Disclaimer: I, orgymoogle, do not own Kingdom Hearts (none of em'!) or any of the characters or creatures in it. Nor do I own any of the plots, storylines or any of its other geniusness. I am merely an obsessed fangirl.

A/N: Heya guys!! Sorry it took me so long to update! Geez, I thought I was finally getting better at this, lol

Actually I just couldn't figure out what to write for this chapter for a while. Plus I keep getting myself grounded. :P

I have beta fish to thank for the evil bird idea (you'll see what I mean (beta fish says it seems fitting for Sora doesn't it?)) and without her advice I would probably still be stuck with no idea for what to write for this chapter. Yeah. So, for any readers who were wondering, now you'll know why Sora was in such a hurry in the other chapter. lol xD

Speaking of thanks, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR REVIEWS AND ALERTS AND FAVORITES!!! AND IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE ANY OF THAT, WELL...THANKS FOR READING!!!! I LOVE YOU!! :D

Yupp...so...I guess that's basically it...enjoy! Read, review if you can, and stay tuned for more!

Warnings: Slight cussing, boyxboy, evil birds, the usual. lol

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Chapter 4: When Birds Attack

Well, being a janitor sucked. I had learned that on my first day as one of them, at Twilight Town High. You have no idea how many crumpled up pieces of paper, chewed gum, spilled drinks, and dirt I had already cleaned up that day--and it wasn't even lunch hour yet! Not to mention the obnoxious writings on the walls that I had to hand-scrub. Honestly, these kids were terrible. And I didn't even wanna think about the bathrooms! No way I was going in there--they could get some other janitor to do it! They had other janitors, right? They didn't expect one single, poor, helpless, weak janitor to be able to pick up after all of those trolls, did they?

Hmm...I should make a new rule: PICK UP AFTER YOURSELVES. They had parents, didn't they? Didn't mothers usually teach kids this stuff? These were highschoolers for goodness' sake! 'Course...I guess that was probably it, huh? They were teenagers. Obnoxious, destructive teenagers. Heh, guess I probably wasn't any better when I was their age....

Anyway, I was yet to see Demyx that day, which was also kinda bumming my mood. The cheery blonde seemed awful social...but he hadn't even said 'hi' to me that day! Not that I cared much or anything, it was just kinda weird...

I had actually thought about asking his boyfriend where the blondie was, but the kid always seemed in a rush to get to class. Psshh. Nerd.

I sighed, glancing up at an old-fashioned clock hanging on the wall. Why didn't they just use digital clocks? They were so much easier to read. Eh, I guess it was a school. They had to 'challenge' the kids or whatever. Or maybe I was just stupid.

Pssh. As if.

Classes were about to get out, and then it was time for lunch. Great. More messes to clean up. I really hoped I would get used to this. I wondered in the back of my mind how Riku was doing with his job. It was probably really easy, and he was probably great at it. He always was.

I cursed him silently. Why couldn't the kid have a damn fault? He was attractive, charming, good at everything...everyone always liked him better.

Hmph. Good for nothing--

My thoughts were interrupted when the school bell rang, and teenagers immediately rushed out of their classes. Bodies of all different heights and sizes filled the school hallways that were empty just moments ago, and I didn't bother moving my little bucket of dirty water to make it easier for them to go by. Why should I? They didn't deserve it, the little litterers. Or not so little, I discovered as I watched a little (beta fish says, direct contradiction?) chubby guy walk to his locker. His hair was black and it was sticking up with a sweatband tied around his head. Huh. What a weird hairstyle.

'Course, guess mine wasn't any less...uhh...well, then again mine was actually pretty cool...his just looked kinda....

Anyway.

As I watched lockers open and close, friends chatting with one another, kids going into the cafeteria to eat their greasy, fattening food (geez, what's with me and fat people today?), I noticed three other kids move to chat with him. They were all fairly attractive, and...woah. Woah, woah, woah (beta fish EEEEEEEPS at Reno!ness)!

Gingery blonde hair that stuck out in spikes, huge, cerulean blue eyes that glistened in the poor light of the hallway, rosy cheeks, pink lips, the face of an angel...and short. All of these delightful features were mixed together and splattered on a certain tiny, adorable teen.

I hadn't seen him the other day while at the school--I'm not sure how anyone could not notice someone who looked like that-- but now that I saw him...wow.

"Surprise!"

I yelped when I heard the sudden noise come from behind me, spinning around and almost knocking into the host of said noise. I frowned when I saw who it was. Demyx. He was doubled-over laughing, clutching his stomach like it hurt.

"Hey!" I snapped irritatedly, balling my hands into fists. He stopped laughing a few moments later, standing up and exhaling deeply, chuckling a bit as he did so.

"Sorry," he replied, grinning toothily. I rolled my eyes, and he continued smiling. "So, who're you checking out?" he asked, putting one hand on his hip. I raised one eyebrow suspiciously.

"Whaddya mean?"

"I saw you staring at someone," he pointed out, dropping his arm so that it rested limply at his side.

"Oh." My eyebrow regained its normal composure, and I shifted my gaze to the floor. A few seconds went by and I looked back up at him, then turned my back. "I...wasn't staring at anyone."

"Yeah you were." I turned back to face him.

"No, I wasn't."

"Yeah, you were." I sighed, then turned again. The group of friends I had been watching were still there.

"Who is that?" I pointed to the small group, and he looked over my shoulder.

"It is rude to point, you know." Came a different voice. Me and Demyx both turned at the same time to see Zexion standing there, holding a few books to his chest with both arms in a sort of crossed-arm position.

"Zexy!" Demyx cheered, moving to hug his emo-haired boyfiend. I watched as said boyfriend smiled at the contact. Hmm. "You gonna eat in the library today? Or do you wanna go to the park?" Demyx asked him cheerily, and he shrugged.

"I do not care. Either one." Demyx's smile only widened.

"Okay! Let's go to the park, then." He turned to me and flashed a toothy grin. "You wanna come?" It took me a moment to register that he was talking to me, and when I finally did it took me a moment to reply.

"Uhh...sure." I shrugged, and then added on, "If you guys don't mind," as an afterthought.

"I don't mind! What about you, Zexion?" Said boy shook his head.

"I do not mind (beta fish says what are you, an Elf? ...and apologizes for interrupting your reading yet again...)." But somehow I got the feeling he wasn't all that happy about me coming.

Ah well.

"Great! Let's get going, I'm starved!" Demyx turned to start leaving, and then turned back to me. "Did you pack a lunch?" I blinked. Actually, all I had was a granola bar (beta fish says eat Nutri-Grain instead, Axel! esso yummy~)....

"No," I replied hesitantly, and he smiled.

"That's okay. When we go to the park to eat we usually get something on the way there." He didn't wait for me to answer, and started walking off, dragging Zexion along with him. "C'mon!" he shouted over his shoulder. I hurriedly followed after them, throwing off my janitor suit and bucket and mop on the way and stuffing them into some random closet.

* * *

Alright, this was getting ridiculous. The heat of this place was unbearable. Did it always get this hot during the summer in Twilight Town? If so, then I definitely would not be able to continue working there. Unless Wakka gathered the decency to not make me stand out in the burning sun in a friggin' black surfer suit!

At least he was cool guy. And he was smart--well, at least to some extent. His plan was working, just as it had before. People walked by, went in, bought stuff, and it was almost like he was running a normal little business. Other than the fact that I was his only employee. For some reason.

I sighed and rubbed the back of my neck. Mmm...I felt kinda dizzy...hopefully I wouldn't get heat stroke or anything.

But suddenly, I saw something out of the corner of my eye that quickly caught my attention. Untamable brown spikes could be seen sticking out from behind some random barrels. They just sat there, like the boy they belonged to was hiding from something. Was seeking shelter behind the barrels.

I cocked an eyebrow up in suspicion. That was odd. They remained still for a few more moments, and just when I was about to say something a head popped up. Familiar blue eyes searched the area warily, and then landed on me. They shot up in suprise and relief, and soon I wasn't only looking at a head with brown spikes, but rather a whole tiny body...minus the legs. The barrels were still covering those up.

"Hiya," he whispered and came over towards me, hunched over like he was sneaking. I gave him a weird look and waved a little. He reached me shortly and stood close beside me, still kind of hunched over.

"What are you doing?" I asked, my eyebrow still raised. He shook his head, like he couldn't tell me out in the open. He then signaled with his finger for me to come closer, and, hesitantly, I did. But apparently I wasn't close enough because he yanked me closer and whispered in my ear,

"I'm hiding." My brow furrowed.

"From what?" I guess I spoke too loudly, because he scolded me with a harsh 'sssh!!'. "Oh, sory," I replied, and then tried again, whispering like he was, "from what?"

"From them." I gave him a puzzled expression.

"Who's them?" He didn't reply though, and instead dragged me inside the shop we were standing in front of. The cool air hit me like a bomb, and I was suddenly very thankful Sora had come to Wakka's shop. I had almost forgotten how hot I was (beta fish says lurlz), and felt like I would have fainted if I had stood out there any longer.

"Phew! Made it inside," the brunette said with relief as the little bell on the door made the dinging sound that was slowly becoming familiar to me. Wakka poked his head out from one of the aisles he must have been working in, and smiled.

"Hey, hey, hey! I didn't say you could have a break, mon!" he scolded me, and I ducked my head down in faked shame.

"Sorry, your Majesty," I replied sarcastically, nodding my 'respect'.

"Yeah, you better be sorry," he mumbled, playing along as he headed towards the back, most likely getting some water for his over-worked servant. Me.

Sora laughed. "Give him a break, Wakka. He looked like he was about to faint." He laughed again, and suddenly there was a water bottle flying towards me. I caught it easily, suprised at my own reflexes. I saw Wakka and realized that he must have been the one who threw the water bottle at me.

"Yeah, yeah," I heard Wakka reply to Sora, sitting down at his counter. I opened the water bottle and lifted it to my mouth, instantly being refreshed as the ice cold water ran down my throat. When I was done and had drunk almost the entire bottle, I nodded my thanks to Wakka. "So," Wakka began again, "what brings you here today anyway, Sora?" Sora rolled his eyes as if it was obvious.

"You know I wouldn't miss a chance to see my favorite orange-haired buddy!" he replied, and then turned to me and continued. "And relieve this poor guy from the heat." He laughed again, and I smiled. Wakka shook his head.

"Yeah, yeah. I know you're just trying to seek shelter from your imaginary bird stalkers." Sora frowned.

"For the millionth time, Wakka," he emphasized Wakka's name in frustration, "they're not imaginary!" Wakka rolled his eyes.

"Whatever, Sora." Sora 'hmmph'ed and turned, and when he wasn't looking Wakka twirled a finger around next to his head, directing it at Sora in the world-reknowned 'crazy' gesture. I chuckled and he grinned, and then Sora looked back in suspicion. We both stopped and looked away, and I scratched the back of my neck sheepishly.

"So, uh," I began before Sora could, "what birds?" Sora seemed to forget about what we were just doing and his face grew a look of craze and fear.

"It's actually only one bird," he corrected me, shrinking back into his 'sneaky' position. "It stalks me." My eyebrow went up again, and he stood up straight, giving me the same look he had given Wakka moments ago. "You don't believe me, do you?" he asked, a flat glare on his face. I looked away, rubbing my arm.

"Well...."

"I am NOT crazy! There really is a bird stalking me!" I put my arms up in surrender.

"Alright, alright! Whatever you say." He huffed frustratedly, obviously not buying it.

"Fine! If you won't believe me, I'll just show you!" I didn't have time to reply before he grabbed my arm and was dragging me out of Wakka's shop.

"Hey, hey, hey! Where d'ya think you're goin' mon? I need him to work for me!" Wakka called after us.

"Yeah, yeah! I'll bring him back!"

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It didn't take us long to get to the park. The birds were chirping, dogs and owners were playing together, leaves were...well, not doing anything, really. Luckily, there were lots of trees for shade. Not that I minded the heat, but you never know when Demyx or Zexion might have started whining about it. Then again, I guess if they had chosen to go to the park they were prepared.

We had stopped by a small food place near the park before we got there. They had both gotten something but I, having no munny to spend there, simply stated that I wasn't hungry. Demyx seemed confused, but shrugged it off.

They chose a nice, shaded spot under a large oak tree, on a small hill a little ways away from the main park. They both sat under it like it was routine, and I figured they came here a lot. After all, when they were deciding where to go at the school Demyx had said 'park or library?', so I guess that kinda confirmed it.

I sat kinda awkwardly beside Demyx, and when I was situated I took a longer moment to look around. The little hill didn't have much of a view, but it was nice, quiet and peaceful. Although I myself preferred more sun. I guessed it was probably Zexion's choice to sit somewhere so shady--Demyx was obviously the more...happy one.

Now that I thought about it, they were a rather odd pair.

"Aww, he forgot the pickle again." I heard Demyx complain from beside me. I glanced over to see him looking into his brown paper bag that held his food.

"You could have reminded him, you know," Zexion replied, taking the apparent sandwich he had gotten out of his own bag...and...was that...a peanut butter and jelly sandwich? What food place sold peanut butter and jelly sandwichs? Next he pulled out a small salad, and then placed his bag aside.

"PB and J?" I questioned, and both of them looked at me. "Who sells that?"

Demyx laughed. "They don't. Well, not for anyone else, that is. Whenever we come here to eat lunch we usually stop by there, and Zexy's vegetarian, so he doesn't eat a lot of the food that they sell there. So they make peanut butter sandwiches and salads for him instead." He laughed and then continued. "It's kind of a joke, but Zexion eats it, so," he shrugged and smiled. Zexion had looked down at his food at some point during Demyx's story, and I could tell he was a bit embarrassed by being talked about. I think Demyx sensed it, too, and he looked over at Zexion and laughed. "Aww, c'mon, Zexy," he began, wrapping one arm around him, "you shouldn't be so embarrassed." Demyx chuckled.

"Eat your food," Zexion ordered, and Demyx grinned.

"Yes ma'am!" Of course, Demyx got hit right in the ribs for that one, but he still grinned through the pain, seemingly laughing at how suprisingly strong Zexion's hit was. Or at least it looked like it hurt, which was suprising because Zexion didn't look like a very strong person.

I laughed at Demyx's pain, something that came naturally to me. Wow, that sounded kinda...mean. But c'mon, who didn't laugh at other people's pain? It was pretty damn funny sometimes!

Demyx did obey orders, however, and began eating what looked like rice balls filled with some kind of meat.

We sat there for a while, Demyx and Zexion ate, we all talked--although Demyx and I did most of the talking. Especially Demyx.

"So, where'd you move here from?" Demyx asked, his mouth full of rice and meat.

"Destiny Islands."

"Woah, really? That's so cool! I would LOVE to live on an island!" His whole face brightened, and he got really exicted. I noticed out of the corner of my eye the uncomfortable expression on his boyfriend's face, like he didn't like Demyx talking about going away and living on an island. "I go to the beach a lot and surf and stuff," he continued, not noticing Zexion's aura, I suppose. "I love water." He beamed.

"Eh," I replied, wrinkling my nose in disgust. "I prefer dry land, thank you very much." His face drooped a bit.

"Oh...you don't like water?" I shook my head.

"Not really." He sighed.

"Man, I thought I finally found someone close to my age who likes water." I gave a confused look.

"Isn't Zexion close to your age?" He looked at me and then chuckled.

"That's not what I meant. Zexion thinks water is okay, but it isn't his favorite." He turned to smile at said boy, and I nodded slowly.

"There's always Sora, I guess. Even though he's...well, a lot younger than me." Demyx laughed.

"I am younger than you, too, you know," Zexion stated, and Demyx grinned.

"Not as young," he replied, and Zexion rolled his eyes.

"Oh yeah, about one year's difference." Demyx laughed...again. Geez, was this guy happy or what?

They finished eating and we headed back towards the school. But we stopped about half way.

"Well, I gotta head back to campus now," Demyx stated, directing it towards me. "Seeya later!" He gave his boyfriend a short kiss and waved to me, then went his seperate way.

I looked at Zexion. He was still watching him go, but then noticed me looking at him and turned to look at me, too. "So..."

"So let's go," he said, and turned to continue walking to the school. "I do not want to be late for class." I rolled my eyes.

"Yes, ma'am," I copied Demyx from earlier and walked past Zexion, but soon realized that I had to run to dodge his attack. I laughed as I raced back to the school, Zexion following close behind me.

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"Be quiet, we can't let him see us."

Both of us were crouched down behind a low wall, in the shade thanks to another, taller wall behind us. I wasn't sure what we were looking at, I myself couldn't see anything, but Sora was looking around nervously, searching the area for something. A bird. At least, that's what he said. I wasn't sure if there really was a bird stalking him, or if he was just some kind of crazy weirdo. It was probably the latter.

Which was actually a real bummer, because the other day I had really started to like this kid...

"There he is," he whispered to me, grabbing my arm and pointing to something, wide-eyed. I followed his finger, but I still couldn't see anything. I squinted my eyes to try and get a better look, but still nothing.

"I still don't see anything," I sighed, standing up. He gasped and tried to pull me back down, panickingly.

"No! He'll see us!!" I didn't let him pull me down though, and he dropped to the ground in defeat. I rolled my eyes.

"Sora, there's nothing there. Besides, why would a bird be stalking you?" I asked incredulously, but he didn't answer. He was lying on his stomach on the ground, trying to hide. He was trying to hold still but he was shaking. Honestly, what was wrong with this kid?

And then, all of a sudden, I heard a noise. A squeaky noise. A bird.

I told myself not to get carried away as I calmly looked around me. Okay, so what if there was a bird around here? Birds were everywhere. What was it gonna do, attack us?

Almost as if I had predicted what was going to happen, a bird came swooping in out of nowhere. It was flying right towards me, so suddenly that I barely had the chance to move before it pecked me hard on the shoulder.

"Ow!" I exclaimed, and Sora quickly glanced up in alarm. And, upon seeing the bird fly past us, his face turned into a sea of fear.

"OH MY GAWD! It found us!!" he shouted, jumping to his feet.

"Wha--!" But before I could finish what I was saying Sora had grabbed my arm and he was dragging me out of there. He was running at a very fast pace, but I could easily catch up with him. My legs kicked into gear and soon I was running alongside him, although he was still clinging to my wrist. "What the hell?!" I exclaimed as I felt the bird peck me two more times. Sora yelped and started going even faster, almost tripping a few times.

"I told you!" he yelled but didn't stop running.

The bird chased us for a couple of blocks until we lost it hitching a ride on the train to Sunset Station. I had never been there before, I was just following Sora the whole way. The clocktower looked pretty impressive when you were standing--or rather running, in our case--right under it.

When we got on the train we collapsed into some seats, panting heavily. Geez, how far had we run? It must've been pretty far, 'cuz I felt beat. Everyone else on the train was looking at us oddly, but we ignored them. After catching our breath, a grin slowly spread across my face. And then I started laughing.

Sora gave me an odd look, and when I could stop laughing enough to explain, I did. "I can't believe what just happened! That bird was crazy!" I laughed, and after a few blank blinks a grin spread across Sora's face and he started laughing, too.

"I know! It does that all the time! It's like, crazy!"

"For a second there I thought you were crazy." We both paused for a moment and looked at each other, and then we burst into another fit of laughter. It felt good to laugh. I hadn't laughed like that for a while....

When the train got to Sunset Station we both got off with grins on our faces. The other passengers were giving us even weirder looks, but we didn't care. I followed Sora as he led me down several flights of stairs and then through a small town. It was really beautiful there, and the sunset was spectacular.

We made small talk on the way to...well, wherever we were going, but suddenly Sora stopped. Grinning, he gestured to the hill we were standing on.

"This is Sunset Hill," he announced proudly, walking to sit on one of the few benches there. I followed him and was going to sit down beside him, only I got distracted by the amazing view of the sunset.

"Woah...this hill has an amazing view," I breathed, and I could see out of the corner of my eye that his grin widened and he nodded.

"Yup," the brunette began, turning on the bench so that he was sitting on his knees, facing the sunset like I was, "this is the most amazing view in all of Twilight Town...except for maybe the clocktower."

"You can go up there?" I asked in mild suprise.

"Sure! Me and Roxas go up there all the time." Roxas? Who was Roxas?

"Who's Roxas?" I asked, sitting down on the bench in the same position as Sora.

"He's my brother. Twin, actually." He grinned at me, and I turned to look at him.

"Twin, huh? That's cool." I smiled and he spoke again.

"Do you have any siblings?" My smile weakened and I sighed.

"Yup. Six of em'." His face showed astonishment.

"Woah! Six siblings? That must be crazy!" he laughed, and I grinned at him.

"Yeah, it is pretty crazy..." I trailed off, and we both looked back at the sunset. It was getting lower and lower every second...it would be dark soon. I needed to get back home. I stood and he looked at me curiously. "I should go, it's getting late," I stated, and he smiled and nodded in understanding.

"I'll come with you."

We rode back in comfortable silence, and when we got there we headed our seperate ways.

"G'night, seeya later!" Sora chirped, waving happily. I smiled and waved back.

"Seeya."

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A/N: Yay! Chapter four complete! I know, I know, I should prolly get on with the plot, huh? I just don't want to rush it...I mean, its only the fourth chapter, and I want them to have time to get to know each other and everything. So...yeah.

Thanks to my beta fish, flurry of dancing flames, for beta reading and drawing me Riku porn. xD

I hope you liked it! I'll try to update again soon! Thanks for reading! Review! :D

All flames will be used for Axel's enjoyment.

P.S. If you like this story and some of my other stories, just wanna let you know that I'll be posting another KH fanfic soon! It's AkuRoku, so...yeah lol Be sure to check that out! ;)

~orgymoogle