UNTITLED 3

There was loud snoring from Vincent and Cloud and giggling and hissing from Yuffie and the kids. Yuffie eventually fell asleep watching movies with them so they made their way to bed. Ven staggered sleepily into his room and closed the door. Roxas grabbed Vanitas by the ass and he turned and pinned him to the wall. Riku and Sora walked past them without noticing because every chance they got they were groping each other. Vanitas pulled Roxas into his room and the door closed then locked.

Riku and Sora crawled into bed together and snuggled. "Will you kiss me again Riku?" Sora said from where he was huddled against his chest. Riku pulled him up and kissed him gently at first, then harder making Sora gasp. Riku's hands were under his shirt so he shoved his under Riku's. Riku moaned and pressed against him. Sora didn't want him to move away after that so he wrapped a leg around Riku.

Riku grunted and broke the kiss. "Sora..." He panted. "I can't, we can't ..."

Sora didn't back off at all and kissed Riku's neck as he spoke. "We don't hafta do anything Riku. I just wanna be close to you." Sora breathed against his neck.

Riku clamped his eyes shut and took a deep breath and sighed. "Okay... But Sora...I uh I'm..."

Sora reached down under the covers and shoved his hand down Riku's pajama pants. "I knooowww..." He hissed. "Just shut up and kissed me moooore."

Riku couldn't breathe. He rolled Sora into his back kissing him as he grasped the hand that was in his pants and squeezed. Sora didn't seem to mind as Riku showed him how much pressure he liked and what was not enough. His heart was pounding so hard he could've sworn he would choke on it. Sora wiggled underneath Riku who was shaking as he struggled to control himself while Sora touched him.

"God Soraaa, you're gonna make me come." Riku said.

Sora suddenly released Riku to pull both their pants down, "Like this..." He said as he pulled Riku's hips to his. As soon as they touched Riku was done trying to maintain self control. He grabbed both of them wrapping his long fingers around them. Sora kissed him hard to muffle a moan as Riku stroked them together and soon their movements became more hurried.

Riku had his forehead pressed into the pillow as he bit Sora on the shoulder. Sora squeaked when he thought he was actually going to bleed from the bite so Riku backed off kissing the damaged skin. He tensed and rolled to his back pulling Sora on top of him. Sora didn't hesitate to sit up on his knees and look down at Riku.

"Sor…" Riku panted. "I've never…not even this…I mean nobody ever touched me before and…"

Sora leaned down to kiss him and whisper, "You think too much Riku." Riku nodded in agreement as Sora kissed a path down his chest and stomach. "Tell me if I do something you don't like, ok Riku?" Riku nodded again but never said a word.

Riku excelled in high school and soon made a new friend. As soon as he brought him home to meet both families at once, Vincent knew the whole dynamic of said families was about to change. "Everyone this is Axel, Axel this is my dad Vincent, my mom Yuffie, brothers Ventus and Vanitas, Dad's friend Cloud and his sons Sora and Roxas. Axel reached out a long skinny arm to shake Vincent's hand.

"Mr. V" he said as he nodded.

Vincent shook his hand and tried to smile without snarling. This kid was a beanpole, dressed in black with crazy red hair and tattoos on his face. ON HIS FACE! Vincent thought. Sensing Chaos, Yuffie rushed over to intercede. "It's nice to meet you Axel. Welcome to our home. Riku why don't you boys get a snack?"

"Thank you Mrs. V. It's nice to meet you guys as well." Axel said when she released his hands as Riku dragged him off to the kitchen glancing back over his shoulder and stumbling after his friend.

Vincent and Cloud went to the liquor cabinet. "He has tattoos on his faaaace." Cloud hissed.

"Maybe they're not real…I mean he is only in high school. But then again, this is Midgar…" Vincent said as he downed a shot. "Oh god, my ulcers."

"Don't sweat it. What has Riku said about him?" Cloud whispered.

"Only that he lives at the orphanage and is worried about aging out and being homeless. You know Riku…" Vincent said as he downed another shot. Yuffie walked by calmly and took his shot glass away without even slowing down. Cloud giggled.

Vincent snorted "What are you now, the liquor police?" She giggled and shooed the boys off upstairs to play video games or get up to whatever it was 15 and 16 year olds did.

"Wow your folks seem really great Riku. You're lucky." Axel said as they sat eating the sandwiches Riku made.

Riku nodded, "They're great…and my brothers. They're awesome. They've always treated me like family. Vani was my first best friend in school and they adopted me about two years after I first met him. Cloud is a sweetheart. He lets me sleep over all the time and that's awesome since I'm dating Sora."

Axel looked surprised, "Oh that was your boyfriend! God I'm glad you said something before I got a chance to hit on him."

They laughed and Riku said, "Sora would shut you down. He's been mine since we met it just took him a while to figure it out." They both giggled.

"Ok so what's the story on the brunette then? He's just as hot as yours and if I dated him then we could match."

Riku spluttered trying not to laugh his food out of his mouth. "That's Sora! Roxas is the twink."

Axel nodded, "I see. Roxxaaaasss. I like the way that sounds in my mouth."

Riku started shaking his head, "He's with my brother Vanitas, so he's off limits too."

"Well damn, what about…"

"He's straight." Riku said as he started to clear their mess away.

"Well hell what about Cloud?!" Axel snorted.

Riku roared. "No! Just no."

"Well, fuck my life…just fuck it!" Axel said waving his arms in the air.

"C'mon let's see what we can get into." They went upstairs to invade everyone's space. Everyone seemed to take to Axel right away. He was funny and loved to make them all laugh. He told them stories about living in the slums and reminded them of how lucky they were to have such cool parents.

"All I remember is my gramma and when she died I went to live at the orphanage and come to school on top."

When he said 'come to school on top' they all were reminded that there was a whole city beneath this one where people literally starved to death. Not many kids ever made it out of the slums. The lucky few, like Riku that were picked up by the Turks were the only ones. Riku wondered if there was someone with Axel's face that made them get him out, but he didn't mention it.

"I gotta ask, and tell me if it's none of my business, but are those tattoos real?" Roxas asked Axel. Riku smirked having already asked him at school.

Axel touched his face and smiled, "Yeah they're real Blondie."

"How old were you when you got em?" Vanitas asked.

"12. Right after my gramma died, I didn't have no way to eat, so I got mixed up in some gang stuff. They called me a clown and tattooed my face to show that I was in their gang. They all had face tattoos. When I was brought here a doctor offered to remove em for free but I wanted to keep em. They remind me of where I came from. It was a hard life but as long as I remember it I'll always appreciate what I have up here."

They all nodded and were in awe of the red head. "Is that your real hair color…I mean Riku's is really silver, so is yours real?" Sora asked from beside Riku where he sat holding his hand.

Axel looked down at him with acid green eyes and smiled, "Yep it's all me."

"That wasn't what you said when I asked…" Riku grumbled. They all giggled.

"All I said was do you wanna check and see?" Axel retorted and ruffled Riku's hair. Sora laughed at Riku's fuzzed hair and blushing cheeks.

They became fast friends and the months seemed to fly by. Axel became a fixture at the Valentine home and was eventually dragged to Cloud's for a sleep over. They were all watching a movie with the lights off when there was a knock at the door. Cloud went to answer and looked through the peep hole wondering how someone had gotten on his floor.

Seeing the Turk outfit he didn't need to wonder anymore. He opened the door and opened his mouth to speak but stopped. He wrinkled his brow as the man in front of him holding manila folder stared wide eyed and asked, "Cloud Strife?"

After a moment of confusion, Cloud nodded and allowed the Turk entry without turning on the lights and led him to the kitchen. "I was told to put this into your hands Mr. Strife." He said as he held out the envelope for Cloud to take.

"Who-who are you again, did you say? I mean I know you're a Turk but …you're new?" Cloud stuttered as he set aside the envelope for later.

"My name's Reno sir, and yes I'm Rude's new partner."

"They just keep getting younger and younger, wow." Cloud mumbled.

Reno chuckled, "If you don't mind me sayin so sir, looks can be deceiving yo."

"Soo you're what, 20 tops."

"21, but thanks. And I'm actually not really new. This will be my 3rd year as a Turk." Reno said as he started to relax.

"Let me ask you…Reno…you know what look at this… AXEL! Get your skinny ass in here for a sec." Cloud turned back to Reno and held up a finger.

From the next room they heard a voice very similar to Reno's say, "Coming Daddy!"

Reno cocked an eyebrow and thought, whatever this guy is sellin, I ain't buyin yo. I ain't getting mixed up in no slave trade or some shit an I sure don't need a whore.

Axel walked into the kitchen and stopped when he saw Reno. They stared each other down briefly. Axel said, "Sinclair"

Reno furrowed his brow and said, "Sinclair…but how?"

"My nanna died and they brought me here 5 years ago when I was 12." Axel said as he instinctively looked around for a weapon.

"Its ok kid…I just um, who was your nanna? Do you remember her name?" Reno asked his demeanor not betraying the nervousness he felt.

"Margaret Sinclair, but everybody…" Axel had started but now they spoke in unison. "…called her Maggie."

They stared at each other. "I have a brother?" Reno said. "I have a brother." Axel said.

When it was all hashed out they discovered that they were indeed half-brothers. Reno had the misfortune of living with their father while Axel was given to the grandmother. Reno never visited their grandmother because of the life he led in the slums. Axel had been there all along. It was sad to think about really. Cloud was glad they found each other…even if it was in his kitchen. They made plans to spend time together but the best part was that Axel could live with Reno and didn't have to worry about aging out of the system and being homeless. Cloud couldn't wait to tell Vincent. He had seen the way he and Yuffie had reacted when Riku told them his story.

Reno left and Axel asked to just sit alone for a moment. Cloud left him to his thought but not before he hugged him and said, "Now that you have a family of your own, don't forget about us ok?"

Axel smiled, "Never Daddy."

Nothing about that night had been typical and that didn't change with the 3:00 a.m. wake up from Riku. The wake up was the usual standing/stalking/staring but this time he seemed more lucid when Cloud spoke to him.

"Riku wake up son, so you can go back to sleep." Cloud chuckled having grown used to these wee hour visits.

"Where'sss mmy bed…Cloud?" Riku murmured.

Cloud froze, "Say again?"

"Mmmy bed…sss gone." Riku slurred as he started to look at the ceiling. He tipped his head back and groaned. "Nnnnnnngh."

Cloud shook him by his arms gently, "Wake up Riku. You're freaking me out. Wake up now." Cloud reached over to turn on the bedside lamp. Riku was still looking at the ceiling. Cloud tried to get him to tilt his head down because the severe angle of his neck looked painful and he could see the strain on the muscles in his back.

Different approach, Cloud thought. He put his hands on Riku's lower back and stomach and tried to guide him to sit on the bed. Riku stumbled like his entire body was stiff, then suddenly relaxed. Cloud breathed a sigh of relief as Riku sat down and faced forward. Cloud stood in front of him and put his hands on his shoulders. "Feel better now Riku?"

Riku looked up at his face and smirked and said, "Where Is It?" Then he began pulling Cloud's shirt up repeating the same thing over and over. "Where is it?"

"Where is what Riku? Wake up!" Cloud tried to pull his shirt from Riku's grip but he couldn't the kid's long fingers were like a vise. Remembering how sadistic Sephiroth had become near the end Cloud had an idea. He yanked his shirt over his head and Riku dropped it immediately and put his left hand over the scar where Sephiroth had stabbed him.

As soon as his hand touched the too smooth skin of the scar, he stilled. Head bowed slightly, Cloud could see his mouth twitch into a smirk. Eyes flicked up looking through silver bangs and suddenly Cloud felt his chest tighten with panic. He panted to try and stop the darkness of the tunnel vision from closing in but he couldn't and collapsed in a heap on the floor.

Cloud awoke at 4;30 and he was in his bed snuggled up to a very warm Riku. Riku was on his back with an arm loosely wrapped around him and Cloud's head was on his shoulder, hand on his stomach. He almost panicked but then he thought he should try to get up without waking him. The kid would be freaked out. He was only 16...but then so was Cloud when he started seeing Sephiroth.

Cloud eased his hand off of Riku's stomach and used it to raise himself slightly and start to move away. Riku mumbled and rolled to his side with his back to Cloud. That was his chance. He slid from the bed and grabbed his pillow. Sprinting to the sofa and hopping over the back he landed and fluffed his pillow like he had been there all night. After about 5 minutes his heart began to slow back to normal. 5 more minutes brought a mussed silver head of hair dragging a pillow to the couch.

Riku curled up on the opposite end of the couch and put his feet against Cloud's feet then he shivered. "Oh for Christ's sake," Cloud grumbled as he got up to get a blanket. After a second thought he got 2 blankets. No sharing he thought. He lay back down after he covered Riku up and snuggled under his own blanket.

Once again the feet found his own and he giggled. His feet were very ticklish and Sephiroth used to tickle torture him unmercifully. Cloud was smiling at the memory until he heard Riku chuckle in his sleep. Cloud was no longer amused. He stared across the dim living room to where Masamune hung over his fireplace. "You're outta here tomorrow buddy." He whispered then dozed off again.

When he woke again the sun was shining into the room but Riku was still asleep. Cloud looked at him to make sure he was actually asleep. He seemed to be so he crept over the fireplace and reached up to touch Masamune looking back to watch the sleeping teen for a reaction. Riku didn't move. He lifted it from the custom made rack that held it securely but still Riku didn't move. Satisfied he was losing his mind and behaving like a frightened child, he put the sword back and went to shower.

He thought about his night as he showered and decided that he needed to tell Vincent so he could get the kid some help. Emerging from the bathroom and grabbing some sweats and an undershirt he opened his bedroom door to the smell of coffee brewing. "Aaah, there is one good thing about having teenagers."

As soon as he walked into the kitchen he stopped short. Riku was sitting on a bar stool at the island with his head down on his folded arms. "Riku?"

He raised his head up and yawned, "Mornin…I made coffee. Hope that's ok."

"That's great actually." Cloud said as he walked over to his night owl. "You sleep ok?"

Riku snorted, "What do you think? I see we both ended up on the couch last night."

"Yeah last night was a different adventure for us." Cloud said as he poured them both coffee.

"Do tell." Riku said as he sipped his coffee.

"Well, it started out the same but it got creepy when you began taking my clothes off." Cloud said a little sarcastically. Riku was unfazed. "Do you remember anything?" Cloud asked puzzled by his seeming acceptance of what he had done.

"I remember…dreaming I guess…I'll run it by you and you can tell me how much of it was real ok?" Riku said his voice now starting to sound shaky. Cloud nodded and let him continue.

"There was lady wearing a pink dress talking to me but I don't remember what she said. There was a guy with her but I couldn't look at his face. I tried. Then I was in your room and I couldn't move. I could hear you but I couldn't respond. It was like my throat was closed or something…I kissed you. We were in bed and I wanted…" He stopped there as Cloud watched him visibly shiver. "I still want…and it's not right."

Cloud came around the island to put his arms around Riku for comfort but he went rigid and said, "Please don't. I have all these flashes in my head of things that I've never done and people I don't know. I don't understand why I feel that way toward you. You've always been like another Dad to me but then again there's always been this fuckin…sorry…this damn…sorry… attraction and I can't seem to squash it. I don't understand." Riku lay his head back down on his arms.

Cloud petted his hair but didn't get any closer. "You didn't kiss me that I recall last night. You said some things that freaked me out and I had a panic attack and fainted. I guess you put me back into bed but I wasn't hurt in any way Riku. Please don't beat yourself up. There has to be a logical reason for this. We'll figure it out as a family, ok? We'll talk to your folks and get you good doctor."

The others were up soon and they all went about their way. Cloud took Riku to talk with Vincent and Yuffie. Calls were made and the best neurologist happened to be at ShinRa so that's where he went. As soon as he was squared away with his parents Cloud went home to de-Seph his apartment. He put Masamune as well as other mementos in storage across town in sector three. Vincent text Cloud later that afternoon.

Vincent: they're keeping him for tests
Cloud: how long?
Vincent: donno yet
Cloud: I feel so sorry for him
Vincent: me too- Yuffie wouldn't leave-she told them if they wanted her out they would have to arrest her-and if they were gonna arrest her she was gonna give them a reason. So she gets to stay.
Cloud: lol ily guys
Vincent: wly too-I'll let you know as soon as I find out something
Cloud: thanks