Disclaimer: This story has many similarities to other things published elsewhere; I own nothing and have nothing. I this story is in anyway violating anything I'll take it down. This is just something I dreamed up and wanted to write. Don't own Kingdom Hearts or anything else that may be reference in this Fanfiction.
Also this story may seem similar to one named "Remember Me" which is a story written by BeehiveOneThreeZer0 but trust me it is different, the only similarities are coincidental.
Just a normal day….right?
All I can remember is heat, heat and the feeling of all my nerves on screaming at once. As I look back I still wonder if I just had done things a little differently, I wouldn't be where I am right now. If I had just not gone to central park that day or if I hadn't got into a fight with Hayner maybe none of this would have happened. But it did, and now I have to deal with it.
Rocks were kicked angrily across the sidewalk as a teenage boy walked by on his way home from a bad day at school taking his anger out on the inanimate objects.
Wind blew his naturally spiked blond hair back and forth whilst his bangs whipped into his face. Feeling the chill from the wind, he hugged himself wishing he wore more than a hoodie to school that day.
Navigating a path, he continued on his way through the mob of people that also called Normandy City their home. It was a city that was the on cutting edge of technology, created to be as safe as possible from any natural or human disasters that could possibly go its way.
One might say this tempting faith but the builders were convinced otherwise with their constant boasting in the advertisement in this newly created city built a mere ten years ago. It was on a manmade island isolated from the mainland of America aside from the multitude of underground freeways and the city's famous twin bridges.
The boy continued on his way, weaving his way with expertise through the crowd with only one thought buzzing in his mind like an annoying gnat.
'Hayner has to be the biggest prick!'
With this one thought sending neurons firing, the boy called Roxas was on his way to certain doom. Unbeknownst to him destiny was not feeling good will towards him when planning what was fated for him. The turn of events that would lead to his future was coming his way and it was picking up speed with every second.
"Hey Bro, wait up!" A young brunet haired boy yelled out over the noise of the crowd. He came bobbing up and down to a certain rhythm that only he could pick up on with a smile as wide as his face even as people shoved into him in their hurried pace. Upon catching up to Roxas who had stopped to the side of the sidewalk, he promptly bent over with his hands on his knees in apparent exhaustion.
"I've been following you for over two blocks!" The brunet exclaimed as he hit Roxas over the head after his apparent recovery, "Didn't you hear me calling you?"
Roxas held up his hands in mock apology as he took the lecturing with ease.
"Sora, you should know by now that no one can hear anything in this crowd, c'mon we have been here for a couple of months, haven't you got the hang of it yet?" Roxas said in fake anger as he fought to keep his small smile from rising up.
A grin bubbled up once again on Sora's face, "Hah I know but still doesn't mean I can't try right? Now how bout we get home before Cloud has both our asses for being late again?" Sora punched Roxas' arm with good humor reflecting off his face in happiness.
"Ok, but I want to go to the park for a little while and then I'll head home, I got to straighten out my head… you probably know why…" Roxas's head fell as he trailed off, the humiliation falling over him again at his utter failure at life.
Rubbing his neck awkwardly Sora replied "Yeah I know, heck I think the whole school knows by now."
"You think so?" Roxas asked as his head fell down more as the rest of his body visibly slumped with the news.
"Well, I don't know I could be wrong, Kairi was the one who told me and you know how she is, one ear to the ground so if anyone heard it would be her." Sora explained trying to back pedal the conversation before Roxas became more depressed.
Not looking cheered up at all, Roxas waved his hand at Sora as he walked away, heading toward the park saying before he was out of ear shot "Yeah, yeah, see you at home Sora!"
Looking a little crest fallen, Sora quickly recovered and waved back before turning back towards home hoping that he could convince Cloud, Roxas would be home before dark but knowing full well it would be a difficult conversation.
With a clear destination in mind Roxas let his body take over as the scene played over and over in his head.
"What do you think you were doing Roxas? I thought we were friends you ass!" Bits of spittle sprayed out on Roxas's face as Hayner yelled this directly in front of his face. Hayner pushed him up against the wall harder and was pushing him up so much Roxas forced up on the tips of his toes.
"ANSWER ME!" The enraged Hayner demanded with more emphasis displayed on his face as it contorted and turned a nice shade of red.
All Roxas could do was look away in shame. He didn't know why he did it. He didn't even like Ollette that way but he kissed to find something out and this was the result.
He felt himself slump to the ground as the hands released him. Looking up he saw Hayner walking away with Ollette in tow who had a look of confusion and sympathy etched on her face but she said nothing and allowed herself to be dragged away.
Roxas stayed where he was pushing a hand through his hair trying to understand what was wrong with him to make him do what he had done.
Roxas shook his head back and forth angrily as the memory finally was pushed away. Reliving it was getting him nowhere and was only making him feel worse for his betrayal of his friends trust. It wasn't until the crowd began to thin did he look up to see he was directly in front of the parks entrance with all the trees beckoning him to come in.
Walking in he felt some of the tension in his back relax almost immediately as he entered the tranquil setting. Birds flew over his head in their formation as he followed the familiar path to his favorite bench in the center of the pavilion.
People walked by him but it was nowhere near the amount of people in the crowd on the sidewalk and therefore more manageable to Roxas who was a loner by nature. It wasn't that he didn't like people, it just seemed a heck of a lot easier to go through life with as little as connections as possible therefore reducing the amount of drama that ensued.
Setting his heavy book bag by his feet, he scrunched up his eyes and laid his head on his hands and just sat. The wind, more gentle now, blew as if to say everything would be ok and that good news would be around the next bend.
At least, that's what Roxas hoped.
Slowly his body let go and he found himself sitting upright and watching people walk by. It was getting dark now as the sun kissed the horizon changing the sky to a mottle of purples and reds. Normally he would have loved to watch the sun complete his journey but he knew that Cloud would have a cow if he didn't get home soon.
Sighing, he dragged himself to a standing position.
He was about to embark on the long trek home when a thought occurred to him. 'I have time to at least visit the fountain today; heck maybe making a wish could make this day a bit better.'
Roxas meandered his way through the quickly darkening park which had fewer people now. Humming a tune he shoved his hands into his hoodies pockets to keep them warm as the temperature dropped along with the sun.
Before he knew it he was before the gigantic fountain that was in the direct middle of the park. It was decorated to look like a collision of waves meeting in the center with water spraying from various parts to complete the majesty of it all. Looking at it always made Roxas feel turmoil and peace at the same time and it never got boring to look at.
His eyes crinkled at the memories that were fixed here from meeting his friends for the first time or eating sea salt ice cream with his brothers when they first had moved here.
Reaching into his jeans pocket he pulled out the quarter that had been spitted out from the pop machine which he thought was a sign that his day was going to be a good one.
"Huh, you sure are one unlucky quarter" Roxas couldn't help but comment as the day slowly came to a close. His face turned sour and with that thought as he chucked the quarter in the fountain.
With that done, he turned away from the fountain and was about to head home finally, when the world exploded.
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