A/N: Hello All! So, here is another side chapter that was pretty easy to write... for the most part. I think I will have one fore you next Wednesday also. :D

The next chapter to the main fic will come soon! XD

TIME: This happens probably a few weeks after Ven has left on his 'training'. Nothing seems amiss as of yet for their mother.

Disclaimer: I only own the silly side story plots!

Veggies

"...Mommy?"

"Yes Sora?" She responded as she looked away from her dishes to look at the Sora and Roxas eating dinner. "Do you need something?"

"Can we get a puppy?" He asked suddenly, causing her to raise an eyebrow.

"... Why do you want a dog all the sudden?"

"Because..." He answered, as if it were an answer at all. Roxas simply rolled his eyes, having a good idea why his twin would want one.

"Because...?" She questioned. Sora huffed impatiently and crossed his arms.

"I just want a doggie. Can we get one? Pleaseeee." He begged.

"No until you tell me why you want one." She replied, turning back to her dishes.

"Why can' we just get one?" Sora whined, not wanting to reveal his intentions. She sighed and slightly turned around to him again.

"I'm not even going to think about it until you tell me why? Taking care of a dog is a lot of work. You have to bathe him, brush him, and feed him." She said sternly. Sora's face brightened at her last declaration.

"I can feed him a lot!" Sora announced loudly. She quirked an eyebrow curiously.

"Oh? And how are you going to do that? You don't have any dog food."

"I don' need dog food! I can just give him my green beans!" He said, pointing to his uneaten green beans still sitting on his plate. She narrowed her eyes in realization.

"So you only want a dog so it can eat your vegetables?" She clarified. He immediately nodded his head vigorously.

"Yeah! Then I won' have to eat nasty vegg-"

"No dog." She interrupted. Roxas chuckled quietly at Sora's devastated expression.

"Whyyyy?" He whined again.

"Sora, you need to eat you vegetables to get big and strong like Ven. He even got invited for special training because he ate his vegetables. Even Roxas eats all his vegetables." She explained, half concentrated on scrubbing of milk stains from a cup. Puffing out his cheeks, Sora turned to Roxas next to him. Noticing his eyes one him, Roxas turned to Sora with a grin before eating another fork full of green beans. Sora stuck his tongue out in disgust and pushed his plate forward preparing to leave.

"Sora, you aren't allowed to leave until you finish your green beans." She ordered with her back still to him. Sora was about to protest, but stopped when Roxas softly jabbed him with his elbow.

"Just eat them. They not nasty." He informed, again taking another bite.

That night, Sora had a nightmare about man-eating green beans.

Their mother sat in her favorite armchair located in the living room as she read a book. Sora had gone out a couple of hours earlier with Riku, but Roxas had temporarily stayed behind to clean his side of the room; He made sure his side of their room was always cleaner than Sora's.

Her attention was half concentrated on her book when she spotted Roxas trying to sneak back into the kitchen with with two cans of air freshener, which they were strictly forbidden to touch.

"Roxas, why do you have air freshener?" She asked suddenly. Roxas yelped in surprise then looked at her in shame. She promptly closed her book and got up to approach him. "Didn't I tell you boys that you aren't allowed to use the air freshener?" She scolded as she took the can from him.

"But Sora made our room really stinky, so I made it smell better." He explained with a pout.

"...And why would that be?" She asked, already knowing something was up when Roxas looked away, most likely thinking up a lie.

"I-I don' know." He stumbled.

"Roxas. Why does the room stink?" She insisted.

"C-can I go outside now?" He asked suddenly. She looked down at him menacingly, hoping he would crack, but the most she got was gulping and twitching under her gaze. She sighed before she nodded in approval. Given the permission he needed, he quickly put on his shoes and bolted out of the door.

Looking down the hall in anticipation, she could already smell the air freshener like it was sprayed right in her face. Estimating the damage, she shook the cans to find them almost empty. That was the reason air freshener was forbidden; they always used the whole can in one go.

Sighing again, she made her way down the hallway, sneezing and coughing a few times from the strong smell of artificial spring flowers.

One would expect using a whole can of air freshener would surely deplete and completely cover any other smells that would stink up a room; but apparently, that is not the case in every situation. Along with the over powering smell of spring flowers was also the overpowering smell of rotten cheese, and a lot of rotten cheese.

Coughing again and covering her nose with the bottom of her shirt, she entered the room daringly, already looking around for what could possibly produce the strong smell. After fifteen minutes is seemingly useless searching and near suffocation, she finally turned to a pile of Sora's dirty clothes; clothes she had told him to take to the laundry room at least a week ago.

She approached the pile unwillingly, already knowing she found her target due to the strong smell not even her shirt could cover up any longer. Taking a deep breath, she took released her shirt from her nose and used both hands to dig into the pile, finding exactly what she was looking for at the bottom, as if waiting for her.

At the bottom, half wrapped up by a slimy napkin shamelessly stolen from the kitchen table was cheese covered broccoli they had had for dinner about three weeks ago. Neither the cheese or the broccoli looked like cheese or broccoli any longer.

The broccoli looked blackish brown and wilted and was covered with cheese that was spotted blue and looked more greenish than the usual golden yellow. Covering her nose and mouth in disgust, her 'punishment' was already being formulated.

"...I'm sure Sora will enjoy his dinner tonight..."

Their mother hummed gleefully as she placed a big bowl of macaroni and cheese, along with a bowl of mashed potatoes and green beans; mashed potatoes being one of Sora's favorite foods.

Much to Sora and Roxas's confusion, their mother packed Sora's plate with a lot of mashed potatoes, but only a little green beans; it was ALWAYS the opposite, but Sora didn't think much about it. He figured their mother finally understood that veggies were bad for him. After a long awkward dinner that involved their mother staring at Sora's plate it was finally finished, Sora having eaten more potatoes in one go than she previously allowed.

"Oh Sora, I'm so proud of you for eating your vegetables!" She announced, backs turned to them as she washed some dishes in the sink while they were still seated at the table for an ice cream desert. Sora and Roxas glanced at each other confused, both knowing Sora didn't even eat a bite of his green beans at all.

"But I didn' eat any vegetables..." Sora replied honestly, almost afraid he would get in trouble.

"Of course you did. I think that's the most vegetables you've ever eaten." She continued.

"...But I made sure none of my green beans got mixed in with my other food." He admitted quietly.

"I didn't say you ate all your green beans." She said in a light tone, turning her head slightly to look over her shoulder. "You ate all that cauliflower like a big boy." She confirmed, though it only added to his confusion.

"Cauliflower?" Sora repeated, unsure of it's pronunciation and what it was.

"Yes, cauliflower." She said, turning around again to 'wash the dishes'. "I mixed a whole lot into the mashed potatoes. Did it taste good?" She asked., causing him to nod slowly in naïve confusion.

"...Mommy, what is cauliflower?" He finally questioned. Pausing in her movements, she slowly turned around, revealing to have bundle of cauliflower in her hand.

"Don't you know Sora? People say cauliflower is like white broccoli. It's a very good vegetable for you to eat." She finished with a triumphant smirk across her features. As soon as Sora's eyes landed on the stalk of cauliflower in her hand, he immediately paled, eying it with wide confused eyes, understanding dawning as he finally realized what the strange chunks in his mashed potatoes were. Roxas eyed the new vegetable with interest, only having seen it in stores pondered what it would taste like without mashed potatoes.

"Now that your cheesy broccoli has been avenged, you still get a spanken for hiding it in your room." She added on, still having a smile plastered on her face.

That night, Sora had nightmares of drowning in mashed potatoes with killer cauliflower sharks.

Welp! That's all I have...and the next short story chapter... involves a candy man... hur hur hur. *shifty eyes*

P.S: I have something planned for Ven in the future... and that would involve friends his age on the island before he got his letter. (ch.11 of the main fic)

So... if you have an OC that I could borrow... I'd be willing to try and use them? Because... I don't know if I want to add more FF characters that I could use later. Because these OC's won't be appearing in my main fic... (Hmm... maybe except one? XD Quick reference at least? CD XD) Anyway, so, please message me if you're interested...

Requirements:

Age: Ven's age at the time, 14

A good description of their appearance. Very good description please. U_U

A well thought out personality...

And... they won't showing any abilities at this time. XD So no need for ability descriptions.

Also, I might use your character at an even earlier time for Ven, so, if asked, could you possibly possibly provide their traits if they were about 11? XD Just something to think about if I do happen to ask you.

Toodles~!