Chapter Four

"I'll be back later, dear." Aerith said as she head for the door with Sora tailing her close by. "You don't have to wait for me, Sora. I already have a key." She said as she showed Sora a duplicate of their house key. "Now if you ever feel tired already, don't hesitated to sleep, okay? And by the time you wake up tomorrow, I'll have your favorite breakfast served and ready to eat."

"Thanks mom!" Sora smiled. She kissed his mother's cheek and said, "Have fun with Aunt Tifa, okay Mom? And try not to worry about me that much. After all, it's been a while since you had a girls' night out, right?" Sora laughed.

Aerith smiled. "Thanks Sora." Aerith kissed Sora's forehead and head outside.

"Tell Aunt Tifa I said hi." Sora shouted before he closed the door.

Sora locked the door and head straight for his room. He plopped himself on his bed and sighed. It's Eight o'clock in the evening and yet Sora's already bored.

Sora sighed. He stood up and walked over to his study table as he remembered his unfinished home work. He sat in front of the table and grabbed his Math book and notebook from his bag.

Sora groaned as he examined his Math homework. Sora hates Math, that's why he sometimes gets low grades in this subject.

Sora sighed again. He began doing his Math homework but as he reached problem number 5, he decided to quit it since he couldn't figure out.

He took his iPod from the drawer on his right, and plugged the earphones on his ear. The song 'Your Guardian Angel' began to play as Sora closed his book and notebook and set it aside on the table.

Sora noticed that his cellphone was blinking. Now who could be calling at a time like this? He thought.

He took his earphones off and placed the receiver on his ear. "Hello, Good Evening." Sora greeted.

"Hey Sora!"

"Roxas!" Sora shouted cheerfully. He heard the man on the other line laugh which made him pout. "Why'd you call man?" He asked as he tried his best to stay cool. "Is something wrong?"

"No, nothing's wrong." Roxas stated. "I was just wondering what my bestfriend's doing right now."

"Oh nothing really." Sora looked at his Math book then frown. "Just doing my home works, that's all."

He heard the blonde smirk. "What are you smirking at?" Sora asked.

Roxas chuckled. "Nothing, it just that…" Roxas paused. "It's so hard to believe that Sora Hikari is doing his home work at a time like this."

Sora pouted. "But it's true." He whined

Roxas laughed. "Okay what homework are you doing right now?"

"Our Math home work…" Sora stated. "The one on page 49."

"Hmm…" Roxas said like he was examining something. "Let me guess, you're stuck on problem number 5, aren't you?"

Sora's eyes widened. "How'd you know?"

"Well… Roxas just knows a lot of things." Roxas laughed.

"Haha." Sora said sarcastically.

Roxas chuckled. "Want me to come over? I could teach if you want."

"A-Are you sure?" Sora asked. "I mean, wouldn't that be a bother?"

Roxas smirked. "Nah." Roxas said. "I'll be going now, okay? Meet me at your front door in exactly 2 minutes."

Sora sighed. "Alright…" With that Sora hung up and waited for his bestfriend. In exactly 2 minutes, Sora's doorbell rang. Sora rushed towards the front door and opened it for his bestfriend.

"Hi!" Roxas greeted.

"Hi yourself." Sora rolled his eyes but then smiled. "Wait… is it okay for you to leave your house?"

"Yeah." Roxas said. "After all, my house's already a big guy, he can take care of himself." Roxas laughed. Sora rolled his eyes. "But in case Mr. Nice guy is worried, I locked my house up and brought the key with me."

Sora sighed in relief. "I guess Roxas is responsible after all." He said, teasingly. Now it's Roxas's turn to roll his eyes. Sora giggled and led Roxas to his room.

"Okay… let's see…" Roxas began as he sat in front of Sora's table. Sora pulled put a chair under his table and sat next to the blonde. "The sum of two numbers is 63." Roxas read the problem on Sora's book. "Their difference is 19. Find the two numbers."

"See… it's hard." Sora complained.

"What?" Roxas smirked. "It's not that hard. You just need to concentrate and find the right solution."

"But I kept on doing that!" Sora protested. "It wasn't even the most exciting ten minutes of my life." Sora muttered. Roxas laughed and shook his head. "Okay, grab a pen and a paper." Sora did as he was told and handed them to Roxas.

"Alright… all you need to do is…" Roxas showed Sora his technique in solving these problems, and when Sora had finally understood Roxas's technique, he did the rest of his Math homework and finished in no time.

"There! I'm finish!" Sora grinned as he closed his Math book and Math notebook. "Thanks for helping me, Roxas." He looked at the said blonde.

"No problem." Roxas smiled. He stood up and stretched his arms. He went over Sora's bed and made himself comfortable. Sora placed his things in his bag and set his bag under his table.

He went over his bed and sat next to the blonde. "So… Whatcha' wanna do now?"

"Hmm…" Roxas sat up. "I would like to…" Roxas trailed off.

"To what?" Sora asked.

"To…"

"To?" Sora repeated, patiently.

"To…"

"Just spit it out Roxas!" Sora shouted.

"I would like to kiss you, Sora!" Roxas burst out.

"Wha-what?" Sora asked, shocked.

"I said 'I would like to kiss you, Sora." Roxas repeated, this time softer.

"W-why?" Sora asked, nervously.

"Would you ever believe me if I said: It's because I'm in love with you Sora?" Roxas said.

Sora blushed. "A-are you sure?"

But Roxas didn't say anything. Instead, he placed his hand under Sora's chin and pressed his lips against Sora's sweet pink lips.

"Roxas…" Sora said in the kiss. "A-are you sure you're in love with me?" He asked. "Don't you think it's just some mixed emotions which made you think that you're in love with me?"

"I'm sure about it, Sora." Roxas said, anxiously. "Don't you believe me?"

"You know I want to…" Sora said softly. "But I just can't."

"Why?" Roxas sounded hurt.

"Because you're my best-buddy." Sora stated. "How could you love someone who is your bestfriend?"

"Simple." Roxas stated. "You're Sora and you make me happy. That's how I know I can love my bestfriend without any doubts."

"But still… it's impossible." Sora defended.

"Nothing's impossible when you're in love, Sora!" Roxas merely shouted. Sora just froze at Roxas's sudden outburst. "I love you, Sora." Roxas said. "Isn't that enough to just love me back without having any questions?"

"No… it's not that." Sora said softly.

"Then what?" Roxas said, impatiently.

"It's just that…" Sora trailed.

"It's just that you don't like me, right?" Roxas said bitterly.

"No…" Sora said in a low tone. "But it's because—"

"It's because you're already in love with somebody else, right?" Roxas shouted. "RIGHT?"

"No!" Sora shouted. "I'm not in love with somebody nor will I ever will be!"

Roxas smirked. "Then you must be the loneliest person in the world if you weren't to love anyone." He mocked.

"Fine, I can love someone but I didn't say it was now!" Sora fumed.

"Why?"

"Because I'm still waiting for that special someone to come!"

Roxas's brow furrowed. Sora looked at Roxas's eyes in saw anger in those sky blue eyes. "So you're saying I'm not that special for you?"

"I didn't say that." Sora said, now getting more and more impatient.

"Then why won't you give me a chance?"

"Because you're my bestfriend." Sora said exasperatedly. "Don't you get it?"

"Which leads us back to—"

"Just because you're my bestfriend that doesn't mean I didn't like you." Sora cut Roxas off. "I care about you Roxas. More than anything." Sora said as his voice started to tone down. "You're my first real friend that's why I chose this kind of relationship because I know this is where we would last forever." Sora panted.

Roxas froze. He hadn't seen this side of Sora for never once in his life had he tried an attempt to make Sora angry. "S-Sora." Roxas stuttered. "I-I'm sorry." He said sincerely. "I didn't know you care about me that much to the point, where you wanted to keep me as your friend forever."

"Well now you do!" Sora's voice cracked.

"I'm sorry." Roxas said ashamed. He stood and said, "If it'll makes you feel better, I'll just go now and pretend that this whole thing never happened." Roxas smiled weakly and head for the door.

But before Roxas's hand could touch the knob, Roxas felt a hand on his shoulder. Roxas looked at Sora from the corner of his eye and saw a sad expression on Sora's night blue orbs.

Sora made Roxas face him. Sora suddenly felt the world on his shoulders as he saw some tears on Roxas's eyes. He sighed and said, "Look…" He sighed again and cupped Roxas's cheek. "If you really love that much, then you'd be willingly to wait for me right?" Sora asked but got no answer. "You'd be willingly to wait for the time when I'll be able to accept and love you back, right?"

"When's that?" Roxas asked as he tried to hide the sadness in voice.

"I'm not sure." Sora looked at him, apologetically. "But I'm sure, someday, that day will come."

Roxas smiled weakly. "Thanks for those comforting words, Sora."

"A-anytime." Sora faked smiled. "Sorry for the sudden outburst, too."

"It's okay." Roxas beyond whispered. He smiled. He wrapped his arms around Sora and rested his head on Sora's shoulder. Sora wrapped his arms around Roxas's body and as if on cue, Roxas burst into tears.

"Ssh… Ssh… It's okay… It's okay… I'm here… I'm here." Sora cooed as he rubbed Roxas's back in circles. Roxas parted from the hug and looked at Sora with his blood shot hues. He wiped his eyes and said, "I better go now." He faked smiled. "I'll see tomorrow, okay?"

Sora just nodded. Roxas turned to the door and opened it. "Roxas…" The voice was sweet and almost pleading which made Roxas turn around again.

"Y-yeah?" Roxas smiled.

"G-Goodnight." Sora managed a smiled.

"Goodnight." Roxas whispered. He turned to the door again but was stopped by the same sweet voice again. "Sora?" he looked at the said boy questioningly.

"Umm… be careful, okay?" Sora said. "And don't do anything stupid."

"I won't and thanks for your concern." Roxas smiled. He looked at Sora and brushed his bangs away. "I love you, Sora." Roxas kissed his forehead and left. Once the door was shut, Sora sunk on his knees and cried as he heard faint sobs on the other side of his door.

"Was I really that harsh on him?" Sora asked himself as cried his heart out.

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A/N: Sorry for the late update guys… hehe xD