A/N: Hello everyone, I'm back with another chapter! This takes place in February 12th.
Warning: Rated T for Vanitas's rude language. Read with caution.
Disclaimer: Kingdom Hearts is owned by Square Enix/Disney.
When I woke up this morning, I had this...sort of aching pain in my head. I took it as a presentiment that something really unpleasant was going to shove itself in my face today.
Oh, how right I was...
I thought the cause would be my immature brother or some other gang but then, it was actually the bastard who pisses me off much more than any other person in the world. And he was getting on my nerves at this moment. From another person's view, you can just see the student president and her childhood friend chatting like good ol' buddies, but me?
No.
What I see is...a douchebag who is obviously flirting with someone who is very busy, yet just can't help but speak to him back just 'cause they're damn "friends"!
"Ugh...Damn." I was taking cover beside a wall, so they weren't able to see me. The mere sight of it made me want to strangle the guy!
I gave up and decided to ignore and walk past them to get to class, but to no avail. The brown-haired jerk who was the brother of the brat with white hair stopped me then slung an arm around my neck. I. Am. Not. Amused.
"Hey, Mr. Gloom-and-Doom! How's it going, Vanitas?" Terra had a jovial smile when he said that, earning a glare from me. That expression is disgusting.
"Just great. Great..." I replied sarcastically, forcefully removing Terra's arm. It was like nothing to him though, I'm not even certain if he did get my sarcasm.
"Good to hear! Oh, and Aqua..."
"Damn you.", I cussed mentally.
"See you at lunch!" The way he looked at Aqua with that infuriating grin...made me grit my teeth together.
Aqua smiled and waved goodbye at him. Before Aqua could see my angry expression, I got rid of it and acted like nothing was wrong.
"Well then, since I'm here...hi and cheerio." I proceeded to class before Aqua can say anything.
And on the way, I noticed some scum staring at me...
When a number of classes passed by...I trudged to the cafeteria with Riku trying to ignore the pain in my back. Riku noticed and kept on pestering me by saying things like, "What's wrong, Vanitas? You look like a cat whose ball of yarn got stolen."
Yeah yeah, sure. Blame it on your arse of a brother.
That, and that heavy book I had to carry around.
I stopped walking and turned to the other way.
Riku stopped walking as well. "Aha, you-Huh? Hey, Vanitas! Where are you going?"
Without turning my head around, I replied loudly, "Away from the likes of you!"
I strode to wherever my feet took me, I just kept on looking at the floor, in a dazed-like state. When my feet stopped walking, I looked at the door in front of me. I was in front of the library. Shrugging, I went inside.
The library was nothing special to me. It was just a room with fancy-looking interior. I mean, what kind of school has a chandelier in their library? It immediately speaks "loads of money". Sheesh... The library's a secluded area...well, most of the time. Sometimes, I go read here with some idiots to study, so it kinda becomes noisy, but it happens rarely. And sometimes, I see disgusting human beings making out here. They make my blood boil, so I did the "right" thing which was to beat the crap out of them. Hey, you can punch a girl if you have a good reason, right?
No?
...
Well, whatever. It's her loss.
I reported the incident to the principal after that (which was a very brave thing to do). I made sure they kept their mouths shut about their bruises though. Wouldn't want another tarnish to my record involving punching a woman.
...Forget about that.
I walked over to the aisle with books about Physics. I took one book randomly and went to sit on a chair to read. The library was so quiet, you could hear someone's footsteps resound around the room. Heck, I could hear someone sitting on another table flipping through the pages right now. I'm not curious to who was flipping those pages or anything, but a part of me felt like I knew who that was.
So I looked up and saw...
Aqua.
My mind immediately snapped at me, "Stupid!" I got the book and stood up, prepared to leave. "You should've went to the cafeteria instead of going here! You knew she was here, didn't you?! We shouldn't be here! Get the hell out before she sees-"
"Vanitas?"
Her voice was as clear as day.
I mentally cussed. "Screw it."
Before she could say something else, I ran away and exited the library.
"I can't afford to be found out like that..."
I slowed my steps when I was far enough and went to the cafeteria, acting like I wasn't running just a few minutes ago. I keenly spotted Sora's "usual" table and sat down, not saying anything. The others just looked at me though, like I was some kind of ghost that just suddenly appeared.
"You're late, Vanitas. Where did you run off to?", Xion asked for the sake of asking.
"...Nowhere. Just felt like walking around. I don't feel like eating.", I answered.
That closed the topic and Kairi chatted about some other thing then they started another conversation though...I could sense Riku's skeptical glance at me.
"...It's not as if he'll ever know. It's nothing to worry about.", is what I told myself.
But there was this part of me that feared that he might. Riku often had a knack for solving questions based on his observations, and his eyes don't miss a single thing.
Hell, that was why I picked him in the first place.
I regretted not eating lunch today.
I totally forgot.
P.E class.
But then the coach entered the gym and blew his whistle. I kept on blinking my eyes. That run away from the library took a lot from my energy, huh... I should've got some bread or something...
The coach announced, "Today, we have no activities-"
"YAY!", the other students cheered.
Good, at least I can get some-
"but in exchange, we will have three activities for tomorrow!"
"NOOOOOOOO!"
-rest...
"Don't give me those sissy whining of yours! Don't you know? The girls did a better job in their grades compared to yours, according to their teacher. So no whining, or you fail and I will kick you out.", threatened the coach sternly.
I sighed. "Anything's fine as long as it's not a waste of my time."
The coach got a clipboard and read it with his eyes. "Hmm...Tomorrow's activity will be soccer, taekwondo, and kendo...", he said.
"Hn? The two are martial arts?", I asked no one in particular.
"Wait, what did you say just now, Coach?! Soccer, I can handle. But...TAEKWONDO and KENDO?! No, no, no, no, NO, Coach! I'll be fried in those so-called activi-" Tidus wasn't able to finish his complaint when Coach Beilschmidt punched the floor next to where Tidus was sitting. He missed Tidus purposely but the floorboards weren't that lucky.
"Look, if you have a complaint, exit this class.", Coach quietly said.
Tidus was trembling but decided to keep quiet.
"Okay, continuing...I would have to let you pick some strips of paper, and the name written on that paper strip will be your opponent for the kendo match. Originally, I was against this whole martial arts thing, since you are still too frail to handle the pain of having your muscles teared, but...an old acquaintance of mine and my old acquaintance's old acquaintance suggested this. So, if you want someone to blame, blame my old acquaintance's old acquaintance.", Coach said.
"Coach!", someone called the coach's attention.
I looked to see it was and my face contorted into a glare. It was Terra, with his hand raised. "I am ready, Coach! Whatever trial I have to face, I will prove to you that I am ready!", Terra declared...so full of himself. Just like his brother, apparently.
"I applaud your eagerness, Terra.", Coach clapped his hands, "Well then. Recall what you have learnt and practise!"
I sneered.
"I am so going to kick his ass. I'll wipe that grin off.
Just you wait."
When I went home today, it was another usual routine. Get in room, throw bag, throw jacket, take shirt off, then go to bed, then stare at ceiling, wonder about stuff, wonder why shit happens, someone calls that dinner's ready, I get another shirt, go down the stairs, go to dining room, eat, Sora pisses me off, trouble ensues, he surrenders...
Then he asks me this confusing question.
He and I were sitting on the couch, watching TV but not really paying attention to it. Sora was looking blankly at the TV then he asked me the most confusing thing I've probably heard ever.
"Hey, Vanitas...What is love?"
I only stared at him blankly. "What?"
"What is love...to you? What is it really? I don't understand." He scratched his head.
He's hopeless. "It's something you'd never understand in a million years, Sora. With that attitude of yours."
"Well then, if you say I'm a kid and you're not...then you'd have to know what love is, right?", he continued asking.
"..."
When Sora asked me that, my mind was blank and it got me wondering. What is it?
What is it really? I don't know...
Have I felt it before? Have I not? I have no clue.
According to women, love is-
"-a nice, fluffy feeling you feel when you're with someone who you reaaaaally care about!" - Kairi
"-Wha-What? Love, you say? Umm...I think it's a feeling of...attachment or infatuation, I suppose? Well, there's romantic love and platonic and family love too... I'm not so sure-!" - Xion
"Love is really hard to explain, especially for little kids like you. It's a passion for someone, I guess? Err...you should ask someone who's married or something." - Tifa
It's official. Women are confusing. Which one is it anyway?!
There's another definition...
"Love - Feel a deep romantic or sexual attachment to someone" - Dictionary
...What. The. Heck...
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Facedesk...
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"WHICH ONE IS IT REAAAAALLLY?!"
A/N: I'M SO SORRY FOR NOT UPDATING EARLIER! I saw the Kingdom Hearts III Trailer and...then I finished this chapter. You should definitely check it out! The graphics are awesome, can't wait for it myself!
Until next chapter, readers! I'll make it up to you by making the next chapter and the next next chapter longer!