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Roxas

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"Hey Roxas, Zexion." said a man at the table in their house, sipping tea from a chipped cup. Well house as in a crappy rundown three bedroom shit hole with walls the equivalent of a cardboard box, and a table in the middle of it. They lived in the downtown of downtown, in one of the slummiest parts of Oblivia. Amidst all of the grime and dirt, however, they were somewhat free.

"Hey Cloud." Roxas responded to his older brother. "Where is Leon?"

"He's out getting groceries." Cloud put down his cup and turned towards the pair, running a hand through his spiky hair.. "Hey Roxas, Zexion... I have to tell you something. Sit down." Cloud stood up and allowed the Roxas to take his chair, Zexion occupying the other.

The two settled in their seats, Roxas wary of his brothers attitude. "What?" the younger blond said, a bit nervous.

"Well I found you and Zexion a better job. You don't have to waste your time in the market trying to sell those dented instruments anymore." Cloud opened, trying to sound optimistic.

"Why don't you sound enthusiastic about it?" Zexion inquired, and his optimistic front was slowly falling apart.

"O.k. here me out. The job pays 100 munny an hour for both of you. 200 munny an hour. That's more than all of our wages put together for a month. Its in an upscale place, clean working conditions..." Cloud rambled on, hoping Roxas wouldn't kill him

Luck was not on his side. "No..." Roxas interrupted, fearing the worst.

"It's as a live-in servant at the palace. It starts the day after tomorrow...." Cloud revealed, cringing at the explosion to come.

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Roxas's face contorted into a downright snarl, complete with glare, and gnashing teeth.

"WHAT THE HELL CLOUD?!" Roxas screamed. "Have you forgotten what they did to us!? HOW COULD YOU THROW AWAY HIS MEMORY LIKE THAT?!"

"Roxas... I know this is hard to understand, but I need you to calm down..." The older blonde tried to take control of the situation.

"Calm down? This is messed up. This is wrong." The younger having nothing to do with his 'twisted' reasoning.

"Making you and Zexion live in this hellhole is wrong." Cloud waved his arms above his head pointing at various parts of their house falling apart around them. "At least this way you can live in a clean place and get money that will get you more than dirty water." Cloud countered, his patience getting thin.

"Is that the price? Clean water and money to make us forget what they did? I'll live in a tree with piss water if that means his memory isn't being trampled on." The younger blonde crossed his arms, his eyes filling with hatred at the elder.

"Roxas, you are being unreasonable." Cloud said, throwing his hands in the air. "I don't think he wanted us to live like this if there were an opportunity to change it. I'm not saying forgive them, but don't throw your life away because of a grudge."

Roxas was quiet for a minute, as he tried not to cry again. He closed his eyes and clenched his fists as he held on to what sanity he had left. He was about to go work for the people who made his life a living hell by destroying the life of someone he held dear to him. One of the men who was like a brother to him in this mix match of a family, gone in the blink of an eye, all because he was caught being with someone he loved. "Fine." Roxas said, slowly looking up. "I'll do it." Turning his back on Zexion and Cloud he made his way to the corner of their makeshift home and sat on his cot.

"Cloud." Zexion said, his voice hardly effective in the thick atmosphere. "I'm going out tonight around eight."

"Whatever." Cloud said distracted. "Be careful. I'm going out for a bit." He hurried out of the house, breathing a little easier once he was outside. He looked around, not able to decide which way to go. Closing his eyes, Cloud just turned a direction and started walking, letting his feet decide where to go. 'Well that went well.' Cloud thought bitterly to himself as he moped down the street. 'It isn't like he's the only one that's hurting. Goddamn Roxas...' Cloud was lost in thought when he ran into someone. 'Great.' "Sorry." He mumbled, not even looking up.

"That's the kind of hello I get?" A familiar voice said, perking the blonde right up.

"Leon!" Cloud said, calling on every inch of self control he had to not hug his brunette 'brother'. It's improper.

"Don't you look great." Leon said sarcastically, noticing the tired expression. "What happened? Well... as if I don't already know." Leon was the one who found out about the job at the palace. He had a friend who worked there for 30 years, a man by the name of Vincent. He tended to the son, and heir, to the throne, especially after a death in the family. However he was recently fired because he was a suspect of stealing silver. But everyone knew that was complete crap. The king suspected him, as he does with pretty much everyman over the age of 6 without a wife, of being a homosexual, but he had nothing to prove it with. So a few things go 'missing' and suddenly it is the man who has worked for you the longest's fault. It just so happened that for once, King Lexaeus was right, and Vincent had a lover named Sephiroth in the neighboring country. So Vincent left to be with him, but not before telling Leon about the job, and then he had recommended Cloud tell Roxas about it. Since Zexion and he had the least paying jobs with that rundown crap shack they all dared to call an instrument store, he thought they would benefit most from it.

"Yeah you already know. Roxas is great with bad news." Cloud said, placing his fingers on the bridge of his nose, signaling a headache, a trait he picked up from a certain someone.

"I'm sure he'll be fine. Actually I think this will be good for him. He needs to know that not everyone there is screwed. Plus Zexion will be with him when things get real shitty." Leon tried to comfort his blonde counterpart.

"You are right. Just try to convince Roxas of that." Cloud weakly smiled. "By the way, you need any help carrying the groceries."

"I don't need help, but I'm not gonna decline it either." Leon laughed a bit and handed over a basket of bread.

"Aren't you just the charmer." Cloud smiled and they walked back to their home.

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TEH AUTHORS NOTE!

Well I guess this took a bit longer than expected to put up, but I have an excuse! I was playing Persona 3 FES. Fun game.

Anyway, the other chapter is done now, so I feel free to put this one up.

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