I pull away from my mom, frowning. This isn't the first time? When was the first time? Why did he disappear before? I can't even look at her. I have a very bad feeling in the pit of my stomach. She's let Cloud live with us, knowing he's done horrible things to Roxas before? Why would she do that? How could she just ignore this? I mean, I did, but I am not an adult. I wouldn't be able to get Cloud to stop. Mom should have done something. I look up at Axel and mumble. "We need to get back to the house, now."

Axel nods and Mom sighs. "I'll be right there Sora, I need to tell my boss there's an emergency. Axel, can you call your brother? We will need the police involved…." Her voice is shaky, but her face is calm. I can't tell if she's really angry, or trying not to cry. I don't know if either make her ignorance better. At least she's here for Roxas now. Even though that's a shitty consolation prize. I leave with Axel, without giving her a second look.

Axel drive to the house, he is quiet. He forgot to call his brother. I didn't feel like reminding him. I can tell he's in just as much shock as I am. When we get to the house cloud is sitting on our sofa in the living room, watching television. He's just sitting there, like he didn't do anything wrong. Soon Mom walks through the door, looking angrier than I ever remember her looking. I jump and get out of her way as she storms over to Cloud.

"Cloud, where is Roxas?" Mother demands, her voice full of venom.

"I donno, he was-" he responds lazily.

"Axel said you were the last to see him, how do you not know where he is Cloud?" She yells impatiently and I looked to Axel who is frowning deeply. I don't understand why my father would want to hurt Roxas? Roxas has never been one to do bad things. Yet he's always gotten the brunt of Cloud's anger and hate.

"Yeah, that was a while ago, I don't know where he is now." He challenges her, sitting up more threateningly. That is NOT what he told me. I growl and I can't stop myself from going over there with the intent to punch his stupid fucking face in. Next thing I know Axel's grabbed my wrist and pulled me into his chest.

"Shh, Sora let your mom handle this. Let's go get Riku and Reno to help us search for him. Plus, you need to calm down." He holds me tight as I shake and cry again. My father gave my mom another bull-shit explanation about where Roxas was. I can't take this anymore. I break away from axel's grip. "Sora!" He called after me, but I don't want to listen. I want my father to give Roxas back, and to get thrown into jail.

"Liar! You told me you threw him into one of those institutions for gay people. You didn't just take him home and let him leave! You -" my father glares at me and stands. My mother hisses his name as he grabs me by my collar.

"Ok, fine, I put the faggot in his place! Why do you care so much?!" He spits at me and mother pulls his arm, yelling something. I can't hear anything but my heart thudding in my ears. Finally he told the fucking truth. Tears fall from my eyes as glare back into my father's unusually cold eyes. Maybe this isn't unusual? Maybe Dad being so nice to me is what was unusual. If being Gay is so bad, I should just come out too. Maybe he'll throw me in the same place as Roxas.

"I'm gay too." I whisper, staring right in his eyes. His eyes grow darker, dangerous. "I broke up with Kairi, for a man." He throws me to the ground. Mom yells my name and Cloud starts to argue with her.

"You raised faggots Aerith, do you feel special?" He spits at my mother. She has tears in her eyes. I don't know if she was crying because she is disgusted with me or dad. Either way I don't like it.

"Yes, I am gay, and Roxas is too. Is that so fucking wrong dad?!" I scream as I stand up, challenging him again. He backhands me, causing my cheek to sting and tears to fall from my eyes. My father hit me, for being me. Now I know a little of how it feels to be my twin. How it feels to be a black sheep, a freak. It made my insides twist and burn. The only thing is, I haven't dealt with this since I was 4 or something. Roxas has. He's hurt Roxas so many times, in so many ways. Rage surges through my veins. My mom is staring at me, dumbfounded. She looks to cloud angrily.

"Don't you dare touch my son that way!" She shouts and he turns on her, getting ready to slap her, but axel grabs his wrist before he can. My mind is spinning from all that's happening. Mom stood up for me. Axel is putting himself in the middle of this. Roxas is still missing, and Cloud refuses to tell is where. What do we do?

"I wouldn't do that if I were you. My brother is very friendly with the cops." His voice is dark, it sends shivers down my spine. Cloud growls and wretches his hand away from Axel and punches him in the face.

"You're part of the fucking problem! You turned my son into a faggot!" He accuses as Axel holds his cheek. It is already turning blue and swelling. My father is a strong guy, and I wouldn't be surprised if he broke his jaw. "You need to get the fuck out of my house. Take that filth with you too!" he points at me

Axel grabs my father's collar and growls in his face. "Take that back. Right now. If anyone is filth in this room it's you. Now, I think you need to leave. If you aren't going to tell us where Roxas is, you better run, run far away." I've never heard Axel yell like that. He's so scary, I need to remember to piss him off. I stand and tug on his shirt weakly, hoping to catch his attention. Axel spins around and growls.

"Axe, hurting him won't bring Rox back, it will just get you in jail for assault. Now, unhand him, and let's call the police." I say calmly, even though I am bubbling with anger on the inside. Axel glares and lets Cloud go. My mother had already been on the phone with the police, and she was yelling at them.

"What do you mean you won't come?! What? Cloud has- Leon, you need to- What?! Leon I need your help Cloud- "She looks angry as she throws her phone on the ground, breaking it. She stalks over to dad and slaps him. "I don't know what you've don't to Roxas, but you will never, ever, ever be allowed back here. Your lover said he is glad you finally got rid of, and I quote, 'the little runt'." She is crying. My dad has a lover? He's cheating on mother? How can he look at us every day? I feel like I'm going to throw up, because I looked up to my father. Up until I knew he was beating Roxas. This weekend has been a horrible weekend. My world is crumbling around me. I hang my head and cry in anger. I don't even know who this Leon is. It sounds vaguely familiar, but I can't completely remember. He is the least of my worries right now. I have to get Cloud out of my house, and I have to look for my brother.

"You are the biggest hypocrite, Cloud. You call Roxas and I fags, yet you were shagging Leon….The chief of police!" I remember, Reno introduced me once when Roxas and I were waiting for Axel. "That's low and I cannot believe you." I frown. "You need to leave, right now. I don't want to look at your stupid face!" I yell, and he grins at me. He chuckles and walks toward the stairs.

"Fine, I'll go. There's no reason to stay in this hell hole anyway." He disappears to his room and my mother falls to her knees sobbing into her hands. I sigh and kneel down to hug her tightly. Her body shakes violently with each sob and it tugs my heart. I desperately need to hit something, destroy something dear to my father, so he could feel this pain. Axel sighs next to me and helps us both up.

"Mrs. St-"He starts but Mom stops him by holding up her hand. She looks up at him angrily.

"Please, I am single, no need to be so formal anyway Axel, You are like a second son. Call me Tifa from now on. I am no longer a strife." She sniffles. I hug my mother tight out of fear and anger.

"Tifa…I'm sorry. If I had held back, none of thi-." He tries again, but Mom stops him again. She sighs and sits down on the sofa, pulling me with her. I sit next to her and sigh. Axel sits on her other side and did the same, holding his face in his hands. "Ich will Roxy zurück... ich haβe Cloud! Fuck! Er braucht Roxas zurück zu geben!"( I want Roxy back...I hate Cloud! Fuck! He needs to give Roxas back!) Mom pulls him close. Axel tenses at the touch and tugs his hair. Axel looks so high strung, and right then and there I knew he really loves my brother. That makes me happy, but it also brakes my heart because Roxas is missing, and can't be happy with Axel till we find him.

"Axel, calm down, keep a level head. We need to look for him, he could be in the house. Cloud used to disappear with Roxas all the time when he was little. Maybe he hasn't even taken him anywhere….." She sighs and stands. I look at her confused. Dad used to do things like this often? "He used to say they were going fishing and camping and Sora didn't really like those things, so he stayed behind with me. This is an old house, and it has a lot of little compartments. Let's look in the attic and basement." We nod and stand together. I can be angry at mom for this later. It's unproductive. I'll just channel it to finding Rox.

"I've got the basement, you guys go look in the attic." Axel says and starts for the basement. I nod and start walking to the Attic.

"Mom, you should stay here, and wait for him to come back down. Don't let him leave without making sure he's leaving alone." I say, looking back at mom. She looks uncomfortable with that but she nods anyway. I run up to the attic and look everywhere. I know all of the good hiding spots in the house from playing hide and seek when I was a kid.

Dad's having an affair with Leon. I remember Leon now. Leon was our neighbor from when Rox and I were little. He used to baby sit us when mom and dad were away. I liked Leon, he would always let me eat cookies before dinner and would let Roxas and I play whenever we wanted. He really didn't babysit us well. He was always gone unless we called for him. I remember the first day I noticed Roxas acting weird.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Flashback~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Hey Woxas! Let's go see daddy befowr he weaves!" Sora tugged on Roxas' ear, a human ear. "Come on Woxy! Daddy is weaving fow a week! Dats a wong time!" Sora pulled on his covers but Roxas held them tighter , hiding his face in his pillow.

"G-Go-way Sowa! I no feew gowd." Sora looked at him and pouted. Roxas never got sick, ever. If they did get sick, they usually got sick together. Sora pulled harder on the covers and Roxas whined in a weird way. "SOWA! I SAID GO WAY!" Roxas yelled at me, turning his head to glare at me with his big, blue eyes. It broke Sora's little heart to see Rox so mad at him, so he started to cry. Roxas just glared at his brother till he ran out of the room. Sora ran into Leon in the hall.

"Woah, kiddo, what's the rush?" He picked Sora up and whipped his tears away. Sora liked Leon he was nice. Leon and Dad were really good friends and Sora always wanted a friend like Leon. He was big and strong and warm when he hugged you. He was always hugging Daddy and It was nice to see daddy smile. Sora was upset though, because Roxas hated me, and his tiny world was crumbling because his brother yelled at him.

"W-Woxas…He…Yeweded at me!" Sora sobbed into Leon's warm neck and he sighed. Leon's hug seamed to get less comforting and Sora heard him say to Daddy.

"I thought you took care of him Cloud." Leon hissed, and that confused Sora. What was Leon talking about? Take care of who? He looked to daddy who was frowning.

"What do you suppose I do Leon? I can't really get rid of him, because Tifa will be on my ass." He growled at the brunette and Sora looked even more confused. Leon sighed and looked at me.

"You ok now bud? Your daddy has to go now." He told Sora and he nodded, reaching for cloud. He picked Sora up in his arms and I hugged him tight.

"Woxy and I say bye daddy." Sora smiled at him and he put me down, grumbling something and walking away. The tiny brunette didn't understand, usually his daddy would hug him tight and say 'see ya later kiddo' or something. He just left, and Leon followed him. So Sora was in the hall, alone crying again. Sora heard little footsteps behind him and then felt arms wrap around him from behind.

"D-Don't cry Sowa, It's ok. Down't cwy, I sowwy, I dodn't mean it." Roxas cried into Sora's shoulder, hugging him tighter. Sora turned around and hugged him back. Roxas is acting weird, he never cries. I don't like it. So Sora held onto Roxas tighter until Leon called us down for breakfast.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~End Flashback~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Axel calls for me so I run down the stairs. I find him next to my mother and Cloud, he looks pissed. "Sora I couldn't find him anywhere, and Cloud said that you should remember where Cloud hides him when he's been bad." Axel yells at me and I take a step back. Axel's yelling scared me and I shook my head. Why would I know where Roxas is? Why would I lie? Why is Axel yelling at me like I'm the one doing something wrong?

"I don't know where he would hide him…" I furrow my eyebrows in confusion. "Why would I not tell you if I knew?" I sigh and walk to Axel and take his hand. "Axe, I love my brother." I look at father and frown. "I don't know where he put him."

Cloud grins at me and shakes his head. "He's not here, can I go? I would like to get back to my lover. He's been waiting years for me to dump you pathetic-" Axel punches him in the face, hard. So hard Cloud had to take a step back and hold his jaw. Cloud just glared at Axel and chuckles darkly. This can't be good. He's scaring me. I tug on Axel's sleeve, warning him to stop. "You will regret that. I'm leaving." He stands up straight and smirks. "Roxas is gone, you will never find him, and you've got no proof that I've done anything."

I watched him walk to the garage, stunned and livid, where his van is. I can hear cloud open his van, shuffle around, close the van, start the engine, and leave. Of course he's just going to leave. Leave us behind. Leaving Roxas wherever he was lost. Where could he have put him? We checked everywhere in the house, and I don't know of any weird conversion places around here. How could Cloud have taken him out of town and get back home so fast? We checked everywhere in the house, right? The attic, the basement, the upstairs rooms, mm got the downstairs and kitchen. We checked every-.

"We never checked the garage!" My blood pulses angrily icy through my veins. I run to the garage as quickly as I can. Shit. How did we forget the garage? Axel came clamoring behind me loudly. I stop short in the garage, staring at the wall across from the door. There's a weird little piece of the wall open, and I walk over to it and blink. There's scratch marks on the door, little drops of blood on the concrete. I'm going to be sick. He was… Roxas… I failed him again.

"A-Axe…He had him in here…in the fucking…We didn't look here! We let him take Roxas again!" I start to panic and hyperventilate, feeling my body vibrating, but my head frozen. Where was Cloud going? How do we get Roxas back? Why didn't we check the damn garage? What do I do? We need to get Roxas away from that mad man. Why would Cloud lie? What is he going to do to Roxas? If Roxas was here, why couldn't we hear him? What if Cloud killed him? What if Roxas is dead and Cloud is going to get away with it? I can't stop the tears; I barely register them. I can't stop the shaking, I don't even know what up and down is. MY brother is probably dead. My brother who I've failed time and time again. Axel pulled me into a tight hug, jarring me back to earth.

"It's going to be okay Sora….We still have Reno. I'll have him help us. It's okay. Let me call Riku so he can help calm you so you can think, okay?" Axel texted Riku quickly, still hugging me. I can see his phone. I hope Riku gets here quick. I can't stand by myself. I'm lucky Axel is holding me up. I don't see how Reno or Riku will really help. My brother is with my psychotic father, who more than likely has already killed him. If there is a god, or good in the world, let Roxas be alive. I don't know what I would do without him. I don't know what to do anymore, other than to let Axel take care of this for the moment, I'll just lean into his chest and cry. It's all I can do, and I'm sorry Roxas.