Casanova in Training [completed]

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Character(s): Vyers and Roxas (eventually Timon and others?)
Content: Vyers decides to give Roxas a little friendly advice.
Setting: Vyers' place
Time: Noonish, week 22, before Larxene's journal entry
Warnings: Lulz

It was impossible for Vyers not to notice the commonality between Roxas's friends: they were both female. For him to have gained the close friendship of two lovely young ladies so quickly and to be so close showed quite a bit of promise for his success in further endeavors later on. While he seemed to have a natural attraction going for him, such skills needed to be honed and controlled, and with someone like Timon teaching him, the boy was likely to lose them altogether.

Luckily for Roxas there was someone like Vyers around, someone who knew well how to treat and capture the heart of a young lady.

"Roxas, may I speak with you a moment?" the demon asked once he managed to find the boy.

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[mysterious-moi.livejournal.com]

"At some point or another, yes," Vyers replied with a nod. "You never know when the feeling will come over you. It could arrive at any time! But as you seem to harbor no such feelings at this point, I would suggest that you at least practic, ah, complementing when you can."

Vyers paused, cupping his chin with his hand in thought. "But who could you--ah, yes!" There was a mischievous gleam in Vyers' eye as he continued, a sly smirk tugging at the corner of his mouth. "As I imagine it would be a bit awkward for you to do so with your friends, why not practice with Timon? I am certain he would enjoy a compliment as much as anyone else."

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"Timon? Uh...all right." Roxas was going to find it weird doing that with anyone, so Timon was just as good as anybody else would be. "So I should just practice being nice to him?"

[mysterious-moi.livejournal.com]

"Not just that," he instructed. "You must remember to compliment him. And attempt to be as poetic in your endeavors as possible. Mastery of language is always quick to catch the eyes of others."

[oath-ofoblivion.livejournal.com]

"Poetic? How do I do that?" Again, Vyers had lost his pupil in his attempt to clarify. Roxas had no real mastery of language to speak of, and considering his limited knowledge he'd decided it was almost a miracle he even knew how to talk in the first place.

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"Well, you..." Vyers trailed off, realizing that this particular skill was probably the hardest of all to describe. "You... Hm." He stood there with an expression of puzzlement, eyes glued to the floor as he thought. "There is a library in this city, is there not? Surely there must be books on poetry in there somewhere. Why not look in them for ideas?"

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"So you don't even know how to describe that one?" Roxas couldn't help but find that a little funny. "Come on, you tell me all of this and then you say I should go to the library. Now I get why Timon calls you an idiot sometimes."

While what he was saying was obviously insulting, Roxas had a genuine look of bemusement on his face. He was surprised he could say that about Vyers.

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Vyers placed a hand on his hip with an offended huff. "My, how incredibly rude!" he exclaimed, adding a mumbled "He has been spending far too much time with that meerkat" under his breath. "It is a concept that is better experienced for oneself than explained. You found the concept of love to be confusing, did you not? This is similar in that there is no set definition, but it is also adaptable by those who use it and is ever changing."

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Roxas laughed a little more. "Calm down, I was only joking. I thought it was funny." He didn't get why Vyers was so offended.

[mysterious-moi.livejournal.com]

"Whether it was meant in jest or not, calling someone an 'idiot' is an easy way to offend them," Vyers chastised, though he looked considerably less upset than before.

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"Maybe you should take some lessons from Simba," Roxas said with a smirk, remembering the day that he, the lion, and the meerkat had all started singing that "Hakuna Matata" song. Then again, Simba spent most of his time sleeping, and waking up that lion wasn't something that anyone in the apartment really ever wanted to do. It also wasn't the best of ideas to interrupt while he was eating...which is what took up most of the time Simba was awake.

[mysterious-moi.livejournal.com]

"One cannot simply sleep his life away." Vyers shook his head. "As nice as it would be to do so, such a thing is only possible in a perfect world. There are responsibilities in this one that cannot be left behind." As much as he seemed to sometimes do that himself. "But... You have not come across those just yet, either. You are still but a child."

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"I meant the way he acts when he's awake, and he's not eating," Roxas amended. "He doesn't let much get to him."

"And if what Xion's told me is right, I used to..." his voice trailed off as his thoughts became distant. "...And I did leave them behind..."

[mysterious-moi.livejournal.com]

Vyers would have explained to Roxas that one's--or rather, his--image was an incredibly important thing, but he had the feeling that the entire conversation would go right over the boy's head. He had had a hard enough time explaining the concept of falling in love and wooing the girl of one's affections.

"Responsibilities other than those," Vyers was quick to correct. "While it is nice to know what you have done in the past, is it not better to face toward the future? By looking backward, you will only trip over any obstacle in your path."

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Roxas looked up. Ironic, that he was just talking about Simba and thinking about Hakuna Matata, and then he got wrapped up in his past again.

"Yeah, you're right. Hakuna Matata," he said with a smile.

[mysterious-moi.livejournal.com]

Vyers could only stare. "Hakuna...?" he trailed off. It seemed it was the demon's turn to be confused for once.

[oath-ofoblivion.livejournal.com]

"It's something Timon and Simba taught me," Roxas said. "It means you shouldn't worry about things that happened before, and you should just keep moving forward."

For the boy who couldn't remember anything about his past, that motto was helping a lot.

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"Oh," Vyers replied simply. At least he and Timon seemed to agree on something for once.

[oath-ofoblivion.livejournal.com]

"So...you want me to go to the library?" Roxas asked. The idea of doing that still perplexed him a little.

[mysterious-moi.livejournal.com]

Vyers nodded. "Yes. Or you can practice with Timon. While the former would be a good experience, you can never practice too much." And Vyers never had found a way to get Timon back for everything that had ever been done to him by the meerkat.

[oath-ofoblivion.livejournal.com]

"All right, I'll practice with Timon, then." Roxas smiled. Having the option of staying away from the library was good, since it seemed every time he went somewhere new he ran into someone who got him angry.

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Vyers chuckled to himself, the smile on his face more closely resembling a smirk. "Excellent! I look forward to hearing how your experience goes."

[oath-ofoblivion.livejournal.com]

Roxas nodded. "Yeah, I'll make sure to tell you how it goes."

Something had the blond in the mood for ice cream now, so he decided he would get some. "...I think I'm going to get some ice cream. See you later!"

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Vyers stared after Roxas, an almost comical look of shock and disappointment on his face. "That is not what I told you to...!" he called weakly, doubting the blond ever heard his words. His mood suddenly soured, Vyers plopped down onto the couch, leaning his head in his hand with a small scowl.

He did hope Roxas had actually listened to him through all that. Whether the boy realized it or not, it was important advice for the future! Or at least Vyers thought so. In fact...

In fact it almost reminded him of when he used to try to teach Laharl things when the boy was still young. Vyers' head raised slightly off of his palm and he blinked dazedly ahead. How long had it been since he had attempted one of those lessons? There was when he had asked if Laharl loved him, but that one hardly counted.

Maybe... that was what he would have to try again. If he could manage to get Laharl away from the other two without questions being asked.

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“Roxas, there you are! I’ve been lookin’ all over for you.”

Too absorbed in their conversation, the two had likely failed to notice that the meerkat had entered the room. Thankfully for them, Vyers in particular, Timon was always one to announce his arrival shortly after entering somewhere. This way they were at least given the opportunity to stop themselves from anything they did not want the meerkat to overhear. Not that he would have likely picked anything up. Judging by the look on the meerkats face, it did not appear as though he had heard anything they had previously been said before he had spoken.

“Uh…” Noting the clear disappointment on the demons face, he paused and looked between the two for a moment. “Am I interrupting something?”

[oath-ofoblivion.livejournal.com]

"No, I was just leaving to get some ice cream," Roxas answered. Timon came in shortly after Vyers had sat on the couch, so the blond didn't really notice that much of the demon's behavior. "You want to come, Timon?"