A/N: This was a lot of fun writing, but a BETCH to plan out...and I still don't think I got it right...oh well, go ahead and read, whatcha waitin' fer?
Life's Cheat Code
-Level 04 Begin-
Sora smiled as the two stared at their reflections in Roxas' double-wide mirror. Sora's expression was light and happy, only amplified by the cheesy grin he wore. Roxas, however, looked a bit scared to look at his reflection...and his clothes.
The blond boy was clad in long, green cargo pants, a green sleeveless shirt and his usual Vans. He did refuse to take off his checkered wristband and rings, but Sora managed to get him a single Livestrong band on his right arm. Sora was rather proud of the fact that he dressed Roxas himself, and sighed in relief, and glanced at the clock.
"Almost seven. Try not to panic, okay Roxy?"
"...Too late. Sora, this'll never work, I mean, wh-what do I do? What do I say?" Sora put a hand on the younger boy's shoulder.
"Roxy, I think you need some gum."
"...What?"
Sora smiled again, giving the younger boy a peck on the cheek and then walking to his nightstand. He opened the drawer, and pulled out a small, light green pack.
"Hey...how'd you know-"
"Ya think I haven't been through your stuff? How'd ya think I knew where that shirt was!" Sora laughed, taking a small piece of gum and unwrapping and putting in Roxas' slightly-open mouth. "Chew it, dummy."
Roxas complied, chewing the small watermelon piece of Trident gum and sighed. "I look like a dork, Sora."
"Well if you do, then you are one sexy dork, okay? Have I ever steered you wrong when I dressed you?" The older boy rapped an arm over the blond's shoulders and laughed. The younger boy turned back to the mirror and sighed at his reflection, meeting Sora's eyes. The brunet put both hands on the other boy's shoulders, "Relax. He liked you enough to offer to pick you up and take you to the movies, right? Just...try not to make things up about yourself if he asks, and that's all the advise I can give you before the second date..."
Door bell.
"Jesus, Roxas, you just got as tense as a rock!"
"Oh God..."
The blond boy straightened and flew out of his bedroom door and nearly tumbled down the stairs. All movement ceased when he reached the door, eyes wide as he stared at it.
"Go for it, Roxy!" Sora whispered from the top of the stairs. Roxas sighed, and turned the handle and pulled it gently and looked up, first being met with flaming red hair and jade green eyes.
"Hey Roxas. Ready to go?"
Roxas smiled as he looked up at the taller male and nodded. He pulled the door closed behind him, and followed the redhead out to his car.
Sora took a much needed sigh of relief, and glanced at the clock still visible from Roxas' room. He stood up and ran for the window that overlooked the driveway and watched as Axel's blue car sped away.
The brunet gulped and ran out of the room, down the stairs, opened the front door and checked under the mat for the spare key before locking and shutting the front door. He sprinted down alleys and over a brick wall to get back to his own house. Upon coming to the front door, he stopped and breathed, scoping out the front sidewalk and making sure no certain important cars were outside just yet.
"Now it's my turn to panic." He breathed, turning the handle and opening the door. He closed it behind him, and glanced around the living room first, then into the kitchen, in search of his mother that was supposed to be home by now. He searched the house, realizing that he was the only one home.
Sora gulped again as he raced toward his room and found some black and neon green tripp shorts and a skin-tight Nightmare Before Christmas shirt with Jack all over the front and Nightmare written underneath. He found his favorite Invader Zim wristband, and Celtic good-luck ring, and proceeded to the bathroom to brush his teeth and fix his train wreck of a hairstyle.
After a moment, he stood with hair gel on his hands, roaming through his hair and a toothbrush in his mouth. After he was sure he wasn't going to die of sheer embarrassment, he rinsed his hands and mouth. His hair bounced as he looked up at the clock that hung overhead. 7:24.
"Shitshithshitshitshit!" he called, frantically trying to find his RAZR and wallet, looking at his drawer for a second, and grabbing a small trojan box and looking at it. "Nah." He said, putting the box back inside the drawer and standing up straight in front of the mirror on his door.
Snaps, he still needed shoes...
He ducked underneath his bed and found his plain black and white converse, after pushing his polka dotted and bright pink ones out of the way. He laced them up, and stood in front of the mirror again. Something was...missing.
He reached along the top of the white shelves on his walls until a box hit his hand and he brought it down. It was nothing special, just a black box. He opened it and stared at the shining silver crown necklace hidden inside. He took it out carefully and placed it around his neck, and his outfit was complete...
Just in time for the damn doorbell to echo through the surprisingly empty house.
Sora gulped one last time before shutting the light off in his room, and trying not to pound down the stairs. He went up to the door with one more look around the kitchen and living room and opened the door, and smiled. "Hi Riku!"
Riku stuffed his hands into the pockets of his black Dickies. He had a dress shirt on with vertical maroon and gray stripes and a watch on his right arm. "Hungry?" The silver haired boy asked, feeling Sora grab his hand after closing the front door behind him, "Starving!"
/L-C-C\
"Anything in particular you wanna see, Roxas?" Axel asked, looking for a parking space in front of the Southgate Mall.
Roxas slightly blushed, trying to keep looking out the window, "W-well, um...I kinda wanted to see John Tucker Must Die..."
The blond boy turned as Axel snorted, "That one?" Roxas furrowed his brows adorably, "Hey, you have to agree that Penn Badgley is hot." Axel snorted again as he found his desired parking space near the theater entrance, "Yeah, okay, you're right...I'd do him." Axel turned to meet Roxas' sudden curious, yet distraught face with one eyebrow raised and his lower lip jutting out.
The redhead chuckled a little, and turned the key in his car off, "I'm kidding."
"I knew that!"
Axel opened the door and stepped out, followed by the blond boy. As both doors shut, the taller man pulled out his keys again and flicked the alarm on. "John Tucker Must Die, it is."
He walked with his hands in his pockets with Roxas along side him to the ticket booth, and paid for the two of them. After they tromped up to the second floor theaters and gotten pop corn, they waltzed into the theater and chose seats near the back. The movie had already been out or a week, and the theater was surprisingly empty. So much that they were almost the only ones there.
"Popcorn?" Axel asked, offering the large bag to the younger boy. Roxas glanced up at it and took it from his hands and set it in his own lap. He grabbed a handful and shoved it in his mouth.
The taller male laughed, and reaching again for his own handful, "You're really cute when you eat, yanno that?"
Roxas halted his movement, which was in the middle of eating a single piece of popcorn with his mouth wide open, and glanced up at the redhead. Axel's smile only widened when a pink hue appeared over the younger's cheeks. Axel leaned down, planting a small kiss on the blond boy's cheek, making the already beaming blush amplify.
The taller boy chuckled, and grabbed another handful of popcorn and ate it. Roxas looked down into the bag of popcorn and tried to keep the burning smile hidden.
The lights dimmed and the screen lit up, making both teens look up at it. Axel sighed, and sat back in his chair while Roxas leaned his head over onto the older boy's shoulder.
/L-C-C\
"I love Hometown!" Sora squealed as they entered the double doors of the restaurant followed by Riku. Riku paid for a booth and they took their seats.
"We'll get dinner in a second...I wanna know how you managed to beat me on Wednesday." Riku said, propping his head up on his palm.
Sora shrugged, "Because I play In The Groove, and it's a lot harder. It wasn't a bad lose though, Riku." Sora moved closer to the older boy in the booth. "Aren't you glad you did, though?" While the older boy was looking down at the table, he smiled, and glanced up into beryl, captivating eyes, a bottom lip caught between teeth and soft brown bangs dangling in an angel's face.
"I'm glad." The older boy then gently wrapped an arm around the younger boy's waist, bringing him closer. Sora reached up and pressed his petal lips to Riku's pale cheek, earning his own a moment later.
"R-Riku...?"
"Uh-huh..."
"I'm hungry."
"Good! Me too." Riku was first to stand up, and head over to the bars loaded with fresh, hot food. Sora followed on the older's heals, and was first to grab a plate and start browsing around the mouth-watering entrees.
/L-C-C\
"Axel...?"
"Hmmph..."
"You're not asleep, are you?"
"N-no, I'm just resting my eyes, silly."
"...This is my other girlfriend. I think we can make things work out."
Axel gently slid his eyes open again, gently blinking at the steadily growing lights in the theater. Roxas was first to stand up, and stood in front of the older male, "It's okay. You didn't miss anything. Accept for Penn Badgley, but he wasn't very good." Roxas giggled, leaning forward, and kissing the redhead's cheek.
Axel stood and yawned after a moment, and ruffled Roxas' blond locks before starting his way out of the theater, the shorter boy following suit. Axel got in his car, and unlocked the doors for the younger boy.
"So, how old are you, Roxas?"
The blond was a little startled by the odd question, but decided not to make things up about himself, "Well how old do I look? I'm fifteen."
Axel hummed, "I'm nineteen... You don't think that will be much of a problem, do you?"
"Not at all." The younger boy said, looking out the window at the passing lights. He glanced at the clock. 9:20. He tried stifling the yawn suddenly escaping him, and wiped away the small tears in his eyes. "Not used to staying up this late?"
"I'm always up later than this, I think it's now just starting to get to me." Roxas laughed, and glanced up at the redhead. "I had fun, Axel. We should do this again..."
"Just as long as we don't go see another movie with Jesse Metcalfe in it." Axel stated, making Roxas laugh, "Okay, I admit, that was my fault. Never again will I drag you to see something like that again."
"Is it a date, Roxas?"
"Definitely."
The two laughed as Roxas' house came into view. Roxas stepped out first, followed by Axel, and they stopped at his doorstep. "So, um... I dunno, maybe next time we could go...get lunch or something...?"
"I'd love to." Roxas whispered, gently leaning up and wrapping his slim arms around the older boy. He felt Axel's hands snake around his middle, and his lips touch his own in a small, simple kiss that ended just as quickly as it started. Roxas stood straight, still looking into Jade green eyes. The older blinked once, ruffled the blond's hair, "You free Tuesday?"
"Yeah..." Roxas answered, hearing Axel laugh. "Can I pick you up at one?" "Sounds perfect."
With one last embrace, Axel started his car and drove off, and Roxas opened his door with the key from underneath the mat. He first collapsed on the couch, and sighed happily.
/L-C-C\
"Told you I can eat more than you can." Sora stated, drinking the last bit of his Dr. Pepper.
Riku laughed, still working on his slice of cheesecake. "Honestly, I have no idea where you put it all."
Sora laughed, "Metabolism. Runs in the family." He sat back in the booth and sighed. "But I'm sure that that's a story you don't want to hear."
"Well, isn't that the way to make one curious. C'mon, you can tell me on the way home, okay?"
"Okay." Sora agreed, following the older boy as he stood, paid the last of the bill, and walked to his car. Sora got in and sighed as Riku started it and pulled out of the parking lot. "So, what were you saying about Metabolism?" "Huh? Oh...yeah. Um...well, my mother tells me that my father's side of the family had fast metabolisms. I never did get a chance to meet my father, though... He took off when I was young and left my mother all by herself to take care of me."
Sora paused, trying to keep looking outside the window. "But that's all ancient history. I've gotten over it; it's really no big deal now."
Riku was silent for a moment, "Um...Both my parent are still together...and their just waiting until I'm eighteen to kick me out so they can turn my room into a rec room." The silver haired boy laughed along with Sora's slight giggle. "I don't think my mom will let me leave. But she knows I can handle myself."
"Oh?" Riku questioned. "Yes, as a matter of fact I can. Because I know how to make...toast." Sora said triumphantly, sitting back in the seat with a grin.
"...Toast?"
"If you know how to make toast just the right way, without burning it, a little butter and sometimes Jelly, then life will come easily." Sora began, taking a brief pause, "The IRS is like Toast. A little flaky and can really leave a bad taste in your mouth. Taxes are like toast. They both need to be evenly buttered so there isn't too much and not too little."
"Wouldn't too little taxes be a good thing?"
Sora laughed, "For us yes, for the economy, no. It would collapse in on itself and drive the rest of the world crazy. And that's why the Economy is like toast too-"
"I'm getting hungry again."
"I don't see where you put it all either, Riku."
The older boy grinned as he kept his eyes on the road. The rest of the way was silent until the car stopped in front of Sora's house, and up to Sora's doorstep, "Thanks Riku, I had fun."
"So...what would you say to a second date...?" Riku asked as a slight blush appeared on his cheeks.
"I knew you wouldn't regret losing to me..." The brunet said, followed by a short laugh. He glanced up at the taller boy, feeling his smile falter when Riku came closer. Sora agreed with the motion, inching his own way toward the older boy. Sora cupped Riku's cheek as their lips gently brushed together once, before turning hungry and fiery as tongues met and breaths hitched.
After a moment, they parted, only to clash back for one last round. Riku released for air, gently panting and staring into Sora's hypnotic eyes, realizing his hands had begun to 'wander'. One was gently inching up the left side of Sora's shirt, and one was planted firmly on the other boy's ass entirely. Riku blinked before releasing Sora completely, "S-sorry..."
"Happens all the time, don't feel bad." Sora laughed, gently kissing Riku on the cheek. "Thank you, Riku."
"N-no problem..." The boy stuttered, feeling Sora's soft lips press against his cheek.
Sora began to open the door to his house, but stopped and looked back at the other boy. "Um...call me if you wanna do it again sometime, alright?"
"Okay. Goodnight, Sora."
"Goodnight Riku..."
Sora turned back to his house and closed the door, silently watching from the blinds to see the car drive away. He gabbed a pillow and screamed in it childishly. He collapsed on his couch, reaching for the house phone, and dialing a number he knew all too well.
"Roxas? Yeah, it's me. Guess what? He-"
"-actually did kiss me once, in the theater. Innocent little-"
"-one, right on the lips, too! I swear, Sora, I think I might just be in-"
"-love that feeling, yanno? It's nice to be wanted. Plus, guy's got the nicest ass I have ever seen."
"We are DEFINITELY doing it again."
+Insert Coin To Continue?+
A/N: FLUUUUUUUUUUUUUFF...and just the other day before I was done with this I got my hair dyed a really nice shade of red! So I am happeh.
And the JTMD line, I dunno if it's official or not. And that movie totally sucked, btw...
And the phone conversation goes in this order: Sora, Axel, Roxas, Riku, then all at once...in case no one got it. No one was supposed to and I wanted a review saying "WTF MATE?" But..well I guess I'm explaining it here.
R+R?