Crimsonwings92: Yay! Mini #3! Vanitas is so funny, he's such a jerk! I just realized that I never tell you guys who's going to be in the story. Ah well, that just adds to the excitement of reading it and finding out, doesn't it? Hehehe! Enjoy!

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Kingdom Hearts Minis

Chapter 3: The Fight that Pissed Her Off

The walls of the nurse's office were plain white with health posters being the only things decorating them, all of them about the dangers of smoking, the consequences of drinking, the burden of sex and teen pregnancy and the importance of washing your hands. The nurse was aiding to another student who had sprained his ankle while running on the track, which left the hardened, badass, rule breaking bad boy of Radiant High School alone on one of the cots, his own wounds from a recent fight being tended to by another student. Vanitas Yuko, renowned trouble maker of the school, sat quietly and almost shame-faced as Charlie, a girl whose always been a friend to him and his twin brother, Sora, since elementary school, cleaned and dressed the injuries on his face, arms, and hands. However, she did all of this with narrowed eyes and an angry frown, her whole demeanor taking on a thick, dark aura that screamed irritation and disappointment. Vanitas, who is usually cocky and arrogant and could care less about what others thought about him, couldn't even look her in the eye.

"Are you really that pissed off at me?"

Zip.

"Ah! Son of a..." the raven haired teen hissed in pain when Charlie yanked exceptionally hard on the gauze that she was using to wrap his cut arm.

There was a string of words he wanted to say to her at that point, but the cold and icy glare she was shooting his way made him hold his tongue. Silence reigned over them once more as Charlie calmed her own anger down and treated his wounds with gentle care. Her small hands worked nimbly with the cotton, cream, gauze and bandages, her fingers brushing against his skin lightly and giving him goosebumps. He chanced a look at her face, keeping his head down enough so that she wouldn't notice right away. She still wasn't smiling and that disappointed expression was still there, but she wasn't frowning any more so that made him feel a little better.

"Come on, Charlie," he finally spoke up again, feeling chills run up his spine when she snapped ember eyes in his direction, but fighting them down and pushing forward, "Say something to me. Yell at me, scream at me! Call me names, say I'm the scum of the Earth, I don't care! Just say something!"

Silence.

Vanitas hated it when Charlie was right in front of him and didn't say a word to him, it made him feel lower than dirt. He's grown up with her practically his whole life already and knew her to be the kind of girl that was hard to anger, easy to make laugh, and just all around carefree and fun. She was even part of his pranks every now and then, the two of them making the perfect partners in crime since he was the initiator and she was the getaway. There were only three times in their entire relationship when Charlie actually got so mad at him or was so disappointed by his actions, she stopped talking to him for nearly a month on each occasion. He couldn't stand it when she ignored him, couldn't stand not being able to tell what she was thinking, what she was thinking about him. She was the only one who could make him feel like complete shit without having to say a single word.

The golden eyed boy grit his teeth, a glare crossing his features as Charlie cleaned up the dried blood on the gash over his left eye, soon after placing a bandage over it to keep it clean. He couldn't take the silence from her anymore, he was going to snap.

So he did.

"CHARLIE! FOR FUCK'S SAKE, JUST SAY SOMETHING ALREADY!" he shouted, tearing away from her and gripping her hands firmly.

He was shaking from anger, his eyes burning fiercely with it as his hold on her tiny, fragile hands grew tighter.

"YOU CAN'T JUST NOT TALK TO ME! THAT'S NOT FAIR! I DON'T DESERVE THAT! I DIDN'T EVEN DO ANYTHING! AH!"

Vanitas' shouting was cut short when Charlie's fist connected with the back of his head, the girl's eyebrow twitching irritably as an audible growl bubbled up from her throat. The raven haired boy looked up at her with one eye, rubbing the back of his sore head.

"Okay, what the hell did I do to deserve THAT?" he questioned ignorantly, earning another punch to the top of his head this time.

Charlie pulled back and placed her hands on her hips, frowning at her childhood friend as her ember eyes stared him down, huffing irritably as her feisty attitude came back full force.

"Are you honestly asking me that question because you don't know or are you just trying to piss me off even more?" she yelled at him sternly, crossing her arms over her chest and looking down at him.

The time of silence was finally over and Vanitas let out a silent sigh of relief; "I mean, really? How many times a week do you need to get into a fight! And this one wasn't even worth it! A sandwich? A freaking sandwich, Vanitas? 5 year olds don't even get mad over a sandwich, you big idiot!" Charlie scolded him, getting frantic with her movements.

Vanitas just sat there and took the brunt of her anger, but this time, he was a lot happier about it. It was never fun getting yelled at, but it was worse getting the silent treatment, especially when it was from Charlie. So he just sat there with the faintest hint of a smile on his face as Charlie unleashed her wrath upon him.

"I can't believe you keep doing this, Vanitas! I am so sick and tired of bailing your ass out of trouble because you decide to let your anger get the best of you! I have other things to do with my time than to stick around to save you from expulsion!" she continued, roughly taking his chin and turning his head to the left to inspect a bruise forming on his right cheek.

Turning back to the first aid kit the nurse left with her, she rummaged through it while mumbling about the idiocy of her childhood friend, the only sentence Vanitas hearing being "I can't believe Sora is related to you let alone your twin. Such a sweet boy."

The raven teen had just enough time to roll his eyes before Charlie returned to stand in front of him, turning his head to the side again before applying some aloe vera cream to his cheek and then placing a piece of gauze over it. She was so close now and Vanitas could smell the sweet scent of her Cherry Blossom perfume, the smell light and happy as it invaded his nostrils. This was Charlie's scent, this is what she smelled like all the time and this, coupled with a few memories from the past, is what made him reach out and wrap his arms around her in an affectionate hug.

Now I know what you're thinking: so what? It's just a hug. That's the thing, though; it was a hug from Vanitas, Mr. Badass himself who didn't even show any type of easily identified affection to his own twin brother. So, to get a warm hug from the juvenile delinquent was an accomplishment all on its own. Charlie stopped in surprise, rigged motionless as one of her best friends held her tightly, his face buried in her har.

"Thank you," he whispered, smiling to himself, "Thanks for always putting up with my shit."

Here, Charlie rolled her eyes and pat his back in a friendly gesture before pushing away lightly to look at him, an amused smile on her face.

"Yeah, yeah. Who else is going to put up with your shit for so long, huh? Poor Sora can barely keep himself in check let alone him and you. It's a hard job, but someone's gotta do it," she responded, wiping her hands clean of the aloe vera cream on a towel nearby.

Vanitas merely smirked at her and chuckled, Charlie doing the same.

"Hey guys!"

The two teens in the nurses office turned around to see a head full of cinnamon brown spikes pop into the entrance way to the nurses office. Vanitas smirked at his twin brother, rolling his eyes in slight annoyance at the fact that his time with Charlie was being interrupted.

"Hey, Sora," Charlie greeted the other, sweeter twin.

"So, Nurse Charlie, how is my battered and beaten brother?" Sora inquired playfully, sauntering in to the office to stand next to his brother, nudging him in the side.

Charlie giggled and shook her head, "Beaten pretty bad, but still intact and still able to walk on his own."

"So, I guess he's in good hands then?" Sora asked, inching towards the door slightly as if to leave.

"Yup, yours," Charlie answered easily, throwing the towel in the brunette's face as she grabbed her bag and made her way towards the door, "I'm done taking care of him for now. I already missed math class for him, which is going to be hell to catch up in. I'm not about to miss AP English too, forget that."

"Ah! W-Wait, Charlie!" Sora called, flustered at being left alone with his irritable brother.

Charlie whirled back around, a sweet and innocent smile on her face as she tilted her head to the side cutely and said, "I'll see you two after school. We can have a movie night or something."

And with that, she was gone, leaving the twins to themselves. Sora sighed as his shoulders slumped, turning to face his brother with a kind smile.

"Well, at least she took care of most of the damage," he commented, going about putting the other things away as the bell rang for the next class, "We're lucky she's our friend or who else would be taking care of you? Hehehe."

Vanitas stared at the doorway where Charlie had disappeared, seeming to almost be waiting for her to come back. When she didn't he sighed and smiled to himself, a small, undetectable smile.

"Yeah, real lucky."

End Mini 3

Crimsonwings92: Fun, fun, fun! Hahaha! Anyway, I have a few ideas left to do, but I'm also taking requests for anyone who wants to see something specific! Will not promise it will be done right away, but it will be done! See you in the next mini! Ciao!