Chapter Eight
After standing in the middle of Oscuro's bathroom for several minutes, Xaver's heart rate slowed and he gradually calmed down. Once his anger cooled, thoughts filled up his head and provided him with a delusional happiness. After losing his temper and...
Chapter Seven
It was Saturday. Saturday was usually a day of relaxation, freedom, and a lower stress level, but Saturday was no longer Xaver's friend that weekend. It was the day he had to move into Oscuro's apartment, where he would spend thirty-one days under a...
Chapter Six
The remainder of the day passed by mostly in peace and Xaver wasn't forced to throw ballpoint pens at anyone. When he looked at the time and saw that work had ended, he almost jumped up and down and shouted "YES!" Of course, then everyone would have...
Chapter Five
The important confrontation with Xaver was over and done with and Hiro felt a partial sense of accomplishment. Xaver was taken care of for the time being and Hiro's next goal was making a success of his meeting with Bel. It was nearly lunchtime and...
Chapter Four
When morning arrived, Xaver could barely open his eyes because they hurt so badly from exhaustion. He had had a restless night and hadn't accomplished very much sleep. While lying in bed the night before, his imagination kept running away with him and...
Chapter Three
Xaver usually felt relief when work was over, but that day he only felt weird. When he looked at his watch and saw that it was time to go home, he could only think about how utterly nervous his boss had made him. Not only was he anxious about getting...
Chapter Two
The entire day turned out to be torture for Xaver. He couldn't stop worrying over whether he was going to be fired or not, and thinking about what he would do if he had no job only made him worry even more. If only he had just stayed home in his nice,...
Chapter One
It was obviously morning, because irritatingly bright rays of sunlight were forcing their way through the window and Xaver's alarm clock had gone off and was filling the whole bedroom with its noise. Xaver was already pissed off because it was Monday,...
Chapter Eighteen
After lunch, Oscuro sought Xaver out, knowing he was probably alone at his desk. Xaver didn't look very busy and Oscuro went ahead and walked up to his desk, being straightforward about it instead of his usual sneakiness approach. "Xaver." He...
Chapter Seventeen
Sunday night was a quiet, inactive time for Hiro. He hadn't done anything all weekend, aside from his fun with Bel, and actually looked forward to going to work. Work had become quite an exciting, interesting place over the last couple of weeks and...
Forever
"If it has to be anyone... I want it to be you Cloud...," Squall heaved as he pushed himself off the ground. His eyes remained fixed upon the creature that held both his heart and his life in it's paws. Squall's clouded eyes locked with a violent storm...
Stand Up
Cloud winced at the painfully rough grip that Squall had on his arm. The smooth flesh underneath undoubtedly now forming into a fresh bruise. No matter what came to Cloud's mind he couldn't find a way to escape this. He wanted to scream; draw...