Radiant Destiny

Chapter 19: “Midgar classics…”

Monday morning already, wow… Was my thought as my alarm clock went off… I stretched and got out of bed. No reason to get dressed yet… So I grabbed a night shirt and out it on, on my way out of the door. Dad told us to set our alarms and join him in the front room in the morning. As I reached the front room dad was dressed for his first day of work… “Didn’t get dressed yet I see…” Dad said as I sat next to Kadaj, who also wasn’t dressed yet. “Okay in a hour Vincent will be here to take you all to the uniform store. Don’t give me that look Loz, its suppose to rain all day, and you are not driving on motorcycles and getting lose, besides you are still band from Bessie.” Dad announced. “I’m going to the base now, if you need me your uncle knows how to get a hold of the base. Riku, Kadaj, be dressed on time.” Dad said as he got up from his chair and walked to the door. We all said our goodbyes and me and Kadaj headed to our rooms to get dressed…

When I walked into my room, there was Boss still asleep on my bed. I smiled as I got into my closet. Rain, looks like Sora was wrong. I smiled at the thought of Sora’s surprise when Boss came running in. Sora… “I better take a cold shower this morning…” I said as I grabbed blue pants, aqua boxers, and a orange top, along with a hat to keep my hair dry in the rain…


By looking at mine and Yazoo’s bathroom I noticed something, the blue reminded me of Sora’s eyes… Yep a cold shower it is! I brushed my teeth and turned on the water before getting undressed, yeah I know I’m weird… When I closed the glass door and turned on the shower head I almost screamed with how cold it was… I took a quick shower and jumped out of the shower wrapping a big towel around me. “That wwwas cold…” I said rubbing my arms in the towel. Once I warmed up and dried off I got dressed and brushed my hair. It’s funny how me and my brothers look alike but I’m the only one who got mom’s fluffy hair… I wouldn’t change it at all…


By the time I got down stairs, grabbed me some cereal and put the empty bowl in the sink the front door bell rang. Yazoo was the closest to the door so he answered it to reveal uncle Vincent. “Hi uncle Vince!” Yazoo said as he hugged him before he had a chance to reply. “Haha hello to you too Yazoo!” Uncle Vincent said as he hugged him back. “So you got off work to take us school shopping?” I asked as he came in. “Nah, today was my day off, Cid would have come too but he wanted sleep more.” Uncle Vincent said laughing at Loz’s now pouty face.

“Okay before we go there’s just one question. Who wants to ride up front?” Uncle Vincent asked. “Me!” Yazoo yelled jumping up and down holding his hand up. “Ha ha, should have known that answer already…” Uncle Vincent said shaking his head. “Well with that out of the way, lets hurry up and get into the car before it starts to rain again.” I said as I opened the front door. With that said everyone ran out the door while I grabbed dad’s credit card he told us to use and locked the door before running to the car myself. Uncle Vincent has a blue 2008 dodge neon, 4 door. it’s a small car but it has plenty of trunk space for all the closes we need…


We drove past the high school as we went into the heart of town. “There’s only one uniform store in town so we can find everything there.” Uncle Vincent said as he stopped in front of a store called ‘Midgar Classics’. “Midgar?” Loz asked. “It’s named after the birthplace of the designer.” Uncle Vincent answered. We decided to wait until the rain stopped before getting out of the car and into Midgar Classics…


When we walked in the first thing that caught my eye was a picture of that pink haired guy named Marluxia. Under his picture was a employer of the month, sign. “Marluxia works here?” I asked no-one in particular. I jumped when a woman answered me. “Yes he does, he’s also a very talented designer, and I’m not just saying that because he’s my son.” I turned around to find a tall dark haired woman with big breasts who looked like she could be the queen of darkness… “Hello, I’m Lulu Vine, and you are?” She said with a smile. “Um hi I’m Riku Storm…” I answered surprised my voice still worked. “Storm?… Oh my god. Sephiroth is back!?” She yelled out. “Shhh Lulu he wants to keep it quiet for now.” Uncle Vincent said as he closed his hand over her mouth from behind. I’m sure he was completely across the store! My brothers and I just stood in shock…


Uncle Vincent didn’t let go until he was sure she would keep quiet. When he removed his hand she looked at my brother then turned around to uncle Vincent. “He has four sons? All looking like him?” She asked. “Yes Lulu, this is Riku the youngest, and these three are Loz, Kadaj, and Yazoo, the triplets.” Uncle Vincent introduced with us nodding at the sound of our names. “Oh my… I can’t believe it… Sephiroth’s a father…” Lulu responded.

“Oh forgive me boys, you are here to get your uniforms, not be cooed over. The high school boys uniforms are in the right corner.” She said with a smile. “Here Lulu, Sephiroth’s number so you can yell at him over the phone. He’s at the base right now though.” Uncle Vincent said writing our home number on her hand. “Thank you Vincent, I plan on yelling at him for not keeping in touch with me, calls me his friend, some friend, doesn’t even call once.” Lulu said walking off still ranting about dad…


“Okay boys go and pick out your sizes. Ignore Lulu, she’s always been sarcastic about everything… She’ll yet at him but nothing more.” Uncle Vincent said shaking his head. “Um uncle Vince? I she nice, I mean the way she dressed…” Yazoo asked. Uncle Vincent just starred at him in dis-belief. “Yazoo, Lulu’s the nicest, caring person I have ever known… Even more than Calypso and Aerith… So she likes black, big deal. How can you even think bad about her? You?” Uncle Vincent said ashamed of Yazoo’s attitude. Yazoo bowed his head. “I know not to judge on looks, believe me I know, but she just… The things she said as she walked off and what’s with that stuff animal? I-I’m sorry uncle Vince…” Yazoo explained sounding like he was about to cry. Uncle Vincent’s expression turned from ashamed to sorrow in an instant. “No Yazoo I’m sorry for jumping on you like that. Its just Lulu was the first friend I made here, even when everyone said I looked like a serial killer… She saw through me… She understood so much without me even having to say a word.” Uncle Vincent apologized and explained.


Just as it looked like Yazoo was going to say something Lulu came back. “Is something wrong Vince? I did tell you where the uniforms was didn’t I?” Lulu asked. It looked to me like she had being crying… God I hope she didn’t hear what Yazoo said. “No everything’s okay but what’s wrong with you?” Uncle Vincent asked. “It’s that day tomorrow, I’m closing down and Marluxia is staying home so we can go to the cemetery… Being a senior is suppose to be a happy time, but it’s a sad one…” Lulu said with tears going down. “Lulu…” Uncle Vincent said hugging her. Now I get it. Tomorrow must be the anniversary of Hiroshi, Marluxia’s twins, death… No wonder she’s crying. “Lulu?” A woman’s voice said. Lulu stopped hugging uncle Vincent to look at the woman. “Oh Lulu, I knew you were lying when you said you were fine…” The blond, blue eyed woman said. “No I was fine but then… Then I met Sephiroth’s boys… I only have one left…” Lulu said breaking down at the end. The woman hugged her. “Come on sis, lets get you some water…” The blond woman said. “That’s Aurora, Demyx’s mother…” Uncle Vincent explained…


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