Flames of Light
Hi I'm Roxas Strife and I am bored. Yes that's right I'm bored shitless. My twin brother Sora is away with his boyfriend Riku Jones and I'm left here with my emo older brother Cloud who barely leaves his room, except for when he's hungry… My mum and Dad are away at some conference thing for the next two weeks and I'm left here with nothing to do.
I decided what better to do than to check if any of my friends IM's are on, I'm in luck. My best friend since primary school is on, Hayner. My irresponsible, headstrong, impulsive idiot of a best friend, with chestnut brown eyes and sandy blond hair, we have been friends as long as I can remember. When my parents moved to Twilight Town when Sora and I were just babies our mothers met in the park and started talking, after that they were best friends and we went everywhere together, it was pretty hard not to be friends.
I started typing my message remembering that Hayner broke his webcam, when he was playing football inside with my other friend Pence, the slightly podgy ravenette with brown eyes similar to Hayner's. The computer screen displayed the message I typed a few seconds ago.
KeyOfDestiny13 said; Hayner I'm bored… :L
Hayner responded a few seconds later, saying just what I wanted to see.
StruggleChampion22 said; me 2, wanna go 2 the clcktowr and have ice crem?
His spelling really is shit. I mean even for a computer it's not that difficult to type properly, is it?
KeyOfDestiny13 said; Thank god :D I'll be 10 minutes, gotta shower.
The reply was almost instantaneous, and just like Hayner it was to the point.
StruggleChampion22 said; Ok c u in 10.
I quickly got out of my seat and went to the bathroom to wash up. After stripping down and getting in the shower, I let the hot spray of water cover me, steam quickly forming round the room. After my shower I went to the mirror to check my appearance, my hair was already starting to regain its ability to defy gravity. I'm not joking I think it runs in the family, Sora, Cloud and I all have the same gravity defying hair, except Sora has chocolate brown hair while Cloud and I share our blonde spiky locks. Another similar thing between me and my brothers is our eyes which are unimaginably deep blue, a common trait in the Strife family.
I heard a loud slam from inside my room. I let out a yelp, you know a manly yelp. I quickly ran upstairs, grabbing a piece of wood Sora had left. He, Riku and Kairi, one of Sora's friends since Nursery, the auburn haired girl is kind and laid back had started building a raft a few months back but gave up on the idea. As I neared the door I heard an annoyed grumble and a few curses from under the intruder's breath. I knew instantly who it was as I walked into the room, the piece of wood abandoned at the door.
"You couldn't have just knocked on the door, could you?" I asked amusement evident in my voice as a smirk danced its way across my face. I looked at the crumpled heap on my floor, sandy hair poking out as he gave me the finger.
"No need to be so rude." I said as I walked to pick up the idiot sprawled out on my floor, laughing at his misfortune.
"Shut up…" he grumbled but I could hear the amusement in his voice.
'Same old Hayner' I thought to myself as I helped him to his feet.
"Now for ice cream!" he shouted posing like a superhero, 'Idiot' I thought as I pulled him up smiling.
"Then the Clock Tower!" I shouted with equal enthusiasm, as we started descending into fits of giggles, acting like complete idiots.
As we left my room, we came face to chest with my older brother Cloud, who did not look happy.
"Is something wrong?" I asked as he just stood there looking at us, he didn't look angry just tired and annoyed.
"You're too loud." He said, face still impassive as he turned around to walk back to his room as I heard a voice come from his room.
"Cloud, hurry up." Said the slightly whiny voice from the other side of the room.
"Is that Leon!" I shouted, shocked that his best friend was in his room when my mum said no one is to be in the house, I mean I have Hayner but that doesn't matter, Cloud always does what he's told!
As Cloud turned to answer the source of the noise walked out wearing just his boxers as he wrapped his arms round my older brother giving him a quick peck on the cheek before asking what was taking him so long. Cloud only nodded in our direction, a crimson blush staining his cheeks. Leon noticed us, our mouths probably catching flies from the amount of time our mouths had been open in utter shock. He yelped jumping ten feet in the air as he hid behind Cloud.
"U-Um hey guys." He said in a quiet voice as he poked his head out from behind Cloud as Hayner and I just collapsed to the floor, laughing our asses of as both of the taller males scurried back to Clouds room. After stopping laughing to gain oxygen we went to the front door.
"Cloud I'm off out, have fun, but not too much fun!" I shouted as Hayner and I started laughing again leaving the house after Cloud shouted down a few profanities.
After we left and eventually got our ice cream we headed for the clock tower, on the way passed we saw Olette, my other best friend, a young girl with bright green eyes and shoulder length brown hair, she's always upbeat and happy, and forces Hayner to do his homework, dragging Pence behind her, probably of to do more shopping. The look on his face confirmed our suspicion as he silently pleaded with us to save him; we both just stuck our tongues out, watching his expression turn from pleading to most likely calculating our deaths, slowly… painfully.
As we reached the Clock Tower I always get the breathed knocked out of me whenever I look at the huge structure. The intricate design of the tower showing the amazing detail famous architect Cid Highwind can achieve. I know his daughter, Yuffie Highwind, the excitable and cocky self-proclaimed Great Ninja, with brown eyes and black hair kept in a bob cut, who always carries round a freaking huge ass shuriken! I've never been stabbed by it, but I've seen someone get attacked by that short bundle of insane energy.
As we neared the front of the Clock Tower I noticed a glint of red from the top. 'I wonder what that is.' I thought silently to myself as Hayner rambled on about his next struggle match against Seifer, a jerk who always walks round with stupid beanie on his head, he looks like a retarded gangster! As we got to the steps to ascend to the top of the Clock Tower I was brought out of my thoughts by Hayner whining behind me.
"Do we have to go up the stairs?" he whined, bringing out the s in stairs.
"Yes Hayner we have to go up the stairs, there's no elevator." I said blankly not catching his whiny tone as I continued up the stairs.
"They should have an elevator…" He mumbled to himself more than to me.
As we neared the top I could hear laughter. 'Not many people go up here.' I thought as I opened the door and quickly realised what the flash of red was. Sitting in a group of around about 5 people was the most beautiful guy I had ever seen. Yes I'm gay, my parents are cool with it and Sora's gay and by the looks of how we left Cloud and Leon, he is too. Now back to the guy, he had red hair and I don't just mean like red I mean his head looks like it's on fire. His hair is slicked back into spikes, and his eyes are a piercing jade with strange purple tear drop tattoos just under his eyes, he's wearing black skinny jeans and a red tight fitting top and a necklace with a strange red and silver weapon looking thing.
He tilted his head to look in our direction and in that moment our eyes met and I felt something but I don't know what it was, my mouth went dry and my face was covered by a crimson blush as I tried to look away but I was drawn to the huge smirk on his face as he stood up, and when he stood up he was huge, almost two heads bigger than me, and stuck his hand out for me to shake. I slowly grasped his hand as I shook it, blush deepening as his smirk grew wider. He moved his head so that he was a few centimetres from my ear.
"I'm Axel, got it memorised? He whispered, his hot breath sending shivers down my spine, I only then just realized we were still holding hands, so I quickly wrenched my hand away and tried to look a little taller. It didn't work. 'Stupid me being so short' I thought to myself as I coughed and looked up at him.
"I'm Roxas, nice to meet you." I said as his smirk grew wider.
"Well Roxy, you know my name, but this is Demyx, Zexion, Xion and Marluxia." He said smiling a sincere smile at me. I think my blush tripled. The excitable sandy blond who looks like he has a mullet and a Mohawk mixed into one jumped up looking so happy to meet new people as he shook my hand, smiling brightly, his blue eyes shone with joy. He was wearing what I could only describe as a surfers fashion, blue shirt with floral design and shorts.
"I'm Demyx! And this is my boyfriend Zexy!" He shouted as he slumped down next to the kid whose hair was even more shocking than Axel's, as half of it covered the right side of his face with a steely blue colour matching his light blue eyes. He was probably the more formal and reserved one of the group, wearing a black shirt and black tight fitting jeans.
"I'm Zexion, Demyx not Zexy." He said in a scolding tone, but I could still hear amusement in his voice.
"Nice to meet you, Roxas." He said hand extended and a small smile on his face.
The second excitable kid I met was Xion.
"Hi I'm Xion, nice to meet you!" she shouted as she hugged me, I couldn't help but smile at this strange group of people, if I'm honest, Xion reminds me of Yuffie, easily excitable, easy going and nice, her hair also reminds me of Yuffie's, a small bob cut, her bright blue eyes remind me of my own. She was wearing a knee length black dress with a denim jacket on top with a skull on the back with striped leggings. I could tell she was a tomboy like Kairi.
"And I'm Marluxia, nice to meet you." He said courteously as he stood up. Forget what I said about Zexion's hair being the most shocking, Marluxia' hair was bright pink and fluffy falling gracefully around his shoulders, amplifying his dark blue eyes. He wore a light blue t-shirt and tight fitting denim jeans.
"Well now that introductions are out of the way, were new here and we were wondering if you could show us round town?" Axel asked in a sweet voice that could melt butter, and me.
I turned to see if Hayner was ok with this but he had already started talking to Xion and Demyx while Zexion read a book and Marluxia sat down listening to music while fixing his hair.
"Um sure I guess so." I said sheepishly as I scratched the back of my head.
"Whoo hoo, I get to hang out with the cute Blondie!" he shouted lifting me into a bone breaking hug as my blush intensified as I smiled down at him. Whenever he's around all I can do is smile and blush.
'Maybe today isn't going to be that boring' I said smiling to myself as we all got ready to leave the Clock Tower. A permanent smile on my face.
"Axel two things, one; call me Blondie again and I'll castrate you." I said as I saw fear glint in his eye but the cocky smile returned as he spoke.
"Feisty one aren'tcha Roxy." He said as he nudged me from my spot in his arms. I ignored his remark as I continued to speak.
"Two; before we go can you put me down?" I asked amused at the red heads loving nature.