HopelessDreamer56: I AM SO VERY SORRY! I didn't mean to upload this so late but...meh...writer's block. What are you gonna do? Whatever...Sorry it's so short. I got no ideas at the moment Dx BUT! I SHALL have a good idea hopefully soon!
Riku: God, I am SUCH an uke in this!
Sora: Good. FINALLY I can be somewhat seme! XD
HopelessDreamer56: Oh will you stop worrying about that Sora! You'll always be uke. I'll make sure of it *cheshire grin* *shot*


Sora peered from behind a large hedge next to Riku's house. There was a cop, Riku's mom, and Sora's parents talking on the front porch.

"So, ma'am, could you please describe what exactly happened?" the cop asked. Riku's mom had several scrapes across her forearms and she had a black eye and looked like she just walked out of a bar fight. She started to tear up a bit at the cop's question.

"I-I don't know, officer. I was about to start making dinner for my Riku when Sora came barging in, screaming about me stealing Riku. I had no idea what he was talking about so I tried to calm him down. But instead he punched me in the face. Riku was too shocked to even move. I didn't blame him. I knew they were going out and I knew they loved each other and to see someone you love beat up your mother is just-…" She let a few more fake tears fall before she spoke again. "Sora then said that he would show me the pain he was feeling and never let me forget it. That's how I got theses scars." She showed her forearms to the cops and Sora's parents. Sora's parents were in shock.

"There….There's just no way…Sora would never ever do something like that! He can't even see a drop of blood without puking!" Sora's mom shouted through her tears. Sora's father silently tried to calm his wife down.

"You'd be surprised what teenagers are capable of, Mrs. Strife. I truly am sorry about all this, folks. I'll set out a search party for them. They shouldn't have gone too far." The cop said as he stood up.

"Oh thank you so much, officer." Riku's mom said, hesitantly shaking the cop's hand. He then started to make to make his way back to his car. 'Oh crap!' Sora then quickly bolted away from the hedge and made his way back to Riku as fast as he could, careful to be sure no one saw him.

Riku jumped up at Sora the second he walked in and wrapped him up in his arms, almost squeezing the life out of him. "R-Riku…choking…not breathing." Sora managed to say. Riku loosened his grip on Sora and nuzzled his face in the crook of Sora's neck, all the while mumbling Sora's name. 'What's wrong with him?...Did he go into shock or something?' Sora thought. Riku pulled back and marveled at his boyfriend's worried expression and gently cupped his cheek. Sora leaned into Riku's hand and placed his hand over Riku's, then gently kissed it.

"Sora…What's going on? What's my mother doing?" Sora stayed silent. He wasn't sure how much he should tell Riku. Riku noticed Sora's hesitation and said, "Just tell me Sora. I can take it. I'm used to her overreacting. I just need to know how far she's willing to take it this time." He explained. 'This time? So something like this has happened before?' Sora didn't want to, but he kinda owed Riku, so he told him everything he heard and saw in the last ten or so minutes.

"Oh my god…not again…this-this can't be happening…Oh my god…" Riku gripped Sora's sleeve and fell to his knees. Sora kneeled down beside him and gently kissed him on the forehead to bring him back to reality. "Riku…Baby, what do you mean by 'again'?" Riku blankly stared at Sora for a few moments before he answered.

"When my dad left us, he tried to take me with him. But my mom pulled the same act she's pulling now to get him arrested and get custody over me."

"Why did your dad do that? Whenever you talked about him, you only spoke of nice things. You didn't make him out to be a bad guy."

"It was…to save me. My mom got a little crazy after my grandparents died. I was ten. She started hitting me, but then she would forget it almost right after and pretend like nothing ever happened. Me dad played along, for her sake, until one day it went to far and she almost drowned me in the bathtub…." Riku's shoes then seemed to be very interesting.

Sora lifted Riku's chin to look him straight in the eyes. "Why….Why didn't tell anyone? Why didn't you get help after your dad left? Why didn't you fight back?"

A few tears started swelling up in Riku's eyes. "I-…I was afraid…My-My mom is all I have left…If she was gone…then I would have to live in foster care or something and…I…I just…I just didn't want to lose anymore people I care about…" Riku then burst out crying.

Sora felt bad for making him cry; after all he's been through. He slowly raised his arms in an attempt to comfort him, but was cut off by a voice. "Sora? Riku? Is that you?" Sora and Riku both jumped at Roxas's voice.

"What the cuss Roxas! You trying to kill us?" Sora shouted at his younger brother.

"Sorry, Sora. I didn't mean to. Mom told me what happened so I came looking for you…You-You didn't really beat Riku's mom did you?" Roxas looked heartbroken. He had a deep respect for his older brother, so hearing that he did something like that…Roxas just couldn't believe it.

Riku got really annoyed and lurched himself towards Roxas. He lifted him up by the collar of his shirt and brought him straight to eye level. "Sora would NEVER do something like that! How could you, for even one millisecond, believe what that woman says! I guess you really could care less about Sora!"

"What are you talking about? He's my brother! I love-" Riku slapped him and let Roxas drop to the ground.

"…If you really loved Sora…You wouldn't doubt him….ever." Riku then stormed off to the very back corner of the cave, leaving a shocked Roxas on the ground. Sora knew better then to try to talk to Riku when he was in a mood, so he went to his brother.

"Roxas I-"

"Sora I'm sorry. I didn't mean to doubt you. I'm so sorry. I just-" Sora hugged his brother to shut him up and to tell him that it didn't matter right now. What did matter was figuring out what the heck they were gonna do from here on out.


Again, SO sorry it's so short! The next chapter will be longer I promise! R&R but no flames please! Though, ideas and constructive criticism would be GREATLY appreciated ^^