Zexion sat at the bar of the night club, his eyes glued to the performers on stage. Larxene had forced him to come to this awful place with her, Marluxia (who was currently flirting with a tall, dorky looking man with long, blonde hair), and Xigbar. He would much rather be home studying with Lexaeus or something but now he was looking at the band. The singer was a tall man with the physique of a woman and long ginger hair that was spiked like a hedgehog. Next to him was the base guitarist who was a kid with spiky blonde hair and who was obviously checking out the singer's ass and the drummer looked like he could easily squash any of them with his imposing figure and creepy dreadlocks. The person Zexion was staring at, however, was the Sitarist. The band had apparently decided not to use a guitar but to go for a Sitar instead. The sound was almost as interesting as the Sitarist's hair cut which was a mix of a mullet and Mohawk. The hair wasn't what had Zexion transfixed, however, it was his piercing eyes that reminded him of the ocean. Xigbar appeared out of nowhere and slung his arm over Zexion's shoulders. "Enjoying the music, little dude?" He asked.
Zexion sighed. "It's the only good thing here…do you know this band?"
Xigbar laughed. 'Yah! Of course! They are the only reason Larxey and I wanted to come here in the first place!" Zexion raised an eyebrow. "Dude, Demyx and I are, like, best friends, man! And Larxene is friends with Roxas and Axel, although Demyx is scared shitless of her!" He laughed and Zexion gave him a questioning look. "Oh, the dude singing is Axel, the one checking out his ass is Roxas, and the sitar guy is Demyx. The guy on the drums was introduced to them by Lexaeus…Xaldin I think…he scares me, dude!" He started to walk away. "By they way, we're meeting with them after the show so don't think of going home anytime soon, little dude!" He yelled over his shoulder before he disappeared into the crowd.
Zexion rolled his eyes and took a sip of his beer, swallowing it with a look of disgust on his face. He had never really liked beer but he felt like, if anything good were to happen tonight, he would have to be totally buzzed. Larxene and Marluxia, along with the blonde stranger walked towards him. "Hey, Zexy, I didn't know you drank." Larxene commented.
"Don't call me that." Zexion told her as he set his glass down. "Who's your new friend?" He asked to try to change the topic. Alcohol wasn't exactly fun to talk about.
"This is Vexen." A drunken Marly answered his question. "And he's the sweetest thing sense sugar."
Vexen gave Zexion an awkward smile. "My friends dragged me here. Otherwise I would never be seen in a place like this."
"Don't be so uptight." Marly gave his ass a squeeze and Vexen jumped and made a squeaking noise. "Enjoy yourself, sexy."
"He's not this bad when he's sober, trust me." Larxene told him.
"Hey, Marly, don't get too excited." Xigbar reemerged. "The long haired dude is in our biology class with professor Xemnas." He slung his arm over Larxene's shoulders and winked at Zexion. "He's probably the smartest kid in the whole damn class, right Zexy?"
"Stop calling me that." Zexion mumbled as Larxene threw his arm off of her like it was poisonous. "And, yah, he gets better grades then me."
Marly shrugged and Xigbar shrugged and whispered to Vexen. "Sorry, dude," He apologized. "That usually works."
"That's it for tonight, guys!" Zexion turned around to see the band leaving the stage and Axel saying goodbye at the mic. "But never fear, we'll be back tomorrow at 7, got it memorized?" A few girls squealed and Zexion rolled his eyes before Larxene pulled him off the bar stool he had been sitting on and he immediately shrunk about two inches as his feet touched the ground.
"Come on, we're going to go say yo to the guys." She dragged him along. They made it to the door to the back room and saw two guys, one with long silver hair and the other (who was much shorter than the other) with brown spiky hair, making out directly in front of the door. "Cut it out and let us in, Riku." Larxene said annoyed.
Riku broke the kiss and sighed. "Roxas just introduced me to his twin brother and I couldn't resist…" He told her as the moved to the side, the brunette blushing wildly. "Go on in." Riku said and held the boy close to his side.
"So you're Sora, huh?" Larxene smiled at him. "You're fine, kid, we don't judge. Just watch out for Riku. He's a horny bastard." Riku glared at her and she laughed. "Have fun you two!" She opened the door and everyone filled into the backstage area.
"Demyx, my man!" Xigbar and Demyx exchanged a rather elaborate handshake.
"Xigbar! How's it going? How's collage? Does it suck?" Demyx's voice was exactly how Zexion had imagined it and he felt himself blush. Lucky for him his face was almost completely covered by his hair so no one noticed.
"No, dude, you would like it. Well, except for the thinking part." Demyx fake pouted for a second as Xigbar laughed.
"Do the words 'I'm gay' not register with you, Larxene?" Zexion recognized the singer's voice and looked over to see him with his arm slung over Roxas's shoulders.
"Sorry, sorry!" Larxene laughed. "I was joking, you know! Hey, Roxas, where's Namine?"
"In the van." Roxas gestured to the back door and Larxene almost ran outside.
"I'm not straight either, Axel." She called over her shoulder as she left, the door slamming behind her.
"Little dude?" Xigbar appeared in front of him. "You alright, man?"
Zexion shrugged. "Why was Larxene so eager to see…uh…"
"What, Namine?" Xigbar laughed. "They have been together for, like, a month, dude. I keep forgetting you don't know anyone here. Yo, Dem!"
Demyx came skipping (literally skipping) over to Xigbar. "Yah? What is this the kid you were talking about?"
Zexion felt himself blush again and was so glad he had gotten this hair cut. "I'm Zexion." He said in his usual bland voice.
Demyx took his hand and Zexion couldn't help but notice how soft his skin was. "I'm Demyx. Nice to meet you!"
Zexion shook his hand quickly before withdrawing his own. "Don't mind him if he doesn't talk much. He's not the most social little dude."
Demyx laughed, a sound like bells, and Zexion felt his stomach do a flip. What was wrong with him? "Hey, that's ok!" Demyx smiled at Zexion. "Can I call you Zexy?"
"No." Zexion said automatically before slapping himself internally.
Demyx frowned. "But Zexion is such a long name…"
"Demyx!" Xaldin called from the door. "We're leaving!"
"Dude! Can we have a ride? Zexion and I took the bus."
"And we'll take the buss back." Zexion sighed. He didn't know what he felt or why he was feeling it but it was new and altogether confusing and he wanted to get away so he could, hopefully, stop feeling what ever it was he was feeling.
"But, little dude, the bus costs money." Xigbar complained. "And they can fit, like fifteen people in their van."
"Demyx, we will leave without you, man! Hurry up!" Axel called.
"Hey, hey, Axel!" Demyx called. "Can we give everybody a ride?"
"Sure, just hurry up! Roxas wants to go to bed early tonight. He has a headache!"
Demyx grinned and grabbed Xigbar's sleeve, pulling him along after him. "Come on, Zexion!" He called. "You're a friend now too so we will give you a ride too, ok? Come on!"
Zexion followed them hesitantly out the back door an into the graffiti littered van. The had entered the van through the massive back doors and everyone, with the exception of Xaldin (who was driving) and Roxas (Who was reclining in the passenger's seat trying to sleep off his headache) were sitting on the floor of the back of the van because there were no seats back there. "Sorry, guys." Axel said as everyone (including Marly and Vexen) climbed in. "We generally use this thing to transport equipment, not people. The club is letting us use it for storage space for a while."
Zexion sat down in the corner formed by the back of the driver's seat and the side of the van. Demyx sat down next to him and Zexion felt himself tense up. What was wrong with him? Seriously? "Hey, look, the emo kid is in the corner where he belongs." Larxene teased. Namine was seated on her lap, a blush engulfing her pale cheeks
"Larxene, that's not very nice." Namine said in her quite innocent voice.
"Hush, kitty." Larxene purred as she planted a kiss on Namine's lips. Namine pulled away quickly and blushed wildly. "Aw, I'm sorry, kitten, I forgot." Larxene stroked her hair. "Not in public. I understand. I'm sorry…"
Zexion turned his gaze to Vexen and Marly. Marluxia had apparently fallen asleep on Vexen's soulder and Vexen was sitting uncomfortably, trying not to move. Zexion sighed and looked pulled his knees up to his chest so he could rest his chin on them. "We should play the name game!" Demyx interjected after a moment of silence.
"What?" Axel questioned him.
"Well, we have some new friends and no one really knows anything about Xaldin so we should play the name game! I'll start!" The excitement was thick in his voice. "I'm Demyx and my favorite color is blue because that's the color of water and I want to be a famous musician in the future!" He turned to Axel who was sitting beside him. "Your turn, Axey!"
"Ok, fine. I'm Axel and my favorite color is red because of fire and I want to be the hottest guy in history, not that I have to try very hard." He poked Marluxia in the ribs and he sat up with a jump. "We're playing the name game, got it memorized?"
Marluxia nodded. "Fine, fine…I'm Marluxia I like pink and I want to be a botanist."
"You never said why you like pink, silly!" Demyx laughed.
"Because a lot of my favorite flowers are pink, that's why." He turned to Vexen and smiled at him. "You're turn, Vexy."
"I don't want to play…"
"Please?" Marluxia gave him a puppy dog face and Vexen sighed.
"I'm Vexen and I like the color white because of snow and…er…"
"What you want to be?" Demyx asked.
"Right. I want to be a microphysicist."
"I don't know what that is…" Demyx chimed in.
"It will take forever to explain." Zexion sighed. "So don't ask…" Again he slapped himself internally.
"But I want to know." Demyx pouted.
"I'll explain later." Zexion murmered. "Let's just finish the game…"
"Grumpy gills…" Demyx frowned and Larxene started talking.
"I'm Larxene, I like yellow because of lightning, and I am going to be a rocket scientist." She kissed Namine on the cheek. "You're turn, kitten."
"I'm Namine…I like the color white…like unused paper…and…I'm going to be an artist…" She looked over at Roxas's seat. "Is he awake?"
"His name is Roxas, he likes green because of nature, he wants to be a paleontologist. Xaldin's turn" Axel said, not wanting to wake Roxas up.
"I'm Xaldin." Xaldin said. Zexion noted that his voice sounded like rocks scraping against each other. "I like the color brown because it reminds me of home and I want to be a veterinarian." Demyx tried to suppress a laugh and Axel looked confused.
"Seriously?" Axel questioned.
"Yah…" Xaldin continued driving.
"I think it's sweet." Namine offered and Axel shrugged.
"I'm Xigbar." Xigbar said after a small awkward silence. "I like orange because of Naruto." Demyx snickered and Xigbar elbowed him. "And I'm going to be a neurosurgeon."
"Zexy's turn!" Demyx chimed in.
"Don't call me that." Zexion said instinctively. "My name is Zexion. I like the color black because it's full of mystery and I want to be a cardiac surgeon." He glanced at Demyx who smiled at him and he felt his heart stop for a moment.
"Vexen." Xaldin called from the driver's seat. "Where do you live?"
"Laurence street." Vexen replied and the van took a left turn.
"You're not coming home with me?" Marluxia pouted.
"No." Vexen replied as the van stopped and Axel opened the back and Vexen hopped out. "Here." He handed Marly a piece of paper and walked quickly into an apartment complex. Marly looked at the piece of paper and grinned before he shoved it in his pocket.
"What about you, Zexion?" Xaldin asked.
"He lives next door to me." Xigbar smiled. "It's programmed into your GPS." After Xaldin dropped Xigbar, Zexion, Laexene, and Marluxia off at the collage Zexion went straight up to his room which he shared, regrettably, with Marluxia.
"Zexion, you're scaring me…" Marluxia said as he plopped down on the couch to watch some tv before he went to bed.
Zexion looked at him confused. "Why?" He asked cautiously.
"Your smiling." He said simply as he turned on That 70's Show.
Zexion quickly walked into the bedroom and closed the door. What was wrong with him? Seriously?