~Fight to Live~
It was late.
The moon shone brightly over the town, lighting up it and its citizens, who were under the influence of blissful sleep.
At least, most of them were.
Aqua could clearly see her: Xion stumbling off her bed, changing clothes, and quietly exiting the room. She had been doing it for a couple of nights, and it left the bluenette crazy worried.
Sigh. She's doing it again, Aqua thought.
She knew what she was doing, of course. She was sneaking off to see Riku. Xion had told Aqua about it, and had made her promise to not tell anyone.
So, unable to do anything, she layed her head on her pillow, and prayed that Xion would be alright.
~0~
At 11:30 pm, Aqua couldn't seem to sleep.
She was too worried. Aqua got up from her bed, careful to not wake up the others, and went downstairs. Maybe she could drink some milk, or maybe Xion had left some cookies.
As Aqua walked towards the kitchen, she heard some noises.
Thump! Bam! Clink! She identified. The clinking sound seemed to be from a chain of some sort.
Her heart pounded against her chest as she searched for the source. She realized that it was coming from Terra's room.
The bluenette peeked into the room and had to swallow her squeal.
In the middle of the room, stood Terra, shirtless, body glistening with sweat, wearing a pair of onyx black boxing gloves. In the corner of the room, there was a punching bag of some sorts. Terra continued to punch it, fists moving so fast, Aqua could barely notice that words were written on the sides of the gloves. When he stopped, she could read the words.
Earth Shaker.
When the training seemed to be done, Terra sat down on his bed. He happened to peek through his door, he saw a flash of blue.
"Is someone there?" He asked.
The guilty bluenette appeared in the frame of the door, hands behind her back.
"Hey, Terra…" She said casually.
"Aqua, it's not nice to eavesdrop." The brunette joked.
A blush covered the maiden's face, and Terra thought he had made her angry.
"Hey, I didn't me-"
"Here," she said, handing him a towel and turning around. Terra realized what was wrong: She was blushing at the fact that he was shirtless. The girl was too pure to have seen anything close before.
To help her with her discomfort, Terra dried himself up, and put on his training jacket.
"Aqua, you can turn around now."
She twirled, and Terra could see the gratitude in her eyes.
"How long have you been there?" Terra asked.
"A few minutes, was all." She answered honestly.
"I see…"
Cue the awkward silence…
"Terra, what were you doing?" Aqua asked, finally breaking the silence.
"I was training. You see, I'm a boxer in the Kingdom Hearts Tournament, and I can't afford to slip up."
"Boxing's a dangerous sport. Aren't you afraid of getting hurt?" She asked, sounding worried.
Terra chuckled. "If I were afraid of pain, I might not be alive." It seemed like a cruel joke to him…
Aqua sat next to him and studied his face. "I'm sorry, did I offend you?"
Her worried expression brought him back. "Oh, not at all."
"So, why do you fight?"
"Hard to say, there are many reasons. One must fight to live, I guess."
Aqua seemed lost in thought, that is, until Terra grinned.
"Wanna eat cookies Xion's secret stash? I know where she hides them."
That made Aqua smile.
"Right behind you, EarthShaker."
~0~
The storie's taking a while to progress, but hand in there TerQua fans! Don't give up on me yet!
~OmegaStarShooter14~