My first FanFic :)
Hope everyone likes it, I gave everyone a last name and stuff... There might be some new characters (OC's) later on in the story but I'm just going with it for the moment...
Enjoy x
Chapter 1 - Showers
Demyx POV
I sat in the front seat of my mum's car; I had my suitcase in the boot and my holdall in the back seat. Yet I was just sat here, mentally I was happy that I had been accepted and I was urging my body to get out the car and carry my belongings up to my room. But physically I was glued to my seat and I wasn't moving any time soon.
After a very long silence between me and my mother she got out the car, slowly walked round and opened my door.
"Come on Demyx, don't cop out now" she said softly
"Cop out? Seriously Mum, no one uses that anymore" I laughed shakily
She bent down beside me and took my hand
"Honestly I don't care, now the point is that for months you have spoke of nothing but University and I didn't just drive for three hours so that you could decide that you haven't got the guts to go through with it" she spoke with authority that I just couldn't ignore
I slowly clambered out of her car and took in the sight. There were multiple buildings around me that looked extremely intimidating and directly in front of us was the reception. The sky was dark considering it was only about Seven O'clock at night.
I took a deep breath and then a smile spread uncontrollably across my face as I slammed the door and half dragged my mother up the steps and I wrenched the door open, holding it so she could go through first.
We got my room key and the code for my block as well as all the paperwork: my timetable, a map of the grounds (which the receptionist nicely drew a route for us to get to my block), bus schedule and a guide to use some of the things provided in the housing and linking to the internet.
We climbed back into the car and placed my headphones in as my mother drove to our new destination.
***
I kissed my Mum goodbye in the car, this was the first time I was going to enter my dorm and we had decided around a week ago that I was going to do this alone. I once again got out the car once again, pulled my holdall from the back seat and struggled to get my suitcase out.
***
I pulled my case down a concrete path as I came to a door that had a sign next to it saying 'Oblivion Block' I entered the code that I had written on the back of my hand. 2851. Each button made a clicking noise as I pushed it, I used my elbow to turn the handle and push the door open and I entered. Inside there was a staircase that went up many levels, I sighed and began ascending the stairs to the fourth floor.
After I had conquered the first set of stairs I was completely exhausted, I was panting. It took me a while but I was finally a few steps away from the fourth floor when a voice echoed through the empty halls.
"Hey, need some help?" a deep voice asked
I was so shocked that as I turned, I slipped and shut my eyes tight, colliding with something and then I felt that I hit the floor on my hands and knees and then as I was about to open my eyes again I felt my suitcase hit me in the back and I smacked into something soft, I grunted in pain.
"Ouch..." I muttered.
"Yeah, I know how you feel" someone said.
My eyes shot open and I looked at my surroundings: I was on the third floor and I was sprawled across someone. I looked up at this 'someone' to see a boy, with spiky red hair, emerald green eyes and small triangle tattoos under them. I gasped and felt my chest tighten.
"I-I-I'm s-sorry, I-I slipped" I stuttered
"Noticed" he said sarcastically, then I noticed that I really should get off of him. I rolled off him and onto my side, pain shooting up my back where my bag had hit me.
"Shit" I said rubbing it
"You alright?" the boy asked concerned
"Yes. I'm fine, don't worry about me and sorry about falling on you" I said as I placed my headphones in and let the drumbeat distract me a little, I did my best not to let the pain get to me as I shakily stood and I took my bag in one hand and my suitcase in the other. I strained as I tried to pull my bags up with me.
"Dude! You're so totally not alright! I can see the pain written on your face even when I'm not looking at you!" he exclaimed as he reached over and pulled my headphone out.
"Oh well" I grunted pulling it up another step
"Let me help" before I had even replied he had taken the suitcase from my grip and I sighed in the relief of having the weight taken from me. He easily heaved it up and then waited up at the top for me. "What floor are you on?"
"This one, flat nine" I said coming to his side
"No way! I'm flat eight of this floor" he grinned
"So... we live next to each other?"
"Looks like it"
***
I entered my room, putting my holdall in front of it so it wouldn't close and I looked around, all the walls were painted white and the room was empty apart from a double bed and a wooden desk.
"It's kind of..." I began
"Bare?" Axel finished as he tugged my case through the door behind me
"Yeah, it needs more blue"
"Blue" he scoffed "red is more like it"
There was an awkward silence between us and then I realised I didn't even know my housemates name.
"My name is Demyx" I said holding out my hand, he chuckled
"Axel" he took it and shook
He placed my bag in the corner and then flopped onto my bed. It didn't take me long to unpack my clothes and my bathroom things but I had yet to put up all my posters, assemble all my music gear into a corner, get my television set up and go shopping.
I cast another dubious look around the room. Axel sighed
"Once you get all your stuff unpacked and everything it will look great" he reassured me, I laid down next to him on my bed.
"This sucks, why did I have to pick a Uni that was three hours from home?" I muttered mostly to myself.
"Because it's what you wanted" he guessed
"Exactly, how selfish is that"
He rolled onto his side to face me "That isn't selfish, it is about you: no one else... this is your life"
"But I left my Mum in a flat with him" I failed miserably at trying to keep the venom out of my voice
"Him?" he asked concerned
"It... it doesn't matter..." I didn't need to burden him with my problems, he probably had his own. He was about to answer when a girl passed the open door, looked in and stopped.
She has bright blonde hair that had things that looked like antennas.
"God Axel, boy has been here about an hour and your already making your move!" she called and then she was off again, he shifted uncomfortably
"Bitch!" he yelled after her
"Who was that?" I asked innocently
"Larxene, we lived in the same town and went to the same college. She is what you would call a slut she's a cheerleader and everything" he laughed
"Mhmm, I muttered, it hadn't really occurred to me within the last twenty minutes that other people might be here except Axel and I.
"So, who is this guy that you said about?" he asked innocently. My heart jerked.
I really didn't want to talk about it... It made me angry in the fact that I couldn't help her when I lived at home but now it was probably going to get worse... and Mum wouldn't tell me because she knew I would come home to protect her.
I felt something hot slid down my cheek, a tear?
I sniffed loudly and jumped off the bed onto my feet.
"I-I'm going for a shower" I chocked as I turned and ran into the ensuite bathroom. I slammed the door and I fell into the shower stall. I turned the handle and freezing water pelted down as I sank to the floor, more tears were streaming down my face as I wrapped my arms around my legs and I cuddled myself into a ball.
This was not at all how I had imagined my first day at University, I pictured it with all my house mates and I all sat around a kitchen table: laughing and having lots of fun. But that is exactly the opposite of what I was doing. I was slowly freezing in a bathroom I was-
I was suddenly interrupted by a loud banging on the door.
"Demyx! Dem... I'm sorry, please come out. You don't have to tell me. I have shut your door so no one can come in... so please come out" Axel voice was soft but urgent through the door
"I'm fine, just showering" I called back, it might have been believable if my voice hadn't broke many times and I sniffed loudly.
"Don't lie to me, I saw you crying, please come out..." Axel replied
"No" I must have sounded like a small child
"Then I'm coming in" he warned, I buried my head in my knees as I realised that I had forgotten to lock the door and I squeezed my eyes shut as I heard Axel open the door and enter, closing the door behind him.
"Dem..." he whispered, I felt him kneel beside me and I looked up at him, water dripped from his nose but he didn't seem to care "you hair is in your eyes"
Axel placed his hands on either side of my head and used his thumbs to wipe the hair from my face
"Thanks" I let out a small sob
"Demyx your freezing!" I shrugged "you could get ill"
He reached up and moved something, suddenly the water turned warmer. Axel sat down, crossed legged on the floor next to me, he opened his arms. I just gave him a questioning look and then he sighed. Axel leaned over to me slightly and wrapped his arms around my waist and gently lifted me into his lap. I put my arms around him, holding his shirt tightly and I burrowed my face into his collarbone, a sob ripping through my chest as I shook violently. Axel just hugged me tightly and let me cry into his t-shirt under the rain of the shower.
Once I had stopped crying I loosened my grip on him a little and I leaned back.
"Thank you" I smiled.
"No problem" he said, rubbing the dried tears from my cheeks.
"I am such a loser" I groaned as I threw my head back into his shoulder. He laughed and stroked my hair
"No you're not. You're just emotional" he said, ruffling my hair. I bit my lip as I glanced back up at him, damn it, I shouldn't be enjoying this I thought
"You got all wet..." I said
"Were still getting wet" he laughed again and reached up to turn the shower off.
I reluctantly released him and I stood, holding a hand out to help him up. He took it and tingles shot through me, dragging adrenaline down my veins. I pulled him up and grabbed a blue towel that I had put in here earlier, I only had one so I gave it to Axel. He scoffed at the colour but he then wiped his face and placed the towel on his head and started to rub his hair. I stepped out the shower and took off my shirt, throwing it into the wash bin, I did the same with my socks. I felt something drape over my head and then my hair started to be dried. I turned gently and Axel continued to dry my hair, I raised my eyebrow at him.
"What?" he asked
"Nothing..." I tried to hide my smile by looking at the floor
"Smiling, huh?"
"No" I said trying to sound innocent
"Liar" he laughed, I looked up at him and grinned
"I do my best"
"Noticed"
So, I don't know the pairings and I also have no idea what courses the people should be on, I know that it has AkuDemy and that Demyx is a Music student.
So if anyone can come up with any ideas, please e-mail me.
Thanks x