A/N: Gah, I absolutely HATE this chapter...it's just horrible...I don't deserve reviews for THIS.... The only thing I'm pleased with, is that it's longer than probably all of my last chapters...

Under the Same Roof

Looking at the small, and round, yet thin cigarette in between his fingers, Riku sighed. He shouldn't....but these things were supposed to relieve stress, right?

"Fuck it...." Riku mumbled to himself, taking the lighter he used to light candles in his room, and lit the fag. He had stole the cigarette from a pack that Johnson had left on the kitchen counter. He knew Johnson would probably find out later, he always found about small things like that, and Riku would pay for it....but right know he didn't care.

"Just another thing to add to my list of things that are bad for me," Riku mumbled to himself, before taking a drag. The smoke that filled his lungs caused him to cough a while, but after a few more drags he willed himself to not cough anymore.

He needed the cigarette, like any stressed person would. What had he been thinking yesterday when he had asked Sora if he wanted to go somewhere? "Simple," Riku mumbled to himself again, running one hand through his hair while the other held the fag, "I wasn't thinking....at all."

Riku tried to think of a way out of his situation. He could take Sora somewhere, then just ditch him. Oh course, that would result in being grounded...and a punishment by Johnson. Riku repressed a shiver, he should just try to avoid punishments at all cost. Well, the two could just go to the park. He supposed that would work.

Taking one last drag from the cigarette, Riku put it out in a bowl that had been lying around his room, then exited his room. "Might as well get this done with as soon as possible." He muttered to himself, his hands shoved in the pockets of his black baggy pants, chains clanking against his side.

Riku walked over to Roku's room, having heard her laughter, and figured since she had been happy around Sora lately, and he caused her to laugh, that Sora would be in there. However, when he opened the door, he only say the back of some girl with long ruffled brown hair sitting across from his sister drinking tea.

"Oh, sorry Roku," Riku mumbled, "I thought-...." Riku's voice trailed off when the 'girl' turned around and Riku began studying her face. What the fuck....?

"Sora?" Riku asked, raising one eyebrow. It appeared that Sora had on a brown wig, hence why the hair was so messy, and was in a dress. Why, Riku didn't know....he didn't think he wanted to know.

"Hi Riku," Roku's chipper voice rang through the room, "Wanna play tea party with me 'n Sora?"

Sora, the whole time, had pulled the wig off his head, eyes wide as he stared at Riku. He was going to die of humiliation. Why did he agree, of all things, to put on the dress? Sure, the wig he hadn't minded, and playing tea party with Roku he hadn't minded, but he thought the dress was a bit much. However, Sora hadn't been able to say no to that cute little pouting face, and those teary eyes.

Sighing and shaking his head slightly, Riku replied to his sister, "No, Roku, I don't want to play tea party with you and Sora. I actually came to steal him away from you," he then looked up with a small smirk on his face. "Unless, he wants to stay here and continue tea party with you...."

Holding in a groan, so as to not disappoint Roku, Sora smiled warmly at the little girl. "Hey Roku, how about I play another game with you later? I think I'm going to go with Riku now, okay?"

"Well..." Roku said, placing a finger to her lips and thinking about it, "Okay!" She them smiled brightly, and continued her game as the two teens left her room.

They walked down the hall, and down the stairs before Sora turned to Riku remembering what he was wearing. "Umm, just let me change a sec and I'll be back up. Then, we can go."

Nodding, Riku folded his arms across his chest and leaned against the wall as he watched Sora dissappear downstairs.

As he waited for Sora, Riku closed his eyes while wondering how long he would stick around with the sable haired boy. Maybe fifteen minutes tops? Afterwards, maybe he'd go visit Cloud again...

Sighing to himself, Riku heard Sora's re-approaching footsteps, and opened his eyes. Sora was dressed in blue jeans, a white shirt, and a red hoodie.

"Hn, let's go," Riku said, walking over to the door, while ignoring Roku's calls of goodbye and to have fun to them.

Sora, of course, followed after him. He paused in the doorway to give a small wave to Roku, then shut the door behind him. He blinked when he saw Riku already walking past the mailbox, and had to jog to catch up with him.

"You could've waited a little," Sora said with a slight pout, "What if you had walked really fast, and you were already down the street, but I didn't see you?"

"You could've ran down the street looking for me, and chased after me, or have stayed home." Came Riku's reply.

Sora attempted to glare at Riku, but stopped when he noticed the other boy wasn't paying any attention anyway. Sighing, Sora looked up at Riku, "So....where are we going?" He asked curiously.

"The park," Was Riku's simple reply.

"Well, what are we going to do there?"

"I don't know. Find something to entertain yourself with when we get there."

It was only a fifteen minute walk, and once the two teens were there, they sat on a bench. Yes, they sat on a bench. Nothing special, much to Sora's disappointment.

"So, this is all we're going to do?" He asked, looking over at Riku with a questioning, and bored look. "We're just going to sit here? Are we even going to talk?"

"Yes, and no," Riku replied, crossing his arms over his chest and closing his eyes. Maybe if he ignore the brown hair, and blue eyed one, he'd get the hint that Riku didn't want him there. Even if he had asked Sora if he wanted to go somewhere...

Silence may have been relaxing, comforting, and even enjoyable to Riku, but so Sora it was torture. Yes, he could be quiet when needed, but right now he felt like he had to talk. Sure, he admitted he didn't really have anything to say, nothing of interest anyway, but Sora was not going to just sit here for an hour, or whenever it was Riku decided to go back to the house.

"Hey, Riku, what kind of music do you listen to?" Lame topic, Sora admitted, but that's what he usually talked about whenever he couldn't think of anything else to talk about with people. It was sort of his escape topic. So, you could guess that if he already knew what kind of music that person listened to, he would have to suffer the silence.

"What does it matter to you?" Riku asked coldly. He noted to himself that if he was trying to ignore the other boy, he wasn't doing a very good job... However, for some reason, it was hard to ignore Sora. You just couldn't do it.

Shrugging, Sora didn't reply. Instead, he leaned over slightly, placing his elbows on his knees, then placed his face in his hand. This was so boring. Sheesh, even playing tea party with Roku (in the dress!) wasn't as boring as this.

"Riku, you're ve-" Sora had planned on telling Riku about how boring he was, but was caught off when a female voice not to far away called out to Riku.

"Riku! What a nice surprise to see you again." A girl with short auburn hair, wearing a pair of cut-off shorts, and a white tank top ran up to them. She seemed to not notice Sora as she smiled, and began having a pointless conversation, that was pretty much one sided. That's what Sora thought anyway...

"I thought you said you would call, and you never did. Oh, never mind that, I forgive you. How have you been?"

As if finally noticing Kairi, Riku opened his eyes, and raised a single eyebrow. "Kairi, what do you want?" He uncrossed his arms from his chest, and sighed in agitation. He really didn't want to have to deal with this, especially with Sora sitting right next to him. Wait, why did he care what Sora though. Screw the world, which Sora happened to be included in, Riku thought. Oh, wait, now he remembered. He did want to screw Sora, and he had to keep a semi-good impression, which he wouldn't be able to do with Kairi here.

"I wanted to talk with you, that's all." Kairi replied, still smiling at Riku. "You never called, never came by, and you never answered your phone when I called."

"Maybe because I didn't want to see you, and I didn't want to talk with you." Riku said, eyes narrowing at the girl. "People don't usually come by, or pick up their phones if they don't want to see or talk to someone."

Kairi frowned, "Riku, don't say that."

Now Sora was curious, he still hadn't been noticed, as if he was invisible, but this conversation was getting interesting. Also, he was sitting right next to Riku, so it's not like he couldn't listen. He wasn't just going to cover his ears going 'lalalala' to himself and look stupid. Although, he did have a slight urge to do so, wondering if he would still be invisible after that. The risk was too high to take though.

"Look, Kairi, if you don't mind I'm going to leave. I don't want to have this conversation with you in front of...." Riku paused a moment, seeming to think about what he was going to say as he glanced over at Sora. "I don't want to have this conversation with you in front of my boyfriend, Sora." Then, as if to make the statement more believable, he placed a hand on Sora's shoulder, the one that was opposite to Riku, and pulled him close.

Not only did Kairi's eyes widen, but Sora's sapphire blue eyes widened as well. Boyfriend?! What was Riku talking about? Sora wasn't his boyfriend!

"Y-you have a boyfriend.." Disbelief was completely evident in Kairi's voice. "W-well, I guess I can understand that. It has been a while after all. Umm, I'm glad you found someone Riku." She took a moment to pause and stare down at the ground.

Riku rolled his eyes, and made sure to keep his hand on Sora's shoulder, as he continued to hold the boy close to him. If they were anywhere else, Riku was pretty sure he would've had his pants down Sora's pants by now, but all he wanted to do was push him away.

"H-huh...What? No, Riku isn't my-" Sora was cut off when Riku pressed two fingers to his lips.

"Look, Sora, I know you kind of wanted to keep it a secret and everything, but really, you didn't want Kairi to hit on me or anything did you." A almost un-noticeable glare was sent to Sora, and all that the shocked boy was able to do was stand there, in, well, shock.

Giving a weak smile, Kairi looked up. "I should...Well, I should really be going now." It seemed like she wanted to say something else, but didn't. All that she did, was turn and walk out of Riku's and Sora's sight.

When Riku was sure that Kairi wasn't going to come running back, probably in tears, he pushed Sora away from him. "Come on, I think we've been out long enough." In truth, they most likely hadn't been out very long, at all. He just didn't want to run into any more past one night stands. Kairi, like quite a few guys and girls he had done one night stands with, didn't seem to understand just that. A one night stand only lasted one night.

Sora quietly followed, finding he didn't want to talk anymore. He was still slightly shocked from what had just happened, and confused as well. Who exactly was Kairi? Why had Riku told her he was his boyfriend?

'....You don't make sense...you don't make sense at all.' Sora thought to himself, watching Riku for a moment.

TBC!!

Bwahah! It's finally done, and out! Gah, how I don't like this chapter...However, I'm happy I kept to what I had said- 'I hope to get the next chapter of USR out before school starts!'

Now, I also need to say this is the un-betaed version. When I do get the beta-ed version, which should be in three days tops, I'll switch that version with this crapy one I have up now.

Oh, and I'm now going to get to work on ChildHood Crush, although I can't promise any really fast updates since I have school.