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Sora was about to get up to see what had happened, but then they heard an ear piercing shriek. "Namine!" Sora shouted as he raced to the sound of the scream, with Ventus at his tail.

"Namine! Roxas! Are you guys okay….?" Sora and Ven asked in unison trotting over to where the crash came from, but found themselves skidding to a stop when they witnessed the scene in the restroom.

Roxas was lying flat on his back on the tiled floor wearing only a loose white towel that draped loosely around his waist. The poor blonde boy's cheeks were flushed, his eyes wide as dinner plates and his mouth agape. As Namine was lying on top of him, with her hand in between his….

"Oh god!" Sora gasped clamping a hand over his mouth.

"I-It's not what it looks like!" Roxas defended waving his hands frantically "You see—I was just about to go get dressed, and when I opened the door. Namine accidentally ran into me, I guess she was running down the hall, and didn't realize I was there until she ran into me, because when she woke up….she kind of found herself lying on top of me…. With her hand uh…you know where…..and then she kind of screamed and fainted!"

Sora's eyebrows rose as Roxas finally inhaled some air, Ventus still stood frozen stiff with shock. He was so shocked, that Sora had to snap his fingers in front of the blonde boy's face to get his attention. Roxas was still lying on the floor helpless, looking like he was afraid to move. Sora instructed Ventus to help him lift the girl off of the younger Kimura, which he did with slight difficulty. Since the girl's body just seemed to be tangled with the other boy's. However after much effort, Roxas was free, and could cover up his nudity.

"I'll go put her down on the sofa." Ventus said as he lifted the girl into his arms bridle style. Sora was about to object, saying that he could do it, but the older boy had already left, leaving Sora a little bit annoyed.

Roxas picked himself up off the floor, wrapping his towel more securely around his slim waist he looked over at his lover and cocked a brow. Sora crossed his arms scowling, like a jealous child. The spiky haired boy gave the brunette a small smile, as he walked past him patting him on the shoulder.

"You have nothing to be jealous about." Roxas assured "Ventus maybe a bit of a pervert, but he won't do anything to her I can promise you that."

Sora frowned "That's not why I'm mad."

"Well then why are you mad then?" Roxas asked cluelessly.

"Isn't it obvious?" Sora snapped at the blonde "I should be the one carrying her!"

Roxas's eyes widened, which meant he understood what the other boy was saying now. He sighed shaking his head, as he ran his fingers through his damp hair. Sora still stood there, with his clenching his arms, he didn't know why he was acting this way so abruptly. However he just couldn't help it, it made him angry every time that something like this would happen. It just seemed like another brutal reminder that he was weak. It made the memory of Riku beating him up replay in his mind, he felt so helpless and angry….

"Damn it all!" Sora yelled as he slammed his fist onto the door frame that was maybe a few inches away from hitting Roxas in the face. Ventus suddenly appeared back down the hall with a worried look on his face. He looked over at Sora, who was shaking violently, his teeth grinding together like a rabid dog's would. Then he looked across at his younger brother Roxas, whose face seemed to be unfazed by the brunette's action.

"Are you two okay?" He asked in a startled tone.

"Ven go check on Namine." Roxas ordered his voice was like stone, making the older Kimura even more concerned. "Wait, what's going on?" the older boy tired once again, but the younger boy gave his brother a dark look meaning that he wanted to be alone with the brunette. "Ven…go….check…on….Namine." Roxas repeated the tone of his voice as hard as steel. Without any more questions, Ventus left the hallway. He gave the two boys a second glance, but didn't bother arguing.

Roxas turned his attention back at the brunette, whose eyes didn't try to meet his gaze. If he did though, he knew that he was bound to burst to tears, because that's the kind of power Roxas's eyes have—to make him fall apart.

"Sora…" He began as he grasped the brunette's wrist that was beside his head

"Stop it stop getting angry about things that don't matter."

"But those things do matter!" Sora argued "You don't know how I feel so just shut up, and leave me alone!"

Roxas gripped the boy's wrist tighter, causing Sora to yelp slightly at the blonde's tight clutch. Sora finally looked up at the blond, tears building in his eyes, as he stared into the deep thunder storm of Roxas's eyes. The younger Kimura yanked the brunette over, wrapping his arms around the brunette holding him tight. Sora struggled against Roxas, but the other boy was too strong. He soon quit fighting, and abruptly broke into tears.

"Look, I know that you feel like less of a man, because you're not as brawny as others guys. But you're smart, you are so, so smart you shouldn't care about that kind of thing, because either way you're still a man. In fact you're a wiser man a better man, better than Riku—better than me…." Roxas's shoulders began to shake, and Sora rested his head against the boy's shoulder as he soon continued "So stop thinking you're useless, weak whatever! So…so just be yourself, and you will have all the strength you need."

"Roxas…." Sora gasped embracing the blonde boy tenderly, as he rested his chin on the blonde boys shoulder; getting a good whiff of his clean scent "I'm sorry and thank you…"

Roxas's cheeks heated up as he muttered a "Don't mention it."

The two boys held each other for the longest time; to Sora it seemed like only a few seconds, until they noticed finally Namine peaking down the hallway. Roxas was the first to catch her curious, but innocent eyes down the hall he nudged Sora with a movement of his arms signaling the brunette to look up. Sora did look up, but he was a little confused at first, until he looked over at the direction the blonde was looking in. He turned his attention over to see a small girl peering slightly down the hallway, shyly watching. That is until she had realized she had been caught, and gasped as she quickly went back to the living room. Sora covered his mouth with his hand, trying to smother his giggles.

"Are you going to give her a suffocating hug?" Roxas asked pulling away from the boy slightly.

Sora smiled mischievously "Actually I thought it would be fun to make a Nami sandwich…."

Roxas smirked as Sora took the blonde's hand in his, and lead him into the living room. It was time to play a little cat and mouse with their dear, sweet Namine. As they entered the living room they noticed the older blonde watching them intently.

Relief flooded through Ventus's face, when the two boys walked through the archway hand in hand. Roxas shot his brother an apologetic look for his rudeness earlier, but Ventus waved his hand dismissingly as he leaned back into sofa, and continued to watch T.V.

"Where's Namine?" Sora asked looking around in random directions.

"I dunno." Ventus merely replied, folding his arms at the back of his head as he mouthed *check the pantry*. Sora took the hint, and headed towards the kitchen, dragging Roxas behind. In the small kitchen, there was an itty-bitty pantry, that only a very short person, or Namine could fit inside. Sora opened the door to the pantry scouting out for the young girl, she wasn't that hard to find though. Her skin practically illuminated in the darkness.

"Found you!" Sora sang dropping Roxas's hand as he held out his arms to Namine "And because I found you, you owe me and Roxas each a hug."

Namine stayed still, acting as if she hadn't been found.

"It's part of the rules Nami." Roxas pressed a crooked smile crossing his features.

Namine poked her head out of the darkness "It is not."

"Well now it is." Sora stated wriggling his fingers "Come here."

Namine let out a small sound in complaint at the brunette, as she shuffled out of the darkness of the little pantry, and into the light. She walked straight into Sora's chest, winding her slender arms around his waist. Sora grinned down at her noticing that she still had that pouty look on her face.

He wrapped his arms around her lifting her off the ground with ease "Don't act like you don't like my hugs."

Namine blushes as a smile appeared on her face.

"Hey, where's my hug." The blonde boy said in a voice that was completely out of his character.

Sora grinned setting down the blonde girl "Okay, Nami now you owe Roxy a hug."

"No!" Namine refused latching onto the brunette's waist.

"N-Nami?" Sora sputtered in confusion.

"Playing favorites hmm?" Roxas crossed his arms, narrowing his eyes at the blonde girl"I see how it is."

Namine blushed at Roxas, and nuzzled her face into Sora's chest. Sora smiled sheepishly at Roxas, as he ruffled the back of his unruly brown hair. Roxas returned the smile at the brunette, but Sora could see a tinge of hurt in his eyes. Sora turned his attention back at Namine, placing a hand on the blonde's head.

"Aw, Nami I didn't you say you loved Roxas?" Sora questioned running his fingers through the girl's silky hair.

Without lifting up her head she answered "Yes."

"Do you still love Roxas?"

"Yes." Roxas smiled.

"Will you hug him then?"

"No." Roxas frowned.

"Why not?" Sora asked fondling with the ends of the girl's blonde hair. Namine mumbled something into Sora's chest, which wasn't audible to either of them. So the brunette unhooked the blonde girl's hands from his waist, and asked her again. However he had Namine's face cupped in his hands, so that they could hear what the girl had to say.

"I'm sorry, could you repeat that?" Sora asked silkily making him sound more patient, than he actually was. Namine stared up at Sora timidly, which made the brunette wonder if they were beginning to scare her. He wouldn't blame her if she was actually scared —to be honest he'd probably be a little freaked as well. These last few weeks haven't been the norm for her, especially today. However in the end she shockingly answered.

"He's only wearing a towel."

"Oh."

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(End of Chapter)

I'm sorry that the last few chapters have been really boring. I PROMISE that there will soon be some conflict! Also I'm sorry that I didn't update as quickly this time, but I have been sick the last few days. So as you can imagine it was kind of hard to type when I was coughing every few seconds.

However enough of that!

I hope you liked this chapter and I'll update as soon as I can! I'll probably be writing a lot this coming week, since I have no plans for Christmas. Or at least I don't think I do, so yeah, expect to see some more chapters. Or possibly new one-shots! Since I've been in the mood to write a lemon lately, haha, I know I'm a pervert, but anyway yeah, thanks for reading!

Christmas cookies for all!