Author's note: Currently typing out this story through a café LOLS! Aren't I a dork or what? Well, if no one understands the first three chapters of the story… Let me make a short explanation for you since someone asked…

Vanitas, and Ventus meet, then BOOM! They swap properties. Xehanort feels the aura merging through Vanitas therefore, he goes after his son to save him, but it was too late. So he hurts Ventus in return of it but it breaks Vanitas' heart and Larxene watched the whole scene happen so, she erases that incident from Vanitas' mind. As Vanitas grows up, he starts having dreams about Ventus (whom he still doesn't know about,) and gets bothered by it. So he leaves because he didn't want to stay home. He needed to find something that will disappoint his dad.

Now, let's talk about Ventus – Ventus, remembers everything that happened. Felt nothing but pain through the whole past scenario. When his dad reminds him of everything that happened, he started to remember. But his mom thought it was too soon for him to remember everything because it started to hurt him deep inside. So she erases his memories, and thinks of Kairi as his only sister and lives in a hotel, where Vanitas decided to stay in. Then they meet, and well, some things happened. :3

Now, let's get back to the story, yes?


Chapter 4 - Tears

"W-Will he kill me?" Ventus asks questionably through the phone. A pause passed through the line and a group of shadows surrounded him, and after a while, he started to tremble, frightened at the respond.

"No, his dad will." a voice replied.

It made Ventus shiver inside because it felt like déjà vu for a moment. Is this a dream? Why does he feel fear inside of him? He needs someone right now. But who is it? Will he know who that is? Who's that voice?

Right now, he doesn't have a clue about who it is.

Just before Ventus wanted to ask a question, pain started to strike his heart. Something was wrong, his mind was rigged. He was trying to remember something but there was something that was keeping him from finding out what it was.

"I shall see you soon," the voice said once again.

Then laughter started to fill the place. A cold breeze started to surround Ventus, and he couldn't help but shiver at the feeling that's starting to swell up inside of him besides the pain. His head started to hurt, everything was starting to become complicated.

Rain started to pour after that, then it became harder and the fog appeared swift around him quickly and started to thicken. Laughter came louder and then it came.

Someone grabbed a hold of his hair, lifted him up, and he couldn't help but yelp in pain. It was a painful way of grabbing, and then the laughter started to drive him insane. Tears started to fall down from his face. "Help! Help!"

"LET HIM GO!" a younger voice said. Secure, serious and sad. Ventus cried, wavering his arms in the air, and tried to reach for whoever was trying to injure him. Afterwards, he was thrown on the side. He tried to get up, but he started to form into a younger version of him.

"Get out of my palace!" the evil voice said. "GET OUT!"

"Don't hurt him dad!"

"W-We're not supposed to be friends!"

"I don't care! I like you!"

"Don't ever come near my son again."

A man carried the younger Ventus as the view of two shadows started to disappear, and he couldn't help but kept crying. Harder, and harder every moment they passed houses. "I want to be with him!"

"You can't Ventus! It's already a risky plan to get together with them by using the keyblade. They already have our precious possession. I don't want to lose my only son!" the voice said sadly.

"No! I don't care!" Ventus started to punch the unknown person. "Take me back! Take me back!"

"No! It's too dangerous!"

"Vanitas!" Ventus started to cry, "Vanitas!"

"Vanitas," Ventus mumbled to himself, then started to cry in reality. "V-Vanitas…"

The black haired boy opened his eyes and realized that someone started to speak of his name. He sat up from the couch, turned off the TV then walked towards the room. The door started to creak, and he can hear the younger boy's heavy and unsteady breathings.

"V-Vanitas…" he cried. "Vanitas!"

Vanitas ran towards the blond boy and sat beside him. Shaking him as hard as possible, he started to realize the boy was finding it hard to breathe. Vanitas slapped the boy's face then shook it again, even harder this time. "Ventus? Hey, wake up!"

The boy continued crying, harder, and harder just like in his dream. "WAKE UP!"

Ventus bolted up quickly and held unto the other boy and cried unto his chest. "I couldn't go back!" he cried, "I couldn't!"

"Go back to where?" Vanitas asked, still surprised from the sudden movement.

"I don't know where…" he replied softly. "I don't remember…"

Vanitas sighed and nodded, wiping Ventus' tears away. "Just, no crying, not with me around, okay?" Ventus sniffed and nodded, holding his blanket close to him, spacing out because he was trying his best to remember every single detail about that dream he had.

"Keyblade…" he said softly. Vanitas' heart skipped a beat.

"I had a dream about a keyblade," he said quietly, looking away. "It was an important possession of mine. But I don't know who took it from us,"

Vanitas sighed out of relief, thank goodness. He thought that Ventus' caught him wearing the keyblade chain that a younger boy gave him before. The truth was, he lost his favorite crown too…

"Actually, I lost an important possession of mines too, I don't know who I gave it to, or who took it from me," he answered which caught Ventus' attention.

"Anyway, I kept you in through the night because you fell asleep. Do you remember your way back to your room?" He asked the younger boy to change the subject.

Ventus thought about it for a while then nodded, "Yeah, actually I do remember it. You're on the same floor as me right? It shouldn't be that hard to find."

Vanitas nodded and stood up. "I have plans for today, so I'll see you later if I have time."

The blond boy smiled and hugged him, "Thanks for letting me stay, I thought you'd leave me at the beach and get me sick."

Vanitas' eyes twitched. "I'm not that heartless, Ventus."

"You can call me Ven."

"Right, Ven."

Ventus stood up from the bed, and then started to fold the blanket. Vanitas watched the younger boy fix the bed sheets, bending here and there even if he didn't notice that his shirt was up. What a baby, he thought to himself as he walked closer to Ventus.

Ventus froze halfway when he felt warm fingers slip through his skin. He turned around and stared into two pairs of golden, yellow eyes that smiled at him. After that, heat started to flush his cheeks, realizing that Vanitas only had put his shirt down.

"T-Thanks," he said nervously. Vanitas just nodded.

"So, I'll see you around." Ventus smiled softly.

Vanitas' face flushed, he should stop smiling, it's annoying, he thought to himself.

"Yeah, I'll see you, take care of yourself," he smirked, ruffling the younger boy's hair.

When the blond boy decided to leave, Vanitas just stood there behind the door. Realizing how different it was to be alone than being with someone for company. Right after a minute, he started to miss Ventus, but he shook it off.

Yeah, he started to like that boy.

Wait, he can't fall in love with him, that's just wrong…

He had some plans to do. He took out his cell-phone and dialed Larxene's number. "Hey cousin."

A girl laughed from the other line, "Missing me already? You shouldn't have,"

Vanitas rolled his eyes at the sarcastic thought, then just as if she knew what had happened, she laughed once again, "I'm just kidding! Goodness, so what's up?"

"So, I planned to get myself a boyfriend."

A splash of liquid was heard from the other line. "Shit Van, are you kidding me? You've got to be kidding me, seriously. You don't flow that way."

"No, duh. I don't flow that way. I meant I'm planning to get myself a boyfriend so that dad can be disappointed at me."

"That's not going to be easy; he's probably going to think you're tricking him."

Vanitas remembered the kiss that he shared with the younger boy.

"Not if we have proof to show it."

A splash of liquid occurred from the other line once again. This time, Larxene started to cough. "Fuck! Vanitas! Stop ruining my breakfast, really. You're disgusting!"

Out of mockery, Vanitas laughed. "I know, I hope dad would say the same thing,"

A twitch and a dark aura were felt. "I hope you're right, but notice this. Uncle and I may think alike, but he has neutral expressions. You won't know if he's surprised or not."

"I know, I know. But I'm going to find a way."

"If you do find yourself a boyfriend, would that person even know that you're using them for your wicked deeds? Uncle would search things about him, you know how serious he can get."

"Actually, I'm not yet sure if he's the one. That's why I called you, do me a favor," Vanitas asked.

He started to move towards the windows that were shaded with curtains. As he opens it, he closes his eyes. "Give me a report about a boy named Ventus. Blond hair, blue eyes, a little younger than me, and he has a sister,"

"Can you send me a picture?" she asked, Vanitas snorted.

"I'm not a stalker Xene, I can't do that, he'll think I'm weird."

"Right, oops. Sorry, I didn't know." Vanitas growled at the sarcastic comment. Larxene laughed again. "I'm kidding! Oh my gosh, stop taking things too seriously!"

"Shove Axel's dick in your ass, I'm serious Xene. Help me out here."

Silence filled the other line. "Speaking of Axel, I have to tell you something about him…"

"He… didn't get hurt did he?" Vanitas asked quietly, starting to get nervous.

"Actually, I'm not even home right now. I'm at a beach house next to the hotel you're at. You see, right when you left, Axel came up to his room. Uncle followed him and asked where you were, you know how he never really notices me around..."

"Don't tell me he… –"

"Yeah, uh, Uncle manipulated his mind. I don't really know if his memories of you disappeared or something. I'm sure Axel is strong enough to fight over the darkness that he received."

"I don't care!" Vanitas said, punching the wall, leaving a mark. "Research about Ventus, now!"

A speed of typing was heard from the other line and Larxene sighed, "I really hope he's alright though. I guess uncle noticed that you were gone."

"I don't give a shit," he coughed out. "I hate him, and you know that."

"I know." She said softly, "Okay, I can't say anything about Ventus, I just printed a copy of his certificate. It's rigged with red pattern and stacked as watermarks. I can't read it, if you want I can send it to you. – Oh wait it changed!"

"Interesting…" Larxene said from the other line, "Well it reported that Ventus is 17, he's been living at that hotel for a while now, but it wasn't that long. They moved from place to place, first from Dream Hotel, then Domination Hotel, then Radiant Hotel. Right now they're in Destiny's… They've only been there for 2 months."

Vanitas blinked, he remembered that Ventus was talking about a sibling. Were they poor? "Can you check about the siblings?"

"Siblings… Siblings…" she murmured, "Ah! Got it, her name's Kairi, namae wa Kairi no Hikari, that's an interesting name. Her name is named after ocean. Hikari is light.. Kairi Light? No, that can't be her name… What's this? AH!"

"Xene! What's wrong?" Vanitas panicked slightly on the phone.

"Hikari isn't her last name. Ventus and Kairi appeared on the hotel by a flash of light. Apparently they have no last name. Kairi's Ventus' older sister. They have no parents. No relatives too. They don't have records of houses, as in real houses that they reside in. But the file here on my computer is still rigged. Come over and check it out"

"You mean the watermark is still there? Did you try to edit it at least?" Vanitas asked curiously.

"Actually yeah, I did that before I printed the other report. Just get over here already. I'll wait by the café," she said quietly.

"Right, I'll be right there." Then he hung up.

What could be the problem? Vanitas asked himself, Could there be something in the past that's not meant to be known? Or maybe dad is covering a part about Ventus. It has to be, he doesn't cover documents about people like that…

He walks towards the door and turned off the lights once again.


Larxene started to tap on her table as she chewed on her chips. She opened the windows and the morning breeze started to run through her room and the aroma of sea. She loved it.

"I wish it rained," she told herself. Then she turned towards her computer once again.

She touched the sides of the computer and tried to get inside the main system. Error: password needed. She tried to type in her uncle's name, but it was no use.

What was hidden? She didn't know.

"Kairi! Where are you going?" A loud voice was heard from outside.

"SHOPPING! Come on Ventus!"

Larxene's eyes widened and ran outside the house. She spotted the two siblings run down the sand happily and his sister was giggling all the way. Ventus was half asleep, but ran after her anyway, and waved for her to wait.

Ventus looked gorgeous, at least that's what Larxene thought, but she was too old to check out younger boys like him.

"What does Van see in him?" she asked.

She started to walk out in her black coat, and wore the hood over her head to hide. No one would spot her as she would hide beneath the dark shadows that shielded her from the light.

Ventus wore a smile but his eyes were sad. They stood at the mart where the red haired girl ran around; checking out cute paopu fruits that were made into key chains, but the blond boy seemed out of the ordinary. He looked into the sky, and then afterwards, tears started to fall down his cheeks.

He muttered something to himself; and Larxene wanted to go nearby to understand what he was talking about it started raining.

"What the hell? It was sunny just a while ago!" she complained.

That's when she realized there was a star on his forehead. It was glowing, but he didn't seem to notice it, nobody did but Larxene did. All the other humans weren't able to see it. They just walked pass him and Ventus' blue eyes turned empty.

Kairi tapped him on the shoulder and looked at him with a worried look on his face.

"Just my stupid dreams again," he told his sister. She sighed in relief.

"We should take you to a psychiatrist," she joked.

"No thanks, I'll be fine," he smiled sadly. Then they walked further as they faded through the crowd.

Tears, stars, rain? This day couldn't get any weirder.

But there's something definitely wrong about that boy. Larxene can feel it.

And she needed to find out what it was.


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