In Ven's room

Ven was taking a after meal nap. He was hanging out with Des but accidently fell asleep waiting when she went to the bathroom, which she was only gone for five minutes.

Ven yawned as he stretched out his arms and slowly opened his eyes. But when his eyes were fully opened he started to freak out because something was obstructing his vision

"AHHH I'M BLIND!" he said as he flung his body around and eventually rolled over onto his floor flat landing on his face. "OW!"he slowly picked himself up and noticed that he could see out of his right eye now and also that there was something wavering off his left. He brought one of his hands up to investigate and pulled off a note that was over his eyes. He mentally slapped himself on the head, feeling so stupid for reacting the way he did. The note was from Des and it said that she was going to be with her family till he woke up.

Well since he was awake, he should probably go find her. And that's what he did as he jumped up off his floor and stretched out a little to get loose. Then he put on his trademark jacket and shoulder guard then ran out of his room to his to find his new friend. Unbeknownst to him he accidently hit someone outside his door, he didn't even hear her react to the pain he just caused. He probably didn't hear because of his narrow minded goal, go find Des

Little hint you might want to remember that little part there for the next chapter

Ven ran down the hallway leading to the main room of the castle figuring she'd be there, passing the library that he rarely ever went into. As he passed the doors to the vast expansion of books, he could hear a faint familiar voice. So he quickly stopped, causing a very small dust cloud form around the souls of his shoes, and turned to the door with a curious look on his face.

'Who's in there?...' he thought to himself as he pressed his ear on to the door and heard a silk like voice. It sounded a little like Des's voice but at least a octave or two lower than hers. '…wait maybe it is her!' he thought with glee as he was about to open the door but found himself being moving away from the library as he and the door were pushed outwards to the wall causing him to get pressed against the door and wall like a sandwich. He tried to push the door off of him and escape but he was too overpowered by something or someone

"Here ladies first"

'Terra?' Ven thought as he stopped struggling to get out his tight position figuring struggling might make it worse.

"Oh why thank you sir" there was that voice again then the sound of two dainty footsteps

"Heh, when did you become so chivalric?" now he'd know that voice anywhere, it was Des. Which would mean that the other voice he heard in the library must have been her mother. Wow, he didn't realize up until now just how similar they sounded.

"Well 'good will towards men' or in this case women" Terra said as he let his pressure off the door and gave Ven some elbow room. He would've gotten out of the room if he could but how weird would it be to come out of nowhere and probably spook everyone, especially Des. So he was just going to have to wait it out till they were all gone "I'm going to go to my room right now –yawn- maybe get some sleep what about you two?"

"Well I'm going to head back to my room and finish wrapping up your gifts" their mother said with a grin. She couldn't help but think of what their faces would look like tomorrow morning when they opened their gifts. "What about you Des what are you going to do?"

"I think I might just head back to Ven's room, see what he's doing"

"Oouuu making a new friend aren't we Des?" her mother said teasingly.

"Ugh it's not what you think!" she said trying to cover a blush and only yelling at her mother to try and sound tough enough for her not to ask again. But like every mother, with a decent relationship with her children, she saw clear through that rouse like it was made of glass. But just like most moms she knew when not to press into her children's matter's so she just chuckled to herself

"Ok Des whatever" she said as she began to walk back to her room. But before leaving, she patted her daughter's shoulder and told her

"Play nicely…" even though it seemed impossible, if you looked really closely, you would swear that you could literally see anger lines flaring off Des's head. Then she turned and grabbed onto her son's broad shoulder and hoisted herself up to give him a light peck on the cheek to say good night "… and you too with Aqua". Terra's eyes in the spilt of a second went from his regular cherry size to well over the size of dessert plates. Seeing her job done, their mother silently walked away with a grin on her face. Just because she didn't want to probe them for information doesn't mean she couldn't tease them.

So there they were, the brother and sister and the clueless blond boy behind the wide open door to the library. Terra quickly got himself back to normal, or as normal as he could be after that last statement. Why did his mother think he liked Aqua? Well… it's not completely un-true that he had some feeling for his best friend/ classmate and from time to time he did let his true feelings for her peer through his tough exterior. But to assume that he and Aqua were already a couple just… he couldn't even put it into words. Des felt just about the same way about Ven, minus the tough exterior bit. Terra looked at his sister and cleared his throat to get her attention.

"Hmm?"

"Uh I'm gonna head back to my room. Say good night to Ven for me"

"Sure Terra I will. But can I ask you something?"

"Uh sure what's on your mind?" Terra asked as he leaned back on the door pushing further into the wall and making are favorite blond hero scream silently in pain.

'Oh god! My lungs feel like road kill!' Ven thought as he struggled to try and push the door off him. Which to Terra didn't feel like anything at all due to the doors thickness and the fact that it barely moved with its and Terra's combined weight pushing toward the wall. Des looked to the ground, blushing, as she began to have second thoughts about asking her brother this. What will he say when she asks him? When she asks this Terra will completely know without a doubt that she likes Ven. Sure he could already infer that there was something between them but there was no facts to back up his assumption. Terra began to give his sister the eye, pressing her to ask her question. She took a deep breath then looked up at her brother

"Terra, has Ven had any girlfriends?"

"Huh?" Terra said not really expecting that exact question. He knew it was probably going to be something about his friend but not that

"Has Ven had any girlfriends?" she said again, still feeling a little embarrassed for asking her brother this. Ven's eyebrow raised up when he heard her ask that. Now there was one word that wasn't in his vocabulary

'What's a girlfriend?' he wondered never hearing this word uttered in this castle for the brief couple of years he's lived here.

"Uh… no. At least I don't think so" He said, not being sure because when Ven got here he didn't talk much about himself or much at all for that matter. And even when he started to talk more he wouldn't talk about his past. His and Aqua's guess for that was that he doesn't remember his past, which is sad when they thought about it. But hey if he couldn't remember his good times then they were going to help make some new ones. Des looked down in slight disappointment; she thought he would have had a more concrete answer.

"Oh…" Terra couldn't stand seeing his sister depressed even if it was only over a little thing like this. So he quickly tried to change the subject "You know I wouldn't look too much into that, Ven's a nice guy who could barely hurt a fly. Trust me I know…" he said remembering the times he sparred with him barely feeling the strikes from Ven's keyblade. That little bit of reassurance perked Des right up and with that Terra knew his job was done. "…ok without further a due I'm going to go get some sleep. I'll see ya later sis"

"Sure see ya' Terra" she said as she watched her brother walk down the hallowed halls and stretch out his neck and back as he did. She sighed as she began to walk toward the still open door. You know what was really difficult for Des to really grasp? It was the fact that she was falling for Ven so fast. At first she only liked him because of his looks, just another piece of eye candy, but then after she got to know him she really started to like him. Then what really made her fall for him is the fact that he listened to her. No one but her mother and Terra sometimes when he was living with them would ever listen to her. To her, he was just like the hero she read about in so many books that would be with the heroine or woman in need and hold her tightly and wipe away any and all tears that would be fall upon her. But that was why she couldn't really believe she was falling for him; maybe she just read too many books and was crossing fantasies with reality. She sighed again as her thoughts whirled through her head, maybe she was just over analyzing everything. She reached for the door and began to peel it away from the wall when almost out of nowhere she heard a faint groan

"Huh?" she quickly moved it faster till it finally closed and looked at the source of that faint sound. Ven was squished against the wall in what seemed to be in awkward positions making Des gasp "Ven, oh my god!" She peeled him off the wall and brought him to his knees and looked to see if he was ok. Before she laid a hand on him he took in a deep breath that practically made her jump back onto her feet. He coughed a couple times as he rubbed his chest

"OW! Have you ever had the wind literally squeezed out of you?" Des shook her head as Ven looked at her and chuckled before he said "it's easy just get your brother to crush you". She chuckled at the spiky haired boy and helped him up.

"Are you ok?"

"Yeah I'm good, it would take a lot to hurt me" he said as he stretched out his arms and other parts of his body.

"Well ok… but just out of curiosity I just want to know why were you back there?"

"I uh… got stuck back there"

"How?"

"Well…" He said as he walked to a far end of the hall "… I was just minding my own business when I thought I heard your voice in the library…" then he put his ear next to the library, sticking his tongue out while doing so just to get a laugh out of Des. He loved to hear her laugh "…so when I was listening I was caught off guard and your brother pushed me to the wall with the door…" then he walked over to the wall and pressed himself against the wall and tried make a funny face while he pretended to be squished making Des laugh even more. "… then you got the door off me and here we are" he said as Des clapped at his performance that he humbly bowed to "Thank you thank you"

"Hehe your funny" she said as Ven reached out his hand for her's and helped her up

"Well I try…" he said as he noticed something outside. The very slow setting sun casting there shadows across the hall, signifying Ven's favorite time of the day was close at hand. "… hey it's almost night"

"Yeah… guess time fly's when you're having fun" she said as she looked out the same tall window Ven was looking out of. Though Ven was slowing moving his head away from the setting sun and looked toward a more beautiful sight. Des eventually noticed Ven's wandering eyes and put on a small smile as she swiped back her hair, making Ven grin because of just how cute she looked.

"So… since you were going to just go find me anyway" Des mentally gasped when she heard him say that. If he heard her say that then means that he probably also heard the part of her liking him. While it was hugely implied that she did like him, not just from the kiss they almost shared but also a lot of other little things, she wanted to tell him herself in her own way not like that. "You want to go look at the stars with me? They look really awesome out there" Ven said stressing his love of the stars. Des kept her cool, maybe he didn't hear her say that, and nodded her head and said yes. "Great come on!" he said excitedly as he grabbed her hand, not knowing the electric sensations that he was sending down Des's spine, and lead her to the front room to get there snow coats on. Before leaving for the outside he ran into the kitchen and grabbed a bottle of a yellowish white liquid then ran back to her. Tonight was going to be great, not just because of the crystal clear skies. But because he finally had someone new to share it with

Ah I think I love this couple I made, they're just so cute together in my head. Sorry I haven't updated in awhile, I've been dealing with a couple things (personal and school stuff). But it's here now, next one should be up within the week. So be seeing ya'

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