disclaimer: if I owned Kingdom Hearts DEMYX WOULDN'T DIE.
pairing: wase (cries of horror)
warnings: just don't read it – sorry, getting a bit Lemony Snicket on you there.
WASAbi
Wakka hated dogs; fact.
So he was very relieved when they finally got to Sora's house. Kairi rapped at the door and then, to Wakka's shock, she just just opened the door and walked straight into the house without even waiting for anyone to let her in.
"Come on, guys. We just need to find Sora." Kairi waved them in. Red lingered with Wakka so Wakka decided he'd have to be the one to make the first move and actually walk into the house. Wakka remembered Sora's house from birthday parties when they were younger but the house parties stopped about five years ago when Sora decided to do paintballing and then after that traumatic experience, he just had a sleepover with a few close friends every birthday. Wakka was never invited to those.
"Sora! Sora, I'm back. Feeling any better?" Kairi called up the stairs as she unclipped an excitable Roxas, very anxious to start running about the house again.
There was a sneeze from up the stairs and Sora's voice – albeit disguised by the blocked nose somewhat – called back with a "yeah, much better, thanks, Kai! He was desperate to get out the house but mom said I wasn't allowed out."
"I'm coming up, Sora, make sure you're decent." Kairi signalled for Wakka and Red to follow. Red seemed to be trying to grab Wakka's hand but he kept waving him off.
"I'm always decent, Kairi," said a giggling Sora.
"So, if you're feeling any better, do you think you might want to come to Tidus'?" asked Kairi, much to Wakka's chagrin.
"Yeah! Definitely! Hey, are there others with you?" Obviously the sound of three people shuffling up the stairs was a little different to the sound of one.
"Yeah, it's Wakka-" (a little "oh, cool, Wakka" came from Sora's room) "-and a new guy-" (a louder gasp and "a new guy!") "-Red with me." Kairi opened the door to what Wakka assumed must be Sora's door and strolled right in.
Wakka and Red followed a little hesitantly, Wakka still batting Red's hand away.
Sora's nose was red, there were tears streaming down his cheeks from coughing and he didn't seem able to sit up properly. Instead, Kairi propped him up and checked his forehead. "You're such a liar, you're no better than you were before."
"No, I do think I am a little better. Honest! Oh, please let me go to see Tidus. I'm a lot better than he is, anyway!" Kairi tutted and sighed and 'mm'd.
"Well..." she turned to Wakka and Red. "If it's OK with you guys?"
Wakka was just about ready to put his foot down and tell Kairi she can pee off because Wakka couldn't be bothered with the hassle of taking the two of them but during his frustration he'd forgotten about Red's attempts to sneak his hand into Wakka's and the consequences of this being, of course, Red had managed to sneak his hand into Wakka's.
In the few seconds that followed, Kairi managed to take Wakka's disgruntled noise to mean "yeah, sure you can come too, Sora!" and there was a flushing noise from nearby and Riku appeared at the door, staring intently at the hands clutched together. Wakka gave a small cry and immediately brought his hand back to himself, causing Red to stagger backwards into Sora's bed where he flipped round and eventually landed on Sora himself.
"Oh," said Sora. "Hello."
Red blushed bright red and pushed himself off the bed and ran into Wakka, obviously hoping for some sort of cuddle fest. Wakka did not oblige.
"So, Wakka," said Riku, smirking. Like a jerk. "Who's your... friend?" He raised one eyebrow.
Wakka cleared his throat, "This is Red and he's my... pen pal. But he's mute. He can't talk and I'm just looking after him."
"Riiight."
"So, anyway," said Kairi brightly. "We're all going to Tidus'. Want to join us, Riku?"
Wakka was crying on the inside. He clutched his package tightly; he had been planning to eat the chocolates of the way to Tidus' but there was no chance of that anymore. Urgh, the whole trio would be traipsing round with them. Wakka almost wished it had just been Red and himself again. Damn that tiny little dog.
"Well, OK, Sora, let's try and get you up and we'll set off." Wakka saw his chance.
As Riku and Kairi manoeuvred Sora out of his bed he cried out, "We'll wait for you outside!" and dashed down the stairs, out the door and as far away from that house as possible, Red in tow.
Wakka stopped to catch his breath, hands resting on his knees. "That was a close one, Red," he said, grinning, patting the other on his back, then quickly retracting his hand. Red sighed. Then a deep rumbling noise could be heard coming from his tummy.
"Hungry?" Red nodded. Wakka eyed the package. "Me too."
a/n: the chocolates won't make it one piece me thinks. D:
lol at the word 'package'. only one chapter left! :D