Chapter 13

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When I left Namine's, I took the train to head home. Today has been a really long day. What sucks is I have work in the morning. Thank god it's only 9PM right now. As I walked out of the train station, I ran into Axel, who was heading in.

"Oh shit, hey" I say.

"Yo Roxas! You just get back from the festival?"

" Yup. Pretty long day"

"I bet. How was it?"

"Pretty eventful" I say, chuckling a bit.

I couldn't help but think back to all the shit that happened today. It was pretty random now thinking about it.

"What are you up to?" I ask.

"I'm actually about to head to the top of the clock tower"

"Really?"

"Yeah, I haven't been up there in a while. Wanna join me?" he asks.

I shrug and we walk into the station. I never really turn down the opportunity to relax at the tower.

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Axel was explaining how he was just getting off work at the sandlot and decided to relax up here for a bit. I don't blame him. It's kind of like me wanting to go to Sunset Hill when I get off work. I remember when he and I would come up here by ourselves when we were younger. Eating sea salt ice cream and talking shit about the people at school. Good times.

"Well look who it is!" we hear someone shout.

Axel and I turn around and see Hayner and Pence walking towards us.

"What happened to 'Oh, I'm sorry guys. I left early to fuck Namine'?" Hayner joked.

"Fuck you" I chuckle.

Hayner and Pence sit down with us.

"You left early?" Axel asked me.

"Yeah, my friend got sick so I helped take her home" I explained.

"Yeah, sick" said Pence, making quotation signs.

I flip him off. Hayner and Pence just chuckle.

"You two still tripping?" I ask.

Axel raises an eyebrow.

"Not really. Like, I still feel it a bit but it's not as extreme as earlier" Hayner explains.

Pence nods in agreement.

"Was it your first time?" asked Axel.

"It was Pence's first time. This was my third"

"Did you trip Roxas?" Axel asks me.

"Nah. Just got really drunk"

"Really, how?" asked Pence.

"I ran into Zack and Olette. He had a bottle so we all drank"

"Good shit"

The three of us exchanged stories of our days. Hayner and Pence said they were tripping really hard throughout the event and thought it was incredible. Apparently Pence wasn't enjoying it so much afterwards though, saying he was getting anxious around the crowd. But overall, they had a good day. I still enjoyed my time with Namine.

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"Vivi!" I shout.

Vivi gets up and walks over to the counter where I placed his food.

"Thanks Roxas"

"Anytime"

Vivi seats back down.

"Hey can I ask you something?" asks Ariel.

"Sure"

She walks closer to me.

"Is Vivi a guy or a girl?" she whispers.

I couldn't help but chuckle.

"To be honest, I'm not even sure myself" I say.

She and I laugh for a moment.

"Roxas, clock out!" Peter shouts from the back.

"Aw, already?" Ariel whines.

"I know, what will you do without me?" I joke.

We laugh again. That's how our friendship worked. We'd always flirt and joke around with each other. She's always calling me cute and shit, so I just go with it. We never get to actually doing anything about it, which I honestly don't mind but I'm not ruling it out. After I clock out, I say my goodbyes and head out the door, only to run into someone walking by. It was Olette.

"Oh, hey Roxas"

"Hey, how's it going?" I ask.

"Pretty good. You?"

"Same"

"That's nice. Hey, I thought you were going to the festival again today?" she asks.

"I had to work. Besides, there aren't many artists I want to see today" I explain.

She just nods her head.

"What about you?" I ask.

She sighs a bit.

"Just wasn't in the mood"

I can tell something was up, but I didn't bother asking any more about it.

"Gotcha"

We just stand there for a while, not knowing what to say. She did seem a bit down. I bet it had something to do with Zack.

"Hey, are you busy?" I ask.

"Not really. I was just walking around"

"You wanna grab a beer with me at the Kingdom Key?" I ask.

She gives me an almost surprised look. I don't blame her, I'd be surprised too if she asked. Hell, I don't even know why I'm asking.

"Um, sure… really?" she asks.

"Yeah. I mean, you and I can catch up a bit. We haven't talked much"

"I noticed"

I just give her a soft smile, which she returns.

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"Two beers please" I ask Xigbar.

"Coming right up" he says.

Olette and I take out seats at the bar.

"Olette! I haven't seen you in forever. How've you been?" Xigbar asks.

"I've been pretty good. Yourself?"

"Eh, same shit, different day"

He hands us our beers.

"First round is on me guys" he tells us before taking care of other customers.

"Thanks" I say.

"Cheers Roxas"

Olette and I cheer our bottles before taking a sip.

"Damn, when was the last time you were down here?" I ask.

"I don't know. Probably like, a year ago"

"Shit"

"I mean, I only came with you, Hayner, and Pence"

"Well what about Zack?" I ask.

She gave me a bit of a sour face before taking another sip.

"He rarely comes here. And I'm always busy when he does" she explains.

"Really?"

"Yeah, can we not talk about him?" she asks.

"Whoa there, someone's upset" I joke before taking a sip.

"I'm not upset, just annoyed"

"Is that why you didn't go to the festival today?" I ask.

She gives me an annoyed face. Fuck, why am I even asking? It really isn't any of my business. I guess its instinct. I use to always try to figure out what was up with her.

"If you must know, yes" she says.

I chuckle a bit.

"We actually got into a bit of an argument about yesterday so that's why"

"Oh, I'm sorry" I apologize.

I felt kind of bad. If Namine and I hadn't joined them then she wouldn't have gotten sick and Olette and Zack would be fine.

"Don't be. We're always arguing" she explains.

Well, never mind then. She gave a bit of a sad face.

"Well let's not think about that" I tell her.

She looks up at me. I take a sip and call Xigbar over.

"Hey Xigbar, can we get two shots of Captain Hook?" I ask.

"Oh no, that's fine"

"Come on! Don't be a pussy" I tease.

She gave me a smirk. I had her.

"The only pussy here is you" she tells me.

"I am what I eat" I shot.

She playfully punches my arm just as Xigbar gives us our shots.

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After about two beers and five shots for each of us, we decided to leave. We were both really drunk, giggling about the stupidest shit, which was perfect. We were forgetting about our bullshit problems.

"Remember that one time, when we were at that party and Hayner got slapped by Mulan because he couldn't tell if she was a guy or a girl?" Olette giggled.

"Yes! She was so fucking pissed!" I shouted.

We both started laughing really hard. I didn't give a shit who noticed or not.

"Speaking of gender confusion, do you know what Vivi is?" I ask.

"What do you mean?" she slurred.

"Like, I can't tell if Vivi is a guy or a chick" I explain.

"Oh. Um…"

She thought for a moment.

"Shit, I don't know" she answered.

We both started laughing again.

"Fuck, what time is it?" I ask.

I pull out my phone. It reads 7:48PM.

"Shit, how long were we at the bar?!" I almost shout.

Olette couldn't help but giggle.

"I don't know, a few hours" she answers.

"Shit… what do you wanna do now?" I ask.

"Hmm… go to my house?"

Her house? Shit, I haven't been there in forever. That'd be so weird… why the fuck am being weird about this?! It's her house, not the fucking… whatever's worse than her house… shit I don't know what I'm talking about.

"Um, Roxas?" she asks.

I snap out of my thoughts.

"Uh, yeah?"

She giggles again.

"Do you wanna come over my house?" she asks.

I nod my head.

"Sure"

"Are you sure?" she slurs.

I softly chuckle.

"Yeah, I'm sure"

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Olette unlocks her front door and we walk in.

"You sure your parents aren't home?" I whisper.

"Yes I'm sure. They're both on business trips" she explains.

"Okay" I whisper.

She closes the door behind us.

"Why are you still whispering?" she asks.

"I don't know" I whisper.

We both start giggling again. Fuck, just like old times. We'd always get drunk or high and make stupid jokes. Well, with Hayner and Pence too of course. Well, sometimes Olette and I would do this by ourselves when we use to fuck around… fuck, I miss fucking around with her. Fuck, what am I talking about? Fuck!

"Roxas?"

I snap out of my thoughts again. I noticed her sitting on the couch.

"Zoning out again?" she asks.

"No" I say as I walk over to her.

I sit down next to her, kicking off my shoes in the process.

"So what do you wanna do?" she asks.

"Well, normally when I sit down with a girl drunk as fuck in an empty house, there's only one thing I'm interested in doing" I say.

She raises an eyebrow.

"To eat" I say innocently.

Her expression changes and she starts laughing.

"Whoa, what did you think I was talking about? You're so perverted Olette" I joke.

"That was good. I'll give you that" she says before getting up.

She ends up grabbing a box of pop tarts and we start munching on them. I love pop tarts!

"I love pop tarts!" I tell her with my mouth full.

"Me too" she says, with her mouth also full.

We ended up finishing the rest of the box. I'm such a fat ass when I'm drunk.

"God, that was good" she comments.

"I know. Greatest pop tarts ever"

She giggles.

"Zack hates pop tarts" she mentions.

"What?! Is he not human?" I ask.

She giggles again.

"I guess not" she says.

We just sit there for awhile. I noticed that she slowly started to frown. I know she wasn't but I asked anyway.

"You okay?" I ask.

She nods her head. I don't believe her though. I see a tear escaping her eye.

"Hey" I say.

I wipe the tear away with my finger. She looks up at me.

"There's no need for that" I say.

"I'm sorry. I just couldn't hold it in"

"Do you wanna talk about it?" I ask.

"No, it's fine. You don't have to hear my problems"

"Olette, it's fine"

She looks up at me.

"You can vent if you need to" I add.

More tears start rolling down her cheeks.

"It's just, I feel like he doesn't want to be with me anymore" she says.

"Why do you say that?"

"He just always wants to hang out with friends and never wants to hang with me. And we're always arguing over the dumbest shit and I'm just getting sick of it!" she explains.

Damn, she's like a mix of pissed off and sad.

"And he's always flirting with girls, right in front of me too!" she adds.

I felt bad for her. I don't realize how bad their relationship was. They just always seemed so happy. Maybe it was fine at first and then it just went to shit. Kind of like how we use to be… I couldn't really say anything. I don't even know what to say except…

"I'm sorry"

She wipes her tears away.

"Don't be, I'm sorry. I shouldn't even be telling you this" she chuckles.

"Like I said, it's fine"

She gives me a soft smile. She then leans over and gives me a hug. I couldn't help but return it. I fucking missed her hugs! It's been so long since we've given each other a genuine hug. It feels so great.

"This must be really awkward for you" she says.

I softly chuckle.

"Not at all"

"Really?"

"Yeah, I don't mind at all" I admit.

We slowly pull away. Then we look into each other's eyes. Fuck, I know what happens here. We slowly start to lean in. However, we're both hesitating.

"Olette, this is not a good idea" I softly tell her.

"I know, I know"

I rest my forehead against hers.

"I'm sorry" she says.

"Stop apologizing"

We both just stay there for a moment. I didn't imagine my day turning out like this.

"Can we do one thing?" she says.

"What?"

"Can we just, lay here for a moment?" she asks.

We pull away and I smile.

"Sure"

I lay back on the couch and she rests her head on my chest. I slowly wrap my arms around her. This was weird, but comforting. I didn't want anything to do with this girl a few months back, yet here we are: Lying on the couch, forgetting our bullshit problems for a moment. It was nice. Something we both needed. Fuck, this summer has gotten so weird… but I love it.

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A/N: Pretty short chapter. I had to rewrite this one a few times to get it the way I wanted. It didn't feel right at first but hopefully it works now. And hopefully you all enjoy it! There are about 4 or 5 chapters left now; the next one should be up pretty soon. I really do hope you guys are enjoying this story so far.