I distracted myself with homework for a good two hours before I realized that I had been all alone in the house, which I only found out when Leon returned.

"Where's Sora?" He asked after he came into my room to check on us.

"I thought he was downstairs." I didn't look up from my textbook.

"I told you two to stay upstairs."

"Yeah well he ran down." I shrugged, not knowing what else to say. "Where's Cloud?"

"He took off. Everything ok with you and Sora?" he asked and I shook my head.

"I dumped him." I was short, simple, and to the point.

"Damn," Leon whispered. "I better call Sora to make sure he's ok." Leon said and I nodded. "Sora? Where are you?" Leon asked after he waited a few rings on his cell phone. "Sora I know what happened, and I want to help. Tell me where you are. Sora I'm not asking you!" Leon became frustrated.

"If you yell at him he'll never tell you," I reminded my brother about how my twin worked.

"Ok, I'm sorry I yelled. It's getting late and you need to come home. Sora stop making this more difficult." Leon sighed as he put a hand to his temple. "Ok, why don't you talk to Roxas?" Leon extended me the phone, even after I waved my hands that it was a bad idea. He pushed his phone to me nonetheless so I rolled my eyes at him before I took the phone.

"Sora?" I asked timidly, hoping he hadn't hung up already, and yet, I was silently praying that he had.

"Roxy?" Sora sounded so tired.

"Sora please come back," Just hearing his voice made me want to apologize for everything. Hearing his pain, recognizing his sorrow was enough to make me want to take it all back.

"Do you love me?" Sora asked, his voice curious, yet not as troubled as it previously was. It was as if he was trying to know for sure, which only made me smile brokenly.

"Of course I do. I just, I can't live with the guilt of being the reason why you are hurting." I needed him to understand.

"Roxy I don't care. I'd rather hurt and be with you than be alone. Without you I'm alone. I love you Roxy." Sora's smile could be detected through the phone, and hearing him call me Roxy through his scratched voice made me want to attack his lips with my own.

"Please come back? We can eat dessert and watch that movie as one family. Please?" I repeated, not willing to discuss anything else. My head already hurt from all the thinking and the emotional burden weighing me down.

"I can't," Sora confessed, so I sighed.

"Sora please," I was about to beg, just to be done with all of the drama.

"No Roxy, I mean I can't. I don't know where I am." Sora sounded scared.

"You're lost?" I had to translate in my exhausted state.

"I started running and now I don't know where I am." Sora seemed like he was about to panic.

"Ok, it's ok. Leon and I will find you." I gulped, trying to sound sure of it.

"Promise?" Sora asked and I smiled.

"Yeah, I promise."

"Kay good, cause I don't like being alone outside. It's cold and getting dark."

"I'm going to give the phone back to Leon, since he knows the area more than we do. Tell him what you remember seeing, and maybe we can figure out where you are." I said, so Sora agreed.

"I love you Roxy," Sora was quick to say, but in my own heart, I just couldn't repeat the words. As badly as I wanted to, I knew that if I did, I would be that much closer to taking him back. I quickly handed the phone to my eldest brother and left for the bathroom, locking the door as I sat on the floor.

"Hey, you ready?" Leon tapped on the door.

"You know where he is?" I stood up and unlocked the door.

"I think I have an idea," Leon nodded.

"Alright, let's go." I ran with him into his car.

"I just hope his phone doesn't die." Leon tapped on the steering wheel with his thumbs nervously.

"Oh god! Do you think it will?" I panicked.

"Just calm down. I'm sure he's fine." Leon reassured me as we headed down some streets I had never seen before.

"Hurry." I tapped my foot impatiently.

"I'm going I'm going," Leon said as we turned down a new road.

"Wait slow down!" I tapped his arm, looking out my window to see a small boy sitting on the curb.

"Oh good," Leon applied the breaks steadily but even as the car continued moving, I jumped out. "Wait, no Roxas!" Leon scolded me but I ran up to Sora, who by then was looking at me, probably startled by Leon's loud voice.

"Roxy?" Sora stood up just in time as I tackled him for a hug.

"Shit don't run away like that again, you had me worried sick." I held onto him tightly.

"Why do you care? You let me go." Sora frowned as he stepped back.

"What? No, Sora," I wanted to reason but he shook his head and got in the back seat of the parked car. I returned to the passenger seat since my door was still open, and we started driving in silence.

"Sora, please be careful next time." Leon was cautious in his wording. Sora's like a bunny rabbit. Scare him once and he'll never forget it.

"Ok." Sora whispered. I wanted to apologize, but I figured it'd be better if we were alone for that, so I waited until we got back home.

"Leon, can I ask you something?" Sora looked to our older brother the second we stepped inside our house. Leon looked to me so I nodded and went upstairs, where I remained alone for over half an hour. I wanted to go downstairs and see what was taking Sora so long, but I didn't want to push him away by intruding.

And deep inside my mind, I was wondering what I should do. Should I take him back so that he can be happy, and hell, so that I can be happy? Or do I let him live a life without pain even though we're both hurt by it? I wanted to continue thinking when the door opened, so I sat up straight on our bed.

"Sora, I," I stopped short when Cloud walked in, clothed in his pajamas.

"He's sleeping with Leon." Cloud said bluntly before he got into the bed next to me.

"Wh-why?" I felt so sad, so hurt, so betrayed. Is this….is this how Sora felt when I dumped him?

"I don't know, and honestly, I just want to sleep." Cloud has always been one to only speak when absolutely necessary, so I just nodded, turned off the lights, and climbed into bed myself. So much for family movie night.

Author's Note: Ah, here we go, diving deeper into this story. This chapter is short but I'll do my best to update by next weekend; work has me gone for an entire week. Again, lost most of my writing so it's been a real struggle emotionally and mentally cause I can't remember everything I wrote for my other stories. Thanks as always for your patience and following!

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The Dark Flair: I agree Roxas really has his hands tied, and yes Cloud was being a mega asshole, as he is for a bit but don't worry soon things will shift although not very drastically. This story is far from over I just have to figure out which direction I'm going to be taking it.

To StaggerCreek: Thanks again, I always appreciate your reviews and especially the PM that you sent me. Leon forgot the burgers, sorry about that but he wants me to know if you want tomatoes or not on yours, also for two extra munny you can add cheese! Thank you I really appreciate the kind words and the support. It's been so rough and such a pain to deal with but I'm confident that the future holds bright promises and second chances. Your reviews are more than enough to put the happiest of smiles on my face and for that I am grateful. I hope you have an amazing day/night!

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