Pairing: Roxas/Kairi/Axel, Eventually: Axel/Kairi
Summary: AU. It was a relationship that was hated by all. 'It was you and me against the world.' When your boyfriend leaves you suddenly, you wonder what went wrong. How did you fall apart? 'Was it something that I did? was it something that I said?' Your self esteam is low. How could you possibly care for someone again? How could you love when you're in this much pain. How can you possibly let go? 'Cause I got to know what made me unbeautiful.'
A/N: Give this story a shot! It's good, I promise. The next chapter (if you guys do want another chapter) will not be written like this. THIS is the Prelude, hence why it is so vauge and written weird.
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Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts or its characters nor the song Unbeautiful by Lesley Roy. All I did was come up with the plot. No steal!
Prelude
It was You and Me Against the World
Roxas going out with Kairi was a thing that should've never been.
(Or thought of, for that matter)
It was like one of those stupid highschool movies where everyone was divided into their clicks, following the status quo, and breaking out into random song. For Roxas and Kairi, it was mysterious popular skater boy meets the school outcast who still has a brain of her own and eventually like one another.
Thank God they didn't break out into song.
Surprisingly, it was Roxas who wanted Kairi. He was the one to ask her out as well ... during school in a crowded hallway. He was so nervous that he turned beet red. He also kept rubbing the back of his neck and stuttering like a babbling idiot.
Everyone at the school was surprised by this. The ever oh-so-cool Roxas? Nervous? Unheard of!
But he was. And that was because he was facing Kairi. The girl was so headstrong he actually feared that she would slug him for even thinking about asking her on a date.
But when he finally did manage to sputter out a sentence, it came out like: "You, me, date?"
Stupid.
Why yes it was.
Kairi's response: Looking at him as if he suddenly sprouted three heads. When the shock that a popular just asked her out rolled by, she looked him straight in the eye.
"Why?"
"W-why? Uh, B-because y-you seem nice. A-and you look like you're d-down to earth." Gulp. "N-nothing like these other girls ... you're also ... very b-beau-"
"-Yes."
"Wha - R-really?!"
Smile. "Uh-huh."
Kairi had know what Roxas was going to say when she cut him off. He was frazzled as is asking an unpopular out that she didn't want to put him through anymore unnecessary torture.
Besides, what reason did she really have to say no to him? He never bothered her. Never bullied her like most other boys do. Not to mention, Kairi had been admiring Roxas from a far.
Sure, he pretty much did ignore her entire existence for the past three years since she got to Twilight High, but that doesn't matter now.
Because now he was asking her out.
They did go on that date.
Soon enough they became boyfriend and girlfriend.
But where there is happiness, there are haters.
Of course no one wanted the two the be together.
Popular Golden Girls wanted to claw Kairi's eyes out for taking their next potential boyfriend ... or sex buddy - It doesn't matter. It's the same to them anyway. As for the hopeful boys that wanted her, well, actually, there were no hopeful boys that wanted Kairi in the first place. What she did have though were her three best friends.
The ever so popular heart-throbs of the school, Riku and Sora. And the spunky, sadistic psychotic outcast, Larxene. But alas, even they were just as against her being with Roxas as mach as everyone else was.
"Roxas!? You're dating Roxas!? What about Me — I-I mean, uh," Sigh, "Just be carful, okay Kairi?"
"Hn. I've know him since I was a kid and I still don't like him. Watch yourself."
"The shrimp? You're with the shrimp? That's it, My God, I have seen. It. All."
No one, absolutely no one wanted them to be together.
Kairi knew that.
Roxas new that.
But they didn't care.
There were unbreakable.
... or so it seemed.
Three weeks into Roxas and Kairi dating, everyone at school began to talk.
It has been going on for a while now.
At first it went around slow.
But eventually, it went around like wild fire.
"Their so not meant to be."
"How dare she! I should be with him! Not that little Nobody! Agh!"
"W-why doesn't R-Roxas want meeeee?"
"They don't even look good together."
"This will put a dent on his rep."
Talk. Talk. Talk.
No matter where they were in the halls they would always hear some sort of a comment like those.
Roxas and Kairi ignored the gossip.
They wanted nothing to do with the haters.
One day, in the beginning back when the gossip wasn't as bad, Kairi made up an imaginary image in her head just for shits and giggles.
The image was usually the same: Dead quiet. Dark, pitch black. You couldn't see a thing. The room stretched on forever. On the floor was a pure white strip of a line dividing the vast space. It radiated a white celestial glow. It too seems to extend on forever and Kairi was pretty sure it did.
To the right of the line was Roxas and Kairi.
The couple had a spot light on them. They stood side by side a good five feet away from the line, looking at the other side. Kairi and Roxas were close to one another, but they were never touching.
Just like in the real world.
Kairi didn't know why but she always felt a distance, some sort of barrier that she couldn't break, between her and Roxas.
To the left of the line was everyone.
Sora, Riku, Larxene, Hayner, Olette, Namine, Leon, Cloud, Aerith, Demyx, Marluxia, all the haters - everyone! You name them they're on that side of the line!
They're all together in a crowd, a giant spotlight on everyone of them as well. Those in the front row of the crowd stood a few inches away from the line. It was either menacing eyes, scowls, or disappointed faces that faced the odd couple.
It was Roxas and Kairi against the World.
As the weeks progressed and the gossip doubled, it triggered things to change.
Drastically.
Week three on their relationship, in Kairi's mind eye, Roxas moved away from her and a few inches ahead of her. One month in, he was two feet ahead. One month and four weeks, three and a half. And she stayed at the same spot since day one. Watching him with pained blue eyes.
He didn't look back. Not once.
Slowly but surely Roxas was making his way to that line.
And Kairi was forced to watch.
In the real world it was just as bad. Kairi felt the distance between her and Roxas expand greatly.
Roxas didn't call anymore. Didn't look her in the eye. Didn't walk her to class anymore. Didn't want to be seen with her in public. He tries not to talk to her as much. Only answers her with one word answers, unsurely, or not answer at all.
Kairi's heart twisted this way and that. It ached. She was in pain. It cried. She was sad.
Two months and 13 days in, it was St. Valentines Day. The day for couples. The day for love. The day where miracles happen. The day where your love or boyfriend/girlfriend makes or breaks the relationship.
Kairi wanted to take Roxas away from the hustle and bustle of school and those in it. She knew it was somehow taking a toll on him. The idea to invite him over to her place for some much deserved romantic alone time came to mind.
"So, what do you say? 7:00?"
He didn't look her in the eye. He found the floor more interesting.
"Er, yeah ... sure."
He rubbed the back of his neck.
She smiled sadly at him. He didn't even notice. He didn't see her.
That night Kairi prepared everything just perfectly. She cooked Roxas' favorite meal and made him a delicious chocolate cake for desert. She even went as far as making herself much prettier than usually by adding a light touch of makeup and sporting a short drop-dead-gorgeous red dress.
Everything was perfect.
But, Roxas never showed up that night.
He probably went to that house party a few blocks away instead.
Kairi knew it was over.
She had the strong feeling that he wasn't coming in the first place. But she delusion herself to think he was. Kairi wanted to hold on to that last shred of hope. The hope that that he was going to walk through that door any second and sweep her off her feet. Just like he used when they first started going out.
The least Roxas could've done was go to Kairi's house and break up with her like a gentleman. If not, then call or something! To at least have that much decency! To show that he had a smigit of respect for her.
But no.
Roxas had to leave Kairi high and dry. To face all this by herself for the first time.
Kairi didn't know how to handel this. She had no real reaction. She didn't cry. She didn't get mad. She didn't feel anything. All the hurting emotions she had felt before seemed to suddenly ... disappear.
She was numb.
All Kairi did do was throw out the food, cleaned everything up, got ready for bed, and went straight to sleep.
And that was it.
There was no 'How could you do this to me? Us?', no 'I thought what we had was special!', sobbing and crying: 'Why? Why? Why?', or even 'What went wrong?'. There was no phone calls for an apology or for some moral support. There was no confrontation what so ever the next day. They just ignored one another's existence and went about like everything was normal.
Kairi's friends weren't surprised by the outcome.
"I knew this was going to happen. Sorry, Kairi."
"What's done is done. You can't do anything about it so just let it go."
"I think I should go over there and Kick his little ass."
Kairi wished they would just shut up.
Things had went back to the way they were, the way it was meant to be.
Roxas and Kairi acted like the relationship never happened.
It was as if they had never met.
Never kissed.
Never touched.
Two days later, Roxas tried to console Kairi.
Or so she thought.
She didn't get a chance to find out.
Sora, Riku, and Larxene just came out of nowhere. Riku blocked Kairi form Roxas' view. She was behind him looking over his arm that was supposedly keeping her from moving forward and anyone - mainly Roxas - from getting to her.
Riku was protecting her.
They were all protecting her.
They all knew that Roxas wasn't exactly a threat to Kairi. But what her best friends did know was that Kairi didn't want to see him. Didn't want to talk to him. Didn't want to feel for him. She didn't even want to think about him.
Kairi wanted nothing more to do with Roxas.
Larxene and Sora swiftly moved forward to the frontal lines. Begrudgingly, Larxene forced herself to stopped midway. Sora continued rushing forward to his target. When he was a few inches away from Roxas, Sora stopped, reeled his arm back, and socked Roxas right in the eye.
Roxas fell back in a dead heap.
Everyone in the halls stopped immediately.
When Roxas salvaged enough of his bearings, he propped himself on his elbows and brought one hand to cover up the damaged squinting teary eye.
"Wh-what the hell, Sora?"
Nothing. All Sora did was glare down at him.
Larxene strode over to the victim. She stopped right at his feet and leaned down.
Roxas tensed.
Larxene is crazy sadist. Everyone feared her.
With a smirk, Larxene jutted out her hand and palmed Roxas on his forehead, hard. Her hand stayed put, forcing, pushing his head back.
It hurt, but Roxas refused to give Larxene the pleasure of seeing him in more pain than he already was.
A creepy, pleasant smile played her lips.
"Stop. Don't come any closer. Or you'll regret it."
Larxene swiped her arm, pushing Roxas' head to the side with great force. She turned her back on him like he was nothing but a piece of garbage.
"Get out of here. I can't stand to see that stupid puppy-dog face or yours anymore." Smirk. "Run."
Roxas slowly got to his feet. He was just as slow walking away.
Kairi watched the whole thing with dead eyes. She felt a great weight on her shoulders come crashing down on her. She couldn't stand anymore. Her legs buckled and she collapsed, sliding down the lockers, onto her knees on the floor. Her lungs constricted. Kairi was finding it hard to breath. She gasped for air.
"Kairi!"
It was Sora.
"What's wrong?"
Riku.
"..."
Larxene was never one to care, even if it was her only friend who was hurt.
"What just happened?"
Haters Talking.
"Heh, a lover's quarrel."
Talking.
Kairi grasped her temples and closed her hands, grabbing two fist-fulls of auburn hair. She didn't want to hear anything. Didn't want to feel. Didn't want anyone near her right now. She just wanted everything to stop.
"Good for her!"
Talk. Talk. Talk.
Kairi closed her eyes. And as soon as she did, that damn image was there.
To the left of the line was everyone; the World.
To the right was Roxas and Kairi; the Odd couple.
Kairi was still in the same spot as day one.
Roxas was an inch away from the white line.
She watched him with pained blue eyes.
He lifted his right leg forward.
Kairi reached her hand out to his back. Her body lurched slightly but she stayed put. "Stop!" She cried. It was a feeble attempt.
Roxas' foot stopped in midair, it just floated inches above the other side of the line; the haters side. He didn't turn around to acknowledged her. He didn't even look at her. Roxas kept his back to Kairi.
She brought her hands to her chest and closed her eyes. She shook her head. "Please." Kairi pleaded. Tears began to sing the corner of her eyes.
Roxas sighed. "I'm ... sorry ..." He didn't even give her a second glance as he walked over that thin white line to the other side. He shouldered his way past the crowd, making his way to the back. Kairi couldn't see him anymore, Roxas was engulfed by the crowd.
It was Roxas and Kairi against the World.
And the World won.
The spotlight over on the haters dimmed.
Kairi's head hung low in defeat, her fists clenched at her sides. She stared at the black ground with glazed glistening eyes. She wiped the tears away with the back of her hand. She refused to cry. She is a strong willed girl, and strong willed girls like her aren't suppose to cry!
... Right?
Don't think about itdon't think about itdon't think about it -
- But she did.
Kairi was left there alone to wonder ...
... what went wrong?
What made Roxas go?
When did they fall apart?
It was Roxas and Kairi against the World.
And the World won.
Ah! A new story and I think I did quite well, don't you? I heard the song Unbeautiful, by Lesley Roy, for the first time a few days ago and it inspired me to write this. I like it!
So how about you all? Did you like it? Please tell me in a review! I need some feedback on weather or not I should updated. How about: 5-10 reviews? But, no flames please! Thanks.
The next chapter will be out soon (I hope) and Axel will show up then.
Oh and If you like Kingdom Hearts and Inuyash crossovers and Kagome/Riku as a pairing, then check out my other story Breaking Light. It's got a good amout or Reviews so far. It's a good read and It's doing well.
Well, that's that.
Goal: At least 5-10 reviews for the next update
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