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Comments: Bloody-Mad-Hatter sorry, my evil twin took over and ended the chapter there. Bad her. Oni18 thank you, I'm glad I managed to throw in a slight twist. Lalala and silvershell Megan will play a small role in a few chapters. Tke poor Axel, he is jealous. Chocolate and cinnamon huh, I can see that. Thanks to all my other reviewers and readers, I hope you like this chapter. I updated quickly so that KHObsessed does not spontaneously combust, wouldn't want the on my head.

Chapter 7

Sora sat looking out the window on the plane. The flight would be a short one and he had made sure to book a window seat. He enjoyed watching the scenery go by below him as he flew. Normally, that is. Today he was too lost in his thought to notice anything on the ground.

At the moment his thought were focused on Leon and the kiss. It had been completely unexpected. And he wasn't sure exactly what it meant. It hadn't been a deep kiss, not much more than a peck on the lips. Maybe Leon had only meant it in a friendly way. Not that he went around kissing his male friends. There was also what Leon had said afterwards. That he should not have done it, that he did not expect anything from him. That made it seem like it was meant to be more than just a friendly kiss.

Leon had also said that was something Sora was not ready for, and that was true. With the pain he had been going through he was not ready to even think about starting another relationship. And Sora knew even if he had broken up with Riku, he was not over him by any means. It is hard to let go of someone you love so much. Even if that person hurt you. He could not just wake up the next morning and say, 'I don't love him anymore.'

After what seemed like ten minutes, but was much longer, Sora was pulled out of his thoughts by a voice instructing passengers they would be landing soon. Sora had not undone his seat belt so he ignored the rest of the announcement and turned his attention back to the window. This time he did pay attention as the land appeared under the plane, getting closer.

A little while later Sora had exited the plane and was looking around the crowded airport for his brothers. He did not have to look long before he saw spiky blond hair coming towards him. Sora smiled as the face of his older brother came into sight.

"Cloud!" Sora said as he ran and jumped up to hug the brother he had not seen in a while.

Cloud laughed a rare laugh. "I'm happy to see you to Sora."

"Where is Roxas?" Sora asked. Cloud turned a looked behind him, as he did Sora noticed his twin headed his way. Sora let go of Cloud and almost tackled Roxas.

"Woah, Sora, you're going to knock us both down. I, for one, don't want to spend the weekend in bed with a skull fracture." Roxas joked.

"But it might be fun to have all those bandages wrapped around your head. Like a hat." Sora joked back. "Then your hair would would look normal for once."

"Your one to talk, your hair is worse than mine. Cloud's too." Roxas said, reaching over and ruffling Sora's hair. Sora pouted at the action.

"Leave my hair out of this." Cloud said. "Let's go get your luggage so we can leave."

Roxas and Sora both looked at him and saluted, then laughed. It was something they had been doing since they were little. It had started because when Cloud was younger he had wanted to join the military when he got older. Their father had told them about how soldiers saluted their commanding officers. Since Cloud was older and always telling them what to do, they started saluting him. Cloud had eventually changed his mind about the military but the two still continued saluting him, but only when it was the three of them together.


Riku stood there, too stunned to move. He was still standing there as Sora turned and boarded his flight, never looking Riku's way. Leon had kissed Sora, his Sora. And Sora had not yelled or slapped him. Had he liked it? Was there something going on between the two of them? Is that the reason, the real reason Sora had left him? Yeah Sora had caught him cheating, but he said he knew that that was not the first time that he had cheated. And Sora didn't leave him before, so did he leave him this time because of Leon?

Riku had to get out of there. Sora had already left, so there wasn't a reason for him to stay. He needed air. He needed to walk, to think. He needed to calm down. Riku walked around outside, the fresh air filling his lungs. After a little while he felt he could breathe right again. He looked around him at the people that walked by. They walked in groups, laughing and smiling. They were talking, telling about the things that had happen to them lately. There was happiness all around as old friends were reunited, as family members came to visit after a long time, as lovers returned after a business trip away. Happiness everywhere he looked. And it was eating him alive.

His own happiness gone, with the plane that had recently taken off. No, gone when he saw that kiss. Gone when Sora had said they were over. Gone when he had come home to a key on the coffee table and an empty closet. Gone when Sora had first accused him of being unfaithful. Gone even before that, when Riku had found out about that.


"So, how has school been going Sora?" Roxas asked. Cloud was driving them back to their place. Sora was sitting alone in the back, while Roxas was in the front passenger seat. Sora turn to face Roxas.

"School is fine. I wish I didn't have to take some of the classes I have to take, but other than that it's fine."

"How is DiZ?" Cloud asked, glance in the rear view mirror.

"Dad is fine. He was promote not too long ago. Has some title now I can never remember."

Cloud nodded and focused back on the road. There was no need for Sora to ask about their mother, she had died four years ago. Cloud had taken care of Roxas after that. The two had refused to move back to Destiny Island to live with Sora and their father. Their dad had not been too upset about their refusal. Sora didn't know if there were problems between the three of them. But he had gotten the feeling on several occasions that there was no love lost between Cloud and their dad.

"How is Tifa?" Sora asked Cloud. Tifa was Clouds long time girlfriend. The two had been together since before their mother had died. Roxas looked back at him and winced, Cloud glared into the mirror. Sora wonder why.

"I wouldn't know, we broke up last year." Cloud answered, harshly.

"Sorry, I didn't know." Sora said.

"Yeah Cloud, he didn't know. Don't get so mad at him." Roxas said, he turned back towards Sora, then continued. "She started getting a little crazy on him. Talking about marriage and stuff. That wasn't really the problem though, because she had decided they were going to get married soon, she started telling him what he could and couldn't do. She demanded that he quit his long time job at the club and find an office job. Also told him to stop being friends with certain people."

"Who?" Sora asked.

"Like Xaldin, Luxord, and Xigbar. She even try to tell me who I could be friends with." Roxas said.

"Why didn't she want you to be friends with them? I know those guys, their fun."

"She said they are a bad influence on us." Cloud said.

"So she was trying to control you?" Sora asked. Sora was surprised, he knew Tifa could be stubborn, like Kairi, but he would have never thought she was capable of doing things like that.

"Yes." Cloud and Roxas both said.

"What about you Sora? I remember you telling us about your boyfriend before." Roxas asked.

Sora frowned, "Ex. We broke up a couple of days ago. But I would rather not talk about it, if you don't mind. It just happened so it still hurts a lot. I came here to get away from that for a little while."

"And I thought you came to see us." Roxas said, faking disappointment.

"For that reason too. But if I get all depressed, then I'm not going to be able to have fun while I am here." Sora said and gave his twin his famous pout.

"I was just trying to lighten the mood, Sora. I know you missed us as much as we have missed you." Roxas said.

"Not very much then." Cloud said.

"Hey! Thanks a lot Cloud. Nice to know I am loved." Sora said, trying to sound hurt. He knew Cloud had been teasing.

Cloud smiled, "Glad to have you here, Sora."


Riku did not go back to school. He went home, where he planned on spending the rest of the evening. Since it was Wednesday it was his night off. Throwing his keys on the coffee table, he walked towards the bedroom. Riku open the closet, grabbed a chair, and reached up to the highest shelf in there. The closet had two shelves. The lower one was Sora's, since Riku was taller than Sora, he had taken the higher one. Riku used the shelf just as storage for things he did not need out. He reached out to the back corner, a place that would be very hard for Sora to reach, and grabbed an envelope. After pulling the envelope out, Riku stepped down from the chair and moved to sit on the bed.

Riku pulled the contents out of the envelope. As he looked through the items in his hands he felt that familiar pain start deep in his heart. The pain grew until it consumed all of his heart. Not leaving a spot untouched by its blackness. This had taken his happiness and left him broken. This had created an everlasting pain in his heart. One that would not go away completely. It would fade for a while only to return full force later on, and he would be broken all over again.

Riku had never shown or told anyone about this. Not Sora, not Axel, no one. He had decided after he had received this envelope from an unknown source, that he would not say anything. He did not want anything to change and it would if he were to tell. He would suffer the pain, he had too. But it had proved to be too difficult. Especially after accusations from Sora.

Sora, of all people, accusing him of that. He had denied it, rightfully, but he knew Sora had not believed his denial. Yes, he had been guilty of somethings, but not that. At least not at that time. That didn't start until after he had been accused of it. But everyone thought it had been going on longer. And he did not defend himself. To them he was the bad guy. And he had let them think that, and he would continue to let them think that. Riku would not claim to be innocent, he knew he wasn't. He had wronged the one he loves more than anything.

But was he really the bad guy, to be hated by all? Or should that title rightfully go to someone else?


"Wow, great apartment." Sora said as he walked around his brothers' place. They had a big flat screen television that Sora wished he had. The furniture was black leather, no surprise there. That seemed to be Cloud favorite thing. There were shelves on the wall that housed several swords, that Sora could tell had been perfectly taken care of.

Roxas showed Sora to his room where Sora would be sharing with him. There were drawings up all over the walls that Sora assumed Roxas had drawn. Some of them were light, like the one of Twilight Town, but others were of a darker nature. There was one that caught Sora's attention. It was of what appeared to be a man. His left legs had chains wrapping around it, the other free. His left arm was bound above his head. Scattered on the ground around the man were feathers, black feathers, and on the left side of his body what was left of the black wing. One the right side was a perfect white wing, still fully intact.

"You know, the Battle between good and evil, light and dark." Roxas said, shrugging as he watch his brother take in the picture.

"It is really good, Roxas. I didn't know you could draw so good." Sora said. Sora walked over and put his bags on the ground out of the way, then sat on the bed.

"Of course he can draw good." Cloud said from the doorway.

"I see that. I'm really impressed. I take drawing classes and can't draw anywhere near that good." Sora said, then pouted a little at the thought.

"You don't need to do you? You just need to take good pictures, right?" Roxas asked.

Sora smiled, "Yeah, that's true."

"Are you tired? If you are you should take a nap now. We are going out tonight."Cloud told Sora.

"Where are we going?" Sora asked.

"To someplace I want you to see, a club." Cloud answered. Cloud watched Sora's expression. "What? You don't like clubs?"

"I do. I just... I always been to clubs with Riku and..." Sora trailed off. He didn't know what he was thinking. He had come here to have fun with his brothers and yet he was letting his feelings hold him back. He didn't want that, but he couldn't seemed to stop it.

"Sora, I know you said you didn't want to talk about it, but this has obviously got you pretty messed up. So why don't you just talk to us so that we can try to do our duty as your brothers and help you." Cloud said.

"I agree. We don't like seeing you like this and want to help you. So what happened?" Roxas said, coming over to sit next to Sora on the bed.

Sora sighed, he really did not want to tell them and have them worry about him too. But they were family and they had told him about Cloud's breakup with Tifa. Also it may hurt their feelongs if he didn't talk to them. So Sora decided he would talk to them. He explained to them what had been happening the last few months.

"That bastard. I'm glad you finally broke up with him and moved out." Cloud said. Sora could tell he was angry about it.

"And this guy that you moved in with, who is he?" Roxas asked, angry and concerned. He was afraid that the guy would try to take advantage of Sora's pain.

"Leon, he is a friend from school. He is majoring in the same thing I am. He has helped me a lot, in school and out. I am really grateful to him." Sora told them. The information did nothing to ease Roxas' fears. He didn't trust this guy, he wanted to meet him.


"Not too much longer until graduation. Then it is off to college." Riku said. Riku and Sora sat on Riku's bed in his parents house. The two had come to Riku's house after school had let out to hang out and work on homework. They would be graduating high school in a couple of months.

"Yep, are you excited Riku?" Sora asked, smiling up at Riku.

Riku smiled back, "Yes, I guess I am. Graduating high school and going to college. Moving out of my parents house into my own place. What is there not to be excited about?"

"You're going to move out?" Sora asked, a frown appearing on his face. If Riku moved out they might not live so close to each other anymore.

"Yeah, that's why I got a part time job, so I could save up and move out."

"So you are going to move away from me?" Sora pouted. Riku laughed and ruffled his hair.

"Don't make that face, Sora. I was hoping you would move with me." Riku said, his voice turning serious.

"You mean, live together?" Sora asked.

"Why not? We've been together a year. Why not live together. We will probably be pretty busy when we start college, if we live together we'll be able to spend more time together."

Sora thought about this for a few minutes before he looked at Riku and smiled again.

"Alright. I'll move in with you."

"Good." Riku said. Riku reached over and pulled Sora closer to him. Wrapping his arms around him, he pulled him into a kiss. The kiss started out sweet, but soon grew more passionate as Riku's desire to taste more of Sora grew stronger. His hands started roaming over Sora and up his shirt, searching out the sensitive nipple.

"Riku, stop." Sora said, breathlessly as the kiss broke off. Riku clamped his eyes shut trying to becoming calm. He would respect Sora's wishes, no matter how hard that would be for him. They had been together for a while, but had not gone any further than kissing. Sora had said he was not ready, so Riku would wait until he was.

After Riku had calmed down he reopened his eyes. He looked into Sora's eyes and smiled softly.

"Sorry about that. I guess I went a little overboard there." Riku said and placed a chaste kiss on the others lips. Riku then let go of Sora and stood up, walking away from the bed.

Riku woke up, not remembering when he had fallen asleep. He stretched out on the bed and knocked something off of it. Bending down to retrieve the fallen items, Riku let out a sigh. He looked through the items again, depression filling his heart. There was a part of him that wanted nothing more than to burn the things he held in his hands. Burn them and forget, but he couldn't. Even if he did burn them, he would never be able to forget.


Sora looked around as Cloud led him into the club. Cloud had said he wanted him to see this place, but Sora wasn't sure why. Not that the club wasn't worth seeing, it was better than the clubs they had on Destiny Island. Sora looked around as people danced as if they were hypnotized by the beat.

Cloud pulled him over to the crowded bar. Behind the counter was a face that was familiar to Sora. He was busy mixing drinks and opening beers. The two waited until he made his way over to them.

"Cloud and if it isn't little Sora. How have you been? It has been a long time since I last saw you." the bartender said.

"Hi, Xaldin. I've been fine. It's good to see you." Sora said. Xaldin had been friends with Cloud for a long time. He had helped Cloud and Roxas out on more than one occasion. After a while it just seemed he was part of the family, like another older brother.

"How do you like my place here?" Xaldin asked Sora, handing him a soda.

"This is your club?" Sora asked, surprised.

"Yep, great isn't it?"

"Yeah it is." Sora answered. He took a drink from the glass Xaldin had handed him. "Wish we had a club like this back home."

"I'm working on it." Xaldin said and smiled at Sora.

"About that, I accept, if the offer is still good." Cloud said. Sora looked at Cloud, confused. He accepted? Accepted what?

"Yes, it is still good. I'm glad to hear that." Xaldin said, then looked over at Sora, "well Sora looks like your wish is going to come true. Cloud here just agreed to run the club like this I plan on opening in Destiny Island."

Sora looked back at Cloud, his eyes going wide. Since Cloud had agreed to that, that meant Cloud would be moving to Destiny Island. What about Roxas?

"Roxas and I have been discussing this since Xaldin made the offer. We wanted you to come here and see this place, so you could see one of the reasons we would be moving there." Cloud explained.

"One of the reasons?" Sora asked.

"You're the other one." Cloud said.

TBC

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