Roxas face palmed himself, trying so hard not to kill Vanitas right on the spot as he was chatting nonsense. Something about a cute girl in class that supposedly likes him.
"So she kept looking at me and-" Roxas tuned him out yet again, he instead continued watching Sora. Praying that Sora would get up so he can leave and runaway from Vanitas. Sadly, he saw no movement from Sora. Yup. He's out cold, and Roxas had lost count of time they been sitting on the floor. Thirty minutes? Or, has been an hour already? Roxas had no clue and he didn't bother to check his phone.
He sighed. "Hey Roxas?" Vanitas suddenly questioned, seriously, staring at him.
"Yeah?" Roxas failed to notice that Vanitas was in fact looking at him because his gaze was still on Sora.
"Why are you in this gang?" He asked, the question surprising Roxas as he snapped his head toward Vanitas.
"What?"
"It's just you're not violent at all and you don't really beat up anyone, other than that stupid struggle competition. So why are you in a gang?" Vanitas didn't know why Roxas joined if he hardly did any of the fun the other gang members do. Which was beat up and bully other students, which was the most fun for them.
Roxas shrugged. "I don't know, I never really thought about it." He did join for a reason, well, two reasons, but he wasn't going to tell Vanitas. The first reason was because of Vanitas, and second of all because of Riku, he had helped Roxas out in the past so it's only fair he joined him. But violence... It just wasn't in his nature to hurt other people for no apparent reason, unless it was necessary.
"C'mon! There has to be a reason!" Vanitas exclaimed, frustrated.
The blonde snorted, "Well then, why did you join?" He inquired, raising his eyebrow. Waiting for a response.
Vanitas paused for a moment to think. "I joined because I wanted everyone to see that I'm strong."
Rolling his eyes, "What a lame reason?" Roxas went back to looking at Sora. Vanitas growled. "It's not! You don't understand but people don't take me serious for shit!"
"Really I never noticed." Roxas replied sarcastically. Not even Roxas took Vanitas seriously because he would always joke around and talk about nonsense.
"It's not because I'm a fucking idiot! It's because of my height..." Vanitas finished, now getting sad. He was sensitive when it came to his height, he was so short and he hated it. Almost everyone was taller than him, and would make fun of him for it.
Roxas frowned and turned to Vanitas, who was sulking. He knew Vanitas had a soft spot for his height and that's why he gets aggressive when anyone even mentions it. No wonder Vanitas fights against Seifer.
"Even when I was young everyone would bully me because of my height. You should know that, Roxas." Vanitas sighed.
Thinking on it, he started to remember that he saw Vanitas get bully, always getting pushed down and hurt by other kids. Which made Roxas furious since Vanitas didn't do anything to deserve that.
Memories started to flood in Roxas' mind. As he started to recall how he met Vanitas and so many more.
...FLASHBACK...
Roxas was walking near a park; he had just finished his classes at middle school. At the moment he was a seventh grader, and he hated every minute of it. He didn't have anyone to talk too so school was a drag to him.
Sitting down on a bench and finally relaxing, he heard teens yelling. Roxas looked around and saw no one, but his ears were still hearing teens shouting. Something about 'fight?' Was there a fight going on?
Curiosity getting the best out of him, Roxas stood up and walked around to find where the source is coming from. Walking near a couple of bushes, he opened them up and saw a fight going on the other side.
'Wonder who's fighting?' Roxas thought, seeing a tall teen punching on what appeared to be a smaller kid. Ouch. 'Hey wait, I know that guy he's an eighth grader. Why is he fighting a kid?!' Roxas angrily thought. That's not right!
Quickly rushing up to stop the fight from going any further. Roxas doesn't believe in violence, he was taught to only defend when necessary.
"Hey, leave him alone!" Roxas shouted getting in front of the smaller kid, who was on the ground sobbing. Roxas glared at the other teen while the crowd gasped then went 'ooo' as if to make the fight go on.
"Stay of it punk!" The older teen hissed.
"No! You want him, you have to get through me." Roxas made a fighting stance, he's not backing out.
The guy growled and tried to punch Roxas, but failed as Roxas easily ducked. "You basterd!" And continued to swing his punches to Roxas.
In the inside Roxas was smirking. Too easy. He dodged all the punches and with one arm he swung with his right fist that connected to the other teen's jaw, harshly. That's all it took to take the guy down.
"Fuck! I'll remember this!" With that being said the guy left off running away. The crowd following him, leaving Roxas and the smaller kid alone.
Sighing a breath of relief, Roxas turned around and kneeled down in front of the kid. "Are you alright? Want me to call your mom?" Roxas asked, frowning.
Roxas was caught by surprise as the kid pushed him, making Roxas tumbled onto the floor. "Fuck you! I'm not a little kid! I'm thirteen, dumbass. We go to the same school!" The smaller kid, well now smaller teen said, furiously. Trying to wipe away his tears.
'What he's my age?!' Roxas thought confused. He never seen this boy in school before. 'He's so small.'
"Oh. I'm sorry I just thought-"
"Thought what?! That I was ten or elven!" He hissed with clenched fists.
Roxas wanted to say yes but decided against it. "What's your name?" He asked instead, wanting to change the subject.
"Vanitas." He sniffled, his right cheek red by the massive punch he received from the other guy. His clothes dirty as well.
"I'm Roxas, nice to meet you Vanitas." Roxas got up and dust off any dirt that might had got on his clothes. He would have been pissed by what Vanitas did when he pushed him down, but he couldn't after what he had been through moments ago.
"Thanks for defending me..." Vanitas muttered. "No one ever did that for me before."
Roxas smiled, and put his hand across Vanitas to take as a sign of friendship and to pick him up from the ground. "I'll protect you from now on then. We can be friends."
Vanitas was puzzled, surprise when Roxas reached him out. And certainly surprise that Roxas wanted to be friends with him. He stared at the hand debating if he should take it.
"This is the start of a fucked up friendship." Vanitas grinned and reached out, grasping on Roxas' hand as he rose from the ground.
After that they talked and hanged in school together, getting along like best friends. Roxas made sure that no one messes with Vanitas, and even taught him how to fight so he can defend himself.
...END OF FLASHBACK...
"Roxas? Roxas? ROXAS?!" Vanitas shouted as he smacked him on his shoulder.
Suddenly Roxas was brought back to reality, and also because from the pain from his shoulder. Ouch, Vanitas had gotten strong.
"What?!" Roxas mumbled bitterly.
"What the fuck were you thinking about? You zoned out for twenty minutes?!" He questioned. He had been calling out to Roxas for a couple of minutes now. Roxas' eyes widened, he didn't think it was that long.
"Nothing important," Roxas lied, he shook his head. He was not going to tell Vanitas that he was thinking about the time they met and how their friendship started. Talk about embarrassment.
Vanitas had a solemn expression on, "Sure... If you say so." Of course he didn't by it, but he wasn't going to press on about it. Mostly because he had a feeling of what he was thinking about. And Vanitas didn't want to get mushy mushy with feelings. The thought made him gag.
Just as Vanitas was about to talk, Sora mumbled words. Both teens glanced at him, "Finally he's waking up!" Vanitas beamed.
Sora shuffled and mumbled words again. " Lov..ve y-ou N-am," Sora lowly mumbled, still not getting up.
Roxas made a blank expression while Vanitas blinked, "Is he saying 'love you ham?'" Vanitas wondered.
"Or, could be a girls' name?" Roxas interjected. Vanitas smirked. "I wonder which chick is it?! Maybe I can date her!"
"Good luck finding out. He's not even making sense; maybe he's in love with ham and maybe with eggs too." Roxas chuckled, and turned to look at Vanitas, who was not even sitting beside him anymore.
With wide eyes Roxas asked, "What are you doing! Get back here!" He saw that Vanitas went besides Sora, getting in front of him.
"Relax. I just want to know who the girl is!" Vanitas whispered for only Roxas to hear since Sora is still unconscious. Roxas groaned, "Hurry up then! I don't want him to know we're here."
Vanitas nodded, knowing that Roxas could see him nod from behind. Then he leaned down, tilting his head so his ear can be across Sora's mouth. Many girls were flowing through Vanitas' mind as he thought which mystery girl it could be.
Sora's eyes fluttered open then close, finally close to waking up. He was having an amazing dream, he and Namine were on a fancy restaurant together. Having a wonderful time.
"Namine..." Sora mumbled happily.
Vanitas gaped, "Really? Namine?!" He said out loud so Roxas can hear who it was. Vanitas leaned up looking at a still unconscious Sora, disgusted. "From all the hot girls you choose Namine?" It's not that Namine wasn't pretty but Vanitas thought she was plain looking and uptight. Not his type at all.
Sora opened his eyes and in a glimpse he saw Namine in front of him, smiling. How she looked so beautiful. Sora leaned up putting his arms around Namine's neck and kissed her lovingly. This dream felt so real and Sora wished it never ended.
Vanitas' eyes widened in shock. Sora was kissing him! His mouth was on his mouth, lips to lips. What the fuck?! Was Sora dreaming about Namine or something?!
Roxas' jaw dropped at what he was seeing! "Oh fuck." Sora was kissing Vanitas. What the hell is going on? "Vanitas?! Get him away from you!"
Vanitas couldn't move, it was like the life out of him left his body. He was paralyzed and in complete uttered shock. "Vanitas!" He snapped back to reality when he heard Roxas shout, and finally yanked away from Sora, who was finally feeling more awake.
"Let's get he fuck out of here! He's waking up!" Vanitas bolted out of the ally with Roxas following behind, both hiding behind a mailbox near the street.
Sora looked around and saw that no one was there. "Did the gang leave?" Sora sighed in relief as he got up and started walking away. Pain flowing through his nose, he needed an ice pack. And needed to explain the blood stained on his face and shirt to his mom...
Roxas and Vanitas saw Sora leaving the ally and going the opposite direction. "Now we can go home." Roxas smiled and glanced at Vanitas, who was lost in the inside.
"He kissed me," Vanitas said with no emotion. Roxas didn't say anything since the scene was downright disturbing and just plain awkward. Roxas would also be shocked and slightly weirded out.
"Fuck..." Vanitas cussed.
Author's Note... Hope you guys enjoyed the chapter! This idea had already came to me when I finished the chapter before this one.. Well, this is how Vanitas and Roxas meant, I'll explained how they meant Riku in another chapter. I'll try to see if I can explain how all the gang members met and joined, I'll try.. And shocker at the end huh!, yeah I was debating between Roxas and Vanitas... So I chose Vanitas. Now guess what happens next, hmmm. And the part is almost coming when Sora will accidently confess to Riku, guys! Thanks for your patience! and thanks for the review, glad to know you're enjoying it!
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