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Unlost

Chapter 1: SUNDAY

Xion

CLOOONG! CLOOONG! CLOOONG! Was the sound the big grand-father clock made when the hand hit noon in the small rounded office where Xion and her parents where waiting for the head-master of the boarding school. The young girl couldn't get her eyes off her hands, she couldn't stand the idea of her parents abandoning her so far away from home.

Ms. Delacroix kept trying to get an eye contact from her daughter, but Xion wouldn't give her the satisfaction of looking back at her. Mr. Delacroix, on the other hand, kept staring at his Rolex despite the huge grand-father clock who asked nothing less than indicate what time it was. Xion's father was an important business man who was so workaholic that her mother had to lecture him intensely so he would agree on coming to this meeting. Although Xion couldn't care less if her father was there or not.

They had been sitting in this office for over twenty minutes now, Mr. Thewise, the head-master, was late and it was driving Xion's father crazy which only made the girl feel even more abandoned, not that she demonstrated any feelings.

The door clicked and a tall men with chin-length blond hair came in. He was dressed with a wine-red business suit and a black tie. He smiled at the family and walked to his desk with a folder in hand. He took place in his big leather chair before finally starting the meeting.

'' Welcome to the Destiny's Home for Gifted Mr. and Ms. Delacroix. Welcome to you too Xion.'' The parents responded with a light nod. As for Xion, she didn't even bother looking up. ''I am Mr. Ansem Thewise, I'm sorry for my lateness, something came up.''

'' No problem, we understand.'' answered to which her husband rolled his eyes. He never was a really patient man and never had a problem showing it.

'' So lets start. How long will you be staying with us Xion?'' He waited for the young girl to answer, but she didn't get her eyes off her hands. She had heard the question like everybody else in the room, but nothing she did showed that she had.

'' We were thinking, if everything goes well, until the end of her high school. Since she will be starting this year, we thought that it would be better for her not to make her change school along the way.'' Her mother finally answered.

Yeah right, for me... As if any of this was ''for me'' Xion thought even though she didn't even flinch.

'' Alright.'' The man opened the file he had in hand and grabbed a pen on his desk. '' I will need your signature on these documents.'' He handed the said documents to Xion's parents. '' Once we are done with the paperwork, would you like to visit the establishment?''

'' Well, we would have loved to, but we are running late in our schedule, you see I am a really busy man, I can't put my job on hold like this. So we thought we would just come back to visit our daughter once she was all settled in.'' Ms. Delacroix gave the sting-eye to her husband, but didn't object to what he had said. As for Xion, her father's comment almost made her laugh, but she knew better than to upset the man. Plus, she didn't want to show any emotions towards her parents for the moment. They knew she didn't approve their decision of sending her away, but they had made it crystal clear that she had nothing to say in it.

'' Alright then. Visiting hours are, during the week from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m., on saturdays you can come anytime between 9 a.m. and 11 p.m. and sundays between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m., but everything is in the documents we have handed to you.'' Ansem didn't seem disturbed by Mr. Delacroix's comment.

He must be used to this kind of parents, Xion thought.

Once all the documents were filled it was time for goodbyes. Xion didn't say a word as her mother hugged her tight. As for her father, he moved forward to pull her in a hug, but she moved away. She knew it was more of his idea to send her away and she wasn't about to forgive him for it.

After her parents had left, Xion turned towards the head-master to wait for further instruction. The man smiled a her and signed her to follow him.

'' You will be moving in our girl dormitory. Your belongings are already in the room. Don't worry, you will only be three to share it.'' Mr. Thewise was guiding her further into the mansion towards the girls dormitory.

Only three girls in this entire place? It made her a little nervous that she would have to interact and live mostly with boys for the next few years. In middle school she went to a school for girls only, so the only interaction she really had with men was with her father and she barely ever saw him because he worked so much even on weekends.

'' You are lucky, you almost have the entire west wing to yourself. The boys dormitories are all in the east wing.'' He was a nice man, the fact that the girl didn't say a word didn't seem to bother him, he knew she was listening and he understood this could be hard for her and respected her silence. '' Aerith, the establishment's counsellor, who's office is down this hall, asked one of your roommates to tutor you for the first few days. Her name is Namine, I'm sure you will get along just fine.'' He had now stopped in front of a big wooden door. He knocked once. A blonde girl about Xion's size came to the door.

'' Yes Head-Master?'' She had a melodious voice.

'' I present you Xion, you will take care of her Namine? I am counting on you.'' He was looking down at the small blonde.

'' No worries. Come on in Xion and welcome!'' She pushed aside to let the new girl come in. Before he left, Ansem gave a document to Xion indicating the rules and said that if she had any problem she could go see him or Aerith.

The room was huge, definitely made for more than three occupants. The far wall was entirely windows which made the room lighted. Three beds were placed so each girls would have their little personal space with a desk and a dresser.

Xion walked around the room absently looking everywhere. She easily spotted her bed because of her boxes around it. Plus, the other two looked too occupied to be hers: The one right beside her's had plenty of papers piled on the desk with crayons everywhere and sketchbooks. And, the one closer to the windows was so full of clothes that you couln't even see the bed-sheets.

'' So, this is your bed, mine is the one in the middle and the one over there is Kairi's. She's out for the weekend, you'll meet her on monday.'' Namine startled Xion who was concentrated on inspecting the room. '' I'm Namine by the way.''

'' Xion.''

Namine nodded '' So, need a hand with your boxes?'' She offered breaking the silence that was settling in. Xion shook her head and walked slowly to her side of the room. '' Okay, I'll be back in half an hour then! I'll show you around afterwards, sounds good? Maybe you'll get to meet some of the guys! I don't know who's home today, Sundays are always pretty quiet here.'' She was babbling on and on when she noticed Xion had started taking care of her stuff and didn't seem to listen much. She just left the room.

Once Namine was gone, Xion sat on her bed taking her emotions in. She sighed, her head back staring at the tall ceiling. She thought that the blond girl seemed nice, but she wasn't in the mood to socialize. As she was thinking of continuing to unpack, she noticed a drawing on her nightstand. She grabbed it delicately and what she saw gave her goosebumps: it was her, not clearly with all the face details, it was more like a draft. Although it was detailed enough for her to recognize herself: the drawing showed a girl with short black hair sitting on what looked like a bed, wearing dark jeans, a red t-shirt and a black vest. Xion was exactly dressed this way and was, in fact, sitting on a bed.

'' What the hell?'' She thought out loud. She turned the piece of paper over to find a name or something, but the rest was all blank. She left the drawing on her bed and went back to her boxes, but she couldn't keep herself from glancing at it. something was odd.

Knock, Knock! Xion turned her attention to the door '' Who's there?'' She asked.

'' It's me.'' Namine answered as she came into the room. '' Oh, I see you found my gift!'' She was smiling like everything was normal.

'' This is from you?'' Xion was looking at the small blonde with an eyebrow up. She still had a pile of clothes in her hands, she was too confused to continue her work.

'' Yup! Thought you might like it!''

'' It's ...me?'' She was way passed confused.

'' Yup! I drew it last week before Aerith asked me to help you integrate. '' She kept smiling like everything was normal. Xion felt like there's something she was suppose to understand that she just couldn't get.

'' I don't get it.'' The dark hair girl finally asked hoping for clarification.

'' Oh! It's the first time you meet someone like you?''

'' Someone like me?'' She knew this school was for gifted, she also knew what gifted meant for her, but she had absolutely no idea what kind of ''gift'' others could have. She had indeed never met someone else ''Special''.

''Yeah! You know...different. I draw the future! I know it's weird. It's not even like if I was good at drawing.'' She was now sitting on Xion's bed, smiling with her eyes closed.

'' So you knew I was coming and just drew me?''

'' Not exactly. I drew this before I knew there would be a new girl.'' She was now looking at her own drawing, holding it in her hands. '' You see, I just sometimes feel like drawing, so I do and sometimes it ends up being a premonition. Like this one.'' She turned the sheet of paper towards the other girl. '' It's not even voluntary.''

How weird. Xion thought.

'' What about you?'' The blonde asked, tangling her feet on the side of the bed.

'' What about me?''

'' What's your ''gift'''' She did the quotes with her fingers.

'' Oh. I find... stuff.'' Xion did not like to talk about her special ability. She just wished she was normal so her father would not have used this excuse to send her away.

'' How does it work?'' Namine looked really interested.

'' Well, I just think of an object and somehow it's location pops in my head.'' She explained while putting away the pile of clothes she was holding.

'' How cool! Any objects?'' The blonde girl was now standing.

''Y-yeah! But only objects. I tried once with my friends cat and it didn't work.'' The enthusiasm of her roommate was starting to work on Xion's mood, she felt more open to the subject. It was nice to see someone who saw her gift as something positive and not just an anomaly.

'' Okay, well... I lost a necklace somewhere about two weeks ago. I love that necklace, can you find it?'' She was now holding the dark hair girl's hand with both her own, full of hope.

'' I guess... what does it look like?''

'' It's a silver chain with a small blue heart pendant.''

Xion listened carefully, she closed her eyes and when she reopened them she knew where the necklace was. She freed her hand gently from Namine's grip and walked to the far end of the room where her other roommate's corner was. She paused at the feet of the bed and slowly turned to the night stand. '' It's in the second drawer, in a small glass box.'' She said while pointing at the furniture next to the bed.

'' I knew she took it! She told me she didn't when I asked. Damn Kairi!'' Namine ran to Kairi's corner and got her necklace back in a heartbeat.

'' What is Kairi's gift?'' Xion asked the blonde while she was still kneeling beside the bed her necklace in hand.

'' I'll let you figure it out yourself.'' She winked at the other girl while standing up and tying the jewellery around her neck.

Although Xion was curious, she didn't insist. The two girls finished unpacking all Xion's belongings and then the blond grabbed the ravenette's hand and pulled her out of the room. '' Come on, I'll show you around.'' She was cheerful. Xion didn't say anything, but just followed her. She knew that they would become good friends at some point.

Namine held Xion's hand all the way down the hall until they reached a small shared area. '' This is one of the study halls. There's four of them. This one is mostly for us girls because it's in our wing. Although the boys are allowed here they don't often come. They have one of their own which we are also allowed, but it's like an unwritten law that we don't share those places.'' The room wasn't big, there were two dark-red couches forming an L on the left corner and two computers on the other side with desks and four wooden chairs. Like the bedroom, this study hall had big windows that made the room really lit.

Namine then gestured to the other girl to follow her and they went down a huge staircase that joined in the middle with the one that leaded to the east wing. '' Of course, that way is the boys wing, it's a little bit bigger since they are more. There is three dormitories and we only have one. But, we are not allowed further than their study hall, like they aren't allowed further than ours.'' She didn't bother bringing the other girl there since she didn't think she would ever have to go.

They continued down the now joined stairs. Xion had already seen this place when Ansem had brought her to the west wing. It was a gigantic room that had many doors on either sides and a few corners with couches everywhere. '' This is the biggest shared area. If you have guests that are not your family, they are allowed only in this room and of course in the yard. There's a few corners where you can sit. Over there there's a few board games and a television in the back, as you can see.''

Xion didn't say much, she kept looking everywhere and listened to the other girls explanations. Until she saw a blond boy sitting on the side of a window in front, looking outside. '' Who is that?'' He was alone in the big room.

'' Oh! That's Roxas. Come, I'll introduce you, but don't speak too loud and don't move too close. He doesn't like that.'' Xion looked at her confused, but didn't have the time to say anything, the blond had already grabbed her hand and was leading her to the boy.

Once beside him, Namine spoke really softly. '' Hello Roxas. I want to present you are newcomer: Xion.''

Roxas looked at the blond before slowly turning towards the ravenette. He frowned and turned his head like a dog that tries to understand the sound he's hearing. Then he soften his face. '' Hi.'' He said slowly.

Xion thought this was kind of weird, but then again she wasn't used to meeting people ''like her'' so maybe this is normal. '' Hi?'' She answered not too sure what she was suppose to do or say.

He simply turned back to the window and Namine took back Xion's hand slowly leading her away from the boy. She waited until the blonde had brought her into an other room that seemed to be an other study all, but painted all bright white. '' What's he doing?'' She had thought about what she would ask about the boy and decided to go with an inoffensive question to start, although she had so many. She didn't know if it was okay to ask anything about him since Namine didn't look like she was going to give any explanation about the boy's weird behaviour. But, she couldn't help herself he was just too confusing.

''Roxas? Probably waiting for Axel.'' Xions was annoyed of how Namine always gave explanations like if she was suppose to already be aware of everything. It made her feel like if she was stupid not to see things that were so obvious.

''Who is Axel?'' She wanted to know more about the blond boy.

'' An other resident of the home. You'll probably meet him later. He leaves to see his mother on sundays, but he always come back before diner. He can't leave Roxas alone too long.'' What - the- hell - was all Xion could think. This was getting weird for the dark hair girl. She wanted to know more, to understand what was going on, but she felt bad asking her new comrade about it. It's like if Namine was confusing the other girl on purpose. Was she? Of course not, it was just her way of being. She always forgot how people don't always know what she knew. So, she tended to give brief answers and affirmations.

'' So, this is my favourite room. It's a study hall of course, but it feels kind of pure, don't you think?'' The blonde girl went back to explaining everything, pushing the other subject away. Xion nodded, giving up on learning more about Roxas, for now.

They continued. She showed the dining room and the kitchen. She introduced her to their cook, Tifa, who was a short dark hair woman that seemed nice. Then she showed her the library that was also the fourth study hall. '' And that's about it. Of course you know where the headmaster's office is and the counsellor's, who is really nice by the way, you can always go to her for anything. ''

Xion nodded bitting her bottom lip a bit. Namine was smiling at her. Then something strike her except Roxas and Namine, she didn't see any other residents. '' hum... Where is everyone?''

'' Out, I guess. Maybe some of the boys are in their wing. Like I said, sundays are always quiet here, especially when it's so sunny out. Wanna go sit outside?'' Namine was nice even though she had a strange way of skipping details. Xion only shrugged to answer her new potential friend.

They went by the back door that was located in the big room where they saw Roxas in earlier. Has they moved through the area, Xion looked towards the front window to see the blond boy again, but he had left his spot.

Maybe Axel came back. She thought. I guess I'll see them later.

The back house was beautiful with flowers and trees and a huge in grown pool. They sat under a tree to protect themselves from the burning sun. It was such a beautiful day. Summer was getting close to an end, but there were still a few beautiful days like this left before autumn came. Xion liked summer and she could tell that Namine did to. The blond girl was laying down on her back staring at the sky. She didn't seem to mind that her dress was plain white and that she was laying on some really green grass.

Xion had taken off her black vest and had laid it on the ground to put her head on so she wouldn't put dirt in her hair.

'' So, you didn't come here by choice am I right?'' Namine had broken the silence between them.

Xion slowly shook her head before remembering that the blonde was looking at the sky for she couldn't see her. '' No.'' She softly said.

'' Me neither.'' She turned her head and showed a sad smile to the dark hair girl.

Roxas

For most, sundays are the meaning of joy and freedom, but for Roxas it was the complete opposite. Time went slowly as he sat by the front window of the big mansion waiting for Axel to come back from is usual sunday outing with his mother. Like every sunday, Roxas hung around the Home, looking at the time every now and then to count the hours left before his friend came back and there were always too many.

That morning, Axel had woken up Roxas around eight, like he always did, and like every time the blond had faked sleeping too deeply to acknowledge his friend's goodbyes. He held onto his covers tightly enjoying the last glimpses of love Axel sent his way before leaving the room. Once the red head had shut the door behind him, like every time, Roxas felt empty.

He had dragged his emptiness around all day until he had finally given up on trying to make the time move faster and went to sit by his favourite window. He liked that window specifically because it gave him a view of the outside world while blocking everyone else's problems. By this window he could be a spectator without having to deal with everybody's feelings.

It was a beautiful day, he could see Demyx practicing his sitar by the tree in front and he could see the neighbour, even if he was far away in front, washing his car with his son. But what really got his attention was the odd car that was parked in front of the main office. He had never seen this car parked there before. It was a dark-grey Mercedes with dyed windows on the sides.

It must be the new girl. He thought

They all had been informed that there was a new comer that was suppose to arrive sometime soon. Roxas had forgotten it was today.

That explains why I can hear Namine walking upstairs when she's normally out with the others on sundays.

He knew that the blonde girl had been chosen to take care of the new girl. Poor her. They all had thought. Not that Namine was mean or anything, but she could be really hard to follow, the poor girl would get all mixed up and scared on her first day. They should've picked Kairi. But, Namine had been so excited to be the designated guide that no one had the courage to oppose the decision. She was so happy for the rest of the week that Roxas had tried to stay close to her when ever he had to be with the commune. Her mood blurred the other's.

Roxas glared at the clock on his left: 3 hours and 20 minutes to go before Axel came back. He sighed and turned back towards the window in time to see a couple in their late forties leaving the main office and making their way towards the Mercedes.

Must be her parents. They sure look rich. Roxas thought. The man, Xion's father, looked really annoyed and in a hurry. Roxas was glad to have the window blocking whatever energy that man gave off.

He stayed there, by his window: 3 hours left. 2 hours 35 minutes. 2hours... He continued counting down as the time flew with the slowness of a snail who had broken a leg. Until he felt someone coming close. He could sense that it was Namine with, he assumed, the new kid. Although he could feel the girl's presence, he waited until they came to him to turn his gaze off the window.

Maybe they won't come see me. He silently hoped.

'' Hello Roxas. I want to present you are newcomer: Xion.'' He heard Namine almost whisper to him. He took his time to turn his head towards the two girls. He knew that as soon as he would face them he would be consumed by every single feelings they had. All he could do was hope that Namine was still on her little cloud she had spent the week on.

Come on Roxas, it's only two girls, you've faced worse. He encouraged himself before finally looking at the girls.

First Namine was still happy, that was a good thing. But, as for the new one, (What was her name again? Roxas had already forgotten even though Namine had just told him) he could tell she was going through a hard time. He frowned at her.

What are those feelings? His she mad?... No, that's not it. She feels abandoned, that indeed. But, there's something else. Roxas couldn't get his finger on what their new comrade was going through.

He realized he looked weird staring at the small dark haired girl, so he tried to shake it off. '' Hi.'' He softly spoke. He felt his voice break with this one word greeting du to the fact that it was the first word he'd spoken all day.

'' Hi.'' She barely had answered that he had turned back towards his favourite window.

I had my dose of social for the day. He thought.

Something was odd though, even now that the girls had left the room, he still could feel this weird feeling in the pit of his stomach. Was that strange feeling I couldn't understand... from...me? Roxas didn't often feel things of his own, or at least not like that. He wasn't sure this came from him, but he didn't feel as empty anymore.

1hour and 30 minutes was what the clock shoved at him before he decided to go wait for Axel back in his room. He was a little confused, he tried to reassure himself by saying that it must be because they're the first persons he encountered today. Beside Axel, of course.

In his room he fell on his bed and stayed there, staring at the tall ceiling. He turned his head towards his nightstand where a round white hold-style alarm clock was. 1 hour 20 minutes. The clock was a gift from Axel '' So you won't wake up late anymore.'' He had said as Roxas had undone the wrapping around the gift. He remembered as he looked at the hand indicating the minutes slowly turning on it's axe.

Roxas wished Axel didn't leave every sunday, but when the red head had asked him if he preferred he'd stayed, Roxas had said no. He felt bad enough that his friend spent almost all his time with him. Specially since he was only taking advantage of the older boy's feelings. Axel loved Roxas with all his heart and Roxas loved to feel the love. It was so strong it blocked almost every other energies, moods and feelings he could encounter. He was addicted to it. Axel knew about this. He was aware that Roxas did not truly return his feelings, but he didn't mind. If he did, Roxas would feel it. Right? That's what he thought to reassure himself every time he started to feel guilty.

1 hour. Roxas closed his eyes and fell asleep almost instantly. He started feeling empty again, whatever had came up earlier had faded away. It was easy to fall asleep when you felt empty.

When Axel came back, he found his friend still sleeping on top of his covers and simply went to lie beside him. He was careful trying not to wake the blond, but as soon as Roxas felt Axel's unusual warmth, he opened his eyes and immediately was consumed by love.

'' I missed you.'' He smiled.

'' I was only gone for a few hours.'' He was brushing the blond hair with his long fingers.

'' Felt like decades.'' He sighed.

Please don't leave me again. He mentally begged. He wouldn't say it out loud because he was afraid Axel would actually stop seeing his mother to stay with him and he couldn't do that to him.

Roxas wrapped his arms around Axel's slim waste and pulled him closer to feel his abnormal warmth. He hadn't realized how cold he felt whenever his friend wasn't around. Axel wrapped his arm around the short boy and rested his head on top of Roxas'.

They stayed this way for a long time, but contrarily to while Axel was gone, the time now sped as fast as a running jaguar. Soon enough it was dark out and it was diner time. They untangled each other and slowly made their way to the dining room, holding hands.

Roxas only ate with the commune when Axel was there which was every night except thursdays where he had a meeting with the social services. Those night, Roxas preferred not to eat at all and just go to bed. It was better then face a room full of teens and their personal issues.

But, with Axel, everything was okay.

Author's note: Hello! This is a all new approach for me! Tell me what you think, please! This story is a real challenge for me and I really want to know if you like it. I will decide rather I go on with it or not according to what you guys think of it. I feel pretty confident about it because I have planned it much more than the first one I've written. Anyway, Please give me your impressions or follow or like or private message... :) Thank you for reading

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