Disclaimer: I do not own the game Kingdom Hearts or the characters in said game. I can only write strange fanfics about them. And that's how it's going to stay for the rest of this story.

This is my first AkuRoku fanfic... Enjoy...

Prince x Suitor

an akuroku story

[prologue

"Let's meet again…In the next life…"

"Yeah…I'll be waiting…"

[chapter 1

Roxas lay asleep in his bed, dreaming some crazy dream about a giant key and some stranger with bright red hair bursting into flames…

A loud thump, a heavy weight, and Roxas' eyes sprung open as he jumped up in his bed.

"What the f--" Roxas began, looking down only to see his goofy twin brother, Sora, sitting on his lap, gazing up at him with that silly smile of his. "Jeez Sora…What is it?"

Sora bounced up and hugged his brother, wrapping his arms around Roxas' neck and squeezing. "Do you know what day it is? You do, I know you do!"

"What are you talking about? It's Saturday… Big whoop. Is that what has you so excited?" Roxas replied, rolling his eyes. Sora lifted himself off Roxas and sat on his knees on the bed.

"C'mon Roxas…" Sora said in turn, pinching Roxas' cheeks.

"Stop it!" Roxas slapped Sora's hands away.

"So you really don't remember? Well, maybe this will help. Haaaaappyyyy Biiirthhhhhdaaaayyy tooooo yooooouuuuuu!" Sora began to sing, terribly out of tune.

Roxas covered his ears. "Oh jeez no," Roxas groaned.

Sora stopped and looked at Roxas sighing. "Oh Roxy…Why're you like this? It's our 16th birthday after all!"

"Well, you can go celebrate in my place…I really don't care."

"Roxas…You're making me sad…" Sora pouted, giving his brother one of his puppy dogfaces. Seeing Roxas' indifferent reaction, Sora simply gave up and leapt of the bed. "But I just want to tell you," Sora said softly, voice suddenly very serious, "We're sixteen now…You know what that means, right?"

Roxas' face dropped. He sure knew what Sora was alluding to. Was it really already time for that?

"Dad'll want to talk to us, so you're going to have to come out eventually, so why not just go out with me now, huh?" Sora said, looking down at his twin. Roxas sighed, took off his shirt and threw it at Sora's face.

"Fine! I'm going," Roxas said, grabbing some clothes and going behind a screen to change. Sora pulled the shirt off his face and gave a sad smile.

Roxas emerged from behind the screen dressed in his usual semi-formal princely robes. "You ready?"

Sora looked down and sighed. "Yeah…" Roxas felt a small pang in his chest. Sora looked like he was going to cry. He then sighed, walked over to Sora and grabbed his hand.

"You were so hyper earlier and now… Don't do that! You're going to make everything worse," he said softly, squeezing Sora's hand a bit.

Sora looked up at Roxas and smiled a little. "Okay…"

Roxas led them out of the room and down the hall on the way to their father's throne.