/Authors's Note: Hello all. Just updating because I felt it was probably about damn time and I also wanted to show that I'm not dead or given up at this fic and fanfiction in general. I'll elaborate/ramble more in the author's note at the end. For now, enjoy this little update (which gives evidence that my Square Enix obsession is getting a little ridiculous).

Role-Playing

"You want me to what?"

"Come with Matt and me to the upcoming video game convention!"

"No, I know that but I meant about the request after that. You want me to come with you and Matt dressed as Vanille from Final Fantasy XIII? Are you crazy? No."

Taichi gave out whine. "Come on, Sora. It'll be fun! You'll go dressed Vanille; I'm going as Sora, no not you Sora, the one from Kingdom Hearts you genius; and Matt will be dressed as Cloud!"

"And what did Matt say when you told him he would be dressed as Cloud? Knowing him, I'm pretty sure he wasn't all that ecstatic about it!" Sora snapped.

Giving a sheepish grin, Taichi started scratching the back of his head which immediately made Sora suspicious. "Well you see, Matt didn't say yes exactly, it was more of a grunt, you know? But it sounded an awful lot like a yes, similar anyway, so I… took it as one." He finished his explanation with wary grin and a shrug, both of which did nothing to alleviate Sora.

"You totally asked Matt when he was asleep, didn't you?"

"No," Taichi countered. "I asked him when he was half-asleep. He was still totally conscious so it counts, okay?"

Sora pursed her lips, remaining silent for a second but then answered, "I see, well I'm still saying no, so too bad."

"Sooooraaaa! Please? This could be fun! And besides, imagine Matt dressed as Cloud. Imagine the sullen look on his face as he lugs around that big-ass sword all day. Plus, the two are so scary alike, he'll be chased by fan-girls all day too! Come on, please? If not for me, but for the blackmail we'll have on him for years to come."

Sora wasn't a cruel person. She didn't make her friends do embarrassing things. She was rather motherly in fact and supported them, defended them against others who did want them to do embarrassing things. But this… this was just too good. Maybe it was because the image of Matt fending off fan-girls with his Buster Sword was the most hilarious thing she had ever imagined or that maybe Taichi was suddenly an incredibly persuasive person but either way, she had decided that this was something she suddenly could not pass up.

Taichi's influence on her was sometimes just remarkable.

"Okay, deal. But I'm not wearing my hair in pig-tails."

"I'll take what I can get."

The two exchanged devious smiles.

-One Week Later-

"You guys, this isn't funny! Help me out here!"

But poor Matt's request was drowned out by the howling laughter of Taichi and Sora who were both lying on the floor with tears in their eyes.

Role-playing was definitely worth this moment.

/Author's Note: Oh blergh. Sorry if the dialogue seemed off in this chapter. I haven't been writing much lately so some of writing is coming off as forced or unnatural.

I had a hard time finishing the last bit of this because I kept laughing so hard from imaging Matt dressed as Cloud from Final Fantasy VII. The two are actually very much alike look-wise and a bit personality-wise. So is Taichi and Sora from Kingdom Hearts. They've both got the massive hair. I couldn't really find anyone suitable for Sora. I almost picked Kairi from Kingdom Hearts but she's got brown hair and I didn't want some people to think I was subtly hinting Taiora by making Sora dress as her. I settled with Vanille from Final Fantasy XIII because they've got a similar hair color. And I sort of adore Vanille.

Next update will be whenever. I'm sort of deviate from fanfiction at the moment to work on some original stuff so sorry if updates become hard to come by. I'll be doing my best to get them up and to finish all of the planning I've got so I can update. If you want to know what I mean by planning, visit my LiveJournal (via the homepage link on my profile) to find out. Find the post titled: "State of the Union".

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Kagebana