And a very Merry Christmas to everyone!
So I'm on vacation right now and well…it's nice except for the fact I don't have free internet access! And I'm not sure where 60 dollars of mine went…
Yeah I'm on a cruise and we stopped at a place that had STARBUCKS! I don't even drink anything from there, but my family does but I'm here because THERE'S FREE INTERNET!
So after going through my e-mail with more than 50 e-mails, my Deviantart that had 400 deviations and almost another 400 messages, and then my YouTube only to find out I'm on the verge of being suspended…
And yeah…after all that, and finding out how to beat this boss in .hack/MUTATION, I decided I might as well update a fanfic while I have the access to internet! And so here it is!
Here's my gift!
A couple days later, Cloud handed Sora the letter he said he'd write to Leon and the boy rushed back to Vincent's house to rip it open. It wasn't the most pleasant letter as Cloud spent the first half of the letter calling Leon a prick among other names...
But the letter softened up in the second half, telling about the times they were happy and how Cloud didn't really want to throw it all away like that…okay he didn't outright said that but he was definitely hinting at it. Everything in the second half was all Sora needed to hear to slide down against the door he stood by the whole time and dreamily sighed, clutching the letter to his chest.
"…What are you doing?" Vincent asked when he saw Sora looking like a love-sick school girl.
"Just…reading the letter Cloud wrote for me…well my real self, not Sora!"
"Is he telling you how he can't wait for the divorce to be done with?"
"No! He actually doesn't want to completely let this relationship go! I still have a chance!"
"Are you sure?" Vincent crossed his arms and raised a brow.
"Of course!"
"Have you checked the back of that letter?" Vincent pointed and Sora turned the paper around.
P.S. Our rescheduled day in court is the 27th of this month
Sora glared at Vincent before tucking the letter away.
"What? I only pointed it out to you!"
"You didn't have to…" Sora muttered back. He went up to his room and placed the letter by his night stand as he tried to figure out how to win Cloud back with this body…
He spent his whole walk back to his (real) home, since dinner time didn't hit yet, thinking about that only to walk in on Riku and Naminé making out in the driveway. Sora put his love for Cloud on hold and decided he just HAD to break those two up if it is the last thing he'll ever do...okay second to last right after winning Cloud back.
"Roxas! Roxas!" Sora continuously knocked on the door of his own house, which he found stupid, until Cloud or Roxas opened the door since Naminé just took off with Riku.
"What?" the younger blonde asked when the door was finally opened and Sora let himself in,
"Roxas! We gotta-whoa!" Sora almost wanted to run back out when he got a clearer view of Roxas before him. The poor boy was sprouting pigtails with blue ribbons, and smeared rainbow-colored make-up all over his face.
"Don't say anything…" he threatened before closing the door and pulling Sora up to his room before someone snaps a picture of him through the windows or something.
"Where's your dad? I was just here not too long ago!"
"I think he stepped out with Auntie Tifa for a bit and will be back soon so he didn't bother to get a sitter," Roxas replied before closing the door to his room and locking it. Sora also saw how the window shades were also closed.
"Don't tell me Riku did that to you. Whose make-up did he even use?"
Roxas was already in his bathroom and turned on the sink before the question even came out.
"Naminé's…" he muttered and started splashing his face.
"Then…wouldn't he be the one that gets in trouble?"
"No! He's going to pin the loss of make-up on me then make her happy buy buying her a new set!"
"Dang he's sneaky…" Sora muttered to himself before approaching Roxas and started untying the ribbons out of Roxas's hair. When Roxas got the make-up completely off his face, Sora only got one ribbon out. Sora thought he had to cut Roxas's hair…but nether wanted that so Roxas spent a good 20 minutes screaming in pain as Sora tries to get the annoying knots, that Riku probably did on purpose, out of Roxas's hair and lose the short pigtails.
Of course, 5 minutes into their progress, Cloud had already arrived back and was wondering what the boys were doing in Roxas's room if Roxas is screaming his lungs out.
The best answer the boys could give was: "NOTHING!"
Cloud decided he didn't want to know, and just accepted that answer.
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"You know…you did look cute in pigtails," Sora lightly joked before being hit across the arm but Sora laughed anyway, "Sorry, sorry!"
"I just can't believe he'd still bully me!" Roxas groaned and rubbed his head before looking in his bathroom trash can to see how much blonde hair was lost in the process.
"Yeah he's a bigger jerk than I thought…that reminds me. Do you know where Naminé went?"
"Uh…I think Kairi's party."
"Good! Let's go!" Pulling Roxas's arm, Roxas's face could only spell confusion,
"What? Whoa! Wait!"
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Cloud thought it was a good idea to have Roxas socialize more and actually encouraged the two to go, forcing Roxas to be pulled by Sora.
After nagging Vincent for a good 10 minutes, Vincent drove them to the party. But he did tell Sora he's not coming back so Sora had to think of a way back home before the party ends. The two walked in, and Sora was surprised how today's parties don't look that much different than those he attended way back. There were teenagers…partying. Wow…he really wasted his life back then.
"This is a bad idea…" Roxas shook his head as he latched himself to Sora's arm and used Sora's body to try and hide behind.
"Oh come on, now! Don't be like that!"
"Almost everyone here could kill me!"
"You're exaggerating…" Sora rolled his eyes and suddenly stopped walking, "Hey look! It's your crush, Axel! Why don't you go talk to him while I find Nami," Sora suggested and pulled Roxas from his arm before shoving him towards the direction of that flaming red-head and then running.
"S-Sora! No! Wait!" Roxas cried after Sora, his sight was already lost in the crowd.
Sora glanced around; Naminé had to be here somewhere.
"Sora!"
The young man groaned, he felt guilty leaving Roxas by himself but the boy had to toughen up a bit! Yeah it's not his fault his self-esteem fell over the years but surely nothing TOO damaging can happen right? And if he's with Axel, he should be protected…right?
Before Sora could think about Roxas some more, he spotted that beautiful set of blonde hair sitting at a table near the corner, drawing in her sketchbook…and no Riku in sight.
"Nami!" he cried and quickly ran to her and pulled up the chair to sit next to her before she could even say anything.
"…Oh, you're Sora. You're Roxas friend right?" Naminé finally said something after a few moments of awkward silence between them.
"Yup! That's me!" he replied with a grin.
"And the one that attacked Riku…twice."
"Yeah…" Sora was less confident in his answer now…
"…"
"…"
"Can I help you with something?" Naminé asked after receiving nothing else from Sora.
"Let's talk about Riku," Sora stated, jumping to the point.
"…Okay?"
"Alright then: Why the hell are you dating him!" he nearly shouted for the entire room to hear.
"…What?" Naminé's eyes narrowed as she lightly glared at Sora.
"Why are you dating that jerk!"
"Hey! He's not a jerk!"
"Oh yes he is! Have you seen what he's doing to your brother!"
"Roxy was being mean to him so he was getting even. Boys will be boys," Naminé shrugged.
"…Roxas did not do ANYTHING to deserve the treatment Riku is giving him!" Sora shouted.
"Okay, look, stop talking about Riku and Roxy like you know them better than me! You just waltz here not too long ago and now you think you know-"
"Don't use a tone with me, young lady! I know them quite well considering I spent a good amount of time with both! Specifically detention and your home!" Sora cut in and Naminé only gave him a bewildered look.
"Excuse me?"
"You heard me! I want you to dump Riku and apologize to your brother!"
"…Who the hell do you think you are?" Naminé nearly shrieked, standing up and picking up her tote and book.
"Whoa! Get back here! I'm talking to you!" Sora stood up in a split second and followed her, quickly grabbing her arm. He hasn't seen Naminé mad or upset often but he needed to get this through her head,
"Let me go, you-"
"Naminé! Listen to me! You can do so much better than that…psycho!"
SLAP!
"Ow…" Naminé pulled out of Sora's grip while he felt that sting on his face. It was bad enough his daughter's boyfriend beat him up twice but now his daughter just hit him as well, "You are so grounded! Ugh…as soon as I get my body back…" Sora groaned, now just remembering his current body and the way he just talked with Naminé.
"Well…that went well…" he muttered to himself. He would go find Naminé again but he doesn't want to be hit again and thus decided to wait until she calmed down a bit before he talks to her again so he goes off to find Roxas.
"Hey! If it isn't Sora!"
Sora spun himself around to meet eyes with none other than Axel.
"Oh, hey," he lightly greeted.
"You're Roxy's new bud, right? Is he here?"
"…I thought he was with you!" Sora exclaimed, his mind now going into panic. Splitting from Axel, Sora searched for Roxas through the crowds of people. He spotted Riku but Roxas wasn't with him so there's still a chance the boy hasn't been touched yet!
Sora felt relieved when he found Roxas sitting on a table talking to some people. He leaned against the wall he was next to as he watched Roxas socialize a bit but when the two met eyes, Roxas immediately leaves his conversation to run up to Sora and latch on to his arm again. The brunette sighed, wishing he didn't worry earlier.
"I can't believe you left me!" Roxas exclaimed,
"…You seemed to have been doing well," Sora commented.
"I wasn't! Pence found me wandering around because I lost you and helped me avoid Riku by hanging around with his group of friends!"
"…What about Axel?"
"Axel? Oh yeah…"
"Oh yeah? That's all you have you to say?" Sora asked, eyeing his son in confusion who started to squirm in his spot. He could've sworn his son had the biggest crush on that pyro.
"It's nothing! Can we go now?"
"Oh come on, Roxas! No! We're going to socialize a bit! Especially you!"
"I'm not YOU, Sora! I can't! Even after getting beaten up, you're still respected by some people! I'm not!"
Sora wanted to bang his head against the wall. His kids had more problems than he thought.
-Naminé dating Riku
-Naminé liking Riku
-Naminé thinking he's some insane friend her brother's
-Roxas's lack of self esteem
-Roxas being the target of Riku
-Roxas supposedly liking a senior bad boy(not much of a problem compared to the others but still…)
At his rate he'll never find time to focus on Cloud.
Eventually, Roxas did convince Sora to leave but…they still lacked a ride. So instead, the two sat in the front yard and talked until the party started to die down enough for them to call up Cloud to pick them up. But no matter how much Sora pressed about Roxas's feelings for Axel, he refused to answer and continued to dodge or change the subject.
So yeah, Happy Holidays everyone! Whatever it is that you celebrate, I hope you enjoy it!
Please read and review!