AN: I've decided to give fanfic writing another shot. I haven't written anything for almost a year so hopefully I have improved. I am starting with Kingdom Hearts because it's what made me want to write something. I am going to try to make this story fairly long but who knows where it'll go.
Title: Camping is Fun, Right?
Rating: T
Pairing: AkuRoku, SoRiku, maybe others in the future.
Disclaimer: I own none of these characters.
It was the last summer vacation before my final year of high school started, and my brother was determined to make it count. I always spent my summers sleeping, playing video games, and not getting off the couch until absolutely necessary. I was always content with just that, but I guess Sora finally realized he wouldn't be a kid forever, and that's when he came to me with his idea.
"Are you serious?" I asked staring at him dumbfounded. Despite me obviously thinking this was ridiculous, his cheerful expression did not falter. He moved my legs off the couch, which bothered me greatly, so he could sit down.
"It's a good idea!" Sora exclaimed. He had just barged in on me as I was about ready to start my usual video game marathon to celebrate the first day of freedom so I was being kind of snappy.
"No it's not. You want to go camping," I stated, "You have never gone camping, Sora, not once."
"And?" Sora didn't really see the problem.
"You don't know anything about it, I mean, can you even pitch a tent?" Sora looked down shyly.
"No...But it can't be that hard, can it? Besides, I thought we could just bring a friend who can do all that hard stuff…"
"Like who?"
"Oh, you know, just Riku." Sora said smiling.
"So camping with me and Riku? That's really what you want to do?" Sora looked up and nodded vigorously. I thought about it for a moment before deciding that, not only would it be a good experience, it would also make Sora immensely happy.
"Alright, I'm in." I said flatly. I was only doing this for him and maybe I was slightly interested in what camping would be like.
"Yes! It'll be perfect! Mom and dad won't be home so we can go up state to stay in some real woods!" Sora was practically bouncing of the walls as he went to call Riku and inform him of our plans.
I knew this trip would make Sora happy for a few reasons. The first one is that he has a seemingly endless amount of energy, so being outdoors would give him an outlet for said energy. Secondly, he would be bringing Riku, and there is nothing he enjoys doing more than spending time with that guy. Although Sora doesn't realize it, Riku has liked Sora for as long as I've known him, which is a long time. Now, not only has it been a long time, but it is painfully obvious that Riku wants him. Lucky for Riku though, Sora is pretty dense. Lastly, because Sora hated it when I just sat around for three months like I always did.
When Sora came back to me he was quickly listing things Riku said we would need. He was talking so fast that I didn't understand a word of what was being said but decided to just let him keep talking in hopes that he would calm down.
"So, when are we going?" I asked Sora when he finally finished.
"The day after tomorrow if that's alright with you." He responded.
"Fine by me." The sooner we left the better, I figure if I go camping then Sora will leave me in peace for the remainder of the summer to do what I do best; nothing.
"Awesome! Let's start packing right now!" Sora was bursting at the seams with excitement as he pulled me off the couch to gather our things.
Packing took longer than I had expected so as soon as we finished I was completely swamped. Of course Sora wouldn't let me rest before he made me show him everything I had in my bag. We sat down on the floor and I shoved the bag at him. He looked through it and took out all of my hand-held gaming devices among other electronics that I apparently didn't need.
"We're going camping, so I don't want any of this junk on the trip," He said, "There's plenty of stuff to do in the wilderness, you don't need technology!"
"But Sora, I do." I tried to take back my precious babies but Sora snatched them out of my reach and glared at me.
"Roxas." He said simply. With a sigh I leaned back and glared at him. Two could play at this game.
This went on for what seemed like forever but was probably less than a minute. Eventually his expression turned into puppy dog eyes, he knew I could never resist them, so I had no choice but to give in.
"Oh fine." I hung my head in defeat as he did a small victory dance, well as good a dance he could do while sitting. He gave me my bag and went to put everything he took from me in his room so I wouldn't try to sneak it into my stuff.
I also took my bag to my room. I set it down in front of the desk before falling onto my bed. Since the small activity of packing had made me so tired I knew I should probably get a good night sleep so I didn't die in the morning. I quickly changed into the first pajama bottoms I found and laid down. It didn't take long for me to drift into sleep.
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"Roxas." I heard Sora whisper. I opened my eyes just a crack and could barely make out Sora's face centimeters away from mine. He was on my bed sitting on his knees. I pulled the blanket out from under him and rolled over.
"Go away." I sleepily mumbled.
"But Roxas, It's time to go camping!" He said a little louder than necessary.
"Fuck off, I'm sleeping," I said sharply, "The woods aren't going anywhere." I put my pillow on my head and managed to get comfortable once again. I heard Sora stand up but that was it. A few minutes passed and he wasn't doing anything, I hadn't heard him leave so I knew he was still there. I started to wonder if he had died but I heard him start moving around the room which indicated that he was still alive. I was about to look and see what he was up to but before I could do anything my blanket was ripped away from me. I opened my eyes to see Sora standing over me with the glass of water I kept by my bed.
"You wouldn't dare." I said narrowing my eyes at Sora.
"Wouldn't I?" Sora said. I stared at him but couldn't tell if he was going to do it or not. He was pretty stoic when he wanted to be. I slowly sat up and just as I was moving my foot to place it on the floor Sora splashed the water all over me. He dropped the cup and ran out of the room.
"You better run!" I said as I shot out of bed and ran after him. I heard him laughing but when he turned and saw me catching up to him he yelped and ran faster. He eventually ran out the front door and I was quick to follow. He ran behind an amused Riku, who I didn't know was here. He was standing in front of his van which had their things in it.
"Step out of the way Riku. Sora must pay." I said very seriously. I hated getting wet, especially in the morning. I also hated going outside so early. So going outside while wet in the morning was just about the worst thing ever.
I was just about to tackle Riku to get to Sora when I heard a cat call from the other side of the van. When the source of the noise came into my vision I froze. Simply put, this guy was hot. He was wearing all black and his hair was an unnatural shade of red but it suited him perfectly. It was long but spiked back which gave me a sense of danger when looking at him. He had two small triangles under his emerald eyes, oh god his eyes, they were gorgeous. I don't know how long I just stood there staring at him, looking like a complete idiot, but eventually he spoke.
"Nice pajamas, shorty." He said looking me over. I looked down to see that the only thing I was wearing were my old hamburger pants. They were lime green and had many smiling burgers on them. My mom thought I would like them so she got them for my birthday a few years back. I don't like them though, they're just comfy is all, why would I throw out perfectly good pants? I wouldn't, and besides, they were a present.
"I'm not short, and yes, they are really fucking nice." I lied because I was short and these pants weren't nice.
"Roxas," Sora finally quit laughing and spoke, "Go get dressed so we can leave already!" I started back to the house with a sigh.
"Riku you didn't tell me you had such a cute friend." The stranger said.
"Roxas? Cute? Are we looking at the same guy?" Riku playfully asked. He and Sora started to laugh again. I flipped them the bird and continued on my way to get dressed. I knew they were just teasing me but they didn't have to do it in front of a seriously hot guy. I wouldn't have a very good first impression of someone running out of a house trying to kill there brother while wet, half-naked, and wearing these pants.
When I got to my room I made sure to actually look at what I was grabbing. I put on some black skinny jeans and a blue shirt. Nothing to fancy, in fact it was pretty boring but I was just going to be sitting in a car for a few hours so it was fine.
When I came back to the car with my bag everyone was talking. When Sora noticed me he ran up and gave me a hug.
"I'm sorry Riku is so mean." He said. He turned his head and stuck his tongue out at Riku who returned the gesture.
"You were laughing too," He crossed his arms, "So you're just as mean as I am."
"I don't know about that Riku, you're pretty mean." The man, whose name I still didn't know, said. Sora let me go and nodded in agreement and Riku pretended to look hurt. I couldn't help but smile at them. Just as I was going to put my stuff in the van a hand made its way into my face.
"The name's Axel, got it memorized?" Riku's friend said. So Axel was his name. I stared at him for a second when a question came to my mind, I guess I was too distracted before to register anything.
"Uh, Roxas," I said shaking his hand, "What are you doing here?" I asked. I wanted to be straightforward because no one had said anything about this guy. He just laughed and turned to Sora and Riku.
"So neither of you thought it was a good idea to tell him I was coming?" He was still chuckling and the pair joined in.
"Must have slipped my mind." Sora said and everyone focused on him. He started to look nervous.
"What? It really did!" Sora stomped his foot and Riku assured him that we all believed it. So this Axel guy was coming on our trip? That'll be…fun.
"C'mon people!" Riku clapped his hands together, "Let's get this show on the road!" he grabbed my bag and threw it with the rest of them. Riku climbed into driver's seat and started the engine. Sora quickly jumped into the passenger's side which means I was left in the back with Axel. Oh joy.
I had a bad feeling about going on this camping trip but when I voiced thought this to the group Sora just dismissed it.
"Roxas, what's the worst that could happen?" He said as we backed out of the drive way.
With those words, I'm pretty sure the events on this camping trip were inevitable.
Fate hated me like that.
AN: And this is the trash I like to call "chapter one." I'm not sure how many chapters there will be. But this is a really short chapter so I'll try to make future ones longer.
I'll be updating whenever I want/can, because a lot of my free time goes into video editing, but I will finish. I hate it when authors abandon stories that they started.
Well then that's it.
