Me no own, you no sue.

Riku

Riku was almost asleep when the pebbles starting hitting his window. Yawning, he climbed out of bed and looked outside. Sora was standing below with his brother, Cloud.

"Riks! Let me in! Cloud, go away!" Sora snapped. Cloud shook his head.

"I'm telling you that I'm not letting you stay here tonight. Dad would be pissed, let's just go home."

"I'm not going home until Roxas calls me and apologizes!"

Riku listened, sighing. Sora was a wonderful, kind, sweet boy, but petulance was one of his major faults.

"Then I'm coming up there with you. Dad…"

"I don't care about Dad right now!"

"Sora, this is ridiculous! I'm sure if you just go home, you and Rox can talk this out."

"I'm not going home! I'm…"

"Will you both just get up here and tell me what the hell is going on?" It came out as more of a groan than a call, but Riku didn't care. He was getting a headache listening to the bickering. Sora stuck his tongue out at Cloud and climbed the scaffolding to Riku's window. Cloud followed, rolling his eyes.

"Now. What is going on?" Riku asked, crossing his arms.

"Roxas is all jealous and mean cuz I'm dating you! He says I shouldn't cuz I don't really like you like that! I mean, all I want is the experience of a boyfriend, and HE'S all mad cuz he told me not to and I didn't do what he told me! He even called me STUPID, Riks! STUPID! I'm not stupid! He just wants me to be a baby forever and follow him around like a puppy! Just because I don't like you like that NOW doesn't mean I...oops." Sora looked down, blushing.

"What, you just realized that you told your boyfriend you don't even like him like that?" Cloud drawled.

"It's okay, Sor. I know you don't. Roxas was wrong to say those things to you, but are you sure you know why he did?" Riku asked, sitting down on the bed. Sora opened his mouth, and then closed it again.

"You didn't even bother to ask, did you?" Cloud sighed.

"Well, no! He called me stupid!"

"And don't you think he's well aware that you're not? So why would he call you that?" Riku pressed. Sora looked down at his hands, starting to fidget.

"But…WHY ARE YOU SO FUCKING RATIONAL?" he screamed, throwing his hands up.

"Shhh! For Christ's sake, Sora, my mom's asleep!" Riku looked around furtively, thinking his strange mother would come bursting in. However, the house remained quiet.

"Oh, come on. It would take a meteor blast to wake up your mom," Sora snapped, sitting down and beginning to sulk.

"Look, Sor, let's just go home. You need to talk this out with Rox," Cloud murmured. Sora sighed and nodded.

"But he has to apologize first," he said firmly, standing up and going to the window. Cloud rolled his eyes and winked at Riku, who smiled and nodded as they climbed out the window and ran across the yard.

Jesus, Sora. Riku climbed into bed, but he couldn't sleep. Something nagged at him.

Why WOULD Roxas call Sora stupid?

Leon

Leon slipped into bed beside his wife, patting her shoulder as she turned over.

"You're late," she murmured sleepily.

"Sorry. I…I was shopping."

"For what?"

"A new blanket for Kairi. Her old one was getting ratty."

Rinoa turned over, frowning slightly at him, "We agreed that we'd wait until Christmas bonuses and get her that really nice one."

"I…uh…well, that's the one I got."

"Leon! We can't afford that kind of thing right now!" Rinoa was obviously having a hard time keeping her voice down.

"Actually…we can. I got a new job today," Leon told her quietly. Her eyes narrowed.

"What kind of job?"

"Well, I don't know what exactly I'll be doing yet, but…it's at ShinraCorp. I've seen my salary. It's…double what I've been making. And that's flat, not hourly."

Rinoa sat up, eyes wide.

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"Because if I didn't get it, I didn't want you to be disappointed." Leon sat up with her, smiling. She threw her arms around his neck.

"Leon! That's amazing! I…we…I'm going to wake Kairi up and tell her!" She hurried to their daughter's room. Leon watched her go, smiling happily. However, he sobered as he touched his neck.

He and Rinoa hadn't hugged in years, and it had felt nice. But for an instant, her hair had seemed awfully blonde.

Rufus

Rufus wasn't sure when his parental senses told him that his sons were missing, but he was standing in the door when they tried to sneak in. Their guilty faces almost made him laugh, but he managed to keep his face neutral.

"Do explain."

He was sure the corner of his mouth twitched when Cloud silently pointed at Sora.

"That is not an explanation."

Cloud scratched the back of his neck as Sora looked away.

"You're both grounded until I decide otherwise."

"But Daaaaad!" Sora whined, hugging Rufus around the waist.

"Are you going to give me an explanation?"

"It was my fault." Roxas had appeared behind Rufus, a slight blush dusting his cheeks. Rufus put his hands on his hips (with difficulty, since Sora's arms were wrapped around that general area.)

"Why?"

"I yelled at Sora. It's just silly school drama," Roxas murmured, not meeting anyone's eyes. Rufus sighed.

"You're all grounded. Three days, since there are three of you. Don't make plans, or they will be summarily canceled."

"But it's the weekend!" Cloud wailed.

"Exactly. Bed. Now."

"But it's the weekend!" Sora wailed.

"Now."

"I don't care what day it is." Roxas hurried up the stairs, followed by his morose brothers. Rufus made sure they were well out of earshot before letting himself laugh until he cried.