"I'm sure.." Roxas said. He looked around the kitchen when Axel was gone, not sure what he was supposed to do. He took a deep breath and let it out slowly before grabbing a washrag and started cleaning the first counter he came too.

"Not until you tell me what's been bothering you." Riku said, making sure his grip was tight, but wasn't hurting Sora in anyway.

Axel laid on his bed, musing about the day, before he ended up snoozing.

Something inside Sora snapped," YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S WRONG FINE!" He yelled. He then first his free hand, pulled Riku closer, and kissed him. He was blushing when he pulled back. He shyly glanced up at Riku.

Once he actually got going, it didn't take Roxas long to clean the kitchen up. He went to go find Axel and smiled lightly when he seen he was sleeping. He was tempted to go and kiss Axel, but couldn't bring himself to do it. But he did blush a dark red because of the thought.

The last thing Riku was expecting was for Sora to kiss him. When he pulled away, all he could do was blink and stand there, confused. It was taking awhile for his brain to process what just happened.

Riku was snapped out of his confusion when he seen tears in Sora's eyes. But before he could actually say anything, the boy was gone. "Sora! Wait!" he exclaimed, running after him. He didn't really care at the moment if anyone heard him. Right now, all that matters is that he finds Sora and explain to him what had happened. He ran as fast as he could, but barely managed to keep Sora in his sight.

Roxas had just about got the courage to go over and kiss Axel lightly for just a second, when Axel had sat up suddenly. It definently scared the crap out of him, at least. He waited patiently until he heard it was okay for him to come out of the room. "Sora? What's wrong?" he asked when he seen the crying boy.

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Sora glanced up when he saw Roxas, and begin to sob, and tell them both the story of what had happened. Once he told them, he pulled his knees to his chest, and buried his face in them. He was still crying, but now it was muffled.

Something about seeing Sora in this state wanted him to go find this Riku person, and bet the crap out of him.

Roxas listened silently as he crouched down next to Sora. He patted his back lightly to help calm him down. "Don't you think you're overreacting. I mean, you probably just shocked Riku and it normally takes him a few seconds for him to react when that happens."

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" I'm not, I gave him time to respond, he just stood there blinking at me." Sora said. Sora didn't want to listen to reason, at that moment.

Axel sighed, knowing that Roxas was probably right, Sora seemed to be overeating.

" I don't want to go back, what if the answer if no, that's going to hurt a thousand times more." Sora said, starting to cry again.

Axel wanted to sigh, really if this Riku person would just show up, it would make everything so much easier.

Roxas shook his head. "I don't think he's going to say no. I'm pretty sure he likes you." he said.

Riku was currently heading towards the house, managing to track Sora down. Once the house came into view, he sped up his running.

Sora shook his head," I don't think so" He mumbled.

Axel looked up, and glanced out a window as he saw someone rushing towards the house. He raised an eyebrow at that.

Roxas sighed lightly as he stood up. There seemed to be no talking sense into Sora.

Just then, Riku reached the house. He paused for a second to catch his breath before knocking on the door. Sure, he probably could just kick it down, but he decided to be polite.. For now.

Axel opened the door, and glanced at Riku. " Riku, I gather, over there" He said, stepping out of the way and pointing at Sora.

Sora looked up eyes wide, at Riku. He just sat there frozen.

Roxas glanced at Riku before backing up against the wall to give him plenty of room.

Riku glanced at Sora for a second before walking over to him. He crouched down in front of him. "Sora... I'm sorry for reacting that way.... I didn't mean to hurt you...."

Axel went over to Roxas, and lead him out of the room to give the other two some space.

" I.." Sora tried to save, but found that he couldn't speak. His emotions were reflected in his eyes and pasted on his face.

Roxas wanted to stay in the room to make sure everything was going to be alright, but he sighed lightly as he followed after Axel anyway.

Riku hated the fact that he was causing Sora so much pain. He bit his lip lightly for a second. "So... to make up for my hesitation earlier..." he said before gently tilting Sora's head up and kissing him lightly.

" It's best to give them some space." Axel said. He figured the issue would sort out in seconds.

Sora listened wondering what Riku was going to do. His face turned a interesting shade of red when Riku kissed him. He responded after the surprised wore off, with was only a matter of seconds.

Roxas sighed again. "Yeah. I know.."

Riku smiled lightly when he pulled away. "I guess that means you forgive me." he said.

Sora nodded," Can you forgive me. I shouldn't have freaked out like that" He mumbled, feeling bad for how he reacted.

Axel nodded, wondering when the two of them would be done. He wanted to be alone with Roxas.

Rik nodded. "Of course." he said, taking hold of Sora's hand and pulling him to his feet. "We should probably go back now... If you still want to stay at the castle, that is."

Roxas sighed before looking idly around the room. "... You want to try that cake I made now?" he asked, turning his attention to Axel.

Sora nodded,"Of course, I want to stay at the castle. I'll get to be around you every day" He said.

" Sure let's go try it" He said.

"Well... At least until you and Roxas switch back." Riku said.

Roxas nodded. He really hoped he made the cake good enough for Axel to like it.