Chapter 4: First school day
Xion
Once Axel was back from his meeting with the social services, Roxas left Xion's side. They had spent the entire afternoon together, talking about their past and their lives. They did not energetically talk for hours, it was more casual and timid with comfortable silences, but they ended up knowing a lot about each other.
When Roxas decided to follow Axel upstairs, Xion found herself a little sad. Before leaving the room, the blond boy had glanced one last time at the ravenette and she could see in his eyes that he was sorry to leave.
They hadn't talked much for the rest of the week. Xion had spent most of her time with Kairi and Namine. Hearing all about the evening the blonde had spent with Vanitas that Thursday. Obviously, the girl was starting to return the boys' feelings.
Once it was the weekend, Xion and a group decided to go shopping for their school supplies. Better late than never! School was starting on Monday and half of them still didn't have their material for the new year.
Axel drove her, Namine, Vanitas and Roxas to the mall. Xion was surprised to see Roxas follow since he had told her how he hated being around too many people. She guessed it must've had something to do with the fact that he wanted to spend as much time as he could with Axel before school started.
They had spent almost the entire day shopping for school supplies and for clothes, well Namine bought some clothes. Xion and Vanitas would have uniforms for school so they didn't need any. As for Roxas, he didn't go to school and he didn't have any money, finally Axel just stayed with the blond boy.
The ravenette had enjoyed her day with the other members of the home, although she did feel a little put aside. Namine and Vanitas stuck together, obviously hitting on each other. The boy followed the girl everywhere and complimented her on all the clothes she tried on and Namine took his hand every opportunity she had. As for Roxas and Axel, the blond held on for dear life onto the redhead's hand. Xion stayed close to those two though because the two others were really starting to get on her nerves. Plus, she enjoyed the duo's company even if she felt like a third wheel.
Sunday was the last day before school started. Xion was a little nervous, so she woke up early. Just like Thursday, the mansion was dead silent. She got dressed making sure not to wake her roommates and sneaked downstairs. This time no one was in the kitchen when she went to grab something to eat. The sun was already shinning out, so she decided to eat her cereal outside on the porch.
It wasn't hot outside, but it wasn't cold either. Xion sat on the first step leading to the yard. It was peaceful and she enjoyed it. She was trying not to think too much about the next day, but it was eating up to her. It was a lot to digest in a week, moving in a house full of strangers, starting high school in a school where you don't know anyone. Plus, she didn't want to admit it to herself, but it made her sad that her parents didn't call her all week. Her father she wasn't surprised, but her mother always made an effort at caring. She wasn't the most considerate, but she was able to show her daughter that she loved her. She had protested when her father had decided to send Xion away. Well, protested is a big word, she did not approve right away.
Xion took a mouthful of fruit loops as she heard the patio door behind her open. She turned around, chewing on the cereal, to see who was standing there.
Roxas
Roxas hadn't slept at all that night. It was sunday, Axel would leave to spend the day with his mother, like always, and then school would start and he'd be gone everyday for hours. Sure, Roxas would be occupied with his own schooling, but he knew that it would be like last years. Everyday would feel like years and he'd feel empty all the time. He wouldn't be able to concentrate and Aerith would try to fix him like any shrink would do.
When the sun started to light his room, Roxas was staring at the ceiling. He had done that all night, but he couldn't see it until now. The night before, Axel had offered once again to pay Vanitas to help him sleep, but the blond refused, he didn't feel like being numbed by false dreams.
The only thing he was grateful for, and he felt bad about it, was being alone in the room still. Friday, cops came to search the room to find clues on where Zexion could be. He had been interrogated by the cops, like everyone in the Home and still they had no news.
Roxas didn't want to think about it too much though, it's not like he could do anything. He glanced at his alarm clock - 7 a.m. - he sighed and decided to get up. He thought about waking Axel up, the redhead would be up in about half an hour anyways, but finally decided not to. He knew that before he left, Axel would come and say goodbye, and Roxas didn't like that so he decided to leave is room. Maybe Axel wouldn't be able to find him and wouldn't be able to tell him he was leaving.
The blond left his room and took in the calmness of the mansion. He was rarely up this early, so he didn't experiment this silent so often. He slowly walked to the main area and asked himself where could he go that Axel couldn't find him.
Outside. I never go outside, he won't think of looking there. The answer was obvious.
Before sliding the patio door, Roxas stopped as he saw a small girl with short black hair sitting on the porch's stairs her back facing him. Immediately he recognized Xion. He took a deep breath and brushed his fingers in his hair to fix his spikes before he opened the door.
The girl slowly turned around, a bowl of cereal in hand. She smiled at him, obviously her mouth full of food. Roxas bit the inside of his cheek as he felt the strange feeling again mixed with her feelings of stress. He softly returned her smile and waved at her.
'' Hey! Couldn't sleep either?'' She had asked after she swallowed her cereal. She pushed aside to make place for the blond to sit.
Roxas hesitated before taking place beside the girl. He sat a the very end of the stair to be sure not to be too close to her. He nodded looking at his feet.
'' Aren't you hungry?'' Xion was looking at the blond. He didn't see her because he kept his eyes on his feet, but he felt her eyes on him.
'' I don't eat much when I wake up.'' It was the first thing he said that day so his voice sounded harsh and it almost broke.
He lifted his head slowly and looked at the girl. He immediately felt bad because he was still wearing his pyjamas which where a pair of black jugging pants and a way too big sky blue shirt. On the other hand, Xion was dressed, she wore a pair of jeans shorts that showed her slim pale legs and a three quarter sleeve shirt striped black and white that fitted her perfectly. Roxas felt his cheeks warm up and wrapped his arms around his ribs to try to hide the unfitted shirt.
Xion was nodding her head '' Hey, you okay?''
'' ye-yeah. I... it's Sunday.'' he stuttered.
'' Right. Axel's spending the day with his mom.'' She knew, he had told her Thursday. It made him jumped though, he had forgotten he had opened up that much, plus it surprised him to see that she remembered. '' Wanna hang out?'' Roxas jumped again when Xion slowly rested her hand on his shoulder. The first thing he thought was that it was a pity proposition, but she didn't pity him, he knew it. In contrary, she felt hopeful, like she really wish he'd say yes.
He hesitated while biting the inside of his cheek, a nervous tic he often showed. Finally, he nodded '' Okay, sure.'' Xion grinned. Roxas didn't see it because he had his eyes on his feet, but he felt it and it warmed his heart. He told himself that doing something would occupy time until the redhead came back, but the truth is he really wanted to spend some time with the ravenette.
Axel had left at some point, and like Roxas wanted he didn't say goodbye, probably didn't find him. The blond boy got dressed a little after the redhead was gone and he and Xion spent the entire day together. They didn't do much, they sat in the main area and played board games. They didn't even talk all that much, but it was nice. At some point they exchanged cellphone numbers so they could text each other during school hours.
Time had flown by and Roxas was surprised when he saw Axel standing behind Xion. He looked concern and the blond didn't know what to do, he rarely saw is friend in such a weird mood.
The ravenette noticed her new friend staring behind her so she turned around to find the redhead. '' Hi Axel, wan't to join us? We were about to start a game of Skipbo.''
'' No thanks, I'm heading for the showers.'' He answered never breaking eye contact with the blond.
Roxas stood up and told Xion he'd be back before running after his friend. As soon as he caught up with him, he pressed himself in a tight hug against the redhead's chest. He felt the warmth submerge him and the deep love Axel felt towards him, but he also felt something else, something he didn't like and Axel didn't return his hug. '' What's wrong?'' He asked, pulling away a little to look the taller teen in the eyes.
'' Rox, don't get me wrong, I'm happy you're making friends, really. It's just, you made me worry all day.'' He sighed and finally hugged the blond, resting his chin in the blond hair. '' I couldn't find you before I left and with Zexion who disappeared I was afraid that-'' He cut himself, unable to finish his phrase. Roxas felt Axel's concern blend with the warm feeling of his love and it made his stomach feel tighter.
'' I... I'm sorry. I... It's just... you know I hate goodbyes. I hate seeing you leave.'' Roxas was pressing his face against the older teen's chest, taking in all the warmth in and trying to ignore all of the painful feeling.
'' I know, I would've liked to have a note.'' He sighed in the blond hair and kissed the top of Roxas' head. '' You know what? Go back to your Skipbo game, I'm going to take a quick shower and I'll join you two for the next game. Sounds good?''
Roxas pulled away a little and grin at the redhead. He knew Axel was more relief than mad at this point. He slowly let his friend leave towards the showers and kept staring at him until he turned the corner of the boy's wing. Only then did he let a sigh escape his breath and his shoulder down.
Axel meant a lot for the blond teen, he couldn't bare the thought of him being mad. Mostly, he couldn't stand the fear of someday loosing this wave of warm love covering him. If he lost this, Roxas didn't know if he'd survive it. Before Axel, Roxas felt like an empty shell, only when he met the redhead did he start feeling alive again. He wasn't about to let this go just now.
Xion
The rest of the evening, Xion had stayed with the two boys. It made her smile to see how close those two were. Also, spending some time with her new friends kept her thoughts away from her school day tomorrow.
Has she was lying in her bed she thought about the day she had spent with the blond teen and the evening with him and the redhead. It was fun. Although she was sad that neither of them would be in the same school as her the next day, she felt a little of comfort knowing that they were only a text message away.
She turned facing the wall, the room was dark and Xion could hear the two other girls breathing slowly in the beds close to her's. It hit her how much they sounded alike as they slept since their personalities were so different. Like a reversed mirror. She thought to herself. She smiled slowly feeling a warm feeling of belonging somewhere for once in her life and finally fell asleep.
The next day came faster than she thought. When the ravenette opened her eyes, the room was bright and the curtains were pulled open. She turned on her back and saw, from the corner of her eyes, Kairi all dressed up doing her hair and Namine still in her pyjamas going through her drawers to find what she would be wearing.
Xion sighed, she took the blankets off of her slowly and rubbed her eyes with the back of her right hand.
'' Hey Xi, I have something for you.'' Namine said as she noticed the ravenette waking up. She yawned and walked slowly towards Xion's bed before handing her a piece of paper the size of a credit card.
'' What is it?'' Xion slowly took the paper in her hands and turned it to see the other side.
The blonde girl shrugged.'' Drew this yesterday.'' She turned and walked back to her part of the room.
Xion looked carefully at the drawing and saw a quick draft of her being pushed by something that looked like another girl.
Great! Bullying on first day! Must be a record. The dark haired girl thought. So much for not being nervous. She rolled her eyes.
The ravenette had been bullied before, it would be nothing new, but she had thought that starting in a new school in a town far away from home where no one knew her would make things different.
'' I thought I'd give it to you so you can keep your guards up. Want me to ask Van to stick with you? You might have classes in common.'' Namine was trying to be nice as she was dressing up putting on a pair of bright blue skinny jeans and a pink t-shirt saying ' You're not the boss of me' . All it did though is make Xion even more nervous.
'' No thanks, I'll be okay. Thank you for warning me.'' Xion grabbed her school uniform and headed for the showers. She always took her shower in the morning it made it easier for her to wake up.
As she was walking out, she could here Kairi complaining on her sister's shirt saying it wasn't appropriate for a first day of school.
Once she was ready for school, Xion went outside where she had been indicated to wait for the bus. Sora and Vanitas were already there. They would be the only three from the mansion to attend the private school. The ravenette was happy Sora was there, she found him fun to be around.
On the bus she sat next to the cinnamon haired boy, Vanitas in the seat in front. Not even two minutes after the bus picked them up, Xion's phone rang for a text message.
Rox: '' Have a nice first day of school! :)''
Xion smiled. She had told Roxas that it made her nervous to start in a new school and it warmed her heart to see that he he was thinking about her.
Xi: '' Thks! You too! Hope the day will go by fast! ^^''
Rox: '' Yeah! Me 2. Axel said he might come home earlier today! :D''
XI: ''How come?''
Rox: '' Idk, he said it's not that bad if he misses last period... Hopefully he won't get caught! haha''
Xion couldn't help but smile as she was messaging her new friend. It hit her how much he sounded comfortable and normal when he texted.
'' Who are you talking to? You sure look happy.'' Sora had playfully pushed her with his shoulder, bringing her back to reality.
Xion had almost forgot where she was. Sora was staring at her waiting for an answer as for Vanitas he was on his own phone, not paying any attention to his two comrades.
Xion cleared her throat before speaking. '' With Roxas.'' She didn't see any reason to hide it. But, Sora's reaction surprised her.
'' Oh. Him. Hope he's not bothering you with all his gloom and sorrow.'' He was rolling his eyes and shaking his head slowly.
Xion frowned. She had no idea of the relationship between the two cousins and the opinion that nice and bubbly Sora had towards the blond boy surprised her. She almost didn't say anything because of how destabilized the brunet's comment made her.
'' Hum... N-No?'' She still showed a frown while stuttering her answer.
'' Good then.'' Sora shrugged.
The rest of the bus ride remained silent. Sora had put his headphones back on, Vanitas was turning his back to the two others, texting who knows who and Xion had drawn her attention to the outside world from her window, forgetting all about texting Roxas back.
The day was going okay, the ravenette kept her guards up because of Namine's drawing. But nothing bad happened until lunch.
The bell rang it's usual musical theme that probably every school has. Xion had left her math-class where she knew no one and attended to join her two comrades from her home for lunch. Her parents had bought her the cafeteria card which was allowing her a hot meal and a snack a day for the entire year. The ravenette didn't know how much this thing could cost, but she had no doubt that it was way too expensive for speghetti and meatballs or pepperoni and cheese pizza - it's not because it's a private school that they serve fancy food.
Xion had gotten her tray of what looked like frozen lasagna and was now looking for the two boys. Man this cafeteria is huge! The girl thought as she was walking between the rows of tables filled with hungry teens.
She spotted the two spiky haired heads and sped up to join them. She had almost reached the boys' table when her tray went back and hit her directly on the chest, covering her entire white blouse with diluted tomato sauce. Everything had went so fast that Xion did not understand what had happened before she heard a violent laugh coming from her right.
'' OMG Xion! Do you need a bib?'' The ravette turned her attention towards the voice while trying to get the most of the lasagna off of the white fabric.
Her blue eyes met bright green ones. She didn't know them, in fact, she had never seen this girl before.
'' Larxene you are hilarious!'' An other girl with dark brown hair added.
Xion was blinking at the scene. Something confused her: how did this Larxene know her name? She was so in shock that she had forgotten to move. She was going over all the people she had seen in her classes since morning in her head and she couldn't find one fraction of a moment where she could have seen this girl. Plus, she looked like she was at least a junior, so how could she have known her?
'' What's going on Xion? No one thought you how to talk yet? Is it your parental issues or are you trying to find your tongue? Shouldn't be too hard for you!'' She winked.
''Wha-'' Xion didn't have time to finish her sentence that a brunette boy was in her vision followed by a darker spiky head that looked heavily bored.
''What's your problem?! Don't you have a life?'' Sora had defended Xion who looked even more confused now that the blonde girl had referred directly to her personal life. '' Are you okay Xi?'' Sora had taken the tray out of Xion's hand and left it on an empty table. He was now dragging the small ravenette away from the laughters. Vanitas wasn't too far behind.
Roxas
Roxas had woken up when Axel had came to tell him he was leaving. He didn't get up right away though. The blond boy waited until he couldn't hear anymore noises in the house.
He started texting his two friends not long after that. He felt empty without anyone around, but he also felt at peace for not having to deal with no one else's emotions or stress for this new school year.
At first he started by texting Axel, but he knew the redhead would answer him no matter what and he didn't want to get him trouble. He was already going to skip one class on the first day only to be back by Roxas' side sooner, he didn't need to get in trouble for using his phone in class on top of that.
As he walked in the dining room ready to eat the breakfast leftovers, he started texting his new friend, Xion. He knew that she wouldn' t be at school yet since her bus-ride was longer than the one to go to public school so there was no way she would be busted for using her phone.
At first the blond boy wasn't sure if he should text the ravenette because they had just exchanged numbers the day before, plus he wasn't used to be the one to push a friendship to work. But, like Aerith said in their last session, he should try to show a little more confident and take action every opportunity he gets. This was an opportunity!
So, he took a deep breath and texted her first and to his surprise, it was easy. Apparently talking to someone who's not close for him to sense them makes things way more easier.
Everything was fine until Xion didn't answer anymore. That's when Roxas started to loose all ''confident'' he was trying to put up.
Rox: '' Have a nice first day of school! :)''
Xi: '' Thks! You too! Hope the day will go by fast! ^^''
Rox: '' Yeah! Me 2. Axel said he might come home earlier today! :D''
XI: ''How come?''
Rox: '' Idk, he said it's not that bad if he misses last period... Hopefully he won't get caught! haha''
And than nothing.
Maybe I shouldn't have talked about Axel skipping school. What if this offended her? He was questioning himself, trying desperately to figure out what he had done wrong.
Now what does she think? Maybe that we don't take school seriously? What if that's a good enough reason for her to stop hanging out with us? Why does that even makes me upset?
Roxas had stopped eating. He only had picked on a piece of toast that now rested on his white plate. He was suppose to meet Aerith in her office in ten minutes and he wasn't even dressed yet, but he wasn't moving. Only starring at his phone trying to figure out what to write.
Rox: '' Not that we don't take school - ''
No, that's not good! it shows my lack of confident. *Erase*
Rox: '' I told him to go, he just - ''
No, I can't put the blame on Axel. *Erase*
After another five ''write-n-erase'' Roxas dropped his phone on the table. He brought his knees to his chest and rested his forehead on top of them. He hated this. He didn't know what ''this'' was but, he hated it.
The blond boy was good at interpreting others' feelings, bad at channeling them, but good at interpreting them. But, when it was his own feelings he was channeling, he just got confused. He felt like they were so unclear, most of the time he only felt numb and empty when no one was around, but when he felt things they were just too intense for him to figure them out.
A beeping sound came from his phone. It was his alarm to indicate he should be at Aerith's office.
''Shoot! I'm late!'' The blond ran upstairs and made a quick stop to his empty room that he was no longer sharing with anyone since Zexion never came back. He didn't like to look at the empty side, so he had hung a sheet in the middle to hide the other half of the room.
He got dressed with a very bright blue t-shirt showing a surf board that he found looked really stupid, but whatever. Than he ran to the other side of the mansion where the counsellor's office was. He stopped in front of the wooden door to catch his breath and then knocked on it.
...
...
After a few minutes, he knocked again because no one came to the door.
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...
That's weird, it is past 9. Roxas checked his phone to make sure it was in fact past 9 and it was. Never was the counsellor late.
He was frowning at the door, unsure what to do.
'' Hum... miss Aerith?'' He turned the handle and it was unlocked. He walked in the small office. It was dark, the curtains were pulled shut and no lights were on. Of course, no one was in there.
'' Maybe there's some traffic or an accident on the road or something.'' Roxas Thought out loud. It must have been it, because she never missed a meeting with the blond ever since he got to the mansion. Not even once she called in sick. As a matter of fact, she never were late either.
Roxas was nervously playing with the bottom of his shirt, unsure if he should sit in the office and wait for the woman or stay in the hall. Every few seconds he'd check his phone to see what time it was, and a little to see if he'd receive a message from one of his friends. Anything to keep his mind off the awkwardness of the situation he was in.
10 minutes had went by, before he decided to just sit on the floor beside the door he had shut. He had brought his knees up to his chest and leaned his forehead on them, still waiting.
An other ten minutes passed before finally a voice caught his attention.
'' You must be Roxas?'' It was a man's voice.
Roxas frowned before looking at the person in front of him. It was a tall man with long pink hair. He was wearing a white button up blouse leaving the two top buttons open the show a little body hair. The blouse was tucked in his black well suited pants. He looked classy and casual at the same time. But, Roxas sensed that something wasn't right.
'' hum...yes?'' It came out a question as if he wasn't sure who he was suppose to be.
'' My name is Marluxia, I'm the new counsellor. I'll be replacing Aerith for the next few weeks.'' He smiled before opening the door to the office.
'' Where is she?'' The blond teen couldn't help himself but ask. He felt weird in the presence of this man. A little confident, but that was just him reflecting the man's energy. What was weird was this little taste of maliciousness Roxas didn't like.
'' Oh she's sick, nothing serious. Don't worry about that. You may come in.'' Marluxia was walking in the office opening the curtains while speaking, not looking at the blond.
Roxas hadn't notice he was standing in the doorway, not moving. He found it weird that his previous counsellor hadn't warned him that she wouldn't be present for a few weeks. How long was a few weeks anyway? Roxas was confused, and he didn't like that he had to start over with a new person. It was hard for him to trust someone and be comfortable in their presence. He had been to so many therapy growing up and never was he able to open up until he met Aerith. She was aware of that. How could she entrust him to someone else without talking to him about it first?
'' Don't just stay there, come in! I don't bite!'' The pink haired man laughed at his own comment.
Roxas hesitantly walked in, but didn't close the door behind him. The counsellor being still up, walked around the desk and closed it himself without saying a word before walking back to his chair and finally sitting.
The blond teen was nervously bitting the inside of his cheek, waiting for the man to start talking. The said man was concentrated on some document he was reading, not paying attention to the blond.
'' So how long have you been here?'' The man asked still showing only the top of his pink head to the teen, as he read.
'' Humm...'' When Roxas wasn't sure if he could trust someone he had come up with a system. Before answering a question, he would analyze it and classify it as a safe question or an unsafe question. Safe ones were the ones that didn't give too much informations about him. The principle was easy: If more than five people knew the answer, it was a safe question, if not it was unsafe. This one was a safe one. '' Over a year.''
Still only showing the top of his pink hair, Marluxia continue to go through a document neatly stapled in a folder. He showed no sighs that he acknowledged Roxas' answer if it wasn't that he continued to ask. '' What about your comrades?'' He showed little to none emotion in his voice and Roxas found it annoying coming from someone who claimed to be a professional counsellor.
'' What about them?'' He sighed while answering. The teenager could feel that the pink haired man was starting to get annoyed and he didn't know why, but he was channeling and it made him nervous. He didn't want to start a fight with this new comer because first he didn't like fights and second the man scared him a little.
Marluxia sighed heavily and rolled his eyes as he lifted his head and finally looked at the blond boy. '' How long have they been here?''
Unsafe. Roxas couldn't determine if this was classify or not since it wasn't about him. '' Why are you asking me about them? Aren't we suppose to be doing school stuff?''
The man frowned and showed a half smile to the teen. '' You are right, I just thought that...'' He paused, scratching his chin. '' Well, we could get to know each other first.''
Roxas didn't answer that, but blinked at the man, still annoyed by the situation.
'' So, who are you closest to here?'' The man understood he wouldn't get an answer for his previous question from the teen, it didn't matter he could just go through files latter. He just moved on with his questions.
It was a basic question and absolutely everyone could answer this for Roxas so it was safe. '' Hum... Axel.''
'' Okay, and when have you met this Axel?'' Marluxia had his nose back in the file in front of him, turning the pages slowly.
Safe.'' When I got here. He's the one who showed me around.'' It could kind of be questions that a normal counsellor would ask, but still Roxas wasn't sure.
'' And what is he to you?''
Unsafe. He couldn't answer a question even he didn't know the answer. '' A friend?''
Xion
'' You are such a show off.'' Vanitas judge Sora as the three comrades came home from their first day at their private school.
Xion didn't know what the two of them were talking about because she hadn't spent last period with them as they were in gym. Gym classes was divided by genders, so she was in the other gymnasium than the two boys in last period. - Of course this school had two gymnasiums.
'' You are just jealous.'' the brunet was walking in the middle and had both his hands behind his head.
'' Of what? I two have a gift! You're not THAT special.'' Vanitas shook his head.
'' What are you guys talking about?'' Xion had a hard time following the conversation.
'' Just that, Sora, here, likes to demonstrate his capacity to the entire world because he's such an attention whore.'' He rolled his eyes while the brunet smiled big time.
'' Sora!'' The three stopped walking as they heard a voice from behind. It was Kairi running up to them followed by her sister.
'' Hey Kai.'' He gave his girlfriend a quick peck.
'' Have anything for me?'' She asked while hanging onto his hand.
He pulled a sweaty gym shirt from his bag and gave it to the small girl. She hugged it tight and breathed in slowly. '' Woah! You are amazing! Seems like someone had a good day.'' She smiled as her eyes shined with awe.
Xion watch the exchange and frowned trying not to judge. We all are pretty damaged it seems here. She thought.
''Well, it was easy, I pulled a stunt I had seen on t.v. last week.''
'' Okay, see you all later I'm going inside before I start vomiting!'' Vanitas exclaimed before running to the door.
'' Wish I had a gift like you!'' Kairi was hugging her boyfriend tight.
'' I'm glad I can share all this with you!'' He was holding her back.
Xion felt awkward just standing there until she was joined by Namine. '' Sora replicates what he sees... He probably did some demonstration in gym class that he's seen somewhere.''
'' Ohhh...'' That explains Vanitas reaction.
''Yup... and my sister just loves to feed on those souvenirs. You probably think we're really messed up.'' Namine spoke to Xion as they both stayed a certain distance from the couple they were staring at.
''I never felt more at my place.'' She laughed.
'' Welcome home.'' They smiled at each other. '' Oh, I almost forgot, made this during lunch.'' She handed her a sheet of lined paper.
Xion grabbed it and frowned as she looked at the drawing. It showed the same girl who had bullied her at lunch time, but this time she was sitting on Xion's bed.
Roxas
'' He kept asking weird questions, Axel, I think something bad is going on.'' Roxas was sitting on the floor in his room with Axel. Like promised the older teen came home earlier than he was suppose to and they had been like this for awhile now.
'' I'm sorry you had to go through that, but maybe Aerith is sick. You know she's not just working here, she has a life outside this place. Maybe she's going through a rough patch. She'll probably be back sometime soon.'' Axel was brushing Roxas' hair. The blond was sitting with his back leaning against the redhead's chest. Axel's knees on either side of the blond.
'' I hope you're right. But, I really don't like him, I can't believe I have to spend every day with him for at least this week.'' Roxas lifted his head to look at his friend.
'' You can do it! You've been through worst. If anyone can manage a non competent counsellor it must be you.'' He kissed the blond's forehead.
'' I wish you were there too. It would be so much easier.''
'' I'll be one text message away and I promise every day after school I'll be in here and we can talk like this... Except tuesday. Maybe Xion can spend the evening with you that day.''
They both sighed and stayed silent a while before Axel suggested they got up and joined the others for diner.
They went down and joined the other teens that were already sitting at the dining table in their usual spot.
Everything was normal until half through diner Riku got up and caught everyones attention.
'' Hum... Guys, where's Demix?'' Everybody looked at the empty place where he usually sat and silent fell in the dining room.
Auther's note:
Hi guys! First of all I am verry verry sorry it took so long for me to update this story. Last time it was IN JULY! Everything as been so hectic, there has been so many changes in my life that I just didn't have any time to write, let alone correct. But, here it is! So, I went over this chapter real quick to make sure I could upload it ASAP, so I'm sorry for any mistakes or misspelling or typos or anything else that doesn't work. Feel free to point them out if you wish.
Second, thanks for the likes and follow and all, it is so appreciated! I hope my neglect doesn't discourage you from following my story. I promise I have no intentions in abandoning this. So, their will be updates! I just can't assure you when... Sorry... :(
Anyhow, I swear I will do my best to update soon. I know I've said this before and it ended up taking me three months before I've published this chapter, but hey, I said I was sorry!
So, please comment or like or follow... I promise I answer every comment I get and they are all greatly appreciated!
Till next time!
- Aniche Lakiche.