Follow Me Home
Chapter Three
o.o.o
Vanitas could see the fear in Kairi's eyes as he approached her.
'Maybe I'm going about this the wrong way... why are girls always afraid of me?' He thought to himself. Kairi took a few steps back. Vanitas smirked and said, "Let's start over."
"What?" Kairi only became more defensive.
"I'm going to give you two options. Either stand out here and freeze, or come with me to the store."
"I'm not going anywhere with you..."
His eyes were the only thing that set him apart when Kairi looked at him. The hair, the height, physique... everything else was on point. But when she stared into his yellow eyes, she knew he was nothing like Sora. Still... it was a little alarming and somehow... she felt weak in his presence...
In a way, it was like Sora came back from the dead to haunt her.
Kairi couldn't really explain it.
The chilly air was getting to her. 'Should I run...?'
Vanitas crossed his arms and waited for her answer. However, his impatience was coming back.
"I'm waiting for my ride."
"Well, your ride-"
Vanitas was cut off when Roxas pulled up. Kairi rushed to the passenger's side and locked the door.
"Go..." Kairi said in a nervous manner.
Roxas also noticed the resemblance. "Who... is he...?" He was astonished to say the least. Much to Kairi's dismay, Roxas got out of the car and slowly walked towards Vanitas, not taking his eyes off of him.
"What?" Vanitas' eye twitched. He didn't even know the guy and he was already annoyed.
"W-Who are you?" Roxas stammered. He was watchful and cautious.
'This is so... weird...' He thought.
"What is up with you people?" Vanitas threw his arms in the air out of frustration and walked past him. Thinking he was going over to Kairi, Roxas immediately blocked his way. Vanitas raised an eyebrow and simply pushed him out of the way, then went in the other direction and down the street where his car was parked.
"Roxas, please! Let's just go home..." Kairi said, shivering in the car.
Roxas got back into his seat and sat there for a moment. "He looks-"
"I know..." Kairi interrupted, "I'm tired... go..."
Roxas saw that Kairi was shaking and uncomfortable, probably from the cold, but something else was wrong. He decided not to ask and just drove home.
o.o.o
Vanitas ended up going to the Family Mart by himself. He gathered a few food items, such as refrigerated rice balls and put his stuff on the counter. The raven haired-girl at the counter was not too pleased, it seemed, but then again it was almost five in the morning. He checked her name tag.
'Xion.' He read.
"That will be $5.50." She was so tired that she was about to fall over.
Vanitas paid and took the bag.
The past year was hard for Xion. She lost her job after she got pregnant so now she had to work two part-time jobs to support herself, her brother and the newborn girl, which included many late nights like this. She was exhausted and it showed in her face. She was too tired to notice anything about him.
She didn't ever want to tell Roxas about this.
"Well, then..." Vanitas felt awkward, so he just left.
Xion was a mess.
o.o.o
Kairi couldn't wait to take a nice, long relaxing bath when she got home. Roxas opened the apartment door and she went straight to their room to grab some pajamas.
"Kairi...?" Roxas whispered. Hayner and Olette were asleep in their room so he had to be quiet. She looked up at him. "Umm..."
He wanted her.
Roxas came up to her and put his hands on her shoulders. He leaned forward and their foreheads touched. Kairi didn't want to make eye contact. She just stood there.
She smelled like a mixture of alcohol and heavy perfume. Roxas didn't really like it, but he was feeling vulnerable and just wanted to kiss her. He took his hand and lifted her chin up so that she was looking into his eyes. Kairi began to tremble, but Roxas tried to ignore it. His lips pressed against hers.
Every time he did this, he could feel all of her pain. This only made him revert to his protective and caring ways of wanting to make everything better. Kairi didn't always comply, but right now, she seemed to be too weak to say no. Thinking of this as an opportunity, Roxas' fingers intertwined with hers and he led her to the bathroom.
Kairi didn't want to do this, but she felt helpless.
Roxas took the initiative once again and kissed her as he slowly peeled off her clothes. Kairi was unresponsive, but this didn't stop him.
'I will take it all away...'
Kairi kissed him back, but it hardly meant anything to her. She could see that he was trying as he caressed her body, but to her, she was merely a toy only existing for his own pleasure. Kairi felt that she didn't deserve all of the love that he showed her.
But this was her life.
Sora was dead...
And now, Roxas had to fill the empty void.
They got into the shower, where Roxas proceeded to pleasure her. Kairi went along with it.
Roxas knew that Kairi wasn't into it. He knew how she was.
'She will love me... someday...'
o.o.o
Kairi lay naked next to him in the bed. Every time they had sex she felt worse than before and he could see that. Roxas felt like an idiot again. He always got caught up in his passion and did this, only to get this result: Kairi laying there with her back facing him. No loving gestures, no cuddling. Just a cold, lifeless person.
But yet, Roxas still wanted to believe.
Will he always be living in Sora's shadow, or will Kairi come to her senses?
He was never in control. It may have seemed that way when they were intimate, but Kairi always had the upper hand. He was at her mercy twenty-four hours a day. She played with him, tortured him and threatened him, but he still stayed. He didn't care about his own pain anymore. He was living for her, as ironic as that was. If anyone ever even thought about hurting her, he would be there in a heartbeat to put them in their place and save her.
For Kairi, Roxas would do anything.
o.o.o
The next few days were pretty calm for them. Roxas was able to go to work without worrying too much since Olette would be with Kairi that day. He clocked in and went over to the register to count the money.
"Yo."
That word threw Roxas off guard. Sora would always say that.
His co-worker, Saix clocked in and went over to the other register.
"What's wrong with you?" He inquired.
"Me? Nothing." Roxas said.
"Looks like it's going to be another slow day." Saix said, sighing.
"Probably."
o.o.o
Olette sat in the recliner and read a book while Kairi watched TV. Kairi had not said anything to her for the hour that she had been sitting there and it was kind of awkward. She just kept her nose in her book and tried to focus.
Hayner came home a few minutes later. He threw his backpack on the table and came into the TV room.
"Damn, why so quiet?" Hayner asked. He went over to Olette and kissed her. Olette just shrugged.
"Looking at her is depressing..." Hayner said aloud. He wasn't exactly one to be discreet. Kairi heard this and became irritated.
"Really? I'm right here!" She yelled.
"Whoa! I was just saying-"
"Shut up..." Kairi went off to her room and slammed the door. Hayner and Olette exchanged nervous looks.
"You really didn't have to say that." Olette told him.
"How long is she going to stay here? Ugh..." Hayner plopped onto the couch where Kairi previously was.
"Roxas cares about her."
"Yeah, but I'm not a babysitter!" Hayner pouted.
Although Olette agreed, she just stayed quiet.
o.o.o
Roxas had a text from Kairi during his lunch break.
"Hayner is a jerk. I don't want to live here anymore. I'm going to move out."
Roxas racked his brain for something he could possibly say to diffuse the situation. He ended up calling Kairi. She answered in an irritated voice.
"Kairi, what happened?" Roxas asked.
"They don't want me here!"
More drama.
"They don't like me at all. I just know it."
"Kairi, that's not true."
"Yes it is!"
"Just... calm down."
"No. I'm going to go and get my own apartment."
"Kairi, no-"
She hung up on him.
"Damn it!"
He called Hayner.
"Hey." Hayner answered.
"What did you do?"
"Oh, you heard?" Hayner sighed. "She's flipping out."
"Whatever you do, please don't let her leave the apartment... I can't afford to come home right now..."
"But Rox-"
"Hayner..." Roxas said over him. Hayner eventually gave in.
"Fine, I'll apologize..."
o.o.o
Somehow, they managed to stop Kairi from packing. Olette calmly explained that he didn't really mean it, even though he did and Kairi just went to the bed and laid there. Olette left her alone and went back into the TV room where Hayner was fuming. His pride was hurting and he just needed to take a breather.
"We're doing this for our best friend. You know that Roxas would be lost without her."
"He can go and be lost somewhere else..."
Olette kissed his cheek. "Everything will be okay. I don't like this either."
"It's really putting a strain on our relationship."
Olette was a little shocked. "You... think so?"
He didn't respond.
o.o.o
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A/N: For the longest time my family and I had to put up with the terrible fighting from my brother's broken relationship, so I know how Hayner and Olette feel. I will probably end up portraying some of those things in this story.
Other Updates:
Feels Like Tonight: Chapter 18 was posted today. (1/7/2014)
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