AN: OMG I finally made it! You guys can't even imagine how sorry I am for taking so long! I just had so much to do. I went from one writer's block to another, then I had to work, then school started and I had to learn like never before in my whole life! A lot more of personal stuff, then my PC crashed and I had to rewrite everything OTL

In short, real life was getting in the way. A lot…

I hope you aren't mad at me or something. From now on I'll try to update this at least once every month. And if I, for whatever reason, should take such a long time again I just wanted to tell you that I won't give this story up. It might just take some time ^^"

Anyways thanks a lot to everyone who has reviewed, favorited and is following this. I love you all :) And now please enjoy reading.


Roxas:

I was sitting in a cafe together with Demyx. We had practically run through town on our search for some smaller prices, so now we were relaxing with some ice cream. "Wow, look at all the stuff we got!"

"Really?" I frowned.

"What? You don't like 'em?"

"You know that consolation prices suck, right?"

"Well, we have to give the others something for participating, right? Having only the tickets wouldn't be all too good."

I raised an eyebrow "…well, I guess you're right."
"See?" he grinned at me.

For a while we just sat there and ate our ice cream, when something came to my mind, "Say, do we have to go to Leon tomorrow? He didn't give us our punishment today because he had something to do, so…?" Demyx just shrugged "I guess he'll tell us and if he doesn't we can ask him at the end of the next week. But don't think that he might have forgotten! He never forgets!" I nodded and kept eating when we both noticed someone approaching our table. We looked up and to my surprise there stood a tall girl with short blonde hair, completely dressed in black. I guess you could say that she was quiet the looker…for a girl. But she had something scary in her eyes and her smile sent several chills down my spine.

"Well, if it isn't Demyx!" she said when she finally stood at our table. Said dark blond returned her grin, "Larxene!"

She grabbed a chair from a table next to ours and sat down, between Demyx and me. I watched them as they started a conversation.

So he knows her, huh?

To be honest, I was getting the feeling that he might actually know everyone at our school. After their little private chat the girl turned towards me, still grinning "So, you're said blond, hm?"

It was more of a statement than a question, so I just quirked an eyebrow "Said blond?"

Her grin grew even wider and slightly scarier "Yep…"

I looked questioning at Demyx but he had no intentions of telling me what she meant. But he obviously knew, because he was grinning as well and slightly shook his head. The girl, Larxene, spoke up again, "I don't get why. Because you are clearly his type..Oh well, can't help it, hm?"

I frowned and my friend was now laughing. Turning towards the girl again I spoke up "Look, I have no idea who exactly you are and I also have no clue what you're talking about! If you want to have a proper talk with me, then don't act like I'm not even here!"

Her eyes widened and she stared at me for a few seconds, then she burst out in laughers "He has guts! I like that!" then she turned towards our friend again "You got a good new friend there, Dem!" and with another grin she stood up, patted me on my back rather roughly and left again. After she was gone I stared at the boy in front of me "Who the hell was that?!"

"Larxene, a friend of mine. She's a bit…unusual, I guess?"

"I'd say 'unusual' puts it a bit mildly!" I answered. Demyx just grinned at me "Anyways, let's go Rox." I quirked an eyebrow at the name but didn't say anything. We payed and then we were on our way to the tram. I found out that Demyx and I lived only a few minutes away from each other, so we decided to meet up on Monday and go to school together. By the way, it was Friday, just in case you didn't know.


I stood in front of our entrance door, the keys in my hand, not daring to enter. Somehow I had the feeling that Leon had called Cloud to inform him about my punishment. On the other hand, I remembered his reaction when we mentioned our teacher's name for the first time. I was just too curious! But when I entered, Cloud was sitting at the kitchen table together with a young woman, I've never seen before. I stood in the kitchen door and greeted them.

"Hey there, little one!" my brother flashed a huge grin at me. His guest smiled at me sweetly, greeting me with a "Hello" that was just as sweet as her smile. My eyes wandered between them, while they continued their conversation, then I proceeded to my room. If I wouldn't know any better, I'd think that those two were completely into each other. But I knew better! I just hoped that she did, too. There is NO WAY that my brother would be into someone like her. No matter how pretty, cute and sweet she was. She just wasn't his type. Come to think of it, I didn't know what kind of person exactly he liked. Sighing I entered my room, threw my bag into a corner and sat down at the desk that stood next to my bed. I grabbed a piece of paper from a pile that I always had in one of my drawers. Drawing always seemed to calm me. Not that I was upset or something. It just set my mind at ease and helped me relax. My hands flew across the paper and automatically started drawing random lines that would be part of a whole picture later on.


The front door opened. I heard dad calling for my mum. There were muffled voices, three people, and the door closed again. I got out of my bed and went to check what was going on. My parents and Cloud stood in the hallway and were talking. Mother seemed exited but not in the good way and I didn't know why. What really made me feel uneasy was my brother. He seemed troubled. Taking a closer look I noticed that he had glassy eyes and a weary look. He had been crying, probably a lot! I didn't like seeing him like that! He always seems so strong, so seeing him like this was really troubling for me. I stood in the hallway and watched them talk and discuss when he noticed me. At first he seemed surprised but then he started smiling and walked over to where I was. "Hey there, little one" he said, while bending down and picking me up (when the hell had I become so small?!). "Roxas!" I heard my mum calling with slight anger. Then Cloud was talking again "Why are you still awake, my dear? Children your age have to be asleep already."

"I will take him to bed" my mum said. "NO!" I started protesting, "Big broder will! Big broder will!" He just smiled and, while still holding me, walked over to my room. After snuggling into my bed I looked at him with big eyes "Will you wead me a stowy?"
"Not today, little one. It's late already and we don't want to wake your little brother, right? But tomorrow okay?"

"Pwomise?"

"Promise" then he gave me a kiss on the forehead and left. Before closing the door I heard him whisper "Good night, Roxas".


"-xas! Roxas! Wake up!"

"Mmmmmh…." I slowly opened my eyes. I blinked a bit before I knew where I was: still sitting on my chair, with my head on the desk. I sat up (with a piece of paper sticking to my cheek) and found Cloud standing next to me. He looked at me caringly "Fell asleep while drawing, huh?"

He took the paper that was still on my cheek and lay it on the table while smiling at me. "Come on, go to bed little one."

He ruffled a hand through my already messy hair and then left my room. I looked after him and then stared at the closed door for a few seconds, still a bit dizzy. Then I looked at the paper on the table, not even knowing if I had finished the drawing before falling asleep. I gasped and stared down at a drawing of Axel! Only his head but that's far enough! Why did I draw that guy?! While changing into my pajamas I had that question stuck in my mind. But then I remembered the dream. Why did I dream that? Why was I remembering that now? That had been the day when he returned, two years after he had moved out. He just suddenly reappeared and had been a complete mess. He had refused to talk about what happened furthermore he claimed that nothing had happened in the first place and that he was fine. And we never talked about it again neither did we mention the day of his return again. So why was I remembering that now?

It took me really long to fall asleep again that night. But when I did, I dreamt about that red haired idiot!


My radio woke me at 6 a.m. with a really loud "My bunny is over the ocean" (what station actually plays this song?!) because I had forgotten to turn off the alarm clock. And waking up that early, with that green eyed morons face burned into my brain and in combination with this song was just too much!

Still in my pajamas I stomped downstairs and into the kitchen where Cloud and Ven were already having breakfast. They looked at me in surprise since I never get up this early on the weekends. My twin set the table for me while our big brother made me a fresh cup of tea "Why are you already awake?" he asked while sitting back down across of me. I just stared at him and didn't answer. Then I heard Ven complaining from my right "C'mon, wake up already or go back to sleep! Your bad aura is radiating through the whole kitchen like a black cloud!" I sighed and started chewing on my marmalade toast without answering. I kept calm during the whole meal and listened halfheartedly how Ventus told our brother how great our class is and just how much he loved this town already. This was going to be a really long weekend!

After breakfast I took a hot bath. I loved sinking into the hot water and playing with the foam on the surface. While drawing helped me to relax, taking a bath helped me thinking about things. And right now I really couldn't stop thinking about my drawing. But before I could even start of guessing if and what it could mean I heard my older brother outside the bathroom "Rox? Are you taking a bath?"
"Err…Yeah?" I answered a bit confused. "Mind to turn it into a quick shower? You have a guest."

"A guest? But I don't expect anyone!" at least not that I knew. But it was still way too early for a Saturday so I wasn't really sure. "But you have one! So hurry up. You know it's impolite to let people wait."

"It's even more impolite to just show up without informing the people!"
"Well, it's your friend not mine! So hurry up and get out of there, he'll be waiting in your room." I could hear that he was smiling, he actually liked being a bit mean or teasing us from time to time but really…just a bit.

Wait….My room? Oh shit! I HAVEN'T PUT THE DRAWING OF AXEL AWAY YET!

I pulled the plug, showered off as quickly as I could and put on my clothes (thank god I always bring the clothes I want to wear afterwards along to the bathroom) while running upstairs to my room. Behind me I could hear my brothers laughing, probably because they saw me just now running past the kitchen half naked while whispering "Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit, oh shit, oh shit…"

Fully dressed I banged the door open.

Too late!

Demyx stood in front of my desk, holding a piece of paper in his hand. The moment I entered he turned around and looked at me with a deep frown. But almost the same instant he burst into laughers! "What?!" I almost yelled at him. He clung to the table in order not to fall and just kept laughing "Y-yo-your pants…Roxas! YOUR PANTS!"

I frowned.

My pants?

I looked down and just noticed what he meant! In my haste I had accidently pulled my boxers over my jeans! "Oh shit, no!" I screamed and started laughing as well.

After a few more moments of laughing we were sitting on my bed (I wore my clothes the right way now).

"Oh dear god. That was so unexpected! I should have taken a picture!" Demyx said, still grinning at me. "I would have killed you!"

"Hah, as if!"

"Okay, maybe not." I resigned. "Anyways, why did you come over?"

"Oh, I was bored, so I decided to visit you."

"I see, okay"

"And then I found that interesting drawing on your table…" He started grinning again. "Could it be that you don't hate him as much as you're saying?"

"Oh stop joking! As if I could ever like that guy!"

"Alright, alright. Anyways, I remembered that we still have to do the lots."
"Lots?" I didn't understand.

"Yeah, the lots. For our ruffle?"

"We have to be done until next week!" I protested, "Why do you want to start already?"

"A week isn't that long! And the sooner we are done the sooner we can relax okay? Actually I wanted someone to help us out with them but he's too busy, right now. And I already brought everything we'll need for them!" With his head he motioned towards the chair standing next to my desk. There was a huge bag filled with stuff we'd probably need. I groaned.

So he's planed everything through already!

Of course we didn't finish in just one day, so he came over on Sunday, too. We were working until 10 p.m. but then we were finally done with everything and were just relaxing. This really was the longest weekend I've experienced so far!

Although Monday was really exhausting after such a weekend the whole week passed rather quickly and I was actually happy that we were done with the lots already. Stuck in the middle of the preparations for the festival, Leon couldn't even think about giving us any punishment. And the next Saturday it was already the day of the festival!


Axel:

Working during the whole weekend already sucked! But this time I had to work almost the whole week! Good thing I didn't got caught up in the preparations for this damn festival! Although I promised Dem that I would help him with the lots.

But still, going to school only 2 days a week wasn't that good! Not that my grades were bad or something, it just sucked to learn everything afterwards.

So now was Friday, my last day of work for now. I was sitting in my car, on my way back home. I was taking a lot of side roads which actually made my way even longer but I really wasn't in the mood for Reno! Especially not after working so much. And Kairi wasn't home, yet, leaving me alone with our older brother. And without even noticing it I ended up in front of the wrong house. I groaned and leaned my head on the steering wheel.

What do I even want here?!

I kept staring at the house for a whole minute when I decided that it was better for me to leave now before I get discovered. As I was about to start the engine I heard someone knocking on the window. I twitched and found Saix standing next to the car, looking at me with a slight frown. I let the window down and just looked back at him, not really knowing what I should say. "Do you want to come in? I can make you some coffee." He said, still looking a bit confused because of me appearing here. "Err, yeah sure…Why not. I think I can spare some time." I answered and slowly got out of my car.

To be honest, I kinda missed sitting in his room, smelling this 'Saix' smell, drinking coffee and just chatting with him a bit. I smiled at the memory while sitting on his couch and just staring down at the mug in my hands.

Still, it was strange being here after almost a whole year. I couldn't cope with him being in a relationship and somehow we broke apart, though everyone at school still thought that we were best friends. Nobody actually noticed that school, or rather the cafeteria, was the only time when we actually talked or even saw each other.

"What're you smiling at?"

I looked up and met his topaz eyes, staring at me intensely, questioning. Although I don't think that he actually wanted the answer on that so much. I stared back, seeming a bit dumb but I couldn't avert my eyes. It's been such a long time since I saw his eyes so close up, staring at me like this. I kept smiling and slightly shook my head "How long has it been since we last sat here and just had a nice talk?"

He frowned again, "What?"

"…Nothing, forget it."

"Okay…Then why are you here? After almost a whole year! What do you want?" he seemed upset.

"I don't know. I ended up here without really noticing. Guess I just missed you."

"Is that all? You'd see me tomorrow at the festival!"

"That's not what I meant, you know that. I miss being close to you, like we used to be."

"Well, you were the one who just walked away! Without even giving me a proper explanation! I know that you don't like Xemnas but at least you could've tried to accept our relationship!"

"It wasn't about him…I guess I just couldn't stand the idea of…well, sharing you."

"So you just decided to leave or rather reduce our friendship to the school only."

A sad smile had found its way to my lips and I stared down at the mug again "Yeah, but you know what?" I looked back at him and noticed that he seemed just as sad as I felt right now. It felt strange to talk about this whole thing so casually. "It's better having to share your love with someone than not having it or rather you at all."

He raised an eyebrow "When did you come to this conclusion?"

"Just now."

"It's so unlike you to come to such decisions and acting all grown up."

I smiled at him "And it's completely unlike you to get so emotional during a conversation." He smiled back at me and answered with a soft voice "If it's you, it's alright."

So he had missed me just as much as I had missed him…

We spent the whole day just sitting there and talking. We had a lot to catch up. And before we actually realized it, it was night. At about 10 p.m. my phone rang, it was Reno wanting to know where I was. I quickly explained him everything (well, not everything) and just wanted to say that I'd be on my way home soon when Saix interrupted me.

"It'd be nice if you could stay…" He was still sitting on the couch and looked at me with big eyes. I just smiled, "Okay. Err, hey Reno. Yeah I'll be staying overnight at his place. I'll be home tomorrow after the festival okay. See you." After hanging up I sat down next to my friend and we kept talking nonsense until we finally fell asleep, cuddled up on the couch.

The next morning I was woken up very softly (NOT!) by my best friend. He simply pushed me off the couch and I landed not so soft on the floor. "Ouch!" I rubbed my ass and looked up at him, "What the hell was that for?"

He grinned at me "Otherwise you wouldn't wake up right? Come on, get up now or we'll be late for the festival!"


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