Disclaimer: No matter how much I want it or how much I dream, I'll never own any of these characters or Kingdom Hearts. Only Umi is mine *Huggles Umi*
A/N: Alright. I'm back! :D I'm sorry it took me a while to update but my parents took away my laptop because they say I spend too much time writing and not enough time with them. Since I wasn't doing well in Biology they used it as an excuse to take away my laptop. When I got it back, my internet was down! I spent over 10hours on the phone with a lady named Suzy with a heavy accent! It was horrible! Thankfully, it's working so I was able to update! I will try my best to update as much as possible to make up for lost time but depending on how much school work I get will be whether or not I can update. This idea for this chapter had been buzzing around in my head and I got my 6 reviews for the chapter (actually, much more than that! Thank you soooo much everyone!) I sincerely thank those of you who reviewed! I hope I get more reviews for this chapter! Just an "Update" or "I like your story" Will make me happy. PLEASE and I will love you all! Well, that's about all I got for this A/N but please, I know that there are a bunch of you who are reading my story. I don't know if you like it or not, but tell me what you think by reviewing! Sorry for rambling on but I figured you should know about my delay.
Summary: (I'm not gonna post the summary anymore :P If you wanna know what the summary is just look at all the previous chapters)
Rated: T
Pairings: Eh. *shrugs* Still keeping my mouth closed. *munches cookie*
Chapter 6
Sora's POV
It must be my imagination. Yeah, that's it. I've gotten too much sleep and now my mind is playing tricks on me. "Hey Roxas!" I called out.
His head snapped in my direction and I saw the pencil drop into his palm and he held it tightly. He smiled at me. "So I see you got out early."
I raised an eyebrow and looked at him accusingly. "I wouldn't be talking if I were you."
He raised his hands guiltily. "Alright, alright, fair enough."
He began walking in the direction that I assumed his work was and I began to follow him. "So…" I began. "Care to explain why you've been hiding from me all day?"
I could see him visibly stiffen but he shook his head. "I don't know what you mean. " He said. "I just had some things to take care of and I wanted to get them done as soon as possible, that's all."
He continued walking and I followed, not knowing what else to do. I knew he was lying to me but I didn't know how to ask. I thought about bringing up the pencil but I immediately pushed the thought aside. 'He would laugh and call me crazy if I said that to him.' Roxas stopped in front of a nice looking restaurant called 'SmokedT'
"Wow. I didn't realize that your job was this close." I said.
He merely nodded and walked inside, his mind obviously elsewhere. I followed him inside and looked around. The restaurant was very nice. It was one of those places where you couldn't come in shorts and flip-flops, but you didn't have to dress fancy either. Roxas walked into the back and since I knew I could follow him I sat at a table to wait for him. I tapped my fingers on the table and sighed. I didn't know what to think of what happened. I was so confused. I pulled out my chained necklace and played with the crown shaped pendant. 'Mom…Dad…I miss you…' I closed my eyes and remembered my 5th birthday; the last day I ever saw them. If I could see my mother smile at me and hug my dad while he ruffled my hair, I felt like everything would be right in the world.
"Well, look at who's here."
I opened my eyes to see Axel looming above me. "Hi Axel, how are you?"
He grinned and put his hands in his pockets. "I'm doing great today. I gotta punch in but I'll be with you in a sec."
I sat up straighter and smiled. "It's alright. I think Roxas is gonna come to this table."
Axel shrugged and turned around, looking behind him as he walked. "Not if I get back here first."
He disappeared through the back doors and I couldn't help but smile. 'He seems like a nice guy. I wonder why Roxas doesn't like him.' Roxas walked through the back doors wearing a white buttoned up shirt with the sleeved rolled up to his elbows. His black pants were almost dragging but his shoes were tall enough to keep the pants up off the ground. He had an apron tied around his waist with a large pocket in the middle of it.
"Hey Sora. I thought you would have gone home by now."
I shrugged. "I wanted to see the place you're now working in. Besides, I might as well eat something since I came all this way."
Roxas smiled. "Ok then, what do you want?" He asked as he pulled out a notepad and pen from the pocket.
Axel came from behind him and placed his hand on Roxas' shoulder. "It's alright short-stuff, this is my table so I got this."
I thought Roxas would glare and him or walk away in a huff but instead his face turned red and he looked down at the floor and left as quickly as he possibly could.
"What's with Roxas?" I asked Axel.
He shrugged. "Beats me." He said.
There was a slight glint in his eyes but I didn't press further. I ordered a simple coke with a burger and fries. While I was eating I noticed that Roxas was avoiding Axel, but he always seemed embarrassed rather than mad. When I finished eating I tried to pay for the food but Axel never brought the check. I tried to signal down Axel, but he seemed to ignore me. I walked up to him and when he finished taking the food to the table I tapped his shoulder.
"Axel, I've been trying to pay but you forgot to bring the check."
He took the check out and waved it around. "Don't worry about it; I'll pay for your check."
He put the check away and before I could try to give him the money he went through the back doors. I stood there for a while like the complete idiot I was. After a while I just left, deciding I'd just pay him back tomorrow. I walked back to the apartment, looking up at the sky occasionally.
"What a nice day." I said with a smile. "On days like these I just want to lie on a grassy area and look up at the clouds."
When I got to the complex I walked up the stairs and into my apartment. I grabbed my keys from my pocket and opened the door. When I closed the door behind me I set down my keys on the countertop and stared at them for a while, trying to figure out what to do. After a while I couldn't think of anything entertaining to do so, I decided to do my homework.
I took my backpack and placed it next to my desk and sat down in my chair, pulling out my textbooks. I really didn't feel like doing it at the moment, but I couldn't think of anything else. I started working on my more difficult subjects. When I finally completed those I completed the easier work. When I was done with everything I put all my work and textbooks back into my backpack and set my pencil on the desk, sighing with relief.
"I finally got that work out of the way." I said feeling proud of myself. I looked at my clock to see the red numbers showing me 6:10. There was still about another hour left until Roxas even finished his shift. As I thought about Roxas my thoughts ran back to the moment when Roxas was standing by the front gate, with a weird floating pencil hovering over his palm. It wasn't obvious from far away but when I get a good look at I, I could see it was hovering about an inch or so from his hand.
'There's just no way I could imagine something like that' I thought. I looked at my pencil for a moment. 'I wonder…"
I took the pencil that I had left on my desk after finishing my homework and lightly placed it on my palm. I made sure it was in the same position that Roxas had his and then I tried to imagine the pencil floating. I stared at it for a while, but nothing happened.
"Maybe it was just my imagination after all." I said grumpily with a sigh of defeat. I looked at the pencil again, desperately trying to get it to even move. "Maybe his pencil was rigged? Or maybe it was a prank that him and the others are trying to do to scare me or something." I said trying to come up with a reasonable excuse. I hung my head and rubbed the bridge of my nose with my thumb and index finger. "That can't be it. Roxas can't lie or play pranks. Every time he tries it's so obvious that he's lying to the point that it's just sad." I stared at the pencil one last time, thinking about anything that might make the stupid thing float. "Come on!" I whined. "Why isn't it working?"
"What do you think you're doing Sora?"
I heard someone behind me say. I gasped and sharply turned around, my pencil falling to the floor. To my surprise, Roxas was leaning against my open door with one arm placed on his hip and an eyebrow raised in question. I could tell my cheeks were turning pink from him catching me. In truth, there's not much to see since I just seemed like I was glaring at a pencil…Scratch that. Pure. Embarrassment.
"W-what are you doing home so early?" I asked after a long silence. "I thought your shift didn't end until seven!"
He stared at me with a look that made me thing I grew two heads. "Sora, it's well past seven thirty."
I looked at my clock and sure enough the red numbers said 7:42. More than an hour and a half had gone by. Wow, time sure flies when you're staring at a pencil like an idiot.
Roxas shook his head with a laugh. "You should have seen your face! I walk in to see you staring at a pencil as if you were expecting the darn thing to explode!"
I picked up the pencil from the floor and tossed it into my backpack. "I was expecting something else." I mumbled, too low for him to actually hear.
His eyes narrowed slightly and for a moment I thought he heard what I had said, but he shrugged and walked up to me. "Are you hungry Sora? I could make us dinner."
I looked down at my stomach and then back to Roxas. "Nah. I'm not really hungry." I said. "The food at that restaurant really filled me up."
"It depends, what did you actually eat?"
I thought for a bit, trying to remember. I made a fit with one hand and struck it lightly against my palm. "Oh yeah! I had a burger with some fries and a coke." I said with a huge grin.
Roxas looked at me in shock. "Wait; don't tell me you ate the entire thing?"
My grin grew even wider, if that's even possible, and I nodded. "Yup! It was too good to not finish!"
He face palmed and groaned. "Sora, one of these days you're going to get really fat if you keep eating like that!"
I gasped and placed my hand over my chest. "That's a mean thing to say Roxas! I'll stay this lean my entire life!"
He rolled his eyes. "Not if you keep eating like that you won't."
I huffed slightly and pouted. "I'm still growing so eating a lot shows that I'm healthy."
He made a loud 'Pft' noise and turned to leave my room. "Sure it's fine to be eating a lot but, that doesn't mean that eating greasy foods all the time will help you accomplish anything. You're going to stay short like that I hope you know."
I puffed out my cheeks and walked passed him. "I wouldn't be talking Roxas! You're just as short as I am."
He ignored my comment and hummed a tune as he walked over to his room. "I'm going to finish up my homework and then I'm going to go to bed early. Goodnight." He said.
He closed his door behind him and left me standing in front of it. 'There's no way he could have any homework left. Roxas always finishes his homework in school.' I crept up to his door and placed my ear against it. I wasn't really sure what I was supposed to be listening for, but I knew he must be doing something in there that involved his sudden weirdness. After a while since I didn't hear anything I shrugged and walked back to my room to take a shower. Grabbing a pair of boxers and a T-shirt, I took a quick shower and looked at my clock. It was 8:56. I held onto my crown emblem and fell asleep with the memories of my parents.
I woke up suddenly and as I looked out the window I realized it was still dark out and attempted to go back to sleep. After a while I sat upright and shook my head to get the hair out of my face. Despite what many people thought my hair was naturally spiked. I couldn't be able to tame my damn hair even if I wanted to.
One glance at my clock and I knew I didn't have to be up for another two hours. I groaned and stood up from my bed, tossing my covers aside. As I walked to my door I could hear someone walking passed my room.
"Roxas?" I whispered. I turned the knob of my door as slowly and quietly as I possible. When I opened the door I looked in the direction the sound was coming from and sure enough Roxas was in the kitchen. He was writing on a sheet of paper and I crept up behind him and glanced over his shoulder.
It was another note to me saying that he was leaving early. "Abandoning me again huh Roxas?" I asked, upset and hurt obvious in my voice.
His hand stopped writing and he turned around quickly. Our foreheads ended up hitting one another. "OW!" We shouted in unison.
"What are you doing up so early?" He snapped as he rubbed his forehead.
"A better question would be me asking you why you're leaving again?" I snapped back.
He opened his mouth, but shut it quickly and looked away. "It's nothing." He mumbled.
Again, I knew he was lying. Only this time, I wasn't going to just let it slide. "Really? Well, since it's nothing then I hope you don't mind if I tag along with you?"
His eyes grew wide to the size of plates and he turned his back to me. "Forget about it." He said with a soft sigh. "We'll just go to school later. At the time we're suppose to go."
He attempted to leave the room but I grabbed his shoulder and he stopped. "What's happening to you Roxas?" I asked. "Ever since we started going to this school you've been acting weird. We even argued for the first time for Pete sakes!" He didn't say a word; only stood in place. "Please Roxas, tell me what's wrong."
Roxas pulled his shoulder away from my grip and walked to his room. "Sora, there's nothing wrong or anything you need to worry about. I simply have many things that I need to do and get use to now with the new school and my new job." With that, he closed himself in his room. I felt lost but one thing I knew for sure was that I would find out. One way or another.
School finished today faster than I realized and before I knew it, I was walking out of my last class. School was a bit strange today. There were a few people from my classes that were all missing at the same time. Demyx, Umi, Namie, and Riku.
Olette told me that it was normal for them to miss classes. "Mr. Squall says they have a club and have meeting every now and then." Olette said. It made sense…but I had a feeling there was something else going on.
'Maybe that's why Roxas has been acting a bit strange.' I thought. 'After all, today at lunch he got a text and suddenly stood up and excused himself, leaving as quickly as he could.'
He use to always be around me. Saying he wanted to protect me from harm. He was always attached to me and it use to bother me. Now…I sort of miss it.
When I got home it was just as quiet and boring as yesterday. I watched T.V. until 11pm and still no sign of Roxas. Giving up, I went to bed. I sat in my bed and set my alarm to wake me up an hour earlier then I needed, thinking Roxas would attempt to leave again.
Ever since I lost my parents I would hold my crown pendant in both my hands and wish for something...anything to make me calm down and feel better. Most often than not it would actually work (as long as the wish was reasonable) and would happen. I held the crown pendant in my hands, placed my forehead against it and squeezed my eyes shut.
"Let me find out what Roxas is up to. And please let me be able to do something to help him." I whispered to my pendant. As the seconds ticked by I let go of the pendant and tucked it inside by PJ t-shirt. With nothing else to do I tucked myself into bed and fell asleep, ready for another dull, boring day. Too bad I didn't realize that my wish would be granted quicker than I thought.
A/N: So that's the end of this chapter. I'm sorry again that it took me about two months to post this! I spent forever fixing the dumb internet of mine!
Sora: Aww poor Silver Moon! D:
Silver Moon: Thank you Sora! *huggles Sora* I'm glad someone appreciates all the hard work I do!
Riku: Well, you could have had your internet fixed a week ago, but you kept wining about how much hard work it was.
Silver Moon: It was hard work!
Roxas: But all hard work pays off doesn't it?
Silver Moon: Sush! I had a lot of stuff to do!
Riku: Like what?
Silver Moon: Like resting and watching T.V. and talking to friends…
Roxas: That's called laziness
Silver Moon: No! That's called catching up with my relaxation time!
Sora: Well I still think you're the best Silver Moon!
Silver Moon: *hugs Sora again* Why can't you all be as kind and caring as Sora?
Riku: Because then we wouldn't have our individuality.
Silver Moon: Whatever! Anyways please review my story! I know that many of you are reading my story and not reviewing but please please PLEASE do! I always gain inspiration when people review and it makes me happy and write quicker! Well, until next time this is Silver Moon signing off!
SM
