Chapter 10

AN: Oh God, you guys, how long has it been? This is the first real chapter in forever. haha I'm sorry and don't blame you if most of you have abandoned this story by now. Anyway, this chapter was written by FriendlyNeighborhoodDinoTor because 1. one less chapter for me to write and 2. I know how much she loves Demyx. (go check out her stuff) So enjoy and review please. :)

Tori's POV: I gripped his…sitar (haha, perverts!) in my hands for he told me to treat it like a baby. (Although I'm not sure why you would hold it in a death grip 0.0)

"Gosh, I wish my room looked like this," I said looking around.

"Thanks," Demyx sat on his bed next to me. "I could come to your room and help decorate."

"Well Christopher Lowell, Why don't you come to my room and do something else," I said coyly.

"Maybe I will, if you don't call me that," he grinned, then looked at his sitar longingly.

"Here, so I won't kill it." I handed it back, holding it like I would an August Christopher CD.

"Sorry, I love my Sasha."

"More than me?" I put a hand to my heart in innocence.

"He put Sasha in the corner and slid his arm around my shoulders. "Of course not."

"So you do love me?" He put his forehead to mine; I closed my eyes and giggled.

"We talked about this already, did we not?" He uttered, smiling his perfect smirk.

"Doesn't mean you can't lie and tell me you do, not too different from any other relationship." I closed my eyes and leaned my lips in, but Demyx pulled away. I frowned and leaned on the wall next to the window, looking out of it to see Sarah talking to Axel, looking far from thrilled.

"That's the thing," Demyx said. "Can't we be different from any other relationship?"

"We are," I said, still watching the two. Axel said something that made Sarah's eyebrows draw together and make an "o" shape. Her foot then flew into Axel's shin, causing him to bend down, jumping up and down in pain. Sarah ran in the direction of the castle, running past the trees where I first met Demyx.

"So just because I don't have a heart doesn't mean we can't make this work."

"Honey?"

He sighed and looked up at the ceiling, then back at me. "Were you listening to me at all?"

"Of course I was," I said to him. "I have a question."

"What is it?"

"Axel and Sarah, do they…you know, like each other?"

"Oh yeah, they used to be a thing, but not anymore."

"Aww," I sat cross-legged and leaned forward. "What happened?"

"It's a long story, ask Sarah sometime."

I pulled a square piece of cardstock out of my pocket and a pen out of my hair. "Ask about…Sarah…plus…Axel…equal…heart…" I clicked the pen and stuck it behind my ear, then I smiled at Demyx. "Thanks for the cards, love, they help tremendously."

"And it's so sexy watching you pull that pen out from behind your ear."

"I think it looks nerdy," I laughed. "I have too small of pockets today."

Demyx sat back down on the bed across from me cross legged as well, his knees pressed against mine. "I think you pull off nerdy very well," He put a gloved finger under my chin and pulled my face towards his smiling one. I smiled too, prepared for this moment. His lips barely tapped mine when there was a knock at the door, then Sarah's voice saying, "Demyx! Let me in!" He was still looking at me when he said, "It's unlocked."

Sarah stormed in the room. "Axel…the nerve of him," she noticed me. "Oh! Hey!"

"Hi…"

"Did I interrupt?"

"Oh no, you're fine, continue."

Demyx protested. "But—!"

"It can wait," though I knew he was bummed out about his first kiss…he could live a few more moments. "Now, what did Axel do?"

"He's just such a pervert! I was minding my own business and he came up to me and said," Sarah used a deep voice to imitate him, "'Well you are under arrest for being too sexy' and I said 'Well you are under arrest for being too disgusting.' Then he was all, 'Not if I catch you first' and I was all 'Go away' and he was all 'I'll go away if you go away with me' and so I kicked him."

"What a jerk!" I laughed.

"No kidding! I hate him…" She said, crossing her arms.

I looked at Demyx with a grin, who looked back at me with a "stay-out-of-this" look.

"What?" Sarah asked.

"Oh nothing," I smiled.

"Kay…I'll leave you two alone then…" she grinned, closing the door.

I looked at Demyx mischievously.

"You thinkin' what I'm thinkin'?"

"Oh no…your accent is kicking in…this can't end well."

"We've got to get Axel and Sarah back together!" I proclaimed. "Operation…" I tapped my forehead with my fingers.

"C'mon," I whined, holding his hands. "Help me out."

Demyx thought for a while. "If I can come up with the names, I'm in."

I squealed. "Yay! Okay, so the name?"

Demyx smiled. "Operation…"

Demyx's POV: I pulled out my walkie-talkie. "Water Boy to Sweet Thang, do you copy? Over."

"This is Sweet Thang to Water Boy, I copy clearly. Over."

"What is your location, Sweet Thang? Over."

"Approximately six inches from you, Water Boy. Over." She giggled. "These are so cool!"

I chuckled. "Aren't they?"

"So commence operation Lovey Dovey?"

"Commence Operation Lovey Dovey," I confirmed.

~ Mission Numero Uno! ~

"Leaf caps ready?" Tori asked with her cap of leaves in order to blend in with the bushes.

"Yes, Demyx?" Tori looked concerned.

"Tori?"

"Why are your leaves red? The bush is green."

"I like red! And they won't notice." I brushed it of. "Besides, they'll think it's Axel's hair and blame anything that happens on him."

Tori laughed. "Okay," she smiled widely. I loved that smile…I smiled back dreamily.

"Er…Demyx? Are you okay?"

"Yes…"

Tori arched an eyebrow. "Okay then…" I finally realized the romantic smiling moment was already over. "There!" Tori pointed, still holding the binoculars. I lowered the binoculars from her face.

"Honey, Axel is five feet away from you and the binoculars are backwards."

She blushed with widened eyes.

"Wellp…that wasn't too smart of me…"

"So, we've located Axel," I said, still laughing. "I'll find Sarah." I looked at Tori.

"Tape recorder?"

She held it in front of her. "Got mine."

I held mine. "Me too." She suddenly had a puzzled look on her face, eyebrows drawn together.

"Why…are you holding a box that says 'unmentionables'?"

I looked at my hand and gasped. "Oh God! Wrong pocket! Er…" I dug around the other side. "Here!" I hid the box. The contents of that box should never be known to Tori.

She lowered her eyebrows, knowing something was being kept from her.

"Go forth and find Sarah."

"On it," I pulled out the walkie-talkie. "I'll miss you Sweet Thang. Over."

"I love you, Water Boy. Over and out."

Tori's POV: I pushed record on the device.

"Tori here, it is now 13 hundred hours, Axel is playing with the er…spinny things…" I shook my head. "Nothing important yet…Ack! He heard!" I ducked down into the bush quickly as he turned. "Safe…" I pushed stop on the device.

Demyx's POV: "I have located Sarah now, Walbert. Can I call you Walbert? You look like a Walbert," I told my recording thing. "Wait!" I pushed record.

"Okay, now I can call you Walbert, Walbert. Sarah is talking to Roxas who is eating pretzels and talking to Rachel and Marluxia. I probably should have made that a list instead of saying and…anyway…she's doing pretty much…nothing." I clicked stop. "Hmm…this plan is not working out like I wanted it to."

"Demyx," Sarah approached the bush. "What are you doing?"

"Egad!" I ducked into the bush and pushed record on Walbert. "Walbert! I've been spotted!" I whispered. "I'll have to abort!" I did a barrel roll out of the bush and started army crawling.

Sarah's POV: I watched Demyx with an arched eyebrow. What was he doing? I walked in front of him. "What in the world are you up to?" He looked up at me.

"Oh Sarah," he threw the cap of leaves off his head. "What brings you here on this fine day?"

"It's the courtyard," I answered. "What are you doing?" I asked slower, slightly irked.

"I'm…uh…" Demyx tapped his forehead with his fingertips. "Oh…" He stopped and looked up at me with a six year old's grin. "Leaving! See ya!" He scrambled to his feet and ran toward the trees, whirring past Axel who watched him. I counted to five before Demyx turned back around and ran past Axel again, then me saying, "Wrong way! Wrong way!"

"What was that about?" Roxas asked with a mouthful of pretzels.

"Yeah, seriously," Rachel approached us.

I shook my head. "It's Demyx, who knows?"

Demyx's POV: I sat in my room and strummed random notes on Sasha, and thought about Tori. I looked at the clock; she should be here at any minute…

There were three loud angry knocks at my door. Happy it was most likely Tori, I set Sasha down and leapt off the bed. Halfway across the room was the farthest I skipped before Axel kicked my door open, holding a quivering Tori by the shirt.

"Don't EVER spy on me again!" Axel yelled at her then kicked her butt, (quite literally speaking here) sending her flying into my room. "Keep your girlfriend on a short leash!" Axel pointed at me then slammed the door.

"Tori?" I asked and ran to her. "Are you okay?" She looked up at me with a grin that could only belong to her. "Uh huh."

"Well your mission didn't sound very fun."

"But it was!" Tori's eyes glowed with a delight similar to a small child's. "Axel is so weird!" Tori pulled out her recorder box…ma-bob…I smiled and shook my head. "What did you find?"

"Listen!" She pushed play on the box.

"Tori here, it is now 13 hundred hours, Axel is playing with the er…spinny things…" She paused. "Nothing important yet…Ack! He heard!" There was a long silence. "Safe."

"Axel is walking around…wait, he's saying something…" She paused; there was a mumble. "What? Is he…singing?" I can't hear anything. She paused and the mumble was louder. "Er…I think I'm hearing Barbie Girl, but I could be wrong…hopefully I'm wrong."

"Axel just ran into something, it was a trashcan." She giggled. "He yelled a profanity and burned the trashcan!" She snickered. "Oh my God!"

"Alright, alright, he's writing something in the dirt. Ssss…Aaaa…Rrrr…Aaaa…Hhhh…" She put the noises together. "Sarah? (Saraw)" She mispronounced. "Oh! Sarah!" She exclaimed. "Uh oh…"

"What are you doing?" Axel's voice appeared.

"I…er…Run! Run away!"

"Then Axel grabbed me and yelled at me," she grinned. "So now what?"

I tilted my head. "Not sure…"

"Demyx?"

"Hm?"

"Was there even a point to this?"

"Sure there was! The point was…the point was…"

"There wasn't one, was there?"

"I wanted to use the walkie talkies!"

She giggled. "I figured…well it was fun anyway." She batted her eyelashes at me.

"What? What do you want?"

"Oh nothing." She rose from the floor and sat next to me on the bed. I looked at her with confusion and she at me with lust and affection. I understood and leaned in, closing my eyes.

"Would you just kiss me already?" she whispered.

"The door opened again. "Demyx? Oh! Oh…gee…I'm sorry…" Roxas shielded his eyes with his arm and tried to run away but ran into the doorframe. Finally, he shut the door and ran away.

"Well then, another interruption," Tori clicked her tongue. "That's annoyi—"

I pulled her to my lips and kissed her, the boldest move I had ever made. Even bolder than when I asked her on a date. I released and looked at her, her eyes still shut, a smile spread across her lips. She revealed her hazel eyes. "Well, well, well, Demyx."

"Is that a good 'well, well, well Demyx' or a bad 'well, well, well Demyx?"

"It's an amazing 'well, well, well Demyx'," she winked at me. "Well, Axel is thoroughly pissed at me, so maybe Sarah will let me bunk in her room." She opened the door and stood in the doorway. "I love you."

I smiled at her, wanting to say, "I love you too," knowing I couldn't.

She frowned, but lifted one half of her lips to a smile of some sort." That's okay, I know you want to…see you tomorrow, baby."

That frown sent pain straight through my chest, pain I'd never known existed, even for me. "Yeah…tomorrow."

She smiled and shut the door, leaving me to think about how much I wish I could love her.

Tori's POV: I grinned mischievously, despite the very depressing moment that just occurred, as I held a box in my hands. A box that read "Unmentionables." I couldn't wait to see Demyx's "unmentionables."