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A/N: Seriously, I wanted to make this chapter longer, but something stopped me. XD Forgive me for the OOCness. If Terra is OOC here, it's just for the sake of humour. I can't last writing this without humour. XD Ventus is so cute (I repeat that in every KH fic I have, so bear with me!) that I made him have a bigger role in this fic! Hopefully, this will be chaptered and finished because I have the plot figured out in my head. All I need to do is write the story out!
Thank you, guys, for reading and favouriting and alerting this fic! :D I love TerQua so much, and I couldn't resist writing this! And shout outs to WishingDreamer5, Aria Iris, and Mirae-no-sekai for the kind reviews! :D I'm glad you guys liked the first chapter, so I hope you like this one as well! It doesn't have much Aqua in it, but the action will start on the next chapter. For now, enjoy Ven cuteness. And depressed!Terra. XD
Royalty Romance
Chapter 2
Wingman?
It amazed Ventus that Terra continued hugging his knees in a slouched position while sulking naturally. There was never a day that passed without Terra being a confident and strapping Keyblade wielder in Ven's eyes... until now. The younger blond had hints on the reason why his best friend acted this strangely after such a horrible argument with Aqua (especially because the topic was senseless), and had a whim to help Terra patch things up with the girl.
His problem now was that Terra was as stubborn as a rock. His obstinacy made him too prideful to apologise to the girl, despite the implied feelings he had towards her. And his pride also made Terra hide his (not so hidden) feelings for Aqua.
"Come on, Terra. Just say sorry! It's easy!" Ventus cheered, flashing a smile at his grimacing friend. Terra snorted and turned his back against Ventus, continuing his sulking session afterwards. Ventus sighed –Terra might as well look like a rock with his build. He had the attitude to match.
"It's just three words! "I'm sorry, Aqua." See? That's easy!"
"No, it isn't, Ven. It's not my fault anyway, so I have nothing to apologise for," the brunet snapped. Ventus shook his head and leapt in front of Terra, surprising the brun and making him fall onto the ground beneath them.
"Oops. Sorry!"
Terra's eyebrows furrowed. "It's okay."
Ventus grinned. "For a guy who wouldn't say sorry to Aqua, you sure forgive easily!"
It was a bad move. Terra stomped away from Ventus and left for the Fruitball Court, much to the blond's dismay. He started shouting apologies and practically tried his best to pull Terra back, but the brun's strength was too much for him. Ventus eventually gave up and leapt back onto the small, brick bridge on the Raceway and pouted.
"Why are you two so stubborn?" he yelled. Ventus groaned, rubbing his face with his palms in annoyance, and slumped on his back, allowing himself to rest on the bridge while trying to figure out how exactly could he make the two forgive each other. Fighting in Radiant Garden because of distrust was bad enough to scar Ventus and make him fear for their friendship. Now he had to face Terra and Aqua wage a cold war between each other because of the most dim-witted reason in existence.
Jealousy.
And seeing as Ventus had no idea how to handle romantic feelings, he allowed himself to drown in a mind's wanderlust to search for possible ways the two would patch things up. He knew Terra had feelings for Aqua and no words were needed for him to find out. Aqua, on the other hand, served as a quite unreadable in terms of feelings for Ventus, yet in some twisted way, he knew that she would be affected if Terra liked someone else. And the basis of that assumption was not just their strong friendship.
He leapt onto his feet and dusted off his pants before rushing off to the Fruitball Court. Maybe he could knock some sense into Terra for once.
"Eugh!"
"Oh no, Chip! The timer!"
Ventus watched in awe. With a powerful strike of the Keyblade, Terra sent a gigantic watermelon towards Chip and Dale's net within a second before the Fruitball timer rang to end the match. The two animated chipmunks approached Terra and shook his hand, hoping for another game with attaining enjoyment as the only goal. The brun waved as the little critters scampered away, surprising Ventus of his newfound calmness.
"You were great there, Terra!" he praised. The brun faced him with a plain expression. Ventus expected him to grunt and ignore him, but was proved wrong with a smile from Terra.
"Thanks, Ven. And I'm sorry for walking out on you like that."
Ventus gave a cheery laugh and jumped towards Terra. The latter moved backwards due to his astonishment at Ven's higher leap. "Whoa, there, Ven! You might get hurt jumping that high."
Ventus simply shrugged. "Eh, it's no big deal. I love jumping! I feel so light in the air!" he cheered. The two boys laughed together melodiously and Terra couldn't help but ruffle Ventus' spiky hair. The boy quickly slapped the older one's hand away and fixed his mane, thankful that his long fringe wasn't bothered.
"So, what brings you here? Wanna play a good game of Fruitball?" Terra challenged.
"Err... actually, I want to talk to you."
"It's about Aqua, isn't it?" Terra said. His expression was almost unreadable, but Ventus had to try.
"Look, I know you won't say sorry, but I want to clear things out. Do you like her?"
He had to hold back his teasing nature at the sight of light pink spreading on Terra's cheeks. The colour faded after a few seconds, though, much to Ventus' chagrin.
"I used to. But because she can't keep her mouth shut about Prince Phillip, then I guess I don't."
"Why? Are you jealous?"
Ventus had to tolerate with another scowl Terra shot at him. "Stop asking questions, Ven."
At least he didn't deny it, Ven thought positively. There was a huge chance that he could improvise a plan for them to patch things up.
"But I like asking questions!" he joked. Thankfully, Terra just laughed at this, although he couldn't tell whether it was one that mocked his joke or that genuinely thought it was funny.
"I'm just annoyed, Ven." The boy grinned. He was finally opening up to him! "I mean, it's stupid that she thinks I like Cinderella and that she doesn't listen to me when I say I don't. Meanwhile, there she goes all Prince Phillip this, Prince Phillip that. Who's infatuated now?"
Ventus was amazed that Terra had so much rage. And although they did quarrel, it wasn't that lengthy of a conversation. Poor Ventus wondered how Terra managed to take Aqua's statements of Prince Phillip too seriously. But, of course, he had to remember about Terra's feelings.
"And before you try to ask me, I am not jealous. Why would I be? Prince Phillip has Princess Aurora and Aqua can't interfere with that! She would be stupid beyond words if she tried to! And she is not stupid. She is reasonable with her actions and she's quite admirable for that. But still, liking Prince Phillip and denying it while accusing me for liking Cinderella is blasphemy! Just because she's a Keyblade Master now doesn't mean she can push me around like that! Oh, no! She can't!"
As Terra continued to babble, Ven took his time to yawn and stretch. For all he knew, Terra could make a speech about everything from various worlds that annoyed him to the core.
"And why should I be jealous anyway?"
"I don't know," Ventus answered, despite knowing it was an obvious rhetorical question. Terra pouted and fell onto his knees.
"Who am I kidding, Ven? I am jealous. And I guess I'm horrible at hiding it."
"You sure are!" Ventus replied. But seeing Terra in distress made him regret his words, and Ventus decided to comfort him by simply patting his back. It was simple, but in a way, it did comfort Terra. "Don't worry, Terra! You can win her over! Besides, she doesn't like Prince Phillip anyway. And it took you long enough to confess!"
Terra quickly stood up and looked at Ven with a confused expression. "Confess?"
"Yeah. I mean, I noticed you like her a lot," he replied bashfully. "But that's not the case. You and Aqua should patch things up because fighting because of jealousy is just wrong. Especially because you guys aren't even a couple yet!"
The thought of being in a relationship with Aqua made heat rise onto Terra's cheeks again.
"J-just teach me how to say sorry. I guess I'm too prideful."
"You and Aqua both," Ven added with a grin. "But don't worry. I'm sure the both of you can patch things up!"
"Ven, tell me, where have you learnt the basics of being a wingman?"
Ven shot a perplexed look. "Huh? What's that?"
Terra sighed. Ventus was a great source of motivation and help, but maybe he should tone down his expectations on the little guy.
A/N: Torturing Terra with feelings is fun. I just can't help it. XD And Ven, oh, cute little Ven...
It's a promise that Aqua will be in the next chapter. :D Thanks for reading! Please R&R, no flames hopefully, and stay tuned!