Xion saw them strutting down the hall. She tried to ignore them but it was hard to do when they made as big an entrance as they could. Larxene still had her sunglasses and Namine's shoes were clicking against the tile floor. Namine's dress was so white that if you shone light directly on it, Xion swore it would reflect off and blind someone. Once they had passed Xion looked down at her black clothes. She hadn't always worn all black. Her wardrobe had always been a bit dark but once Roxas and Namine got together her clothes went from dark to pitch black. Roxas and Axel didn't seem to notice but others had. They use to make constant remarks about the "gothic" look. They eventually stopped because they didn't affect Xion anymore. Xion fixed her black shirt and continued putting her books away in her locker.
"Hiya." Xion nearly jumped. She turned and looked next to her to see Roxas.
"The hell Roxas? Why are you scaring the crap outta me?" Roxas poked her cheek.
"Cause…" Roxas smiled and poked her cheek again. Xion smacked his hand away. "Ouch Xion! That really hurt!"
"Well stop poking me and tell why you're so damn happy!" Roxas grinned and Xion and then he pulled something out of his pocket. Two tickets flashed in front of Xion's face. Xion couldn't help but gasp. "Is that…"
"Myde's- I mean Demyx's concert? Hell yeah! Ven just got them." Xion snatched one of the tickets and looked at it more closely. Sure enough it was a genuine ticket to the concert. Demyx was one of Axel's friend who, when he first picked up a guitar, sucked at music. But once he started taking lessons and started taking it a little more seriously became amazing. He changed his name to Demyx when he got a contract at a local recording studio/company, but his friends still called him Myde.
"You don't realize how much I love Ven right now." Xion gave Roxas a hug. "I think this just made my day." Xion kept smiling as she looked at the ticket again. Roxas plucked the ticket out of her hand. Xion whimpered and stuck out her lower lip.
"I'll be holding on to them. Not that I don't trust you… I'll just feel better if I have both." Xion cracked a smiled but held back the laugh.
"You're a dork Roxas." The five-minute bell rang and Xion quickly shut her door. "We should be late for class. I don't need a detention." Roxas agreed and the two took off for class.
[Linelineline]
Xion reached for the counter to steady her. Another explosion. The basement door opened and Zexion came running out of it coughing up a lung.
"Crazy old man!" He yelled it down the stairs though Xion knew her dad probably didn't hear it. Zexion came into the kitchen and plopped down in a chair. His white lab coat was covered in whatever had exploded. He leaned back and stared at the ceiling.
"What did dad blow up now?" Zexion looked over at the girl leaning against the counter.
"Actually… I don't know. He told me to do something while her worked on… whatever it was." Zexion looked back up at the ceiling and sighed. Xion sometimes wondered why he still helped out. Xion opened the cabinet and pulled out a glass. She filled it with water and set it down in front of the semi-ticked off boy.
"Here, you look thirsty." Zexion took a long look at the glass of water before finally picking it up and drinking it. He set it down once he was done and gave a half-hearted smile to Xion.
"Thanks."
"Your welcome, and I've told you before… That's not how you smile." Xion gave him a big smile and pointed at it. "Like this." Zexion tried again, giving a bigger smile to Xion. Xion couldn't help but laugh at the boy.
"Better?"
"Tons. You need to work on that smile. You also need to get out of the lab more. Maybe you can drag my dad with you…" Xion thought about the last time she had seen her dad. He rarely ever came out of the lab, forcing Xion and Axel to fend for themselves. He hadn't always locked himself in his lab. After their mom had died they slowly began to see him less and less. Eventually they had given up on seeing him and moved on in their lives.
"Well that'll happen when he finishes whatever it is…" Zexion sighed. "I wish he would tell me what the hell we're doing. Half the time he tells me to go off and read." Xion gave an exaggerated gasp.
"You mean you don't help him all the time?" Zexion smiled and gave a small laugh. "Aha! I knew you could laugh! You're not emo after all!"
"I never was emo! I just find it pointless to smile all the time." Zexion crossed his arms and turned form the girl. Xion stuck her tongue out at him.
"Whatever. I-" Xion would have continued but a voice called out from the basement,
"Zexion hurry! I just figured out something!" Zexion quickly got up and rushed to the basement shutting the door behind him. Xion sat staring at the door.
"Good talking to you…" Xion turned back and stared at the empty glass. She couldn't help but feel like that had some meaning in her life but Xion just couldn't place it. After staring at the glass for a while, Xion finally picked it up and put it in the sink. Xion looked over to the picture sitting on the windowsill above the sink. A small smile crept on her face as she looked at the Raven-haired women holding a tiny baby in her arms. Next to the women was the flame-haired boy that the baby called her brother. Hovering on the woman's other side was the man she called her husband. The four of them looked like such a beautiful family. Not a dysfunctional one that currently resides in the house. Xion picked up the picture and touched the woman. She couldn't believe how much she looked like her mother. The same dark hair, the same bright blue eyes, even the same facial structure. Xion could feel tears weld up in her eyes so she quickly put the picture down and turned away from it. There was no use crying over it. Her mother had been dead for years; Xion knew she wouldn't come back.
[Linelineline]
The ice cream tasted just as it always had. The three sat next to each other just as they always had. Sometimes they sat in silence, sometimes they didn't stop talking, or sometimes it was a mixture of each. Those moments of silence followed by constant chatter followed by more silence.
"I hate high school. So much."
"You sound like every other high schooler out there."
"Well, aren't you sick of it Xion?"
"Sure I am, but there's no real point in complaining when everyone else already does." Roxas stuck his tongue out a Xion. A laugh escaped her lips and she stuck her tongue out him the blonde boy sitting next to her.
"I swear, you two. Act your age." Xion looked over to the redhead sitting next to them.
"Well excuse me Mr. I-hang-out-with-high-schoolers. When are you going to act your age?" Axel pointed his ice cream at Xion.
"I'll let you know that I do have friends besides you two munchkins."
"Who?" Axel turned and pointed his ice cream at Roxas.
"Ven."
"Doesn't count."
"Why the hell not?"
"He's my brother and looks exactly like me. Doesn't count." Axel stared at Roxas in disbelief for a second before throwing his arm around him and putting him in a headlock. Xion laughed as Axel messed up Roxas' hair.
"You know what you little blonde punk? I am not afraid to set your pretty hair on fire. How would the girls like it if little Roxy went bald?" Roxas struggled to get Axel off of him, but he was fighting a losing battle.
"You wouldn't dare."
"Roxas, you obviously don't know my brother well enough. Or have you forgotten what pyromaniac he is?" Xion took another bite of ice cream as Axel smiled deviously at Roxas. The flame-haired boy finally let go of the blonde one and Roxas immediately scrambled to the other side of Xion away from the pyro. Xion couldn't contain her laughter as Roxas nervously hid behind her like a little kid hiding behind his mom.
"You stay away from me. I don't trust you!" Axel roared with laughter as Roxas still cowered behind Xion. Xion finished her ice cream and poked Roxas with her empty ice cream stick.
"I don't think that's going to work." Roxas took another look at Axel before sitting next to Xion.
"It was worth a try." Xion laughed and poked Roxas in the cheek. Roxas smacked her hand away. "Would you stop that?" Xion stuck out her tongue and the three friends broke out into laughter. They finally settled down and watched the sunset. Xion couldn't help but smile. This was one of the best time's she had had in the longest time. Spending it with her brother and her best friend made it even better.
Haha, I threw in a little Zexion/Xion, but don't worry, it was just that little section. And I must apologize to RokuShion-fan-1 because I said that Vexen was Axel and Xion's dad, but SahnxannRay007guess made me rethink their parental unit a bit. Any who, their father will be revealed in a later chapter, it's not really important to the story at this point. Hope you liked!