Sorry this took so long! I got distracted with things (cosplay cons) and fics got ignored... it was pure tragedy. Now college is starting back up, but oh well, onto the fic!

kitsunedemon: Who wouldn't crush on exotic Riku, ne? Yes, hopefully much more fun where this came from. Thanks for reviewing!

Katraa: Aw, don't like popcorn? I'm sure we can find some other snack to give you cavities. Candy! Ew... my fic reminds you of school? That can't be good. Oh well, hopefully it's not in a bad way (hoping) Thanks for reviewing!

Niccolo: I'll keep the divider thing in mind, thanks... and thanks for reviewing!

Supper: I'll try to get the next chappy up sooner, oddly, I think school gave me more concentration than being out. Weird, but whatever works. Thanks for reviewing!

Warning: I'm bringing Roxas in. I'm not his biggest fan, but he'll be necessary for some time. I'm just saying now that both Roxas fans and Roxas haters will love me and hate me at certain points in the story. So don't flame me, it'll all have a reason (hopefully)!

Another warning: Yes, there's a lemon in this chapter, but I didn't plan it, so I didn't put a note in last chapter. So, next chapter, I'll be sticking this under the M section, so look for it there. Enjoy!

Life had returned to as normal as possible for Sora after he had found his necklace. It had only been a couple days, but there had been no sightings of any cloaked mystery figures. Then again, the brunette wasn't sure that was all a good thing-- he hadn't seen anymore of Riku, either. He had just gotten to school and plopped down in his hard, plastic chair since the school board was way too cheap to spend any actual money on seats and was now pulling out the object of apparent interest.

It still didn't look like much to him. Perhaps the thief thought that the glistening red, green, blue, and black stones were real jewels. Sora had been told a while back that they were all fake, as real as they looked. "That must have been it." He realized, "The thief snatched it, thinking it was real, then later realized the stones were fake and they just tossed it anywhere they could." Satisfied with this answer, the small boy hooked the chain around his neck as more students piled into the room.

Sora was almost always the first one in class, just because he was always the first one up in the morning. With his boundless energy, it was no wonder that he didn't sleep long and was always so bright and cheerful in the morning. A voice behind him stirred him from his thoughts, "Early as usual?"

Sparkling blue eyes glanced back as a smile crept over his face at the blonde boy seated on the desk behind his, "Hey, Roxas." He greeted.

The other boy tilted his head and waved, "Hi, Sora." He offered in return. He slid into the seat next to the brunette's and glanced at him, "Got your necklace back?"

In return, the owner of said jewelry nodded, "Yeah, I found it in that abandoned house next to the gift store."

Nearly identical blue eyes blinked in surprise, "Really? Wonder why it was there?" Sora then explained his theory of mistaken riches, which seemed logical enough to Roxas, "Yeah." The slightly shorter agreed, "That makes sense." The nonchalant tone Roxas' voice carried showed that he had already lost interest in the conversation.

Sora had always wondered why, but Roxas couldn't keep his attention on anything very long unless it was something that truly interested him, "Like that boy at the pizza place." He added in his head, smirking at his friend's obvious crush on the brightly-haired teen. Moving on, the brunette tilted his head, "Hey, Roxas? Where'd you get that?"

"Huh?" came the oh-so intelligent reply.

Sora snickered at the other's obliviousness and pointed to the pendant around his neck, "That necklace." He explained.

"Oh, this thing?" blue eyes cast downward to look at it. It reminded Sora of his own necklace, as it was also a half moon, but while Sora's opened to the right, Roxas' opened to the left. Also, Sora's was silver, the blonde's necklace was made of what appeared to be gold. One other key difference Sora noted was that the line of four stones that made up his own were darker gems-- dark red, blue, green, and black stones-- but Roxas' were much lighter in color. In fact, his stones seemed to be lighter versions of Sora's; a stone that appeared to be made of aquamarine, one of a light pink color, though Sora couldn't place quite what it might be, another unknown stone of light green color, and a crystal to finish it off.

"Yeah, that thing." The brunette rolled his eyes.

A small pout adorned the other one's lips, "I got it from my grandmother, why?"

"Just wondering..." Sora looked up as more kids filed into the classroom. Kairi and Namine headed the stream of students, followed by Tidus, who was hand in hand with Selfie, a few more random kids that Sora didn't know quite as well, with Hayner bringing up the rear.

The students all took their seats and Tidus turned to the other blonde boy of the group, "So, Hayner, where's your boytoy?"

"I'm not his boytoy." A cocky voice sounded in the room. Seifer sauntered in and plopped down in his chair, hooking an arm around Hayner's waist and tugging him into his lap. A small, pink tongue came out to lick his cheek and the spiky-haired boy shifted in his boyfriend's lap. "He's mine." Seifer added.

Hayner sighed, but didn't complain. Not that complaining would do him any good; Seifer was too controlling to talk back to. He didn't miss Roxas averting his gaze at the couple and felt a small pang of regret wash through him. Of course, the short-haired boy noticed the whole thing and narrowed his eyes at the messy-haired one seated next to Sora. Seifer wrapped his arms possessively around Hayner's waist and nipped the base of his neck. When the uke of the two didn't respond to the affection, sharp nails dug into his thigh. Hayner shook off the wince and reflectively ran a hand through Seifer's hair. A satisfied smirk covered the punk's lips, but his victory was short-lived as the teacher made his way into the room just as the bell rang out. Seizing his opportunity, Hayner freed himself from his boyfriend's grasp and slid into his own seat.

Sora glanced to Roxas, noticing that he was trying to, but failing miserably at, ignoring the exchange between Hayner and Seifer. He was about to ask if his friend was alright when the teacher tapped on the blackboard and began speaking, commencing the lesson.

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Lunch finally rolled around and teens filled the hallways, all chatting and making a huge clatter in general. Tidus drug Selfie to the lunch line and Kairi joined them with Namine, all discussing random things. Sora and Roxas took their places at their usual lunch table, waiting for the girls plus Tidus to return. The two always seemed to pack their lunch, Sora because he claimed his mother made the best packed lunches in the world, and Roxas because he was a vegetarian and didn't trust what the school called food.

The two started to quietly eat their lunches before Sora paused, glancing to his side, "Hey, Roxas?" he asked, swallowing a bite of food.

"Hm?" the blonde responded, signaling that he wasn't really paying attention to the brunette.

Sora sighed and poked his friend in the side, chuckling as he jumped a little, "I was talking to you."

"Oh.. sorry." The cheerful one grinned a goofy grin, "So... are you alright?"

"Huh? Why wouldn't I be?" A grin was reflected back at Sora, but it wasn't quite as happy and cheerful as the brunette's. It was fake and full of empty hope.

Sora smiled a more genuine smile at his friend, "I know that you're still upset over Hayner..."

"I'm not." Roxas cut him off, looking away, "It was his choice to go with Hayner."

"Still, he did leave you for him." Sora knew that his friend didn't want to hear it, but he was living in a world where he could still hope that Hayner would grow a backbone and leave Seifer and come back to him. He sighed slightly at the blonde shaking his head, "Roxas..."

"Hey." Kairi greeted, slipping next to Sora. Namine mimicked the motion and took her seat next to Roxas while Selfie and Tidus plopped down on the other side of the table.

"Hey." Sora parroted, smiling and turning his attention back to the main point of lunch: his food.

Roxas nodded, but didn't show the enthusiasm his brown-haired friend did. Namine tilted her head, "Is something wrong, Roxas?" she asked, oblivious to the fact that he was still brooding over his ex.

"It's nothing." The blue-eyed boy assured his friends. They all knew when Roxas claimed something was nothing, that it was quite a lot. They also knew, from experience, the only one he would talk to about it was Hayner. Seeing as how the latter was now in Seifer's possession, that wouldn't happen. Namine frowned slightly at her crush being depressed, but figured the best thing she could do was to stay out of it for now.

"Alright." She said, softly, and turned back to her school-bought lunch. The rest traded glances and mutually agreed to move onto a new subject.

"So, Sora." Tidus spoke up, looking to the younger one.

"Yeah?" he wondered, trying to swallow another bite of precious food before conversation started back up, once again.

"You got your necklace back?"

Everyone immediately turned their attention to Sora's neck. Sure enough, his prized possession was hanging loosely around his tanned neck. "Oh." Selfie acknowledged, "I didn't know you lost it."

Sora sweatdropped before rubbing the back of his head, sheepishly, "Yeah, I found it in an abandoned house."

"How did you find it like that?" Kairi peeped.

"It was late last night and I saw something shining." He explained.

"So.. you just went into a random house because you saw something shiny?" Tidus snickered.

"Sora, you should be more responsible than that." The girl at his side lectured, like usual, "What if there was some mass murderer hiding in the shadows, just waiting for some kid to wander in so he can hack them to little bits?"

"Ew, Kairi, I'm trying to eat." Selfie whined, looking to her boyfriend, "Tidy-kun, make her stop."

The blonde in question sweatdropped at the request, "I don't think I can." He confessed, "And don't call me that."The brown-haired girl sighed in frustration and Kairi just giggled her apology.

Silence resumed over the teens as Roxas glanced out of the cafeteria and down the hall, "Where's Hayner?"

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At that moment, Hayner was being shoved against a bathroom wall. As he and Seifer were making their way to the lunch room, the elder pulled him into a nearby bathroom. Hayner knew his intentions and just sighed as a click sounded, signifying that the door was now locked so no one would be able to interrupt them. Seifer proceeded to pin his boyfriend to the bathroom wall and run a hand up his shirt. Slender fingers ran across toned stomach muscles and the spiky-haired boy reflectively leaned into the touch, gasping slightly as the digits reached further up and dug into his chest. He closed his eyes as Seifer brought his nails down his chest, leaving small trails of blood to soak into his shirt. Hayner was just thankful he had worn a black shirt today, so the blood wouldn't be noticeable.

"Something wrong, love?" Seifer muttered, almost mockingly, into the younger one's ear. He moved his mouth close to Hayner's, brushing their lips together as his hand traveled up the latter's thigh.

"Nn... nothing." The dirty-blonde whispered, biting his lip at the moan rising from his throat as Seifer grabbed him hard. He had learned to accept the rough treatments the elder administered on a daily basis, and even find a bit of pleasure in the pain.

"Good." He purred into the other's ear, lapping at the soft skin of the tan neck. A smirk covered his lips as Hayner let out another soft groan, tugging the blue-eyed boy's head closer. In response, he received a quick bite to his collarbone and that same hand slowly massaging his member.

Hayner knew that Seifer was never one for foreplay, especially with how the first time they were together went, so it was no surprise to him when his elder tugged down the zipper to his cargo pants and watched as the clothing fell to the floor. If it had been closer to the beginning of their relationship, Hayner may have shifted away from the hungry gaze he was receiving. However, the two had been steady for a few months, and by now, the younger one was used to most everything he was subjected to now.

"Roxas was never like this..." He thought, closing his eyes as he was completely undressed and pinned to the wall once more.

"Such a nice body." Seifer noted, running a hand from Hayner's neck to his member, tracing his nails over the sensitive skin of his member. The latter's hips bucked slightly as he wrapped a think leg around his boyfriend's waist.

The brown-eyed boy leaned into the soft touches, rubbing his aching member against the other's clothed erection. Another zipper was heard and Seifer's own pants joined Hayner's on the floor. The older boy was pulled closer by that leg around his waist, as if his boytoy, as he called him, was asking for what was already predicted to happen. Very few things could stop Seifer when he wanted something, and this was no different.

"Glad you like it." Hayner whispered back, hooking his arms around the taller one's neck and supporting himself completely by wrapping both legs around the sturdy waist. It put him in perfect position for the sadist of the two to enter him roughly and quickly, sending a shooting pain up the younger one's spine. A yelp was cut short as their mouths clashed together forcefully and a quick motion was started of pounding into the smaller body.

Seifer groaned as the uke's muscles closed around him and grabbed his hips, pulling him down harder and thrusting in deeper to the younger boy. Hayner rested his forehead on his lover's shoulder and panted lightly, pushing back against the intrusion. An approving moan came from Hayner's throat as Seifer struck his prostate, sending waves of pleasure through his body to compliment the pain that was waving through him from the latter's nails dragging deep gashes into his arousal. A few more thrusts and the brown-eyed boy came into his boyfriend's hand, who moaned against Hayner's mouth as he released himself inside the messy-haired boy. Panting slightly, Seifer pulled out and yanked his pants up. He glanced at his hand, which was still covered in the other's cum, before presenting it to Hayner.

"Lick this up." He commanded, smirking as his boytoy did as he was told, wrinkling his nose slightly in distaste. "Good boy." A hand came down to ruffle the spiky hair and Seifer disappeared out the door after unlocking it, "Better get dressed." He suggested, the door swinging shut behind him as the bell to signal the end of lunch.

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After school, the students filed out of the front door of the school. Tidus hooked an arm around Selphie's waist and grinned, waving a hand, "Later, guys, we've got a date at the movies."

A small blush covered the girl's face before she smiled and nodded, "Bye!"

Namine watched the two run off, before looking to Roxas, "Um.. so, Roxas." She said, softly, not sure if he heard her or not.

After a moment, the blonde boy responded. He looked up to the shy girl, "Yeah?"

"I was just wondering if you wanted to..well..." she looked off to the side before linking her arms behind her back and smiling to him, "I was wondering if maybe you'd like to go out to get something to eat? I know you didn't eat a lot at lunch and well.."

"Sure." He interrupted her. Namine wasn't bad-- she was quiet, polite, and never judgmental about anything. She was pleasant, in a word, to talk to and be around.

"Really?" the smile widened just a little. A small nod and Roxas let a small smile grace his lips.

"Then let's go." He suggested, shrugging and walking down the road toward the beach. Namine winked to Kairi and followed behind; it might not be a date exactly, but she was glad just to be able to make Roxas happy.

The remaining girl giggled slightly and Sora shot up an eyebrow, "Did you have something to do with that?" he wondered.

Kairi gasped, dramatically, but the stare she got made her laugh again, "Well, maybe." She said in a sing song voice.

"Girls." Seifer muttered, looking to Hayner, "I'll see you later, love." A low chuckle and the punk of the group disappeared.

Hayner glared slightly after his retreating form, "Love? Right." In all honesty, he didn't love Seifer, either, and never fully understood why he let him use him like he did. He supposed he felt a connection with the slightly older boy-- though, didn't people usually have connections with their first lay?

"Hayner? You okay?" Sora wondered, slightly concerned about his friend. He wasn't nearly as close to Hayner as Roxas or Seifer were, but it didn't mean he didn't care.

"Of course I'm okay." a too-cocky grin spread over his face.

Sora didn't quite believe him and he and Kairi traded glances before the brunette smiled to his friend, "Well, if you're sure."

"I'm always sure." Hayner reminded him, before waving, "Hey, I'll see you guys tomorrow, alright?"

Sora and Kairi nodded in unison, "Alright." The former agreed.

"Later, Hayner!" Kairi waved as said boy turned and ran in the opposite direction of his boyfriend. "You really think he's okay?" she wondered, looking to the only remaining boy.

"I don't know." Sora answered honestly, "He seems to be alright, but he doesn't look as happy as he did when he was with Roxas."

"I know." She sighed, then brightened considerably, "Maybe we could get those two back together!"

Sora sweatdropped for the second time that day, "How? They broke up on their own."

"They broke up because Seifer... well..."

"I know..." he said, sighing, "but Hayner's with Seifer by choice."

"Kind of." Kairi inserted, "Seifer is pretty controlling and violent when he doesn't get his way."

"Still, Hayner did leave Roxas." Sora pointed out, "That was his choice. I just think we shouldn't interfere."

"Well, you do what you want." Kairi told him, spinning on her heel, "I'll do what I want."

Now left alone as his final friend walked off, Sora sighed once more and shook his head, chuckling. His friends were something else.

I'm stopping here for now because I think this is long enough. Next chapter will get back into the whole Sora Riku thing, a bit more about how Seifer is going to play more into the whole story, and a little more on Roxas (or more, his necklace). Hope you liked it, review!