Xigbar sat crisscross on the warm golden sands of Atlanta's beaches, carefully waxing his sleek surfboard. His midnight black hair wasstreaked with silver at the moment--the black rubber band he usually tied it back with on his wrist. He liked to let his hair stay down on windy days, casually blowing across his face. He wasn't like most people--easily irritated with long hair--chopping it all off in frustration.
His hair was his life and no one would take its place. Frequently his friends would tell him he was exaggerating too much, but he wasn't; he really loved his hair that much. His golden eye scanned the whitecapped waves until a handful of gritty sand landed on his back and stuck to his still damp skin from surfing that morning.
"Oi! Did you hear me?" A small boy with slate colored hair and Deep blue eyes asked.
He had a hairstyle many consider "emo" or "gothic" though he was very much the opposite. He was short, much much shorter than the man that sat right next to him at least. The man next to the boy was tall with long blonde hair tied up for the moment so it didn't get in his way while he read. He blinked a pair of emerald eyes and looked up at Xigbar.
"You weren't paying attention as usual, correct?" He took off a pair of reading glasses.
"I'm sorry. I was so drawn into my book that I wasn't very "in" on the conversation," he nodded.
Xigbar eyed them, fiddling with the ebony eyepatch that covered his right eye, adjusting it so it had a less chance of falling, though it was fairly tight already.
"I really need to start hanging out with cooler people," he sighed. "Where's Saix? He's way more interesting then you log lumps!" Xigbar huffed,jumping to his feet.
He crossed his arms as another extremely tall man approached where they sat.
This man was very extremely different from the other three. There was always a way to tell he was coming, it could have been his blue hair, or his piercing yellow eyes. Maybe it was the 'X' shaped scar seared between his eyes, or it could have been the two fangs that protruded from his mouth, resting on his lower lip. His attitude, broadcast by his posture and expression, read "I really hate these people, but I love em' all the same..." His head was lolled to the side and he let a large sigh escape his lips.
"Hey guys..." he said dropping his belongings on the soft sand, causing a small sandstorm as he plopped down onto the blonde's towel. "Vexen." He nodded in the blonde's direction. "Zexion." he nodded in the blue eyed boy's direction.
"Man I hate work, I hate babies, I hate cars, and I hate cats!" He growled. "I hate...everything!" He said taking his paper white muscle shirt off. He lay on his muscled stomach and, using his arms as a pillow, closed his eyes still, cursing softly under his breath.
Xigbar looked at him, "Damn...moody today aren't we?" He asked.
Vexen snickered, "Xig, he's always moody," he said standing up to stretch.
Saix looked at Zexion, "Hey emo, throw me a coke," he mumbled.
Zexion dug through a ruby red cooler that was right next to him and threw the silvery can right at Saix's head.
Saix growled and stood up. "You wanna go punk!?" He snarled.
Zexion looked up at him, "No thanks," he said leaning back.
Zexion didn't really like being in the sun. It was too hot and his skin was pale and delicate so he burned easily. He usually spent most of the time at the beach under the red and purple striped umbrella they had started bringing after had landed next to them on a windy day.
They hadn't stolen it, nor had they just up and taken it--in fact they looked around, but oddly enough, there was absolutely no one around. After a few hours, when they were about to leave, Zexion picked it up and carried it along with them. It turned out to be his best friend later on when he found it provided better and cooler shade than when he would hold a towel over his head. Since they were all just college students they didn't have much money. Most of the money they made from doing oddjobs was spent on food and other important necessities.
"Oh wait...you were saying something earlier...about...a cousin?" Xigbar said looking at Zexion.
"Correct," Zexion responded. "But you didn't seem in the least bit interested . You are such a spaz, and are so far off from reality I'm surprised that you passed high school. I mean you never payed attention or-"
"You gonna talk or babble on about how irresponsible I am?" Xigbar asked cutting Zexion off mid-sentence.
Zexion huffed, but continued anyway.
"Well!" He bellowed loudly. "My cousin is coming to visit from Jamaica; that's where he's going to college because he's responsible and smart and payed attention in school-"
"Yeah yeah," Xigbar said trying to sound uninterested.
"Would you let me finish!?" Zexion asked angrily. "Anyway, he's bringing some friends, not many--just three, and they're staying at our house...in the living room to be exact, actually," he nodded. "Two are rather small and if there's a problem I'll have Lex-chan beat you up," he mused.
"Is that your new pet name for him?" Xigbar asked. "You are such a woman!" he snickered.
"Woman?" Zexion repeated.
Xigbar nodded, "you know you're the one that nags all the time and makes your boyfriend your official pet?"
"The kind of person that always drags your boyfriend around to help you with shopping," Vexen nodded.
"The one that's always dominant in bed?" Saix said joining in on their teasing.
Everyone stared at Saix for a moment and an awkward silence fell over the group. All that could be heard was the waves crashing against the beach and the seagulls making loud noises whilst searching for food.
Xigbar opened his mouth to speak but all he could do was laugh, juas as everyone else did.
Vexen was nearly rolling in the sun, Zexion was grabbing his sides as his laughs made it harder for him to breathe, Xigbar was hunched over on his hands and knees holding his heart in a desperate attempt for air, and Saix was lightly snickering.
"O-Ohmigod..." Xigbar said through his laughter. "Dude! That makes sooooo much sense! I-It's...it's hilarious!" he roared.
"Hey dorks, I didn't know you laughed like a bunch of little girls," a boy's voice snickered.
Xigbar looked up at some figures that approached, though only their silhouettes were visible.
"Cousin!" Zexion gasped standing up. He ran up to the tallest person and hugged him.
Xigbar could finally see the four people walking up. One man was tall with black dread-locks and had violet eyes. You could see his muscles through his whiteish gray muscle shirt. He had black and red board shorts that reached to about past his knees. The two on the right side to him were smaller, a boy and a girl. They appeared to be in their teenage years and they were holding hands laughing together. They both had blonde hair, but the girl's was a lighter shade. The boy had spiked hair and blue eyes. The girl's hair was long and cut in a V shape down her back and in between her shoulder blades. She also had blue eyes and wore a short white dress that covered her white two-piece bathing suit. The blonde boy was wearing a pair of checkered board shorts. On the left of the taller man was yet another male. He had pink hair, though that was tied up at the moment. (Most likely to keep it out of his face) He had blue eyes and was wearing pink board shorts with a darker pink flower decorated with yellow and red dots and stripes. He stretched and smiled widely, showing off his abs.
"Little cousin Zexy" The man with dread-locks smiled hugging Zexion.
Zexion giggled childishly, "Older cousin Xaldin!" he said hugging Xaldin back.
Xigbar was taken aback. /That/ was Zexion's cousin? That guy!? Out of all the people in the world!? They looked nothing alike and had two totally different personalities, or atleast since Xigbar last met /him/. He slowly edged away but Zexion grabbed his arm and pushed him forward.
"Xigbar! This is my older cousin Xaldin!" Zexion nodded giddily.
Xigbar smiled sheepishly not looking Xaldin in the eyes, "H-hey..." he mumbled. "Nice to meet you..." Nice to meet you!? Ha, that was hilarious! Nice to meet you!? There was nothing funny about meeting this man /again/.
Xaldin smiled and shook Xigbar's hand, "Nice to meet you too! My little cousin has told me /so/ much about you!" he said.
"O-Oh..." Xigbar said looking towards his feet that played with the sand frantically.
This was weird. It was weird meetin /him/ again. What was weirder was that he acted like nothing ever happened between them.