beta: i feel like i don't deserve the honour of reading all this before you lovely lot. i really want to tell you how absolutely AMAZING this chapter is, i don't know how you did it, nirii – but it is. i also want to mention that there is a song you should listen to whilst reading, 'cause it makes it really cool, an' i know that once i mention it a lot of you will immediately decide you hate me – but i BEG of you, don't, 'cause i love you. it's See You Again by Miley Cyrus. ack, seriously, you better review this story or else the review chickens (closely related to the plot bunnies) will peck your eyes out. LOVE xx
Author's Note: Um, yeah, okay. I just hope you think it's as good as she did.
-o-x-Chapter 12-x-o-
"What time is it?"
"About thirty seconds after the last time you asked."
"Oh…"
Rikku was bored. No, correction, Rikku was bored stiff. Roxas had been woken up at the crack of dawn by an excited Sora (who told them that Roxas would probably "only be a few more minutes...") and had been swept off to the mall by his Aunt. She really regretted not going with them, but mornings were not her strong point, especially after long late-night chats that caused her to think about Roxas and his 'boy troubles.'
She shuffled on the sofa, her eyes wandering around the flowery-patterned room, searching for something - anything - that would quench her persistent boredom. Her eyes settled on the three people talking on the couch to her left.
"So, Mr Yes-I-Did-Steal-Your-Name-And-Get-Rid-Of-One-Of-The-Letters." She said loudly, causing everyone to look at her in confusion, or bored interest.
The slivery-haired boy blinked at her several times, "Are you talking to me?"
Rikku rolled her eyes, "No, dumbass, I was talking to the other million Riku's in here."
"Oh. Okay." He looked away from her and carried on with the conversation he had previously been having with the brunette on his right and the red-head on his left.
The blonde sighed dramatically: some people really didn't get sarcasm. She pulled herself off the armchair she was slumped on and squeezed into the small gap between Riku and Kairi who leapt apart in surprise.
"I heard you got dumped, Mr. Name Stealer. Are you heart broken? Distressed? Depressed?" she grinned, striking overly dramatic poses.
She gave him a look of glee as he shifted uncomfortably, "I- err… I don't really…" he trailed off, looking at Kairi and Sora with desperate eyes.
Rikku noticed that the red-head was blushing heavily, even though she was trying very hard to hide it and look calm. She turned to look at Sora who was shuffling in his seat in discomfort.
"You're not in some kind of weird kinky three-some are you?" she asked, intrigued though the mere thought of it made her stomach churn. You could almost hear Naminé eyes rolling like marbles and Yuffie tried - and failed - not to laugh as Riku, Sora and Kairi all gave Rikku a look of pure horror.
"…What?" the blonde said innocently, "I was only asking! Sheesh… I'll take it as a 'no'."
Then they heard the door open and the sound of voices in the hall, and the smell of an autumn breeze swept through the house.
Rikku cried out in joy, pushed herself off the sofa using Riku's head as a lever. The said head was pushed towards the brunette's which caused their cheeks to smush against each other causing Sora to blush and stammer and Kairi to smirk happily to herself.
The blonde flung herself into the kitchen, not looking, and latched herself on to the first person she found, "Roxie!" she squealed, then suddenly stopped, "Wait…" she stepped back, "you're not Roxas!"
The surprised boy gave her a strange look, "No, I'm-"
"Axel! Are you going to give me a hand or what?" came an annoyed sounding voice from outside, which she recognised to be Demyx.
"Yeah, sure Dem." He smirked at the blonde who was starting at him open mouthed and placed two fingers under her chin and pushed it up until her mouth closed, "You wouldn't want something to fly in there now, would you."
Rikku scowled and pouted at him, "Don't touch me," she batted his hand away and gave him a piercing look as if he were a particularly hard book to read, "So, you're Axel…"
"Well, I was last time I checked." He answered, even though it was more of a passing statement than a question.
Demyx came stumbling through the door carrying a very heavy cardboard box. He set it down in the counter, panting, and glared at the red-head, "Oh, thanks for all the help, Axel."
"Sorry, Dem. But I'm sure you needed the exercise more than I did." He replied, poking the grumpy boy in the chest.
Demyx muttered darkly under his breath until he noticed Rikku staring at them and his face brightened, "Hey! How are ya?"
She blinked for a while before slumping down onto the breakfast bar, "I though you two were Roxas!" she whined.
Demyx pouted, "What's wrong with us?"
The only answer he received was a pair of raised eyebrows and a doubtful expression.
"Okay. Fine. Whatever." Demyx said, feeling a little put-out by the fact that his company wasn't valued as much as his cousin's, "We past them on our way here so they'll be here, uh, well now."
As he finished talking, they heard a screech of brakes and what sounded like an exhausted engine being turned off.
Rikku's head shot up off the table, a bright grin plastered on her face.
"Yuffie! Naminé! He's hereee!"
There was a clattering from the living room and two more girls burst into the kitchen, a short blonde and a tall brunette.
"I am never going in a car with you again! You're a crazy driver!" Roxas was standing on in the doorway, glaring at Jess who was looking a little sheepish.
"Aww, Roxas! Don't be such a spoilsport! Don't ya think it was fun when you tried to grab the steering wheel from me but you turned it the wrong way and we nearly hit that old-"
"It wasn't funny! It was very- mumpf."
He was cut off by Rikku, Naminé and Yuffie all hugging him.
"Come on, Roxie!" Yuffie grabbed him by the arm and pulled him into the living room.
Axel raised his eyebrows in confusion at Demyx who shrugged, "It gets worse, believe me."
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"Come on guys! Get into a circle around me." Yuffie insisted.
"Why?" Sora asked, staring at the bottle in the dark-haired girl's hand as if she was going to hit him with it.
"We're going to play Spin the Bottle, of course!"
A collective groan went around the group then:
"Yay!" Rikku squealed and sat herself down on the floor as the start of the circle.
"Double yay with knobs on." Roxas said sarcastically, sitting down next to her.
Rikku giggled madly, wrapping her arms around his neck, kissing his cheek and hugging him tightly.
Naminé sighed, realising what Yuffie was going to try to do, and joined the incomplete circle on Rikku's other side.
When the others showed no sign of moving, Yuffie threatened to shove a spatula down each of their throats, she even started walking towards the kitchen. Unsurprisingly, they all sat down, albeit unwillingly, and completed the circle.
"Right," Yuffie threw the bottle up into the air and caught it expertly as it spiraled down, "I wonder who will get to go first?" she shared a secret wink with Rikku that made Roxas' stomach churn: he had a really bad feeling about this.
She sat down in between Sora and Riku and set the bottle spinning. He started at it, feeling a little dizzy but then he sighed in relief as it stopped at Kairi. She groaned and slapped her forehead, obviously annoyed. Roxas laughed a little, though he was sure he would regret it later, praising the good lord in heaven that he wasn't in her position.
Yuffie grinned and spun the bottle again. Roxas thought for one, horrific, moment that it was going to land of him. But it slowly crept past him, past Rikku and stopped in front of Sora.
The brunette started at the bottle and gulped. Roxas smirked slightly as he noticed Riku's face; he looked ready to kill.
'If you take the time to look, it's really obvious that there is something going on between the three of them,' he thought, 'I'll have to ask Sora about it later…'
"Well?" Rikku was looking at them expectantly, twirling one of her plait around a finger, "Go on then."
Sora shifted slightly, you could notice his discomfort a mile away.
"We're waiting…" Demyx said, drumming his fingers impatiently.
The brunette shut his eyes, thinking how wrong this was and pressed his lips against Kairi's. After about ten seconds he couldn't bare it anymore, her lips felt too full, her scent was too over-powering, so he pulled away. He gave Kairi an apologetic look and she pulled a face, indicating how awkward the situation had been.
Yuffie giggled and sat the bottle spinning again. Roxas tensed up every time the bottle came towards him but fortunately, the bottle stopped at Rikku. She burst out laughing, which received some strange looks and the bottle was spun again. This time it landed on Demyx. Axel patted him on the back and Demyx shrugged, pointing out that it was only a game. They barely kissed what with Rikku giggling insanely and Demyx smirking and grinning at the situation.
Roxas thought the game would stop, simply because everyone would get bored, but Yuffie was determined that everyone would have a turn and started spinning the bottle again.
It landed on Riku who rolled his eyes in a bored fashion and then sighed when it landed on Yuffie herself. Riku leaned in and kissed her softly, thinking what a good opportunity to make Sora jealous. Wait. He must have meant Kairi. Yuffie was blushing slightly as he pulled away and went to sit back in his seat. He gave her a quick wink before turning his attention to Sora. The brunette looked a little put out which made Riku smile in a satisfied way. Which he found rather odd.
Yuffie set the bottle spinning again and Roxas felt a terrible clenching sensation in his stomach as it slowed and pointed to Axel. He watched the bottle as it spun to select his "partner", willing it to point anywhere but himself then thinking that actually it wouldn't be too bad if it did point him because, you know, he'd get to kiss Axel and that would be really cool. Fortunately, or unfortunately, the bottle slipped past Naminé, past Rikku and pointed in the space between him and Rikku. She twirled one of her plaits innocently and nudged the bottle towards Roxas with her toe.
Demyx's eyebrows shot up, Naminé giggled, Kairi bit her lip trying to prevent herself from laughing, Sora looked pale, Riku whistled and Yuffie and Rikku shared a look of glee.
Roxas just blinked, trying not to show too much emotion, non at all would have been better but that was a very hard feat for Roxas.
"Spin it again," Demyx said, "I really don't want to watch this."
"You don't have to. They could go outside." Rikku said, glaring at him.
Roxas tried to see what Axel was thinking but his face was as blank as a mask. Damn him.
"Well, it is meant to be boy-girl." Riku pointed out before backing down at the glares he received.
"Yes, Well. It's boy-boy this time." Yuffie snapped at him, "Besides, Roxas is gay anyway."
"But… Axel isn't," Demyx said uneasily.
Yuffie and Rikku's jaws dropped, they looked like two young children who'd been told that Christmas had been cancelled.
Roxas held his head in his hands, wondering why on earth he had been stupid enough to tell his friends that there was a possibility he might just like Axel.
Then the red-head piped up, "Actually, I'm pretty open. It doesn't matter to me."
Demyx goggled at him, "What? You never told me this!"
Axel had the grace to look sheepish, "Uh, you never asked… Sorry, Dem."
He shrugged, "Eh, forget it. At least I know now." He grinned manically and cackled.
Rikku rolled her eyes impatiently, "For god's sake, get on with it!"
Yuffie giggled, "You can still go outside if you want…"
Axel smirked and looked at Roxas who was feeling like he'd just been sold as a slave. The red-head stood up and held his hand out to Roxas who looked at it sheepishly.
"Fine." He took Axel's hand, stood up and let himself be pulled out of the room. He glanced back at Rikku, Naminé and Yuffie; all of whom were looking as though Christmas had finally come early, his own expression blatantly said: 'I am going to get you for this… Oh yes I am. When you least expect it.'
The blonde closed the door behind him and looked around for Axel. He blushed when he saw him leaning against the wall, smirking. The red-head jerked his chin in a 'come here' gesture, Roxas mentally smacked himself for doing it so quickly because he knew what would come next.
He stumbled and almost, quite literally, fell into the red-head's arms.
"Well, that's one way to do it." Axel smirked.
Roxas blushed heavily and started to apologise but he was cut off. Again.
"Shh. We're supposed to be kissing."
Axel cupped Roxas' chin in his hand, titled it upwards and leaned forward. Then all Roxas could think about was the red-head's lips. On his. He was kissing him. The Mexican band that lived in Roxas' head broke out into song, maracas and all, in celebration. Instinctively, one of his hands went up and touch the arm that was holding his head in place. Then, he pulled away.
Roxas opened his eyes to look at the red-head and he could have swore there was a smile playing around his face. He smiled back shyly, he didn't remember ever feeling so uncomfortable yet happy in his life.
Axel coughed after a few seconds of them just staring at each other, "We should…" he rubbed the back of his head awkwardly, cracking his neck, "go back inside." He pointed towards the door.
Roxas' smile vanished: he'd almost forgotten that they were just playing a game.
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author's note: Aww... that last bit made me sadddd D: Poor little Roxie. But still, THE PLOT THICKENS! bhahaaha. Well, kinda. ANYHOO! I hope you enjoyed that chapter, i'm already writing the next one because once I start i find it a little hard to stop. Until i get writer's block. So, um, yes. Reviews would be nice, they always are :D
nirii xx