[KH] Stepsiblings: Lunch Date

Stepsiblings, a Kingdom Hearts fanfic series by Raberba girl
Lunch Date (rough draft)

For ladysemphia007

Summary:  Xem WILL have lunch with her, or else.

A/N:  Xem's POV.

I meant to simply finish reading the first section before pausing for lunch, but the troubling clause at the end caught my attention.  I knew I would not be able to stop thinking about it the entire lunch hour if I stopped now, so I started to skim through the rest of the document.  A few pages in, I realized that I was actually creating more work for myself later, so I went back to read it all properly.

"Mr. Acerbi?" my secretary called at one point, "there's a Mrs. Fair here to see you."

What?  "I had canceled that appointment."

"...She says, er--"

There was a scuffling sound, then I heard the voice of my fiancée's sister-in-law.  "Xem Acerbi, I'm sick of being canceled out of your schedule; this is the THIRD TIME.  I am not leaving until you come out and have lunch with me."

"I told you why such a thing became impossible for today.  My colleagues--"

"I don't care.  You have until 1:15."

What would happen at 1:15?  "Veronica, please have security escort Mrs. Fair out."  I resumed reading.

When I finished, I had just opened a new file and begun to type, when the door burst open and someone came striding into my office.  "Let's go, Xem."

What?  "I thought I'd--"  Then I saw the security guards lying unconscious on the floor outside, and my secretary huddling behind her desk with a frightened expression.  Sacred moon.  Lea's sister-in-law was a monster.

"Don't bother to look for your keys, I'm driving."

"Mrs. Fair, this is an outrage--"

"It's Aqua.  You're going to be my brother-in-law, after all."

"Technically--"

"Are you going to get away from that computer, or do I have to unplug it?"

Insufferable woman.  I stood up and began to Speak.

I have never in my life met someone outside my own family who could withstand the Speech with such tranquility.  Yet this woman, this virtual stranger, merely blinked a bit in surprise, then frowned and met my gaze head-on, concentrating intently as if she had a Speech of her own to respond with.

"...Enough," she said at last.  "Looks like you hate it here just as much as your son hates school.  Forget all this for one hour, and let me get to know you better, the man who's going to be in charge of my little brother's children."

...She had a fair point.  "Very well.  After I--"

"It'll all still be here when you get back; I'm hungry, let's go!"

Author's Notes:  Sorry about the string of Xem-narrated fics lately, guys - they're spaced out more if you read this series in proper order.  I promise that I have stories with other characters narrating, it's just that the ones I keep finishing first are either by Xem or AUs. *sweatdrop*

Lol, I started a "Readers' Wish List" because I like hearing people's requests even when I'm not able to actually write them.  One of Semphia's requests was Xemnas/Aqua, which is one of the few het KH pairings I actively dislike.  So that got me wondering if I ever could write XemQua, and I still dunno if I can do romance for them, but a little Stepsibs plunny popped into my head since they are, after all, siblings-in-law there (sort of). XD