Disclaimer: all characters of Kingdom Hearts are property of Square-Enix and Disney.
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Roxas watched as his brother fidgeted nervously on the sofa. Then he looked at Axel who was watching Sora in amuse and Demyx who was giggling like crazy. He sighed and could not help but to smile. "Sora, stop being so nervous," he said.
"But…"
"Hey, it's okay Rox. This is Sora's first date…with Riku," Axel said, arching his eyebrows playfully. He and Demyx laughed when their second vocalist's face turned red.
"Sora, you're so cute!"Demyx exclaimed and pinched the brunet's cheek. Sora whined.
"Stop it!" Sora slapped Demyx's hand away then pouted cutely. Then, there was a phone ringing. Roxas picked it up and answered it.
"Roxas's speaking."
"So Sora, where are you two going today?" Demyx asked, grinning widely. If possible, Sora's face is turning redder than before.
"I don't know. Riku hadn't told me," Sora replied.
"I bet it would be somewhere romantic," Axel said then smiled dreamily. "Probably Mickey Park."
"Are you kidding me? Tidus said that place is a kid's playground," Sora said. Axel laughed.
"How about Minnie Aquarium Box? I heard the fishes are beautiful!" Demyx said.
"Don't forget YRP Restaurant! That place has the most delicious food in the world!" Axel exclaimed. Demyx nodded in agreement. Sora smiled weakly. As much as he does not want to talk about his date's place, among all the places Axel and Demyx mentioned, he wanted to have a date at YRP Restaurant because the place had many memories in it.
"Sora." They turned to look at Roxas. The blonde was smiling weakly. "I'm sorry."
"Huh? What's wrong, Roxas?" Sora asked. Roxas sighed.
"Riku…couldn't come," Roxas said. Everyone silent. Axel and Demyx watched in concern as Sora stared at Roxas for a very long time. Then the brunet bowed. His hands are clutching his trouser tightly. Roxas bit his bottom lip, feeling heavyhearted to tell more. "He said…he had to do something. Sorry." Sora then raised his face and smiled widely.
"It's okay. It's not your fault, Roxas," Sora said.
"Sora…"
"Guess I have to spend time with you guys today!"
"You sound as if you don't want to hang out with us," Demyx said, pouting. Sora chuckled.
"I want to! Come on! Let's go to YRP Restaurant!" Sora exclaimed and left the living room. Roxas, Axel and Demyx exchanged look before they sighed.
"Let's go guys. Let's cheer Sora up!" Demyx said. The others nodded.
"Let's."
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The next day, Sora went to school with Roxas. Yesterday was fun even though Riku cancelled the date but Sora had fun spending time with his brother and the rest of the band's members. He was sad but at the same time, he was happy and glad that his friends had cheered him up. Sora thanked them by promising that he will not be sad anymore.
"Sora!" The brothers turned around and saw grinning Tidus running towards them.
"Tidus!"
"Well, it's been a while, Tidus," Roxas said. Tidus grinned wide.
"Hey Roxas. Been a while, yes," Tidus said. Roxas smiled.
"Tidus, where have you been? I haven't seen you since that date," Sora said. Tidus grinned wider than before.
"Judging from your grin, I say something good had happened," Roxas said. Tidus nodded happily before he jumped up and down happily.
"Wakka brought me to his hometown Besaid these few days!" he exclaimed. Sora gasped then he happily jumped with Tidus.
"Oh my god! That's so great, Tidus!"
"I know! I know! These few days were the best days I have ever had!" Tidus said. Sora smiled wide, could not help but to feel happy for his friend.
"That's really great. So are you two together now?" Sora asked. Tidus shook his head. "Eh?"
"We'll take it slow right now. Wakka said he needs time," Tidus said.
"Oh, I see…"
"But that's okay! I won't give up! I'm going to make him fall in love with me!" Tidus exclaimed with determination. Sora chuckled. "Oh, he said he'll wait for me in Art Room! Have to go now, Sora! See you later in class!" Tidus said, waved before he ran off. Sora smiled as he watched his friend before he looked at Roxas. The blonde was staring at him.
"What is it, Roxas?" Sora asked.
"I pity you," Roxas said. Sora blinked. "Everyone around you is happy with their loved one but you're not." Roxas smiled weakly as Sora bit his bottom lip.
"It's not like I can do anything about it," Sora said. Roxas sighed. He pulled his brother for a hug. "I want to be with him but somehow…something prevents us."
"I don't know what you did that you deserve this kind of treatment. But you'll deserve something more and much better than this, I promise you," Roxas said then kissed Sora's forehead. The words and the promise made the brunet smiled. He trusted Roxas. Whatever the blonde said always gives him courage and strength.
So he had to believe in it.
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"Remember class, your assignment must be submitted before the end of this month. Make sure you do well on it because it's going to take 50% of your grade!" Sora's teacher said after she finished her lecture. The students murmured among themselves. "Oh by the way, have you heard?" she asked.
"Heard what?"
"Day after tomorrow is Partner's Day," the teacher said and instantly, the girls in the classroom squealed loudly. "Hehe. I guess the girls know about this day."
"Yes!" the girls exclaimed altogether.
"What is it?"
"Well, it's a day where the girls got her wishes come true," the teacher said. "Before Partner's Day, the girl must find a guy and tie him a ribbon. The guy then must spoil the girl on the next day."
"Oh crap. I've heard of that day before! We must spend all of our money on whatever the girls wanted on Partner's Day!" one of the boys said.
"What!?"
"Oh my god! I better hide!"
"Yuck! Who would want to spend time with you guys!" the girls said before they dreamily looked at the two infamous boys at the back. Sora sweat dropped. Riku ignored the look as he looked outside of the window.
"Well, I wish all the good luck to all the girls! May you find your best man!" the teacher, grinning wide as the girls cheered in excitement. Sora gulped.
'I better hide myself…'
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The next day…
"Have you seen Sora?" Roxas asked one of Sora's classmates.
"Nope. He's probably hiding," he replied. Roxas arched his eyebrow. He had asked ten of Sora's classmates and they were all answering the same thing. When Roxas asked from whom the brunet was hiding from, their answer was, "From receiving ribbons from the girls."
"What ribbon?" Roxas asked himself as he continued to look for his brother. He searched for the brunet everywhere. Toilets, teacher's lounge, offices, storeroom and even the rooftop. He was about to give up when he saw Riku in the library. He approached the young man and patted his shoulder. "Riku."
"Roxas." Riku greeted back without looking at the blonde.
"Have you seen Sora?" Roxas asked. Riku looked at the blonde finally.
"Hiding," Riku replied. Roxas groaned.
"From what, if I may ask," Roxas said.
"Getting ribbon from the girls for Partner's Day," Riku replied. Roxas blinked. New information.
"Partner's Day?"
"A day where the guy must fulfill the girl's wishes after she gave ribbon to him," Riku said. Roxas blinked for a couple of times before he chuckled softly. Now he finally understood why his brother is hiding. The brunet is very famous and surely, some girls would like him to fulfill their wishes. No wonder the brunet is hiding, Roxas thought. But then, he realized something.
"How come you're not hiding?" he asked.
"I don't need to," Riku said.
"Oh? What if some girls give you their ribbon?"
"I doubt that. Kairi warned them not to give them to me already," Riku said. Roxas sweat dropped.
'Now why would Kairi do that? Was she planning to give ribbon to Riku?' Roxas frowned. 'Nah. That can't be. She should have known that Riku isn't interested on her anymore.'
"Anymore question?" Riku asked.
"Huh? Oh. No. That's all. I just want to know where he is," Roxas said.
"Try under the stair," Riku said. Roxas blinked. "That's where he likely to hide."
"…Okay…" Roxas said, unsure whether Riku is right or not. But he just had to check on his brother. So after saying goodbye to Riku, he went to every stairs of every building. To his amaze, he found Sora was sitting under the stair in administration building. "Sora!"
"R-Roxas! Shhhh!" Sora looked around in panicky before he pulled the blonde to under the stairs and sighed. "Not so loud or they'll find me!"
"Sorry," Roxas said and smiled weakly. Sora shook his head. 'Well, what do you know? Riku does know where Sora is.' "What are you doing here?"
"Um, hiding from the girls. They wanted to give me the ribbons for tomorrow," Sora replied. Roxas smirked.
"How lucky of you. So famous and popular now," Roxas teased. Sora pouted cutely, blushing red. "Why don't you take one of the ribbons instead of hiding for the whole time?"
"B-But I don't want to have a date with any of them," Sora said. Roxas smiled.
"You only want Riku, huh?" Sora nodded. "Well then…why don't you give him a ribbon?" Roxas asked. The brunet stared at him in shock.
"W-Why should I? I mean, he probably has received the ribbon from those girls…" Sora said softly.
"Wrong. He haven't receive any yet," Roxas said.
"Really? How come?"
"Apparently Kairi forbidden those girls from giving him the ribbon," Roxas said. Sora bit his bottom lip.
"T-Then I can't…"
"Come on. You're not a girl. You're Sora," Roxas said. Sora shook his head. Roxas frowned then he took Sora's hand and clutched it firmly. Sora looked at him. "Sora, you need to get him before anyone else does," Roxas said seriously. Sora gulped as he stared at his brother's eyes before he slowly nodded.
"Okay."
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