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Serendipity

Rage

Days flew by after the raven-haired pair had their argument. Although Vanitas was still stubborn and hard-headed, he had adjusted his attitude to a more manageable level.

... At least that was what Xion thought he was doing. It was either that or Xion had grown used to his personality.

"Hey, what're you doing here?" A small gasp escaped the young girl's lips as she jumped and stumbled, causing Vanitas to smirk in amusement. How did he keep appearing out of nowhere like that? Xion would never know.

"How'd you find me here?" Xion muttered as she got up to her feet, brushing the dust gathering up on her coat. "I thought you were still asleep."

"Sometimes you just have to annoy someone," Vanitas deadpanned as he looked around the cave, spotting each and every intricate design most likely drawn by children. He could see that whoever drew these weren't the best artists. "So what are these..?"

"Um, drawings I suppose? They were here when I found this place." Xion shrugged and averted her eyes to another direction with wonder in her eyes. "Pretty neat, huh?"

"No way. We're in the presence of elementary drawings." Golden eyes roamed from one sketch to another, which only made Vanitas's distaste grow. Before he's able to make another snide comment, the older boy's eyes widen after having caught a peculiar spot. "Wait... is that us?"

A silent gasp escaped Xion's lips as Vanitas carefully knelt in front of the odd markings of ineptitude and continued to study it. And on closer inspection, the two faces did look like him and Xion.

Then he noticed the other marking in between them.

Was that a star..?

"... The star's called a paopu fruit," Xion spoke up as the amber-eyed boy stared at the drawing some more. "They say if two people share one, their destinies become intertwined."

"Okay, now I've lost interest," Vanitas mumbled and turned away, his interest quickly dissipating. "That was stupid of me to think it was us..."

Xion bit her lower lip and quietly sighed. A look of concern crossed her expression as she looked at Vanitas's figure walking out of the cave. "Don't you want to have someone by your side?"

This statement made Vanitas stop.

Slowly, he turned around with an enraged scowl. "Why? People only pull me down." The charcoal-haired boy walked toward the girl, his glare growing more hateful as he remembered the days once he was brought to existence. While Ven was praised, Vanitas was hated. "What good is there for having friends? Give me one reason."

Xion blanched at the intensity of Vanitas's glare. One wrong move and she could be as good as dead.

But being Xion, she'd take the risk anyway. So without any more hesitation, she spread her arms out and pulled him into a hug.

Ignoring his sudden stiffness, Xion patted him comfortingly and gently tightened her embrace. "You'll need them for this Vanitas."

The latter didn't know how to respond. He was frozen, his mind in dissonance as a string of questions whipped all around his brain.

Why? Why did the brat care so much for him?

Why?

A scene - a memory - of a blue-haired woman, a brunette man and a blonde boy laughing merrily flashed through his brain. Vanitas relaxed as he let his head lean on the girl's shoulder. 'So this was how you felt Ventus...'

And as an unnoticed tear slid down his face, Vanitas felt his rage melt away, along with his doubts of Xion.