Chapter 3: One Truth, One Lie

Ven was up early in the morning, before anyone else. He just couldn't sleep anymore, so he sat up for just a moment, looking down to Terra who was sleeping next to him. 'It's only been a few days since I have come back home...and yet I still feel somewhat like things are going to go back to normal again...' Ven got up realizing his foot was caught, as he fell ontop of Terra, Ven had realized to late that the way he had fallen his lips were pressed against Terra's. As Terra moved, he rubbed against Ventus's thigh lightly causing the young boy to whimper just a little bit. Ven pulled back squeezing away from Terra, watching him open his eyes. "Hey Ven you okay..." Terra took in the blush on the boy's cheeks, that and the look of guilt in his eyes. But Ven didn't say anything, he just looked at him, mouthing words that Terra could not understand. "Um Ven..." he touched the boys shoulder only to have the boy jump a little bit, like he was a trance sorta, and Terra's touch had woken him up. "Uh yea...I'm okay...I just hurt my ankle..." Which was true, when he had fallen he had twisted his ankle, but that wasn't what he was blushing about. He was still blushing about the kiss, even if it was an accident in a way, he had enjoyed it, but Terra was asleep so part of him felt like it wasn't right. "Let me see..." Terra pulled up the boy's pants, looking at the swollen and bruised ankle, he must have really hurt it, but how. He figured the way his leg was wrapped in the blanket that maybe he had tripped. " Ow...don't touch..."Ven whimpered clutching Terra's arm, the boy tried to get up falling ontop of Terra again, he could feel Terra against his leg, when he fell he had landed just about right his leg rubbed against Terra getting a light groan out of the brunette. "Um sorry..." Ven pulled back away from Terra, as he got up and raced out of the door running into Ivory. "Watch were you are going brainless..did Terra shove you away again..." Ven just ignored her as she pushed past him clinging to Terra, it made Ven sick to his stomach. He limped back into the house, about to push her away from Terra when he looked at Terra's face, he seemed to be liking this, he squeezed the charm in his hand, he was about to give it to Terra, but he decided against it as he walked into the kitchen. He could only catch bits and pieces of what they were talking about from he was. Ven made a bag of ice for his ankle as he stumbled out of the chair, he thought they were gone, so he figured he would go sit in the living room and that was when he heard them. "Look Ivory I need to go check on Ven..." Terra wanted to make sure that he was alright, but Ivory wasn't letting him. "Oh just forget out about Ven...it's always Ven this, Ven that, he's just some little kid that keeps getting the both of you hurt cause he can't protect himself..." Terra glared at her, then looked around, he hoped Ven hadn't heard that. "Ven is nothing like that...now come before you ruin anything else.." he dragged her out the door, not knowing that ven had heard everything, but Ven didn't hear Terra say anything so Ven was just not in the mood. He slumped down against the wall, letting out a pained cry, he didn't stop the tears he just let them flow, but he didn't know what was worse, the pain from his heart, or the pain in his ankle.

~.~ With Ivory and Terra~.~

Terra was thinking about Ven the whole time he was with Ivory, he didn't know if he had heard what she had said, and If Ven had then what would Ven's response to that whole subject be. He probably didnt' want to talk to either of them anymore, it was just one of the ways Ven showed his anger. "Terra you seem distracted are you okay..." She was acting like it didn't matter about what she had said about Ventus. Then again deep down Ivory didn't like Ventus, and she was much happier when he was gone and wasn't getting in the way of the two of them. Now since he had come back Terra had become so concerned with that boy that he barely paid attention to anyone else. "I'm fine...but I'm gonna go talk to Ven..." He finally said what he had been thinking the whole time that they were out here, she wasn't going to like it he knew that. But right now Ven probably needed him, and last time Terra hadn't listened to something Ven had to say he had been killed. "but Terra..." She gave him that puppy dog look she always gave him when she wanted something from him, and she knew if she didn't do this he wouldn't do what he wanted. "No buts...I need to go talk to Ven...you can either go home...or come with...if he heard you..you have something to say sorry for..." She sighed, but nodded. At least she would be able to spend some more time with Terra before Ven got in the way. 'I really hate that kid...' she thought to herself, as she looked up at Terra. Terra was not paying attention to her as he walked back towards the house. When he opened the door, he saw Ven's tiny form curled up on the couch, a book laying over his face. "Well he's asleep so let's go..." She tried to pull Terra away from the room, but he was holding his feet to the ground like he was glued to it. "No...you can sit in the other room...I need to talk to him.." he moved away from her and sat down next to Ven. The boy rolled over, the book falling to the floor, landing open on the page he had been reading. Laying on the page was a piece of paper, that had some drawings on it, and some writings. The writing referred to Terra...

'how can I tell him how I feel...he has here...and even if he acts like sometimes there are feelings there...I know there isn't...and plus she doesn't like me...at all...' the page seemed to have been torn out of a journal cause Terra couldn't read the rest of the words. Ven stirred for a moment, yawning as he resettled, trying to get back to sleep. When Terra knew he was asleep again, he leaned in breathing against Ven's neck, this boy was making him feel something that of course he had no idea what to do with, and yet he felt his pants seem to tighten, he moved quickly to hide it from anyone if they walked into the room. His eyes flickered back to Ven, who was muttering something in his sleep, and that was when Terra just seemed to break. He pressed his lips against the sleeping boys, running his hands down the kids body.

Ven groaned opening his eyes to see Terra on top of him, he didn't push him away, but a blush spread over his cheeks. When Terra realized that Ven was awake he began to pull back, only to have Ven sit up and wrap his arms around Terra's neck, Ven had pressed his mouth back against Terra's, the feeling of terra's lips just cause his stomach to flutter as if it had butterflies in it. "Terra I'm sorry..." Ven muttered as he pulled back, looking down at his blanket. Ven didn't know what to think now, he had done something to Terra, and well now he knew it was gonna be bad. Ivory was not going to be happy but he couldn't help it, it was just him now. He felt Terra pull him closer to him, the heat raising off of Terra was making Ven feel odd, he ran his hand up Terra's chest nipping at his neck leaving little marks behind. Terra seemed to groan he was enjoying this as he leaned back on the couch pulling Ven ontop of him. Terra was slipping his hand down to Ven's pants beginning to take them off when Ven whimpered, his hands going to his throat, the collar that was hidden from view tightened cutting off his air for a moment. But he ignored it forcing himself to calm down and breathe slowly, as he slipped Terra's shirt off looking at the muscles underneath it. "uh Terra..." Ven just turned a bright red unsure of what to say, he heard the door open where he rolled down falling onto the floor. "ow..." he put his hand to his neck, blood covering his hand as he looked up at Terra, he could tell that something wasn't right by the look in Terra's eyes. "Ven..come here..." he grabbed a towel, and put it against Ven's neck, when he pulled it back he saw what looked like a necklace on his neck, or well the imprint of one. Ven flinched pulling back, stumbling out of the room, leaving little drops of blood on the floor as he ran into the bathroom. "N...no..." In the mirror the necklace seemed to be changing shape forming words...at first he couldn't understand what they said. But the more he looked, he noticed the name Vanitas...and one more word..."cursed..." Ven lets out a angry cry tearing at his neck, his hands fastening around the necklace, as it turned back into the collar. But he couldn't get it off, it was like someone had placed something on it, that was keeping him from getting it off. "It's not gonna come off..." A very familiar voice spoke silently from the corner of the bathroom near the window.

Ventus spun around, his hands falling to his side, the only sound between the two as they looked at each other was the noise of the blood hitting the floor. "Vanitas...but no way you are dead..." Ven had seen him die, had been the one who killed him, he remembered it as clear as day. The fight to create the Keyblade, and even then it be a complete failure, he was here alive and with his friends again. "So you are alive...and as long as you have that collar I will be...and there is no way for you to take it off...only one person can...and that's if Terra decides to open himself up the darkness to save you..." Ven glared at Vanitas, that guy was getting on nerves, but he had no idea what he was gonna do. He knew Terra would never do that, and there had to be another way to save him, to get this darn collar thing off of him. "Shut up...Terra won't do that...there's another way to get it off...I'll find out..." He dug his nails into his palm as the keyblade appeared in his hand. He looked at the keyblade, it had a different color to, but where had that blue-ish color come from him, he just didn't know but at least he had his weapon. "Well well if this isn't interesting...so this is where it went..." Vanitas turned and walked towards the dark portal that was swirling near the wall. "We will meet again...get better...I want the fight to actually be fun this time..." Vanitas laughed, walking into the portal as it vanished like it had never been there.

Ven shivered, falling to his knees the keyblade clattering onto the ground, before it vanished in a burst of bright light. He kicked the door shut, the silent tears dripping down his cheeks splashing onto the floor. When some of them landed on the blood, it just sat on top of the blood then spread out washing some of it away. He was just sitting there when the door was kicked open revealing Terra, Aqua, and a smirking Ivory. "Ven...jeez" Terra leaned down dabbing at the blood with a wet cloth, for a moment Ven thought about the collar but when he put his hands up to his neck it was gone, and in its place was the necklace that no one could really see. All Terra had seen was the imprint of it cause of the blood. "I'm fine...I just cut myself..." it was as if he had actually had, cause on his neck right above the necklace imprint was a deep gash. He couldn't believe that it was there, he was lying but maybe Vanitas had something to do with it. Two questions remained in Ven's head. 'Why did they want Terra's darkness, and was that the only reason they had brought him back...' Ven felt strong arms pick him up off of the floor, but his mind didn't register them moving to the other room where he was set down on the couch. "Aqua you have the bandages yet..." Terra kept the towel over the gash to lessen the blood flow. Ven could hear the voices getting further and further a way, the light seemed to vanish with him. "T...terra..." Ven slumped back his body had gone limp, but he seemed to be breathing even if it was weak to begin with. "Dangit..." He dug around in his pockets, and found the bottle he was looking for, he placed the bottle to Ven's lips pouring some of it's contents into his mouth.

Ven coughed and gagged but swallowed, the wound on his neck didn't hurt as much as it had before, but he still couldn't open his eyes no matter how hard he struggled. 'Give it up Ven...' That voice of Vanitas rang through his mind again, but Ven didn't listen. He forced his eyes open feeling someone laying next to him, holding him tightly to there chest. He released that Terra was laying on the couch with him, but where was Aqua. He slipped out of Terra's arms, putting the blanket over him, as his stomach growled. He figured he was going to be hungry after sleeping all the time but still how hungry he was just was not something he expected. "what do we have in the house..." he dug around in the cupboards pulling out a box of cereal, he figured he might as well try to eat to shut his stomach up. He was still a bit tired, but he would get over it, after all he felt like for once he had at least gotten a bit more sleep then he usually did. 'Man we have to get more food...there is like nothing in this place...' He sighs, and nibbles some of the cereal, cinnamony and yummy but his mind was not on the food, it was on his feelings for Terra, and what he was going to do about them. 'Terra naked...and in my room...with no interruption...' he was daydreaming about it for awhile, closing his eyes, the spoon clutched in his hand. Just seeing Terra like that caused his face to turn a bright red, blushing was something he usually hid but he was to into his dream world that he didn't notice Aqua walk in. "hey Ven...what do you want to eat..." She looked at Ven and noticed he was spacing, the spoon dangling from his hand, she walked over and took the spoon placing her hand on Ven's forehead. "Ven are you okay you looked flushed..."

Ven looked at her realizing he was blushing as he tried to cover his face, hoping the blush would fade before he looked up again. "Um yea I'm fine I was just thinking about something and got distracted..." He muttered the last part, he had been distracted, and even though he didnt' want to admit it well, it was the truth. "Alright well you let me know if you aren't feeling good...and well you should probably wake Terra up...if he sleeps to long...he wont' rest tonight..." She shoved Ven out of the kitchen not caring what he wanted to eat anymore, she would just make some of there favorites, and then they could eat together like they used to do, if only the master would come back and eat with them. "Master Eraqus...I wish you would come home...but you are never gonna be here again are you..." they hadn't yet told Ven, but part of her knew that Ven probably had some idea that he was gone. "I wonder what those boys are up to..." She turned and noticed Ivory was sitting at the table, during all the excitement they had forgotten about her, but of course she wasn't going to be mad at Terra, but she would be ticked at Aqua and Ven. Even though both Aqua and Ven had noticed that Ivory hated Ven more then anyone else. "So Ivory are you staying here for the night..." She had figured that Terra had said she could before all this stuff happened with Ven, and well it was to dark for them to take her home now, so she kinda had to stay here.

"Yea I guess..." she was reading a book she had taken from Terra's room, there had been a picture in the book and well she had taken it out and shoved it in her pocket, so that way no one knew about it, and she wouldn't have to let them know she had it, this book was Terra's favorite book and he had said that well she could read it as long as she put it back before she left. "well I can set up the guest room if you want..." Aqua knew that would probably be for the best, after all Terra wanted to keep an eye on Ven for the night, so he knew that Ven would be sleeping in the room, maybe even the same bed as him. And then she knew she would have to deal with this girl's anger. "Why can't I just share Terra's room.." And there it was that anger that the girl always gave when well she didn't get what she wanted. "well tonight Terra said he wanted to keep an eye on Ven, after all Ven wasn't feeling good...and well after that whole blood thing...Terra's just worried...don't worry you will be just down the hall from us..." Aqua began to cook again, and well she just ignored any other mutterings from Ivory, part of her just wanted to take Ivory home, but right now was just not a good time, and they needed to at least eat and then go to sleep. Rest was needed for all of them, and Terra needed it more then anyone else, which was why she felt bad about waking him up right now, but she had no choice.

In the living room Ven was looking at Terra, his mind thinking about that image he had when he was daydreaming, what if he actually tried to do that to him. Sex was one thing he hadn't thought about and then the feelings for Terra were clouding his judgement. He just looked at Terra looking down, and then he put his finger on Terra's chest, he thought for a moment that Terra was going to wake up, but well he didn't and then Ven thought about kissing the man who was sleeping on the bed completely unaware of Ven standing over him. "Ven did you wake up Terra..?" Ven jumped back a bit away from Terra, waking Terra up without actually meaning to. "oh you are awake I just came to wake you up..Aqua says you need to get up or you won't sleep later...and plus it's almost time for dinner..." Ven got up off the floor, picking up the blankets folding them dropping them on the couch. "Well come on Terra..." Ven pulled Terra off of the bed, stumbling a little bit cause of his ankle.

"Ven you need to be careful..."Terra was just concerned about Ven, it was just how he was ever since Ven had come back, he wanted to make sure he was okay and make sure that he hadn't hurt himself. Or at least he didn't make the wounds worse. " So what are we eating..." Terra walked next to Ven as the two made their way into the kitchen. "I made your favorites...and Ivory helped too..." Aqua smiled at Ivory, wondering if maybe this would fix things a little bit, but when Ivory sat down next to Terra clinging to his arm, she knew it wasn't. Ven had brought a book to the table, maybe it was cause he wanted to ignore what was going on with Terra and his girlfriend Ivory, it made Ven jealous and he had tried to tell Terra, but he had been dragged away before Ven could even say anything. "Ven can you help me bring the dishes to the table..." Aqua watched Ven handing him some of the lighter things as he limped over to the table placing them down, glaring at Ivory turning and then completely ignoring her. She was just irritated him, and he wanted nothing to do with her, like she wanted nothing to do with him.

"Well go ahead and dig in..." Aqua said as she placed down the food in front of them, they could serve themselves and she didn't want to tick Ven off by serving him. But when she looked at his unsteady hand she helped him serve his food, glancing at Terra then to Ivory. She wanted to get Ven to eat and stuff but he just poked his food taking some bites here and there, even though he was so frustrated. "Well so Terra get any training in today..." She just wanted to start up the conversation, so the silence didn't remain in the room . "well a little bit but not much maybe tomorrow me you and Ven can go out and do something it's been awhile since we did anything together... "he felt Ivory squeeze his arm as he talked, but he just touched her hand and ignored it. She couldn't have all of his attention, she had to let him share with his friends as well. "well maybe...but what...I mean we could go one of the other worlds...like Disney Town maybe...and play some games and stuff... "she knew how much they had liked being at Disney Town and playing all of the games that were there, for now they would have to be careful to keep an eye on Ven. Neither of them wanted to lose him now that they had just gotten him back.

"That um...sounds fun..."Ven whispered, part of him was back to not really talking much, he didn't want to say anything wrong that would end up ticking someone of and ruining this whole night for them. Ven was happy that he was sleeping in Terra's room, even though his mind was on other thoughts. 'If I'm staying in the same room as Terra maybe I can make my move...and tell him my feelings...' Ven stood up from the table placing his half-finished, if not barely touched plate in the sink. He sat down and started to read yawning behind the book, he was beginning to get a little tired, but he was going to stay awake for a little bit longer. After they ate, the four of them moved into the living room, sitting and talking some more while reading. Ven yawned and leaned against Terra's chest, closing his eyes, he knew that Ivory was glaring at him, but he didnt' pay attention he had fallen asleep.

"Oh isn't Ven so cute..." Aqua got up and took a blanket placing it over Ven, who curled up closer to Terra, yawning slightly. He pulled Terra's arm over him, clinging to Terra's thumb like what a little kid would do. "yes he is.."Ivory growled under her breath getting up, and saying goodnight before she wandered off towards the room she was staying in. "Maybe it's all time we went to be...we all need to rest..." Aqua stood up looking to Ven and Terra, Ven stirred and fell back to sleep not wanting to be moved from Terra's side. "Yea...well goodnight Aqua..." Terra picked Ven up, and the three of them began to walk towards their rooms, he smiled at her and then shut the door laying Ven down on the bed, turning around and pulling off his shirt. Ven stirred and climbed off the bed, wobbling towards Terra. "Don't leave me Terra...please don't... " Ven curled his arms around Terra the blanket falling to the floor, Ven whimpered, squeezing Terra. "V..ven I won't leave you..." He turned and hugged Ven to his body, feeling his body ache, his pants seemed to grow tighter as he hugged Ven, but he didn't know if he should let Ven know that after all Ven seemed to still be half-asleep. And when Terra leaned down to pick Ven up again, Ven looked up and pressed his lips against Terra's closing his eyes, just to savor this moment that they were having. The two of them just stood there not pulling apart, Terra wrapped his arms around Ven wondering if this was sleepy Ven talking, or if this what was bugging Ven. "T...Terra...I..." Ven was about to say something, but he didn't know what how to say it, but he knew he had to.

End of Chapter

Notes: Well that is the end to that chapter, and it gave me the idea to the next one, yes Ven is about to say something that well he never thought he would. So look forward to the next chapter, and I have a new story for Demyx, giving him two kids gotta love it.