Waking up from sleep, Riku sat up. Rubbing his eyes, he got ready for the day, dressing in his school uniform and running on autopilot. He grabbed a pop tart as he walked out of the house, though still eating as he drove off to pick up Sora.
The brunette lived about a mile or two away from the school, so Riku had always picked him up. Even in middle school, Riku's mom had driven the two boys back and forth. Then when high school came, Riku drove the both of them. Once they started dating Riku would then always show up early to pick up the hyper active brunette.
As Riku drove up in the parking lot, he looked at the two story yellow house. Watching the windows, he saw a blond head and two brunettes, though the three didn't notice the old ford roll up. So instead, Riku honked his horn and saw Sora spin inside the house, which caused the hyper teen to race around and run out the door while shouting back to his parents. Riku laughed as Sora practically jumped into the car, his face red from running around and laughing at Squall and Cloud.
"Eventful morning?" Riku asked pulling away from the yellow house.
"Not really...I was just being told off for not getting my homework done... again."
Riku laughed, "Then what do you do all night? Because it certainly isn't spent with me."
Sora shrugged, "Goof off mostly; nothing exciting that's for sure."
The two pulled up to their school and sat in the car for a minute while Riku watched the masses. Black slacks with a white button up and an over coat on every person. Not the most flattering, but at least the school didn't gripe about his hair which WAS natural, thank you. Riku looked to his boy friend and saw Sora's distant stare out the window that looked worried.
"The dreams bugging you again Sor?" Riku asked.
"Wha? Oh yeah...They have. Though, they seem to be getting worse." Sora said, but he looked distracted as if having a conversation with himself.
This caused Riku to sigh and he leaned over to give Sora a quick kiss that effectively pulled him out of the day dream.
The two shared a look before they got out of the car. Rikus' red, 1996 Taurus, seamed to watch the two boys as they joined the mass around the school. Both Riku and Sora walked until they were attacked by the rest of their group. Two red heads that were obviously twins, an amber headed girl who stood next to her best friend, who had blond hair and a smile for all.
The two girls walked up and saw Axel kind of bouncing around happily with Lea ignoring his brother's happy mood as he walked away to talk to some other people. Lea and the other girls giggled as they talked to Axel, who was over bubbly.
"Who gave you the toy from the cereal this morning?" Sora asked, smiling at the remaining red head.
"Oh, just my boy friend." Axel said giddily.
"Finally made a move on that Roxas?" Kairi asked trying to stop her giggle fest with Namine.
"You know it!" Axel said. After all, he had been trying to work up the courage to ask his blond out since before Riku asked Sora a year ago.
Suddenly, the bell rang, which made Namine jump and then the five dispersed to their classes. Each one going a different way until lunch. After that, the group would all meet up at the far table to sit and eat at lunch together. They all laughed and ate until the end of lunch. Then dispersed once more as the day went on.
On the last class hour, Sora, Riku, and Axel ended up in the same study hall. They sat in the back at a table originally used by the teacher for magazines. The three of them swapped stories for a bit. Riku talked about his mom's antics, Sora on his dad's latest attempt at making a decent dinner, and Axel told stories of Roxas.
All the while, Sora never once said his parent's names. He had never called them Leon or Cloud around Axel for some reason, or any of their friends now that Riku thought about it. When Axel talked about Roxas, Sora would look in pained and jumpy.
"Sucks that the kid is always sick," Riku said, and watching Sora's face.
"Yeah, he's sick more then Sora!" Axel said jokingly.
It was bad though because Sora was sick a lot. He was often home from school, and when Riku dropped by, Cloud or Leon meet him at the door and said that he couldn't come in. As the final bell rang, everyone shuffled home except for Axel, who drove to the park to see his Roxas.
As Riku pulled up to Sora's house, he couldn't help but to stare into the big blue eyes for the brunette. "Sora?" Riku asked, trying to shake the teen from his almost asleep state.
"Yeah?" Sora asked and was suddenly alert, with a hurt tone in his voice.
"What's been bugging you?" Riku asked.
"Nothing." Sora simply said. With that, Sora jumped out of the car and went inside.
Riku sighed softly and drove away. Its only Wednesday . He thought sadly.
~~Few Hours that same Wednesday~~
Axel looked up at the setting sun. Looking over to his right where Roxas was laying in the grass next to him. The petite blond almost looked like he was sleeping. His arms were crossed on his chest, his black tee had ridden up on his shirt so that you could see the tinniest part of his stomach before the view was cut off from Roxas' jeans. Axel thought his boyfriend looked delicious.
The red head sighed and ran his hand through his red spikes. "Hey Rox?" Axel asked softly as if scared the younger boy was asleep.
"What?" the blonde asked back and opened his eyes enough to see his boyfriend sitting next to him.
"What do you dream about?" Axel asked, as if it was a simple question.
Roxas closed his eyes and propped himself up on his elbow as if it need a very complex answer. "This... guy. I dream of him sometimes. He's trying to save everyone. Sometimes I dream of him, and sometimes its me and you. There are times that I feel helpless in my dreams like I can't do anything, like it's happened or it is happening." Then the blond stopped, and smiled softly as if unsure. "Stupid right?"
"Not really Rox." Axel said, almost as if wanting to say more but not being able to.
Roxas suddenly stood. "Shit!" he cursed as he looked to Axel. "Sorry Ax, I've gotta go home!" Roxas said then proceeded to smile at the red head before zooming off not catching the "see you tomorrow" Axel sent to him.
Stupid 9:30 curfew. Axel thought as he looked spitefully at the clock tower at the edge of town. The red head started on his own way home, looking forward to a shower and then to bed. Okay never mind. He was only looking forward to the shower. Sleep sure, but not the dreams that came with sleeping mind you. Those sucked.
The next day would prove to be good, or so the red-head thought.
As he walked home, he thought of Roxas. The bond was home schooled for his health, which was funny because Axel had a friend at school who was sick as often as Roxas. Roxas was sick so much that it was almost funny. That's even how they met. Both of them were little: Axel being six and Roxas being five. They met at the local hospital, where Roxas was hiding behind Cloud's legs as Leon talked to the attendant.
Lea was sick at the time, so Axel was just dragged along. His problems didn't even start until two years later. Axel practically dragged the little blond away from his dad so they could play. Then, the two would sit there and play with the little toys until Axel's mom came back for him. By then, the younger red head begged his mom for a chance to play with the pretty blond boy again.
Luckily, they met at the park the next day after four, and then the next day and the day after. To them, it was tradition to meet there every day, until two years ago. Roxas had stopped coming on Fridays, giving the excuse that it was not only Cloud, but also Leon's day off and that was family dinner night. Axel didn't believe Roxas but he didn't really care.
When Axel got home, he barely dodged Lea who was begging Axel to play some PlayStation game that he dug up from who knows were.
Axel stumbled into his night routine: shower, pajama shorts, snack, brush teeth, and then lay down. Each time, he did it only on reflex. Once he laid down,sleep greeted him like a friend and to bad the dreams tagged along.
That night, Axel dreamed that he and Roxas were sitting on a clock tower. They where wrapped in black coats as they sat and talked. Though the words were lost to Axel, he felt as if it was good. Nothing bad was being held between the two. It was then that Roxas turned to him; just looking at his friend.
"Axel," he said though it was barely heard, like a whisper in the air.
One minute, both males were smiling and talking, when suddenly a black vortex seemed to suck Roxas right out of the picture. Leaving no trace of the blond except for his shadow. Then, the shadow twisted itself around and around, until it was no longer Roxas. The differences were slight; his hair and his stance changed. It was no longer Roxas, and Axel knew that but he stood anyway.
Again, the vortex appeared, but this time it was split into two. Out of the vortexes, appeared two more shadows. One was obviously a young woman. She stood in a way that seemed almost familiar to the red head. The second figure was harder to tell, but Axel did determine it was a male's silhouette. He seemed to have longer hair, and the male grasped the once Roxas's hand, then the female turned to both of them and they threw back their heads as if laughing.
Axel heard nothing, however. He only felt loneliness as he watched them run; the two males hand in hand, and the girl seemed to look for her other.
That night, Cloud raced to the unused room to see Sora clutching his head. Leon stood next to the bed as Cloud wrapped his arms around his son. "It's okay boys," he said as holding the teen in his arms.
A/N
HI guys OOP here. This is my first KingdomHearts story, and i kinda have a plan for it to! Thanks to YaOiPrInCeSs16 for being Beta she is awesome! Um... reviews are nice and if you have any questions or ideas my PM is always open