It's Christmas!
"Sorry it's a couple days late, I ended up having to work on christmas eve.
Anyway, this my christmas story. A little bit of background on this story. This story fits in the AU of chapter 10 (wedding). Roxas and Ven are Terra's adopted brothers, they are staying with him because his parents are travelling the world. Larxene and Namine are sisters because I like the idea of that and Demyx can cook because why the hell not.
so enjoy and merry christmas :)
It was dark, well more along the lines it had gotten dark around her and she really handed noticed. Which is why she was surprised when someone had knocked on her door. Looking up from the screen the was working on, Aqua got up the see who had come knowing. She pulled open the door letting the light from the hallway fill her apartment
"You are wearing your glasses" Terra filled the space where the door had just been. Aqua blinked at the stamen.
"What?" she asked
"Your glasses. I haven't seen you wear them in such a long time"
"Did you come all the way here to talk about my eye sight?" She interrupted him. Terra looked at her as if had grown tow heads.
"No" was his simple replay.
"You had better come in then" Aqua said moving aside to let Terra though the door. As she walked back though the apartment Aqua turned on some lights. Aqua had not lived here all that long. After they found out that Axel and Larxene were going to have peanut she guessed it was time to find a new place to live. It wasn't a bad place, a little on the small side maybe but it was just her and she worked most of time so Aqua barely noticed. But it was across town for Terra to get to which was why she was confused to see him this late in the evening.
"You want something to drink" she asked disappearing into the kitchen for a moment.
"No thanks. I'm not staying long" Terra said sitting down on the sofa, even though she harden lived here that long she was happy to find that her friends still felt at home here as they did in the other place. Aqua reunited to see him watching her Christmas tree.
"Something wrong with the tree?" Aqua asked joining him.
"Did Ven come over here and help you?" He asked sounding a little far away
"Yes, Roxas and Namine were here too, Why?" Aqua watched him for a second letting the lights from the tree dance across his handsome face, she couldn't help but notice he looked sad, Aqua wasn't sure what about her tree had made him sad.
"They didn't come and do mine. My own brothers didn't do the tree in their house" Terra said more thinking out loud than aurally talking.
"Well."Aqua stared, but it was the first she had heard of it. "Ven told that Aurora's favourite holiday is christmas so maybe they thought it was better to let her do it" It didn't sound convincing even as the words were filling the space. Aqua wondered if she was trying to convince Terra or herself. Then his phone buzzed and as soon as the moment had stared it was gone. Terra palled the phone from his pocket and read the text he had just gotten.
"You going to your mums for christmas?" Terra asked putting the phone away. For the second time that evening he had court her off grad.
"No, There's snowstorm rolling in up there so she told me to stay here" Aqua was sad that she wasn't going to make it back home for christmas this year she harden seen her mum for awhile and if she was honest with herself; she was kind of homesick.
"Good" Terra was about to carry on when Aqua interrupted him again
"Good? how is that good?" She asked getting a little mad at him for saying that
"Well if you stop interrupting me" Terra said giving her the look that he would give Ven or Roxas when he was trying to tell them off. Aqua gestured for him to carry on.
"You can come to me" She must had looked confide because he carried on "Me and Aurora decided that we were going to have everyone for christmas this year. Demyx is gonna cook, Axel is going to mix drinks, Larxene is gonna need someone to complain to because she cant drink and the twins would love to see you" Aqua had to admit he made a compiling case and she really didn't want to spend christmas all alone. But she still found it hard to be around Terra and Aurora. They were so happy and as much as it fills her heart to see them happy it also brakes it. Which is why she had been speeding less time at there place.
"It's your first christmas married, are you sue you want to spend it with" this time it was his turn to interpret
"I wouldn't have it any other way" Aqua sighed. she couldn't say no, not really no to her best friend. She closed her eyes and nodded her head.
"Great" Terra said getting up and kissing Aqua on the forehead. "be there for 1 o'clock for drinks dinner is at 6" Terra was already making is way to the door "See you at the end of the week, Merry Christmas Aqua" and the door was shut leaving aqua to sit in her dimly light apartment thinking about what the hell she had just singed on for.
A could of days later Aqua found herself sitting in a busy mall having lunch with a very pregnant Larxene. Larxene had called her earlier that day saying that she was bored in the house and Aqua need to come out and meet her. So she did. The child on the next tabled was screaming again and the mother was to busy talking to her friend to stop it.
"If Peanut ever acts like that, I'm going to kill him." Larxene said adding the side of pickles she had ordered to her food.
"Larxene you cant say things like that" Aqua told her even if she been thinking the same thing.
"of corse I can, I'm his mother" She took a large bite out of her mostly pickle sandwich. Aqua didn't know how she could eat the thing it looked gross and smelt worse.
"His?" Aqua questioned taking a bite out of her own sandwich, Larxene gave Aqua her famous death stair as if to say why are you questing me. The debate over wether peanut was a boy or a girl had become a touchy subject over the last couple of months. Larxene was adamant that he was a boy. But Axel was sure that she was a girl. Of corse it would just be easier if they found out but no they wanted to wait and be right on the day. Aqua really wasn't sure but Terra had told her that he thought Axel had only stared it to annoy Larxene but he was so stubborn that he now had to keep it up for the rest of time.
"So, christmas day I drive over and get you" Larxene said with a mouth full of sandwich
"Larxene I don't" Aqua stared only to be cut off by Larxene
"If you say you are not coming I swear to god" Aqua looked down at the food trying aroid the pricing green of her friends eyes. "No, you are not leaving me all day SOBER with her!" Larxene said and added a couple of dramatic hand movements.
"`she has a name" Aqua said trying to laugh at her friends refuel to call her by the name.
"Aurora. What kind of a name is that?" Aqua shock her head and went back to eating her sandwich when the kid on the next table started scramming again. "Alright thats it" Larxene said trying to get up from the table.
"I thought that was you" said a calm voice with a slight accent. Aqua looked up at the new voice. It had come from a tall women with yellow hair that was falling around her shoulders from under a white hat. She wore a light blue coat and was carrying lots of shopping bags.
"Aurora" Aqua said greeting the other women.
"I was just walking past and I though that looks like Aqua and Larxene and here you are"
"Here we are" Larxene muttered under her breath.
"Will you stay and have something to eat" Aqua said moving the shopping off the last chair so Aurora could sit down, which gained her another death stair from Larxene.
"Oh no" She said taking the seat anyway "I'm just passing though and thought that I would ask about christmas"
"Aurora about christmas" Aqua stared only cut off by Larxene for the second time that day
"We were just talking about that" Larxene said the fake happiness she was so good that "We'll be there" She gave a fake smile that Aqua could see right though.
"Great" Aurora said getting up form the table "So I will see then" she gave a little wave and hurried away in her heels. Aqua was always amused by the way she walked in heels it was more a trot then a walk.
"Okay bye" Larxene gave a little wave and went back to the sandwich.
"Why did you do that?" Aqua asked when Aurora was out of ear shot. Larxene gave her a evil smirk "Because you are to much a good person to pull out now".
Christmas day wasn't as paint full as she thought it would have been. Demyx had cooked a wonderful meal which even thought they all knew he could cook it still surprised them when it came out. As always they had eaten to much and now had retied back to the sitting room to watch some movie that Roxas had wanted to watch. Aqua was sat on the floor with Ven by the coffee table. Larxene had clammed the bigger sofa as hers and been sting here most of the day with Axel next to her. Terra and Aurora with on the love seat wrapped up in each others arms and Demyx was sat in the arm chair with Roxas on the arm. "You know Roxas you would get a better view of the movie if you looked up form your phone" Terra said throwing some torn wrapping paper at this brother. Roxas put the phone down and throw the paper back at Terra.
"He's right you know Roxas, Who are you talking to anyway?" Aqua asked turning her head to look at the teen.
"You are always on his side" Roxas said taking his seat again "and its none of your business anyway"
"Is it my sister?" Larxene's sharp voice cut though everything that was going on in the room. Roxas and Namine had been calming that they weren't a cupel for a while now and they all a little bit sick of it. Roxas looked like a deer court in head lights. Not that Larxene had a problem with Roxas and Namine but she did enjoy scaring him.
"Busted" Ven sang form next to Aqua. Everyone in the room stared laughing and Roxas' face was very red.
"You know Roxas if you marry Namine then we'd be related" Axel said taking a sip of his beer which gained him a death stair.
"We are not related" Larxene dead panned.
"Seriously? Baby" Axel said pointing to peanut "No you still don't think we are related"
"Right you guys can't till you get married" Demyx called from the arm chair. Which Aqua thought was the safest place to be.
"Aqua pass me the nuts" Aqua learned across the table to get the blow of nuts that was out.
"you cant still be hungry?" Axel said moving to avid the foot that was moving very fast towards him.
"You wanna know the best part of being pregnant?" Larxene said putting nuts in her mouth and moving to kick Axel again only to have her food be court by him.
"Bring new life into the world" Aurora said in sweet almost dreamy voice.
"No" Larxene's voice sounding more sharp next to Aurora's. " I can eat what the hell I like" She said putting more nuts in her mouth which stared everyone laughing again.
"But seriously you guys should get married then I can play at your wedding like I did at theirs." Demyx said pointing to Terra and Aurora.
"No" came Larxene's sharp voice again.
"Is that a no to wedding or me playing?" Demyx asked. Once again Aqua thought that Demyx was being brave to take her on maybe he had to much to drink or he was less scared of pregnant Larxene.
"Maybe you should stick to what you are good at" Larxene could be come a bit vicious when she was mad and Aqua thought that it going that way very quickly.
"Well it was a lovely meal" Aurora said trying to calm mood.
"You guys don't like my playing? Do you not think I was good at your wedding?" Demyx stared really fast like he was getting upset and Terra really didn't need to deal with that for the rest of the week.
"No Dem, your playing is great we loved it" Terra said trying to clam the man in the armchair.
"I like your playing" Aqua said trapping Demyx on the leg.
"Thanks" Demyx folded his arms like a child. "At lest someone likes me".
"What about you Aqua?" Aurora said from next to him.
"What about me?" Aqua asked sounding confused.
"No man on the screen for you?" It was an onsets question form Aurora, she hadn't known about how Aqua felt about him.
"No, well not anymore" Terra noticed that Aqua wasn't making eye contract with him anymore. "He, found someone different" Aqua told Aurora with a smile "But's he's happy so" Ven put his hand on her shoulder and she coved it with hers.
"I'm sorry. I didn't know" Aurora said with a hit of sadness in her voice
'It's okay, like you said you didn't know" Aqua said finally looking at Terra.
"HA" Everyone turned to look at Larxene. "What? Movie's funny" Terra watched as Aqua gave Larxene a death stair that could rival her own.
"I should go" Aqua said standing up.
"Aqua" Terra finding his voice for the first time in the conversation "You don't have to go" Terra got up for the love seat and looked at her. It was like time had stopped and it was the only the two of them in the room staying everything that they couldn't say in front of their friends with their eyes.
"Yes oh please don't go" Aurora said barking the spell. She broke eye contacted with him to look at his wife
"It's okay I have to call my mum so, I'll see you soon thanks for all the wonderful gifts" Aqua said picking up the gift she had revved and walked out the room to the front door in the hallway. Or chorus of goodbyes followed.
"I'll see her out" Terra said following his blued haired friend out into the hall.
The hall was only light by a lamp near the door which is wear Aqua was standing putting her coat on. Aqua looked up at him.
"Go back inside" She told him moving to put on the scarf he and brought her.
"I'm sorry, I didn't think that she would say that" Terra said walking to stand in front of her. Aqua licked her lips she always did that when she was thinking about what to say next.
"I meant what I said. I am happy for you" She smiled but Terra though it was sad smile maybe because of the light in the hall. "Thank you for this" She said trying to change the subject holding the scarf.
"You are welcome I saw it and thought, I know who would look good in that" Terra said taking the tow ends of the scarf and doing up for her "It's cold out there" She looked up at him but he couldn't meet he eyes. Then he noticed the little green plant hanging over the door. Terra sated to laugh
"What?" Aqua asked confused Terra pointed up and she looked to see mistletoe. "I really don't think thats a good idea" Aqua said trying to move to the door
"Its tradition" He whispered learning in to her face. Aqua couldn't help herself even though every bone in her body was telling her no. She had to. It was slow kiss with much to passion for just friends, it wasn't the first time they kissed but it was the fist time it felt like something more. He palled away to look at her. Terra saw there were tear drops in her eyes.
"I'm sorry I have to go" She said palling out if his hold
"Aqua wait I" But he was cut off by the door shutting in his face. "Love you" He said to closed door.
So it's a little sadder than I had hoped but I still really happy with it. If I get some time I might do a new year one which is more happy but we will see what happens.
As always I do not own kingdom hearts.