Disclaimer : I don't own Kingdom Hearts or any of it's characters.. or chocolate bars...
It had gotten to the point where I wasn't even able to have any chocolate what so ever. It seemed that Seifer knew this, because every day after school he would be sitting in the Sandlot eating a freaking chocolate bar! No one except my mom, Roxas, Pence and Olette knew that I had a chocolate addiction. Two weeks ago I had eaten about 15 bars of chocolate from the store with out buying them. My mom was not to happy about that and she forbade me from eating anything with chocolate in it until I learned to control myself. Which was freaking hard to do when every day that asshole was eating chocolate right in front of me! What's even worse is that I had developed a crush on my long time rival. I didn't know when it started, but when I realized it I felt like killing myself. Come on, out of everyone in this town I had to fall for Seifer! God must have a messed up sense on humor. Today was no different than the others. Roxas and I split in front of the school and I walked down to the Sandlot. As expected Seifer was sitting on a bench eating a chocolate bar. Rai and Fuu were no where to be seen, which kind of surprised me. But then again, weren't they dating or something? They wouldn't want to spend all their time around the Sandlot doing nothing, especially today. I shook my head, why did I always get so off subject? Anyways, Seifer was sitting there, looking like the god I'm sure he is, eating a chocolate bar. I didn't even realize I stopped and was not only staring at the chocolate bar but at him as well. His tongue would slid over the chocolate and... that thought can't continue! After a few minutes Seifer seemed to get annoyed with my staring.
"Do you want some lamer?" Seifer asked. I blinked a couple times, coming out of my trance.
"Um... what?" Was my genius reply. He rolled his eyes and leaned back. Gesturing to the bar he was holding in his hand he repeated his question. "Oh.. um.." What was I supposed to say to that? I wanted some, a lot! But my mom said that I .. well she isn't here is she? Seifer just waited for my answer patiently. As my internal struggle continued on though, he lost his patience. Standing up he walked over to me and pulled out another bar of chocolate.
"Just fucking take it chickenwuss." He said hitting me in the face with it. I glared back at him but was distracted when I saw the bar in front of my face. I looked at him in confusion. He was just going to give me it? No fighting, no name calling (besides the usual)?
"Thanks..." I forced myself as I slowly took the bar out of his hand. "Wait, is this poisoned or something? " I asked. A hurt look crossed his face momentarily before disappearing like it never existed.
"No dumb ass, it isn't poisoned." He answered back. I gave him a non believing look. "Fine, if your not going to fucking believe me then give it back!" He yelled at me and tried to snatch it back from me. I jerked it away from him quickly before he could grab it away.
"I believe you, I believe you." I said taking a few steps away and guarding the bar behind my back. He rolled his eyes at me and we just stood there for a moment. He was looking at me, probably expecting me to run off. I was just staring back at him.
"Want something else, or just like what you see?" He asked after a moment. For some reason that pissed me off.
"God you are such a bastard!" I yelled at him. He looked taken aback for a second before he smirked that god damn sexy smirk at me. At that moment I wanted both to jump him and to punch him in his godly face.
"I'll take that as a yes for both of them." He said winking at me. Now that surprised the anger right out of me. He didn't seem to object to me both wanting something from him and liking what I saw. Does that mean that he.. my brain started to think and I got a feeling of hope in my chest before I squashed both. He's just making fun of me again!
"Ew Seifer! That's gross." I said to him. He just smirked in response and walked leisurely back to the bench he was previously occupying. When he sat down he looked back at me with his icy blue eyes. Those eyes sent shivers down my spine every time he looked me straight in the eye.
"We all know you like guys Hayner, it's not something to be ashamed about." Seifer said suddenly. I felt heat rising to my cheeks. I was not blushing though, it was more a mad flush then anything. I stomped over to Seifer and punched him straight in the jaw. "What the hell chickenwuss?" The blond haired god growled at me. That sent shivers down my spine as well. He glared at me and suddenly I felt like I was going to burst into flames, get run over by a train, get thrown off a cliff, explode into a million and two pieces, and get stabbed in the eye twelve times. I shut my eyes, waiting for him to hit me back but nothing happened. I slowly opened my right eye and peered down at him face. He looked a little worried. I opened both of my eyes and gave him a confused look. He just stared back at me with a straight face.
"Wow you must really be lonely with out Fuu or Rai around now. You won't even hit me because I'm the only company you've got." I said as I sat down besides him on the bench. He pushed me roughly in the arm, making me almost fall off the bench. He didn't say anything though. I stared at him expectantly. No asshole remarks or blows at my ego with bad comments. Nothing. He just sighed and took off his ore beanie before running his hand through his amazingly blond silky locks. ( Okay I didn't know if they're actually silky, but they looked like they were silky.) We just sat there in silence for a while. Oddly enough it was comfortable. We both just seemed to enjoy the moment of silence and comfort that was so rare when we were in each others presence. After about 20 minutes he looked at me from the corner of his eye.
"Are you going to eat the chocolate I gave you?" Seifer asked. I mentally face palmed. I had totally forgotten about the chocolate bar that was in my back pocket! Wait. I had forgotten about the chocolate bar in my back pocket! Never before had I forgotten about chocolate!
"Um, yeah. Unless you want it back?" I worded it into a question. Why was he asking if he didn't want it? He shook his head slightly.
"No, I don't want it back. I was just wondering." He answered and sighed again. Something really must have been bothering him. He wasn't making fun of me and wasn't calling me lamer like he usually did. Actually he usually called me chickenwuss. The rest of my friends were usually called lamers. It made me feel a little special that I got a different nickname, even if it was chickenwuss. I was brought out of my thoughts again by Seifer's hot voice. "Have you ever wanted something so badly, yet you know that you'll probably never get it?" Seifer asked me.
"Yeah. I know what that feels like." I answered. The thought of being with Seifer came to mind. That was never going to happen. I was sure of that. "Why do you ask?"
"It's just that... never mind. It's none of your business anyways chickenwuss. " The blue eyed teen answered back. He stood quickly and started to walk off. "See you later Hayner." He yelled from over his shoulder, giving me a back handed wave. I sat on the bench for a few seconds watching him walk away before I noticed that he used me name.
"Yeah, see you later Seifer." I said weakly and smiled to myself. Maybe he wasn't suck a jackass after all.
The next day Roxas and I went our separate ways after school like usual, except today Roxas' boyfriend Axel came to pick him up. Olette and Pence went to go study at the library and it was Friday. Of course once again I had nothing to do on a Friday. I really needed to get a life. I waved at Roxas and started walking towards the Sandlot. If your wondering, I went through the Sandlot on my way home because it was the fastest way to get there, not because most of the time the gorgeous blond haired god was there. That was just a plus. I laughed a little to myself. I really was beginning to sound like a chick. I would have to stop that. As I neared the Sandlot I heard Seifer laugh. It was quiet an enjoyable sound. As I turned the corner I saw what he was laughing at. Rai and Fuu were there telling stupid jokes. Well Rai was telling the jokes and Fuu was just yelling out random words, that somehow pertained to putting more humor into the comedy act. When they noticed me Fuu spoke up.
"HE'S HERE." She basically yelled in her monotone voice. Rai nodded and stared at me. Seifer turned slowly and threw me a smirk, glaring at me slightly.
"Hey chickenwuss, why the long face? Your boyfriend blow you off for that red haired freak again?" Seifer mocked.
"He's not my boyfriend!" I yelled at him.
"DENIAL." Fuu helpfully added in. I glared at her. Rai laughed a bit.
"Oh come on chickenwuss, we're just messin'." Seifer said as he walked to me. Once he got close enough he placed his left arm over my shoulders. I threw him a glare and tried to shrug his arm off of my shoulders but he wrapped it around my neck. "Don't be like that." He said tightening his hold on my neck. Not enough to close my air supply though. I broke out of the headlock with ease since he wasn't expecting me to try and break out of it. He just still smirked at me. I glared back.
"What do you want ass-hat?" I growled at him. He put on a fake hurt expression for a second and put his right hand to his heart. I just kept on glaring at him. Really, what was his problem. Yesterday he was actually acting nice! Then today he's back to being a big stupid hot god-like jerk!
"Ouch chickenwuss, that hurts. Why are you so mean to me? I thought we were friends." He said words dripping with sarcasm and... something else. I just couldn't pin point what the other was.
"Stop being a jerk Almasy!" I yelled at him. He dropped the fake hurt expression, instead replacing it with a little smirk.
"Oh come on Lamer, I was just pulling your strings." Seifer stated. "Actually I as wondering if..." he began to say then stopped. He looked over at Fuu. She nodded in encouragement. What was so scary that the great Seifer Almasy needed encouragement? "Um... Hayner, I was wondering if maybe... you wanted to..." Seifer said, stopping once more.
"Wondering if I wanted to what?" I asked after he didn't say anything for a minute. He fidgeted, turning towards his friends.
"Do we have to do this?" Seifer asked, or more specifically whined. Fuu glared at him and nodded. Seifer looked to Rai who just held up his hands. I guess he didn't want to take a side. Seifer turned back to me and sighed. "Okay lamer, this is what's going to happen. From now on, everyday after school you are going to hang out with us. Got it." The last part was not a question. I was confused by this. Why would he order me to hang out with him every day after school?
"What if I don't.." I started to say but Seifer cut me off.
"It doesn't matter. That's what's going to happen whether you like it or not." he said. I gave Seifer a look that said ,'Why?' and he gave me one back that said ' I'll explain later.' This whole thing was confusing me, but I guess it couldn't be helped. If I refused he would have forced me into it anyways and I would get hurt, so I just crossed my arms and muttered ' Fine.'
Half an hour later I was actually feeling pretty comfortable hanging out with Rai and Fuu. Yes, even Seifer. They kept the picking on me to a minimum, which meant that Seifer only made fun of me one time already. Rai and Fuu were actually really cool people and they seemed really nice.
"Sorry Seifer, Fuu and I have to go meet up with her parents for dinner y'know." Rai said out of the blue. Fuu looked at her watch and agreed. Seifer gave him a horrified look.
"But, but, but.." Rai just smiled at him apologetically and left quickly, Fuu following after him. He turned to me, looking really awkward. I just stared back at him silently. "Um... what do you want to do?" He asked.
"Why am I being forced to hang out with you guys?" I asked, not answering his question. He gave me a serious look.
"Well.. people, specifically one of the gangs in town, heard about our little... whatever it was yesterday that happened between us. They think that your now my "special someone" and when your mom found out she confronted me about it. When I told her that you were in fact, not my boyfriend, or really even my friend, she asked me to watch over you because it was my fault that your now in danger or something like that. I promised to protect you, so, here we are now." Seifer explained quickly. I felt my jaw drop a little.
"So, what your saying is, some gang thinks that I'm your bitch and now I'm in danger of being kidnapped or killed because you gave me a chocolate bar and we sat on a bench together?" I asked. He nodded. "That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard!" I exclaimed.
"Yeah, that's what I was thinking also." Seifer agreed. He stared walking off to the west.
"Where are you going?" I asked him. He just motioned for me to follow him. I glared at his back for a few seconds before running to catch up to him. It was silent the whole time we walked through town. After we got closer, I figured out that we were heading to my house. "Why are you walking me home?" I asked when we were a block away.
"Because your in danger idiot, and I'm your protection." He answered back.
"What if they come to my house?"
"I'm going to stay with you until your mom gets home." He informed me. He's going to be in my house? Was the first thing that my internal voice said. We walked up to my front door and Seifer took out a key and stuck it into the lock. Turning the key I heard the door unlock and he opened it.
"When did you get a key to my house?" I almost screeched. He smirked at me once more.
"Your mom gave it to me." He said back a little smugly. I just gaped at him. "Will you stop pretending to be a fish and get into the damn house." I snapped my mouth shut for the second time today and walked into the house quickly, Seifer following. He shut and locked the door before standing in front of the door looking at me. Once again there was an awkward silence between us. I racked my mind trying to come up with something to say, then finally something came to me.
"Why did you agree to protect me when my mom confronted you?" I broke the silence. He gave me a disbelieving look.
"Dumb ass, your mom's fucking scary! I'm not even sure how she found out about the whole gang thing, but when some lady fucking stomps up to you and scowls before crossing her arms and looking you straight in the eye, your bound to be intimidated, even if your mom is an inch shorter than me." I looked at him like he had been shitting rainbows and talking about his fluffy purple unicorn named Delilah. "What, you don't find your mom one bit scary?" He asked, walking past me and into the living room where he sat down on the couch. I followed him in and sat down on the reclining chair just to the left of the couch.
"No, my mom's pretty harmless, or well, I thought she was. The only weird thing about her is that she has this weird ability to know everything about you by just being in the same room with you for like 5 minutes." I explained. Seifer's eyes widened dramatically.
"You've got to be fucking shitting me! What the hell does your mom do for a living?" He asked.
"She's a Therapist.." I stated.
"Oh that actually explains everything.." He said truthfully. I shrugged and stood up.
"Want something to drink?" I asked, and when he nodded I proceeded into the kitchen to grab us both a soda. Walking back into the living room, I found Seifer lounging on my couch watching some show about a card game. I tossed his soda right at his head, hopping he wasn't paying attention and it would hit him in the face. Luck wasn't with me today though because he caught it with one hand and then smirked at me before going back to the show. I slumped down into the recliner and sipped my soda, tearing my eyes away from Seifer and towards the TV. I wasn't really paying attention to what was going on in the show, my mind kept going back to the fact that my long time rival and secret crush was actually in my house, on my couch, drinking my soda, and watching some cartoon show on my TV. And the most surprising part of it all was that we weren't beating the living shit out of each other or arguing. Maybe there is hope after all. My mind said. I quickly mentally slapped myself, and told myself to kindly shut the fuck up. About an hour went by and we still didn't say anything. Just sat there, looking at the TV. I had actually started watching the show kind of. Some brunette chick kept talking about the importance of friendship while some midget ran around wearing what appeared to be his school uniform playing card games and getting into terrible danger. Then his other personality or whatever would come out, same some shit about the heart of the cards and then win the game. I didn't understand how Seifer could watch this. And having no brain-to-mouth filter most of the time I voiced my opinion.
"How the hell can you watch this shit?" I asked. He glanced at me then back to the screen.
"Were you watching the part where Yugi was talking to Yami?" He asked. I nodded, hoping he could see it out of the corner of his eye. "Well, if you pay attention enough you can totally see that Yami has a thing for Yugi, it's clear as day." Seifer stated.
"Your totally right Seifer! I've always believed that he has a thing for Yugi and that Yugi has a thing for him as well, even if he pretends to like Anzu!" A girls (woman's) voice exclaimed with excitement. I looked over my shoulder at my mom as she stood there in the doorway beaming. I couldn't see how Seifer was scared of her. Seifer swiftly sat up and I saw a little tint of color on his cheeks. My mom giggled and came and ruffled my hair. "Sorry I'm late boys, I had a last minute client that really needed to see me. What do you guys want for dinner?" She asked.
"Oh, I was just leaving. Your back so I guess I'm not needed here tonight." Seifer said standing and straightening his white trench coat. My mom laughed and shook her head.
"Nonsense, it's 10 at night, your staying here for the night. So what do you want?" My mom asked again. Seifer looked shocked.
"How about Pizza." I suggested. We both looked at Seifer who was still standing in the middle of the room.
"Ugh.. sure." He said. My mom winked and gave us a thumbs up before skipping towards the kitchen. A moment later she stuck her head back around the corner and looked Seifer straight in the eyes, her cheerful smile turning to that of a controlling mother.
"Sit Seifer, relax, I'm not going to tie you to Hayner's bed and make you watch educational videos about complicated math problems." My mom said in a matter-of-fact tone. Her smile turning back into a cheerful one and she continued skipping towards the kitchen. Seifer sat back down on the couch awkwardly.
"And you say that your mother isn't weird.." He mumbled under his breath.
~~Authors Note~~
At the time I wrote this I had just devoured about 9-12 chocolate bars and was running on 3 hours of sleep. Constructive criticism is totally welcome, no huge explosions though please. ^_^