A Face From the Past. . . Or Not? !
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Axel: Ignore her she's delusional.
Roxas: She doesn't own any of us or TWEWY or the Nintendo DS.
ThisIsWar30: xD Why did I know you were going to say that? I had a feeling you were. sdgiur- Please don't find any in this one. I don't even think you want to. I personally hate this chapter. e-e Because every story needs one. :D! I kinda want to be taken away. . . . o u o TAKE ME ANYWAY.
Fenrir's Lockhart: Did I really? That's what I was going for. Glad it worked. Well, not exactly left out. Kinda hated one though. xD;; I'm sorry Ventus. Pfffft- YOU BE RIGHT. Damn drama. I hate it. HATE IT ALL.
Fangirl: who knew anons were so nice? ;u; Well have no fear, the next chapter it here! Hehe that rhymed.
Sorry guys. I purposely waited to update today xDD But well. Your all probably not going to be happy that this chapter is not AkuRoku fluff for this day. I'm sorry. -hides-
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Chapter 16: Drama Ensued
Ventus was lounging on the couch, DS in hand, playing a game called 'The World Ends With You'. So far , he was loving it. Right then he heard the doorbell ring. He sighed. Ven was too lazy to open the door, even if it was six feet away. "ROXAS! OPEN THE DOOR!" He called out to his younger brother upstairs. "ROXAS! THE DOOR!" He yelled again when he wasn't answered the first time. When silence once again awaited his call, he listened closely to the upstairs. Just his luck. Roxas was in the shower so now he had to open the door since there was no one else in the house to do it.
The blonde let out a displeased groan as he paused his game and got up to answer the bastard who keep ringing the damn doorbell. It was annoying. He wrenched the door open after unlocking it. "Is ringing that thing 50 times really necessary? I swear to-" He stopped his complaint as he saw who the person was standing before him. The guy was a very familiar looking redhead with tattoos under his green eyes. Only difference? He looked older and way taller than Ven remembered. The blonde stared at him, slightly puzzled.
"Come on! That's no way to greet me! After I, Axel Sinclair, came all this way just to see you." Axel made his way inside the Strife residence. "Woah, you guys sure got a nice place here." He said with a nod of approval.
"Thanks, I guess." Ven replied, still staring at the teen who was now in his livingroom. He seriously doubted the redhead was here for him. He probably meant Roxas. It didn't make him mad in the slightest. He and his younger brother were always mistaken for each other so this was nothing new. What confused him was why the man before him was calling himself Axel. This was his friend Lea right? Or was this all just one big coincidence?
"So where's my 'Welcome, Axel' hug? It is only the polite and proper way to greet me~." The taller teen said, breaking his train of thought. The redhead had his arms wide open, waiting for Ven, or in his case, the person he thought was Roxas.
Ven felt wary of this. It was too odd. This guy, Axel or whatever, thinks he is Roxas. Obviously he wasn't but how could he explain that to him without freaking him out if he is Lea? "'Oh hey, Yeah n, this is Ventus. Just woke up from a coma. The one you want is upstairs.' Yeah that will work." He thought with sarcasm. So what was he suppose to do? Well, Ventus decided it wasn't something he needed to deal with at the moment. Might as well play along for now. Hopefully Roxas won't be in the shower too long.
The blonde hugged him. 'If this is Lea, he sure has gotten tall! I mean, I noticed he got taller but wow! I just reach up to his chin. And. . .' He, not to sound creepy or anything, was able to get a good smell of Axel's scent. 'He still smells like cinnamon.'He thought with a smile. It was a scent he definitely missed.
His thoughts were once again cut off by the tall teen, this time with his actions. Axel placed a kiss on his head and held him closer. "I missed you this weekend. Work isn't the same without seeing you come in to bother me me, not that it ever does. I understand you were busy and shit. With what, I still have no idea but I'll get over it." Axel said.
'Oh fuck. Don't tell me they are-' Ven mentally groaned while the rest of him panicked. 'Oh god they are together? Shit. Damn. Wow. I can't do this anymore!' His mind cursed. "Uh, yeah sorry about that. I'll make it up to you somehow but uh-"
Before he could even let it out, Axel laughed and cut him off. "Hell yeah you are! Starting with this." He leaned in towards the blonde in his arms.
And then Ven felt a pair of lips placed upon his own. He could only stand there in shock, eyes wide.
"Okay Ven, your turn to- Oh my god. What are you two doing?" Roxas shouted as he entered the living room, his eyes set on the two in front of him. Yes he was clothed guys, stop with the thought.
Axel pulled away and looked to where the third party's voice came from. He had to do a double take and then looked back and forth between Ventus and Roxas. "Holy shit!" He moved away from the older Strife brother. "There are two Roxas'?" He panicked.
I swear Rox. This is definitely not what it looks like! He thought I was you and-"
"Shut up. I don't want to hear shitty excuses Ven. First off, you knew better! You knew he was here for me. You knew he thought you were me yet you did nothing. That makes you more guilty than him!" said, pointing accusingly at his brother. "And you!" The finger moved to point at the other one. "You should have noticed. News flash. I don't grow a few inches on one weekend. I barely reach your shoulders! Nor does my voice change that quickly. I'm also tanner and don't you think he looks, I don't know, older?" Roxas complained as he stated the differences between him and his brother. "I mean, we aren't thatalike." He flailed out.
The redhead was about to defend himself but paused. "Wait. Ven as in Ventus?" He asked, turning to face the blonde he kissed. "How the- When did-?" He couldn't seem to find the right words.
Ven shrugged and smiled nervously. "Hey Lea. Long time no see, huh?"
Now it was Roxas' turn to be confused. He crossed his arms and looked at Axel. "Did my brother just call you Lea?" The redhead nodded. "Why?"
"Well, um, you see-" Axel began.
"Lea is my best friend from like way back. Actually, if I remember correctly, I was walking home from his house when the accident happened." Ventus informed his brother before the other teen dug a deeper grave by saying something stupid.
Roxas raised a brow. "Oh really? And I'm just learning all this because?" His tone was of seriousness and malice. Oh yes, Roxas strife was indeed pissed off. Try to take a shower and you come to find your brother and your boyfriend kissing and then learning they had history together. Oh my wasn't it his lucky day?
Ven shrugged again. "You never asked about my life."
Axel rubbed the back of his neck. A nervous habit of his. "I didn't know he was your brother and well, it wasn't something i just didn't like talking about. Ven meant a lot to me back then and after what happened, I felt like it was somehow all my fault and went into a depression. Reno thought it'd be best to start over so we moved here and I became Axel." he explained.
"He meant a lot to you, huh? Please, elaborate that for me." He commanded.
Ventus looked pleadingly at his brother. This was not looking good for Axel at all. "Roxas please, don't."
Roxas glared at his brother. it was a look that told him to stay shut.
Axel felt cornered. He had no idea how to answer that. "Um, well, he was my best friend. We were like peanut butter and jelly. So, yeah. Anyone would feel the same in my place." He tried to think of a comparison. "Like. . . Like if that happened to you with Namine. Wait." He mentally slapped himself.
Definitely the wrong choice of words and Roxas grabbed at the chance to use it against him. "Namine was my course, i'd feel that way. I thought I was in love with her at the time. Are you implying something?" He questioned immediately, jumping to conclusions.
Ventus sighed. "Roxas you're being ridiculous! He was my best friend. It's been years. I was something he clearly wanted to forget about he even mistaken me for you, not the other way around like it normally is. The kiss was an accident. I'm sorry, okay? I was going to stop him but-"
"You didn't." Roxas shot him down. "I think I finally understand now. No wonders you called me Ven that time during the move. Wow, I'm such an idiot." The blonde's expression turned sad. "I should have known. I'm always just a replacement for him after all. . ." He said bitterly.
"Roxas- No!" Axel called out to him as the boy ran back up the stairs and locked himself in his room. He let out a frustrated sigh. "Just fucking great. This is all yourfault Ven. If only you just stayed in a fucking coma this wouldn't be happening!" He yelled at the other blonde that stood there helpless, flinching at his hurtful words.
Ven dropped to the ground and covered his face in his hands as he began to cry. It was all his fault wasn't it? Maybe he should have just stayed unconscious. Maybe he should have just died. His whole existence had caused Roxas so much pain.
"Shit." Axel cursed. He went over to Ventus and got down on his knees. "No, I didn't mean it like that. Fuck, I'm such a dick. Look, I'm sorry. It's not just your fault. Please don't cry. You know I hate seeing people cry." He said.
It did nothing. Ven was still shedding tears. The sight made his heartache. He finally had his best friend back. Something he wished for, for so long. As he stared at Ventus, he realized that Roxas was right and he was a complete asshole. At first he did use Roxas at a replacement. Then as it progressed, he completely forgot about that. It was the reason why he was trying so hard to get the blonde's attention. Maybe at a subconscious level, he knew what he was doing the whole time. Now he was beginning to question his own feelings. Did that mean he never liked Roxas? He surely hoped not.
"Hey, Ven. Listen. I'm happy that your back, really. I just didn't expect our reunion to go down this way. I thought it would be a lot happier and less dramatic." He said. 'I really did miss you. Please don't cry anymore. Go back to the happy-go-lucky Ventus I remember."
Ventus' sobs began to slow down and Axel pulled him into a hug. "There, there. Calm down. No more tears." He said, giving him reassuring pats on his back.
Ven held onto him as his crying came to a halt. He felt so happy to have his friend back with him. Something he knew and the only thing that he got back from the life he almost left for good. Everything was so different now, nothing the way he remembered. So to finally have something he knew made him feel so much better. Less. . .scared? "Det är okej. Allt kommer att bli bra."The blonde smiled. It's been a long time since he's heard the other speak in his native tongue. A language he was so accustomed to.
Axel grinned. "I saw that smile."
He looked up at the redhead, the smile a little bigger. "Like this, Lea?"
The teen laughed. "Yeah. 'Cept the name's Axel now. Got it memorized?"
Ventus rolled his eyes. "I can barely remember my pet dog, let alone your new name."
"You had a dog?"
"Exactly."
They both laughed.
"You haven't changed a bit." Axel said.
"Same to you. I mean, you still use that lame catchphrase."
"Hey, it's cool."
"No. Striders are cool. Ice is cool. That's just stupid."
"Your stupid."
"Nice comeback. I so didn't see that coming."
"Your mean." Axel stuck out his tongue.
"And your lame." Ven said, sticking out his tongue in return.
They both let out small laughs again. "I missed you." The redhead said, hugging Ven again.
"I missed you too.
Roxas stayed crying in his room. He half wanted Axel to follow him but clearly it wasn't going to happen. Of course not. Why come after a copy when the real thing was out there?
He heard them laugh and felt even more hurt than before. Why did things have to turn out this way? Why couldn't he have something he wanted for once? Why must it always have to be about Ven? He ruins everything.
This meant that Axel never truly like him then and that fact made him feels so much worse. He didn't really like never saw Roxas. But Vanitas did.
Roxas paused. He thought about that for a second and smiled. How could he forget? After so many passes towards him. They were all for him because he was Roxas. Vanitas has no idea who Ven is. So the ravenette liked him for him and not because of the resemblance he has with his brother.
The blonde took out his cellphone. Hopefully the Italian wasn't busy doing god know what or still dealing with that problem.
To: My Italian Stalker
He laughed. Roxas forgot all about the names he set everyone up as in his contacts. Then he typed out the message and hit send.
'You think we can meet up somewhere and talk? I really need someone right now.'
Message Sent.
Translate:
Swedish: Det är okej. Allt kommer att bli bra- It's okay. Everything will be fine.
A/N: So. . . Who also doesn't like this chapter? I promise, it gets better from here. I mean it is an AkuRoku fanfic xD So the outcome is self explanatory. Also, for the arguement and shit, my friend helped me with that cause well, I honestly don't know how I would react in that situation. Never happened to me but it did to her so yeah. Thank you Rosa. And to be fair, thank you Fenrir for your constant support of annoying me next to the computer xDD
Axel: I'm not liking this.
Roxas: Me neither.
Van: Yes. I come back bitches!
Ven: Review/Fav/Alert~ Byeee!