A/N: Hey, look! A sequel! I actually finished it! gasp! Shocking, right?

THIS IS A SEQUEL, READ SECOND CHANCE BEFORE READING THIS!

Disclaimer: I own nothing. At all.

Pairings: Soriku, Akuroku. Don't like it? Don't read it.

Warnings for the story in general: Language, violence, suggestive conversations and interactions, oh, and AU.

I think that's all, enjoy!

"Hey Riku, could you help me?"

It's not that I hate Riku, cuz I don't, it's just that I don't like him. It's not even for the reason that most people would think it is. Considering our past one would think that it was because of the way he acted when I first arrived here. That's not the case.

Although it doesn't help the matter any.

"With what Sora?"

That. That right there is why I don't like him.

Riku was looking over my cousin's shoulder at the math book that was open in front of him. That didn't bother me. The fact that he was nearly in Sora's lap and making sure every bit of them that could possibly be touching was touching, however, did.

It was painfully obvious to everyone that Riku had it bad for Sora.

Everyone, that is, except Sora.

It was never that big a deal really. I personally didn't have a problem with his preference. Who was I to judge? It was more along the lines of the fact that it was my cousin whom he had set his sights on.

The minute I found out that Riku was going to be living with us I offered up my room and said I'd bunk with Sora. Sora had been thrilled; he had taken it as a sign that I was going to be nicer to Riku. Riku had glared at me as though I would burst into flames if he glared long enough. Cloud had caught my eye and I knew that he knew that we both knew, even if Sora didn't.

"I don't get what this wants from me."

Riku shifted under the pretense of getting a better look at the book. He and I both knew that he could have seen it just fine from where he was; he just wanted to be closer to Sora.

"Sickening, isn't it?"

I jumped about a foot in the air and spun to see a very amused Axel standing behind me, "Don't do that!"

"Well maybe if you hadn't been so focused on planning Riku's demise you would have heard me come in," the red head replied cheekily.

"I wasn't plotting his demise."

"Right, you look at people like that cuz you love them."

I sent him a dark look, "That's not funny."

"I donno, I was amused."

"You would be," I muttered.

There was a pause where I resumed my glaring at Riku who was now explaining the math problem to Sora before I turned my attention back to Axel, "What brings you here?"

The pyro shrugged and pulled out his lighter, flicking it opened and closed as he often did when he was bored or nervous, "Nothing exciting. I had some time to kill."

"Time to kill?"

"Before my next class. I was too lazy to go all the way home. Your house is much closer."

"I still don't see why you take classes so late in the day."

"And miss out on sleeping till noon? You insane Rox?"

"Maybe," I replied with a slight smile.

"Oh... I get it..." Sora said, cutting through our conversation and reminding me that I was supposed to be glaring at Riku.

Riku seemed to sense that I was thinking about him since he turned and shot me a rather smug smirk. I growled at him under my breath and Axel, sensing the impending fight that would surely break out, grabbed my arm and steered me out of the kitchen and onto the front porch.

I sent the door a dark look as though it was entirely its fault and walked down the front steps, "He is driving me insane."

Axel lit up a cigarette and took a deep drag before blowing out a graceful stream of smoke, "Cool your jets Rox."

I glared at him, "You don't have to live with him."

Axel shrugged, "True enough, but if he wasn't living with you, where would he be living?"

I was tempted to say that I didn't give a damn, but the fact of the matter was that I did. If I hadn't cared then I wouldn't have helped Leon, Vincent, and Zack with Riku's custody case. Figures, I help get the guy away from his abusive dad and he goes out of his way to piss me off.

This is why I don't like most people.

"Where we going?" Axel asked, taking another drag.

I gave a slight shrug, "I donno, I usually just walk and I arrive somewhere eventually."

Axel chuckled, "Aren't you worried you'll get lost?"

"Hardly," I said, shooting him a look over my shoulder.

"I thought you didn't hate Riku?"

"I don't hate him," Axel made a disbelieving noise, "I just don't like him all over Sora!"

"You've become awfully protective of your cousin. Isn't he technically older than you?"

"Only by a few months," I muttered, then spoke to him again, "And of course I'm protective of him. Have you met Sora?"

"Many times believe it or not."

I shot him a glare and he grinned cheekily at me.

"The point is, he's a good kid. He's still innocent despite everything that's happened over the years. I'm not going to let Riku ruin that innocence," I said tiredly.

"They've been best friends since forever," Axel pointed out, stubbing out the last of his cigarette on a stone wall as we passed it, "you really think Riku would do something to hurt him?"

"I donno, I mean, is Sora even into guys?"

There was a pause where we both thought back and considered this.

"Well," Axel said after a moment, "I've never seen him show an interest in anyone."

I frowned a little, "Me either... which is odd cuz, well, he's Sora."

Axel nodded his agreement, "Could be a closet case, or maybe he just isn't looking. I doubt he'd be good at hiding feelings like that."

I smiled and shook his head, "No, hiding his feelings is definitely something Sora cannot do."

Axel shot me a sideways look, "But you can."

I blinked then looked at him, "What do you mean?"

"You're good at hiding your true thoughts. Maybe he's been watching you."

"I doubt he could pick up something like that just from watching me."

"He's pretty perceptive, more so than anyone else gives him credit for. I bet he could pick up on our habits and mimic us if he tried."

"I don't think so..." I said, but I was a little uncertain.

"And you two have been living together for two years now. Sharing a room for quite a bit of it."

"But how could he possibly..."

"And he has gotten your glare down pretty well."

That caused me to stop and turn to look at him fully, "What?"

"Your glare. The 'Glare of Death and Destruction' as Selphie likes to refer to it as. His is almost as good as yours."

I blinked a few times before I started walking again, "Since when does he glare?"

Axel chuckled, "Well, when I saw it was when Tidus shoved him out of the tree house."

I paused thinking back, "Yeah, I couldn't see his face from where I was standing."

Axel grinned, "He looked just like you."

I scowled at him, "You're amused by this, aren't you?"

"Just saying, he's picking up on things that you do. Maybe he's better at hiding his emotions than you think."

"The only way he knows how to hide emotions is behind a smile. He only hides when he's upset."

Axel blinked, "He gets upset?"

"See? It's not obvious, but after sharing a room with him I've found there are subtle differences between his normal smile and his 'I'm hiding my pain' smile."

"See? He can hide his emotions."

"But hiding behind a mask like mine would make it really obvious. He wouldn't copy me. Besides, he can't hold all that emotion in for extended periods of time."

"What do you mean?"

"He can hold it back for a while but he eventually breaks down. Usually he just holds it in until he gets home or something like that. If he ever liked someone, one of us would know about it. He wouldn't be able to keep it from everyone without acting all jittery and nervous like he was when we weren't telling his friends about the death threat."

Axel paused an nodded, "Alright, fair point. I think that's the most I've ever heard you talk."

"Never had anything to say."

He chuckled, "You know why you don't get along with Riku?"

"Hm?"

"You're too much alike."

"We are not!"

"Yes you are, you're quiet, broody, hide behind a mask of indifference, and you both have this thing about needing to protect Sora."

I came to a stop in front of a swing set at a park that was a few blocks from Cloud's house, "You're wrong."

"Alright, if that's what helps you sleep at night."

I glared at him and he grinned, "That glare looks much deadlier on you than Sora."

"What about me?"

Axel and I both jumped and spun around. Of course this meant that I hit the swing that I had stopped in front of so I ended up knocking myself off balance and flipping over the swing, landing on my back hard enough to knock the wind out of me.

It took me a moment to realize that the rest of the people there were laughing at me. It took them another moment to realize I wasn't getting up and glaring at all them. The laughter rather abruptly came to a stop and I could hear them jogging over.

"You alright Roxas?" Sora asked, leaning over me.

I sent him a half hearted glare and Axel shook his head, "Knocked the wind out of yourself. Brilliant Rox."

He got a full-blown glare and he grinned at me. The swing above me moved and I glanced in its direction to see that it was Riku. Fabulous.

"Smooth," Riku said with a smirk.

I flipped him off since I couldn't get enough air to say anything. I got a disapproving look from Sora for it, but I was alright with that. Riku didn't seem to mind either since his smirk widened at me. I decided it best to ignore him and focus on taking a full breath so I'd stop this hiccupping breathing that was making me light headed.

Sora shook his head a little, "Anyway, what about me?"

Axel waved his hand a little, "I was just saying how you're getting better at glaring but Roxas' is still much more scary."

Riku snorted and moved his knee off the swing. I closed my eyes and slowly let out a breath before sitting up and brushing the sand off me.

"I thought you were doing math homework," were the first words out of my mouth once I had enough air to say them.

"We finished it," Sora replied with a small shrug.

Axel fell into the swing next to the swing that attempted to kill me. Sora sat back in the sand next to me and Riku walked off with his hands in his pockets. He did that a lot, walked away whenever Sora decided to interact with me outside the household. It was rather annoying.

Sora turned to watch Riku go and sighed quietly. Axel and I looked at one another, both of us wondering the same thing; could Sora actually return Riku's feelings?