Summer Romance; A Larmyx Story
Chapter 1

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Sitting at the back of his School bus, Demyx stared in adoration at the retreating form of the High School 'Yankee', a nickname that had been bestowed upon her early into her first year attending Kingdom Hearts High; her friends and family knew her as Larxene, however, and this was what Demyx preferred to know her as, too. With her blonde hair, electric blue eyes and horrible yet pleasant personality, Demyx couldn't help but find himself infatuated with her, and as Larxene exited the bus once and for all, the Musician found himself trying to suppress a large sigh.

Returning his focus to looking out of the bus window, Demyx thought about the coming Summer Vacation. Tomorrow was Saturday, marking the start of a long summer of fun activities; there was biking, swimming, volleyball, anything you could think of, and yet all Demyx could think of was the girl of his dreams, the girl that everybody seemed to be frightened of…

Everybody except him

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Sighing as she found herself being pulled into a sidewise hug by her 'boyfriend' Marluxia, Larxene forced a small smile at the clearly fake affection; everyone knew that the pink haired punk was cheating on her with a girl from Trinity High School; Larxene had heard from her friend that the girl was called Xion, and that she was apparently a top gang leader at THS. The fact that he was cheating on her really didn't bother her as much as it should have; it wasn't that she didn't like Marluxia; it was just that she didn't like him; he was more like an elder brother to her, however she knew that he claimed to love her. The thought almost made the blonde laugh, but she fought the sound back, save her having to explain herself…again.

Leaning into the hug, Larxene grinned a bit at the thought of Summer Vacation; it was going to be a lot of fun, and the freedom of it was great, but the blonde found she was rather saddened for one reason; Demyx. He was this cute dark blond boy at her School, and she would always listen to his band, Thirteen Hearts, practice in the music room; he would never know she was there, of course, she would hang around in the hallway outside. They were getting really good, and Larxene had to admit that Demyx was a talented musician….her heart fluttered at the thought of him, and she found that she may have had more of a crush than she once thought.

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"Alright guys, listen up!" Axel called, running a hand through his blazing, fire red hair; the room was small, and so it was crowded with the 12 members of Thirteen Hearts; Demyx sat in the corner, overlooking his friends and band members; Xemnas was sitting on one of the tables, his legs crossed and his golden eyes glancing across everyone in the room; his tanned skin seemed much darker in the dimmed lighting, and Demyx found himself wondering why such a smoldering man like himself would chose to play the trumpet.

Xigbar, their tambourine player, was leaning against the room's door, his black hair pulled back into a pony tail, causing the white streaks that ran through it to be extremely noticeable; he was talking to Xaldin, a short tempered guy that had joined them as a bass player not that long ago.
Demyx wasn't that fond of him, mainly because the brunet had almost stabbed him once…

Turning to the other side of the room, the dark blond saw Lexeaus, Vexen and Saix talking idly whilst sitting around one of the tables; Axel, his best friend since childhood, was standing at the end of the room, trying to get everybody's attention still, and the small blond known as Roxas was standing next to him, laughing with their pianist, Xion. Grinning to himself, Demyx flung himself up from his seating position and settled himself next to Axel, who shot him a desperate look.

"Guys!! Listen!!!" The lead guitarist shouted, looking sheepish when everybody went silent and turned to stare at him, "Err, ehehe, Axel wants to talk, right, buddy?"

The redhead sighed, "Right; as you've probably figured, we need to find a 13th member of the band, or you know, number 12, as we're called 13 Nobodies and there are only 12 of us, but Roxas is number 13 and Xion is number 11. Do any of you guys have any suggestions?" Silence followed, causing Axel to roll his green eyes in slight annoyance. "Whatever, just try and figure something out, we need 13 members, got it memorized?! The band meeting is over, go home for now."

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Walking home, Larxene kept thinking about the day that she had been in the hallway outside of her Schools recording studio, listening to Demyx play Broken Hearts. Without realizing it, the blonde started to quietly sing along to the tune inside of her head. Practically everyone in Kingdom Hearts High School knew that Demyx wrote songs, but not everyone got to hear them; unfortunately, Marluxia was one of the rare few who had.

"In this moment synchronized inside, words that paint a legacy of life; a different picture will unfold, a healing finds its way through Sifted times I take another breath, with an ambience of nothing left, so heal my heart , rain down your love, these waters bring me back to life Father, healer deliver me from broken love. Stay here, closer, let me hear your voice of love…"

"Larxene!" a voice interrupted her, "Did you hear me?!" Marluxia was glaring down at her, his light eyes glistening in the afternoon sun. The blonde blinked, only just realizing that he had been trying to get her attention.

"Uh, sorry, what did you say?" Larxene asked, settling back into reality; Marluxia sighed in irritation.

"I said how do you know that song by 13 Nobodies? I've heard that freak with the mullet practicing it a few times, but only after getting close enough to the studio to hear…" Marluxia replied, a tad suspicious and angry; Larxene crossed her arms, annoyed that the pink haired male had called Demyx a freak.

"FYI, Marly, I happen to be friends with that 'freak', and his name is Demyx, you ass!" Screeched Larxene, turning on her heel and walking as quickly and as heavily as she could down the street and away from her 'boyfriend'; he didn't know that she was interested in Demyx, of course, but regardless, he had no right to call him a freak. He didn't even know him!

"Larxene, where do you think you're going?!" Marluxia yelled, grabbing her arm as he caught up to her.

"Marluxia, let go of me. NOW!" Larxene yelled, ragging her arm free from his grasp; the pink haired teenager laughed bitterly.

"Larx, stop kidding yourself, you know as much as I do that you belong to me." Larxene's face fell as anger began to bubble inside of her; she was furious, she couldn't believe that this jackass was claiming her as his property. Frowning, the silence of the lazy afternoon was ruined with a deafening crack as Larxene's hand connected with Marluxia face, sending him stumbling back a few steps in shock. Fuming mad, Larxene noticed that there was a group of people glancing at them from the other side of the road. Marluxia took a step forward;

"Don't you DARE come near me, you bastard! WE ARE OVER, DO YOU UNDERSTAND?! I AM NOT YOUR PROPERTY!!" Turning and running down the road, the blonde collided with a warm and somehow familiar chest…

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As Demyx rounded the corner on his way to band practice, he heard a woman screaming something about a relationship being over; recognizing the voice to be Larxene's, the Musician sped up his steps, heading towards where the noise had come from, when the blonde girl herself collided with his chest; instinctively grabbing onto her shoulders, he looked down at her, noticing the slight tremble of her body.

"Larxene," he said, the most serious he had probably ever been in his life, "What's wrong? I heard you shouting…"

"I…" the blonde began, blinking back tears, "Nothing, just…I broke up with Marluxia, just now, and he was being such an ass!"

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"Does anyone know where Demyx is? He should've been back 45 minutes ago," Axel called out to the other members of the band, hoping that at least one of them would know where Demyx was; seeing everyone shake their heads, Axel sighed, it was pointless. They still needed to find a thirteenth member and Demyx was off taking a walk when they should have been practicing; the redhead was beginning to get annoyed.

Hearing the door to the garage open, Axel spun around ready to rant to Demyx about going off on a long walk when you have responsibilities to your band member, when he noticed that the Musician was walking next to a blonde girl, whose head was down; she was only about a head shorter than Demyx, and rather petite; Axels' face lit up in a sly smile and he slithered over to Demyx and his 'friend'.

"Hey Demyx, who's your new friend," the redhead winked, the grin slowly fading from his face as the girl lifted her head to glare up at him; gulping, Axel grabbed Demyx's shoulder and pulled him, quite roughly, away from Larxene and back out through the garage door.

"Demyx, are you crazy!? You decided to bring Larxene, LARXENE, to our Band Practice! She's crazy and violent, you're insane!" Breathing deeply, the redhead began to calm down a little; Demyx waited until he thought it safe to continue, before explaining himself.

"Axe," he began, "It's fine, Larxene ran into me a little while ago, she had a fight with Marluxia…." Realizing that he seemed kind of serious, and not wanting Axel to catch on, Demyx let a grin spread onto his face, "Besides!! We need another person for the band, maybe she could join, eh? She certainly has the rocker attitude!"

Bored of trying to decipher what Axel and Demyx were talking about by attempting to read their lips, Larxene began walking around the rehearsal area; spotting Axel's guitar sitting in the corner, the blonde walked over to it and picked it, along with the pick. The sheet music in front of her seemed simple enough to follow, and so she started to softly strum on the strings, allowing her voice to hum along. Not noticing everyone in the room turn to listen to her, Larxene closed her eyes and changed the tune of the song she was playing to one she had written not so long ago; taking a deep breath, she began to sing along. Once the song finished, she removed her fingers from the strings and opened her eyes to see everyone staring at her, including Demyx and Axel.

"Whoa, Larxene, that was totally great!" Xigbar grinned, causing the blonde to smile slightly; not much made her show her true emotions in front of people, but when somebody complimented her music, she couldn't help it, it made her extremely happy. Putting the guitar down, she noticed Axel glaring at her slightly.

"Uh, sorry, I forgot it wasn't my guitar to play," she shrugged, the apology half hearted, but it was an apology none the less. The redhead faltered slightly; he was shocked that the most feared woman in the School was apologizing to him.

"Sure…" he said slowly.

"Larxene, you were really great!!" Demyx beamed, as bubbly as ever, "We're kinda a member down, so would you like to join 13 Nobodies as number 12? You could be our second lead Electric Guitar and pitch in with the vocals; so…what do ya say?"

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