This chapter is going to be one of the shorter ones since there's not really a lot going on. Just a fluffy Rokushi relationship upgrade. Don't be too disappointed that it's not as lengthy as the last two chapters.


Episode 3: Relationship Upgrade:

Twilight Town – Twilight High School Cafeteria; March 2016:

The music was slow and romantic in the cafeteria of Twilight Town's high school. Teenagers danced with their dates and couples who had been going out for months now were trading kisses as they glided across the dance floor. Xion and Roxas on the other hand, were both nervous wrecks. While they both had romantic feelings for each other, neither of them had had much in the way of life experience before last year, and so both of them were as anxious as Sora and Kairi had been about telling each other how they really felt. Xion had been the one to ask Roxas to come to the dance with her, and after a few more minutes of awkward silence, she finally decided that it was time to just say what was on her mind.

"Roxas," she began nervously. Oh my gosh, what am I thinking? She panicked mentally as her closest friend looked at her in confusion. I can't do this. I just can't. Her mental self-deprecation was cut off when Roxas finally responded.

"Yeah?" he replied. Inwardly, he was just as mentally panicked as Xion was. His anxiety was not helped by the fact that they still regularly slept in each other's beds to comfort each other through nightmares of their previous deaths and other traumatic experiences from their days in the Organization. Come on Xion, she reminded herself as she took a deep breath. Get it together. Just say what it is you want to say and get it over with.

"There's something I've been wanting to say for a long time," Xion answered. "And I wanted to say it now before it's too…" Oh, who am I kidding? She thought to herself. Words aren't enough to express how I feel about him after everything we've been through, so I might as well just let my actions speak for me. With a deep, calming breath, she leaned closer to her dance partner and fellow ex-Organization member and gave the blonde a firm, passionate kiss on the lips.

A minute later, they broke apart, and she frantically looked away, blushing profusely and expecting rejection. After spending the majority of her life in the Organization with Saix belittling her on a daily basis for not performing well enough on missions, her self-esteem was still low. Lea, Roxas, and Namine had helped her boost her confidence, but whenever she encountered something new, she was terrified of failing or being rejected. The phrase "old habits die hard" was common for a reason after all. But she needn't have worried, because when she nervously turned to face her date, she had just enough time to see him smile before he kissed her back.

"I love you too," Roxas whispered as their lips parted once more and they resumed their dancing. Only this time, the clammy, awkward tension was gone, replaced by warm love and a blossoming romance. With the anxiety and fear of rejection swept away, the new couple remained on the dance floor and didn't stop dancing until the MC told everyone that it was time to clean up and go home. Namine gave them a thumbs up as she and Pence walked out of the cafeteria towards the parking lot, while Roxas and Xion followed behind holding hands the entire way. Neither of them had any nightmares that night, but they both slept in Roxas' bed anyway.


So yep, the official relationship upgrade for Xion and Roxas. I know it's super cheesy and probably a little clichéd, but 1) Sora and Kairi are no better, 2) Disney is known for fluffy romance scenes being cheesy, so it's pretty much a theme, and 3) Roxas and Xion learned everything they know about romance from watching their classmates in school. The cheesy romance clichés are part of pop culture for a reason. And no, Roxas and Xion did no sleep together in that way. If you've read my other stuff you'd know that they take turns sleeping in each other's beds to deal with nightmares over their respective "deaths" in 358 Days and KH2. I know that I've established in Connected Worlds that unlike Sora and Kairi they aren't saving the sex for after marriage, but it's too early for that.