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'We have met again Mark....'
"Who... Are you?"
Three stands appeared in front of Mark. One with a shield, a sword, and a staff.
'Do you remember your choices from last time?
The boy looked at the stands with the weapons. "Yes... I do..."
'Well, never forget your choices....you'll need them one day,'
*****
Mark stood there staring at the swirling purple portal. His face lit up with excitement. "I- I wasn't... Dre... It did happen! I can go back!" Mark exclaimed feeling so excited that he go to visit Sora again.
Mark heard some noises from behind him. "Hey Mark, what's that sound?"
Mark quickly shut down his console. Mark's big brother, David, came out of his room.
Mark didn't want David to know about his big secret yet. Thankfully Mark shut down the portal before he could see. Although he is his sibling, he doesn't want him to know that he can travel to his video games. "Hey, David! How are you!"
David just stood there looking at Mark.
"You're up to something aren't you," David said bluntly. Mark got irritated that David could read his expressions like a book.
"No...! Why w-why would you think that?!" Mark said, looking rather nervous. David just sighed. "Never mind Mark. Hey, can you watch James for the day? I have to head out for a while, and I don't know when I'll be back,"
Mark doesn't mind watching over his three-year-old brother, but he was really wanting to go visit Sora. 'Maybe I can visit him later,' Mark thought to himself.
"Sure, I can watch over him for a few hours,"
David smiled gratefully. "Thanks, Mark," He walked over to Mark, and hugged his brother. He let go and headed to the door. "I'll see you later, you two play nice, and don't let James eat any of the ice creams in the fridge until later," David said before he left. Mark chuckled "Don't worry David, I won't!" David nodded, was about to close the door, then opened it again. Mark sighed, then looked at him. "And don't think you can eat any, either,"
Mark rolled his eyes, "David!" He yelled. Chuckling, David finally closed the door and left.
James was in his bedroom, taking a nap. Mark didn't want to wake him. When you wake James up from one of his naps, it sends him into a cranky mood for the rest of the day.
So Mark decided he wanted to play more of his game, Kingdom Hearts. "I need to catch up on this story anyways. Can't wait to impress Sora on how much I know!" Mark said with a smile. Despite Sora knowing his a fictional character in his world, he seemed rather interested in it. Most would probably get a little freaked out, -Just the thought of someone watching you- Which was what Roxas mentioned, But Sora's character in this game is always worry-free. "He's just like I know him in the game," Mark thought out loud As he was getting the disc out of the case. Then remembered the moment he had with Sora.
"He kissed me..." He said out loud. "I...d-does he likes me?" Mark figured he did. Why else would he kiss him? "I have this huge crush on him-" Mark blushed at the memory. There was just something magical about that moment. He has had countless crushes on characters from games and movies he found fond of over the years. At first, he thought he was insane, but then he realized it is because most characters have better personalities than real people. He has dated two people before from his school, and they both had the most shittyiest ways.
"I wish I had friends in my world who can enjoy this game with me... Many of the people I know, don't even like what I like-" Then Mark gasped.
"Wait a minute-... JOSH!" He couldn't believe he had completely forgotten about the new friend he made at school. "Crap! I totally ditched him! Well... It wasn't my fault... I... Got sucked into my game," Which was true. He had no control over what happened a few days ago.
Mark figured he can probably invite Josh over to play games with him. "I just hope he won't be too mad at me,"
Mark knew that Josh had put his phone number on the slip of paper where he had also put his address. After some digging through the messy room he could not find it. "Ugh, where is it!" He eventually found it in his school bag. He apparently did not take it out. "It was here in this the entire time I've been searching, way to go me," Mark grunted
After that, he quickly went to the living room to use the house phone.
The phone rang for a while, and someone picked up on the other end
Hello? Who is this?
The voice sounded like a female's voice. Mark assumed it might have been Josh's mother.
Hello? Is Josh home? I am one of his friends
Oh! Are you Mark?
Huh? Oh yeah! Yes.
Alright, I'll go get Josh. I think he might be in his room
Josh's mother had put down the phone and went to go get Josh. "I guess Josh was talking about me or something," Mark said to himself as he just realized that the lady knew him before he told her, his name. In a few seconds, there was another voice on the phone.
Hello? Mark, is this you?
Hey Josh!
Man, where the heck were you? I- I thought you said you were going to come over?
I know, I'm sorry. There was a...small... predicament that happened
Oh. Ok. I understand. Well, do you wanna come over today?
Well, I was wondering if you'd like to come over here
Oh ok! Sure! Let me just ask my mom first
In a few seconds, Josh came back on the other end.
She said I can. I'll be over in a bit.
Ok! See you soon
Mark hung up the phone. He figured that was the best thing to do. But he still needed to visit Sora. "With Josh coming over, I wouldn't be able to open that portal at all,"
Mark just figured he has to either wait until tomorrow or whenever he will get time alone.
*****
There was a knock on the door. Mark walked over to it, opened it, and saw Josh standing there. "Hey, Mark!" Josh said with a smile. "What's up, Josh!"
Mark invited Josh inside. "Nothing much. Been playing the original Kingdom Hearts days game on my DS. I've been trying to fully complete it,"
"Annnd... Which one was that one again?" Mark asked. Josh chuckled. "Oh, I forgot you only played the second game. When you finish Kingdom Hearts 2, I'll let you borrow mine," Josh offered.
Josh sat on the sofa, and Mark sat beside him.
Mark smiled. "Thank you, Josh. So, is that DS game your favorite in the series?"
Josh nodded. "You know, I think the reason I like it so much, is because of my crush on Xion..."
Mark remembered Josh telling him about his crush on Xion. "Oh yeah, you told me about that,"
Josh blushed. "Call me weird all you want, but she's so cute to me"
Mark smiled. "I will never call you weird for that. Remember I told you I have a crush on Sora, haha," Mark chuckled.
Josh nodded. "At least I found someone else who falls for fictional characters," he said. "We all know most characters are better than real people," Mark said. Josh nodded. "True. But there are some hidden gems in the human race... Just none coming my way," He said
"You know-" Josh started. "I totally wish I could meet her. That's the big downside of liking an animated character. You'll never meet them, at all,"
What Josh was saying, was making Mark think.
'Should I give Josh his wish?' He thought to himself. He doesn't know who Xion is, hell, he wasn't even sure if Sora knew her. But his mind was really working on him giving Josh his wish.
Before Mark could have said anything, he saw James come out of the room.
"Oh hey James, you alright?" Mark asked. Then he saw him walking over to the kitchen. "Hey, no ice cream!"
"Who's that? Your little brother?" Josh asked. Mark nodded. "Yep. You have any siblings of your own?" Mark asked. Josh nodded. "We are the same age. His name is Alex,"
Mark smiled. "He likes video games?"
Josh nodded. "Yeah, he does. But mostly horror games. And... I can't play those. I just can't handle them. But, I do love myself a good paranormal story, but for some reason, I can't play a horror game. I guess because you are technically in the game, it hurts my nerves,"
Mark chuckled. "Yeah, I feel you,"
James then came over towards Mark, and he picked him up and let him sit on his lap.
"The only horror game that I can somewhat handle is Five Nights at Freddy's," Josh said. Mark smiled. "I have that game on my laptop," Mark said.
They were sitting on the couch chatting, and Josh saw that Mark's PlayStation 4 was on.
"Hey, you wanna play a game together?" Mark got that crazy idea again. He knows David won't be home for a while. If he could quickly travel to his game, and get Sora and maybe even Hayner and Roxas, he can bring them to his world so they can all play video games together. And maybe he can even get Xion while he's at it if he can even find her.
"Sure! But, we should get more friends to play games with us. I have this racing game, but it's only four players," Mark said.
"Huh? But... It's just three of us? I mean, can James even play?" Josh asked.
Mark smiled. He went to the home screen of the PS4 and went over to "Kingdom Hearts 2.5"
"Oh, you'll see-"
Mark selected "Travel to Game" and the giant purple vortex summoned. Josh jumped back into the sofa. "What in the heck is that?!"
"Be back in a bit! Don't go anywhere ok?" Mark said then jumped into the portal.
Josh just stared at the portal in disbelief. He looked over at James. "What just happened?"
James just sat there sucking his thumb.