A.N: Thank you so much for reading reviews of any kind are always wanted, I just ask that it be constructive critism though if you wanna rant hahaha I don't mind that either. But I would like to do this for a living and you help me know that I'm doing ok. Thank you. Lighter.

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Rocky and Robbie walk quietly down the hall, suitcases in hand to their once shared room. Colt no doubt has moved in and probably moved Robbie out in the most extreme way he could think of, especially now if he suspects anything is going on between the two of them and as Tum says he isn't exactly happy about it. Well, Colt can lay his suspicions and anger aside since the two have parted emotional ways the moment they stepped off the plane and business faces up, they return to the school ready to resume campus life again.

The ninja couldn't help but have a ton of questions stowing themselves away in his heart, starting with what Robbie was thinking of when looking out the window at the hotel that would make him so upset. I mean, they can't talk about it as a couple but he saw no reason why friends could not discuss it, that is what friends are for, after all.

"...Robbie-..." Rocky starts to say but is cut off from the rest by said male.

"Well, the hall isn't litered with my stuff." Smiling he says. "That's a good sign, right?"

"Colt knows better, he wouldn't have tossed your stuff into the hall." Opening the door after unlocking it, he steps inside the room.

"Ahaha, is he kidding?" Robbie notices the posters of bikini clad girls right away, one of them particularly fetching in a hard hat and 'bug' sunglasses covered in police tape.

"I'm assuming he just bought these, there's no way he could have hidden them from our mom for too long." Dropping his suitcase to the bed, he then heads straight for the bathroom.

Sighing with a glum feeling in his heart as reality further sets in, he scans the room with his eyes for his stuff. Spotting a large enough box he walks over to it, kneeling down he pulls open the flaps to peek inside.

The door opened behind him as Colt stepped into the room, books in hand. Seeing the Canadian, his back to him kneeling beside his junk Colt couldn't help but glare. This jackass that currupted his brother is just sitting there as though he's done nothing. Does he even have a clue the sully he's placed on the family name? Does he care? Or is everyone in his family as sick as he is? He's probably the product of two women or in this case two men raising him.

Growling the ninja stalks over to the unexpecting male lifting his fist to strike him when....

"Back off." Growled his brother suddenly directly between him and his target.

Momentarily startled by the furiocious look in his brother's eye when he spoke Colt regained his composure when the murderous look removed itself just as quickly as it came. The look only made Colt wonder more if the rumors are true.

"Hm?" Turning around he stands shocked to see Colt standing in the room moreso to see Rocky infront of him. "Ha," He laughs in disbelief. "ninjas really are awesome, huh? I didn't even hear you come in."

"Shut up." Colt snapped.

Taken aback, Robbie picks up the box from the floor. "Did I do something wrong?"

"You tell me, brown noser, do anything interesting lately? Like maybe take advantage of a truama victim?"

"Excuse me?" Robbie blinked.

"Watch it, Colt." His brother hisses.

Colt merely shrugged turning on his heels to take a seat at the desk. He actually wished it could have been more casual than it came off as, since sincerly he was actually getting away from the blood lust look in his brother's eyes. 'Calm down Colt, you can ask him once that creep is gone. Then you'll see that it was only there because no one in their right mind can stand being called a fag.'

Feeling the static in the air, Robbie shrugs. "Oookay, I'm just gonna go now. See you around Rock'."

"Bye."

The Canadian heads to the door but pauses. "Which room is it?" He asks Colt.

"Guess."

"Funny. Come on, I'll be out of your hair a lot sooner if you just tell me."

Colt only scoffed then opened a text book finding that more interesting then the conversation.

"Its 20D." Says Rocky sounding very sore at his brother for making him have to take the answer from him.

Blinking Colt asks. "How did you?" But then he remembered that his brother isn't like everyone else.

"Thanks. See ya." Heading out of the room, Robbie closes the door after himself.

"We need to talk." Says Rocky sitting on his once lovers bed to be closer to his brother so they're not yelling. Colt tended to use his outside voice whenever they were in heated discussions.

"Yeah, we do." Colt chided. He could almost taste his anger he feels so bitter towards this conversation. "I want you tell me why I found condoms under your mattress?"

"Condoms?" Rocky thinks for a moment then smiles. "You're kidding me, right? What college male doesn't have condoms in their room- ever hear of just incase?"

"Yeah, that makes sense enough if it were anyone else but you."

"What is that supposed to mean?"

"Remember that time I asked you about... you know, how to do it so that- well anyway, you said that you're not a sexual person and you avoid doing that at all cost. So then why the condoms?"

"Okay, its true that I'm not a very sexual person but I can be and when I am its better that I'm prepared, and look its a three pack and not a one is used is it?"

Colt hadn't thought of that.

"Why are you so interested in my sex life anyway?" Cocking a brow he asks smuggly. "Don't tell me you want more tips from your big brother? Colt if you haven't figured it out by now your reputation is gonna hit a low."

"Ha ha." He shoves his brother on the shoulder. "Its not that, its just something stupid I heard about..." He trailed off.

Rocky knew exactly what that something stupid was, but he would rather Colt come out with it instead of bringing up the conversation himself. Rocky believes strongly in guts and courage to do and be anything, and even when he strays a bit from his own teachings he will always find his way back.

"...Well? What's got you all strung out?" He coaxes.

"Baha, you remember him?"

Nodding Rocky grabs his suitcase pulling it closer to him to begin unpacking. He noticed that Robbie left his suitcase behind making a note to return it to him if he doesn't come for it his self.

"Darren told him something and I don't know, being a messanger to piss me off he told me what it was."

"You're being vague."

"Rocky, Darren is running around campus saying that you and Robbie are sleeping together."

Playing it cool Rocky nods. "We were bond to fall asleep at the same time one or two nights, we are roommates after all."

"That's not what I meant," Colt could feel his anger rising again. "I mean he said that you and him were sleeping together, like having sex."

"What, was he hiding out somewhere in the room? Did he see this alleged sexcapade going on, or was he just making things up because he was bored and you're an easy target when it comes to getting worked up reactions."

"Laugh if you will, he sounded pretty sure of it. Darren told Baha that his girlfriend had heard you, can you deny that?"

"No. I can't. But I can say that she might have heard the two of us talking; these walls could be paper thin, our talking could have blended in with someone having sex and she just let her imagination run wild. Without visual proof you're just kind of making allegations." Pulling out his clothes he stuff them into the drawer once filled with his and Robbie's clothes now has a few shirts and jeans from his brother. The change will set in eventually but right now he can't help but feel a bit of longing.

Suitcase empty he walks it to the closet dropping it inside.

"Any more questions? Or am I cleared?"

"Yeah, and hey I'm sorry for accussing you of being... you know, but Baha was just so convinsing."

"That's how they are, you know that by now. Just don't take what they say too seriously and you'll be good."

"Yeah yeah.... so what was it like?" His fingers are fiddling with the corner of his notebook.

Busying himself around the room Rocky questions. "What was what like? Conneticut? The harsh cold winds? Having a son? What?"

"You know, I mean, Robbie's got same sex parents. Was it weird seeing it?"

Pausing his activity, he cocks his head. "What?"

"Well, for him to be gay he must-..."

"Okay Colt, you're obviously never gonna get off this kick so I'll tell you... Robbie has a normal mother and father just like we do- well, maybe not just like we do because they, I don't know, they're so chill about everything... it almost seems like they don't care about each other but in that I can tell they really do. Its beautiful." He then resumes his mending the room. Colt sure did a number on relaxing in the place during such a short amount of time spent in it. He hoped his brother wasn't going to be a messy roommate.

"Well, it figures they'd be weird in some way." Colt shrugs. "But yeah, what was Arc like?"

"He's awesome, he's taken to calling me scaredy-Rocky because I kinda flipped out seeing his sister."

"Flipped out?" He moves to the bed seeing his brother sit on his own.

Colt had taken the mattress from his new room, with help, and brought it in here giving Robbie the one he uses.

"You're not gonna believe this but Corin looks exactly like Maria to a scary degree."

"You're kidding? No wonder you freaked out."

"But here's the messed up part, Corin is the one that has the blonde hair and scary blue eyes, Marissa, her mother is a brunette. She stole her daughters looks confusing onlookers into thinking that Corin is really what she looked like."

"That's sick."

"Yeah, can you imagine me pointing her out, having her go to jail because of her mother who would be free to continue tormenting me."

"Was she nice? Did she hate you or say anything?"

Rocky shakes his head. "She was really nice, had a mean streak, though, I could tell because when one of her cousin's insulted Arc she chewed his head off for it. I mean she really went at him. ...Also," He trailed off.

"What?"

"Corin kinda helped me get over what happened to me."

Wide-eyed Colt asks. "Did you sleep with her?"

"No," He waved off the comment. "she just knew that I needed closure and she gave me that. I got it all out, everything I couldn't ask or wanted to know I just dumped it on her by seeing her as Maria."

A faint smile crossed the other boys face. "That's good. I'm glad she could help you, although, its kinda morbid if you think about it too hard."

"I don't think so."

After a moments silence Colt says. "So do they know that their son is gay?"

"Oh my goooood!!!!" Rocky groaned. "Colt, Robbie is not gay he's bi, and trust me I've seen him with plenty of girl to know that he can be very straight. That being said, I don't wanna hear another thing about gay people or my own sexuality being questioned. I'm not gay and I never will be. Happy?"

"Very."

"Good, now I'm gonna go get something to eat after I drop off his suitcase. You want anything?"

"I ate."

"See ya." Forgotten suitcase in hand he leaves the room.

Colt sits on his bed staring at the closed door. Sighing he lays back to stare at the ceiling. 'He still acts like my brother.... he, maybe defends gays a little too much but.. I shouldn't read anything into that should I? He didn't go raging to Darren about lying about him, I guess that's typical Rocky to never get mad or at least not show it as much as anyone else would. I just wish there was a way to fully know so I can stop thinking about it.'

Rocky walks slowly down the hall to Robbie's new room, suitcase in hand and lump in his stomach he knocks slowly surprised when the door swings open from contact. "Huh? Robbie?" He steps inside his dual eyes widen. "What happened in here?" He asks, though, he's pretty sure he can guess.

"This explains why he didn't just junk my stuff out into the hall, he got all his agressions out on the room." Robbie laughed sadly at his own comment.

"That creep." Rocky mumbles assessing the damage.

"He really hates me for kissing you, doesn't he?"

"Seems that way; let me help you clean up."

"Thanks." Sliding the mattress back into its place on the boxspring he takes the left nodding for Rocky to take the right. "Did he bring up what Tum Tum was talking about over the phone? How bad was it?"

"Not too bad, I managed to defuse his inner bomb." Fixing the curtain rod, he then moves to the pulled out drawers. "Robbie, you know if Colt harrasses you I want you to tell me, okay? Don't let him off the hook as though he has a right to act this way."

"I don't know, its gonna be kinda weird telling on your brother. I'd feel like an ass."

"Brother or not, you're my friend and he has to know that acting this way is wrong no matter who he is and he needs to stop."

"I'll try."

Rocky looked at Robbie sideways. It made sense that he had a black eye when he came back from Hell, he just took the blame from people and the punishment as if he deserved it or something. Can someone really be so passive to violence and confrontation to just allow theirself to suffer? He'd definitely argue with the male over that if they ever ended up living together.

'Stop thinking like that, even joking, we're friends now and nothing more.' Fixing the last disheveled item in the room Rocky turns to the male and says. "I'm going for lunch, you wanna join me?"

"So bold for the first day back." He teases.

"Shut up, friends eat together all the time." He shakes his head giving the Canadian a friendly shove when he approached.

"I would love to, it'll be just like when I first came. We'll eat at that same place, I'm dying for a sandwich."

"Okay." He instictively took Robbie's offered hand then shook his hand free from the hold. "We've gotta watch that."

"I'm sorry, I didn't even realize that I reached for you." Leaving the room he stuffs his lonely hands into his pockets. "We'll figure this out."

"Of course we will." Though Rocky seemed to walk a little more ahead of Robbie for just incase.

* * *

"Hey Rocky!" Tum tum shouted from the couch when his brother walked in. "I'd hug ya but," He nods to the t.v.

Rocky glances at the tv screen. "Who's winning?" He asks his little brother and Tum's girlfriend Paige.

"Who else!" The girl rolled her eyes. "Guy thinks he's Speed Racer or something."

"Hahaha. Where's Mom?"

"Showing someone a house. She said, though, that when you come back to stay put she should be back before you have to go to your next class."

"Okay." He takes a seat in the arm chair watching the game go on.

"So did you come out of the closet to nosey Colt?" Paige asks being blunt as always.

Rocky really does think that she was born the wrong gender sometimes. "No, because I'm not in the closet."

"If you say so." The girl shrugs. "Ha!! I win this round." She brags, puffing up her a-cup chest.

"W'ever."

Making a face Rocky says to himself. "Did you just say w'ever?"

Leaving the game on the start screen, the boy turns to his oldest brother. "But you did say that you slept with Robbie?"

Withdrawn from the feeling jumping in his chest Rocky says. "None of that matters now, I told you we're just friends from now on like we started."

"Yeah but can Robbie stick with that, he said he's liked you from the start right?"

"He'll keep his promise so long as I don't give him any reasons not to, it goes both ways; I don't act suggestive and he won't pick with it."

"But you never wanted him and he still liked you."

"Tum are you driving at something?"

"Noooo, not me. I'm just saying why would being your usual self around him be any different than before from his point of view. And now that's he's been with you on more than kissing terms it'll be brutal to keep his hands off."

"I can't even believe I'm having this conversation with you." He closes his eyes massaging the bridge of his nose to ward off the headache he feels brewing.

"I'm only saying know what you're getting into."

"Yes sir." He salutes.

"Did Arc like the numchucks?"

"Is he adorible? Does he look like you?"

"He acts more like me than he looks, but yeah he has blond hair and my nose. He loved the chucks, I promised him I'd make him some dvd's to learn how to use them. Hey Paige can you ask Stacey to film me, she's good with a camera right?"

"Uh huh, she'll do it."

"Tell her thanks."

"You want her number? She'll just die if a boy calls her."

"Ahahaha, naaah, just ask her for me, thanks."

The girl shrugs.

"He said he would like to come visit, that you sound really cool too."

Grinning around a bite of Snickers bar the teen brags. "Ha, I'm so awesome I bring in the love without even meeting them."

"Can't disagree, he snagged me and I consider myself a hardass."

"Because I'm so cute, right?"

"I can't even remember anymore, don't ask." She waves him off.

Cocking a brow Rocky wonders how those two stayed together for so long. Since eleven with them. Same as him and Paula. His heart sank for a moment at the memory of the bright girl now reduced to rocking in the corner of a room in the Moonhalf mental clinic from having a nervous break down.

"You alright, Rock'?" Tum asks. "You look kind of spacey."

"I was just thinking about Paula."

"That's kinda random, so I guess you didn't hear then."

"No. What?"

"I went over to see her a few months back and they say she checked out."

"...You mean her mother checked her out?"

"No, she checked out. I mean, it could have been her mother they wouldn't tell me anything, I'm just a friend, but she's gone."

Thinking about that Rocky shakes his head. "Why wouldn't anyone contact me?"

"I don't know. ....Are you gonna try to find her?"

Rocky is quiet for a moment sighing before he speaks. "No. No, if she's fine then she'll contact me if she'd not then her mother will say something. I believe that."

"That's the spirit." Tum gives his brother a thumbs up.

Having nothing to do with the conversation Paige only listened in quietly having many questions but didn't care enough to ask them. So changing subjects feeling the other one has played its course, she says. "Tum did you figure out what you want for your birthday?"

"I forgot its September, my brain is all over the place." Says Rocky. "What would you like for your birthday?"

"My birthday isn't for two more weeks, I don't really care anyway. I'm too old for birthday exxitement."

The two give the male a skeptical look.

"Fine, maybe I am excited but I only really want the cake and maybe a PSP, couple of games, a car-.."

That made Rocky laugh. "I don't know about a car, but anytime you want mine you can borrow it."

"Seriously?! Rocky! Thank you!" Jaw dropped, Tum laughs to himself from thoughts of cruising the street in a car rather than on a bike.

"But wait, how are you gonna get around?" Paige asks, also liking the idea of riding around with her boyfriend and friends, but she can be practical.

"I can get rides with Robbie; you can have my car for the weekend just to see if you're beyond being a freshman driver."

"Tight. Thanks bro."

Rocky shrugged. "Its no big deal."

But he knew it was, it was the same with him and Colt when they first learned how to drive. Although, Rocky did most of his driving with their grandfather since the man trusted him enough behind the wheel of his convertable and often let Rocky drive him to the market or on a quick errand someplace, though, Mori tended to keep his hand on the wheel during the blond's right turns- Rocky cut them a bit sharp sometimes and would ride the curb. But he's better now.

The front door opened calling their attention to it.

"Mom?" Rocky called.

"Rocky, hey you're back? How was the trip?"

"It was great, Robbie's cousin is gonna send over some pictures so you can see Arc. He's great mom, you'll really love him." He stands giving his mother a kiss.

"I just can't believe I'm a grandmother. I can't wait to see him in person" She swoons. "I'm gonna spoil him rotten."

"Meaning fat." Chirps Tum Tum.

"Ha ha. Rocky can you come over for dinner tonight or do you have classes?"

"Can't, I have classes. I'll ask Colt, though."

"Would you like a snack? I can make you something."

"No, I'm good. I just ate a little while ago, anyway, I really just wanted to some by and check in so I have to go."

"Okay, bye baby."

"Bye mom, bye Tum, Paige."

The two wave him off while following Mrs. Douglas into the kitchen for that offered snack. Smiling, Rocky leaves his childhood home with a smile in his heart. But he can't help wonder about Paula being out of the clinic. Is she better? Worse? Why would she just be gone....