Chapter 12: The oldest stories are still new to those who have not read them yet.

Winter seemed to be coming in full effect after the fall dance. The temperature dropped, and its was reported that for the first time in decades, Twilight town might receive snow. While those who lived in the town were overjoyed, Sora was a little less enthusiastic. He had grown up in the city. And spent its chilly winters indoors.

Yuffie and Aerith appeared once again to help with his winter attire, providing him with red and pink hats, scarves, and fuggs.

He frowned when he saw the boots. "I don't like Fuggs. It looks like I stole some Eskimo's shoes."

"But Sora," Aerith said. "They're really popular, especially in Twilight Town. "

Sora rolled his eyes. "So?"

"So!" Yuffie shook her head. "Sora, you have to keep up your image!"

Since the school dance, Sora had become increasingly popular, putting him on the level as the Shirou twins and Riku's family.

"Wh'ever. If I gotta wear boots, they'll be combat boots."

Despite his arguing, Sora showed up at school the next day in Fuggs.

He had breakfast with his friends as usual. The buffet had changed once more, adding hot chocolate and Egg nog. Sora filled half the cup with hot chocolate and the other half with Marshmallows and sat down.

Looking at his gaggle of friends, Sora realized something.

"Hey. Where's Riku?"

"No idea." Hayner said.

Axel looked up from his bacon. "Actually, He said he wasn't feeling well. Maybe he'll show up later."

And he did, right before lunch in fact.

"Sorry teach. There was….um…" Riku paused to make up an excuse. " I fell down a rabbit hole. Yeah, that's it."

He walked to his seat, where he received a confused look from Sora, Roxas, and Axel.

At lunch, his friends questioned him.

"Riku." Kairi said, drinking her lunch-water. "You've been gone all day. What happened?"

"I wasn't feeling too hot this morning." Riku's eyes were on the table.

Sora reached over and placed a hand on his forehead. "You feel kind of cold. You wanna get some soup?"

Riku said nothing and grabbed Sora's wrist, taking in her touch. "I don't need anything…But this."

Before anyone could react to this development, Tifa appeared with a cordless microphone.

"Hello students of Twilight Academy! Here I am, live in person with afternoon announcements!" She walked to the middle of the dining hall.

"Our Blitzball team, the twilight moogles is having a game on Friday at four. Come support the team! And in other news-We're having another dance! Sadie Hawkins style, it's the winter solstice benefit dance! Our theme is girls ask guys. Put your heart into this ladies! Oh, by the way, proceeds go to the ASPCA. Buy a ticket, save a puppy! Check announcement boards or the school website for more details. That's it for today!"

With that, Tifa exited the room, both Cids walking behind her.

Rinoa laughed and touched Leon on the shoulder. "Sounds like fun. Wanna go?"

"To the dance or the game?" Leon said. He was staring at his brothers.

"The dance. What's wrong?"

"I think…" He continued to study them. "That guy over there just hit on my sister."

Riku took his ritual nap, and lunch resumed.

"Another dance?" Pence shook his head. "Where does the time go?"

"I know." Roxas said, looking miserable.

Sora drank his soup. '….Not again. The last one was fun but, really? Another dance? What is this, Saved by the Bell?' His eyes trailed back to Riku, who was sound asleep. 'And, uh…What was that before?' He felt his face grow hot, and shook it several times.

School was quiet for Sora, until health class rolled around.

Hello Guys!" Tifa looked less enthusiastic. Today, we're going to talk about…' She turned on the smart board. "STI!STD! Sexually transmitted diseases and infections as they are now called. How you get them, what to do to prevent them, and what to do if you get them. The head of the board wants to make sure this stuff gets drilled into your heads, so, we're going to have a bit of role play. I'm going to break you up into groups of two, and then you must perform a skit of what would happen if you had the infection, b) your partner has it, or c) You want to take steps to prevent it, and you must convince your partner."

She held up a old tissue box. "When I call you, come up here and take a name out of this. Take this sheet packet on Std's and create a skit/dialogue thing. Don't worry, you can perform it at your seat if you feel uncomfortable up here. You have twenty minutes to come with it."

She began to call names, and Roxas sank in his chair.

'Oh man, can this get any worse? What if I get called and pick a guy? I don't want people to think I'm, not that there's anything wrong with, I just-'

"Roxas Hoshino."

Roxas jumped up and trudged to the front of the room. "Yessss." He put his hand in the box, unfolded the paper and spoke aloud with surprise. "Namine….Sh-Shirou?"

Namine waved at him form her seat.

He waved back, mortified. 'I don't know if I'm happy or scared about this!'

"Sora Hoshino."

Sora stood up and walked to the front. 'This isn't that bad. It's just a skit.'

He/She reached in and took out a paper. Unfolding it he shrugged. "Riku. Just Riku."

Riku stirred and rubbed his eyes. "Hmm?"

Sora walked back over to her chair and proceeded to push their desks together. "C'mon Riku, wake up. All we gotta do is write now, and perform it later. I promise I'll let you take a nap after we write it."

"Mmhm.." He sat up and yawned. "Alright."

Meanwhile Roxas was staring hard at his notebook. "So, what should we talk about?"

"I don't know." Namine said, twirling her hair. She looked at the papers. "Herpes?"

Roxas shuddered. "Ew. Sounds like Harpies."

Namine suddenly seemed angry. "You think its funny that I have herpes!"

Roxas was shocked. "Wh-What! I'm so sorry!"

She laughed. "I was just kidding! See, isn't this easy?"

He chuckled nervously. "Yeah, I guess it is."

Class continued until the skits began, and Sora was called.

They stood up walked to the front of the room.

Riku stood across from him. "So, Sora." He looked a little serious. "I regret to inform you…." A evil grin crossed his face. "THAT I HAVE CRABS!"

"WHAT!" Sora was confused. For the past twenty minutes they had been talking about HIV. But He figured he'd go along with it. "What do you mean you have crabs!" He paused. "They're from that girl at that party, aren't they! You-"

"I told you I didn't sleep with her!"

"First, of all, they're not crabs, they're called Pubic Lice! And if you didn't , where the hell did they come from?"

"How come you know so much about crabs?"

"'caused I paid attention in health class! Cheater!"

"Don't you throw that in my face! And I didn't cheat on you! Maybe I got them from a dog!"

"You cheated with a dog!"

"Now you're being ridiculous! How do you know I didn't get them form that place you send the laundry to!"

"Don't you dare blame the Laundromat! How long have you had them?"

"I don't know, two days?"

"Did you see a gynecologist? You have to treat them!"

"I don't have health insurance….?"

"We can go to a clinic, you can get a prescription and pick up the shampoo form a drug store!"

"Okay, Let's go!"

"Uh…" Sora scratched her head. "Th-the end?"

The class applauded, half of them cracking up.

"Good work?" Tifa said, writing something down. "You got the message across?"

When they returned to their seats, Riku started laughing. "Ha ha, Good Improv."

Sora slumped in chair. "Oh man, you almost scared me." He smiled. "But I guess it was kinda fun."

Well, that was something, right? I'm in college now, so I miss things like gym and health class.

Riku: In case you were wondering, I DON'T have crabs.

Sora: Pubic Lice.

Riku: Please stop saying that.

Look forward to a Riku increase!

Riku: More about me? Sweet!

And shocking revelations!

Sora: It's not my secret right?