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Chapter 35: It Is Real
"I feel so silly."
"Roxas," Akira handed him a bouquet, "this is Valentine's Day. And it's not only your first one, but it's Xion's too, and you're a couple. Make it special."
Nico looked Roxas up and down. "I knew that outfit would suit you."
"Are you picking out Xion's too."
"Of course. If you've asked her out yet."
"Not yet."
"Roxas!" Iunia groaned. "Ask her! We can't help set up the perfect date for you two if you don't ASK HER OUT!"
"Ok! Ok!" The boy took off the gray suit coat and handed it back to Nico. "I'll ask her tonight.
"Take the flowers to help out." Akira giggled.
The boy rolled his eyes. "I don't get why you guys are so excited about us dating."
"It's cute! And at this point we're invested. It's not only the first relationship for you two, but you've both admitted to not understanding love as an emotion before. We're just trying to help."
"Yep."
Roxas chuckled. They were more excited about this date than he was, but that would probably change when the date happened.
"Now change and go ask her."
"Ok!"
Roxas changed back into his regular clothes, handing the rest of the suit to Nico. Grabbing the bouquet back from Akira, he left Nico's house.
Valentine's Day.
He heard about it in school.
A day of love. Not just romantic love, but most people think of romantic love on it. And he and Xion were kind of a thing at this point.
Actually, he wasn't sure where they stood.
They admitted they liked each other.
Been on a dance date.
They kissed once.
But they weren't… a couple, or… oh what did Iunia say?
They weren't… going steady. That's what she said.
They weren't boyfriend and girlfriend or anything.
Though his friends acted like they were, or at least they would become one soon.
Maybe they would. Maybe they wouldn't.
This whole dating thing was new and confusing.
He'd asked Axel about it and Isa AND Jiminy.
Axel and Isa said them dating was fine.
Jiminy was a little more thorough on the topic. He said that he understood that the two were kind of experimenting with emotions and love, but he wanted them to be sure they wouldn't hurt each other by accident. He said to only officially date if both of them could see this relationship being a long-term one.
Could they see themselves living together in the long run, possibly getting married one day. If not, maybe it was best to hold off, since they were so new at this.
Roxas honestly couldn't see himself with anyone else, but he only knew a few other girls. And the only other girl he'd ever gotten that butterfly feeling for was Naminé. But she and Riku were basically a thing, and the more he thought about it, his feelings of Nami at the time were probably shadows of things that either Sora felt for Kairi or shadows of his own unknown feelings for Xion.
Regardless, there was no one else he could possibly see a future with.
But he had to be prepared if Xion didn't see him the same way.
He was mentally ready.
After all, they were both new to this stuff anyway.
And they had their whole lives before them. They could start dating in a year, or even five years.
He walked back to the mansion, seeing Xion playing fetch in the front courtyard with Kosho.
The dog spotted him first, dropping the ball in his mouth to run to the boy.
"Hey, boy." Roxas patted his head as Xion stared at him, or probably more at the flowers in his hand. "Hey, Xion."
"Hey. What's that for?"
"These?" Giving the dog one last scratch, he walked over to her. "Well, these are for you."
Her eyes lit up. "For me?"
He handed them to her, rubbing the back of his head. "Yeah, and I was wondering if you wanted to do something on Valentine's Day."
"Like a… date?"
"Yeah, a date."
She blinked and giggled. "I'd love to."
"Great! Apparently, Nico and Iunia have been conspiring with the others to set up some big date for us. Nico even has an outfit picked for you."
"I'm not surprised. I'll go see Iunia tomorrow and ask her about it."
"Great."
Xion looked down at the flowers. "Does this mean we're dating now?"
"I don't know. I'm not sure about it."
"Me neither." She began to walk toward the woods, and Roxas joined her with Kosho on their heels. Not really walking anywhere, but just walking. "I don't know if I understand emotions and love enough yet."
"Yeah, and Jiminy said since we don't we should probably make sure we're super serious about being a couple before we start dating."
"Like marriage serious?"
"Or long-term at least."
She sighed. "I don't know if I'm ready to think about that far ahead yet."
"Me neither. I mean, I have like a basic idea, but what if that changes?"
"Exactly!" She smiled. "And it's not like I don't like you. I love you. But what does that even mean? To love someone…"
"I love you too, but I don't get it either."
Xion smiled. "Well, what if we compromise?"
"Compromise?"
"Basically, we go on dates, but we aren't like a couple-couple until we both feel like we're ready. Because I do love you, and I want to spend these times with you."
"Same." He took her hand. "I like that idea. Kind of dating, kind of not."
"Exactly!"
They smiled at one another and walked back to the mansion.
Hand-in-hand.
"Roxas, you look great!"
"So do you."
Roxas, dressed in a slate gray suit with a white shirt under a deep red vest, took Xion's hand.
The girl dressed in a red dress that went down to her mid-thighs, flaring out into ruffles at the waist; along the ruffles, white roses decorated the bottom, and the top of the dress hung slightly off the shoulder.
"Let me get a photo." Isa smiled. "And yes, I am posting this for everyone to see." He snapped a picture of them. "Now, go have fun."
"We will."
Axel peeked over Isa's shoulder at the photo as the two left. "They're so cute."
"I know." Isa posted the photo, and immediately Mickey and Ven liked the photo. "We're all happy for them."
"Well, look at that!" Axel held up his phone. "They're not being shy."
Isa looked down at his phone, smiling at the new photos in the large group chat.
Photos of Xion and Roxas at the bistro together, smiling and happy.
And a photo of them at the Sunset Terrace together.
*Ding
*Ding
*Ding
Here came the comments.
Ienzo: What a lovely view! Have fun you two.
Donald: Looks like you had fun! And he replied with a photo of him and Daisy on their own date.
Riku: I'm glad you two are happy. :)
*Ding
Roxas replied to Riku's comment.
Roxas: Thanks, Riku! When you finally ask Nami out, we should do a double-date.
…
…
Ven: Wait! Riku! You like Nami?
Riku: ROXAS!
Aqua: You two would make a cute couple.
Riku: Can we stop talking about this!?
Nami: I wouldn't mind. :)
Ven: Oh my gosh! You're a couple! That's so cute!
"Oops." Roxas laughed, looking at his phone.
"What did you do?"
"I think I just revealed Riku's crush to everyone."
"Wait," Xion looked at the phone, "they didn't know?"
Roxas laughed. "I guess not."
*Ding
Glancing down at his phone, the boy burst out laughing, holding out his phone for Xion to see.
It was a text from Riku directly.
Riku: I am going to kill you!
Pulling himself together, Roxas texted back.
Roxas: Sorry. We all knew about it. I assumed everyone else did too.
*Ding
Riku: Well NOW they do!
Roxas: Sorry.
Xion gave him a look. "You need to seriously apologize the next time you see him."
"I will. Though, it looks like Nami doesn't mind."
Xion took his hand. "Hey, maybe when Sora gets back and Kairi wakes up, maybe we can do a triple date all together."
"Yeah! That would be awesome!"
Roxas stared out from Sunset Hill. He remembered seeing that fake train from here. But as he glanced at Xion beside him, this wasn't fake.
Slowly putting his arm around her, he pulled her close. She leaned into his embrace.
"Xion… can I kiss you?"
"Yeah."
Tilting her head up.
For the second time…
They kissed.
Yeah… this was real.
This feeling… was real.
*Melts into puddle because of adorableness*
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