Chapter 1: The Bet
"You already know I'm going to win." Riku teased. "So you might as well give up now before you embarrass yourself, Hirose."
Roxas grunted at the silverette sitting beside him on the floor of Sora's bedroom, the Wii controller in his hand. He hated playing video games with Riku because he always got so competitive. And he hated when people called him by his last name. "I'd shut your trap if I were you, Riku. I own at Brawl."
"Let's keep this friendly you guys." Sora interceded. "The last time you guys argued about a videogame you broke my wicked awesome Sanrio lamp!"
"Sora, that lamp was purple and it had Hello Kitty on it." The blonde raised an eyebrow at his friend. "Besides, it's not like I asked Riku to hurl the remote at me."
"It was a collectable…" Sora mumbled before sitting on the floor in-between Roxas and Riku. "So, let's keep this nice and clean. That means no violence, no swearing, and no death-threats." He glared at Roxas at the last one, who gave a sheepish grin.
"Hey Rox, care to place a friendly wager?" Riku asked suddenly, completely ignoring everything the brunette had just said.
"I'd rather not." He said gravely, earning a nod of approval and thumbs up from Sora. "I don't want to keep anything friendly with you." He sneered. Sora's face fell with disappointment.
Those two could never get along.
"Fine Hirose. What's your bet?"
"If I win, you have to ask Selphie out and date her for a whole month." Riku's eyes got wide and his face fell. Roxas grinned proudly. Everyone knew Selphie was the most annoying girl in the entire school. She was one of those people who bragged about her Beanie-Baby collection and raved on about how the Jonas Brothers were 'totally sexy and awesome'. Riku couldn't handle that for a month.
"Fine." The silverette grumbled. "And if I win, you have to show up to school dressed in drag for the rest of the school year." Roxas gulped loudly. It was only the middle of March and school let out in May.
"I-I dunno Riku…" The blonde stuttered. "That seems like an awfully long time."
"But I thought you 'owned at Brawl'. You should have nothing to worry about." Riku replied nonchalantly. "Unless you're too much of a pussy to go along with it."
"Language!" Sora scolded. "My mom is downstairs and you guys are talking really loud. And if she hears you guys swearing I'll get yelled at for it!"
"No, I'm game." Roxas replied coldly. "And don't call me a pussy or I'll-"
"Are you two even listening to me?! I said no swearing and no death-threats!" The brunette interrupted. "Now Riku, apologize to Roxas for calling him names. And Roxas, apologize for almost threatening to kill him. Let's have fun you guys."
They both let out a grunt and murmured an 'I'm sorry' to each other under their breaths. "Great. Now let's play. I call being Pikachu!"
The three of them sat in silence as they all concentrated on the screen trying to knock each other off the board. (Sora as Pikachu, Riku as Snake, and Roxas as Ike.) They were pretty well tied. Sora usually sucked at Brawl, but Riku and Roxas were to busy dealing with each other's characters to even pay attention to the little yellow Pokémon. So surprisingly, he was winning.
About 10 minutes later, Roxas and Riku both lost and Sora was the winner. They all sat in stunned silence trying to assess how this was possible. "Hah! I win!" Sora bragged in a sing-song voice.
The older boy turned and looked at Roxas, who had a confused look on his face. "You died before me so you lost the bet." Riku cheered. "I bet you'll look damn good in a tutu."
"Actually, you both lost the bet." Sora pointed out. "So technically, you have to date Selphie and Roxas has to dress in drag."
They were both speechless and glanced from each other to Sora. "I object." Roxas said suddenly. "There's no way I'm going to school as a girl!"
"You're just too much of a pussy. As I stated before." Riku whispered in the blonde's ear. "I'm going to ask out Selphie tomorrow and hold out my end of the bargain. Since I'm a man and all."
Roxas growled and clenched his hands into fists. "I am NOT a pussy. And I'll show up as a girl tomorrow! You'll see!"
Sora pressed his lips in a line as he suppressed laughter. "You guys should get heading home. I still have homework to do." The two nodded and grabbed their things and stormed down the stairs.
"Do you boys need a ride?" Mrs. Hikari, Sora's mom, called from the kitchen. Neither of them answered because they were too busy racing each other out the front door. Sora came downstairs and joined his mom.
"So what was that about?"
"Roxas and Riku both lost a bet so they're both pretty peeved." He explained as he grabbed a bottle of water from out the fridge. "Riku has to date an annoying girl and Roxas has to dress like a girl for the rest of the year."
"Wow. No wonder they both looked like they were going to kill each other. But it sounds like Roxas definitely got the worse end of the deal." She sat across from her son at the breakfast table and set a sandwich in front of him.
The brunette smiled and took a bite out what he now realized was chicken salad. "Yeah totally. Riku's conniving like that so he can always think of worse things. That's why I learned my lesson from betting with Riku."
"I don't like the idea of you gambling anyway Sora. Especially with two boys who have very bad potty mouths."
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"Welcome home honey." Ms. Hirose greeted as Roxas stormed through the front door, slamming it with all his force when he got inside. "Erm. Is something the matter?"
"It's nothing mom." He said solemnly as he ascended the stairs up to his room. She shook her head in disdain and continued to prepare dinner. 'That boy always comes home angry when he goes to Sora's house.' She thought to herself.
Roxas trudged through the hallway, about to push open his bedroom door when he saw his twin sister's door slightly ajar. He contemplated for a moment and decided telling Naminè what happened couldn't possibly do any harm.
He let out a sigh and rapped on her door twice before letting himself in. She was lying across her bed with what looked a play script in her hand and appeared to be deep in thought. "Nami?"
"Huh? Oh, hey Rox. What's up?" She sat up and threw the script to the side.
"What are you doing?" He inquired, eyeing the script that now sat on the floor. It had 'Romeo and Juliet' printed on the front in bold letters.
"I wanted to be Juliet." She said sadly. "But they casted that stupid Kairi girl instead."
"So why are you reading the script?" He raised an eyebrow and picked the little booklet off the floor. He looked up at her questioningly and she was biting her lip. "And why are all of Romeo's lines highlighted?"
"You're going to think it's stupid." She murmured. Roxas still gave her that questioning look and she let out a sigh. "I'm going to try out as Romeo tomorrow."
Roxas had to bite his lip to prevent himself from bursting into a laughing fit. "Naminè, you do understand Romeo is a guy right?"
The tiny blonde hurled a pillow at her brother. "I know that dummy! Now, what did you come in here for? Because I know it wasn't so you can question my brilliant idea."
"Well… Erm… I lost another Riku bet. And I might need your help." Naminè began holding her stomach and laughing hysterically. "It's not funny." He sneered, and her laughter ceased.
"So what do you have to do?" Roxas groaned and sat on the bed besides her. "That bad, huh?" He nodded glumly. "You'd think you'd learn your lesson from all the other times you've lost a bet to Riku. Especially that time when he made you streak through the football field during the game." They both shuddered at the memory.
"Well, he lost too. He has to date Selphie for a month." He mumbled.
"So what do you have to do then?"
He let out a sigh and put his face in his palm. "I have to dress like a girl until the last day of school. And don't you dare laugh! This isn't funny."
Naminè kept a straight face as she flung her arm around her brother. "So, don't do it." She said simply.
He sighed again. "It's not that simple Nami. If I don't show up dressed in drag tomorrow, everyone will question my manhood."
"So wait. You have to dress like a girl to prove you're a man? You teenaged boys are one strange species."
"I don't even know where I'm going to find 'girly' things to wear tomorrow. I mean, since its uniform I can just wear what I usually wear. I just need a skirt… Naminè, can I borrow a skirt?"
Naminè was completely silent.
"Earth to Nami! Are you in there?" He waved his hand frantically in front of her face. "Heelllooo?"
The small blonde didn't move except for her lips that curved into a mischievous smile. "Oh my god." She half-whispered. "Rox, I just got the best idea!!"
"Okay. Would you like to share?"
"Well, we're twins right?" She asked giddily.
"Erm… Is this some sort of trick question? Because our mom says we are but sometimes I swear you're adopted-OW!" Naminè slapped him upside the head. "Yes. Yes we are." He mumbled, rubbing where she hit him.
"Well, in most beliefs they say twins are two halves of one person."
"I don't understand what you are getting at here Naminè." He admitted.
"What if we reverse our roles? We'd still be halves of the same person. The natural balance wouldn't change."
"I hate it when you get all metaphorical and say crazy things I don't understand. What do you mean by 'reverse roles'?"
"Roxas, you silly person, you. I'm saying, why don't you be me and I be you? That way, you can go about your bet without anyone actually knowing it's you and I can get the part as Romeo in the play!" She cheered.
"You're kidding right? Does that play really mean that much to you? I thought you were more of an artist than an actress."
"Well, I really want to get into this art school and one of the talent scouts will be at the play on opening night. It's really hard to get a scholarship there by sending in artwork because millions of people send their artwork in. I'll be like 30 by the time they actually look at mine."
"But Naminè, if you try out as me and get the part; and the scouts like you, then the scouts are going to want me to go to the school. I can't be you forever y'know."
"I'll cross that bridge when I come to it. The play isn't until a few days before school lets out, so I'm sure I'll come up with something by then. So what do you say?"
"But Nami, we don't look exactly alike. I think people can tell the difference."
"The only real noticeable difference is our hair and our figure. But you're not that masculine, and I'm not that curvy so that's not even a big deal. As for the hair, I have wigs I can style."
"You have wigs already? Did you know this was going to happen?" He asked suspiciously.
"No silly. But I have two blonde wigs from Halloween three years ago when I was Rapunzel. I have two because the first one was too long. Remember?"
"Oh yeah. On Halloween morning you made Dad go buy you a new one."
"I didn't make him. He offered. I'm not a brat, Roxas." She scolded.
He chuckled. "So you'll cut and style the wigs and we'll wear each other's clothes?"
"Pretty much. But we have to go to each other's classes and act like each other. It's not as simple as 'dressing up'. So are you definitely down for this?"
"I guess."
"Roxas, Naminè! Time for dinner!" Their mom called from downstairs. They both got up and began to walk downstairs before Roxas grabbed Naminè by her shoulder and pulled her back.
"Naminè, what are we going to tell mom?"
A/N: This is probably going to be one of the best stories I've ever written!
I got the idea for this from a line in my SoRiku one-shot 'Experimentation'. Basically Sora and Riku make a bet on a video game and Sora remembers how the last time he made a bet with Riku, he had to wear a dress to school xD
I will probably post Chapter two sometime tonight or tomorrow. This story only gets better ;3
This is Rated T for language and will possibly go up in later chapters. Expext yuri and yaoi as the story progresses!
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