The reasons to update have finally reached critical mass! I've been thinking about updating a lot recently, and for some reason it's a tradition that somehow spawned that I update on July 4th (or close to it as recent years have shown), so here we go!

But wow. The main reason I am updating is definitely you guys. I won't lie, I squee every time I read a review. You people are too flattering to me. I just wonder if some of my old reviewers are out there looking (Kiki, Zesty, Zellarius, Akane, etc). But I always love it when a new person finds my stories! You people ROCK. And OMG for the first time EVER, I forgot something that happened in my own story. (In Payback) I loled. Aloud. I hope this is how all of you feel.

Oh and PS. SKF, a review from the phone? Goodness! And I am confused; I still need a good 40 reviews before we hit a thousand.

Wow, a thousand reviews…

Whatever should I do? ; )

For the love of…I can't this idea out of my head. I don't feel like I'm being fair and spreading the ideas around because I just did one from this person, but I really can't get it out of my head! I'm kind of switching the people around….oh hell. You'll see. : )

What If…

Sora and Roxas dressed up as each other, and Riku and Axel got really confused?

((as suggested by the darling Tayberry and well…me!))

"I don't think this is going to work…"

"Shush, of course it will! Come here, so I can do this right, or Riku will figure it out for sure…"

Roxas looked dubious at best as he bent his head over the sink to allow his brother Sora better access to his hair. This could only be explained as one of their 'brotherly ideas;' no one knows exactly how it came about, but the idea was too epic to not follow through with.

Sora better know what he's doing, Roxas thought as his brother poured brown hair dye in his hair. "Why are we doing this again?" he wondered aloud, if for no other reason than to quell his newfound anxiety regarding the whole 'swapping-boyfriends-and-see-if-they-notice' idea.

"Why for the sake of chaos and deviousness, of course," Sora said, winking. "It can definitely work," he mused as he pulled Roxas upright, "we have the same hair style, eye color, and our voices can be remarkably similar. It will work!"

"I don't know, Sora…" Roxas continued as Sora started the process of dying his hair blonde, "your hair is a bit too fluffy to be mine, and you can be so…"

"Spaztic?" Sora supplied with a grin. Roxas nodded. Sora laughed at his brother's worry. "Nothing a haircut and a good lesson in acting won't fix!" He put his arm around Roxas' shoulder. "We're brothers! Barely a year apart! How hard could this be?"

Roxas managed a grin. "I hope you're right…"

-((suuuure…))-

Axel nearly skipped all the way to Roxas' house down the street. It was the hallowed 'Date Night,' where Axel whisked Roxas away to his house and left Riku and Sora in theirs.

Finally, Axel thought merrily, a Date Night. We haven't had one of these in weeks! Idiotic busy schedules… He smirked to himself as he approached Roxas' door and rang the bell. Tonight's going to be fun, that's for sure.

Axel's trademark smirk faltered as Roxas answered the door. Something's…different. He brushed the feeling away and pulled Roxas in for a hug.

"Hey stranger, I haven't seen you for a while…" Axel said, tightening the embrace.

"Hey Axel!" Roxas said enthusiastically. A little too enthusiastically.

Axel pulled back slightly. "What's up, Rox? Did you miss me that much? You seem hyper…"

Roxas giggled awkwardly (giggled?) and kissed Axel on the cheek. "I'm not hyper, Axel, I just…wanted to see you. Is that a bad thing?" Roxas said, trying to look deep and thoughtful but failing miserably.

Axel laughed to himself and wrote it off as Roxas being, well…Roxas. "Whatever, Rox," he said, taking his hand, "Let's go."

Meanwhile, as the pair walked out the door, the real Roxas was banging his head against the wall in frustration, silently pleading for Riku to call sick. If he keeps that act up, he groaned, Axel will recognize him before they even get to the house!

Roxas' musings were cut off, however, by another ring at the door.

-((to Riku!))-

Well that's odd, Riku thought as he rang the doorbell, why did Roxas duck behind Axel when I went to say hello? Must have been some odd game they were playing. Riku didn't even try to understand Axel and Roxas' antics.

The door softly opened, and Sora stood there with a slight smile on his face. "Hey Riku," Sora said quietly.

"Hey Sora," Riku said warmly, leaning in for a kiss. He was confused however, when Sora turned to have him kiss him on the cheek. "Sora?"

"Yes?" he replied, not quite meeting his eyes.

"Is something wrong?"

Sora laughed half heartedly grinning slyly. "Of course not, Riku, why would you think that?" he giggled, giving him a thousand watt smile, squinting his eyes closed. "Come on!" he exclaimed, grabbing his hand, "let's go watch a movie!"

Riku grinned to himself as he let Sora pull him into the living room. There's my Sora.

-((oh, the deviousness…))-

Something is definitely up. It is halfway into this movie and Roxas has not made a pass. Axel frowned at the blonde resting lightly in his embrace. More importantly, he hasn't let me make a pass!

"Alright, I give. What's up?" Axel asked, trying to see Roxas' face from his place behind him.

"Nothing, why?" Roxas asked, clearly engrossed in the movie.

"Because we haven't started making out yet, that's why!" Axel said exasperatedly.

Roxas grinned in a very un-Roxas like manner. "I'm actually interested in this movie!"

Axel blinked. I think he was serious. Usually that was the moment where he would insert something sarcastic like, 'Can't just hold it in for a few hours can you?' or something. Wow.

"Why do you think they're in a bar? Don't you think this scene would be more interested filmed underwater?"

Axel was silenced for the remainder of the movie.

-((over in the other MovieLand))-

Riku was definitely confused. How is this happening? he thought as he watched Sora watch the movie. This isn't right. He is watching, but he's not….watching. He'll either be completely focused with the occasional ridiculous comment only Sora could come up with, or he'll get bored and make out with me. This is just…nothing. Riku continued to watch Sora calmly watch the movie. Riku sighed and finally paused it.

"What's going on Sora? You're not acting like yourself," he commented, turning Sora around so he could see his face. The problem was, Sora still would not look him in the eye.

"Nothing!" Sora protested loudly, "I was just watching the movie!"

"But that's not how you normally watch movies," Riku replied, "you've seemed to lose some of your…spunk," he finished lamely. "I don't understand it!" He frustratedly ran his hands through his silver hair. "And why won't you look at me?" he said forcefully before grabbing Sora's chin and forcing him to meet his eyes. That was when he saw it. In Sora's eyes he saw a touch of fear, sheepishness, and clarity.

Complete clarity. There was no usual spark of joy and bubbliness that never seemed to disappear, just clarity and…wit.

"Roxas?"

-((oh dear))-

"Well, that was a good movie," Axel said, stretching slightly as the credits rolled, "let's get down to business."

"What?" Roxas said, quickly masking the...panic?...in his voice.

Axel narrowed his eyes as Roxas slowly got off the couch and headed for the kitchen. He followed him, determinedly wrapping his arms around the younger's waist. "What is wrong with you?" he muttered into Roxas' ear. "You've been acting weird all night. I feel like I'm going crazy," he whispered the last as he kissed Roxas' ear. Roxas jumped a foot and lunged for the fridge.

"Not right now Axel," he said nervously, "I'm hungry."

"So am I,"Axel said, before pushing Roxas against the door of the fridge and pinning him there with his arms. "And I think you'll enjoy the same thing," he muttered, moving in for a kiss.

"Axel I—"

"Hush," he whispered, moving ever closer as…the doorbell rang.

Roxas ducked out from Axel's arm and bolted for the door. Axel rolled his eyes and followed.

Axel raised an eyebrow as he opened the door and found Riku standing there with Sora in tow.

"I believe this is yours," Riku said dryly before pushing Sora in the doorway and dragging Roxas out with him, shutting the door after them.

Axel started to protest before a look in Sora's eye stopped him. He looked almost…guilty. Now when Sora's guilty, he doesn't look like that…That looks more like…

Axel burst into laughter. "Roxas?" he said disbelievingly. "What in the…how?...why?" he said between fits.

Roxas, with brown fluffy hair and looking to the common passerby to be Sora, ground his teeth together in a very un-Sora like manner. "It was Sora's idea. I don't remember how we came about on the topic. I don't know what would have happened if Riku didn't realize it was me."

Axel abruptly sobered. "He didn't do anything to you did he? Because if he did I'll—oh my god…"

Sora/Roxas raised an eyebrow. "What?"

"I almost practically jumped Sora! How am I going to explain that? Jeez, Rox, I'm sor—" Axel was cut off as Roxas pulled him down to kiss him softly.

"You didn't do anything wrong. It's Sora's own damn fault for not thinking far enough ahead, the idiot." Roxas continued to ramble, failing to notice that Axel's look was starting to look more and more predatory. Roxas finally faltered and looked wary as he backed away a step. "Doesn't it bother you at all that I bear a striking resemblance to Sora?"

"Nah," Axel said, winking as he locked Roxas in an embrace, "it'll be kinky with a brown-haired you. Come on," he said as he half-dragged an only slightly protesting Roxas upstairs.

-((but the other story is not done!))-

"What the hell was that?" Riku exclaimed at a grinning Sora. "And why aren't you ashamed of it?"

"Because it was fun!" Sora smirked, clearly not seeing a problem. "Axel totally almost jumped me, you should have seen it-"

"He what?" Riku said as he stopped in his tracks, intending to turn around and show Axel a thing or two, before Sora stopped him with a look.

Mischief.

All anger that Riku held was promptly deflated."You genuinely enjoyed pulling one over on us didn't you?"

Sora smiled a shit-eating grin. "You bet! Although I will admit, your doorbell was perfectly timed, I was probably going to have to give up the game myself if you hadn't figured it out…"

Riku was so exasperated it bordered on comical. "You are just…ridiculous," he said in a completely endearing fashion.

"Life's never boring with me, is it?" Sora said, sticking his tongue out.

"Never," Riku agreed, stealing a kiss. "Now come on. Let's go fix your hair so you can make it up to me."

Sora smirked. "Deal," he said, before racing back to the house.

-((End!))-

That was actually better than I thought it would be. I figured that if Roxas spoke a register up, and Sora spoke a register down, they could pass as each other voice wise, for the record. But the original What If was to have Riku and Roxas switch, but I thought this might be a bit more fun to write : p

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"Is that a promise?" Zexion said. "Because if it isn't, I could see to it personally that you accidentally lose your ability to procreate."

~freaky-hanyou