Chapter Five: Right Here Waiting
"We never really thought about that." Loz scratched his head.
"We have those spare mattresses right? They could stay here in the living room." Yazoo suggested.
"No! That would be too inhospitable of us." Kadaj disagreed.
"There's no way I'm going to sleep on a mattress IN THE LIVING ROOM!" Loz protested. They had no other choice but to share rooms with the girls. The guys would sacrifice their beds for the sake of chivalry and they would just use the mattresses and sleep on the floor. Asuka was to sleep in Kadaj's room, Azalea in Yazoo's and Akime in Loz's. After putting down their things and weapons, they started to rummage through the whole house.
Akime busied herself with the sound system they had while Azalea… well… she was busy tinkering with her roommate, Yazoo's, things.
"Hey sis… Look what I found! An electric guitar!" Azalea said to Akime.
"They have a killer sound system here!" Akime said, excitedly.
"Oh c'mon, Azalea! Give it back!" Yazoo said as they were playing tug of war with the guitar.
"Okay… have it your way." Azalea calmly said as Yazoo fell back three steps due to tugging on the guitar.
"STOP IT, YOU TWO! YOU'RE ACTING STUPID!" Asuka screamed at both of them. Immediately, Azalea and Akime retreated to their rooms with their roommates.
Kadaj and Asuka decided to enter their room as well. Kadaj turned on the light and let Asuka in.
"You could sleep on my bed; I'll just use the mattress and sleep on the floor." Kadaj said.
"Are you sure?" Asuka asked.
"Yeah, it's okay." Kadaj said as he fixed the mattress himself," You're gonna take some shut-eye?"
"I'll take a hot shower first. I'm still filthy from all that blood since early this morning." Asuka said.
"Well, the bathroom is downstairs, to your right." Kadaj said.
"Thanks…" Asuka muttered softly as she got a small towel from her luggage and went straight to the bathroom.
Kadaj unzipped his leather clothing and changed into a plain white shirt and black shorts. He laid down the mattress and mixed thoughts came rushing to his head. Weirdly, they were all about Asuka.
"I see you've found the other three…" Sephiroth appeared.
"Yeah and we made Rufus pay for lying." Kadaj replied, still staring at the ceiling and lying down.
"So, I heard…" Sephiroth said," but there is also something that's bothering you…"
"No, there isn't." Kadaj lied.
"You know that you can't lie to me, Kadaj. I am one of your thoughts; therefore, I can read what's on your mind." Sephiroth said.
"Yeah, but-"Kadaj said but Sephiroth cut his sentence.
"You'll get what you want Kadaj, don't worry. But, I advice you, not now." Sephiroth said before he vanished.
"Again, the great soldier leaves me hanging and confused…" Kadaj said sarcastically as he released an exasperated sigh.
Asuka entered the room in a tank top and shorts. She was tapping her silver hair dry. Asuka hung her towel at the headboard and laid down on the bed. Her eyes started to scan the whole room.
"You're very tidy for a guy." Asuka complimented Kadaj.
"Thanks…" Kadaj said," I hope you like my bed."
Asuka laughed.
"What's so funny?" Kadaj asked.
"I never expected you to be so hospitable." Asuka giggled.
"I'm just so nervous. I never interacted nicely with other people besides my brothers before." Kadaj said as her turned towards Asuka's direction.
"You're lucky. You and your brothers care about each other and it doesn't matter anymore if the world likes you or not… as they say 'the world is your oyster'…"Asuka continued," I and my sisters only stuck to each other because each other is the only thing we've got and the world we lived in wasn't really the ideal place to live in."
"Did you ever get this feeling that you can't get something out of your mind? Whenever you think of it you're confused but at the same time, you're at ease." Kadaj said.
"It depends on what you are referring to. If it's an object, you're obsessed, but if it's a person, you're in love." Asuka said.
They looked at the watch and found out that it was already eleven o'clock. They decided to sleep and turn off the lights. Before Kadaj could head back to his mattress, he heard laughter from behind the door. He abruptly opened it and Loz tumbled in the room.
"Sorry, couldn't help eavesdropping." Loz laughed.
"GET OUT! GET OUT! GET OUT!" Kadaj said as he pushed his brother out of his room. He locked and bolted the door and laid back down.
"So… as you told me… have you ever been in love?" Kadaj asked, out of the blue.
"So far, no. I'm still waiting… but I don't think I wanna know what it feels like." Asuka said and yawned," Goodnight, Kadaj."
"Goodnight…" Kadaj replied and drifted off into a deep slumber.