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Okay, so, most of you seem alright with my (amazing, fantastically original, loveable) plot twist. I really hope you all are. Because I'll feel really bad if you're not. Yeah... Okay, i though about writing the actual date that him and Seifer go on, but i couldn't. I actually had to write a chapter of 'Breaking' (one of my other stories, it's been gathering dust for the last month but i'm re-booting it now! You should check it out.) Well, this chapter isn't one of my best, but i do love the last bit. I really do. Okay, ENJOY MY PRETTIES!

-o-x-Chapter 17-x-o-

Roxas came home at half past midnight sporting messy hair, about four and a half hickeys and a ruffled shirt.

Rikku, Yuffie and Naminé were waiting at the door and had been for the past five hours, on the edge of their seats in anticipation. They all leapt on him as soon as he walked through the door causing him to wince in surprise and pain. Yuffie misinterpreted the wince.

"Ooh, Roxas got some tonight!" she said, waggling her eyebrows in a suggestive fashion and ruffling his already messy blonde hair.

He scowled at her, it was probably one of the most unfunny things he had ever heard in his life.

Naminé's eyebrows shot up in surprise, "...did you?"

"NOOOOOO!" he rounded on Rikku, "I am never taking your advice again."

She pouted and dragged him into a forceful hug, "But Roxieee! It is going to work! Axel is going to be so jealous when he sees those terrible purple marks tainting your beautiful neck and he will realise how much he loves you and he will take you right there and then! I prrroomise!"

He gave her a doubtful look and she sighed.

"Well, it may take some time, but I am sure that this will speed things up. It really will."

"Yeah, sure." he said, dejectedly.

"Aww, come on Roxas. It can't have been that bad. I'm sure you enjoyed getting those hickeys-"

"I did not."

"Well, it's irrelevant whether you enjoyed it or not. You just need this Seifer bloke around to make Axel jealous." Rikku pointed out with a touch of knowledgeableness.

The three girls nodded at him and he sighed dramatically.

"So... are you going to tell us exactly what happened?" Rikku asked, picking the purple nail varnish off her left thumb.

"I don't think you really want to kno-"

"Yes we do."

He scowled at Yuffie, who smiled innocently at him.

"Fine."

He paused and they all looked at him expectantly.

"...Well?"

"Well, we went to the cinema, we got kicked out of the cinema..."

Rikku snickered, "Why did you get kicked out?"

"Isn't it obvious?" Roxas said, gesturing at the marks on his neck in an aggravated fashion.

They all giggled and he swatted them, "It's not funny…" he whined.

"Well - heh - it kinda is, Rox…" Yuffie snorted.

He scowled at them until they stopped laughing and asked him what happened next.

"Well, I thought the cinema was a good idea because he couldn't really do that much. So after we'd gotten kicked out of the first one, I said that I wanted to see the rest of the movie and he took me to the other cinema on the other side of town. Y'know, the really small one that's kinda nice because it's all quiet and stuff. Though, that kinda made my plan backfire a little, I guess."

They all nodded, grinning.

"You know," Naminé piped up, "I don't think this guy sounds that bad… I mean, he obviously likes you. And he - err - didn't rape you or anything…" he trailed off averting her eyes from the strange looks she was receiving.

"That makes him nice? Because he didn't rape Roxas?"

"Urg." She slapped her forehead, "That wasn't what I meant," she insisted. "Whatever. What happened after that?"

He shrugged, "We went to the next cinema, managed not to get kicked out, probably because we were the only people there but that's not the point…" he grinned slightly, "And then we went for a walk."

"Sweet." Rikku smiled.

"You haven't heard the best bit yet," he said and they gasped. "I saw Axel."

Yuffie punched the air in triumph and Rikku and Naminé high-fived.

"Most excellent," Rikku said, tapping her fingers together, " What was his reaction?"

"Well, I'm not really sure, it was a little too dark, but I know he saw us and walked off away with the person he was with. Though, they were probably leaving anyway."

Yuffie shook her head, "Don't be so hard on yourself, Roxas. He was walking away because he didn't like seeing you with Seifer."

Roxas shrugged but you could tell that he was thinking 'Yeah. Well. Maybe.'

Rikku peered at him, an indescribable look on her face, "Hey, you don't need to worry about a thing. Everything is just gonna fall into place." She pecked him lightly on the cheek, "Okay, babe?"

He nodded and a small smile crept onto his face.

"That's my Roxie," she grinned, pinching his cheek in the way your relatives do when they tell you how much you've grown. "Now, it is high time you were in bed, young man. You must be in tip-top condition for school tomorrow, got it? Go get your beauty sleep." She pushed him off the stool he had been sitting on and pointed towards the door.

He grinned as Naminé and Yuffie waved him away and made his way upstairs, hoping that things really were going to just fall into place.

-x-X-x-

Jess smiled cheerfully as she opened the glossy white door to Demyx's room. She padded across the carpet in her Tigger slippers and watched him for a while. He was breathing deeply, his mouth slightly open and the dark ocean blue covers were clutched tightly to his chest. Oh yes, he was definitely pretending to be asleep.

Jess' happy smile turned into a wicked grin. She grabbed one of the cushions from the end of her eldest son's bed and release a little pent up energy but smacking him over the head.

He groaned and looked at her blearily.

"I thought you'd stopped doing that." He said, pouting slightly.

"Now, now, Demyx," she said, waggling her right index finger at him. "What have I told you about presuming things?"

Demyx pouted and mumbled a non-committal reply.

She cocked an eyebrow at him and he frowned, "I don't know anything, so don't even ask."

"Ha! A likely story! C'mon, Demyx… You know you want to spill all the gossip on your darling brother."

Demyx scowled at her for about thirty seconds before relenting, "Okay. Well," she sighed triumphantly, plonked herself on the edge of his bed and grinned at him with her chin resting in her palms, "I'm not too sure on the details, but he seems to have gotten together with Riku- you know Riku."

She nodded, her fringe falling forward into her bright eyes, "Yeah, of course I do. He's one of the many people that has this place as a second home."

"Uh, yeah. Right. I only know because, apart from the fact that Sora is completely crap at keeping anything secret, Kairi announced it - standing on the table in the canteen - to practically the whole school."

"Ha!" Jess smacked her thigh cheerfully, "I always liked that girl. She really knows how to make a point."

Demyx blinked at her, "Yes, mother."

She sighed happily, staring out of the window. Demyx felt ever so slightly confused.

"Mother. Correct me if I am wrong, but you have just been told that your second - and last - son is gay. Your hopes of ever having grandchildren are crushed. CRUSHED!"

"…And?"

"Well, you're being so matter-of-fact about it."

"It is a matter of fact, sunshine." She said, shaking her head at him, "Besides. He's a Harada. It's kinda given, isn't it? I mean, we all like men!"

Demyx grinned and she ruffled his messy hair fondly.

"Anyway, you could always adopt."

Three minutes of silence followed that comment.

"Soo…" she grinned at him mischievously, "Are you still with, um…. What'shisface…?"

"Err… no."

"Oh."

"Yeah."

"What about that guy Roxas knows? The one with the, err, hair?"

"Don't wanna talk about it." He said, rolling over so he was facing the opposite wall.

Jess smiled wryly and patted his shoulder, unusually tactful.

"Okay, hun. Sleep tight."

She smiled again as he mumbled good night and closed the door quietly behind her.

She was going to have so much fun with her newly found knowledge.

-x-X-x-

author's note: Ha! Jess totally reminds me of one of my friend's mother. She so cool. But, in a slightly different way. Yeah, we have a giggle about her son and his boyfriend (my best friend xD) it's cool. So, this chapter, was it good? Bad? Terrible? Fantastic? Questionable? Let me know! :D

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