Summary: How long can you deny that you're in love? Joy is going to find out at Twilight High Boarding School.
Genre: Romance/Humor/Drama
Pairings: RoxasOC RikuOC NamineOC SoraKairi HaynerOlette TidusSelphie MarluxiaOC(Other pairings may be decided later)
WARNING: Characters may be a bit OOC xP Swear words but they have been censored.
Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts II or any of its characters
Claimer: I own Joy, Amy, Cookie, Stacie, Fernando, Kristina, Ricky Tang, Coach Gem, and Jasmine
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Chapter Nine
Confusing Feelings
"So, I'm guessing you remember who I am?"
"Of course we know who you are! You're the f-ing person that hur- ow!" Amy started but was interrupted by a hard poke by Joy.
Joy gave Amy a look before saying, "Why are you here, Ricky?"
"What else? I'm here on a foreign exchange," he said simply.
Amy heaved a sigh, grabbed Stacie's and Kristina's wrists before excusing herself away. Joy watched them leave as she stayed behind. Groaning lowly, she turned back to the four boys. Roxas took note of her expression when she saw this Ricky person and watched as every time her eyes met with Ricky's, her eyes went forlorn.
"So, who are these fellows?" Ricky asked, gesturing to the guys behind Joy.
Joy turned around and immediately started apologizing, "Oh I'm sorry! I nearly forgot about you guys," Joy joked, sticking out her tongue. "Roxas, Riku, this is Fernando and Ricky. They're from my old school," Joy faced the other two guys, "And Fernando, Ricky, this is Roxas and Riku, my new friends at Twilight High. Riku is Amy's boyfriend."
Unlike girls, the boys just stood there and nodded their heads toward one another. "Are these the only friends you've made?" Ricky asked arching an eyebrow, "Because knowing you, you would've made a ton of friends already."
"Of course not! My other friends just didn't want to come. Why'd you guys have to come so early anyway??" Joy asked, turning her attention to Fernando.
"It's not our fault. We just didn't want to leave early," Fernando explained.
"So, you had to arrive early?" Joy exasperated.
"Yes," Fernando replied to her in a 'matter-of-fact' tone.
Joy rolled her eyes at him. Still the same as ever. "How long are you guys going to be studying here?"
"About a month, I think… Right?" Fernando said, turning to Ricky, who just nodded.
Somewhere else in the airport, away from Joy and the boys, were Amy, Kristina, and Stacie. Stacie complaining since Amy was still dragging them a bit, "Amy! Let go already!"
Amy swiftly turned around and released their wrists. Her eyebrows were furrowed in anger and she was holding up a frown. She looked angry. "What the he-- is he doing here?!" Amy demanded.
"Ricky?" Kristina asked. "He wanted to come."
"Why?!"
"Stop getting mad, he wanted to come and see Joy," Stacie tried to explain.
"What the he--! Why didn't you tell us?!" Amy screamed in rage.
"I told you this was a bad idea," Kristina muttered to Stacie.
"Because he said not to! He wanted it to be a big surprise or something," Stacie told the infuriated girl.
"Oh my gosh! He's going to ruin everything!" Amy cried in frustration.
"What do you mean?" Kristina asked, "We thought that she would be happy. Ricky came here to apologize and try to patch things up! He even said that he likes her now," Kristina informed Amy.
"What were you guys thinking?! You people should've called me! This is just going to make things worse! Joy and Roxas are this close," Amy demonstrated how close they were with her fingers, "to confessing their love for each other!"
Stacie and Kristina looked at each other confused. "Wait, I thought Joy made a promise or something not to love another again.. ?"
"Please, do you really think she could do that?"
Stacie thought for a moment, "No, not really."
"There you go!" Amy's temper was reaching very high point, "UGH!"
"You ok?" Amy felt arms wrap around her waist from behind. She didn't even have to turn around to know who it is before leaning against him, "I can hear you steaming."
Amy sighed heavily, "I'll talk about it later."
The ride back to the school was very strange to say the least. Riku and Amy stayed in their original seats as before, but it was Joy's seat that she felt uncomfortable with. The middle seats of the van were smaller than the one in the back, so Joy was a bit squished between the guys on either side of her: Roxas on her right and Ricky on her left. Fernando and the remaining two girls took up the very back. Joy had to lean forward on her knees so she wasn't leaning on either of the guys. (A/N: Just think of a regular van)
Joy felt very uncomfortable. She was in the middle of her last crush and her current crush, although she won't admit to that. Roxas kept an eye on Ricky for he noticed that he kept glancing every now and then to the girl next to him.
"Get a move on, Roxas. 'Cause if you don't, you'll lose your chance just like you almost did now."
Axel's words ran through my head. I could call this coincidence, but then I'd be an idiot. I can see this Ricky guy staring at her. It seems him and Joy have a past together. But… Joy doesn't seem to be too happy about it. I have a bad feeling about this.
Why is he here? Why does he have to be here. I don't want him here. Oh my gosh I feel soo uncomfortable. He's messing my life up right now and he just barely came here. Ugh, now my feelings are… they're going out of control right now. Do I still like Ricky?
…
No Joy! You don't like him! You made a promise, stick with it!
It's been three days since my past came back. The gang likes my friends, we're all just great friends now. Fernando, Kristina, Stacie, and Ricky, they all have a few of my classes. I found out that Tidus and Wakka went on the foreign exchange program, so Fernando and Ricky use their dorm for this exchange. The dorm was cleared out for the occasion.
Every thing is fine and still almost the same. Every now and then, I see Kristina walk off to the seniors' group during meals and notice that she always takes a seat next to Marluxia. I also see Namine laugh and smile even more when Fernando's around. I'm happy for them.
And yet… there's one thing bothering me…
I feel distanced from Roxas now and I think Ricky is trying to get closer to me. I don't know, but I see him talking to me .. a lot. It brings back memories.
"My name's Ricky Tang"
My past…
"You have something on your nose."
The past I wanted to leave…
"Just something for your birthday."
Memories I regret…
"I love you too?"
Truth covered by lies…
"Do you like me?"
The guy I wanted to believe…
"I think its better we stay friends."
But hurt me in the end…
And he's back. He's getting close to me again, and I feel my feelings for him from before poking back up. What's going on with me? He hurt me… Why am I suddenly questioning myself like this? This is so stupid. And yet, I'm still feeling like this. I haven't told anyone… I don't want them jumping to conclusions about anything.
Before, Roxas and I would hang out and I'd feel happy, but now, it's like it's all a lie. I don't feel as happy as before. I feel more distant from him, and I'm not even sure if he feels it too. I still feel my heart beating faster every time I see him and I feel more happier when he's around… but… I don't know.
And this feeling has been nagging at me lately, a feeling something even worse than this is coming.
"Joy?" Knocking Joy out of her own thoughts, she turned her head to Amy. "You're spacing out more than usual Joy. And I can tell it's not about Roxas this time."
"Huh?"
"What's up?"
"Nothing!" Joy lied. She didn't even want Amy to know what was going on in her head.
"You're hiding something from me," Amy voiced, giving her a look.
"I am? I wonder what that is," Joy simply replied, laying back on Amy's bed.
"That's what I would like to know."
At that moment, the door burst open and in came Olette. "Come on you two, tennis tryouts are in ten minutes!"
Stretching out their arms, the girls were all in their tennis outfits on the courts, warming up before they were to be playing. Coach Gem wasn't there yet at the moment, so the girls that had come early were warming up by playing a game. There were a handful of girls, but not a lot trying out for the team.
"I hope we all make it," they hear Olette say.
"We should. We've been practicing lately, so I think we're pretty good." Kairi said to her.
"Are you sure about that? I could barely return a serve," Joy said negatively.
"So? You have a mean serve! That's good enough," Amy tells Joy, "I need a better backswing."
"Oh, shut up Amy, you're better than most of us here," Namine encouraged her friend. "Where are the others? Are they going to watch?"
"Fernando, Ricky, Kristina, and Stacie are definitely coming," Joy informed the blonde girl, "They have nothing else to do on a Wednesday. Especially if they don't have any homework."
Selphie started pointing to the bleachers, "I see them! The other guys are here too!"
The girls turned to the bleachers and found their friends perched upon the bottom row, closest to the courts. They were cheering.
"Make us proud!" Hayner exclaimed.
"You bet we will!" Olette yelled back at him.
"You guys better make it or I'll kick your butt!" Kristina shouted. The girls laughed at that comment because they knew she could be telling the truth.
"Go Kairi! You can do it!" Sora shouted.
Joy elbowed Kairi as she started blushing. She merely waved back and smiled at Sora.
Joy's eyes scanned her friends until she was locked with bright blue eyes. Roxas. She waved to him and saw him smile as he gave her the thumbs up. Joy made a dreadful face before sticking out her tongue at him and smiling. She sees him chuckle when she saw another person waving their attention from next to him. It was Ricky, "Do your best Joy!" Joy stared at him before nodding her head.
"Joy, the coach is here," Amy alerted Joy which made her turn around and find Coach Gem next to the courts. Coach Gem was a short young woman with a petite body, she barely reached Kairi's height. To know she was coach, you'd have to look at her shirt and visor that was labeled 'COACH GEM'.
"Okay girls! The tryouts are simple. I hope you had enough warm up time to be ready. I'm going to see your serves, returns, and backswings. That's what I'm mainly looking for. Oh, and don't forget energy! Fast on your feet! After that, we're going to have you go against someone and the returning girls and myself," she gestured to the girls behind her, Yuffie and Tifa being one of them, "will observe your matches. Got it?"
The new girls nodded their heads and they were instructed to make a line behind the court's base line. A basket of tennis balls were set up and a ball machine was on the other side.
In the bleachers, the group of friends sat on a row, watching their friends. Making comments here and there.
-"Hey, Joy nearly did a bullet serve!"
-"Aw, Namine hit the net."
-"Dang, Amy has a mean backswing."
-"Selphie hit it too hard! It's going over the fence!"
-"Oo! That's gotta hurt. I wonder if Kairi was aiming…"
-"Olette has a nice slice."
"Okay, ladies! It's time for the matches. It's going to be a 3-set match. Here are the match-ups," Coach Gem said, holding up a piece of paper.
I'm up against someone named Jasmine. She was taller than me, that was for sure.
I served first and she returned it. I did a backswing it and it was nearly out. She hit it back and I hit it as hard as I could to try and get her out. It ended up going too far and it hit out. LOVE-15 was the score. And that's how my 3-set match started. She was tough, and I didn't feel at all comfortable with a crowd watching and the coach observing. Yeah, the coach was watching my match. The pressure!
Finally, it was 2-1. It was game point for me, 40-30. She served it and I barely was able to return it. Her serves were fast. She hit it and I forehanded it back. She did a backswing and I had to run after the ball, before hitting it.
It hit the net!
The ball reflected on the net and bounced into the air.
Falling, falling…
And it hit on my opponents side!
"YES!" Joy exclaimed throwing her arms up in the air in victory.
"Out!" Joy stopped her jumping and gawked at the coach. "It hit the line and out. Deuce!"
I ended up losing. She won with three games. It was weird, I just started losing focus on the game and my mind wandered. It went by so fast, I didn't even realize what I was thinking about.
"Great work today, girls! The list will be posted in front of the cafeteria tomorrow. If you didn't make it, I'm sorry, and for the girls that made it on the team, good job!"
"Oh my gosh! Please don't tell me you're having a crush on Ricky again!" Amy cried.
Amy, Joy, Kairi, Namine, Kristina, and Stacie were all in Joy's dorm. They noticed how Joy has stayed in her dorm more often now. Joy was sitting on her bed, her pillow held tightly against her chest. Stacie was leaning on the wall while sitting on Joy's bed as well, while Kairi sat on the edge of the bed, Cookie in her lap. Amy was on the computer while Namine and Kristina sat on Roxas' bed.
It's been three weeks since they came. As for the tennis tryouts, they all made it on the team besides Namine and Selphie, they just weren't tennis girls. One more week, and the four foreign exchange students will be leaving, December 1st. They didn't have any Thanksgiving break because the school thought it wasn't an important holiday.
"No!" Joy replied instantly. A few seconds later, "Maybe…I don't know!" Joy was confused.
"What do you mean you don't know!? It's a yes or no question, Joy." Kristina said.
"I don't know okay!" Joy countered, "I'm really confused right now. My feelings are all mixed up."
"Geez Joy, get your feelings out! Just let it all out, right now." Stacie instructed Joy.
"Well, I'm sorry for being like this. My head is just really jumbled up right now."
"Wait a minute, you used to have a crush on Ricky?" Kairi suddenly asked.
"Yeah…" Joy replied in a slightly shameful tone.
"What happened before?" Namine asked this time, looking up from her sketch book.
"I told him how I felt… he rejected me…"
"He was a jerk!" Amy exclaimed, "He was a great friend to Joy, and at one point, he even said that he loved her! And he goes all 'no we should be friends', it's so stupid!"
"He meant as a friend Amy," Joy reminded her best friend.
"Then he shouldn't have said it! Normal guys would've been like avoiding that," Amy explained. "He even bought you a necklace for your birthday! It said 'love' on it!"
"I gave it back to him, remember? Besides, that doesn't even matter. He has a girlfriend now, doesn't he? I saw his crush," Joy started, turning to Kristina.
"Yeah. They got together, but they broke up after awhile," Kristina answered.
"Oh, I see," Joy said, dropping the subject.
Roxas was walking toward the dormitories from the park. He just wanted to go back to his dorm, and pass out on his bed. He was exhausted, he was playing basketball with the other guys, but, something was bugging him. Usually, he would be in the zone and be playing really well, but during the game earlier, he missed every single shot he threw at the hoop. It was a disaster for his team and an embarrassment to himself.
During his walk, his mind kept replaying the conversation he had with his friends earlier.
"Roxas, your head's not in the game," Sora told his cousin.
"Sorry guys, I'm just a little off today." Roxas replied, drinking some water.
"A little? You missed every shot," Hayner exclaimed.
Roxas didn't say anything. He just sighed, "It's about Joy, isn't it?" His cousin asked. He didn't say again. "You're really in love with her, aren't you?"
"No!" Roxas snapped at him.
"Roxas," the aforementioned guy turned his head around to Riku, "if you don't love her, you're falling for her, hard."
"And you're going to lose her if you don't do something about it now," Hayner abruptly said.
"What do you mean I'm going to lose her?" Roxas asked.
"Have you not seen that Ricky guy? He's like been all over her these past few weeks! And I think, despite how much I don't want to say it, Joy is starting to like him. They're spending enough time together to make something spark between them."
Roxas stared intently at the ground. "You know, you're not making this any better, Hayner."
"Hey, I never said I was going to cheer you up."
Roxas knew Hayner was right. Of course he noticed the time that was being spent between Joy and Ricky, and he knew the past between her and Ricky. Needless to say, he noticed how Joy laughed and smiled at Ricky, and he was beginning to feel that she does it more to Ricky than she does toward himself. His blood boiled every time Ricky would touch her, get so close to her, just being with her made him fill up with jealousy even if he didn't show it. But what's eating at him is the fact that Joy seems to be okay with it.
"Hey Roxas!"
Roxas swiftly turned his head to find Ricky running toward him. "What?"
"I have a question."
"I'm listening."
Ricky took a moment to stare at the dormitories building before asking, "What's your relationship with Joy?"
Roxas was taken back by the sudden question, "I'm just her friend."
"Really?" Ricky asked, walking next to Roxas.
"Yeah."
"So, if I was to tell her that I loved her, you wouldn't do anything?"
Subconsciously, Roxas felt his hand clench tightly. His blood was boiling again, but with much more than just anger. He faced back toward the dormitory building and started walking, "Do what you like."
He didn't see it, but Ricky was smirking behind him.
Roxas was mad. He didn't want Ricky to confess to Joy. It's going to ruin everything for him. Once at the door to his dorm, he heard voices inside his room. Taking out his ID card, he placed a hand on the doorknob to ready himself to open it when he heard someone say something he did not want to hear.
"I think I do have feelings for Ricky… again."
Roxas knew that voice. It belonged to Joy.
His hand went weak and it dropped from the doorknob. He slowly trudged down the hallway, away from his dorm.
"WHAT?!" Amy exclaimed, "You have got to be kidding me!"
"I don't know…" Joy replied. The moment she said she had feelings for Ricky, her heart felt like a piece had been broken off. She felt a dull ache inside of her.
Why… why does my heart feel like it's being torn apart? Does that mean I don't really have feelings for him? Maybe I'm just reliving the feeling and it'll just go away. I don't know… my mind just flashed to Roxas right now. I felt water filling up my eyes and I hid behind my pillow to cover my eyes. What are my feelings toward Roxas?
Roxas knocked on a door and saw Pence open it. "Hey Roxas."
"Can I come in?"
"Sure," Pence opened the door for him and went to his computer. Roxas went in after and closed the door. "Where's Hayner?"
"Should be arriving here any minute." Roxas acknowledged what he said and collapsed on Hayner's bed. He knew his best friend wouldn't mind much. "Whoa, you okay Roxas?"
"No."
"What's up?"
At that precise moment, the door made the familiar click sound and Hayner went through the door. Upon seeing someone on his bed, he asked, "What's eating him?"
"I don't know." Pence said to his roommate.
Hayner walked up next to the head and started shaking Roxas, "Okay, come on Roxas, spill."
Roxas' face was on the pillow and you could only hear his muffled voice. Hayner leaned in a bit just to try to hear his words. "What's he saying?" Pence asked.
"Ricky…love…Joy…feelings…back…" Hayner straightened up, but still had a confused expression.
Pence pondered over the words before saying intelligently, "Ricky is going to tell Joy that he loves her… and Joy has feelings for him back?"
Roxas didn't say anything so Pence knew he was right. "Dude that sucks, you have to tell her first," Hayner told Roxas.
"And tell her what?" Roxas asked, looking up from the pillow.
"Your feelings! It's obvious she likes you, too."
"No she doesn't," Roxas denied.
"Putting that aside," Pence intervened before Hayner could say anything, "are you going to do anything about Ricky and Joy?"
Roxas sighed, "I just want her to be happy."
"Don't you love her, Roxas?" Hayner asked.
"For the last time, I don't love her!" Roxas snapped.
"Doesn't matter. You have feelings for her; you're just going to leave them be if she says yes to that guy?"
"If she's happy, than yes."
"You're willing to put her own happiness before your own?"
"Yeah."
"That's love right there." Pence added in.
Before Roxas could go into denial again, Hayner exclaimed, "That's not love! That's stupidity. We all know Ricky is not the right guy for Joy. Roxas, you've been falling for the girl for a month! You should be getting back her love from him!"
"Tell her how you feel, Roxas," Pence advised.
"It'll just ruin everything for her." Roxas said.
"How do you know that?"
"I just do." Roxas said firmly, though he didn't.
The sun was starting to set and all the girls had left Joy alone in her dorm to think things over. But she didn't have a lot of time to think because she had to open her door that was currently being knocked upon. Behind the door, she saw Ricky there. "May I help you?"
"Come and walk with me?" He said it in a demanding tone.
"Oh, well…" Joy started hesitantly.
"Please? I need to talk to you," He said more pleadingly.
Giving in, she said, "Oh, alright. I guess it couldn't hurt."
Joy got her jacket and they both walked into the hallway and started heading for the exit. In the hallway, the two saw Roxas walking down the hallway. "Hey Roxas," Joy greeted.
The said boy looked up and stared at the two. "Hey, where are you going?" He only directed the question toward Joy.
"Oh, we're going for a walk. Don't worry, we'll be back in time for dinner." Joy reassured Roxas.
Roxas nodded and walked toward his dorm. Joy and Ricky continued walking, but Ricky quickly glanced behind him and found Roxas glaring icily at him.
"So, tell me why we're out here?" Joy started. They were walking through the park at the moment, sun beginning to set in the background.
"First of all, I just want to apologize." He said, facing the girl.
Joy looked at him in puzzlement, "For what?"
"For rejecting you and realizing my mistake. You see, I did get together with my crush at that time. But, every time we hung out, I just kept thinking about you."
Joy froze at what he said, her eyes looking at him disbelievingly.
"You were on my mind every single hour, day, and week. I kept remembering all the times we had together, all the laughs we shared, all the smiles you've put on my face. I've missed you so much ever since you've left my life. And you know, right before I went on this foreign exchange, she dumped me. But I didn't really care. All I thought of was you. That is why I came here, to see you, and only you."
Joy stared at him. She looked away toward the ground before asking softly, "What are you trying to say?"
Ricky grabbed Joy's shoulders and made her look at him, "I love you, Joy." Joy's eyes widened. "I realized I loved you when I made that mistake of saying no to you. When you told me that you liked me, I didn't believe it. But now I do, and I know now that I love you. I love you, Joy."
Chapter 10 Preview
"I don't believe you."
"AHHHHHHHHHH!"
"We need to find Joy!"
"You don't love her like I do!"
"You're right."
"I'm leaving."
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