A/N: Sorry for the long update. Chapter four was a bitch...But to tide you over, here's chapter three!

Life's Cheat Code
-Level 03 Begin-

"Stop hyperventilating."

"I-I can't..."

"Roxas, just knock it off!"

"S-sorry...I'm just nervous...I mean what if they don't-"

"Trust me, they will."

Sora sat patiently on a stool playing Tekken 5 with the blond boy sitting next to him with yet another bubble-gum icee in his mouth and a blush on his cheeks. Sora cursed when GAME OVER appeared on the screen, followed by, "Fucking Kangaroo..." The brunet spun around in his seat and sighed, looking up at the younger boy. "You okay? You look a little...flushed."

Roxas sighed and took the straw away from his mouth, and offered it to the older boy, who took it without hesitation.

"Try to calm down, alright? You're making it look like you're my slave and that you're here because I would beat you if you didn't."

"Well, technically..."

"Threatening you with a throw pillow doesn't count."

"Oh..."

Sora laughed, and took another drink of the icee, "Why do you buy these things, anyway?" Roxas looked up at the older boy absent mindedly, "Because they have no ice cream...at least Sea-Salt...it's the next best thi-" The younger boy glanced up mid sentence toward the double doors and sucking the last bit of icee he had left.

"Told you they'd show."

Sora said, trying not to draw attention to him and the younger boy as the redhead and silver haired boys walked by with their crowd, which proved to be difficult on the account of the older boy's choice in clothes today. He was abnormally gothed-out, to put it simply, with the black sleeveless shirt, heavy tripp shorts and boots, added with plain black wrist bands and a Celtic ring on his left ring finger.

And for the record, Sora does shave his legs. He was just that gay.

Roxas was clothed with his normal band t-shirt and jeans along with his checkered wristband and two little bands around his middle and index fingers on his left hand. He looked down at the floor and tried to ignore the glances from the crowd behind the two boys and looked up again once Sora tapped his shoulder. "He looked at you, yanno..."

Roxas perked up after a soft gasp and glanced at the crowd's trail as it disappeared behind a few machines. "He did?" "Totally." Sora laughed, grabbing the younger boy by the arm and all but dragged him toward where the crowd had gone, making Roxas drop the empty icee cup. "Uh, Sora? Where we goin'?" "Where do ya think? I'm still gonna win you that date, Roxas, I know how they work; play DDR against ol' green-eyes and if ya win you can get a prize. Lose, and you gotta give something up."

Roxas stopped, taking the older boy with him, "...Where'd you learn all that?"

Sora smiled, and continued to pull the boy with him, "Internet, now c'mon."

The two boys eventually found the crew piled around another DDR machine cheering and clapping. It was hard to determine who was on the machine, due to the growing crowd around them. Sora lead Roxas around the crowd to get a better look at who was playing, and had to stand on his toes just to get a glimpse of silver hair and black. Sora scoffed, "Okay, I can't even see, you have no chance."

Roxas glared at the older boy's teasing smile and glanced around the crowd again as Sora tried to get a good look at the players. The younger boy suddenly felt the need to go to the bathroom, and glanced up at Sora; the older boy wouldn't mind if he was gone for a little while. He waded through the crowd, trying to remember where the nearest bathroom was before being stopped dead in his tracks, staring into jade-green eyes and just as a surprised look as his. Red hair bounced as he stood up straight, and towered over the blond boy as he looked up in amazement, feeling heat rushing to his cheeks.

The taller male smiled, leaning down to Roxas' level, "Wanna get out of here?"

The younger boy blushed and nodded while letting the taller boy take his hand and lead him out of the crowd. Once they were a good distance away from the DDR game, the taller boy let out a laugh. "Crowds just build up around that guy... Hey, haven't I seen you somewhere before?" He laughed again as he glanced down at the dumbfounded blond boy, "...I'm Axel." He stuck out his hand and the younger boy's glance quickly turned to it, and hesitantly grabbed it and added "R-Roxas..."

Axel lead the younger boy to the wall that paralleled the DDR machine and sat down against it with Roxas shortly joining him. He sighed again, "Yup. Riku sure knows how to draw attention to himself." He shook his head and laughed.

"Riku?" Roxas piped up, turning to look at the red-head. "Silver hair, green eyes, can't miss 'im. My best friend. He's up there on the machine, see?" Axel pointed. Roxas followed the older boy's finger and soon noticed the silver haired boy in question.

"Yup, that's Riku. He's gotten so into the Dance, Dance Revolution thing, it's starting to drive me crazy." "Tell me about it... My best friend Sora never gets off In The Groove..." The two laughed as the crowd suddenly went completely wild and the two on the machine shook hands.

The black haired boy sighed as he reached into his wallet and grabbed 1000 munny and handed it to him. "He didn't strike it rich this time...oh well, maybe the next sap will shove out more." Axel laughed again, leaning back against the wall and putting his hands behind his head.

"Is there anyone else who wants to try?" Riku said from the stage of the DDR machine. Roxas noticed the crowd become quiet, and only one hand shooting into the air.

The younger boy recognized the tight, plain black wristband clenched around said single arm.

"He's really gonna do it..."

"You say somethin'?"

"Uh-er-no! Nothing at all!" The younger boy smiled up at Axel, feeling heat rush to his cheeks again when he returned the smile.

"Oh, oh!! Pick me, pick me!" Sora shouted happily, the people around him slightly taking steps back to clear a path to the stage.

"Um...okay, you then." Riku said quizzically, jumping when the spastic boy made it onto the stage and took his place. "Hi! I'm Sora." The brunet greeted, putting his hand out to shake the silver haired boy's. Riku took it carefully and cleared his throat, "Okay, if I win, I want a thousand munny, deal?"

"Deal. And if I win..." Sora scanned the crowd, "I want your best friend," He pointed at Axel on the wall as the red head perked up. "To take my best friend out on a date." He then pointed to the blushing blond boy. "Sound fair?"

The crowd and Riku were silent, who glanced over at the two boys on the wall and then back to Sora. "Well that's not just worth a thousand munny then... If I win..." Riku pulled the brunet closer and whispered in his ear. Sora's expression lightened as Riku pulled away, a smile gracing both of their faces.

"Oh geez, I'll do that anyway, win or lose." He said, stepping back onto his stage and watching Riku pull up two player mode and songs, and selecting Random. The difficulties sprang up and Riku chose Maniac, adding "Think you can handle that, Sora?"

"God, is that the hardest difficulty?" Sora asked, crossing his arms over his chest and laughing. Riku frowned, taking his position on the right stage.

Roxas sat with his back against the wall, thoroughly flushed and tried to keep his eyes away from Axel. That was certainly embarrassing. "Was that, uh...your best friend?"

The blond boy looked up finally at the redhead and nodded, "Th-that's Sora..."

"A bit of a spaz, isn't he?" Axel said, earning a nod from the younger boy.

"So...did you put him up to that, er-"

"No, that was his idea... I think he likes Riku..." The younger boy chuckled, hearing the crowd quieting down until the screen on the DDR machine became dark...

A+...A-. You Rock!

The crowd gasped, and watched for a reaction. Riku stared at the screen first, then to the smiling brunet boy. Sora sighed loudly, turning to Riku with an evil grin. Riku, on the other hand, stood with his mouth agape and glancing from the screen to Sora.

"Does, uh...your buddy have a car?" The brunet asked. The older boy blinked, "Y-yeah..." "Great! Hey Roxy!" The boy shouted, holding onto the back ramp and waving to him, "He's got a car!"

The blond boy groaned, trying to hide his flushed cheeks. Axel laughed again, "Well, that's one way to get a date, alright..."

+Insert Coin To Continue?+

A/N: And the Sora shaving his legs thing, ya gotta admit that's hot. Seriously. Friends of mine have FORESTS growing on their legs (Eric...XDD)...so yeah!

And I know I just started describing clothes...I hate describing clothes with a PASSION...but I shall start doing that more often so you all don't get images of 14 year old Sora running around in his red jumpsuit or something...ick.