Sora blinked, staring at his clock, it couldn't be that time-could it? 8:45 AM continued to shine in his eyes. He groaned loudly, sitting up despite the protests that his body made. He shook his head, crawling out from beneath Roxas and Namine. "Get up guys, school's started." he murmured, going over to the closet and grabbing a gray long sleeved shirt and a pair of dark jeans. "I call first shower." he said to no one in particular.

When he finally emerged from his shower, the first thing he noticed was the frantic shouting that rang throughout the house-obviously, Axel was here, and so was Kairi, which meant Riku was around as well, and that meant that Xigbar had somehow managed to get there to bother poor Namine who was probably trying to get all of them a decent breakfast before they piled into someone's car to drive too fast to that hell they called High School…

Suddenly, through all the noise and commotion, the door bell rang. Oh god, no more people, there's no way we can get all these people in a single car! Sora thought, shaking his head as he traveled down the hall, down the stairs and into the living room, to the front door. He opened it, only to be tackled by a snow covered Cloud.

"I missed you!" came the uncharacteristic and very enthusiastic greeting from the blond as he sat up, getting on his feet. Sora stared, bewildered, he had just been tackled by Cloud Strife himself…? Is the world coming to an end? he mused.

Cloud was dressed in a leather jacket, jeans, old army boots, and a strikingly white turtle-neck. He clutched a motorcycle helmet in one hand and a pair of leather gloves in another. A brilliant smile graced his lips as he looked down at the confused brunette.

Finally, Sora managed to find his voice, "Cloud, what are you doing here? I thought you were away for holidays and weren't going to be back for another two months? How long has it been anyway? Three months?"

The blond continued to grin as he shook his head, "Nope. I decided not to go with my Dad, it was a business trip anyway, I would have gotten in his way…and yeah, Sora…ah…3 months…" he replied with a shrug, shutting the door with his foot.

Sora stood as well, realizing his back was wet from the snow that had gotten into the house.

"Well, Namine was fixing-"

"Sora, um, breakfast is ready, we're all running late so get the container with the blue lid." interrupted the timid voice of Namine.

Sora smiled softly, turning to face her. "Thanks a whole lot Namine, you're the best." he said, hugging her. "Just to let you know-"

"You're getting a ride with Cloud-I know." she replied, the light pink that shadowed her face made her look even more adorable, seeing as she was uncharacteristically dressed, in a denim skirt that went down to her knees, with sky blue leg warmers, and a blue long sleeve shirt to match.

"Oh, and Ms. Namine, you look beautiful." said Cloud charmingly, walking over and taking her hand to gently place a kiss upon her delicate skin.

She responded by blushing harder and nodding, murmuring something along the lines of: "Good morning to you too Cloud, it's good to see you again." before walking away, to go tend to a very loud and complaining Axel.