Huzzah! I'm alive!

Yessir, I've survived the first month of junior year. Never mind the fact that I feel like I'm gonna fucking DIE. Let's just focus on the fact that I'm still alive. Hooray!

On with the usual crap.

Disclaimer: No, I don't own the characters. If I did, the game wouldn't have homosexual undertones, as much as heterosexual absence. If that made sense. o.o

The Rocker's Girlfriend

Chapter IV: Like You Think No One's Listening

The sun beamed high overhead, beams of light flooding the metropolis which was Seattle. This contrasted with the usual rain and cold, cheering the citizens a bit more. Most were in their places of work, while a few stragglers drove a good twenty miles over the speed limit, trying to catch up to the early birds who got the 'worms,' or huge salaries. A traffic jam on Interstate 5 frustrated these stragglers, as most of them complained to nobody in particular how they were "sure to be fired now."

It was this balance of order and chaos to which Sora and Riku were blissfully unaware of. There they lay, curled up, still fully clothed, dreaming on the bed. They both were curled up into a fetus-like position, with Sora and Riku facing each other, heads pointing in opposite directions, a yin-yang symbol. A paper with poetry scrawled on it lay long forgotten across the room.

Across the hall lay Axel and Roxas, completely nude. Roxas lay flat, and Axel curled up next to him, one hand stretching across his stomach, like an awkward hug, the other hand somewhat covering Roxas' privates. In the room next to them, a passed out Leon was sprawled in a chair lazily, an empty bottle of liquor in one hand, and a somewhat faded picture in the other.

Out of these five, it was Riku who's eyes blinked open hazily. He observed the scene around him, from his tussled bedsheets, to the window which was slightly ajar, letting in a surprisingly warm breeze for Seattle in the springtime, and his eyes finally came to rest on the spiky-haired boy who lay next to him, albeit his formerly spiky hair now lay in a somewhat pointed mess on top of his head.

Sora looks so cute sleeping… Riku pleasantly thought. As weird as it was to watch someone while they're sleeping, it was true. He looked so at peace with the world, unlike when he was awake. When he was awake, though he may be beaming, Riku could see deep in his eyes a hurt, a painful memory.

Riku shot out of bed, remembering what had happened. It had been quick, hard at first, but when they had gotten into it, it had been just wonderful.

We wrote a song.

[A/N: What were YOU thinking?

He shot out of bed, but caught himself just as he was about to hit the ground. In respect of the smaller boy's idyllic slumber, he let his feet hit the ground with a hushed "thud." Tiptoeing around anything that was lying on the floor that could make noise, he searched the ground for the paper. He found it lying dormant on a chair. He smoothed it out, and examined it, a small, reminiscent smile forming on his lips. The paper was tattered, and evidence of mistakes that were made was still evident. Words were scratched out every other line, and they had worked at this until the lyrics were just perfect, nice and moody.

Quietly, Riku changed his shirt, changing from the dark form-fitting Evanescence t-shirt to something more comfortable, a baggy silver shirt with black streaks cluttering the otherwise uniform color. He crept out of the room, thinking he would leave Sora until after he talked with the band. Who knows? Maybe Sora could even tour with them.

Riku soon found himself pounding on Axel's door. A moan came from inside, no doubt from Roxas. "Not so looooud…" it exhaustedly griped.

Riku grinned. "Tell Axel we're meeting in Leon's room in five minutes, and if he doesn't get his ass in there, he'll be locked away in a convent somewhere where they'll make him take an oath of celibacy and heterosexuality." Riku, over the years, had figured out that this would be Axel's hell. That, and it would be cold. Sure enough, Riku heard frantic fumbling inside, and thirty seconds later, Axel appeared at the door, somewhat dressed, though his pants were down around his ankles. "I'm ready."

Riku snorted. "Come on, Axel," he motioned towards Axel's exposed crotch, "nobody wants to see that."

Axel's defense mechanism kicked in. "They do so! Why, just last night, I was accompanied by this gorgeous blonde, and we…"

A shoe hit the door next to where Axel's head was. Looking inside Riku saw Roxas laying slumped on the bed, holding his head with one hand and another shoe in the other. "I got more. Get outta herr…" he tiredly slurred.

Riku grinned. "I think your gorgeous blonde is experiencing what we in the business call a 'hangover.'"

Axel chased Riku with the shoe that had just been thrown, making idle threats about "going Chuck Norris on your ass, you silver-haired punk."

After an extensive shoe fight that woke most of their neighbors who hadn't departed to work, they banged on Leon's door. Leon, after snorting, waking up, and slinking towards the door, answered it in only boxers, and even then, his privates were hanging out of them. Riku and Axel burst out laughing. "Good morning to you, too," Riku commented through choked mirth.

Leon deadpanned. "What do you want?" he asked.

"Yeah, why'd you call us, Riku?" Axel asked. Riku merely smiled, and showed them the paper.

"Gentlemen, we have us a hit song written by our very own Sora."

-

Two hours later, Riku burst excitedly into his hotel room. "Sora, guess what? They like your song, and you can…" His voice trailed off, as he realized that Sora wasn't in the room. He looked everywhere in his apartment, calling out his name repetitively, but Sora was, sadly, AWOL.

Riku noticed a note on his bed. frenetically, he stumbled over, grasping the note, and reading the words. The handwriting was neat printing.

Dear Riku,

Sorry I couldn't stay longer. Me and Roxy had to take off. He seems in a pretty bad mood. Even more so now that I've used his pet name. Oh crap.

I promise I'll be back,

Sora.

…

Axel: What?! I don't get the boy in the end?

UL: Not in this chapter, at least. I can't say whether or not you do in the end.

Roxas: Dun worry, I miss you already.

Axel: D'aww. Babe.

UL: . Goddamn you two.

Sora: Reviewers get pictures from when we all first woke up. When we were all nekkid and such? Ahh…good times. So review! D