The 'To Do' List
Chapter One
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Axel, Xemnas, Luxord, Demyx, Saix, Xaldin, and Xigbar were all sitting at a round plastic table. Axel was next to Demyx, who was next to Luxord and Xaldin, and Saix was sitting very close to Xigbar next to them. It was the first day of their senior year in high school and they were starting to let it go to their heads.
"Yeah!" Cried Axel as he lifted his feet on top of the table letting the mud caused from the rain storm outside drip off his boots. "Senior year, baby! Woo! We can practically do whatever we want now." He boasted.
Luxord and Xaldin were playing an immense game of poker; regardless of the school's gambling prohibition. Luxord had obviously won again because Xaldin slammed his hand down and swore loudly.
Saix shook his head at them. "You would think you would stop betting your paycheck when you're against Luxord in poker, Xaldin." He spoke calmly from across the table to him.
Xaldin glared at him. "Shove it, Saix." And he turned his attention to his newly dealt hand.
Xigbar looked over at his twin and glared. "Why don't you shove it? You're just jealous that you can't have him anymore."
Xaldin was only paying attention to the game but he snorted and flipped him off anyway.
Luxord tore his attention from his game to input, "Can you guys believe what they named this shit-hole of a school?"
Axel scoffed. "Hell no. I don't know what they were thinking." He lifted his feet off the table as he saw the vice principal walking by, "Radiant Garden? I liked the old high school better."
The old high school they went to was knocked down because of the interior started to fall apart. The city had a new one built over the summer and no one seemed to like it.
Demyx smirked through the cafeteria's double doors in the direction of the entrance at a person who had bright pink hair, holding a flower. "Marluxia seems to like it."
No sooner was the sentence out of his mouth - Marluxia, with flower in hand, skipped all around the café, yelling, "I love it here!" And disappeared to the art room.
Axel shook his head. "Could he be more gay?" He asked himself.
Demyx slapped Axel on the arm. "I think it's cute." He pouted.
Axel rolled his eyes in response. "Of course you do."
The boys' attention now turned to the entrance again as murmurs erupted when a boy, probably a freshman, with blue, messy hair came into view. It was obvious he was new because he cast nervous glances in every direction and his eyes finally rested on the office to the left of him. He walked over to it, opened the door and disappeared behind it.
Xemnas was the first to have a remark about him. "Well, I guess it's no secret now that he's the new kid everybody's been going on about."
Axel turned his attention to Xemnas. "I haven't heard a damn thing about a new kid. How do you know about him?"
He shrugged. "When you live with a bunch of teenage girls you hear things on the occasion."
Xigbar looked over as Demyx who was staring in the direction of the office the boy disappeared into. "Hey! Dem, you're drooling."
"Wha-?" He blushed at getting caught.
Xaldin narrowed his eyes at Demyx over his cards. "Don't tell me you're pinning for a freshman."
Demyx looked down sheepishly. "No..."
Axel looked at him in shock. "You are! Oh, Christ! You actually like the stupid freshman?"
"Sh-shut up!" He stuttered.
Luxord sighed then smirked at his hand while looking up at Xaldin. "I win again."
Xaldin's mouth hung open in shock. "How do you know?"
"Because I have a royal flush." He tossed his hand down on the table and sure enough, combined with the five cards on the table, he had a royal flush.
"Fuck!" Xaldin yelled and threw down his hand as Luxord took the rest of his money and put the cards away.
"No swearing, mister, that's three demerits!" Cried the vice principal who had taken to sitting at the table next to them.
Xaldin mouthed 'fuck you' to him behind his back while Xigbar shook his head at him.
"Honestly, dude, you should check if there are any teachers around before you yell out a curse." He scolded.
Xaldin shot him a death glare from across the table.
Demyx then turned to Axel with an animated look on his face. "Soooo...how did things go with Xion last night?" He waggled his eyebrows at him.
Axel laughed arrogantly and leaned his chair back so it was balancing on two legs. "Awesome, one less person I need to fuck at least."
They all joined in with his laughter.
Xaldin leaned in at him, "So, how was she?"
He smirked. "Like I'll tell you. Let's just say if she wanted to go into the porn business she'd make a promising career." He said, as they all shrieked with laughter again.
"So, I have everybody crossed off of my list. I guess I win the bet." Axel gloated.
Xemnas snickered. "I think not."
Axel leaned forward so fast his chair slammed back onto the ground. "Waddya mean, 'I think not'?"
"I have one other person to add to your list before you can claim victorious." He said calmly.
Axel calmed down and leaned back again. "Really?" He drew the word out. "Who?"
"You know him."
"Him?" Axel raised his eyebrows. Everybody knew he was bi but they all agreed that they only have girls on the lists they made. Girls were more prone and easier to suck in.
"A certain, loving blonde."
"You don't mean Roxas do you?" Demyx all but screamed.
Xemnas nodded. "I mean Roxas."
Axel scoffed at him in response. "Fine. It'll be easy."
Saix narrowed his eyes at Xemnas. He was trying to figure out why Xemnas was doing this. Everybody in the Organization knew that Axel always had a thing for the blonde. And Xemnas wasn't gay; so it wasn't jealousy. He better watch out though, Axel was his best friend. If Xemnas does anything to hurt him, 'Mansex' won't know what hit him.
"Was she as good as Namine was?" Xaldin asked Axel with an eagerness that Saix found disgusting.
Axel turned to him. "Who?"
"Xion. Was she has good as Namine?"
"Again; not saying anything about it." He let the chair fall back to in its proper position on the floor. "I'll give you the video instead so you can see for yourself."
Saix narrowed his eyes at Axel this time. "You video taped it?" He asked coldly.
Axel laughed loudly. "Sure I did! I wanted to see her face over and over as I gave her the best ride of her life." He began doing obscene gestures with his body to emphasize it.
"You disgust me."
The whole group fell silent leaving Saix's words hanging in the air.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Axel looked at him skeptically. "You were all for it before, why are you all of sudden against it?"
"Before we weren't tricking them into bed with us. They knew what was going to happen the next morning. They knew that it didn't mean anything. What you're doing now is cruel and disgusting. I can't believe I ever dated something like you." He spat at him as he got up and left, leaving them all shocked in his wake.
"Uhhh, I'm gonna go with him, make sure the dude doesn't do anything stupid, like punching mirrors…or walls." Xigbar announced as he got up and followed Saix.
Axel started laughing which caused Luxord and Demyx to look at him in shock.
"Saix is going soft is all it is. It's his final year in high school and he wants to do it right. So stupid…" He muttered.
"I don't know, Axel..." Began Demyx. "He seemed really serious. You know he's not the type to care about other people."
"Well, apparently, now he is."
Luxord rolled his eyes. "You're being idiots. Just forget about it and enjoy the first day."
"Yeah," Axel said, "Let's go in the halls and lead the freshman in the wrong direction to their classes." Axel laughed as he got up and headed down the hall.
Demyx followed after him, wondering if Axel would ever grow up.
WITH SAIX AND XIGBAR
Xigbar was holding a damp paper towel to Saix's knuckles tightly.
"Dude, you gotta stop punching things whenever you get pissed. You're gonna break somethin'" Xigbar scolded.
Saix rolled his eyes. "Whatever."
"Why do you care so much about what happens to Xion anyway?"
"I don't. I just don't think we should be doing this 'list' anymore. It's a waste of time and Xion is bound to have some friends. Remember what Kairi and Leon did to Axel when they found out about Namine?"
Xigbar nodded. Kairi was Namine's sister and Leon was like a big brother to the girl. Both had approached Axel and threatened him, although Leon gave him an example of what he would do. Axel blew it off but everyone saw his bruises and cut lip.
"And now, he's just setting himself up for another fight. I've seen Seifer even give him dirty looks in the hallway. One of these days, Axel is going to get himself killed."
Xigbar took the paper towel off of his hand and looked at it. "I know, man, but Axel's a big boy. He can handle himself. Now, you on the other hand...it stopped bleeding but we better get the nurse to check it out."
Saix scoffed and wrenched his hand out of Xigbar's grip. "I don't need to go to the nurse and I don't need you babying me."
"Hey! I'm not babying you! I'm taking care of you. There's a difference." Xigbar protested.
Saix rolled his eyes and moved towards the door and swung it open. "Whatever."
Xigbar followed behind him. "Hey, Saix!" He grabbed Saix's arm and spun him around to face him. "I'm not babying you! You hear me! I'm treating you like normal boyfriends do!"
Saix sighed. "Yeah, I know. I'm just worried is all."
Xigbar grabbed his hand and held it tightly. "That's okay, so long as you continue to hate Xaldin." He teased, trying to lighten the mood a little.
Saix smirked, knowing full well what Xigbar was doing. "I still can't believe I dated twins."
Xigbar shrugged. "I can't either but in the end you got the better one."
"Now, are you ready to go back to the table?" He offered.
"I guess so. But if Axel makes one more remark about this list he and I are going to have a little chat." Saix threatened.
Xigbar gulped and lead him out of the bathroom, heading back to the cafeteria.
"Well, you can worry about that if he does. But I doubt he'll bring it up again today."
"He better not."
WITH ROXAS AND CO.
Roxas was sitting in Pence's black 'ghetto' (as he called it) SUV just looking out the window very depressed.
It was the first day of school. He hated school. School meant only two things to him; no more sleeping in and a total waste of time. He knew he needed to go to school be anything when he was an adult but that didn't mean he had to like it.
"Hey, Roxas! Are you excited for school?" Pence asked him while making sure to keep his eyes on the road ahead.
"Ecstatic." He said in monotone, never averting his gaze to the blurry scenery.
Pence smiled at his remark. "Awww, c'mon. It can't be that bad to be back."
"You're just saying that because you're not a freshman anymore."
"True."
They soon arrived at the school and parked in the student parking lot.
Roxas moaned when he saw Larxene get out of her car clad in a pastel pink shirt that clung to her like a second skin and blue skinny jeans.
Pence looked at him, curious to see what he moaned about. Then he saw Larxene and knew why.
"Larxene isn't really all that bad, Roxas. She's just a little..." He broke off while trying to find the right word for the girl who was currently staring at Axel through the café doors.
"Obsessive?" Roxas offered as he stepped out of the SUV with his backpack slung across one shoulder, leaving one strap neglected.
Pence rushed to catch up to him. "That's a little harsh, Roxas. It's just her personality. Just like it's yours to be all emo and sit in a corner all day."
Roxas shot him a death glare. "I don't sit in corners all day."
"Sure you don't."
They fell silent while they sat at a table in the cafeteria that was three tables away from Axels'.
Roxas just began to get out his books when someone yelled, "Pence!" from across the room. He looked up from his backpack to see Olette tackling Pence with a hug and Pence barely able to stand.
"Hey, Olette!" Pence greeted.
Olette started to playfully pout. "Is that all you can say?"
"What do you me to say?"
Olette smiled. "Nothing."
Roxas smirked as he got what Olette was referring to and Pence obviously did not because his face wrinkled in confusion.
"What?" Pence asked.
Olette giggled then wrapped her arms around Pence's neck and kissed him. It wasn't a long kiss but long enough that Roxas started feeling very uncomfortable and felt the need to look away.
When he looked away he locked eyes with Axel who was staring at him intensely. It felt like they stared at each other for hours to Roxas when, in reality, it was only a few seconds. He saw Axel smirk before Olette's giggling brought him back to where he was.
He decided it was safe enough to look at the overly happy couple. Olette's arms were still linked together around Pence's neck while Pence's hands were wrapped around her waist holding her closer than Roxas thought possible to him.
"Well, I take you're happy to see me." Pence said to Olette.
She only giggled again in response. That was the only thing that bothered Roxas about Olette, she giggled way too much. It seemed that was the only thing she knew how to do.
Once they started to get all lovey-dovey with each other again Roxas needed to get out of the café before he started gagging.
He grabbed his pack and strode out the double doors that were right in front of Axel's table, making sure to avoid the red-head's gaze. He decided to go wait for Namine at her locker as something to do before school actually started.
"Hey, Roxas!" He heard someone yell to him from behind.
He groaned inwardly; he knew that voice.
He turned around to Axel and waited for him to catch up. When he got closer he started for the stairs and heard Axel following him.
"What do you want, Axel?"
"What? I can't say hi to my best friend?" Axel said as he threw an arm around Roxas' shoulders.
Roxas shrugged it off and continued walking towards Namine's locker, trying to ignore Axel as much as possible.
"You may just want to go, Axel." Roxas suggested coldly.
Axel looked taken aback. "Waddya mean? Why are you being an ass all of a sudden? Did Saix talk to you or something?"
Roxas shook his head. "I haven't heard from Saix since the last day of school last year. I'm being 'an ass' because Sora told me what you did to Namine over the summer. And if I'm an ass then I have no idea what that makes you."
Axel just stood there, his mouth hanging open, and didn't move. He just stared at Roxas and Roxas stared back.
"Namine doesn't know what she's talking about." Axel finally said.
"Why wouldn't she? I can't see a good reason why she would lie about how you screwed her then said, 'That was fun. But I wanna break up.' I mean did you loose your morals or something, Axel. I didn't think you were capable of doing something like that. I mean, I know you think a lot of yourself, but I didn't think you thought so much of yourself that you stopped caring about anything else but you." He said.
Again, Axel just stood there, mouth agape, and stared. This was clearly not what he had in mind for his first day of school.
He finally tore his gaze away from Roxas' eyes down to the floor and sighed. "Look, I get it; you think I'm an ass. But I didn't think she thought we were actually steady or something. To me, from the very beginning, it was nothing but an opportunity. I thought she knew that. But I guess I thought wrong. Can you forgive me, Roxie?"
Roxas sucked in a breath from the use of this childhood name. Axel was the only who used it now, well, more like the only one allowed to use it now, but still...and that combined with Axels' pathetic puppy-dog-eyes look caused Roxas to mentally surrender.
Axel smiled because he knew what was going on. He was forgiven.
"Fine. Just can you apologize to Namine? It would make me feel better about talking to you again." Roxas requested.
Axels' smile fell. "What? Apologize?" He faltered after he caught Roxas' glare in his direction.
"I guess I could try..." Axel shuffled his feet as he said it.
Roxas beamed at him. "Good. I know you can make this better, Axel. Just give it a try."
Axel nodded and walked off, his shoulder's slightly slumped and he was muttering something that sounded like, 'Gonna harder than I thought.'
What ever that means, thought Roxas.
He waited another five minutes after Axel left when Namine finally came into view down the hallway.
"Hey, Namine!" Roxas called to her, trying to gain her attention from the floor.
She looked up and Roxas' eyes tightened. She looked worse than he heard about from Sora who heard about it from Kairi. It was clear that even after it had been at least a month after the Axel incident that she was taking it hard.
He better make one helluva apology.
"How are you doing?" He asked her as she moved to open her locker while still looking solemn.
When she didn't answer he went on. "What kind of classes are you taking? You better be taking that advanced drawing class you wanted to take last year. You're an amazing artist."
She still continued to act like nothing was being said between the two and loaded her bag with books that were bound to give her back problems in the future.
Roxas sighed. Clearly she wasn't in the mood for talking but he had to get her to say something.
"Look, I know what Axel did was wrong, but it was a month ago, Namine! You gotta let it go!" Roxas claimed.
She visibly froze while she was crouched down by the floor. Roxas watched as she slowly rose and slammed her locker shut. She turned toward him glaring at him so fiercely that he was afraid he would melt on the spot and she hit him in the back of the head with her messenger bag and stalked off.
Roxas, having fallen down from the blow, sat there in the middle of the hallway stunned.
He shook his head as if to clear his thoughts and slung his bag back over his shoulder and strode after her.
Guess the thing with Axel was worse than I thought; he thought to himself as he watched her run down the stairs and followed after her. She better not go mute. She barely talks as it is...
He watched as she approached her sister and then burst into tears. Kairi held Namine and looked around wildly for the cause of her sister's hysterics. Her eyes narrowed at Roxas which caused him to have a burning need to use the bathroom before she decided to approach him.
He ran for the bathroom door and bolted towards an open stall and locked it. With his breathing slightly out of order he leaned against the stall wall.
This is going to be a long year...
A/N: Hey, guys, I know I should be working on my Supernatural story right now but I got the idea for this fic and just had to write it down. I hope you're not too awfully mad at me...
Well, basically, just review and let me know what you think.
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~DarkAngelGrl22567