A Face From the Past. . . Or Not?
DIsclaimer: I now own FF7 Advent Children in Blu-ray :D Now if only that was Final Fantasy itself as well as Kingdom Hearts. *sigh* Sadly, I do not own either of the two franchises, they are owned by Square Enix.
Thanks for the reviews guys~!
P.S. Did I Forget to mention the two Cids are the ones from FF7 and FF10? Yes? Sorry guys. . .OTL
Chapter 12: Camp Kisaragi's Valentine
Part 3: Why are relationships so complicated?
Axel was currently having a stare down with Vincent in his office. He sat there in a seat in front of the elder's desk. He was none too pleased with the news he'd received. Vincent came to the conclusion that the redhead was a compulsive, hard-headed idiot. It seems he never thinks before he acted at all and that was clearly a problem.
He sighed. "Somehow I knew you were going to be the first person in my office. Tell me, what exactly happened in there?"
"I was being stupid."
"Yes, we've already established that. Why were you 'being stupid'? You need to be more specific or you will be punished worse."
"Okay." Axel cleared his throat and sat up. "Look here, I saw Roxas and Namine about to kiss, got jealous and threw that slop you call food at her. The end." The teen said blatantly.
Vincent blinked. Well that was easy. The kid was being completely honest. He remembered when it was a lot harder two years ago. Both the other and the ravenette were a hassle and never gave in so easily. Made him want to pull out Cerberus, almost. "Oh really?"
"Really."
"I see. Well, I have no choice then, you are to clean up the whole cafeteria by yourself and apologize to Roxas and Namine. Both Cid's too. Then you will stay here with me fo-"
"Actually Vincent, Yuffie's rules were to, if I remember correctly, 'do not hit on the staff, paintball gun wars in the living quarters; keep those in the woods, shove sea-salt ice cream in people's swim wear and letting all the chocobos out.' Not once did I hear, 'and cause food fights.'" He said cockily with a smirk, cutting off the other male.
Vincent sat back in his chair. "Look at you finding loopholes. Fine, you win for now but you're still going to apologize and clean up the cafeteria when everyone's done. Now get out of here." He said, waving the teen off and turning around in his chair back to his computer.
"That's it?"
"That's it." The elder replied at he went back to typing up some papers.
"Thank man, you're the best! LOVE YOU~" He shouted, blowing the older male a kiss as he exited his office.
Vincent sighed again with a small smile gracing his face. "Kids."
(Note: A few hour time skip here)
"I swear ta god, Imma kick the kid's ass who did this. I can't handle this bullshit." Cid cursed as he examined the messy cafeteria. He lit another cigarette and went outside. When he looked up from the light he saw Axel approaching. "Yer the one who made that mess?"
Axel lowered his head in shame. "I started it, yes. I'm sorry, sir."
Cid chuckled. "Nah, it's 'kay kiddo. Just clean it up. Roxy's already startin' in there."
The other Cid joined them outside. He laughed. "What happened to kicking his ass?"
"Fuck you. I like this kid. So yeah, favoritism saved his ass." Cid said in defense.
"Right, okay. Whatever you say, Highwind."
"I'm just going to go in now. . ." Axel said quickly as he got past the two and entered the cafe. Last thing he needed was to get stuck in between one of their arguments. He's having enough problems as it is.
Cid, or Mr. Highwind, was right. There was Roxas mopping a spot on the floor. He looked sad, thoughtful and. . . disappointed? Right, of course he was. That was a complete asshole move of him. Then again, can you blame a guy? "Need help?" He asked coolly.
Roxas looked over at him for a split second before returning back to mopping. Ignored.
"Hellooooo? I'm talking to you."
Still no reply.
"Look, Rox, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have acted the way I did. I'm going to apologize to Namine too when I'm done here. Please, just please don't hate me. I know I can be a compulsive idiot at times but I meant what I said. I do like you. I like you a lot and it drives me up the walls. So yeah, I was wrong to act out of jealousy but I couldn't stand seeing you act like that towards her anymore and visa versa. I'm sorry. Can you please forgive me?" His voice as he spoke was very sincere. He meant every word he said. Since he'd already confessed to Roxas, what was the point in holding back anymore?
Roxas stopped mopping and sighed placing it back in the bucket. He looked back at Axel and saw the sincerity in his eyes. Who would have thought this whole time the guy he began to have feelings for was actually returning them? It made him feel giddy on the inside but he kept a static look on his face as he spoke, "I can never stay mad at you, Axel. I forgave you a long time ago."
Axel gave him a confused looked. Roxas sighed and explained, "You see, I like you too, a lot and that's a problem. I shouldn't be liking you at all. It's wrong and I still have Namine and that makes me a bad boyfriend because I'm emotionally cheating on her. That's not fair to her. I don't want to hurt her because she's still my friend." He sobbed as tears began to fall.
The redhead approached the smaller teen and held him close in comfort. "Shh, It's okay Roxas, relax."
"No, it's not okay! You don't understand. This is a problem Axel." He looked up at the other through watery eyes as he continued. "I like you and I want to be with you so badly but I just can't. I can't leave her and yet I need you."
"And I'll always be right here. Don't worry about it. We'll figure out this whole mess, okay. Please stop crying Roxy. I like it better when you smile." He said trying to cheer the blonde up.
Roxas did smile. "You're such a cheese ball."
"But you like this cheese ball!" He smirked victoriously.
"Yeah. . . I guess I do."
It was as if time had stopped. It was just the two of them in there, literally. Everything was silent as the two slowly inched closer to each other, their faces only centimeters away. Then Axel closed the small gap and brought their lips together. The two shared a kiss before they were brought back to reality and had to clean up.
Why were things so complicated?
Namine and Xion were walking around the camp, just talking about everything before she brought up the real reason she wanted to speak to the ravenette. "Xion, what do you think I should do? I'm worried."
"Huh? What do ya mean, girly?" Xion arched a brow, confused in the sudden change of subject.
"About Roxas. It's obvious he's just not that into me anymore. He thinks I don't notice but I do. It's like he has to push himself to act like a boyfriend should towards me yet when he's with Axel, he's this whole other person; The real Roxas none of us back at the Islands were able to see. I would fight back but I feel as though I have already lost." She said sadly. It hurt her to admit this but she had to let it all out. Besides, Xion was no stranger. In fact, the ravenette had been a close friend from online when she was in her Rping stage and she was happy to finally meet her face to face instead of behind a screen on skype or in picture.
Xion understood perfectly well. It was like her with Axel but then again, she was just using him from the very beginning, the same way he was using her. Axel used her to hide the fact he was gay and she used him to because she was in denial. She didn't want to admit she was a lesbian and had completely fallen for her online friend. It was insane. So she pushed herself to have feeling for the redhead to try and get rid of those other feelings for the blonde girl in front of her. When Roxas came into the picture, she knew for sure it was no use. Her ex-boyfriend was no longer into pretending and instead of trying to keep him, she let him go and came to accept the way she was. If Axel could, so can she. "I'm really sorry Namine. I know how you feel, honestly I do and I'm not just saying that. I hate when people do that shit though man, It's like, 'Bitch pleaasseee, you don't know nothin'!'" She said in a funny sounding ghetto tone.
This made the petite blonde laugh. "It's true but I know you. You do mean it and I have to thank you for being such a good friend to me."
'Ouch, friendzoned. It's okay Xion, there's still a chance, don't give up yet.'"You know, to help you with this problem, if you know for sure Roxas doesn't feel the same way as before and you do really like him, you should let him go. I know it sounds terrible but in the end, if you stay with him, you end up getting hurt even worse. Ever hear 'if you love something, set it free?' Well now is one of those times that dumbass saying comes into some good use. Besides, I know someone who likes you very much and if you give them a chance, you might end up liking them back and forget and Roxas. Hell, maybe even like them a whole lot more than that goofball."
"Oh yeah, like who?" Namine asked curiously.
'Okay, it's now or never.' "Me." There she said it. Boy did she feel better, like a great weight was lifted off her shoulders.
"You?" Namine was definitely a bit shocked. She couldn't believe she didn't notice it before. Xion liked her and it made her very happy to know.
"Hell yeah! Who else other than this sexy thing?" The italian female laughed. Now she sounded like her brother. That stupid conceited jerk.
Namine smiled happily. "That makes me so happy. You don't even know."
"I'm glad. That was my goal, you know?" Xion grinned.
"I may not be able to return your feeling so quickly but I wouldn't mind giving it a try. I like you too Xion, maybe not as much as you do or maybe not the same way but I would still like to give it a shot if you would allow it?"
Xion smiled softly. That girl was simply just the cutest thing. "Of course. Now come on and let's get back to the cabin, it's getting kind of chilly out here."
"Yes~!" Namine giggled and held the other girl's hand.
"Whoa there chicky, not so fast."
The pale blonde retracted her hand."Whoops I'm sorry. I didn't mean to-"
Xion silenced the girl with a kiss and pulled back. "Now let's go." She held out her hand in which the other grabbed it and intertwined it with her own.
The two walked back together on silence. Namine knew what she should do and would take action tomorrow.
Maybe, things aren't so complicated?
The next day, Axel woke up feeling good. He kissed Roxas. He fucking kissed Roxas Strife. 'Hell to the yeah. IN YO FACE VANITAS. GO CHOKE ON SOME PIZZA YA ITALIAN SUCKER.' That thought made him laugh so hard. If only the sleeping italian male could hear his thoughts. What a show Sora and Riku would have the pleasure of seeing. Poor Roxas had to go and make breakfast so he'd get to miss such an amusing event.
"The hell you laughing about. You sound like some demented hyena." Speak, or think, of the devil and he awakens.
"Nothing~."
"Fucking liar. It's about me right?"
"Maybe."
"Andare a morire stronzo." Vanitas cursed in his native tongue.
"Jag älskar dig också." He really had no idea what the other said so he decided to say nice things in his own language to throw the Italian off.
"Ti rompo il culo."The ravenette threatened.
"Du ser riktigt trevlig fin dag." The lanky teen began to laugh.
"Sì, continuerò a ridere e ti finisce, cazzo stupido." He mumbled as he laid back down.
Axel just kept laughing.
Riku couldn't help but laugh too. "What you laughing at, silver?"
"Ooooh silver, so threatening. Nothing, it's funny how upset you're getting when that whole time he was saying nice things." Riku answered smartly. It pays off learning the languages your friends can speak.
"Are you serious?" Vanitas glared at the redhead, a knowing smirk was on the others face. "You're a dick, amico."
"I know~." He cooed happily.
In case your wondering, RIku woke up during their little exchange and Sora is still currently asleep. "Get up. If I can't sleep, neither can you." Vanitas slammed a pillow at the poor boys face and he yelped. Well, he was asleep. . . .
"What the hell? You such a dick!" Sora shouted to the ravenette.
"Guess we are two dicks in some boxers, bro." Vanitas said, coming up with his own perverse version of 'two peas in a pod.'
"You're so weird, dude." Axel laughed.
"Riiiku tell him something!"
"Stop picking on him. You wouldn't like it if Reno busted up in here and did that to you." Okay, that definitely hit the spot. Vanitas hatedwhen the fucker did that shit to him with a burning passion.
"Okay fine, sorry." He apologized. Damn he's going soft or maybe it's just the threat of Reno coming up in here that got him to say it. Yeah that's it.
"Thank you."
They all then got dressed and headed out to do their own little thing. Axel going to, of course, the cafeteria where a little blonde was waiting for him, with an annoying italian tag along.
Once the two teens grabbed Roxas away from the messy kitchen the trio walked along the dirt path. "Dudes, I got an idea. Why don't we go for a swim?"
"Sounds cool to me." Vanitas shrugged, agreeing to the redheads suggestion.
"Suuuure." Once the blonde agreed they all decided to head back to the cabin to get their swim wear except. . .
"Axel." Vincent said sternly. "May I please speak to you in my office?"
"Ja, no problem. I'll meet you guys there, okay?" He said before following the elder male.
"Well I guess it's just you and me, gattino~"He cooed out.
Roxas playfully rolled his eyes. "Oh joy."
They walked down the path along the lake, passing the short docks as they talked. They both now had on their bathing suits and carried their towels with them. As they walked by he saw Hayner, Pence and Olette hanging off the edge on one dock eating sea-salt ice cream and Tidus and Yuna on another, having a picnic it looked like. Then one the third dock he was a very familiar pink-haired female with a man he's never seen before. "Hey, isn't that Serah?" Roxas asked, pointing to the pinkette sitting on the edge of one of the docks with another guy. This guy had straight brown hair that reached above his shoulders and crystal blue eyes. He kind of looked like an older version of Sora with flat, tame hair, minus the no tan.
Vanitas looked. "Huh? Oh yeah. That's her alright."
"And who's that?"
"Remember before I said there was another guy who really did like her and cared about her?"
"Yeah." Roxas said quickly, wanting him to get to the point already.
"Well that's him." Vanitas answered.
"Well clearly. I want to know his name." Roxas stated as though it was the most obvious thing.
"Oh, right. It's Noel. He shares a cabin with Demyx and them." He explained.
"Oh I see." The blonde watched the two figures as they talked like no one else was there to see them. Noel said something to make her laugh and she gently pushed him. They were so cute together and Serah actually looked happy. It's a good thing that douchebag Snow got in trouble before the trip and was banned from it. Now the kind pinkette can actually enjoy her time here and with a guy who actually likes her. There was something that didn't seem right though. "Why does she still say with Snow if he's the better choice?"
"That's something I can't say. Come on, let's mind our own business and get out of here."
Wow, relationships are complicated.
"HEY I SAID STOP SPLASHING WATER AT ME!" Rikku shouted out in distaste at the two boys. Roxas always loved messing with namine's older sister.
"Make us!" Vanitas shouted.
"I could banned you from the lake you know!" She threatened.
"Oh C'mon Rikku. They're just having fun, ya?" Wakka, a fellow lifeguard said.
"I guess. . ." She sighed out. Then out of nowhere she pulled out a water gun and sprayed Vanitas and Roxas with ice cold water. "Sneak attack!" She laughed out.
"Hey no fair! That's was cheap!" The blonde chuckled as he dove back into the water.
At this time Axel finally made it to the lake with Demyx, Zexion, Riku and Sora close behind. More guest to join the party~. "Hey guys! Don't start the fun without us!" Axel shouted out.
"Come on! Get over here already, Axel! The water's great!" Roxas shouted back, waving them over.
"Oh great more babysitting for us, eh Wakka?" Rikku smiled, shaking her head. She honestly didn't mind the boys, they were very entertaining and that's just what she needed for this boring job. Some goddamn amusement. She just wanted to complain anyway.
Wakka laughed. "I guess so, Rikku but hey, at least their a show, eh?" He replied.
"You got that right!" She exclaimed, going back to her seatpost.
Sora, Roxas, Vanitas, Demyx and Axel were the only ones in the water. Riku and Zexion just stayed back and sat in the sand. Zexion wasn't too fond of water and prefered to just watch and read while Riku just wasn't much a beach person in general and normally just stayed on the sand for a while before the bubbly brunette would run over and drag him to the water anyway.
Sora and Roxas were laughing away as they splashed each other with water when Axel went behind Roxas and Vanitas behind Sora. They both quickly dunk the twins into the water and ran away before they could retaliate. The twins flailed about and when Roxas regained control he glared at the redhead as if to say 'oh you're going to get it now.' Sora was helped out by Demyx because the mohaked teen got all worried he would drown. "Dude, This is the shallow end and I'm not a little kid. I'm totally fine!" Sora said with a huge grin.
"SO? That doesn't mean you can't drown! I did before!" He flailed about.
They giggled. "I was going to say, only an idiot would find a way to drown in 3 feet of water, and then I ended up being proven correct!" Roxas barked out.
"Fine. Forget you guys. . ." He mumbled. "HEY ZEXY~ COME PLAY WITH ME!"
"SHUT UP YOU SOUND LIKE SOME CREEPY PEDOPHILE. PLAY WITH YOURSELF AND LEAVE ME ALONE." The slate-haired teen shout back.
Axel rolled his eyes and stuck up behind the pouty teen. Without warning, he dunked him into the water too. Everyone began to laugh again. Except for Zexion.
"YOU'RE ALL A BUNCHA BULLIES." Demyx fumed as he began to pout.
As the five idiots goofed off in the water the other two sat in silence in the sand. Riku looked over at the quiet teen. "Not much of a beach person?"
"Not exactly."
"Then why stay back?"
"I hate the water."
"That's preposterous. There must be a true legitimate explanation."
"Fine. Just like the idiot over there, I almost drowned because I didn't know how to swim. Now I hate going into the water unless it's to cleanse myself in the comforts of my bathroom or any shower. Now if you don't mind, I'm going back to reading my book." Zexion explained rather blatantly. Drowning wasn't something people easily threw around and said, unless you're Demyx and he just flat out said it like it was nothing.
Riku just nodded his head. "Right, riiight. Now I get it."
"It's funny how your vocabulary and grammar changes. You tend to say things at a higher level which makes you seem like a brighter individual than the rest but then you go back to sounding like the average teen. Why?" Zexion's turn to ask a question.
The silverette just shrugged. "No reason at all." Then he thought about it and decided to tell him anyway since they're practically strangers yet the kid told him something private anyway. "My father always makes me out to be this wonderful son and has all this high expectations for me and well, learning how to speak properly and using all those fancy words shows off that I know my stuff to others. See my father owns a business so he expects his sons to have a good outlook and a great background to make the family and him look good. That and, it always comes in handy when you want to mess with people's heads." He finished off with a joke. "It's funny."
Zexion smiled a bit. "Right."
"HEY RIKU STOP CHEATING ON SORA AND GET YOUR WHITE ASS OVER HERE!" Axel yelled, ruining the moment. Not a romantic moment, a heartfelt moment, ya goofs.
"WHAT? THAT'S NOT FAIR, I SAW ZEXY FIRST!" Demyx whined out.
The two teens on the sand groaned. They were friends with idiots but they were their idiots.
"Yuffie was right, better than cable." Rikku said with a laugh.
"Ya, you got that right." Wakka laughed with her when he noticed three girls walking over. "Looks like we got some more coming."
"Just greaaaaat- Oh it's Namine and the other two! Karry and Xiao? I forgot. . ." SHe shrugged. "Oh well. HEY GUYS!" She waved enthusiastically over to the three girls.
They all returned the waves and laid down a blanket. Kairi wore a pink bikini in hopes it would show off her body well, she wanted to catch Riku's attention. Why couldn't she just take the hint he wasn't interested? Xion was in guy trunks and a black tank top wifebeater. Yeah, she was definitely not the girly type, it was so her. Namine wore a white one-piece bathing suit with a cloth wrapped around her waist.
Roxas saw her and waved as he began to walk over to her.
Axel said nothing, he promised not to do anything stupid and contain his jealousy.
"Hey, Nami. What's up?" He asked happily when he reached her.
Namine looked over at Xion before turning back to her boyfriend.
"We need to talk."
Translations:
Italian: Andare a morire stronzo- Go die asshole.
Ti rompo il culo- I'll kick your ass
Sì, continuerò a ridere e ti finisce, cazzo stupido- Yes/Yeah, keep laughing and I'll end you, stupid fuck.
Amico- friend
Swedish: Jag älskar dig också- I love you too.
Du ser riktigt trevlig fin dag- You look really nice today.
ja- yes/yeah
A/N: Aaaaaaand I think that's a good place to stop, how about you? *dodges the pitch forks* Haha, just kidding, that's such a lame cliff-hanger xD See told you these chapters were going to be longer. I'm like doubling the word count of the original average of about 2,000 words. So much is going on man. Axel and Roxas, Xion and Namine, Serah and Noel, let's not forget Riku and Sora still have to get together and Demyx and Zexy too! Damn, this becoming more like Camp Hook-up xDD lololo- Anyone notice the theme here? Relationships. I bet you're all like "Well duuuuhhhhh." xDD Well tell me what you all think. Reviews are love and I know there are a bunch of readers out there. Even if it's just "This is good." or "That sucked." I need some more motivation besides my friend nagging me on the computer next to mine. lol
Oh yeah and one more thing, i know in the first chapter I said i had two other fic ideas and shiz well i decided against posting them up. i can barely keep up with this one xD i'll just do one at a time. lol late notice is late.
Rikku: YES I ACTUALLY HAVE LINES IN THIS ONE!
Me: Yup. *hugs* I always wanted to hug my favorite FFX character |D
Rikku: pfffft- I thought that was Tidus.
Me: shhhhhhh.
Rox: I'mfuckedi'mfuckedi'mfuckedi'mfuckedi'mfucked-
Axel: whooooa there. Why?
Rox: She knows and no I'm dead.
Xion: Shut up you baby. You won't know until next chapter.
Namine: Yes, so please, Fav/Alert and/or Review.
Kairi: BYE GUYS~! 8DDD