Second chapter

Cloud pouted as he stood underneath his favorite tree. It was all Leon's fault that he couldn't get a date with Aerith. It was true that he might have liked the brunette male at one point in time, but Aerith was a girl, and better looking too. He sighed as he looked around as he waited for Riku to come back with a surprise, he said. Lately, Riku had started to hang out with Sora and Leon more often than he used to and it made the blonde slightly worried. Riku had managed to say some bad stuff about the two, but never nothing too serious. It always had to do with how Sora always tried to grab his attention and made a fool of himself, never knowing when to stop talking, and Riku also mentioned that he acted gay, and not in the happy way either.

Finally, Riku appeared with a girl in tow, and not just any girl, but his sister, Aerith.

"Okay, Cloud," Riku announced to his best friend. "Aerith has agreed to go to the prom with you on one condition."

"And what's that?" he asked, raising an eyebrow. Riku motioned for Aerith to start talking.

"You must take me out to dinner at my choice," she said. Cloud could only nod his head in excitement. He was extremely happy that he could take the girl that he always fawned over.

The bell rang indicating that lunch was over. Riku and Cloud made their way to their art class while Aerith headed into the opposite direction. As she passed a certain tree, she spoke to the person leaning against it.

"Part one, initiate."

There was a knock at his door and Leon made no move to answer it.

"Squall," came Tifa's warning voice before there was a loud 'bang' and the door burst open. "Are you still pouting?" she asked. Leon looked up from his computer and shook his head.

"I guess not, so, what do you want?" he asked.

"Oh, nothing, I just wanted to make sure you didn't kill yourself already, because our plan would have been a waste." Leon only rolled his eyes and smiled.

"No worries," he said. "I'm still here alive, breathing, I suspect." Tifa laughed and made her way out into the hallway.

"Oh, and you have a date for the prom," she announced.

"With whom?" he asked.

"A surprise!"

Leon rolled his eyes as his eyes went back to the website he was on. This was going to be the best prom, was what he kept telling himself. No more worrying over some stupid blonde.

When the bell rang, all the people scattered into different directions. One group in particular was walking as slowly as they could so they could wait for someone.

"Are you sure he came today?" asked the blonde headed girl. The boy with the guitar case shrugged.

"That's what Riku said, so I believe him."

"You believe that kid a little too much," came Cloud's voice. They all turned around to face the blonde headed boy. "You were waiting for me?" The blonde headed girl nodded.

"You took your sweet time, why should we have waited that long?"

"Shut it, Larxene," was the guitarist's reply. "We don't need you to add more stupid comments." Larxene rolled her eyes at the boy.

"Don't you have band practice, Demyx?" Larxene asked. The said boy said boy shrugged and smiled.

"I can miss it for some friends," he replied with a wide smile. The pink haired boy that was holding hands with Larxene laughed.

"Friends," he snickered. "That's funny, Demyx, real funny."

"Oh shut it, Marluxia," Demyx said. They all laughed as he fumed with more insults.

"So, you waited for me?" Cloud asked. Larxene nodded her head.

"Come with us, we have a present for you."

Leon twitched as he pulled at the collar of his suit. It felt itchy and annoying and all of the above. He had first laughed at it when Tifa had shown it to him, then cried when he found out he was supposed to wear it to prom. It was a horrible dark red suit that both Tifa and Aerith said had suited him. In one week, he would be wearing this exact suit in front of the whole school. He shuddered at the thought and then smiled mischievously at his reflection at the thought of the plan. He blamed it on all on Sora for dragging his three sisters and brother into this, and yes, Riku was apart of it. Leon was shocked when he heard of the news, but then understood when he had pointed to Sora.

Riku, yes, our little innocent Riku, had been harboring a crush on Sora, the even more innocent child. But there was a drawback on that. Our poor, innocent Sora had an obvious crush on Kairi, Axel's not too innocent sister. And to top that all off, Kairi was the leader of a fan club for Riku. It wasn't surprising that he had to turn her down seven times too many.

Taking the suit off, Leon quickly changed into some normal clothes. Tifa and Yuffie had always made fun of his style of clothing by calling him emo. He wore what he was comfortable with, and that was big, baggy black jeans and a dark t-shirt that always had something witty on it. He only liked the combination because he was able to move around in this kind of outfit, able to practice any kind of martial arts that he was learning that day.

The brunette made his way out of his room and silently crept into the kitchen. Silence was needed when you had three sisters that were plotting, not only your death, but the guy you had a crush on too. It had seemed unfair to him at first, but he had gotten over that part quickly.

Opening the fridge door, Leon pulled out a bottle of water and closed the door as quietly as he could.

"Squall!"

Too late. Tifa made her way down stairs and into the kitchen.

"My adorable little brother!" she squealed.

"What horrid thing are you gonna make me do now?" he asked solemnly. Tifa laughed, but the took on a serious face.

"Nothing so bad," she assured. "Just cook one of your amazing meals for us." Leon raised an eyebrow.

"That's it?" he asked. Tifa nodded. "When? And what's the catch?"

"The night of the prom and oh, nothing." Leon's eyes widened as he heard the date.

"Am I going to be cooking for my date?" he asked. Tifa nodded with a smile.

"Yes, your date and Aerith's."

"Why Aerith's?"

"Because she doesn't want to waste any money on dinner and she's a horrible cook." Leon nodded at the girl's reasoning.

"Who's her date?"

"Secret."

Riku looked at the present that Cloud had received from the gang.

"They gave you a jacket?" he asked. Cloud shrugged and twirled in front of the mirror again. The jacket was long and black and leather. Cloud had token a love to it the moment that he had laid eyes onto it.

"I like it," he said.

"Of course you do," was the other boy's reply. "You probably fell in love with it on site." Cloud nodded his head and Riku rolled his eyes. "So gullible," he muttered under his breath. Cloud 'huffed' and took the jacket off.

"I don't care what you say, I like it."

"Cloud, why did you reject my brother?" Riku asked with a sudden burst of curiosity. Cloud turned to stare at the silver haired boy.

"Do I have to answer that?" he asked. Riku shrugged.

"Not really, but I would like you to." Cloud sighed and sat on the bed next to Riku.

"Because I thought it wrong that I was being asked out by a boy. Not just that, but what would everyone else think?" he asked. Riku shrugged.

'They would probably love you even more,' he thought to himself.

"They would hate me and look down on me and think that I'm some horrible guy."

"And what would you think if I started going out with your brother?" Riku asked. Cloud shrugged.

"Not much about it considering that he's not really my brother."

"And what do you mean by that?"

"Oh," was the only reply that the blonde gave. He covered his mouth with his hand. "You did not just hear that."

"Yes I did."

"Please don't tell anyone." Cloud pleaded

"Is no one supposed to know?" Riku asked. Cloud shook his head and Riku nodded. "I won't tell anyone if you tell me the full story." Cloud sighed again and started to talk.

Leon was mildly taken back with Riku's entrance. He had rushed into the kitchen and was looking for Tifa.

"Where is she?" he asked his older brother. Leon stared at his brother amusingly before replying.

"She went shopping for me, I told her I wanted to go, but she insisted I stay here and wait for you." Riku nodded and smiled.

"You wouldn't believe what I've learned today."

"And what's that?" Leon asked with interest.

"That Cloud was adopted," he replied. Leon stared at him quizzically, then smiled.

"You must elaborate on that."

"Well, you see, when Cloud first moved here, he had just been adopted into Sora's family because he needed to finish high school at a normal school and not at the orphanage. They, Sora's parents, took pity on him and took him in."

"And I supposed to care, why?" Leon asked. He had a bored expression on his face and his lips where nowhere near a smile.

"Never mind," Riku said with a sigh. "I guess you really are over him." Leon shook his head.

"Nowhere near there yet, I just don't care for anything in the world right now. Give me about another week and I'll be over him."

"You can't be over him that quickly!" Tifa exclaimed from the doorway. "Than our plan has gone to waste!" Leon sighed.

"You have 'till next Sunday to convince me that I belong with him."

"Will do," came Sora's reply from behind Tifa. Riku quickly looked up to see the brunette boy helping the girls with their bags.

"Oh, yeah," Tifa said. "We picked him up with the groceries. Sorry." Riku seemed excited at the mere sight of Sora.

"Oh, hey Riku!" the brunette greeted, seeing the silver haired boy for the first time. Riku only nodded his head in greetings before muttering something about dogs and pie then dragging Sora away to the depths of the world, wait, no, his room. Sora blushed when Riku had grabbed him and even more as he was being dragged away.

"The two look so perfect together," Aerith said in a dreamy voice.

"Is it Zack?" Leon asked.

"No—wait, what?"

"The person that you're gonna go to the prom with."

"Maybe by the end of the prom it will be, but no, try again." Aerith had a mixture of adoration for Zack and amusement for Leon on her face. Leon looked over the groceries that the girls had bought and sighed.

"Did you guys buy any ice cream?" he asked. Yuffie shook her head.

"If you eat too much, you're going to get fat, then no one will like you, not even Namine." Leon flinched at the mention of the girls' name. Namine was known for her crush on Leon and her love for Cloud, sometimes it scared him to think about her.

"Ben and Jerry's," he replied.

A/N: I updated! now feedback!