Roxas' POV

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Twilight Town

Chapter 10: Lies

There was so much on my mind. It's hard to explain what I was thinking these past few days.

Axel was asking questions what happen two weeks ago.

I didn't tell him anything. Absolutely nothing.

Did he need to know? No, it wasn't his business or concern.

He was my boyfriend. Shouldn't I at least tell him what's going? No. Not really.

I don't have to explain myself to anybody, right? Yup, if you didn't want to say anything, then that was your choice.

I saw Sora two weeks ago and Axel ruined it. I didn't see him after that. All I knew was that the brunet was somewhere on Destiny Islands. Somewhere. I have figure out where he lived, so I could confront him.

Somehow.

But what could I say?

I didn't want to scare him. He might think I was a weirdo or something. I would find a way. To talk. To tell the truth. He had the right to know what happened four years ago.

He needed to know! This urge inside of my body had control of everything I did and said. I remembered what Axel said days ago before he left. Last week, Axel said he was going to see his sister on Destiny Islands and wouldn't come back until summer break was over.

Wait. Axel had a sister? Yes.

A younger half-sister. Her name was Kairi.

Beautiful name, wasn't it? I saw pictures of her. She looked alright. But there wasn't anything really fascinating about her that I caught my eye.

She just a girl in ninth grade. We were in same grade, but I wasn't a girl.

I missed Axel so much already. It's only been like three days since he left. I already feel lonely.

Was this how he felt when I was on tour? Probably.

He kept saying how much he missed me. This allowed some guilt to come into my heart.

I didn't really want to go on tour. I went on the tour after I left the Land That Never Was, which was when Summer Vacation was starting.

I had graduated from Nobody Academy. I was eleven at that time. And I had so much talent.

The producers, record dealer, etc., were so fond of my talent that they wanted to spread my talent all around the world, so they asked if I wanted to go on an eight month contract.

Meaning leaving behind everything.

I declined at first.

But, once they mention something about Destiny Islands.

My mind just went completely blank. Forgetting about all friends.

I lied to Axel, Demyx, Zexion, and Xion. I told them a pretty good lie. I felt so guilty that I went to a therapist to help make the guilt go away.

But, it never did. I went to Twilight Town to do my first concert.

I was afraid. Before the concert even started, I ran off somewhere and bumped into this kid who looked the same age as I was at the time.

His name was Hayner Chase.

That name echoed in my heart, that day was special because he helped the nervousness escape my body. I thanked him numerous of times.

Eventually, I allowed him to attend the concert. I got him a backstage passe. He was astounded when he heard someone say I was Roxas Strife.

I was pretty popular.

Hayner rambled on and on about how lucky I was to be famous. Sure being famous had its good points, but the paparazzi watching your every movement didn't seem so pleasing. I had to be careful about what I did. My bodyguards watched my back though, so I wasn't all alone.

Oh yeah, there were fans. A lot of them too. I never thought there would be so many girls screaming my name and showing their spirit by wearing a shirt that had my face on it.

This was insane. I tried to be sane.

Also, I had to make up excuses whenever Axel, Demyx, Zexion, and Xion called.

They would ask these types of questions:

1) Where are you now?

2) What are you doing?

3) Is everything okay?

4) How are you?

5) Do you miss us?

Some many questions, but these were the top question they would asked over and Over.

I met two of Hayner's friends before I left Twilight Town.

There was a girl named Olette and a boy named Pence. We befriended very quickly. We were friends, just like how I was friends with Axel and them.

I couldn't stay in Twilight Town for very long cause, eventually I would have to go to Spira.

Again another hard goodbye. I even shred some tears as I left.

I couldn't sleep on the way to Spira. I kept rolling back and forth on the bed.

Candy. That's what I need. A big bag of variety of candy.

Or something other than Candy.

Drugs? Would do.

Sleeping pills.

NyQuil?

Vanitas would drown himself with NyQuil every single night. He liked that stuff. I hated it. It left bad after taste.

It had been three months since I left The Land That Never Was. Today was August 1st. School had already started and I was learning what I needed to know while on tour.

Did you have homework? Unfortunately, yes.

Was it hard? No, not really.

I went to bed after taking some sleeping pills, falling into a peaceful slumber. Then I awoke and got dressed.

Suddenly, the door flew open. I saw my manager. She was wearing a blue pencil skirt and high heels to go with it. Her long brown hair was tied up into a bun.

"Good morning, Roxas." she greeted, hurrying me to the limo.

"Good morning to you too, Christina." I replied, smiling at her.

Her eyes twitched with annoyance.

What's wrong with her? She hated it when I called her Christina. She hated her name.

"My name is Angelina." Christina corrected. Oh, my bad I meant Angelina.

"Yeah, yeah. Whatever, Christina." I said, not really paying attention.

"Don't call me that!" Christina hissed, showing sharp nails that you could preferably call claws.

"Pretty feisty, aren't you, Cat Woman?" I joked.

"Stop calling me that!" Christina shouted. Oops! Again. My bad. Her name was Angelina.

"How about I call you Angel instead of Angelina?" I suggested.

"Fine."

"What are we doing today?" I asked, exiting the limousine.

"You're doing a photo shoot with Yuna." Angel answered dully.

"Yuna? Who's that?" I asked.

"What? You don't know who she is?!" she gasped.

"Just tell me who this Yuna person is!" I shouted in a raspy voice.

"She's the daughter of the High Summoner Braska." Angel informed.

"What?! Are you serious?!" I was shocked and stoked at the same time.

"If I wasn't serious I wouldn't have told you anything." Angelina said.

True.

"These pictures, what are they for?" I asked.

"Just for the public." the brunette answered.

"Public. No! No! You can't show them to the public." I said immediately.

"What? Why not?!" Angelina was angry.

"Because. My friends don't know I'm on tour. Plus, if they see me with this girl, they might start asking questions." I mentioned.

"Well, you got yourself into this mess and you have to get yourself out." was all she had said.

I dialed a phone number. I called Vanitas. He had good advice sometimes.

Why would ask him? Because he was never busy, he rarely did anything.

When I called him, Vanitas simply said, "If you're lying, you liar, then you can do anything you want. If you don't want to tell them the truth, don't tell. It's none of their business."

He said it in a harsh voice. He had some words of wisdom.

I got up and walked to the change room to put on makeup. Afterwards, I went outside to get some fresh air.

I took my phone out my pocket and looked at the picture of Sora.

"Sora." I murmured.

Why did you have to…?

Why do I feel so alone?

Sora, I will find you no matter what. You're everything. I just want to see your face one more time, even though I have no idea where you could be.

I just had an urge, an urge to find him. I thought if I went on the tour. I would go to Destiny Islands. I did. But I couldn't find him anywhere.

The investigators that Vanitas, Ventus, and I hired said there was no trace of Sora. They simply said he probably died. Sora wasn't dead. He absolutely couldn't have!

He was somewhere on Destiny Islands. Somehow, I needed to find him. That was the only thing on my mind right now. I didn't care about music. It just reminded some much of my mom and Sora.

They were everything. My everything.

You're my everything. I continued to say those words to Sora whenever our father treated us badly.

He would thrash at us about our mother when he was angry. He was abusive too. I remember he got so mad at Sora one day for eating something that was his. Seriously, it was just a Twinkie. He got mad at Sora because he ate his twinkie.

He swatted Sora with his belt. It made a SWOOSH sound!

I couldn't let Sora get hurt. It was a twin thing. I felt Sora's pain. I opened the door and tackled my father.

Jumping, punching, and kicking.

I did whatever I could to save Sora. It wasn't our fault that he had a bad day. Vanitas and Ventus joined in to help too! We kicked my father's ass and after that, we ran to Gainsborough Homestead where we always went with our mother when our father came home drunk or angry.

Right now, she was on tour.

Did I mention she was a singer?

She would dance and sing all day. Every day. That was our usual routine.

She was gone. She didn't want leave, but she needed the money.

Our dad was a selfish man. He never liked to share. He always had to be right. Well, he thought he was right. Most of time, he wasn't home.

That was the only time I ever really feel happiness, when he was gone. Nothing ever went wrong when he wasn't there. It was good that he wasn't home most of all time.

A/N: I would like to thank my beta Red Pure Cane for editing.