He's Going To Be Mine

OMG! How can one person be so busy!?! Can someone please show me some mercy? Okay, I'm exaggerating a little but still . . . Well I'm finally going to get somewhere. I know I spent 5 chapters on one day so I'm now going to speed up the timeline a bit cause in my opinion, that was way too long.

Chapter 7: Where will this go?

"Good night Kairi." Riku said as he grinned at the screaming girl being taken away by Selphie.

"But Riku, My mom's gonna KILL me!"

"Awww, poor Kairi." Riku began to walk away from the two girls with Sora by his side.

After a few blocks of walking, they reached their houses.

"So, I'll see you tomorrow, Riku." Sora said giving him a smile and then turning to walk away.

"What, I don't get invited over your house?" the perverted one of the two asked.

"I'm tiered." Sora walked up to his door and took out his keys that had a key-blade key chain on it. "I had a great time at the mall today. You have really made my life . . . interesting in just one day." He unlocked the door and walked in.

Riku walked up to his door and went inside.

"Leon! I'm home."

"Hey." Leon said sitting on the couch.

"So, where's Cloud?"

"He went home."

"Oh, well I'm turning in for the night." He walked up the steps and down the hall. The last sounds of Riku slamming his door shut rang through the house.

After a few minutes of watching TV, Leon got up from the couch and made his way upstairs too. They had both had a long day and needed some rest.

Sunlight shined through the window as Riku and Leon sat at their dining room table thinking about what to eat for breakfast. Neither of them knew how to cook anything and whenever they tried they would either burn the food or the kitchen. Most of the time they would eat something simple like a bagel, cereal, or pop tarts but unfortunately they forgot to go shopping. So here they were sitting at the table starving.

"I'm so hungry." The younger of the two groaned, holding his stomach while laying his head on the table. "Leon, cook something."

"Um, Riku, do you remember what happened the last time I attempted to cook?"

Flashback

"Leon, I'm hungry. Cook some food." Riku groaned as he held his stomach and laid his head on the table.

"Well, what do we have to make something with?"

"Um . . ." Riku got up from his seat and walked over to the cabinet. He opened it and surveyed the food looking for something to cook. "Well, we got cake mix."

"Do you think we could make pancakes out of that?"

"I guess." Riku handed Leon the cake mix.

"What else?"

"Um, lets see . . ." Riku walked over to the fridge. "We have left over chicken. I guess we could grind it up and then form it into sausage."

"That'll work." Riku took the fried chicken out of the fridge

"We have honey."

"That could work as syrup."

"And we have eggs."

"Pass 'em up"

Riku passed up the eggs

"Butter"

"Check."

"Hey, if we grind up jellybeans, couldn't we make jelly?"

"I dunno."

"I'll try it."

"Sounds good to me." Leon turned to face Riku and looked in the fridge. "Hey, pass me the olives so that I can make the food look nice like they do on TV." Riku passed Leon the olives and closed the fridge. They got the last things that they need to make their 'gourmet' breakfast.

10 minutes later

"Hey Leon, are you sure you're supposed to pour the whole bottle of Crisco in the pan?"

"I just want to make sure that I have enough."

"But I think that may be too much."

"Well we are making a lot of pancakes."

"I guess so."

They went back to making their breakfast in silence.

But 5 minutes later . . .

"Riku, how's the jelly doing?"

"Um, I think I need to add water so that the jellybeans would break up easier."

"You should use juice so that is doesn't taste watery."

"Ok." Riku opened the fridge and took out the orange juice and added it to the assorted flavored Jelly Belly jellybeans.

"Riku could you hand me the milk?"

"Sure"

Leon poured half the carton of milk in the pan with the Crisco.

"Um, Leon, aren't you supposed to put the milk in the cake mix."

"Well Ms. Betty Crocker, why don't you came over here and make the pancakes and I'll make the sausage?"

"Fine."

They switched places and now Riku was in control of the pancakes. Riku added a stick of butter to the mix.

"Riku, you're going to give us lung cancer!"

"You dumb ass! You don't get lung cancer from too much grease."

"Whatever."

"Leon, what the fuck are you doing to the eggs!?!?"

Leon was pouring the whole saltshaker into the eggs. "Giving them seasoning."

"You're going to give us high blood pressure!"

"Whatever." Next, he poured the pepper.

"And you're going to choke us to de- de- ACHU!" Riku sneezed. "Get away from the eggs."

After more arguing and criticizing the finally finished their 'gourmet' breakfast. They sat the food down at the table and took their seats. Riku poured the honey and 'jelly' on his pancakes and put the chicken sausage on his plate. Leon did the same then put some juice in his glass.

"You take the first bite." The brunette said looking his brother directly in the eye.

"Oldest goes first." He counter attacked

"Oh, but I insist."

"Same time."

"Ok."

Leon cut a piece of his pancakes with 'jelly' on top and put it in his mouth while Riku ate some of his eggs.

"SALT! TOO MUCH . . . SALT. WATER! NEED WATER! WWWWWAAAAAATTTTTEEEEERRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!" Riku jumped out of his seat and put his lips on the fountainhead and began sucking the water like a fish. When he was done he looked at Leon whom had his face screwed up so much Riku had to laugh.

"So what does it taste like?" He asked his older brother

"Cake, honey, olives, butter popcorn, toasted marsh mellow, pudding, vanilla, cherry, liquorish, and all the other assorted flavors of Jelly Belly."

"Well . . . I've made a new discovery, we can't cook."

End Flashback

"Oh . . . well . . . what do we eat then?" Riku asked still holding his stomach but now from the disgusting memory.

"Hmm . . . we eat take-out!"

"What kind?"

"It's called Sora and Cloud's kitchen." The brunet said as he got up from his seat and marched towards the door.

"But Leon, you're still in you pajamas." Riku said running after him.

"So are you."

"But Leon!"

Cloud woke up from his comfy bed at the sound of someone knocking on his front door. It was 10:00 in the morning. Who would possibly be up that early? Wasn't there like a law against knocking on someone's door so early in the morning? He slipped from under the covers of his snuggly warm bed and put on his slippers. He was only dressed in a tank top and boxers. He walked over to his closet and pulled out a pair of sweat pants and then made his way down the hall. He glanced over to Sora's room and noticed that he was still asleep. Cloud walked down stairs and into the living room. He then made his way over to the white door and leaned on it.

"Go away!" He barked through the door

"We come in peace." Leon joked

"Leon!?!" Cloud halfway felt his heart skip in excitement and half way at the fact that he found out he had to murder Leon for waking him up. Cloud opened the door.

"What are you two doing here?" He asked looking from Riku to Leon. "And in your pajamas?" The blond raised an eyebrow.

"Leon can't cook so we came to grab a bite to eat." Riku informed

"And there you go again telling all of my business." Leon knocked Riku upside the head.

"What's going on?" Sora asked looking completely lost as he made his way into the living room. Rubbing his eyes he looked over at the door to see two very familiar faces.

"Riku!" Sora said running over to the door. "Why are you here?"

"Hey Sora. We came to get some food." Riku said pushing past Cloud and into the house.

"So are we going to stand out here all day?" Leon asked Cloud with a slight smirk on his face. "And in our pajamas?"

"Oh . . ."Cloud made some room for the other to enter.

Sora and Cloud's house was the complete opposite of Riku and Leon's. Everything was neat and organized, there were no clothes to be seen, the dining room table had four coasters on it, and the TV had a digital cable box.

Riku looked around the house as well as Leon and both of them had the same reaction of awe.

"Take a picture, it lasts longer." Cloud commented sarcastically as he made his way over to the kitchen table, taking his seat and then laying his head down with a loud thump that would make anyone cringe.

"Well, it seems like someone's grumpy this morning." Leon teased.

"You would be too if someone woke you up in the middle of a nice sleep."

"Whatever, are you going to cook something or not?"

He waited a few seconds and then noticed he wasn't greeted with some snappy comeback.

"Hello, earth to Cloud."

Leon got a straw an began to poke him

"zzzzzzzz"

"That bastard fell asleep!" He cursed

Sora began to laugh at the current situation.

"I'll make breakfast." He said as he walked into the kitchen to get out the cooking supplies.

"I hope he can cook." Leon stated flatly

"Of course he can!" Riku defended him.

"What makes you so sure?"

"He just looks like the cooking type."

After half an hour of cooking, the breakfast was done.

"Here we go!" Sora said as he brought out some pancakes, sausage, eggs, syrup, butter, and biscuits.

"It looks great, Sora." Riku said staring at the food like he hadn't eaten in years.

"You think?" the fluffy-haired boy gave Riku a smile and passed out the plates. "Hey, do me a favor and wake Cloud up will you?"

"Sure thing." Riku stretched out his arm and shook Cloud who still had his face on the table sleeping. "Cloud."

As he continued to shake him, he got no answer.

"Cloud?"

After he found that the older guy didn't seem like he planned on responding anytime soon, Riku made a clear judgment.

"Hey Sora, I think your brother's dead."

"No he's not. Watch" Sora walked over next to Cloud. "CLOUD, RIKKU'S HERE!!!!"

Cloud shot up and shook his head violently looking both ways.

"Where!?!" When the older of the two brothers finally saw that she wasn't around and began to frown. "That's not even funny Sora."

Riku looked at them very confused. 'Did Sora just say that Riku was here? I thought I was Riku. Wait a minute, I know I'm Riku!'

"Ummm?" Riku asked Sora giving him that confused look.

"Oh, sorry. Rikku is our cousin. She has the same name as you. It's just spelled differently though: R-i-k-k-u-."

"I see."

"Yeah, she's really hyper too. It gets annoying after a while. She takes things way to seriously. I remember when we were watching a movie one day; she wouldn't stop talking about a character that was going to die. She was all 'Yuka's gonna die, you know.' 'Don't die Yuka.' 'Save Yuka.' Blah, blah, blah."

"Oh."

"Well enough chit-chat, lets eat!" the cheery boy smiled

"I though you would never say that."

Riku picked up a fork and knife watching as the others followed suit. He opened his mouth and took a bit. When he bit in to the food, his eyes began to water. Bliss. It was pure bliss. Never in his life had he tasted food so good. He wanted to savor every morsel and at the same time devour every bite. He looked over at Leon who had the same expression.

"Sora! Where did you learn to cook like this?" Riku asked wide-eyed.

"Although Rikku can be pretty annoying, she taught me how."

"That's pretty cool. You think you could teach me how to cook? We need someone who can cook at our house." Riku sighed and then slumped down in his chair.

"As much as I hate to interrupt this lovely conversation, I think that we should try to get ourselves back in school before our families find out." Leon said breaking up the small talk.

"You do know that was pretty random, right?" Cloud said

"Ah, whatever."

"And how do you suppose we do that?" Riku countered

"I don't know?"

"I think we should beg, plead, and grovel." Riku joked around.

"That's a great idea!" Sora perked up

"What!?!?" everyone said

"I wasn't serious." Riku wined

"But I am. I've got an idea."

"I refuse to grovel." Leon snorted

"You're such a rebel, you know." Riku said looking over at Leon

"Humph."

"Really, we can get back in school." Sora said, bouncing around excitedly.

And with that everyone fell silent.

"Are you sure this is going to work?" Riku asked Sora as they stood in front of the school building. It was around 3:45 so the principal was most likely still there.

"Of course! Well, I mean I think it should." Sora said as he gave Riku a reassuring smile.

"What do you mean you think!?!"

"Look, don't worry about it. Come on."

"Okay."

The two walked up to the school building doors. They opened them and began to walk down the hall.

"When is Cloud and my brother going to get here?"

"Oh, they should be here soon. They already have the person to play the part. She should be ready."

The two walked up to a door labeled 'principal's office' and knocked on it hard.

"Come in.," a muffled voice said from behind the door.

They walked into the office with their heads hung low.

"What the devil are you two doing here?!?! I thought I kicked you two no-good students out of my school!"

"We have a problem sir." Sora said, raising his head up showing tears that were about to spill out of his eyes. This would be his best performance yet.

"Come on Rikku." Cloud said to his very pissed off cousin.

"NO! First you get kicked out of school, then you don't want me to tell your parents, now you ask for my help and expect me to take time out of my day to spend two hours driving up to your house. What the hell is wrong with you Cloud!?! Have you been doing drugs? Ohmigod! You have haven't you? Cloud-"

"Rikku, I haven't been doing drugs. I just need your help to get back in school."

"No, Cloud. You screwed up and it's your job to fix it."

"You know I never ask anyone for help. You should be lucky you're my favorite cousin."

"I'M YOUR ONLY COUSIN DUMBASS! Ha! I knew it you are taking drugs!"

Cloud held the phone away from his ear. He bet that if he put the phone down and walked out the room he could still hear her.

"Rikku, will you be quiet? Look can you please help me?"

"WOW! Hold the phone; did Cloud just say please? Hey, say it again and I might say no."

"Come on, Rikku!"

"Where are we going?"

"You're so immature."

"I'm not the one who got kicked out of school. You know, I shouldn't even be talking to you right now. You could get me in big trouble if any one found out I was on my cell phone in the bathroom. Why couldn't you have called me, like when school was over."

"Because I need you to come now."

"How the hell do you expect me to get over there when I'm in school."

"Skip!"

"No! Besides, I've got to go to work later on today. I have a job. Unlike some people I'm making something out of my life."

"I could too if you would come over and help me get back in school. I'm not the only one who has to suffer. What about-"

"Oh my gosh! Did you get Sora kicked out too!?! Tell me you didn't."

"He got himself kicked out." Cloud stated

"You corrupted his poor mind." She wailed on the other end of the phone.

"So will you come over?"

"NO!"

"What if I told you that someday, your dear cousin Sora will be on the street begging for money because his own cousin who's related by blood did not help him in his time of need. He'll blame you forever. Come on Rikku. Think of the good and bad consciences. The good one is saying, 'Please, help your cousin.' And the bad one is saying, 'Don't listen. Destroy your family relations.' Now think. Which one do you like better?"

Rikku hung up. Cloud grinned to himself proudly and put the phone down. Rikku should be there in two hours.

"Speak up." Mr. Uter snapped

"We really need to get back in school." The cinnamon-haired teen sniffled.

The principal rolled his eyes and reclined in his chair.

"I need to get a good education."

"And so do all the children in the world but this school will not tolerate the behavior you two have shown."

"But, my cousin. She, she- sh-"Sora grabbed onto Riku shirt and began to sob into it.

"You ready. Rikku?" Cloud asked as he and Leon had one arm around her trying to stable her walking.

"As ready as I'll ever be. Hey Leon, what are you doing after we're done this? You wanna see a movie with me?" She winked at him.

"I'll get back to you on that one." He answered.

"Besides, Leon can't." Cloud butted in.

"I can't?" Leon asked very confused.

"Can we focus on this first?" Cloud blushed a little but turned his head

"Aw, you're such a party pooper, Cloud."

"No I'm not."

"OH! Are you two going out? I'm sorry. Cloud since when did you go out with guys?" She bluntly blurted out.

"Can we focus on one thing first!?!" He blushed an even brighter shade of red

"Aw, that's so cute!" she said, poking one of his cheeks.

"Cut it out."

"Hey Leon, isn't Cloud so cute when he blushes?"

Leon looked over at Cloud and chuckled to him self.

"Well here we go." The blond interrupted as they walked into the building. This conversation was turning a bit embarrassing.

"What is going on here?" the principal asked raising his brow.

'Where are they?' Riku thought to him self. He could tell that Sora was thinking the same thing.

"You see, sir-" Riku began but was cut off by someone knocking on the door like they were throwing weights at it.

"Come in."

In came Leon and Cloud both holding a very pregnant Rikku. Or that's what it looked like. Sora had to struggle as hard as he could to keep from laughing. Rikku had worn clothes and had a very tired look on her face.

"What the?" the principal was stunned at what was before his eyes.

"This is my cousin. She lives with us and has to work five jobs, go to school, and be pregnant at the same time. Isn't it so sad?" Sora stated and then began to cry even louder.

"Oh my." Was all Mr. Uter could say.

"Cloud works and I my self work. We need these jobs to pay for our home. We are barley able to keep a shelter over our heads. When we are able to buy food, we give it all to Riku so that she can have a healthy baby. The rest of our money goes to charity for the hungry kids in Africa." He continued.

"Were are your parents?"

"They deserted us and we haven't heard from them in years."

"I see. Well since you knew this was happening, why didn't you behave better in school?"

"We tried but, all of our frustration got out of hand. All we want is an education so that we can provide for our family. We can get good jobs." Riku said

"What do you two have to do with this?" the principal asked pointing to Leon and Riku.

There was a cool breeze that went along with the sudden silence. If they were silent much longer they would blow their cover.

"It's Leon's baby!" Rikku shot out. Everyone almost fell over at the suddenness of that comment.

"You see we're all one big unhappy family." Sora hugged Riku and they all smiled.

"Well. I see you guys are in a big predicament but I'm not sure I should let you guy in his school yet."

"We've been working very hard, can you please let us in?" Sora pleaded.

"Do you all have jobs?"

"I plan to get one to provide for my baby." Leon said proudly.

"Riku?"

"I'm gonna get one."

"Well, I have an idea. I'll make a deal with you."

"Any thing sir."

"I'll see how you progress on these jobs you have. If you don't screw up like you do in school for a month, you will be let back in. You have until the end of the month to prove your self to me."

"Thank you, sir. We wont disappoint you." Sora smiled and they all left the principal's office.

"Wow Sora, you sure made things a whole lot better." Cloud scolded. "Now, I have to get a job. All of us do!"

The five teens walked up to the front door of Cloud and Sora's house. Cloud took out his keys and opened the door. They all walked in and sat down on the Sofa. Rikku took the pillows from under her dress and walked into the kitchen.

"Well if it wasn't for me we all wouldn't have a chance of getting back in school." Sora snorted. He was a little upset at the ungratefulness that surrounded him.

"Yeah but Sora, we only have a short time to get these so called jobs and a month is a long time." Riku said trying to show some sympathy.

"I never agreed to be the baby's daddy." Leon said very agitated.

"Well I better get home. I have a long drive and it already 5:00." Rikku said as she walked by the couch and almost to the door before Leon grabbed her arm.

"You can't go. Remember, Sora said you lived here. That means you gotta stay pregnant and get a job too."

"I gotta nothin!" She snatched her arm away from Leon and turned to face Cloud.

"Look, I promised to help out today. Not tomorrow or the end of this month."

She turned to the coat rack next to the door. She grabbed her very light jacket. It never got 'cold' on the island. It was just a little chilly out.

"But if you leave, everything you did today will be in vain." Sora yelled after her but she had already left.

"Just great!" Cloud plopped down on the couch.

"We could still get our jobs and hope that the principal doesn't pay us any home visits."

Leon got up.

"I'll go get the paper."

Well? Good? Bad?

Revisions 11/10/04


Holy- Oh my gosh, Shiva what have you done!? Shiva's gone crazy and combined chapters. Lol! Yes I have. These two seemed like they would do better together so what did I do? I put them together. I hope you liked it. I just needed to add a few changes here and there to make batter sense of what was happening.