The words 'I cannot believe this.' keep repeating in my head as I pack my things. Why oh why do I have to move!? Oh, right, because my oh so loving mother decided that being gay isn't an option in this family, so she's making me move across the country with my aunt Tifa, who so wonderfully decided to 'set me straight: literally'. Not to mention her adopted son is the dorkiest guy in the known universe. This will be fun.
Okay, I know I shouldn't make fun of my cousin, hell I'm pretty much a nerd myself, but he's just so, weird. He writes AND draws yaoi(Not that I mind), is way too shy for his own good, not to mention he has braces and every time he get's nervous, his lip get stuck in them. Actually, he's kinda amusing. Not that I would tell anyone that, I still have my 'stoic bastard' image to keep up. I hear my mom yell from down the hall.
"Zexion! Are you ready yet!?" I don't feel like replying. Yep, that's me: Stoic bastard. I hear my mom sigh, "I'm doing this for you own good, Zexion! You'll thank me some day!" Yeah, sure I will. Damn homophobe of a Mom. Just because she caught me kissing Axel doesn't mean I gave away my virginity! Besides, that was a break-up kiss. He has 'Roxie' now. Pfft, I give it a week.
I decide to answer, "Ready." One word or less, that's my vocabulary. She sighs and takes me to the car. We drive to the airport. The flight is uneventful, as all flights are. The rest of the way my mom rents a car and we drive. The drive is pretty boring, just my mom complaining that she's wasting gas. If she didn't want to waste gas, she shouldn't be taking me across the country! I just shrug and look out the window. There's nothing but field out there, with the occasional cow or goat. Where is she taking me!? After an hour of watching nothing but grass I finally fall asleep.
When I wake I hear my mom talking on the phone. I look out the window and gasp. I don't see fields anymore, I see large buildings. Okay, what the fuck.
"Where are we?" I ask.
My mom huffs, "Do not interrupt me when I'm on the phone! We're in Chicago, this is where Your Aunt Tifa lives." Chicago, huh. Well, at least I'm not living in the middle of nowhere or something. I stare at the window again and see a small crowd. I take a closer look to see some sort of concert. The band really seems to be into it. Two blonds at the guitars, a pink haired guy at the drums, and a brunette singing. Sounds interesting, I'll have to check that place out later. But right now I have a slight problem. We're stopping in front of a bar. Again, what the fuck.
"Why are we stopping in front of a bar?" I ask trying to get all emotion out of my voice. It worked.
My mom groaned, "You can at least ask nicely! I drove you all the way here so be nice!" Um, in case she forgot, it was her idea to drive me here! Not that I mind, I'm away from all thing Axel and 'Roxie'. Bleh. I get put of the car and see a woman run up. She has long black hair and the biggest boobs you would ever see. I don't care though, I'm gay. She's wearing a tight sleeveless white shirt and a black mini skirt with suspenders. That's my Aunt Tifa.
She laughs and hugs me, "Took you guys long enough!" She turns to my mom "So are you sure you don't want to spend the night or anything?"
My mom shakes her head no, "I'll be fine, just don't forget your promise!"
Tifa salutes, "Right! He won't leave until he's straight!" My Oh-So-Loving mother smiles and drives off. Yay. I look over at Tifa hoping that I don't look nervous.
She smiles, "Lighten up a little! I know you can fool your Mom with the whole 'emotionless' act, but Riku tries that with me all the time. I'm immune to it! So, what's on your mind?"
"The 'plan' to 'set me straight'." I answer.
She laughs again, "Oh, that? Well, Your Mom was blabbing on how she couldn't believe her son was gay and I was all 'MY son's gay!' and then I decided that you didn't need that bullshit so I made up the whole 'plan' so you could move to Chicago with me!" She gives a thumbs up.
I stare at her. Once again, what the fuck!? She could've told me she was on my side! I see her walk towards the entrance of the bar.
She calls out to me, "Come on! I want to show you your new room!" She smiles and adds, "And Riku will be back from school soon!" Yay, I can't wait. I walk into the bar and it looks…like a bar. She takes me up a flight of stairs in the back. She then motions toward one door, "That's Riku's room! Annnd Right across from that is.." she opens a door, "Your room!" I take a step inside. It's pretty plain. The wall are white, the bed is this dark blue color, and there's something on the bed? I walk over to the bed and pick it up. It's…the used poster? Their my favorite band. There's a note on it that reads:
'Hey! Welcome to Chicago!
-Riku J'
Tifa smiles, "He wanted you to feel more comfortable, and he was at borders once, saw it, and got it for you." She sighs, "He's such a good kid. I'll leave you to unpack, 'kay?" I nod and she leaves the room. I sigh and look out the window. This won't be TOO bad. I mean, it's not like I'm going to be put through 'straight camp' but I keep thinking about him…I gotta stop! I shake my head and start unpacking.
When I finish I pretty much have nothing else to do so I find a place to put my poster. I decide to put it up on the door. Now what? Maybe I can take a walk. I go down stairs. I see Tifa.
"Can I go for a walk?" Tifa smiles at me.
"Sure! Just don't go and get yourself lost!" She says with a wink. I nod and walk outside. Chicago isn't as crowded as I imagined, I thought it would be like New York or something. I decide to try and find that place I saw while driving here. After a while my mind starts to drift, to my old home in Florida. My old school, my old friends, my ex boyfriend. I stop. Axel…I sigh, and I thought we really had something, too bad he feel in love with the loner known as Roxas…I start walking again. I have to stop thinking about him! It's not like I like him anymore now anyway, he cheated on me…I hear a scream and turn around. Three big guys are beating up on a kid. One guy takes the kids backpack.
The kid yells, "I need that!" The second guy punches him in the gut.
"I don't take orders from fags!" he sneers and kicks the kid while he's down. I finally get a glimpse of the kid. He had long silver hair, there his cheek gashed, and bleeding. His mouth is bleeding from the inside because he was probably cut by his…braces? Hey, That's my cousin! Riku tries to get up but they just beat him back down. I glare, one of the guys sees me. Oops.
"Hey, what're you looking at!" He yells. Um you? They start to advance on me. Crap. I'm not the fastest runner in the world either. I'm about to loose all hope when I see a a black Ferrari try to hit the guys. Nice car. They all scream and run away. The car stops and a brunette guy comes out. He has a long scar across his face.
"You guys okay?" He asks. I nod my head 'yes'.
Riku sits up and spits some blood from his mouth, "I-I'm okay, Thanks Leon" Riku smiles shyly.
The guy named Leon growls, "If they mess with you again Riku, just tell me, I'll kick their asses, every one of them. Tifa will kill me if you come home beat up again by the same guys."
Riku nods and looks over to me, "Zexion?" He get's up and walks over to me, "Taking a walk?" I nod. He smiles, "We should be getting back, Leon will give us a ride, right?" He looks over to Leon.
He shrugs, "Sure, I was going to Tifa's anyway, is Cloud home?" Cloud? Funny name.
Riku rolls his eyes, "Is the only reason you come over to see your crush?"
Leon scoffed, "Your starting to sound like Tifa." Riku blushed.
"I-I am?" He asked nervously, his lip caught in his braces. Told you he does that. Amusing, isn't it?
Leon smiles, "That's a good thing, Your becoming less shy" Oh, god, please don't tell me we're getting into a sappy moment! Gaaaaaag. Leon looks over at me, "Your Tifa's nephew, right? I'm Leon."
"Zexion" I saw void of any emotion. He smiles at me.
"I like you, You're like me when I was a kid" I swear if he launches a 'when I was your age' story I'll kill myself. Instead, he get's back in his car, and says, "Come on" Riku and I get into the car, Riku in the front seat and me in the back. The drive there is fast and silent. Once We step inside Tifa looks behind me to what I guess Riku and gasps.
"Riku, What happened to your face!?" Yep, I was right. She runs over to riku and puts a rag to the cut on his cheek. "Did those guys beat you up again?! I don't get why they do that! You're the same height as them! You can fight them off!!"
"Well, their all buff, and stuff…" Riku says biting his lip.
"They we're pretty beefed out…" I say in Riku's defense. Hell, the poor guy just got beat up, might as well defend him. Tifa looks at me.
She sighs, "I guess we can't do anything about it then…" She turns to Leon, "I want you to hunt them down and squish them like flies, you hear me! SQUISHED FLIES." Leon gulps and nods. I blink, Tifa can be scary when she want to be. She tells us to go up to our rooms. I obey. I do not want to be on the receiving end of an angry Tifa. I walk into my room and lay on the bed. I sigh, now what? A few minutes later Riku hesitantly walks into my room. He seems to be biting his lip but in reality it's stuck in his braces. He didn't even talk this time! It looks like the cut on his cheek stopped bleeding.
He looks at me, "Zexion? Um, T-Thanks for defending me…"
"No prob" I say. He smiles and looks at the door.
"You like the poster?" He asks. I nod my head 'yes'. "Good, I'm glad…" He bites his lip again, "I wanted to ask you something…"
"What is it?" I ask with no emotion in my voice.
He fidgets, "I want to ask you if-ow!" He got his lip stuck in his braces. It never ceases to amuse me, "I-If you wanted to go to this concert thing with me. Uh, it's full of local bands and there's this band that I kinda wanted to see and well…" He blushes, "Um…"
I get what's going on here, "You like one of the guys in he band, right?" His face turns bright red.
"No, I-I mean" He sighs, "Y-Yeah, but he's straight with a girlfriend, He brought her on stage once" He laughs, "It's funny, I don't even know his name or anything…" He looks away from me. Oh great, I feel sorry for him now, guys got love problems.
"So you go to these concerts just to watch him? Sounds stalker-ish to me." What? It does.
He looks down, "Yeah I guess your right…I want to see him though…A-And there'll be other bands there and stuff!" He looks at me hopefully, "S-So, Do you want to come with me?"
"Sure" Well it's not like I have anything better to do, besides it'll keep my mind off of Ax-things, yeah, things. He smiles showing his teeth this time. He's got silver braces with light green brackets. Cute, note sarcasm.
"Thanks! I'm sure you'll enjoy it!" He smiles and walks out, just to stick his head back in, "It starts at eight, okay?" I nod my head yes. He leaves. I sigh and look over at the clock. It's six. It's starts at eight!? We only have about an hour to get ready! Crap!
"Riku!"
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"What do you think so far" Asks Riku as the last band finishes.
"Not bad." But not good either. It's pretty much all the same 'I hate my parents go die' thing teenagers write about. Fun. The place we're in seems like an auditorium. There's a small stage in front and the chairs are taken out. There are dark red curtains. I feel Riku nudge my shoulder.
"The Limit's coming up!" I found out that's the name of the band that has the guy Riku likes. The Limit, weird name. when the curtains open, I see a guy with spiky brunette hair and blue eyes on the mic.
He smiles out to the crowd, "Thanks for bearing through the other bands! Now are you ready to REALLY ROCK!?" The crowd screams. These guys must be popular. I look over to Riku and he's totally mesmerized. He's blushing like crazy too. I look back at the stage and blink. Once, twice, three times. There standing on the side, is the cutest little blond boy I have ever seen. His hair is in a mullet thing, and he's got bright blue eyes. In fact, the whole band has blue eyes, weird. Back to the cute guy. He has this sleek blue guitar in his hands and the biggest smile on his face. It kinda makes me want to smile. I'll call him Mullet boy.
The lead guy speaks again, "Well if you aren't than GET THE FUCK OUT!" He smirks and the music starts. Mullet boy is the lead guitarist, you can hear his guitar over the other blond guy.
"Alright now!" Mullet plays the guitar professionally, I can even tell at the beginning.
"From the top!" The lead then let out a scream that could match Steven Tyler himself. I like this band.
"She wouldn't spit on me if I was on fire.
She says she loves me, but I know she's a liar.
The sex is good, but God she's got no desire.
That's alright. She's takin' me home tonight.
She's kind of cold, but yet she's hot on the outside.
Last night got nasty and I'm still kind of tongue tied.
I hate to say it, but she brings out my sick side.
That's alright. She's takin' me home tonight."
I stare at the stage. Their actually good! The guitarist is amazing! And the vocals are awesome although the lead singer dances weird. I glance over at Riku and he's smiling from ear to ear. He really likes this guy.
"Is it the lead singer?" I ask
"Y-Yeah.." He says smiling and blushing.
"She's got whole lot of love (Any way you want it)
But it's never enough
(Finish what you started)
Take me to heaven above
(And leave me brokenhearted)
But I won't be a fool and fight it.
She's gonna use me but I like it. Yeah, yeah."
"I bet she's wonderin' if I'm worth her while.
She's judge and jury and she's got me on trial.
But I ain't sweatin' cause I'm first on the speed dial.
Yeah, that's right, she's takin' me home tonight."
I watch Mullet pull guitar tricks around the stage. He really has talent. And not to mention that smile can knock anyone off their feet. He just jumped in the air while swinging his guitar. Cool.
"She always leaves and makes me feel kind of sleazy.
It's kind of cool because she already pleased me.
I'm lying here just thinking this is too easy.
Yeah, that's right, she's takin' me home tonight."
"She's got a whole lot of love
(Anyway you need it)
But I've run out of luck
(Now she says she leavin)
Leavening me in the dust (But that's ok, we're leavin')
But I won't be a fool and fight it."
"She's gonna use me but I like it. (Like it)
She's gonna use me but I like it. Yeah, yeah."
My breath hitches. That was the best guitar solo I've ever heard! Mullet put's so much feeling into his guitar! Sure it's a dirty song, but you can see that he's enjoying every minute of it. I…really like him for some reason.
"I think I might go with the safe bet this time."
"She's got a whole lot of love
(Anyway you need it)
But I've run out of luck
(Now she says she leavin)
Leaving me in the dust
(But that's ok we're leavin)
But I won't be a fool and fight it."
"And darling I just can't deny it.
Because you use me and I like it. (Like it)
Because you use me and I like it. (Like it)"
"Yeah Yeah"
"Like it. (Like it.)"
"Because you use me and I like it. (Like it)"
When the song ends mullet is covered in sweat and smiling like an idiot. For a second I think he smiles at me. But that's probably my imagination. The rest of the time there I don't even listen to the songs, I just watch that cute little guitarist bounce around on stage. I stair at his now messed up mullet, his bright blue eyes, and his love for his guitar.
When the concert ends I can only think of one thing:
I am in fucking love.
