Ice Prince

So, how are you all doin'? I'm slightly tired, but I promised myself I would write this chapter so, I am. Feel lucky that I didn't decide to just skip it and go to bed.

Disclaimer: not mine. I curse the day I found out Kingdom Hearts wasn't mine.

Chapter 12- what fun.

Axel kept walking, not aware that Sora had even woken up, much less gotten up and followed him. So, it was due to this that when Sora tugged on Axel's sleeve, he jumped with fright, and gave a loud squeal. (A/N- can't you just imagine Axel squealing? Lol .)

Sora also jumped, and Axel quickly turned to face him. "Sora, how are you feeling?"

"Fine, I guess." Sora shrugged. "I was just really tired."

"Why?" Axel narrowed his eyes.

"I don't sleep well at night." Sora smiled sadly. "But I can't figure out why."

"I dunno." Axel shrugged.

"Was what you said back there true?" Sora's eyes were hopeful.

Axel nodded, and Sora started to shake, and had to sit down. Axel looked concerned, but he realized that Sora was laughing. It wasn't quiet like usual, it was bubbly, and happy.

The rest of the group were watching Axel and Sora, but were too far away to hear what was being said.

They watched as Sora shook, and sat down.

Cloud's head snapped up, and he listened for a minute, before smiling really happily.

"What's going on?" Riku wanted to know.

"Sora..." Cloud whispered. "He's...laughing."

And indeed, the small brunet's bubbling melodic laughter floated on the breeze to the group.

Everyone's eyes widened, and Riku smiled. That's Sora's laugh? It's beautiful. Note to self: make him laugh more often.

"Hey Sora!" Cloud screamed at the two.

Sora's head snapped over to look at his brother, and Cloud nodded. Sora saw the nod, and turned to tell Axel he was going to talk to his brother. Axel nodded and smiled, and Sora ran over to Cloud, not even breathing hard.

"Yeah?"

"Time to eat now, okay?"

Sora shrugged. "I'm not hungry."

Cloud frowned. "You promised me and Namine, remember?"

Sora shrugged again. "Whatever."

Cloud smiled, and grabbed Sora's hand, dragging him over to where the group had gotten out their lunches.

"Sora, you can have a sandwich, okay?" Cloud handed the brunet a Sandwich, and Sora just blinked.

"Sora?" Riku wanted to be near the brunet again. Only to make sure he eats! Riku told himself, fighting down the blush.

"Yeah?" Sora was still standing there.

"Come here, and sit with me!" Sora looked at Cloud, who nodded, and Sora walked over to Riku, and flopped himself down.

Riku smiled. "Aren't you going to eat?"

Sora frowned at the sandwich, and muttered something that made Riku choke.

Sora looked over at the boy, and gave a small smile at Riku's face.

"What?" Sora looked innocent.

"No..nothing!" Riku was quick to exclaim. Too quick for Cloud's liking.

"Sora, what did you say?" Cloud narrowed his eyes at his brother.

"Nothing." Sora still looked innocent, and Cloud didn't buy it. He continued to narrow his eyes at the brunet, but suddenly shrugged. "Eat!"

Sora rolled his eyes and heaved a sigh, but took a small bite of the sandwich.

Cloud, reassured that his brother was eating, went back to his own food. Riku watched the small brunet eat slowly, and blushed when Sora turned to look at him.

"What?" Sora looked bored almost. Frustrated to say the least.

"Oh, nothing." Riku smiled at Sora. "You just can't get out of this, can you?"

Sora grinned as his eyes flashed, and Riku suddenly felt less sure of that statement.

"Oh, I can, and I will." Sora grinned, getting up and walking over to his brother.

"Hey Cloud, here." Sora held out the rest of the sandwich. A little over half was left.

"Sora, you promised!" Cloud whined at the smirking boy.

"Actually Cloud." Sora started to explain. "You only made me promise that I'd eat. You and Namine never stated how much."

"But..."

"No buts Cloud, you need to make sure you've got all the angles covered next time."

Sora tried to give Cloud the sandwich, but he wouldn't take it.

"I don't want it, and you can't give it to me." Cloud smirked. "What you gonna do now, Little one?"

"This." Sora smirked sinisterly, and smashed the sandwich onto Cloud's head.

"AHH!" Cloud yelped, clearly not expecting it. "SORA!" The peanut butter was stuck in the blonde's hair.

"And that was my cue to run." Sora ran quickly, smiling the whole time. Cloud leaped up, and chased the Brunet, the bread having been taken off his head, the peanut butter still there.

"Sora, get back here!" Cloud's yell was heard by the rest of the group, who couldn't contain their laughter anymore. Even Leon had to chuckle at Cloud.

They continued to watch the enraged blonde chase the really fast brunet all over the yard.

Cloud knew Sora couldn't keep the pace for too much longer, seeing as how he had little energy. He was right, and Sora started to slow a little. Cloud put on a burst of speed, and tackled the smaller brunet.

Sora squealed, as he was crushed under Cloud, and then burst out into laughter when the blonde started to tickle him.

Sora squirmed, and tried to get away, but Cloud wouldn't let him. Smirking, he tickled Sora even harder, laughing at Sora's pathetic attempts to get away.

Cloud stopped however, when Sora's face went red, and he got off of the brunet.

"Are you going to try that again?"

"N..no" Sora was panting, and Cloud smirked as Sora tried to get up. When he finally managed to push himself off of the groung, he was so dizzy that he wobbled from side to side.

That just made Cloud laugh again. He suddenly remembered the peanut butter in his hair, and headed into the school to wash it off in the bathroom.

Sora was still swaying as we walked however, and managed to make it over to Riku, who had gotten up to help the small boy. He looks like he's drunk! Riku blinked, and Sora fell over, and just lay there.

The girls giggled about how cute this was, and Leon rolled his eyes.

"Hey, c'mon Squall, you can't deny that was so cute!" Yuffie giggled again, as Leon glared at her.

"It's LEON damnit, stop calling me Squall!"

"Okay Squally!" Yuffie giggled again, and Leon just groaned.

Sora sat up at this point, and burst into laughter. "Squally?!"

Leon glared at Sora, who glared right back. Leon eventually got bored, so he shrugged and looked away, only to see a wet haired blonde walking across the field towards them.

"Hey Cloudy!" Yuffie called, and Cloud raised his eyebrow. "Cloudy? Really?"

"Yup!" The black haired ninja smiled, and Cloud pouted.

"No Cloud, I told you that you couldn't pout right!" Sora smiled at him, and laughed again at the expression on his face.

Cloud was going to make a clever comment, but decided not to since it made his brother laugh.

Just then the bell rang, and everyone groaned, as they got up and headed to their respective classes, after what was the most entertaining lunch they'd ever had.

"C'mon Sora," Riku grabbed the boy's hand again. (Wow, lots of that going on for Riku's part! "We've got to get to music class!"

Sora squealed and jumped up and down, he was so excited. "Riku where is the classroom?"

Riku laughed at Sora's eagerness, and Cloud ruffled Sora's hair.

"Cloooouuuuuudddd!" The small brunet boy pouted, and Riku choked, as he furiously tried to calm his blush down. He couldn't help it! Sora was right, he was damned good at pouting.

"Riku?" Sora quirked his head to the side. "You okay?"

"Yup, I'm just fine!" The boy gushed.

Cloud just gave Riku a look. "Shouldn't we get to class now?"

"We?" Sora pipped up.

"Yup, seems like I'm peer tutoring your music class!"

"Really?" Sora's voice was all high and squeaky now.

"Yup!" Cloud laughed at Sora's voice, while Sora just sighed.

"Well then!" Riku tugged on the brunet's hand "Shouldn't we all go now?"

"Yeah!" Sora gave a huge smile, and Riku just shook his head at the boy's excitement.

Riku showed them to the classroom, and they all sat together in the semi-circle of chairs that were placed around the room.

Riku looked around the class and didn't see anyone he knew. So it was just Sora, Cloud, and himself. Nice. Riku liked his friends, but he wanted to get in some time with the adorable brunet without interruptions from his friends.

The teacher came into the room, carrying a folder of sheets of paper in it, and passed one out to everyone. It turned out to an information sheet about yourself, and the instrument(s) that you would like to play/ can already play.

Sora smiled, and put down:

Name: Sora Strife

Age: 14

Grade: 10

Instrument(s) you know how to play: Drums, piano, bass and acoustic guitar.

Hobbies: Playing music, sketching, reading.

What you hope to learn to play: I think I'm all set in the instrument department, and I would like to stick with the ones listed above please.

"Alright class," The teacher spoke, drawing attention back to herself, "My name is Mrs. Kasner."

Everyone nodded at her. "And now I want to know each of your names. Please tell me your name when we reach you, going around in a circle, okay?"

The students nodded again, and proceeded to name themselves off. Once the end of the circle had been reached, the teacher smiled. "Good. Now this is only the first class, so I'm expecting that many of your faces will disappear, and will be replaced with new ones, once you slackers realize that this isn't just an easy credit." Her face became stern. "In fact, I want everyone who isn't dedicated enough to practice their instruments at least twice a week to leave now."

Some of the lazier students got up, and walked out. "Anyone else?" No one moved. "Okay then!" She clasped her hands together.

"There will not be a fee to borrow school instruments if you don't have your own, but there will be a repair fee if anything happens to the instrument in your care." Mrs Kasner smiled at them. "So, who here can play a stage band instrument?" Sora, Cloud, and Riku put up their hands. "My, only three?" She shook her head. "Well, what do you play?" She looked at Sora.

"I play the drums, the piano, and the acoustic and bass guitar."

"Wow, good for you!" The teacher squealed. (A/N- so much squealing!)

"Now, what do you play?" She moved on to Cloud.

"I only play the bass guitar." Cloud shrugged, and the teacher smiled. "Good!"

"And you?" She was looking at Riku.

"I play the electric guitar."

"Good!" She smiled and turned to face the other two as well. "If you want to get together and practice after school, you can create your own stage band if you wish, but talk it out later, okay?"

The three nodded, and then the teacher asked anyone who played an orchestral instrument to put up their hand.

Once again, Sora and Cloud put up their hands, along with Riku, and the rest of the class.

It was all pretty boring from there on.

"Wow, that was good." Sora stood up and stretched.

"Yeah." Riku agreed, once more tugging Sora along, and out of the classroom. "Now, I don't have the next class with you, but Roxas does."

"Aww." Sora whined.

"I know, I know." Riku chuckled. "But there's Roxas, so I'll se you later, okay?"

"Okay." Sora's answer was clipped and, Riku frowned. "We'll meet outside your class to go to Bio together, okay?" Sora's face softened, and he nodded, assuring himself that he would see Riku again before the day was out.

"There's Roxas now!" Riku pulled on Sora's hand to catch up with the blonde.

Owari

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