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"God, I feel like I haven't been in here in forever," Riku said, sitting on the edge of Sora's bed and looking around his room.

Sora shut his door behind him and raised an eyebrow, "Really? Has it been a while?"

"Usually we're downstairs or out somewhere or at my place," Riku nodded.

"Oh." Sora said, before sitting down next to Riku on his bed, "I guess I didn't notice." he smiled.

Riku chuckled. "It still looks the same, though. Remember when we put that bookcase together?" He asked, gesturing at the slightly-crooked shelving in the corner.

Sora groaned, "Yes, and I still have the scar on my arm to prove that we were horrible at it."

"Hey, once we stopped the bleeding, we got it done," Riku said, defending their younger selves.

"Thinking back on that, it probably would have been safer to forget the bookshelf and go to a hospital." Sora mused.

Riku picked up Sora's arm, bringing it to his face and giving it a kiss. "You were all right, eventually. And it doesn't still hurt, right?" He grinned.

Sora rolled his eyes, "Well, no, but it was like three years ago."

"Exactly," Riku's grin widened.

Sora rolled his eyes. "C'mere," he said, twisting the arm that was still in Riku's loose grip so that he could tug Riku closer and kiss him.

Riku smiled, eagerly kissing him back before pulling away, still holding him close. "So what did you want to do today?"

Sora shrugged, "I don't know. The girls mentioned something about a movie marathon in a couple of hours, didn't they?"

"Yeah, but we have some time before they'll be over," Riku pointed out.

"Mmm, true." Sora nodded, "I don't know."

Riku rolled his eyes, "Well you're no help." He glanced around the room, looking for anything to entertain themselves with for a bit, only coming up with fond memories instead.

Sora glanced around the room as well, but couldn't think of anything, "I'm not very organized, am I?" he asked.

"Not really," Riku agreed, laughing. "I remember you constantly losing things in here, especially my things." He poked his boyfriend's shoulder.

Sora put his hands up in defense, "I give them back when I find them!"

"You never did find that one sweatshirt," Riku mused.

"Ah, actually..." Sora trailed off, "Found it. Kept it. I really liked it." he flushed.

Riku narrowed his eyes, "Oh, really? I think you should get me a new one, then. Or at least give me one of yours."

"You can have one of mine if you want." Sora shrugged, "Do you?"

"Only if it's clean," Riku half-joked.

Sora smacked him.

Riku stared at him, open-mouthed, before smirking and pouncing, pinning Sora to the bed and proceeding to mercilessly tickle him.

Sora squeaked, attempting to get Riku off of him or at least turn the tables on him. Pinned to the bed with no other options, he used his free hand to grab Riku's shirt and pulled him down, kissing him in the attempt to distract him away from tickling.

Riku pulled back just long enough to mumble, "cheater," before stopping to tickle him and concentrating on kissing him instead.

Sora smirked.

Riku pulled back a minute later, letting go completely of Sora and holding his body above the brunette's. He smiled softly before moving to get up.

"Why are you moving?" Sora asked, pulling him back down, "You're not supposed to move."

Riku laughed, "Oh really?" More seriously, he said, "I don't know, I thought you'd find it a bit weird if I continued to practically lie on top of you."

Sora shrugged, "Didn't really notice."

Riku rolled his eyes, "And now that I've pointed it out?"

Sora just shrugged again.

Shaking his head, Riku resettled himself above Sora before leaning down to kiss him again.

Sora smirked, pulling him in. After a moment, when Riku broke the kiss for air, Sora spoke, "You really don't need to walk on eggshells around me anymore, Riku."

"I will always 'walk on eggshells' around you," Riku said, shaking his head again. "I don't want to hurt you."

"You're not going to." Sora insisted.

Riku kissed him, resting his forehead on the brunette's. "I love you, Sora."

"Love you too." Sora smiled, pulling Riku back in for another kiss.

A little shocked, Riku kissed him back automatically, staring at him once they broke away with something like awe on his face.

Sora raised an eyebrow, "Not used to you reacting like Nam when Reno kisses her." he commented.

"I..." Slowly, he shook his head. "You surprised me, I wasn't expecting..." Riku kissed him, hard and fast. "God, Sora, you're so amazing." Grinning, he kissed him again before he could respond. "I love you," He said happily, pulling back finally.

"Just get back down here." Sora said, pulling him back down.

Riku grinned, gladly complying.

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Axel walked back into the living room, handing Roxas his drink and sitting down.

Roxas grinned, taking a sip and placing it onto the table. "Thanks."

Axel smiled, leaning back and taking a sip of his own drink.

Roxas leaned in to him, focusing on the TV. "How was work?"

Axel shrugged, shifting so his arm was around the blonde, "Work was work. I don't like work. How were classes? Do you like them so far?"

"They're all right," Roxas said. "No better or worse than last semester. I'm still finishing up those standard classes everyone has to take, so..."

Axel nodded, "Hated them too." he shrugged.

"Yeah," Roxas sighed, "I still don't know what major I should do."

"Well, what do you like to do?" Axel asked, "It was an easy choice for me, but that's just because I was painting constantly."

Roxas shrugged, "I don't know."

"Well, that's exceedingly unhelpful." Axel commented.

"You sound like my advisor," Roxas groaned.

Axel squeezed him before leaning down to give him a kiss, "Well, I hope your advisor doesn't do that." he smiled.

Roxas rolled his eyes, "Of course not."

"Good." Axel chuckled, "You just need to find something you enjoy that the school offers as a major."

"Yeah," Roxas sighed. "Well, whatever. I have time to figure it out."

"True, true." Axel nodded.

"What about you, why don't you have an art job?" Roxas asked, looking up at Axel.

"Can't find one," he said, "I sell paintings occasionally, but not often enough to actually pay for anything."

"Oh," Roxas said. "Well, I'm sure you'll be able to live off of your art one day." He smiled.

"Hope so." Axel smiled.

"I know so," Roxas said confidently. "Your work is amazing."

Axel smiled again, "Thanks, Roxas."

Roxas leaned up to kiss him softly before smiling and shifting closer.

Axel readjusted, smiling again and kissing him once more.

"Any luck looking for a car?" Roxas asked.

"You'll have to ask Cloud, since he said he'd keep an eye out for me." Axel shrugged.

"Ah," Roxas said.

Axel smiled, "I'll find something." he said.

Roxas nodded, "Of course you will."

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Riku sighed, turning off the movie and putting on a random TV show, glancing at the other three in amusement. Namine was slumped onto Kairi, who in turn was curled up on Sora, all three asleep. Lowering the volume, Riku grabbed the snacks and drinks, carrying them into the kitchen and cleaning up a bit. Just as he was walking back into the living room, there was a knock at the door.

Veering off in that direction, he pulled the door open, blinking at Xigbar.

"Hey, Riku. Kairi here?" Xigbar asked.

"Um. Yeah. She's here, but she's asleep." Riku explained, opening the door wider so Xigbar could come in.

Xigbar frowned slightly as he closed the door behind him. "Asleep, huh?"

"Yeah. You here to pick her up or something?" Riku asked.

"Yup, we have a date. When no one answered at her place, I figured I'd check here." Xigbar shrugged.

"Well, I don't know if you want to wake her up or wait. Whichever's fine." Riku shrugged, leading him into the living room and sitting down into his chair.

Xigbar whistled softly. "They all passed out like that?"

"Yeah, we were having a movie marathon. Kairi was the first to fall asleep, and I guess she made Sora and Namine tired, too." Riku explained.

"It looks like they made a Kairi sandwich." Xigbar observed, noting how his girlfriend was practically curled up on Sora's lap.

"They used to sleep together as kids." Riku shrugged.

"Ahh. How long have they been out?" Xigbar asked.

"A while. If you want to wake them, go ahead." Riku said.

Xigbar nodded, approaching Namine and gently shaking her and Kairi. "Ladies? Time to get up now."

Namine stirred slowly, lifting herself off of her twin. "Xigbar?"

"Hiya, Namine." Xigbar grinned. "Mind helping me wake Kairi? We've got a date."

"Oh!" Namine exclaimed, now fully awake and nudging her sister. "Get up, Kairi. You have company."

Kairi jolted awake, accidentally kneeing Sora in the process, "Fuck, Kairi, get off me!" he said, shoving her lightly. She shifted, rubbing her eyes.

"Xigbar?" she asked, surprised, "What time is it?"

Xigbar chuckled, "It's 8, Red," as Namine stood and stretched before excusing herself to the kitchen for a drink.

Riku winced, "You okay, Sora?"

"Ah, fuck." Kairi cursed, "I'm sorry, I had every intention of actually being at my house for you to pick me up." she apologized. "I didn't mean to fall asleep."

Sora grumbled, not really angry at Kairi, and nodded, standing up and stretching.

Xigbar sat down in Sora's vacated space as Riku quickly pulled the brunette onto his lap. "That's okay, Red. We don't have to go out if you're tired."

Kairi shook her head, "No, no, definitely want to." she smiled, "Just lemme run home and change and I'll be ready."

"You look beautiful as is, Sass, you always do," Xigbar grinned.

Riku smirked at the pair of them, holding Sora closer as Namine walked back into the room, sitting in the other chair, also smiling at the couple on the couch.

Kairi rolled her eyes, "Come on." she said, standing up and tugging at Xigbar, "See you guys later." she waved to the others.

"Have fun," Namine waved back.

"Yeah, see you guys later," Riku nodded.

Xigbar let Kairi pull him out, grinning at the others.

Kairi looked down at herself as they walked back down the street towards her house, "I really should change." she commented.

"You look gorgeous, Red," Xigbar squeezed her hand. "Promise."

Kairi rolled her eyes, "All right, all right, so where are we going?"

"Dinner. Unless you aren't hungry? Really, Sass, you should know by now that I'll go wherever you want." Xigbar winked.

"I'm hungry." Kairi nodded, "Dinner sounds good." she smiled.

"Okay. You want pizza or Chinese or a real restaurant?" Xigbar asked, opening the door to his car and gesturing Kairi in.

Kairi sat down and waited for Xigbar to get in as well before speaking, "Anywhere except Chinese is good for me."

"Well, the pizza place is by the college, so we're bound to run into students there. And the only decent restaurant in town besides the Chinese place is Reno's bar. Of course, we could go out of town..." Xigbar trailed off, raising an eyebrow at Kairi, waiting for her response.

Kairi shrugged, smiling, "Well, then let's cross the pizza place off."

"So Reno's place or somewhere fancier? Your choice, Red," Xigbar smiled.

"Stop making me make decisionsssss." she whined.

"It's not that hard, Sass," Xigbar said, amused. Leaning over, he kissed her before pulling back, "Now pick one."

Kairi rolled her eyes, "Reno's place is good." she smiled.

"It is," Xigbar nodded. "Does that mean you wanna go there for dinner or are you just making that observation, Sass?" Xigbar smirked, enjoying teasing his girlfriend a little.

Kairi rolled her eyes and pulled him over so she could kiss him.

Xigbar kissed her back. "Reno's it is," He chuckled, starting the car.

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Axel glanced at the hallway as Demyx and Zexion's voices began to reach him and Roxas, who were still sitting on the couch. He couldn't make out much of it, but they seemed to be going in circles about whether or not they were going ice skating.

Roxas looked at Axel. "Umm... do you think they're fighting or something?"

"Those two?" Axel raised an eyebrow, "I don't think so. But they're definitely not coming to an agreement."

"Maybe you should go pop in on them. They're your roommates, after all," Roxas said, nudging Axel.

Axel grabbed one of the empty cans of soda they'd finished earlier and threw it at the wall above the TV. "Zex! Dem! Get out here!"

The door banged open and Zexion strode out, glaring at the redhead. "Did you just throw something at my wall?" he demanded.

Axel couldn't hold back a smile, "It got you out here, right?"

Demyx followed Zexion out, raising an eyebrow.

"Are you that lazy that you couldn't simply walk down the hall and knock or are you that barbaric?" Zexion asked. "And you!" He rounded on Roxas. "Why didn't you stop him? I thought that with Axel dating you, he'd finally start behaving."

"Whoah, Zex." Demyx put a hand on Zexion's shoulder, "I feel obligated to ask where the anger came from."

Zexion stared at him a moment. "You don't mind that in order to get our attention, he threw something at our wall?"

"A minute ago it was 'my wall' and now it's 'our wall'?" Roxas muttered under his breath.

"I don't mind as much as you do." Demyx shrugged.

"Apparently," Zexion said. "What did you want, anyway?" He asked Axel.

"You guys were going in circles with whatever you were arguing about." Axel said, "So, I wanted to check to make sure you were okay. But I was too lazy to move, so I made you come to me."

Demyx sighed.

"We weren't arguing," Zexion glared. "We were merely having a small disagreement."

"About?" Axel pressed.

"Demyx would like us to go ice skating together and I'd rather not speed around on frozen water with sharp blades strapped to my feet." Zexion explained.

"But it's fun!" Demyx protested, "And Cloud bought us the ice skates."

"I know but I just can't see it ending well. I have no intentions of getting hurt or humiliated." Zexion said.

"Would I let you get hurt or humiliated?" Demyx asked.

"Not on purpose but you can't control everything." Zexion pointed out.

Demyx shook his head, "Zex, it'll be fine."

"But..." Zexion frowned.

"For the love of god, will you two just go already?" Roxas snapped. "Look, everyone falls on their ass the first time they try it but it's really easy to get the hang of and a lot of fun and you'll never know until you try it. If you don't like it you can just leave, but you have to at least get there and try first."

Demyx nodded, "What Roxas said."

Zexion bit his bottom lip, looking from Demyx's pleading face to Roxas' no-nonsense look, gaze landing on Axel. "What do you think?" he asked the redhead.

"I think you should go." Axel answered, "But why are you asking me? Ice isn't really my thing, you know that."

Zexion sighed. "Fine. I'll go. But don't be surprised when it goes horribly."

"Sure, fine. Have fun!" Roxas said, waving them away.

Demyx grinned, "Awesome. Thanks for the help!" he waved to Axel and Roxas and dragged Zexion back into their room.

Roxas rolled his eyes. "They are kind of so sweetly adorable it makes you sick," he muttered to Axel, smiling when minutes later Demyx was pulling Zexion past them and out of the house, carrying both pairs of ice skates.

"Yeah," Axel chuckled, pulling Roxas closer.

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"Green. Like, green green." Zack said, explaining to Riku and Reno his color choice for the nursery in his apartment.

"Not lime green, right?" Riku clarified.

"No, like grass green. Real green, you know? That way, if it's a boy, it's not a girly color, but if it's a girl, it's still a soothing color, you know?" Zack asked.

Riku glanced at Reno skeptically, nodding at Zack. "Sure, Zack."

"How is 'green green' supposed to explain anything?" Reno raised an eyebrow.

"That's the type of green it is!" Zack insisted.

"It doesn't matter how many times you say 'green', it does not change the color." Reno rolled his eyes.

"But, Reno, honest! It's green green! Like, really green!" Zack said, pouting slightly.

"He has a point, Zack." Aerith said from the doorway, "But it really is a nice color." she smiled.

"How else can you describe it, then?" Riku asked his sister.

"It's the color of Reno's eyes." she shrugged.

"Hmmm." Zack said, scooting closer to Reno and staring intently into his eyes, their faces inching apart.

"Why are you painting your kids room the color of my eyes?" Reno teased. "Trying to say something there, Zack?"

"I always thought your eyes were blue," Zack muttered, finally pulling back.

Riku couldn't help it, he started laughing.

Aerith giggled, and Reno huffed, "No, they're green, and they've always been green, thank you."

"I'm sorry! I don't spend all day staring into your eyes. I bet Namine knows what color they are," Zack grinned. "Hey! What color are mine?" He closed his eyes.

Reno answered that by smacking him with one of the blue pillows on the couch.

Zack toppled backwards, quickly righting himself. "Reeenooo!" He whined. "Don't be mean!"

Reno laughed.

Zack pouted before climbing back up onto the couch and playfully shoving Reno. "C'mon, you know I'm your best friend."

Riku grinned, "He's got you there, Reno."

"Yes, and unlike you, I know your eyes are blue." Reno responded.

"Aw, Reno! I'm sorry!" Zack tackled him, giving him a squeeze. "Say you forgive me or I won't let you up."

Riku glanced at Aerith, "Why are they always like this?"

Aerith giggled, "Because they're Reno and Zack. Would these get togethers be the same if they weren't?"

Riku shook his head, laughing. "I guess not."

"C'mon, Reno, I'm really sorry!" Zack pouted atop his redheaded best friend.

"All right, all right, just get off of me!" Reno laughed, pushing Zack off.

Zack grinned, climbing off of him. "You'll have to come over soon to see the green green!"

Reno smacked him with the pillow again, "That's for climbing on top of me."

Zack clutched the pillow, pouting. "I'll tell Namine how mean you're being," he threatened.

"All right, all right." Aerith interrupted, "Dinner will be ready in a minute." she laughed.

"Sorry Aerith, did you need help?" Zack asked.

She chuckled and shook her head, "Nope, I'm fine."

"Okay. I'll set the table, though!" Zack said, springing up and going into the kitchen to grab some plates.

Riku laughed and shook his head, noticing that both Aerith and Reno were smiling, too.

Continuing to smile, Aerith waved to her two brothers and followed her husband into the kitchen.

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