Chapter One

Roxas was roused from his nap by a knock at the door. Groaning, he sat up in the sofa and rubbed his sleepy eyes. "Mum and Dad aren't back yet… I shouldn't open the door," he thought, but when he caught a glimpse of the flashing lights he quickly jumped up and opened it to find two police officers standing on the doorstep. The little blond couldn't help but panic, his mind immediately throwing thoughts and ideas around trying to guess the reason they were here. Shit, shit, shit, what have I done? It can't be that thing with Naminé, can it? That wasn't that bad. Roxas was near tears when the taller office asked politely, "Could we step inside sir?"

Roxas just nodded dumbly and moved aside to let them pass. He managed to shut the door and motioned to the sofa. "Err, take a seat." The officers sat and Roxas settled in the armchair opposite.

"Hello, Roxas is it?" The same office that spoke before started, the boy just nodded. How on earth do they know my name? "My name is Officer Phipps and this is Officer Powell. I'm sorry, Roxas, but there was a serious road crash earlier this evening at 6:08pm involving who we believe to be your parents." Roxas froze. He couldn't take what the Phipps guy had said. My parents, what? Are they okay? What the hell happened!

"What! What happened? Where are my parents?" Roxas panicked again and tried desperately not to hyperventilate. Office Powell tried to calm the boy down but Roxas couldn't stop himself.

"I am very sorry, but their car ran into a ditch. There were no survivors." The officers obviously had no experience of dealing with 15-year-old boys that had just lost their parents, as when Roxas broke down crying all they did was sit there and mumble awkward words of comfort.

Roxas curled into himself in the small chair and couldn't hold back the waves upon waves of tears that spilled from his eyes. No, no, NO! This cannot be happening. What's going to happen to me? Where will I go? What the hell am I going to do without them? Mum and Dad...

"I'm very sorry," Officer Phipps repeated, but Roxas couldn't hear him over the sound of his own sobs. What's going to happen to me...

Two weeks later, after his parents' funeral, Roxas found himself on the train to Twilight town where his estranged brother Cloud lived. Cloud was 16 years older than Roxas and had left home not long before he was born to move away from his family after a huge argument that split them apart. Roxas knew that he had a brother however, and had heard from his parents many times that if anything were to happen to them then Cloud would be the one to take him.

Roxas had never met this elder brother and had little idea of what he looked like for the sort of guy he was. Of course Cloud had been informed that Roxas was coming to live with him and that his parents had passed away, but Cloud had failed to come to the funeral. Clearly, he still wasn't over the feud he had with his parents, with the added fact that he would be receiving a 15-year-old boy. He probably wasn't in the best of moods.

Leaving the island was difficult for Roxas; he had so many people that were difficult to say goodbye to. Naminé was in bits when he told her, as was Kairi. Pence, Ollette and Hayner had tried to not cry but failed. Roxas hadn't held back the tears and clung to his friends for all they were worth as it was so sad to see them go.

Now Roxas was alone on a train, quickly approaching Twilight Station with mad thoughts circling his mind and fears pushing through his confidence of the situation. Naturally, he was nervous about meeting Cloud for the first time and fitting in at his new school and the area generally.

The train came to a halt at the station. Roxas grabbed his bags and headed out onto the platform to begin his hopefully short search for Cloud. It was a short search as a tall man with spiky blond hair approached him almost as soon as he stepped off the train.

"You're Roxas, right?" He asked in a bored voice.

"Yeah, I'm guessing you're Cloud," Roxas replied quietly, studying the ground.

"Come with me," Cloud turned to leave. "Oh, and no need to be afraid of me, I don't bite." Cloud let a small smile pass his lips at Roxas' surprise. The taller blond wasn't best pleased with getting stuck with a kid, but he knew what Roxas was going through with the whole losing the parents thing. Only for Cloud, it felt like the second time.

The car ride from the station to Cloud's apartment was quiet and awkward as neither wanted to talk. Cloud did try a couple of times but Roxas wasn't in the mood. So, all Cloud got in response was a nod or grunt. I cannot believe I am stuck with my baby brother. I had so many plans for Aerith. Dammit! Though I guess he is family and I should take care of him now his parents are dead. Well, my parents too, but we haven't spoken in so long. I'm surprised they wanted Roxas to come to me in the first place. The kid looks so sad, bless him. I hope he fits in here. He should, he's cute. The girls will be all over him. Haha, he should be fine.

When they arrived back at the apartment, Cloud took Roxas' bags inside as the smaller blond followed.

"So, Roxas, this is your room," Cloud said as he entered the small room and set Roxas' bags down. He sighed. "Well that's the tour, and you can stick your stuff away. Dinner shall be ready in a couple of hours. I'll call you through." Cloud left Roxas alone to go make dinner. As soon as the taller blond left the room Roxas collapsed on the bed, crying for all he was worth.

So I have reposted this because I missed it basically. I know it's not that good but I enjoyed writing it, school just got in the way. I'll be posting a chapter every time I write the next one, they will be beta read when my beta gets around to it so sorry for typos. J Enjoy~!