Author's note: Let's make this short and simple. I'm sick, and I've been sick for a while. I've completely forgotten I had stories to update. So I'm very sorry ;[


Chapter 5 – Crowded

Where the hell is she? Vanitas thought to himself as he tapped on the floor impatiently by the café. She couldn't be following someone around, is she? She used to do that when they were young. Someone already thought that she was a stalker and reported her to the police. He sighed.

Just when he decided to walk out, he looked towards the entrance of the café and decided to go inside instead. There, he bumps into Ventus who was running away from Kairi.

"HEY! WHERE ARE YOU GOING, DUMMY!" Kairi screamed at him.

The black haired boy twitched, so, goddamn loud, he thought. He cleared his throat in front of the two siblings and they looked up to him. Ventus' eyes glittered,

"Vanitas!" he said cheerfully, "What a coincidence!"

"Barely," he replied to the younger boy, "What brings you here?"

Ventus watched as his sister sighs, waiting for him to introduce her. "She wanted coffee. This is Kairi; she's my older sister, by a year. Nee-chan, this is Vanitas, he paid for my dinner yesterday!"

Kairi turned towards Vanitas and studied him carefully. For a moment, she hesitated. I must not blow my cover, she reminded herself. Then she gave a sweet smile and bowed, "How do you do? I'm Kairi. I see you've met my clumsy brother."

"Clumsy and an idiot he is. But do not fear, he's amazing."

Ventus blushed for a moment, "LIAR!"

"Should you be saying that to the person who just complimented yoiu? Also, the person who let you stayed in his room because you fell asleep on him?" Vanitas glared down at Ventus.

"R-Right, sorry about that Vanitas,"

"Don't worry about it, and call me Van."

"Wow, our names are almost alike."

The two boys froze in their state, staring at each other like they've just felt something that happened before happening again. Their eyes widened, and then their heads cringed. Realizing how much their minds were trying to remember. When Kairi noticed the process, she then held Ventus in her arms and dragged the two boys unto the chair.

"Snap out of it guys," she said, all panicky. "Ventus!"

Ventus snapped out of it first, he blinked several times then stared at Vanitas who was already in deep slumber. He sighed for a moment then crossed his arms, and rested his head on top of it. "I wonder how long we're going to keep running away like this," he told his sister in a whisper.

"I don't know either Ven, but whatever happens. I will follow you," she said with a smile.

"Well, that's because we're siblings," he laughed with a grin.

The blond boy reached for Vanitas' warm cheeks and held him close. Wake up already, he told Vanitas telepathically. No respone.

"He, was in my dream last night." He started, as the silence grew stronger. "A man told me it was too risky to go back, then I cried his name out, I guess I wanted to see him."

His heart is starting to come back, Kairi thought to herself. "You were crying?"

Ventus nodded, "When Vanitas heard me crying his name, he ran to me and woke me up from my nightmare. I was thrown by this big shadow. I didn't know who it was."

Vanitas opened his eyes moments later, then stared blankly into space. Ventus, coming to the rescue, moved closer about a few inches to Vanitas' face.

"Are you alright?" he asked his friend quietly. Vanitas then, nodded. He sighed again, "I was waiting for my cousin, but she wasn't there on the place we were supposed to meet."

"Ah, you mean a blond girl?" Kairi said blinking furiously. "She didn't stop following us around,"

"W-Wait, how'd you know my cousin was blond?" Kairi almost blew her cover, her eyes widened.

"Oh? My guess was correct!" she said, trying to cover her mistake. "There was a girl following us at the market place. She's here, she's watching us right now."

Vanitas raised his eyebrows, "Right here? Right now?"

Ventus stared at his sister, as clueless as the other boy. "What's her name?"

"Larxene," he replied quickly.

A dark shadow behind them later on stood up then wraps their arms around Vanitas. The boy's eyes twitched, realizing his cousin's scent. There, he removes the hood, revealing a blond haired girl smiling sheepily. "Crap, you found me."

Vanitas glowered at her, "You're persistent," he whispered. "Do you want to get caught?" he growled, wanting to punch her face already.

"Sorry, there was something about the boy that caught me," she growled back.

Vanitas stood, releasing his cousin's arms that were wrapped around him. Realizing the younger boy was pouting out of envy. "I have to go, it's nice to meet you Kairi."

Ventus and his sister nodded. "See you," the boy whispered.

The black haired boy stopped halfway, knowing that the atmosphere had changed between him and the boy. He stared at him, as they walked away. Larxene noticed that something was bothering her cousin, "Van?"

Vanitas snapped out of it then came back to his senses. "Yeah?" he asked.

"You should go talk to that boy before you leave. I didn't mean to intrude, you guys had a scene just a while ago. How about I treat us all four for coffee?"

Vanitas sighed and walked back to the boy. "Sounds like a good idea," he replied, not showing how relieved he was.

The blond boy looked up in surprise when he noticed Vanitas' presence, "V-Vanitas.."

"Hey, you don't mind if we stayed her for a while right?" he smiled slightly, smile bigger! He told himself. Which is something he couldn't do. The best thing he could do is smirk, which is so not suitable for the mood right now.

Ven gave a sweet smile which made him skip a beat. Don't do it, he said, Don't make me fall for you. He told him telepathically. No response.

"Larxene got us some coffee," he cleared his throat, trying to get rid of those butterflies he feels on his stomach.

"Great!' kairi said with a smile. "I'll go and help her," she said then walked out.

Silence crawled between the two. Vanitas thought of something to say, but for the first time, nothing came out of his mouth. And so did the blond boy. They pictured each other together, happily keeping up the conversation then snapped out in reality, noticing both of them had nothing to say. They gave each other a nervous laugh then Vanitas couldn't help but look out of the window, not wanting to show the embarrassment that he couldn't say anything.

"So, what are you guys up to later?" Ventus said, finally breaking the silence. Vanitas smirked to himself.

"Nothing, research," he opened up quickly.

"About?"

"Nothing important, Ven," he said ruffling the blond boy's hair.

Ventus sighed to himself, knowing that he should push this boy to his limit to have him spill what he's up to. Later on, the two girls came back, talking and giggling. When they two boys raised their brows towards them, they silenced, "Today, we've decided to go shopping!"

"WHAT?" Ventus screamed to his sister's ears. "You just went to the market place a while ago!"

"That was the market place. I want to go to the mall!"

"It was like a mall! You called it a mall!"

"I called it the market place! Deaf boy!"

The two siblings started to argue and started to punch each other's guts out. Larxene sighed to her new friend and tapped Ventus' shoulders. "I'll be taking your sister today, okay? I'm sorry, you're going to have to be stuck with my cousin again," she smiled apologetically.

Ventus for the first time, stared at the beauty of Vanitas' cousin. His eyes glittered as he studied her eyes, which were almost as blue as his. Kairi watched as Vanitas started to get ticked off, she smacked her brother's head. "Don't get any weird ideas from his, you have to be careful out there. You're really clumsy and you do pass out, out of the blue!" she blurted.

Blushing, the blond boy laughed to himself, "I know, I won't do that. Vanitas will watch over me right?"

Vanitas scoffed, "Right, whatever." He said walking away.

The two girls giggled to themselves as they walked out, leaving Ventus all alone. "Wait! Van!"

Vanitas turned around, grabbed the boy's hand and thanked the cashier. "They're going to be annoying as hell, so it's best we don't stay close to them."

"What? That's not very nice to say about girls!"

Vanitas glared at the younger boy, "I was never interested in them in the first place."

Ventus raised his brows and felt the presence of his seriousness. He sweat dropped, "Oh, sorry."

Wait. So does that mean he's interested in guys? Ventus asked himself, and then he shook it off. Now's not the time to be thinking those kinds of things Ventus, you already promised this boy that you wouldn't fall for him. It'd be major trouble if you did. You wouldn't want to scare him away.

"So where do you want to go?" Vanitas asked, walking by the sidewalk as Ventus spaced out.

"Well, it doesn't really matter to me," he answered calmly. As long as it's with you, I don't really care, he thought to himself, looking at the beach.

"I want to show you something," Vanitas said with a smirk. He grabbed the boy's hand once again and held him. They ran towards the dark halls.

The blonde boy grew creeped out as they walked deeper and deeper. He looked around and realized he couldn't even see himself. Vanitas was surprised when the blond boy suddenly wraps his arms around his.

"What," he scoffed. "Don't tell me you're scared?"

"I'm n-not scared…" He lied.

Vanitas chuckled to himself. "Don't worry. We're not going to anywhere scary. Trust me."

Ventus pouted to himself and looked up to him as they walked in silence. "How should I even know if I should trust you?"

A fog started to appear and Vanitas bit his lip, grabbing the younger boy. "Because someone's following us."

"Wha-" Ventus started but got cut off when the black haired boy carries him into thin air and jumped.

"W-Where are we going!" He screamed.

Vanitas only laughed. "It's most certainly something that you'd be surprised seeing."


Note: I'm sorry it's short, everyone! I promise I'll make the next chapter longer.

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