Genesis wasn't home all that much for the weekend, Sora came back a little after noon on Saturday. Okay, I know it might sound confusing when I say Genesis but I don't really know what to call him, he's not my father but my mother and him were married for years- before and after Sora and I were born. Most the time it's just easier to say he's my father, ya'know? But he's not. I guess he's my step-dad, but I just chose not to address him- gets rid of the whole problem.
Monday came, with a bright and happy start- not. Angeal was banging on the door at about five, it was still pitch black outside, but I rolled off mine and Sora's bed and opened the door for him, he shoved his way in and was shouting as he made himself at home, trying to wake Genesis up. I guess they were child hood friends- but all I really knew was that they had always been close.
Turns out the black haired man- Angeal, hadn't gone to sleep yet, so within a few minutes of him shouting to get the brown haired man, he was passed out on our couch. I slid back into my bed with Sora, enjoying the still warm bed. But the peacefulness didn't last because Genesis was up now, and he wasn't in the best mood- he could never be mad at his friend so he was just in a bitchy mood about me mostly.
"Roxas!" I heard him yell- most likely from the kitchen, "Ug… Coming," I yelled back, standing up and slugging back into the place I had just left, "Make us something since you're up." he was in the kitchen but after he got done telling me what he wanted he finished pulling on his tight short sleeve black shirt and walked to sit in the living room with the now waking up Angeal.
Getting the eggs out and sausage I went back into the bedroom, "Sora?" my voice was quiet but he heard it, amazing he could hear me whisper but not Angeal's loud mouth, "Hmm?" "What do you want for breakfast?" "Whatever…" he mumbled again, "Alright," I started shutting the door and when it was almost shut I heard Sora speaking again, "Roxas?" "Yeah?" "Thanks…" "No problem…"
I didn't mind doing things around the house- it never bothered me, what bothered me was doing pretty much everything and then everyone just ignoring what I had done- not all the time just a "Thank you" every once in a while would be good. I cracked the eggs on the corner of the clean pan after turning it on, pulling open the drawer to grab out a spatula, I opened the package of sausage and listened to it sizzle in the pan.
Soon there were two eggs for all of them and sausage for Genesis and Angeal- Sora could never eat meat in the morning, something about it I guess. Walking the food out to them with their silver ware I handed it to each of them, to which they both took the plates and ignored me. "Whatever," I said in my head, I put Sora's plate on the table and went in to wake him up.
At almost seven o-clock, after everyone was done eating and I had washed their plates and Sora had gotten in the shower, me and Sora sat at the kitchen table and talked silently, Angeal and Genesis were talking too- just not so silently, they finally decided to leave, "Alright, Sora hurry up for the bus, and Roxas, since you have nothing better to do why don't you clean the house." Genesis left when he was finished talking.
"It's not like I didn't clean this place spotless three days ago," I said in my head as I leaned my head on my hand and rested my eyes for a moment, "You okay?" "Yeah," I opened my eyes again to see Sora looking at me concerned. "How's your eye?" his tone was soft and caring and it was just what I wanted to hear, "It's alright, not too bad," it hadn't bruised as much as I had thought but it was still bruised.
Sora wrapped his arm loosely around my head- like a hug- and kissed my hair, "Have a good day," his voice was calm still, "You too," I took a deep breath as Sora shut the door. This is why the only person in the world that I needed was Sora, he always knew just how to act and just what to say. He didn't have to be strong- he didn't have to protect me, and I'm happy he doesn't, I just want him to know I'm human too and I want to be treated like one.
The rest of the day was silent, I didn't know what time Genesis or Angeal would swing by, so I cleaned the house as fast as possible then sat and watched tv. The door slammed open and for a moment I thought it was one of the two older men but it didn't sound forceful enough, and I was right- it wasn't them, it was Sora. "What's wrong?" I watched as he paced around the kitchen a few times, "I think Riku's pissed at me," "Wait… what?"
After getting Sora to calm down a bit we sat on the couch and I asked him to explain everything. "Well…" he started. "It was gym, and we were changing to play and all that and I saw Seifer put something into Riku's locker- but I didn't say anything and then at the end of class when we were changing back into our normal clothes Seifer got the teacher to come in and was playing a fake victim and all that and saying Riku was trying to sell him DRUGS!"
I was nodding my head the whole time, "And why do you think he was mad at you?" "Because I didn't say anything! The teacher kicked him off the team and he got suspended!" I looked ahead at the black tv, thinking, and I saw that the clock only read 1:03 pm. "Sora? What're you doing home? School isn't over yet…" I looked back over at him.
He scratched his head nervously, "I um… got a ride from my friend… I just had gym and I don't know if Seifer saw what I did but I don't think he did- but if he did I don't want him to try to beat me up or something!" "Sora, no one is going to beat you up, okay," I was looking him in the eye, "First off, you need to go back to school and get back to class, second off, you need to tell the principle or someone what you saw- they wont tell Seifer on you, but if Riku's innocent then they need to know."
"I know," he whined, "But I don't know…" standing up from the couch I grabbed the cordless phone we just had installed on Sunday, yesterday, and handed it to him, "Call your friend and ask if he'll bring you back to school." When Sora looked up at me he had on a smile but it was one of his half smiles that meant: I understand what you're saying and I know I should agree but a little bit of me just wants to hide away.
He started dialing and after a short conversation it was revealed that his friend wouldn't come get him. "I don't have a way back…" he mumbled, I grabbed the phone and called Kairi, the phone almost went unanswered, "Who is this?" her voice finally sounded, on the last possible ring she picked up, "It's Roxas, sorry, I know you're in school," "No, I'm sorry, it's okay- I'm in lunch right now, what's up?" "Do you have any friends that would pick Sora up?"
The conversation went with a lot of answers but ended with, "Axel will be by- since all he's doing is sleeping anyway, and he'll bring him back at school, Sora could've talked to me if he was really bugged- I know I'm not his twin but still," and that was pretty much it. I shooed Sora outside and we waited on the steps for Axel to show up.
His car wasn't as dark as I thought it was when I rode in it last, but that might have been because it was dark out. Sora got in and Axel rolled down his window with the switch on his own door, "I hope you know you owe me now?" his had his shit eating grin on his face, I couldn't help but smile back, "Yeah, whatever, I'll give you some money for the gas," a few goodbyes and thank yous and a threat from me that Sora better end up at school safe- and they were driving away.
That was enough work for me in one day- I took a nap.
"Ugh…" I rolled over, and I thought I open my eyes- I was still a bit in dreamland, so it took me a few seconds to realize I did open my eyes it was just dark now. "Sora?" I called, walked through my closed door down the hall and into the light kitchen, Sora was standing in front of the stove, a pot in one hand as his other hand held a wooden spoon. "Hey," his voice was smooth, much more calm than it was earlier when he had something along the lines of a panic attack.
I rested my forehead on the cold table, enjoying the coldness on my heated eye, "How'd it go?" "I panicked a bit… I went to go in as soon as I got there but Axel said I could go to my classes and he would drop me off after school if I missed the buss, so I'd have a little while more to think. And like I thought, Seifer knew I saw him… he threatened me," I looked up at him, I didn't see any bruises but I was facing his back, "Did-" I started but Sora cut me off, "Axel showed up, and told Seifer, "I don't think his brother will like that much, he might break your nose again"- oh yeah Rox, you broke Seifer's nose, he looks so stupid now," I could hear his smile.
"Anyway, Seifer didn't like that, he had me pinned against the wall and had his whole tough guy voice and said, "I'll beat that little shit head till he can't stand for breaking my nose," and he sounded pretty serious, but then Axel cut in and he told Seifer that if Seifer ever did that to you that he would personally wreck Seifer up." Sora turned around and held up a bowl for me to see, asking if I wanted any- even though I didn't know what it was, I nodded my head and he started to put the food in both bowls as he continued talking.
"Axel had to basically push Seifer away from me because Seifer just wanted to have a starring contest with Axel and not walk away, it pissed me off that he said he was going to beat you up- so I went to the office right after and I told the principle what happened in the gym and I told him about what happened with you and Riku and Seifer. He said you're still suspended for the week because of the fight though, but he said he would put Riku back on his team and Seifer would get in a bunch of trouble."
Sitting down in front of me Sora slid the bowl over to me to reveal what the mystery food was- chicken flavored rice. "So everything's good now?" I asked him, looking up as he seemed pretty peaceful, "Yupp, thanks for talking to me earlier…" he watched me for a second before quickly jumping, "Oh yeah," he leaned back in his chair and reached into his pocket, using both hands to pull out a small piece of paper, "Axel told me to give this to you, he gave me a ride home, he said it was his cell number- so you wouldn't have to call Kairi again."
"What time is it?" I looked around the still sorta new kitchen, "it's six something," he was shoveling food into his mouth. "Has Genesis or Angeal been back?" "No- they're still out," his tone was a bit sad but that was to be expected. When the two men were out together for a while it meant they were probably drinking- they always drank after work, so the longer they were gone the more drunk and ill tempered they would be when they got home.
Sora and I did our homework together, doing all the recent things first, we had all our books spend around on the floor, switching between subjects so we didn't get too bored, we heard a truck pull up and two slams followed by the door opening, we both looked up at the clock to read that it was after nine now. I'm pretty sure Sora was- I know I was holding my breath, waiting to hear how everything was going to go. Hearing a slam I jumped up and cautiously walked out into the kitchen, Sora following behind me.
Genesis was nowhere to be seen but Angeal was half sitting half laying in the kitchen chair, his hand covering his eyes, in a quick second he was bent over trying to untie his boots, and that just made it clear that he was drunk. "Damn it!" Angeal screamed, he looked up- at either me or Sora, "Get my damn boots off!" he mumbled along the lines of- I couldn't tell what he was really saying, before Sora could react I was kneeling in front of Angeal to untie his shoes, trying to get them untied as fast as possible, I went to stand up but felt a sharp pain on my head.
Squeezing my eyes shut I ground my teeth, someone- which it turned out was Angeal, had his hand squeezing my hair, picking me up, halfway, "You-" he hissed in my face, I could smell the alcohol on his breath, "You and your damn blond hair," "Shit," I thought. He threw me back, pushing me away, I caught myself on my hand and part of my arm, pushing myself further from him so I wasn't within his reach, Sora was behind me helping me to stand.
And as soon as I was standing my balance was pushed off and I fell to the ground yet again, quickly jolting around I saw Genesis standing behind me, Sora still standing there. Before I could say anything Genesis had his hand tightly holding the back of Sora's neck, "Go to your room," I heard Genesis slur out. He started to push Sora away but he was still staring at me, I knew how this was going to go as soon as Angeal pointed out my blond hair, I could see Sora standing behind him, in the doorway to our room- watching. I didn't care if I got the shit beat out of me or when Genesis yelled those hate filled words, no. I could handle all that, what I couldn't handle was it happening to Sora or Sora watching it.
But there was no way Sora was going to just closed the door, he never did, I turned around and as fast as I could I ran through the living room, which was out of sight from my room and tried to get to the door, but as soon as I felt the handle someone pulled me back and my body slammed into them, causing us both to fall. I was confused for a few minutes, I felt a repeated pressure on my face but I didn't know what it was at first, Genesis had me pinned to the ground now and was trying to punch me back and forth across my face- though only a few landed, and I was fighting back- trying to anyway.
Managing to get up off the ground a few times I was pulled right back down and he would try to punch me again, but it was all mostly a blur, my body was acting on its own and I didn't register any of the pain I was feeling. My focus was just to get away, and there was a loud noise that kept going- which happened to be Genesis screaming at me about things that weren't really my fault but he still said they were, and after a few minutes, when my adrenaline was starting to disappear I noticed Angeal was standing behind Genesis, trying to pull him off of me.
When Angeal succeeded I stood up and ran into Sora, causing us both to fall into our room, I rolled off him and kicked the door shut with my bare foot, staring at the door for a good few minutes as I tried to remember how to breathe. There was silence for a while, my heart was beating like a hammer inside my chest, I couldn't feel Sora put his hands on my shoulders and I couldn't feel when he tried to pick me up. Angeal was speaking/yelling at Genesis in the other room, saying how Genesis was out of line and all that jazz.
"I'm fine," I finally mumbled, I didn't care if no one asked I still told Sora that, I wiggled so Sora would let go of my shoulders, he sat in front of me, looking at me, but I was still staring at the door and floor, trying to get my body to calm down. Genesis slammed something out in the other room and I could hear Angeal scolding him, he yelled something really loud but our door muffled it. Then I heard a soft knock, Sora responded for me, "Yeah?" it was Angeal- that we already knew, he wasn't as drunk as Genesis tonight, "Should leave… now," and with that his shadow was gone from under the door.
I couldn't hear Sora shuffling around in our dresser and I couldn't hear him unzip and zip his backpack, and within a few minutes he was pulling a sweatshirt onto me and talking to me, telling me to get my shoes on, but he pretty much ended up sliding my feet into my shoes- which is how they were meant to go on because that's how I had them tied. The cold air slapped me out of my trance, Sora was pulling me by my wrist and walking down the road, a sweatshirt on himself and a bag full of his school stuff and clothes. I knew there was clothes inside because there was a bit of one of his sleeves caught in the zipper.
I guess the cold really didn't snap me out of my trance, because before I knew it we were sitting at the park, sitting on the swings yet again as the cold breeze beat against our backs. Pumping my feet I made the swing go, encouraging the coldness to take over my body because it was the only thing keeping me really intact at the moment, "You okay?" I asked Sora, looking over at him as he sat still on his swing, I wasn't sure if he got hit or anything, "I hate how he does that," he mumbled, I didn't take my eyes off him and I stopped kicking my feet, coming to a hault, I stilled- waiting for him to continue.
"He's so cruel to you Rox," "It's okay-" "No, it's not…" Sora looked over at me and I could see the tears in his blue eyes, the same color as mine and in that moment I realized I had tears in the corner of my own eyes. I quickly wiped them away and stood up, crouching in front of Sora, who was still trying not to cry. "You wanna know why it's okay?" I asked him, my voice calm and as smooth as I could make it, Sora didn't respond so I continued anyway.
"As long as I have you it doesn't matter," Sora rolled his eyes at me and gave a small smile, "As long as you're around and you're okay, then I'll be okay," he wrapped his arms around my shoulders and neck and pulled me closer to him, hugging me again, he spoke into the top of my head, "We need to find somewhere to stay tonight… it's too cold to sleep outside," I noticed how he was shaking, before I could say anything there was head lights shining on us.
"Sora? Roxas?" it was a girl's voice- I knew who it was but I couldn't place it, but I didn't have to, "Kairi?" Sora spoke for me, I wondered how the hell I could forget her voice when I had heard it so much, but then again I wasn't really in my right mind at the moment. Sora pushed me away a little so he could stand, he pulled me up to my feet too- again, I wasn't in my right mind, I was a little out of it so I kind of forgot I had a body and that I was kneeling on the ground.
"What're you guys doing out here?" she was standing next to us in the headlights, I have no idea when we ended up facing each other or when we had gotten so close to the car, but whatever. Kairi had on a puffy soft looking pinkish red coat and all I wanted to do when I saw it was wrap up in a thousand blankets and sleep peacefully. "Are you guys okay?" it was another voice but I didn't look over.
Sora starting talking to them and they had a flow blown converstion but I was still out of it, I was thinking back to what exactly happened- it wasn't all that big of a deal because I was still able to stand and I didn't really feel all that much pain right now, actually I didn't really feel anything but I was trying to sort through the random play of newly acquired memories. Before I knew it I was being led to Axel's car by Sora, when the hell did Axel get here? I thought, but it made sense because that was who Kairi was with.
They talked a whole lot, I watched Sora's face which seemed to be changing more than the passing scenery. He would smile every time one of them looked back but the smile was fake and it was gone as soon as their eyes were off him. At some point Sore's face wasn't there anymore, I realized I was just staring at an empty space as the memory of Sora getting out of the car faded into my mind, I looked around and noticed Axel sitting in the driver's seat, Kairi wasn't in the car either.
Leaning my head forward I closed my eyes, the car seat was warm on my forehead but I wanted it to be cold. It felt like only a second later when Axel was shaking my shoulder, I slowly looked up at him and his words never really reached me but I got out of the car and followed him in. Followed isn't really the right word because he had to lead me into his place by gently pushing my shoulder all the way into his house. Axel yelled something but it wasn't at me so I didn't care, and again he was leading me and we passed through a few rooms and were now standing in one that had a bed.
The room was dark so when Axel looked at me and told me something- which from what happened next I guess was him telling me to sit down, it made me calm down a bit. He made me sit on the bed and he pulled off my shoes, setting them together against the wall, I stared at his tattoos as he held still for a while, probably because he was staring back at me. Then the colors were replaced by some other colors and I felt a small weight on my shoulders, and now I was laying down, but my feet were still hanging off the bed.
"Go to sleep," I actually heard Axel say, he walked out of my vision and the light that showed on the ceiling became smaller and smaller and soon was only a sliver. Rolling onto my side I curled up against the wall, pretending it was Sora. I didn't feel like moving up on the bed so I just brought my knees up to my chest so my feet were on the very edge and within a few restless minutes I was out.
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