A Face From the Past. . . Or Not?
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Chapter 13: Camp Kisaragi's Valentine
Part 4: A Talk, A Problem, and a few. . . Confessions?
"We need to talk."
Roxas wasn't going to lie, he wasn't expecting to hear that come out of her mouth. He knew it would come eventually but he didn't expect it to be so fast. No he wasn't jumping to any conclusions. It's just that normally when a person in a relationship says that to their partner, it meant they wanted to break up or something. So that meant she found out about. . . He blushed, thinking back to the kiss he and Axel shared last night. Then he shook the thought out of his mind. No, he had to focus. "Okay. What about?"
"Not here. Follow me." She said, taking his hand and walking away from the other two girls.
Once they were at a safe distance, she turned towards him to speak. "I've been thinking and. . ." She trailed off.
"I know what you're going to say." Roxas hung his head. "I understand."
Namine smiled softly. "I'm sorry, Roxas. I love you, I really do but, it seems you found someone else to love who deeply cares about you too in return and well, so have I. I think it's for the best that we go separate ways. Just don't forget, I am still your best friend before I am your ex-girlfriend. So it won't stop us from seeing each other and hanging out again and whatnot, okay?"
Roxas returned the smile. At least this wasn't going to cause him to lose his closest friend; He didn't want to lose Namine. That's all that truly mattered. Wait a sec. . . "You found someone too?" He asked, a bit astonished. He didn't want to sound rude, Namine was very sweet and pretty so it wouldn't be hard for her to find someone else, he was just curious as to who it was.
The blonde girl giggled and nodded a yes.
"Oh my god, who?" He exclaimed.
"Xion."
"Xion?"
"Yes. She was my role-play partner online way back when and then became my skype friend. Now I finally meet her face-to-face and she told me last night she had always liked me and well, i kind of want to give it a try." She explained.
"Oh wow, that's awesome! I never knew that. And here I thought I knew everything about you and you just met her here. It's such a small world after all. " He laughed. "Well now that, that whole ordeal is established, wanna go back and have some fun? You know, like old times?"
"Of course, friend." She laughed.
"Ouch. I'm going to have to get used to that. . ." He feigned hurt.
"Oh shut it." She playfully shoved him. "Last one back is rotten egg!" She challenged as she ran back.
"No Fair! You gave yourself a headstart!" He shouted as he chased after her.
Now that, that was solved. there should be no more problems. . . right?
Dinner had passed and Roxas was finishing up the last of the dishes before heading out the door. Once again, the two Cids were going at it. It was pretty funny some days but it also got kind of old. They were both so childish. They didn't even notice he was done and was no longer in the kitchen, but outside.
The boy sighed as he walked down the dirt path, thinking about today's earlier event with Namine. He had still yet to tell everyone else but they probably figured it out by now.
He continued his trek towards the cabin when he heard his cousin yell, "ROXAS WATCH OUT!" It was a little too late. The ball smacked him in the back of the head and he went down.
"Roxas! I'm sooooooo sorry! Are you alright?" The brunette asked a little panicked.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Just you know, a minor concussion with a helping of internal bleeding." He replied sarcastically, sitting up and rubbing the abused spot on the back of his head.
"Duuuuuuuude, you really are bleeding!" Sora exclaimed, pointing to the other teens forehead.
"What?" He touched his forehead and sure enough when he retracted his hand, there were blood on his fingers. He must have face planted the ground pretty hard.
"You should go see Aerith and get that cleaned so it won't get infected. I'm sorry Roxas."
"Nah it's alright. You're clumsiness can be a bit much but I'm used to it. Go back to playing with Riku." He said motioning for him to go back.
"How'd you know it wa-"
"Dude, bro. i'm your cousin. I know you better than anyone. That and you're alwayswith him and you make it pretty obvious as to why." Roxas cooed out.
"Sh-shut up! So maybe I do like him okay? Don't tell anyone or you willend up with a concussion." He threatened, a faint blush evident upon his features.
"Relax, my lips are sealed. Just go." He tried to shoo away his cousin once again as he headed back in the direction he came from to go to the Nurse's cabin.
That's cute. He always knew Sora liked Riku but he was just teasing him. He didn't expect the boy to go and admit to it. Now if only he could have said that in front of the silver-haired teen. Maybe then something would happen between them. It seems like the only ones oblivious to the feeling they have for each other are they themselves. Someone need to confess to the other already.
"Hey Aerith. I need some help." He said as he entered the cabin.
"Of course, i'll be right ther- Oh my god, Roxas what happened?" She asked worriedly as she finished bandaging up a kid's hand and making her way over.
"I kind of got hit in the head with a ball and hit the ground, hard. I think I landed on a rock or something." He explained to the worried woman.
"Okay, just sit right over there and I'll be right back." She said, heading off to the back room.
Roxas sat down as he was told. When he looked at the other kid the brunette woman was helping out, it was Noel. "Wow, what happened to you?" He asked, noticing the hand.
Noel looked over at the strange kid who he noticed hanging around Serah before then back at his hand. "Well i guess I can tell you since you're a good friend of Serah's." He looked back at the blonde. " Seifer got all up in her face and threatened to tell Snow about us. Even though there really is no 'us' officially, it still struck a nerve with her and she panicked and shit. Then Seifer pushed her and I punched him in the face. He ran away. Serah got mad at me and said i was only making it worse that way and it pissed me off. I didn't want to be foolish and take my anger out on her so i punched the tree instead and fucked up my hand. End of story."
"Damn, Seifer's such an asshole." Roxas stated with a scowl.
"Yeah, I know. Snow's no better. I just wish she would just dump the guy."
"Why can't she?" Roxas asked, hoping he'd get a real answer this time.
"Well, she-"
"I'm back!" Aerith announced as she returned with some nitrogen peroxide and a band aid. "Now come here so we can clean that up." She motioned him over.
Roxas inwardly cursed. Just when he was about to get a legitimate answer. He flinched when the wipe touched his cut. It kind of burned. It shouldn't really but it did. Then she put the band aid on when she was done. Because his bangs were so long, it wasn't really all that noticeable.
"There. Now be careful on the walk back." She turned to Noel. "I still need to talk to you." He said as a reply.
Roxas waved to him with a sympathetic look and left. Now he was back to heading to his cabin again. He couldn't wait to just lay down and rest already. This time hopefully nothing will happened to him on his way back.
Nothing did happen to him but a distant call of his name caused him to stop and look around. Then he saw Axel running towards him and he mentally groaned.
"Hey, Rox!" The redhead greeted him as he finally made it to the blonde. He stopped to breathe. "Come on, follow me!" He said and pulled the teen to follow.
This caused him to let out another groan. "Where are you taking me?"
"You'll see."
He would facepalm if he could. This was just ridiculous. All he wanted was to sleep and be left alone in peace.
"Check this out." He said as he moved out of the blonde's way.
What Roxas saw was simply beautiful. The sun was setting over the water in the horizon and they were standing on a high cliff that gave them such a view. A little away towards the right was the city with all of the lights coming from the buildings and cars, it looked wonderful. "Wow, Axel, this is. . this is amazing!" He said. Honestly, he couldn't find the right words to describe it. Wutai was a very beautiful place.
"I Knew you would appreciate the view. It may not be our clock tower spot but it's the next best thing. I found it last time was here and almost forgot about it. When I stumbled upon it again, I knew I had to show you too. That way this could be our spot here. Even if this is my last time coming to this camp. Just the thought, y'know?" He smiled. "Let's sit." He said as he sat at the edge.
"Too bad we don't have any sea-salt ice cream." He said with a laugh, sitting next to the older teen.
"I know. That's the only thing missing from this."
After that, everything was silent. They just sat there taking in the view and watching the sunset. It was calm and peaceful. Suddenly, Roxas didn't care if the redhead pulled him away from his venture back to bed. This was better than any dream he would have had; sitting there with Axel as the sun set. It was like some cliched movie moment in a way. Then again, those types of thing happened too often to be referred to as cliched. It was something a lot of couples did. Roxas remembered, he was no longer with Namine so now he couldbe together with Axel. He wondered if the other knew. Only one way to find out. "Hey Axel."
"Yeah?"
"Did you know that earlier. . . Namine and I broke up." He said looking a bit saddened. " I'm happy we did and that we are still going to be friends but I'm still a bit sad about it. I feel relieved yet depressed."
Axel looked at him and grabbed his hand. He had a sincere look on his face. "It's okay, Roxas. It's not easy getting out of a relationship. Especially one as close as yours and Namine's. I'm sorry to hear that. . . Is what I'd like to say but I'm pretty freaking happy to hear that you two aren't together! It means you are now mine~!" He finished with a laugh.
Roxas punched him in the arm. "Of course you are, you dick." He laughed with him then got serious again."She knew the whole time you know. That's why she broke it off. Well, and she has Xion now."
"She is a smart girl so i'd assume she realized it by now. Wait, did you just say Xion?" He asked suddenly as if it just processed through his mind.
He nodded and told him what Namine said. "Crazy right?"
Axel laughed. :Hell yeah it is. Wow, so our girlfriends left us for each other. You know what that means?"
"What?"
"We should do the same." Axel said seriously. Now he and Roxas really could be together with no problems and he knew the blonde was thinking the same.
Roxas shook his head. "Not so fast."
"What, why? I like you, you like me and now we are both single without any complications in the way. I don't see why we can't get together. Now that's just not ri-" He was cut off with a pair of lips placed upon his own to silence him.
Roxas pulled away. "I was only kidding." He giggled a bit.
:I see what you did there, you sneaky twerp!" Axel laughed and pulled him closer.
"I can do a lot more too~." He said with a smirk.
"Ooh la la~ And what would that be?"
"You'll see." Roxas said, looking back out at the view, using the redhead's earlier words against him.
"Ah, what a turn off." Axel grumbled.
Roxas sighed. "You pervert."
"You love it."
"Unfortunately."
The two shared another kiss before looking back at the disappearing sun and the stars that began to show. Roxas rested his head against Axel's chest. It was such a cheesy romance movie moment, but Roxas could care less. Those movie moments were always the best anyway. Besides, at that moment, everything just seemed so right.
(Anyone want to check up on Sora and Riku? No? Well too bad. . )
"Hey, what took you so long to get it?" Riku questioned when his friend finally arrived with their missing ball.
"Sorry 'Ku. I kind of had to deal with Roxy for a bit. . ." He laughed it off. "Let's get back to our game!"
"Okay. . ?" Riku was a bit confused but paid no mind to it. It wasn't all that important to him anyway.
The two boys continued to compete against each other in soccer, which they soon learned wasn't as fun with only two people instead of real teams. After awhile, they decided to call it quits. Now they were just aimlessly walking around the camp. Both boys' minds were conflicted during this. They were both thinking similar things too. 'Does he like me?' and 'Should I just confess?'
'Maybe I should ask if he likes me.'The brunette thought. He took a deep breathe. "Hey Riku." He started.
"Yes?"
"Do you. . . like. . ." He trailed off. He wanted to say it, but it's like the rest of him was shouting 'NO DON'T'.
"Like?" Riku repeated. He was a bit confused on what was happening. "Like what?"
"Like. . . anyone?" Sora mentally slapped himself. 'Wow, I suck. Oh well at least i'll know if he does like someone.'
Riku thought about it. Should he tell him now or . . .? "Yes, I do."
Sora's eyes lit up in pure curiosity. "Really? Who?" He asked quickly after the other answered.
Riku averted his gaze elsewhere. "I can't tell you." Sora stopped walking, this in turn made him stop too. They stared there with him looking at the ground and Sora staring at him intently.
"And why not?" Sora huffed, crossing his arms. Now he felt a bit offended. "I thought we were friends. Best Friends. Don't they tell each other these things?" Wow, now he felt like a hypocrite. He's not exactly telling him who he likes. 'Only because it is him!' His inner voice told his thinking mind. And now he's having an internal argument with himself? Just great, he's gone mad!
"Because I can't." 'Because it's you.'' Both his voice and thoughts answered. Vanitas and Axel were right. He was a punk. A punk who just couldn't confess to the smaller teen in front of him.
"Oh I see. . . So, what are they like?" He asked curiously. Maybe he can't get a name from him but he could probably figure it out through description.
A lightbulb went off in Riku's mind. He could confess to him with actually confessing to him this way! Why didn't he think of it before. Because he's stupid. 'Am not.'Oh great, now he's having an internal argument with himself too? Insanity. "Let's see. He's short, like your height short and is absolutely adorable. He has a bubbly personality that helps him get along with pretty much everyone, besides well, Vanitas and Axel. His father scares me and his mother is the most kindest woman I've ever met. His family is the best. I'm always with him. He's my best friend I've been in love with since forever." He admitted, getting as detailed as he possibly could. Sora is a bit dim witted and knowing that, he had to make sure it sounded just like the other male in every aspect.
Sora thought about who it could be but as Riku kept going, realization hit him and then with that last sentence he was pretty positive the other was talking about him. Riku like him and always has just like he did. He looked at Riku with a slight shocked expression. ". . .Me?"'No, the tooth fairy.' 'Shut up inner voice!'Okay, he seriously needed to stop that.
Riku nodded. He grabbed Sora's hand. Time to finally just let it all out and make a true confession."Yes, you. I have liked you for a long time. Long enough to know it's more than some silly infatuation. Not a second goes by when you're not on my mind somehow. I love everything about you and everyday I just want to be near you. I want to be with you Sora and I want you to be mine."
He couldn't help it. He just couldn't hold in the tears that fell from his eyes. Riku liked him back. Riku felt the same way he does and said the most sweetest things ever to him. That confession made his heart flutter in happiness. "You don't know how happy you just made me, Riku." He wiped away his tears with the hand the silverette wasn't holding. "I-I like you too and the same as you, I felt this way towards you for a long time." He finally let out.
Riku felt a wave of relief wash over him. Then he realized. "We are idiots."
This made Sora laugh. "Yes we are. It took us this long to admit our feeling towards each other."
"Oh well. We are together now. That's all that matters." He smiled warmly.
Sora returned it, nodding his head in agreement. "Of course! Now, come on. Let's go back to the cabin and tell everyone. "
Riku sighed, predicting such events that would take place."I can see it now. 'Finally! We thought you two would never hook up!' and 'It only took fifty years. . ' Let's just say, we're going to be walking into a lot of sarcastic comments."
Sora giggled as manly as he could cause you know, men don't really giggle. Shut up. "Thats are friends for you."
"I know, the assholes. Now come on." He said, leading the way back to there cabin. They walked hand in hand together to their lovely temporary living space and friends.
"About damn time. It only took, what, ten years?" Yuffie huffed as she watched the two walk away happily.
Vincent rolled his eyes. "They were young children then who just met. That'd make no sense."
Yuffie sighed and patted her husband on the back. "Love has no boundaries my friend. It was at first sight for them."
The dark-haired male chuckled a bit. "I suppose you are right."
( Zemyx time? Zemyx time! :D )
"For the last time Demyx, LEAVE ME ALONE." The slate-haired teen said with emphasis towards the end.
"I can't do that. We are the only ones here in the cabin so you're the only one I can talk to."
"Are you for real? Do you really have to constantly converse with those around you on a daily basis? Is there no off button?" Zexion asked sarcastically. He has been trying to read the same book since he got to this blasted camp. It normally only took him a day, at most two, to finish a book.
"No, but it's nice to talk." Demyx got a sad look in his eyes. " If you want, I'll shut up. . ."
"Good." Was all the other teen had to then filled the cabin. Now he could concentrate on his book and. . ."Will you stop that?" He sighed exasperated. The other was being completely childish for his age. Demyx had on his best kicked puppy dog look he could muster and quivered his lower lip. He even let out fake whines! 'What was wrong with this guy! Was he dropped on his head as a child?' Zexion closed his book and set it aside. There was no was he was going to finish the book now. Not with thatstaring at him. "Fine. Let's talk."
"Yay~!" The dirty blonde cheered. He won, like always. After all, no one can resist the face. They all break eventually. A nice little trick he learned from Sora. "Okay, why don't we ask each other questions then? So we can get to know each other. I'll start."
Zexion rolled his eyes. "Oh joy."
"What's your favorite color?"
"Your mom."
Demyx frowned slightly before smiling once again. "My mom isn't a color, silly!" He said.
"No, but purple is."
"So it's purple? Somehow I was expecting black or something. Mine's is blue." He laughed.
Zexion's eyebrow twitched. "What's that suppose to mean? I can like bright colors? Or because i look 'emo' it has to be black?" He asked, feeling slightly offended.
Demyx shook his head vigorously. "N-no! I didn't mean it like that. I'm sorry."
The slate-haired teen sighed. "Very well. Next question."
"Do you do anything besides reading?"
Zexion thought about this for a little. "Not really. It's what I mostly do but I can also play the violin. It was something mother wanted me to learn."
"No way! That's cool. I would have never guessed! You're just full of surprises." Demyx exclaimed. "As you already know, I can play the sitar." He said motioning over to his lovely instrument.
"Not really. It's not all that impressive." He said tiredly, not understanding what was so 'cool' about being able to play the violin. The other was the one with the 'cool' talent. "I have noticed. You play well." He didn't mean to sound creepy or anything, he just so happen to hear the boy play when he walked by the cabin on his first day here.
"Thanks, dude! And I think it is. I would love to hear you play it someday. I bet you're amazing at it!" He said with a toothy grin.
Zexion blushed slightly. "I-I don't think I am."
"Of course you are! I just know it. You should have to be more confident with yourself. " He said reassuringly.
"I'm sorry." Zexion mumbled quietly. He knew the other teen was right. He had to be more confident. "It's just hard for me to. I-I am just so insecure and I always seem to doubt myself. I can see what's so great about me."
Demyx sat next to him and held him close. Hearing the other boy say those things about himself made him sad. There was a lot of great things about him. Even though he met the boy just a few days prior, he'd seen a lot of great things about him. "There's lot's of things! Trust me. You are amazing."
Zexion did nothing. He sat there, letting the other hold him. He was in shock. Here is a kid he just met saying he is amazing and treating him so kindly when all he's been was mean to him. "Why?" He asked quietly.
"What?" Demyx asked confused. He didn't hear him. "I can't hear you."
He removed his face from being snug on the boy's chest and looked up at him. "Why? Why are you so nice to me?I have been nothing but a jerk to you yet you continue to shower me with compliments and kind words and continuously try to be my friend."
Demyx grinned widely. "Easy. Because I like you."
A/N: i think i'm going to end it there~ *kill'd* Haha, sorry it took so long for this guys. It sucks not having a computer and a library that's not open on weekends. which is STUPID. Most of my free time is on the weekends. ;-; so yeah. I will try my best to get a chapter in by next week. If not then I am soo extremely super sorry because if plans go right, i will be out of state on my mini vacation for two weeks where i will not have access to a computer because i will be with friends i haven't seen in a whole year. I will update as soon as i can when i get back. I may not be able to type during the two weeks but i will have time to write during the long train rides to and back xDD
Van: I'm. . . not in this chapter. WHY AM I NOT IN HERE?
Axel: You not the only one not included.
Van: So? Every chapter has to have some sort of sexy in it.
Rox: And that sexy is you?
Van: duh.
Axel & Rox: -burst out laughing-
Van: . . . Fuck you guys. . .
Me: XDD Anyways! Review/Alert/Fav, mostly REVIEW and I'll update as soon as i can :'D My goal is next by week before I leave.