Xemnas’s Valentine’s Day

Red hearts pasted to the walls. Pink laces strewn around the columns. Paper Cupids stuck to the toilet. It sickens me; reminding me of my recent failure.

DINGDONG

Who could that be?
I opened a dark portal to the front door but III was ahead of me. It seems that he had ordered some ingredients.

“Here you go, sir.”
“FINALLY!!!!! I ORDERED THIS A YEAR AGO FOR LAST YEAR’S VALENTINE’S DAY!!! WHAT TOOK SO LONG, YOU ******* DELIVERY BOY!?!?!?!?!”
“I’m sorry sir. This place was hard to find. I had-“

SSHHTUNK

“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGG GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

I stared in bewilderment at III, Not because he stabbed the delivery boy (that was perfectly normal) but because he was cradling a box in his arms.

“Xaldin, what is that?”
“They’re chocolate bars, Superior,” He grinned from pointed ear to pointed ear. “I’m making chocolate lollipops out of them.” He flitted off towards the kitchen. “Don’t worry, Superior! I’ll make some for you, too!!!” He yelled from across the hall. I stared at him until he disappeared.

Chocolate lollipops? Xaldin? Those words didn’t match…until today.

“WWWWHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HAAAAAAAAAAAPPY VAAAAAAAAAAAALENTIIIIIIIIIIIIINE’S DAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” IX ran down the hall scattering paper hearts all around and he was dressed in a red version of the Organization cloak. The sight almost made me throw up.
“Hey Superior!!!” He exclaimed. He handed me a paper heart. “HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!!!” Demyx screamed at my face. He then ran off again, sprinkling the pristine-white walls with poorly-made replicas. When he was gone, I disposed of the paper heart.

I continued my way down the hall. My walk was meant to be just a casual, but it turned out that I had to do another castle inspection.
I bumped into XII after a while. She was dressed in a silky smooth black evening dress and a matching shawl.

“Why are you dressed up like that?” I said, relieved that for once, there wasn’t a heart in sight.
Larxene blushed lightly. “I’m going on a date, if you’ll excuse me. Axel’s really sweet once you get to know him.” She walked the opposite way where I was going and I saw that VIII was in a tuxedo and he appeared to be waiting for her.
I thought Nobodies couldn’t be ‘sweet’. Something is really wrong here. What IS this Valentine’s Day? What is the meaning?

I continued my way and this time I saw the youngest and newest member of the Organization, Roxas. He had a lollipop in his mouth. Maybe this was what Xaldin made?
“Hello, XIII,” I greeted, which usually isn’t the usual thing I do.
“Mmph,” XIII merely waved.
“Roxas, do you-“I was about to ask him what was the meaning of Valentine’s Day but what would a juvenile know?
“Yeah?” XIII removed his lollipop. Why oh why did III have to make chocolate HEART lollipops? And this was one of the most revolting yet. It was covered in saliva. I flinched.
“Nothing,” I looked away. Roxas shrugged and walked away.

Hearts are EVERYWHERE!!! They’re reminding me about my failure which was cause by that SORA-BRAT. I especially LOATHE him and seeing hearts everywhere has made me LOATHE him more than ever.

I made my way to the safe refuge of my room, only to find XI placing, of all the things, ROSES on my doorknob.
“Marluxia,” I said. My voice was unusually deep.
“Ah, Superior!” Marluxia seemed startled. “Happy Valentine’s Day!” He grinned.
I glared, making sure he got my message.
“Oh, apologies, Superior. I forgot you didn’t like-“
“It’s ok,” I said, holding my hands up at chest height, trying to control my temper “No. Harm. Done.” I was trembling. XI was disappeared with his hideous flowers.

At last, my room. I looked out the window. We weren’t in The World That Never Was anymore, we were in another place. We were killed by…ugh…and so we were reincarnated here. The place looks exactly the same as the World That Never Was, only  that there was no Kingdom Hearts.

KNOCK KNOCK

“What?” I hissed at the door.
“It is I, Saix. May I come in? I came to gi-”
“NO,” I growled. I waited a few seconds but there were no further sounds so I guessed he was gone.
KNOCK KNOCK

I was mistaken.
“Xemnas, are you sure you don’t want it?’
“Ugh, what do you want, VII?”
“Xemnas, it is Valentine’s Day. I came to give you a gift.”
Silence…
“I think you will like my gift.”
“Fine,” I was curious so I let him in. He was half-smiling and he held out his hand. It was a heart. Not a fake replica, but rather the real one. I didn’t cringe this time; I was confused. I took the heart and stared at it in my gloved hand. It was pinkish-red and it glowed.
“Where did you get this?” I asked.
“I was saving it for today. Valentine’s Day,” Saix replied with a serious face.
I was still staring at the glowing heart in my hand. “Saix,” I started. “ What IS Valentine’s Day? What is its meaning?”
He paused for a while. ”Valentine’s Day,” he said, “, is the day when you get to express your feelings for someone, primarily love. It is also known as the day of hearts. Since I cannot feel feelings, I just decided to give you a gift, just following the tradition, that’s all.”
I frowned at him. “We do not have hearts, therefore we cannot feel anything. Since this ‘Valentine’s Day’ celebrates feelings, we therefore cannot participate in this annual event. Inform the other members about this and get them to rid the Castle of everything that is in any way related to Valentine’s Day and have Axel burn them. I will not tolerate anyone who disagrees. If they resist, give them the proper punishment, am I understood? And take this back,” I handed him back the heart. “I do not want it. I have no use for it.”
“I understand. All your orders shall be carried out, Superior,” VII nodded and disappeared.

I shut the door and locked it. I lay down on my bed and sighed.

If only we had feelings to share, then we could have enjoyed this celebration to the fullest.










“Hey! You burned my boxers, dude!”
“What? He said to burn anything that was related to Valentine’s.”