Chapter 2
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Terra watched the train leave the outskirts of his home of four years. It was probably the only place he could truly call home. And what made it home, was her. And now that she was gone. What was the point in staying there anymore?
He was almost glad he was leaving, because everything about Twilight Town reminded him of her. They went everywhere together whenever they could; they were a match made in heaven so he thought. But destiny had a different plan for them apparently.
He let his mind wander as he dozed off for the duration of the train ride. His quiet slumber was disturbed when the train came to an abrupt halt.
"Traverse Town." A female voice said over the intercom in a monotone voice.
Terra picked up his belongings and exited the train. He walked around aimlessly until he found what or who he was looking for. Xehanort was sitting on a bench reading a newspaper as if he didn't have a care in the world. Xehanort didn't life his head in the slightest, he just kept reading unaware of Terra's presence. Terra considered jumping back on the train and going anywhere but here, but then Xehanort looked up and saw his son.
"Terra... welcome back." Xehanort managed to say after a minute of silent stares between the two.
"Uh, thanks." Terra didn't know what else to say, after all this was the first time they had spoken face to face in four years. "So where is Vanitas?" He asked, even though he didn't care for his brother. He was so heartless that he wouldn't be concerned for him.
The train ride between Twilight Town and Traverse Town was 10 hours and he was dead tired. And the first thing he planned on doing was going to sleep after he got settled in. It was odd to think that this was home, but seeing his father didn't bring any welcoming presence of home.
"He is at home, and that's where I'll tell you everything." Xehanort said as he led the way to the parking lot and to the car. The ride from the train station was quiet and it felt so nostalgic seeing everything after four years. How buildings have changed, new ones put in. As familiar as it seemed, this place was a stranger to him.
They must have moved while he was gone, because Xehanort drove past the street to get to their house. That is, the house Terra used to live with them in. Going further down the street he realized that they were getting closer to UTT, Xehanort must have moved closer to be more convenient for Vanitas.
"Your room is upstairs, turn left. And it's the second one on the right." Xehanort said as he pulled into the driveway. Without a word Terra exited the car, and once inside the house he followed his father's direction not even bothering to look for his brother. All he wanted to do was unpack and unwind. It had been a troublesome couple days for him and he needed rest.
His room was bland in colour. Beige walls and dark blue covers for the bed. It was obvious that they didn't put much time and effort into his room. He took off his leather jacket and he saw something out of the corner of his eye fall from the jacket pocket. It landed on the floor, and from his angle it just looked like a worn piece of paper. He bent over to pick it up and discovered it was one of the many pictures of him and Aqua.
Terra recognized this picture immediately. This picture was taken when they were all still in high school and things were much less complicated. Aqua was smiling because she had shoved a cupcake into his face and his arm was hanging loosely around her. So that meant they were obviously dating at the time the picture was taken so Ven must have snapped a quick photo when they didn't realize it, because Aqua hated cameras for some reason. Terra couldn't get over how happy and carefree she looked compared to how sad and worn out she was only a few days ago.
He held the picture for a moment, taking in all the good times all of those moments where everything seemed perfect. That was long gone now, but would he ever get over it? She was his first love, and would probably be his last. But he wouldn't give her up that easy without a fight, if he saw her; he wouldn't let her run away again.
Terra walked to his bed and lifted the pillow; he gently placed the picture where the pillow had been. Then put the pillow back in its place before finally falling asleep.
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"Do you think she will come back?" Ven asked his father Eraqus.
"I hope so. But as much as she is like her mother, she is different. Maybe she just needs her time to figure out things for herself." Eraqus explained while reading the morning paper. He took a drink of his coffee before looking at Ven who was making a somewhat serious and concentrated face at his camera.
"What's with the face?" Eraqus asked. Ven looked up from the camera and showed the display screen to his father.
"I'm going through all of my pictures. And I keep finding a lot of pictures of Terra and Aqua." Ven responded before going back to the camera.
"Maybe that's because you followed them around with that camera all the time, you were a true third wheel son." Eraqus laughed to himself as he finished the remainder of his coffee.
"You know..." Ven trailed on but didn't finish what he was going to say, still flipping through his pictures.
"You know..? Finish your sentence boy." Eraqus demanded now curious about what his son was going to say.
"You know, out of all the guys Aqua has dated. I liked Terra the best." Ven finally finished.
"Maybe that's because he was your best friend Ven. But you have appoint there, I had never seen Aqua that happy ever since she had her first Twinkie."
They both laughed at the recent memory as Aqua was never one to eat sweets. Plus she tried to keep as healthy diet as possible because of being on the swim team. Then one day Ven forced her to eat a Twinkie and she was in love ever since.
"Maybe Terra is her Twinkie." Ven said flat out, both males laughed until their stomachs hurt. When the laughter faded Eraqus spoke up.
"Well maybe because she loves Twinkies so much, that she wanted to keep her distance because she didn't want to get sick of them." Eraqus was still talking about Terra, but he decided to use Twinkies as an analogy. Ven understood completely, they were men. They talk about manly things like food that will give them heart attacks in 20 years, not about a daughter or sister's love life.
"Dad, you know how sometimes you can get those Twinkies that are dry or ones that have little to no icing in the middle, but they looked absolutely perfect on the outside?"
"Yes, that's why Aqua stopped eating Twinkies all together. But how does that apply to her and Terra?" Eraqus asked, now completely lost as to what Ventus was trying to get at with this.
"Maybe the reason she stopped eating Twinkies was because she didn't trust how they would turn out after the one Twinkie that turned out bad. She doesn't know or want to believe that not all Twinkies are the same. So Zack was the bad Twinkie, but she just can't seem to trust Terra even though she told me a while ago that everything felt perfect between them. But Terra might be the Twinkie for her after all. Maybe she was afraid what happened with you and mom would happen to her and Terra. So she, hypothetically of course, cut all ties with Terra so she wouldn't get burned in the end." Ven said. He looked over at his father, who was aghast at how deep his son had gotten with this.
Ven was still scrolling through photos, and he came to one that made him snort that's how funny it seemed to him. It made Eraqus curious so he leaned over and looked at the photo. It was from this summer, and there were three people in the picture. Aqua, Terra, and Eraqus. Aqua was facing the camera, talking to Ven probably. Terra was in the background creeping up behind her with a water pistol, but his face wasn't covered in a menacing look of triumph. It was stricken with fear looking to his side where Eraqus was standing.
Eraqus however had a water gun the size of his forearm and was holding it to Terra's head. Eraqus was smiling, everything did look perfect. But why couldn't it be in the future? They could still set things right, could they?
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A/N:
Sorry for the late update! But I finally got this chapter up! My boss has me covering some other girl's shifts for the rest of the week, which leaves me with no time to write.
And yes this chapter was inspired because I happened to be eating a Twinkie at the time. I hope you guys get what I was trying to get at there, if not... Well it sucks to be you. So please R&R, comments are lovely!
