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Memoirs of a Locket
"… And so, despite the fact that the semester is almost over, we have a new student joining our class. So without further ado, please enter the room and introduce yourself."
A door sliding open is heard, and all attention is shifted to the unfamiliar sight of a spiky-haired blonde with cobalt blue eyes studying the room almost expectantly. Soft gasps of shock and surprise were heard all over the enclosed space as whispers concerning the endless possibilities of this boy's identity and personality escalating quickly. Despite the fact that all eyes were still trained on him resulting to his nervousness, the blonde slowly walked over to the front as the teacher wrote down his name on the board. Once the teacher had finished, he looked around the room again, unable to find his voice and unknowing on what to say.
He glanced at one side of the room and noticed a familiar, raven-haired girl looking at him encouragingly. She flashed him a determined look before a soft smile crept up her lips and gave him a thumbs up, as if silently telling him to keep going.
Somehow, he had found his voice back after her silent cheer.
"... Hello, my name is Roxas Strife. Um, thank you for having me," he introduced himself with a small smile on his face, and the room fell into eerie silence. He wanted to run, but he didn't since he knew he couldn't just leave like that. But all the blank, creepy looks were slightly scaring him. Had he done something wrong? He just said his name and a small greeting. Maybe something was on his face?
"Er... Um..." As he was about to say something, an excited squeal is heard... before the blonde found himself surrounded by squeamish girls.
Staying on her seat with a mixed look of amusement and shock on her face, all Xion could at the sight do was facepalm.
Expectations. Give me one reason why that word is needed. In life, we're supposed to live, so we're not made to expect the unexpected, and instead infer what could possibly happen next. I've always had that in my head as a stupid but somewhat useful motto, but I moreover treat it as a survivalist rule. And ever since I've been thinking through every situation, I am almost always prepared for certain events since... Well, I'm just awesome like that.
And there's also the fact that Yuffie and Kairi are always jumping on me. But that's something entirely different.
I thought I'd always be ready for any kind of situation when it came to surprises, but I've overestimated myself since my trained ability of foresight was useless to have not foreseen the attacking fangirls rushing to Roxas. The poor guy could barely even say a thing as they started asking him a chorus of questions, touching him in just about everywhere they could. (No pervy thoughts here please.) I would have helped him but hey, how rare can you find a classroom with funny fangirl mayhem?
Sighing inwardly at my random jumble of thoughts, I picked my bag up from my chair the moment I heard the school bell ring and looked over at Roxas's chair. Even though he was at the far right at the room, I could easily tell that he was still flustered and nervous from this morning. Now I really do feel bad for him. Those fangirls are still ogling at him even though all the commotion's died down.
"… Hey, Roxas!" For some reason, I felt a smile creeping up my face as I called his name, and felt it grow wider when he looked over at me and returned the gesture. I wonder why I always feel fluffy inside whenever he looked at me. "You want to go eat lunch with me and my friends?"
His face practically glowed as his own smile grew wider. Was that a yes? "Well, sure-"
"Roxas ~!" … And the all-too familiar of reality (coughfangirlscough) slapped me right in the face as a crowd of girls carried Roxas up and out of the door. Did all that really… just happen in five seconds?
"Earth to Xion? If you want to drill holes on all those girls' heads, staring usually doesn't work, you know."
"… Hn? What?" Snapping out of my reverie, I blinked a few times before realizing that Kairi, along with Hayner, Pence and Olette, were staring at me intently. Um, stalker-ish much? "Sorry, did someone say something?"
As if expecting this reply, Hayner smirked cockily. Damn his smug looks. "Looks like someone's loving their dreamy boy, huh?" That... sounded severely stupid. And sad.
"Um, Hayner," Olette started out with a look that bluntly said 'you're stupid.' "I think it's supposed to be 'dreaming about lover boy,' not the other way around."
"Well it's been Hayner-styled. Problem?"
"Guys," I said, cutting in their conversation before they could fight. They both looked at me with blank expressions, making me facepalm mentally at how they're sometimes so easily distracted. Did I really make friends with these two? They're practically incompatible! "Shut up and eat. Besides, I was not staring."
"Oh yes you were!" Both Kairi and Olette practically yelled in my ear, making me fall over. Ow, that hurt! Wait, why are they looming over me? And why do they have the 'fangirl glint' in their eyes? Oh right, I forgot, they're both saps for romance.
"You had this blank, dopey, daydream-y look on your face!"
"And you so can't deny that at all! We have evidence!"
"Psh, yeah right. Where is this 'evidence'?" I challenged with a smirk, standing up and brushing the dust off my uniform with my hands. I bet they're bluffing. I was just tired from class. I'm pretty sure I wasn't staring at the ever growing crowd at Roxas's table.
Both redhead and brunette smiled and nodded at each other with innocent grins. Um, was this supposed to happen? "Well, this is enough." Kairi latched out a camera from out of nowhere and handed it to me. Then I saw the picture. Wow, I really did have a dopey face. "You were staring right at Roxas when you made that expression, sis."
My face is now red like a tomato, but I still deny it. No way would I be staring at someone I've just met.
But...
Click
"Awesome! Two pictures in a row!"
That's it. Get ready folks! The fuse is about to blow! "Would you just-"
"Xion!"
Fuse has died down. Program Brain has stopped working and currently restarting. Bing! Server is back up! And I was so close to having an excuse on wringing necks too.
Roxas is running up to my table, his face holding a happy grin as he rushed over to my side. "Sorry, I really did want to eat lunch with you but... yeah, I'm pretty sure you already know."
"Yup, and all I can say is that... you're one unlucky sap." He chuckled lightly and took a seat right beside me, wiping away beads of sweat that formed on his forehead. "So how's your day been so far here?"
"Pretty much alright. Sora and Riku are awesome to hang with, but Sora's-"
"A little hyper? Yeah, we all know that. Especially Kairi here." I nudged my redhead as the red on her cheeks turned probably 50 shades darker. "So um, what brings you here Roxas?"
Roxas shrugged as he stood right behind me, hands in his pockets. "I just wanted to get away from the attention for a few minutes. Fangirls are... unbearable," the blonde replied as he looked back at the ever crowded table. "Sora and Riku are taking over for a sec so I could come over. Riku doesn't seem to be enjoying himself though. Sora's just being a goofy Mexican." As if on cue, a familiar voice yelled out, "Ole! Wild fangirls!" followed by a chorus of squeals. Overly attached girlfriend spawns are scary.
Roxas then sighed after hearing that out-of-place cry. "Wow, already? Man." I raised an eyebrow at him. He shrugged before standing up and starting walking away. "That was a signal. Means that they noticed I'm gone. Kay, see you later Xi!"
"Bye..." I muttered to myself, since he was already beyond hearing distance, and only did a slight wave. Was that really it? That was way too short. I really wanted to get to know him better. I don't know why, but I just... have tons of mixed feelings whenever I look at him.
Suddenly, a familiar click resonated in my ear, and I immediately turn to Kairi and Olette, the accursed camera still held in Kairi's hand. "Picture number two: the nostalgic smile!" Kairi announced triumphantly as she waved the camera around. My face turning red, I snatched the camera away from her hand and studied the picture. Darn it, whose camera is this even from anyway?
I immediately sense an oncoming urge to just hide in the dark corners of my locker, but before I do so, I unconsciously glanced at Pence who was whistling and looking away. Oh, right. Now wasn't this obvious? I glared at him while crossing my arms, pouting as I did so. "Pence! Never give the girls cameras! They take weird, stalker-ish shots you know!"
"I'm sorry! They gave me their shares of sea salt ice cream!" he said in his defense, holding out two blue bars that came out of nowhere (as usual). Before I could reply back, a familiar figure swooped in stealing the bar at Pence's right hand and eating it in one bite. "Sweet. Ice cream for me. Or should I salty? Meh, whatever."
"Vanitas! My sea salt! Noooo!" has stopped working.
"That's what you get for giving them the camera!" Karma is sweet, though I do think it's unfair that Vanitas has ice cream and I don't. Boo.
"Hm? What camera?" Before I can even process, Vanitas has already taken the square piece of technology and looked at the first photo that showed up on the screen. "Wow, nice shot of you looking like an idiot. I'm kind of regretting that I stole the kid's ice cream now."
"And she had that 'idiot look' while she was staring at the new kid," Kairi suddenly spoke up with an innocent, playful smile but... was that distaste in her eyes? Kairi and Vanitas never did get along well for some reason, and whenever they fought... well, I'll get to that later.
For once, Vanitas was silent, his eyes downcast on his ice cream while his body was very much frozen in place. Moments pass, and he sat down on the available spot beside me, muttering a disdainful "Okay" under his breath. Kairi then had a satisfied look on her face and continued eating her lunch while talking with Hayner, Olette and Pence. Occasionally, she'd turn and ask me something and would disregard Vanitas. Sometimes she'd only take a small glance at him with a blank expression, and I remember Vanitas glaring at her when I looked at him.
Well this sure was real awkward.
Okay okay, calm down Xion. It's still coming. It may seem like it's faster than the speed of light, but you know that it's just an illusion and it's actually slow enough for you to hit it with one swift blow.
Ignoring the sweat dripping down on my face and my nervousness, I position myself properly for me to get a good shot. Everything seems to have stopped in time, and my vision is slightly hazy, but I know it's coming. I closed my eyes, just for one teensy moment and...
I quickly brought my arm up as soon as I know it's near enough.
Thud
I opened my eyes, seeing if I actually hit the freaking volleyball, but there it is, rolling innocently on the ground away from my grasp. My face became red from embarrassment as I went over and picked it up. "And I thought volleyball was real easy..."
"Well, it isn't. But your epic fails seem easier." Kairi said, walking over to my side of the net with her auburn hair tied into a messy but manageable ponytail. "I know gym is hard for you but you got to do your best! Our Leonhart and Kisaragi ancestors are looking down on us, encouraging us to-"
"Alright, alright, I get it!" I laughed, cutting her off abruptly from finishing her all-too grand speech that I've already heard countless of times before. What exactly is Yuffie teaching her anyway. "I am trying. I just don't have you and Mom's ninja skills." But I am pretty good with a gunblade, even though I don't know how it could be useful h my future endeavors, but nevertheless, thank you, Dad!
"Well, suit yourself," Kairi sighed while shaking her head. "By the way, you can't hit balls with your eyes closed." Before I could reply, she's already left me and going over to Selphie, since both of them were practically inseparable best friends when it came to just about everything. What, you're always practicing with your best friend but not your twin sister? I sighed before I looked around for someone to partner up with, but everyone's too caught up in their own little cliques. Or they were drooling over the guys that played basketball at the other side of the gymnasium. Darn, I wish Olette had the same classes with me, then life would have been so much better.
'I guess I'll be practicing by myself,' was what I thought at first, but then it doesn't take me long to realize that I'm too distracted to do so. After the next few minutes passed, I found myself wondering about my own sister. She's pretty much like Sora. Happy-go-lucky, tendencies of random outbursts, carefree, but the few things that set them apart was Kairi's rarely shown perceptiveness, the fact that she had a conscience and her obviously passionate hatred for Vanitas, and I'm pretty sure the other party's feeling is mutual. This makes me wonder why or how they began to hate each other in the first place.
Come to think of it, when did they even first meet?
"... Xion! Snap out of it and watch out!" A frantic order then sliced through my thoughts and I'm quickly woken up from my daze. But before I can even analyze anything, all I see now is black.
"Here! Have this!"
"... Um, what's the seashell for?"
"No reason! Just wanted you to have it! But sure you keep it safe, alright?"
"Of course I will. Anything for my best friend!"
"Thank you. You're my best friend too!"
"Heh, no problem at all!"
You know that crappy feeling you get whenever you've just woken up and suddenly forget what you dreamt about, and what's worse is that you know that it was a good dream?
Well, I wasn't feeling like that.
I felt ten times more than that crappiness.
I stared up at the ceiling with an angry pout on my face, trying my best to remember whatever the heck I had just dreamt about. Why are brains such douchebags? My own mind never lets me remember the important stuff so I'm stuck with stupid thoughts. I seriously hated it whenever stuff like these happened.
I'm so caught up with my annoyance that I don't even notice my headache. And when I finally do, it struck my mind like a sudden stab. Great, what exactly did I get myself into?
"Oh... You're awake. Does it hurt anywhere?" And why do cliche moments keep happening to me? I turned around to find... well, Roxas of course. A worried look was on his expression, and I tried my best to hide the pain. What? I don't like it when people worry, especially if it's because of me.
"It's fine, just a slight headache." I mustered up an easy-going smile and sat up, ignoring the pain once more as I rubbed my head. "That was... something. What happened to me anyway?"
Roxas sighed and instinctively ran a hand through his golden spikes. Weee... Look at them swaaaay... "Well, I'm pretty sure you know that the court's split up, one side being the girls' and the other is us guys'." I nodded with my nose wrinkling from dissatisfaction. I've been suffering in that gym since forever. Why would I not know that? "A guy called Tidus started to goof around with his basketball, throwing it around at random people and expecting them to catch it. Then something went wrong, and he sort of... well, you should know it now."
How typical. Sir Tidus, I swear I'll get Selphie to control you someday.
"Then... how long was I out?" I asked after a few silent moments, twiddling with my thumbs as I did so. Roxas scratched the back of his head and did a half smile. Resist. Taking. A picture. Xion. Why does every girl have a fangirl side? "Technically, you haven't been out that long actually. I thought you'd come to in a few minutes or so."
So I'm all good? No traumas? Concussions? Anything other than this stupid headache? I sighed in relief and took the cup of water that Roxas offered me and took one sip at a time. "So how long have I been out exactly?"
"Three hours, fourteen minutes and five seconds."
I gagged as I almost choked on water. What in the name of Kingdom Hearts? "I thought you said that I'd only be out for a few minutes?"
"Well, that's what I thought. The nurse, on the other hand, said so differently." Roxas calmly chuckled and shoved his hands into his pockets. "You did have me worried though, so I ditched the rest of the classes to look after you."
"Y-You did?" I'm really not sure if I should be grateful or not. He missed out on some lessons, and it's only been his first day. "I... you shouldn't have done that."
"And why not?" Roxas smiled playfully, ruffling my hair as he did so. Do. Not. Blush. "It's a guy's duty to look after the women, or something like that. Besides, I didn't mind."
I pouted and crossed my arms. "Women aren't that weak you know..." I whispered quietly before adding in quickly, "But thanks a lot. It means a lot to me."
"No problem..." he replied back with a flustered expression on his face, looking away from me for the first time the whole time we were here. Silence loomed over us for a few minutes, and I knew it was getting pretty awkward fast. C'mon Xion! Say something! Silence is not necessary!
I coughed once. His attention is then quickly diverted to me, and I started to play with a few strands of my hair. "Well, you... want to go eat some ice cream?"
Roxas has to blink a couple of times since I just asked one of the most odd questions in the whole world. What kind of person would get ice cream after she just got hit by a basketball? Me. "Sure but... are you really okay? Nothing hurts right? And your headache isn't much of a pain right? If it is, and we're actually going outside, I don't want you to-"
"Get hurt? Nah, impossible," I cut him off abruptly, surprised at how much of a worrywart he was. "First of all, I'm feeling fine, really. Second, I'm pretty sure no one's a murderer or something here at Twilight Town. I mean sure a few bullies, but nothing too serious."
Roxas studied my expression, and I'm somehow able to maintain a straight face. I really didn't want him to worry about something stupid. Soon enough, he smiled at me and offered his hand. "Fine, just make sure I don't have to carry you around if you ever do pass out."
Ice cream. I love it so much. I'm already so excited that I tried to keep down the urge to jump around like a kangaroo because of my stupid headache.
Wait, I had a headache right? Weird. It's all gone now...