Red Strings of Fate (Reader/Xemnas)

Miyux stood behind the red tied bags on the table and gazing precariously over at the group of girls, who were all sitting together on the side. "I need a very, very special girl for this one. I'm feeling the strings of fate are requesting me to pick a girl who has a very special heart with much bravery intact. That… or I'm just hungry. Seriously, I'm starving. When is Xaldin going to cook dinner, anyways?"

"This is foolish! Just get on with this nonsensical petty child's game! I have actual work to be doing!" Vexen complained loudly.

"NO COMMENTS…! THE RED STRINGS HAVE SPOKEN! And uh- it has chosen err.. YOU!" Miyux shouted melodramatically and pointed at you. You sat there cross-legged on the couch, staring at Miyux with a raised eyebrow. 

"Me?" you questioned and Miyux nodded vigorously.

"YES. YOU!"

"Why does she have to be so loud?" Zexion grumbled to himself irritably, glancing briefly up from his lexicon at Miyux, as she kept acting similar to a diehard conspirator preaching dramatically about the zombie apocalypse. 

"Good question…" Lexaeus muttered quietly back.

"So I'm just supposed to pick out of the white bag then?" You questioned again as you stood up from your seat on the couch and went over towards the table with the red tied bags. 

"Indeed!" 

"Okay then…" you replied with the shrug of your shoulders. Miyux opened the bag for you and let you place your hand inside.

"No peeking, now!" 

"I'm not." you replied pointedly with an eye roll, while fumbling your hand through the bulky white bag. Feeling the edges of bunch of random objects, you settled with something that felt small on the bottom. Not having the time to make out the object, you pulled it out and found a gold key.

"It's a key… Don't tell me Sora is playing." You joked and smirked over at Miyux, who paled of any color at your object.

"Oh, that's uh…"

"It's mine." A deep rich and familiar emotionless voice spoke from the side of the Grey-Room. Everyone in the room cautiously gazed over at the corner to see, no other than, the leader of Organization of Thirteen. He stepped out from the darkness of the corner, and your (e/c) eyes widen at the sight of the authoritative head Nobody, who was a shroud of pure mystery and was just somewhat intimidating. 

"Oh man, that's really awkward." Axel murmured to Roxas, who was sitting next to him and nodding while watching with concernment for your wellbeing.

"Heh, well hello there Superior! Glad you're playing- er or well letting us play! Uh… Could you chose an object from the pink bag, please?" Miyux asked with a voice laced in carefulness for how she spoke to her leader in command. Xemnas' orange hawk like eyes flashed at Miyux, making her back away nervously. 

"I will… Only to get this pointless game over with." Xemnas replied and began to reach deep into the bag. You watched your 'fated' partner move his hand through the bag before pulling something out. Looking closely, you saw him take out a silver hand mirror, that reflected Xemnas' facial image.

He stared silently at the mirror and then glanced over at you with his cold stone eyes. You gulped and nervously walked in closer to get a closer look at the hand mirror. "What is this linked too, Miyux?" you asked, casting a glance in Miyux's direction.

"Aw, phew, a good one. I-I mean, the hand mirror… It's tied to Beast's Castle. Since you have that object, you two must go there and spend an hour together. I will make sure you are there for a full hour and will come for you when it is over. Sound good?"

You made an apprehensive look at Miyux and then glanced over at Xemnas, who was only staring hard at Miyux in annoyance. He really didn't look like he was happy about playing this game. 

"No longer than an hour, Number Zero." Xemnas told Miyux stoically, then turned to look at you face-to-face. "You are to come with me." he said in a way that sounded much like he was commanding you. He must be used to speaking in a forceful leader tone of voice. It was rather chilling, you thought.

"Uh, yes of course." you replied while feeling nerves tinge all over your body. You couldn't believe you had to stay with Xemnas for a full whole hour! What in the world were you going to even do there!?

"Alright, here you you two go. Please, get along! We'll see you in an hour!" Miyux stated really quickly and ushered you guys impatiently to leave, when she made a Corridor of Darkness to Beast's Castle. 

"Ladies first." Xemnas said in a sarcastic sounding voice, as he glanced over at you with his narrow orange eyes. You gulped again and nodded nervously as you went ahead and went into the portal. You felt chills go down your spine as Xemnas watched your every move, until you vanished. With one last glower at Miyux, he too went through without another word spoken.

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Stepping out of the portal, you found yourself standing on a beautiful balcony of Beast's Castle. You looked out at the bright glittering white stars in the evening darkness of the sky, then nervously side glanced to your right as Xemnas appeared next to you. He stood there standing at his full tall height and looking completely fearless to the awkward situation. Though it was hard to distinguish any clear emotion from his tan face. He like many of the Nobodies found it pointless to show any inkling of emotion, feigned emotions that is. You would have much preferred getting someone who would be less intimidating, like Demyx, Roxas, or even Axel.

He stared off into the distance of the starry sky, not once sending you a single glance. You stood there feeling awkward in the presence of such a big-shot like Xemnas. You sighed and began messing with the key you still had placed in your hand. Trying to think of something to say, you were surprised when he spoke first.

"I apologize for Number Zero putting us into this immature situation. I still do not understand why I agreed to this game of hers." Xemnas said calmly while still looking out at the moon. 

Rubbing the nape of your neck, you shrugged carelessly at his words, "It's really not a big deal."

"Perhaps, but for you it is a 'big deal'. I would expect Miyux had informed you this was a game of romance. You come here expecting such, do you not?"

"Well, uh… She didn't really put it like that, but I guess, I was sorta expecting some kind of dating type of game. But uh don't feel obligated to do anything. I just came because I was curious." you replied and shrugged again.

Shaking his head, his silverly hair followed with him, "I see. Well, I apologize nonetheless. Nobodies can feel nothing, so such a game is meaningless to us. Love and romance are only a fleeting memory of our lives before. Such feelings are not felt, no matter how much we seek to possess it. Without a heart, without Kingdom Hearts, we remain hollow inside."

Feeling somewhat depressed by his outlook on things, you sighed and leaned up against the railings. Your (e/c) glittered in the moonlight's rays of light. "So this whole game is pretty much pointless. None of you can feel anything. Why even bother playing?"

Xemnas finally glanced at you from the side of his eyes, his orange eyes lingering on the radiant shine of your (h/l) (h/c) hair. It took a moment longer for him to respond, but he did solemnly, "Perhaps, to recollect what I have lost."

Turning to him fully, you looked at him with a narrow-eyed gaze, "This is just a trip down memory-lane, huh? Nothing more?"

Xemnas' eyes flashed warningly, which made you remember just who you were speaking too. Your confidence fell as you sighed heavily and shook your head as you looked away. You decided to focus your attention back on the key that you had pulled out of the white bag. It glinted in the moonlight and was very intricate looking for just some random gold key. The air was uncomfortably silent again for a seemingly long time, until Xemnas spoke up again.

"No…" He finally replied. Looking up from the key, you looked over at him with a frown.

"No?" You repeated unsurely.

Turning away from the railings, he turned to look at you fully. This making you also turn completely to look directly at him with a tilted head and a strange expression. 

"No, I-…" Xemnas stumbled in his speech, which was somewhat shocking. He always seemed so sure of himself and what he was saying. He furrowed his silver brows and then took a step much closer to you. Your eyes glanced down at his feet and then back up at his smothering eyes, that were staring directly into your own (e/c) eyes intensely. The two of you just stared at each other, not either of you breaking away from each others hypnotic like gaze. Reaching his hand out, he suddenly grabbed your hand that held the key and then leaned in to place a fleeting but chaste kiss onto your lips.

You wanted to pull into the kiss, but he pulled away, looking somewhat ashamed of himself. "I apologize… that was highly improper of me to do." He said, his eyes darting away briefly.

"No, it's not." you spoke up with a frown and pulled him back in with a slight tug of his hand, that still intertwined with your own. "What are you afraid of?" you whispered loudly and shook your head, as he stared into your eyes with full attention on you. "Why are you so afraid of feeling and emotions? If you cannot feel them, you might as well embrace them as much as possible. If you will have a heart again one day, live for the moment, rather than sulking in the emptiness. Don't run away from what is as close you can be to living with a heart."

Xemnas for once in his life of nonexistence, was taken back by your meaningful words. You stared into his eyes searchingly and was taken back yourself when he moved forwards and embraced you into a deep passionate kiss. Your (e/c) eyes fluttered closed as he kissed you hungrily with a fire building up inside him, one he didn't know was even there to begin with. He held you tightly against himself and continued to kiss you, until he broke away just enough to look you back in the eyes. 

"I-… I haven't experienced something like this in… I cannot remember. But- to encounter it now. I don't think I will be able to let you leave me after this…" he trailed off and you looked at him with slightly wide eyes. 

"What do you mean?"

"No, I won't force you… but I want you, I want you to be mine."

"X-Xemnas…" You murmured with a blush dusting your already warm cheeks.

He ran his hands down your back, his eyes glancing momentarily at the key in your hands. "I want you to keep that."

You gave him a confused expression as you looked down to the key and then back at him, "The key?"

"Yes. Keep it. I want you too. You revealed to me a door I would never open. That key will open the door to me. When I would never let you in before. I feel- I think differently…"

"A key to you?"

"Visit me after this, as many times as you want. With that key you can always reach me. Don't concern yourself with what the others may think of this, they're thoughts are irrelevant and very much meaningless to me. Will you visit me, (y/n)?"

With a soft smile forming on your lips, you didn't hesitant to nod, "I will… on one condition…"

"Yes?"

"Don't be afraid to show emotion towards me, even if it all seems fake. I want to see it, so do it for me, please?" 

Xemnas smiled faintly at that and nodded his head, before reaching over and brushing another soft kiss on your lips, "I will try… for you."

The two of you continued to smile sweetly at each other and then held each other's hand in comfortable silence, as you spent the rest of your time on the balcony watching the sparklingly stars and glowing moon together in calm serenity.