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A/N: In the story I have a little (1) In there that's because that's something you should know that is in my end notes.

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Chapter 8

.Leon's POV.

I watched as Sora as he told me this. How could our mother do that to him! How! Sora should've called me. I should've known that something was wrong when there was no food in the fridge. I just sat in shock.

"Sora, why didn't you tell us?" Cloud spoke softly.

"B—Because I didn't want my mom to be mad at me or hit me anymore." Sora said whilst he cried.

"What! Sora that's no reason to not tell someone that you haven't been eating!" I exclaimed.

"I—I'm sorry… Please don't leave… Don't leave me like mom and dad." Sora said through his sobs.

A pang of guilt struck my heart as he said this.

"Leon don't be so mean." Cloud said from behind.

I got up from the chair I had pulled up beside Sora's bed.

"Wh—What are you doing Leon?" Sora asked me concerned.

"I'm packing. You're coming home with Cloud and I today." I said to Sora.

"Really?" Cloud and Sora said in unison.

"Really." I said as I through some photo albums and books into one of the many boxes for moving. Something fell from one of the books. I looked at it in greater detail. It was our father's handwriting scribbled all over the envelope. I opened it and read it.

My dear sons,

I would like you to know that your mother is not the safest to be around without another adult. Also, if you find this when I intend you to (sometime in Sora's early teens and Leon's early twenties) then you should know that I left you a bit of money that your mother never knew about. It was in the old crawl space in the basement. I left about $900,000 in there in a metal bin of some sort. I expect I will be gone by then. Your mother is plotting my demise. Leon, I hope that you will look after your brother and protect him. I support you no matter what your sexuality. There are more notes. I love you both.

- Your father

"Leon what's that?" I heard Sora's curios voice.

"It's an old letter from dad. There's money in the basement in the crawl space from him." I said lost in thought.

"What!" Sora exclaimed, "Please let me out of bed Leon!"

"Aww man!" Cloud whined as he forked over another $10 to Riku.

"What's that for?" Sora asked.

"We had a thing going on." Riku replied.

"What was it about?" Sora asked again.

"Well, we bet on who you would ask to let you out more. Oh! And if you would or wouldn't ask Leon." Cloud explained.

"Who won?" I asked.

"I did both times." Riku said happily.

Sora pouted in his bed. "Please let me up Leon!" He whined to me.

"Okay," I said (this caused Riku and cloud to gape) "Only if you don't run around like a mad man."

"Yay!" Sora cheered.

I undid the ropes and helped Sora out of bed. He blushed as he realized he was only in his boxers. "Umm… I thought I had more on than this…" He blushed some more.

"That's fine Sora. I think you look sexy like that." Riku said. This surprised everyone.

"This is my little brother you're talking about." I growled to Riku.

I knew the kid liked him. It was so easy to tell. The only one who didn't know was Sora himself. Sora and I went down to the basement. I hopped into the crawl space to find a tin box. I climbed back out and opened it. There was the money and another letter.

Dear sons,

To of found this note you would have to found the box. I'm glad you found this. I'm probably dead right now. That or I left. In another box in my study there is another $900,000. I inherited this money from my father who got it from his father. I know it will be useful once your mother is gone. I will pay for bills and such. Sora, You are about 3 right now and you are so cute. Please grow up to be someone both of you. I love you.

One more box after the next with the largest amount of money.

-your father

It ended. Our father really loved us. I heard sobs. I looked at Sora who was wiping away tears. "H—He wrote that letter the year he got put into a coma!" Sora exclaimed sobbing.

"Sora it's alright. He'll come back to us." I said as I leaned down to kiss his forehead.

We moved up the stairs to my father's study. Sora found the box in his desk. He opened it and sure enough, there was the 900 grand he gave us. The note was shorter.

Sons,

Your mother is onto my plans of siphoning off the money. The next one is in a secret room in the walk in pantry. I will be dead soon. The safe combo is 11-10-45. I love you both.

-Dad

We went straight up to the pantry and opened it. Sora moved the rug and revealed the trap door. I opened the trap door. Then we saw the safe. I entered in the combo and opened it.

Sora and I gaped. Dad left us diamonds and $200,000. This was our lucky day.

I put the $1,800,000 into the safe and closed it up. I pulled it out of the secret room and put it in the kitchen. Sora and I went back upstairs to pack his clothes and game movies (like 10). "Cloud, take these boxes," I said giving him 3 boxes, "And take them to the car."

"'Kay Leon." Cloud answered.

Sora had said good bye to Riku hours ago when he had gone home after his shift. I took Sora to the car and laid him on the back seat (he was sleeping again). I want back in and got the safe. I put it in the trunk and closed it quietly. Our dad had left us 12 three carat diamonds. They sell for about $51,000 apiece. (1) That was $612,000! We are going to sell them and put all that money into the bank.

I went to the jewelers and sold the diamonds. Then I went to the bank and put all that money into the bank account so that it would gain interest. Then I we went home. I carried Sora up the stairs and laid him down on his new bed. Cloud carried up his boxes. Most of the stuff stayed at my mother's house. We locked it up and Sora can go there to hang out now. It's only 2 blocks away. I didn't want to sell it. We may all become a family again. Then I heard a knock come from the bedroom door. Cloud was lying next to him so I said, "Come in Sora."

"Leon? I need to ask Cloud and you a question." He said uncertainly.

I sat up and so did Cloud, "What is it?" I asked.

"I need to know how I confess to the person I like that I like them." He said coming over to sit on the end of the bed.

"It's Riku isn't it?" I asked.

"No. Well… Yeah…" He mumbled. Cloud chuckled at his attempts to cover for himself.

"Just tell them. If the like you they'll tell you so." Cloud said reassuringly to Sora.

"B—But what if he rejects my love?" Sora asked.

"He won't trust me Sora. He likes you back." I added in my two cents.

"You're sure?" Sora asked.

"Yes Sora. We're sure. Look what happened when I confessed?" I said pulling Cloud into a warm embrace. I kissed his lips softly. Sora wrinkled his nose in disgust.

"Ewww!" Sora said in a nasally voice.

"Shut up Sora." I said jokingly.

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(1) That is the actual price. I looked it up. Creepy I know.

Please review. No Riku and Sora talks tonight I'm tired! It's almost 11:00 at night. I'm going to bed after this. PLEASE REVIEW! Thanks people! Signing off! VanillaJewelz out!