Hello all, it's nice that you've dropped in to read my story. This is my second attempt at getting a story up so please, read, review all that good stuff.

Disclaimer: I don't own.

Pairings; RikuxSora, Zemyx, AkuRoku, NamiKai, MarluxiaxVexen, and XemnasxSaix.

New couples will be appreciated ! ENJOY!

Oh by the way; Character Ages so far:

Axel is 15, Sora is 15, Riku is 16, Demyx is 16, and Roxas is 14(He has a late birthday).

Now, ENJOY.

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My heart raced as my feet took me up the long hill in which my destination was. Breaths were taken each time my foot was taken from the concrete. As I looked back a yellow bus clouded my vision slowly, it zoomed pass me and on the side of the bus the bold, black letters labeled "Pocono Mountain School District" were clearly displayed.

"Fuck!" I exclaimed, running even faster to get to my bus stop. The bright yellow vehicle stopped at the top of the hill and the bus driver opened the doors and allowed 5 teenagers on and closed the doors. Just at that moment I approached the bus and began pounding on the door like a madman. The bus driver looked at me with an expression of annoyance as she opened the doors.

"Thanks.." I heaved out, grasping onto my knees attempting to get air.

"Whatever kid, just get on the damn bus.." the bus driver spat out, rolling her eyes. Walking onto the dark bus I found my seat, which was three spots down from where the driver was and sat. Digging my iPod out of my messenger bag, I scrolled down to one of my favoite songs, placed in my ear bus and began listening. I looked out of the window and looked outside, the light Pennsylvania skies were clouded over and it was really dark out. Although I wasn't surprised at this, it was 6 in the morning. The bus look a few turns before making another stop.

Looking up expectantly, I saw my close friend, Demyx Ongaku. He's been a friend of mine since I moved here actually. Demyx is a hyper, cheerful, out-going person; he stands up for what he believes in. He can get annoying sometimes, especially when he speaks of his boyfriend Zexion (Which is pretty much every day) however, I guess it comes with the package of being friends with him. Demyx was also seen as weird, his hair was a mixture of a mohawk and a mullet which suprisingly fit him pretty well. He didn't have a specific choice of style, he could be usually found wearing bright colors that made him stand out. You couldn't miss him in the hallway because of that.

I took out one of my earbuds, and lowered down the volume of my music. I knew that Dem always had a story to tell me. I sighed when he took a seat right in front of me. "Hey Dem." I greeted, with a soft, welcoming tone.

"Hey Roxas…" his voice not as enthusiastic, and warm as I thought it'd be. He sounded quite upset, and sighed sadly.

"You okay, dude?" I asked, gripping onto the top of the seat. I would have put my hand on his shoulder or something, but you see, I'm just barely 5 feet tall. Therefore, I can't reach over the seat.

"Zexion and I got into an argument.." he replied, looking out the window. Before I got to ask him the reason why, he continued.

"I don't get it. He just has to be smarter than everyone! I know I'm not the most intelligent person but that doesn't mean I'm not smart! He had the nerve to call me an idiot!"

I facepalmed. "Dem.. Everyone calls you an idiot… You know that. Why react differently when he says so?"

"I just thought he saw me differently than everyone else… you know? I don't always appreciate being labeled the dumbest in the school…" he pouted and crossed his arms, looking at his reflection through the window.

The school bus came to another stop, and five kids walked on. 3 of those children, in which, I didn't care for much. My cousin, Sora plopped down right next to me and flashed a smile while his boyfriend, Riku, sat next to Demyx.

Sora Strife, was a hyper child. Too hyper for his own good, actually. His hair was naturally spiked and went out in literally all directions, much like mine however, with me it was more-so swayed to one side. Anyway, Sora always had a smile on his face and was usually never upset about anything, really optimistic. He had a slight feminine build but that didn't prevent him from joining our schools lacrosse, soccor, and football team. Which I must admit, he's really good at. I'd say Sora was the opposite of me, because I sucked at anything that had to do with sports, my body was built like my mothers and lacked any masculinity (I assure you, I'm manly), and I wasn't as carefree and easy-going.

Sora's style wasn't anything out of the ordinary, he could found wearing colorful bracelets on his arms and colors like grey, neon blue, and black. Which didn't really fit well with his personality but then again, who am I to judge? Sora was also gay, which wasn't much of a problem to anyone.

Riku Sombra, on the other hand was the schools bisexual heart-throb and my cousins boyfriend. He was a good catch but sort of a jerk. He was looked up upon by many students, and was hit on by most females which sounds completely unrealistic but that's the truth. Riku was very masculine and was just about on every sports team in the school, his parents were rich, grades were excellent and he seemed to have it all. I envied him sometimes, and silently wished to be more like him, I mean who wouldn't want to be?

He usually wore a sweater without sleeves, and fitted pants. His natural white hair fell in his face at times but never seemed to bother him. He walked with confidence beaming from his entire being never once showing any signs of weakness. Ahh, yes. I envied him quite much. He was a lucky bastard.

"Hey Rox! Hey Dem!" My Brunette relative chirped, clasping his hands together. Demyx murmured a response and I just gave Sora a look. Sora was a morning person, no doubt about that but today he was being a bit too happy. Then, it hit me.

"Sora.. did you get laid last night?"

"Yes, Roxy! I did. I, Sora Aoi Strife, got laid last night"

I lifted an eyebrow, "It must have been really great, considering how happy you seem to be.." A response made more to myself then to Sora.

"Oh, believe me Rox.. it was great" Riku said, turning around in his seat, winking at me and brushing a strand of his white hair back.

"Aren't you like, sore?" I asked my cousin, curiously. Don't blame me, I'm still a virgin and just barely know about the concept of homosexual sex. Even though, I'm gay myself.

"Yup! Hurts like hell!"

Sighing, I refused to speak of this subject any longer.

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When the bus eventually reached the school, everyone was ready to get off the giant yellow vehicle. Demyx, Sora, and Riku stood at the front of the bus waiting for the doors to open, while I waited at my seat. As the doors opened, teens were literally pushing each other out of the way to get out. I mean honestly, what was with that?

Stepping off the bus, I inhaled the clean and slightly damp Pennsylvania air. It was apparent that it would most likely be raining later, especially from the dark clouds that could be seen in the distance.

I felt a hand clasp me on my shoulder and bring me close, shoving me into their chest. Immediately I knew who it was, Axel Flynn of course. "Don't you just hate it here, Roxy?" he smiled down at me looking at the school.

"Here as in school?"

"Yes. And no.. I mean in general. Pennsylvania sucks, the school system sucks, and so do the people"

Here we go again. Every morning before we even get to walk into the building, Axel reminds me everyday why he hates living here. Personally I love it here, the air is much cleaner compared to any of the major cities that the state was fairly close to, like New York City to be exact.

Sighing I removed myself from Axel's grasp and stepped away from him, "Ax, let's not go over this again. I know that you hate everything about living here, the people are stupid, the school sucks, it's boring here, blah blah blah…" I rolled my eyes and began walking into the school building. Axel trailed after me not soon after, the chains on the pants he was wearing made constant noise as he caught up with me.

Axel was my best friend, his bright red hair and cat-like emerald eyes made him different than everyone else in this place. He was like the definition of what people would stereotype a "punk" as. He wore tight skinny jeans with chains, high-top converse, with some sort of band T-shirt. He had red snake bites on his moist pink lips and his facial expression never showed complete happiness. His personality was really hard to define, one minute he was happy, the next he was pissed beyond recognition despite those he never failed to but a genuine smile on my face. I don't really know much about his family except that his older brother, Reno is his guardian as of now. Axel was much taller than me, and kind of lanky. Sometimes he was mistaken for a Senior although like me, he was a freshman. Axel, like me, was gay. He didn't make it obvious though, because he was surprisingly a bit ashamed of his sexuality and I honestly felt bad for him about that.

He and I walked up 3 flights of stairs and got to our lockers, which were conveniently next to each other. I placed my messenger bag in, and took out my needed books and quietly closed and locked my locker. Axel, on the other hand just opened his locker placed his book-bag inside and shut it close.

"Why do you do that?" I asked, looking at him with curiosity in my eyes.

"Do what?"

"Open your locker just to put your bag in, what about your books?"

"I get them during class"

"Why?"

"Because, Roxy, it gives me an excuse to ditch class silly" Axel ruffled my Blonde hair and walked off to homeroom, sadly we didn't have that together.

"See you at lunch, Ax!" I called out, turning in the opposite direction.

"Sure, Roxy!" he replied and continued on his way.

Sighing, I walked down the seemingly endless hallway and shook my head. There was something about Axel that made me feel weird, my heart always had the habit to speed up whenever he was near me, and I felt as if I could be myself around him. Despite the fact that he was my best friend, he was really special to me and the thought of losing him one day worried me. But, it's not as if I had a crush on him or anything. We were friends and that's all we'll ever be.

But… I can't help and think that maybe, I'd like something more than that. Besides, Axel would never be attracted to someone like me, right? I wasn't loud, or even that much attractive. I was your stereotypical emo kid. Well, except for the slitting of the wrists part, I would never do that. My hair was spiky, unruly, and choppy. It was swayed to one side and was Blonde, and like I recall, Axel told me he wasn't that much attracted to Blondes (Although saying he might make an exception for me…). I had a feminine body and could barely hold my own during Physical Education, my sense of style was quite bland. I always had something to cover my arms and it was more than an obligation to wear skinny jeans. My black slip-on vans were worn out and just barely fit my feet. I had a stud under my lip which annoyingly glimmered in the light. And my eyes were a light blue and as I'm usually told, give people an easy way to see what I'm thinking or how I'm feeling. In which, I didn't like much.

I believe it's more than apparent that I lacked self-esteem.

Walking into homeroom, I seated myself in the front row and placed my books in front of me. Axel was still on my mind and I hadn't a clue what to do about it. I was definitely sure that I had no feelings for him, what-so-ever so really there was no need to dwell on the any longer, right?

Right.

But then again, if I did would it really be as bad as I'm making it seem? Maybe not…

"Ughh…" Groaning I placed my head on my desk and shut my eyes. Today was going to be a long day, indeed.

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Alright, well, this is my second attempt at a story so please, be easy on me. I fail to make my stories the least bit interesting so reviews would be nice! ^_^ No flames, please. I bruise easily..