Title: Oathkeeper
Chapter 1: Request
The sky was a light shade of blue and filled with fluffy white clouds that drifted across the sky in a silent stroll with tender coaxes from the soft breeze that ran through the tops of shop-houses and emerald leaves of many trees that lined up the main road through the shopping district. Walking down the pavement, two of the most unlikely people paced down as if in a slow death march to the guillotine. Even the air that hung around them was intimidating if the glares they were casting at each other hadn't sparked the atmosphere enough. And if they were not gazing at each other with daggers shooting out of their eyes, they would be attempting to drill holes on the dull pavement of the sidewalks with the fierce looks they were casting.
Unaware and uncaring to the raised eyebrows and somewhat frightened expressions of the innocent people around them, Riku and Roxas walked silently down the concrete tiles, the tallest of the two with his hands shoved deep inside the pockets of his jeans as the other seemed to let them hang at his sides, occasionally slipping his thumb into the pocket of his cargo pants or hooking it onto one of his empty belt loops. For a split-second, they paid no attention to each other and instead thought of the very same person. The same person that had got them into this mess in the first place…
'I'm doing this for Sora…'
They both thought at the very same moment, Riku shaking his head in exasperation and Roxas chewing on his lower lip with pure uncertainty showing quite plainly in his sapphire eyes that were so similar to his twin brother's, but held a different person altogether. Lacking the innocent optimism of his brunette counterpart, he contained a fiery spirit that was more than willing to lash out at the slightest provocation the silver-haired male would throw at him.
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"Roxas, could you do me a favour, please?" rang Sora's voice in his ear, snapping him out of his daydream as the younger of the twins stared out of the window, curiously watching the sunset dyes on the long stretch of sky. Roxas raised a hand, his gaze remaining on the windowpane, showing that he was paying attention to his brother's words that would follow.
"First of all, I'm sorry, Roxas…"
The blonde had expected an apology so he merely nodded his head a few times, his attention now captured by him. Hoping it wouldn't be anything too impossible since impossible requests were usually… impossible… for him. Roxas usually was up to a challenge, but he wasn't feeling up for anything that could test him since Axel was away somewhere off for the summer holidays and Demyx had work to do before he could finally be free from his boss' evil clutches of doom.
"But I really wish you could do this one little thing for me…"
Turning away from the window, he was unfazed as he roughly turned the white chair around to face the older twin on the hospital bed, nodding his head in exasperation wishing, praying that it wouldn't be anything too bad. An identical face was hidden somewhere underneath the mess of brown hair and white, starched hospital pillows as well as a blanket or two. Dressed in the awkward clothes the nurses had provided him with, the ones that Sora commented was 'somewhat naked', the Keyblade master popped his head out and nuzzled the tousled mess to the fluffy pillow, giving his twin a small grin. Roxas couldn't help but smile at the playful display of his surprisingly older brother.
"I think I can handle it if it doesn't involve me giving you a PSP as a get well soon present," was the reply the brunette received from him, followed by a playful chuckle as he returned his smile.
Sora grinned and laughed along with Roxas before continuing with that unnatural serious look on his face. "I didn't know I would get this sick, I really didn't. Sorry…" he apologised one last time before adding in. "But I promised to take Riku around the new shopping district once he got back from London…"
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After a small bit of persuading, a few retorts from Roxas and a handful of puppy-dog pouts from Sora, the blonde was finally forced to doing the deed of showing the 'haughty prick' around the new shopping area and take a few snapshots to show the sickly little boy in the hospital room.
A cherry red camera dangled from it black strap which was wrapped around Roxas' slender wrist, a small golden bell jingling softly with every step the two of them took down the sidewalk, quite eager to reach there, snap a few pictures and run off back to where they were supposed to go. Riku looked as eager as Roxas to get back quickly despite the fact that half of his face was hidden beneath his silver hair.
The both of them sighed…
'Why did Sora make me go with him? He knows I never liked him…'
The thought at the same time, unaware that the other was thinking the exact same thing…
Also unaware that the dislike and distaste they harboured for each other would soon turn into something more than hate…
Love?