Never Felt so Alive
D-Chan: Wow... my first Seiner... Well not my first written, but my first posted... I can't find the other one to type it.
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None of my life had really mattered up to this point. Up to the point that I had met Seifer Almasy. Sure I had friends, teachers and family members that cared, but I had never felt so alive until my first fight with him. I felt so alive that I had actually smiled, I think I confused him because he paused to blink at me and I got a hit in right to his cheekbone.
I started to look forward to seeing Seifer at school and on my way home. I couldn't wait to enjoy the thrill of living, and then came Roxas. He gave life a whole new meaning, Seifer didn't feel so special anymore. I guess Seifer felt cheated or something because he began to pick on Roxas non-stop. Roxas fought back in a much more mature manner then I ever had. Only, Roxas always seemed like he was carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders.
A year and a half was all I had before my world as I knew it was ripped way from me. The funny thing is, I'm not even sure if it ever really happened or if it was all one big elaborate dream. I was confused when I awoke. I laid in my bed, listening to my parents scream at one another and throw things. I had a splitting headache and a hole in my heart that made me feel like my whole universe had just dropped right out from under me. For the first time in as long as I can remember, I cried. I had no clue why.
I was late getting to school. My eyes were still puffy and red from the crying. No one asked, assuming it had something to do with my parents. I was headed to my locker before lunch and after puting my books away I close my locker and stand there as if waiting for something I knew wasn't going to happen. Something wet slid down my cheek and hit my lip. I flick my tongue out only to taste a salty teardrop. I'm crying again, I realized.
I run. I pray that no one had seen my tears. I run until my legs give out. I look through tear clouded eyes to see that I'm at the Sandlot. I curl into a ball and sob. After a few minutes I hear running footsteps and heavy breathing. The running stops some bit infront of me but the footsteps approach.I lift my tear stained face to blearily see blonde hair before I pass out. My last thought is "Roxas..."
'We're at the usual spot... I'm talkng to Pence... Roxas?'
*Flashback*
"Man doesn't that tick you off?"
"Yeah, that's just wrong." Pence crosses his arms.
"Seifer's gone too far this time." Olette stomps her feet.
"..."
I jump off the box I had been sitting on "I mean, it's true that stuff's been stolen around town. And we've got a score to settle with Seifer and everything. So if he wants to think we did it, I can't really blame him. See... that's not what really bugs me. What REALLY bugs me is that he's goin' around tellin' everybody we're the thieves! Now the whole town and their mothers are treating us like the Klepto Club! Have you ever been this ticked off before in your life? 'Cause I haven't. Nu-uh. NEVER. Now... what to do."
Olette and Roxas seem to have a silent conversation before Roxas says "Uh well... We could find the real thieves. That would set the record straight."
Pence stands "Hey, that sounds fun!"
"What about Seifer?" I say and cross my arms.
Roxas also stands "First, we gotta clear our names. Once we find the real culprit, everyone will get off our backs."
"Hrrrrr... Oh no! They're gone! Our -------- are gone! Mm Hm mma... What?"
All our --------, gone? Huh? Hah? Huh?"
"Huh? You can't say -------- why not?"
"But you do understand what I'm saying, right? Our -------- are gone!"
Roxas raises his hand to his mouth "Stolen... And not just the --------. The word --------! They stole it, too!"
"What kind of thief is that?"
"Seifer could never have pulled that off."
"Yeah!"
"All right, time for some recon!"
We all run off.
*End Flashback*
"Mmmm... Roxas..." I mumble and roll over. "Who's Roxas, your boyfriend?" A snide voice asks. I sit up quickly "Seifer!" Seifer snickers "So what were you dreamin' about Chickenwuss?" I narrow my eyes and look at the blanket pooled in my lap as I think "Pictures... They were stolen..." Seifer's eyebrows come together "What pictures?" I look up at him, a serious look on my face "I'm not sure, but we couldn't say the word either... You kept telling everyone that we did it... that we stole all the pictures... We thought you did it. But there's no way that either of us could have stolen the word..." Seifer laughs "You've got some weird dreams there lamer!" He stands and heads out of the room. I push the blankets off and follow quickly "Thier not strange... Roxas! He..." I pause "Roxas. The pictures, Roxas seemed really upset about something." Seifer looks over his shoulder "Who is Roxas?" I stop dead in the doorway to Seifer's tiny kitchen "I... I don't know, but he was there, in the dream I mean."
Seifer begins to make tea "So why were you crying ya wuss?" I glare at him " I don't know." Seifer snorts "Your full of those today now aren't ya?" I glared at him harder but I have a feeling that I looked like a disgruntled chipmunk because he laughed at me... I sulk and sit at one of the stools at the kitchen island. Moments later Seifer sits a cup of tea down infront of me and sits with his own right across the island "So you don't know who Roxas is and you don't now why you were crying earlier, anything else you don't know?" I sip at the tea before sighing as the warmth slid down my throat to rest in my tummy... Yes I said tummy... "I don't know." I guess I said that just to amuse him. It worked. He laughed. I smile into my tea cup "I don't know what the pictures were of, or who stole them... and I don't know why it feels like my universe has dropped out of existence." Seifer looks up questioningly. I sigh "It feels like I have a hole in my heart. Earlier when I cried, I had just shut my locker door and I stood there as if my body was waiting for something to happen, something I knew wasn't going to happen because it was gone and then next thing I knew I was crying... and I just took off..."
Seifer's eyebrows pull even closer together... if that's even possible "You called me Roxas before you passed out, why?" I'm confused "I did?" Seifer nods "Yeah, you looked up at me as I stopped infront of you, said Roxas and then passed out." I shrug and put my cup down "Maybe it's because you both have blonde hair... He has bright blue eyes though..." Seifer snorts "You should go back to sleep chickenwuss, you look like you need it." I stand and make my way towards his room but stop in the kitchen dooray again "Seifer... Thanks." I quickly go to his room and burry myself beneath his covers. They smell like him... like Mint Chocolate.. mixed with my smell of Cinnamon it's quite soothing. I fall asleep in no time.
When I wake up again I wonder around and find no Seifer, but there is a note on the fridge. It says...
'Chickenwuss,
Went to the school to grab your school work,
stay put.'
I snort and settle onto his couch and turn his Tv on. I flip through the channels until I reach an old black and white Japanese movie with sub-titles. I fall alseep again.
*Flashback*
"Oh, it's you, Roxas... Please don't let me down. You used to be one of my favorite customers."
"I'm not a thief!"
"Okay..."
"It's no fun having everyone suspecting me, ya know."
"Then you've got to find a way to clear your name. The woman at the candy shop is pretty disappointed, too."
*To the Candy Store*
"Roxas? Have you seen my cat around?"
"Er..." Roxas looks at the cat on the roof.
"Thank you, Roxas."
"Did they steal something from you, too?"
"Oh, my, yes. Something important."
"Just so you know, we didn't do it."
"I believe you."
"Thanks for that, ma'am. So what did they take from you?"
"My -------. My precious -------."
I step back "Looks like the culprit is going around stealing --------. And not just --------, but the word --------, too."
"This isn't your average thief..."
"I wonder if Seifer would know about this."
"We gotta talk to him. C'mon to the sandlot!"
*To the Sandlot*
"Thieves."
"That was low, y'know!"
"Oh yeah?"
Seifer approaches "Nice comeback there, blondie."
"What'd you say!?"
"You can give us back the --------- now."
"Yeah! You're the only ones who would take it, y'know?"
"That was undeniable proof that we totally owned you lamers. So what did you do? Burn it? Ha, not that we need some -------- to prove that you're losers."
"Replay."
Seifer laughs "Now you're talking! I guess if you get on your knees and beg, MAYBE I'll let it slide."
Roxas walks forward.
"Roxas!"
Roxas kneels down and then runs forward to grab a struggle bat.
"Roxas, focus!"
Roxas and Seifer battle.
"Come on... Quit playin' around and fight!"
They fight some more.
Roxas wins and Seifer kneels on the ground. Rai and Fuu jump infront of him.
"Seifer's not feelin' so hot, y'know!"
"Tournament decides."
Pence takes a pictures and a weird Gray things twirls in and steels the camera. It bounces away.
"What was that?"
"The theif?"
*End Flashback*
"Mnnn..." I'm shaken awake. I open my eyes to see Seifer standing there "Weird gray things!" I practically shout at him. He pulls back "Huh!?" I stand quickly "These weird gray things came and stole the picture. Roxas just got done beating you, Pence took a picture and this gray thing came out of nowhere and stole the camera!" Seifer scowls "Tch! There never is or was someone who could beat me!" I scowl at him "In the dream! I dreamed again!" Seifer put the papers he'd been holding down on the coffee table "So how did you get the pictures back?" I pout and look down "I don't know, I didn't dream about getting them back..." Seifer rolls his eyes "More I don't knows I see...
I brought your school work, your friends are gonna come and get you when school gets out." I throw myself back onto the couch with a scowl "I don't want to leave! I want to stay here! They're gonna think I'm weird!"
Seifer smirks "You mean your not weird?" I scowl "Well excuse me for dreamin' about some dude I feel like I should know!" The tears start and I wipe furiously at them as I wonder why I'm crying again. A strange look crosses over Seifer's face "Hey wait! Don't cry! Uhhh... I'm sorry! Come on! Stop cryin'!" He looks around for a moment before throwing a box of tissues at me. I grab one and and hold it over my eyes as I steady the flow of tears "Don't look!" I hiss. He turns around and sits on the floor infront of the couch. After a few minutes of crying I begin to drift off. Seifer turns to look at me before another strange look crosses over is face. With a sigh he stands and picks me up.
He lays himself on the couch before positioning me so that I can use his chest as a pillow "Goodnight Blondie." I smile sleepily before I fall asleep.
*Dream Sequence*
I bite the knuckle of my right pointer finger as the need to moan loudly arises. I glance down at the blonde head bobbing from between my legs. "AAAaaahhh...." I sigh/moan. I buck against the skilled tongue, this only causes him to place a hand on either side of my hips to hold them down. I can tell if he could, he would be smirking. As punishment for bucking he hums around my member. "Seifer!" I hiss loudly as I come. He swallows before sliding up my body to place a kiss on my lips and I open my eyes.
*End Dream Sequence*
My eyes flick open as the doorbell is wrung a second time. I sit up and rub at my eyes only to feel something poking me. I blink before looking down at a wide eye'd Seifer. My eyes widen as I realize what's poking me. Seifer scowls "Yeah, you got a problem with that?" I shake my head viciously before climbing off of him. "Go answer the door." He says as the bell rings again. He throw his arms over is eyes as I quickly head to the door. I open it to see Olette and Pence standing there looking worried. I smile "Hey guys, Seifer said you would be coming by." They shift uncomfortably in the door way. Seifer comes up behind me and ruffles my hair "They can come in Puberty Boy." I scowl over at him as he goes into the kitchen and bring my friends to the living room "You can sit where ever." They don't sit. They look around at the DVD and Video Game collection. The pictures on the walls. Pence even inspects the plant on the end table. "I won't be leaving." They both look up surprised, Olette is the first to speak in a hushed tone "What do you mean you won't be leaving!? You and Seifer hate each other! You'll kill each other!" Pence adds his two cents "Yeah! You'll be a bloody pulp by the time you leave!"
I sigh "Before you too got here me and Seifer were both sleeping on the couch." I point to the small couch I'm sitting on. They both look at it with wide eyes, realization dawns that the two of us would't be able to sleep on it comfortably without some cuddling going on. Pence and Olette are quiet for a moment before Olette squeals and yells "It's about time Hayner!" Pence looks a little sick while I look confused "About time for what?" Olette grabs my hands "Hayner I wish you both the best of luck!" Seifer steps into the room holding two teacups. He sets one infront of me and sits next to me "With what exactly, you ditz?" Olette scowls but then smiles "With your new found relationship of course!" Seifer spits his mouthfull of tea out "What exactly have you been telling your friends Chickenwuss!?" I look sheepish "Olette that's not what I meant! Jeez! Trust you to put your head in the gutter! I said we shared the couch! Not that we had sex or something!" I'm the only one that doesn't notice the blush now on Seifer's cheeks. Olette eyes Seifer carefully "Seifer is there something your not telling Hayner?"
Seifer scowls at her before standing "Yeah, Puberty Boy over here has finally had a wet dream! Three guesses as to who it was about?" He wiggles his eyebrows. Olette and Pence pause to glance at me and I look confused "I did? Wait! Is that why you...!!" Seifer covers my mouth with his hands "Shut up Lamer!" I move his hands "Who was I dreaming about? It wasn't Roxas was it!?" Olette looks much more interested "Who is Roxas?" I look a mixture between mortified and horrified "No one!" I run to Seifer's room and barricade myself inside.
(Seifer's P.O.V)
The girl turns inquisitive eyes to me. I glare "None of your business! Hayner's made it quite clear that he doesn't want to leave! Now get out of my apartment!" I shove them out the door. I lock the door and head to my room "Hayner, let me in." There is some movement on the other side "No!" I sigh and slide down my own door "Than I'll wait out here until you open the door. Plus you'll have to wait to find out why I had a hard on and who your dream was about!" I cross my arms and lean my head back against the door.
(Hayner's P.O.V)
I scowl and climb into his bed murmuring "Stupid blonde's... stupid friends!" I curl into the blankets and settle in for another nap... Why was I so tired today!?
*Flashback*
"What's this?"
"I was his first customer after he took over the shop. So we took a picture together."
"It's a really nice photo. Oh...!"
"Hey! You just said "photo"!"
"So, Roxas --- tell us about the picture thief."
"Not much to say. The pictures were just lying there."
"Then how do we prove we weren't the ones who too 'em? It's a GIRL..."
"You look happy, Roxas."
"Do not."
"So, like, anybody else notice that all the stolen pictures are of Roxas?"
"Ohh. So that's why everyone thought it was us."
You mean Seifer didn't go around accusing us after all?"
"Are they really all of me?"
"Yep. See."
"Look."
"Right? Every single one. Wouldn't it be weird if the thief wanted to steal the real Roxas or something?"
"C'mon, get serious. Why would anyone wanna steal a bonehead like Roxas?"
"Oh, thanks!"
We all laugh.
*Flashback changes to another day*
Roxas comes into the usual spot where we are all eating Sea Salt Ice Cream. I offer him one.
"Thanks."
"Do you guys think we'll always be together like this?"
"I sure hope so."
"Huh? Where did that come from?"
"Oh, well, you know. Just thinking out loud."
"Well, I doubt we can be together forever. But isn't that what growing ups all about? What's important isn't how often we see each other, but how often we think about each other. Right?"
"Ha ha! Get that off a fortune cookie?"
"That's it, no more ice cream for you! Man, today's turning out to be a drag."
"Maybe because of yesterday's memory thief."
"Nuh-uh. You know what it is? We don't want summer vacation to be over. That's all! So, how about this? We all go to the beach! And why do we go to the beach? Because we haven't gone once this entire vacation! Blue seas! Blue skies! Let's just get on the train and GO! No? Aw, c'mon!"
"Maybe you forgot but we're broke."
"Maybe you forgot I'm smart!"
We all leave the usual spot.
"We're going to Market Street!
We go to Market Street.
We're starring at the stuggle tournament poster.
"Just two days to go. You and I have to make the finals! That way, no matter who wins, the four of us split the prize!"
"Okay, you're on!"
"You two are gonna clean up!"
"Go get 'am!"
"It's a promise! Now, let's get down to business. One ticket to the beach is 900 munny. How much for four of us?"
"3600 munny."
"And 300 each to spend there. What's that for all of us?"
"1200 munny. A total of 4800 munny."
"To spend on what?"
"Pretzels, of course! What else is there?"
"Well, there's always watermelon."
"Too pricey. They're, like, 2000 munny apiece."
"Pretzels it is."
"So, where were we? "
"We need 4800 munny altogether. But all we have is..."
"I've got 800."
"...650."
"150. Sorry."
"That's 1600 munny! We need another 3200. Let's find ourselves some odd jobs and earn some dough! We have 'til the train leaves to earn 800 munny each! Meet at the station with cash in hand!"
I run off.
*Flashback Ends*
I blink my eyes open and climb out of Seifer's bed "Mmmm..." I stretch. I open his door and hear a small thud. I look down to see one sleeping Seifer. I smile slightly a kneel down next to him "Silly..." I kiss him lightly on the lips and inspect his features before attempting to wake him "Seifer, hey, get up."