Rawr, this is my first time really working on a story that's more than just a one shot and for which I actualy have ideas and am inspired. I don't promise it'll be good, I don't promise it'll be bad. I guess it's gonna be up to you guys to tell me if this sucks or owns

Legal stuff: Btw, KH and the characters aren't mine. Anyone who believes they are seriously needs to see a doctor ASAP.

Those were the boy's reflections as he thought of the last two weeks he'd spent in his new apartment while grumbling about being in mid-session and teachers being anal holes.

He had been told that there would be many people his age around in the neighborhood he was moving to, and there was in fact a quite impressive number of teenagers and young adults living there, but everyone in town or almost was in some gang or another and said gangs had tendencies to pick on the few either courageous or dumb ones who weren't on a side or another.

Of course, Roxas just had to end up on a street one of the loudest and most ill behaved groups had decided to claim as theirs, but they were usually away at the hours Roxas went and came from school, gladly for him. He'd figured that out quickly enough after the third day of school, considering that he had been bullied nearly everytime he had walked away from the safety of home in the last two weeks and they never seemed to be around when he left for class or was on his way home.

And as if the Bulldogs, the gang wrecking havoc about weren't enough, he had to deal with crazy bills, hardly sufficient pays, his own insane job schedule, badly decreasing grades in most classes and having to decide on what domain he would work in for the next forty to fifty years to come by the end of the semester.

Oh joy.

At least his cousin was there with his apparently endless bubblyness and only a few streets away from his home without counting the many nights said cousin spent at Roxas' home to keep him company.

Speaking of which...

"Roxas come on we'll be late for school!" Called the brunette from the bottom of the stairway. A few minutes passed and yet no response came from above. Opposed to a persistent silent, mister cheery guy took it upon himself to go up there and check up on his cousin's whereabouts.

A tantrum began downstairs and made its way up until the one responsible for it ran into the door and into the blonde's room with a loud thud followed by a short pained giggles fit.

Roxas turned around in time to see of the mass of brown, white and blue crashing through his door that was the boy who had again tripped on the plank that stood up a bit right before the entry to his room before dragging his eyes away and outside.

"What's taking you so long?" Inquired the younger one as he got up and dusted off his school outfit, taking note that his cousin was still pajamas clad.

"Nothing much."

"Then why didn't you get ready?" Asking wasn't even necessary, but it was customary to do so even though it was useless, big mouth he was. Unlike himself, Roxas hated – no, loathed school, and being in a new environment as well as having to deal with many stressful things all at once certainly didn't help him appreciate, nor pay attention in class, hence the suffering grades.

"You're not skipping again, are you?"

Roxas sighed, once more looking away from the window. He had for the last two days already.

"Maybe."

Sora's jaw dropped. He jumped on the bed and took place near the blonde, adopting a dramatic tone accompanied by intense flailing.

"But you already skipped yesterday and the day before, you can't miss class today too!"

Another sigh escaped the boy.

"Y'know Sora... I think I'll quit for this semester and think things out straight."

Double jaw dropping, this time with a 'thunk' for extra sound effects.

"But what are you gonna do?"

"Still thinking that over."

Suddenly imagining his cousin was becoming a Yakuza, enrolling himself in the army to fight off whatever danger there was out there or that he had suddenly decided he was going to travel the big wide blue with only palms, a pot of peanut butter and a tuba, Sora latched onto the older one with waterfalls running down his face and an eardrums shredding 'don't goooo!'.

Shoving Sora off for his ear's sake, Roxas made his point a little clearer, thus avoiding a second assault. "I'm not leaving here. I just think I'll go out of school to keep up with everything else. I can't pay insane bills and study full time. There are only twenty-four hours in a day."

Sora sat in silence, waiting for the blonde to continue. Already thirty seconds of shut-mouth on his part, amazing.

The blonde finally moved away from his window to his pillow and crossed is legs.

"Also... I'm having a bit more time to think about what I'll be doing profession-wise. I won't be forced to choose by the end of the year."

"And what about your job?"

"Switching to full time."

"I still get to stay overnights? And I still can play on your X-box, right? And what about-"

"As long as you don't wake me up in the morning anymore."

"And can I still borro-"

"You're going to be late for class, Sora."

"Huh?" That statement broke the brunette's train of thought. Or of questions, rather. He cocked his head on the side questioningly.

Roxas sighed.

"School. It starts at nine. It's 8:52."

The youngest boy froze for a second and turned around. After a terrified glance at the alarm clock on Roxas' night stand, he was off.

Roxas released a sigh and peeked outside to see said cousin sprinting outside.

Once he was sure Sora was gone for the day and hadn't forgotten anything on the kitchen table, the blonde turned to the tv resting on a short table at the foot of his bed. It had been forever since he last had some free time. His eyes eventually traveled to the PS2 resting beneath the previously mentioned table.

Tic... Toc... Ding!

Heh, why not? He thought, crawling near the tv and stretching to turn it and the game platform on with a cat smile.

"Time to do some ass kicking."

He would need to go to college for arrangements for his leave so he didn't get zeros everywhere, but beating the life out of baddies came in first for once. School could wait.

I hope that wasn't too bad or boring. I tried to add a little comic touch with Sora is it wasn't too hard not to fall asleep on it lol the next chapters will be better. I'll start introducing a few characters and such, so it should pace up some. Comments? I'd like to know if you liked or hated it so don't be shy!

And now, enjoy


New town, new people, new problems.