A Face From the Past. . . Or Not?
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Justice333: Thanks~! Yeaaah i know what you mean. My writing is kind of weird. It was never my strong point, drawing is xD;
Caden The Raven: lol i loved those parts too.
ThisIsWar30: Because it is! xD It's so dfeiruherewrsfgrf- I'm glad you love Vanitas, he's like my absolute fav.
Sora: Lying bitch you said Riku was
Did i? :D Well I lie sometimes. I'm so happy to hear that my story made your crappy day better. It makes me feel honored ; U; btw your review totally made mine. I was upset with a lot of people that day, mainly one certain idiot, and seeing your review made me feel a lot better. I love you too :'DD We shall have beautiful children/shot lol
Anyways, enjoy the next chapter guys~! Warning: Time skip.
Chapter 7: She's your WHAT?
Why couldn't he have a normal month of school? Were the gods of learning just so against him that school year? What did he ever do to get a creepy italian stalker and a flirtatious swedish idiot on his tail. The only good thing that came out of that was he was now friends with the pretty pinkette, even though her sister scares him and he thinks her brother is a freak, when the flamboyant junior did finally decide to show up. He even met Demyx, who was nothinglike his two siblings. It's like, are you sure they're related? Because he's pretty fucking awesome, unlike his douchebag brothers.
Everything about it was awkward. If it wasn't Vanitas following him everywhere and constantly touching him, it was Axel being a damn tease, let's not forget his annoying cousin bugging him all the time. Just when you think it gets better, BAM, life proves you wrong.
That Sunday was a normal, peaceful one, then he got a text from a certain redhead he doesn't remember giving his number to, probably Sora's fault. The pyro apparently wanted him to go a meet up with him at the clock tower around sundown. It wasn't a weird demand, seeing as though they met up a lot there and shared ice cream. It was like a daily ritual. But the blonde learned something that for some reason, pissed him off.
"I'm going out for a bit, guys!" Roxas announced as he threw on his sweater and placed his sneakers on his feet.
"Going to see your boyfriend?" Denzel smirked, not looking away from the t.v. He was swatted in the back of the head by their male guardian. The boy clutched at his head in pain. "What was that for?"
"Leave your brother alone. Whatever he does is his business." He sighed. " Please, don't act like it killed you, I barely touched you." Squall replied, crossing his arms. "Be careful and don't do anything stupid, you hear?"
"Got it!" Roxas called out as he headed out the door, inwardly thanking his uncle for the back up. Axel was not his boyfriend. They were just becoming good friends is all. He would say best of friends but it's too early in the stage to say that. As of friday, they've officially known each other for a month. Not that the blonde was keeping track or anything. The elder still pissed him off to no end but his company was not cheered him up and distracted his wandering thoughts from depressing subjects. Yeah it's been a long while but he still couldn't get over it, and he never will. It's something he's probably going to hold over his parents' head for the rest of their lives.
When he reached the top of the tower, there was one thing he was notexpecting; a well-known face was smiling towards him from her spot on the edge. She waved to him. He was frozen for a second, he didn't think he'd see Xion of all people up here. Why was she even there? Yeah sure she was close friends with Axel but this is suppose to be his time alone with the lanky teen, not his time with the redhead plus a little tag-along. He shook his thoughts from his mind. Damn he sounded like some jealous high school freshman girl who has a major crush on the cool senior everyone loves. Ew.
"Hey there stranger, fancy meeting you up here, huh?" She said all giggly like hewas the third wheel of the situation. Puh-leaaaase.
" 'Sup. Yeah I know, crazy." He replied.
A long arm wrapped itself around the blonde's shoulders. The newcomer leaned his head in so they were at equal level. "You came! Not that that's surprising, your always here before me. Anyways, I brought the ice cre-." He stopped mid-sentence as he finally realized the third party's presence. 'knull, what is she doing here?' "Shit. . ."
"Nice to see you too, Axel." She folded her arms across her chest, the friendly atmosphere she held seconds ago now vanished, replaced by a more stern look. Things did not look good for the redhead. "Did you forget what today was?" She questioned coldly.
He blinked. Uhhhhh, what was today? It was Sunday right? Yeah, that's it. Wait. 'Holy shit, I'm in trouble.' The look he was now wearing showed the black-haired female that he finally has put two and two together. Roxas didn't understand a thing, he just knew his friend was in deep shit. "Our anniversary? I can't believe you forgot!" She sighed out.
Wait a minute. Anniversary? Isn't that what lovers celebrate? What. the. Fuck. Xion was dating Axel? Since when? Why was he not informed of this important information? F that, how did he not realize it! Roxas mentally facepalmed. Figures, seems like he was right after all. The gorgeous redhead was taken and straight. Besides, why was he having these thoughts anyways, he was a taken and straight male himself! Although some days he really questioned it. But if they are dating, why was that idiot being so suggestive towards him. Damn it all. "Your what?" He spat out before he could even think.
Now Axel was in trouble with two people. Apparently luck wasn't exactly on his side either. "Uhhh I can explain?" He said lamely as he backed away from the blonde which in turn, the boy's body language followed the ravenette, arms crossed. "See Xion is my girlfriend and well. . ." He trained off.
"And as of today we have officially been together for not one, but two years." Xion finished. She looked at the other sympathetically. "I'm sorry Roxas, I thought you knew, honestly. I don't mean to be that bitch who ruins your bromance thing you got going on but today was a special day that this idiot completely forgot about. A day like this means everything to a woman, y'know?" She gripped his shoulders, smiling apologetically. "You understand though, right?"
Roxas hung his head, hiding his face behind his bangs. "Yeah, I understand. . ." He whispered. "I understand that he's a fucking jerk." He glared up at the redhead. "Have fun with your girlfriend, Axel." The short teen said sourly before brushing the female's touch away and hurrying back from which he came. Wow this day sucked.
Axel started to go after him but was stopped by the cause of the problem. "Wait." A knowing smirk placed upon her features. Some people were just way too easy. "Leave him be for now. He's probably confused at the moment, seeing you is the last thing he needs."
The tall male was a bit confused himself. What the fuck just happened. "Don't worry about it. Let's just say I just set you and now you owe me." She said. She started walking away, leaving as well. She stopped momentarily to say, "Oh, and It was fun but, you and me weren't working out. Be sure to treat the kid like gold, okay?" And then she was gone. . .
The corners of Axel's lips twitched upwards. That sneaky little. . . Ha, fuck that, she was awesome. Devious, beautiful and kick-ass, what more can you ask of a girl? Maybe if he wasn't gay, they could have worked out. Xion was amazing but, she wasn't Roxas. He didn't know what he wanted to do more the next time he saw her; punch her light out or hug her to death. Either way, he was going to thank her.
He fist-pumped towards the air. "FUCK YEAH!" He looked over the ledge and seen the ravenette walking out the building. "XION!" She looked up. "JAG ÄLSKAR DIG!"
She smiled, forming a little heart with her hands before stalking away into the night streets.
One obstacle course down, now just a few more to go.
The ice cream was all but forgotten. . . .
Sora appeared in the hall that connected the living room to the kitchen and the upstair rooms as Roxas stormed into the house, slamming the door shut. "Heya Cuz, how was. . . ." He got completely ignored since the blonde fail to acknowledge his existence and continued his trek past the brunette and up the stairs to the room they share. ". . .Hanging out with Axel?" The teen blinked, confused. Something was up. This called for an investigation! Awwww yeah, Sherlock Holmes time.
First he went to go find his watson, who was lazily slugged over on the couch. He clucked his tongue. "Denzel! Stop being a slob. It's time to play detective." The pre-teen waved him off. "Come oooooon!" He stomped his foot. "Something happened between him and Axel today. Aren't you curious as to what it is?" That caught his attention.
The light-haired brunette shot out off of the comfy seat of cushions. "No way!" A furious nod from the other and he lit up. "Dude, I need to know what happened!"
"Know what, what happened?" A small female voiced said, appearing on the scene.
Once Marlene was informed on the situation she shook her head in disapproval. "Leave him alone you two. It's none of your business."
"Stop being such a stickler in the mud."
"Shut up."
"Make me."
The young woman glared at her brother. He knew she couldn't do anything about it. "Fine. But when you two get in trouble, I had no part in this and had no idea what was going on. I will not be your alibi this time, Denzel." She said in defeat. Last time, she completely saved her both her brothers' butts back at their grandma's place when they almost got caught for sneaking out to the small island away from the main island, the one that had the paopu tree. They were trying to find a way to open the door that was in the secret place, all their efforts turned out to be futile. When obāchan wondered where the two ran off too, Marlene said they just went down by the waters to stargaze. In turn the old woman believed her and returned to her slumber.
"Yes! It's okay. We won't need one this time." He replied snidely.
Marlene rolled her eyes and continued off to the kitchen. Not because women belong there, hell no, she was hungry and uncle Squally was totally gonna cook her some food like the whipped man he was. Might as well, the grown man was already in there making himself something to eat, making food for one more party won't hurt him, right?
Once the girl was gone, Sora faced his cousin. "Okay, time for a game plan. I'm calling Riku, you go check on Mr. Depression upstairs."
"Wait, why am I doing all the work? Besides, you do that anyway!" He complained.
"Chances are Axel totally called Riku to tell him what happened and well, somehow i'll get that bum to tell me the deets. That way I get Axel's side of the story. You get Roxas'."
"M'kay."
"Alright let's do this." They saluted each other before heading off into their own directions.
Sora snagged up the house phone and went to the basement to talk to er- interrogate Riku in private. He waited for the silverette to pick up the phone. "Come on. . . Pickuppickuppickuppicku-"
"Hello?" A voice said from the other line, ending the brunette's chant.
"Riku! OMG, did Axel tell you anything? He did, didn't he? You better tell me! Oh and hi." He said all in one breathe.
The other teen laughed. "How expected of you. You couldn't call just because you wanted to have a decent conversation with me? Sorry to inform you but i am not obligated to output any of that information, ask Roxas."
"Huuuuuuuuh?" Damn him and all his big fancy words. . .
"Nothing, bye Sora."
And then the call ended just like that. "Oh hell no, you did not just hang up on me! UGGGGG. Dammit Riku!" He chucked the poor house phone across the room in frustration. He crossed his arms, upset at his failure.
It's okay, he wasn't the only one who failed his mission.
"No! Now stay out of my room!" The blonde yelled as he shut the door in his younger siblings face. It did not end well at all. Maybe he shouldn't have tried the direct approach. Yeah, now that he thought about it, it was quite the stupid choice.
The small teen slumped down the stairs, head hung low in defeat. Seeing the brunette's expression when they rendezvous back in the living room meant that they were stuck back into square one.
Marlene walked by them with a giggle as she grabbed her notebook and headed up the stairs. SHe knew it would end up in failure. They honestly don't know the art of reassurance and persuasion. It was not a hard task to do, for a girl. Honestly, guys can be so stupid.
A soft knock was heard on the other side of the door. When the blonde refused to answer his sister invited herself inside anyway. The teen was sitting on the window ledge, staring off into the distance. He broke his gaze away only for a instant to see who the intruder was before returning back to the sky outside.
She shut the door behind her quietly before making her way over to her brother's side. "I don't mean to be a bother but could you help me with a few math problems? It's kinda due tomorrow."
He looked over at the petite girl. "Sure why not." He sighed before removing himself from the window and guided her towards the floor where he sat legs-crossed. She joined him and laid out her notebook. In it were a few math problem the teacher no doubt wrote out on the board and asked them to copy down. It was pretty simple stuff to him now and he was able to help and teach the younger girl how to do it easily.
"Thank you so much Roxy!" She said with glee, hugging her brother in a firm embrace. "You know. . .if you ever need a person to talk to, i'm always here for ya. Your my big brother and I love you."
Roxas smiled. That was the one of the sweetest things she had ever said to him. Would it really hurt to confide in his younger sibling with his problems? Of course not. Talking it out is always the best way to relieve all negative emotions. "Fine, i'll tell you, but you can't say anything to anybody. Not even Hope." Hope was Riku's younger brother, since they've been there the two sort of developed a close relationship and they tended to blab out everything to each other. You'd think Denzel would be the one she shared everything with. Wrong.
"I cross my heart and hope to die." She promised, making an 'x' over her chest.
"Okay, well, it's about Axel."
"Yeah, I figured as much." She commented.
Roxas sighed out. This might take awhile.
And take a while it did. By the time the teen was done explaining an hour or so had already passed. He kept on ranting and complaining about the same thing over and over again. She just nodded her head in understanding, waiting for her brother to finish.
"Well it seems to me, and excuse me for my bluntness, that you like Axel."
"Of course I like him! He's my friend!"
She shook her head in disagreement. Her brother wasn't understanding it at all. "Uh-uh. Not that like. The other like. Your developing feelings for him, one's that you only had for Naminé." She explained a little better.
Roxas froze, taking it all in, trying hard to break-down and digest what his sister had said. There was no way he liked Axel like that. "You've gotta be joking right?"
She shook her head again. "It's okay Roxas, this is perfectly normal. At least now you know you play for both teams. There's nothing wrong with that. This Xion girl may be a problem now, but it's one that could be easily overcome. Judging by what I know of Axel and the way you described his reaction, he likes you too. I may be wrong but i'm 100% positive I'm not. Although Namine is a bit of a different issue, but that could be easily resolved too. Stuff like this takes time, just relax." She added in the last part when it seemed like her brother was on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
"I know this is hard to admit and take in but trust me, it's all downhill from here. I'll just. . . leave you alone for now. . ." She trailed off, heading out the door, leaving being her confused brother so he could have time to himself. It was not easy, finding out you like the same gender, especially for someone like him but it happens, you know?
Once downstairs she flashed a victorious grin at her brother and cousin before going back into the kitchen to greet their aunt who had just arrived through the back door carrying groceries.
She won.
Translations:
Swedish: jag älskar dig- i love you
knull- fuck
Japanese: obāchan- grandma
Vanitas: Ha I'm loved more just saying.
Sora: Fuck you.
Vanitas: Oh selfcest. kinky.
Sora: . . . .
Me: Guys stop being weird.
Roxas: I'm going to die. . . .
Axel: It's okay Roxy. -huggu-
Roxas: -clings- WAIT WHY AM I GOING ALONG WITH THIS?
Vanitas: I feel cheated. . .
Me: -sigh- You're all weird.
Xion: Subscribe/Review/Alert and see you all in Chapter 8~!
Me: If i ever find it. . . . ;n;