Okay! Chapter tres.

enjoi.

-moira

Kairi watched Roxas text Axel… again. Her son slept in her arms, nuzzled warmly inside a tightly wrapped yellow baby blanket. The screen in Roxas phone lit up his face a white, blue color. He smiled as the screen read "SENT" with a teeny picture of a letter being sent beneath it. Roxas flipped the phone shut.

"You're rude," Kairi laughed, even though she was terribly serious. She looked down at the baby and slightly rearranged him. For once in the past 24 hours, the baby named Jonu was actually getting some sleep. Jonu looked just like Kairi's ex… lover. Everyday it was like this kid's father. Again and again.

It stung a little every time.

And it's not like Kairi wasn't happy for Roxas, she was very happy that he liked someone again. But once again, she was going to be put second to someone else. The 'single friend'.

She had lost her first love and best friend to a blue haired athlete, but now her new best friend was getting involved with someone, and once again she felt like the single mother.

Well she was one before… but not it was more evident. Roxas wasn't and will never be attracted to Kairi in a romantic way, and likewise for Kairi. But when Kairi was tired or sick, Roxas would go up a floor and pick up the baby. He even had children safety plugs over the sockets in his apartment.

"Sorry. Keep going," Roxas said, slipping his cell phone into his pocket.

Kairi sighed. "Right. So uh, Sora said that he missed me and that he wanted us all to hang out. Like—"

"Like old times?" Roxas spat out his harsh words like his mouth was filled with dirt. "Please. It will never be like old times. He's such a goddamned pig. Did he expect to just be forgiven? All he's going to bring you is heart ache…" Roxas caught himself before he let out another word. The hurt in Kairi's eyes weren't readable to anyone, but to Roxas, of course it was.

"Do you think I'm that stupid and weak?" Kairi replied. Once again, she shuffled around the baby. Her back was cold on the black leather of the couch. A few plaid and miss-matching pillows lined the couch. The floors were all hard wood, but Kairi had down an off white, fuzzy rug.

Roxas sighed and put on a dumb smile. "I think that Sora is just a jerk and that you are too good to even be bothered with him."

Kairi smiled warmly. "I just guess it's good that he's trying to reconcile. I don't know." Kairi wasn't sure why she was really 'defending' him. She knew that Roxas was right. She just wished that he wasn't. She knew that Riku always was determinded to get what he wanted. If he had wanted her, he would have had her. Instead he has Riku. And Riku has him.

The little boy in Kairi's eyes started to wiggle around and popped his big eyes open.

"Oh! Good morning!" Roxas giggled in a very cute, very high pitched baby tone. Roxas was so hostile towards his brother because he always felt like his brother would use people. Sora was the one who their parents obviously appreciated more, Sora was the one who got more attention at school. And Sora try to get to whatever happiness Roxas had. Sora always wanted more.

Jonu replied back with a reaching grasp towards Roxas. Kairi smiled and handed over the baby. Roxas unraveled the baby from the blanket resembling a burrito.

"So how's things with this Axel guy going?" Kairi asked, running her hands through her hair. Changing the subject seemed like a good idea anyway.

Roxas face turned a pink like color, and he adverted his eyes down onto his lap, where he stood up the baby, holding onto Jonu's little hands. "I don't know. I told you how last night we sorta hung out, right?"

"You called me. I thought you were dying or something..." Kairi laughed. "But yeah, you told me right after you got back to your apartment. I don't see why you didn't just stop on my floor and we could have girl talk!"

Roxas laughed, slightly throwing his head back. "Well yeah! We can't go back in time. But so anyway... hehe." Roxas giggled a very, very girly laugh. "I don't know. I think I really like this guy."

Kairi gave him 'the look.'

"I know, I know. It's only been like... 3 days... and people typically have everyday conversations before having sex, but you know me, normal... it's not how I like to do things." Roxas put his head forward, blowing his breath on the baby's tummy, making Jonu giggle. "He told me that he wanted to be a daddy."

"Hah! He could have my sleepless nights and migranes everymorning morning. Seriously," Kairi giggle/snorted. She got off the couch and headed towards the kitchen.

"You don't mean that," Roxas taunted, pulling Jonu closer towards him. "And! We held hands! And then he walked me home."

"Do you want anything to eat?" Kairi asked.

"I want hot chocolate. The rain outside gets into your bones."

"You didn't have to go outdoors to get here?" Kairi replied. A few clangs were heard from the kitchen. Water running. Doors opening. Kitchen noises.

"I know," Roxas replied. "But I just want something warm. I'm always freezing."

Riku ran his hands through Sora's hair. The 'after glow' of their 'day home sick' was still running through his brain. A thin layer of sheets layed over their nude bodies. The brunette's eyes fluttered closed, and then open again.

"I love the smell of rain," Sora said. Even though it was winter, Sora had their bedroom window open. He always did when it was raining. His voice was slightly hushed and tired, even though it was only 2 pm.

"I know you do," Riku said, his bigger body hugging Sora's from behind. The plain walls of their bedroom had thick coats of white, and the floor was carpeted a gray shade. Not one picture was hung on the wall. "Sora?"

"Yeah?" Sora's voice was fading. Riku knew that Sora was going to be sound asleep quite soon.

"Let's go to the beach after you wake up," Riku smiled. Sora turned his head around and opened his heavy blue eyes.

"Okay," Sora replied, turning back over. Riku kissed the back of Sora's head and got out of their small bed. Riku walked out of their room, down the hallway to the bathroom and jumped into the shower. He turned on the hot water and washed himself, and just as quick as he was in there, he was out. Riku put on a towel and walked into the kitchen. He grabbed a bowl out of their wooden cabinets and then a unopened box of cereal. He walked over to the fridge, taking a quick glance at the phone attached the wall. 2 red lights flashed next to the words "missed call" and "unheard message". Riku shrugged and pressed play, listening to the message.

"Hey Sora. This is Kairi. I'm just calling you back. Call me when you get this. My number is 463-573-6831. Bye!"

Her high pitched voice rang through Riku's ears. He sighed.

"Why didn't he tell me?"