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Saix's POV

Damn that pink haired, Justin Bieber loving homo, I thought angrily.

Who does he think he is, strutting in here like he owns the place? This is just a job, a way to get money and that is it. I'm not the one fucking the dean anyway, Marly.

I grinned as I thought about all of Marluxia's late night visits to the dean's office.

You think no one knows, but I always check all the video cameras everyday I come into to work, to make sure no one broke in and tried to steal anything. I was very interested in one tape from a few months ago that showed Marluxia walking into to the dean's office at 2:00 am. He's been there several times since then, and all at 2:00 am.

I smiled evilly. I know your secret.

Then the phone rang.

"Hello Dean Xemnas' office, Oblivion University. May I help you?"

"HEY FRAT BROTHER!" Axel screamed.

I hung up, and immediately received a text.

Why did you hang up?

I told you not to call me at work, I replied.

I wanted to congratulate you on getting into Organization XIII with me. :D

Yay, I'm so happy I could kill myself. I was not enthused.

:O DON'T SAY THINGS LIKE THAT SAIX!

Leave me alone.

Don't be like that buddy. Hey meet me at that Indian place you like, Agrabah Palace.

It's Arabian you dolt and no.

WHY?

I'm working, goodbye.

I put my phone in my pocket and ignored it every time it vibrated.

Damn that Axel, so annoying.

An hour later:

I looked up when I felt the presence of someone standing at my desk.

I sighed. "Leon I've told you before, please don't just stand there, say something."

He gave me a brief smile, accompanied by a shrug.

"I'm here to speak with the dean."

I nodded. "Isn't everyone?" I muttered.

Leon cocked an eyebrow.

"What's wrong? Were you rubbed the wrong way?"

I just glared at him.

"…." He remained silent, staring indifferently at me.

I sighed. "Yes Marluxia was just here and then there was Axel," I trailed off.

He nodded. "Marluxia can be frustrating at times. I've never met Axel but I heard about him from a friend of mine, Roxas."

I grit my teeth. "Then you know how Axel can be."

He nodded. "What time do you get off?"

I looked at the clock. "I have one more hour."

He nodded for the third consecutive time. "I'll be done by then."

A look of worry passed over my face. "What are you planning?"

"I'm going to teach you how I made it all the way to grad school with Cloud, an occasionally nagging girlfriend, a gay guy, and a dean who frequently made passes at me."

I stared at him. I thought I had it bad with Axel.

It was my turn to nod. "Alright, I'll be here."

"…" he walked into the dean's office without another word.

I watched him go. Leon sure is an enigma. He may also be the coolest man on the planet.

I finished my work and waited for Leon. He came out of the dean's office about 10 minutes later.

I had never seen the dean so animated.

"Thank you so much for your help with Dave, Leon. You are always such a good man, Rinoa is very lucky to have snagged you!" he said cheerfully.

"…." Leon nodded in response.

I approached the duo. "Dean Xemnas, I have finished all my paperwork and will be leaving now," I said.

The dean smiled at me before turning to Leon. "Saix is such a good boy, although he doesn't have your personality."

"…."

I blinked. Does he seriously think that Leon has more personality than me? The man barely speaks!

The dean turned to me. "I almost forgot I brought you a treat for being such a good boy."

He handed me a Tupperware container filled with cookies.

He smiled. "My darling niece made them for me! I believe you know her, Naminé?"

"Yes, I do. I have her for a class. So she is your niece?"

"No not really, I am good friends with her father and I have known her since she was born. She really is such a lovely child!"

Leon nodded and turned to me. "We better go."

I nodded in agreement as he turned back to the dean.

"It has been nice talking with you dean, but we must be off."

The dean smiled. "Alright, be a dear and come visit me again."

Leon nodded and I followed him out the door.

Outside I followed Leon to a beat up old corolla. Damn I've got a better car than this piece of crap!

He walked past the corolla and to a black Porsche Spyder.

"Holy shit, this is your car?" I was startled by the amount of emotion I expressed.

He nodded. "Get in."

I obeyed and climbed into his car.

Once inside the grill we approached the bar.

"Well, well, look who's here," the female bartender said resting on the bar.

"If it isn't Leon, I haven't seen you in a while stud."

He nodded. "Hi Julia, get me and the kid the usual."

"He's having what you're having?"

"Did I stutter?" Leon sounded annoyed.

"Alright, simmer down," she turned to me. "I'm gonna need to see id."

I nodded and took out my license. She glanced at it and handed it back, satisfied.

As we waited for our drinks someone called out to us.

We turned to see Riku and this cute blonde girl.

"Leon I wanted to thank you for introducing me to Brandy," he said.

Brandy clung to Riku's arm and smiled at us.

"Yes, thank you. Best sex I have ever had!" she exclaimed.

"We've got a real sweet set up too," he began.

"Friends with benefits," she finished.

"No strings attached," he said happily.

Leon nodded. "I'm happy for you." He turned back to the bar.

Riku and Brandy walked away.

As I turned to the bar, I noticed a girl.

I recognized her from a couple classes we had together. She was sitting with some blonde guy.

I decided to ignore them and focus on my drink. I turned to ask Leon what the "usual" was, and read the text message he was writing.

Come to the Coliseum grill. I want to talk. Please come, love you.

He pushed the send button and looked at me.

"….."

"….It was an accident," I said.

"…No worries. You're in for one helluva good show."

I looked at him questioningly.

He ignored my look as Julia came back with our drinks.

"Here you go boys," she said with a wink.

Leon reached for his glass and turned to me.

"This is how I got through four years of Cloud, Rinoa, and the dean. I cam here at least once a week and drank a few glasses of this," he took a sip. "Straight up vodka."

I stared at the glass I held. I had never tried vodka, and I was a little anxious too.

Leon eyed me. "Try it. You won't like it at first, but after the first glass it goes down easy."

I looked at him. He held up his glass and nodded his head and without another word downed his glass.

I took a deep breath and took a sip. I could hear Leon chuckle as I grimaced.

"This is horrible!" I coughed.

"Well drink up. The best way to deal with those crazy people we hang around with is to get good

and smashed."

I nodded. He speaks from experience, I told myself.

As I took my second sip Marluxia walked in as if on cue.

"Well, well, if it isn't Xemnas' little lapdog."

I glared at him. "Shut up."

"Bite me," he dared.

"Don't tempt me," I growled.

He turned to Leon then. "Hey thanks again for getting Larxene off my back,"

Squall nodded and swallowed his second glass of vodka, and ordered a third.

"Um, Leon, don't you think you should take it easy on the drinking?" Marluxia asked.

"…"

I smiled slightly to myself. Leon does not seem to give a fuck.

"Squall?" a girl's voice called out to him.

The three of us turned to see a young girl standing in front of us. She appeared to be only a couple of years older than me, and she was quite stunning. She had long chestnut brown hair, which she braided, and large emerald green eyes. She wore a simple pink sun dress and a pink bow in her hair.

"Uh, sorry Aerith we don't know a Squall," Marluxia said.

She narrowed her eyes in confusion.

"Squall's right,"

"Cloud," Leon interjected, pointing to where the blond boy from before was sitting with the familiar, but unimpressive, girl from one of my classes.

She looked to where Leon was pointing. Her face turned a bright red and her beautiful features contorted in anger.

"CLOUD!" she screamed.

Cloud fell off his chair. "Aerith?"

She stormed over to him. She stopped in front of what's-her-name and smiled.

"Hello my name is Aerith and I'm Cloud's girlfriend. Oh I'm sorry, EX-girlfriend."

She whirled around to face Cloud, murderous rage in her eyes.

"Well, on a date?"

"Umm, well, not really. We just met, I kind of picked her up at the bar just now….." he trailed off when he noticed the death stare he was receiving from Aerith.

"So, the second we're no longer together you go and jump on the next piece of ass you see!" she turned to the nameless girl. "No offense," she said with a polite smile.

The girl blinked. "Uh, none taken?"

Aerith turned back to Cloud.

"Do you even know her name, you asshole?"

He stared at Aerith, clueless before turning to the other girl.

"I don't remember," he squeaked.

The other girl stood up. "It's Yuna, Cloud! You've said my name, like, 3 times during our conversation!"

"Way to go you dick! If I know you, and I do, you were going to take her back to your place, have your way with her, and then never bother to call her again," Aerith shouted.

"Is that the kind of girl you think I am!" Yuna walked over to him and slapped him across the face. She turned and stormed out of the bar.

Aerith smiled wickedly. "Well now, looks like I talked some sense into your date," she sneered.

"Well now maybe it's time I told you the truth. I'm not a lesbian."

Cloud's mouth hung open, "W….what?"

"I'm not a lesbian," she repeated "Squall called me and told me to pretend to be gay. I went along with it even though I didn't like the idea, but now that I think about it, Tifa was right about you."

"H…how do you know about Tifa?" he stuttered.

"Squall told me," she answered.

"Who the fuck is Squall?" Cloud screamed.

"You don't have the right to know," she turned around and looked at Leon and me, then back to Cloud.

"You disgust me you stupid fuck," her words were filled with venom.

She walked over to us grabbed my hand and pulled me off the stool.

"Let's go, I'm taking you out. We're dating now." She said pulling me past Cloud.

I looked back at Leon (a.k.a. Squall, Cloud and Marluxia are so stupid!), he raised an entire bottle of vodka, smiled, and proceeded to drain the whole thing.

Aerith lead me out of the bar and towards a pale green Volkswagen Beetle. Upon reaching said vehicle she let go of my hand and fell to her knees with her face in her hands, sobbing.

I stood beside her, unsure of what to do. Finally I decided to comfort her, so I knelt down beside her.

"Hey, you're obviously not alright so I won't ask. I also won't ask what happened, but if you need to cry and you don't want to be alone, I'm here."

She looked up at me with a tear-stained face. I blushed involuntarily.

She's beautiful, even when she's crying.

I cleared my throat in embarrassment.

She gave me a weak smile.

"Thank you," she choked out "I'm sorry about all this. I didn't even get your name."

"Saix," I responded.

"Well my name is Aerith. It's nice to meet you Saix, even if the circumstances were not the best."

I stood and offered her my hand, she took it and I pulled her up off the ground.

"I'm sorry to trouble you, but where do you live? I can drop you off and then continue on my way home."

I raised an eyebrow. "What was all that about dating?"

She blushed, my heart skipped a beat. Why does she have this effect on me! This has never happened before!

"That was kind of a show; I was so jealous and angry that Cloud could get over me that easily. Squall told me he cried for weeks over Tifa. I broke up with him earlier today and look at where he is now." Her eyes began to tear up again.

"Aerith," she looked up at me "do you really want to be by yourself right now?"

She shook her head as the tears began to roll down her face.

I held out my hand. "I'll drive," I said.

She smiled at me. "Thank you!" she threw her arms around me in an embrace.

I blushed as my heart thudded. I thought it would burst out of my chest.

When she let go we climbed into car. As I pulled out of the parking lot her phone rang.

"Hello?"

"Oh, hi Squall. Yes I'm alright. No, I just left, I'm with Saix."

She was silent for a moment.

"No I am never going back to Cloud. I'm serious Squall, not after what he's done to me."

It was silent in the car but I could barely hear myself think. Her words echoed in my head.

'No I am never going back to Cloud' does this mean? Maybe if tonight goes well, wait what was I thinking? She needs a few days to recuperate; I don't want to be the rebound. NO! What on Earth am I thinking? I sound like that girl-crazy-Axel. But…

I stole a quick glance at Aerith. She was still on the phone and I couldn't help but notice again how striking she was. She quite literally took my breath away.

I blushed and turned back to the road. This is crazy Saix, I thought to myself. I can't help it, I'm wildly attracted to her, this has never happened before, I was actually nervous about it.

"I don't know where we're going… Yeah sure hold on," she turned to me. "My brother, Squall, he wants to talk to you." She held her cell phone out to me.

He's her brother! So that's the relationship they have.

"Hello?"

"Where are you going?" Leon demanded.

"A place I go to all the time to think. Don't worry she's safe; I'll make sure nothing happens to her. Is there a specific time you want her back?" I asked.

"…..Not really. Listen up kid, I've got some advice for you."

I nodded. "Alright, shoot."

"Do not fuck up. If you hurt my sister in any way I will kill you, I'm serious."

"I didn't doubt you."

"…Good. Also I want to say I like you better than Cloud. Make sure Aerith does not have any intentions, thoughts, or plans on getting back together with Cloud. If anything should happen between the two of you, it better not be sex by the way or I will castrate you, but if any feelings arise I won't have a problem with you two dating."

"I promise no funny stuff. I'm glad you feel that way but I cannot promise anything."

"I'm not asking you too. Just take care of her okay?"

"Yessir," I answered.

"Put her back on," I handed the phone back to Aerith.

She smiled as she took it.

"Yes? All right Squall, I will. Love you." She hung up the phone.

"So," she asked turning to me "where are we going? I'm a little curious."

I smiled. "I'm afraid I can't disclose that information."

She giggled. "'I'm afraid I can't disclose that information.' You sound like a professor. Relax I'm not going to hurt you."

I laughed, which really was surprising. "Don't worry I'm not afraid of you," I assured her.

She smiled. "I heard you tell Squall it was a place you like to go to think. Where could that be?"

"I cannot disclose that information," I replied, deliberately teasing her.

She laughed and I smiled. I wonder if it's possible to love someone you've just met.

"Alright, I give up, I'll wait. You know you're really hard to read. With Cloud I knew exactly where he was going to take me on our first date, with a couple of questions. I can't tell with you, and frankly it's intriguing."

"I don't really know how to answer that."

"You don't," she said with a smile.

I pulled into a large estate with a giant abandoned castle. I parked the car and cut the engine.

Aerith stepped out of the VW Bug and looked up at the castle.

"This is beautiful," she breathed.

I nodded. "I found this place back in freshmen year of high school. I used to come here every day after school." I walked in her direction and stood beside her.

We stared in awe at the large castle for a few minutes. I bravely reached out and took her hand.

"Come on, I want to show you something."

I lead her around the side of the castle, trudging through brambles, I continuously checked to make sure she was alright. She laughed.

"I'm tougher than you think Saix!"

Finally we arrived at the garden. Aerith gasped.

"Did….did you do this?"

I nodded. "Took me all four years. It's not done; I hope to restore it to its full splendor one day."

She let go of my hand and strolled around the garden grounds.

"There's a fountain too!" she called out to me.

"Yeah, there is." I walked over to the plug for the fountain. "I had to get a modern replica of the old fountain," I explained as I turned it on.

"It's beautiful all the same," she said running to the bubbling fountain.

"Saix come join me!"

I walked over to her, she was sitting on the lip of the fountain, she patted the spot beside her.

"So you're a horticulturist?" she asked.

"Not really, but I like this place. My next task when I'm done here is the castle."

She looked up at it. "Do you plan on living here?" she asked, her eyes transfixed on the castle.

"It's too big for me to live in alone."

She turned back to me. "Do you plan on sharing it with someone? A friend maybe?"

"Not a friend, no," I replied, scooting a little closer to her.

"A lover?" she asked, moving towards me.

"A wife," I answered.

"You're going to make some girl very happy, you know that?" she said.

"How do you feel right now?" I asked leaning closer to her.

"Happy," she answered, I kissed her then.

When I pulled away I looked at her and cocked an eyebrow. "Now?"

She smiled. "Very happy," she answered pulling me close for another kiss.

We walked back to the car hand in hand.

"It's my turn to drive," she said trying to take the keys from me.

"Where do you plan on taking me?" I asked holding the keys out of her reach, which wasn't hard seeing as how I was taller.

"I'm afraid I can't disclose that information!" she repeated my earlier words verbatim.

"Fine you win," I said handing her the keys.

She stuck out her tongue. "That's right!"

We clambered into the car and she pulled away from the castle.

I stared at the entrance of Skellington Cemetery.

"Why are we here?"

"There's a place in here that I've always wanted to go to but Cloud was always too scared to come with me."

"What is that place?" I asked.

"The Halloweentown Horror Park!" she cried cheerfully.

"You are a strange girl," I laughed.

She took my hand. "Come on, it'll be fun!"

I smiled as I allowed her to lead me into the heart of the cemetery, towards Halloweentown Horror Park.

I think I love you.

iPercy Paragraph of DOOM!: Working on nxt chapter tmrw thanks for sticking around we just took a whole lot of exams. I actually have Orgo lab in like 5 min so this won't be long. As most of you know we have three (maybe four) chapters left to go. We will be starting another collaboration soon after (I will dedicate the nxt chapter to anyone who can tell me what the collaboration will be based on our profile pictures). Gotta go, mucho loves :D