DISCLAIMER

I do NOT own any of the Kingdom Hearts I & II rights. And this story is based on a Taiwanese drama of the same name. (If you read carefully my author note, yeah) Just go to Wikipedia and type in "Devil Beside You" and it should come up.

Warning: Shonen-ai, boys kiss & hugs below.

A/N: Hello there! -crickets chirp- ... haha anyways, this is the fic I uploaded on dA but didn't upload it here, since it's nearing its end on dA, I decided it's time to post it up here! this might have OOC-ness, I'm not exactly sure myself... Oh! and we have a seme Demyx and uke Zexion here! (but Zexy doesn't come out until like... in the middle of the story) I haven't updated Hysteria for quite a while because I wanted to wait until dA catches up with here. So this is based on a Taiwanese drama, the link is in my profile page. And I know this is kinda short, but it'll get longer I promise! Hm... I think that's all for now... well, until next time!

Chapter 1

In the middle of a beautiful Jasmine field, Roxas stood shyly in front of a silver-haired boy.

"Riku… I-I want to tell you… You're the first one I like."

Riku stood silently, his eyes filled with wonder.
Roxas continued with chuckles.

"I like you."

"Couldn't believe you would say something like this to me." Riku said slowly, making Roxas panic.

"Because I should be the one saying it," Riku grinned mildly, "I think way before you like me, I've already have a crush on you… Roxas, be my boyfriend."

Roxas was now smiling sweetly; he swung his arms around Riku's waist and hugged him. They looked so serene…

"Psst! Roxas! Wake up!" Sora whispered to the daydreaming boy, failing to wake him.

"THIS ISN'T A CLASS FOR SLEEPING!!" Larxene yelled loud on Roxas, promptly waking him up from the sweet dream. The entire class was laughing at him, causing him to blush embarrassedly. He glanced to his left side swiftly, and caught Riku smiling at him. Roxas looked away, giggling to himself.

-- bell rings --

People poured out into the corridors, Riku was one of them. Roxas peeked at his back image from the classroom door, all jumpy and giggling. Sora saw him and sighed, Olette following.

"You saw him in your dream just now?" Sora asked Roxas who was sitting on a desk; but he knew the answer, "I think your crush on him is getting severe, man."

"What did you guys do in the dream?" Olette asked with curiosity. Sora spoke as if he knew, "They must have been-"

"I DREAMT THAT I CONFESSED MY LOVE TO HIM SUCCESSFULLY!!" Roxas yelled with joy, standing up on the desk and completely forgetting that the other two were there. Sora and Olette pulled Roxas to make him sit back down; they both looked at him with a smirk.

"Can I… really do it?" Roxas asked nervously, more to himself than to them. The two nodded mischievously.

-- at the entrance of the library --

Roxas was trembling, his hands gripping an envelope harshly. 'Is this really gonna work?' He mouthed to Sora who was hiding behind a balcony fence-wall. Sora winked back and held an "ok" sign to Roxas. 'But…' Olette mouthed to both of them from the back of a pillar, Sora shushed her with a frightening glare, 'There he comes!' Sora motioned to Riku who was working up the stairs to the library. Roxas tensed and breathed heavily; I can't, he thought, I'm so nervous, my heart is racing and I can barely breathe… I just shouldn't do it! He turned away from Riku who was getting closer. Wait… No, he thought again, I must do this! It's time! Then he abruptly turned to Riku while lowering his head as much as possible, but he failed to notice that Riku passed by with his earphones on.

"Riku, I liked you for a long time, please go out with me."

There was no response. Roxas turned his head slightly to the right to find Riku passing by without noticing him completely; then he felt a gloom in front of him, and gradually turned his head to this aura of spook. A tall redhead was standing in front of Roxas, smirking at him devilishly. The emerald green eyes were scary with the tear tattoos below, only making them even creepier. Roxas froze in this awkward position of handing his dear love letter to a complete, spine-chilling stranger.

"I-I… I got the wrong person… You- This…" Roxas stammered.
"Rox! Roxas!" Sora cried out with frustration. Roxas pulled back to reality and headed towards his friend, running away with fear. The redhead looked down to find the letter the blonde dropped.

-- Café –

"No wonder somebody said that the dreams and the reality are opposites of each other." Sora expressed sarcastically.

"Actually, in general, who would ever confess to the wrong person?" Olette sighed. Sora nodded and smiled with agreement.

"It was because I was too nervous and I didn't look carefully, so I just busted out like that…" Roxas admitted his shame.

"A-a-a-a-a-a-are you THAT stupid?" Sora mocked him back.

"And the person you mistaken as Riku was Axel from the Modern Arts 2." Olette said with traces of alert in her voice.

"I have no interest in who he is." Roxas pouted, "Plus, he looks so arrogant."

"Roxas, you actually might want to know about him a little bit, for your own good." Sora warned the blonde boy, "I heard that he's the only son of the school Principle; because of his father's position and power, plus he's taking that Modern-Arts-whatever course which keeps using new and weird ideas, the gang that he leads was always the rebels." Roxas started paying attention, Sora continued, "I heard that in high school, they ditch classes every single day, and just make troubles and bring up fights everywhere. Never mind the marks they got, they were even turned into a police station before. They're just practically gangsters, no where close to acting like a student. And the worst part is that even though they're people with problems, they're being worshipped by a bunch of girls in our school; his fangirls even made a nickname for him online, calling him the 'Charming Prince'."
Roxas couldn't believe what he was hearing; he whined, "Waaaaaaaaaaah I'm just too unlucky to have myself embarrassed in front of that kind of people…"

"Er…. It's not all too bad; at least it's not Riku who you floundered in front of." Sora tried to cheer Roxas up.

"Yeah. C'mon, cheer up!" Olette joined Sora, "We'll find another chance to confess to him!"

Roxas nodded, but suddenly realizing something really wrong, "Ah!"

"What's wrong?" Sora was shocked.

"Where's my letter?!"

"Why are you asking us?"

Roxas widened his eyes, "IT'S GONE!!"

-- Back at the library entrance and nearby places --

… Crap, Roxas thought, I can't find it… If somebody picks up that letter, they can see the names of me and Riku on it…
He turned around, and thought, ah! Maybe the wind blew it over there… The blonde started searching recklessly over the place; a kind voice interrupted, "Hey, are you looking for something?" Roxas kept looking at the ground, nodding, "Yeah."

"What are you looking for?" The nice voice inquired again, "Do you want me to help?"

"I'm looking for a let-" Roxas looked up only to find Riku with a questioning face, "-ther cloth."

"A piece of leather cloth?" Riku asked again. Roxas nodded, screaming at himself mentally: What the HELL am I saying? I can act more stupid…

Riku smiled, "Hi. I'm Riku. I think we're having math together this year."

Roxas gasped for the smile, "Yeah yeah! Math…"

The silver-haired boy started searching the ground with Roxas; suddenly Riku stared at Roxas' profile, moving closer slowly. Roxas could feel Riku's movement stop and getting near; his gaze fixed on the ground, and blinked nervously. Riku was coming in closer and closer until he was next to Roxas' shoulder, and…

Riku tackled a maggot off Roxas' shirt with his fingers, "Don't be afraid, there was a maggot on your shoulder. I ticked it away for you." Roxas feel relieved, yelling at himself mentally again: It was a maggot, you idiot… Do you actually think he'll kiss you?!

Not noticing Roxas' relief of tension, Riku expressed, "It's getting late; you should go home early." And he stood to leave.

"Riku!..." Roxas jumped up to offer his name, "I'm-"

"Roxas." Riku grinned at Roxas as he helped finishing the sentence. Roxas felt warmness in his heart and smiled, "Bye-bye." Riku nodded and turned away, leaving. Roxas hopped in circle happily when Riku was out of sight: He knows my name!

But Roxas was too happy to notice that Axel was looking at them all along…