Yo: Sorry for taking so long - now what happens in this chapter and the next chapter...well, my seme and I planned this from the very beginning - we just never gave it away to anyone. Ha.
Back to School!
It was the morning of the first day of the new school year as Sora sat on the couch munching on his PopTart, watching the news.
"Hurricane Earl has dropped down to a category three, and the coastal areas are under a Hurricane Watch. Places included are the Ocean Front, Chesapeake, Virginia Beach-"
The brunette sighed and crumpled the wrapper from his small breakfast. He stood up and turned off the TV, tossing the foil into the trash and heading towards the sound of DISTURBED playing quietly from his and Roxas' room.
Roxas had just shrugged on a new shirt his mom had picked out when Sora walked in. The blond smirked and snatched the remote for his iPod player. He turned up the volume, pissing his twin off on purpose, and grabbed his Organization coat from the closet.
Sora furrowed his brow. "You sure you want to wear that in front of mom and dad?" He said over the loud music.
"I think they know what I've gotten myself into by now."
Suddenly they heard the sound of their dad's motorcycle outside and Roxas ran out onto the front porch to see Lightning in her perfectly-conditioned dark teal Rolls-Royce Phantom III parked behind Snow. His mother was in the back seat, talking on the phone with someone. His aunt stepped out of the car and glared at her nephew.
"Let's go, I don't have all day!"
Roxas quickly snatched his bag and headed outside, his twin close behind. It has been a long-standing tradition that Sora rides with Snow and Roxas rides with Lightning on the first day of the first or last year of school. When the twins had gone to their first day of eighth grade, Snow and Sora wound up being late because the brunette fell off when his dad gunned the bike at an intersection.
Roxas was about to slide into the passenger seat of his aunt's car, when the pinkette slammed the door shut. Thankfully the blond had moved his hand in time.
"No Roxas, you're driving this time."
"Huh?" He replied intelligently.
"You're what, eighteen now? It's high-time you start driving."
Snow grinned and slid back on his bike, patting the seat in front of him. "Same for you Sora! Time to find out if the bike gene left you or not."
Sora whimpered.
~Mini-flashback – Sora and Roxas~
Ten year-old Sora and Roxas sat in the front lawn, twiddling their toes in the soft grass as a light Fall breeze swept over them.
"Hey kids!"
They both turned and saw their dad approaching them, Cloud and Sephiroth in tow. "Time to learn how to ride a bicycle!"
Sephiroth, for the briefest moment, twitched.
Sora flopped onto his back. "But I don't think I can!"
Roxas snorted. "Liar, I saw you trying to ride Kairi's pink bike last week."
"I'll go get the bikes..." Cloud muttered, dragging a reluctant Sephiroth behind him to the garage.
Sora and Roxas, being curious little rascals, leaned as far as they could to see into the garage at their brand new bikes, both without training wheels, and a large mass under a blanket that their father said he would drop-kick them if they ever looked under it.
The twins exchanged nervous glances. Their older brother had told them once what was under there, and only one of them would ever be able to own it. Of course they both doubted that eight years from then that they would remember what was in there.
"Alright!" Snow clapped his hands together and pointed at Roxas. "You go first kiddo."
The blond groaned. "But I don't wanna!"
Cloud and Sephiroth came walking up with the bright red bikes, the spiky-haired male smiling. "It's not that bad, Rox. Just get on, go a couple feet, and he'll leave you alone."
Roxas pouted, as did Sora, and sighed. "Fiiiiiiine." He grabbed the left handle bar of the bike to Cloud's right and pulled it away from the group. He caught sight of his mother sitting on the front steps with the camera rolling. Here goes... He threw his leg over the side, got situated, and started to pedal.
He made it two feet before falling over.
Sora burst into laughter while Sephiroth, of all people, ran to the child's aid.
"Just ignore your brother, you can get revenge later." He winked, helping the kid up.
"I'll be sure to do that..." Roxas replied.
Snow sighed. "Well, looks like you got that from your mother."
"I heard that!" Serah called.
The blond man chuckled and took the other bike from Cloud, wheeling it over to Sora. "Your turn."
Sora gulped and took a shaky hold of the handle bars, threw his leg over the frame and sat down steadily on the seat. With a dry throat he took in a deep breath and started to pedal.
And he kept pedaling. The kid made it onto the road and started circling the right-away, even raising a hand up to wave at his family.
Snow cheered and Sephiroth sighed with relief.
"That's my boy, Sora!"
~Mini-Flashback – Sora and Roxas – End~
Roxas nervously slid into the driver's seat of the old car, his only knowledge of how to drive coming form Axel – and he hadn't spoken to his lover since the 'party'. He turned the key, put the car in drive, and slowly began to pull into the lawn, turning around onto the driveway and onto the pavement.
Yes, the blond made it safely to school.
Sora gave a determined exhale and marched over to the legendary bike of his father, finding the metal beneath his clothed legs cool and welcoming. He stared into the face of the bike and ran a thumb over the brake handle. With one final sigh to calm his nerves, the teen turned the key and revved the engine, a huge grin forming on his lips as he felt the power between his legs. (*snicker*)
He was off like a rocket, spinning several times in the yard, carving doughnuts into the grass before shooting out of the driveway and speeding towards school. Of course, normally this would be illegal – but since when have these boys obeyed the laws? Please do not follow their example...
Roxas was waiting for his brother in front of the parked car, his mother hugging him tightly and congratulating him over and over. The blond glimpsed a flash of red entering the building and turned just in time to see Axel disappear into the school. Several students and parents screamed as Sora and Snow came barreling into the parking lot, the bike skidding to a halt just inches from the curb.
"Well done!" Snow shouted, giving his son a high-five when the teen hoped off the bike. "I'll pick you up after school – I got something for ya back at the house." The blond shifted forward and gave a wave to his wife and sister-in-law before speeding out of the parking lot.
Sora's hair seemed spikier than ever before as he skipped towards Riku, the silverette standing under a magnolia tree, a worried look on his face.
"Hey Sora..." Riku said, managing a small smile.
"What's wrong?" The younger teen asked, fearing someone died based on the look his boyfriend was giving him.
"It's...nothing, I'll tell you after school."
Roxas said goodbye to his mom and aunt and hurried into the building to track down Axel. He found the pyro after three minutes of searching for his locker – Xemnas having always given the two of them lockers right next to each other after they had 'hooked up'. The red-head was leaning against his own locker, arms crossed, green eyes staring blankly at all the freshmen.
"Hey Axel." Roxas said, checking his schedule for his combination and entering it. "So have you memorized your locker combo yet?" He asked jokingly. Axel blinked and stared down at him for a moment before stepping away from the cold metal. He stood in front of the blond and in a flash slammed his right hand against the bright red door behind him, slamming it shut. Roxas gulped.
"...walk to my place after school." And with that, the pyro was gone.
After three hours of sitting in the horribly cramped seats of the auditorium during the opening ceremony, Roxas, Demyx, and Zexion headed towards the cafeteria.
"So then apparently the guy that installed the new shower didn't know the difference between an L-pipe and a straight pipe, so I wound up having to do the whole thing myself, and – Roxas, are you listening to my rant?" Demyx asked over his french fries.
Roxas hadn't bought lunch and was staring at Axel, his lover sitting a chair away from him.
"Roxas?" Zexion tried.
"What?" The blond looked at the couple. Both teens glanced at each other and Demyx sighed.
"Dude, Axel's really upset about AkuRoku Day. He had me go over to his place and made me flush all his cigarettes down the toilet. The guy hasn't gotten a decent night's sleep since that night either."
Roxas exhaled through his nose. "Uh-huh..."
Zexion stood and picked up Demyx' empty tray. "You two should work this out, your emo-ness is annoying me." He walked off to dump the trash into a bin.
The blond looked at his lover again and found the red-head staring at him with that emotionless gaze once more.
Sora followed Riku out of the school building, cursing Xemnas in his mind for spending the whole day on school guidelines. He spotted his father in the parking lot, the large blond leaning on the bike. "Oh yeah!" He grabbed Riku's left forearm and turned him around. "Sorry Riku, I gotta go with my dad for a bit."
The silverette looked around and watched the man give a happy wave. "Alright, but then I need you to come to my place as soon as you're done."
"Sure Riku." The smaller teen gave his lover a peck on the cheek and ran to his dad.
Roxas watched Axel slide gracefully into his Nova, the red-head driving off the school property at the normal speed limit for once. The blond hefted his bag on his shoulder and started walking down the sidewalk, passing his lover's car when it was at a stop light before heading onto the overpass. He stared past the wire fence at all the docked boats, The Cloaked Schemer standing out like a dog's dick amongst the fishing boats. Once he reached Axel's apartment complex, Roxas headed towards the elevator and found his lover waiting inside it, one lanky arm stretched out to hold the doors open. He stepped in and they rode up to apartment 138, entered, and sat down next to each other on the futon. "So, what's up?"
Axel took Roxas' left hand into both of his and locked eyes with him.
"I'm sorry...for fucking things up on what was supposed to be our day." He slid onto the floor, resting on his knees and laying his head in Roxas' lap. "I'm so fucking sorry..."
Roxas sighed and ran his fingers through the spiked-up hair. "I'll forgive you if you stop acting like a kicked puppy. Deal?"
Axel grinned up at his lover. "Deal. Now, about the fact that we haven't had sex in a while..." He crawled up the blonds' body, pinning him to the futon and grinding their hips together.
The smaller teen smirked. "Horny bastard."
"Your horny bastard."
"Damn right."
Sora was lead into the garage by his father, the blond looking about ready to burst into tears. "Sora, as you know, every member of our family has passed down the talent through the generations – the talent of motorcycles." He grasped the dusty tarp covering a large object in the garage. "I knew either you or your brother would inherit this, just like Cloud." He pulled the cover off with a flourish, revealing a bike known to all Sci-Fi fanatics.
"T-Thats-!" Sora stared at the Light Cycle.
"Try it out." Snow encouraged. The teen slid onto the bike, grinning as the vehicle glowed a bright blue and purred under him.
"It's perfect..."
Snow ruffled his son's hair. "It's yours. This was my first bike, you know." Sora looked up at him, gawking. "I want you to take good care of it."
"I will."
Causing many people to stop and stare, Sora rode his Light Cycle to Riku's, parking it behind the ugly brick apartment and throwing the old tarp over it. Like he was gonna risk someone stealing it! The brunette sighed in contentment as he entered the old building, skipping up the steps to the second floor and inserting the key to his lover's place. "Riku~! I'm here~!"
"We're in the kitchen."
Sora tilted his head to the side in confusion. "We?" He walked into the cramped kitchen and yelped when he saw Sephiroth standing by the window, sipping a cup of tea. "Uh...hi, Seph..."
"Hello Sora."
Riku placed a hand on his boyfriend's shoulder and looked him in the eye. "Sephiroth quit working for the government, he just moved back."
Sora looked back to the General. "Why? I thought your job was all hush-hush and you couldn't leave..."
Sephiroth placed his cup of tea on the counter and knelt down so he was eye-level with Sora. "I'm the kind of man that knows what he wants, and also knows when to take advantage of a situation to get it."
Sora glanced at Riku. "What is this about?"
Sephiroth smirked and stood up, his height casting the teens in shadow. "It seems the puppy has left the Chocobo for an Ancient."