AN: Alright first chapter of a new story! It's fairly long, but all in all I'm pretty sure that's how this story will be.
Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts. Duh.
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Right after school let out Roxas left. I don't know what he was to Axel, but when Roxas left it damn near killed him. What I do know is that Axel was hurting, and hurting bad.
How do I know all of this? I'm Axel's best friend Demyx. I was Axel's best friend before Roxas came, and you better believe I'm his best friend again. Although when Axel was hanging out with Roxas, I often found myself in the company of Sora and Riku. Sora became a pretty close friend; after all he was the sweetest guy I've ever met. I'm still not really sure what to think of Riku. It seems like Riku has a wall up against everyone, making sure no one gets too close but other than that he seems like a decent enough guy.
The summer was a tough one. I spent most of the time trying to comfort Axel. He was an emotional wreck, and he needed me there. Not that it was any big deal to me, Axel was always there when I needed him and there was no way I'd let him be in that much pain alone.
Many nights were spent at the beach. Axel would call me, and ask me to come. He'd always get there before me somehow, and I'd find him crying into his lap. He'd be bent over, his head resting on his knees. I'd walk up to him, push a stray lock of red hair from his face and give him a light kiss on the forehead. He'd look up at me and wipe the tears from his eyes, mutter something about being stupid and crack a smile. I'd pull him into a tight hug and we'd just sit there for a while.
After a bit, Axel would splash water in my face. My eyes would sting from the salt as he took off down the beach, laughing. I'd spring up and race after him, kicking water at him. He's shudder from the cold and before he could protest I'd snuggle glomp him to the ground. He'd laugh and tell me to get off, but I'd just lay there. I knew he didn't really want me to go.
Sometimes we'd go back to his house and just crash. His bed was soft and big enough to fit both of us. In the morning, his mom would just smile and make breakfast. We tried going back to my house once, but my mom woke us up early, lecturing us on safe sex. Although we had told her what felt like a thousand times that it wasn't like that she didn't believe us, and insisted on taking us condom shopping later. Not to mention, my younger brother Hayner wouldn't stop bugging us. Hayner was only a year younger than me, but he was the kind of guy who never seemed to get past the cooties stage.
Every time Axel saw Hayner he'd also get all quiet and sad again. Roxas was a year younger than us as well, and he and Hayner were pretty good friends. At least Hayner had the decency not to bring Roxas up. That probably had something to do with the fact that Hayner was slightly afraid of Axel. After all, Axel had an interesting reputation with fire.
I ended up with quite a tan from the summer, actually. I usually spent days on the beach hanging out with Sora, though Riku would join us sometimes.
It was finally the last day of summer. I had spent the day with Axel, going back to school without Roxas was going to be tough for him. I offered to spend the night with him but Axel didn't want me to be too tired. It was true that when we were together I didn't often stop talking, and Axel could usually talk up a storm as well.
It really didn't matter if I stayed with Axel. He knew he could call me if he needed to, even if it was 3 in the morning. He has my cell phone number, and I always keep my phone on my bedside table when I'm sleeping, just in case.
I yawned. It was pretty late. Slowly I rolled over, and pulled up the covers, snuggling back into my bed. I didn't want to go to sleep, that would be admitting that summer was over. Slowly my eyelids drooped, lower and lower until….
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"Demyx wake up!" a voice above me said.
"Hayner get off," I mumbled, "Let me go back to sleep."
"It's time to get up though," Hayner pointed out, "You don't want to be late for school on your first day of senior year don't you?"
I rolled over, glaring at Hayner who at least got off of my leg, and was now sitting at the foot of my bed.
"Fine," I sighed, "Now get out so I can change."
Hayner nodded, "I'll probably be gone by the time you get down. You take so long to get ready, and I'm walking to school with Pence and Olette."
I pushed Hayner out, locking the door as he left. I walked to the bathroom, grabbing a towel on the way in. Starting the water I stepped into the shower, humming softly. I liked the water and just the way it fell in light droplets almost sounded like music. The water was warm and flowed over my body easily, the soap slipping into the drain below.
Grabbing my towel, I dried off quickly, leaving the bathroom to go back to my room. I picked out a normal outfit for me: a baggy pair of jeans and a loose t-shirt. I brushed my teeth and I dressed, going back into the bathroom to style my hair. Styling being merely a loose term describing me gelling my hair up in an unusual way. It was too straight, and so I usually wore it somewhat like a mullet. Hayner would always tease me that I spent more time doing my hair then a girl did, but that was mostly true.
I yawned loudly as I walked down the stairs. Around the corner in the kitchen, Hayner was already gone. Mom was digging through her purse for some money for my lunch. She turned and smiled, handing me the money. I checked the clock, and as usual I was running pretty late. I grabbed a pop tart from the cupboard and left, waving briefly at my mom on the way out.
I didn't rush to school, but I knew I didn't need to. Sure enough, as I finished my pop tart and ended up at school the bell hadn't rung. Spotting a familiar mane of red hair in the distance I hurried forward, knowing that Axel was ahead.
"Hey Axel!" I called out.
He stopped and turned around, giving me time to catch up and give him a huge hug.
"Calm down Dem," Axel laughed, "It's only been a day since I saw you last."
"I know," I said excitedly, pulling Axel into the school, "But we're back at school!"
"I've never heard someone so happy to be back at school before. There must be something wrong with you, Dem, or do you just hate hanging out with me all the time?" Axel asked, mock pouting.
"Oh yeah right!" I laughed, "It's just weird I guess. I mean we're senior now Ax and we don't seem any different than we did when we started high school!"
"Not true," Axel protested as he spun open his lock, "We're taller."
I laughed and shook my head as I opened my locker which was, conveniently enough, next to Axel's, "Not what I meant."
"I know..." Axel sighed, grabbing his usual school books.
"We are different though," I said, slamming my locker closed after grabbing my books, "I mean we've been through more and have become stronger because of it."
"You're probably right," Axel sighed, walking into our first period English class, "But it just seems like it should be more, you know?"
"I know," I said, sliding into my seat just as the bell rang.
The loud speaker came on, announcing for us to stand for the national anthem. It was the same thing every day, and by now I was numb to it. I stood through it like always; just at we did last year. The place hadn't changed much.
After a few more announcements, welcoming us back and all that crap, we were ready to start class.
There was a light knock at that door, though I didn't bother to look up. It would probably be some note no one cared about. I glanced over at Axel who was 2 seats away from me. Even our new teachers knew better than letting us sit together. Axel shrugged and gestured toward the front.
I sat there, looking at the chalk board with "Tifa" scrawled in big letters across it. Our school was weird; somehow they thought if we called our teachers by their first names it would help us open up.
"Everyone this is Zexion," Tifa instructed, "He's a new student here."
There were a few muttered "Hellos" and a few slight waves, but no one made any other movements.
"Demyx," Tifa called.
"Yes?" I asked, looking up for the first time that day.
"It appears Zexion has the same schedule as you, can I count on you to show him around the school?" Tifa asked, but you could tell in her tone that I'd be stuck doing it anyways.
"Sure," I sighed.
"Good" Tifa beamed, "Zexion go sit next to Demyx, he'll be showing you around today."
I looked over at Zexion and my jaw nearly dropped. This boy seemed like someone out of a movie, maybe even a god. His skin was the color of moonlight and his hair was shiny. I'm sure if I could reach out and touch his hair it would've been softer than silk. He was dressed plainly, black jeans and a simple t-shirt similar to mine, but much more fitted.
He took a seat next to me, and I saw Axel writing something. He noticed me looking at him and grinned, dropping the piece of paper on the ground and kicking it to me. I picked it up, glanced at Tifa to make sure she wasn't looking, before opening the note.
'Don't wet yourself oogling the new kid, Dem
Axel'
"Oh, a note," Tifa said, walking over to me.
"No ma'am," I said, trying to shove the note into my binder.
She quickly snatched the note away, "You know we have rules about this kind of thing Demyx. I'll have to read it to the class."
"Please don't," I nearly begged, Zexion didn't need to think I was some freak.
"It's out of my hands," Tifa explained, opening the now crumpled note and clearing her throat, "Don't wet yourself oogling the new kid, Dem."
A few snickers broke out, though Zexion seemed oblivious to all of it, and oblivious to the note. I knew I was beet red by now, and lowered my head.
"Axel I see you're behind this note," Tifa said, her eyes traveling across the paper, "Detention, after school today. Don't be late."
Axel groaned but nodded.
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It was lunch time now, and I was showing Zexion the way to the cafeteria. The rest of the morning hadn't been as bad, and science and math were completely uneventful.
I stood in line behind Axel, Zexion just behind me. I swear, he hadn't spoken to me at all that day. Although to be fair Zexion hadn't said anything all day. The teachers had apparently decided that since it was his first day at a new school they shouldn't call on him for anything.
I grabbed a piece of pizza and a thing of jello, before grabbing a can of coke from the drink machine. The pizza was another way our school was weird, they had decided that on the first day back the pizza would make our day better. This time they were right though.
We walked over to a nearby table in silence.
"What's up Dem?" Axel asked.
"What do you mean?" I asked, chomping on a piece of pizza.
"You're quiet and that's so not like you," Axel replied, nearly inhaling his pizza.
I just shrugged, finishing off my first piece of pizza and starting on the next one.
I could see Axel looking at me quizzically, so I nodded toward Zexion.
Axel mouthed "Oh" before eating his jello.
"Okay, now this is probably my fault so I'm going to fix it," Axel said finally, ignoring the death glare I was shooting him, "Zexion, Demyx didn't nearly wet himself looking at you this morning. I just have a weird sense of humor like that and I like teasing Demyx from time to time."
Zexion shrugged, but said, "I didn't think he did. I noticed him looking at me briefly, but if he was going to show me around he'd probably need to know what I looked like."
I sat for a moment, fairly shocked that Zexion had actually spoken, before speaking up, "Hey Zexy, do you want to go to this club tonight? It's for like, teenagers who are almost adults, and they play really awesome music, and it's good for dancing."
"Yeah, you should come too," Axel interjected, "It's pretty awesome."
"As long as you don't call me Zexy," Zexion muttered.
I just smiled and nodded happily, clamping my mouth shut. Somehow I knew if I spoke again I'd end up calling him Zexy.
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I was at my locker again, grabbing my gym clothes. I had promised to go early so Zexion could get him gym outfit, but Axel was spending a bit more time in the sun and Zexion was waiting for me by the gym office. I grabbed my bag. It had my gym clothes and deodorant in it, both of which I'd need.
Taking the steps 3 at the time, I bolted back to the gym. Zexion was standing against the wall, but who was that talking to him? I walked closer, only to find him being harassed by Xemnas, Saix and Vexen.
Without thinking I ran in front of Zexion, trying to protect him.
"Oh look," Xemnas smirked, "Zexion is being protected by Demyx, now I'm scared."
"What are you doing?" Zexion whispered as I was pressed against the wall next to him.
"I was trying to help you," I whispered back, blushing slightly, "I guess I didn't think it out so well."
"Leave them alone," Axel commanded, arriving at just the right moment.
Vexen immediately backed off. He wasn't afraid of Axel, but wouldn't pick a fight with him. Saix backed away as well, Axel had helped him out of a tough situation the previous year and he wouldn't soon forget it.
"I know you're not the smartest guy around," Axel said, glaring angrily at Xemnas, "But it's 3 to 1 now. You're probably not afraid of any of us, but taking on 3 at once… You'd be a fool to do it."
Xemnas glowered angrily at Axel, storming away.
"Later Mansex!" Axel called out.
"Mansex?" Zexion asked.
"Oh it's just a little nick name we came up with him after an incident last year," Axel smirked at me, he knew I hated this story but he continued anyways, "You see last year we happened to walk into one of the classrooms after school and well…" Axel laughed, "Found Xemnas in a rather compromising situation. You see, up against the wall was Hayner, his pants and boxers around his knees-"
"I get the picture," Zexion interrupted, turning a bit pink, "Let's just go get my gym uniform."
I nodded, leading Zexion to Leon's office, and grabbing a shirt and pair of shorts.
"Later we had to talk to Hayner about it," Axel continued, "fooling around with someone older than him, and as much of an ass as Xemnas… Well as it turned out Xemnas had bribed him into it. Needless to say Xemnas doesn't like that story much."
"Neither do I," I muttered as we walked into the change room, "But that doesn't stop you from telling it again when I'm around."
"Ah well," Axel said, "You know you love me anyways."
I laughed, smacking him lightly on the arm before laughing harder when he tried to put his gym shirt on. Let's just say his hair wasn't helping him.
"One last thing about that story" Zexion said, shooting me an apologetic glance, "Why Mansex?"
"If you rearrange the letters in Xemnas's name, it spells Mansex," Axel explained.
Zexion paused for a moment, mentally rearranging the letters in Xemnas's name.
I noticed myself looking at him again, down his fitted gym shirt and down to his…. Oh my gosh he's just wearing boxers right now! Suddenly I felt extremely perverted and looked away. Axel caught my eye in a mischievous grin. Somehow Axel always seemed to catch me when I do something stupid like that.
Zexion was changing again, pulling on his gym shorts. We left the change room, and walked into the gym.
"What are we doing?" Zexion asked, looking around at the gym.
"We get to pick," I explained, "This year they decided to let us choose one thing to do all year. I'm probably going to do soccer and Axel's going to do basketball."
"Of course I am," Axel sighed, "If I don't join the basketball team Leon will be all over me. I don't need his pleas of 'Please join the basketball team!' until I agree."
I nodded and watched as Leon approached.
Looking toward Zexion, he said, "So you're the new kid?"
Zexion nodded.
"Do you know what you're doing?" Leon asked.
Zexion shook his head.
"Maybe you should join your friends in one of their sports," Leon suggested, looking first at Axel, then at me, "Although with your height I wouldn't suggest basketball… Demyx, are you doing soccer?"
I nodded, "Of course."
Zexion sighed, "Alright, I'll do soccer then."
Leon nodded and walked away.
"Is he always like that?" Zexion asked.
I nodded, "Basically."
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It was finally the last period of the day. I went with Zexion to our music class, while Axel trudged off to power mechanics.
"What are you going to do in this class?" I asked.
Zexion looked at me, confused, "What do you mean?"
"Well you can choose to play an instrument, sing or whatever," I explained, "It just has to be musical."
Zexion thought for a moment as we took a seat in the music room, "I could write music I guess."
"Awesome!" I exclaimed, "You could write music for me! I play the sitar and sing."
"Sure," Zexion said, looking around nervously.
"Demyx!" A voice from behind me squealed.
I spun around only to be mauled by Sora. The brunette was latching on to me and I couldn't help but laugh and hug him back.
Sora moved away, finally noticing I wasn't standing there alone.
"Sora this is Zexion," I said, gesturing between them, "Zexion meet Sora. I met Sora last year, in this class actually. We started hanging out and eventually became friends. Sora, Zexion's new at the school."
Sora would've hugged Zexion as well, but Zexion seemed somewhat distant, even if he did nod hello.
"What're you gonna do Zexion?" Sora said, sitting next to Zexion.
"I'm going to write music for Demyx," Zexion explained as I smiled and unexplainably blushed.
Just then Cloud walked in.
"You're the new student, eh?" Cloud asked, "I'm your teacher, Cloud."
Zexion shook his hand, and Cloud dragged him off to talk to him about the class.
"Sooo," Sora smiled once Zexion was out of sight, "You and him seem to be getting along awfully well."
"Shut up," I said, blushing a bit more, "Tifa just wanted me to show him around okay?"
"Then why is it," Sora pushed playfully, "that since I've gotten here, you've blushed twice, and I found out he was going to write music for you. Music, which is usual your own personal way of expressing yourself in your singing and sitar playing."
I blushed again, "Well when he walked into class…. He just looked so amazing! Although then, Axel sent me this note right, telling me not to wet myself from oogling him so much and Tifa read it out loud to the class! Then at lunch, Axel told him I was joking, which is when he finally started talking."
"Did you invite him to go to Spinz then?" Sora asked.
"Yeah, he's going to come to the club with me and Axel tonight" I said.
I noticed Zexion walking back over and shushed Sora.
"What did I miss?" Zexion asked.
"Nothing important..." I said quickly, "So are you ready to make music?"
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AN: Alright, I know I put how Hayner never got past the cootie stage, but seeing as this was written from the view of Hayner's older brother it just seemed fitting. Don't worry, although Hayner isn't a major character he's going to be at least somewhat mature. Yes, the start is sad, but it fits. Oh, and of course it involves Demyx getting embaressed a lot, and yes, I did feel the need to put that note in the story for the first chapter. Also, I know the name Spinz is extremely lame for a club, but that doesn't really matter. The next chapter they'll be at Spinz, so watch out... thank for reading! Review?