Hello! here's the next chapter, and let me know if the whole yuri/namine thing is good or not. But for now, we will be back to Soriku and akuroku. Sorry it's soooo late! Really, I am so, unforgivably sorry. I completely lost track of time.
Chapter 9:
Sora's POV:
When I got home, I was glowing. Mom wasn't home yet, but when I walked into the kitchen, she had posted a not on the refrigerator.
"Hey honey, I'm out running a few errands. Your father called, and he wanted to stop by and take you out to dinner to catch up. He'll be there around six o'clock, so be ready. Hope the band practice went well! see you when you get back!"
I looked at the clock and discovered that it was already five forty five. I ran up to my room and changed my clothes. As if timed, the door bell wrang as soon as I sat down on the couch.
"Hello, Sora. How have you been?" My father had an English accent. His black, messy hair was worn long around his face, and his red eyes sparkled with excitement.
"I-i've b-been good. How ab-about you?" Dad smiled graciously and started telling me about his most recent events. He had gotten a promotion at his household managing job and broken up with a boyfriend who had been cheating on him.
"And he told me, 'But Sebastion, you know I love you most!' And do you know what I said to that?" I grinned evilly. My dad always did the same thing, he broke every man's heart before they could break his.
It looked weird to bystandards, a grown man dishing out the latest gossip and his relationship status to a teenaged boy, his son no less. But I had grown up with this, and I sort fo enjoyed it. I never got to gossip with mom, and in many ways, Dad had been more of a mother to me and mom more of a father. So it all balanced out in the end.
"And how are you, Sora? Ciel told me you are in a relationship?" I smiled and nodded.
"H-his name is R-Riku. H-He has s-silver hair and b-bright green eyes. H-he is v-very nice." My father smiled, and it wasn't in a pleasant way. It was his knowing, 'I'm going to find out all about this' smile, and I knew it meant trouble.
"I'll have to do a back-ground check, I hope you know." I smiled lightly.
"Y-yeah. I know." My father nodded his head, content with my reply, and dug into his food.
Roxas' POV:
Axel walked up to me and put a hand on my shoulder. I shrugged him off.
"What's wrong, Roxas? Why are you ignoring me?" I looked up into his eyes and was startled by the amount of hurt in them. I immeadietly felt bad.
"I'm sorry, it's just…" I paused. How could I explain to him what was in my heart?
"Before…you and I started going out, everyone told me it was just a phase, that I would grow out of it. And for a while, I believed them. But then you came along, and things changed. I knew I wasn't going to change. I've just been thinking, and it's just a lot different than I thought it was, and I don't want things to change. But things are changing, and that scares me." I watched as Axel's expression changed. He now looked thoughtful and understanding.
"Things don't have to change, Roxas. They only change when you want them to. Don't think about tommarrow, just thing about today. Right now." He cupped my head with his hands and brought my face closer to his. "Got it memorized?" He whispered into my ear.
I blushed bright red and nodded, my lips momentarily brushing his. My heart melted and I pulled Axel to me, crushing my lips against his. Axel replied with desperation, as if it were the last time we would ever see each other. I swung my arms around his neck and sighed.
"Roxas, I have never loved a boy so much in my life as I love you." I smiled up into his emerald eyes.
"I love you to Axel."
Riku's POV:
"What! Namine! The concert's in four days!"
"I know, I'm sorry. I-I just can't even stand to look at her, let alone sing with her. I just hurt, Riku. I'm sorry. Either find someone to replace her, or someone to replace me." I sighed and hung up the phone. Where the hell was I going to find another female singer that could sing like Ollette? Her and Namine together sounded so good. How was I going to find sound like that again? I got off my bike and locked it onto the bike rack. Another day of school, another day with Sora, another day of practice. So many days all rolled up into one. I wonder what's going to happen next?
"H-hey Riku!" I turned and smiled at my favorite spikey- haired brunette.
"Hey Sora. How've you been?" Sora sighed.
"I've be-been good. Ho-how about you?" I frowned.
"Ollette told Namine that she was cheating on her, so now they wont perform for the show on Friday. But other than that I'm fine." Sora frowned in contemplation.
"Why n-not hold t-try-outs or something? It cou-couldn't be that h-hard to find a girl who can s-sing. I me-mean, this sch-sch-school is so huge!" He was suddenly gleaming with excitement, and I could see the wheels turning behind his ocean-colored eyes.
"That would be great, except that this school is huge, and would take at least two days to get through the crowd of girls who would be trying out." Sora frowned again, hand on his chin.
"True." I sighed and shrugged.
"Well, it's not that big a deal yet. If worse comes to worse, we can just have Namine sing the female part by herself. It wouldn't be too horrible." Sora nodded and we headed into the building. The hallways were pretty empty, so we just sat around waiting for everybody else.
"H-hey. Do you h-hear that?" I looked around.
"Hear what?" Sora looked at me annoyed and covered my mouth with his hand.
"Shh! Listen!" Suddenly I began to hear a beautiful melody. It was someone singing. I turned around and saw a shy-looking girl with shoulder-length aurburn hair walking down the hallway, a stack of thick books in her hands. My eyes widened. I had seen her before, but I had never, ever thought such a beautiful melody could come from someone.
"Kairi?" I said. But it came out more like, "Kemfri?" because Sora was still clasping his hand over my face. I slowly pried away his fingers and walked up to her.
"Hey Kairi!" she gasped and dropped all of her books. Kairi looked up at me and blushed. She looked away shyly and began to pick up her books.
"Sorry…you just startled me. I-I'll get going." There was no way she was leaving. I grabbed her arm and stopped her.
"Sora! Get over here and grab her books!" Kairi stood, eyes wide with fright.
"W-wait! I-I'm sorry! I-I-I didn't mean to! Please don't hurt me!" And suddenly she was on the ground, face in her hands, balling her eyes out hysterically. I sighed.
"Kairi, no, we are not going to beat you up! We just heard you singing and wanted to know if you wanted to join our group. Ollette and Namine were going to sing, but they broke up and now we need someone to replace Ollette. Will you do it?" Kairi looked up, eyes puffy and cheeks stained with tears.
"You want me to sing? In your band? In front of the whole school?" I cringed. I was losing her. I knew of how much of a social outcast she was, I needed something to grab her attention. I looked at the stack of books Sora was holding. Right on the top of the pile was my answer: three manga books. "Score!" I turned back to Kairi.
"If I buy you three manga books of your choosing will you do it?" Kairi's eyes widened with excitement.
"Chibi Vampire?" She asked excitedly. I nodded.
"Any three." Kairi suddenly jumped up and did a little twirl. Then she stood up straight and in front of me, hand in salute.
"Your wish is my command, captain!" I grinned and turned to Sora.
"Looks like we've found our singer."
Hola. Sorry its so late, again. And I am also sorry to all of you Kairi-haters. I myself am not fond of the little creep, but I thought I'd be nice and make her a nerd! I 3 nerds!
