A/N: My attempt at a longer chapter. Yeah. No. Hahah. Hopefully this should explain a little more as well as welcome the new people on board this story. Everything is totally planned but not and it'll be a surprise. I hope everyone is enjoying. ^^

b vggggggggggggggg - My kitty did that. He says hi? xD

Riku gripped tightly onto the black strap of his dark green backpack and made his way over to the empty table in the corner of the marble floored cafeteria. He plopped himself down, tossing his bag below the small rectangular table, and eyed the cold room filled with bustling people. They all had gotten there early to claim their spots in line as well as get the food while it was still oddly hot. Riku didn't care for cafeteria food, and he barely cared for a brown bagged lunch, but he always ended up bringing a little something to tide himself over until he had gotten back to his own home. But it wasn't like there was much there either, his own mother struggling everyday to get by just a little bit more.

Ah yes, his struggling mother. The one woman who put her all into every day at the cafe, serving the tables as weird creepy trash men hit on her. That was what she got for wearing such a cute little pink dress and an apron. To put it lightly, his dad was a complete loser for leaving them. Wasn't that what husbands were supposed to do? Protect their wives? Oh but no. Not this one. He was found having an affair with another woman in his own office in the hospital doing what seemed to be his own personal diagnosis. Bastard. Sick sick bastard.

The boy bent down underneath the table to release the buttoned straps of his bag. He then reached in to grab the zip-locked bag filled half-full with salted stick pretzels, and then a nice red, juicy, Fuji apple, already pre-washed. By the time Riku had brought his eyes back level with the table they caught onto a very familiar face, Tidus.

The blonde gave a discreet wave to the other and offered a torn smile. Tidus truly was not one of that 'group'. Riku thought of the two of them as their own separate pair playing into a much larger one. All the boy could do was smile back to him. He almost felt bordered by a friendly presence, something he had not felt in a very long time. Tidus found himself sitting next to Riku with his tray full of cafeteria lunch. The younger boy grabbed his chicken sandwich, removing the top bun, and globing mayonnaise all over onto it. Riku's nose turned up as he unzipped the bag, taking out a pretzel stick, bringing it up to his mouth to suck the salt on the end.

Complete silence encased the two. This was very awkward. Maybe even more than his Shakespearian class.

"Hey Riku?" Tidus had shattered the blackout noise. All Riku could do was turn his gaze to his friend, offering a listening ear. Tidus's face grew with grim, parting his lips some more and exhaling a loud sigh. "Listen. About leaving you back there... I-"

"No Tidus. Please. Just no. I know it wasn't your fault. I really do believe that." There was that sham grin again. Geez, what was he really going to do about the whole situation? I mean, it's not like he associated with that group of tarts anymore. But then again he must have spoken way to soon as he caught a glimpse of Roxas, Axel, Kairi, and Naminé, all passing by their isolated table and choosing the most populated one. That was so like them to not pay any attention to the 'one that dragged them down' and going off to sit next to the ones that wished to be just like them. Riku gripped onto the chain of his blue washed jeans and shoke his head, snapping his gaze back over to his friend to finish the conversation up before it was too late.

"Listen, I know what you did was a smart thing. Hell I probably would have ditched as well really." Another reassuring smile from the delinquent. " I mean, at least you aren't stuck in such a hellhole they call 'Shakespeare appreciation class'...". Oh yeah. He did not know how lucky he was to not have to go through such a painful torture. "Oh man! Is that seriously what they put you in!? I mean I was wondering why you didn't go to team sports today." Tidus's comfortable laugh caused Riku to go ahead and release such pent up stress. He really did miss his companion. His laugh was interrupted again by a shooting dart who happened to be a brunette. And a Shakespearian. But oddly enough, he did not find that boy to be sitting with his other feminine classmates, friends, actors, troupe, acquaintances, whatever. But he found him to be sitting in solitary.

This sort of gave Riku a dismayed feeling.

A feeling... of misunderstanding.

-X-

Sora had had a very eventful day, and with only two classes to go, who wouldn't be happy? The peppy boy had now turned into an expressionless one, starring down at the lunch tray that sat in front of him. Ah yes another day of either a chicken sandwich, or rib. His choice being a rib-B-Q sandwich, as they would call them. He really did love it, but felt a little 'poor' if you will. He starred even more, now wondering if the cookery would come to life itself. Sora coughed softly and curled his finger around the fat length of it, a small smile finding its way back onto the brunette's face. Mmm.

Sora couldn't help but think and know that this would not be the only meal he would enjoy alone. His mom has had her 'leave of absence' for long enough, now wondering if she would ever come home to actually cook a well decent meal instead of his dad's cigarette tasting chili. His dad didn't put much effort into the parenting department. But it wasn't like he was a dead beat dad. Sora, of course, understood the value of work and supplying a roof over ones own head.

Pushing that all aside, the thought of scoring the role of Juliet was more than enough to push all of the dejected thoughts aside! He had been wanting to be one of the main roles of a Shakespeare play. I mean, he was big role before, but only as the 'best friend' of a character. Sora had talent, no lie, but this was so much bigger. Sure it was a chick he had to play, but this excited him even more. He knew that in the time of Shakespeare, all of the men had to play the role of women anyway. This probably made him just a little bit more special, and it gave him the opportunity to show everyone that he really could take on such a huge role. He really was proud.

But then another thing hit him. The thought of Riku being Romeo. Sure he only knew a little bit about Riku... but from the rumors, he wasn't to sure. I mean he heard everything. Everything from that he was abandoned and lived on the streets and that's why he is in a gang, all the way to he tried to sack every girl he possibly can.

But Sora was not one to believe these rumors. In fact they made him just a little bit more interested in the one that would be playing as his lover.

Though he did know one thing was for sure, he would tell himself not to fall for the one who would be playing as his one and only, Romeo.

A/N: Ah yes. I guess I cannot write a lot of pages like a lot of authors. But I guess my story is good for a short, quick read then? ^^; Oh yes and some of their lives were revealed. Mm. Fun chapters ahoy!