Next chapter, I just have so many good ideas right now and I really want to finish this story
Next chapter, I just have so many good ideas right now and I really want to finish this story. School starts in two days and I really don't want to go!
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Chapter 2: Family Life
To light a candle is to cast a shadow.
After the meeting was over Roxas walked home silently, thinking of Axel the whole way. He was so spaced out that he nearly ran into four people on the side walk and a tree when he thought it would be safer to walk on the grass. Somehow though, through all this, he managed to make it home unscathed. Once he had unlocked his front door and entered the house he called out, "Dad! Otou! I'm home from school!" You see Roxas has two fathers so he differentiates between the two by calling one 'dad' and one 'otou'.
"Welcome home Roxas. Dinner's almost ready. How was your meeting today?" his otou, Cloud Hikari's, voice floated from the kitchen. Roxas looked more like his otou than his dad Leon Hikari. Roxas would never understand why the groom took the bride's last name.
After dropping his coat and bag at the door, for him to retrieve later Roxas meandered to the kitchen replying, "Well Olette submitted her script for the winter drama. She finally finished it."
As Roxas rounded the corner he saw his otou in front of the stove, taking a roast from the oven. "That's wonderful Rox. She's been working on it for what? Three years now? Has it been approved yet?"
Roxas took a seat at the bar area that separated the kitchen and the dinning room. "Not yet. Xemnas has to look it over and Larexene has to approve it. They said they'd tell us tomorrow."
Cloud set the roast on top of the stove to cool slightly and asked, "Anything else?"
Roxas blushed slightly and said, "Well there's this guy that just transferred and he joined the club."
Cloud could see the blush on his son's face and was curious. "What's his name?"
"Axel. I don't know his last name he didn't give it."
Cloud smiled. "And was he hot?"
Before Roxas could catch himself he blurted, "Yes." And then he realized what he said and blushed even harder.
Cloud's smile softened. "Well it's about time you found someone you were interested in your dad and I were getting worried that you were going to turn out asexual or something. Now while I set the table would you get your brothers and your father please? And if they don't come down tell them that I'll castrate them since it took all of my day off to make this dinner."
Roxas nodded and rushed off, glad for the chance to break from the awkward conversation. That's what he loved about his parents. They never pried too far. Just enough to keep in touch with what's going on in their sons' lives. As Roxas rounded the hallway and headed for the stairs Cloud called, "Oh, and your cousin is coming to have dinner with us so make sure that their properly dressed." Living in a household of five males, most things like clothing was really relaxed. One time his older brother Demyx had eaten dinner in nothing but his boxers cause he was too lazy to put more on after taking a shower. Which he did at least three times a day. Man that guy loves water.
Speaking of him Roxas came to his room first. There was loud music coming from it and he had to practically knock the door down to get Demyx to hear him. When he did he stopped playing his sitar and called, "Yeah?"
"Yo Dem dinner's ready. And Nami's coming over so don't try to come down without a shirt and pants in place." Roxas shouted through the door.
"Sure, sure. I'll be down in a sec just let me finish this song."
"Otou said now or he's gonna castrate you and when he does I'll laugh my ass off. So get a move on bro."
There was silence for a while, and then Demyx emerged entirely dressed and looking a little pale from their otou's threat. "Right. Meet you down there Roxy."
Roxas grumbled at his brother's nickname for him but continued past his own room to Sora's room. He knocked and was answered immediately with the door opening and his brown haired twin opening the door and smiling. "Yeah yeah Rox I heard. Dinner now or castration and full wardrobe because of Nami. Though for our cousin she must be awkwardly distant to have a different last name. I mean Hika compared to Hikari." Sora continued to think to himself out loud as he walked past the blonde and down towards the dinner table.
Roxas would never understand how Sora picked up the habit of thinking out loud in such a quiet house. With that thought he continued down the hallway, past his parent's room and coming to his dad's study. He knocked and called, "Hey dad dinner's ready." He heard a responding,"Hn." and the scrapping of the chair as Leon got up from his desk. He silently opened the door, smiled at his son and walked with him down the stairs with his son.
Just as Roxas and Leon were passing their front door the doorbell rang. "I got it dad you go on ahead of me." Roxas smiled. His dad nodded and walked into the dinning room. Roxas turned and opened the door for his cousin. "Hey Namine what's up?"
"Hey Roxas. Nothing much. I have a few new drawings to show you." Namine responded. This was a rehearsed conversation that they used to make sure that they were both still okay. Roxas would as what was up meaning that he was fine, Namine would respond 'Hey' if things were all clear and 'Hello' if there was any kind of complication. Namine having said she had more drawings means she wanted to ask something.
"Drawings of the starry sky?" Questions about your girlfriend?
"Drawings of some fireworks." Questions about that pyro today.
"What color?" What questions?
"Red and pink." I'm worried about you. You were blushing onstage.
"Vibrant or dull?" Did anyone else notice?!
"Dull. But enough so you know they're there. You like that right?" No but I noticed. You like him don't you.
"They're pretty I guess." He was kinda hot. What of it?
"That's good." Namine said no longer in code. "I thought you would never find anyone you were interested in."
"You aren't the only one to say that today. Otou said that to." Roxas replied quietly, now finally leading her to the dinning room.
"We were all worried." Namine replied quietly before she sat at the table. Roxas soon followed suit and then the table was buzzing with conversations. Roxas and Namine talking about Olette's script, Sora talking about swim meets starting soon (he was on the swim team), Demyx complaining about band practice, and Cloud and Leon listening to all the conversations at once and enjoying the light-hearted atmosphere while speaking only when necessary.
After dinner Roxas had to rinse and wash the dishes while Sora dried (The family had a rotating system for dishes. The next night would be Roxas drying and Demyx washing and so on). And when Roxas retired for the night his thoughts returned to the new red-head that now almost monopolized his thought-process. He decided that it would be cool to get to know him more.
With this in mind Roxas fell asleep quickly, excited about the next day at school, hoping to talk with Axel again.
Yeah! Second chapter done! Unfortunately I can't promise such speedy posts for a while. School starts tomorrow and I have to work on the weekends. Wahhhh! No free time! Please read and review. The more reviews I get the more motivated I'll be to write more quicker! 3
-Ta
