Summary: Roxas feels like a nobody stuck in the daily routine, where each day fades into the next and leaves him feeling hollow. But when his cousins and aunty move in next door he finally begins to exist for more than just the next day. And things can only get better right?

Akuroku, Soriku, Zemyx all that good stuff and more when it comes up yeah

Disclaimer: As always, I don't own v.v'

Notes: Hi everyone! It's story time again! XD YAY! I am still writing Destiny University but this is another story which I am writing for one of my friends. It was originally going to be quite dark and all that jazz but said friend keeps changing their mind so lets see where it goes XD I don't think it's all that dark at all anymore which is fine and dandy because I don't want the lovelies from KH being too sad! LOVE YOU GUYS XD

-Incipient-

Incipient- beginning to exist or appear

-1: Silence broken-

Silence. There wasn't anything in the world quite like it. Maybe it wasn't as calming and relaxing as listening to the sea's tide passing back and forth, in and out; and maybe it wasn't quite as thought inducing as staring out of the window and watching the rain hit the glass countless times as the heavens descended upon earth. Perhaps it didn't leave one's mind as empty as boredom; but that was a good thing right? Though silence wasn't always peaceful. Sometimes it was that eerie silence that had you on edge, the type that had you thinking something bad would happen if you move an inch to the left instead of the right. That kind of silence the dead of night gave after watching Saw or The Grudge and the only thing your ears seem to pick up are the sounds of the stairs creaking or the branch of the tree outside hitting the window. The times you swear you can hear your own heartbeat. But of course there was also awkward silence. That silence that comes after you meet someone you haven't seen in a long time and after the initial Hi. How are you? I'm fine. What have you been doing with yourself? There is just the silence of recognition that you no longer have anything in common. What should I talk about now?

Any one of those silences would have been heaven to Roxas at the moment. He would have given anything for the sea and its tides, the rain hitting the glass, the empty boredom, the grudge waiting outside of his bedroom door as he listened to his own heartbeat, or even the awkward silence for an old acquaintance. Anything but the constant and never stopping (hardly even for breath) sound of his sister. His annoying, one year older than him (as he was often reminded), lively beyond belief sister. His half lidded eyes blinked a few times as the blonde female jumped up and down on the end of his bed. Her multi-braided hair swung and bounced with her every movement and the colored beads at the end of each strand hurt Roxas' you just woke me up I hate you eyes. Apparently she had been awake for some time. Already dressed, hyperactive and ready for the day of irritating her younger brother with no restraint. The blond male sat up and stifled a yawn as he gazed out of the window that the hyper female so graciously opened for him. What was the time anyway?

"MORNING ROXY! GET UP!" Rikku jumped off of her brother's bed and latched a hand onto his arm before pulling him clean off of the mattress and onto the cold, hard and awaiting floor. Oh how Roxas loved the mornings. Loved them like hole in his head.

"What's the time?..." He stayed on the floor in the same position he had landed with no intention of moving any time soon. Yeah, he was just stubborn like that.

"It's already ten! They'll be here in two hours so get ready damnit!"

Rikku left him lying on the floor dead to the world as she exited his bedroom and closed the door. Waking up her brother was one of her favourite times of the day next to poking Roxas at breakfast, embarrassing Roxas at school and telling any one who had a remote interest in the boy that he was a convicted rapist who got his comeuppance in jail after dropping the soap a few to many times. Whether the made up stories were even half believable or not, Rikku didn't care. It amused her none the less.

"In two hours?" Roxas repeated to himself and sat up straight. Oh yeah. The thought in general made him feel a little sick if he was honest with himself. Them moving in would bring more noise, he didn't even want to think about it right then. His aunty and cousins would be moving in next door at noon and he would be there to help them with a smile. He was pretty good at it too, the whole smiling thing. The whole world could be weighing down on his shoulders and he could still manage a smile for the benefit of others. Whether the smile was genuine made no difference, it was there and that was all that mattered.

Deciding that sitting on the floor wasn't the most productive way to spend one's morning; Roxas got up and headed for the shower. He could hear that voice again across the hall, bright, happy and vibrant as ever.

"Hehe Yup! Uh huh! AH! NO WAY! Oki talk to ya' later Yunie! Tell Paine I said HIIII!" Roxas' eye twitched as he heard the gentle thud of Rikku dropping her cell phone back onto her desk. He didn't dislike Rikku's friends, in fact, he actually liked Paine, but when the three were together (Rikku and Yuna in particular) he would often end up tied to a chair covered in make up and hair ties. Not his best idea on ways he could spend his Friday nights. Roxas locked the bathroom door to cut off any entry from his sister. That girl really had no respect for his personal space.

0o0o0o0

Ocean blue eyes stared lifelessly out of the window and onto the road outside. It was just so damn hot today and Roxas could think of nothing better than lazing around with his friends down at the beach. That's probably where they all were...having lazy fun...lazy fun without him. Bleh, it wasn't even noon yet and the day was turning out to be a drag.

bzzzzzzzzzzt bzzzzzzzzzzzzzt bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzt Roxas leant over and picked up his cell phone from the small table beside his bed. He always left his phone on silent and vibrate. Mm, there was that silence thing again. The blond stared down at the neon blue display and smiled if even a little when he saw the name on screen.

"Hey Namine." he shifted a little on his bed to get more comfortable and returned to leaning on the windowsill to stare at the road outside. "Hm? You can see me? OH!" Roxas glanced up from the road towards the top window of the house directly opposite. He raised a hand and waved at the blonde girl waving back. His best friend in the whole world, the one who was always there for him and knew what he was thinking before even he knew himself. Yeah, that was Namine. Sweet, innocent and thoughtful Namine. "What am I doing today?...um..Oh, helping my aunty and cousins move in, remember?" He laughed a little as he saw her gently slap a hand to her face in the window across the road. "Yeah of course you can help, the more the merrier right?" Roxas waved again as Namine hung up the phone and removed herself from the window with a soft smile. Maybe today wouldn't be so bad after all. His aunty was pretty nice...his two cousins were great too, even if one of them could rival Rikku in stupidity and the other was that cold silent type. Roxas liked the silent part at least, but sometimes the boy could be a little scary...it reminded him of his English teacher. So helping his family move into their new house next door wouldn't be all too bad if Namine was there.

Come to think of it, the last time he had seen his aunty and cousins was a little over a year ago when his parents had dragged him and Rikku over to Destiny Island for a week long visit. Roxas had always liked Destiny Island. It was that kind and calming sea tide of back and forth, in and out, that silence again. The only thing there that could break his peace was his hyperactive sister and his hyperactive cousin. He was beginning to wonder if them moving in next door was such a good idea. He already had Rikku to block out...now he would have to block out that sugar-high chocolate brownie of a cousin too. Not that he didn't like his cousin...in small doses.

Roxas was painfully dragged from his thoughts as he recognised the car pulling into next doors drive way and heard the shrill cry of excitement as his sister swung open the front door and cut across their mothers newly planted bed of flowers. She'd be hearing about that later no doubt. The blond boy was surprised (and maybe a little disappointed) that Rikku wasn't hit by the van that followed after the car. When the hell did she run into the road anyway? And WHY? Roxas cringed when his name was called to come downstairs and greet his newly arrived relatives. So with reluctance he left the sanctuary of his room and headed down towards the joyous reunion.

"Rikku! Ah you've grown so much and look how pretty you are!" Ashe continued to ramble on and on about how she couldn't believe what a beautiful young lady Rikku had become in just over a year. She hugged her precious niece who obviously loved the compliments her aunty gave. Ashe glanced over across the newly crushed flower bed to see her favourite (and only) nephew with that awkward stance she remembered oh so well. Roxas hated these family things. "Roxy, come 'ere." she beckoned him over and pulled him into her embrace next to his sister. "You've grown too, still adorably handsome." her smile was the way he remembered it. Soft and sincere despite the misdealing life had dealt to her in the previous years. The blond boy couldn't help but give a small smile in return when she smiled at him like that. It was almost inspirational. Almost.

Ashe released her two young relatives as she caught sight of her sister in law stood in the doorway with a calm expression. Just like her two children, Penelo's hair was blonde and she chose to wear it pulled into one braid which hung loosely down her back and just like Ashe, her smile was soft and sincere and almost inspirational.

Penelo chose that moment to cut across the lawn (not without noticing her squished flowers) and greeted her family. Roxas breathed a sigh of relief when his mother and aunty engaged in conversation and he was temporarily forgotten. He wasn't really in the mood for answering questions about how his life was and how school was.

Creeeeek-BANG-THUD

"Oww..." Both Rikku and Roxas glanced over towards the back of the Van where the commotion had come from to see a mass of chocolate colored spikes sprawled out over the pavement. Said spikes shifted a little before sitting up and rubbing the back of his neck. "I'm ok- I just fell out of the van."

Roxas wondered vaguely why the boy was in the back of the van to start with. Why didn't he sit in the front like normal people? And he was talking to himself...oh right; this was normal behaviour for him.

"Hey Sora." Roxas extended a hand out towards his cousin who just stared blankly at the limb as though he was contemplating if it were edible. After a few moments, the spiky haired boy grabbed the hand and shot up to pull his similar in appearance cousin into a death defying embrace.

"OHMIGODROXASIMISSEDYOUHI!" Sora squeezed the life from the blond in his arms and upon noticing Rikku, dragged said blond over towards his sister to pull her into the same death defying embrace. "OHMIGODRIKKURIKKUHI!" Unlucky for Roxas, Rikku returned the hug full force and he was stuck in the middle.

"For Christ's sake Sora, let him go before you kill him." The front door of the van slammed shut and Roxas could just about peer through the mass of arms binding him to make out the form of his older cousin. Well, he was the same age as Rikku, but still, he was older…seventeen to be exact.

Cloud stood with an aura that demanded authority and respect, just how Roxas remembered. He found himself thinking about his English teacher again, he demanded the same with just a glance. The tall blond was every bit the beauty he had always been, even his adorably idiotic little brother, Sora would have to agree on that one. It was just an undeniable fact of life.

Both Sora and Rikku released their hold on each other and the blond boy between them and that was when Rikku noticed her other cousin. "CLOUD!" She attached herself to him and Sora joined in just for good measure.

Roxas couldn't help but be slightly amused at that; Cloud looked anything but impressed as he tried shoving the blonde and the brunette off of his form. His younger brother proved a harder task to remove than his hyperactive cousin which came to him as a slight annoyance. Unlike his cousins, Sora had spent almost every day of his sixteen years with his slightly older brother, so Rikku had more reason than him to attach herself to the tall blond male.

Once Cloud was successfully hyperactive teen free, he gave a small nod of acknowledgement towards Roxas who returned the gesture. That was the kind of greeting both boys preferred.

Ashe and Penelo were out of sight; apparently they saw a good opportunity to go inside for coffee and a catch up chat while the younger members of the family were left with moving boxes into the new house. Roxas didn't really mind too much, as long as Sora didn't pester him with too many annoying questions. Maybe said brunette didn't get the memo...

"Hey Roxy, how is school? Is Namine still your best friend? How is she anyway? Oh, and Tidus, how is he?" Quizzical cerulean orbs gazed directly into dull ones of the same color. So much for not irritating him down to the core with annoying questions.

"I'm fine Sora, my brother is too." came a soft feminine voice from behind. The brunette spun on his heels to face his cousin's best friend with a wide grin. He always did like Namine, she was just too nice not to like. "How are you and Cloud?" the female asked with a gentle smile.

It took no time at all before the small blonde was pulled into one of Sora's death grip hugs. "NAMI! I'm great thanks! Cloud is great too, happy as a hippo!"

Namine spared a glance over the boys shoulder to see his older brother heading towards the back of the van. As usual, he didn't look 'happy as a hippo'. But then again, she found herself wondering what would be defined as 'happy as a hippo'; if Cloud fit the description, then apparently the hippos weren't too happy.

When Sora finally let up on his death hug the small girl gave another of her oh so gentle smiles. It was then that Namine noticed the discontent dull look in her oldest friend's eyes. He had been like that a lot for the past few months, like something was wrong in his life or something was missing. He had become quieter than he used to be and would more often than not pass up the chance to spend the day at the beach with Namine and the rest of them. Instead, he would be in town at Highwind, the old bookstore. She could usually find him there reading a book with a cup of coffee or doing homework. Why he spent the majority of his summer vacation doing just that, Namine wasn't sure, but there were just two days left before they would be starting school again and Roxas had only been to the beach four times with them...

Sora pounced over towards the back of the van to start helping Cloud and Rikku pull out boxes before his brother got on his case about being lazy again. He took a box which was handed to him and headed towards the front door of the house. Who had the keys?

"Roxas?"...

Said blond glanced towards his female friend and waited for her to continue.

"Are you ok?...You look sad." all she received was a dull smile and a quiet I'm fine. He wasn't fine and she knew it.

0o0o0o0

Moving the boxes took up most of the day. It was getting towards nine in the evening and Sora hadn't even begun to take things out and place them around his new room, though he did manage to make Roxas push his bed into all corners of the square space to see if it looked right. After taking up each corner twice, the brunette had decided that the first was the best and surprisingly to him; his cousin didn't seem all too overjoyed at the decision as he again pushed the bed towards the other side of the room. Namine had laughed and told him to decide beforehand where he wanted the rest of his furniture. But she had gone home now, so had Rikku. (Yuna and Paine showed up and she couldn't say no to going to the movies.) Zack had showed up earlier that day too and he was quite easily Cloud's best friend. Despite having met the lively grey haired male on his occasional visits to the mainland's to see his cousins, Cloud had oddly taken to the boy almost instantly and they had been friends ever since. They kept in contact through phone calls, and the internet; in fact, the blond spent most of his time on his computer back on Destiny Island talking to his best friend. Naturally when Zack learnt that Ashe was moving them all over to the mainland's he had been little short of ecstatic. It meant he could see Cloud every day instead of once a year. They would go to school together, go to the movies, the beach...anything they wanted. It was just...great! Sora liked his brother's friend; he was genuinely a nice guy.

"Hey Sora?"

"Yeh Rox?"

"I'm going home now ok? But I'll come back tomorrow morning to help you if you'd like..?"

Sora beamed over towards his cousin and gave a quick nod. "Yeh, that'd be great, thanks Roxy! You can bring Namine too if she wants to come."

Roxas couldn't help but smile in return. Sure he could be an overly hyperactive pain in the ass at times, but Sora was a good person, a great cousin and a fantastic friend. The blond wasn't even sure anymore about why he had been so negative about them moving in next door to begin with. He was lucky to have his family so close, and even luckier that his family was one that got along so well. They had their ups and downs, but who doesn't; it just made them stronger in the end. Maybe Roxas was even...happy about having Sora next door. He noticed as he left the room that the brunette's window faced his own bedroom window. Well, that was certainly awesome.

0o0o0o0

"Yeah, her name is Aerith. She's just...really nice y'know?" Zack grinned over towards his blond friend. After they had shifted all of Cloud's boxes into his room, the grey haired teen took the liberty of sprawling out across his bed, though the bed's owner didn't seem to mind; he just moved to sit against headboard and draped his legs over Zack's stomach. The boy had a habit of taking up space, Cloud was used to it.

"I can't believe you didn't tell me sooner." The blond threw a pillow which hit the other teen square in the face. He didn't mind that Zack hadn't told him straight away about his new girlfriend, but it would have been nice too know...even if they had only been dating a week. He was his best friend damnit! That was best friend worthy information!

The grey haired teen sat up causing the legs on his stomach to fall into his lap. He stretched out his arms with a loud yawn before leaning back on his elbows. "I didn't want to tell you straight away because I swear I thought she would have broken up with me by now. She's just so..er..perfect and I'm so me." He laughed and threw the pillow that had assaulted him back at its owner.

"So, do I get to meet miss perfect?" Cloud dodged the fluffy missile and gave a winning smile.

"Hey, a little reassurance would be nice! Like, oh Zack, you're so great, I'm sure she wouldn't leave you or just something like that."

"But I don't want to lie to you." The blond grinned at the death glare sent his way and armed himself with the pillow once more. He was just in time as he was pounced on brutally attacked by a...sock?

The bedroom door creaked open and a brunette stared quizzically at the boy assaulting his older brother with foot ware and decided that now was a better time than ever to do what he had always wanted to do! Sora pulled off the sock from his right foot and bounded across the room to jump onto the two teens and help Zack with his vengeance.

"YES! Sor's on my team now too! Quick Sora, steal his socks!" The grey teen sat on his friend's waist and held down his arms to restrain him while his younger team-mate captured their prize. Sora held the socks high and ran to the other side of the room.

"Mission accomplished captain Zack!"

"Excellent, now let us hide the treasure!" both males darted from the room in record speed leaving a very confused Cloud to ponder over his defeat. Sometimes Zack could be as bad as Sora, if not worse. The blond sat up and yawned as his door opened and Ashe walked in with a bright smile.

"Hey hunny." She said as she placed a box down onto her son's desk. "Their hiding them in a drawer in the kitchen."

"Ew.." Cloud pushed himself off of his bed and left to venture downstairs and hopefully reclaim his socks. His feet were cold now damnit.

0o0o0o0

All in all, the day hadn't been as bad as he had thought. Sora hadn't driven him insane, dare he say it, he even enjoyed the boys company. Not even Rikku had annoyed him which was a first. The conversation with his aunty Ashe hadn't been as pointless and time wasting as he originally imagined it would be. She asked questions and she listened to his answers, everything he said, with an airy smile and genuine interest in what he had to say. Roxas found himself supplying her with more than a minimal answer too. How was school? Well, it was fine actually, he liked his teachers, he liked his friends, the work wasn't too hard, but not too easy, he didn't get in trouble, but he wasn't the perfect student either. He even asked her questions in return and really listened to her answers. They had been talking for around forty five minutes and didn't stop until Basch had gotten home from work. Roxas had offered his father a brief smile before leaving to continue helping Sora. Basch was initially somewhat shocked to see a smile on his son's face, he didn't smile so often nowadays...but the thought left his head when he noticed his sister in law, Ashe and went to greet her and catch up on things.

Roxas flung himself down onto his bed and stared up at the ceiling. It was odd, he felt happy, he actually felt genuine happiness. Despite the feeling, he wasn't content. Sora, Cloud and Ashe had become more important in his life in just a day and for that he was glad but something was still missing. A part of him deep down was empty, hollow and looking for something more to fill it. But what Roxas wasn't aware of was the fact that he had already found the missing piece of the puzzle that was himself. The one thing that could make him complete, make him whole, make him feel like a somebody. He continued to stare at his darkening ceiling cast by the night easing it's way forth. It was then that Roxas noticed the faint light from the window his desk was pressed up against. The window of the house opposite had its curtains drawn but a dull glow of light could still be made out. The blond rolled over onto his side and thought about tomorrow. He would be helping Sora in the morning, and if all went well, maybe he could take him to Highwind for coffee. The light from the window opposite died. Sora must have gone to bed too.

ZOMG YOU GUYS! XD that was fun 3

Just to make sure everything is straight

Sora and Roxas are 16 (Only just), Cloud and Rikku are 17 (going on 18), Ashe is Sora and Cloud's mother, Penelo is Roxas and Rikku's mother, Basch is Roxas and Rikku's dad

SO! What has Roxas already found that he isn't aware of that can make him complete?! O

XD and where is Riku? And Axel? And all the other secksy bitches? You'll just have to wait and find out! XD WOO! I luff you guys! See you next time, and if you are a reader of Destiny University, I'll see you there too!