Roxiri

{She drew the words from my lips}
-Wherever you go… I'll be always with you (too)-

For Ruben : Thanks for reading this story, however I'm sure you don't like a thing about it ;) Thanks for picking up my mistakes… there were still a lot of them :$

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Enjoy!

(Disclaimer: Don't own Kingdom Hearts. You won't have to play the game to understand this story, but it's nice if I don't have to explain everything ;) )
-AU {Roxiri}-

Rated T
Romance

Just LikeADrug

CHAPTER ONE:
The new kids
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Every day was waking up to a light I couldn't bear to see, but I couldn't bear to lose it either.
It was the alarm clock of my mother.
Bloody thing.
When it was time to wake up, that stupid thing started to shine so bright it blinded you, no matter if you wrung your eyes open, or if you pressed them tightly shut.
I woke up. Blinded again. By the alarm clock of my mother. She gave it to me when I killed my other alarm clock. 'Nice going, Roxas' She said when I came up to her and showed her the broken fragments of the alarm clock in the fond hope she would buy me a new one. Didn't work, she gave me hers instead of a new one.
It's been a while ago, that time when I didn't need the alarm clock. It was when I had my first and only girlfriend. Naminé.
Her blond hair always hid her round face and her cheeks were colored pink. When she would look up at me, her sky blue eyes piercing through me, her rosy lips would form a smile. A smile I'd miss for so long.
She was the only one who understood me perfectly, who knew me from head to toe and could laugh with me about stupid things. For example when I'd walk into a wall again. And she let me stay up the whole night, only to think about her. And let me wake up at four o'clock again, just to remember her face again before I would head off to school.
But after a year, she broke up with me. She loved someone else. Name's Riku. She didn't want to hurt me, so she broke up with me before she could break my heart.
But she did already.
She left me brokenhearted and with the stupid alarm clock of my mother.
And suddendly the broken fragments of my other alarm clock looked an awfully lot like my heart.
Broken.

So, today was like the other days. The alarm clock sent its burning light straight into my eyes and I knew it was time to wake up.
Just like all the other days.
I wanted to drown in them.
But maybe today would be different. Maybe there would be a stop. Those days were I just walked around like a lifeless shell would be over. Maybe those days were I had to watch Riku kiss my girl would be over. Those days were Sora and I would be sitting in complete silence because of my girl would be over. Maybe it would be all over. Was that day today? Was it today where everything usual would end?
So that was the only reason why I sat up in bed and dimmed the alarm clock. Headache.
I rubbed over my forehead, hoping it would be gone when I just tried to rub it away.
"Roxas? Are you up yet?" My mother's voice drifted upstairs, like a balloon.
No. Yes. Maybe.
"Yeah. I'll be downstairs within five minutes!" I replied. Liar.
So I stepped out of bed and tripped over my shoes. Great start of the day. It only made the headache worse.
I wondered if I was worth of it, worth of standing up and go on again.
But maybe… it would be all over today.
So I stood up again and took my jeans. When I pulled them on, I got a text message from Sora.
That kid, with that 'cute' chocolate brown, spiky hair and those 'gorgeous' deep blue eyes, knew everything, and everything around and about school. Including everybody who was in it.
Dangerous.
He knew everything about every single person in school, knew exactly who was right and who was wrong. Walking truth. And extremely dangerous.
If you've got Sora against you, you better pray for rescue. He was able to make the whole school stand up against you. Including the fucking cheerleaders.
Sora seemed to be so attractive every girl would be drooling over him. Not that he minded. Not that he cared. He only used that fact to be superior to his opponents. Scary Sora.
But Sora was always nice to me. He was my best friend. And probably the only friend I had.
Sora didn't mind when I was that silent. He didn't mind when I chocked it all out in a stream of curses. He didn't mind that I was myself. Probably the only one who didn't mind.
And I didn't mind that Sora could break somebody down from head to toe. I didn't mind that he was so damn cheerful all the time. I didn't mind he was himself. I'm not the only one for sure. (And then I'm not even talking about those stupid cheerleaders. They would all be dreaming of having the 'great' Sora into their bed. That's just gross… So I usually never count them to the ''friends' of Sora' list)
But Sora spent his time with me, and I with him. So that made our friendship stronger than all the others Sora had.
But when he texted me this early in the morning, something was definitely wrong, or definitely good.

'Hey Roxas! We've got new classmates! So be early, or you'll miss them. And I'll kill you if you do'

I stared at my cellphone. He'd be better kidding me! I hated to even make eye contact with someone new! Even with people I knew already… except from Sora and my family of course. And Sora knew that! So… why did he text me about those things? To warn me? But then why did he say I had to be early? I saw no common sense in his message, so I would act like I hadn't read it. I nodded slightly to myself, before my mother called me from downstairs. Angry.
"Roxas, are you planning on getting late? You only have five minutes left!"
No, I wasn't planning on getting late. But since I got only five minutes left, I could maybe use it as excuse to be late. A grin made its way up to my face. Loser.

An half hour later, I stood in front of the door of my classroom. My teacher would be mad at me. Sora would be laughing at me before killing me, me being embarrassed as ever, just because he would use it as excuse to stand in the spotlights once again.
And those new kids? Would probably laugh their heads off about my red face.
Whose plan was it again to come late? Mine. Why again?
Only because I didn't want to meet those new kids? Embarrassing. Me, the only one who wouldn't get around those new guys. Damn.
I took a deep breath and walked inside.
"So Roxas, you decided to show up after all?" Like I could expect, my teacher was incredibly mad at me.
I bowed my head and shut the door without turning. "Sorry sir" I murmured. I hoped he could hear that I was sorry.
He sighed. "Well, get a seat and if you're ever this late again, I'll have to report you"
"Yes sir" I murmured again, without meeting his eyes. My cheeks felt like they were boiling.
But I had to look up, to find Sora and quickly walk over to him, trying not to trip over a backpack.
I raised my eyes and searched through those rows of my classmates and found Sora. With two strangers. Sora waved at me, causing everybody to look in his direction. Sora smiled and I resisted the urge to run away.
But I made my way over to Sora and managed to get to him without tripping. At least, for a while.
Because Sora had dumped his backpack in the middle of the way and I tripped. Of course.
Sora chuckled. "Steady pace, pal" He helped me up and placed me in the seat beside him. I dropped my backpack on the floor and kept my eyes on the table.
"Roxas, I'm glad I can finally introduce you to Axel and Kairi" Sora told me with his famous grin in his voice. Instinctly, I knew those names belonged to the two strangers. That didn't make it better…
Axel? Weird name. I had never heard a name like that ever before. Same goes for 'Kairi'. Where did they come from? Like it would matter. They would never speak to me, I would never speak to them.
But I figured it would be at least nice to look up while introducing myself. After that, I could still run away, right?
So I raised my eyes and met green ones. A pair of light green eyes with a curious glance. I wanted to scream. Was it really Naminé who had made me like this? Hard to believe, but it was actually true.
The green eyes belonged to a guy with flaming red hair which spiked up into the air. How much gel did that guy use? He had tattoos in the form of triangles under his eyes and he wore a black sweater and baggy jeans. Was he a skater? Naminé told me once she hated them because they were unfriendly to everybody. I always assumed they were bad news. But this one looked friendly. And everyone told me I wasn't allowed to pull my conclusions from some rumor spread around.
The guy extended his hand to me. "I'm Axel. A.X.E.L. Got it memorized?"
Totally stunned I gave him my hand and chocked out my name. "R-Ro-Roxas"
Axel flashed me a grin and I stared at him, curious.
"Hi, I'm Kairi. Nice to meet you" a soft and kind voice interrupted me in my thoughts. When my eyesight shifted from Axel to the voice, it felt like a bolt of lightning washed through my veins.
The owner of the voice was a girl with long, auburn hair, and her pale, heart-shaped face was soft and gently, just as her voice had been. Her deep, dark blue eyes were encircled by thick, long eyelashes. It was heartbreaking that Sora was the attractive one here on this moment. For a moment, all I wanted was that girl, I didn't give a damn about the fact I only knew her for a few seconds. All I ever wanted was this girl. Kairi.
I could only stare at her. But then I got my self-control back and blinked twice. "H-h-h-hi"
This time it felt great to have an excuse to stutter through my words. I wasn't social, so nobody would be surprised that I stuttered a bit when talking to others than Sora.
The edges of her full, rosy lips twitched, but then she gave in and gave me a slight smile.
My heart skipped a beat. It was so long ago since it had done that for the last time. Maybe too long ago. But I couldn't be falling for her, right? Just a simple affection… that's all.
But it didn't felt like one…
U-oh…