So I kind of have writer's block. But I want to write!! It's the most annoying thing ever!
How I got this out is beyond me. I'm not even sure if when I'm going to update it and it's not as planned out as my other stories…
I have been going for shorter chapters lately but I didn't see a way to cut up this first chapter so I kept it as it is.
I obviously don't own Kingdom Hearts. If I did, Riku/Kairi would be canon by now, Vincent wouldn't have been cut, Roxas wouldn't be stuck inside Sora, and it would basically be a yaoi-palooza game.
"Later Sora!"
"Bye Roxas!"
"Bye!" The two turned around, waved back, and replied at the same time to their different group of friends before pivoting around again and headed home together.
Sora and Roxas Strife: twins and loved by many. What else is there to say about them?
"Have you found someone else to like yet?" Sora asked his brother who only rolled his eyes.
"Did you?"
"No…"
"Then me neither…"
"I hate our pact sometimes."
"Me too but let's deal with it."
Their pact? They can't date someone if both of them like that same person.
"What do you even see in him?" Roxas asked, bewildered that they like the same person since the two don't even like a lot of the same things to begin with.
"Well…he's…different! And I like different!" Sora replied a smile, "What about you?"
"Well considering the fact he's my best friend kind of helps. It means we've already have things in common and get along great. So in a way, I couldn't really help it," Roxas replied with a shrug,
"So you're saying…I'm supposed to like Riku?" Sora asked innocently and Roxas sighed,
"You don't HAVE to fall for your best friend but its not rare or anything."
"Ooh okay!"
"Besides…even if one of us didn't like him, the other can't date him anyway!"
"Why?" Sora asked with a tilted head,
"Sora! How old is Axel?"
"Um…older than us…we're in high school and he's in college right?"
"Exactly! 1. Axel could go to jail for being in a relationship with a minor. 2. If it's you that likes him and I don't, I wouldn't let you date him anyway! I don't trust him dating someone as innocent as you! And 3. Dad would never accept it any more than me!" Roxas counted to the reasons with his fingers.
"Why?"
"Dad doesn't like Axel. Remember the last and only time we brought him over?"
"…I remember a fire but-"
"And that's all you need to remember!" Roxas cut in. The two found it a perfect way to end the topic when they arrived at their front door.
"Dad! We're home!" Sora called cheerfully and bounced into the house but when he got no reply, his face fell, "I think he's still at work…"
"Well he'll be back soon," said Roxas and closed the door behind him. With a nod, Sora followed Roxas. If Roxas doesn't make the boy do his homework, well, Sora would be failing by now. So their routine after school involves them doing homework together. Although, a lot of the time, Sora just ends up copying his brother's homework anyway.
They would work on homework until they finished or their father calls them down for dinner.
"SORA!!!!" And if he calls you down THAT way, it usually meant you're in trouble.
The two ran downstairs, well Roxas hiding behind Sora, and they slowed down before Sora cautiously approached the kitchen.
"Y-Yeah Dad?" Sora asked nervously. The elder blonde turned around and held up a piece of paper that was previous crumpled,
"What is this? And what was it doing in the trash!?" Cloud exclaimed with the same angry tone that was used to call Sora down.
"Ooh…about that…" Sora completely forgot he tossed his failed math test into the trash yesterday. He was supposed to take it out later but…Axel called.
"You're lucky I'm a tree-hugger or I wouldn't have found this!"
"You mean he's unlucky," Roxas thought and couldn't help but chuckle to himself.
"Now explain!" Cloud ordered and crossed his arms.
"Um…I swear, I was going to take it out but I forgot! And well…yeah it's a failed test…" Sora murmured and lowered his head.
"I honestly didn't think I was right when I thought you didn't show me your test was because Roxas did better…by far! How do you get a 30?!"
"I don't know okay?!"
"One more thing…what is this?" Cloud turned the paper over to show a little heart with "Axel+Sora" in it.
"…Oh…now I remember why I threw it out to begin with. I mean other than the bad grade!"
Cloud lightly groaned and nearly slammed the paper down on the table next to him.
"Well I'm telling you right now that you're not EVER going to date that man and you're grounded."
"What?! What about Roxy! He likes Axel too!" Sora pointed behind him.
"Whoa, don't drag me into this!" Roxas protested, poking his head into the kitchen.
"I'm not grounding you because of your…crush...I'm grounding you for the grade! But while I'm at it: Roxas! You can't date Axel either!"
"Hey!!!" Roxas protested.
"It's one failed test! Why do I have to be grounded over that?! It's not like we haven't failed tests before!" Sora pouted and whined.
"Well unlike Roxas, and I know that's who you meant by saying 'we,' he doesn't hide or prolong the inevitable with his tests. He comes right and out and tells me. Yes, he's gotten punished before but because he's more honest with me, I'm lighter on the punishments with him. Now Roxas, that doesn't mean you can slack off!"
"Yes sir," Roxas nodded while Sora only glared at his father and stomped his foot like a child with a tantrum.
"That's not fair! You always side with Roxas on everything! Why do you like him better than me?!"
"Sora! Stop assuming that!" Cloud exclaimed, "Maybe if you're more responsible and act your age, or even a little less selfish, it wouldn't have to be this way!"
"Selfish?!" Sora nearly shrieked, "I'm the most selfless person you'll ever meet!"
"Sora, stop acting like a 10 year-old!" Cloud demanded as the poor man was getting frustrated with Sora.
"…Well that's who I am and people love me for it! Now I know why you like Roxas better than me! I hate you! I bet your lover would've liked me more!" Sora cried and wiped his eyes where tears were about to fall as he ran the stairs.
"Sora!" Cloud and Roxas both called after him.
Sora slammed the door to his room and fell on his bed. Anger as well as extreme amounts of jealousy ran through him. Anger at Cloud and jealousy at Roxas. Roxas has always been better at school in pretty much every subject out there except for probably art which was the only thing Sora seemed to have excelled at when compared to Roxas.
And Sora hated it with every fiber in his body. He loved Roxas and he loved his father but…whenever either of the two crosses with school, everything goes downhill for him.
"Sora!" Roxas called, pounding the door, "Sora! Come on! Don't be like that! Open up!"
Sora didn't reply as he cried into his pillow.
"Sora! Open the door before Dad decides to break it down! And you know he won't be kidding once he decides to!"
Boy was that a good story. Roxas was ironically ten and had a tantrum, locked himself in his room and stubbornly refused to come out, so Cloud broke the door down to give the boy a proper time-out. That might explain why Roxas is better behaved…
But Sora didn't want to give in. He rather have Cloud break the door down.
"Where's Sora?" Cloud questioned when he heard Roxas coming down the stairs.
"Um…"
"Ugh, forget it. If he wants to act like a baby, I'll treat him like one!" Cloud lightly pulled Roxas away from the stairs and Cloud stomped up the stairs, "Sora! You have ten seconds to open the door now! One!"
Roxas waited anxiously in worry as well as fear as he listened to Cloud count.
"Two! Three! Four!"
Yeah he technically felt for Sora but…Cloud's got a point. Sora many times act and react like a child. Even to the point when it annoys Roxas.
"Five! Six! Seven!"
Especially if the boy is THAT rebellious that Cloud actually has to count to ten! I mean…really?
Roxas remembered when they were younger that Sora thought he was adopted due to the fact that he wasn't a blonde. But the fact that he and Roxas looked identical proved that theory wrong already. Still Cloud never ever spoke of his lover. So whenever Sora uses the 'You like Roxas better' card, it usually does tend to lead to 'I bet your lover would've liked me more!' argument. Unfortunately, after all these years, Sora never caught on that if you mention his lover: Cloud's anger will double.
So as Roxas heard 'ten!' he wasn't sure how bad Sora's punishment will be. Maybe he'll go without dinner…it's not that Cloud would actually do that but whatever he does to scold Sora makes the boy lose his appetite.
However, Roxas did not expect Sora to simply…disappear.
Footsteps stopped running when the boy vaguely heard his name being called; knowing exactly that it was family. Panting and catching his breath, Sora leaned against a brick building and looked back. The mere act of looking at his house again caused the strong emotions to come back and Sora kept going.
When he and Roxas got separate rooms, he used to sneak out all the time with Riku and then the two would hide out in their tree house for a while. Of course, they got caught eventually when they both accidentally fell asleep in it one night. Cloud threatened to nail the windows shut if he catches him out late at night again. Of course, if he had, then Sora wouldn't of have escaped tonight.
Wandering around in the dark streets, Sora noticed the lack of people out even though there were a fair amount of cars passing him.
Though when he started passing stores, he was happy to finally see people. He was even happier when he spotted someone familiar.
"Hey Demyx!" Sora waved and ran up to the young man leaning against a bike rack.
"Sora? Wow, I thought Roxas was the type to be out at night by himself," Demyx commented and played with Sora's hair.
"What are you doing out here? Are you with Axel?" Sora asked hopefully.
"Oh, I'm just bored and looking for some fun…And Axel? Well I'm not with him but I know where we might find him."
"Really? Where?!" Sora asked excitedly.
"Dude, a bar, you're too young and there's no way we can even fake your age! Hahaha!"
"That's not fair…" Sora cutely pouted.
"Well I was going to head there as soon as the others show up already but you can come until the entrance and I'll find Axel and tell him you're waiting outside."
"Would you?"
"Sure, why not? You're a good kid. Although…it might be dangerous for you to wait outside by yourself at a bar entrance…especially the one we're going to."
"Huh?" Sora tilted his head in confusion, "Why is it dangerous?"
"Oh Sora," Demyx rolled his eyes, "You're too nice, innocent, and naïve for your own good! Seriously, why are you out here by yourself? I'm actually a bit worried for even leaving you at all!"
"Oh um…I just had a small fight with the family…" Sora shrugged with a light forced smile.
"Sora, I'll tell you right now that running from home won't solve the problem!"
"But Dad's being unfair!" Sora argued but before any more could be said on the topic, the two were approached my older and bigger men that Sora has never met before.
"Whoa, who's this? Is this our sex toy for the night?"
"No! Absolutely not!" Demyx immediately stood up straight and pulled Sora behind him, "He's Roxas's brother. Completely off limits! Axel and Roxas will kill you if you do such a thing!"
"That's Strife's brother? Well alright…come on then!"
"Okey dokey! Come on, Sora! There's no way I'm leaving out here by yourself now! I'm pretty sure Axel is at the bar so come on," Demyx took the boy's hand and everyone else stared at them questionably.
"How cute…Demyx is babysitting!"
"Oh can it, Larxene. Sora's a good kid; I don't want anything bad to happen to him!"
"Aww…" Larxene slowed down on her walk to walk next to Sora and cupped his chin, "He's an adorable little thing! You're right, it would be sad if something terrible happened to him. Good thing Xigbar didn't catch him by himself on our way over!"
"You'd think Xigbar would be able to see enough that he's related to Roxas but…can't trust his sight," Demyx stated with a shrug.
"I heard that!"
Sora only stayed silent as he listened to these young adults talk amongst themselves…mostly himself being the topic which wasn't the most comfortable thing to hear; especially if it's used in the same sentence that had the F-Bomb or 'sex' or 'toy' in it.
And after a while, it definitely began to scare Sora. The boy held onto Demyx's hand even more as he found himself in an unfamiliar area and everyone started acting up.
Sora spotted what-he-assumes was the bar ahead of him. The crowd of people acting like idiots told him so.
"Why don't you guys go look for Axel and tell him Sora's out here," Demyx suggested and they all stared at him.
"Why can't he just wait here himself?" Zexion asked in a monotone voice.
"Hello?! A 15 year-old boy with an adorable face?! If I leave him by himself, I might as well just give him to Xigbar now!"
"Hey take that back!"
"Fine, have it your way…" Zexion replied and they all headed inside.
"…Demyx?"
"Hmm?"
"How come it's safer when any of you guys are by yourselves? Is it because you're all adults?" Sora asked as he stayed closer to Demyx, as he felt people eyeing him and not in a good way.
"Well…it's not exactly any safer but…okay, you know about the birds and the bees right? Good! Well see…Any one of us don't look the most, um, appealing to lustful people. And those of us that are, well, people wouldn't dare approach. And if they do approach whoever's left, those idiots will get beaten up," Demyx summarized.
"Like who? Who would creepy people approach?"
"Um…" Demyx looked up and went into thought, "Well I want to say myself but it has yet to happen…Oh! Larxene has but wow! She beat the crap out of 4 guys one time! It was the scariest, but funniest, thing ever! The looks on their faces! Hahaha! But see…she's woman, so she's often targeted because our society's unfortunately like that. But Larxene can take care of herself and I guess us too. Heck, one time, she nearly castrated a guy that was hitting on Marluxia!"
"Who?"
"Oh yeah, you never met him…don't ask for him, ever," Demyx warned.
"Anyone else?"
"Um…I think Zexion has once but the things he says…are a huge turn-off to people so I guess knowledge can be power," Demyx shrugged, "Axel has too actually. But the difference is that…Axel goes along with it."
"What?!"
"Yeah he's a perv like that. But don't worry! He's noble enough not to touch minors like you and Roxas! Unlike people like Xigbar. Don't ever go near that guy unless myself or Axel is with you!"
Sora only nodded in partial understanding. He never realized how many people out here…need a life. He also never realized how many bad people there are. He's never felt so uncomfortable in a crowd of strangers. Now he was extremely happy that Demyx didn't leave him. Even Sora thinks he'll get kidnapped in less than a second if he was out here by himself.
"Oi, heard you're waiting for me!" Axel called from the entrance and started walking towards them with a cigarette in his mouth.
"Oh, there he is!" Demyx pointed and started pulling Sora along which caused Axel to actually notice Sora was here.
"What the? Sora? What are you doing here?" Axel asked, throwing the cigarette to the side. In a second, Demyx shoved the boy at the red-head,
"He's all yours! Bye!"
"Demyx!" Axel shouted after him but was ignored.
"Hi Axel! I just came to see you! Sorry I didn't mean to drag you out of the bar…but Demyx said I should come because he didn't want to leave me out by myself…" Sora explained.
"Why are you even out by yourself? Especially now?" Axel asked taking his phone out just to check the time.
"Well I…got into a fight with my family…"
"Oh…okay look, um…I can't leave you out here and I'm certainly not taking you in there. There are things you are never meant to see…so I think I'll just take you home."
"What? No! I don't want to go!"
"Sora, now's not the time to act like a rebellious child."
Sora only glared at the man before him,
"That's what my dad said!"
Axel only raised a brow in confusion, wondering if Sora actually ran from home over a fight like that.
"…How about I take you partial way home?"
"…Okay…"
Axel told himself he'll never understand Sora's logic. So the two started walking back in the direction they came from. Sora started up a conversation but he did most of the talking. The boy was excited that he had Axel to himself without Roxas along to steal conversations with. It felt nice to know that Axel's attention was only on himself and no one else.
Eventually, they stopped when Sora's home was within view.
"Will you get there by yourself safely or do you want me to take you all the way?" Axel asked and Sora only thought of one thing: If Axel takes him home, he'll spend more time with him BUT then he'll talk with Roxas.
"No it's okay! I promise I'll go home. Thank you, Axel. I'm sorry I wasted your time…" Sora sincerely apologized but was only met with a hand playing with his hair.
"Anything for you, Sora. Be good now and say hi to Roxas for me!" Axel waved before he started leaving. Sora wanted to squeal like a little girl at that moment and watched Axel walk off. Sora took a few steps to hide in an alleyway and sneaked peaks at Axel until he was completely out of sight. He only hid because he knew Axel would eventually turn around to see if he was still standing there. Ironically it's happened before and somehow Sora can learn from THAT mistake but not those that involved Cloud. The moment Axel turned, Sora hit his body and looked back again after about 20 seconds passed. Finally, Axel was out of sight and Sora sighed dreamily to himself.
After a while, Sora looked at his home again, wondering if he should return. But before he could think about it more, he felt himself being touched and he screamed as loud as he could.
Forcing off the grips that were on him, Sora fell forward but quickly got up as his first instinct was to run but his arm was quickly grabbed onto in a strong handgrip.
"Whoa! Where are you going? We're just getting started!"
Sora shuts his eyes and screamed some more as he felt himself being pulled on.
"Jeez you little-OW!"
Sora fell to the ground and only saw a flash of red hair before he felt himself being pulled into a stand.
"What's a kid like you doing out this late?"
"Please don't hurt me!" Sora nearly shrieked.
"Whoa! Thanks for catching him for me-OW!! Stop hitting me!"
"Lay off, he's only a kid! What the hell were you doing to him?!"
Sora slowly looked up to see a scarred man holding onto him and a red-haired man rubbing his head in pain.
"Um…well, he was in the alley so I-"
"You are such a sick man! You molest him again, and I'll knock your lights out!"
"Ugh…you're no fun…I'll go ahead to the bar then."
"You go do that. And don't you dare molest children on your way there!"
Sora swallowed as that red-head passed him. His body was shaking; Axel left him for one minute and he was touched inappropriately…not the most comforting thought.
"Hey, kid, you alright?"
"Y-Yes…" Sora half-lied and looked up at his savior.
"Sorry about that. Guess it was good thing I agreed to go out today. But what are you doing out here by yourself?"
"I…um…" Sora looked down and only shrugged. What's he's supposed to say?
"Leon? What are you doing with a kid? And where's Reno?"
Sora stiffened when he heard a second person.
"Reno just literally molested this child and now he's freaked out."
"Idiot…"
"Tell me about it, but he said he went ahead to the bar so go knock him over the head for me."
"Thanks and will do, good luck with that boy…hey, what's a kid like him doing out by himself anyway?"
"That's what I want to know! I should probably take him back to his parents."
"S-Sorry…" Sora whispered.
"What are you sorry for?" Leon questioned, "My stupid so-called friend is to blame for his sick actions. Now…where are your parents?" Leon asked with both hands on Sora's shoulders but Sora didn't reply but only kept staring at the second person who walked by them.
"I'll go ahead, good luck with him."
"Will do, see you later, Rude."
"I…" Sora started when he was left alone with this man but…what will Cloud think if he comes him with an adult!?
"Do you have a home?"
"Y-Yeah…but…"
"Are you lost?"
"Um…"
Leon sighed and puts on arm around him,
"Why don't you come to my place and use the phone?"
"H-Huh???"
"If you rather not go to a stranger's place, that's fine too. Ugh, worst time for me to lose my dead cell phone…um, there's got to be a payphone somewhere around here…"
Sora blinked, wandering how someone so fierce-looking was trying to help him.
"Um…we can g-go to your place…" Sora whispered, hoping he didn't just do something completely stupid.
"Oh alright, it's not far from here," with a pat on the shoulder, he lead the way out of the alley in the opposite direction that Sora was pulled into from.
Sora found himself once again in an unfamiliar area but it looked like a nice, quiet, and peaceful neighborhood.
All the houses looked nice and the street lights kept the area lit. Leon lead Sora to the steps of one of the houses and Leon pulled out keys to open the door.
"…You have a nice house, sir," Sora commented.
"Thanks, just call me Leon. No need to be formal."
Sora was gently lead into the house before the door was closed behind him. Turning on the lights, Leon immediately pointed to the phone by the stairs.
"Call your folks to come get you."
"Oh…yeah, okay. Thank you…"
At least this way he cannot get in HUGE trouble…kind of. Sora slowly punched in the numbers of his home and after a single ring it was picked up.
"Sora?!" Roxas nearly shouted.
"Um, y-yeah…"
"Oh gosh! Sora! You're okay! You're-"
"Sora where are you?" Cloud stole the phone from Roxas and demanded an answer.
"Um…S-Sir? What's your address?"
"It's Leon," the man replied from the kitchen before giving his address and Sora repeating it.
"You're at someone's house?!"
"W-Well…something happened…and well…"
"Ugh, just explain it when you're grounded for a good 2 months! Stay put, Sora!"
"Okay," Sora muttered, his anger rising up again and would've slammed the phone down if he didn't remember this wasn't his phone. Sora hung up and went into the kitchen where Leon sat eating a sandwich. The man motioned Sora to sit next to him where he saw another cup was laid out.
"Want something to eat?"
"N-No thank you…" Sora replied and sat down, picking up his drink, "Thanks for the juice."
"No problem. So someone coming to get you?"
"Yeah…" Sora replied and sipped his drink.
"Good. You really shouldn't be out at night by yourself. It's not safe as you've experienced today."
"Y-Yeah…" Sora slowly nodded, "I will probably never do that again now!"
"Good! I don't even want to imagine what would've happened if I didn't go out today!"
"Me neither…thank you again."
"It's nothing…" Leon replied and got up from his seat. Sora only continued to slowly drink his orange juice until a plate with toast was put in front of him.
"Eat."
Sora placed his cup down and picked up a piece of toast and nibbled on it.
"You're very nice. Are you always like this to strangers?" Sora questioned when Leon sat back down.
"Heh, I'm not THAT nice."
"That's not true," said Sora and found himself smiling, "You've been very nice to me!"
Leon only lightly smirked before a constant knock and doorbell ringing was heard.
"That's probably for you," Leon motioned and Sora got up from the table to run to the front door.
Opening it, he was immediately hugged by Roxas.
"Sora! You're okay!" he exclaimed in relief, holding his brother tightly.
"Y-Yeah, I'm okay I…"
Cloud's scary glare made Sora gulp. The man approached the two and he kept that glare as he crossed his arms.
"H-Hey Dad…"
Cloud opened his mouth to speak but when Leon moved and left the kitchen to check on Sora, Cloud's eyes were drifted for a second and it stayed that way.
"Oh…my…Shinra…"
"Wow…" Leon's eyes lightly widened, "Small world…"
"…Roxas, Sora, get in the car," Cloud ordered as his eyes turned into a glare.
"Come on, Sor," Roxas released Sora to pull him along but Sora kept his ground,
"Wait!" Sora looked between Cloud and Leon who kept staring at each other.
"Well…this is unexpected and a bit awkward," said Leon and crossed his arms with Cloud mimicking his actions,
"Beyond unexpected…Sora, I said get in the car!"
Sora only shook his head.
"…You know if you actually said 'please' he might actually do it," Leon commented only to have Cloud glare harder at him
"Don't tell ME how to raise THEM!" Cloud pointed at Sora and Roxas.
"I'm just saying," Leon puts his hands up in defense, "But I'm surprised you let that kid out on his own-"
"His name is Sora, alright?" Cloud cut in, "And I didn't LET him! By the way, Sora, you're grounded for at least 3 months now."
"What?!" Sora exclaimed in anger while Roxas tried to get Sora to leave so hell won't break loose.
"Well…that's nice," said Leon sarcastically.
"Squall, shut the hell up. You wouldn't know how to do some good parenting even if it crawled up your pant leg and died!"
"Speaking of 'parenting' I need to ask…" Leon pointed at the twins and Cloud answered before Leon even got to the question.
"Yes, they're mine!"
"But they're…"
"They're 15 years old. Do the math!" Cloud snapped and turned around to get Sora and Roxas to at least get out on the street.
"Oh…"
Sora looked back to see a troubled Leon,
"Thanks again, Leon!" Sora waved to him and Leon found himself lightly waving back.
"Sora, you're in so much trouble it's not even funny," Cloud stated but Sora didn't react. He just kept looking at Leon who went up to his door and watched them leave. The man had half a mind to go and stop them but…
"Leon…" Cloud called out to him without actually looking at him.
"…Yeah?"
"I thank you for looking out for Sora."
"Oh um…no problem…"
Sora looked between Cloud and Leon who both held troubled expressions on their faces.
Notes:
-Hehe, didn't mean to pick on Xigbar, it just happened!
-I do like the popular AkuRoku and RiSora BUT I adore the less popular pairings too like RokuSora(or SoRoku but I prefer Seme Roxas) and AkuSora. So don't go asking me who is going to end up with Axel because I honestly haven't decided yet! I'm not even sure if I'm going to end it like that!
Please read and review!!