AHHHH this took me so long to update! I just got super duper busy (lazy) busy! ANYWAY, this chapter is dedicated to my bestest friend Hoshi. She is the most amazing best friend in the world, she is so supportive of my writing and she's the reason I keep writing. A.k.a she nags me until my ears bleed.

TheRealAkuRoku: Ahhh lucky highschool isn't really like this. Well I guess for some people it is. For me it was kind of boring, I didn't enjoy highschool one bit. I'm enjoying College a lot more. xD Cookies, that sounds rather good right now. EEEK Heartless plushie! Its ok, I have an Axel plushy hanging right next to my bed. =] But thanks for the heartless plush! lol

Night Girl 11: Ahhh clif hangers, they are what I'm famous for lol. I know this is an AkuRoku story, I think I'm going to tweak it a bit. This story is more than just that. I don't know. I'm kind of bringing a Degrassi type of theam into it. You know one person does something that triggers another person doing another thing. Idk its hard to explain. So there will be quite a bit of different characters in there. But bare with me, Roxas and Axel are still the main paring. I will get back to them soon! I just got to drag it out a bit. =]

Hoshi: YEAH this chapter isn't long either... but it was taking me forever, and I decided I need to get it up before I got even MORE busy. hehe. So happy birthday...a few months early!

Mei Chan is Random: Seriously, but you gotta see it from her point of view. You'd be this way if the guy you like didn't like you back! Ok maybe not, but my inner Kairi is like this! xD

Rascalisx. the re-veiwer: I must say, your name trips me out because I don't even think I want to attempt to pronounce it. As for Namine, I like to an extent. I do like her a whole lot more than Kairi though. Not sure why, what did Kairi really do? Who knows, I all I know is that I hate her! Lol. OH and she will suffer -laughs evilly.-

Peaceful Dragon Roxe: Thanks.

kingdomheartslover13: Yeah, it was going a bit fast I admit. That's why I tried to slow it down a bit. I guess it might still seam a bit fast, but his a hell of a lot slower than before xD

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Cloud sighed walking into the small apartment he shared with Squall. He dropped his briefcase down on the couch and wandered into the small kitchen.

"Squall?" He called out, opening up the fridge in attempt to find something to eat or drink. Lucky for him, Squall had ordered some Chinese knowing that he would be hungry when he got home.

"Yes?" Squall answered him walking out of they're bedroom.

"Oh good you're home." He placed the food down on the counter before going over and kissing him. He wrapped his arms around his neck, keeping the kiss going as long as his lungs allowed him to.

Squall pulled away needing to breath; "what brought that on?"

Cloud hummed running his fingers through his hair; "can't I kiss my wonderful boyfriend sometimes?"

With a cocked eyebrow Squall pulled Cloud off of him. He placed his hand on his four head; "are you feeling alright?"

Cloud grabbed his hand and brought it to his lips. "Of course I am!" He chuckled; "thank you for ordering Chinese by the way." He dropped his hand to move over to the Chinese food.

"Of course, I knew you would be hungry."

Cloud chuckled and emptied half the carton out onto a plate. "Have you eaten yet?"

"No, I was waiting until you got home."

Cloud nodded pulling down another plate and emptying the rest of the carton. "How sweet of you; could you get me some damp paper towels?"

Squall nodded and ran two paper towels under the sink and handed them to Cloud. "So how was your day at work?"

Cloud sighed laying the cloth on top of the food. "It was interesting, as everyday is when you work at a high school."

"Anything that stood out?"

"Not really; you know, just the same old day. I did get a student teacher though." He walked over to the microwave and placed the plates of food inside. "He's really odd. He's got this bright demeanor, and colorful personality, the total opposite of you and I."

"He sounds like an interesting guy."

"He is; he looks rather odd too. He's got this black hair that is styled back into a porcupine type look."

"Kind of like Axel?"

"Yes! Exactly like Axel's!"

"You know Cloud; if I didn't trust you I would think you had a crush on this guy."

Cloud froze and looked over at him; "I absolutely do not have a crush on him."

"Alright, alright calm down I believe you." He wrapped his arms around Cloud's waist and rested his chin on his shoulder. "I was just teasing you." He kissed his ear knowing that it was his weak spot.

Cloud let out a sigh and loosened up; "sorry I snapped at you. I just had a stressful day today."

"I know, let's just eat and relax on the couch."

Cloud sighed; "yeah that sounds good."

After dinner, Cloud sat down with his laptop and a stack of book reports to read. It was at these times he wondered why he decided to become an English teacher. He could have chosen to become something like an engineer or a graphic designer, but nope he wanted to teach bratty children how to read and write.

Sighing he opened up his school e-mail; not only was Cloud an English teacher, he was a recycle crazy English teacher. He had most of his students e-mail him their homework to save paper. Of course he still accepted hand written for students who couldn't gain access to the internet or a computer.

Scanning through his e-mails, he had about one hundred of them, most of them titled "book reports." There were a few from the principal and memos. But one caught his eye; it wasn't a school address and it wasn't on his list of students e-mails.

The message was titled "Spiky!" which alone made him kind of nervous. He clicked on it and quickly scanned the message; and yes he had every reason to be afraid. Somehow Zack had managed to find his e-mail. The message was full of him laughing and commenting on his spiky hair and saying they needed to hang out; just a bunch of nonsense as if they had been friends forever.

"Who is that from?" Squall asked leaning against the chair Cloud was sitting in.

Cloud sighed pressing the reply button; "this is my student teacher I told you about, he somehow managed to get his paws on my e-mail."

Squall chuckled; "he seems like a friendly guy alright, Spiky, how come I never thought of that."

Cloud glared and smacked him in the gut; "be nice."

Squall kissed his check; "sorry, sorry." He walked away rubbing his sore tummy.

Cloud sighed tapping his finger on the delete button. H knew that he should just delete it, but for some reason he wanted to take Zack up on his offer to hang out. He didn't have many friends besides Squall; well there was Reno, and Vincent, but they're lives were just as hectic as his was. And Zack's schedule was pretty similar to his own, so it was tempting to take him up on his offer.

Sighing he looked out the small door way to see if Squall was coming back. When he didn't see him, he quickly hit reply and typed out "only with one condition; you've got to stop calling me spike." He quickly hit send and shut his computer.

All of a sudden he was feeling pretty light headed; he need some rest and quickly.

(Let's zoom to Roxas.)

Roxas sighed tapping his pencil on his desk. It had been a lot of work getting Sora up that morning, and History was the last thing his nerves needed. Who cared who founded Twilight Town and how they're descendents originated from the natives of Destiny Islands. He had a devastated brother to worry about, and a devastated brother's ex boyfriend to kick the trash out off!

Groaning, he placed the pencil down on the desk and leaned back in his seat.

How much longer? Ten, fifteen, twenty minutes? It seemed like a life time. When the bell rang, it sounded like sweet music to Roxas' anxious ears. Out of class, out of school, and time to hunt down some silver-headed jerks!

He quickly dumped all of his stuff into his backpack and rushed out the door.

Knowing Riku he would probably at his locker or Axel's locker; lucky for Roxas they were right next to each other. Nearing in on Axel's locker they he was, leaning against his own locker waiting for his red headed friend to finish up whatever he was doing.

"Riku!" Roxas yelled full out in charge mode.

"Oh Roxas, do you know why Sora…"

Roxas grabbed the front of his shirt and slammed him into the locker the best he could. "What gives you the nerve? How dare you cheat on Sora! He only devoted most of his life to you, and he went through so much shit to be with you!"

Confused, Riku clamped his hand down on Roxas' mouth. "Slow down there hot pants, what are you talking about?"

Glaring Roxas ripped Riku's hand from his mouth. "Don't try to act all innocent! Sora, he saw you kissing some whore behind the gym the other day!"

Axel leaned over; "woa dude, you cheated on Sora? Cute little Sora? That is a low blow man, even for you."

Riku shot a glare over at Axel; "I didn't cheat on him!" He looked back over to Roxas; "I swear, I didn't ok. That day, I received a note from Sora to meet him behind the gym. I thought he was mad at me, or wanted to make out or something; so I went. But when I got there, this chick was there. She declared her "undying love for me" and planted a big kiss on my lips. Naturally I pushed her away and spat on the ground next to her feet. Ever since then Sora has been screening my calls, ignoring my texts, e-mails, and IM's; he's even been bluntly avoiding me all day."

"Is that so?" Roxas questioned not exactly believing the story.

"Yeah, I still got the note in my French binder." Riku unzipped his backpack and pulled out his binder. He handed over the neatly folded note to Roxas.

"Well I guess you're right, but dude this isn't Sora's hand writing, you know he's got the messiest handwriting known to mankind."

"I thought it looked suspicious, but I didn't want to not show up and have it really be him and then end up in trouble anyway!"

Roxas hummed; "can I take this note?"

Riku nodded; "it's all yours."

"Sora!" Roxas yelled racing up the stairs.

"What?"

Roxas threw the door open to his and Sora's room. "How did you know to go to the gym Sora?"

Sora looked up from his math book. "I am not talking about this right now Roxas."

"Yes we are, how did you know?"

Sora shut his math book and stood up; "seriously Roxas, we aren't talking about this!"

"Seriously Sora, we are! Now answer my question."

Sora sighed and dug through his desk drawer; "alright, if you must know, I found this in my locker." He handed over the slightly crumpled note. "He told me to meet him there, probably to break up with me or something."

"That's just it Sora!" Roxas said scanning over the note Sora had handed him. He handed him the note Riku had given over to him. "He received a note with the same handwriting as this."

"What are you saying?"

"He didn't cheat on you Sora! This was a trap!"

"A…trap?"

"Yes a trap, look at this." He unfolded both the notes and held them up next to each other. "Both of them have same handwriting. Somebody wants you two to break up and I have a hunch it might be a certain red head."

"Oh come on Roxas, Axel is evil, but he isn't mean."

Rolling his eyes he handed Sora the notes; "not Axel you numbskull, Kairi!"

Sora frowned; "she's not that mean either, isn't she?"

"Sora, she's been trying to break you guys up before you even got together!"

Sighing, Sora sat down on his bed. "True, but she's still my friend. Don't accuse her until you've to proof."

"And how do you suggest I do that?"

"I don't know; get a sample of her handwriting?"

"I guess that would…hold on." Having been interrupted by a knock on the door. Roxas stood up from his chair and raced down stairs.

He opened the door and blinked, "Riku…?"

"Sora is mad at me right? Well I know how he's wanted one for quite some time, and I stumbled across this little guy abandoned in the middle of the sidewalk. I thought he'd love him because he's fluffy, and we all know how he's attracted to fluffy things."

"Just spit it out Riku."

Riku pulled an orange and white fluffy kitten from behind his back. "Do you think he'd like it?"

Roxas smiled and petted the kitten's head. "Of course he will, hide him again I'll call Sora down."

Riku nodded and put the wiggling kitten back in the box he found him in. He leaned against the door frame hiding the box behind him. He smiled slightly seeing Sora run down the stairs. He'd missed him quite a bit, ok a lot.

"Hey Sora…"

Sora scowled slightly; he wasn't as angry as he was before, but he wasn't ecstatic to see the silver-headed boy either. "Hey Riku…"

Sighing, Riku stood up. "You're mad at me, I know, and I feel horrible about it. I'm not the one who kissed her you know; in fact I don't even know who the hell that girl was. I went back there to wait for you when she waltzed up to me and planted a kiss on me. I pushed her away instantly, but I guess it was too late…I just feel so horrible…"

"Riku, Riku, RIKU!" Sora chuckled; "calm down. This uncharacteristic ramble is getting kind of pathetic. I know now that we were both tricked, it was just nice to hear your apology."

Nodding, Riku picked up the box behind him and handed it to Sora. "For you…"

Sora gave him a puzzled look felling something rumble around in the box, "it's alive? Usually boyfriends give make up chocolate not living things."

Riku chuckled; "open the box before he gets to restless."

Sora grinned and opened the folded box folds. He squealed and picked up the fluffy kitten. "He's so cute Riku! Where did you get him?"

"I found him on the sidewalk near my house. Somebody left him there and I knew you would love him."

Sora grinned and hugged the kitten to him, "I love him! It is a him right?"

Riku nodded; "I already checked, though it wasn't easy, he has so much fur and he kept nipping at my hand."

Sora chuckled scratching the kitten behind the ears. "Now I just gotta ask my mom if it's ok to keep him."

Riku nodded; "if she says no. I'll keep him and you can come see him whenever you want to."

"Thank you Riku!" Sora grinned and kissed Riku on the cheek before running into the kitchen.

"MOM RIKU GOT ME A KITTEN CAN I KEEP HIM?"

Riku chuckled walking the rest of the way into the house and closing the door behind him.

A few minutes later Sora came bouncing back into the hall way, kitten still in hand. "She said yes Riku! I've already got a name for him. I'm thinking creamsicle."

"That's an odd name for a kitten, I'm thinking Sherbert fits better."

"YEAH, that's even better than what I came up with!"

He placed the kitten down to let him roam around and get used to his surroundings. "Thanks again Riku, I love him." He attached himself to Riku's neck and smiled. "Riku…"

"Yeah?" Riku answered wrapping his arms around Sora's waist.

"I love you…"

Riku smiled, "I love you too Sora."


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