"So… what do you think Marluxia saw?"
"It might have been our old friend Ian Harland. Seeing him is certainly quite alarming."
"Maybe… or perhaps Blade Harper decided to pay us a visit."
"Doubtful."
"Hey, maybe it was that monk thing."
"Equally doubtful. I don't think Marluxia would be scared by the same things as Aerith."
"True…."
Ansem and Sephiroth had stayed up very late that night, trying to figure out what had scared Marluxia so badly that he couldn't speak of it. By the time they stopped talking and turned out the light, it was around three in the morning.
Around seven the next day, Ansem was awakened by, of course, a yell.
"Four bloody hours of sleep," he growled, extricating himself from Sephiroth's arms. "Whoever's yelling better have a damn good reason for it. It better be a ghost and not a rat or something."
He pulled on jeans and a t-shirt, and headed down to the living room. The moment he saw what was going on, he stopped dead, mouth agape.
A myriad of small winged insects were tormenting Axel and Zexion, who, it seemed, were trying to watch Saturday morning cartoons. Horseflies, houseflies, wasps, sweat bees, honeybees, and even ladybugs were flying around their heads. The din was incredible. Axel was wildly swinging a pillow, and Zexion was flailing his arms around.
"What in the… What the hell is going on?" Ansem yelled.
"We don't know! They just came outta nowhere!" Axel yelled back, nearly clubbing Zexion with his pillow. "There aren't even any open windows!"
Ansem looked around, and saw Axel was right. The door was locked, and the windows were shut, seeing as how it was late October. Wait, October? There shouldn't be any winged insects in October. Well, maybe the houseflies, but the rest?
Sephiroth came down the stairs. "What's going on?" he asked, stifling a yawn. Ansem pointed, and Sephiroth's jaw dropped. He came up to stand beside Ansem.
"Hey! How about trying to help us instead of standing there gaping?" Zexion snarled.
"What the hell are we supposed to do? Get a can of Raid?" Sephiroth snapped irritably. Sephiroth and four hours of sleep were apparently like oil and water. They just don't mix.
"I don't know! Just something!"
At that instant, the bugs just fell from the air, dead. Axel's jaw dropped, and picked up a large horsefly.
"It's dead! Dead as a doorknob!" he said incredulously. "What the hell?"
"Well, we gotta get these bugs out of here, or Yuffie'll have a fit," Sephiroth said. He and the others grabbed brooms, and swept out all the bug bodies, letting them blow away in the fierce winds that had sprung up late the previous night.
"D'you think Vexen would know anything about that?" Ansem asked. "It sort of seems his sort of thing. I mean, he's been the most skeptical of all of us."
"I'll go find him. Isn't he usually up by now?" Sephiroth offered. Axel and Zexion exchanged looks.
"I wouldn't, if I were you," Zexion said.
"It sounded like he and Marluxia were doing naughty things when we passed their door on the way down here," Axel continued. Their room being at the back of the house, they typically passed everyone's rooms on the way downstairs. Sephiroth gave them a look, and headed upstairs. Axel and Zexion exchanged looks. A few minutes later, Sephiroth came back, his face an interesting shade of red.
"It seems they haven't stopped," he said sheepishly.
Ansem sniggered, and Sephiroth glared at him.
"You walk in on those two snogging and see how you like it!" Sephiroth growled, his face turning even redder. Ansem laughed harder, and Sephiroth threw a pillow at him. Aerith and Kairi came down, glaring at them.
"What's so funny?" Kairi snapped.
"Your head."
"Your face."
"Your voice."
"You."
Kairi stuck her tongue out at them, and Aerith hid a smile.
"Just for that, you four can make breakfast," Kairi retorted, hands on her hips.
"I'd burn it."
"Can't cook."
"Not good with sharp objects."
"Ditto."
"Hopeless," Kairi muttered. She and Aerith continued into the kitchen.
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Yeah, it was short this time. Oh well. I couldn't think what to do after Kairi called them hopeless. Bleah.
Anyway! Yes, I have now put Vexen and Marluxia in a pairing! Inspired by a pic on DeviantART called "4 x 11." It's smexy! Go check it out! You can either do a search for "Kingdom Hearts yaoi" or just type in the name, I guess. I haven't tried that.
Yay! My reviewers picked up on the hints about Vexen and Marluxia! You guys are sharp! Congrats!
I'm thinking about changing my penname to Tetsuya Kitase. I know Tetsuya is a guy's name, but I like it anyway. I'll probably change it on this site when I update next week, just so you know.