Chapter 4: "Bonding"
Xion walked silently behind her chatty sisters as they made their way through the crowd of guests at the castle, Xion heard Kairi mention something about dancing but Xion dissmissed it because she thought she wasn't very good at dancing. 'Who would even ask me to dance? Only a poor fool would appreciate such a low life as myself..' She thought as Kairi turned to Xion, "Wouldn't it be wonderful Xion, to get asked to dance by the most handsome stranger?" Xion felt slightly disterbed by where this was going. "How could you tell Kairi? Everyone here has a mask on..." She said to her older sister as she rolled her eyes. "Oh come now Xion! Enjoy yourself, please~?" Namine chirped, Xion only nodded and mumbled, "I'll try.." And with that she put on a fake smile the rest of the night. Thought little did she know that, that would soon be the biggest most real smile that ever danced across her lips.
Vanitas trudged miserably beside Ventus as they made their way to the ballroom, "Vanitas, it isn't polite to slouch.." Ventus murmured to Van as he put his hand behind Vanitas' back to straighten his posture, though Van wasn't enthused, he submitted without a fight. "This is still stupid Ven.." Vanitas grumbled as Ven shot a quick glare at his younger sibling, "Van you promised me you'd behave, I expect you to keep to your word.." Vanitas looked away. "I can pretend to have a good time Ven...but I won't." "Just keep telling yourself that Vani." Ven simply stated as Vanitas growled at the childish nick-name. Ventus quickened his pace and entered inside the ballroom, for Vanitas' sake though Ventus decided to skip formalities and refused to have the guards announce their entry, which Vanitas was very grateful for.
Sora and Roxas were already in the ballroom, to support Van they didn't announce their presence at the ball either. Sora thought it would be a fun change, Roxas didn't know what to feel though, since he was little he learned to go by tradition so this new concept of breaking tradition was very foreign to him. Sora grinned excitedly, "So, where did Axel say the food would be again?" Roxas groaned, "He told you earlier! Weren't you listening!?" Sora paused in his steps. "Uhhhhm..." Roxas sighed, "That means, 'no'..." Roxas said with annoyance. "He said he'd bring out the food after the first dance Sora." Sora gasped, "What?! But...everyone's dancing now!" Roxas looked at Sora with a blank expression. "Sora, the first tdance is when one of the royal family- meaning one of us four, chooses a maiden to dance with. It's tradition." Roxas stated proudly with a small smile. "But- That could take forever! Dancing is hard for me, you're to bashful to ask anyone even though you're amazing at dancing, Ven has a girlfriend, and Van...I'm honestly surprised he hasn't killed someone yet!" Sora excliamed with a pout as his stomach growled. "Traditions are stupid.." Sora said quietly as Roxas proceeded to smack Sora upside the head. "Tch, Sora! Traditions aren't stupid!" After that, Roxas scolded Sora as the night went on.
A/N: I'm so, so, SO sorry I took so long on this chapter! I have not abandoned this story though, rest assured that I'm just busy and I'm not going to cut this story off anytime soon. But anyway, I think I'm pretty happy with this chapter actually...I know it's short but I really don't have the time to update and make long chapters all the time so, short is all I got right now! And please review if you want to, and tell me what you think! And don't hesitate a good scolding if I take forever. It's what motivates me..