Trust No One

Chapter 3: To the Point of Breaking

Warnings: None

AN: Thank you whoever reviewed :3 it makes me happy, and encouraged, to write more for anyone enjoying this story. I apologize for any mistakes.

I do not know how long this story is going to be, and I don't expect any really long chapters. 2k words seem to be enough for me.

Without further ado, here's chapter 3! :D

The smell of cookies baking, the sound of dishes being cleaned, and the small pitter patter of feet stomping down the hallway. "Mommy!" One boy called, his small fists grabbing his mother's flowing dress.

She looked down, her bright blue eyes shining down upon the one closest to her. "What is it, baby?" Her voice was soft, like silk.

"Can my friend come over?" Sora's eyes looked at his mother's, a look of hope.

"Your best friend, right?" Sora nodde, "I don't see the problem in that; he's always welcome," She smiled at Sora, who grinned and scampered off to the front door.

"I'll be right back with him!" The small boy informed before disappearing out into the warm summer afternoon.

The woman smiled again, beginning to hum while she cleaned the rest of the dishes. "Roxy?" She addressed the other boy standing quietly besides her. He turned his head, his blond locks moving slightly. "Would you do me a favor and wake your father? He was up late doing work in the office, but it's nearing twelve," Roxas nodded, turning around and running towards his parents' bedroom.

As soon as Roxas stepped foot in the room, he saw his father move. With stealth like no other four year old, the small blond crept up on his dad, crawling from the foot of the bed to rest beside him. His father's face was the only thing visible, due to the thin sheet on him, and Roxas looked at how similar they were.

The older man had the same spiky blond hair as Roxas did, and his Uncle Cloud, almost the same skin tone, the same light pink lips, and beneath the closed eyelids were the same blue eyes everyone in the family seemed to have.

Without a second thought, Roxas pounced on his dad saying loudly, "Daddy, daddy wake up!"

In a split second, Roxas was spun around and lying beneath his father, Chase's hands on either side of his sons head to hold himself up. A small smile traced the man's lips, causing his son to grin up at him. Chase then sat on his knees, both also on either side of his son, and started tickling the smaller blond.

Roxas giggled and wiggled, trying to break free from his father's strong arms. "C-can't b-breathe!" Roxas choked out, still attempting freedom.

Chase laughed softly as he released his son, picking him up and setting him on his lap. "How are you, Roxas?" The boy's father asked, giving a quick kiss to the four year old head.

"I'm good! How are you, daddy?" Roxas kept his grin up, being the happy toddler him and his brother both were.

Chase's smile faltered for a second, his happy eyes gone for the same amount of time, before he responded, "I'm doing fine, Rox. Now, how about we go get some or your mother's amazing cookies?"

Roxas nodded quickly, jumping off his father's lap and grabbing hold of his big hand. "Come on!" The short blond led his father out to the kitchen, if only he could sense the horrible tension between the two adults.

Cloud looked at the small clock besides him, seeing it blinking and flashing. It read 9:23. In an instant, Cloud was up and running down the hallway to Roxas and Sora's bedroom. He pushed the door open, waking the two up in a way he knew wouldn't startle them, "Wake up; we need to leave in five minutes to get to Twilight Town High,"

It had only been another month since Cloud's decision to leave his work, if only for a small duration of time. He had already been apprehensive about things, and was more precocious when he was out with the twins.

Leon had become a big part of also going everywhere, since he had the right to carry a gun. Even though the brunette was a cop, he'd never turn in his best friend for things he was forced to do.

Anyway, Leon knew how much the twins meant to Cloud now. Since Cloud had given up his first life for the job that ultimately ruined anything and everything, it was easy to tell that Cloud wanted to make up for what he had done in the past; a type of repayment to himself.

By the time Cloud had gotten fully dressed, from his shirtless and pant-less sleeping state, he returned to the twin's bedroom. Only to see the two still sitting in the bed looking around mildly confused. Cloud face palmed, letting out a light chuckle. "I told you two, if you want to get up, move, eat, get ready, then you can do it. I'm not my brother," Sora was the only one truly paying attention, Roxas staring with narrowed eyes at Cloud. "So, come on then, get up. We need to leave now,"

Once the message passed through Sora's skull, he pulled Roxas out of the bed with him and went to their adjoined dresser, picking out the days clothes for them both. Cloud let them be after, going to his garage and starting the car so it would be warm enough by the time they had to get in.

Roxas was the quieter of the two. Whilst Sora showed recovery, somewhat, Roxas remained silent, observing everything and checking everything while they were out in public. Even when they were at home with Cloud, he was still wary.

Sora could tell that his brother was never relaxed, at least until they were safely closed up in their room. That's usually when Roxas began talking; smiling. Proving he was better. But, only Sora could vouch for that, for no one else has seen the dazzling smile that Roxas can conjure up.

"Sora, don't wear that," Roxas took the short sleeve from Sora.

"But I get so hot outside!" Sora complained, folding his arms across his chest.

Roxas sighed. "It's the middle of winter, there's snow on the ground, and you're wearing a long sleeve. Not to mention, you have all of those to cover up," Roxas motioned to the scars lining up and down both of Sora's arms, worse ones on Roxas' arms. The blond never wanted to venture away from long sleeved t-shirts; too many people could see the scars and ask things about them. Speaking of them, even a small question, caused the twins to slowly break down. It wasn't a thing that could so easily be discussed.

"Fine, fine," Sora waved Roxas off, grabbing the grey long sleeve with a small design on it that Roxas offered instead. "Then you hurry up and get changed too. We don't want Uncle Cloud waiting too long," Sora threw a pure black long sleeve at Roxas, knowing that was the blonde's preferred color. Once done, they put on sweatshirts and two different beanies; the one Sora was wearing having somewhat large cat ears on them and Roxas with smaller cat ears that Sora had persuaded him to get.

The two changed quickly, leaving their room to the garage to find Cloud sitting in the car already, playing on his phone. The twins got in the back, promptly buckling themselves in and remaining silent. "Okay, are you two ready?" Sora nodded, "Phones?" Another nod, "Alright," Cloud pulled out of the driveway, turning on soft music so the silence wasn't too unbearable.

Twilight Town High was kind of out there; vast land surrounded it, but it was a good school. It was worth the half an hour drive it took to get from the edge of Radiant Garden to almost halfway into Twilight Town.

While the drive was completely void of talking, each had time to think. Cloud could only think about paying attention to whom they were around and if he recognized anyone, due to the fact that anyone from his work could have followed. His mind was wandering to what he might have to do if things get too iffy and dangerous for the twins sake. The thought of the twins made its way to his brother, Chase. His hand gripped the steering wheel tightly, his knuckles turning white. Cloud had felt bad enough for what he had done ten years ago, through his love life and abandoning his brother in his time of need. Had Cloud stayed and comforted his brother for what his wife had done, perhaps things would have been better.

But, things happen for a reason.

Cloud knew that his brother used to be the classic loving father that always had time for his kids, but when his wife had-

"Uncle Cloud!" Sora yelled, bringing Cloud's attention back to the road as he narrowly missed hitting a pole.

"Sorry," He apologized, checking his rear view mirror to see the twins scared look. "I got a little lost in my head," He chuckled nervously, ignoring the glare that Roxas was giving. The blond understood why; he had almost potentially hurt his brother.

Cloud than remained off his thoughts, paying attention to the road as he neared TTH. Once he was parked, the three climbed out and made their way slowly to the front doors..

Upon arrival, the twins looked incredulous at that huge building in front of them. It was a three story school, having been a rich school, with dark gold paint surrounding the whole building. There was designated designs on each floor; the first being one of dark blue spirals going about the whole first floor, the second floor was that of a mural of a cliff side with waves rushing up on it. By the looks of it, the second and third floor connected, for the third had a meteor shower at the very top of it with a haze of purple clouds. The words "Twilight Town High School" were also placed cleverly around the wide amount of area.

It was obvious the school was in session; the quiet hallways and the many parked cars out front explained enough. They made a sharp right, entering the office where one of the many receptionists looked up, offering a pleased smile. "You must be the new students, correct?" She asked, beginning to pull out some papers. Cloud gave a curt nod, leading the two up closer to the desk that divided the faculty and were the students were allowed.

"What is it that needs to be done?" Cloud asked, preparing to take out his I.D. and anything else necessary that he had brought.

Whilst the two adults talked, Sora and Roxas continued to look around. "Hey, Rox," Sora poked his brothers side. "Is… this what school is?" He queried quietly.

Roxas shrugged. "I guess so. But shouldn't there be more kids in here? Or… at least a few?" Roxas questioned back, just as confused as his brother.

The two both have had the basics. They knew adding, multiplying, subtracting, division, a little of fractions, and a little of decimals. Though the average sixteen year old teenager knows everything from Algebra 1 to Geometry, Sora and Roxas knew the math of a ninth grader, and barely any science. Math was somewhat their strong hold, since that was all their father ever taught them. That was when Chase was out of drugs and alcohol.

They also had a little of verbs, nouns, and adjectives, but they did not understand those as well as they did math. As for P.E., that was never thought of, since their bodies were always too weak to get proper training. They barely knew the concept of it, what to do, what team sports there are (besides football), and even how to swim. They never had the chance to learn.

Since they were both looking around the high ceiling office, they barely noticed the door being opened behind them. In came a boy, no more than two years older than Roxas and Sora, with fiery red hair that spiked up in different places.