It's time for chapter six. And even if no one cares, I am happy to say that I passed all of my finals! Yay! :D So now next week is full of relaxing. I actually wasn't even going to start chapter 6 yet, but since the plans to go to my cousins house were canceled, this weekend, I'm free now. So I just thought, hey why not?
I think that pretty much covers it! Now onwards!
Chapter 6: Vanitas
*Namine's POV*
*QUACK QUACK QUACK*
"No," I mumbled, "That's my foot! You can't have it!" I said, trying to yank my foot away from the duck trying to eat it. Of course, I knew this was only a dream, but it seemed so real!
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"I WILL EAT YOU!" I screamed, which is weird because I hate duck.
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"No, go away." I muttered, swatting my alarm clock, making it fall to the floor. The back popped open and the batteries flew out. I shot up and groaned, knowing that I would have to find those batteries later.
I stirred and rolled over, facing my duck alarm that's makes annoying duck noises. I couldn't open my eyes fully yet, so I was just squinting at my alarm. It kept going off, with that stupid quack sound. Then I realized something, I never bought a new alarm clock. And why was there a bow on its head?
I looked at my phone and saw a missed call from Kairi. I was surprised that she called around five in the morning. It makes me wonder if she even sleeps.
I pressed the call button and she immediately picked up. "Hey sleepy head." She greeted me.
I chuckled, "Always was. Anyway, why did you call me?"
"Oh! Axel wants to throw a party. It's going to have alcohol." I could almost hear her wink.
"Yeah, so? Kairi, we're sixteen. Even if Axel could bring it, we're not allowed to drink it." I pointed out, trying to bring out the 'duh' tone.
"Who cares Namine? We're in high school. We need to do underage drinking at least once." She laughed, but I didn't see what was so funny.
I sighed, not wanting to argue with her. "I'm going to need Squall's permission to go."
"Squall's cool. He'll say yes! "She screamed in excitement before hanging up. I covered my ears, because that scream seemed to echo through my entire house even though it was over the phone. A sleepy looking Demyx holding a tissue box burst into my room, so I'm guessing he heard that scream and thought it was me.
"Namine run! I got him- Heeyyyy," he dragged on that one word, "There's no one in here."
I burst out laughing, "Hold on, you think there is a burglar in my room and your choice of a weapon is a tissue box?"
He looked at me and then at the tissue box, and then back at me like it was the most normal thing in the world. "Is there a problem?"
I got out of bed and put my hands on his hip, "Of course there is a problem! What could you possibly do with a tissue box? Help him with a runny nose?"
Demyx grinned at me, "Hey, why not? He'll be so grateful that he'll decide to leave us alone and tell all of his friends to leave us alone too."
I rolled my eyes, "Oh yeah, sure. You are such a genius." I turned away from Demyx, so I didn't notice him creeping up behind me.
"You think the tissues are such a bad idea, huh? Well, little sister, prepare to be attacked by the tissue monster." Before I could register what he had just said, tissues were all around me and he was tickling me. I was giggling and screaming, this demon knew I was horribly ticklish.
Squall came in, rubbing one of eyes. He clearly just got up. "Would you two shut up?" He mumbled, and then froze at the scene in front of him. He stood there for a while, then sighed and rolled his eyes. "Of course they act all stupid when I'm forced to take care of them." And with that, he walked away.
"Oh yeah," Demyx said, getting off of me, "Do you like my present?" He said, pointing to the wretched duck. I looked at the duck, and then slowly turned to him, "You mean that- that demon is in my room because of you?" He looked at me, and I just glared at him.
"You're. Dead."
And all you could hear were huge crashing sounds and a very high pitched, girlish scream, which let me say, was from Demyx.
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*Roxas's POV*
Sora and I were waiting for Xion to get ready. It was like this every day. I tapped my foot and sighed, deciding to watch Sora. He was smiling and rapidly texting someone, who I assumed to be Kairi. I looked at my phone, and suddenly I ached to have a relationship like that. But the feeling went away as soon as it came.
Namine and I weren't anything like that. After that day where we made up and decided to try again, we hadn't talked once. Maybe Namine was okay with it before, but she obviously wasn't anymore. I wish we could talk just once. And that is so pathetic because we have a lot of classes together.
I looked at my phone. How could I call her my girlfriend when I didn't even have her phone number? I was going to talk to her today, no matter what.
Xion came downstairs, wearing a blue and white plaid shirt and dark blue skinny jeans with multi buckled combat heeled boots.
"You look plain." Sora stated. Our sister shrugged, "I never dress up. Besides, I'm feeling so lazy today."
My mother, on cue, rushed in. "Lazy? Are you sure it isn't a fever?" She asked, putting her hand on Xion's forehead. I rolled my eyes, deciding to save Xion. "Mom, she's fine. Leave her alone. We'll be late!" I said, grabbing Xion's arm and dragging her out the front door.
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*Kairi's POV*
"So Axel," I said, smoothing my shirt, "are you seriously going to throw a party? Dad said he was tomorrow morning." He shrugged like it was no big deal, "So? We'll party and then clean up. And if any one decides to stay over, we'll tell dad that they came to hang out. He'll never need to know."
He said it like it was the most obvious thing in the world. But he made it sound possible, almost easy. I had a feeling it was going to one of those moments where the father, who in this case would be my father Vincent Valentine, would come home early. Then the party would be ruined and Axel and I would be grounded.
Sensing my nervousness, Axel put his arm around my shoulder, "Come on kiddo, it'll be fine. You don't even have to come if you don't want to."
I dashed away from him and gave him an incredulous look, "And miss what will be party of the year? We've owned that title for five years so I will not miss it! Not even if you begged me!" Axel burst out laughing and then we went off to school.
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*Namine's POV*
When we got to school, Demyx left me, saying he had to meet up his friends or something like that. I didn't like walking alone, but I brightened when I saw Olette.
She saw me, came up to me, and hugged me, "Kairi told you didn't she? Her and Axel are so crazy if they think they can pull this off." She said, rolling her eyes. I laughed a little, "Come on Olette, who knows, they might be able to pull it off. Besides, are you trying to say you aren't-"
"Hey." I heard someone behind me. I looked to see who rudely interrupted me and saw Roxas.
My heart raced. After we had agreed to try out a relationship, I started to avoid him. Why? It was simple. I had thought about and decided that I didn't want sex in our relationship and I realized after I said yes that he would keep pressuring me until I finally agreed to get intimate. It was wrong and it went against my beliefs. I had no idea why I had agreed to it, maybe I just wanted to be with Roxas. But after a lot of thought, I realized Roxas wasn't worth it.
Of course, instead of being the brave girl who would stand up for herself, I decided to be a coward and ignore Roxas.
"H-Hey Roxas." I stuttered. I mentally kicked myself for that.
"We need to talk." He said simply. I wondered if he ever showed any emotion.
He led me to an empty area which for some reason, made me nervous. He wouldn't do anything… right? "So Roxas-" I started, but he cut me off by kissing me. It was a warm kiss, especially when I kissed him back. I don't know why I did, considering what I was about to tell him. But I thought the kiss might brighten my mood, but I didn't.
"Roxas stop." I said, pushing him away from me. "We can't do this anymore." He arched an eyebrow, "But you said-"
"I know what I said but I'm sorry, I can't go through with it anymore. Roxas, that's not the type of relationship I want, okay? I want a normal one, like what Sora and Kairi have. Let's just end whatever this is."
*Roxas POV*
Did she just break up with me? I didn't know how to react. No girl broke up with me, it was always me just saying bye.
"You can't-"
"I'm sorry." She said before walking away from me.
Namine and I had nothing, so why did my heart hurt so much? I tried to shrug it off, but it wouldn't go away. I had wanted to fix everything between us. Maybe take her back to my place and we could 'do something'. I was even going to ask her to be my date to Axel and Kairi's party, and let our relationship be official.
Namine was becoming really popular now, especially with the boys. I wanted them to know that she was mine, but now she wasn't. I never felt like this towards any girl, so why now?
"What's wrong?" I rolled my eyes, recognizing the voice immediately. "Get out of my face Hina."
I heard her chuckle, "What happened to you? Do you need me to take the pain away?" I felt her arms around my shoulders, trailing down. I was going to push her off, but I realized, why should I? Namine and I were nothing now, and I let Hina kiss me even when we were together anyway. I relaxed into HIna's touch, and I smirked when I felt her freeze. I bet she wasn't expecting that.
She came in front of me and I saw what she was wearing, if you could even call it clothes. Her shirt was long sleeved but the shirt itself only went up to her belly button, so you could see her piercing. Her skirt was only a few inches below her waist and there was a weird strap that went around her abdomen. It was strange, but very sexy.
I wondered for a moment. Should I? Hina meant nothing to me. But then I had an idea. "Fine. But on one condition." She looked at me, so I continued. "You have to come with me to Axel's party." She gave me a disgusted look, "Gross no! I know they're your friends, but sorry, I don't do dates."
I rolled my eyes, she was such a slut. "There's going to be alcohol. And you know how I am in bed when I'm drunk." She bit her lip, and then sighed, "Fine, but just this once."
As we went to her place, I couldn't help but think about Namine, how badly I was betraying her. We weren't together though, so why are these feelings so strong?
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*Namine's POV*
Roxas was not in any of the classes we had together. I didn't know how to feel, depressed or relieved. I tried to shake all of these feelings away, wanting to be happy for the party later tonight.
A party where Roxas will also be…
We were walking to class when I said, "Kairi, I don't think I should go to the party."
She let out the highest pitched scream ever, making thousands of heads turn our way. My face flushed, I hated to be the center of attention, even though I should be used to it by now. Kairi grabbed my wrist and jolted for the janitor's closet, locking the door behind her.
"You're kidding, right. You have to be! Besides, the entire school is coming! It will be the party of the year, Nami. You have to come!"
I shrugged, wanting to get out of here. "I don't feel good. Besides, I don't look like I'm going to a party." I added lamely. Did I ever mention I was a horrible liar? Kairi rushed up to me and felt my forehead, "You feel fine, you liar."
Then she backed away from me and observed my outfit, "You look fine. No, actually, amazing. Did you not notice all the boys drooling?"
I looked at myself, realizing I got all dressed up today for the party. And stupid me, I had even texted Kairi saying that I got all dressed up. Why was I such a bad liar? Why couldn't I be born as a good one?
So I sighed, realizing I had no options but to go to the party. I told Kairi I was kidding and I only wanted to see her reaction. She believed me, thankfully, and we went off to class.
We had all decided to leave school a period early so we could make sure everything was perfect before people started to arrive. We all met in the parking lot, and I still didn't see any sign of Roxas. I wondered if he was even coming.
Sora must have sensed my distress, "What's wrong Nams?" I shrugged, "I was just wondering where Roxas was." I tried to keep my voice as even as it could be. "Oh Roxy? He said something about bringing a date to the party."
I tried to say something like okay or no problem, but the words just wouldn't come out of my mouth. Sure, we hadn't even been officially going out, but seriously? This was a little rude of him. He had looked genuinely upset when we had 'broken up'.
Was that all an act? Or does he just get over things easily?
I couldn't help the tear that rolled down my cheek, so I ducked my head so no one would see. Maybe coming to this party was a bad idea after all.
I didn't know whose car I hopped in, all I knew was that I was just following Kairi. Throughout the entire car ride, I was trying to think of a way to sneak away from the party and go home. Of course, every plan had some sort of flaw. After turning down the plan I thought of, I felt a tap on my shoulder.
I looked up and saw Kairi smiling at me, "We're here."
I nodded, giving a fake, almost plastic smile. Get used to it Nam, I thought to myself, you'll be giving a lot of these throughout the night.
When we got out of the car, I heard Kairi gasp. I looked at where she was staring and saw Roxas.
And he was kissing another girl. That was it, my heart had just shattered. Why did I end things with him if I knew I was still in love with him? Why am I so stupid? I wanted to kick myself.
"That's Hina Lin!" I heard Olette say, clearly surprised.
"They're back together?" Xion and Riku asked at the same time. They looked at each other and blushed, then looked back at Roxas.
I looked at Axel, Demyx, Sora, Hayner, and Pence, the people who didn't say anything. They all, except Demyx, looked extremely pissed off. Demyx just simply stated, "She's hot."
Axel nudged him, "Of course she is. She's a slut. He had broken up with her because she was cheating on him, but she just wouldn't leave him alone. What is he thinking?"
I pinched myself, wanting to make the feelings of jealousy go away, but I just couldn't. Now I definitely regretted splitting with him, more than I did before. Even if he was a jerk, I wanted him back. At least he wouldn't be kissing another girl.
Kairi grabbed my arm and led me to her house. I could tell by her immensely tight grip that she was angry. Very angry…
"Roxas!" She screeched, making everyone jump. Roxas broke away from Hina and looked at us, staring a little bit longer at me. "What?" He said simply, like nothing was wrong.
"Don't what me! What are you doing with that- that, slut?" I stared at her in shock, never imagining Kairi to say that to a person's face. She let me go and pushed me behind her, but I tripped and fell. Thankfully Sora was there to catch me.
"Watch your mouth Kai." Roxas said, a dangerous tone in his voice. Sora's grip on me tightened. I looked up at him and saw he looked really angry, like he was about to punch someone. I never saw Sora angry before, I always thought he was the optimistic one that always saw the good in everything.
"You know what she did Roxas. Have you forgotten that she tried to split Sora and I up? And how she did it? The rumors she spread about Xion? What would have happened to Olette if Hayner and Pence didn't see that text on time? How she kissed Riku while still dating you? Do you not even care about all this Roxas?" Kairi coughed, maybe she had run out of air. She was screaming a lot, and it looked like she was about to cry.
But I was very confused at this point. What had Hina done to all of my friends? Why didn't they tell me? Especially Kairi, Olette and Xion. We now tell each other everything. Why did they keep this a secret from me?
Roxas looked unemotional, but I did see a sort of glint in his eyes. "I do remember all that, but sometimes you just have to forgive people."
I saw a blur of black pass by me and next thing I know, I hear a loud smack. When I blinked, I saw Roxas on the floor and Xion standing over him. Had Xion smacked her own brother?
"You did forgive her. You heard what Kairi had just said. Each time you found about it, you forgave her. None of us know why, probably for the sex or whatever. You think none of us see you two making out in the hallways?"
I looked up at Roxas? Making out with Hina? The way he was looking at me, I just knew. Even while we were together for those few days, he was still with Hina. What was I to him? I wanted to slap him, but Xion continued.
"Anyway, if you want to be the prick and keep dating that whore who we all know will just keep doing mean stuff to us and keep cheating on you, then fine. Go ruin yourself Roxas."
Roxas looked at Hina and smiled, "She's changed, trust me. Just let her into the party, you'll see she's a good girl." Anyone could see the lies in his words, but I guess Kairi couldn't. After a huge pause, she led us all into her house.
When I went in, the first thing I saw were boxes of alcohol. I froze up immediately; none of us were twenty one, so how did they get alcohol? I thought Kairi was only lying about that. I looked up at Axel, who grinned at me. He put his arm around my shoulder, "Hey little Nami!" I didn't like that fact that he was holding beer.
"How did you get this?" I asked, trying to keep the fear out of my voice. He smiled and leaned dangerously close, "I know people." He knows people? What kind of people did he hang out with?
"Axel. You better not be hurting my sister." I sighed in relief when I heard Squall, although I didn't know why he was here. Next thing I know, I see Axel hugging Squall and Rinoa, who also came with Squall.
"Squall is my college buddy." Axel grinned even wider. Squall sighed, "Yeah, it's not fun." Those two began talking and Rinoa came to me, giving me a broad smile.
"It's a little early for you to be out of class, don't you think?" She said, giving me a devious smile. I chuckled, not knowing what to say. But Rinoa gave me a little nudge, "Don't worry, I used to cut all the time. And you have a good reason!" I noticed she also had a beer in her hand.
I laughed along with Rinoa, but I wasn't really paying attention to what she was saying. My eyes were on Roxas, and how Hina was on top of him. It was like they didn't even care about the party, so why did they even bother showing up?
Hina was obviously disliked among everyone, and no one seemed to want to talk to Roxas at the moment. I looked at Hina more closely, not liking how she was just pressing up against Roxas. I felt a strong hatred towards her. They say first impression is the most important part on meeting new people, and Hina did not leave a good one on me.
Thinking of Hina made me think back to what Kairi said, about what Hina did to everyone. I didn't like being left out and I really wanted to know. I deserved to know. I looked at Rinoa, wondering if she knew about any of this.
"You look like your having a bad day." She pointed out as more people began coming in. Great, now it'll be even harder to get the information out of her.
I shrugged, "You could say that." She came close to me, so close I could feel her breath. I could smell alcohol, but not too much that I felt like I wanted to faint. "I'm having a great time. Why are you so upset?""
This was my chance, "Because of that girl, Hina. Kairi said something to her, that she did something bad to my friends. But no one ever told me. You wouldn't happen to know would you?" I asked, seeming as innocent as I could.
Rinoa immediately darkened after hearing her name, "Don't even say her name to me. I can't believe she's here." Rinoa's expression scared me half to death, but I need to find out more. "What did she do to you?" I asked very slowly.
"She tried to take Squall away from me so many times. First she tried she spread rumors that I kissed Seifer. And it was believable because I was the head cheerleader and he was in the blitzball team. But thankfully, Squall believed that it was all lies. Another time, she made a move on Squall and took pictures! She tried to make me think he would cheat on me!"
"Did you believe her?" I asked.
Rinoa sighed, "Almost. But I just went to Squall myself and asked. He denied it and I knew that Hina made it all up. She tried so many other things, and honestly, I never figured out the exact reason why she kept trying to take Squall away from me. I guess she wanted to sleep with every hot guy she could get her hands on, taken or not.
"After a while, I got tired of putting up with Hina's shit and decided to take action." My eyes brightened, curious to know what Rinoa did. "I didn't want to do anything during the school hours because I knew I would get in serious trouble for it. So I had Squall pretend to be interested and lure her to some old street.
She took a long gulp before continuing, "And I did what any girl would've done. I fucked her up!" I winced at Rinoa's choice of words, but also noticed she began to slur, "And that bitch couldn't do anything because I was sixteen and she was only fourteen. But I didn't give a fuck! She tried to get between me and Squall, so I made her suffer the consequences! And guess what?"
"What?" I asked nervously. I almost didn't want her to answer.
She took another long swig from her bottle, placing it on the table because it was empty, "She never messed with me or Squall again."
Today was the day where I realized something very important:
Rinoa was such a badass.
Squall interrupted our conversation when he noticed Rinoa was getting a little too drunk, which had upset him. Even though I heard a very interesting story and understood how low Hina was, I still didn't find out what I had wanted to know.
I looked around hoping to find Kairi and thankfully I did, of course, not before I saw Roxas leading Hina into one of the bedrooms. That was just disgusting I thought to myself. I rushed off to Kairi, dodging all of the guys attempt to force me to dance with them.
Kairi grinned when she saw me. She looked so happy, like the encounter with Hina never happened. But I knew why when I saw the beer in her hand. But that didn't matter right now. "Kairi, what did Hina do to everyone?"
She looked upset for a minute, but then a drunk Sora came and they pretty much started swallowing each other right in front me. Gross. So with another failure, I turned and walked away.
I was just about to give up, when I saw Xion and Riku. They were talking like everything was normal. None of them seemed drunk at all. I went up to them and hugged Xion, "How's the party?" She asked me.
I shrugged, "Fun, but I just wished I didn't have guys groping me every second." Riku laughed at this.
"So, what happened between everyone and Hina?" Of course, at that moment, the music got louder. Curse the universe. "What?" Xion screamed. Riku leaned in closer to try to hear me, and then I realized he had been drinking a bit.
I took a step back, "I said what happened between everyone and Hina?" I screamed, feeling like I wouldn't have a voice in the morning. Xion shook her head at me, "I can't even hear you. We'll talk tomorrow!" She took a sip of her beer and allowed Riku to lead her to the dance floor.
I sat down on the armrest of the couch, feeling lost. I would never find out what happened, and honestly, I wasn't even having fun at this party. I bet Roxas and Hina were already in bed together. Then there was Sora and Kairi, Xion and Riku, Olette and Hayner. Even Pence was talking to some girl.
I felt so alone.
"Hey there beautiful."
I looked up and saw a boy who had hair like Sora, but it was black. And he had yellow eyes, which I felt could pierce through my soul. I was just lost in his eyes, I didn't even notice the rest of him. "Hi." I breathed out.
"I'm Vanitas Fair."
Wait, Fair?
"Fair? As in Sora and Roxas's brother?" He nodded, "Yeah. Except I went away for college, but since I'm on break I decided to come back. I'm surprised they never told me they knew such a sexy piece of ass." I flinched a little, this guy had no manners.
He leaned in close, and I could taste the alcohol in his breath, "You want to dance?" He whispered in my ear, with a seductive tone. I already he wanted to do more than just dance.
I wanted to tell him no, that I still liked his brother. But then I looked towards the room I saw him go in with Hina. Why should I turn down a good looking guy for someone so shallow? Roxas obviously got over me, so now it was my turn. Still, a part of me felt a little bit guilty.
I saw a tray of shots on the table and chugged three. The minute I stood up, the world spun a bit, but I ignored it. I took his hand, "I would love to." And I noticed Roxas was standing with Hina, and I'm pretty sure he was looking at me now.
And honestly, the rest of the party was a huge blur to me. Did I really get that drunk?
DONE! Wow, this was the longest chapter. Omg, Vanitas makes his appearance, and Namine falls for his charm and sexiness xDDDDDDDDD! Don't worry, we'll see more of Vanitas in the next chapters.
And yes, Roxas is very jellyyyyy ;)
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