Oh man are we at chapter 21 already? SO it's been a while. It always is with me, iiiiii know. But here's the thing. I accidentally rebooted my computer and I lost everything. EVERYTHING. I was totally devastated and found it very hard to convince myself to write something, but tonight, I sat down and re-read every chapter of this story and just had to write something more. I have to admit, I was slightly amused by my own story. As shallow as it sounds, frankly, I enjoyed it haha. Anyways! Please enjoy this newest chapter!

"So Roxas?" Leon wanted the kid's attention from the opposite end of the sofa. They were awkwardly distanced and frankly, it was making the older guy totally uncomfortable.

"Yea?" The kid turned his head and gazed down the furniture at his companion, friend, acquaintance, person. He wasn't exactly sure what Leon was and for the first time in the history of their relationship type thing, it bothered him not knowing what to call him.

"Is something wrong?"

"No. Why?"

"Well, there's like three feet separating us and usually you're on top of me by this point." Leon said jokingly and smirked, but frowned when Roxas turned his attention back to the TV, his exhausted expression focused clearly on the boob tube. "Seriously, what's wrong kid?"

"Leon remember when we like met?"

"Yea...why?"

"No reason..." Roxas mumbled and quietly crawled across the sofa to rest his head on Leon's lap. The older brunette worriedly stared down at Roxas' blank expression and gently ran his hand through the kid's hair.

"It was uh spring right?" Leon started and awkwardly cleared his throat as Roxas moved his head to look up at him.

"I was 16 which made you like 9?"

"Yep. Still pie eyed and innocent."

"You were never innocent." Leon said and rolled his eyes. "But yes you were 9. I was uh walking down the street, past the park right? And all of a sudden I hear this screech and some little brat comes running up. I'm the only person on the street so of course this brat grabs my arm, swings around my body and starts hitting me in the back, whispering 'go! go! come on!'" Roxas laughed and Leon felt relieved to hear that chuckle. "And I see five other little runts running up to me but they stop in their tracks once they see me. And then you, you idiot, poke your head out from around me and laugh and yell 'that's right!' and they all start backing off and turning around and leaving. And one says something like-"

"You're protecting a little queer. That's what he said." Roxas interrupted and finished the story.

"Yea. That's what he said." Leon responded with a frown and ruffled the kid's hair. "And that kid," He added with a sigh. "Is the story of how we met." They half smiled at each other. "Holy shit." Leon laughed and looked at the ceiling. "You were 9. That's wrong."

"Yea well that's life isn't it?" The kid nestled his head into Leon's lap and yawned loudly. "And then you looked down at me with this look of like 'what the fuck were you doing?' and I just laughed and started walking home. But then you did something weird you know that?"

"I did?"

"Yea. You stopped me." Roxas smiled to himself and stared at the TV. "You said maybe you should walk me home so I'd stay out of trouble. Then you came in, saw no one was home and said maybe you should stick around. And you never fucking left." They both laughed and stared at each other. "Man you're sick you know that?" Leon rolled his eyes good naturedly as the kid sat up.

"It's not like I was planning on eventually having sex with you. You were 9 years old freak. It was like four and a half years before anything..." Leon stopped himself and rolled his eyes again, simply sighing. The kid laughed again.

"Whatever. I always had a crush on you and knew it would happen at some point, just not when I was a kid."

"You still are a kid Rox." Leon said in a somewhat serious tone that was tainted by the smirk on his face. Roxas looked down at his hands and laid down again, placing his head on Leon's thigh.

"Whatever." He said and enjoyed the feeling of his companions hand softly stroking his head. Until his phone started going off and he saw it was Axel. "Hello?" He answered as he sat up again.

"Hi you wanna do something tonight?"

"Sure." Roxas grinned on the other end.

"Alright, see you at 8?"

"Sounds good." Roxas could hear Axel smirking on the other end, completely missing the frown on Leon's face.

"You really like him." Leon said as he watched the kid snap the phone shut. Roxas just shrugged. "No come on, you can be honest with me." He nudged the kid who grinned slightly.

"I gotta go. I'll uh...talk to you later." The kid got up and left immediately, barely closing the door behind him.

"Yep, see you later kid." Leon sighed as he leaned further back into the couch.

Aw. I feel bad for Leon. =( Reviews are greatly appreciated! Lemme know you're still out there! PS - If anyone out there is into Bleach at all, I wrote a one shot for someone who made me some awesome fanart! Thanks again MorningFever!