I stared at the clock waiting for school to end for the week. Mr. Xemnas is talking about some nonsense about sex since this was biology. However that didn't matter to me since today was the day I confess to Axel.

How did I fall in love with the redheaded pyro you might ask? Well it's a secret that only I shall know so sorry. Maybe someday I shall tell it but today is not that day.

My daydreaming ended when I heard the bell rang so I started to pack my things.

"Remember that I'm going to assign partners on Monday," said Mr. Xemnas, or 'Mansex' as most of the other kids called him. It almost makes me feel bad for him that he was born with that name. Key word, almost.

I stood up and ran towards my locker then opened it after some difficulty. After I got my books, I headed towards Axel's locker then noticed that he wasn't there which is weird since he's usually there before me.

After a shrug, I started wandering the hallways and manage to spot the redhead at the front gate with Demyx. When I approached him, he nodded at his friend and then parted ways. I stopped as soon as we were standing in front of each other.

"Hey Roxas" He smiled at me and I gave one in return then I started getting nervous.

"Axel, I need to tell you something."

"And what would that be?"

For a second, I was going to say something then I closed my mouth since I wasn't able to force the words out. In response, Axel continued to stare at me.

"Come on Roxas, you can do this."

"Don't feel nervous Roxas, just tell me."

"Here goes nothing."

"I like you Axel."

I closed my eyes and waited for his response but it was dead silent. After a while, I heard Axel's voice broke the silence.

"I'm sorry, but I can't return your feelings."

A knot formed in my stomach and tried to ignore the feeling. In my mind, I expected this but the little hope made me think to much about the situation.

"Roxas, I can't return your feelings ca-"

Before he could continue, I raised my hand up to him and cut him off.

"No, I don't need to hear it Axel."

With nothing else left to say, I walked around the tall redhead then towards my house. Before I was able to make two steps, I felt something grab my hand and keep me from leaving.

"Roxas, please listen to me."

"Don't bother explaining yourself. I already heard you're response and I'll just have to deal with it. Stop making this hard for me.

Axel grabbed both of my hands and turned my body so that I was facing him.

"Why won't you let me explain?"

"I told you that it's not needed. It's already bad enough that I confessed my guts to you so just leave me in peace!"

I shoved him away with what I was capable of and ran off without looking back. When I reached my house I went straight to my room and sat on my bed. For a moment, I just stared at the ground then I recalled what just happened.

One realization dawned on me, I felt myself snap as a tear fell down my face. The knot in my stomach got tighter and I hated myself for being so stupid. Not only that, I felt horrible that I fell in love with Axel of all people. He was a close friend and now I screwed everything up.

I laid my body down on the bed and let a few more tears stream down my face before sleep pulled me in.

TIME SKIP

"Roxas. Roxas. Hey wake up!"

I felt my brother shaking my shouolder as he attempted to wake me up but I didn't feel like doing so. After a few more attempts, I mumbled "go away"but he probably didn't hear it or just ignored it.

"Come on Roxas! It's been three days and you missed one day of school. I already told the teacher that you were sick and I don't wanna tell them another lie."

The room was silent.

"Why are you acting like this Roxas? Is it because of that Alex guy or something?"

I hid my face deeper into my blanket but he wasn't having it. With a big tug, I found myself sprawled over the floor with Sora towering over me with a trumphic grin.

"Now it's either you tell me what happened, or you go to school. Which shall it be?"

He looked at me and I did the same. With a sigh, I gave in to him but he was going to pay someday.

"I'll go just get out so I can change."

"Okay Roxas, see you in ten minutes!"

After Sora left and I sighed. That boy may look innocent but he can be annoying sometimes.

"Roxas! You have two minutes left!"

Nevermind, make that all the time.

TIME SKIP

We finally got to school, no thanks to Sora, who has been fixing his hair for hours. And he calls me slow. I made it in class before the bell rang and I sighed in relief.

"Well, thank you for joining us Mr. Strife. Go to your lab station."

I did what was told.

"Did your disease go away Mr. Strife?"

In response, I gave him a confused look.

"Well Sora said you had a deadly disease named Propetoriousabic."

I glanced down with a sigh. Leave it up to Sora to come up with something like that. My teacher sighed.

"Oh well, as long as you're okay I have nothing to worry about. Now as I said before on Friday, we assigned partners yesterday, and your partner is Riku.

"Yes sir."

"And now class, you have the rest of the period to start on your project. Remember only experiments that are in the book are allowed, so I don't want to see anybody making a bomb as there assignment. Now you may start."

The period ended faster than I thought it would be and it turns out Riku is actually useful in something other than being a jerk. Maybe that's why Sora likes him so much.

As I was entered the classroom of my next period, I noticed Axel talking to a blond girl.

"Who is she?"

I thought curiously but the bell rang. As the class droned on, I started to fall asleep, but something rather irritating kept me from doing that. Axel has been talking quietly to that same girl I saw before and it started to get on my nerves.

Then to make it even worse the girl starts flirting with him. I stood up and walked to the back of the classroom to sharpen my pencil to get away from the girl's voice. It was slightly high pitched and had an arrogant tone to it. If only Axel could realize this and make her stop talking.

The bell rang once more and as I was gathering my things, I noticed a note on my desk. When I unfolded the paper, I read what it said in my mind.

"I watch you everyday
And you can say
I'm a stalker
But I'm not a murderer
I won't hurt you
Cause I love you
Your eyes are as blue
As the morning dewThe flow of your hair
Is nothing I can compare
And I know for sure
That my love is pure
But for right now
I'm going to make a vow
That I will protect you
In everything you'll do
But I cannot reveal who I am
Cause I'm not a ma'am

Sincerely,
Your Secret Admirer"

I blushed a bit and felt rather happy since this was the first someone has ever done for me. However, I was also wondering who could have possibly sent me the note. Glancing around to make sure no one else was looking then I hurried off to find my brother and Riku.

"Sora!" I yelled

"What is it Roxas?" he asked and I showed him the note.

"Oh my gosh! Roxas has a girlf-"

"Quiet Dumbo!" I said before he finished.

"Sorry Roxas, I just got so excited that someone is in love with you!"

"Um Sora, I don't think his 'girlfriend' is a girl."

"What makes you say that, Riku?"

"Well, if you read the last part of the poem, this person is stating that he's a guy."

Sora thought about it. "Maybe the person had plastic surgery."

I slapped my forehead

"Is my brother this stupid?"

"Oh Sora, you're look so cute when you say something stupid"

This caused Sora to blush and smile despite the fact that it was also an insult in a way.

"Oh Riku I love you so much!"

Sora's lips soon collided with Riku's as they both wrapped there arms around each other. The kiss soon got heated since they were pushing there tongues against each other passionately.

" If only me and Axel can do that, but no it can never be."

A sad smile plagued my lips when the bell rang to signal the end of brunch.

"Hey you two either get a room or go to your next class!"

They broke apart from the kiss and looked at me then at each other.

"I heard the teacher's lounge is empty during 3rd period."

"Well what are we waiting for then?"

Riku suddenly carried Sora bridal style and headed towards the teacher's lounge.

"Meet me after school when you guys are done with your 'class'!"

I saw Sora give me a thumbs up so I walked to my own class. When I realized what class I had next, I broke out into a run.

"Oh man if I'm late to Math, the teacher is going to kill me."

As I turn the corner accidentally bumped into someone causing the both of us to fall to the ground and drop our stuff.

"Are you okay?"

I heard someone say and I slowly nodded while holding my head.

"I'm sorry here let me help you up."

My eyes locked on to a boy my age with hair like mine but was spiked differently.

"Um hello? You're not unconscious are you? Oh no what did I do? Please tell me I didn't kill someone!? Um let's see I think I should do CPR first. Wait how do I do CPR? Should I just start yelling for help or should just shout aStudent Down!' No that would make me look like an idiot. Argh this is so frustrating."

I stared at him in disbelief.

"Is this guy ok? All I did was fall."

"Hey dude, I'm fine just a little shocked"

"Oh okay what a relief. For a second there I thought I actually murdered someone."

For some reason this made me laugh.

"Well I'm Roxas what's your name?"

"Hayner."

I started collecting my stuff from the ground and so did he.

"Hayner huh? Well it was nice meeting you but I have to get to class."

"So do I but before you go, could you tell me where Room A-8 is?"

"Oh that's where I'm going. Here let me show you the way."

I grabbed his arm and started running down the hallway.

TIME SKIP- After School

I slammed my locker down then headed outside.

"Hmm who could my secret admiarer be? "

I walked outside of the school and stopped at an oak tree. I looked around to see if I could fine Sora but he wasn't here and unfortunetly the person i did fine was Axel. He was walking out of the school with his friends right behind him.

My eyes watched him as he talked to his friends and then he looked at me. His expression was filled with different emotions but the one that stood out the most was regret.

"Does he regret being my friend?"

I looked away, hoping Axel would do the same. Then I sighed in relief when he resumed his conversation with his friends.

" Axel isn't my secret admiarer. Is he?"

I thought about it for a while but i was distracted by a vibrating noise. I took my phone out and noticed that i got a text message from Sora.

Hey Roxas! Me and Riku got caught havin sex in da lounge. So we both got detention 2 day. Srry. I'm goin to sleep ovr at riku's so don't worry about me. ttyl.

I texted him back.

Is ok Sora. Don't have too much fun at Riku's ok? And don't forget that Cloud is coming back home 2morrow. byes.

Then I started walking home.

"Man, Sora is so lucky to have someone love him."

After walking for around thirty minutes, I noticed that I was in the park.

"Wow the park is still the same. "

I stopped at a certain tree and smiled sadly.

"That's right, this is where me and Axel met."

8 Years ago (Normal pov)

"Hey, give it back!" Roxas said.

"Shut up."

An older boy said while pushing Roxas to the floor, but Roxas wasn't going to give up. So he pushed him back with all his strength, but it didn't do anything. Plus the leader of the group didn't look to happy.

"Oh, your going to get it now." The leader grabbed Roxas's shirt and threw him against a tree.

"Don't worry, this won't hurt a bit."

Before the boy could do anything to Roxas, he heard yelling behind him.

"Xigbar Braig Gibar!" The leader curse under his breath and let go of Roxas.

"Coming mom! Listen here boy, you haven't seen that last of me."

"Braig!"

"I'm coming Mom! I'm coming! Sheesh."

The rest of the gang cleared out, leaving Roxas behind.

Roxas coughed some blood and tried to stand up but ended up falling down. Then he realized something.

"Hey, wait! Give me back my pendant."

He tried to stand up again, using the tree for support, but he still fell down.

"Why do i have to be so weak?"

Roxas closed his eyes and started crying, but they were wiped away by a gentle hand.

"Hey, don't cry. Those bullies are gone now."

Once he looked up, he saw a redhead boy with a big grin on his face.

"You okay?"

The younger boy nodded in response.

"Great! Be right back!"

The older boy ran off somewhere and then came back with a popsicle in his hand.

"Here."

The red head handed the ice cream to Roxas. He looked at for a while then took a bite out of it.

"Woah! It's salty! Just like the ocean!"

"Yah that's why it's called 'Sea-salt ice cream.'"

"Thank you so much!"

The older boy nodded and sat next to Roxas. After a while it was almost sunset and Roxas had to get back home.

"Um, thanks for the ice cream, but I have to go now."

The older boy frowned.

"Ok, but before you leave-"

The redhead stood up and walked over to Roxas and have him a hug, making the younger boy blush. When he pulled away the older boy whispered.

"Be careful."

Roxas nodded and started heading home. But before he left the park he felt something dangling in his pocket. He reached down and pulled out his mother's pendant. His eyes widened and found a note attached to it that says.

"By the way, my name is Axel it memorized?"

He turned around and looked at the tree from where he was a while ago but Axel was gone. He said to himself.

"Thanks Axel, I hope we meet again."

End of Flashback (Roxas's Pov)

I held onto the pendant that was under my shirt and tried not to cry.

"From that day, Axel, I kept going to that park. Hoping you would be there again. But as each day passed, you never came. When I finally saw you again at school, I was filled with joy, but you said you didn't know me. I kept saying to myself that you just forgot, but now I don't know anymore."

I lean against the tree for a while and then headed home.

(? Pov)

"Roxas, huh? Well, i'll make sure that he knows who he's messing with if he gets near Axel again."

I chuckled.

"Xigbar! Search his files. I want to know every little detail about this boy."

"You got it."

TIME SKIP- Next Day (roxas pov)

"Gosh! Why does English have to be so boring."

I stared out the window.

"Well at least Cloud will be here today. Now me and Sora can be a somewhat normal family. "

This made me chuckle, but was I stopped when are principle came into the classroom.

"Oh Mr. Micky, what brings you here?"

"I just need to talk to Roxas for a while, that's all."

The teacher called for me and I left my seat and followed the principle out into the hallway.

"Hey Mickey what's up?"

I looked at him and he just stared at the ground for a while.

"Um, I'm not in trouble right? But if it's about the paintball fight last week then-"

"No Roxas, it's not about that."

"Then what is it?"

He looked at me with a sad expression.

"Well, today Cloud was suppose to come here for a visit right?"

I nodded.

"At the airport, while he was heading towards your house. A drunk driver hit his taxi cab and instantly died."

My eyes widened then I stared at the ground.

"Does Sora know about this?"

"Yes he does, and he's trying to keep a smile on his face."

I nodded.

"Roxas, if you need to be excused from the rest of your classes then-"

"No, it's ok. I think I'll be fine."

"Ok then, but if you need anything, just ask me."

I looked up and try to give him a smile.

"Thanks Mickey."

He nodded and walked away.

After a while, I went back into the classroom and I looked at no one as I walked back to my seat. But I was tripped by someone and fell to the ground. The whole class then started laughing at me and the teacher acted as if he didn't see anything. I kept my eyes down as I walked to my desk. When the bell finally rang I packed up my things and then ran outside the classroom.