sorry for the wait--was focusing on getting by chance cranked out. the un-beta'd version will be up first and shortly after the corrected one, so ignore grammar errors for now :D Uhm, I loved writing this chapter and you can see plot development and character development! So... enjoy!

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It was odd. When Sora was confused or depressed he always seemed to write his stories better. However, today seemed to contradict that statement. It was his second day of college and Riku was already moody. Sora figured that Riku just had to deal with his problems with Naminé and that he'd be back to himself soon. Though, it was a bit weird to see Riku in such a sour mood. The silver haired male barely said two words to Sora when they returned yesterday from class. Now, the second day of college starting, Sora was determined to make the best of it. No more getting Riku pissed at him. No more chances to make his best friend question their friendship. Nope. Not at all.

Still, being in his dorm room alone while Riku was at work seemed a bit lonely. The brunet would have gone to visit Riku at work, but after his and Axel's 'little stunt' the day prior, Sora figured he was banished from Burger King from here on out. Now, being all alone in his dorm for another two hours before his first class, Sora figured he'd give Kairi another call. After all, she was his girlfriend and what better way to pass your time than speaking to the one you loved?

Sora reached for the phone and quickly dialed in Kairi's number as he remained cross-legged on the bed. The teen propped the phone up to his ear before hearing a murmured greeting from his girlfriend. "Hey, Kairi!" Sora stated jovially.

"S-sora?" she stammered, sounding a bit uneasy about that knowledge. "H-how are you?" she asked, her tone a bit rushed and breathless.

"Good! Actually…really bad, I lied… Riku is really angry at me lately and I'm worried that his girlfriend and him are going to break up. And then my other friend Axel and I did something stupid yesterday which ticked Riku off more and oh god! I don't want to lose one of my best friends!" Sora divulged in a ramble as his hands desperately clung to the phone. This was his only lifeline.

"That's … nice," Kairi answered, her last word sounding more of a breathless sigh than anything else. The red-head cleared her throat and shakily said, "Uh…Sora. Can I call you back?"

"Kairi! I really need you right now! I need to know what to do!" Sora begged, shaking his head back and forth. If anyone was going to help him through his friendship dilemmas, it was going to be Kairi. Kairi wasn't only his girlfriend but his best friend so she was expected to help him through these rough patches…right? Or was she just going to make matters worse?

"Sora…now's not a good t-time," Kairi slurred, a small gasp ending her sentence. The red-head whispered something harsh before returning her attention back to the phone. "Not a goodtime at all."

"Please, Kairi?" Sora pleaded and then froze. In the background of the conversation was another person's voice. Someone… familiar. But who? "Who's there with you?" Sora asked, sounding a bit more defensive than he would have liked.

"N-no….one!" Her last word was a mixture between a moan and a stunned gasp. Sora then barely made out a harsh murmured, "Hayner."

"W-what?" Sora demanded. Uneasily, the brunet strained to hear what the pair were discussing on the other end of the conversation. "Hayner's there?" Sora's mind began to reel as his brain slowly put everything together. The breathless tone… the gasps … the shortness of the conversation… oh god. "Hayner's there?!"

"Sora… it's not what it sounds like," Kairi attempted but cut herself short at the end when her breath hitched, sounding undeniably pleased. "Can I…call you back?" she requested, more so panting the question than speaking it.

"Don't bother," Sora stated resentfully, his heart aching as he finally put two and two together. Kairi had started seeing Hayner far before this conversation, hadn't she?... "Don't bother even calling me ever again…"

"Sora!—"

"Just leave me alone," Sora whispered painfully, about to hang up when he heard a shuffling noise. Within seconds, the gasping and soft slurs stopped.

"Sora," said a new, masculine voice. Sora visibly winced. Oh great. Hayner.

"What do you want from me other than Kairi?!" Sora demanded as his voice cracked. The brunet was trying to sound tough but in his heart he was shattering. Breaking down. He was losing his first love and it stung so badly. Kairi was cheating on him? Good god. Why did something bad always seem to happen?!

"Don't be mad at Kairi, please. This isn't her fault," Hayner said in defense of his own twisted reasoning.

"How is it not?! She's cheating on me with you. How is that not her fault?!" Sora felt a few tears slip from his eyes as he hugged his free arm close to his body, wanting nothing more to slam the phone down and end the twisted conversation. "I don't ever want to speak to her again! I thought she was my friend! If she wanted to break up with me she should have said something! Not went behind my b-back and," Sora said, towards the end breaking down into an array of tears.

"Sora…Fine. If you don't want to speak to Kairi anymore, then don't. I'm sure she won't be that bothered. If you want to handle this like a crybaby, do that. I don't have time for this and neither does Kairi. Goodbye, Sora." And with that, Hayner hung up the phone.

Sora tensed and dropped his own phone onto the bed, ignoring the blaring sound of the dial tone. Questions soon began to plunder through his mind. Why would Kairi, of all people, do that? Was the distance really that much of an inconvenience for her? Did she constantly need affection? Did she really love Hayner all along? How could she so heartlessly end their friendship and cheat on him? How could she allow Hayner to be so shallow and yell at him? How could two people be so damn heartless?

Sora closed his laptop, ignoring the low battery window flashing on his screen. Instead of plugging it in, the brunet moved it silently off the bed and curled up, eyes widened. Kairi and him were supposed to stay together forever. They were supposed to have kids, grow old, and live together. College wasn't supposed to break them up. No. The distance was supposed to strengthen their bond and bring them closer. Sora had designed his whole life around Kairi, never once passing another glance to another man in fear of being unfaithful. And now. Now here was Kairi, cheating with Hayner.

Sora emitted a pained whimper as he laid there, his eyes stinging from having cried. The brunet wasn't sure how long he laid there in denial before he finally mustered up the courage to get out of bed. When he did, Sora grabbed his belongings and headed out of the dorm room down towards the café, figuring that he'd just eat his sorrows away.

The first step in healing was forgetting, right? If not, then that was still what Sora was going to do. Right now, the brunet needed something—anything—to take his mind off his red-haired ex who he had loved with his entire heart.

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Sora wasn't that much of a coffee person. The brunet preferred flavored drinks and teas over the dark coffee. But today was an exception. The brunet teenager ordered up a café vanilla drink from the campus' café and brought it to a table nestled in the corner. Right now, the brunet figured that eating alone would do him some good. It would allow him some time to reflect on his relationship with Kairi. So that's exactly what he was doing. Eating a sandwich and frozen coffee-drink in the corner of the festive café alone. Never before had he felt so damn lonely.

Maybe I didn't give Kairi the attention she deserved. Maybe I should have tried harder to get her to come up here for college instead. Or maybe I should have gone to her college instead…Maybe she hated me for picking Riku over her… But she knew. She knew that I wanted to see him. So why would she do this to me? Sora wondered painfully, stirring a spoon around in the frozen liquid before him.

Maybe I said something wrong? Maybe I should have done what Riku did… offer her more. But… I couldn't do that. I'm… not ready to do those things, I think? At least, I wasn't with Kairi. Maybe we should have jus stayed friends. Maybe it was wrong to date her. God, why are there so many maybes and so little certain things?

Sora idly took a sip of his drink as his stomach churned. Today was going to be a long day, he already sensed it. The brunet had figured, at the least, his relationship would last until the New Year but no. It was already over after the first day. Now, starting the second day, he was single and depressed. What a great first impression to the world…

Maybe if I beg and plead and grovel she'll rethink things. Maybe if I tell her I love her she'll dump Hayner and come back to me…god, what am I saying?...She cheated on me and I'm acting like the one who did something wrong…Sora thought as he rubbed his temples, attempting to fight off a vicious headache.

Right now all Sora wanted was to go back to bed. Sleep seemed like the best possible solution to his racing conscience. He would give anything to be back-home. Anything. Any amount of money! Sora's thoughts were cut short when he felt a hand make contact with his shoulder. Stunned, Sora swiveled his head around to meet a pair of viridian eyes. "Axel!?" Sora squeaked, staring up at the red-head.

"How long have you been here?" Axel wondered as he stared down at the disconcerted brunet. When Sora did not answer, the red-head peered down at Sora's scant remains of a sandwich and drink. "Considering you already ate and drank a Grande… I assume you've been here for awhile. What's up?"

Sora sighed and gestured to Axel, beckoning him to take the seat across from him at the table. With feline grace, the red-haired male sat down and laced his fingers under his chin. "Now Sora, are you going to tell me or am I going to have to force it out of you?" the curious red-head wondered.

"Axel, it's nothing. I promise," Sora lied as he shook his head back and forth, fingering the empty cup in front of him. "I'm fine," Sora reiterated.

"Don't look it," Axel said unrelentingly. The red-head reached across the table and scooped Sora's chin up into his palms. The red-haired male snickered when he felt Sora tense within his grasp. "Now, tell me," Axel drawled.

"I'd rather keep it to myself," Sora admitted tenaciously. The brunet's blue eyes narrowed as Axel's grip repudiated to fall away. "Can you let me go? Please?" Sora tossed in with growing impatience. "I don't feel comfortable…"

"I won't let go until you tell me," Axel resonated with an increasing grin.

"Fine!" Sora snorted in annoyance. "My girlfriend cheated on me, okay?!"

Sora's chest rapidly inflated and deflated over and over. Icy blue eyes stared dejectedly at sharp green. No words were said as Sora tore his face away from the red-haired male's grasp. Desponded, Sora looked off to the right, attempting not to break down into tears on the spot.

"Whoah," Axel vocalized with lifted brows. "She cheated on you? God, that's low. Oh man, I'm sorry, Sora!" Axel hurriedly said.

Before Sora had time to answer dishearteningly, a pair of arms were flung around his neck, almost sending him flying backwards off his chair. The brunet squeaked and straightened up in his chair upon realizing that Axel had just ran across the table and had begun to hug him unbelievably tightly. Sora squeaked unbelievably loudly and flailed his arms about. "Axel! What are you doing?"

"Trying to comfort you!" Axel explained and tightened his rigid grip on the brunet teenager. Sora jostled about, attempting to break the death-grip but in the end failed. "Relax, So-ra."

Sora stiffened. "I am relaxed," he mumbled and dejectedly look off to the side.

"Oh no, you aren't," Axel argued indefatigably, jabbing Sora's nose in defiance.

"Yes, I am!" Sora reaffirmed with a sharp nod. Without another word Sora lifted his tired limbs into the air and began to pry Axel's arms off of him. "Let me go," Sora groaned tirelessly.

"Here, let me cheer you up at least," Axel reasoned and finally allowed his grip around Sora to fall away.

The brunet quickly took an intake of air and lifted his hand into the air to feel around his neck, as if making sure his head was still attached. Weakly, the blue-eyed brunet looked over to Axel who was standing beside him, bearing a rather suspicious look. Sora blinked thrice and cautiously gripped the bottom of his chair, just incase the man decided to lunge at him again.

"Would you like come to the party in my tummy, Sora?" Axel inquired as he pointedly rubbed his stomach, waggling his eyebrows quite suggestively.

Sora blanched. "Axel… that's getting old and redundant."

Axel chortled and slapped his hand down onto Sora's shoulder. The brunet produced a startled noise before staring confusedly up at the red-head. "Axel, Sora warned.

"Here," Axel said stubbornly. "If that doesn't cheer you up then I'll dance for you," Axel stated nonchalantly and let go of Sora. A smirk folded onto his lips when he noticed the gape Sora was currently sporting.

With a chuckle, Axel moved away from Sora and lifted both his arms. Within two seconds, the redhead had begun to break dance around the room, singing something that Sora couldn't understand. The brunet stared at Axel with a look of ultimate humiliation. Blue eyes quickly looked away, watching as others in the café stared at Axel with curiosity and amusement. Apparently Sora was the only one that found it weird for Axel to be doing such. With a heavy sigh, Sora looked back to Axel who had begun to slither around the room, his arms flailing in an interpretive motion.

"Axel, I'm not even going to ask," Sora stated weakly.

"Am I keeping your mind off things?" Axel asked in the midst of spinning around insanely.

"Not really," Sora answered with a sigh and then squeaked once more when he realized that Axel was repetitively thrusting his pelvic. "Axel!" Sora hissed, a blush covering his cheeks. "Are you insane?"

"That's what they call me," Axel chuckled amusedly and continued bouncing around merrily. The redhead made his way back to Sora and snagged his hand. Sora yelped as Axel yanked Sora off his chair and into a standing position. Cheerfully, Axel snagged both of Sora's wrists and began hoisting Sora's arms in the air, then back down, and then up again. "Come on Sora."

"Lunatic!" Sora chirped and tried to hide the embarrassment as he attempted to wiggle free of his friend's dancing grasps. All right, so maybe his mind was off Kairi at the moment but embarrassment wasn't any better!

Things were going horridly and then they just got worse. Out of nowhere Axel shrieked a shrill yell and dropped Sora's wrists as if they had been on fire. Sora blinked in sheer confusion before Axel lunged at Sora and sent both their thin bodies crashing onto the café floor.

"Axel!" Sora yelled as his back made contact with the café tile. Sora groaned in despair as Axel shouted about a spider. Weakly, Sora watched as someone crushed the small insect, allowing Axel to take a deep sigh of relief.

"Can you get off me now?" Sora requested with an exasperated sigh.

"Su—" Axel began and turned his head quickly to the right to look down at the brunet who he was currently crushing with his body weight. However, the moment he had turned his head, Sora had looked up. And this ironic turn of events caused both male's lips to brush against one another's.

Sora froze as his eyes snapped open, staring wildly at Axel who made no movement. They laid there for a few moments, oblivious to the stares they were receiving. Sora slowly made an attempt to separate their lips but he found that Axel was actually kissing him.

I… What is he doing?! I just broke up with Kairi?! What does he take me for!... What… It kinda…feels nice though… And it's… not like we're…dating…But a kiss is supposed to be special and! Axel! Sora mentally hollered as Axel brushed their lips together, his hand slipping into Sora's brown hair as he remained pinning Sora to the floor.

Axel… He… Sora thought as his eyes slid closed. Without really realizing it, Sora returned the feather light kiss. Of course the moment Sora reciprocated, an angered yell sounded through the café. What? Sora at once yanked his head away from Axel's and lazily glanced around at the people who were staring at them.

"W-what was that?!" Sora stammered and pushed Axel off his chest. The redhead rolled off Sora and onto the floor with a thud (apparently Axel was too enthralled with the earlier kiss to care that he had just got shoved away).

Sneers were shot his way and Sora at once shivered at this. Back home, only Selphie and Kairi had known that he liked boys. And now all these people knew… unless he could pull it off as an accident. Then no one would know. No one would have to know

"What are you all staring at? It was just an accident!" Sora yelled in frustration and turned his head to grimace at the onlookers. At once the crowd dispersed, leaving Sora in the middle of the café on his hands and knees. A small tear slipped from the corner of Sora's eye as he nearly hyperventilated.

"Whoah…" Axel stated as he stared at Sora's outburst. "Didn't know you had it in you," Axel muttered and glanced over at the shivering Sora a few feet away from him. A frown at once formed on the spontaneous man's lips. "You okay, Sora?"

"I'll be fine, Axel. You just… caught me by surprise and… and I wasn't expecting that and it was an accident and stuff and…" Sora whimpered and stared down at the floor, resisting the urge to break down in confusion. Fumbling, Sora got to his feet and slumped his trembling body into it. At once Sora banged his head down against the flat surface of the table in despair.

"Listen, Sora, I'm sorry," Axel attempted as he cautiously made his way over.

"Forget about it, Axel. It's…fine. I'm not mad at you," Sora responded despondently. "Just please don't tell Riku about this," Sora murmured emptily as he kept his forehead pressed against the table.

"God, why would I do something stupid like that?"

"Thanks…" Sora murmured. "I didn't know you could trip, fall, and kiss someone. I thought that stuff only happened in ninety-nine cent romance novels."

"Well, they are based on real-life so I suppose those things can happen," Axel remarked weakly and poked Sora's shoulder. "Hey… I'm really sorry, okay? I just… You know. Spur of the moment. You're cute. You're into guys. You were single, I was single. You were in desperate need of cheering up. You needed some quick rebound action and I was there sooo," Axel said and then cleared his throat.

"I know, Axel," Sora whispered and shook his head. "I know you were just trying to cheer me up. You don't need to apologize."

"I feel like an ass, though," Axel pointed out and frowned down at the brunet. "Want me to take you out for ice cream or something to get your mind off everything?"

"No thank you," Sora murmured and quietly got to his feet, hugging his arms tightly to his body. "I'm just going to go back to my dorm room."

Axel sighed and gave a nod. "All right, Sora. See you around."

Sora nodded and made his way out of the café with a throbbing headache. Axel's kiss was nice it was just… his mind was too enthralled by Kairi.

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The moment Sora's dorm room door closed the brunet made a beeline for his bed. Within two minutes Sora had curled up on his bed with a box of tissues and began crying his soul out. The brunet had refused to cry in front of Axel and a group of strangers but now that he was alone he was free to cry until his eyes burned. Which they were already starting to do, just great. The brunet sobbed into the tissue and blew his nose repeatedly. Not even yaoi fanfictions could cheer the brunet up. Right now all Sora wanted was Kairi back. His heart ached for her, but in odd ways.

Somehow I managed to screw things up with so that she's not even my friend… Somehow I made Kairi not love me anymore and so she cheated on me with Hayner because I wasn't enough… How could she cheat on me?… W-why does she feel like this? Sora whimpered and shook his head violently, at once placing the blame onto his own shoulders. After all, Sora was quite good at that.

Sora's head snapped up when he heard the room door being unlocked and then opened. Sora winced and then looked downward in apparent shame, his eyes glued to the bed and the colony of used tissues that surrounded his body.

"Sora," Riku stated as he calmly closed the door behind him. The silveret stared in surprise when he noticed the collection of wet tissues that circled around Sora's small body. A frown appeared on Riku's face. "…you weren't crying, were you?"

"I'm fine," Sora lied and quickly began flicking the tissues under his pillow. Blue eyes remained cast downwards, as if they were to meet Riku's he'd spill out his entire soul, and sadly, at that moment, Sora didn't even know what he felt.

"Oh geez, not the 'I'm fne' lie," Riku teased and nudged the tissues away and off the floor with his fingers, frowning at how disgusting they were. "Now, are you going to tell me or am I going to have to force it out of you?" he wondered.

"Maybe I don't wanna talk about it," Sora replied curtly, shrugging his shoulders as he cringed at the sight of his friend moving the tissues. "I mean, it's my right to keep things to myself, right?" Sora looked expectantly up at Riku.

"And it's my right as your best friend to talk you through your problems. I mean," Riku sat down, "we've always talked about things before. Now that we've met, you don't want to anymore?" Riku mocked a frown and nudged Sora in the shoulder gently.

"Riku, you're…an idiot," Sora settled upon as he sniffled a bit and hugged his arms tightly to his body. "I just need rest, that's all."

"Tell me," Riku reiterated and jabbed Sora in the shoulder once more.

"You're stubborn," Sora mumbled and buried his face into his pillow. "Come on, Riku," Sora said, being muffled by the pillow. "I just wanna be left alone and sleep. Go do your work or something. Bugging me is useless."

Riku pulled the purple pillow away from Sora's face and smirked down at him. "I can't hear when you talk behind that thing." Riku casually tossed the pillow over his shoulder. "Now, Sora, if you don't tell me I'll have to resort to drastic measures."

"Such as?" Sora wondered lamely, arching an eyebrow at his older friend.

"Such as bribing you with a latte or something," Riku replied suavely and nudged Sora in the shoulder. "Now spill your heart out, kid, or I'll tell the campus that you sleep with a stuffed bear."

Sora blanched. "Riku!" he huffed. "It's a stuffed cat, okay? Second, I only sleep with it because my great grandma gave it to me and it's very special! And! And lastly! I'm not telling you no matter what you do so uh… just drop it!" Sora nodded firmly.

And Riku instantly knew. "This is about Kairi, isn't it?"

And partially Axel kissing me by accident… "How did you…" Sora drawled in disbelief as his eyes widened at Riku's superb guessing skills. "Did Axel tell you?!"

"I just guessed. You seemed really upset and I figured it had something to do with her," Riku answered simply and then paused abruptly. "…What happened?"

Sora lowered his gaze, the feeling and realization hitting him once more. "She dumped me. Or more like cheated on me with another guy. And I feel like a complete moron for telling other people this even though they're my friends and they have the right to know. It's just… I feel like a crybaby or something and I don't know, Riku."

Riku frowned deeply at this and compassionately placed a hand onto the brunet's shoulder. "Hey, I can understand why you're upset," Riku whispered caringly and tugged Sora in for a hug.

At once, Sora relaxed and crushed his body up against Riku's, burying his face into Riku's chest. His hands flew out and clung onto his best friend's shirt. "It hurts, Riku," he murmured painfully. "It hurts so much. Why didn't she tell me?" he sobbed, choking on his own words over and over.

"I don't know, Sora," Riku answered regretfully and lifted his arms into the air, nimble fingers briskly sweeping through the younger's hair. "You shouldn't cry over her. She's not worth it."

"But it hurts," Sora said with growing nerves, his body pressing closely to the other male's.

"I'm not going to say I understand, because frankly I hate when people say that. But I'm going to tell you that I can begin to understand your pain and I'm here. I mean, I'm your best friend," Riku murmured with a weak smile as he brushed his fingers through Sora's hair once more.

"I thought I loved her, Riku," Sora wept, his body going through countless convulsions. "Riku, why did this have to happen?!"

"Maybe you guys weren't meant to be?" Riku suggested, frowning as he rested his chin on top of Sora's spikes. "Come on, buddy. You can move on. I know you can." And if Sora didn't have his face in Riku's chest he would have seen the beautiful grin Riku had given him.

"Everyone always says that to people when they break up," Sora grumbled in between sobs. His crying was slowly ceasing as his hands loosened their intense grip on Riku's shirt.

"Well, it's the truth," Riku argued and sighed, fingers now massaging his friend's back.

"Why do you have to be so smart?" Sora complained, his sobbing now completely down. The brunet sniveled a bit before pulling away from Riku's chest. "I have a headache," Sora complained as he embarrassedly looked away from Riku, quickly swiping at his tear-soaked cheeks.

"Crying can do that to you," Riku chuckled and allowed his arms to fall away from Sora. Weakly, he ruffled Sora's hair one last time.

"You tell anyone I was crying and I'll hurt you," grumbled Sora as he continued to rub away the tears.

Riku frowned. "Everyone cries, Sora. It's human. It's no big—"

"Is so!" Sora groaned in aggravation. The brunet flung his arms up in the air, almost flailing them about like a fish out of water. "Haven't you heard that saying, Riku? Boys don't cry!"

"That saying is so cliché," Riku remarked with a glint in his eyes. "It's stupid. And incorrect, so there."

"I've never seen you cry," Sora retorted, scrunching his nose up to appear intimidating—frankly, it didn't work. "If crying is so natural why haven't I seen you cry yet?! Or are you too tough?!"

"Sora, deep breaths. Calm down," Riku urged, repositioning his right hand on the brunet's tense shoulder, lightly giving it a massage. "I haven't had a reason to cry yet, but I'm sure I will sooner or later. And I won't be ashamed to cry in front of you, okay?"

"…Fine," Sora heaved in utter defeat, eyes fluttering shut at the relaxing massage.

"Now, how about I order us some Chinese?" Riku suggested as he continued rolling his palm into Sora's shoulder, hoping to bring his brunet friend some form of makeshift peace.

Sora shifted a bit. "But don't you have a date with Namine tonight? You should go…don't stay here on account of me."

"Nonsense," Riku retorted with a smirk, continuing his ministrations. "I'll call and say something came up. She'll understand. Chinese or pizza?"

Sora sighed, finding no point in arguing when in all honesty he wanted Riku to stay here. "Chinese."

Riku grinned victoriously and patted Sora on the shoulder before stating, "It's going to be a long night, just so you know."

Sora laughed, knowing in his heart, it was going to be. But at least he had Riku here to talk it out…and some good Chinese food…