As warned this is only a quick little interlude. We'll get back to the game next time. I just didn't want anyone to think I'd abandoned this.

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Sora bit into his burger like he hadn't eaten in days. "Humm, so hungry."

Riku shook his head, dunking a chicken finger into sweet and sour sauce. "You know if I ate like you did, I'd weigh a good three hundred pounds."

"Sucks to be you." Sora said around a mouthful.

"Ugh. Mouth closed, Sora."

The brunette chewed thoughtfully for a few minutes. "Ya know, Roxas really wasn't a bad guy."

Riku frowned. "What brought that on?"

"Don't know." Sora picked at some of his fried veggies. "I was just thinking, well, I don't know. Never mind."

Riku would mind. "No, really what, Sora?"

"It's nothing." He moved to grab the ketchup but knocked it over instead. "Darn it."

"It's supposed to go one the fries not the floor, ya?" An accented voice snickered.

"Shut up, Wakka." Sora got up to clean the mess he made.

"Touchy today, huh?" Tidus slid into a seat at the table. Wakka followed.

"Yeah." Riku agreed.

"You guys wanna come with us and play some blitzball?" The blonde stuffed some fries in his mouth. "Some others are playing too."

"Nah, we're busy."

"Doing what?"

"Playing a new video game."

"A game?" Wakka looked stunned. "You rather play that then come out with us."

"It's not just a game." Sora muttered. "It's my freakin' life."

The two stared at him.

Riku laughed weakly and looked at Sora pointedly. "It's just a game, Sora."

Sora suddenly laughed loudly. "Yeah, of course. I just meant…"

"Yeah, I got ya." Tidus drank his shake. "I'm like that with Final Fantasy."

Riku's head snapped toward him. "You play Final Fantasy?"

"Yeah, well working on it. I'm stuck on this one part and it's really ticking me off. I want to find that Vincent guy but Shinra Mansion is just a pain."

Shinra Mansion? "You're playing 7?"

"Yeah. You played it?"

"Uh yeah."

"Man, you have got to come over sometime and help me! I've got Cloud to like a level 30 and Barret and Tifa are around 25. They're the only ones I use. Aerith just bugs me."

Sora was staring open mouthed. He couldn't believe all the familiar names that had just spilled from his friend's mouth. He knew everyone? How was that possible? Unless… "Wait, you were serious?"

Everyone looked at him confused now.

"Cloud and Leon and them all really have games?" Sora felt like he was going to faint. "So that Advent Children thing's real too?"

"Dude, you've seen Advent Children!" Tidus gaped. "I've been wanting to see that but I can only find it in other languages."

"Uh, yeah." Riku flicked his bangs. "I have someone working on subbing it for me."

"You have to let me watch."

"Sure."

"My cousin wants me to play 8." Wakka added. "Says it's the best one, mon"

"No, Tidus shook his head vigorously. "Seven all the way. Cloud totally kicks Squall's ass."

"But they're friends." Sora protested.

"What?" Tidus turned to him.

"They're talking about two different games, Sora." Riku spoke rather sternly, trying desperately to make Sora shut up.

"But-"

"You've never seen them, Sora."

"Yes I have!" Sora jumped up disrupting the table and startling the other two. "I know them better than you!"

"You've played Final Fantasy?" Tidus looked impressed. "You have to actually read those."

Riku's eyes pleaded with Sora to stop. If he kept talking, their friends would think he'd gone insane.

Sora finally got what Riku was doing. He sat down, folded his arms and pouted. He mumbled a no at Tidus.

"Hey, guys, we gotta get going." Riku gathered up their garbage. "I have to check in with my mom before going back to Sora's."

"Okay." They were still looking at Sora oddly. "Well, if you get bored, we'll be out there all day."

"Got it. Come on, Sor."

As soon as they left the eatery, Sora was on Riku. "What was that about?"

"What?"

"Now I look like a total idiot."

"Sora, relax."

"Ugh! If everyone already knows about this stuff, why can't we talk about it? Obviously, someone did."

"Because if we start talking about this stuff like it's real, we'll get committed. You know that. Everything's a game to them."

"Whatever. Let's just go." Sora walked ahead. "I wanna see what happened to Roxas."