I'm terribly sorry for the delay on this chapter! I got involved in a bunch of things and kinda had really bad writer's block but now I'm back! I think I have half of the next chapter done? please forgive me and take this as my peace offering and enjoy!

It was rather entertaining to watch Sora eat. His expression reminded me of a 5 year old having cake. Sis was concerned about how fast he was eating, but learned quickly being too loud correcting him wasn't the smartest move. I watched him with a smile as he would look from us to his plate. I thought we were going to have to give him an actual bath with the mess he had made out of syrup and pancakes. I couldn't help but laugh as Mallory cleaned his face. He wasn't exactly comfortable with it by the expressions he made but he didn't seem to mind it either. His mood seemed to change though as Mal started asking questions.

"So Sora, how did you get hurt so badly?"

He looked down at his hands and fiddled with the bandages on his left hand. Mal gave a confused look as she tried something else.

"Can you talk, or read? Do you-"

I cut her off when I saw tears start running down his face. He soon started to cry loudly, scaring Sis and making my protective instincts jump start. I made myself eye level with him and hugged him gently. He latched his arms around my neck and seemed to be trying to squeeze me even though he was still too weak for that. I turned my head some and gave a slight glare to Mal.

"He's extremely traumatized by what ever happened to him and can't speak. Now is not the time to ask what happened."

I could feel Sora's whole frame shudder with sobs before I picked him up and brought him back to the guest room. I set him on the bed gently as I could so as to prevent any of his wounds from getting irritated. Instantly he crawled to the head of the bed and curled up on his side. He had the blanket pulled up around his neck as I saw him cry in silence. I sat down on the chair I had moved to the bed side yesterday and smoothed his hair out some. This seemed to calm him down as the tears started to slow some in production.

"She didn't mean to upset you. We both just want to know what happened so we can help you get better, okay?"

He looked up at me and nodded feebly, his eyes sad yet understanding of my words. I stayed in the room with him until he started to fall asleep. Sighing I left the room to find Mal and Marly in the living room. When did the pansy get home? I quickly looked at my phone to realize I had been sitting with Sora for almost 5 hours. This perplexed me as Mal beckoned me to join them. I didn't like the look on Marly's face as I sat in the lone armchair slightly tilted to face the sofa the married couple was sitting on. Sis was looking rather worried and very much like mom as she spoke.

"We need to talk about Sora. I know you found him and everything, but we should really take him to a hos-"

I cut her off with the slightest tone of anger in my voice.

"No, he's not going to a hospital. For all you know HE could be working there and I don't want that pedo loving bastard anywhere near Sora."

Both Mal and Marly recoiled from me some, my temper showing what part of dad I took after. Instantly I felt bad for snapping at sis as she curled her form over some and twisted her long purple-grey hair in her hands. Both Marly and I sighed at this and I tried the one thing I knew would bring the smile back to her face.

"Hey, me and our brothers could have ended up torturing your pansy of a husband instead. That would involve a police report, a very long one at that."

Mal's giggle and Marly's glare showed me it worked. I grinned at her before my cell phone started going off in my pocket. Picking it up, all I could hear was mom's crying and screaming as Xemnas tried his best to speak over it.

"Where the hell are you? Mom called the diner and they said you took the day o-"

He was suddenly cut off by mom taking his phone and wailing out at me via cell.

"RIKU, I'VE BEEN SO WORRIED! I Thought you were kidnapped or murdered, or dying in an ally or…"
She kept on going with a long list of horrible things she thought could have happened to me. I did my best to calm her down to where she was at least stopped from listing off possible deaths and no longer screaming so I could explain I was okay. I didn't tell her about Sora as it would have upset her again. Once she understood of what mostly happened, I was able to talk to Xemnas again. He had an undertone of anger to his voice, but it wasn't out of the norm for him to sound like that.

"Thanks for calming mom down. But please. You or Mallory need to call so mom doesn't have another melt down."

I had to sigh at this as I had a big favor to ask of him. Looking up the staircase as a means to assure myself I should be doing this, I began to explain.

"Yeah…I'm going to need you to help break it to mom that I'm moving in with Mallory and the pansy."

"And why the sudden move from home?" He asked.

"Things have come up at work and since Mal is my ride to work it would be better than being fired."

I knew full well he could see through my lie, but I also knew he would help me no questions asked. Sighing, Xemnas agreed and that he would be over to pick me up tomorrow morning.

"You owe me kid. Next time I need a human example present for a lecture, you're coming with me."

I didn't protest as I really did owe him at least that. Giving my thanks, I hung up and was greeted by a very pissed off Marluxia and a very happy Mallory. I grinned at them as something in me always enjoyed making the pink haired florist miserable. Mal explained I could stay in the other guest room next to Sora's. I hugged her in thanks and headed upstairs to scope out my soon-to-be living space. I could already hear Marly complaining to his wife when I spotted a pale blue door on the left side of the hall I had never noticed before. Curiosity taking me, I opened the door and peeked inside. I gasped in horror at the sight before me. The walls were a soft blue color with little white stars painted all over. Three white painted cribs lined the wall farthest from the door and a changing table lay opposite of them. In the corner closest to the closet was the rosewood rocking chair mom had given Sis with a pile of plush animals and infant toys on it. I don't think I have ever been so horrified to see a nursery in my life as I was in that moment. Silently I closed the door and had a momentary inner freak out at the fact that my sister was having triplets. Triplets! Of all the things to happen, there was going to be 3 little Marlys running around soon. The thought made me shudder and try to block such an idea out of my mind. A small cry from Sora's room completely drew me out of my thoughts and to his room. I opened the door to find him trying to stand on his still much wounded feet and walk to the door. I rushed over and picked him up as to remove any more pressure from his feet. He had started crying loudly at this point and was practically squeezing me. I could only hold him gently until he had calmed down. Just as quickly as it had started, Sora had stopped crying and had a slight case of the hiccups. I set him down to lay on the bed as I calmly smiled at him. I was going to get the medical kit so I could clean his wounds but he latched an arm onto my shirt and tried to pull me closer to him. I gave him a comforting smile as I carefully pried his hand off of my sleeve.

"I'm just going to get the medical kit over there so I can clean your wounds again okay? I'm not going to leave." I assured him.

His grip on me slowly loosened until I was able to get him to completely let me go. Moving to grab the bandages, I noticed he didn't take his eyes off of me. His eyes were starting to shine in a form of fear but at the same time I could see he was starting to trust me. I couldn't help smile at this while getting starting with the bandages on his hands.