At breakfast everyone was sitting at the table as if nothing were unusual, except for a guy with spiky blonde hair sitting next to Leon. Ven was eyeing the guy until he said something.

"Sorry if I sound rude Mom, but who the hell is this guy?" That shocked everyone.

"Ventus Strife, first of all we don't swear in this house and secondly, this is your father." Ven then looked at the man that his mother claimed to be his father and he was right. There was his father. Looking straight at him. Should he feel happy? Or sad? He had mixed emotions running through him right now, he started to feel sad, this was the guy that had left him when he was one month old. How was he supposed to feel? Cloud looked at his son with a lot of worry and tried to touch his hand which Ven just pulled away.

"No, I just need to be alone for a while." He said as he walked away and up the stairs to his room. Janae just looked around and finally said something.

"I think I'm gonna go back home because God knows what my rabid dog did while I was gone." She said as she left to go with Vanitas following behind. Cloud looked at Leon who had a face that said 'I'll go talk to him'. As he left he looked at Sora and Roxas.

"I'm just gonna come right out and say it, but Roxas?"

"Yes Dad?"

"Why the hell do you have a piercing on your bottom lip?" Cloud winced knowing Leon just heard him, maybe.

"I got this last year. Like it?"

"No, not at all why'd you get it?"

"I just did."

"Did your mother say you could get it?"

"No, I was with my boyfriend when I got it."

"Boyfriend?"

"Axel. He's my age Dad, so nothing to worry about." Sora assured. Then a scream came from upstairs and Leon came running down the stairs almost screaming bloody murder.

"Le-Le, what's wrong?"

"It's Ven! He cut himself and he's bleeding, we have to get him to a hospital!" Cloud then ran upstairs to see his son on the floor with a small puddle of blood on him and slash marks on his arms. Cloud just scooped up the unconcious Ven in his arms and got him in the car quickly driving off to the hospital. It's lucky everyone already had their clothes on. As they were waiting in the waiting room Cloud was pacing back and forth as Leon was crying. He took a notice to that and sat next to his husband and hugged him.

"It's gonna be okay Leon. It's gonna be okay."

"How can you say that? He could die in there for all I know."

"First of all, don't say that because you'll jinx it and secondly when I looked at him there was just a small puddle of blood around him so I think he should be okay." Then a doctor came out from the operating room with what was obviously some if Ven's blood on his shirt looking hopeful.

"Ven is fine, he's just sleeping. He cut himself pretty deep so with all the blood Mr. Strife gave us we were able to revive him in time. Otherwise he would've been dead. You might wanna keep him under watch and take anything he can use to kill himself out of his room, who knows what he could do if no one's watching. And you guys can see him now, he's a little loopy from the painkillers we gave him." They gave a quick nod and quietly walked inside Ven's room to see him looking at everything very curiously. When he noticed eople were there, Ven instantly turned around and saw everyone, but he wasn't delighted to see Cloud.

"Hi Ven, how ya doin'?" Roxas asked.

"Whatever."

"Wow, the unusual reaction I get from my little brother."

"Just because I'm two hours younger doesn't mean I'm a baby."

"Technically you are the last Strife in the family so that means you're a baby." Vanitas pointed out.

"Who's side are you on you black headed biker?"

"No one's." Cloud then walked up to Ven who just looked away.

"Are you alright Ven? You looked pretty hurt." Ven said nothing. He remembered what had happened in the last 24 hours. His father came back home after 15 years, right. Then there was a slight knock at the door and in the room came Terra. Ven's boyfriend.

"Ven! Vanitas told me you were in the hospital, what happened? Are you okay?" Terra asked.

"Nice way to greet your boyfriend in the hospital Terra." Cloud looked confused as to who this guy was. Sora just looked at him and laughed.

"That's Ven's boyfriend."

"How many of my sons are in a relationship?" He asked.

"Well I'm in a relationship with a guy named Riku who's a year older than me, Vanitas is in a relationship with a girl who is a punk rock chick who at times can be girly, and Roxas and Ven are in relationships with guys who are my age. So yea, some of us are in relationships with guys older, excet for Vanitas, his girlfriend's seventeen." (Me: My age in reality: 13)

"Oh, that sheds some light here Sora." Cloud said still eyeing Terra who had fear in his face.

"Uh... Ven, I think I'll go home now. Your Dad's scaring the crap out of me." Ven grabbed Terra's arm preventing him from leaving.

"Don't leave Terra. I want you to stay with me."

"I would, but your dad is scaring the crap outta me." Terra then kissed Ven on the lips and left. He looked at Cloud who had a small innocent look on his face.

"What?"

"You scared my boyfriend off."

"Sorry, but I didn't know. That's what fifteen years of being separated from your husband and four sons does to you."

"Maybe if you hadn't left then you'd know."

"Ven you do not talk to your father that way!" Leon hissed.

"He left me when I was one month old Mom! How am I supposed to forget that?"

"I left for a reason Ven." Later that day Ven was cleared to leave the hospital. When they got home Ven instantly went up to his room leaving the rest of the Strifes to sit and talk in the living room. Cloud fell on the couch with a big groan as Leon sat beside him rubbing his back, then Cloud decided to speak even though his speech pattern is muffled.

"What is wrong with that boy?" Cloud said as his voice was muffled from the pillow.

"Calm down Cloud, he's just taking in the fact that his father came back to him after 15 years. I bet he's just adjusting to you being here now." Cloud turned his head up to look at Leon who had that hopeful look in his eyes.

"What are you saying Leon?"

"Just give him some time."

"Maybe you're right." As Cloud looked up at the ceiling Ven snuck out of his room and to Terra's house. Ven got to the window to Terra's room he knocked on the window which startled him. Terra moved to his window to let his boyfriend in the room and when he did Ven came rushing in.

"Is everything alright Ven?"

"No, nothing's alright."

"What's wrong with my little Ven-Ven?" Terra quickly turned wide eyed as Ven stared at him eyes filled with rage.

"My dad! He thinks that he can leave for 15 years and come back and expect everything to be alright!"

"Ven, just give your dad a chance to be with you."

"He left me when I was a month old. How am I supposed to forgive him and forget that?"

"Maybe he had a reason to leave you." Ven instantly shut up and looked at Terra. He was right. Cloud said there was a reason he left. He went over to Terra and kissed him.

"What's that for?"

"I wanted to kiss you."

"Awww, my little Ven-Ven wanted some loving from his Terra-bear."

"Sometimes I swear you are a girl trapped in a guy's body coming up with these nicknames." He said between kisses. Later that night he tried sneaking in his room, only to be caught by Sora.

"Where were you?"

"None of your business." Ven said as he went to his closet to pull out his night clothes. Sora gasped as soon as he saw what was on his little brother's neck.

"What is that?"

"What's what?"

"That thing on your neck." Ven went wide eyed as he looked into a mirror.

"Dammit Terra!" He whispered. Sora took a closer look and realised what it was.

"You will tell me the truth Ven. Where the hell did you get that hickey?" Sora asked pointing to said spot on his neck.

"I snuck over to Terra's house."

"Okay, you mean to tell me that you had your first time?" Sora asked getting angry.

"No! We stopped as soon as he made the hickey, then we cuddled on his bed or a little bit."

"You are so lucky you aren't talking to Mom or Dad about this."

"Ugh."

"What's that for now Ven?"

"Dad."

"Why Ven? Obviously he loves us with all his heart and he's sorry he missed out on the first fifteen years of your life. Just give him a chance. Him wanting to get to know you and Roxas is his way of telling you he's sorry he missed out all those years."

"That's his way of making it up to us? Getting to know us?"

"He doesn't know anything about you and Roxas. Him spending every moment he could with us when you two were babies as a way of leaving me, Vanitas, and Mom with good memories so that we could tell you and Roxas about what a great guy Dad is, and Dad getting to know more is because he missed you and Roxas all these years. And him getting to know you is his way of saying he's sorry for abandoning us."

"I have one question to ask."

"What is it?"

"If he loved us, then why'd he leave?"

"That's somethig Dad has to tell you himself." Sora said as he left, which had Ven thinking. Should I forgive Dad?, he thought as he went on his bed and fell asleep.


Me: Okay I will end the story right here next chapter gets a little bit more personal as we see some flashback scenes from the Strife's past. And I started 8th grade today so this chapter is a gift from me to you, I hope you love it.

Zack: That's so awesome! Congrats Janae!

Me: Thank you, oh and now I will share something with you.

Riku: Which is...?

Me: Well for one thing I love Vocaloid a lot and my favorite song probably has to be either World is Mine or Cendrillon either one of those songs I love them so much and I really can't choose. So I am a little monster (Lady Gaga fan), a directioner (One Direction fan), and ex-Belieber (Justin Bieber fan). I stand kinda funny wih one leg crossed in front of the other, and I can crack all my bones.

All: Ewwww!

Me: Give me a break you guys. Last year when I was in 7th grade it was all quiet in my ILA class and I decided to crack my knuckles which actually caught the attention of the boys I sat near then I cracked the knuckles on my other hand, then the bones in my feet, and eventually my neck.

Cloud: You can break your neck doing that.

Me: I know that Cloud. That's the exact same thing my old ILA teacher said. Besides it's funny too because I know I can freak my friends out cracking my bones. That's all the time we have join us in chapter 4. Remember, if you like, you review or favorite. Hope you love your back-2-school present. Bye :D