Disclaimer: I, orgymoogle, do not own Kingdom Hearts (none of em'!) or any of the characters or creatures in it. Nor do I own the plots, storylines, or any of its other geniusness. I am merely an obsessed fangirl writing a fanfiction.
A/N: OMGYAYEZFIFTHCHAPTER! Humhumhum...5,000 or more words in this chapter...I hope you guys are grateful. xD ANYWHO, sorry it always takes me so long to update...I'm still trying to work on that! And um...I'm not really sure quite where this story is going. xDD DON'T GET ME WRONG! There is a plot, I promise! I'm just still introducing a bit right now...but anyway, that's actually not what I was referring to. See, originally when I created this story, it was supposed to be DemAku, but...I don't really like DemAku. :/ SOOO...I'm thinking there will probably be more Zemyx, Soriku and Akuroku...and probably onesided DemAku...sorry to whoever wanted DemAku! -dodges bricks-
GUESS WHAT. I GET TO BE IN A PLAY! YAYEZ! Yeah...actually, I had to spend the night at my BFF's house last night (which I didn't mind), only I couldn't fall asleep for some reason...so I ended up finally falling asleep at like, 6:00 a.m. only then I had to wake up at 7:00 a.m. because we had to go to drama rehearsal...BUT I GOT A DONUT!! It was yummy. I love Mrs. Loose (my drama teacher)!
Anywho...on with the show! I hope you enjoy!
P.S. Towards the end of this chapter I got kind of lazy...cuz I wrote it today and I haven't really gotten any sleep, sooo...yeah. Basically from Axel's last part in the cafeteria to the end was written...umm...yeeeah. O.o
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Chapter 5: Twins and Belly-Button Shirts
"Please stop crying," I begged for the millionth time that day, hoping that for once gaia might hear my plea. The little toddler in my arms happened to be extremely whiny that day, and Wakka was getting impatient. And why, you ask, was I holding a crying toddler while at work? Because my unhelpful, selfish, immature younger sisters, Kairi and Naminé, had dropped him, along with our other two bundle of joys, off at the surf shop. Yes, that's right; Terra, Aqua andlittle Ven were currently at Wakka's surf shop.
"Riku...not that your siblings aren't adorable and all, but...when is that one," Wakka indignantly pointed to Ven, who was still crying, "going to shut up? I have a business to run here, you know!" he finished impatiently, crossing his arms.
"I know, I know. I'm sorry! My sisters are supposed to be watching them..." I looked down at Ven with pleading eyes, and wondered silently if he was trying to get me fired. Wakka sighed and shook his head, and it looked like he was about to say something else, but then Aqua spoke up.
"I know how to get him to stop crying," she said innocently, hands folded behind her back. I raised a suspicious eyebrow, but then bent down to her level so she could show me. I'm not sure what posessed me to do such a thing, knowing my younger siblings...perhaps it was because of how innocent she looked and how incredibly desperate I was. But, after she punched the poor toddler, his crying only increased.
"Aqua!" I yelled scoldingly, while Wakka proceded to turn around and throw his arms up in the air in dramatic defeat. "Why'd you do that?" I asked, cradling Ven gently in a sad attempt to get him to calm down. Luckily she hadn't hit him too hard.
"Because he's so annoying!" she yelled back at me in her tiny voice, which could be suprisingly loud. I rolled my eyes, and then Terra came over from where he was sitting at Wakka's counter.
"Don't hit Ven!" he said angrily, and then proceded to punch Aqua in the arm. She screamed and I scolded Terra, taking slightly notice of Wakka over at his counter, covering his ears frustratedly. I was so getting fired.
Suddenly, the front door of the shop opened and in stepped none other than Sora. At first he seemed confused, what with all of the little kids screaming and hitting each other. I waved to him mildly, a desperate and helpless look on my face. But suddenly he smiled--no, more like grinned, and it looked like he was about to laugh.
"Are these your siblings?" I furrowed my brow in slight confusion and nodded slowly.
"Uh...yeah. Well, some of them, anyway...how do you know I have--?" But I didn't have to finish my sentence before Sora nodded in Wakka's direction.
"Wakka told me about them."
"Oh."
"So, how long has he been crying?" the brunette asked, coming over to stand in front of me. I sighed.
"Like, ten minutes." Sora chuckled, and I gave him a flat glare. "It's not funny." He only laughed more and took Ven from my arms, holding him up in the air. I raised an amused eyebrow when Sora then brought him up to his face so that both of their faces were only inches away. It didn't take long before Ven stopped crying, and both Wakka and I stared at Sora in astonishment. Sora lowered the baby into his arms after a few moments, and grinned when he saw our expressions. "What the...how did you...?" I couldn't even find the right words to say. Sora laughed and shrugged.
"Babies love me."
"Well, thank Gaia for that," Wakka said, standing back up and walking over to us. Terra and Aqua were staring up at Sora curiously. Sora only seemed to take real notice of them then, and he grinned down at them.
"Hi there!" Terra waved happily and Aqua just stared up at him. "What are your names?"
"I'm Terra!" the energetic kid replied, grinning.
"Aqua," the little blue-haired girl mumbled.
"Wow, that's a really pretty name, Aqua." Said girl blushed and scratched behind her ear. Sora, who had bent down so that he was at their level, stood back up, still smiling. "So, shouldn't you be advertising, Riku?"
"Oh, uh, yeah, probably," I sighed again, slumping my shoulders slightly, "but my sisters left these three with me." I looked down at the three Rug Rats, as Axel liked to call them, hopelessly. Sora looked thoughtful for a moment, and then his face brightened.
"I know! Why don't I watch them for you?" I furrowed my brow.
"Really?"
"Yeah, why not? Like I said, kids love me!" He was grinning hugely, and waiting anxiously for a reply.
"Well...if you really want to," I replied, slightly unsure. He nodded and bent down to Terra and Aqua.
"Whaddaya say, guys? Do you wanna come hang out with me for a while?" Terra nodded eagerly, and Aqua shrugged. "Alright!" He stood back up, still holding little Ven in his arms. "Well then, I guess we'll see you guys later," he grinned encouragingly to me, and took Aqua's hand. "C'mon."
Sora walked out with the three of them, and for some reason a wary feeling came over me...like I had just handed my younger siblings over to some weirdo kidnapper or something. I looked over at Wakka, a slightly worried expression now present on my features. But Wakka seemed to ignore my worries and just shrugged. "You'd better get back to work, Riku."
* * *
By the time I got to my fifth day of work as a janitor, I had lost track of how many kids had hit on me. Now normally you wouldn't expect teenagers, or anyone else, really, to hit on a janitor, but for me, the sexiest thing alive, there were quite a few exceptions.
Now, I didn't go walking around in that god-forsaken janitor suit, because seriously, that thing only belonged in hell...or on someone who wasn't important. I, however, deserved a much better wardrobe than that. So far I hadn't gotten in trouble for not wearing the janitor outfit, and I hoped it would stay that way. Actually, I think the principle liked my skin-tight clothing along with everyone else. How typical.
I sauntered down the hallway of the school and over to the cluttered janitor's closet to get started. I crinkled my nose at the all-too-powerful smell of cleaning supplies in the room--I had learned, in the past few days, to just grab what I needed and get out of there as quick as possible. I rolled out the cart of cleaning tools and when the door was shut I sighed. Being a janitor really wasn't fun.
I silently wondered if there were any other job offers around, but then I reminded myself that I had searched all day and hadn't found another one. I don't know how Riku got so lucky. Oh wait, that's right; that stuck-up bastard is always lucky.
I pushed the cart down another hallway, towards the main locker space. The teenager's faces were starting to get familiar to me; there was one chubby little dude who seemed to like taking pictures, and his two friends, the loud-mouthed one and the seemingly-responsible girl...and then that other one, with the spiky, ginger blonde hair and big blue eyes. There was also a brunette who hung out with them a lot, but I didn't see him right then. Actually, he looked a lot like the blondy. I often wondered if they were twins, even though their personalities were so different they could've been from two different worlds.
The blonde was quiet, shy, and not very optimistic, and the brunette was...the total opposite, really. It was kinda funny to watch...not that I stalked them, or anything. I was the friggin' janitor.
Something in the back of my mind suddenly reminded me to watch out for that bubbly, gay, sitar-obsessed college student who seemed to like scaring the hell out of me. I don't know how he did it, but he could suddenly pop out of nowhere in an instant! You'd think that someone like him would be loud and clumsy when trying to suprise someone...and maybe he was and I just hadn't noticed. After all, each time he suprised me I had been distracted by something else.
It was then I noticed his little emo boyfriend standing in front of his locker, looking slightly more depressed than usual...okay, so maybe he didn't usually look depressed, but he didn't exactly look happy, either. Anywho, not having much else to do except for my job, I walked up to him and leaned against the locker next to his, folding my arms across my chest.
"Hey," I greeted, and he looked up at me and nodded.
"Hello, Axel," he replied politely, then turned back to whatever he was doing in his locker. My gaze drifted away from the teen standing next to me and back to the blonde boy, whose name I still didn't know, thanks to Zexion. I wasn't sure how long I had been staring at him, again, but suddenly I heard a familiar soft voice come from beside me. "If you want to meet him so badly then just go say "hello"." I glanced down at the shorter male, and then sighed, thinking over what he had just said.
I mean, yeah, I could waltz over and actually talk to the kid, but he had friends, and...sure, I was drop dead sexy, but what was I supposed to say to him? "Yeah, I know..." I trailed off, and Zexion raised an eyebrow.
"So why don't you?" I half-glared down at him and was about to open my mouth to say something when the bell began to ring. He shut his locker door and I got off of the locker I'd been leaning on, watching as all of the teens headed to class. "Well, I'll see you later," Zexion said and began to walk away. I smirked and saluted him with two fingers, muttering a "see ya" as he left.
* * *
It was getting close to sunset and Sora still hadn't returned with the kids. My shift was almost over, and I was, thankfully, back in my own clothes. I was getting kind of worried, even though Wakka kept reassuring me that they would be back soon. I don't think he even believed himself, though.
Ugh...another twenty minutes and they still weren't back! What was I thinking, anyway? Leaving all three of my younger siblings with some teenager that I didn't even know very well...but then again, Wakka knew him pretty well...but I hadn't even known Wakka for very long!
I sighed and watched as the numbers on the digital clock changed and it was officially 7:00 p.m. My shift was over and I was eager to get out and search for them. "Well, I'm gonna head out now," I informed Wakka, and he looked up from the counter where he had previously been flipping through a magazine.
"Aren't you gonna wait for dem' to get back?" I smiled and shook my head.
"Nah, I'll just go look around for them...they can't be that hard to find, right?" Wakka shrugged and waved me off.
"Okay then. I'll call you if they come back here." I nodded and waved, then exited the shop.
Now, where to look. Luckily, I had still had about an hour, or if I was lucky an hour and a half, until the sun set, so that would probably give me enough time to find them. Except...I had only been living in Twilight Town for about a week or so, and I didn't really know my way around. Chances are I would end up getting myself lost.
I had walked about ten minutes from Wakka's shop when I heard the sound of hurried footsteps, followed by heavy panting. I looked around but couldn't see anyone...that is, until they bumped right into me.
I almost fell over, along with the other individual, and my eyes shut tight due to instinct.
"Oh, I'm sorry!" I heard the person cry, and I instantly recognized the voice. I looked down and confirmed my guess, furrowing my brow in confusion.
"Sora?" Deep, cerulean blue eyes looked up to me, and suddenly I felt an overwhelming feeling of déjà vu. Those blue eyes soon turned very suprised and nervous.
"Oh, Riku! Um, hi," he said, smiling sheepishly and stepping a few feet away from me, holding Ven in his arms. I was relieved when I saw the little toddler, but then I noticed something. Terra and Aqua weren't there.
"Sora...?" I began warily.
"Hmm?" he asked, trying to act innocent.
"Where are my siblings?" The smile on his face vanished and was replaced with a very nervous, guilty expression. "You've got to be kidding me, right?" I asked, looking down at him incredulously. He hung his head down, tracing invisible circles on the ground with his foot. "Sora! How could you lose them?!"
"I don't know!" He looked back up at me pathetically. "One second they were there and the next they were gone!"
"But you still have Ven," I replied, putting a hand on my hip. Sora looked confused for a second and then rolled his eyes.
"Ven can't run away from me," he stated simply, and I sighed and hung my head down.
"Great. They could be anywhere," I whined, slumping my shoulders. I really didn't feel like looking all over for them...and, of course, they could be lost and hurt and scared...okay, I doubted they were scared, but...who knew what could be happening to them!
I stood up straight and looked down at Sora, brow furrowed in determination. "Alright, we have to find them. I don't really know this town very well, and it wouldn't help if I got lost, too, so why don't we look together?" Sora nodded enthusiastically, but then looked down at Ven.
"What about this little fella'?" I moved forward and took Ven from Sora.
"I'll take him back to my place. Meet me at the Sandlot, and look along the way." Sora nodded again and I took off for my house.
* * *
The lunch bell rang and the students rushed out of their classes. I sighed and stuffed my janitor stuff into a closet, closing it quickly and wiping the invisible dirt off of my hands.
"MAZEL TOPH!!" I nearly pissed in my pants and jumped around to see a laughing Demyx and a bored looking Zexion. Demyx's face was all red from laughing, and I could feel my face heating up, too. However, not because I thought it was funny....
"Damn it, Demyx!" I shouted, pounding my fist hard on the top of Demyx's head. He abruptly stopped laughing and both of his hands flew up to hold his injured head. "OW!!" he shrieked, and even Zexion had to stifle a laugh.
"That's what you get when you scare Axel," I stated, smirking in satisfaction and placing a hand on my hip. Demyx looked up to me with watery eyes, still holding his head.
"Well you didn't have to hit so HARD!" he retorted, rubbing his head in an attempt to ease the pain. I rolled my eyes.
"Well YOU don't have to keep surprising me, but you do, so that's your punishment." Demyx whimpered and finally stopped rubbing his head. It was kinda pathetic, but...kinda cute at the same time.
"Fine, then I won't tell you what I was going to tell you," Demyx said in a rather childish tone, crossing his arms and turning away from me so that he was facing Zexion. I quirked a suspicious and curious eyebrow and crossed my arms.
"What were you going to tell me?" He merely shook his head in response, though, and I 'hmph'ed and turned away as well. "Whatever." This must not have been what he was expecting, because he turned back to face me with a suprised and disappointed expression on his face. But all of a sudden he seemed to forget all about what had just happened and his arm was suddenly around my neck, his face right next to mine, looking out at all of the teenagers. I raised my brow and he grinned.
"So, I heard you've got an eye for Roxas?" he asked with a mischevious hint to his tone, turning his head to look at me.
"Roxas?" I asked confusedly, blushing slightly at how close we were. He chuckled, and then pointed to the left of us. I followed his finger and saw a familiar group of teenagers--including the adorable blonde.
"The cute blondie," Demyx explained.
"So his name is Roxas, huh?" I liked the sound of that. "Roxas"...yeah, that fit him...well, from what I could tell, anyway.
"So, why don't you go say hi to 'im?" Demyx suggested, and I shrugged.
"I dunno...."
Demyx just stared at me for a second and then grinned. "Well, c'mon, then!" He grinned and pulled me, and Zexion, towards the group of friends. The first one to notice us was the girl, and then Roxas. "Hi there!" Demyx greeted cheerily, and all of them smiled back in greeting, except for Roxas, who looked curiously at me. I smirked and waved to him, and he blushed and looked away.
"Hey, Demyx," the loud one greeted, and the others followed with small "hello"s, then turned their attention to me. Heh, I guess I was the newcomer, huh?
"Hayner, Pence, Olette, Roxas," he gestured to each one individually as he introduced them--Hayner was the loud one, Pence was the fat one, Olette was the girl and Roxas, of course, was the cute one-- and then he continued and gestured to me, "this is Axel."
"Yo, punks," I said, putting one hand on my hip and saluting them with two fingers. Hayner looked at me suspiciously for a moment, looking me up and down, and then grinned.
"Hiya!" he said, crossing his arms over his chest. Olette smiled politely and Pence waved.
"Hello," came Olette's girlish voice, and I nodded.
"So, Axel, you're new around here, right?" Hayner asked, and I nodded.
"Yeah...I just came here about a week ago, actually."
"You look a little old to be a student here," Roxas commented--that was the first thing he had said to me.
"Eheheh..." I rubbed the back of my neck sheepishly, but Demyx answered before I could.
"He's the new janitor." Demyx was grinning like an idiot, as usual, and Roxas was smiling now, too.
"Haha! You're the janitor?" Hayner was laughing at me, and Roxas was giggling. Olette slapped Hayner scoldingly, telling him it was rude to laugh at other people. He ignored her scolding, though, and put both hands on his hips once he stopped laughing.
"You don't look like a janitor," he pointed out, and I smirked.
"You noticed." Hayner grinned and Olette rolled her eyes, and Roxas smiled fondly at them.
"Well, we should probably get to eating lunch," Roxas spoke after a while, and Pence nodded eagerly.
"Yeah, I'm starving!" Olette giggled and looked at Demyx.
"Do you guys wanna come?" Demyx nodded 'yes', without asking me or Zexion, of course. "Great!" Hayner, Pence, Olette and Roxas started heading for the cafeteria, and me and Demyx followed.
"Demyx," Zexion began from behind us, and his blonde-haired boyfriend turned around to face him, "I'm gonna go eat in the library."
"Oh, uh, okay! I'll come," he began to walk over to Zexion, but the little emo-kid shook his head.
"No, you go ahead and eat with them. I'll see you tonight." Zexion smiled, and Demyx grinned back.
"Okay. Love you!" Demyx walked over to Zexion and kissed him, and when their lips parted I think Zexion muttered something to Demyx, causing said man to chuckle. Zexion turned and left, and Demyx watched him until he was out of sight. Sighing fondly, he turned back to me and grinned. I looked at him amusedly and he suddenly looked confused. "What?" I laughed and turned to follow the four other teens into the cafeteria, Demyx following close behind me, still a bit confused.
* * *
"You LOST them?" Kairi asked disbelievingly, and Naminé looked up at me worriedly.
"I didn't lose them, someone else did!" Naminé and Kairi both furrowed their brow in confusion.
"Who?" Naminé asked.
"Uhh...Sora," I replied lamely, and the twins looked at me in confusion.
"Who's Sora?" Kairi asked, putting her hands on her hips.
"...A friend." Kairi's eyes widened and she threw her hands up in the air.
"You left our little brother and sister with a STRANGER?!"
"He's not a stranger, I told you, he's my friend," I think, I added in my head. Kairi sighed exasperatedly, putting one hand on her hip and the other on her forehead. "Look, it's okay, we're looking for them," I explained, heading for the door.
"Riku--!" I didn't hear her out, however, and shut the door behind me. It was already about 7:15, and it was slowly getting darker. I raced down to the Sandlot and was suprised at what I saw when I got there. Sora, who, it seemed had been knocked down and was now laying on the ground, propping himself up with his elbows, was staring angrily up at another teenager--he looked about my age and was wearing a belly-shirt and a beanie on his head. He wore a cocky smirk and there was an odd scar across his face.
I walked over to them slowly and cautiously, and they both noticed me at the same time. The standing one furrowed his brow and put a hand on his hip, and Sora looked suprised--and maybe even a little relieved.
"Riku!" he exclaimed, a smile coming to face.
"Um...what's going on?" I asked, stopping a few feet away from the two. Sora hopped up and ran to stand next to me, and it was then that I noticed the two others standing close behind the man with the scar. There was a very tan, buffed man and a short, silver-haired chick.
"And just who the hell do you think you are?" came the slick voice of the man who had been standing over Sora moments before. Sora furrowed his brow and fisted his hands defensively. I decided to follow suit, furrowing my brow and trying to look tough. I had a feeling I was pulling it off better than Sora was.
"He's new here," Sora blurted out before I could reply myself. Yeah, just tell him that, Sora, I thought sarcastically. The man laughed and then smirked, placing one hand on his hip and looking down at me. Not that he could look down very much, because we were about the same height.
"So you've already got yourself a new bodyguard, huh?" At first I was confused, but then I realized that he was talking to Sora, who gritted his teeth angrily.
"He's not my bodyguard!" Sora retorted, and the man's smirk widened.
"Well then, what is he?" Sora stayed silent for a moment, and right when he opened his mouth to answer the other guy continued. "Doesn't matter. Name's Seifer." He jabbed a thumb into his chest and looked back to me as he said this, and I narrowed my eyes. He 'hmph'ed and was going to say something when suddenly we could hear the sound of little feet running towards us.
"Riku!" came a little voice, and I saw Terra and Aqua running towards Sora and I. Seifer turned and watched them confusedly, but luckily they got past him without anything happening. They both glomped my legs and I almost fell over. Terra was laughing and looked up to me with a smile, but Aqua looked pissed at Terra.
"Riku, he got us lost!" Aqua complained, pointing an accusing finger at Terra. Terra frowned and let go of my leg.
"Tattle-tale!" Terra retorted, putting his hands on his hips. The two kids continued to argue until I head to step in.
"Are these your kids?" Seifer laughed mockingly, and I had to look up from my place on my knees to see him.
"They're my siblings," I answered coldly, standing up. Seifer snickered and shook his head.
"You have to babysit these anklebiters? How lame. How old are you supposed to be, anyway?"
"C'mon, guys," I started ushering the two "anklebiters" away from Seifer, ignoring said man's question.
"Hey, don't ignore me, lamer," Seifer threatened, and I could hear him walk towards us. I turned to face him, standing fully at this point, and glared.
"We have to go," I replied dryly.
"Without saying goodbye? How rude. Didn't your mother ever teach you any manners?" My eyes widened for a moment, but then I narrowed them. My mother had never had the chance to teach me much of anything.
"No. She didn't," I retorted and turned back to Sora and the kids, starting to walk away. Sora watched me in amazement for a moment, suprised at how I could just walk away like that. I guess he was always used to cowering from this jerk. Well, I was used to these kinds of kids.
Sora followed me after a few seconds, staying very close to my side. "Riku, you're just gonna walk away?" I raised a brow and nodded slowly.
"Yeah...why not?" The brunette bit his lip nervously.
"Well...Seifer holds grudges..." he said worriedly, and I rolled my eyes.
"What can he possibly do to me?" Sora didn't reply but instead looked away, and I looked back at him suspicously. "Well?" Sora sighed and looked back up at me.
"He's tough, Riku. Everyone in the town knows his name, and they fear it." I rolled my eyes.
"You sound like some old psycho storyteller." Sora pouted and I chuckled, and that's when Aqua started to whine about how she had been walking around all day and her feet hurt and she was tired. I sighed and picked her up, and then Terra started to whine about how that wasn't fair. I was gonna let Terra ride on my back, but then Sora bent down and Terra jumped on him. "Uhh...thanks," I smiled sheepishly, and Sora grinned.
"No problem."
After a few moments of walking like that, Sora looked like he was going to fall over. He was pretty skinny, after all. I wasn't suprised that he was already tired from carrying Terra. I laughed and turned my back to Sora. "Hop on, Terra." Terra, who I suspected didn't really care whose back he rode on, obeyed silently.
"But--" Sora couldn't get very far before I interrupted him by handing him Aqua. He grinned and laughed, taking Aqua, who was falling asleep at that point, into his arms.
* * *
"And after that, I never took a bath with a rubber ducky again." We all stared at Demyx in silence for a while, disturbed yet amused by his epic tale of his bathing problems.
"Demyx," Roxas began cautiously, reaching across the table to feel Demyx's forehead, "are you feeling alright?" Demyx grinned.
"Yup! I feel great," he chirped happily, and as Roxas sat back down he gave him a disbelieving look. Hayner laughed and threw his arm around Roxas's neck, grinning like a mad man.
"You know, maybe we should try that sometime," he said jokingly, causing Roxas to blush. I smiled at how cute the blonde was, as he bashfully tried to hide his face, which in turn made Hayner laugh more. Olette rolled her eyes and I chuckled. Demyx's face, however, became serious.
"No, you shouldn't," he said gloomily, and we all laughed. He seemed to be pouting for a moment, but then brightened up. "Hey, did you guys know that Axel is from Destiny Islands?" This got everyone's attention suddenly, and all eyes were on me. I smiled unsuredly as they all gazed at me curiously. Geez, someone said 'Destiny Islands' around here and it was like Jesus walked in the room.
"What's it like?" Suprisingly, Roxas was the one to ask this question. He seemed genuinely curious, and it was pretty cute. I smirked.
"Well...the beach is pretty nice; white sand, clear water, palm trees...and if you get thirsty, there's even a little fresh water fountain. On the "kid's island", anyway. The housing island is nothing special...but I must admit, having it warm all year round is awesome for me. I hate the cold." They were all listening pretty intently, and Demyx sighed dreamily.
"That sounds awesome!" he exclaimed, grinning madly. After taking a look at his--and everyone else's--face, I laughed.
"You guys are such dorks," I chuckled, and Demyx's smile grew. Roxas blushed a little but still looked at me, and Hayner frowned in protest.
"I'm no dork, punk," he growled, and I put my hands up in defense.
"Sorry, sorry," I apologized, grinning.
"Why'd you move here?" I smirked when I heard the small voice of Roxas, yet again, and looked to see him with his arms folded on top of the table.
"Uhh..." Once I had actually registered the question he'd asked me, I wasn't sure what to say. "Well...reasons...my...my brother, Riku, wanted to, uh...move here?" I said pathetically, and Roxas furrowed his brow.
"Riku?" I nodded slowly. He looked down thoughtfully and then picked at his tray of food. I raised an eyebrow suspicously and just as Demyx was about to open his mouth again I spoke.
"What about Riku?" Roxas looked back up at me and shrugged.
"I dunno...Sora just keeps talking about some "Riku" guy he met a few days ago...."
"Hmm...." So Riku had a new friend, huh? "Who's Sora?" Roxas smiled a little.
"My twin brother."
"You have a twin?" I laughed, taking a pack of gummies from Demyx, causing him to whine and try to get it back.
"Yeah...what's so funny?" Roxas asked confusedly, putting his hands back in his lap. I had to stretch my arm far out to the left to keep Demyx from reaching his pack of gummies, but eventually he gave up and began to pout. I chuckled and turned my attention back to Roxas and shrugged.
"Nothing," I just can't imagine two faces like that living in the same world, I added in my head, smirking at the thought of it. Roxas looked at me for a few more seconds but then turned his attention back to his food, which he wasn't really eating, just picking at.
When I hadn't been looking, Demyx had stolen back his now-opened bag of fruit-flavored gummies and was stealing away with them. I hopped up and tried to grab them back, but he dodged and starting running through the cafeteria. I ran after him, grinning triumphantly when I finally cornered him. The grin disappeared, though, when he smiled mischeviously and held up the bag for me to see. It was empty. I attacked him and he yelped, calling out for help. After giving him a pretty damn good knock on the head, I went back to the table we were previously sitting at. Hayner and Pence were laughing and Olette was fussing over the minor scene we had just caused. I smirked when Demyx came over, holding his head in pain for the second time that day, and sat across from me at the table.
"Are you gonna keep slugging me like that?" he asked in a whiny tone, and I laughed. Just then the bell rang, and Demyx groaned. "Oh, great. Time for me to head back to campus." Demyx sighed, standing up and walking towards the entrance. "Seeya later, guys!" He saluted cheerfully and left, several "goodbye"s following him.
"C'mon boys, time to go to class." Olette stood and Hayner and Pence groaned, but they got up anyway, as did Roxas. I stood as well, even though I didn't have to go to class. "It was nice meeting you, Axel," Olette said politely and I nodded.
"Ditto."
"See ya, man," Hayner said and all three friends headed for the exit, along with Roxas. He smiled shyly and nodded, and I smirked and saluted him.
"I'll see you later, Roxas," I purred, and he blushed slightly. Damn, he was even cuter when he blushed.
Once all of the teenagers were in their classes, I was officially bored with nothing to do...except wonder how Riku had met Roxas' twin.
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The only sound that could be heard was the sound of the air conditioner blasting cool air into the small apartment. I sat in silence, blindly reading the words on the page of the book I had in my lap. None of it was registering into my mind--I couldn't focus. Finally, I closed the book and set it aside, sighing defeatedly. Glancing up at the clock, which read 7:24 p.m., I sighed in relief. Demyx would be home soon.
He would have been there sooner, since his college classes ended at around 3:00 or 4:00, but afterwards he had extra music rehearsal sometimes.
It was so quiet without him there, so lifeless. After a few more moments I looked over at the front door, which showed no signs of moving. I sighed and laid back on the navy blue couch, sprawling myself across it and stretching my limbs. I closed my eyes and let out a satisfied sigh. I had been sitting in my previous reading position for a good portion of the day, and all my muscles felt cramped.
I sat there for a few more moments and then the doorknob began to wiggle. A smile came to my lips when I heard footsteps walking towards me and I smelled the familiar scent of the beach and...too much hair gel. There was a soft "thud", probably Demyx dropping his bag and instruments, and then warm hands were suddenly on my neck and face, and soft lips pressed against mine. "Hey Zexy," Demyx purred, then proceded to kiss me a second time. This one lasted a little longer, but then Demyx pulled away and walked to stand on the other side of me, so I could see him.
"How was music rehearsal?" I "oof"ed as Demyx plopped himself down on top of me, letting his full body weight rest on me. I had to reposition myself under him to get comfortable, but luckily he didn't weigh too much more than me.
"It was good," Demyx mumbled dazedly, burying his nose in my soft turtle-neck shirt. I smiled fondly at him, stroking his hair gently.
"You look pretty tired." He made a muffled "mmhmm" noise and I chuckled. "Do you wanna go to sleep?" Demyx lifted his head and looked at me for a few moments, then nodded with a stupid grin on his face. I smiled and was about to get up and get Demyx to bed before he went unconscious, but then he laid his head back down on my chest and closed his eyes. "Aren't you going to go to bed?"
"I can sleep here." I smiled and continued to stroke his hair, beginning to get rather sleepy myself.
"Goodnight, Demyx," I said softly, kissing his forehead. He lifted his head again and kissed me fully, bringing one hand up to my neck and leaving it there. Unfortunately, our lips parted moments later.
"Night babe." I rolled my eyes and Demyx grinned, laying his head back on my chest and drifting off to sleep.
A/N: ...random Zemyx at the end? Yes! I couldn't help myself! After writing this thing which is like...almost 6,000 friggin' words long, I had to treat myself to a little Zemyx! At least I didn't drag it on...I wanted to do so much more! xDD (beta fish says she's reminded of those two at Yulecon...and actually kinda liked the Zemyx...zomg they did it to me) (orgymoogle says OMG WE'VE HIT A BREAKTHROUGH! YAY!! she never liked zemyx before. :D THANK YOU PEOPLE AT YULECON!)
Anywho, thanks for reading, I hope you liked it! By the way, I didn't read over this after I finished it, so...sorry if there's something weird in here that cannot be fixed by meh beta fish.
OH! And sorry for the lack of Axel in this chapter (beta fish says yeah you are)...I just couldn't think of much to do with him in this chapter! And when I was finally writing where he meets Roxas I was kinda wiped out...I've been writing this for days. xDD Time to take a break and update my other story! Pray I don't die!! :D
Thanks to flurry of dying flame for beta reading! I heard that she might post an actual story on her account soon, and believe me, she's good! :DD (don't go by the ones she has up there now...they're ancient) I'll let you guys know when she posts some. ;) (beta fish says...orly?)