Hey guys ! My eight story, In Due Time, You Promised, is now in progress ! This is the prologue, that's why it's so short :/ but I hope it's a good opening ! Chapter One should be up sometime this week, so stay tuned ! Enjoy !

In Due Time, You Promised

Prologue

"B-But why?" I sobbed, the tears rolling rapidly down my cheeks. I fell back onto the couch behind me, sinking into the cushions.

"I'm sorry, Roxas... But this is my one chance to truly live my dream!" Axel said back softly, sitting up next to me. "Don't you want me to be happy?"

"Well, yeah, but..." I couldn't even find the words to say. He was offered a full ride to this huge college in California, for his dream of being a world famous artist and photographer, while I was to be left in New York, attending my college for fashion design. He was so excited for this college, ever since middle school. Everything was paid for, even the airfare. I've never seen him so happy, but I just didn't want to believe that this moment was here. It wasn't enough time. "We've just been friends for so long..."

"Since preschool." Axel interrupted with a small smile, trying to lighten the mood. His efforts were futile.

"Yeah," I laughed a bit, through my sadness, "we're in college now. We were gonna do so much together and I just... I guess I thought that it would always be like that." My smirk faded back into a frown as another tear followed the path down to my shirt.

"Roxas, I-"

"It's okay, Axel. Don't let me hold you back from living your dream." I forced a smile and looked at him. "Maybe we'll see each other again, someday."

"I promise, we'll see each other again very soon." Axel answered with a sympathetic smile. After he spoke, the speakers went off in the airport.

"Flight 212, your plane is now boarding. Flight 212, your plane is now boarding."

"I guess this is it," I choked out, "I'm really going to miss you Axel." I couldn't control it anymore, bursting into full-blown elephant tears and embracing his chest as if for my life. I couldn't bear to let him go.

"I'm going to miss you a lot, too, Roxy... Keep in touch." Axel whispered in my ear, embracing me one last time before standing up and picking up his bags, beginning to walk towards his boarding station. Before walking in, he looked back once more and waved, me waving back. He disappeared into the crowded, and some time later, I watched the plane take off into the sky, only to come back without him.

That was our final goodbye, before losing each other to the world around us, never to see what would become of our relationship after telling him how I truly felt.

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