Again I owned nothing and I'm rusty rusty. The second Chapter. :)
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Forgive me for any grammar mistakes you may find. It's early in the morning. Enjoy your read!~
Scratching could be heard throughout Hayner's room as the young blond slept. "Mew..... Mew..... Mew! Mew!" The tiny kitten was scratching furiously at it's temporary prison, cold and hungry and desperate for attention.
One eye opened followed by a groan and shuffling of fabric. The exhausted dirty blond raised himself on his elbows and peered at his night table holding a clock that seemed to scream 1:30 AM in bright green letters. "Oh God... Why am I up at this hour?" he groggily asked himself as he shivered from the biting cold of his room. 'Wait a minute,...It's never cold in my room.' he thought. Looking down at his still soggy and now freezing clothes, Hayner suddenly remembered all the events that had happened a few hours ago. As if finally noticing the noise that first woke him, he immediately left his bed and went to the box located on the floor next to the piece of comfy furniture.
As expect the sight that greeted Hayner made him smile for joy as the kitten was full of life and desperate for food. A good sign that the kitten will get healthy again.
The shaking he was doing reminded the young blond to change into some actual dry clothes before he attempted to feed the young thing. Heading for the closet, he picked out a long sleeved navy blue wrap neck collared sweater and some dark gray pajama bottoms. Discarding his soaking camouflage vest and pants, followed by his black shirt and boxers on the floor somewhere, he swiftly pulled the two articles of warm clothing on before he headed downstairs to the kitchen.
His mother always had a thing about rescuing animals in need, so feeding a baby kitten wouldn't be that hard. Hayner grabbed what he needed from the kitchen, a cup full of KMR milk, a dropper and some paper towels before he again went upstairs to the company in his room. Ten minutes later a satisfied kitten fell asleep on a full stomach, warmed by the heating pad at the bottom of it's box.
As he entered the kitchen to put the kitten supplies away, a loud series of knocking was heard at the front door. Curiously he walked to the door wondering if his parents forgot where they put their spare keys again. The last time that happened Hayner wasn't home so they had to attempt jumping into the back yard and picking the lock on the glass door. They had one hell of a time when they had to explain to the cops why they were breaking into their house house. Those damn nosy neighbors.
As he opened the door, the sight of two tall police officers took him by surprise.
"Are you Hayner?" one of them asked, a morose tone to his voice.
"Yes officer. Why? Has something happened?" The panic in Hayner's voice was evident and made the two officers glance at each other, almost like who should have to be the one to break the news to the poor kid first.
"An accident happened. Young man you will need to come with us to officially identify the body."
Hayner froze, it felt like a bucket of ice water was dropped on him. "Wha-.....What happened? Who's body?!"
"Your parents were in a car accident earlier in the evening. Your mother is in the hospital getting treated for her injuries but your father was not that lucky. He died during the crash. We need you to come with us please. You are eighteen correct?"
All he could do was nod slightly. Of all the things to happen, why his parents? He was escorted into the officers police car and silently stared out the window watching the light sprinkling of rain indicating the storm had not yet fully finished. As the one of the two men started the car the other in the passenger seat leaned back slightly to say, "I'm sorry for your loss young man." The blond didn't bother to reply, to numb to process what was said as he continuously stared out his window at the moving scenery.
A week had passed since Hayner received the news of what happened to his parents and identified the body(a situation he never wanted to go through again, let alone wish it on anyone else). Still not being allowed to enter his mother's hospital room to visit her, all he could do was clean the house and continue to care for the kitten he had recently taken to.
It was four o'clock in the afternoon, the sky a beautiful warm golden glow with hints of dark pink, maroon, and navy blue. But of course at any time of the day the sky of Twilight Town was always a breath taking sight.
The young blond felt a need to actually go somewhere else, find a different haunting ground to occupy for awhile. That and the kitten needed some fresh air since it was getting so antsy. Carefully locking the door while holding the kitten in his other hand, Hayner set off to wondering the quiet streets hardly ever full of traffic. Usually when he would walk alone he'd be frustrated and worked up and would usually visit the sandlot and struggle with competitors in the weekly struggle matches, or just go one on one with his rival, Seifer Almasy.
'Maybe going to the Sandlot wouldn't be such a bad idea,... I know Ollete and Pence are usually always there. If not I'll just go to the Usual Spot and try to relax.' he thought, scratching behind the little kitten's left ear.
When he arrived at the Sandlot he was surprised that nobody was there. "This place is usually packed at this time. What gives?" the blond quietly mumbled to himself. He scanned the area and sure enough it looked devoid of life. He then spotted a bench and proceeded to sit down, allowing the kitten to jump from his lap and run around in circles at his feet, clawing at his camouflage shoes with a fierce passion.
He got up from his sitting place to sit down next to the kitten on the ground and carefully play with it.
A few minutes of this continued until Hayner absently thought one of his habitual thoughts that sparked a downturn of his good mood. 'I wonder what mom's making for dinner tonight?! How could I have forgotten so easily! I....... She's...... and Dad....' It's almost like he zoned out, not all really there but only just so that it could easily be described as an out of body moment.
"Hey Lamer! What the hell are you doing here?" echoed all around the Sandlot.
Irked at not receiving a reply, the voice got louder the closer it came to the person it was directed to.
"What the hell chickenwuss?! You want me to beat you to a bloody pulp that badly? Keep sitting there like a dumbass and I'll do just that!"
Slowly, as if realizing he was being spoken to, Hayner lifted his head in the direction where the voice was coming from. And as he stared into two piercing blue eyes the younger blond quickly snapped back into reality.
"Seifer!? When did you get here? I thought nobody was here?!" As he said this, Hayner quickly looked around for the kitten finding it no where near him, but instead making it's way towards Seifer only a few feet away.
Following Hayner's gaze, Seifer looked down at his feet to see a kitten that looked all to familiar clawing at the bottom of his jacket. And it finally clicked why the kitten did look familiar as Hayner quickly rushed and made a grab for the kitten before Seifer could even bend down to pick up the thing.
Narrowing his eyes into a glare at his rival Seifer quickly spat, "Where did you get that cat!"
"Why do you care! You're not getting it so just lay off!" the younger blond yelled, cradling the kitten in a protective hold.
"Hmph, well see about that lamer." Crossing his arms, Seifer stood in one of his arrogant poses as he questioned, "Besides, you couldn't stop me from taking that kitten, even if you tried. No doubt you'd go cry to mommy if you so much as lost the damn thing."
Hayner's eyes widened just fraction before settling into a glare without the usual hint of malice.
Without any indication of a reply to Seifer's taunt, the younger blond just slowly turned around in the direction he entered the Sandlot and slowly started the walk back home.
"Well looks like lamer really is a chickenwuss after all! And here I thought I would actually have to waste some time kicking your ass out of here!"
The younger blond gave no indication that he even heard his rival as he concentrated on keeping the tears that formed in his eyes from falling.
Annoyed at Hayner's behavior, the older blond turned around to go inform his friends that the Sandlot was all clear for their upcoming activities. Though he couldn't help but wonder why the younger blond was so out of it. 'Not my problem if the lamer wants to act like a fucking emo pussy. But if he comes anywhere near me with that crying shit, I'll kick his fucking face in!'
Sitting in his apartment, Roxas was examining his last lightning storm photos. His heart clenched with the thought of what that night entailed and he quickly grabbed his cell phone dialing in a number he thought he wouldn't ever have to call.
"Hello?" The voice replied on the other line.
"Hey it's Roxas. I...... I was wondering if the offer you gave me was still available." The spiky haired youth nervously fidgeted with the hem of his shirt, taking notice of the complete silence on the other end of the line.
Biting his lip, Roxas almost thought of this call as a mistake until he heard a chuckle from the deep voice.
"Of course it's still open. Why?"
"Because..... I wanna take it." he breathed out the last of his sentence, hoping he was making the right choice.
"Alright. Someone will be over to pick you up in a few days so have everything packed inducing all your equipment. You will not have to worry about any further transportation or the cost of said transportation."
"O-okay......"
"Oh and Roxas?"
Roxas froze at the tone of voice the other was using. "Yes?"
"I can't wait to see you again. Welcome aboard." and the line went dead.
Slowly closing his cell phone, Roxas breathed a sigh of relief that the conversation went well.
Now to pack up his things and send in his one week notice at his job. And if he could manage, he would try to avoid his best friend as best he could. Sure it would hurt Hayner that he would up and leave without a goodbye, but he could easily get over that. Make his friendship with Pence and Ollete stronger. But he couldn't work up the courage to face him. To listen to him talk continuously about his parents and try to comfort him was all just to much. Roxas knew he would break down and tell Hayner what he did and that surely would ruin any bond they currently shared.
At least excepting this job offer he was presented with a few weeks ago caused him to move to another world. And Hayner and him could communicate through letters and e-mail. It was better then face to face in this situation.
'but one day Hayner....... One day.....'
"I'll tell you that it was an accident."
And with that said, Roxas grabbed the nearest box and started picking up random items. This was going to be a long day.
Hope you enjoy the second chapter!~
