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Who: Squall, Sora, Riku and Roxas
When: Morning
Where: Balamb Garden
What: Trying to hold a meeting
Rating: PG-13



Sora stretched out in bed, glancing at the clock and squeaking, slapping Roxas' chest hard to wake him. "Quick! We're late! We're supposed to be in a meeting!" He shot out of his place in bed and scrambled into clothes, running to brush his teeth and neaten his hair.

As Sora did all this, Roxas moved a lot more lazy, getting dressed and brushing his teeth in his own sweet time. Once he was ready, he led Sora off to Squall's office. The elevator was as slow as ever and once they reached the office, the taller of the two knocked the door.

Squall was sat in his office, but rather than sitting at his desk, he had set up a round conference table in the space in front of the desk. The table was covered in various files, and of course plenty of coffee for Squall, and soda for the boys.

Riku sat at his side, sipping a can of cola as he watched the clock. "They're late..." He murmured idly.

Sora swung the door open and burst in, panting a little as he threw himself into a chair. "Sorry we're late, Leon!! We overslept and my alarm clock didn't go off!!"

Roxas slid into a chair, running his hand through his hair and giving Riku a sneer, glaring a second before looking over some paperwork.

Squall gave a nod. "It's fine. Take a moment to catch your breath. I don't want you collapsing on me." He pushed a few files over to Sora's side of the table.

Riku glared back at Roxas, growling a little under his breath, giving the Nobody's leg a light kick under the table.

Sora nodded and sipped a soda, swallowing his breath before looking over the papers. "So, what's first?"

Roxas twitched as he was kicked, giving Riku a much firmer boot to the shin, glaring at him. "Watch it." He muttered.

"The Heartless numbers are falling, yet they are still a threat. The reports show detailed accounts of the areas still most troubled." Squall spoke, trying to ignore the glaring between Riku and Roxas.

Riku kicked back. "Keep your feet on your own side!" He huffed.

Sora glanced at his best friend and his Nobody before looking back at Leon. "Right... well, I still think we should clear up a lot more of the areas before we do anything concerning Kingdom Hearts. It'll save us having to do a mega-ton of clean-up work after it's all over."

Roxas glared at the older teen, crossing his arms on the table and stamping on Riku's foot. "Keep yours out of my side, then."

Squall gave a nod and rubbed at his temples. "Right. I was thinking along the same lines. Once we open that door, we'll have our hands quite full, yeah? I hope we're strong enough..."

Riku hissed in pain. "Hey! Stop kicking me you jerkass!" He huffed and stomped on Roxas' foot in return.

Sora gritted his teeth, trying hard to ignore them. "Well, when the door opens, if we don't get King Mickey inside, we're well and truly done for."

Roxas growled a little. "What's the matter, Riku? Feeling a little... queer today?" He hissed, smirking spitefully, despite having no emotions.

"We make sure we are prepared. Time is running out. But there is too much darkness yet to risk it." Squall flipped his file to a new page, showing a map. "There is still a lot of land left damaged over Espas way. We should start there..."

Riku growled, eyes darkening as he screwed up his empty can, throwing it at Roxas' head.

Sora grumbled slightly, trying to focus on what Leon was saying. "Espas, huh? Okay, so if we take a couple of teams out that way, we could probably get some good work going. We'll take it in steps, right? Just gotta take these steps quickly."

Roxas grabbed the can in mid-air and threw it back at Riku, grunting slightly. "Heh... someone is getting a little emotional."

Squall slammed his hand down on the desk, giving a growl of annoyance. "That does it! If you two are going to sit there and fight like children, you can leave!!"

Riku huffed, pouting a little. "Roxas started it!!!"

Sora jumped and tensed, blinking at Leon and swallowing hard as he looked at his friend and Nodoby. "What's the deal with you guys, anyway...?"

Roxas scoffed, shaking his head. "You kicked me first!" As Sora spoke he rolled his eyes, refusing to speak.

"Either one of you tell us why you are behaving like spoilt brats or you are both unwelcome at this table and all future meetings!!" Squall huffed, rubbing at his temples.

"Ask Roxas! He's the one being a jerk!" Riku growled, kicking at Roxas again.

Sora pouted a lot, looking between the two of them, fiddling with the paperwork under his hands.

"I am only being a jerk because of the way you are using Sora for your own selfish gain! I may be a Nobody but I know when Sora's upset." He replied.

Squall rose an eyebrow, taking a long drink from his coffee. "Does someone care to fill me in or am I to draw my own conclusions?" He asked, looking at each of the three boys in turn.

"I'm not using him!" Riku growled, throwing one of the files at Roxas. "You don't know anything!!"

Sora blushed, looking down at his lap, refusing to speak about any of it, knowing Roxas was mouthy enough to explain.

Roxas chuckled emptily. "Well, Leon, Riku here is using Sora for sexual gratification and this, in result, is causing Sora to lose his Keyblade."

Squall thought back to his conversation with Sora, giving the boy a gentle smile. He turned his attention to Riku, tilting his head slightly, hair falling into his eyes. "Anything to add, Riku?"

"I'm not using him!!!" The silver haired teen growled. "I love him! Is that so fucking wrong?!"

Sora squeaked a little, blushing bright and closing his eyes tightly to try just pretending he wasn't there and this wasn't happening.

Roxas shook his head, sighing. "It is when you could hurt Kairi really, really bad with this. You know she's in love with Sora, Riku. You're just being selfish."

Squall pinched the bridge of his nose. "Yelling at each other won't fix anything. Now, are you going to continue to fight like children bickering over a toy, or are we going to get back to work and stop dragging Sora's sex life all over the room?"

Riku folded his arms across his chest, glaring at the table. "I can't help being in love..." He muttered under his breath.

Sora scrunched his eyes up tight, sniffling a little. "You guys are such jerks, you especially, Roxas... this is so embarrassing..." he mumbled.

Roxas rolled his eyes a little. "I can't feel guilt, Sora. I didn't mean to embarrass you, though," he muttered back.

Squall sighed a little, pushing a can of soda over to Sora. "Want to take a break?" He asked, watching the boy with a gentle smile.

Riku pushed himself to his feet, making his way to the door. "I'm outta here..."

"Riku!!" Sora shot out of his seat and chased after his best friend, grabbing his arm with both hands, pouting at him.

Roxas rolled his eyes and popped open a can of soda. "Well. This is fun." He mumbled sarcastically.

Squall sighed. "Riku. Sit back down. Running away won't fix anything. Now both of you, try and get along. Can't you see that your arguing is hurting Sora?!"

Riku huffed, pouting a little at Sora, before trudging back to his seat defeated.

Sora rubbed at his eye before moving to sit back down beside Leon, hugging his knees up into his chest as he did.

Roxas sipped his drink, silent now that everything had exploded, just letting the dust settle.

Squall ruffled Sora's hair gently. "Hey, remember to smile, hm?" He said, nudging the boy lightly. "So... are we ready to get back to work?"

Riku shifted uneasily in his seat, looking over one of the files. "... Yeah..."

Sora gave him a weak smile before nodding a little, flicking through a few pieces of paperwork, scrunching his nose.

Roxas didn't speak anymore, he just went over the files he had in front of him.