Drabbles Written between 11:30 and Midnight
A/N: Wheee here's another drabble, semi-inspired by the Olympics!
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The challenge/prompt: Winter Wonderland
NOTE: I am now accepting prompts if you send them to me! Of course, I retain the right to refuse any prompt :D
Drabble 15: Ice Dreams
"B-but..." Roxas stammered, glancing nervously at the three friends looking at him expectantly.
"Aww, come on, Roxas, it'll be fun!" Xion commented, shaking his arm.
"Yeah, please?" Naminé whined, tugging Roxas' other arm.
"Roxas, come with us!" Axel agreed, shaking Roxas by the shoulders.
Roxas, feeling a bit nauseas from being pulled in three different directions at once by his whining friends, burst out, "Ok! I'll go! Just stop!"
"Yeah!" the friends cheered at once, Xion jumping up and down excitedly.
"But I'm just watching," Roxas warned, glaring at his so-called friends.
"No, Roxas, you're skating," Naminé said firmly, pointing at him. "It's no fun otherwise."
"But you know I can't skate!" Roxas cried in exasperation, pulling at his hair.
"Aww, I'll teach ya, Rox!" Axel offered. Dropping his voice a note, he added, "I'll be your doubles partner," and winked.
"I'll pass," Roxas rejected Axel dryly, pushing his friend far away from him.
"Silly Axel!" Xion chided, "You know that Roxas has been in love with Michelle Kwan since he was ten years old."
"I don't know what you're talking about," Roxas muttered, blushing a bit.
"Like we haven't all seen her poster over your bed," Naminé chimed in mischievously.
"I said I'll go, so leave me alone already," Roxas grumbled, pulling the hood of his jacket up over his head and pushing his friends toward the door. "Now out with you three."
"Sheesh, turning us out into the cold?" Axel huffed as he was ushered out of Roxas' apartment.
"See you tomorrow!" Naminé and Xion chimed in unison as they waved goodbye.
Roxas sighed as he closed the door. "Troublemakers," he grumbled tiredly as he walked to his room. He collapsed in the chair facing his laptop, jiggling the mouse to wake it up.
Michelle Kwan Olympics, he typed into the Google search bar, his eyes lighting up as he saw the plentitude of video results. He played one video after another, admiring the young skater's clean lines, precise technique, and pure elegance on the ice. He sighed as he watched her familiar routines, remembering the dream he had harbored as a youngster: to be an Olympic gold medal-winning figure skater.
"No. I refuse. I can't do it," Roxas hissed as his friends tried to force the young man onto the ice the next day. "No. I'm going to fall."
"Everybody falls, Roxas," Xion lectured, "Now move so other people can get on the ice." The young girl let out a huff, frustrated with Roxas' stubbornness. Even getting the boy to put his skates on had been a pain; the rink manager had called mall security when he saw what looked like Roxas' three friends threatening the young man with the blade of an ice skate.
"Please just get on the ice, Roxas," Naminé begged, glancing at the manager, "I'm afraid he's going to call security again."
Roxas just shook his head determinedly, his face stone. "No. I'm going to fall and fracture my skull and embarrass myself and die and never be able to meet Michelle."
"Roxas," Axel said sternly, "How will you ever be worthy of standing beside Michelle Kwan if you can't even skate next to her? What would she think if she knew that her greatest admirer was afraid of the ice?" Axel glared at Roxas, angry at him for delaying the fun.
Roxas looked at Axel, stunned, for two reasons: 1) Axel was right and 2) Those wise words... had come from Axel.
"Wow, Axel," Naminé looked at Axel in surprise, "Such wisdom coming from that normally shallow and ill-mannered mouth."
"Are you feeling all right?" Xion asked jokingly. Axel glared at the two girls in return.
"You're right," Roxas spoke up, a new determination in his voice.
"Well this has never happened before. I don't think Axel has ever been right," Naminé remarked amusedly.
"Axel is right. I need to go out there." Roxas breathed deeply for a moment and closed his eyes. "Ok. Let's do this."
Naminé and Xion grasped one of Roxas' hands each, and helped him step onto the ice. Axel followed, trailing behind them to catch Roxas if he fell.
"That's it. . . one foot after the other. . . you got it! You're skating, Rox!" Xion squealed, gripping Roxas' hand in support.
"Now... " Axel called out mischievously, "1... 2... 3... Let go!"
"Whee!" Xion cried as she and Naminé let go of Roxas, sending him with a small push toward the railing. He was almost there when . . .
KERPLUNK! He slipped and fell, feet going every which way.
"Owww..." Roxas moaned in anguish, clutching his head, crumpled on the ice. "Michelle, baby . . . I'll see you in heaven someday. . ." He closed his eyes in dramatically.
"Oh, for crying out loud," Axel rolled his eyes as he skated circles around Roxas' 'dead' body. "Get off your behind and skate. I know you're not dead."
Roxas sighed and got up shakily, gripping the railing for support. He gritted his teeth and began again, with his friends' guidance.
"Whew! I'm exhausted!" Axel heaved as he laid out on the benches by the rink. "Rox!" he bellowed, not looking up, "LET'S GO ALREADY."
"Look guys! I can spin!" Roxas exclaimed, showing off his new skill.
"Rooox," Xion moaned, "We're all tired." She slumped against the railing outside the rink.
"I could stay here all day!" Roxas cried out, elegantly skating around the rink.
"Roxas," Naminé commanded firmly, "We've been here for ten hours. Let's go, now."
"Just five more minutes!" Roxas begged, doing another lap.
"What have we done?" Axel groaned, sitting up, "We've created a monster!"
"Let's just leave him, then," Naminé ordered, grabbing her bag. Axel and Xion followed her lead. "Bye Rox!" she called out, waving.
"Wait!" Roxas cried, wide-eyed, "I'm coming!" He rushed off of the ice and hurriedly got ready to go.
"So, can we come back tomorrow?" Roxas asked eagerly as the four friends walked out of the mall.
"No," Axel huffed.
"Never," Naminé agreed.
"Absolutely not," Xion concurred.
"I'm going to meet Michelle someday, "Roxas said dreamily. "I can't wait to go back."
Needless to say, it was a long, long time before Axel, Xion, and Naminé agreed to go skating with Roxas again.