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Sighing, you casually adjust your sunglasses as you gaze out of the tinted window of your car at the passing streets. This place seems so simple, which is exactly what you crave. Simplicity. But, when you're the daughter of the ruler of Hollow Bastion, you've learned that nothing is simple. You look to your left and see your brother, Hayner, staring out of his window as he's quietly singing along to music on his iPod.
Feeling your eyes on him, he turns around and gives you a smile. "Nervous?" he asks.
"Never," you answer, returning his smile. He just raises his eyebrows at you, and you look towards your feet sheepishly. "Well... Maybe a little..." you admit, examining your freshly painted fingernails.
"Don't be. I stayed here this summer, and met a lot of people... so you'll automatically have friends," he assures you.
"Do these 'friends' of yours know who you are?" you inquire.
"Um........ no."
"So they don't know you're a prince? That's going to go over well..." you mutter to yourself, looking back out the window.
"Don't be so sour. Mom and Dad aren't abandoning us, you know," Hayner says, sensing your bitterness.
"It sure feels like they are. We're being sent away to some place called Destiny Islands to live ON OUR OWN. In a house. By ourselves. How is that not abandonment, Hayner?"
"Don't be that way, [Name]," he chastises. "They want us to have a normal life for a few years before settling down into their lifestyle..."
You look back at Hayner and can't help but smile at his assuring expression. With a sigh you realize he's right. And, truthfully, you're (deep down) kind of excited to move here. Judging by the pictures Hayner showed you of his friends, the islands are beautiful.
(It doesn't hurt that his male friends are all pretty hot, too.)
"How much longer, Cid?" you yell out to the driver.
"Almost there, darlin'," he replies, giving you a smile in the rearview mirror.
In a matter of minutes your car finally comes to a stop in the driveway of a very nice house. It's nothing like your castle back home, but it's still gorgeous. It looks like a huge Mediterranean villa, white with dark brown trimmings. The front yard is covered in rosebushes that make the house look very welcoming.
"Finally!" Hayner yells, running inside with an eye-rolling you following him.
[♥]
After unpacking almost all of your stuff into your new room, you walk down the hallway to search the rest of the house. You hear laughing downstairs, not recognizing the voices. You bounce down the stairs, wondering who Hayner’s talking to already.
"Hey, bro, what are yo-"
You stop in your tracks, immediately turning red with embarrassment. In front of you are four of the boys you recognized from the pictures Hayner showed you... Cloud, Sora, Leon, and Roxas. You look down at your outfit and grimace; just your luck. Of course you're only wearing a pair of blue boxers (Hayner's of course) and a dirty white t-shirt.
"Hello!" the boy you recognize as Roxas greets.
"H-Hi..." you stutter, turning redder.
"[Name], this is Cloud, Ven, Sora and Leon. Guys, this is my twin sister - [Name]."
"You're not Roxas?" you ask the lookalike supposedly named Ven.
"Definitely not," he laughs. "He's my twin brother."
"... How did you know what Roxas looks like?" Leon adds.
"Oh, uh... Hayner showed me pictures of you guys, when he lived here last summer... I didn't stalk you or anything..."
You mentally slap yourself for sounding so idiotic.
"I wouldn't mind if you stalk me," Ven replies with a wink.
Your eyes widen slightly as Leon smacks the back of his head.
"Easy, bro..." he warns, chuckling lightly.
"Oh, are you guys brothers?" you ask curiously.
"No. Cousins," Leon explains. "Sora's my baby brother."
"I'm not a baby..." Sora mutters with a dramatic roll of his eyes.
"And this piece of work is my little brother," Cloud says, putting a hand on Ven's shoulder. "... Along with Roxas."
"Hm... Got it."
"So, how do you like it here?" Sora asks energetically.
"Well, I've only been here for maybe 45 minutes... But so far it seems cool!"
"Well then, it sounds like we need to take you on a tour of this island," Cloud says, giving you a small smile that makes your knees turn to jello.
"S-sure, that would be great," you manage to spit out as Hayner folds his arms over his chest and shoots you a disapproving look.
"Well, whenever you want to go just let us know. Sora and I live right across the street," Leon states, pointing to a two-story, pale blue house directly across from yours.
"And Ven, Roxas, and I live right next door," Cloud adds, pointing to another two-story house next door that's light brown in color.
"Wow, it's awesome that you guys all live so close!" you say with delight, smiling at all of the gorgeous boys in front of you.
"You guys are going to Destiny Island High, right?" Ven asks you and Hayner.
"Yeah we are. Gonna be juniors this year!" Hayner replies.
"Us, too!" Sora exclaims, pointing to him and Ven.
"What about you?" you ask the elder brothers.
"We're sophomores at the college," Cloud tells you.
"What a bummer," Hayner mutters sarcastically.
"Yeah, yeah, so sad... Well, we gotta get going. It's late and you know how parents can get..." Ven says with a sigh.
You and Hayner glance at each other with knowing smirks.
"Alright, it's been nice meeting you guys!" you quickly reply with a wave.
"See you guys tomorrow," Leon says, letting his eyes linger on you before following his brother.
"Bye Hayner. Nice meeting you, [Name]," Ven says with a wink.
"Good seeing you again Hayner. And [Name]… stay out of trouble,” Cloud says, giving you a half smile, and half a smirk as they start to shuffle out of your living room.
Hayner hurriedly shuts the door behind them and you immediately collapse into his arms, your face completely flushed.
"Hayner, why didn't you warn me - they're so freaking hot!!" you yell, your hands grasping onto his shoulder.
"You haven't even met half of them yet," he tells you as he brushes you off of him and makes his way towards the kitchen.
You squeal quietly, skipping after him. He quickly turns around, standing over you and waving a nagging finger in your face.
"No hooking up with my friends is allowed!"
"Wha - why not?!" you cry out in disbelief.
"Because first of all, that would be awkward. It'll be bad enough watching them drool all over you. And second of all, no one's allowed to touch my sister!"
"Uh, excuse me?" you ask, putting your hands on your hips.
"You're my sister - meaning you're off limits!" he argues.
You smirk, flipping your hair over your shoulders with dramatic flair.
"Well I got news for you, buddy. If I like someone, I'm going to go for it. So deal with it!"
Before he can even open his mouth you turn on your heel and storm off towards the stairs leading to your room.
"Overprotective jerk..." you mutter as you flop down on your bed, almost immediately falling asleep with dreams of Strifes and Leonharts filling your head.
[♥]
Cloud, Ven, and Roxas (The Strifes) ♥
"Nice of you to join us, Roxas," Cloud says half-jokingly as his younger brother enters the house.
"I was at Axel's, sorry," Roxas mutters, throwing himself onto the leather couch and resting his eyes.
"Guess who moved here?" Ven asks excited as he walks into the room.
"Hayner?" Roxas guesses.
"Yeah, how did you know?!" Ven cries.
Roxas holds up his cell phone.
"He texted me, idiot."
"Did he mention who moved here with him?" Cloud asks.
"His sister!" Ven finishes, earning an annoyed glare from Cloud.
"Oh, yeah? She nice?" Roxas asks tiredly.
"She seems sweet," Cloud says with a smile on his face.
"And hot," Ven adds as Cloud gives an approving nod. Roxas raises his eyebrows and takes out his cell phone, reading another text he just got from Hayner.
Hey, Rox. Wanna come with me and my sis to register for school tomorrow?
A smirk appears on Roxas' face as he replies: Sure, I'll be there around 8. Looking forward to finally meeting her.
"Hellooooo, Earth to Roxas!"
"Huh?" Roxas murmurs as he snaps his head up to see his older brother waving a hand in front of his face. "Sorry, I was texting Hayner."
"What did he say?" Ven asks quickly.
"He asked if I wanna go with he and his sister tomorrow to register for school," Roxas answers with a smirk as he watches his twin's mouth drop.
"No fair!" Ven yells.
"Like she'd even go for you, pipsqueak," Cloud says, ruffling Ven's hair before leaving the room.
"Shut up, Cloud! Don't you have college girls to go after?" Ven snaps, running after his brother.
Roxas shakes his head as he shuts his eyes again, enjoying the silence. He finally gets to meet the infamous sister he's heard so much about... And judging by his brothers' reactions, he's really gonna like her.
[♥]
Leon and Sora (The Leonharts) ♥
"So, what do you think about [Name]?" Sora asks as he sets the dining room table for dinner.
"She's nice," Leon answers nonchalantly. "What about you?"
"I think she seems really cool! And cute...."
Leon's face twists into a frown as he looks down at the table. Great, now he and his little brother think the same girl is cute... What a horrifying thought.
"Don't you, Leon?" Sora adds, breaking the silence.
"Yeah, I guess. But she's young."
"Not for me, she's not!" Sora says happily, smiling as he leaves the room.
Leon rolls his eyes and looks out of the window, across the street to your house. 'Wonder if she has a thing for older guys,' he thinks to himself with an amused chuckle.