Sorry it took so long!!...but here's a not too short, not too long chapter!!

You Just Can't Fight All Your Monsters

Sora sighed, he was somewhere between consciousness and blissful slumber. And he was warm, warmer than he ever remembered being in his life. He kept his eyes shut, determined not to wake up; not when he was so comfortable.

A little bit more sleep wouldn't hurt. He reasoned, snuggling closer to his pillow, it must have been the source of his heat. He laid his head on the welcomingly warm pillow and began drifting deeper into sleep again. His amazingly comfortable pillow shifted underneath him, muttering and pulling him closer. Wait. Moved?

Sora's eyes shot open and were immediately confronted with the pale curve of someone's neck, silver hair tickling his nose.

"Mm…Sora…stop, can't…I can't." Sora heard Riku mumble. Riku…?

"Stop…Sora…oh god…can't control myself…when…do that!" the silver haired teen went on, tossing his head slightly to the side.

Oh god! Riku. I'm in bed with Riku! And he's naked. And I'm naked! Sora thought frantically, over-exaggerating both of their half nude appearances. He shifted in bed, the arm Riku had around him reluctantly releasing him.

"Sora…ple…stop…can't…Stop!" Riku was muttering, the look upon his face resembling that of starving man futilely attempting to resist a sumptuous feast.

Why am I so sticky? Sora thought, as the slight movements he made resulted in an uncomfortable sticky feeling that was centered around his groin.

"Dammit! Sora!" Riku growled in his sleep and the memories came flooding back to Sora.

"Oh no…no!" Sora whispered as he now quickly made his way to the edge of the bed, disturbing Riku's (not so peaceful) sleep on his way.

The silver haired boy stretched and lazily opened his eyes, staring straight up at the ceiling. His gaze looked troubled for a second before they flitted down to Sora and softened a bit, but retained their pensive look.

"Whats wrong?" Riku asked, noticing Sora was very tense and almost on the other side of the bed. Not to mention he was blushing, which was; more often that not, a dead give away that something was bothering the brunette.

"Riku…did we? I mean. We didn't. Did we?" Sora mumbled nervously.

"Did we what, Sora?" Riku sighed. He knew nothing good would have come from what they did. He had tried to stop it, but…Damn.

But Sora didn't notice the exasperation in his voice, or the disappointment on his face as he continued his frantic quest for an explanation.

Sora gulped, "have sex." He whispered so lowly that Riku briefly thought he had imagined the question all together. But the look on Sora's face assured Riku that he hadn't imagined the question.

"Sex?" he asked. Sora nodded, very wide eyed. "Sora, if we'd had sex, I think you would be feeling it, and wouldn't need to check." Riku joked.

"But we did! We both…oh god, I didn't want to go that far." Sora groaned, ignoring Riku's comment.

"Sora, we didn't have sex, trust me." Riku told him.

Sora's face now looked confused, "Isn't that how two boys have sex though? We both…well, you know." Sora blushed.

Riku tried very, very hard not to laugh. It really was a shame how naïve Sora was to the world of intimacy. Have to remember to get Tifa to talk to him about this. "No, that's not quite how two boys have sex. But, what we did, well, it was…We both found our release, your right. But that can happen a bunch of ways. What we did is considered dry sex." Riku explained sheepishly, light pink tinting his cheeks. He couldn't help feeling he had taken advantage of Sora.

"Dry sex?" Sora repeated. "I don't understand. I didn't want to…why?" he finally asked.

"I didn't want to either!" Riku defended. "It was your fault, I was just kissing you, but you kept grinding your hips against mine. I asked you to stop, but you didn't and I…I" he trailed off, feeling worse for blaming Sora for it; even though he believed it was Sora's fault, not his own lack of self control.

Sora moved closer to him again, sky blue eyes gazing into aquamarine ones, begging for an answer, "am I still a virgin?" he asked, looking like he would cry any moment.

"Yes Sora. You're still a virgin." Riku answered him disbelievingly. Had he really thought he'd lost his virginity?

Sora let out a sigh and his features settled on relief. "Sorry." He mumbled.

Riku looked puzzled. "What for?"

"For doing, whatever I was doing, when you were telling me to stop for my own good. Don't feel guilty; I know you didn't take advantage of me, because you were even mumbling about me to stop in your sleep." Sora said gloomily, obviously blaming himself.

"Sora." Riku said, getting the sulking brunettes attention. "Look, I know you were uncomfortable and we don't have to do it again, but trust me, I wasn't complaining." He smiled when Sora's lips turned from a sad frown to a sheepish grin.

"I wasn't uncomfortable, just new to what was going on." Sora explained. He paused and a deep blush rose to his cheeks. "It really didn't bother me that much either." He admitted.

Riku smiled and was about to say something back when a knock sounded at their door.

"Sora, Riku, if you're awake, come down to dinner." Tifa said through the door.

"Mmm, I wonder whats for dinner, I'm starved1" Sora exclaimed, jumping out of bed and scrambling to the bathroom.

Riku watched the small boy run into the bathroom completely flabbergasted. He didn't seem upset that they had…well he didn't seem as upset as he had only a second ago. Riku found himself once again wondering if Sora had forgotten or accepted what had just gone on between them. Like last time, he hoped it was the second.

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"Yuck. That fish we had for dinner was gross." Sora said, sticking out his tongue.

"It wasn't a fish, it was lobster.' Riku corrected him, laughing when Sora made a face at him. He put a hand in Sora's unruly spikes and ruffled it up before opening the door to their room and waiting for Sora to go through before entering himself and closing the door.

Sora turned around in a circle, his large eyes scanning the ground in the room. When he didn't find whatever it was he was looking for he ran over to the door and flung it open. There sat Sammy, brown eyes trying to look at the spot on her nose that had met the door when Riku had shut it in her face.

"Riku!" Sora stormed. Riku jumped. "You shut the door on Sammy!"

"Did i?" Riku said, trying to hide his amusement at the extent of Sora's anger. "I didn't notice. I mean, honestly, she's still so small, I couldn't see her." He walked over to the small lab and picked her up, carrying her over to the large bed Sora had picked out for her. She was spoiled; very spoiled. "Sorry Sam."

Then he walked over to his own bed, taking his shirt off on the way. "Well I'm exhausted. I'm going to bed." He said, turning to bid Sora goodnight and smirking when he found Sora's eyes glued to his chest. He suppressed a laugh. "Goodnight."

Sora started, realizing he had been staring, and eagerly bade Riku a goodnight, turning and taking off his own shirt before climbing into bed. "Night."

As Sora lay his head down on his pillow the lights clicked off and he heard the covers rustling as Riku got into his own bed. He lay there, staring up at the ceiling, unable to sleep. Maybe if I could just get warmer…he thought, snuggling deeper into his covers. It didn't help much. How was he supposed to sleep when he was so uncomfortable?

"Riku, I can't sleep." He whined, hoping the other teen was still awake.

"Hn." Riku grunted as an answer.

"I can't sleep." Sora repeated.

Riku sighed and Sora could faintly make out his form rising into a sitting position across from him. "Whats wrong Sora?" he asked.

"I can't sleep. I think there's a goblin under my bed keeping me awake or something." Sora said.

"A goblin?" Riku asked.

Sora nodded his head and then realized Riku couldn't see him in the dark. "Mmhmm," he answered.

Sora heard Riku sigh again and could tell he had gotten out of bed. A second later, the lights flicked on, momentarily blinding him. After his eyes adjusted, he saw Riku was on the floor by his bed looking under it.

"There's nothing under your bed," Riku said before walking over to the bathroom and turning on the light, "Nothing in the bathroom, no imps behind the blinds, no creepy crawlies in the drawers, and no monsters in the closet." He rattled off as he made a show of checking each place. "Now do you think you'll be able to sleep?" he asked.

"Maybe." Sora answered.

"Well give it your best. We're waking up bright and early tomorrow to go to Cloud's and Leon's." Riku said tiredly as he turned off the lights and climbed back into his own bed. He had hardly closed his eyes when Sora's voice roused him once more.

"Riku…can I sleep with you?" Sora asked, the voice sounding a lot nearer than before. Riku opened his eyes to find that Sora had already come over there and was standing next to his bed.

"Of course." He scooted over and pulled back the covers so Sora could get in. As soon as the brunette boy was under the covers with him, he turned and snuggled into Riku's chest. Riku smiled and wrapped his arms around him.

Yes this is much better. They both thought before finally drifting off to sleep.

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Leon sighed and ran his hands through his hair. "Cloud, stop pacing and tell me what's wrong." He demanded his blonde lover. Cloud had taken to being cheerful about the expected arrival of their new adopted son, ignoring the comments Leon made when he showed just how nervous he really was.

"Nothing's wrong. I'm just…excited." Cloud gritted out. He knew Leon wouldn't believe him, the only thing he was ever honestly excited about was sex. And he wasn't even always excited about that.

"Why are we doing this?" Leon asked exasperatedly.

Cloud stopped pacing. "I thought you wanted to have a kid with me." He countered.

"Yeah, a kid. Not a teenager. Not someone we are so obviously forced to adopt. I want to know what's going on here." Leon said.

Cloud opened his mouth to tell Leon what he had already told him a million times…I can't tell you…but a knock at the door interrupted their soon to be argument.

Cloud opened the front door and was greeted with…flowers.

"I got these for you Mr. Strife!" Sora said excitedly, dancing on the tips of his toes and holding out the bouquet of flowers for Cloud to take.

"Call me Cloud."

"Okay…I got these for you Mr. Cloud!" Sora amended. "Because Leon said he never gave you flowers so I thought you might like some."

Cloud's neck snapped around to locate Leon. He had a hand clamped over his mouth, attempting to stifle his laughter. Cloud gave him a cold glare before turning back to Sora and accepting the flowers.

"Thanks." He said, taking them from the young brunette. Sora looked at him expectantly. "Their...uh…nice?" he continued.

"Aren't you going to go put them in some water or something?" Sora asked him. This seemed to be the last straw and Leon's laughter filled their ears as the older brunette lost his battle with holding his humor in. Cloud scowled and muttered "yeah, water, of course."

Finally Riku walked up the stairs on the porch and walked through the open door. "Sorry, Sora kind of jumped out while we were still driving and ran up to the house. He was so excited about his gift for 'Mr. Strife,'" Riku chuckled, a mischievous gleam in his eyes.

"Mr. Cloud Riku. He likes being called Mr. Cloud." Sora corrected him. Riku and Leon looked at Sora, and then each other, and then at Sora again and both started laughing hysterically. Poor Mr. Cloud would never get rid of his new nick name.

Cloud strode back into the room, looking very agitated. "What took you so long?" Leon asked.

"We have no vases in this house." He informed them.

"So what did you put them in?" Riku asked curiously.

"I had to put each one in an empty beer bottle." He growled.

"Did you cut the bottoms of the stems? So they can eat?" Sora asked frantically. Cloud almost screamed and stomped back off towards the kitchen, Sora hot on his heels. Moments later they emerged, Sora carrying a tall crystal bowl with Cloud's flowers arranged neatly inside it.

"Where the hell did we get that thing?" Leon asked as Sora set the bowl of flowers down on the table closest to the door.

"My sister Aerith sent it us. I forgot about it, it was hidden underneath a bunch of cleaning supplies. I have no idea how he found it." Cloud answered.

"Well come on, lets hurry up and go, or else we won't get home till late, and Sora and I have school tomorrow." Riku said, ending the conversation on mysterious crystal sniffing teens and annoying bouquets of flowers.

Cloud gave one last defeated look that Leon caught. The brunette walked over and grabbed Cloud's hand before pulling him through the door and locking it behind them.

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Roxas sat on his bed staring down at the letter Sora had sent him only a few days ago. It was short…but it was from Sora. And it said he was coming to get him. Already the paper was crumpled and worn in appearance, even though it had been fairly clean paper less than 72 hours ago. He had folded it and put it in his pocket, then taken it out of his pocket and unfolded it to read it untold times since receiving it. Every repetition of this cycle had made the paper look as though Roxas' great great grandfather had passed it down his family line, ending with Roxas.

"Roxas, could you come down here please?" the tinkling voice of one of the nuns sounded from downstairs. He sighed and folded the paper back up, stowing it away in the safety of his jeans before rising and going downstairs.

"Yes Sister?" he answered her.

"You have some guests, a couple that is interested in adopting you." She told him cheerily. His face slackened. He couldn't get adopted; he had to wait here until Sora cam for him.

"I would rather not…do I have to?" He asked.

"I'm sorry you have no choice." She told him.

"Can't you get one of the other teenagers for them?" He begged her.

"They have asked specifically for you Roxas." She said finally before walking downstairs and towards her office, disappearing through the door and expecting him to follow. His curiosity piqued, he followed her through the door and was greeted by a tall pale blonde man who looked like he could have been his birth father. His spikes were just as unruly as Roxas' were and he had the same color crystal blue eyes as Roxas did. Another man stood next to him, this one brunette and tanner than his companion. He also looked a tad bit more laid back in Roxas' opinion. Roxas frowned when he saw them. There was nothing special about them, nothing that would make Roxas important to them…so why were they here?

Suddenly a small brunette boy jumped out from behind the two, scrambling between the tiny space that separated the two and jumping into Roxas' arms, throwing his hands around his neck in a tight hug. It took Roxas a moment to shake off his disorientation before he realized…Sora.

He quickly flung his arms around the slightly smaller boy and hugged him tightly, tears welling up in his eyes. Sora!

"I missed you so much Roxas!" Sora sobbed. "I'm sorry I didn't come get you sooner!"

"Sora, it's okay. It doesn't matter…you're here. Your back!" Roxas said, saying it out loud to make sure that it was real and not just a dream. And as Sora hugged him tighter he realized it wasn't a dream, it was real…Sora was here with him.

And then, when a tall silver haired boy also appeared from behind the two men and smiled warmly at Sora, he was sure it wasn't a dream. Sora let go of Roxas as if sensing the other boy was there and grabbed both of their hands, each innocently tan finger on each of his hands lacing with two different sets of pale ones. No, this wasn't a dream.

"Hi, I'm Riku, I'm very glad to meet you." The silver haired teen Roxas knew as the Senators son of a bitch son held his hand out for Roxas to shake.

No, this was no dream. It was a nightmare.

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Leon was laughing hysterically. Much to Cloud's bewilderment, Sora had taken a liking to the man and now clung to him for all he was worth. The entire car ride to Sora's old house, Sora had been giving Cloud the Spanish inquisition and by now he knew Cloud's entire life story.

He pulled into a spot in the small parking lot of yet anther adoption agency, this one housing the child, or should he say, teen, he was going to take home with him today. The place was called St. Rosaline's Children Haven. He just hoped the children inside were as sweet as the name was.

"This is where you used to live?" Cloud asked Sora when he finally stepped out of the car and looked around at the crumbling house. Sora nodded, staring at his old home with an odd mixture of emotions. Leon thought he saw Cloud's annoyed expression soften towards the brunette. He smiled; Cloud would make a good mom. He started laughing again at that thought.

"Whats so funny?" Cloud asked him venomously.

"Nothing, mom." Leon laughed harder as Sora grabbed Cloud's arm and ungraciously pulled him towards the large doors.

"Come on you guys!" Sora yelled and Riku gave Leon a toothy grin before following the two towards the house. Leon took a deep breath to calm his laughter as well as his nerves and followed the leader.

He stepped into the house and walked over to an office that was labeled "visitors office." Sora, Riku, and Cloud stood behind him, Sora now clinging to Riku and Cloud looking curiously around. As he raised his hand to knock, a busy looking nun opened the door. Riku recognized her as the one who had helped his father when they adopted Sora. He couldn't quite place it, but she looked a lot less nun-like that she had before Sephiroth had done business with her.

"Can I help you?" she asked him.

"Uh, yes. My companion and I," Leon said, gesturing towards Cloud, "are looking to adopt. We were wondering if you had any blonde haired blue eyed teenagers name Roxas. Those kinds are our favorite." Leon described Roxas sarcastically.

The nun looked at him suspiciously before stepping aside and letting them all into the office. "Are these your kids too?" she asked as Sora and Riku passed her. Sora stopped and stood before the nun on his way past her.

"Sora!" she gasped. Sora nodded and smiled brightly at her.

"Don't tell Roxas okay." He told her. The nun nodded and ran off excitedly towards the boys dormitories to fetch Roxas.

"Sor-" Riku began but Sora shushed him when he heard the sister descending the stairs with another pair of footsteps in tow and quickly ran over behind Cloud and Leon, giggling.

"What are you-" Leon tried to ask but Sora hushed him with a 'shhh!' Riku chuckled and went over to sit in one of the chairs.

The door opened and both Leon's and Cloud's eyes snapped to the boy who had entered the room. The teen glanced over at Leon before his eyes set on Cloud and studied him intently. Leon looked over at Cloud to see that he was doing the same thing. They looked eerily alike; their eyes the purest crystal blue and their blonde spikes sticking out at old angles. The teen; Leon could only imagine was Roxas, stared into Cloud's blue eyes and Cloud stared back into identical ones. Then the little Cloud's face slackened and he looked less than happy to see them.

Suddenly Sora flew out from behind them and jumped into the blonde teen's arms. He looked bewildered for a moment before he must have realized who was hugging him. Then his arms flew around Sora and he embraced him tightly, looking like he was too scared to ever let him go again.

"I missed you so much Roxas!" Sora sobbed into the boys shoulder. "I'm sorry I didn't come get you sooner."

The boy hugged Sora tighter and answered him, "its okay. It doesn't matter…you're here. Your back!"

Riku rose out of his chair and went over to stand beside Sora. Immediately Sora detached himself from Roxas and grabbed each of their hands in one of his. Riku held out a hand towards Roxas.

"Hi, I'm Riku. I'm very glad to meet you." He rattled off, years of being conditioned by his father to act perfectly in public showing. The blonde haired teen glared at him, and Riku slowly withdrew his hand when Roxas made no move to shake it. "Any friend of Sora's is a friend of mine." He ended.

Leon could feel the icy hatred rolling off the boy in waves and decided this was a good time to step in.

"Hello Roxas. Do you think you'd be up to living with us; we live in the same subdivision as Riku and Sora. I promise we won't kill you in your sleep or anything." Leon joked with him.

"Us? You mean you two?" Roxas asked, looking over at his older looking clone. "You're together?"

"Yeah we are." Cloud said. "And by the looks of it, the idea of two men living together doesn't bother you in the slightest."

Roxas glared before shaking his head. "No, I don't mind living with you two, just wondering what to call you." He grumbled.

"Oh that's easy. I'm dad and he's mum." Leon laughed, pointing over to Cloud.

Cloud chose to ignore this comment and turned back to Roxas. "Go get your stuff and we can go home."

Home…with Sora…

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This was his home?

Roxas stood in the hallway of his new house, trying to decide which bedroom to move into to. They were all pre-decorated, but Leon promised he could decorate it however he wanted when he got settled in. He chose the one with variations of blues for decorations. There was a large bed with sapphire blue covers, a desk done in light wood with a chair with a cushion pushed up to it, some matching dressers, and a wardrobe. There was also a walk in closet and a bathroom leading of this room. He had a plasma TV standing on a small pedestal on one of his dressers. His room had two windows, one facing a small creek with a little wooden bridge hovering over it and the other window facing the worst kept house he'd seen in the entire subdivision.

While all the other houses, including this one, were clean and painted and perfect, their lawns well manicured and their landscaping all in order, the one across the street from his was the opposite. This house had brown-green grass, the course carpet dying in the cruel heat of the sun. Weeds were sprouting up between the mulch in the landscaping and the curtains were all drawn in the house. Who lives there? Roxas wondered.

As soon as they had gotten home, Sora and Riku had said they had to go home to finish some homework and get to bed for school tomorrow. He growled. Sora was going home with that silver haired bastard, and waking up and going to school with him tomorrow. And he was stuck in this house with the two gay parents from mars until tomorrow, when he would be able to go shopping for school clothes and then finally starts school on Tuesday.

Well, he might as well start unpacking. It was late, and when he finished he could just get in bed and sleep. The faster he got through today and tomorrow, the faster he would be able to see Sora. He unpacked what little possessions he had and put his clothes away in his dressers. He threw his shoes in the closet and set his toothbrush in the bathroom. Finally he shoved his bag under his bed and pulled his two dearest objects out of his pocket. He opened up the drawer on his night stand and set Sora's letter and his razorblade down inside it. There was a knock on the door as Roxas slid the drawer shut.

Leon was standing in the open doorway with something tucked under his arm. "I got this for you." Leon said, holding out a thin silver laptop. You can put it on your desk, the whole house has wireless internet. You can connect anywhere." Roxas blinked before reaching out and taking the computer. He had never gotten gifts before in his life, especially such nice ones.

"Uhm thanks." He said a bit unsurely. But Leon just smiled at him.

"Cloud has to go to work tomorrow early in the morning, so I'll be taking you shopping. I know you don't need me there with you, but you're new and you don't know your way around, so I'm going to go with you this time." Leon told him.

"Okay." He gave as a reply. Leon waved a hand and turned around, heading presumably, for his room, bidding Roxas goodnight. Roxas went and sent his new computer down on the light desk

He climbed into his own bed and clicked out the lamp that sat next to it, it was the only light he had bothered turning on when he had entered the room. He turned his head and looked out one of his still open windows. In the house across the street the lights were on in one of the windows.

The last thing Roxas saw before drifting off to sleep was a grey kitten sitting on the windowsill of that lit room, watching him with stunning blue eyes. He didn't see the bloody hand that came out to gently stroke its fur.

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Roxas woke up Tuesday morning excited for school. He would get to see Sora again. It hadn't been so bad, he decided, waiting to be able to go to school. It had taken Leon and him all day to get all the clothes and supplies he needed for school, then some other clothes just to wear, not to mention all the clothes Leon had forced him to buy. Why were his new parents so convinced he was gay?

He took a shower and brushed his teeth. Standing in front of the mirror he contemplated doing something with his hair then decided against it, knowing it would be a waste of time anyways. He slipped on a pair of boxers and his khaki pants, threw on some socks and slipped into his shoes; he left his tie where it was. He wasn't wearing that thing. He left the bathroom, buttoning up his maroon school shirt on the way out. He quickly grabbed the checkered backpack full of his stuff before heading out of his bedroom door and down into the kitchen.

"Morning sunshine." Leon greeted him. He and Cloud were sitting at the table, eating breakfast and drinking coffee. Cloud was reading the paper.

"Breakfast?" Cloud said, not looking up from his paper. It sounded less like a question and more like a command.

"I'm not really hungry." He answered. Cloud looked up.

"Breakfast is the most important meal of the day." Cloud told him.

"Oh great, you got him on his whole 'why breakfast is good for you' rant." Leon sighed. Cloud sent a glare his way before looking back to Roxas. "Please sit down and have breakfast with us."

"Alright." He answered. He never said much to them. They were great to him and they were fun to live with. They had almost had a food fight over dinner last night when Leon decided it would be funny to fling the peas he didn't want to eat at Cloud with his fork. Whatever humor Cloud lacked, Leon made up for it tenfold.

He stabbed a pancake with his fork and put some syrup on it and took a bite. It tasted wonderful. Maybe he had been hungry after all.

"So how am I getting to school?" Roxas asked.

"I'm driving you on my way to work." Cloud said. Roxas nodded. "Eventually you'll have to take a road test so you can get your license and have your own car. Then you can drive yourself to school." He continued, flipping the page of the newspaper.

"A car?" Roxas asked. "I can't afford a car."

"Of course you can't." Leon said. "We're buying the car. We're your parents remember?"

"But you already got me a laptop!" he protested.

"And it was a gift." Leon answered him. "Just drop it, there's something more important you need to know." He leaned in close, beckoning Roxas towards him. Roxas inclined his head a little towards Leon's.

"You might want to leave for school early," the brunette whispered, "Cloud drives like an old grandma."

SMACK.

A sticky pancake covered Leon's face.

Roxas let out a loud laugh, the first time he had laughed since Sora had left, and both Leon and Cloud smiled at hearing this sound. They weren't sure if the boy had any emotion besides impassive until now.

"Thanks babe, I was going to ask for another one." Leon said from behind his pancake mask. Cloud rolled his eyes and stood from the table, throwing away his newspaper and grabbing his keys.

"Ready?" he asked Roxas. Roxas grabbed his backpack off the floor next to his chair where he had set it down and said a quick goodbye to Leon (who was eating the pancake Cloud had so graciously given him) before following Cloud out the door.

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Axel woke up Tuesday morning sorer than he'd been in a good two or three years. Last night Axel had fed the kitten some of his dinner and Ansem had decided to punish him severely for it. He gingerly swung his legs out of bed, wincing all the while. He lifted his naked body off his bed and collapsed in tears as pain shot up his spine.

He layed on the ground before resolutely standing up and getting dressed in long khaki pants, a maroon turtleneck (he thanked his lucky stars it wasn't too hot out today) and a white button up shirt. There was a cut on his face that had bruised up a little bit. He would have to think of a good lie to tell his teachers. He grabbed his back pack and went downstairs and through the front door, not staying in the house any longer than he had to.

He slung his backpack over his weak shoulders and began his walk to school, ignoring the pain in each step.

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Roxas sighed as he walked back to his locker between his second and third classes. He had seen Sora this morning while Riku was off at some class. Amazingly, every Monday morning, Sora came to school with a guy named Tidus, and his boyfriend, the gayest boy Roxas had ever seen, Marluxia.

He and Sora had compared schedules and found that they only had one class together, and Riku was in it also, as Riku and Sora had all the same classes. It was a class he had after lunch, but at least he still got to see Sora. And he lived close enough; he could go see him after school if he wanted to.

He shut his locker as the warning bell rang and people started heading off towards their respective classes. He had decided he like school. He had never attended it before and he had to admit, it as kind of fun.

The halls were almost empty now, and his next class was way farther down the hallway. He would be late, but that was okay, it was his first day here, the teachers wouldn't mark him off this time. He heard someone giggling around the corner and his heart jumped. Sora!

He quickly turned the corner and was met with quite an unexpected scene. Riku had Sora's hand in his and had another arm around Sora's waist; pulling him close to him and saying something in his ear that was making Sora blush and giggle.

"Leave him alone." Roxas scowled at Riku, pulling Sora away from him.

"Roxas it's okay, we were just, going to class, okay. I'll see you later." Sora said quickly before running off into the open classroom across the hall. Riku glared at Roxas for a second before following Sora into his class. Roxas growled and angrily began walking back towards his class. Stupid senator's son…taking everything from him. Even when he was back with Sora the asshole still kept Sora from him. But that wouldn't last long. He would make sure of it.

He was staring down at his feet in anger and didn't notice the person who was coming towards him. He looked up at the last minute and saw a boy with crimson red hair and beautiful emerald eyes close enough to him to touch. The boy was taller than him and tan, his eyes outlined in black eyeliner. He had as many articles of clothing on as possible, but his pants were tight, and whether or not Roxas was convinced he was in love with Sora, he couldn't deny…even in all those clothes, this boy was sexy.

It turned out, they really were close together, and as they passed each other in the hallway their shoulders bumped roughly into each others. Roxas blushed at the contact and then turned redder with rage that he had been blushing about a stupid shoulder rub.

"Watch where you're going punk." The red head spat at him. Roxas turned around and watched the boy walking away from him, unconsciously focusing on his ass.

"Well maybe if you weren't walking like there was a watermelon shoved up your ass, you wouldn't run into people." Roxas yelled at him. Stupid prick, being all sexy and making me blush, and then yelling at me.

The taller teen turned around and strode back to him. "What did you just say?" he asked his voice on edge.

Axel looked down into the startlingly blue eyes of the little blonde kid in front of him. He had huge crystal blue eyes, messy blonde spikes, and was pale. He was also a good 4 or 5 inches shorter than him. And damn, the kid was cute, but if he had just said what he thought he'd said, there was no way his looks were going to get him out of this one.

"Oh, I think you know what I said. Your boyfriend being a little rough with you these days?" Roxas asked.

And the next thing he knew, he was on the ground, holding his jaw where that damned red head had just punched him. He picked himself off the ground and punched the teen in the stomach, sending him to the ground. Unfortunately, the red headed enemy he had made had a grip on his arm and pulled him down with him.

Axel's back hit the ground, and the cute blonde kid hit his chest. Axel rolled so that he was sitting on top of him, and pinned his arms to the side of him. He grinned, thinking he had won, and then the stupid little brat spat in his face.

"What. The. FUCK." Axel yelled, hitting the blonde again in the jaw. As he moved to plant another hit the kid pulled his legs out from underneath him and kicked him in the chest. As Axel fell backwards teachers and students came out of the classrooms near them.

"Oh my." One of the female teachers said. Suddenly, two large male kids had Roxas arms in their grip and were pulling him away from Axel at the same time that a male teacher had Axel's arms behind his back.

"To the principal's office of course." The male teacher that had Axel instructed the two boys, and they made their way to the front of the school where the principal's office was.

So, do you like it? Review please!!

i'm kind of really down about the amount of feedback i get for this stroy and i'm contemplating just stopping it...because it seems people don't like it.

Cloud: Would it be detrimental to the story if i locked Leon up in the basement for the rest of the time?

SxB: Hmm...depends on what you plan to do with him.

Cloud: Oh god, your just as bad as him!