AN: Finally, the chapter we've (?) been waiting for since chapter...four was it? Anyways, I've been dying to type this since before Valentine's Play was finished! I'm so psyched!
Well happy holidays people. Er, any holiday I missed during the hiatus anyways. Oh! And Happy 23rd Birthday to Ryan O'Donohue! (I know, there is no way he got that message, but I still felt the need to say it because he's been my fave voice actor/actor since the Lion King II. And yes, I am aware this is hella late, but I had typed this before his birthday.)
Thank you so much for your reviews! They always make me happy, but the newest ones nearly brought me to tears! (In a good way) And even a big thanks to the people who secretly read this without reviewing. (Yeah, you know who you are.)
Crap, my sister has really gotten me into the original six in the org. before they were nobodies, and I keep wanting to call the nobodies by their original names. So I realized not too long after I posted last chapter that I accidently called Zexion "Ienzo". Sorry, please ignore that.
Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts, Dodge, or any other car for that matter.
"Please, don't go. It's such a long trip." A slightly shorter than average man spoke, grabbing a taller man by the arm.
"Heh, don't worry, I'll only be gone for a week. And remember, I'll be coming back with the new kid." He pulled the shorter one closer to him. Before too long, he gave a kiss goodbye and walked off to catch his plane.
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"Isn't he like a little hung over angel?"
"...No."
Axel and Xigbar leaned in closer to Xaldin's face, staring in amusement. They didn't know and didn't care when Xaldin was going to wake up, but when he did, did they have a surprise for him. They waited for another five minutes and realized that they couldn't wait around for him to wake up. Axel looked over to Xigbar, and Xigbar nodded at him. The redhead stood up, walked over to the surround sound, put in a cd, and turned the volume all the way up before hitting "play".
"Angry White Boy Polka" by Weird Al started playing, waking Xaldin instantaneously with a surprised jump. He stayed in his laying position, but tensed up as he looked at the two buddies...who were in nothing but their boxers and socks. The two leaped up on the bed and started to sing along with the very obnoxious song. During the entire performance, the two did many different dances on the bed, around Xaldin. For example, as one stood on one side, the other stood on the opposite die, then they would jump over Xaldin -twirls in the air and all- landing where the other one was before. They also did a square dance around the man, and even performed a lap dance on him while he was laying down. Except, it wasn't on the lap, it was right in his face.
Usually Xaldin wouldn't mind the "face dance", as Xigbar so called it on a prior occasion, he would just easily make a perverted comment and get busy. But he wasn't up to having two asses shaking and swinging around in front of his face. He already felt like he needed to throw up as it was, and the music was killing his head. At the end of the song, the two forcefully lifted Xaldin to his feet, who couldn't stop himself from gagging.
"I only have two questions for you two." Xaldin mumbled with a hand clamped over his mouth. "One, you two did not come here in just that, did you? And two, why don't you go bug Demyx instead? He was the one who drank the most." He barely had his eyes open. It was too bright to be alive. Axel looked at Xigbar and vice versa. "Well Xig did, I just undressed after walking in." Xigbar nodded at this statement.
"And we would've been bugging Demyx, but unlike you, he did his homework. He drank a ton of water and took a few pain killers. He doesn't have a hang over." Xigbar said. It was Axel's turn to nod this time. Xaldin's eye twitched, not wanting to hear that Demyx had done something smarter than him. He rubbed his eyes with the palms of his hands while also using his fingers to massage his temples. "Now get ready for the dinner." Xigbar said, suddenly serious.
Xaldin paused rubbing his eyes just to think for .5 seconds. "...Why? It isn't until later this afternoon." He grumbled. Xigbar tackled the man, making him fall back on the bed. People liked knocking the wind out of him, didn't they? They just had to. "Because, you retarded little fruity bastard! If you just sit on your ass until it's time to go, you'll still have that hang over! Now get the hell up and start drinking water before I forecefully insert the water hose up your a--" "Xig! I think he got the point. You're mad, he knows. Calm. Down." Axel tried soothing his short-tempered friend.
It only took five seconds before Xigbar got up and walked out of the room. Now Xaldin only had Axel to glare at. Not for long though, the redhead left the room. "That was fun and all, but I have to go early. Marluxia agreed to help Luxord cook the dinner, and I...I just have to be there early. If Roxas asks, you haven't seen me at all, unless you want to say something like you saw me heading down to Marly's or Lux's. See you in a few hours." As he spoke, he was putting on his clothes that were carelessly thrown on the couch in the livingroom.
Xigbar watched as his friend left, preparing to pester Xaldin until he did something about that hang over.
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"What am I going to do? Zexion's moving in, which is fine and all, but I have to leave Vexen! And see, when I first went out with him to get to Zexi, I didn't think leaving would be hard at all...But now..." Marly paused, hoping the other person got the point.
"Heh, I told you not to get attatched to him. I knew this would happen." Larxene said, crossing one leg over the other. Marluxia sat right next to her on the bed before burrowing his head into his hands and sighing. He started to whine some more, but whatever he was saying was muffled.
"Why don't you tell Axel? He's sure to think of something." Larxene suggested. Marluxia suddenly snapped his head up to look at this insane girl. "Are you kidding? He didn't even know I was with Vexen until just the other day, and he started flipping out! There's no way we can get him involved now." He got up to start pacing the room as Larxene just shrugged.
There was a loud knock at the door, forcing the two in the dorm room to look at the door. "It's open." Marluxia said as calmly as he could. That's when the legendary redhead walked in. "Larxene's here?" Axel asked as he looked at the blond girl. "Duh." She said, doing her mentally-retarded impression. Axel didn't want to talk to her at the moment. "Come on, we're going. Though we're going to drop by someone's place first."
Marluxia and Larxene gathered together a bunch of cooking supplies that were ready to go. It took a few trips to get everything in the car, but they managed.
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They pulled up to a white and light blue house. Axel told the two in his car to stay in there as he handled everything. He grabbed a tiny box before walking up to the house. He rang the doorbell, waiting for someone to answer. He heard a few shouts saying "hold on" or something along those lines. The door opened, Xemnas and Saix standing on the other side. "Oh, it's you. What do you want?" Saix said, none too friend.
Axel began to open the box as the blue haired man spoke. "Eh, thanks for helping me. You know, with getting the ring and all. I know it isn't much, but I made you two t-shirts for helping." And sure enough, he pulled out two white shirts out of the box. The two examined the shirts, and tried -but failed miserably- to make a straight face. Xemnas' said "In the name of love, I'll go." and Saix's said "And I'm the idiot who fell for it."
Before they could say anything, Axel took off running towards his car. He didn't bother opening the car door, he just leaped right through the window. Thankfully he left his car on, so he immediatly drove off.
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Roxas spent most of the morning in front of the mirror, trying to make sure he looked perfect. He didn't want to over dress by going in a tux or a business suit, but he didn't want to under dress either. It took him a while to get the look he was okay with. He wore a red baggy shirt over a tight long sleeved white turtle-neck, and dark blue jeans with his usual sneakers. It wasn't exactly what he wanted, but it was better than going commando. That was for Halloween.
After getting dressed, he still spent most of the time in front of the mirror, picking at his hair and what not. He heard the front door open, and the most annoying voice he had ever heard. It had to be Xigbar. "Yo bitches!" Yep...It was Xig. He walked out of his room to see Xigbar and Xaldin. That's when he realized the weirdest thing. Today must've been "wear-a-long-sleeved-shirt-under-a-short-sleeved-shirt-with-jeans day" because Xigbar was wearing a tight grey shirt over a long sleeved dark green shirt with jeans. And Roxas could remember Axel wearing the same thing, only different colors.
Everyone who was going to the dinner party was now at the apartment except for the people who were already there and Kairi and Namine. They were supposed to be met up there at the apartment, but they were beyond late. Everyone expected them to be the first people there. Everyone would be wrong. "What's taking them so long?" Sora complained, looking over at the group of people. Since he was laying on the kitchen counter, it was hard to see some faces.
Demyx twirled his finger around in Zexion's hair, even though the short teen swatted at his hand in protest. "I don't know, but I think we should drive by their houses to see if they're ready." Demyx said, grabbing Zexion's hand. Everyone agreed to this, but they made sure Demyx didn't drive. They liked living! But his driving made it impossible to do so.
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A man knocked on Namine's door. He waited for an answer, but never got one. He sighed and knocked again, getting the same result. Silence. He rang the door bell, finally hearing a faint "I'm coming!". He looked up at the sky as he scratched the back of his head, waiting. The door opened, but he didn't look down. He could hear Namine panting. Namine on the other hand was looking down at her shoes as she was trying to catch her breath.
"Hey Namine, what time is it?" He asked, still watching as the clouds slowly drifted across the sky. Namine didn't recognize that voice at all. She looked up at him to see who it was and yelped. She didn't know this man, so how did he know her? He looked familiar in the face, but that was it. The man looked down at her, making a disgusted expression. He noticed that her dress was wrinkled, her tiny sleeve was falling off her should, her hair was slightly messy, her knees were weak, and she had no shoes on. To top it off, Kairi rushed down the stairs to see why Namine screamed, and the only thing the redhead was wearing was a blanket around herself.
It was now the man's turn to yelp...which he did before running off. Namine slammed the door shut. She didn't want to seem rude, but she was just acting on instincts. That was beyond strange. "What's going on, Nami? Are you alright?" Kairi asked as the blond ran up to her. "Who was that guy? His face was familiar, but I know I've never seen him before." Namine looked over her shoulder, at the door.
"He wanted to know what time it was." She mumbled. Kairi glanced at the time, realizing something. "Maybe it was a good thing that he came, because we're going to be late for the dinner...And you know, if we had continued what we were doing..." Kairi said. Namine cleared her throat, blushing slightly. "If you put it that way..." The two girls rushed back upstairs to take a shower so they could leave.
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Two cars pulled up in the drive way. There was a blue Ford Shelby GT500 Cobra SVT Mustang with bubbles painted on it, and a dull green 1969 Dodge Charger right behind it. Demyx stepped out of the sports car, heading straight towards Namine's door. He made a fist, ready to knock on the door. As he held his fist up high, the door opened. Kairi and Namine stood on the other side. He put down his hand before he ended up knocking on their heads...like last time. "Hey girls. What took you so long?" Demyx asked as the Kairi closed the door behind them. They really didn't want anyone, especially him of all people, to know what they were doing. Talk about Deja Vu.
"We uhm, overslept." Namine said. Demyx gave them a confused look. "Until four in the afternoon?" He asked after checking his watch. They both paused to look at eachother, then back at the man. "Y-yeah. We uh...Stayed up really late...Um, watching tv!" Kairi stuttered. "Well, uh, that, uh, sounds, uh, believable." Demyx retorted. He wasn't buying any of that. He may be dumb, but he isn't that dumb.
He walked back to the Ford, and the girls walked to the Dodge. The back door to the charger swung open, where Olette, Riku and Sora -those two on the floorboard- sat, waiting for them. There was just enough room in the backseat for them to squeeze in. The girls climbed in, buckling their seat belts immediatly. Vexen sat in the driver's seat, but turned his head to see the teens in the back. "Don't worry too much, Zexion is driving Demyx's car." The girls sighed in reliefe. They didn't want to remember last time Demyx drove behind them.
Roxas turned from the passanger seat to wave at the new arrivals. Namine looked out of the car window to watch her house as they drove away. But there was something a bit off. That man from earlier was sitting at the side of her house, fiddling with what looked like a watch. If he had a watch, why did he ask for the time? When she tried getting a better look, she saw a flash of blue where the man was, and then he vanished. "I'm going insane." She thought outloud. Riku looked up at her with a smirk. "No need to tell us twice." Of course, Sora slapped him for Namine.
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"That's it. No doubt about it." Roxas said as Vexen drove closer to the mansion. This brought back memories to the cousins. It has been quite sometime since they last came to visit. Sora's smile reached both of his ears and then some.
Vexen drove through the round driveway with Zexion following. They parked next to Axel's car before getting out. It was amazing to watch everyone get out of Demyx's tiny car. It had to have been cramped as all hell considering Zexion, Demyx, Xemnas, Saix, Xigbar, AND Xaldin were crammed in there. Thankfully Xigbar volunteered to lay in the trunk, but that still left the big boys to share a seat. The only reason why they didn't take their own cars was because they were all headed to the same place afterward, so it would save a bunch of money on gas.
Everyone stood in front of the mansion, staring in awe. Most of them had never even imagined a place so big. Okay, so there was the great wall of China, but that didn't really count because it wasn't even on that world. "Well what're we waiting for? There's a dinner party going on in there, and we're going to miss it." Roxas extended his hand towards the handle/knocker/whatever as he spoke. He grabbed the handle and began to gently tap the door with it. Seconds later, the double doors opened wide, Luxord waiting on the other side.
The host smiled warmly before stepping aside. "Come on in. We've been expecting you. For those of you that don't know, I am Luxord." He bowed his head respectively as his guests entered his cozy home. Once the guests were a foot within the mansion, they could hear people barking with laughter and a few girlish screams. That made them wonder what they were doing to Marluxia. "Axel, Larxene, and Marluxia are in the kitchen if you wish to join them."
He lead the group into his kitchen. The first thing they saw was Axel, Larxene, and Marluxia pounding eachother with bags of flour. No one knew how to respond to this. Xigbar wanted to join in, Roxas wanted to kill himself, Vexen wanted to apologize for their childish ways, Sora wanted to know what started this, and Riku wanted to know why Luxord wasn't going off on them for messing up his kitchen.
Luxord watched as those three played with the flour. "Dinner should be about done. Thank you ever so much for helping me make it, you three. Our last guest should be here any minute now." That's when they ceased their playing to look up at the man. "'Scuse me? I thought everyone was here." Larxene looked over the group, seeing more people than she thought were even invited.
Luxord chuckled lightly. "I couldn't honestly have an odd amount of people at my dinner table, so I invited an old friend of mine. I hope that isn't a problem."
Larxene wrinkled her nose. It was bad enough she had to have dinner with people she knew, it was worse to have dinner with someone she didn't know. Put them together, and that was one hell of a bad dinner planned. Roxas stepped through the crowd of guests who were still thinking about their opinions on the flour war. Axel looked up at the short blond he claimed a year ago. "It's fine, really. Hey Rox, why don't you and the rest of your friends go help Lux set up the table while Larx, Marly and I clean this mess, huh? 'Kaythanksbye!" The redhead shoved as many people into the dining room as possible -the rest just walking in there- before rushing back to the kitchen.
Luxord was about to follow the crowd into the dining room, but paused at the doorway to look over his shoulder. "You're a good kid. A desperate one, yes. But a good one none the less." He smirked before going back to the rest of the guests. Axel grinned sheepishly, but his grin faded the moment he turned around to see two not-so-happy faces.
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The table was set, and everyone had taken a seat to chat with one another until the new guest was there. Luxord sat at one end of the table, with Roxas sitting on the oppisite side. It was a long distance. On the right side of the table sat in order -from Luxord to Roxas- Larxene, Vexen, Marluxia, Demyx, Zexion, Xemnas, Saix, and lastly Olette. On the left side, in order -again, from Luxord to Roxas- Axel, Xigbar, Xaldin, Kairi, Namine, Riku, Sora, and then one empty seat.
They had previously been talking about how Vexen, Xemnas, and Luxord knew eachother from school, but that topic seemed to bore the living hell out of the rest of the guests. As soon as Axel's stomach finished roaring, it began to shout in many languages all of which saying "FEED ME". Once it got to french, there was a knock at the door. Roxas, being the closest to the door, which isn't very close at all, decided to get up and answer it himself. When he came walking back, there was a tall dark man with long white hair stalking behind him.
"I know, I'm terribly late. My apologies." He said before bobbing his head downwards for three seconds. Recognizing the voice instantly, Xemnas and Vexen looked up to see the face of this man. "Xehanort?" They asked in unison, along with Zexion and Axel. Vexen seemed enthused while Xemnas on the other hand looked rather terrified. Zexion and Axel also looked up from what they were doing, but didn't really look at the man.
He took a seat right beside Sora, who scooted his chair closer to Riku. Before he could properly introduce himself, Saix elbowed Xemnas. "You know him?" He asked. Xemnas nodded, his terrified expression still plastered on his face. "Indeed. Xehanort is my twin brother. He's older by five minutes, and some how more successful than I am. That'swhyVexenadoreshimso." With that said, everyone else introduced themselves.
When Zexion and Axel introduced themselves, Xehanort smirked and mumbled something along the lines of "I had a feeling that's who you were." Now that it's been so long, Axel's stomach was now singing songs in spanish about being hungry. That said enough for the rest of them, and the feast began.
"Superior, why didn't you tell me you had a twin? Is there anything else I don't know? For all I know, you have a pidgeon for a sister." Saix hissed. Xehanort chuckled softly behind his hand. "Rest assured, we aren't related to any birds. Maybe a few bird brains, but that's just about it." Xehanort said. Already sick of hearing about Xehanort, Xigbar tried changing the subject. "Hey, Saix, why do you call him 'Superior' all the time? I've never heard you call him 'Xemnas' before."
"Oh, I have." Xemnas said before sipping his tea. Saix tried thinking of when he ever called him by his first name before. That's when it hit him. His eye grew, his ears folded back slightly and it got really silent. Xigbar and Axel exchanged glances before catching on. It didn't take too long before they sarted cracking up. It just brought up the question of how many straight people were in that room.
"Get your minds out of the gutter, you two." Xaldin hissed.
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The dinner was over within an hour or two, but there was still the special desert Axel had planned. The dinner plates were replaced with silver platters. There all kinds of deserts to choose from, including, but not limited to, cookies, cakes, cupcakes, doughnuts, and jell-o. Sora's stomach ached just looking at it. He could almost feel his sweet tooth rot.
Everyone grabbed what they wanted once they knew it was okay. Axel smirked when Roxas took a cookie. That was Axel's signal to stand up. "May I have your attention please?" He asked. The room got silent as all eyes were on him now. Some people continued eating like Roxas, but all eyes were on him.
"A few years back, I met the guy of my dreams, but he thought I was a total nut case. Hell, he probably still thinks that. Anyways, when I was accepted into the college I attend now -thank goodness for box tops- Roxas and I decided to become boyfriend/boyfriend," Axel went on, and Roxas nearly drifted off to sleep. This was the most boring thing he had to put up with since the time he had to be the judge of a blinking contest between Sora and puppet.
As Axel continued on his little love speech, Roxas took another bite of his cookie, noticing part of it was as hard as a rock. "And y'know, Roxas is about to eat his engagement ring." The redhead said as casually as possible. Roxas placed a napkin on his mouth and spat out the "rock". After wiping it off a bit, he realized that it was the ring.
He stared at it for a few seconds, then looked back up at Axel. "Are you asking me to..." He needn't finish his question because the redhead nodded. "In that case, yes." Everyone's faces light up. Even Saix seemed to be in a better mood. Everyone began to congradulate him. All the couples, except Axel and Roxas because they sat too far apart, held hands during this moment. Zexion sighed, looking away from Demyx, but he felt a hand on his own. He looked back at Demyx, who was watching the people across from him. Zexion smiled and rested his head on Demyx's arm after lacing his fingers with other's fingers.
Demyx smiled at him and wrapped both arms around the shorter one. At first, Zexion enjoyed this, but that's when he noticed, he was still holding hands with someone. He very slowly looked at Demyx's arms, then the hand that was holding his. He followed the arm with his eyes, only to realize something. Marluxia had snaked his arm behind Demyx to grab Zexion's hand. It was official, Zexion was terrified. He immediatly let go to cling to Demyx.
"Is something the matter, Zexion?" Namine asked, noticing his reactions. He looked at Marluxia, who was now cuddling up towards Vexen. "...No, I'm fine."
"Looks like Roxas is the one having the troubles." Olette noted. Roxas looked up, a bit worried. "Shutupshutupshutup." He whispered. "Would you look at that! The ring's too small to fit!" Larxene howled. "Shutupshutupshutup." He continued trying to screw on the ring. The only thing he was accomplishing was making his finger really red and sore. Saix smirked to himself. His plan worked. Since he was mad at Axel and Xigbar, just to screw with them, he used his pinky as the model when it was time to resize the ring. Show those bastards. Maybe next time they'll know better than to drag him out of class and ruin his perfect attendance just to use his finger as a model for something that wasn't really neccesary.
"Is that true, Roxie? Is it too small?" Axel looked across the table, watching his soon-to-be struggling to put on his ring. The small boy gave up with a huff, nodding. "Well don't worry, we can always go and take it back and get it resized to fit." Axel chimed. Saix's smirk was now an evil kind of crazy grin. "That would be ill-advised. If you resize a ring to be smaller, you can't make it big again. Well, you can, but it would ruin the ring." Saix said, matter-of-factly.
"Well Rox, we're screwed."
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The dinner went smoothly, but the desert could've been better. Roxas agreed to chip in to buy a new ring, but the one he had now was going on a necklace. Everyone was now listening to music, partying basically. Though most were just enjoying being in such a large place,and it had nothing to do with school or court. If you look in the dictionary, Luxord's name is right next to "success" among other things. He had it made.
"So did you hear? Lucky 13 finally has a new lead singer, and they're holding a concert to show him off." Olette gossiped. Kairi nodded excitedly. "Yeah. Too bad the concert will be in Midgar. That's way too far just to go and see a concert. My pin pal in Midgar has seen a picture of the new lead singer and said he was pretty cute. I can't wait until we can see!"
Roxas leaned back into Axel, comfortably. "Yeah, Lucky 13 used to be my favourite band. But then there was that accident that the manager kicked him out of the bus, ran him over, put it into reverse, ran him over again, then let the bus push his nearly lifeless body into the sewer, where he was then eaten by sewer rats. I heard he was a total asshole. Ah well, his voice was hellacious. I hope the new lead singer can match his skills."
They heard a devilish cackle. They turned to see who it was. And there was none other than Larxene, strutting her stuff...a.k.a. her plane tickets to Midgar and her Lucky 13 front row tickets. "Heh, look what uncle Luxie gave me." She said in a mocking voice, waving her tickets in their faces. "Ohh the rewards of doing something as simple as keeping in contact with the rich family members. Too bad Rox, if you would've kept in contact he would've known you liked Lucky 13 and gotten you tickets. But alas, you haven't spoken to him since your mother had a little bit of sanity left in her. Which was a long, long, long, long, long time ago." She taunted the blond boy.
Axel growled defensively, baring his teeth. That sucker was ready to attack. The dog was at the end of his chain, ready to break free. I'm going to stop with these really lame lines. "Nono, Axel...She has a point." Roxas reached behind him and patted the redhead. He calmed slightly, but he was still pissed off for Roxas. "Well Rox, if you're seriously okay with all this, then do you mind if we go upstairs and you do that thing you do with your toungue? After what I've been through, I really need it." Axel groaned innocently. Roxas shrugged and followed the redhead into the upstairs guest bedroom after waving to his friends and Larxene.
Luxord walked to the front door when he was sure he wasn't the center of attention anymore. He opened the left door as silently as possible. "Yo! Mr. ...Host man...sir. Where are you going?" Xigbar asked "innocently". Luxord turned to see the man. ...Okay, so not all the attention was away from him...apparently.
"Oh, don't mind me. I'm just going out, around to the back to get some champagne." Xigbar did his infamous Cheshire-cat-like grin, which freaked Luxord out, by the way. "As if! I'll go get the shampaggen." Luxord wanted to correct him so badly, but only stepped aside to let him out. "Just go through the back door, second to the left. In the ice bucket is the champagne bottle and a sparkling water bottle. There'll be a door near it, that leads to the kitchen. Just go through there to get back in." To answer the question I'm sure you're wondering, no. He had no idea why he was trusting Xigbar.
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In the kitchen, Xaldin and Demyx stood in there alone, having a private conversation. "So tell me, and be precise, how much longer until you...?" Xaldin needn't finish, the blond boy knew what he was going to say. Demyx couldn't look at him, so he had his back facing him. "I have until tomorrow night."
Xaldin wrapped his arms around the younger one, resting his head on the small shoulder.
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Xigbar was now in the back taking sips of shampaggen. After two more swings, he decided to go ahead and leave to give "Mr. Host Man" his bottle before he was accused of stealing...again. He walked to the door that went into the kitchen but stopped in his tracks. "You all know I'm just stalling." He then continued on his way into the kitchen. When he walked in, he didn't like what he saw.
"Xaldin? Demyx? Gawd, get your OWN boyfriend!" He stormed past those two, right into the party room. Demyx tried chasing Xigbar, but Xaldin held onto his wrist, preventing him from going anywhere. When Demyx gave up, he returned to hugging Xaldin. Luxord wasn't even the least bit surprised when he noticed some of the champagne was gone.
Knowing that Demyx didn't have much time left, Xaldin needed to have a heart-to-heart with him before it was too late. He thought now would be the best time. "Demyx, about the day I left," Demyx didn't want to hear it, his life was almost over. This is not what he had wanted to hear. But he stayed anyways, nuzzling into the older one's chest. "I was a fool for leaving. You weren't really in my way from graduating. Hell, I did better when you were still with me. It was just that I wanted the perfect image. I felt like my image wouldn't be perfect if I was pedophile, but honestly it didn't matter. I would have returned to you, but I couldn't face you after that." Demyx still didn't want to hear any of this. It was all over now, and he just wanted to be with Zexion.
"Demyx, I still love you." And THAT'S when Demyx wanted to start listening. He looked up, shocked. He opened his mouth to speak, but before he could even think of what to say, Xaldin leaned down, capturing Demyx's soft lips with his own.
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Marluxia walked up to Zexion, who was just sitting in a corner by himself. "Hey Zexi, something wrong?" Zexion snapped his head up to look at the rose haired man. He's been giving Zexion the creeps lately, so the shorter one got up and left. He wanted to tell Demyx he loved him before it was too late, but didn't know where he was. He saw a very ticked off Xigbar hand some bottles over to Luxord, and since Xigbar was the closest person to him at the moment, he chose to ask him. "Hey Xigbar, where's Demyx?" Zexion asked.
The old man stopped grumbling to himself for a few seconds. "In the kitchen..." Then he went right back to grumbling. Zexion jogged into the kitchen, only to be greeted by a mind-raping sight. Demyx had his eyes closed, a few tears rolling down his cheeks as he was in a lip lock with the ape man. What made it worse, he seemed to be enjoying it.
Zexion rushed back out, not wanting to stick around anymore. When he made it outside he noticed it was already dark out. Oh how time flies. A few seconds after he rushed out the doors, all the lights on the inside suddenly shut off unexpectantly. Everyone stopped what they were doing to try and figure out what caused the lights to shut off. It wasn't storming out, Luxord payed his bills, they weren't using too many electronics, but Luxord's mansion was the only place in the area that had the electricity shut off.
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It was so dark, that Axel couldn't see his own hand in front of his face. Maybe the fact that his eyes were closed had something to do with it. He opened his eyes, and he still couldn't. Maybe it was because his face was crammed into Roxas'...Once he leaned back, he still couldn't. Now he knew it was dark. "Roxas, I'll be right back. I'm going to go see what went wrong." He said, pecking his fiancee on the forhead.
"XIG!" He shouted, non too subtly. "I NEED YOU TO BE MY EYES!"
"You bastard!" Xigbar shouted back. He joked though. He switched his eyepatch to the other eye and went upstairs to help guide Axel through the house. (1) Sometimes he purposely ran Axel into walls. They made it outside where the meter box was. Axel went to touch (still not able to see) but Xigbar slapped his hand away. "Don't touch it, someone cut the wires." Before he could ask who might've done it, there were a few screams.
Axel's eyes finally began to adjust to the darkness, so he snapped around to see where the screams came from. He noticed Zexion was sitting in front of the double doors, holding his head in pain. But that's not what got Axel's full attention.
AN: This was the latest update yet. I'm so sorry! Sooo much has been going on. But I shall work harder to get the chapters up faster. Also, after this trilogy is over my sister's going to be making a spin off of the trilogy, and it SHOULD explain who the mystery man at Namine's door is. If she forgets to explain it, just PM me after her story is over and I'll explain. It should also explain some "plot holes". (In all three of my stories.)
(1) Try this: Buy an eyepatch. Wear it on your right (or left, doesn't matter) eye all day. Then at night switch it to the other eye, and BAM! You can see in the dark. Trust me, I've tried. It's awesome. (The eye under the eyepatch has already adjusted to seeing in the dark, so by night time, when you switch it over, you can see just fine.)
In the next chapter, Where's this jerk going with Roxas? Demyx's secret revealed, or is it? Could this be the end to our beloved characters? Why am I still asking questions? Stay tuned!