Survival of the Fittest

Chapter 10

After Zexion's feet hit the ground, Axel wraps him in a hug and places a kiss on the top of his head. "You're a genius babe!"

"Yes, yes I know now get off of me. We have more important things to-"

"To what?"

Axel releases him and turns around to see what the bluenet could possibly be more concerned about after the kitten. Emerald eyes grow wide as he spots the procession turning the corner. At the sight of his little animal trapped inside of a cage, Sora looses all thoughts of attempting to throw up the little bug he had swallowed. Axel grabs Zexion's hand and begins to run to any place that could buy them some time.

"What did you do to my cat!?" Sora demands.

Roxas points toward the fleeing bug couple, "They did it, I know it!"

Riku merely shakes his head at their antics as the twins begin to stomp forward, easily having the upper hand in this chase.

Scared shitless, Zexion searches for a place where they can hide till the three boys decide to give up. "Axel go by the planter."

Scooping up the shorter into his arms, Axel skids into the corner and squeezes them between the wall and the potted cactus.

Hayner jumps up and down beside the plant, "We got 'em! We got 'em!"

Sora and Roxas move both face Riku and demand his services, "Move the cactus!"

Sighing heavily the silveret drags the cactus out of the way as the three boys surround the two bugs. Bending down to scoop them up, Hayner hesitates and then all of a sudden jumps back away from them.

Riku raises an eyebrow, "What's wrong, scared of a little bug?"

"N-No t-they just got b-bigger!"

Axel glances at Zexion, "Did he just say bigger?"

"Yeah so let's get the hell out of here."

Nodding, they take the chance to run by Riku's enormous tennis shoe and dart down the rest of the hall.

Roxas groans, "Riku! You let them get away!"

"Oh forget it! If you want to run after a couple insects then by all means go ahead! I'm going to go sit down and wait for you all to stop this."

With that he leaves and they all look at one another. Sora nods to the way that the ladybugs went, "So are we still hunting them?"

The two blondes nod, "Yup!"

Panting and out of breath, Axel gazes around the corner before turning back to Zexion. "It's just Riku in there so we should be fine for now."

"Then let's hide by Riku and stay there till we return to our original size since this is only...temporary."

As stealthily as possible, Axel and Zexion climb up onto Riku's shoe and hold onto the shoelaces.

With a pout spread across his countenance, Sora stomps back into the living room and plops onto the cushion next to Riku.

"So did you find your bugs?"

"No! But Roxas and Hayner are still looking for them. I gave up."

"Really? Well that's a good thing. Because now I can spend time with you." Riku leans over and pecks Sora's cheek.

The brunet flushes a light pink before crawling onto the teen's lap. Smiling happily, Sora relaxes into Riku's arms. However, the peaceful moment is quickly shattered by pounding footsteps heading their way. Riku groans as Sora hops off of him, displeased that he can't seem to spend a single moment with the boy.

Hayner opens his mouth to tell of their empty findings when he finds himself staring down at the ground. Roxas follows his line of sight and a large smirk slips onto his lips.

Roxas shoves Sora out of the way, who lands on the coffee table, thus spilling the contents sitting on it. The blonde then dives forward and onto Riku which causes the couch to completely flip over.

Hayner rushes to Sora and tries to help the brunet up who is completely flustered at the action. The two stride around the sides of the overturned couch and their eyes go wide.