'Twilight Thorn'
Chp. 6
"One moment please." The small intercom said. After the group had eaten and slept, Marluxia woke them all up early so they could try to get one more practice in, incase they were to perform for him. They had all gotten their stuff together and headed out to the street, following the directions Marluxia had been given. That found them in front of this huge building. It wasn't as big as the others but it was certainly large enough to earn some credit. The group waited patiently. After about five minutes, Axel started snoring and leaned against Roxas. The small blonde snickered as Marluxia elbowed the redhead in the ribs, quickly straightening the teen. A few more minutes went by before the door to the building opened. A cheery doorman with spiky brown hair and a nametag that read 'Sora' greeted them and ushered them to a small seating area. "Sorry for the wait! He'll be right down!" Sora grinned at them a bounced back to the door, peering out occasionally. "Doppelganger!" Axel poked the blonde in the side with a smirk. "Don't think so…" Roxas poked back as Demyx laughed. "He looks so happy! Way to happy to be Roxy's doppelganger " The other four all looked over as the spastic brunette jumped a silver haired teen that walked through the door. He was followed by another male with longer hair that was a darker shade of blonde. Marluxia smirked and sauntered over to the man who looked at him and smiled. The silver haired teen looked the drummer over before dragging Sora to the group. "You must be the boys from…sorry what was the name again?" "'Twilight Thorn'" Demyx piped. The teen nodded "Right. I'm Riku. That over there is my brother Vexen." The four teens introduced themselves and offered Riku and Sora a seat. The two boys smiled and sat down. "So…Riku…is your uncle a pretty hard guy?" Riku snorted and shook his head. "Nah. He's gotten to be a pushover in his old age." "Now, now Riku that's not nice." The silver haired teen looked up at an elderly man who smiled at all of them. "Hello. My name is Diz."
"So you boys have known each other for awhile?" The five boys nodded and Diz smiled. "That's nice. Alright now before we go any further…Riku if you would?" Riku nodded and took a seat next to his uncle, pulling out a piece of paper and a pen. I need you to state your positions." "Well…I'm vocal…" Axel raised his hand, smirking slightly. Diz smiled. "Name too please." Axel nodded and turned to Riku. "Axel…vocal." The silver haired teen nodded. "Roxas…backup and guitar." Another nod. "Demyx…bass." "Zexion…keyboard." Marluxia …drums." Riku nodded and smiled, handing the paper to his uncle. Diz smiled and accepted the paper. "Alright boys. If you'll follow Vexen, we'll get started.
The group all sat in a room as Diz listened to their songs. His face had gone blank and Axel sighed, setting his head in his hands and leaning against Roxas. "Cheer up Axel! It looks like your waiting for a baby!" Demyx laughed and patted his friends back. Axel groaned dramatically and sat up. "I am! It's name is ' a record deal'!" Axel sighed heavily after looking back over at Diz who looked almost bored. "You said he was a nice old guy!" Riku smirked at the finger the redhead pointed at him. Diz cleared his throat and Axel looked at him sheepishly as the elderly male removed the headphones. "You do seem to know what you are doing…" Diz looked over at Riku who's grinned impossibly wide and left the room. He returned with a paper and a pen in his hand, still grinning madly. "If you would please Riku." Riku nodded and handed the paper to Axel who's breath hitched as he reached for it. Axel's hands shook as he accepted the pen and looked the paper over before signing is name at the bottom line. Roxas smiled and kissed his cheek quickly as he took the paper also signing. Demyx clapped excitedly and glomped Zexion as soon as he was done signing. "Um…About Mar-" "He can stop by." Diz smiled again and took the paper form Zexion. "Welcome aboard boys." Axel smiled shakily as Diz shook his hand. Loud whoops and cheers sounded behind him as Roxas attached himself to the redhead's waist, laughing as Demyx clung to his waist and Zexion locked onto Demyx. Riku and Diz watched with apparent amusement as Axel spun and hoisted Roxas up, spinning again and crashing into Demyx and Zexion. The four sat on the floor laughing loudly and giving high-fives. Diz smiled and motioned for Riku to follow him to finish the contract.
Sora bounced up the boys as the filed put of Diz's office with solemn looks on their faces. Sora's smiled dropped as Riku shook his head and followed the teens outside. Sora frowned and followed closely, looking at form Riku to the other teens. Once outside, the bunch stopped and stared at each other. One by one they broke into grins and yelled loudly. Sora jumped slightly and grinned as the four started dancing around a few startled passerby. He looked over at Riku who smiled and patted his head before the small brunette was tackled by an equal sized blonde and both fell ,laughing, to the ground. Riku chuckled and walked back inside. Marluxia glanced at him as he walked past before he was tackled bodily by Demyx. "Mar-mar we did it!!" Marluxia smiled as the other three turned to him, grinning like mad. "Congratulations boys." "Mar you gotta go sign the th-" "Already done" Marluxia smiled again and detached himself form Demyx who nodded and looked over at Axel. Roxas and Zexion smirked and before the two taller boys could ay anything they both shouted "CELEBRATION!!!"
"Rikuuuu!!" Sora ran through the large nearly empty building. "Rikuuu! Rik-uh!" Sora skidded to a halt as a pair of arms wrapped themselves around his shoulders. "Yes?" Sora smiled and leaned against the familiar chest behind him, purring slightly as the older teens hands slid up his shirt. "Axel invited us to celebrate with them." "Oh?" Sora nodded and turned in the embrace to look up at the silver haired teen. "Yup. They told me to tell you to meet outside…of…ummm..what was the place called…." Sora turned and smacked his head a couple of times. Riku winced and chuckled as he took Sora's hand, leading the thinking brunette down the stairs and out of the building. "Oh!! That new place! 'The Thirteenth Parlor'" Sora nodded to himself and smiled. "At 7:00" Riku absently checked his watch and nodded. 5:00...plenty of time. Riku smiled and herded the smaller teen to his car. "We've got two hours till then Sora" Sora smiled and nodded again as Riku stopped in front of the car and kissed his neck lightly before opening the car door. "Plenty of time."
"WE DID IT!!!" Axel slumped onto the couch with Roxas in his arms as the gang filed in and scattered around the room. "What a relief. Holy hell" He muttered to himself. Roxas chuckled and patted his head. "Alright you guys… should we practice 'till we need to meet them?" Axel laughed and hugged Roxas' waist. "Nah. That's what time we said we would meet them…we should find some seats…ya know incase it's crowded…" Demyx nodded vigorously and jumped up. "Let's go!" Zexion looked at Marluxia as they walked out the door. "You coming Mar?" the pink haired male shook his head and waved them off. "Be good boys." The four teens laughed as they walked down the stairs and onto the street.