A/N:Hey everyone! This is a story I wrote as a spur of the moment kind of thing that I didn't even plan on publishing here. Here is a new story for you and I hope you enjoy it.

Chapter I: Why would you do this to me?

Parents getting divorces is never easy. Some people say that choices like that were made for the better but in reality all it does is tear you apart from the inside. Some people have to live with how hard it truly is to have their parents split. Let's introduce the family of the story, the Strife's, they have had many ups and downs in their life and they never expected to have it thrown around as much as it was. The twists and turns they take all lead them to this one dramatic point in their lives.

10 years in the past

It was just an hour after dinner time and three seven-year old children were calming playing sword-fighting in their room. Suddenly from downstairs a large 'boom' ricochets off of the walls of the house. Being the curious children they are, the three filed out of the room and sat at the small balcony part looking over into the kitchen, seeing their mother sitting calmly at the table and their father a disheveled mess.

"You missed dinner again. That's the sixth night in a row." Their mother stated calmly. Their father, Cloud, sighed aloud and walked around the table to the fridge, proceeding in pulling out a foil-covered plate.

"I know that. I tried to make it but the boss kept me late. I'll try and be on time tomorrow, alright?" He said, unwrapping his meal and gently placing it into the microwave.

"No! I can't stand hearing that excuse anymore! You always say the same thing but I just do not believe it anymore!" Tifa shouted, her chest rising and falling rapidly. Cloud slowly turned around and leaned against the counter and stared at his wife.

"Well then what do you want me to say? There is nothing more to it than me having to take overtime just to make ends meet. I'm always late because I'm trying to make us all a happy family but you're twisting everything around and making it into something it's not." Cloud said, remaining completely calm. Tifa slowly stood from the table and stood a few feet in front of Cloud, eyeing him for a moment before pulling him into a tight embrace for a second and pulling apart.

"We've been fighting like this a lot lately. I'm sorry; you're just so handsome sometimes I think someone else is going to take you away from me." She stated, placing a gentle kiss on his cheek.

"No one could ever take me away from you. You're the world to me."

2 years later

"Come on, Roxas! You gotta catch up to us now!" A nine-year old, chocolate-hair boy yelled as he ran beside a honey-blonde boy. These boys were the sons of Cloud and Tifa, their names were Sora, Roxas and Ventus who were triplets but fraternal because of their appearances. Sora, a boy who had chocolate hair and sea-blue eyes - Roxas and Ventus were honey-blonde haired boys with deep cerulean eyes that shone in the sunlight. It was mid-July and the three boys were playing in their grandparent's yard while the adults talked about serious business that children didn't bother to listen to.

"This is the final straw, Cloud!" A familiar voice shouted from inside the cottage-like home. All the boys turned around at the same time and stared awestruck as their mother stomped out with a calm looking Cloud following behind her.

"Tifa! Please just listen! It's not what you think; I don't even remember having this message saved anywhere!" Cloud shouted to her as she continued to stomp across the grass and towards her sons. Swiftly she picked them all up and brushed past Cloud as she walked to the car, placing the children in their respective seats and then herself into the passenger seat with an angered face on. Cloud sighed and bid a good-bye to his mother as he turned the car engine on and began to drive away. The drive was long for the short amount of time they actually spent in the car and no one talked until they reached their home. Cloud set his keys down in the bowl by the front door and everyone else filed in behind him. Tifa walked into the living room and crossed her arms over her chest as she looked around the room and sighed.

"Cloud, could you come in here a minute." She called out to her husband. He emerged within seconds and Tifa let out a large sigh.

"I know we've had our differences and such and I think I know of a way we can fix all of this so we aren't causing pain to ourselves and also to our children." She said calmly.

"What are you proposing here, Tifa?" He asked, folding his arms with confusion spreading across his features.

"I want a divorce."

1 year later

Papers upon papers had been filled out and they all led to this drastic day. Cloud and Tifa hadn't slept in the same bed or talked to each other informally for a whole year and their children were getting quite worried about what would happen once their parents split up. Who would go to which parent and how would they communicate? The answers just weren't filtering and the night before their court date for the divorce to go through, these boys heard their father crying while their mother was sound asleep. The courtroom was stuffy and the collars on the suits were itching against Roxas' sensitive skin. Sora and Ventus sat next to him with perfect posture and no signs of discomfort even they that this is the day one of them will be split from the others.

"This court is now adjourned! Cloud Strife, you have full custody over Roxas Strife and Tifa Lockhart you now have custody over Sora and Ventus Strife. I bid a good day. Adjourned!" Said the judge as he smashed his gavel down onto the stand and walked off into another room. Tifa and Cloud shook hands formally and waved their children over. They all embraced in one last hug before they split in their different ways, not knowing when they would see one another again.

7 years later: Present Time

"Come on, Rox! We're going to be late, your mother is waiting for you in the next four towns over and if we don't leave now, we'll be late!" Cloud called up from the bottom of the stairs.

"Alright, alright I'm coming down right now!" Roxas shouted back down to his father. It had been exactly seven years since his parents got divorced and things seemed to be going fine, his father had a boyfriend surprisingly and his name was Zack Fair, who also happened to be his father's prior boss but Roxas promised not to tell his mother that her assumptions had always been right. He was now seventeen years old and stood at about 5'5 since then and felt as though he matured well. The school he went to wasn't his favorite and even though he didn't have any real friends around here, he still got to visit his brothers sometimes over the holidays and on birthdays, but besides that he never really got to his much of his family. Now all that was going to change since Roxas and his father were moving a town closer to his mother and Roxas would now be a transfer student at Radiant Garden High School with Sora and Ventus. This was going to be Roxas' junior year with his brothers and he was beyond excited about it.

A honk was heard from outside that stirred Roxas from his daydreaming and he picked up his skate board as he dashed out of his, now empty, room and ran outside to his father's car. He jumped into the passenger seat and stared out his window for a moment, this would be the last time he saw his small home in Twilight Town. He heard the car's engine start and smiled brightly as he saw that they were moving further and further away from their old home. This would the first time in two whole years since he last saw his mother and brothers and a plus side to all of this for Roxas was that it would be a permanent stay closer to his family. Cloud and Zack were great parents though, Roxas wasn't going to complain but all that testosterone got to your head sometimes and being with his mother from time to time would be great. Roxas thought about how the school would be and what kind of friends he was going to make there. Maybe Sora and Ventus would introduce him to their friends and they would all be a group of friends, which sounded great in his head. Roxas' eyes widened with excitement once he saw the sign on the highway that read in big bold letters 'Now entering Radiant Gardens'. His heart rate sped up and he sat forward in his seat. Reaching into his pocket he pulled out his phone and began to type in Ventus' number. The ringing came to his ears as a joyous bell ringing throughout his heart, he'd miss this place so much his heart was pounding in his ears, and he would finally be one with his family again.

"Hello? Roxas, is that you?" He heard his brother say through the speaker.

"Yeah it's me! Guess what! Were nearly there, just twenty more minutes and we'll be hugging each other again after so long."

"Oh my god, that's great Roxas! I'll go tell mom and Sora right now! Hey, how's dad doing by the way? Did he get married again to some pretty lady or what?" Ven asked.

"Well, funny thing Ven…" Roxas started to say before looking to his father. Cloud gave a calm head nod and focused on the road with a smile on his face which caused Roxas to also smile in return.

"Well what, Rox? Tell me, who is the lucky women?" He inquired again

"Dad's got a boyfriend. His names Zack Fair and he's really cool, I can't wait till you guys meet him." I said, still with a bright smile on my face.

"H-he does? Wow, who would've thought dad would switch teams like that after mom left him." Ven said. He sounded a bit shocked but not for too long. Roxas and Ventus continued their conversation from there, just catching up with each other a bit before they saw one another again. Before they both knew it, Cloud had pulled into the driveway of their new home and Roxas was saying good-bye to his brother and saying that they would see each other soon. Roxas hopped out of the car and caught the house keys that his father tossed to him as he ran to the door and opened it with ease. He was frozen in shock when he saw the inside of the house, it was the most amazing home he'd ever seen it beat his old house by a longshot.

"Roxas, come help me unpack the boxes and put them where they belong. Zack just pulled up with the furniture and stuff, go help him out." Cloud said as he came through the door with a pile of boxes in hand.

Roxas jumped down the three steps of the house and went to the U-Haul truck to help Zack unload the TV and couch. Roxas unloaded most of his boxes and went up the stairs to pick out a room to put them in. Walking up the stairs to the second floor, Roxas saw four doors and at least one of them had to be the bathroom. He opened each one and each room was fairly large in size, sighing he shifted his weight from his left side to his right. He turned his head upwards, closing his eyes and taking in the new scent of his home before opening his eyes again and seeing a box-like shape on the ceiling. It had a puller hanging down from it, which Roxas gladly took ahold of and began pulling it down to reveal a set of ladder-like stairs. He pulled it all the way opened and began to climb up into what should be the attic. Once he was up there he saw that the last home owners had not completely removed everything from this room.

Slowly Roxas walked around the room, removing the sheets from on top of old couches and other furniture things. So far in his find, there was one old grandfather clock he decided he was going to keep, a couch that was very sunken in and need to go to the trash, two night tables and a desk that would come in handy later, and lastly a fat stack of old records and a record player. He contemplated keeping them for a moment but voted against it because he knew he wouldn't use them anyway. He thought for a minute and decided that he was going to wither sell some of them or give them to his grandmother who is really interested in old records and such.

An hour and a half later, Roxas finally managed to get all of his stuff into his house in up to his new attic room. It took a while for him to convince Cloud to allow him the room up there but, with a little help from Zack, his father ended up saying yes in the end. Roxas sat on his bed and looked around the room giving it a good once over with his eyes. He liked this house and thought it was a great way to start with a clean slate and have a fresh beginning.

"Hey Roxas, come down here we're going to see your mother and have lunch!" He heard Zack call from downstairs. Roxas' face broke out into the biggest smile he could manage and he jumped off his bed, down the ladder and to the front door. He bounced happily on his toes as he waited for his parents to come outside. The all filed into the car and drove about ten minutes to his mother's house. Once they pulled up, Roxas was so happy he didn't even wait for his father to park before jumping out of the car and running up the front steps to his mother's house, knocking hastily at the door. Slowly the door opens to reveal a tall brown-haired woman at the age of 37 and looking as beautiful as she did when Roxas last saw her; this was his mother Tifa, the woman that birthed him.

"Mom…" He said, tears building up in his eyes.

"Hey Roxas, welcome home." She said quietly as she reached out to embrace her son. These were the moments that Roxas missed the most, the moments where he could just huge his mother forever and never let go. This is just what he needed to make his day a whole lot better than it already was.

"I miss you so much mom, it's been like two years since I last you in person." Roxas wiped his eyes and smiled happily at his mother, who smiled just as brightly back at him.

"I know, but now you won't have to be sad anymore because you're just a short drive or walk away from us now." She said, guiding him in the house. Cloud and Zack followed slowly behind as they entered into the living room, where Sora and Ventus were standing with gigantic smiles plastered onto their faces. Roxas broke away from his mother's embrace and ran to his brothers, pulling them both in for a way overdue hug.

"God, I've missed you guys so much! It's been way to long and I really missed being with you guys." He said as he looked at bother their faces. Nothing really changed about them since he last saw and he liked that, change never suited well with him.

"We've miss you too, Roxas." Sora said with a shit-eating grin on his face.

"We even got a room upstairs set-up for you when you stay over!" Ven exclaimed. The expression on his face just shouted out how happy he was. Roxas smiled at his brothers then turned around to look at the adults. Cloud nodded at Roxas when they made eye contact and cleared his throat causing everyone in the room to look at him and Zack.

"Everyone, except for Roxas, I'd like to introduce you to my boyfriend Zack. We've been together for about 6 official years." Cloud stated proudly, wrapping his arm around Zack's waist. Zack smile and waved at everyone but stopped all together when he looked at the expression on Tifa's face. She was in complete shock and looked like she was about to break down in tears by the looks of it. Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at her to make sure she was going to be alright. Her breaths were a bit jagged and she put a hand over her chest, opening and closing her eyes slowly she looked at everyone's face with a blank expression.

"Cloud, I want you to take Roxas and your boyfriend home now. Don't bring him into my house again, I will only allow my son back here. Get out." She said, not raising her voice but the words seemed to spill out like venom from her lips.

"Tifa… I don't understand what's-"He started but was immediately cut off.

"I said GET THE FUCK OUT OFF MY HOUSE, YOU LOUSY FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT! I KNEW YOU WERE SLEEPING BEHIND MY BACK ALL THOSE YEARS BUT I NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN WITH ANOTHER MALE! I AM DISGUSTED I EVER CALLED YOU MY HUSBAND! GET OUT OF MY GOD DAMN HOUSE NOW, CLOUD AND TAKE THAT FILTHY PIECE OF SHIT WITH YOU!" She shouted, her chest rising and falling rapidly and her face contorted in the way you would look at something with disgust. Everyone was silent, no one said anything.

Roxas frowned at his mother and hugged his brother's good-bye. He walked past Tifa shaking his head disapprovingly as he and his father made their way to the front door without uttering a single word. As Roxas got into the car, he heard and saw his mother slam the door closed fiercely and he let out a deep sigh he didn't even know he was holding in. The ride home was quiet and fast, before they all realized it they had pulled back into their drive way and were back inside the house, continuing to unpack all their belongings. No one spoke to one another for at least an hour before they all decided to go get some lunch. When they got back to the house, everything seemed to go back to normal; his father and his father's boyfriend were happily talking while Roxas sat across from them on the other couch, playing Xbox.

Everything seemed to be fine for the rest of the night, hopefully tomorrow would be even better for Roxas than today.

A/N: HEY! You made it to the end, that's great! Thank you for reading and I hope you stick around for a while, yeah? I'll have a new chapter up fairly soon or at least I will try to by maybe Monday or Tuesday? Maybe I have practice those days though. (Yeah, high school is a drag.)

Please review, it would make me really happy!