Chapter One:
"Mr. Heidatchi, have you been listening to a word I've said all period?"
Curious, both of the Heidatchi twins glanced up at the teacher.
"Not you, Roxas. I'm talking to Sora."
The brunette bowed his head in embarrassment from being called on in front of the class, but his tiny hands wrapped around a blue, one-subject notebook with a page full of writing in it.
"Yes Mr. Luxord, see? A full page of notes on fractions." The boy muttered, gently placing the book into Mr. Luxord's hands.
The blonde-haired teacher grunted in approval and kneeled down to Sora's level.
"You look like you've taken your mind on a trip to mars. Everything alright?"
Sora looked away from Mr. Luxord's concerned gaze and nodded again, throwing in a fake smile to prove his point.
Mr. Luxord simply rose back to his feet and walked to the chalk board.
"Alright class, that concludes today's lesson on fractions. No homework for tonight because I'm feeling generous. Speak with your classmates until the bell rings in five minutes."
A few hissed "yes's" were heard around the room as kids shuffled to talk to their best friends.
Sora on the other hand, sadly huddled his books together into a pile as Roxas inched closer to him.
"Hey Peanut, what's wrong with you?" the blonde boy questioned, throwing an arm over his brother's shoulder.
Before Sora could answer, his best friend, also known as Roxas' boyfriend, Axel came between the two.
"Roxas, why do you always call him Peanut? It's kinda girly." The red-haired teen asked, giggling slightly afterward.
"Yeah, like that giggle of yours is much manlier. And for your information, I call him Peanut because he's so tiny and I think it's cute!" Roxas declared, sticking his tongue out afterward.
Axel rolled his bright aqua eyes and walked away after stealing a quick kiss from Roxas.
"He's such a big loser," the older twin began, his smile morphing to a frown at Sora's face.
"Hey come on, Peanut, cheer up!"
Without warning, Sora leaped into his brother's arms, trying to hold back the shakiness in his voice as he spoke,
"I won't be able to stand next period without you being there with me. I'm such a mess today, Roxas! I know dad's gonna go out and get drunk again…and he's gonna leave us with…those…people. I'm so scared Roxy. I don't want to go back there again."
Roxas cradled his younger twin's body tightly, letting out a breathy sigh into spike brown hair.
"I know next period sucks, but don't you have Riku with you? And I told you not to worry about dad. I'll have that all taken care of. I promise he won't make you go back to that place again, okay? C'mon, Peanut, smile for me? You've got me worried now. Just promise me you'll be alright."
Sora exhaled slowly into his brother's chest, but he muttered and "I promise" which seemed to make Roxas happy, and just as Axel came prancing over again, the bell rang.
Sora swiftly slid his books off the end of his desk and caught them quickly before walking out of the classroom, Roxas and his currently loud-mouthed boyfriend following.
"So Roxas, I was thinking, what are you and Sora gonna be up to tonight? My parents won't be home and they said I could bring a few friends over. I figured you, Sora, and Riku. Possibly Demyx, Cloud, and Leon for more fun." Axel rambled happily, stopping at the twins' lockers.
Roxas glanced over at Sora, whose eyes were practically begging for him to say yes, yet no at the same time.
"Erm, we'd love to, baby. We just have to run it through our dad."
Axel smiled, oblivious to Roxas' tone of uncertainty as he closed the sentence.
"Great. Come whenever you want! But hey I have to get to class before Saix has a cow! Catch you later."
Sora watched as Roxas stood on his tippy toes to give Axel a loving kiss, but was quickly jolted from his stare as long skinny arms wrapped around his waste and warm lips pressed against his neck.
"Mmm, c'mon hot stuff, we need to get to English before Zexion goes on another one of his emo-rants."
Sora chuckled, gratefully leaning into Riku's touch.
Roxas smiled at the two.
"Alright later Riku. Sora, hang in there, I'll see you next period."
The brunette politely pulled from his boyfriend's grasp for a few seconds to give his brother a hug.
"You're worrying me, Sora. You're never upset when we switch classes…what's wrong?" Roxas questioned, running his fingers through thick brown spikes.
"I had a dream last night, Roxas. Something bad is gonna happen tonight. I'm not sure what and I'm not sure when, but something's gonna happen to one of us and I'm so scared."
Roxas grabbed onto his twin's shoulders, staring deeply into matching blue orbs.
"What are you talking—" but conversation was once again cut short once again as the bell for second period ran and Riku grabbed Sora's hand to run to class.
Mr. Zexion's English Class
"You two are late. Again. What do I do wrong that makes you guys always want to come in late? Am I bad teacher? A bad person? Am I ugly?" Mr. Zexion wailed as he stepped in front of an amused Sora and Riku.
"It's not that at all, Sir. I was just talking with my brother about plans for tonight and didn't even catch the time. Riku was with me."
A few pieces of thick blue hair fell in front of Mr. Zexion's eyes as he nodded.
"Right, well take your seats."
Grinning, Riku pulled Sora across the classroom and sat down in his assigned seat, waiting for Sora to do the same next to him.
"Guy needs a chill pill."
Sora simply smiled.
Mr. Xigbar's Social Studies Classroom
"Hey Roxas! 'Psyched about your goofy boyfriend's party? I am!" Demyx exclaimed, throwing his arms in the air.
"We're gonna have so much fun! Did you hear he's got…Roxas?"
Demyx' rambling was cut short as he saw the look on his friend's face.
"Something wrong, Heidatchi?"
Roxas sighed heavily, looking into Demyx' eyes.
"Yeah, it's my brother," he began; looking to make sure Mr. Xigbar hadn't entered the room yet.
"He's got something going on…and I'm not sure what. He's so upset. Apparently he had a dream and something mad must've happened because he's scared about going to the party tonight."
Demyx rose an eyebrow, shrugging like nothing had been said.
"I wouldn't worry about it, he's just upset about the dream. I'm sure nothing will happen tonight. That's one thing you two Heidatchi's really have in common: you're too deep of thinkers. Lighten up!"
Interrupting the conversation, Mr. Xigbar entered the room rather loudly and slammed his history book down on his desk.
"Alright dudes, lets get ready to have some fun!"
After class – lunch break
"Ick Riku, you left a spit line on my cheek!" Sora complained, talking a napkin from his lunch tray and wiping his face of the intruding saliva.
The silver-haired teen simply laughed and began picking small pieces of a biscuit off and eating them.
"You know you love it when we make-out and I leave a spit line."
Sora shuddered, shaking his head vigorously.
"You're spit is too stringy for its own good. Learn to tame it."
Just as Riku was about to fight back, Roxas and Axel took seats across from the two.
"Hey Riku! Man I couldn't get a hold of you anywhere today. So Roxas, Sora, Demyx, Leon, and Cloud all said…"
Sora sighed and drowned out Axel's unimportant babbling; focusing his attention on the conversation Roxas was having with Cloud and Leon who had just taken seats.
"Sea-salt ice cream is where it's at!"
"No, Roxas, I don't think so. It's all in the mint chocolate chip!"
"You're both wrong, thank you! Coffee ice cream beats sea-salt and you're stupid mint chocolate chip, Leon!"
Roxas pouted gently and unwrapped his sea-salt ice cream bar, shoving it in Leon's face.
"Eat this." He demanded, watching as Leon reluctantly let his tongue protrude out to lick the ice cream. Roxas watched in suspense for Leon's reaction.
"Actually, this isn't that bad, Cloud."
Disinterested in this conversation as well, Sora tuned it out as soon as he saw Cloud blush at a dirty comment Leon had exclaimed about using the ice cream as lubrication later on.
"Sora! Wake up dude, you're like in a dream world or something!"
At the sound of Riku's voice, Sora looked up at the boy's aqua eyes and smiled softly. Riku scooted closer to his boyfriend and gently ran his fingers up and down the smaller boy's back.
"Cheer up, you're starting to remind me of Zexion."
Sora giggled softly at his boyfriend's joke, resting his head against Riku's toned shoulder. He closed his eyes for a few seconds, and took a deep breath, then felt his body begin to shake.
"Sora?" Riku asked nervously, craning his neck to look at the boy's face. Sora's eyes were clenched shut in pain as his body continued to shake subtly.
By now, Roxas was at Sora's side, smoothing his twin's spikes back and whispering words of comfort to him.
The last thing Sora heard was "I love you, I love you…" uttered by Roxas before his whole world turned black.
