look, Ven. Sora and I… We aren't you're parents. We can't be your parents. I mean, we literally, physically can't be your parents. Understand?"

Ven shook his head, those messy spikes swaying.

Giving a nervous laugh, because really, when was there ever a good time to spring upon a young child that they weren't his parents, Sora tried to think of a way to explain this as well; a way that would not end up with Ven crying because not even God could forgive either of them for breaking this poor boy's heart, then repeatedly stomping on it, and making him cry. Scratching the back of his head, he said carefully, "Ven, Roxas and I really aren't your parents. We can't be because we're both guys and neither of us are old enough to have a kid as big as you. And even if we were old enough to have a kid as old as you, we still couldn't be your parents because well…mommies and daddies are usually girl and boy. Roxas and me are both boys. Do you understand, kiddo?"

"Hmm…" hummed Ven softly, hands grasping onto the fabric of Sora's shirt as his brow furrowed together clumsily.

The thirteenth member gave a dim groan, leaning back onto the couch. Wasn't there any easier way to explain to this kid that they weren't his par… His brows stitched together as dark ocean blue eyes spotted the corner of what appeared to be paper sticking out from its spot in Ven's pocket. As if sensing just what his eyes were resting upon, Ven suddenly made a small noise and reached into his pocket. He pulled out a slightly crumpled photo, holding it up for both of the boys to see clearly.

"That's…" began Sora, unable to think properly.

Roxas finished his thought, breathless, "…Us?"


A/N: Anticlimactic ending that leaves me cringing along with a weird shortness XD I have ALWAYS wanted to write a story with Ven :3 in it after seeing him for the first time in the unlocked trailer in KHII (especially since I'm so eagerly waiting for Birth by Sleep and 358/2 Days, and by eagerly, I mean hyperventilating, tongue in cheek, and actually dreaming about the two games XD yes, I'm obsessive and proud)! And then, this idea just kinda slapped me in the head haha! I mean, what's better than making Ven the child of Sora and Roxas? :3

Anyways, hope you enjoyed and reviews would be greatly appreciated and loved X3