CHAPTER ONE - A WALK IN ANDANTE
Olette tapped the eraser of her pencil lazily on her desk, while she leaned her cheek on the knuckles of her other hand. Her eyes were closed gently, sitting there in her final class of the day, waiting for this period to be officially over. She had her legs crossed, right knee on top of her left, her lower thighs slightly exposed by the drapery of her blue plaid school skirt. As she awaited for the bell to ring, she bobbed her right leg to and fro, lazily again, she just wanted to get out of this room and to see the familiar faces of those she enjoyed company with. She didn't feel like bothering with the homework assignment the teacher had passed out earlier and now still lay blank on her desk. She was just too irritated to focus on homework at the moment.
Olette's desk was in the row closest to the large and high window panes of the class. You could see everything outside from these windows. Though right now, there wasn't much to see or admire. It was almost the end of January, and all that was outside were the barren trees, thick ashy clouds encompassing everything, and the blankets of ice and snow that covered every sidewalk and building and living organism that might have looked warm and inviting before. Yes, it was a dreary time of the year, dreary enough to even get this young girl's spirits down. Olette slowly opened her eyes and gazed out of the third floor windows next to her. She watched the tree branches get tussled by the wind and then she frowned. "Great... I am not looking forward to walking to work in this weather again."
The brunette haired girl exhaled quietly to herself and resumed relaxing her eyes. She knew she should probably do this homework now while she had the free time to. Then again, when would she have the free time to close her eyes and reflect quietly like this another time? It has been a pretty hectic week for her, let alone, it hasn't been the greatest new year she had been hoping for. For the first couple of the weeks of it, she had caught one of those hard to get rid of colds. It had put quite the damper on her plans to make this year better than the last. And of course, even though her head was throbbing everyday, nose running like a faucet, and her lungs were filled with mucus she still had to go to school and bring any of her assignments to her after school job to do there. Eck... yeah, that was some kind of hell that was placed upon her.
Olette smirked as she thought back to the awesome NYE party Axel and Demyx threw. Those two guys... never failed in throwing a wild party, it was always fun and always still remembered months later. That was probably where she caught that cold from though... Olette recalled Axel and Demyx opening the bottles of champagne at midnight and passing them around the room for everyone to sip from. There must have been at least 50 people or more at that party. "Any sober person would have realized that gulping down champagne from the same bottle 50 other people gulped from means your going to catch someone's disease," she sighed in thought. "But then again, no one was sober at that party."
Her mind then came across the thought of a young man with spiky blond hair, the deepest ocean blue eyes, and a smile to make you melt. He wore a black plastic top hat with a big 'Happy New Year!' label on it, confetti covered all over him, standing with her in the crowded room. Everything was loud and blurry, the band blaring it's music, everyone joyfully dancing and moving around the two of them, but she saw him clearly. She wore a sparkling toy tiara with tinsel and feathers, the same message as his spelled in painted glitter on her face, the confetti still showering the two of them. Her face was flushed from the heat and the alcohol. As he looked at her with his dreamy eyes, he pulled her into his strong arms, tipped her backwards in a dip, and gave her such a deep kiss...
At that moment Olette was brought back to reality, the bell was finally ringing, signally that she was able to leave at last. She shook her head slightly as her cheeks became pink in remembrance of that night with Roxas. He really was a fantastic boyfriend... but as of late... well, she would reflect more on that later when she could. Olette collected her books and homework, and followed the herd of students filing out of the class. Making her way down the halls towards her locker, she raised her arms up above her head to give her back a gigantic stretch. "What an agonizing day. My body is so achey..."
Students all around her brushed past, waved a friendly goodbye to their peers, strolled down the halls together in exaltation, chatting away about their plans for the weekend ahead of them. Similar conversations between other boys and girls could be heard and she listened as she walked idly by. "I don't know about you guys, but I'm up for some sledding this Sunday!" one boy exclaimed to his group of friends. One female friend of the group replied, "That's sounds like so much fun! But... what if it's still too windy by Sunday? I don't want to worry about us getting frostbite." Another boy responded to her concern, "Aw c'mon, I'm sure it will be fine. I've heard it's going to warm up a little, it should be perfect!"
"Sledding does sound like fun... like for a date... would be kinda romantic." Olette thought to herself with a sigh.
Olette drifted around the next corner and was nearing her destination, when she came face to face with someone she had been looking forward to seeing all afternoon. Roxas was standing with his nose in his library book while rifling through his locker, gathering his belongings together, haphazardly stuffing loose papers and textbooks into his backpack. Olette's emerald eyes brightened at the sight of him. She took a deep breath and then bit her lower lip. She stood there for a moment, watching him, going over in her head what she wanted to say to him, almost as if she was hesitant in approaching him.
"I feel so silly acting like this about something so circumstantial." The other students continued to bustle and mingle around her with the sounds of laughter, slamming lockers, and footsteps while she wound up her guts and grasped her nerves. "I should have thought about this more earlier..." Olette felt a mixture of annoyance, loneliness, and desire rise within her. Not wanting to waste anymore time pondering on the subject, she mentally slapped herself out of her emotional swarm and stepped forward lightly.
Her delicate heart fluttered in her chest and she felt a grin spread across her face when she drew nearer to him. "Oh please don't let me set myself up to fail..." was her final thought. She stood by the blond haired boy's side and tapped him on the shoulder to break his stern attention away from his reading. This in turn almost startled him and he turned to look at who disrupted his focus.
"Oh! Hello sweet pea." Roxas snapped his book closed and tucked it under his arm. With his hand he grasped the side of her head, enjoying the touch of her soft brown locks, and brought her closer to place a kiss on her forehead.
"Hi Roxas. Did things go well with the homework you turned in?" Olette's kind voice inquired to him. She stood there at his side as Roxas resumed packing his bag, her green eyes watching with concern, never leaving his face.
"Uh, well... yeah it was just fine. I mean of course I got a good grade. But now there is more homework. In these advanced classes I'm taking, the teachers just love to load it on us. And because it's the weekend, and they know it is, it's twice as much work!" Roxas' blue eyes narrowed from fatigue and irritation. He got to zipping up his backpack finally and was now flipping through more loose paper to see if he might have missed something.
"I know... it's hard for you. I'm sorry, I wish I could do something to help you." Olette frowned a little. Roxas closed his locker and slung his bag on his back.
"Don't worry about me. It is definitely not easy, but all I need to do is to continue to hit those books." He gave her a small smirk to let her know she needn't think about it. Olette stared into his crystal blue eyes, her heartbeat danced again, and again, and her neck felt warm. She grasped Roxas' hand with hers, intertwining fingers lovingly, and she inched her body ever so close to his.
"How about you take a small break from your studies tonight and come over to watch a movie with me...? I get off of work at eight..." Her voice was wispy and was lingering. Such desire filled her eyes when he at looked her. But Roxas backed away slightly, turned from her, and squeezing his forehead as he groaned. Olette held onto his hand, she wasn't going to let him walk too far.
"Sweet pea, you know I can't. I'm gonna be busy all day, I have homework for six different classes..." She sighed, her hold on him fell limp. Tugging gently on him, she begged...
"But what about Sunday? I get off of work early enough, I thought it would be so much fun and romantic if we went sledding!" She perked up to try and gain his interest. "And I'll make you a nice hot lunch! We can invite our friends!" She waited for his response, her soft angelic smile was pleading for a yes. All Roxas could muster was another sigh and he closed his eyes. Olette suddenly put her arms around his waist and nuzzled her head into his chest. Roxas smoothed his fingers through her wavy hair, resting his chin on her head. "Please... I just want to spend time with you... I miss that. I miss being with you. Even just for a little. Can't you spare even one hour for me...?" She took this moment to inhale his scent.
"Olette... I really wish I could. And I promise, the first break I get from all of this, I will make it up to you. But right now I'm swamped, I can't fall behind, I have to plan this weekend to study for some exams on Monday."
Olette felt a tinge of frustration in her chest and she pulled away from him to look him in his eyes again. "But... you have been saying that all school year. I've hardly seen you in days. And the last time you spent anything at all with me was on New Year's Eve..." Olette tried to composed herself, she wanted to minimize her whining so as to not off put him. "*sigh* I'm sorry, I know your school work is important. But I thought I was too..." She saw Roxas' face sadden slightly, guilt creeped over him. She wanted to take this opportunity to reel him in.
She leaned into his neck, her lips hovering over his skin but she made careful not to make contact. Roxas felt the heat of her breath and it sent chills down his spine. He clinched his fist while with his other he moved it from Olette's mane to the curve of her waist. "I'm not asking for much..." She closed her eyes, stepped one leg in between his, pressing the bareness of her thigh to his groin. With a sharp intake of breath, Roxas clenched his teeth. He wanted her to stop, yet he did nothing in protest. He looked down and saw Olette's gifted breasts pressed generously against him, and urged his brain to stay in control.
"All I ask for is at least an hour, alone with you. To hold you, to have you..." the minx breathed these words of yearning to him. Roxas' hand was now resting seductively on her round hip, but with swift action he stepped away from her fully, holding her at arms length by the shoulders. The boy resisted her avail and took a deep breath, but the girl was crushed.
"I would love nothing more than to let you have your way with me Olette," Roxas now spoke sternly to her, "but you must understand, and I'll say it to you as many times as you need me to, you are my delight as well as my distraction. I've been having a really good long streak of not going back to my old procrastinating ways. For months I've had to drill myself into a new train of thought, instead of slacking constantly." Roxas watched as his pretty girlfriend's face, the one he treasured so dear, fall into disheartenment. Her brilliant green eyes, darkened and started to become glossy. "If I let myself delve into distraction with you, even one night, I'd have to procrastinate my other responsibilities. And then it might lead to more."
Olette let her chin drop to her chest and she went on to gaze at her shoes. "Fuck..." She felt numb, and cursed herself for looking like a fool now. She held in her sobs, she held back her tears, she DID NOT want to cry in this hallway, with all these people around. No, she was angry. "Please Roxas, give me something... Something to at least let me know you still want me without me having to instigate it...!" The handsome blond boy moved his hands to her petite face and lifted her head, forcing her to look him in the eye. And he felt a knot whined up in his chest when he witnessed a tear fall from her eye and roll down her cheek. "Fuck no, I am crying..." Having to stare into his crystal blues, Olette just couldn't hold it in anymore. Roxas then wiped the tear away with his thumb, his hands never letting go of her. Then he spoke,
"You know I love you, and I am doing this for us. If am I to make my life with you, I better make sure that I can take care of us too." At this, Olette smiled. "It's just that these classes are more work for me than they are for you. You are so smart, you breeze through those hard classes. But for me it takes more work. Just like you work so hard at the cafe." He spoke with such concern and vindication that she couldn't deny him. Roxas gave her an endearing look, Olette nodded in agreement and sniffled her nose. "You still saving that munny for us?" Roxas asked with a small smirk, and Olette only nodded again, still feeling sheepish and stupid, but now a little more enlightened to his side. "Ok then, good." Roxas let go of her cheeks and pulled her in for a hug. Olette gladly accepted, wrapping her arms tightly around his upper body while his enclosed her head to his chest. He gave her another firm kiss on top of her hair. "You work hard and I work hard. We'll continue and meet each other in the middle eventually..."
Olette sighed at his statement, but she knew he was right, and she was glad that he helped her see the bigger picture of what they were working towards. "Yes Roxas, I do understand. And I am very proud of you, all the changes you've made, all the hard work you do..." She gave a big exhale. "I just worry about our relationship sometimes... I get lonely, and I get worried about you..." Roxas furrowed his brow at this comment in suspicion. The feeling of paranoia came upon him for only a brief second, but he thought "...Wait, what was she getting at with that...?" Roxas forced himself to shake the feeling away. He didn't want to think about that now, besides, it might have just been his imagination.
He stepped away slightly to look at her eyes again. Those radiant green, beautiful eyes, full of hypnotic depth. One of many things he loves about her. Her eyes just pierced his heart over and over again whenever he stared into them. And now she looked at him with a blush, shyness, and longing. Olette... he knew sometimes he got so lost in his work, that sometimes he forgets to stop and admire her. He pressed his forehead to hers. In their closeness he said, "I love you... please don't worry too much. I belong to you..." in reply to her comment before, just in case she did mean what he thought she meant.
"I love you too... Thank you." The girl responded with a small smile. And then the blond boy captured her lips with his, savoring the softness of her pink and delicate mouth. God... had it been so long since they shared a kiss...? Roxas could only recall so far... And Olette felt her head give a spin when he came into contact with her like that, and she closed her eyes to let herself drown in his touch. It was long, gentle, delicious, and overwhelmingly warm. Roxas wanted more, and he placed one hand on her waist while the other grasped the back of her neck firmly, bringing her closer up against his body with this motion. Roxas made a fuller connection with their kiss this way and doing this literally took the breath away from Olette and she gave a slight moan. Oh God she loved it when he grabbed her.
But when Olette moaned, it snapped Roxas back into the world again. Immediately his eyes flashed open and he broke away from the kiss before he could lose himself anymore in her sensualness. He would've ran away with her to a bed right then and there if he progressed further. And the brunette locked girl could only sigh as she saw him pull away from her, ending it all too soon for both their liking. She pressed her hand to her flushed face and just tried to keep her heart from racing so much. Roxas gave her a big smile.
"I better get going now, many things to be done today." he said.
"Yeah ok. Be safe going home." she said back to him.
"You too, and I'll call you at some point to catch up a little over the weekend." Roxas reached into his locker a final time to grab his black winter peacoat and scarf, throwing the scarf around his neck lazily.
"Ok," she said once more. Her blue eyed boy waved goodbye to her casually as he walked away in the other direction. She just stood there and watched him until he turned and went down a stair case. Olette sniffled her nose again and sighed heavily, she suddenly felt an excessive but empty weight in her chest. It was the loneliness settling in. She turned on her heel and moved towards her locker at the other end of the hall. As she walked, she recalled a time when her and Roxas were inseparable and there was a need to spend every waking moment together, a sense of urgency was always received from Roxas to want to be with her constantly. Going to a movie, going to the park, going to the hillside, going out to eat, going to each other's house, anywhere but always together. He would buy her things all the time, chocolate, flowers, cute toys... it wasn't that she needed such things from him, but knowing that she was on his mind enough that he wanted to give her something nice is what she missed. But maybe after the past three years they have been together, those feelings have faded from him...?
Olette just shook her head, and she approached her locker, squeezing in between other students that were hovering around their lockers with their friends. "That's not right... I shouldn't be thinking like that anymore. I know Roxas loves me. I'm being selfish with what I want from him and I need to stop. That's probably not the case anyways..." For probably the fiftieth time today, she sighed again. She just wanted this feeling to go away. She neatly began to pack her things together in her satchel. Her locker, as small as it was, was kept neat and organized always. Olette didn't understand how people could go about their lives any other way. "Ok, I have my books, my notebooks... pencil case, cell pho-"
"Hey girl!" Someone cheerful shouted behind her and interrupted her thinking process. But Olette knew who it was instantly. She turned around to face this person and put on a sweet smile.
"Hi Kairi!" Olette exclaimed, and her close friend gave her a quick hug, then stepped back with a grin and ready to engage conversation. Probably to begin discussion about the day's gossip.
"Urg! I'm so happy it's Friday! Goddamn this was a long week! Don't you think so? It just dragged on!" Kairi flipped a lock of her burgundy shoulder length hair behind her neck. "Are you so ready for a fun weekend?" Kairi looked like she was all ready to go. She had her yarn knit aqua blue colored beanie on, with her dark blue insulated winter coat, with a hood that had fur on the rim and a gray scarf, messenger bag packed up and on her hip. Kairi's blue and gray eyes shined with excitement, as they always did, that was Kairi these days, really happy. Olette loved her company, Kairi was there to make her happy too. But she did admit, that she was a little envious of Kairi's found energy. "Hey hun, you look a little flush. Are you ok?" Kairi asked with a worried voice.
Olette broke eye contact with her and put her hand to her cheek. "Oh no, I'm fine! I-I think it's just a little warm around here." she reasoned. She went to turn back to her locker.
"Hold on a sec! Look at me now..." Kairi put her hand on Olette's shoulder and turned her around. "Your eyes look a little red... and puffy." Kairi analyzed closer. "Were you crying?"
"Urg! Kairi, it's a long story. But seriously I am fine. I am tired, and hungry, and I have to go to work, but I am fine." she reassured the concerned girl with a smirk.
"Well c'mon! Tell me what happened!" Kairi demanded with a pout. Olette went on to clasp her satchel shut and pulled on her green wool zipper-up coat, that had a comfortable hood, and buttoned up to her chin. She put on her white cotton knit mittens, pulled the hood over her head, and had her satchel in hand, ready to face the fierce winds outside. Shutting the locker door, Olette turned to Kairi and answered.
"Are you coming with me to the cafe?" Olette inquired.
"Yeah I am, and Sora is gonna meet me up there later." Kairi responded.
"Then I'll tell you when we get outside. I wouldn't want to discuss it around everyone here." And at that moment, the very person that Kairi had mentioned had come up behind her and planted a kiss on the cheek. Olette bit her lip in reaction to seeing that. Kairi gasped and cocked her head to look behind her to view who it was.
"Sora! Hi love! I thought you left already!" Kairi exclaimed and wrapped her arms around his neck. Sora chuckled.
"I got caught up talking to the guys. We're gonna go walk by Hayner's place to pick up some things for the weekend. Hey Olley, how's it going?" Sora explained and then greeted Olette.
"Hi Sora, everything is great." she greeted him in return. She continued to observe the chemistry between him and Kairi.
"We're probably gonna mess around in the snow a bit, I should meet you at the cafe in about an hour or so. Do you guys wanna come with?" Sora asked raising his brow.
"No love, it's way too cold for us to spend that much time outside. We'll be going straight to the cafe." Kairi said, still in the arms of Sora's poofy red coat.
"Alright that's cool then. So I'll be on my way! You ladies enjoy your girl time, I'll see you later." Sora was all smiles.
"You be careful out there. I don't want you to fall in the ice again like when you scraped your hand last time." Kairi told him with conviction in her voice, accusing him of getting too riled up sometimes around the guys.
"Ok babe, I promise." Sora gave her a final smooch on the lips, and then he waved goodbye to Olette, trotting ahead to catch up with his friends.
"And text me when you are on your way so I know you are safe!" Kairi called after him.
"Will do!" Sora shouted back. Olette watched them in amazement. She watched the couple, her emerald orbs burning with curiosity. She knew about Kairi and Sora's on-again-off-again relationship. Every three or four months the two of them would break up. For any godforsaken silly reason. Either Kairi would say he wasn't paying enough attention to her, blaming him for acting too immature for his age, or he would call it quits with her saying she was too needy, too bossy, too talkative and annoyed him.
Whatever the reasoning, Kairi would then lose her spirit whenever she went through a break up with him. Endless depression and sobbing, the life from her personality would just go missing. She would miss him, and wish for them to get back together. And soon, Sora would confess that he missed her too. And as if it never happened, within two weeks the couple would patch things up, and would be all slap-happy and giggly around each other again until the next time they blew something silly out of proportion. Olette just couldn't grasp the foundation of their relationship, how were they ok with things being that way for them? Where was the stability? It had to have been at least six or seven times that they have broken up and then reunited.
Olette never brought this subject up personally with Kairi. Kairi would always be there for her to give her encouragement when she was down, so naturally that's all that Olette wanted to do for Kairi in return. And she knew deep down that Kairi and Sora would always get back together after a fight, they just seemed to have it in them to endure heartache and then resume their dating later on. So Olette felt confident in telling Kairi that everything was going to work out. But Olette only wished she herself could have such courage like Sora and Kairi did. Courage to look past the problem, for the sake of love, and fix it, and come back together as one.
At this thought, Olette's mind jumped briefly to Roxas' face. His slick and spiky blond hair, his vivid and intense sapphire eyes, absolutely perfect and clear complexion, tantalizing lips, his harsh stare, and the way he would just nonchalantly brush her off... and hoped that maybe in the end the same thing could be accomplished in her own relationship. No matter how sketchy Olette found the whole situation, she always supported her dear friend.
"So, we ready to get a move on? I can't wait for you to tell me what happened any longer!" Kairi said simply.
"Yep! Let's go." And the two friends made their way into the whirling snow, boots shuffling through the blankets, legs protected by tights and sweatpants underneath their school skirts.
"Ok, so start from the beginning. We only have about a twenty minute walk, but don't leave out any details!" Kairi started the inquisition. And so the coffee colored hair girl began.
"Uh, ok. Well, I was in Calculus class, my final period for the day..."
stay tuned for the next chapter. i hope you enjoyed it. this is the first fic i have posted anywhere in a while. like most writers, i am sensitive about my work. i'm still unsure about the quality of this fic. anyways, i hope to get enough reviews to put out another chapter soon. let me no what you think. :)
- rainrocksy
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