Chapter 4 Roxas that French expert
~ I'll follow you were ever you go. Either though the warm rays of heaven or the cold fires of hell, until I hear the words checkmate ~ Sebastian, black butler/ kuroshitsuji
"Ah the air smells so sweet this morning!" Sora happily shouted and stuck his nose up in the salty sweet air of the morning sea. It was about 10 am and our little Sora was sitting in the sand, the cold water touching his toes and dancing around his ankles. He wore his black and yellow swim trunks to swim in once Riku and Kairi got here. Our little hero sighed and laid his back down on the golden colored sand. The sky was only a dim light blue…just like Roxas's eyes. Sora couldn't help but get hopelessly lost in them and never wanted to get out. But it was sad that he never smiled. Sora wondered why.
"Sora!" Kairi shouted sand splashed him with a bucket full of sea water. He screamed, stood up but was splashed at again by Riku. "C-Cut it out its cold!" The poor little boy cried out and shivered. His two best friends laughed until Sora tackled Riku into the water. You heard the saying time flies by when you're having fun? Well it was true and sooner or later it was 2 pm. "Holy unicorns! I need to go!" Sora shouted and waved goodbye. He raced backed to his house, threw off his swim trunks, dried off his body and threw on his black, yellow, blue and red jumpsuit with his large yellow shoes.
"Hi Leon, Bye Leon!" Sora said and ran down the road to where he had seen Roxas walk down. The sun was high up in the sky by now and it was almost 3pm. "Roxas is gonna kill me!" Sora shouted to himself and raced down the street. Willow way, Sora read put into his mind and raced down to a house where Roxas was leaning on the door way, arms crossed and a sweet in his mouth. "You're late Sora." Was all he said before he opened the door and let his student in. The place wasn't bad at all. In fact, it looked like a mansion inside.
It had completely white walls with big windows and white light blue curtains that matched his eyes. The furniture was sparkling clean along with the white couch that also was clean. "Whoa…" Sora said as he looked around with big blue eyes like a child in a candy store. Roxas rolled his eyes and closed the white and gold door behind them.
"Let's go upstairs to my study to practice your French." Roxas said and bit down on his lollipop. A loud crunch filled the room as they walked up the stairs. Upstairs was way nicer then downstairs Sora had to admit. It was all white with a tad blue here and there. The study was huge. Large bookshelves towered over them and was stacked with large books, small books, thin and fat. The large study desk had only room for one. Roxas shoved him into the chair and set a large French book in front of him.
"You're going to start with basic French for an hour and then we are going to go over the rest." The next few hours wasn't a good one. Sora had no idea of what the French words needed to sound like and Roxas was getting a large headache.
"Ok let's go over it again. How do you say hello in French?"
"Ummmmmmmmm…." A few minutes later Roxas gave out a large sigh and slammed the book closed. He shifted his teaching glasses, adding a glare to it also. Sora gulped. "Your hopeless Sora…you really are…" Sora rubbed the back of his neck. Then Roxas turned to the window behind him and gasped. "She's here!" He shouted and rushed downstairs, Sora running after him. Does he have a girlfriend? My chances are ruined, Sora thought and looked into the backyard where Roxas was. The blond angel was holding up a plate full of bacon and setting it down in front of a large dog with golden fur.
The dog was a large Golden Retriever with hazel eyes and a deep blue ribbon around its neck. He or she was gobbling up the meat like its life depended on it. Roxas just sat down and watched quietly. So did Sora. The dog finished eating and looked up at Roxas with big hazel eyes. The boy laughed and bent down on knee. He pet him or her softly with ease and sighed.
"Oh, Comme quoi se sent-il pour etre la fille plus belle dans cette chambre? Est-ce que tu crois au coup de foudre au premier regard ou est-ce que je dois repasser?" Roxas said in French and snuggled into the dog's golden fur. Sora blinked and flipped violently though the French book he brought down. "J'ai just reause ceci, mais toi ressemble beaucoup a ma prochaine amie." Roxas went on with his French skills. Man is it illegal to be that good, Sora asked in his head and continued to flip though the French book. The dog barked and licked his cheek, seeming to understand.
"Es-tu perdu? Puisque heaven et un long chemin d'ici. Ah, mom amour, ma belle, je T'ame." Roxas snuggled deeper into the golden coat scratched behind her ears. Roxas suddenly stood up and pulled Sora over to the dog who sniffed his legs. "Belle this is Sora, Sora this is Belle, a stray I have been taking care of." Roxas introduced them to each other. Belle held out a paw, Sora shock it and smiled. "It's really nice to meet you Belle." The dog barked and nuzzled into his hand. Sora pet her softly and scratched behind the ears like how Roxas did. And for the smallest second, a small smile crept up his face but went as quickly as it had come.
"I really do want to keep her in my house with me, but I can't."
"Why not?"
"My brother doesn't allow pets in his house…it's not mine. So I have to respect his wishes if I wish to stay here and not get kicked out," Sora nodded for him to continue. "But around this time of day he's out at his job he had gotten a few days ago… so I told Belle to only come on the weekdays at 3pm." Roxas frowned and pet Belle one more time before he stood up again and picked up the empty plate.
"Adieu mon amour. Until next week." The dog whined and stopped wagging her golden tail. Her ears flattened as she walked slowly to the gates and took one look at them before walking off outside. Roxas sighed and walked back into his white house while Sora followed. The door quietly shut behind them as Roxas moved himself toward the kitchen and rolled up his sleeves.
"It's sad…to know that a stray dog does not have a home where there are kind people who will care for them, feed them and loved them with all of their hearts." Roxas said sadly and washed the plate with a yellow and green sponge. Sora nodded and leaned against the counter, the French book in between his fingers. "What did you say to her anyway," Roxas looked at him. "In French."
"You find out yourself." The blond teen said and pushed him out the door. Sora grunted as he held the French book in his hands and turned around to lock eyes with the angel. Roxas only gave him a short stare and slammed the door in his face. The brunette with spiky hair sighed and started to walk back to angel's way.
When he got home, Leon was sitting on the couch with a bag of popcorn in his hands. His brother looked at him and held up the freshly cooked snack in the heavy air. Sora looked at it, knowing what he was going to say. "Hey Sora," Leon said with a mouthful of popcorn. "You wanna watch a movie with me?" Sora gulped. As much as he wanted to kick off everything, watch a movie with his big brother and stuff popcorn in his mouth he had work to do. Sora looked down at the large French book in his hands and shock his head. Leon raised his eyebrow at him. "No thanks Leon I got some French to do." As Sora walked to his bedroom, Leon chocked on his popcorn and yelled. "WHAT?"
~ 4 painful hours later ~
It was around 12 am in the morning and Sora was still studying. Yes, he wanted to just crash out on the fluffy floor but when he always thought about it, a picture of Roxas flashed in his mind and how his senpai* would be so happy that he had actually studied. So he studied and studied and studied. A bead of hot sweat rolled down his face and onto his even sweatier hands. His pencil was so short that his fingers touched the paper and smeared the words up. Sora groaned and let his pencil drop out of his hands and onto the floor.
"M-Maybe just one break…one…little…tiny…break…" And Sora fall asleep on this dirty floor.
~ Roxas ~
The blond looked at his digital clock again. 12 am. He sighed and turned back to his big fat novel. It was getting to the good part now since he only had 8 chapters left of this huge novel. Roxas scanned the small words on the page and turned it, doing the same thing to the other two. The sweet in his mouth this time was cotton candy flavored and he was twirling it around with his tongue. Then when he had finished the long chapter, he slid a black lace ribbon in it and soft closed it.
"I wonder what that idiot is up to." He thought out loud and leaned back in his black chair. He knew he had sparked his curiosity by not telling him what he had said in French and he knew that Sora would actually try to study. Roxas smirked and headed for bed. He'll just have to wait until Monday morning at Destiny high to really know if he studied or not.
A/N: Senpai is a Japanese word you say to those who are smarter and older than you, if I got that right. And you'll have to wait to know what Roxas said in French. Review please.