A/N: If you've already read this chapter, just scroll down to the last /L-C-C\ to see what else is added. Sorry for the uh...retardedness.

Life's Cheat Code

-Level 07 Begin-

Sora had always loved the beach. The sound of the waves, the gentle breeze, the shining sun; it always made him feel at home.

He stood watching the waves crashing on the shore and sighed. The beach was not deserted today, which was somewhat of a drag, but he would deal. Being the only ones on a beach sounded a little weird anyhow.

"What are you standing over here all by yourself for?" Riku asked, walking up toward the younger boy and stretching an arm over his shoulders.

Sora smiled, "Nothing..." Another short sigh escaped him.

"Well c'mon then. Axel's gonna make Roxas help us make a sand castle, okay?"

"OH, OH!! I'm a pro at that!" Sora suddenly burst into life, grabbing the older boy by the hand and dragged him back toward the site.

Roxas was in charge of using the buckets Axel had managed to swipe from the gift shop back up the road to get the group water. It was going to turn out as more of a triangular-castle, they decided as they each sat in the said shape and began building.

Hours into the project, Riku's tower turned out to be slanted slightly to the right, Axel's was too pointed, and Sora was beginning the ridges around the top of his nearly perfect tower. Riku and Axel just began to work on the outer walls.

After completing the ridges along the rim of his tower, Sora stared out over the ocean again from where he was sitting. He sighed deeply until he was gently nudged by Roxas, "Quit spacin' out, we'll hit the water in a bit."

Sora glanced up at him, and smiled brightly. "I thought you didn't like cold water?"

"I gotta get over it sometime, right?"

Sora laughed, and continued the work on making small details that indicated the sign of bricks on his sand tower.

After a few moments, he was nudged again from the opposite ends, looking up to meet Riku's gaze. The older smiled, glancing out over the water, then back toward the confused brunet boy. Riku stood up, and offered the younger a hand, "C'mon. We'll go together."

Sora perked up slightly, grabbed the elder's hand and was brought to his feet. He gave Riku a smile, and the other returned it, both suddenly taking off their shirts and darting for the water in their swim trunks. Roxas and Axel stared at their trail, looked at each other, and shrugged.

Sora laughed, his feet touching the rising water before Riku's and sighed. Another wave was coming, and small kids were running away from the water as it came up toward them, and chasing it back out toward the tide. The wave crashed and Sora took a step forward to meet the water, and glanced back at Riku, "Ever been neck deep in the ocean before?"

Riku arced an eyebrow, "I stay indoors most of my life, Sora; no, I have never been neck deep before." He shook his head ad crossed his arms, still trying to adjust to the cold water.

Sora scoffed and smiled playfully, "Well, come on then."

Riku took a step back, "What?"

"You've never ever been out passed this in the water before?"

"No."

"Well, we can't have that, Riku."

"But-"

Sora raised his hand toward the older boy, "For me?"

Riku stood for a moment, glancing from the hand back up to the other boy's eyes, sighing after a moment and grabbing it. Sora's smile grew and he looked back at the water. After another wave had crashed, the two slowly made their way further out. Riku stopped at waist deep to shiver.

"It's fucking freezing!"

"You'll get used to it, I promise." Sora recaptured the older's hand and continued to lead him out further.

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"So...whataya think they're doin' out there?" Axel asked, looking at the younger couple in the water around the other people.

"I dunno, Axel...swimming?" Roxas replied after sitting down next to him in the sand. He sighed, and leaned back while using his elbows for balance.

Axel smiled at the sarcastic remark, and ruffled the younger's hair, "Durr swimming, I mean, how did Sora get Riku to touch the water when I couldn't?"

Roxas perked up and moved closer to the redhead.

"He's been so much happier since Sora beat him in that DDR match. He's been laughing at Demyx more and insulting Larxene with me more often and he isn't so distant anymore. Sora's a wonder, yanno?"

Roxas smiled and nodded, "Have since seventh grade." The blond looked out over the water at the two, noticing they were nearly chest deep in the water. "He's always been someone you could talk to. He just...gets it, yanno?"

Axel smiled, "Uh-huh."

"I remember how we met..." Roxas laughed, "He, um...was getting picked on by these eighth graders back in middle school. It was something about how girly he was, or something...I guess they assumed he was gay, but you don't know those kinds of things in middle school, so, even Sora wasn't even sure...Anyway..."

"Yeah, went a little off track there."

Both teens laughed as Roxas continued, "So, he was getting picked on, and I was standing a couple feet away, just watching the whole thing. I passed by Sora before fourth period every day, and before that day we had never said a word to each other. He was pushed onto the ground and he dropped his book, and I snapped-"

"You? Snap? No way." Axel interrupted, ruffling the younger's hair while earning a Shut Up.

"So I went up to the dude who pushed him, and when he turned around, I decked him right in the face. Of course, he wasn't alone, and Sora and I were sent to the Principal's office. He was a nice guy though, and he knew the douche-bag that was picking on Sora, and totally beat the shit out of both of us, so we were left off easy. I remember...both of us sitting on the bench in the office, looking at each other, and bustin' up. We were best friends ever since."

"Aww, Roxy, how cute are you?" Axel said, pulling the younger closer for a small, chaste kiss. Roxas sighed, leaning down on the older's shoulder.

"How did you meet Riku?"

Axle turned to the younger boy with a grin on his face and a short laugh escaping him, "Would you believe I used to hate the kid?"

Roxas raised an eyebrow, "Really?"

Axel laughed, turning back to look at the ocean, "Yup. Used to fight all the time too, on school grounds. Sometimes he'd win, most of the time I did...He was a punk sophomore when I was a senior and he just started a bunch of shit, I started a bunch of shit...it used to be hell. But I guess we both just got over it because we were both friends with Demyx, and he was the one who settled everything. Been best buds ever since."

Roxas still had an eyebrow raised. Axel chuckled and kissed the younger boy's cheek.

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"No, no, no! It'll be okay, I promise!"

"IT'S FUCKING FREEZING!"

"You'll get used to it, Riku, just stay still!"

Sora shouted to the older boy, both standing neck deep in water. Riku turned to look over the water and noticed a small arc in the water approaching them. He looked back to the grinning Sora, "Just jump with it Riku, it wont kill you."

The accumulating wave approached the two and easily passed without taking either of them under.

"See? Easy."

Riku resisted the urge to glare at the younger boy and sighed.

"Still fricken cold."

Sora scoffed, swimming closer to the silver haired boy and chastely kissing his lips, "Give it a minute, okay?"

Another wave approached, and was easily avoided before it crashed on the shore and the kids ran away and then chased after it. Sora giggled, "So, how has your week been?"

"Alright, I guess...Haven't really been leaving the house much..." Riku paused to jump up with the wave, "I've been trying to get my ass up out of the house and look for a job. What about you, Sora? You got a job?"

Sora's smile only faltered for a moment, and came back full force, "Yeah. Community service most of the time, but I get a lot of, uh...tips."

"What kind of community service?"

"Entertainment, most of the time..."

Riku shook his head jokingly, looking back ahead of the two to be met with a swelling wave, towering over both of them. The older boy reached out for the brunet, grabbing a hold of him just before it crashed on the two. The water revealed both boys, Sora in Riku's arms bridal style.

Riku opened his eyes behind his long, sandy, soaked hair, and coughed slightly.

Sora smiled, "You can't breathe under water, silly."

Riku growled gently, releasing the younger boy and flipping his hair back, plugging his nose, and dunking backwards into the water. He immerged, and looked at the younger, "I know that."

Sora laughed at the silver haired boy, and gently jumped along with the wave as it passed. "Are you still cold?"

Riku sighed, "I guess not."

Sora smirked triumphantly, and sighed. "I'm losing the feeling in my toes."

"Wanna go see what Axel and Roxas are up to?"

"Uh-huh. I've had enough swimming for one day. Thank you, Riku."

Riku gave a light smile before turning back toward shore and wading toward it with Sora by his sides. Both boys emerged from the water, and walked toward where the other two had been building the retarded sand castle and looked at each other.

"Well, I don't think it could look any worse." Riku said, crossing his arms and looking at the two. Sora laughed at the joke.

Both Axel and Roxas got up, "HEY!"

"We worked hard on that!" Roxas said.

Axel gently pushed the blond out of the way to get a better view of Riku, "Yeah, hotshot, you try makin' a fuckin' guard wall, ridges and all!"

Riku laughed and was soon tackled to the ground by the older boy sending both to the ground in a playful fight.

Sora giggled again, walking up next to Roxas, "I don't think it looks bad at all."

"Thank you, Sora." Roxas smiled at the older boy. He grabbed a beach towel and gave it Sora, who draped it over his shoulders and sighed, watching the other two rolling around in the sand and laughing.

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The crowds had gone and the overcast had come, despite the warm weather. It grew colder and soon the four were in sweatshirts and pants, still trying to make their killer sand castle. Sora sat away from the group again, down at the water's edge, sitting in the sand and staring out over the water. The deserted beach was much more pleasant without the annoying little kids running around and reeking havoc. Sora erupted a heavy sigh, noticing Riku sit next to him with a sigh of his own, "You were being Emo again. Are you alright?"

"I'm fine." Sora replied quietly, moving closer toward the older boy and resting his head on his shoulder. He felt Riku's supple lips touch gently against his forehead and drape a hand across his shoulders to bring him closer.

"Are you sure you're okay?"

At first, Sora didn't reply. After a moment he blinked, and turned to look up at Riku, escaping the arm draped over his shoulders completely. Sora just stared for the longest time and before Riku could say a word of worry, Sora reached forward, connecting their lips and holding the other boy in place with his hand on his cheek. Riku closed his eyes after a moment, and let Sora get completely on top of him, trailing from his lips to the nape of his neck.

Axel scoffed, "Yanno, they wouldn't do that if there were people around."

"I think it's adorable." Roxas said, standing next to Axel as both boys stood to watch. The two could hear Riku moaning from where they stood.

"Sora always been like that?"

"Ever since eighth grade, actually." Roxas cut off his own sentence there. Eighth grade was the same year Sora got the job down at Felicity. Roxas sighed deeply, and grabbed onto Axel's waist for comfort. Taken slightly aback by the sudden gesture, Axel at first stood and stared down at the blond boy, but soon wrapped a hand over his shoulders and the two sat down next to the sand castle.

Purple blotches formed all over the silver haired boy's neck by the time Sora had taken an unnecessary break and rested against the older's chest. Riku was able to catch his breath, and run a hand lovingly through his hair, "Are you sure you're okay?"

"Can I stay at your place tonight?"

"Huh?"

"Please...?"

"Uh...yeah, it's fine with me, but...why?"

Sora only smiled weakly, and rested his head onto the older boy's shoulder, leaving him puzzled. Riku dismissed it with a sigh, and gently stroked the younger boy's cheek with his thumb.

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Axel drove, Roxas was in the passenger seat, and Riku and Sora were in the backseat...making loud, odd, noises and ramming one another into the side doors and gaining dominance over one another. One last bang and the two were again the door directly behind Axel; Roxas glanced at the older male, and could already see the veins popping out of his head.

One moan from Sora finally set him off, "KNOCK IT OFF!"

Roxas was silent. Riku moved back to his seat. Sora straightened his clothes.

The ride was quiet from then on.

Upon arriving to Riku house first, both boys got out of the back seat.

"Oh, Sora's stayin' with me tonight. Saves ya gas, right Axel?"

Axel, who was currently looking back at the two popping the trunk of the car to gather their things, turned to look at the equally horrified Roxas.

About to protest, the blond and redhead looked out the passenger window, watching Riku and Sora enter the house.

Roxas looked back at Axel both with wide eyes.

Both blinked.

The blond sat back in his seat, looking ahead of the car. Axel did the same. They drove off without a word.

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After Riku had asked for his parents consent of company for the night and Sora called home for his own consent, the brunet boy placed his things in Riku's room and stripped off his uncomfortable sweat pants, and sat down on the bed next to the older boy.

Riku looked at him with a grin, "My parents are going to sleep soon."

Before the younger boy could even meet Riku's eyes, he was captured underneath him on the bed, and was being robbed of his sweatshirt.

Riku leaned in closer, chuckling slightly, "And we have a hot tub."

Sora giggled gently, wrapping his legs around the older boy's middle, feeling his fingers lace between his own. Sweet, supple kisses turned hungry and desperate, hands roamed, and Sora's quiet, conspicuous moans of joy echoed dully in the older boy's room.

A knock came to his door, and both boys jumped up into casual places on the bed as Rei walked in. Riku looked up at her from the book he had magically found, "Hi, mom." Mrs. Murakami yawned tiredly, leaning against the doorframe, "We're going to sleep now, okay? Stay out of the alcohol, Riku."

"It's locked, I've tried."

Rei laughed, walking into the room and ran a hand through the seventeen-year-old's hair and kissed his forehead. Sora jumped up, and wrapped his arms around the older woman's waist, "Nighty-night, mommy."

Rei laughed, "Good night, Sora." And hugged the brunet boy back. Sora still stood as Rei left the room, and looked at Riku as soon as the door closed, and pounced on him, but was apprehended and back on bottom after a short struggle. Riku suggested that they waited a half hour before they went downstairs and into the hot tub.

After Riku had given the smaller boy and himself a small break, Sora regained his breath, and laughed, "Yanno, it's a wonder why your mom didn't see the hickeys all over you."

Riku laughed as well, propping himself off the younger boy with his elbow. "Yeah, I know. Mom's going blind, Dad's going deaf...it's crazy."

"Just wait until you get older. You'll probably have both traits and more."

Riku momentarily glared before sighing one last time, glancing at the clock.

"Ya still wanna get in the hot tub?"

"What have we been waiting for all this time?"

The two jumped up, and opened the older boy's door quietly, crept down the stairs, grabbed a couple towels, and slipped out the sliding glass door into the backyard. Riku uncovered the built in hot tub, turned on the jets and the two hopped in.

Sora dunked his head under the water, reemerging with all of his hair soaked and spiny as ever. Riku laughed before being silenced with the younger boy climbing completely on top of him.

"What did the beach do to you, Sora?" Riku growled, wrapping his arms around the brunet's waist.

"It does a lot of things to me, Riku. Sometimes, I get sad. Sometimes I'm happy. But most of the time..." Sora cut his sentence short with a giggle before capturing Riku;s lips in his own.

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Not even bothering to dry off, close the sliding glass door, or turn the jets in the hot tub off, both boys laughed as they raced up the stairs as quietly as possible, and closed and locked Riku's door upon they're entry. Sora was about to leap onto Riku's bed, but was stopped by the old boy holding the waist of his board shorts, "You're wet, not on the bed."

Sora rolled his eyes at the older boy, joining him in untying the draw strings of his shorts and sliding them off completely. Once Riku kicked off his own shorts, he tackled the younger to the bed, and was even able to locate the lotion bottle at the right timing.

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After a gentle kiss after dropping Roxas off back at his home, Axel was again on the road toward his own home. He yawned into his hand after a moment, feeling the cellphone in his pocket begin to vibrate gently. He reached into his pocket and grabbed the jiggling device, notcing the caller ID:

Demyx.

He sighed, and flipped it open, hearing some minor feedback in the backround where EVER that guy was standing.

"Yo." Axel said simply, wishing honestly NOT to talk to the blond man. Demyx was able to keep a phone conversation going for hours about the most randomest of things.

"Hey! Axel! You'll NEVER guess what I did Friday night!"

Axel rolled his eyes, "Oh, I dunno, jack-off to something that no one else finds interest in like last Friday?"

He heard the blond scoff, "No dumbshit...besides, you know watching babes on cars is hot..."

"...Get to the point, Dem."

"Oh, okay...well, me and Larxene go sooooo bored, and I let her talk me into taking her to a strip club, because her car's still at the impound-"

"OKAY, GREAT. Now how will this ever help me in later life?" Axel sighed, taking a sharp right on a corner.

"B-but, Axel, guess who was there!"

+Insert Coin To Continue?+

A/N: TOTALLY screwed up this chapter the first time. So...here's the edited version.