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Bad Boy Tiramisu Mixed Love Addict

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"Mmm... Vanitas, I really need to go home now" Xion moaned as Vanitas kept nipping lightly at her throat as she sat on top of her desk. His taller figure between her legs as he chuckled, the rumbling sensation adding to her flushed body.

It became ritual almost, after hours of work turned into escapes and mini getaways from their faux abusive banter of insults, physical punches, kicks, choking, and occasional stealing of food. The staff and crew grew accustomed to this relationship. They just rolled their eyes and carried on with work in the studio, ignoring those two as life went on.

Vanitas started getting home a little later than usual; Sora understood as he would walk home from school, take his shoes off, get his homework done, make a sandwich, and lounge around the living room flipping through television channels all while waiting for the moment when he could tease his big brother.

"Fine but you still never gave me a yes or no answer" Vanitas whined as he stood in front of Xion as she narrowed her eyes at him, "No way! You can't have a bite out of my tiramisu!"

"Oh, is that so?" He taunted as his right hand slowly trickled up her side.

"Tickling me is not going to make me surrender the only source of coffee I've saved for later today!"

"C'mon don't be so heartless, I only want a tiny bite"

"Get off me, Jaws!" Xion lightly tried pushing him away as her left hand tried to protect her dessert, behind her back.

Vanitas sighed, "You've given me no choice, Xion"

"What?" She asked as he started his assault of tickling and light pecks. The tiny kisses and laughter caused by his tickling, distracted her from the hold she had on the tiny plastic box she had behind her back.

Before she noticed, he had the box in his hands as he took her spoon and opened the box.

"Vanitas, don't you dare take a bite!" Xion warned.

"Oh I'm sorry, I've failed to inform you I'm slightly deaf" Vanitas said.

"To what?" She asked, crossing her arms.

"To suggestions" He shrugged as he took a spoonful and took a bite out of her Italian cake.

"Ass!" She huffed as he handed the box back to her, "Oops, look at the time – I'm out" He told her as he kissed her cheek and headed for the door of her office.

Stopping, he turned around to face her. "Aren't you coming? You're the one who was in a hurry to go home"

Xion smiled and waved him off, "You go ahead, I forgot I need to fill out some approval forms"

"Approval for what?" He curiously asked as he leaned against the opened doorframe.

"Just make up, accessories, and more room for storage. It's all really just formalities to ask for simple things we lack here" She said as she waved her spoon around and took a spoonful.

"Sounds thrilling" Vanitas sarcastically remarked, "Real fun"

"Oh you know it. I love living on the edge" She winked.

Vanitas smirked as he pushed himself off the door, "Well Sora will have a parade with this again if I show up any later than I already do. He's at that age where girls are starting to look less like the Loch Ness monster. Excluding, Olette..."

Xion rolled her eyes ignoring his Loch Ness monster comment knowing all too well, she would be entering a losing battle if she even got him started.

"Who's Olette?" She asked, "Is she really that bad?"

Vanitas smirked, "She's my cousin's girlfriend. We don't get along very well"

"Ha, that's surprising" Xion's voice dripped of sarcasm as he stuck out his tongue at her.

"Bite me" He teased as he waved back and closed the door. As much as he enjoyed messing with her, he really needed to go home and pick up Sora so he could head over to his Aunt's place.

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"Hey runt, put your shoes on and meet me outside in fifteen" Vanitas said on his phone as he drove out of the studio.

"Okay I will, but, what took you so long?" The voice on the other side complained.

"I set off on a grand adventure where I had to kill an evil wizard for his blood and then I sold it on Ebay's black market list" Vanitas rolled his eyes, "Seriously, what do you think I was doing, Sora?"

Sora stayed silent on his end for a few seconds before a huge smile spread on his face, "YOU WERE WITH XXXXXION, weren't you? Hey were you guys kissing? Yuck! That's so gross! Did you guys hold hands and profess your undying love for each other? That's even worse than kissing, ya know!"

"STOP WATCHING ANIME!" Vanitas yelled, a vein forming and throbbing on his forehead, "Seriously, where the heck do you even get these ideas?" He asked as he heard Sora laughing.

"From you, I've learned from the best, big bro" Sora replied, sticking out his tongue at the phone even though he knew Vanitas couldn't see it.

Sora could hear Vanitas getting out his car as he slammed the door, he then heard the bell ding of a door being opened as someone greeted him. "Hey I thought you were coming home?" He said as he heard Vanitas ordering.

"I am. I stopped by the bakery to get a few things. I'm five minutes away so be outside waiting, if you have something for mom, you better start packing it now" Vanitas said as he hung up.

"He hanged up on me, shocking" Sora sighed as he quickly went to put on his shoes. Running upstairs to his room, he scrambled around trying to find the picture he drew for his mom and the bracelet he saved up for, all by himself. It took him a few days to finish his drawing and a couple of weeks of doing chores – saving up all of his allowance money just so he could buy the simple silver bracelet he saw at the store one day while walking home from school. He just couldn't let to see the bracelet be sold off before he could afford it himself. Sora was glad that wasn't the case.

He wasn't a little kid anymore – he knew why his mom lived with his aunt. He knew his mom was frail and sickly, he just didn't know what exactly was wrong with her. That part, no one would tell him. So the only thing he could do was to give her gifts and hope that those little moments of joy would let her forget that something was even wrong with her health. He always loves seeing his mother's bright smile and twinkling eyes as he would tell her not to cry.

Grabbing his things, Sora ran downstairs again as he made sure to turn off the lights inside and left the front porch light on as he locked up and sat outside.

Not long after, Vanitas honked for Sora to get in as he happily jumped off the step, to get into the car. Opening the car door, Sora quickly got in, setting his backpack between his legs, and putting on his seatbelt.

"Hey Vani, I was thinking..." Sora began as he pulled back his constricting seatbelt.

"Hmm?" Vanitas responded.

"Do you think I can go to dad's place this weekend?"

"I'll have to call him to see if he's busy or not"

"Okay! I hope he's not!" Sora beamed happily, "I wonder if our stepmom will let me help bake cookies!"

Vanitas bit his bottom lip as he chewed on it thoughtfully, so he wouldn't say anything 'mean'

Their dad was a great man; he helped Vanitas immensely when it came to raising Sora by supporting him by buying Sora everything he needed for school, clothes, as well as helping Vanitas cover some of the expenses of bills and his car payments. Vanitas didn't know where he would be today without the financial support of his old man.

Even though he was very much present in his sons' lives, Sora was the one mostly attached to him. Their parents were long since divorced with his mom wheelchair bound and their dad remarried. Vanitas didn't hate his stepmom, he just honestly didn't really care for her. She was nice, sure, but he was more concerned with making sure his own biological mother was okay – not trying to impress some strange woman and deceiving her into thinking he was the perfect stepson. He wasn't perfect, Vanitas was far from it but if Sora approved of their stepmom – that was good enough for Vanitas to at least tolerate the woman.

"Yeah, hope so" Vanitas nodded as he turned and drove up to his Aunt's place. He smirked, finding humor in the fact that he got caught up in his own thoughts, yet again.

Sora cheered, rushing to take his seatbelt off as he grabbed his things, slamming the car door behind him.

"Hey! Watch it, Jerkcules!" Vanitas gritted his teeth, as he got out of the car, annoyed by his car door being slammed shut so roughly. If there was one thing he could not stand – it was his car being treated so carelessly. He was still paying it off after all.

"Does that mean I'll go from zero to hero someday?" Sora teased.

Vanitas smirked as he locked the car, standing next to Sora as he rang the doorbell.

He lightly flicked Sora's forehead, "You're still a zero, dweeb"

Sora grumbled, "Meanie"

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The door opened as their aunt greeted them. Sora quickly hugged her and ran off to give his mom her surprise gifts. Vanitas gave his aunt a kiss on the cheek as he followed after Sora, his hands in his pockets as he leaned against the wall. He nodded, greeting his mom as she warmly smiled back to him as she gave her full attention to her youngest – Sora.

"Mom! I brought presents!"

His mom softly laughed, "Oh, my! It's not even my birthday, sweetie"

"Moooom, please. Don't be difficult! Presents are year round! So please, please, pleeeease close your eyes and don't open them until I say so! Okay?" Sora dramatically begged as he took her hands, lightly squeezing them as she kindly smiled and agreed to behave.

"And no peeking! What so ever! None! Zip! Nada!" Sora lightly lectured.

"Okay, I promise I won't peek, pumpkin!" She winked as Sora closed his eyes and smiled brightly. He loved when his mom would play along. It made him forget that she was wheelchair bound.

"Is that a rare, Vani-bear smile?" Vanitas' aunt whispered teasingly as Vanitas adjusted his facial expression. He failed to notice the smile that easily slipped, replacing his usual passive scowl.

Vanitas scowled as he rolled his eyes, ignoring his aunt's teasing. Lightly poking his cheek, his aunt sighed, "You were so much cuter as a baby. You were always giggling especially when you had your favorite teddy bear. You probably don't remember that but my Vani-bear was the happiest baby"

She pinched his cheek, hard, as he narrowed his eyes at her. "Go bug Sora, he likes hearing those cheesy stories"

Quickly rubbing his throbbing cheek, he watched as his aunt laughed and walked away. "Where's Ven?" He asked before she would get distracted. She just loved messing with him every time she would get a chance to even tease or embarrass him.

"He's upstairs with Olette" She replied, as she pointed to the stairs.

Vanitas nodded as he pushed himself off the wall. "Ah, crap" He muttered as he took his car keys from his pocket and walked outside to his car. He completely forgot about the stuff he bought at the bakery. Bringing in the box of doughnuts and giant cupcake.

Juggling with the things, he slowly walked back in as he set the pink box of doughnuts onto the kitchen island counter and took the giant cupcake upstairs with him. Vanitas silently snickered knowing just how much his cousin Ven hated cupcakes of any kind. He figured that Roxas would just eat it instead, he was a garbage disposal after all.

"Ahh, Ven!" Vanitas faintly heard a feminine voice. Walking down the hallway, as he got closer, he started to hear things even more clearly. "Mmm... Ven..." the voice moaned. Vanitas rolled his eyes as he slowly turned the door knob. "Venny... touch..."

Not even bothering to knock on his cousin's door, he just barged in as he completely turned the door knob. Seeing Ven on top of Olette on his bed as he was in between her legs, lifting her shirt up. Vanitas could barely see the cup of her bra as he leaned against the doorframe, holding the plastic box that contained the giant cupcake.

"Really, hot pink?" Vanitas raised an eyebrow.

"Ever learn how to knock, pervert?!" Olette scowled as Ven got off her.

"No not really, is that something they teach in Whore 101? I think I've failed to see the sign-up sheet"

"You're just jealous that Ven gets some and you don't!" Olette barked back as she buttoned up her jean shorts again.

Vanitas almost laughed at that but he kept it to himself as he smirked, "At least use some damn protection. Don't want any mutants running around any time soon. Oh what's that, I hear? Gremlins are terrorizing the docks? Someone call the coast guard!"

Olette grabbed a pillow from the bed, ready to ram into him so she could suffocate him to death.

"WHY YOU-"

Ven deeply sighed, as he tried to keep the cat and dog at bay. "Enough already you two! And HEY! My kids wouldn't be mutants!"

"Not yours, hers" Vanitas shook his head as he corrected Ven.

"I'll command my 'mutant' children to eat you alive first, Vanitas!" Olette threatened as she was ready to throw the pillow at him at least but Ven grabbed hold of her arm and held her back to calm her down.

It was ALWAYS like this whenever Vanitas and Olette were near each other. It was the reason why Ven couldn't have nice things, like memories of a calm night or no questionable liquids and food on him. Last time he asked Olette to stay over for dinner, Vanitas was ever so present with his endless amount of comments, remarks, and insults. Which caused a huge food fight to commence. Ven had to clean it up all by himself. Olette had the excuse of being a guest while Vanitas had his limitless excuse of having to get home in time for Sora's bedtime, not wanting him to stay up any longer than he would normally allow. At least Sora had the most fun during their food fight that night.

"What's in the box, Vanitas?" Ven asked, suddenly mentally exhausted no thanks to those two.

"I'm glad you asked, dear cousin. Why it's no other than your favorite dessert in the whole wide world"

Ven narrowed his eyes, staring at the vile box. "Don't tell me it's a cupcake?"

Vanitas smirked, "No, it's even better than that besides why would I have a relatively medium sized box for just a single cupcake? Stupid"

"Well, what is it then?" Ven asked impatiently, his patience growing thinner and thinner as the look on Vanitas face told him it was definitely something he hated.

"It's a giant cupcake!" Vanitas pretended to jump in joy as he handed the box to Ven so he could open it.

"Ugh, I so hate you right now," Ven said as he viewed the vile sugary cake like dessert, "Just give it to Roxas" He closed the box and continued, "He'll eat just about anything you give him"

"Speaking of, where's the garbage disposal?" Vanitas asked as Ven pointed, "In his room sleeping with Namine. They just got back from Hallow Bastion this morning"

"How long were they studying abroad?"

"Ehh... about six months. They stayed in Twilight Town for three months out of those six"

"Must be nice" Vanitas commented as he crossed his arms.

"Don't you have some innocent townspeople to traumatize or something?" Olette spoke up as she leaned her head against Ven's shoulder.

"Nah, I'm not set to terrorize my next town for another five hours" Vanitas replied, rolling his eyes.

"Hey, why don't we watch a movie? I'll pick since I already know you two will get at it again if you guys decide" Ven suggested.

"Sure!" Olette happily smiled as she lightly kissed his cheek.

"Whatever" Vanitas huffed as he pushed himself off from the wall and sat on the floor, leaning his back against Ven's bed.

Ven got off his bed as he went to his little shelf of dvds and started looking for something. As he tried to find something they could all agree on, he spoke up, "Hey, Vani, I was thinking we should go to the beach. We can take the mothers with us but knowing them, they'll probably think they're in the way of us 'young kids' so how about inviting your girlfriend instead?"

"Who says I have one?" Vanitas narrowed his eyes.

"Right, Ven, who the hell in their right mind would date this guy? He's not human. Does he even have anything to pleasure them with at least?" Olette fired as Vanitas shot her an icy glare.

"Don't test me, Olette" Vanitas calmly warned, the venom seeping as he searched his pocket for some gum. Taking a stick out, he unwrapped it and chewed on it – loudly and obnoxiously to get on Olette's nerves knowing all too well the little things that annoyed her the most.

Ven sighed as he chose a dvd and put it in and pressed play so his cousin and girlfriend would end their bickering for once. Olette stuck her tongue out at Vanitas as he ignored her, facing the tv, lifting his hand up and giving her the finger. Olette smacked the back of his head with a pillow as Vanitas scowled and took it away from her.

Ven slid his hand into Olette's and weaved their fingers together as he squeezed her hand lightly, giving her a pleading look with his eyes to not start it again with Vanitas as she sighed and silently nodded her head, promising she would try to tolerate him at least.

Halfway through the movie, Vanitas cell started buzzing as it was set on vibrate. Looking at the caller I.D. he quickly got up and answered, taking the call outside.

"Hello?"

"Hey, Vanitas" The voice on the other side greeted.

"Something up, dad?" Vanitas asked suspiciously knowing his dad only called when it was important.

His dad laughed, his booming laughter filling Vanitas' ear as he replied, "No, nothing life threatening, relax. I had a conference at D.I. General with Eraqus, your friend Terra's father. Since I'm in town, I figured I could take Sora with me tonight. It's Friday and all"

"Yeah sure, the squirt wanted to spend the weekend with you anyways. You just saved me the phone call"

His dad laughed, "Perfect timing, eh, Vani-bear?"

Vanitas gritted his teeth, "Don't you start" he warned.

"Alright, well since I'm here and don't have my car, I'll take a taxi over to your place and pick him up there. How does that sound?"

"That's fine"

Vanitas shortly after hung up as he annoyed Olette one last time, told Ven he 'promised' to call him later to give him an answer about the beach idea, and quickly went downstairs. Vanitas found his kid brother sitting in the dining room table with his mom as they worked on a puzzle together.

"Hey rugrat, dad's coming over to pick you up, so let's go home to pack your things for the weekend with him" Vanitas said as Sora beamed as he gently tugged on his mother's loose fitting white blouse. "Mom! Mom! Did you hear that?! I'm spending the weekend with dad again! Oh, I can't wait to show him my pet rock collection!" Sora kissed his mom's cheek, gave her a 'bear' hug and ran to get his backpack so they could leave.

"Pet rock?" Their mom questioned.

"He's not allowed to have a real pet until I think he's responsible enough to even remember to feed it, so for now I told him he can have as many pet rocks as he wants"

Their mom giggled as she beckoned for Vanitas to come closer to her as he obliged. Pulling Vanitas down to her level, she kissed both his cheeks and his forehead, "I'm so proud of you, son" She whispered.

Vanitas' eyes widened as his heart skipped a beat, he didn't know what to say to that. How could he respond? He was just trying the best that he could, to the best of his abilities. Trying to give it his all and hope that was enough,

"Don't keep your father waiting, I'm sure he's very tired" She said as she gently squeezed Vanitas' forearm and let him go.

Straightening up he nodded and he said his goodbyes to his teasing aunt as he drove back to his place. Once they were home, Sora quickly rushed to get everything he would be needing as well as extra things so he wouldn't get bored on the train ride to Twilight Town just in case his dad fell asleep or something.

Hearing honking outside, Sora knew it was his dad as he double checked his things and ran off to go greet his dad. "Hi, Dad!" Sora happily greeted as he hugged his dad.

Ruffling his hair, their dad laughed as he waved to Vanitas who was leaning against the open doorframe. He waved back as he watched their dad put Sora's things into the trunk of the Taxi. Before getting in with his dad, Sora ran to give Vanitas one last hug. "Promise me you'll be good!" Sora lectured.

Vanitas raised an eyebrow, "Who's the adult here, midget?"

"Dad is!" Sora stuck his tongue out, "Fine, you are too but please be safe and careful while I'm gone!"

Without letting him say anything, Sora ran back to the taxi as he got in and rolled the window down to wave goodbye as the car drove off. Vanitas rolled his eyes as he closed and locked the door behind him. Like he even did anything whenever he had the house all to himself.

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Bodies wrestle to take clothes off. Desperately seeking a moment of solace.

He didn't get many chances like these. Didn't get the house all to himself very often.

This was rare. This was bliss.

A moment to themselves.

Just the two of them.

Just Vanitas and Xion.

They just saw each other just a few short hours ago at work but there was a lustful need there.

The desire lingered ever since that time; that little moment they had in the break room with the water cooler.

He didn't know how it came to this, a wild moment in an empty big house. He wasn't complaining though, it's been years since he's been with any woman.

Vanitas stopped what he was doing as he got off the bed and went to lock his door. He was still slightly paranoid that Sora would come barging in, telling him that he forgot something and had to come back to the house. He was paranoid that Sora would ask him why his clothes were halfway off. His shirt lying on the floor of his room somewhere, his zipper and buttons undone as his jeans cling onto his waist for dear life. That would have been embarrassing to explain and so uncool for him seeing as how Xion was in his bed.

Returning back to the bed, he just thought of how a seemingly normal night turned so heated. Seeing how he and Sora were the only two who lived in this big house, he naturally took the master bedroom.

Having his own bathroom was the best thing about calling dibs on the master bedroom. He didn't have to wait forever in the mornings for Sora to get out of the shower just so he could shave or take a leak. He definitely did not have to share the bathroom whenever guest came over like Ven and Roxas or some weird distant relatives he had to put up with for the sake of Sora having cousins his own age that he could talk to and hang out with. His room which had its own bathroom inside it was off limits to everyone but him. He didn't care if they had to run to the nearest gas station, he wasn't sharing with anyone... well... except maybe, Xion, his girlfriend. If she ever came over to his place...

Girlfriend. The title itself felt weird on his lips but he liked it, so he wasn't complaining.

Sitting against the headboard of the bed, Vanitas flipped through the channels of his flat screen that was hung in the center of his room. Yawning, feeling sleep already taking over him, he continued to lazily flip through everything trying to find something that would interest him, which considering the time – wasn't much of anything good on or even worthy of paying attention to.

Turning off the tv, he sighed as he was getting ready to undress so he could sleep in his boxers when he got an unexpected phone call from none other than his girlfriend.

"What a surprise. Can't sleep without my voice lulling you to sleep now?" Vanitas teased.

Xion rolled her eyes, Vanitas was sure of that as she answered him, "Ha! You wish. In your dreams"

"You're always in my dreams" Vanitas replied.

He was sure she was blushing, "W-Whatever, weirdo" He heard her stutter. Cute.

"Anything I can do for you at this late hour?" Vanitas asked as he pushed himself up further against his headboard, getting comfortable.

"Let me in?" Xion questioned as she continued, "I'm standing outside of your place"

Without another word, Vanitas threw his cell phone on his bed as he ran downstairs. Opening the door, he found Xion in cute pink bunny slippers, a thin pink camisole and pink and white polka dotted pj pants. She didn't wait for him to even say anything sarcastic as she jumped him, attacking his lips.

Vanitas let out a moan in surprise as she wrapped her legs around his waist. It gave Vanitas the incredibly hard task of trying to support her and close and lock the door behind him – especially when her slender fingers were combing through his hair. Pushing her back against the wall of the door, he pulled away from her to catch his breath as he deeply inhaled, her sweet scent mixing in as his amber eyes darkened. "Hello to you too" He whispered against her lips as she smiled, wrapping her arms around his neck.

"I missed you," She softly nipped at his throat as he held her tightly, "My place is pretty empty"

"So is mine" Vanitas smirked.

"Oh! I forgot about your little brother!" Xion quickly pushed Vanitas off her as she stood in front of him, "I should probably go! I was so lost in my thoughts of wanting to see you that I probably made a whole lot of noise. I didn't mean to wake him up!" She quickly apologized as she was about to turn around and open the front door.

Vanitas deeply sighed as he stopped her from worrying by placing his hands against the sides of her head. Being taller than her, he had the advantage of caging her into him as he looked down at her, "He's not here, stupid. Even if he was, Sora sleeps like the dead. The kid's a rock so don't worry about that. My dad has him for the weekend so I'm home alone. I'm free to do whatever I want for the entire weekend. I can throw a party, buy a keg of beer, or have intense make out sessions with my girlfriend. The sky's the limit. Please don't tell my mom" He teased, winking at her.

"Your dad has Sora?" Xion asked, surprised, ignoring his sarcasm. It was the first time she ever heard him mention having a father. She figured he was still alive and not presently in the picture but she didn't want to pry and ask her boyfriend too many personal questions. Her boyfriend. She paused and thought of that, she never called him, her boyfriend before. Vanitas was just Vanitas, no titles of declaration necessary but she did like the tingly feeling it left on her lips.

"Yeah, my old man is a cardiologist in Twilight Town. When he's not busy with weekend night shifts or attending medical conferences here at D.I. General, he usually takes Sora and has him with him over there at his place. Sora gets along with his wife and loves spending time with him so I'm free to do whatever the hell I want. I mostly lounge around when Sora's not here" Vanitas explained.

Xion smiled, "Sounds like you miss him when he's away"

"The runt gets on my nerves sometimes but I won't lie, the house feels pretty empty without him here. Leaves too much time to think but good thing I have you here to keep me company" Vanitas winked again.

Xion laughed, she loved seeing this side of his. So the weirdo could manage to actually have a normal side to him when he wanted to. That discovery left her feeling warm and fuzzy – feeling as if butterflies were fluttering through her stomach. Like a glass jar filled with their happiness and splendor inside of her, but the sudden feeling quickly vanished as she stared at his lips. Tiptoeing she crashed her lips against his.

And that's how Vanitas found himself up in his room, half naked with Xion in his bed under his black comforter. They made out and as much as he desperately wanted to go further than that – he was exhausted from heavy demanding work that day but mostly due to his family. They always drove him up the wall with their crazy annoying antics.

Besides he didn't think they were ready to take their relationship to that level, not yet at least. He wanted it to be special and romantic, even if it was spontaneous, he still wanted it to be that way, not when Xion was looking for someone to cuddle with. He didn't want to ruin the comfortable moment he was having with her as he slid off his jeans, leaving him in his black argyle boxers and crawled into bed, under the covers with her.

Vanitas held her in his arms as she closed her eyes, smiling as she took his hand and laced their fingers together. Gently forming circles on her hand with the pad of his thumb, Vanitas just thought.

He wasn't a gentleman and he most certainly was not romantic. Every bone and fiber in his being were nothing of the sort but one look at Xion and he felt like at least trying. He would attempt the impossible, he was a patient guy after all.

"Thanks for cuddling with me," Xion softly spoke up, "My place is really lonely"

Vanitas kissed the top of her head, noting the sadness in her voice. He cringed, being able to picture what her apartment looked like. Perfect space enough for one person or a couple living there. A couple would live comfortably there but for a single person, the walls would echo and the silence deafening.

"I'm here" Vanitas whispered, lightly squeezing her hand to assure her that he wasn't leaving her side anytime soon or that he was some figment made up by her very active imagination.

Xion brushed her lips against his hard chest as she snuggled closer, "I know," She whispered.

Vanitas closed his eyes, sleep wanting to take over him completely.

"Thank you" He heard Xion say, he would pull her closer if he could.

"Go to sleep" He replied, unsure of what to say to that. Just because he told himself he would attempt to be more romantic, it didn't mean he was about to overflow with it. It wasn't his style and it wasn't the type of guy he is.

Xion's sweet scent was lulling him to sleep when he heard her speak up again, "Hey, Vanitas?"

"What? I'm trying to fall asleep here if you haven't noticed" He groaned.

She giggled as he felt her shake her head against his chest, "Never mind, it's nothing"

Now he was getting annoyed, he hated being curious, "Just spit it out already"

"No! It's nothing important, just forget it" Xion opened her eyes to see his closed, dozing off to sleep. He looked really, really cute.

"Mm... fine" He grumpily replied exhausted as he could no longer pay any more attention to her as he fell asleep.

"I love you"

Xion closed her eyes and went to sleep, she wasn't going to embarrass herself and give Vanitas an early heart attack due to her confession. She would keep it to herself for now. Hearing his soft snoring, Xion snuggled deeper into him as she smiled.

"I love you, Vanitas"

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Done! To be continued.

Longest. Chapter. So. Far.

This took so long to write! =A=;;

Last part was mostly inspired/influenced by Love Addict by Family Force 5.

Thanks ShadowKiti for the help with ideas for some of the dialogue, especially Olette's!

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