Shiro: So, here's chapter 2. It's shorter than the last one, which was pushing it in length in my opinion. There's no lemon in this chapter, but don't worry. There will be plenty in chapter 3 ;) Hachi wrote Xion's P.O.V. and I wrote the rest. Enjoy.

Riku's P.O.V.

I woke up on my own the next day. The clock in my room said 12:17. Sephiroth had let me sleep. I sat up in bed and touched my feet to the floor. I sat like that for at least five minutes. Finally I decided to get up and go take a shower. Sephiroth's house only had one bathroom, so I was thankful that he woke up early everyday. It took him an hour just to wash his hair.

After my shower I brushed my teeth to get the taste of Ansem out of my mouth. I stared at myself in the mirror. My silver hair hung in front of my face, occasionally letting a few drops of water fall to the sink below. My skin was pale. Paler than most since I worked at night. My aqua green eyes blinked back at me. I wrapped a towel around my waist and went back to my room to find clothes to wear.

I threw on some blue jeans and a white tank top before I went out to the living room. Sephiroth was sitting on the couch reading a book. I walked past him to the kitchen to get some food.

"You can skip work today." He said without looking at me.

"I doubt that." I said in a blank tone.

"I can say you didn't feel well enough to work." He turned the page of his book.

I looked at him from the top of the fridge door. "You'd…do that?"

"Don't get used to it. I just feel like you need a break."

I smiled slightly. "Thanks, Seph."

He didn't answer me.

After I ate a small breakfast, Sephiroth said he was going out again. He didn't tell me where, but I didn't pry. That's not something you want to do with Sephiroth if you valued your life.

It wasn't long after he left that Vanitas opened the door and greeted me with, "I'm going to kidnap you today." Before I could ask, he grabbed my arm and dragged me out of the house. I managed to grab my jacket and lock the door, but other than that Vanitas was true to his word about kidnapping me.

"Okay, where are we going?" I said as we boarded the train heading to Radiant Gardens.

"I feel like bugging my sister; she works at Floral Caelum. Paine didn't wanna come, so you're my victim today." He answered.

"Floral Caelum?" I asked as we took our seats.

"It's a Maid Café. It's kind of like Lucius Caelum where my brother works, but instead they hire only girls. Maybe you should apply for a job."

I punched his arm. "Watch it."

He chuckled and rubbed his arm. "What? I think you'd make a great girl. You've got the hair for it."

"Is that another one of your perverted fantasies?" I raised an eyebrow.

"Maybe." He put his hands behind his head.

Xion's P.O.V.

I sighed as I leaned against the counter, bored. It wasn't that busy in the café today. I moved away from the counter and gave a little stretch before patting down my uniform.

It was black with a white apron around her waist tied into a large bow at the back. At the front of her dress right at the top was a small white bow. The dress came to my knees with the black stop just above my knees and the white frilly underskirt going just a bit longer. The sleeves were tight at the top till just after my elbow when they began to flow as the black was began to reveal white sleeves through strings holding the black together. At the top of the dress was a length of white frills that went around the top and allowed my shoulders to be shown and had a single black string running around it. Around my neck was a frilly white collar like the top of the dress and on top of my head was the frilly white headdress. I wore white stockings and black strapped shoes.

The other workers wore the same uniform but had their own colors; I glanced around to see all of them but froze as my eyes passed the door. I sighed as I saw the familiar spiky black hair of my older brother Vanitas walk through the door. I glanced behind him to see a silver haired boy walk in after him. I watched as my brother looked around, obviously looking for me, and talking to the silver haired guy.

I sighed before exiting from behind the counter and walking over to the two, as I was the only one free. Vanitas and the silver haired guy turned as they notice me walking over to them. I noticed that the silver haired guy had sea green eyes and was very cute.

"Welcome to Floral Caelum." I greeted.

"Hello to you, too." Vanitas replied

"Let me show you too your seats." I said as I began to walk to a booth.

"Geez, can't even break character to say hi to your brother?" Vanitas asked as he followed.

"You know I have to be professional." I whispered as we reached the table.

"And that's why I'm going to keep bugging you. This is Riku, by the way." Vanitas said as he sat down.

"Hi Riku, I'm Xion. My brother isn't being too much of a jerk is he?" I asked.

"I can't seem to get rid of him." Riku said with a smirk as he sat down.

"And you never will." Vanitas replied with his own smirk.

"Haha, isn't that for sure. Let me go get you two menus." I said as I turned to leave.

"Thanks. Nice to finally meet you, Xion." Riku added before I left.

"You too." I replied over my shoulder.

I walked to the counter and got out two menus as Aqua, another maid, walked over. She had short blue hair and wore the same uniform as me except hers was blue instead of black.

"Your brother?" She asked.

"Yep." I replied.

"Good luck, and try not to mess around too much." She suggested.

"I won't." I replied as I headed back to the table.

I reach the table and hold out the menus to the two of them with a smile.

"Here you go." I said.

"By the way, how can you stand wearing that thing?" Vanitas said as they took their menus.

"It's actually very comfortable, only problem is guys." I said with a smile.

"What guys?" Vanitas asked as he looked at me.

"Just guys that come in." I replied.

"They're not trying anything, are they?" Vanitas said seriously.

"Maybe they are. What would you do about it?" I asked.

"Look, just give me names. I'll take care of them." Vanitas said as he punches his fist into his palm.

"Vanitas loves his sister." Riku said in a sing-song voice.

"Shut up." Vanitas growled at him.

"Haha, can't wait 'til I tell Sora I was able to get you to care." I laughed.

"Like hell you will." Vanitas said as he looked out the window.

"What's stopping me?" I asked with a smirk.

"Just get me something to drink, will ya?" He ordered.

"Sure what do you want?" I asked.

"I don't care. Anything." Vanitas replied.

"I know that. I was asking Riku." I replied as I looked at the platinum blonde.

"What do you have?" Riku asked.

"Soda, coffee, tea, juice." I replied.

"I'll have a soda then." He said as he smiled at me.

"All right, I'll be right back." I said as I left the table.

I got them both soda, Vanitas a Pepsi and Riku a coke, before heading back to them. As I walked over I couldn't help but cast a glance at Riku who was very cute.

"Here you guys go." I said as I gave them their drinks.

"Thanks." Riku said as he took a sip.

"Took you long enough." Vanitas grumbled.

"Shut up. Hey, I'll make a deal with you." I suggested.

"What kind of deal?" Vanitas asked with a raised eyebrow.

"I won't tell Sora that I got you to show you cared if you do something for me." I answered.

"What do you want?" He asked suspiciously.

"Go see Sora." I stated.

He hesitated and looked out the window. "…Fine."

"Good!" I said as I gave him a quick hug before pulling away and added, "So do you guys want anything to eat?"

Vanitas fake shuddered at my hug and I rolled my eyes at him. Riku was looking over the menu.

"Do you guys serve anything else besides desserts?" Riku asked with a disappointed look.

"Not really, not a fan of deserts?" I asked, concerned.

"I don't have much of a sweet tooth, sorry." He said as he looked at me.

"No it's fine, I'm just sorry we have nothing else." I replied sincerely.

"Just get us some Sea Salt Ice Cream Cake." Vanitas ordered.

"For both of you?" I asked.

"Yeah." Vanitas said.

"Be right back." I said as I left to get the cake.

I cut the cake out and place it onto plates before putting the plates on a tray. I then carefully make my way to the table and put the plates in front of them.

"Here you are." I said.

"What exactly is Sea Salt Ice Cream Cake?" Riku asked as he looked at the cake.

"Have you ever had Sea Salt Ice Cream?" I asked.

"Yeah, a few times." Riku admitted.

"Just eat it." Vanitas said as he took a big bite of his cake.

"It's basically that, except made into a cake." I explained as I ignored Vanitas.

"Hmm." Riku said before he took a small bite, "Wow, that's pretty good."

"It's a miracle, Riku likes the cake." Vanitas said sarcastically.

"Yep. We of course have ice cream cake for all kinds of flavors, but this is the favorite." I replied to Riku before turning to Vanitas to add, "Be nice"

"I can treat Riku however I like." Vanitas growled.

"Whatever. Riku, if he ever gives you too hard of a time send him to me I scare him." I said proudly.

"Will do." Riku replied with a laugh.

"You don't scare me." Vanitas said seriously.

"I don't?" I asked with a small smile.

"The only girl who can scare me is Paine." Vanitas admitted.

"That's because she can kick your butt." Riku added.

"That was one time!" Vanitas exclaimed.

"I may not be able to beat you, but I have something way better." I replied.

"Oh?" Vanitas asked as he looked at me.

"Yeah, we're siblings. I know many of your secrets and so does Sora." I replied happily.

Vanitas sat there and never answered. I smiled as I turned to Riku triumphantly.

"Haha, see Riku? I can get him to shut his big mouth." I said.

"Now that's a miracle." Riku laughed.

"Hey, I think there's another reason Vanitas likes sea salt ice cream." I admitted.

"And what's that?" Riku asked as Vanitas gave me a look.

"It's almost the exact same color as Sora's eyes" I stated.

Vanitas stood up and started to leave. "It's time we started heading to work. Riku, you're paying."

"What?" Riku asked, confused.

"Running as usual." I said annoyed.

"I'm not running; I just don't have any Munny." Vanitas snapped as he leaned on the wall by the door to wait for Riku, who sighed.

"How much?" Riku asked.

"It'd be about twenty Munny." I said to Riku before turning to Vanitas "And I wasn't talking about the Munny."

Riku reached into his pocket and pulled out the Munny and handed it to Xion.

"He'll never admit he cares for Sora, at least not out loud. Thanks for the cake, Xion." Riku said as he stood up.

"I know, and you're welcome. Have a good day, and make sure he stays out of trouble." I said as I smiled back.

"That's a tough job, but I'll try." He replied before walking over to Vanitas. "Maybe I'll come back for some more cake sometime." He called over his shoulder.

"Please do!" I said as I watched them leave.

Riku's P.O.V.

"Actually, I'm not going to work today." I said as Vanitas and I stepped off of the train onto the platform in the 1st District.

"What do you mean?"

"I'm skipping. But if anyone asks, I–"

"Riku. Vanitas." A familiar voice called to us. We both turned to see Terra walking up to us from the station.

"Well, well." Vanitas said with a smirk. "Fancy meeting you here, Terra."

Terra stopped in front of us. "Still planning on jumping me, Vanitas?"

"Oh, yeah."

Terra rolled his eyes. "Better start walking or you'll be late for work." He started in the direction of the Atrum Caelum bar.

Vanitas follows him, "Actually Riku's skipping."

"Skipping? That doesn't sound like Riku."

"If anyone asks." I called after them. "Tell them I wasn't feeling well enough to work."

"Fine, I won't tell." Terra called back.

I turned back to the train station and decided to go back home.

Terra's P.O.V.

Vanitas and I made our way to Atrum Caelum. We were running late, so we were the last ones to get there. Vanitas went to go see what his job was that day and I went over to Tifa to see if she needed any help setting up.

"Hey, Terra." Tifa smiled at me.

I smiled back. "Evening, Tifa. Need any help?"

"Actually, could you go to the back and see if we have any more Cointreau?"

"Sure thing." I turned and went through the door that led to the back hallway of the bar. To one side was Ansem's office, and to the other was Xehanort's. The middle door was the storage room where we kept all of the drinks.

"Terra." I heard a voice say behind me. I turned and saw Paine walking up to me.

"Hey, Paine." I smiled.

"Where's Riku? Vanitas says he's sick, but I don't buy it."

I lowered my voice. "Actually, he's skipping. But you didn't hear it from me."

"I figured that's what it was. Riku's not one to get sick suddenly."

"True."

"See ya around." She said and turned to go back out to the bar. I turned to the storage room and reached for the handle. I heard a door creak shut and turned to Ansem's office. I didn't see any other movement, so I figured it was just the wind. I shrugged it off and went off in search of some Cointreau.

Riku's P.O.V.

So it turned out I changed my mind and went to Twilight Town instead. I vaguely remembered Vanitas telling me once that Lucius Caelum, where his brother worked, was in Twilight Town. After meeting Xion, I got curious about his brother. He'd talked so much about Sora, but I'd never met him. After I walked down several streets, and probably one street twice, I found it.

I looked into the window and saw that everyone inside was wearing fancy looking clothes. I looked at my ordinary clothes and decided it was best not to go in. I was there, however, so I figured I should at least see if I could spot Sora. I scanned the café until I spotted a boy with brown spiky hair and big blue eyes. His hair was spiked exactly like Vanitas', and I knew that had to have been his brother. I smiled to myself and turned from the café. I remembered seeing him and some other boys looking through the window of the bar a few times, and now I knew why. He was checking on his big brother. I wondered why he didn't just come in. Well, sure it was a bar, but minors were allowed in until 11:30. We served soda, too. Maybe next time I see him I'll invite him inside. I thought.

Hachi: So the chapter isn't too long, the rest of the Floral Caelum staff will be introduced when the cafe next appears.

Shiro: Mhm, we added the Maid Café so we could add more girls into the story. Please keep reading and reviewing! ^-^