Chapter 1: What The Hell Was That Noise?
(Roxas P.O.V)
Ten more minutes...just ten more minutes... Roxas was blissfully thinking as he sat at his assigned seat. Mr. Luxhorn was doing nothing to entertain him about their upcoming assignment of the Victorian era and he couldn't help but stare at the clock. Why did time in Honey High have to tick by so slowly? Roxas sat in the back so he checked his phone once more, and was not surprised to find a sext from his annoyingly hot boyfriend, Axel, asking if he was getting a blowjob later for picking him up. Roxas sighed and shook his head without replying to the email. He and Axel had been going out for a year and a half now, and for some reason Axel still couldn't figure out that Roxas was not a fan of sexting. He didn't see the point in it. Why text about something sexual when you can just meet the person and do it? Roxas looked back up at the clock. Eight more minutes.
"You alive over there, pointy top?" came a light-hearted voice along with a hand waving in Roxas's face, distracting him from the clock. Roxas turned and rolled his eyes at the culprit. His blond- haired friend Demyx. Demyx and Roxas had known each other longer than Roxas had known Axel, but Demyx was the reason the two met in the first place. Demyx was a blessing to have as a friend but also an annoying pain in the ass if you wanted to get any work done. Demyx was all about having fun, with the exception of alcohol because for some reason Demyx couldn't have any, but that didn't stop him in the slightest. He and Axel were always up for some shit they had no business doing, and poor Roxas was always dragged into doing it, whether he wanted to or not. But he liked that about Demyx and Axel. After all, he had managed to conquer his fear of heights thanks to Demyx throwing him off a waterslide cliff when they went camping. He got over his fear even if he never forgave Demyx for doing it in the first place.
"I'll be alive when this damn class is over. I want to go home," Roxas yawned. Demyx chuckled.
"By home, you mean going to Axel's house," Demyx corrected.
"No, by home, I meant my actual house," Roxas smiled.
"Oh, so you do reside somewhere other than Axel's bed," Demyx laughed.
"Fuck off," Roxas said, playfully punching him in the arm. The bell suddenly went off and Roxas sighed in absolute relief.
"See? Talking to friends made the time go faster," Demyx said as the two grabbed their stuff to head out.
"Like we aren't about to walk in the same direction to our lockers," Roxas scoffed, throwing his bag over his shoulder. They both walked out the classroom and waded into the chaos of a high school hallway to go find their lockers. Roxas liked that their lockers were located closer to the front of the school. They could get out quicker, and there was no rush in the morning to go find them. By the time they got there, the red-headed pyro known as Axel was already leaning against the lockers, having already went to his.
"How did you beat us here?" Demyx asked.
"He skipped class" Roxas said, then turned to Axel, "Didn't you?"
"You can't expect me to sit in biology class and actually do work, Roxy. It's not in me," Axel said.
"Neither is a brain," Roxas retorted.
"Hey, I don't hear any complaints when you're underneath me, begging for mercy-"
Axel grimaced in pain as Roxas hit him in the side with his textbook before shoving it in his locker. He kept reminding himself that he loved this guy, but Axel did not have to keep putting their sex life out in the open. It's bad enough Roxas's mom still thinks he and Axel are just really good friends when his dad knows for a fact that they've already fucked. Demyx had bet money that his mom would never find out until their wedding day, if then.
"This is why I don't greet you with a blowjob," Roxas smiled bitterly as his boyfriend, letting him know he saw the sext from earlier.
"Whatever, whatever, let's go. I've been here ten minutes longer than necessary," Axel said, walking out the door ahead of Roxas and Demyx.
As they left school grounds and came around the corner towards Axel's car, they noticed two familiar figures a few cars away from Axels. It was two of their friends, Ventus and Vanitas. Ventus kind of always creeped Roxas out a little bit, for the sole fact that the two of them look like fucking twins and they're nowhere related. Roxas could've even sworn that one time when Axel was talking about a memory Roxas couldn't remember was indeed because it happened with Ventus and not himself. But even though they looked alike, there was nothing they had in common except that. Roxas was more outgoing than Ventus was, and not in terms of just partying. It's just that Roxas was more open and willing to do stupid shit just for the fun of it, while Ventus seemed more conservative on his part and he didn't feel the need to participate in half the stuff the group decided to do, especially if it was technically illegal. Best example is Ventus wouldn't drink for the sole fact of where they were underaged for alcohol. He was, without a doubt, the most quiet in the group, only ever talking that much to Vanitas.
Now, Vanitas was on his own level entirely. He had a bad temper when he got angry, and he didn't seem to care much about the consequences of his actions. He would suggest an idea, Axel would exaggerate it, Demyx would call it, and then boom everyone would have to do it. Vanitas was "the bad boy" so to speak, even though he's only been arrested once, and it wasn't even his fault. But his quick wit and banter could rival Roxas's, and to this day, Roxas still wasn't sure why Vanitas hung out with Ventus more than them, when they suited his attitude more. The only thing Vanitas wouldn't do is set anything on fire for personal reasons.
"Yo salt and pepper!" Axel hollered across the way. Ventus, who was turned away from their direction, looked back behind him and Vanitas made a face at Axel for being addressed as such. Roxas thought the comment was quite true though.
"What do you want?" was all Vanitas replied with as Ventus gave a smile and a wave.
"We all about to go driving out in the outer skirts for a while, you in?" Axel asked. Roxas looked at his boyfriend in surprise.
"When the hell did we decide on that?!" Roxas asked.
"Demyx and I were talking about it last night and decided since it's Friday, why not?" Axel shrugged it off like it was nothing.
"Demyx!" Roxas exclaimed, turning to his supposed friend.
"Oh..I may have forgot to mention that earlier," Demyx said, rubbing the back of his head.
"Jesus Christ, why do you two always make these plans and expect me to follow along? I have other things to do in case you keep forgetting," Roxas complained.
"Aside from doing homework, taking those dumb ass piano lessons, and screwing me, you have absolutely nothing else to do," Axel said, slinging his arm across his boyfriend's shoulers. Roxas would've punched him in the throat if it wasn't quite accurate.
"A notice would be nice," Roxas said.
"You just got it, you're welcome," Axel grinned, kissing him on the forehead before turning back to Vanitas and Ventus, "So you two coming or what? Actually, Vanitas, are you coming because I know Ventus here ain't going nowhere past his curfew."
"I don't have a curfew, you moron," Ventus spoke. Roxas rolled his eyes. For the one person in the group whose parents were constantly away and left to their son to his own devices, Ventus always acted like he had a bedtime to get back to. Another reason why Roxas couldn't figure out why Vanitas hung out with him.
"Vanitas, you coming?" Axel asked again, completely ignoring Ventus.
"Nope. Don't feel like it. I got sleep on my schedule for the next fourteen hours so I'm out," Vanitas said, tossing a piece of lint from his shirt to the ground before going around to the driver's side of his car. Ventus saluted them before opening the passenger door and getting in. Vanitas pulled out and drove away without so much as a proper goodbye.
"Those two have to be fucking, I swear," Axel said.
"Nope. Ventus won't drink alcohol, what makes you think he'd have sex before marriage?" Demyx laughed. Roxas and Axel joined in laughing at the joke as they made their way to Axel's car. When they got in, Roxas groaned.
"Are we seriously going for a drive in the out skirts? There's nothing out there, Axel," Roxas complained.
"Except all the rich people who want nothing to do with the city. Don't see why though when they all work here. Completely pointless," Axel said.
"Axel, you better not-"
"Relax, Roxas, we aren't going on a robbery," Demyx cut in, catching where Roxas was heading.
"Then what, pray tell, are we doing?" Roxas asked, clearly suspicious.
"Just pulling a little prank. This jackass in the bookstore yesterday decided that it was completely okay to try and sexually harass Zexion. Zexion wasn't bothered by it, but I was and we got Bathier to find out where he lives. We're just gonna spray paint some nice little messages all over his house is all," Demyx explained, although Roxas could tell he was fuming. Zexion was Demyx's quiet little blue-haired boyfriend who also went to Honey High. Zexion was a complete bookworm, so Roxas still isn't sure how the two ended up dating. He thought Zexion and Ventus made more sense. But Demyx was extremely protective of Zexion because Zexion was small, so anybody messing with him was going to pay severely. If Demyx had Axel's peronality, he would probably set them on fire.
"Why do you guys always have to pick the illegal stuff?" Roxas groaned.
"Hey, this was our last idea. The first one was to beat the shit out of him with a crowbar, but Demyx said he didn't want to be arrested for murder," Axel laughed.
"Like this is any better?" Roxas scoffed, "I'm not getting out the car for this one."
"That's okay, just keep the engine running," Axel nodded. Roxas really couldn't believe his boyfriend sometimes.
They spent the hour it took to get to the outer skirts listening to music and Axel explaining to Roxas why he should Axel a blowjob in the car, which Roxas has refused again and again to do. They could tell when they were reaching the outer skirts, as the houses became independent of each others' walls and the houses got more far apart and bigger. Some houses even had two garages and a double decker in the front of them. When they pulled over, they stopped in front a house with one of those double deckers attached to it, and the house was a dark brown and red with only a fence separating the backyard from the front.
"Alright, last stop," Axel joked as he and Demyx got out the car. Roxas, at the last second, got out as well.
"You joining now?" Axel asked as he fished in his trunk for the spray paint bottles.
"You do know this house probably has cameras, right?" Roxas said.
"Yeah, you would think so. But I had Bathier scour the place. Not a single camera in sight. Sucks to be him," Axel laughed. Demyx and Axel grabbed all the spray bottles and waited for Roxas to climb over and open the gate from the backyard. As Roxas stood aside to let them through, he could've sworn he heard something from a short distance but passed it off as a stray cat. They walked around to the back of the house and Axel was smiling from ear to ear to find that the backyard door was made of glass.
"Oh, this is going to be fun," Axel practically giggled and Roxas regretted not staying in the car. Demyx and Axel began setting up the spray cans around the sides of the house to set them for when they were going to use them. Roxas took out his phone and made a mental note to never get in his boyfriend's car without a known destination when he heard something again. He looked up from his phone and looked around. It was faint, but he could hear it. Was it an animal? He heard it again...it sounded like...groaning?
"Axel," Roxas said.
"In a minute babe," Axel called back. Roxas looked around, trying to pinpoint the sound. The closest thing to them was the house "not exactly" next door, but close enough to be considered a neighbor. Could it be coming from there? Then he heard something that sounded like a swish and that noise again but it was louder. Roxas's eyes widened, that was definitely a groan.
"Axel! Demyx!" Roxas called urgently.
"What?" Demyx asked, not looking at him, too busy on the spray painting. He didn't get halfway through the first word when suddenly they all heard a loud pop and what was most definitely, without a doubt, a scream. Axel and Demyx stopped their assault, and looked in the directio Roxas was looking.
"Tell me you guys heard that too?" Roxas asked. Axel and Demyx set down the spray can bottles, on full alert now. All three of them crept near the end of the fence, attempting to peek over the fence.
"Was that a scream?" Demyx asked as they tried to find the source of the noise.
"Yeah...and it sounded painful too," Roxas replied. Another pop and another scream echoed toward theirs ears and all three looked up.
"It's coming from that window," Roxas said, pointing to the third window in at the top of the house, presuming the second floor.
"What the fuck is going on in there?" Axel asked. They waited for another ten minutes, not bothering to move until they heard the front door of the house open. They all ducked, and waited until they heard the engine of a car running. They heard the car sped off and only then did they stand back up to their regular heights.
"None of our business, that's what," Roxas decided. He got away from the fence but turned back when he noticed the others weren't following.
"Axel, what are you doing?!" Roxas exclaimed as he saw Axel climbing over the gate, Demyx following suit.
"I'm going to see what that was," Axel said like it was the most obvious thing he was doing.
"Axel, are you crazy?! Okay, don't answer that! Axel, we aren't even supposed to be here, let alone onto another house!" Roxas complained.
"Roxas, normally I'd agree with you but it sounded like someone's in pain. We should check it out," Demyx said. Roxas ran over and Axel helped him climb over the fence.
"And do what?!" Roxas asked. He could not believe what he was hearing right now.
"Call the police maybe? What if somebody was just murdered?" Demyx asked.
"Slow down, Dem, we can't call the police. We would be arrested too for trespassing. Let's just scope it out for a minute and then call it quits," Axel suggested. Demyx nodded and Axel turned to Roxas.
"Babe, you can go in the car if you really don't want to do this," Axel said. Roxas shook his head. He was already getting in trouble if they were caught, might as well go the whole way. The three of them made their way to the back door, which was also made of glass, and Axel, whose dad was a locksmith, was easily able to open the door using a bobby pin and a pocket knife. They went inside the house and Roxas closed the door and relocked it. The house looked extremely clean. All the furniture in the room they were in was made of leather and the floor was a blood red carpet. The walls had portraits made from famous painters hanging around the room. A home computer with a keyboard sat on top of an office desk, with a swinging chair.
"Come on, the noise came from upstairs," Axel said, ignoring the décor of the place. Demyx and Roxas follwed him up the marble staircase Axel found around the corner. They stopped halfway up when they heard groaning.
"That doesn't sound good," Roxas said. They continued up the stairs slowly, the groaning going in and out. The noise led them past four rooms that were all locked. When they got outside the door where the noise was coming from. That door was also locked. Before deciding to unlock it, Axel merely knocked.
"Hello? Is everything okay in there?" Axel called. It was quiet for a few moments, the groaning even got quieter, but it was still very much there.
"Hello?" Axel tried again. When he didn't recieve an actual answer, he used the bobby pin and his pocket knife again. When he opened the door, he, Roxas and Demyx stood frozen in place.
"Oh my God."
And there's chapter one for all you lovelies. You the drill, R and R if you want more chapters. This is my test run first story, so if you like this one, I will not only continue it, but I will post some more stories once their first chapters are done. I just want them all out of my head lol. Anyways, until next time! Poof!