Authors Note: HERE IS CHAPTER TEN GUYS, I HOPE YOU CAN FORGIVE ME FOR THE WAIT.
OH AND HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY MY FELLOW AMERICANS :D
(Well by the time I publish this, it'll be one thirty in the morning and the fifth, but oh well!)
I HOPE YOU ENJOY.
I'M GOING TO WRAP SOME THINGS UP IN THE NEXT CHAPTER.
STAY TUNED.
~I'm sorry for any spelling or grammar mistakes I could not find~
After an entire week of secret hellos while passing each other in the hallway, Secret meetings in the boys bathroom, just to speak to each other like regular people when they were alone, and taking turns hiding in the stalls when someone else would walk in, after an entire week of just sharing glances across the lunchroom, and after a week of passing notes so discreetly that not even a single student noticed, it was time. The day of the dance arrived and both of the boys were very excited.
They wanted to go and have fun. Plus with a bunch of other teens going about and doing their own thing, they might not notice if the two boys happen to "bump" into each other on the dance floor, or they might notice if they exchange a few words by the food table.
The dance started at six, which gave the two boys two hours to go home and get ready. Vanitas had volunteered to pick Ventus up and as much as he would've loved that to happen, Terra was coming to get him and were going to meet up with Aqua on the way. Vanitas had rolled his eyes multiple times and sighed over the inconvenience and pure annoyance of how his other two best friends would always be the cock block between them. But rest assured, Vanitas had a plan for tonight. And no matter what got in his way, he was definitely going to carry it out.
Vanitas was in his own home and after a quick shower, he rummaged through a pointless amount of band t-shirts and some random school shirts and pointless shirts he would never wear that he got as gifts, before he finally found a nice maroon, long sleeved, button down shirt and a pair of nice black jeans and loosely put on a black tie to match. He looked himself over in the mirror and worked a bit on the spiky mess of a hair that framed his face nicely. He thought to himself Tonight is the night, after such a long wait, you can finally do this Vanitas. You can ask him to be yours.
On the flip side, Ventus in his own home finished getting dressed and just sat waiting for Terra to arrive. He wrote into his journal and kept breathing calmly.
"So I have I ever written anything one hundred percent good about Vanitas, in this book? I don't think I have."
He wondered if tonight was going to be a good night. He thought about how he was feeling.
"Now that I think about... After everything that we've been through, the bullying, the fighting, the laughs, the crying, the cleaning, finding out the truth about him being my childhood best friend, the kissing... oh wow, the kissing. I think now that I finally started seeing him as a person and seeing the good in him, I might actually like him.
It's not weird is it? I think he also remembers about our promise as kids. I don't know how I feel about it yet, I mean, we arent together, so maybe it's not going to get kept. Oh well. As long as he stays in my life now, I guess thats all that matters.
Now all I have to do is figure out how to break it to Riku, that I don't like him that much anymore. I hope he'll be okay."
He finished writing and put his book away when he heard the doorbell ring. "Ven! Terra is here!" His mom called.
"I'm coming!" He called back. He took a quick look in his mirror at his black button down shirt and plain Maroon colored tie. He wore clean black pants and thought to himself I just hope this won't be a train wreck.
He walked down stairs and met Terra. "Hey Ven, you ready to go?" He smiled.
Ventus smiled back and said "Sure am. Lets go!"
Terra, Ven and Aqua made it into the school gymnasium where the dance was being held. Terra and Aqua chattering and admiring the decorations. Ventus' mind was wandering in other places. He looked around for Vanitas to see if he had gotten here yet.
"Hey, Ven" Aqua shook a hand in front of his face in order to get his focus. "Is there something wrong?" She asked a bit concerned.
"Huh? Oh no, don't worry Aqua, there's nothing wrong. I'm just looking for~" He held out the R sound as he tried to think fast
"-Riku?" Terra finished for him.
"...Uh, yeah, Riku. uh-huh" He agreed while shaking his head.
Terra nudged Aqua on her arm trying to get her to understand what kind of idea he thought Ven had. "Well Ven, he's right over there by the food table" He pointed.
Ven looked, thanked him, and Aqua started leading Terra on the dance floor near Sora and Kairi when she spotted them. Ven went towards Riku and struck up a conversation after a small quick hug.
"You having fun?" Ven asked him.
"It's alright, my best friends are having fun, so it's not so bad" He lightly smiled. "Did you just get here?" He asked.
"Yeah, we did" Ven pointed to his best friends as they were socializing some more with the others.
"Would you like to dance, Ven?" Riku asked not exactly looking at Ven as he rubbed the back of his neck.
"..." Ven looked around and still hadn't seen Vanitas anywhere. "One dance couldn't hurt" he smiled. It might also give me an idea on how to tell him, I don't want to date him... I really hope I dont make it sound too mean when I tell him
A rhythmical song blasted through the speakers behind the DJ's booth. The boys were far enough from each other and their friends were gathering near them, but not too close. The blond and the silver haired were a little awkward about dancing at first but as soon as the speed in the song picked up, they let loose and set their bodies free.
Ven was smiling and actually having fun. Riku was his friend first before anything, he probably would understand.
They looked at Riku who seemed to be enjoying himself as well. Which made him feel a bit better. He turned his head while dancing and spot Vanitas walking in with Axel. Vanitas quickly spotted the blond and saw him dancing with the taller silver haired male. A sneer quickly forming on his face. Oh god, please don't let him think this is what it looks like, it's not. Ven slightly panicked in his mind.
Axel went off to go find Roxas, most likely, and Vanitas went to the snack table and got himself a drink from the punch bowl sitting on top.
As soon as the song was done, Ven dragged Riku onto the bleachers to talk to him. "You're a good dancer dude" Ven said to him with a smile.
"Thanks, Ven, so are you"
Ven quickly looked around and noticed a red-head who happened to have his hair in a ponytail, like Ven always notices this person does.
"Hey Riku, there's something I need to ask you"
"Yeah Ven?"
"What is your favorite hair color on someone?"
"Uh... why?"
"Just wondering..."
"Oh well, honestly, I really like red hair. I don't know why, but it just really nice to look at" He answered.
"Really? Thats awesome, cause I want you to meet someone" Ven said as he stood up and went down the bleachers "Wait right here" He told him. He ran over to the ponytailed ginger that was talking to some random person. He asked him to join him and Riku on the benches. He agreed and walked behind Ven. "Riku, I'd like you to meet, Reno" Ven introduced. The two males shook hands.
"You're hair is naturally silver?" Reno asked,
"Yeah, I never really got answer for why" He answered.
"That's cool. Silver is my favorite color" Reno continued the conversation.
"I'm going to go over there to get something to drink and let you guys have your fun conversation" Ven said as he excused himself
"Okay. So hey, Riku have you played-" was the last thing he could coherently hear as he walked away and towards Vanitas discreetly.
Vanitas looked at him the entire time. When Ven finally got next to him, he said hi and Vanitas just kept his stare. He quickly grabbed Ven's wrist and started dragging him to inside the boys locker room.
"Vanitas, I-" Ventus tried to say something when they finally stopped and he was against a wall, but Vanitas cut off him off with a rough kiss. He forced his tongue inside Ven's mouth and Ven didn't have much time to think about a reaction, his instincts however happened to kick in started kissing him back.
Vanitas had one wrist pinned by Ventus' head on the wall and he used his free hand to loosen up Ven's tie. Vanitas broke the kiss and looked into the smaller male's eyes.
"Vanitas, can I please explain-"
"Why were you dancing with him?" Vanitas asked cutting him off.
"He asked me too. But! before you try to cut me off again, I got Riku another potential partner, and I did that for you. Okay? Please don't be jealous" He finished.
Vanitas backed off at the word jealous and let out a scoff "Jealous? Me, jealous? That's hilarious" He looked away from Ventus.
Ven smiled at his best friend "Come on Vanitas, it's alright. It's actually kind of cute when you're jealous like that..." Ven opened his arms and hugged Vanitas.
Vanitas hugged back and put his face into Ventus' shoulder. He quickly pecked it before looking at those blue eyes that he loved so very much. "You really got that dork another dork? Just for me?" Vanitas smirked "You trying to tell me something?"
"Uh... well..." Ven averted his eyes away from Vanitas. He gained a small peck on the cheek from the raven haired male. There was a moment of silence after.
"...Ven, I want you to listen to me. There is something I want to ask you. It's very important." Vanitas broke it with a serious tone in voice.
"Y-yeah?"
"... Would-" Vanitas coughed and cleared his throat trying to get the words out better, keeping his cool composure "Would you like to be my boyfriend?"
Ven's smile was reaching from ear to ear. His heartbeat was racing and he tried to answer as quickly as he could calmly, but that didnt work out so well and it came out more as a yelp of joy when he said "Yes!"
The boys hugged one more time and shared one passionate kiss.
The entire night just flew by, Ven did tell Riku about how he just didnt really want to date him anymore. Riku sighed, but he accepted it. Reno and he apparently had a few things in common, so there might have been a good future. Making good friends was more important to Riku than anything else, Ven smiled as they agreed to still be good friends.
And just like that, everything went smoothly after. The dance started to die down around eleven at night and people started going home. Vanitas and Ventus had spent the night talking, no one really cared to notice and when Aqua and Terra tried to ask what was going on between the two, he just told them that Vanitas was actually being very nice to him. They had agreed to not fight or anything during dances and other school events. Terra and Aqua weren't one hundred percent convinced that Vanitas had changed, but when Ven had told them about how he stood up to Vanitas (Of course he didn't tell the whole truth) they knew now that he could at least handle himself.
At one point in the dance Ven saw his new boyfriend walk to the DJ and talk to him. Over the blaring music, of course he couldn't hear what they were talking about, but his curiosity was peaked when he saw Vanitas give him a twenty and the DJ nodded.
By eleven thirty everyone was gone, the only ones left were Kairi, Sora, Riku, Terra and Aqua, but they were all just using the restroom before they started their walks home. Ven had told his best friends that Vanitas offered to walk Ven home, and they agreed to it, so long as Ven would call them as soon as he got home, just to make sure he was okay. It was kind of overprotective, yes, but Ven appreciated how parent like they were over him. They had finally left the building and things were completely quiet.
Ventus and Vanitas were in the gym still. Ven was looking around to see some deflated balloons and confetti on the ground. Vanitas was standing by the DJ table.
"Hey Ven, come here" Vanitas called him and motioned over.
Ven walked in front of him and asked "What's up?"
Vanitas looked at the DJ and he nodded at Vanitas. "I've got a surprise for you..." He smiled lightly.
"What is-?" Before he could finish asking, he heard a song play. "Oh my god..." His eyes went wide and his foot started tapping rhythmically on the ground.
"You,
You walked into the room,
On a friday afternoon"
"I didn't actually think it was true. Wow Ven, really?" Vanitas chuckled. "If you're wondering how I know that this song is your guilty pleasure, I got Axel to ask Roxas"
"Thats when I saw you for the first time
And I was paralyzed,
I had a million things to say,
But none of them came out that day"
"I'm going to kill Roxas, that was a secret" Ven blushed lightly as he looked away embarrassed.
"Well come on dummy, start dancing, it's fine" Vanitas started dancing first and mouthing the rest of the lyrics as Ven smiled and watched him.
Ven laughed as he danced with him. They grabbed hands and spinned and just moved there bodies in such a carefree manner, that it was just so amazing to watch, because they were in sync, they were both happy together and having fun.
After the song ended, Ven ended up in Vanitas' arms once again. "I can't believe you know the words" Ven smiled.
"I learned them for you" Vanitas looked at him and gave his forehead a small peck.
"Really?" Ven eyes lit up with joy. Vanitas nodded with a smug grin on his face "That's really sweet"
"Yeah. Just appreciate it, I don't listen to this kind of crappy music for just anyone." He told him with a soft smile.
"Thank you, Vanitas"
"No problem, Ven"
They shared one sweet and romantic kiss.
Off in the distance, two pair of eyes were watching in the doorway, baffled about what they had just seen.
"Oh crap, Terra. I forgot my sweater in the gym" Aqua sighed "Would you please go back with me and get it?"
They were a block away when Aqua realized she was missing an article of clothing that happened to match her dress.
"Yeah sure, no problem" Terra agreed. They said that the others could go on home without them and they said good-bye.
Aqua and Terra quickly walked back to the school and she asked the janitor cleaning up in the lobby by the front door to allow them inside really fast so she could get something. It wasn't locked yet, but Aqua had manners. They went inside and distinctly heard Big Time Rush's song Paralyzed playing. "Hey, isn't that one of Vens favorite songs?" Terra asked.
"Yeah it is" She smiled, "Do you think he's still here and dancing to it?"
"Well we're heading towards the gym anyway, lets go check" Terra shrugged.
The two of them smiled when they saw Ven dancing, but were shocked to see who had grabbed his hand and was dancing along side him. They hid behind the wall and peaked through the door for the whole song making sure not to be seen.
As soon as it finished they thought it was over, but the two of them saw the guys kiss and was completely astonished; in a neutral but confused way. They both looked at each other and they quickly but quietly walked away as fast as they could.
"Terra, what just happened?"
"I have no idea." He scratched the back of his head and sighed "We really need to talk to Ven"
As they broke away, they were both filled with joy. Vanitas' heart was racing, but of course he'd never admit that. Ven took one last look around and spotted something. "Oh hey look!" He walked over to the bleachers and looked at the blue piece of fabric. "It's Aqua's sweater. I should give that back to her tomorrow" He said as he threw it over his shoulder.
The two males held hands and walked their way out of the building. Vanitas walked Ven all the way home and they shared one more kiss goodnight. Vanitas gave Ven a piece of paper with his cell phone number on it. "Just, text me when you're feeling up to it" He smirked and walked away.
Ven stood outside until Vanitas turned a corner and was completely out of site. He smiled kindly to himself and walked inside his house. He went to his room, changed clothes, and wrote about the night he had in his journal before he completely knocked out.