And here is chapter two! I'm sorry these first few chapters are gunna be as short as they are... hopefully that'll change.

I'm sorry for the mix-ups on the time frames last chapter, I wasn't paying enough attention, my apologies! But thanks to Sora's Sacrifice for making me realize the mistake!

Yay to my first reviewers!

Kitsune Curoryu: Yes, yes, I know (bad me!) lol I shouldn't have started another story... I yelled at myself the entire I was writing it lol. But I just couldn't ignore the idea floating in my head, it was driving my insane lol

Kujari: I know, that was pry do to my mix-up. I couldn't decide which I wanted to start the story with, and then which one to use as a flash back, so I must have forgotten to correct myself, hopefully you don't get confused anymore.

Mi Querida: Lol I'm glad you find it interesting

Sora's Sacrifice: Yes, thank you for helping me understand that lol. I was confused when I read your review, then went back and reread the chapter and was like 'oh crap!'

Read, enjoy, review~!

Was there truly anything wrong with a forbidden love?

Who was to say you couldn't be together? Parents were selfish little creatures, who only had their own reputations and aspirations in mind. Why did they get to choose their children's fates as well?

How do you exactly refrain from spending time with someone who was practically your soul mate? When you were nearly made for each other...

Forget arranged marriages, boys can not be denied the right to love who ever they want.

Chapter 2
Mcdouble?

July 31st, 2008

"No Homework tonight ;-)!" Riku read the text over several times, smiling to himself. He knew Zexion was watching curiously from the couch, his own phone flipped open, "From Sora?" The other boy asked, already knowing the answer.

"I'll be back late tonight." Riku informed him, grabbing a sweatshirt from the closet and leaving the room briskly.

"Be careful." The slate-haired kid warned him as he stepped out. Riku didn't answer, nearly running down the hallways. It was already dark out, being nearly ten, and he shivered involuntarily as a brush of cold wind swept in through a hall window. The hotel was usually a bit drafty, but it seemed especially cold tonight, as if reminding Riku that there was a much warmer place he could be.

And after about a half mile walk or so, he would be there.

May 31st, 2008

If there was one thing Riku Jou was sure of, it was his absolute gracefulness and ability to stun anyone with even just a blink of an eye. He'd never been turned away from anyone for anything. Free food, dates, favors, or anything else you could possibly think of, Riku got it with a careful toss of his head.

"Stop staring at yourself so hard, you might lose a few brain cells." Zexion grunted from his place on one of the beds. Riku glared carefully over his shoulder, despite the fact that his friend was still reading his book, "I'm not staring at myself!"

The slate-headed boy didn't answer, acting as if he'd never started the conversation in the first place. Riku rolled his eyes, "Are you just going to read the whole trip? Why don't you get out and do something?"

Zexion raised one bored eyebrow, lifting his dark eyes from his oh-so-fantastic book and peering up at his roommate fully, "Just because I don't plan to spend this ordeal the same way you do, doesn't mean this trip won't have meaning for me as well."

Riku shrugged, a slow smirk tugging at his mouth, and pulled the door open, "Yeah, yeah... I'm heading out. See you later."

It was raining a bit outside and Riku cursed as he realized Axel must have taken the car. Pulling up his hood and sighing to ready himself, Riku pushed his hair back and darted out in to the troublesome down pour currently happening.

There was a McDonalds around the corner, and that was as good a place as any to eat.

Dodging a few cars in the parking lot, he finally managed to slip in through the door after an elderly couple stepped out, before it could close. The fast food establishment was mostly empty, save for what Riku knew to be Axel's full set of flaming red hair, sticking out from a table in the corner. He tried to arch around the near by pillar to check out who Axel was sitting with, but it was a a pointless attempt.

"May I take your order?" A brunette girl, probably still in high school, asked sweetly from behind the counter, her eyes were beginning to develop bags beneath them, and most of her hair had fallen out of it's pony tail. Riku silently wondered how long she had been working today.

"Uh... hi." He finally managed, staring up at the menu board above them, "Can I have two doubles, plain, and a small soda?" He presented her with a dazzling grin, laughing inwardly when she blinked a few times and looked down with an embarrassed face.

"The double cheeseburgers or the mcdoubles?"

"Uh.." He scrunched his face, "Is there a difference?"

"One piece of cheese on the mcdouble.... and it's cheaper."

"Right! I'll take that!" He winked.

"T-that'll be two dollars and fourteen cents, please." She seemed to be refusing to look back up at him again, only handing him his receipt, a cup, and leaving to grab his food. Riku chuckled when he viewed the slip of paper. The girl never charged him for his pop. Flipping his hair rather arrogantly, he filled his cup, winked again at the short girl, snatched his food, and made his way to Axel.

"What's up?" He asked, rather loudly. The redhead and his new friend, who Riku had never seen before, jumped and nearly spilt their drinks.

"Jeez, Riku!" Axel spat, glancing apologetically at his blond friend, who looked like he didn't want to be there (Axel can be a bit overbearing sometimes). Riku always had a habit for turning up at the wrong times. Though, it was probably planned... the boy did like making people uncomfortable.

"So..." The newcomer smirked, seating himself next to the blond, "Who's this?"

"This..." Axel hissed, glaring something akin to murder, "is Roxas." There was a moment of silence, in which the redhead was dreading what the ignorant kid could possibly have to say next, and was carefully broken by an obnoxious slurping noise as Riku finished his drink, and continued to suck anyway, "Roxas, huh?" He pushed his bangs out of his eyes and tilted his head to get a better look at the unfamiliar blond, "Well... he's certainly a lot younger than what you usually go for, Ax. What is he? Fifteen, sixteen?"

Before Axel could say anything, Roxas' face heated up and he blurted out a rather childish and frustrated, "I'm nineteen!" The silver-headed boy opened his mouth to say something else, but they were interrupted when an over excited and slightly crazed looking brunette slammed the McDonald's door open and nearly leaped on top of their table, "ROXAS!" He cried out, throwing his arms around the flustered blond and holding him in a tight hug, "I knew I saw your car!"

"Sora! Get off!" The brunette was promptly pushed off, landing a knee on top of Riku's sandwiches, and succeeding in completely smashing the freshly made burgers (though, RIku couldn't be all that mad. He had asked for the burgers plain, and already he spotted a slab of ketchup).

"Uh... oops..." The boy, whose name was apparently Sora, bit his lip and stared at them in horror, "I'm so sorry!"

But Riku hadn't heard his apology. As soon as Sora had turned his face to him, his appetite had disappeared and a whole new hunger had replaced it.

"I can buy you two new ones!" He continued to apologize, freezing dead on the spot once he looked up in to his victim's face.

And with several swallows from each of them, the brunette proceeded to nearly scream and run out of the building.

July 31st, 2008

Laughing softly, Riku remembered that day with a very vivid memory. He had more or less fallen in love that day... with a sixteen year-old boy, who happened to be Roxas' neighbor (hence how they knew each other), and had more energy than a five year-old fed mountain dew.

He kicked a leaf that had dropped to the ground with a little too much force, causing it to float uselessly to the wet ground several feet away. There were still a few more blocks to Sora's house, but Riku didn't mind. He liked remembering their time together the past couple months. And the only time he could recall anything, much less think properly, was when the brunette was out of sight. The boy just held that kind of power over him.

The nights had grown a bit chillier, and Riku pulled his zip-up tighter, trying to block the cold wind out. Usually it was much warmer, but the humidity had disappeared the last few days, and Riku was unused to the sudden temperature changes.

He noticed there was a light on in Roxas' house, and Riku wondered if Axel was still up there with him. After all, he was the reason the boy was walking. The redhead had taken the car.

Tossing a pebble at Sora's window, which was actually on the bottom floor, he waited patiently for the set of spikes to appear, "Riku!" The brunette whispered excitedly, instantly opening his window and allowing him ample room to climb through.

Riku stuck one leg in carelessly, practically having this procedure memorized, "Hey kid." He whispered back, sliding a second leg in and dropping quietly on to the dresser below. Sora smiled brilliantly at him through the dark, his white teeth glowing. After properly shutting the window behind him, Riku jumped off the wooden furniture, catching Sora's mouth against his own and pushing him on to the already warm bed.

-Jaspen