Sooo... Yeah. Happy New Year's everyone. And look, my first update of the year! WOOOOT!

Everyone was on the edge of their seats with this chapter, and here we are; CHAPTER TEN!:D -pops champagne-

Reviews:

Sakura Li-chan: Bwhahahaha! I win!:D Anyhoo; you have been a good person! You've just been slow to realize there was an update! It's totally cool, though. It really is. Just keep reviewing, kay?

Nightmare Controller: I'm glad I got my rum back too -mumbles: filthy stickin' drunk British bastard-. Anyway. Sora needs to stop listening to me; I've told him to assume the worst, and I guess he finally took it to heart. My bad. Tiger's beat cavemen, and Demyx was righting telling him to go get some. HE GOT IT OOON;D... Wow. That was weird. AND HE DOES DESERVE A PRIZE! And I'm not sure what you mean by "ten sappier love stories", but Sora's gonna stick with Riku. Atleast he's not some physocatic, flower-loving sissy-boy ghost _ Or a rapist. Fa'sho. Marluxia died. And I was sad. He's not all that bad (AND THAT RHYMED), just... did a really shitty thing to Sora, that's all. And I did. Because Sora's the shit. Thanks for all the reviews XD Hahahaha.

Jane St. Valentine: What makes sense? -confusion- But I really should. It was going to be filled with him breaking the fourth wall, kinda how he does in his journal entries, but he'll be addressing fangirls instead of whoever happens to pick up this lame looking book of the floor. XD And that was my favorite line, too! When I was writing it, I'd thought it'd be funny to have Sora think that, considering he can see them and all that. And if it was possible, Riku defiantly would be a ghost in this. Which he is not. But he'd make one hot one, fa'sho. Thank you for your review!:D

x-vantias-x: It's okay. It's the thought that counts!:D And you and Sakura up there and Nightmare over there and TwistedFate around here somewhere, and me and my friend flameleaf and probably a few more people. I didn't even think people would like this story so much XDD And yeah, that line was the best in the entire chapter. Sora, you're so silly! ^w^. And don't hate Marly! I'm not trying to get people to hate him! He's not a bad guy, I just wrote him like that! I love his flowery ass! x3 And here's an update! Oh, and thanks for the review!

Disclaimer: It's 2011. W00t. But I still don't own Kingdom Hearts 2, or the two songs mentioned in this chapter, yo. If I did.. hahaha, you would know; Kingdom Hearts 3 would be a dating sim game, dawg.

*runs away from Luxord* NOOO MY RUM! GO BUY YOUR OWN! YOU STOLE THE FREAKIN' AZTEC GOLD, YOU CHEAP BASTARD! YOU'RE FUCKIN' LOADED!

Enjoy, lovilies!:D

Chapter Ten:

The room fell quiet, Roxas gaping at us, Riku gaping at me and me gaped at the newspaper I held. I started shaking, and then closed my eyes ever so slowly, thinking I was going to fall over.

"S-Sora? You look like you're about to pass out." Riku told me.

"He's dead."

My boyfriend blinked, then looked down. "Yeah..."

"I can't..." I shook my head, shocked when tears came to my eyes. "I can't believe he's dead... It's only been two y-years..." My stuttering came to play. "W-what happened?"

"He was a party when a gang attacked. He was shot and killed." Roxas told me quietly. "I found out the next day, but I didn't want to tell you..."

I felt the tears rolling down my cheeks, all the memories rushing back to me from the first time we kissed to that night in his bed, then when I saw him again at the front of the school. I opened my eyes again and looked at Riku, then just hugged him, burying my face in his chest.

It was over...

But, the roller coaster didn't bother me as much when it was Riku. In fact, just all the ups and downs that came with being with Riku just made me love him more… And, for the first time in my life, I say that with complete honesty; I love Riku. I've never really loved anyone outside of my family, even though Axel and I use to throw it around for the heck of it, and I use to lie to Marluxia and tell him that… Riku's just… different, y'know? Well, I don't get if you really know. What does a diary know, anyway?

Well, this diary knows a lot, but doesn't at the same time. I'm not giving away all my secrets, because I don't want Mrs. Anna freaking out. LAST THING I NEED.

But… all that shock with Marluxia…

Riku had to leave, but not without giving me the longest and sweetest kiss of my life… right in front of Roxas and my mom. When he left, my mom giggled a bit, then kept cutting the vegetables for dinner and Roxas looked a bit out of place, most likely thinking about Axel. But, I guess that's the cool thing about my mom; she's completely chill with her two sons being gay. Well, me at least; she didn't know about Roxas yet, and I think that's for the best. She's known Axel as long as I have, and it'd be pretty damn surprising to her little mom heart if she found out Roxas was dating one of my best friends.

I guess that's why Roxas and I kept quiet about that.

After Riku left, though, I got to thinking about everything that had happened; Marluxia being dead, having sex with Riku, Roxas and Axel and Demyx. It was like an over-load of crap and memories and planned out situations. I really need to stop thinking, huh? It was really starting to make my brain hurt, and I couldn't really think straight much through dinner or as I sat there and played Resident Evil. My thoughts all came to a screeching freaking halt as my phone started ringing next to me, but it was the Offspring instead of Hollywood Undead.

Axel.

"Show me how to lie, you're getting better all the t-"

"Axel? What's up?"

"Is your dumbass brother there?" he asked me, sounded a little peeved. Whoa. "He's been ignoring me all day."

Roxas was ignoring Axel? What in the hell? "Um, he's here… What happened?"

"We sorta got into a fight after having sex the yesterday." That was blunt. "He got mad at me and now he won't talk to me. But the little bastard gave me a fuckin' black eye."

Roxas PUNCHED Axel? What in the hell times two! "What did you two get into a fight about?"

I heard Black Dahlia playing in the background. Axel is listening to Hollywood Undead? No. That was coming from Roxas' room. Oh God. How bad was it?

"I… um… sorta said Demyx…" he admitted with a bit of a hurt sound to his voice.

Roxas had a good reason to punch him. "Axel… You did WHAT?"

I could hear him shrink away from the phone. I rarely ever got mad, but when I did, even Axel got scared. "I said Demyx's name… On accident…"

"Did you cheat on my brother, or something!" I nearly yelled.

"N-No! It was just Demyx and me use to be a thing before I started dating Roxas. And when we broke up, he went out with Zexion. I don't know why, but his name just came to my mind!" he explained. "And then Roxas punched me and claimed I was just some cheating son of a bitch and left."

"He did the right thing, you dumbass!"

I heard Axel make a sound. He had every right to be scared! I'm gonna kick his ass! "S-Sora…?"

"You probably just scared the living shit out him, you fuckin' dumbass! He loves you, Axel! You're being a complete idiot!" He was lucky he wasn't here; he would have another black eye. "You need to apologize right now! Come over here!"

There was a few noises in the background. "I'll be there in a few. You better be right about this."

We hung up, and I sighed, then got up and went to Roxas' door, knocking quietly. "Roxas?"

The music stopped on the note of "-and told you that I loved you every time I fucked you-" and my brother appear, sniffling and wiping away the tears running down his face. "Yeah?"

That was a stab to the heartstrings, seeing Roxas cry like that. I hugged him. "I'm so sorry, Rox."

He looked confused. "What?"

"Axel called me and told me what happened."

He blushed. "Oh." There he goes being embarrassed. "He told you… everything, huh?"

I wondered for a moment what he meant by 'everything', then shook it off. "He told me he accidentally said Demyx, and you gave him a black eye after calling him a cheating son of a bitch."

He frowned. "I'm glad I gave him a black eye. And he is a cheating son of a bitch." Roxas turned away from me. "I can't believe it was Demyx of all people…" I heard a sob. He's crying again. "What does Demyx have that I don't have?"

"It's more like, what do you have that he doesn't?"

Roxas spun on a hell so fast I thought he'd fall over. Axel stood by the stairs, leaning on the wall and looking at Roxas. He did have a pretty bad black eye; wow Roxas. "What the hell do you want?" Roxas cursed, glaring at Axel. "And I, apparently, don't have anything he doesn't have considering now he's got my boyfriend!"

"Roxas, listen okay?" Axel said, then sighed. "Demyx gave me up a few months before I dated you. His name sorta came to my mind. I'm sorry."

Roxas didn't look convinced, but when Axel grabbed my brother's hand and kissed him, I'm pretty sure that won him over. I smiled, then pushed the two of them into Roxas' room. "Get a room!" I told them, closing the door and smiling even more. Sometimes, playing cupid wasn't so bad.

So I didn't really know what to think. The news was just a little shocking to say the least, and I guess the entire thing was a big gasp and slap in the face. It explained some things, like why I saw his face that one time, and why he showed up randomly. He was dead and his ghost was haunting me. See, even in the afterlife, Marluxia is obsessed with me. Do you know much that pisses me off?

No?

Good.

I hadn't heard from Riku in days, and I was starting to get worried. Christmas had already passed in a flurry of new gifts, wrapping paper and bows and still no calls or texts from my so-called boyfriend. Not only was I worried, but I was starting to get a little pissed off. New Year's was approaching fast, and I wanted to spend with him. But how was I supposed to when he locked himself up at his house without contact to the outside world?

At first, I thought it was because of Marluxia, since he left in a rush that day anyway, and I kept pondering over it until it finally hit me; why the heck would he be jealous of a GHOST? And not just any ghost, but a flower-loving, sissy-boy ghost? I don't think that would happened any time soon, whether Riku was alive or dead.

Then, I thought he was sick of me and all my problems, which wasn't a lot, and I quickly ruled that out. After that, it was if he was sick of me, or if he was just taking a "break" from me, or if his parents had taken him out of state or something. Basically, my mind was just going to all these places and it wasn't exactly wonderful, if you know what I mean.

It was just my thoughts were going all crazy on me, and it just got to the point where everything was all jumbled and confusing, like thoughts that Riku was going to leave me and never come back, which was one of the stupidest things ever. Riku said he felt a connection, so did that rule out him leaving?

Maybe I was over-analyzing things again.

New Year's was just about the only time of year that Roxas and I were allowed to drink, granted our parents watched over the amount we had, which was usually only enough to get us tipsy and a little disoriented. The headaches we have in the morning were usually only minor, but our parents said for us not to make it a habit, and we never did; alcohol was defiantly a once-a-year deal.

So it wasn't very surprising when our parents handed us each a bottle of beer and told us to go to town on them. Roxas and I just took them up to our rooms and had a drinking contest, seeing who could down the bitter liquid fastest when a yell echoed through the house.

"Sora! Someone's at the door for you!"

To say the least, I highly doubted I could get down the stairs, and I know it sounds pretty lame to say I can get drunk off one bottle of beer, but I'm nearly eighty pounds of nothing. So when I finally made my way downstairs, I heard on the TV news reporters exclaiming about the New Year and I found my first surprise of the New Year; Riku standing at my door, drenched to the bone with water and looking out of place and… lost. He just spoke four words, and, even in my drunk state, I felt my heart break a little.

"We need to talk."

Mom looked between us, slightly confused and even more worried, and I looked to Riku, blinking my eyes to clear out the hazy vision. Damn being drunk. "Wha-?"

His eyes widened. "Sora, are you drunk?"

I glared a little. "Kinda." I admitted. "Dude, you're soaking wet. We need to get you out of those clothes." And their went my gutter mind. Did I mention I hate being drunk?

Dad jumped to the rescue and claimed he'd have some old clothes around here somewhere while Mom got him a cup of hot chocolate and a towel to dry off. I just stood there next to him as my parents rushed around and I just looked into his eyes, trying to see if anything was wrong at all.

He wasn't very readable tonight.

After the craziness calmed down, Dad and Mom left us alone (finally), and he followed me upstairs to my room, where Roxas had already left and headed back to his room. Riku sat down on my bed, and I took a spot next to him, looking at him with the most concerned face I could summon up. "What's wrong?" I asked, hoping I still didn't sound drunk. That buzz in my brain was still there, and I was starting to get irritated at it.

"Sora, my parents kicked me out of the house." Surprise number two of the year.

"They what?" I nearly screamed, then stopped, looking at him with even more worry. "Why?" Riku looked like he had a perfect life; what did he do that was so dishonorable in his parent's eyes?

He met my eyes for only a second, and there I could see the hurt before he looked down again. "They found out… About you."

My face paled, and I felt myself go cold as a terrified shiver ran through me. "T-They…"

"I forgot to change the sheets once." He admitted. "And they saw the stains." Riku put his head in his hands. "How could I have been so fucking dumb?"

I couldn't form words, and no long was it because of the beer; my boyfriend was kicked out of his house because of me… All because of me. Tears started to burn at the back of my eyes, and I sniffled, hiccuping a little. Riku looked up, and gasped. "Sora, why are you crying?"

"It's… hic… all my fault." I managed to choke out under my tears. "You got kicked out because of me. I'm… hic… sorry…"

Riku wrapped me in his arms, and held me close, shaking his head slightly. "It's not your fault, Sora. It was bound to happen eventually." I put my arms around him, and he just held on closer. "I promise, everything will be fine."

And at that moment, everything seemed just perfect again, until there was a knock at my door and my mom clearing her throat. Riku and I separated as fast as lightning, blushing and looking away awkwardly.

"Um… Yeah Mom?" I asked, smiling at her a little.

She smiled, then looked to Riku. "What happened, Sora?"

"Well…."

"I got kicked out of my house." Riku said before I could make straight sentences. "I've got no where to go, and parents told me not to come back until I broke up with Sora." He said it with so much hurt, I just wanted to tackle him to a hug… But, my mom was standing right there! How weird would that be?

Mom smiled again. "You're welcome to stay here, then." she told him, and my face lit up. "Do you have anything with you?"

"There's a bag in the car."

"We'll get it in the morning, okay?" she smiled at the two of us. "You two get some sleep, okay?"

We nodded, and she left, closing the door behind her. Riku turned to me with a look in his eyes I could decode, then put a hand gently on my cheek. "I think this is long past overdue." He leaned in a kissed me softly on the lips, and it was the first time in the new year I felt whole again. When we parted, I smiled a little at him, then curled up next to him in bed as soon as we laid back to sleep.

"Happy New Years, Riku." I told him softly, feeling my eyes get heavy.

He kissed the top of my head. "Happy New Years, Sora. I love you."