"Hey Ventus I need…" Roxas entered his brother's room(as the boy still owns the keys to this room) and the only thing he could really do was stop himself in mid-sentence when he saw the sight before him.

"Hi Roxas," Ven lightly waved while trying to stay still. The boy was still in the state of seeing the sight before him. If the pattern follows…he himself may end up in a dress.

"Hey Roxas," Tifa greeted as she stood up from her kneeling and threw her hair back over her shoulder, "Like I promised, I got your twin in a dress."

"They say I look really cute!" said Ventus with a smile as he lightly tried to sway his light green with white lace gothic Lolita dress with knee-length boots and a overly-large green bow on the back of his head.

"Stop moving!" Aerith immediately ordered as she hemmed and Ventus immediately froze.

"I'm sorry…So Roxas! Do I?"

Roxas's brow merely twitched, and this was another moment in life to add to his list of 'Reasons why I hate being a twin.'

"No comment," Roxas stated before turning to Tifa, "Take a picture."

She gave an okay and Roxas went to the closet,

"Can I steal one of your jackets?"

"I guess so," Ventus replied as Roxas went through the clothes before taking a vanilla-like colored jacket with checkered squares decorated around the arms of the jacket and the side.

"Thanks," Roxas muttered and slung it over his shoulder, "Have fun with the dress, Ventus."

"Thanks!" he waved after Roxas who only sighed at the fact that only Ventus was…man enough, or was it non-man enough, to feel so comfortable in such an outfit and without embarrassment.

Cloud felt stupid…well he's felt like that since the first day of school. He actually had to dress himself today so he simply threw on a shirt and loose jacket (but zipped up), baggy pants, and just so he can look more girly(as he would literally look like a man with a wig if he doesn't): he 'borrowed' some of Rikku's accessories for his wig. Next he tried to find bracelets that can actually fit around his wrists and necklaces that won't choke him.

After doing so, he arrived at this dreadful high school, and met with Squall, leaning against the tree, at the usual spot.

"Wow, has anyone ever told you that you have no fashion sense?" Squall lightly smirked and Cloud just gave him a blank stare,

"I've been told…" he muttered and blew at a group of hair with beads attached out of his face. How he figured out how to get those beads into his wig, he'll never know.

"Hn…so how long do you have with me today?" the brunette asked, "Yesterday I barely won against Seifer. I think I need a bit more practice if I were to surpass him even more."

"Not long actually…Roxas wants to see me for whatever reason. I can squeeze in a spar match though."

"Very well then, let's get started right now. I don't want to waste a second," said Squall as he pushed himself off the tree and picked up the swords that were also leaning against the tree. He tossed Cloud one of them and they exchanged smirks.

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Ventus skipped as he traveled down towards the library. He's in a black shirt with tight jeans and a checkered bandana around his neck today after the girls left a while ago. It was the weekend and now that he was done with their favor, he went straight to the library to get ready to do some of his homework and to find some entertainment to read. After finding a book he needed for an assignment, he flung his black bag onto his shoulder once more and looked for the manga section. He was overjoyed to see that this library had one and he quickly started to scan it.

"…Ventus, right?"

The blonde looked up to his right to see the smirking red-head in a rolled up sleeves white shirt, black pants with many pockets and hanging chains from it. He held a manga in his hands as he stared down with piercing green eyes.

"That's right," he smiled, "And I'm sorry, but you're…?"

"The name's Axel, got it memorized?"

"Er, yeah, memorized!" Ventus nodded and Axel lightly chuckled.

"You're really nothing like Roxas! So, looking at manga huh?"

"That's right!"

"If you're looking for something good, try this," Axel held up the manga in his hand that read "Godchild" with the number 3 on it to indicate the volume.

"Looks really…creepy…" said Ventus, his face showing a bit of fear.

"Hmm…maybe it's too dark for ya," said Axel and tapped his chin, "But really, try it. If you can handle it, that's great! If not, then just don't continue. No big deal!"

"Ah…that's true, alright then!" Ventus nodded with a smile.

"Axel, stop trying to corrupt the only person not corrupted at this school…"

Eyes drifted to the silverette holding a bag over his shoulder and giving Axel a frown.

"What are you talking about?" Axel asked with a smug look, "And why the hell are you in our uniform's dress-shirt? It's the weekend!"

"Ugh, I had to see a teacher," Riku responded and went between Ventus and Axel to scan the bookshelves.

"Ah, of course, you had to give a nice impression," Axel shrugged and then shook his head.

"Good afternoon, Riku," Ventus greeted and said-person gave a small smile before greeting back,

"Thank you. You too; and I advise you not to take any advice from Axel here," Riku pointed.

"Hey!" Due to Axel's loud voice, they were all quickly hushed by the librarian. Though the three moved themselves to the corner of the manga section and Ventus could've help but ask about Roxas.

"Are you guys friends with Roxas?"

"Hell no," Riku immediately retorted.

"Hell yes!" Axel gave a thumbs up with a wink and Riku only shook his head,

"Well Roxas tells him to go away often so I wouldn't call that friendship quite yet…"

"Aw come now, he hasn't totally ignored me or anything. We're friends, got it memorized?"

Riku only shook his head and went back to the shelf to see what's over in this area. Axel threw an arm around Ventus and ruffled his hair a bit with his now-free hand,

"We can be friends too you know…" Axel whispered seductively.

"Oh, I'd love that!" Ventus replied with a happy smile.

Riku face-palmed at that moment and turned to face Ventus,

"Ventus, that's not what he meant…"

But of course, the boy only blinked innocently which had Axel try to hold on his laughter just to avoid getting kicked out of the library(again).

Roxas paced around impatiently. Sora just left, saying he was spending the day with his brother and says he'll meet back with Roxas in their room later. Well if that's the case, then that means Cloud should be done doing whatever he does with Squall!

But luckily, Cloud spared Roxas the agony of waiting any longer by arriving.

"Nii-San! Where have you…are those Nee-Chan's?" Roxas pointed at all the beads in the hair, well, wig…

"Sh-Shut up!" Cloud snapped, "Take me to your room! I need to change out of this…"

"…Into what?" Roxas had to ask and after a short pause of silence, Cloud groaned, completely forgetting he didn't exactly bring anything else; which means he can't be caught in this outfit with a wig off.

"Alright well…just tell me what you need so I can get home," said Cloud and hates having to wear the wig and accessories any longer than he had to.

"Oh…well, it's kind of a weird request…would you be willing to meet Sora?"

"I already did," Cloud reminded and scratched his wig, already irritated with it.

"No, can you meet him as a guy," Roxas corrected and Cloud just gave him a look.

"Roxas, he already saw me like this! He's going to realize that we're the same person!"

Roxas wanted to chuckle at that,

"Erm…trust me, Sora of all people would not notice…please, Nii-San? Just meet him!"

Cloud groaned and looked up in thought. Every fiber in his body was screaming "NO!"

"…Fine…" Cloud muttered and looked down at Roxas again, "When?"

"Um…later today?"

"No."

"Nii-San!"

"At least let me change…"

"Well…let's go shopping. I'll pay for your troubles," Roxas offered and held up his wallet. With that, the two hit downtown.

Cloud immediately took the wig off and tossed the jacket as well, as he was sweating all over from the sparring he did. Squall was not taking it easy on him at all. After dumping the two things in the car, they quickly found a nice store for Cloud to get new clothes from.

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"Hmm…" Cloud tilted his head like a curious puppy and Roxas immediately pulled him away from the sunglasses stand like he usually does every time they go shopping together, "Wait a minute! Let me see that one real fast!"

It's the same thing every time: Cloud sees a bunch of sunglasses together, he strays from whoever he's with to look at them and most likely buy at least one. This came up around Cloud's teenage years, in which Cloud became the child that always gets lost…except it eventually became the place the parents always leave Cloud at until they were done shopping. In short: no one really tries to pull Cloud unless Cloud's the only one with the wallet. Of course, Roxas was here at a clothing store because Cloud needs new clothes at the moment and they can't shop without Cloud.

"I haven't worn any for a while, I think I need new ones," Cloud muttered and kept looking over his shoulder at the sunglasses stand.

"You have like 500 hundred at home anyway," said Roxas and pulled out a shirt that he liked only to put it back because he's buying for Cloud today and he only had so much money.

"I want those orange ones…"

"Nii-San!" Roxas exclaimed and Cloud rolled his eyes before going back to search for something he liked.

1 hour later:

"You look like a gangster…or a biker," Roxas commented as he sat there, bored out of his skull.

"Really?"

"Yes…you can also pass a gothic because of all the black."

"Well people should stop labeling then," said Cloud as he put on the black leather gloves he found. He looked back at the mirror to look at himself: leather pants, black with a hint of red sneakers, a chain attached to the pants, a new belt, a black shirt with a red Chinese character that days 'death' on the front, and his own personal leather jacket.

"I like it," Cloud shrugged and Roxas just shook his head. Cloud was totally trying to take every penny out of him on purpose.

"Alright, fine, whatever, your choice…" Roxas gave up on trying to get Cloud to go cheaper or at least into something more…colorful. He laid down in the chairs, just waiting for Cloud to make up his mind on whether he really wants it or not(since the man has said 'I like it' at least 5 times now).

"Hmm…"

"Oh god, what do you see now?" Roxas groaned, knowing Cloud just spotted something.

"I think I may take that earring too…"

To Roxas's happiness, Cloud stuck with what he had on…plus the silver earring he found as well as a new pair of sunglasses.

"Everything's so orange in this one," said Cloud as he walked out in his new outfit, his disguise clothes in the shopping bag.

"That might be because the lenses are orange," Roxas stated as they started to head back.

"Orange and black," Cloud corrected as he Cloud placed his hands in his pockets and they headed back to their car. The trip was supposed to be short but Roxas held his arms out, stopping Cloud. Following Roxas's line of sight, Cloud and Roxas were thinking the same thing.

"Oh shit…" they let out in unison and Cloud immediately folded his arms, giving Roxas a look.

"Don't say bad words," he ordered.

"WHAT? You just did too!" Roxas exclaimed, giving his own look.

"That's not the point! And I'm older than you and an adult anyway!"

"Well you better learn how to be a kid and play hide-and-seek now!" Roxas reminded by pointing down the street where Squall can be seen handing Sora an ice cream bar. And they BOTH knew Squall would notice what sex Cloud really was and the last thing they wanted was to be hunted down for lying(or for weird rumors to start…). So Cloud did the only thing he could do at the moment: dive into the alley next to them.

"Oh yeah, that's smart," Roxas commented sarcastically, noting the lack of stuff to actually hide behind if they were to pass this way.

"Roxas!"

Roxas mentally cursed before he turned his body in time to catch Sora's running hug(and without dropping the ice cream). He took a couple steps forward so Sora wouldn't see the alley with a dead end.

"Hi Sora…" he greeted as casually as he could before quickly letting go upon seeing Squall's warning glare as the man approached them.

"What are you doing here? I said we'd meet up in our room!" said Sora with a little bounce.

"I…I was…getting something," Roxas said, even though it just sounded as if he was lying.

"Really? With whomever you're with?" Sora asked innocently as he continued eating his ice cream.

"Wait you saw who I was with?" Roxas asked, almost in panic; it didn't help when Squall raised a brow in suspicion.

"Oh so you ARE with someone! I thought I was imagining things! I told you, Nii-Chan!"

Roxas mentally slapped himself for just giving it away.

"W-Well I WAS but…uh…he, um, left…"

"To where?" Squall immediately asked and Roxas could practically feel himself sweating.

"Uh…home?"

Sora lightly gasped from that,

"Oh no! Did I miss your brother?"

"Erm…yes!" Roxas stated but paused for a moment before continuing, "But he said he'll come visit me later today so…you can see him then!"

"Oh! Awesome!"

While Roxas took that moment to answer Sora, Squall already walked past the two to peak into the alley. Roxas's mind raced and his heart pounded against his chest as he turned to see Squall enter the alley. But the man didn't make a sound…

So Roxas peaked into the alley and Cloud wasn't in sight. But there were only garbage cans and a dumper…oh…

"Nii-Chan!" Sora called, "What are you doing?"

"…I could've sworn," Squall looked around and banged the dumpster and did the same to the garbage cans.

"Nii-Chan! Come on! I want more ice cream!" Sora announced, holding his almost-finished one up. Squall sighed and retreated out of the alley. He put his arm around Sora,

"Alright, alright, let's go."

"I'll see you later, Roxas!" Sora waved as the duo started walking. Roxas nervously waved back and tried to make it look casual but even he can notice Squall's suspicious, but once again warning, glare. After Roxas was sure the two of them won't look back, he dashed into the alley,

"It's clear!"

In a second, one of the doors of the dumpster flew open and Cloud struggles his way out of it and hit bags off him.

"I hate you…" the man growled as he pulled himself out.

"What did I do?" Roxas asked and Cloud just glared,

"If you didn't want me to meet Sora, I wouldn't even be here in the first place! I'm using your shower…" he growled as he patted his new clothes, not that it really got rid of the smell.

Well Roxas found it a waste of his money to wash clothes he just bought for Cloud. But he did due to the fact that Cloud can't walk around in disguise clothes and he certainly won't let him meet Sora smelling like trash. When Roxas arrived back in the room with the dried and clean clothes, he groaned upon learning Cloud was STILL in his shower.

"Nii-San! Come on! You don't need to shower for THIS long!" But no matter how much Roxas nagged, Cloud wasn't coming out. He eventually did to retrieve his pants as he didn't think the towels were big enough. But as luck would have it…

"Roxy!" Sora called as he slammed the door open and Roxas quickly jumped,

"Sora! Oh…you're here! Sora is…here!" Roxas tried to shout as casually as he could so Cloud can hear, "Sora…you're here early…"

Now Roxas felt stupid! He should've had Cloud clean up in Vent's room!

"It's not that early is it?" Sora questioned and looked at the clock; but his head snapped around when he heard the bathroom door open. Cloud had a towel draped over his head but besides the hair, his body was pretty dry and he had his new leather pants on. But before Cloud could even let out a word, he could've sworn Sora was about to faint.

"Erm…Roxas, you didn't hand me my shirt," Cloud pointed and Roxas just tossed the piece of article to him.

"Cover yourself! Please!" Roxas almost glared and Cloud rolled his eyes, "And Sora…this is Cloud, my older brother."

Cloud repositioned the towel on his head to hide his hair and a bit of his face in case Sora ever catches him in person when he's in disguise.

"H…Hi…" Sora somehow got out but Cloud could've sworn the boy wasn't breathing as he stared. And Cloud just realized the boy was staring. Like hard…

"Er…pleasure," Cloud lightly ruffed Sora's hair before going back to the bathroom. After a pause Sora ran to Roxas and nearly squealed as he hugged him tightly.

"Thank you, Roxas! Oh my gosh…he's so much hotter in person!"

"Uh, you're welcome? Um…You okay, Sora?" Roxas asked, noticing the irregular breathing. Sora let go and took in a few breaths and used his hand as a fan to cool himself.

"Yeah…yeah, I'm okay, I think…" Sora took in one big breath and let it out, "Does he have a lover, Roxy?"

Roxas mentally groaned.

"No he's single, but he's been single…for a very long time."

"Oh…" Sora sat himself down besides Roxas on the bed, "Well guess he's even farther out of my league if he's not even interested in love…"

"…Sora, you do realize that, uh, you're quite lovable right?" Roxas started.

"Hm? Well I hope so! That's why I got so many friends!"

"No I mean…as a potential lover."

"Huh? O-Oh…" Sora lightly blushed and looked away, "N-No…I, uh, haven't really dated anyone at all."

Roxas only raised a brow, not quite believing that.

"Well, people have confessed before, but I reject them…" Sora lightly whispered and that just answered Roxas's thought.

"Well…why?" Now the blonde wanted to know. Why does Cloud appeal to Sora but not himself? He can practically pass as a "mini-me" to Cloud!

"Um…" Sora looked up in thought as he leaned back, "They aren't my type I guess."

"Well…what's your type?"

"Probably tall, dark, and handsome!" Sora immediately responded, "I don't know why, but I find them very manly and attractive! But they're always older than me!" he pouted. Roxas in turn wanted to bang his head on the wall. He's practically the same height as Sora and Riku's taller! The guy's got an edge! On the other hand…

"Well I'm pretty sure I'm more handsome…and dark…"

When Cloud came out again with the shirt on, but still with the towel on his head, Sora seemed to have stopped breathing again as he stared and can barely form a sentence.

"So Roxas tells me you got a brother…" Cloud started as he walked around to look for his jacket and sunglasses.

"Y-Yeah…" he lightly whispered and he looked like he was doing everything he can just not to scream 'OMG I LOVE YOU!' in a very…fangirly-way…

"…Are you alright?" Cloud couldn't help but asked instead of his original question when he saw Sora having irregular breathing and looked so stiff that it must hurt.

"I'm fine! I'm totally fine!" he responded a bit too fast and Cloud wonders if he was this bad back when he liked Zack.

"Okay…well, uh, I think you need to lay off sugar then. And Roxas, I'm gonna stop by and say bye to Ventus before I go alright? You need anything else?"

"Uh…nothing I guess," Roxas shrugged now that Sora finally met Cloud.

"Good," Cloud threw on the jacket and started out the door but tossed the towel into the bathroom before he actually left.

"…Oh my gosh, Roxas," Sora had nearly an iron-grip on Roxas's arm, "I wish I was related to him just so I wouldn't end up looking like an idiot! But he's so hot!"

Hearing how attractive Cloud was wasn't really helping Roxas's own self-esteem now…

Next: As Sora continues to pine on Cloud, Riku demands an explanation. Now that Sora mentioned Cloud to Leon, Cloud has to be extra careful whenever he sees the man. Plus, Roxas is having trouble keeping Riku off Sora while keeping Axel off Ventus!

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