Memories

Memories

Chapter 3: Oops

Disclaimer: -sigh- I'm getting tired of these. I will never own anything that has to do with Kingdom Hearts, I am unworthy of even thinking I ever could. Axel and Demyx – no matter how much I wish for their smex – will never belong to me. Their souls shall never be mine to claim.

Axel: Hah! Sucks to be you, don't it?

Kyoku: Shut up, at least I have my character in here, I'm grateful just to have that.

Demyx: don't be mean Axel.

Axel: but that's what I do…

Kyoku: alright, that's enough. It's okay, thanks Demy-chan. Now, let's not keep the readers waiting. Let the story commence!

"What were our clues again?" Dyme questioned for the third time.

The three of them sat on the roof at the school, eating their lunch and chatting. A few minuets ago Delilah had brought up a riddle, and now the two guys were attempting to figure it out. It was pretty fun, being only allowed yes or no questions.

"Your clues were; the rope broke, the bell rang, the woman died," Delilah reiterated for the fifth time already. She was nibbling on a bag of chips, enjoying their attempts.

"Okay, so we know she was at the beach… and she wasn't near the rope or be bell, but they're connected to her death…" Dyme voiced. "So… was there anyone around who could have caused her death?"

Delilah shook her head, "Nope, no people."

The two looked to Lea, who was sitting quietly, seeming to think. He had been the one to figure out where it was taking place, and Dyme had figured the rest. He needed to think of something else. If the bell didn't kill her, and there were no people around… she was at the beach, so… "Oh!" A little light turned on in his head, "Did seagulls eat her?"

The three of them burst into laughter at the thought. That seemed to happen a lot now. They'd all end up with their own inside jokes for later, and then always end up bringing it up in public, where they'd once again break into laughter.

"Are you guys thirsty?" Delilah offered, pulling out her coin purse to get some money. "My treat."

"Oh, yeah, anything's good with me," Dyme grinned.

Lea began to get up after Delilah, "I'll come with you, I don't know what I want—" The red head, thought he was much stronger than the brunette girl, was pushed back onto his butt by her hands.

"I'll get them, if you don't know what you want, I'll surprise you," she was smiling when she turned and headed to the door to the stairs. "While I'm gone, you guys can try to think of more questions."

The door shut, and there was no more chance to voice an opinion against her words. Leah shut his open jaw, cutting off the now useless retort he had prepared. With a huff, he lay back on the concrete of the roof, staring up at the cloudless sky, "Damn…" he murmured.

Dyme chuckled, "Wanted to get some time alone with her, didn't you?" he teased.

"What? No, man, I just didn't want her going by herself."

"She's a big girl, Lea," Dyme chuckled, "I think she can take care of herself, right?" By the tone in the other's voice, Lea could tell that Dyme was now regretting not going with her as well.

Lea shifted his gaze to where Delilah had been sitting moments ago, "You've seen how some other guys look at her, right? We're the only reason they don't talk to her, because they're scared of us. Delilah's a cute girl, and she's so timid around others that she'd be easy to snare…" Suddenly, Lea didn't feel like laying there. He sat up, and then pushed himself to his feet.

Dyme seemed to have caught on, "Hey, Lea, chill out. I know how things are, but you got to give her a little credit. Let's give her some time before going after her, I mean, she could be fine."

"What do you mean by 'we'? I'm going, and you get to stay here and keep the birds off our food." Lea walked straight for the door, ignoring Dyme's complaints. He pulled open the door and entered the stairway, silently, he made his way down the stairs, only to find that Delilah was in the predicament he had expected.

Three boys were blocking her exit from the stairway, each trying to flirt. The brunette's lips remained closed, she didn't want to be rude and tell them to please leave her alone, but she was supposed to get the drinks. She desperately wanted to get through, and when she had finally summed up the courage to ask them to move aside, they would just ask her why.

"You guys, I really need to get those drinks," Lea heard her say as he walked up behind her. He reached out, placing his hand atop her head, and pulled her back. His action so sudden to her she stumbled back into him.

"Hey, Delilah," the word felt so odd on his cheeks, he'd called her 'Bookworm' for so long, "what's up? I though you offered to get drinks." At the same time, he sent the three guys a look, daring them to continue with their pointless gab.

The brunette looked up at Lea, surprised at his sudden appearance. "Uh – y-yeah, but these guys won't get out of the way…"

The redhead blinked his emerald eyes, "Really, and – uh – what guys would they be?" He chuckled to see Delilah look forward just as they three fled down the hall. Was he really that intimidating? "Come on, I'll walk with you."

The girl laughed, the sound almost hollow, "Thanks, Lea."

"It's what I do."

­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­It was quiet, really quiet. Axel opened his eyes slightly and looked around the dark shapes in his room. He looked beside him and saw a shape in his bed, almost that of a girl. Delilah. He suddenly though, sitting up in his bed. His stomach felt empty and icy cold, like in those moments of adrenaline, only this time he didn't have his heart to hammer in his chest.

Almost disappointed, Axel realized that the shape he has seen in his bed was just a pillow and a mess of sheets. It was just his mind playing a trick on him, and for some reason, the thought of that fact hurt. He sighed and lay back into the comfort of his sheets.

With how dark it was, it must still have been late. He had gone to bed early, hoping to get more hours of dreams, and yet he woke up again. A groan pushed its way past his lips and he rolled over once again, tangling himself in the blanket once more. He closed his eyes, and after a moment or so, he fell back into that dream he wished for.

The screen blared with images, but Lea wasn't paying attention to them. He was in his own little world, letting random thoughts drift across his mind, making his own captions to the images his eyes took in. "My name is Jennifer," he suddenly blurted out to the subtitled line, making his two friends laugh. "I am num-bah one for kung-fu ass whooping."

"Oh, so you say, but Ling-ching says my flicking can beat your kung-fu whooping of asses," Dyme retorted as the other person spoke with muted subtitles.

A moment passed in silence until Delilah realized they wanted her to join in, rather than just listen and laugh. "Oh, you want me in? Are you sure? Because I already have your asses whooped, I'm Chuck Norris."

Another round of laughter sounded before Lea managed, "Oh, no, Not miss-tah Norris. I no keep up with dat."

"Yeah, he can kick your ass yesterday!"

The first person - who Lea was doing voices for - suddenly fell, and Lea cried, "Oh no, I think he did, my ass!"

Delilah laughed and playfully punched Lea, though he almost didn't notice it. "You guys are so lame," she giggled from her seat between them.

It was a Saturday and they had spent all day at Lea's attic room, watching one stupid movie after another. It was now getting into the later hours, though the exact hour was hidden behind a clutter of objects on the nightstand.

Even though they had basically sat around all day, Lea was actually pretty sleepy. Maybe it had to do with the fact that he'd already seen this movie about six times already. Later in the movie he began to space out, zoning in and out of blank periods of sleep. At one point he was faintly aware of Dyme having to leave because of his parents.

He didn't know how much time had passed, but he felt something nudge him. He groaned and moved falling against something, which gave way under his weight. Lea heard a squeak, and opened his eyes, he had stopped himself just above a face. Had he fallen asleep again and moved against someone? He knew he used to do that as a child. He couldn't figure out what happened, but he knew one thing. Those surprised brown eyes belonged to his very cute friend Delilah. He remembered once that he had imagined what it would be like to kiss her, to taste her lips, but he couldn't do that, not between friends, besides, he and Demyx had promised they'd talk about that stuff tomorrow, when she couldn't come over.

He knew how close he was to her, she knew it too, which made her cheeks such a lovely scarlet. He was tempted to try, but she was… he couldn't, could he? She parted her lips to say something, but Lea wasn't thinking clearly, and he didn't give her the chance to ask him to move. Seconds later his lips were pressed to hers softly. He kept himself restrained, he knew better than to be rough with Delilah.

Suddenly Lea was aware of a sharp sting across his cheek, and he pulled away from her. Now he'd done it, he knew he shouldn't have. "Sorry—"

Delilah pushed him back, and he let her. Her hand reached up to cover her mouth as she quickly fled form his room. He heard her footsteps as she descended, and then finally, the closing of the front door.

The realization of what he did dragged itself painfully across his mind, making itself known once again. His fist hit the couch, bouncing a bit after the contact. He grit his teeth, furious with himself, "Damn it…"

Axel jolted awake to a certain feeling he knew well, that sweet feeling of relief. He let out the air that had been trapped in his lungs. His cheeks were flushed, and he was breathless. The dream was hazy, just like all the others were when he first awoke. Although he couldn't recall what the dream had been about, he was certain of one thing. It was something that wasn't meant to happen, at least, it wasn't intended for that moment.

Oh, right, he was certain of another thing.

He had to wash his sheets today, too.

Kyoku: Hahahahahahahahaha, alright, there's some funny in that last part. I'm sorry, but that just kind of happened. You know how guys can be.

Axel: dude, that wasn't even worth that kind of reaction.

Kyoku: yes it was. It's not the best thing, but it can work. But yeah, that's this chapter. Please tell me how I did, I love reviews, or at least I think so. This chapter was, again, for my Ane-san, who's joke was put into this chapter. It's in the beginning, with the whole, 'Did the seagulls eat her?' that was her question. It was funny. Also! Just to tell you people, yes I do realise now how short the chapters are as to compaired on Word. I will try to fix that. Other than that, I hope you enjoyed it.

So, once again, I thank you for reading this story.

Kyokugaisha Asumare.