Authors note: OKAY GUYS, GET READY TO READ. Im sorry I havent updated this in forever, but like I said in my last chapter, my computer got the blue screen of death, so now that I finally got a new laptop for Christmas, I finally got back around to finishing this story.

I kind of forgot in what world the story took place, so I said Land Of Departure, oh well.

Now I know this chapter may be a little shorter than the rest, but there is a really big shocking surprise ending.

SORRY ABOUT ANY SPELLING/GRAMMER MISTAKES SPELL CHECK DIDNT FIND.

Vanitas woke up the next morning with his new little friend swinging its tail back and forth in a gentle swinging motion, up on the pillow next to him. Vanitas sat up and stretched out his arms. He looked at the clock to read "10:47 AM". "I should not be up this early on a Saturday" He grunted as he got out of bed. He scratched his the side of his waist as he made his way into the kitchen. He opened the fridge door and looked inside only to see some leftover chinese food that's three days old and some orange juice left in the carton. Maybe I'll go buy some food or something later... He thought. He looked at the Calendar hanging over by the counter. Oh... so it's that day...

He sighed at the thought about why he hated this day so much, but quickly shook out his thoughts as he saw his dad just getting out of the bathroom. "Hey Vanitas, you gonna go pout like you do every year on this day?"

"You gonna get drunk like a fucking ass, like you do everyday?" Vanitas spat back at his father. "Have some fucking respect"

"Whatever, just leave, I dont want to see you home today until later, I gotta go get things set up"

"Whatever old man" Vanitas rolled his eyes and went to his room. He found his blonde little fur ball Ventus climbing on his dresser and stretching out at the top. He opened up a drawer and pulled out a clean black shirt and a nice pair of jeans, threw them on and got his shoes and socks. He put on his favorite red sweater, grabbed his music player, pet the cat and was about to leave when the small cat grabbed his hand and didn't let go. "Do you want to come with me?" He asked looking down at the kitten.

The cat meowed and Vanitas lifted the kitten over behind his head and stuck him in his hood.

Vanitas left the house without a goodbye and started making his way to the mall. I want to be alone in a crowded place, so that no one will see me and try to bother me... I'll be hidden in plain sight. He thought. I'll go by the graveyard later on after with a gift for her.

Vanitas had his hand in his pockets and was just lost in his thoughts. He thought about the awful significance that this day held, he hated this day more than anything or anyone. Someone who would always help keep his feet planted on the ground, but helped keep his dreams up high in the clouds, was gone from him.

He made his way through the front doors of the five story mall and stood there for a minute before he just started walking around.

Little Ventus in his hood was very intrigued at the sight of a new looking place. He got up and planted himself delicately on Vanitas' shoulders without falling. "You're like a goddamn Pikachu" he smiled and laughed a bit to himself. The cat only meowed and scratched his head against Vanitas' cheek. Sure some people would stare, but he shot them the look of death if the staring got too annyoning.

He walked around and around for about three hours window shopping before finally getting a burger and fries at the food court that was on the fifth floor and sat himself down. The kitten got down and sat on his lap and took a short little snooze. I dont know why you're so tired, I did all the walking. He thought while rolling his eyes and taking a bite of his burger. The food court was on the third floor of the building and he sat by the railing. He looked down at it to look at all the people, comparing them to ants in more ways than one.

Out of the corner of his eye he saw three familiar heads, a brunette, blonde and a blue haired one. Of course they just had to be here.

He sighed and finished his food, hoping that he wouldn't run into them. He liked to bother them, but he just didnt want to see anyone he knew right now. He quickly disposed of his garbarge, grabbed little Ventus and put him in his sweater pocket, and made his way to the booth in the mall that was selling flowers. He bought a bouquet of yellow daffodils quickly walked to the elevator and waited for it to show.

He was very ancy standing in his spot. He petted the kitten in his pocket and gripped the flowers a little bit tighter. When the elevator finally came and opened up it's doors, he walked in and pressed the first floor button. The doors closed, and it finally went down, it got to the third floor, no one was standing there when the doors opened. Fucking hell... he thought. He pressed the first floor button angrily again, as the door was just about to close, someone stuck their foot in the door so they could get on.

When the person got on and looked at Vanitas, as by some strange twist of fate, it was none other than... Ventus.

They locked eyes, Ven mostly out of shock and a little bit of confusion. Vanitas more out of annoyance and a bit of frustration. The door closed behind Ventus and he gulped.

Ventus was panicking inside, wonder he should say something or not. He pressed the second floor button looked out the glass wall of the elevator that showed the entire mall around them. He thought it was better to say nothing but something inside him made him question, why Vanitas had a bouquet in his hand. Does he have a girlfriend or something...? Ventus thought, for some reason there was a slight pang in his chest, but he just waved it off.

Vanitas wasnt saying anything, so he wouldnt either. Right in between the two floors though you guessed it, the elevator got broken and stuck. There was a quick shake, and it made both boys grab the railings inside so they wouldn't fall. "Oh this is just fucking great" Vanitas said angrily as he looked at his watch. "What did you do, you twerp?!" He bitterly shot towards Ventus.

"What do you mean "What did I do?" I didnt make the elevator break and stop!" He shot back.

"Fuck it then. I am so done with this, I have no time to argue with you about this." He sighed. "I just need someone to come and fix this elevator even more."

"Relax, just press the call help button over there and tell them what happened" Ventus calmly said.

"You do it, I dont want to talk to anyone right now" He said as he walked away from the buttons and sat in the corner next to the window.

Ventus shook his head and walked over and pressed the button. Someone responded and Ventus explained the situation they were in. The man on the other end said they'd probably be out by an hour tops. Ventus thanked him and turned back around to see Vanitas petting something in his lap. "What are you doing?" he asked.

"Im sitting down thinking about how much I hate life right now, what does it look like?" He answered slightly sarcastic.

"I meant what is it that you're petting?"

"My dick, is that what you want to hear?"

Ventus rolled his eyes and stepped a bit closer to see that it was a cute little blonde kitten in his lap. "You brought a cat to the mall?"

"You brought two idiots to the mall, so who's the real loser here?" He quickly came up a comeback and sighed.

"You know, I thought you were supposed to try and actually be nice to me." Ventus said.

"Well today is a day where I dont give a fuck about anything. I need to be somewhere important and tiny bullshit like being stuck in an elevator does not help out my mood."

"Where do you have to be?" Ventus questioned.

"That is none of your damn business"

"What? Do you have a girlfriend to get to?" He joked "Cause those flowers aren't very cheap"

"What makes you think I have a girlfriend?" Vanitas yellow eyes looked up at Ventus' blue ones, for some reason Ventus thought he saw a glimmer of hurt when he said girlfriend. Ventus was somehow oddly intrigued once he actually took the time to realize how beautiful Vanitas' eyes were.

Ventus shook his head and sat on the opposite wall. "So uh... the cat... is it okay?" Ventus asked changing the subject.

"It's a boy and Yeah, he didnt have any broken bones or any severe injuries..." Vanitas blindly answered "Wait... why would you care?"

"Well... you know, when you saved it f-from t-the tree, it could've gotten hurt..." Ventus stuttered a bit in fear.

"You saw me climb that tree?!" Vanitas yelled as he raised up a fist "I should kill you"

"No!" Ventus yelled back putting his hands up in front of him in defense "No, no, no, it's okay, I promise I wont tell anyone. I didn't even tell Terra or Aqua!"

"You better not."

The little kitten climbed off Vanitas and started making it's way to Ventus. It's eyes staring at him as it sat himself next to Ventus.

"Do you like cats?" Vanitas asked

"Actually Im more of a dog person, but cats are cool too" Ventus said as he went to pet the top of it's head. The kitten accepted the pat and sat there. What kind of cat is it?"

"It's a munchkin"

"What's his name?"

"Oh... uh" Vanitas eyes went wide. Obviously he knew that if he told Ventus what the cats name would be, he would've been weirded out and probably thought of him as a stalker or something. "I... I didnt give him one yet..."

"Oh, well, maybe you can name it later" Ventus smiled as he scratched under the kittens chin.

After about ten minutes of nothing too exciting actually happened. Ventus got a text from Terra asking what happened to him. Ventus texted back that "I got stuck in an elevator and we're waiting for someone to come fix it."

Aqua called Ven and asked "What do you 'we're'? Is someone else in there with you?"

"Yeah..."

"Who?"

"Vanitas is here with me..."

"You have Vanitas in that elevator with you?!" Aqua shouted over the phone and Ven had to move it away so his eardrums wouldn't bleed. "Ven, which elevator are you in? Me and Terra will come break you out!"

"Aqua, relax, Im still alive arent I?" Ventus sighed "He hasnt hit me once, so it's fine. He's not in the mood to do anything right now. So Im counting it as a blessing and not pushing my luck here"

"Okay fine, how long until you guys will get out?"

"The guy said that he'd probably get us out in an hour, so since it's been like fifteen minutes, It wont be long now"

"Alright fine, but let us know when you get out. And make sure to tell us if he tries something"

"Okay. Buy me a hotdog please! Bye" He hung up and stuck his phone back in his pocket.

"You're dork friends worried that I'll hurt you or something?" Vanitas asked as he sat up straight.

"They aren't dorks, But I calmed them down."

"Whatever, not like they could do anything to stop me even if I wanted to try something" He stretched out his arms.

"What are you talking about now?" He asked confused. "You said you wouldn't try to hit me or anything in our promise, remember?"

"I wasn't talking about it in a 'bashing your face into the ground kind of way'" He replied boredly.

"Well what other way could there possibly be?" He asked.

Vanitas stared at him and as if in the blink of an eye, he made his way over to Ventus and straddled himself over Ventus' out-stretched legs. His face was about four inches away as Vanitas held Ventus' cheek in his hand and the other hand over Ventus' that was on the floor.

Ventus gasped and blinked as he tried to comprehend what just happened and how this guy got on him so fast. A flashback of the erotic dream he had came to him and he slightly started to blush. "What are you doing?"

"You know Ven, you're really Naive when it comes to things." Vanitas breathed out as he rubbed his thumb gently over Ventu's cheek and stared slightly at his lips.

"I-I am not naive!" Ventus retorted. "And will you not call me Ven! It's Ventus to you. And get off of me!" He said as he put his hand onto Vanitas' chest and tried to push him off. He did eventually and Vanitas backed up to the middle of the window and laid his back against it.

"Your face was pink like cotton candy, oh my god. I never thought you could turn that shade of pink" Vanitas chuckled to himself.

"Oh shut up..." Ventus murmured as he looked away so his face could finally go back to it's normal color.

About half an hour altogether passed by and Vanitas was taking a small nap against the window. Ventus was awake lost in his thoughts about Vanitas. Why... I dont understand him at all. He hits me, he hits on me, then he hits snoozeland. What is up with this guy? He thought to himself as he watched Vanitas sleep, with the kitten on his lap again.

The guy in the elevator was at the speaking through the intercom. "Are you guys still okay in there?" He asked.

Ventus got up and spoke back "Yeah everythings fine!"

"Okay good! We're about to start up the elevator again. We fixed it finally, so get ready to be free"

"Oh my god thank you!"

Ventus walked back to Vanitas and lightly kicked his foot to wake him up. Vanitas snorted and opened his eyes "What is it?"

"We're finally getting out of here" Ventus smiled. The elevator turned back on and a jolt of it moving down made Ventus almost lose his balance. But he quickly found his footing and Vanitas got up and put little Ventus in his pocket. He grabbed the flowers and sighed.

"Thanks for not kicking me in the balls when I pretended to try something earlier" Vanitas mumbled. It definitely was not like him to apologize, but he felt like he needed to. Obviously he could tell Ven wasnt on the same page as him yet. So he still needed to wait.

Ventus, went wide eyed as he heard the apology. He nodded and said "You're welcome..." and he scratched his cheek "Thanks for not being as big as an ass as you usually are..." Vanitas glared some, but gave up shortly afterwards. "So where are you going with those flowers anyway?" Ventus asked again.

"Still none of your business" Vanitas replied as the second floor stop came and the door opened. Ventus got off and Vanitas stared at him as he pressed the first floor button one more time and watched the door close between them.

Aqua and Terra saw Ven getting off the elevator. They ran to him and Aqua gave him a hug. "Ven! Are you okay? Did he hurt you anywhere? You know I'll fight him if he did"

"Aqua, Aqua, Im fine! Don't worry!"

"Are you sure, Ven?" Terra asked.

"Yeah definitely!" He gave a confident smile. "But Vanitas mentioned he was going somewhere, but he wouldn't tell me where"

"Why should you care?" Terra questioned. "He's an ass"

"I don't know... but I want to follow him to wherever he's going" Ven was determined.

"Curiosity killed the cat, Ven" Aqua stated.

"Cat. You said cat, now I really wanna go. I'll call you guys later!" Ven said as he ran away and down a flight of stairs. He looked around and found his Target Vanitas about to leave out the door.

He quickly followed behind him quietly, trying to not get noticed.

Vanitas found his way down a few block walking toward the train station. Ventus questioned these actions and still followed behind.

Vanitas was busy listening to his music and went stood waiting for the train to show up. Ventus was waiting two yards away, he was hiding behind another person as he kept watching Vanitas, the more he followed Vanitas, the more Vanitas looked upset
The train finally showed up after about ten minutes and Vanitas got on, and sitting down in the first open chair where he could sit alone looking out the window until more people would come on. Ventus was on the other end of the cart, hoping that Vanitas wouldnt catch him.

Ventus looked at his clock and the time read: 4:21

After about twenty minutes or so, Vanitas finally stood up and got off the train. Ventus not leaving the trail for a second continued behind him. Ven took the time to look around at where he was. He was downtown... towards the dark parts of the Land of Departure. More like... the slums. Ven has never been here before, so he had to make sure to follow Vanitas and not lose sight of him. He had to follow him there, so he needs to follow him back home.

After a few blocks, Ventus watched as Vanitas walked into an old graveyard, by a church that has looked like it's seen better days. What is Vanitas doing in a graveyard...? He thought Maybe he's gonna add another body in there... Ventus gulped down the lump in his throat and walked into the graveyard behind Vanitas.

Vanitas walked up a stone path and then walked past some graves in the grass. He finally had stopped at a grave and stood there for a minute. The grave looked like it had been cleaned slightly. Ventus hid behind a tree that wasnt very far away, about maybe six feet away from Vanitas. He looked over past Vanitas and read "Aerith, loving wife, friend and mother..."

Vanitas stood over his mothers grave trying not to cry. Looks like dad was here earlier by how clean the grave is... Vanitas thought At least dad still cares that much. Vanitas sat down and put the bouquet right up against the tombstone. He pulled out his headphones that were blasting hard core music.

"Hey mom... It's nice to see you again... I'm sorry I havent been here in so long... It's just hard to see you like this sometimes. Lately, I dont know why, it's just been really hard." Vanitas said as he looked at the stone. His voice cracked a bit, but he kept on going. "So here's whats been going on... I know you may not be proud of all the trouble I've been doing. Im sorry about it..." Vanitas brought out little Ventus from his pocket and laid him on his lap. "I saved this cat from a tree though. I named him after my best friend..." He sat there for a minute like he was waiting for a reply "And you see the sweater you bought me? The one Im wearing right now? Yeah, mom, it fits me! After a few years, it finally fits me... isnt that great?"

Ventus was in such heartbreak as he heard the words of the one sided conversation.

"Mom, dad is still being a huge jerk. I know why, but this is the only day he's not drinking. I really wish you weren't gone. He plans on sending me to military school if I dont shape up. I know he wants me to shape up for you, I want to shape up for you too. But it's hard when you're hurting so much..." Vanitas' hair covered his eyes as he looked down "Its so hard... hard to be so nice when you're so angry. When you're so upset and you cant tell anyone, because I don't want to hear their pity..." Vanitas sniffled and a tear rolled down his face. He started shaking as he kept talking "Mom... that accident wasnt fair, you didnt deserve to go... but I hope that wherever you are right now, you're happy and that others around you are treating you as good as I did. You were the best mom... and- and... and I love you so much."

The tears were plainly visible on his face, he didnt hold back as he curled up and sobbed with the tears falling down on his sweater. He whispered over and over "Mom... please come back to me."

There was a drop of water that fell on Ventus' face. He knew what was coming.

Ventus understood how wrong it was about what he did. He shouldnt have invaded his privacy. He knew he should've just walked away now, but the tears in his eyes told him otherwise. He got from behind the tree and stood behind Vanitas.

"I'm sorry..." He said loud enough for him to hear.

Vanitas jumped at the sound of Ven's voice and turned around to look at him with tears rolling down his face and a shocked expression, which quickly turned into anger "What are you doing here?!" He asked obviously pissed. Vanitas' cheeks were red, he couldnt belive what was happening.

"I'm so so so sorry, Vanitas..." Ventus said as he dropped to his knees and hugged Vanitas as tight he possibly could.

Vanitas sat there dumbfounded at what was happening but Ventus kept going, "I'm sorry that she's not here." He gently felt another drop of water fall onto his head. He didnt care, he had someone who was in pain in front of him. "I know she's proud of you for trying, I know she is. You were her son. You are her son. She's always going to be proud of you. I know she loves you..."

Vanitas stared past the hug he was recieving, listening to the words that were coming from Ventus' mouth. Another tear escaped and the rain started coming down.

"She loves you..." Ventus repeated.

Vanitas dug his face into Ven's shoulder and just let it out. All the shaking, Ven could feel it. Vanitas just sat there and hugged Ven back, holding onto the back of Ven's sweater with a grip that would just get tighter every time Vanitas would hear the words "She loves you" The music was still blasting as the headphones were dangling out of his sweater, the lyrics could be heard as the song was ending.

This is not, what it is only baby scars... I need your love, like a boy needs his mothers side...

If you want to know where the lyrics are from look up:

Of Mice and Men - Second and Sebring