A/N: Hey everyone! I'm terribly sorry for the wait. . It took me way too long to write this, not to mention real life got in my way. And my beta is super patient with me. ;w; I might make a few changes later. I'M SORRY. ;A;

Disclaimer: If KH belonged to me, everyone would be having hot gay sex all the time. Clearly, doesn't be long to me.

Chapter 3: Town

"Shit happens."- People everywhere

13. Roxas

After school, Roxas walked out of class with Saix to find Axel and Cole already waiting for him with Will and Demyx. When Cole spotted Saix, she glomped him in a very anime-esque style.

"Puppy! How has your face been feeling? Superior taking care of you?" Cole asked with a squeal, being purposely obnoxious.

Roxas chuckled as Saix developed a tick on his forehead. The blue haired boy sighed before replying, "My face is fine, thanks to you; and he is, no thanks to you."

8.2 Cole

Cole sighed and let go a little, dejected, "You know how it is, Saix…"

Saix sighed and finally returned the hug, "I know, Cole…"

Cole stepped back and smiled, "Well, since it's Friday, we were going to hang out at my place. Be sure to have some fun this weekend, 'kay?" She hugged him once more then led everyone out.

They decided to walk the 'whole' two miles to the apartment she shared with Larxene. As they walked toward the complex, Cole began to explain. "So there are a few places that are pretty cool to hang out at here. There's Hollow Bastion, which is really nice and second only to Twilight Town. It has a great pizzeria that Axel, Demyx, Zexion, and I work at. Then, there is The Usual Spot, which is where Hayner and his friends hang out. They're pretty cool and Hayner's dad owns the place. It's a burger joint. We'll show you more as we pass. Oh yea, there is also a nice little park in Hollow Bastion where we hang out, too."

Roxas smiled at her, "Sounds like fun."

Axel smiled at Roxas and said, "It's hella fun, Roxy. Food, friends, and music are all we need to be happy. The work for money part just makes the food part a little easier."

Cole and Roxas laughed at Axel. "Boy, you need to cool it. You know we can't talk about that too much. It's well known that we're Orgy, but they don't know what we do," Cole reprimanded with a smile.

She continued to explain, " So most of the Organization lives in this complex called Oblivion. It ranks third in price of neighborhoods in Radiant Garden. Again, the Organization likes to take care of our own." She smiled artfully.

Once they arrived in the building, they saw that Larxene was waiting for them in the lobby with Namine in her arms. Cole broke out into a wide smile and greeted her child and lover.

"Hello my babies!" She exclaimed happily and embraced them both. Larxene kissed her on the cheek and Namine gurgled in the cute way only babies can pull off.

"Sorry Cole, but Superior just texted me. I have a job to do. I'll be back by tomorrow morning and I'll be at school if I don't come home first," Larxene sighed. "This is just so-" she sighed angrily, "STUPID!" She was only watching her language due to the small child in her arms.

Cole sighed and planted a soft kiss on her lover's lips. "I know, babe," she received Namine from her lover with a smile. "Hello baby girl," she cooed.

Larxene gave Cole a kiss on the cheek and headed out of the building. Cole sighed yet again and then turned back to the rest of her company. "So! Food. That's always good. What do you guys feel like doing?"

Sora and Roxas looked at each other. Roxas shrugged and Sora continued on to say, "Rox and I don't get hungry after school but I could go for some ice cream. It's pretty hot out for September." Roxas nodded with a smile; he was withdrawing into his shell again.

"Well I know Cole and I are going to head to the Usual Spot for a burger, then the Sand Lot is right next to it. I know you know where it is Sora, so don't give me that look," Axel piped in. The brunet was glaring at him with a 'no duh' look on his face.

Cole just snorted and wiggled a hand free to smack Axel on the head. "Let's just go. Roxy! Pay attention so we don't have to hold your hand to get you around alright?" She smirked and resituated Namine on her hip. "Everybody ready?" she said patting her back pocket to make sure her wallet was with her as she never put it in her bag.

Everybody nodded in reply and they were off.

8. Axel

The walk to the restaurants was relatively uneventful except for in Axel's mind. Jesus shit. He needs to stop walking in front of me. Thank the deities I wore tight pants today… was the general thought process in the redhead's mind. He couldn't keep his eyes off Roxas' 'tight ass.'

He looked over to Cole who was cooing over her baby and started speaking in Japanese. 'Give me something seriously unattractive to think about,' he begged with puppy eyes.

Cole snorted and replied, 'You are a teenage boy. Everything turns you on. Define unattractive?' Namine gurgled and babbled on in the way babies do.

Axel rolled his eyes and looked at her pointedly. 'Come on, Cole. Be serious,' he begged her. The cousins were still walking ahead of them chatting away.

'I am plenty serious, idiot. Trees aren't attractive. Think of those. Or your face. Your face isn't attractive,' Cole said with a chuckle. She returned her attention to the child in her arms. "That's right, sweetie. Uncle Axel isn't attractive. Not at all," she said in a voice which one reserves for infants and toddlers.

Axel being the completely mature young man of seventeen that he was, simply stuck his tongue out at his friend. He heard giggles ahead of him and he whipped his head toward the sound. He was met with the sight of Sora attempting to hold in his giggles while clutching his stomach, and right next to him, Roxas was staring at Axel and Cole with twitching lips.

"See something funny, Roxy?" Axel pouted, put out by being caught in his moment of uncool. He was pretty much a drug lord and could order any city official to do anything and it would be done. Uncool could not happen. He was the epitome of cool.

Roxas walked up to him with a smirk and bopped him on the nose. "Don't be silly, Red," he said. Then he turned to Sora, who was still giggling madly, "Come on! Let's go get some ice-cream!"

Sputtering, Axel watched the cousins exchange words then head off to the Sand Lot, a whopping twenty feet away, for their ice-cream. Wanting to get the last, pathetic, word in, the redhead shouted after them, "TRY THE SEASALT POPSICLES!"

At that point, Cole caved and hunched over in her own fit of laughter, her hold on Namine tightening. The baby gurgled happily when she heard her other-mother laughing. "You and your two cents. God Axel, you need to stop talking sometimes…" she said through her chuckles.

Axel, still totally not pouting, just let out an exasperated breath of air and retorted, "Come on, let's just go get some burgers. I'm really hungry now." He sauntered into the diner, reaching up his hand to smack the sign hanging over the door, proclaiming the building 'The Usual Spot.'

Cole rolled her eyes, yet again, and Namine clapped her baby hands and reached up, attempting to imitate her 'Uncle' Axel. "Well, come on then…" she muttered to herself. She was suddenly struck by an odd feeling. Namine cried out in baby speak again, giggling happily and interrupting Cole's train of thought. The teenager shook her head and followed her friend, only seconds behind him.

13. Roxas

Roxas chuckled with Sora as they crossed the threshold into the air-conditioned ice-cream parlor. He looked around, noting the California beach décor that gave it the name 'The Sand Lot.' "So Sora, what flavor do you recommend?" he asked with a pinched smile.

Sora smiled brightly at his cousin. "I really like chocolate! But that's just me. Riku likes the strawberry though. Axel and Cole are addicted to sea-salt though…" As the chocolate haired boy finished speaking, Riku rushed through the door wearing what was clearly a work uniform, jumped over the counter and ducked behind it.

Roxas snorted and muttered, "Speak of the devil…" The blond watched, amused as Riku straightened up, flustered, and Sora collapsed in another fit of 'manly' giggles. Oh my fuck, Sora. You are the epitome of the gay stereotype. I'd be ashamed to be near you if you weren't so nice, Roxas thought with a smile.

"Hello and welcome to the Sand Lot! What can I get for you today?" Riku said with a forced smile, clearly not comfortable with all the pomp and circumstance that came with working in a place where there were constantly a lot of people. He quickly threw his hair into a ponytail and shoved the standard issue cap onto his head.

Roxas snickered at how ridiculous his cousin's boyfriend looked in his work clothes. He decided to harass the poor kid a little more, and asked with a sickly sweet smile, "So Riku… What flavor do you suggest?"

Riku just stared at the blond with wide eyes and an expression of, 'Oh my fuck. What the fuck is this' plastered on his face. "Uh… Strawberry's good…" he said with a cocked eyebrow. Then he shifted his gaze to Sora trying to get across the message, 'Sora. Save me from your crazy twink of a cousin.'

Sora giggled in his oh so manly way and reprimanded Roxas, "Oh, be nice!" Then he turned back toward Riku and ordered his own, usual ice cream, which Riku was already half finished scooping by the time Sora started speaking. Roxas watched the two interact with a nagging feeling of envy. He wanted what they had.

Roxas was very envious of Sora. Sora's parents didn't shun him for being gay. His parents didn't send him off across the country for it. He had a loving boyfriend. He was accepted by his friends. He wasn't bullied at school. Roxas wanted to be Sora. His parents wanted him to be Sora as well. His name was even an anagram. He shook his head and returned his attention to reality. "Can I get a sea-salt popsicle? Axel recommended them," Roxas said nonchalantly.

Sora smiled knowingly and set down the money to pay. Then he turned back to Roxas, "So Axel, hmm?" conspiracy in his tone. Riku discretely slipped the money back into Sora's baggy pockets. Another stab of envy shot through Roxas as he watched the other two teenagers. He replied to Sora's probing question with a clipped tone. "I don't know what you're talking about, bird brain."

Sora stuck his tongue out and took a bite of his ice cream. "Oh shut up, Roxas. You know exactly what I'm talking about. Now take a seat and tell me!" he whined a little. Riku smirked from his perch behind the counter as he worked. Roxas took a bite of the popsicle he held in his hand and plopped into a chair by the nearest empty table.

"Sora, please stop asking. You don't know what it was like for me okay? Even if he is gay, or bi, or whatever, he's out of my fucking league. He's in the fucking Organization, for Christ's sake. And holy shit, this is some good ice cream," the blond boy said, not taking enough time to breathe to let Sora interject. Roxas's arms stretched out on the table, ice cream loosely gripped, and his head hit the surface.

Sora simply shook his head. "You're not there anymore, Rox. You're here. My parents love you just as much as they love me. And man, Axel couldn't keep his eyes off you the entire time. And even Cole didn't threaten you when you got within two feet of Axel," he said, smiling. He reached out to pat Roxas' arms.

Roxas took another bite of his popsicle and rested his head on his arm. "Sure thing, Sora. Sure," he said with a sigh. The two sat in silence for a while and Roxas polished off his popsicle. Sora was watching him with concern but he didn't know what to do. The brunet gave Riku a helpless look when Roxas stood up and headed out the door. The blond threw his popsicle stick on the sidewalk as he exited the building.

There was writing on the discarded stick. It said 'WINNER'.

8. Axel

Cole sat down with her three patty, three cheese burger, which smelled utterly delightful, and let out a groan. "Axel. We seriously need to find a way to make these things in our house," she said before settling Namine in a high chair.

"I hear you, woman," the redhead said. His own, slightly smaller, burger was on the table in front of him. He was nearly drooling from the smell of sizzling beef and melting cheese. A basket of cheese fries sat between the two to share. "So, what do you take from the blond?" he asked, trying to seem careless.

"He's troubled. Probably got flack for being gay, which is probably why he moved. Other than that, he's a pretty closed book. I approve," Cole replied distractedly. She was ripping apart part of her bun to feed to Namine as well as small chunks of meat and cheese.

Both teens looked up as they heard noises of a fight going on outside. Cole ignored it in favor for her sandwich and Axel rolled his eyes at her. "Come on, Cole! Let's check it out," he said with a pout.

"Nope. I have a burger and a baby. Go if you want, I'm staying put," the brunette said with a flippant tone. She really couldn't care less.

"Suit yourself," the redhead removed himself from his food and sauntered outside only to find Roxas lay Seifer flat on his back with Rai knocked out cold and Fuu watching from the side lines.

13. Roxas

Roxas silently fumed. He just wished someone would understand. A shadow fell across his path and his thoughts were interrupted by the jock from lunch, "Hey, Newbie. You're in my way." He was flanked by another dumb-looking jock and a disinterested girl.

With clenched fists and a twitch in his shoulder, Roxas lifted his head and looked the taller boy in the eyes and replied, "Your problem, dumbass? God, if you're looking for a fight, this is going to be fucking great." He smirked.

Seifer shrugged off his jacket and handed it to the girl. "I'll be glad to pound your face in, twerp," he said with a menacing smile. Roxas simply smiled at the macho-like display.

"Come at me, bro," Roxas taunted.

The two boys lunged at him while the girl slipped to the side, still looking bored out of her mind. Roxas managed to sucker punch the un-named one, knocking him out cold. Seifer grabbed Roxas around the neck in a wrestling hold with a grunt. The shorter boy calmly shoved his thumb into the crook of the jock's elbow and was released from the hold.

Seifer was swearing loudly and Roxas grabbed the larger boy's wrist, still hanging over his shoulder, and threw him over his shoulder. Seifer landed flat on his back and didn't get up.

Roxas was breathing heavily with pent-up frustration. He heard clapping from the general direction of The Usual Spot and looked up to find Axel.

"Good job, Roxy," the red head said with a smile. "Where'd you learn to do that?"

Before Roxas could answer, a blur of unnecessarily long black hair flew by, carrying a little blonde baby. "Woah! Where are you going, Cole?!" Roxas heard Axel call out.

Cole turned around to face them for a few moments and yelled out, "Larxene's in the hospital!"