AN- Okay, so that took me a lot longer than I expected! I wanted to see how long I could make this chapter and I got kinda carried away c:
Thank you so much for the reviews on the last chapter! I really wasn't expecting any, haha! Oh and since some people mentioned it- yes there are camara's in the toilet. It's not like its aired and I've decided now that there is a screen for privicy c:
God, I'm finding that it's kinda hard to fit everyone into the conversation, their all strangers to each other so I need to try and get them passed the 'getting to know each other' stage. Damn.
I'll try and get the next chapter out a little sooner but school's being mean and eating up all my free time :( So I can't make any promises, but like I said... I'll try!
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As the door swung open, Sora bounded into the House. The other Housemates came over to welcome his brother and Roxas side-stepped to the left to take in his surroundings.
The House was very open-plan from what he could see; all the walls were painted white with splashes of colour here and there. The room they were in was -he guessed- the Living Room; there were sofas just ahead of him and random bean-bags scattered about. Everything had a modern and clean feeling to it.
On the other side of the room to his right, there was an open-plan kitchen with an island in the center. The cupboards were also painted white and the taps were shining metal. Roxas breifly saw some kitchen supplys but his interest didn't last long enough for him to look closer.
Stright ahead he could see a garden, about half of the wall was made of glass so there was no privicy out there either. He made the mental note to check it out later before returning to gaze around himself.
To his right was what he guessed to be the bedroom. It seemed they were all sharing and (as long as no-one snored) Roxas didn't mind. Next to the bedroom door was a window, through which he caught a glimpse of some bright green beds. On his left -in the corner- was a staircase. It led to a sort of balcony which circled most of the room in a horseshoe shape.
Roxas idly wondered what could be up there but was brought back into the conversation by Sora who was now beside him. "This is Roxas, we're twins!" He sang, putting his cases on the ground.
Roxas looked at the five people before his eyes as he also put down the cases. They looked like a fun enough group so he decided to give them all a chance. He smiled at the brunette closest to him and held out his hand. She took it in her own and introduced herself, "I'm the great ninja Yuffie! Aww your cute like Sora," She chirped.
'Damn, she's got a strong grip. Wonder if she's really a ninja...' Roxas released her hand with a nod as a bouncing blonde boy shoved past her. His hair was shaped into a cross between a mullet and a mohawk and he beamed at Roxas as he spoke,
"I'm Demyx! Most people call me Dem so you can too! I like your hair, did you bleach it?" Roxas shook his head,
"It's natural. What about yours? Doesn't that style use a lot of gel?" He asked curiously. Demyx's face lit up but before he could reply a finger tapped his shoulder. He turned to face a petite girl; she had light blonde hair and blue eyes. Demyx winked at Roxas and murmured, "Tell you later," Before moving aside to go to the sofa's, choosing the orange couch opposite a man reading a book.
"I'm Namine," Greeted the girl. She smiled softly and shook the teen's outstretched hand.
"Roxas." He smiled, this girl seemed nice. The blonde boy looked over her small shoulders at the remaining two.
The first was a boy who seemed only slightly older than him, "Riku." He stated. He had platinum coloured hair and striking aqua-marine eyes. Beside him was a woman in her mid-twenties; she introduced herself as Aerith, and nodded at the twins. Aerith had long brunette hair which was tied in a plait and soft green eyes.
Sora bounded over to the orange couch, leaning over the back so that his face was beside Dem's. The others joined him a second later, Aerith and Yuffie sat either side of Demyx, Riku sat on a single purple chair and Namine joined the book-reader on the green sofa. The twins gave him identical frowns and loudly cleared their thoats, causing him to look up.
The man had lavender coloured hair that was cut so half his face was hidden, his visible eye was purple and emotionless. "Zexion" He muttered, before returning to his reading. Both boys unconsciously pouted in anger and Sora let out a little huff,
"Should we take our stuff into the bedroom?" He asked, turning to Riku. The teen raised an eyebrow before nodding,
"Sure, grab a bed, there's only one more Housemate to come in now anyway; everyone else has claimed one."
Roxas looked around in confusion, "There's only eight people here, shouldn't there be ten?" He asked. Opposite him, Namine smiled;
"The other guy has gone to the toilet, he said he hadn't been all day. The final Housemate will be here in about an hour, I think." Roxas just nodded before turning around and picking up the luggage.
"We'll just be a few minutes, come on Sor." The other twin nodded and followed suit, trailing after his brother into the bedroom.
It was the same colour sceme as the previous room with another door on the far end which -upon inspection- led to an on-suite bathroom. Ten beds were pushed up against the longest walls (five either side) and had enough room between each other to comfortably fit two people. On the far wall were two mirrors (one either side of the bathroom) with desks facing them.
Roxas and Sora picked two beds beside each other along the left wall and threw their cases on the green bedding. They found that there were four draws under each bed and proceeded to unpack their belongings. Roxas put all his underwear and socks in the first draw, T-shirts and tops in the next and pants in the other; this meant he could put all his personal items in a seperate one... Yeah Roxas is a bit of a neat-freak.
Standing up from his work couched on the floor, he noticed for the first time that the bed on his other side was untouched. 'So whoever comes in next has that bed,' He mused, 'well, as long as thay don't snore, I don't care who they are.' He turned back around to watch as Sora stuffed the remains of his pants into a draw, straightened up and wiped his hands on his jeans.
They gave the room one last look over before Roxas spoke up, "Well the last Housemate's giong to be here in about 50 minutes, might as well go wait with the others."
Sora grinned and nodded enthusiastically, following the blonde to the door. He did a double-take as he walked past the window and pulled his brother to a stop. "What is it?" Asked Roxas, coming to stand beside him. The chocolate-haired boy pointed at something through the window, frowning,
"Rox... Is it me or does the back of that head seem... familiar?" He cocked his head to the side cutely as he stared.
Roxas looked at where he was pointing and inspected the hair. It was blonde and spiked similarly to his own, but the spikes were londer and more pronounced. The blonde froze, "It's not... Is it...?" He said uncertainly. Sora also seemed to have the same idea as to the identity of the head because a few seconds later he grabbed his brother and burst through the bedroom door, causing everyone (including the unknown head) on the sofas to spin around. They both took a second to stare at the man's surprised face before yelling;
"CLOUD?!"
Cloud jumped up from his seat looking at them in disbelief, "Sora? Roxas? What the hell are you doing here?" The other Housemates looked from one to another frowning. Yuffie was the first one to speak up,
"You three know each other?"
Sora nodded his head hard, never taking his eyes off cloud, "He's our brother!" The other stared, gaping at them (except Zexion- his face was as blank as usual.)
"Jesus, your whole family's here. Who's coming next, your mum?" Muttered Demyx, earning a glare from the three brothers.
Cloud shook his head, "Our mother hates me, besides I had no idea they where going to be here..."
"Ditto," Murmured Roxas, who had taken to staring pointedly at the floor. Sora was watching the older blonde with an unreadable look on his face and Cloud wore a carefully blank expression.
Riku decided to break the awkward silence with the question on all their minds, "How could you not know each other was coming?" At their questioning stares he hastily continued, "I mean, your brothers, right? Shouldn't you tell each other stuff like -oh I don't know- the fact your going away for a month?" He finished, quirking his eyebrow at them.
The three brothers looked hesitantly at each other before Sora sheepishly scratched the back of his messy brown spikes and replied, "Well, Roxas and I haven't seen Cloud in about... Two and a half months?" He looked at the youngest blonde for confirmation. Roxas nodded silently, refusing to meet either of his brother's gaze, he swollowed hard. He hadn't wanted to be reminded of the past here, Mickey's House was supposed to be a break from the outside world, not a reminder.
Before his thoughts could spiral out of control though, Roxas felt strong arms wrap around him. He didn't know what to do about the sudden embrace, so he just stood there dumbly. "It wasn't your fault Rox, you know I never blamed you. Don't beat yourself up about it, it was just as much my fault as yours." Cloud spoke so quietly into Roxas' ear that the teen doubted the mic's would even be able to pick up his words.
He stood still for a moment before sighing and pushing lightly on Cloud's chest, "I know," He whispered. The older brother released his hold on him and stepped back with the ghost of a smile on his face, before turing to the pouting brunet boy beside them. Sora folded his arms with an irritated huff. Cloud raised an eyebrow at him and Sora glared back playfully,
"Y'know just because I'm not a little blonde emo doesn't mean I don't want a hug too." The man cracked a smile and playfully replied,
"Aww don't worry Sor, your little too!"
"Hey! I'm taller than Roxas!" He shouted causing the other two Stife's to stare at him, "What?" He asked dumbly. The blondes glanced at each other before looked back at the brown haired boy.
"...Sora, we're twins." Realisation crossed over Sora's face and he broke into a grin.
"I knew that!" He chirped as his jumped onto Cloud's back. They headed over to the other Housemates, who where now having their own conversation, and sat on the remaining chairs.
Roxas tried to tune in on the voices around him but found his concentration slipping though his fingers; it was like trying to grasp at water. In the end he leaned his head on Sora's shoulder and let his mind wonder. It jumped from one train of thought to the next with ease and he could feel himself drifting off. Just as his mind was coming to a close it rested on the memory of the fiery red-headed man.
He fell asleep with the image of those striking jade eyes burning into his skull.
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Roxas awoke to someone poking at his cheek. Blinking sleepily, he glared at the cause of his rude awakening; and it grinned back. "Rox, the final Housemate's going to be here in like... two minutes." Sora held up the appropiate number of fingers as Roxas rolled his eyes. He sat up, running a hand through his hair and glaring at the floor. Needless to say, Roxas wasn't in the best of moods when he first woke up.
The light chatter of the group died off as the faint rumble of the crowd floated through the walls. Roxas looked around in mild intrest. That brown haired girl, what was her name again? Yuffie. Yeah that was it. She was bouncing on her seat, shooting the door an excited grin every two seconds. Beside her, Demyx was tapping his foot a mile-a-minute and humming under his breath. The only other person who seemed as excited as them was Sora, but Sora got excited by everything so Roxas paid no real attention to him.
When the door finally did open, whoever had entered was blocked from Roxas' view due to the fact Demyx, Yuffie and Sora had charged full pelt at them. Roxas sighed and stood up along with Namine and Cloud. His breath caught in his throat as Demyx shifted slightly to the right, revealing a flash of red. Roxas snapped out of his daze with a scowl.
Great, now he was seeing things. It couldn't be that guy. No way. Out of the thousands of people who stepped through those interview doors, fate couldn't hate him to the extent of putting that cocky jerk in the same house as him... Right?
Fate was a bitch.
The red-head smirked at all the commotion as a flurry of names and greetings shot at him.
Over the hyper Housemates, Roxas heard the man speak, "Name's Axel. A-X-E-L, Got it memorized?" His upbeat voice just caused Roxas' scowl to deepen and Cloud gave him a funny look.
Roxas forced a smile although he knew Cloud wouldn't buy it for a second. "I've got to go to the bathroom, I'll be right back." Roxas stalked into the bedroom since he didn't know where the other toilet was and paced around before throwing himself face first onto his bed. He let out a groan but it was muffled by his pillow.
Roxas didn't bother looking up when he heard the bedroom door swing open. It was probably Cloud coming to see what was wrong with him. The problem was that Roxas had no idea how to answer, he just wanted to fall asleep and wake up happy.
What he didn't expect was to hear some bags be thrown onto the bed beside him. Roxas' head shot up and he fixed Axel with an icy stare before sitting up and glaring at the flame pattern on the red-head's suitcases. Axel gave him an amused smile and held out his hand, "Hey kid, my name's Axel-"
"A-X-E-L, I got it memorized." Roxas cut in sarcastically. The red-head's eyebrows shot up in surprise before he burst into laughter,
"So you should! Hey, you got a name kid?" Roxas glared daggers at him,
"I'm not a kid, I'm 18. And of course I've got a name, I'm Roxas."
"Okie Dokie Roxy," Axel beamed when the blonde finched at the nickname. A strange look suddenly past over his face and he frowned, "You, like that other kid... Have I met you before?" Roxas unconsciously pouted,
'The bastard doesn't even remember me,' He thought, 'Well... That makes sense really, it's stupid I'm even angry at him... Why am I angry at him?' Noticing the man's smug look, Roxas felt himself blush, "What?!" He snapped.
Axel leaned over so his face was mere inches from the blonde's. Roxas' face heated up a couple more degrees as he felt the red-head's breath tickle his nose. "Nothing Roxy. Your just cute when you pout," He purred. Roxas scowled and pushed hard against Axel's chest, he fell back just enough for Roxas to jump up and stroll to the door.
He turned to face Axel and smirked, " Go to hell." Then slammed the door, causing the glass into the window beside it to rattle. Axel watched the door for a few seconds before turning to unpack his belongings, a small smile playing on his lips.
"Yep," He murmured, "This'll be fun."
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As the evening past by, Roxas learnt some new facts about his fellow Housemates;
1) Yuffie and Demyx were just as crazy as his brother.
2) Riku seemed to really take a shine to Sora, something Roxas did not like.
3) Zexion read alot. But somehow Demyx managed to get him to pay attention every now and again.
4) Aerith was insainly nice and had befriended Cloud.
5) Namine was really sweet and told Roxas she was an art student.
And although Roxas was avoiding Axel like the plague, he still couldn't help but overhear some things about him.
Apparently, he loved fire, was 21 years old, had a motorcycle that he valued more than his life and had an older brother whom he wasn't to fond of... Not that Roxas cared or anything.
Anyway, the sun was now nowhere to be seen and the most of the group were sprawled across various sofas and beanbags. Aerith, Namine and Cloud were in the kitchen cooking dinner and (much to Roxas' relief) Axel had slipped outside for a quick smoke. The room was fairly quiet as the occupents listened to Demyx playing softly on his... What was it called? Seetar? Sitar? Yeah, that was it. Sitar.
Roxas was absently playing with the cinnamon brown hair resting on his shoulder, making Sora cuddle closer to him. Yuffie had burst into a fit of giggles when Sora had first curled up beside his twin. It had made Roxas blush heavily but Sora had just laughed along.
The peaceful bubble Roxas had been growing to love was burst into a thousand little pieces as Axel returned from the garden. He smirked at the two boys on the sofa as he came closer. "Aww, twincest," He chuckled as he threw himself onto the chair opposite them.
Roxas decided he didn't want to kill his new roomate on the first night and settled for throwing him an icy glare instead. Unfortunately, Sora's eyes widened innocently, "What's twincest?" He asked.
Four pairs of eyes swivelled to stare at him. When they realised he was serious, Axel, Dem, Riku and Yuffie all burst out laughing. "N-nothing, kid" Spluttered Axel, wiping the tears from his eyes. Sora's face went bright red and Roxas could practically feel the heat radiating from him, he glanced down at his brother. The hurt and confused look on his face was enough to send him over the edge. Roxas jumped from his seat, pointing an accusing finger at Axel and spat,
"Stop being such a f-!" Before he could finish, however, Sora's eyes lit up and he slapped his palm onto his forehead.
"Duh! I get it! twincest, how could I not get that?!" He beamed around at them, Axel smirked and Roxas' mouth hung open, his face growing slowly redder. Sora's grin melted away to be replaced with concern as he looked at his twins face, "Er... Rox? You ok in there?" Sora tapped Roxas' cheek and the blonde slowly opened and closed his mouth a few times. Axel thought he looked as if he had been slapped, but didn't dwell on his thoughts as Roxas seemed to finally find his tongue and choked out,
"I think I need some air. I'll be back in a minute." He quickly made his way to the glass doors, ignoring the eyes he knew were watching him and stepping out into the crisp night air. Taking a deep breath Roxas cursed under his breath, it seemed he was running away alot today.
He decided now was probably a good time to continue to look around. The first thing he saw was the large white wall bordering the L-shaped garden. Camara's were positioned every few meters along it but Roxas ignored them in favour of looking around some more.
A little to his right was a fairly large pool. He wondered over to its glistening depths, pulling off his green converse and socks as he did. Sitting on the wooden decking he rolled up his black jeans and cautiously lowered his feet into the water. Roxas was surprised to find it was warm and concluded that it must have been heated. A small smile played on his lips as he lowered the remainder of his legs into the pool, allowing the water to lick at his knees as he slowly kicked backwards and forewards.
A few minutes passed and Roxas could hear Sora shouting in the House behind him. He decided it was probably better to stay out there until his twin calmed down, instead choosing to take in the rest of the garden. Wooden decking reached out to the far edge of the pool where it met lush green grass. A wooden walkway surrounded the rest of the garden and there was a door in the left wall which led to a toliet. The garden turned to the right a little ahead of him and Roxas could't see what was around the corner. Oh well, he'd check it out tomorrow, he was too comfy where he was to bother moving.
During his inspection, Roxas realised the shouting had stopped. However, before he could get up and head back inside, a loud voice echoed though the night sky, causing Roxas to almost fall into the pool in surprise. "This is Mickey. Could Roxas and Axel please come to the Diary Room. Roxas and Axel to the Dairy Room, please." Holy crap, they had a Diary Room?! Roxas quickly pulled his feet out from the water and ran to the glass door, not bothering to grab his shoes.
It appeared Axel had gone ahead since Roxas couldn't see him. Cloud gave him a funny look which the younger brother chose to ignore. "Cloud, where's the Diary Room?" He asked.
The older blonde frowned before pointing at the stairs, "The first door right infront of the stairs. Hey Ro-"
"Thanks," He cut in with a small wave, heading stright for the staircase. Sora looked like he wanted to say something as his twin passed but bit his lip and smiled before diving back into the conversation taking place on the sofas. Roxas dragged himself up the stairs with the air of a man walking to his death. A quick glance across the balcony revealed what he was looking for, he could hardly miss it really. A stream of lights surrounded the glass door and the door just beyond it. Roxas trudged over to the glass and pressed the button (much like the one to enter the House.) The lights flashed green and allowed the blonde to pull open the door. He paused in the small hall separating he House from the Diary room, running his hand along the red velvet.
Axel was on the other side. Roxas had no idea what he was meant to say to the red-head, he had no exuse for himself and he knew that. But, instead of turning and running like a little girl, he firmly gripped the handle and pulled it backwards; walking into the tiny black room. To his doom.
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I'm sooo sorry that it ended with Roxas about to walk through another door! I'll make sure the next chapter doesn't end like that. I was planning to put the whole night in this chapter and have the next one starting on day two but... I thought it might have been getting kinda long. :(
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