A/N: Right, so I really really needed a break from Naruto. And I just really really LOVE AkuRoku. :) So I chatted to a buddy and we came up with a really great plotline, so hopefully this all turns out okay!

Update!: I realised some mistakes I made in this whole fic... such as the age difference and stuff, and I hated it immensely for a while before picking myself up to do this, but I'm rewriting all the chapters. So if you want to read them again, that's fine but it isn't nessesary, there's jsut a few changes.

Update 2!: Thanks to my good friend Kirra-chan all chapters up until 5 have been beta edited.

The Next Life

Roxas yawned loudly, ignoring the English teacher's ramblings and staring instead at the scribble on his desk, thinking intensely about a certain session with his boyfriend. As usual, Roxas was not paying attention in class, and also as usual, he was thinking about a certain redhead, but really, he thought about him all the time anyway. Axel was several years older than Roxas, therefore he was a couple of grades up from him so they did not attend any classes together, but that did not stop them from participating in their usual conversation. There was a soft vibration in the blonde's lap and he flipped open his phone, hiding it skilfully from view and grinned at the text message Axel had just sent.

'Hey, Roxas, what are you doing tonight? Not busy are you? I've got something planned...'

'Oh? And just what is this plan?' Roxas sent back, tapping his pen on the side of the desk as he waited for a reply. School was such a waste of time.

There was a slight pause, as if Axel was thinking, or maybe he was just being slow, but either way, Roxas was nearly asleep by the time he felt the vibration again and he sighed and flipped his phone back open again, glancing quickly at the teacher to make sure the stupid old hag hadn't noticed that he had jumped.

'Hmm, you will just have to wait and see. My place at 9. Got it memorized?'

Roxas would have replied but the bell rang and he quickly slipped his phone back into his pocket and packed up his things, taking his time as he did so. Axel was always so slow, and Roxas wanted to talk to him about tonight, he hated surprises. Finally, after he had gathered up all his things, he bolted out of the door and let himself be carried down the corridor by an ocean of excited school kids eager to return home.

"Axel!" Roxas yelled as he spotted the unique red spikes over the top of so many people. He was amazed he could even see over the top, even on his tippy-toes, he wasn't really a tall kid. It probably helped that Axel was, though. Axel turned around and his blank expression broke out in a briliant grin as he rushed over to Roxas, falling in step with the blonde as they marched down the corridor and into the school yard, the duo chatting avidly as they always did. People stared as they passed, but to the couple, no one was around except themselves. They stopped just outside of the gate and turned to face each other, both of them smiling in pure joy. Life had never been better.

"I have to go, Axel, but yeah, I'll see you tonight. For sure." Axel kissed the blonde lightly on the cheek before waving as they parted, each going opposite directions as they walked home.

"Ew, that is so disgusting. Boys should NOT be touching each other like that in school..." A girl was gossiping with her friend as Axel walked past them as he headed out of the school grounds. Although she whispered, trying to be quiet, as we all know, bitchy girls can ALWAYS be heard.

"Yeah, I know. I mean, yuck! Especially Axel and Roxas, I mean, come on. It's not fair that they are gay! They are way too-" She was cut off by a punch to her head, and an angry Axel walked away from a startled girl who had dragged her friend to her feet. If there was one thing he couldn't stand, it was bitches. They were just entirely jealous of the fact that he, the cold outsider, the loner, had gotten himself the cutest guy in school, the guy ALL the girls wanted, but also the guy that had never been interested in not a single one of them.

"Girls. Are. So. Gross." Axel muttered to himself as he strode home, what a way to ruin a perfect friday. But no matter, Axel smiled at this, and ran his hand through his flaming red spikes; it would become perfect when he saw his beautiful Roxas again tonight. He couldn't wait; it was going to be really fun. And then they had all weekend.

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By the end of the weekend, Axel wanted to die. His weekend job had kept him a lot busier than intended and he had collapsed from exhaustion at least twice, and Roxas was really good at keeping him up all night. Of course, he didn't mind the latter, apart from the fact that he now had to drag himself to school when he was half-asleep, and he could already tell today was going to be a shit day.

As soon as he stepped onto the school grounds, he was surrounded by an angry mob of girls. Two faces he recognized from Friday. Sighing, Axel tried to push past them; he really didn't feel like putting up with more bitches today.

"Oh, not so fast, punk-boy." Four girls grabbed him and pulled him back, and he was once again surrounded by the horrible creatures.

"Let me go, you fucking bitch." He hissed at the one who held his right arm back, who was surprisingly strong. She just smirked at him and he ignored her as the girl that he had punched on Friday came storming up to him.

"I believe I deserve some kind of revenge, hey. You don't hit girls, ever, okay?"

Axel rolled his eyes, bored and spat at her. He wanted nothing to do with these ignorant sluts. "Just fuck off. I don't have time to waste on sluts." Again he struggled against the girls holding him, knowing these fools were no match for him, that with a simple click of his fingers they would be engulfed by beautiful, dangerous flames, but it was no use, the way they held him, it was tempting to call them men instead of teenage girls.

"Umm, what's going on here?" Came a quiet but well-heard voice. Everyone went silent and made way as a small blonde boy made his way to his boyfriend. The girls holding the redhead let go immediately and blushed shyly.

Axel sighed, why was it that Roxas had this affect on the girls? It was so weird. The girl that had been threatening him gritted her teeth in rage at being interrupted and stormed off, several friends trailing around her. Roxas glared at the few remaining girls with his peircing blue eyes and they soon scattered, leaving the two lovers alone finally.

"What was all that about, Axel?" Roxas asked as he hugged his boyfriend lovingly. This was no way to start a week, what had Axel gotten himself into now? Axel didn't reply clearly but grumbled something about bitchy girls and they were interrupted by a deafening school bell and they looked at each other, sighed, and made way to their first class for the week.

Sora, Roxas' "brother" was waiting for them by their lockers and waved happily at the redhead and the blonde. They weren't actually brothers, but everyone, bar Axel, Riku, Namine, Kairi and the other few who had also decided to come to this world with them believed so. This covered up the fact that Roxas was actually Sora's nobody.

"Hey, hey, Roxas!" Sora grinned and waved to Axel, too. Axel noticed a slight hint of jealousy in the brunette's intensely blue eyes, but ignored it and waved back.

"So..." Axel began.

"Have you asked Riku out yet?" Roxas finished, cutting Axel off, but giving his boyfriend a sorry look after.

"Oh..." Sora went red with embarrassment and scratched the back of his head gently. "Well, umm..."

"Not yet, huh?" Roxas sighed and Sora grinned a little.

"No... Not yet." Sora looked at his feet. He was worried about this. He had secretly lusted after his best friend, Riku, for a long time. The whole Kairi thing had been merely a cover-up, but Sora was beginning to question whether Riku would reject him or not. Riku probably wouldn't be interested... Sora doubted that he would, because he was so interested in Kairi it was unlikely that he would even be at least bisexual. He really felt that he didn't have a chance with the silver-haired boy.

"Roxas, we have to go... we can't be late again." Axel broke the silence and the merry couple left Sora after a quick goodbye to hurry off to their first classes for the week.

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Axel had a hard week, when Roxas wasn't around, the girls bugged him. Usually he would have just lit them all up in flames and laughed at them, but he couldn't do that. He didn't need 'normal' people to find out about him. They had started school in this strange world to get away from all the magic, fighting and keyblades anyway. It was basically just starting a new life. Therefore, he did not want to ruin his new life by bringing back the old life. He also didn't need to raise suspicion or earn unwanted attention from the people of this world, he would rather lie low, because he knew that he didn't belong, and he didn't need anyone else to find out.

By Friday, Axel was dangerously close to snapping, Roxas noticed the redhead's awful mood and attempted, several times, to comfort him, but each night Axel would be in his room, alone, letting cursed tears fall freely. This particular night, at the end of a dreadful week, Axel broke down. He collapsed on his bed, staring at the ceiling with wide yet unseeing brilliant green eyes, were the girls right? Did he not deserve Roxas? What was wrong with him? Questions came, but answers did not.

Why do they hate me? Is it just jealously, or is because I am not good enough for Roxas... Because...

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A/N: Yes, I'm going to stop this chapter here, because I am so evil. :D Anyhow, I hope you liked it! Reviews are appreciated!