Humans are only capable of lust. If you were to say you loved someone, it was a lie. You only desire someone, only want to feel them undulating against you, or keeping you company, unnecessary company when you have so many friends and family you could hang out with instead. And when the lust for that person is used up, what then? You'll just throw them away like they were toilet paper stuck to your shoe after a quick leave from the bathroom. Then, you'll lust for someone else.
These were normal thoughts for Roxas. When his boyfriend, Hayner, was found, raped and killed, after leaving a party Roxas had forced him to attend... the blonde could never stop blaming himself. Roxas would spend most of his free time at school talking to Hayner's locker, which had been embellished with his name, roses, banners, bouquets, and his Struggle jersey. Roxas was never the same after Hayner's death. It was his fault, after all. That was all he could tell himself. The pain cut deeper than a diamond studded knife, and hurt more than burning alive. He lightly banged his fist against the locker, then began to bang harder, and harder. The banging becoming aggressive as frustrated tears slipped down Roxas' cheeks. He began to swear loudly, making everyone in the halls stop. A great way to start a new year.
Roxas was a sophomore now, and most of the new Freshies were afraid of his random tangents, and how he'd talk to himself. The other Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors all understood though. They understood because they witnessed how much Roxas suffered over Hayner's death. He never stopped blaming himself. He couldn't bring himself to smile anymore, no matter what. It was always bitter.
Axel, one of Hayner's friends from the Struggle team and Roxas' friend after Hayner introduced them, pulled Roxas away from the locker, his arms under Roxas', pulling him to the other side of the hallway. Freshmen stared, but everyone else rushed to help. Rushed to calm Roxas down.
The only non-Freshmen who didn't know of these strange happenings was Sora, he was new to Oblivion High School. Oblivion High School rarely to never got new students, thanks to Twilight Town being 'boring as fuck' as Hayner used to put it. But after Sora's older brother committed suicide, the family had to get away. Especially Sora, who claimed it was his fault for not seeing Cloud's depression when they were so close.
Sora could see the fear, and pain emanating off of the screaming blonde's body in ribbons of velvety reds and whites. They were so vivid, the colors, that it almost scared the staring brunette into a shocked frenzy with the in between class rush. "Hey! Newbie! Go get the nurse!" Sora was roused by a deep voice from a redhead who could only be identified as 'that one guy' that bumped into Sora in the halls, making him drop all of his things. He turned slowly, then dashed off, dropping his books in the process as he attempted to jump to the nurses office.
Axel fanned of Roxas' face, wet with sweat from his hallucinations. Hayner's death really fucked with Roxas' brain, as Axel said, and he would often get painful hallucination that stabbed him in the heart like pinpricks, or acupuncture. Roxas could explain every last detail of the hallucinations in perfect likeness. That was scary....it was even more scary than forgetting everything that happened, Axel imagined. Having to experience every little thing that your mind could conjure to overthrow its master, who was Roxas in this case.
The bell rang, and most of the kids helping Axel calm Roxas down started back for class. One student wasn't important enough to make someone late for class, no matter how serious the condition. Axel put his hand on Roxas' chest, trying desperately to regulate his breathing as tears squeezed past Roxas' tightly closed eyes, and grunts escaped his gritted teeth. Axel looked up, searching for 'new kid' with a shaky nervousness glistening in his emerald eyes. They focused on two small silhouettes running down the hall, one pulling the other.
Axel held Roxas out for the nurse who grabbed Roxas' jaw, squeezing to open his mouth, she forced in some pills, and washed it down with water. Sora held his breath as he looked at the shaking boy, and how the pills made him calm down immediately. It was an oddity, how fast the pills worked, but he couldn't be bothered by that now.
"Is...he alright?" the brunette asked curiously, leaning down to look at the shiny sheen of sweat that had coated Roxas' face and body. He could only imagine it was a cold sweat, since that was what most hallucination victims felt, from Sora's research on the subject at least.
Axel looked down at Sora, and shook his head. Sora blinked, the shake of the head wasn't in response to his question, but it seemed like more of a disappointed head-shake. Sora looked down as his shoes gently clicked together. Something was odd about Twilight Town, and all of its occupants as well. Everyone was distant, and had some kind of weird nuance. But it was those little nuances that made Sora feel like he could actually belong in a society for once. "Is there anything I can do?" he asked softly.
"No," Axel drawled. "You can get back to class before you get into serious trouble," he nodded, picking Roxas up. He looked down at the passed out boy, and frowned, rocking him almost like a he were a baby. Sora watched, his eyes following Roxas' face. The boy was rather...aesthetically pleasing. Sora followed Axel all the way to the nurses office, where he watched Roxas transferred onto an uncomfortable health office bed. He winced slightly at the sight of Roxas' subtly cringing face. "I though I told you to get to class," Axel said, turning towards him.
Sora looked up at him, blinking. "Oh...uhm...well...I figured since I pretty much missed a bunch of class, I'd just follow you. I was worried," he said softly. Axel looked incredulously at the bold boy standing before him. He reached out, and Sora flinched, Axel's intimidating height and looks almost scared Sora enough for him to run away, but he refrained, even as his eyes glistened with half fear, and half curiosity. Axel's hand was suddenly on his head, and he didn't know why, or when he put it there, but it was there.
"Okay..." the redhead said softly, petting Sora's surprisingly soft spikes. "Today won't be...that eventful anyway. We can ditch," he nodded firmly, still petting the brunette. Sora began to feel a little nervous at the excessive petting, but tried not to let his nervousness show. He hadn't planned on ditching all of school, but...
"Okay...I g-guess..." Sora murmured, blushing slightly at the nervousness shaking in his voice. Axel merely laugh, and petted him more. Sora looked up at the nurse and nearly jumped at the disapproving expression on her beautiful, pale features. She crossed her arms, foot absently tapping on the ground. "Wh-What?" Sora faltered. The nurse shook her head, and waved a hand dismissivily, as if shooing them from the office. Axel walked past Roxas and the nurse, stopping in the hallway to glance at Sora before walking again.
Sora looked absently at Roxas, was it really alright to leave him with the nurse? The nurse might not be strong enough to hold him down if he had another episode... then again, it was his chance to finally make some friends before the summer came. He didn't want to be bored during Summer! He gave another glance to Roxas, before running after Axel, who put a hand loosely around the back of his neck and led him out of the school.
Sora felt nervous in Axel's car. It was so luxurious, and quaint. Axel wasn't a pack rat, that was for sure. The big red truck had a glossy exterior, and a beautifully upholstered interior. The silver upholstery had tiny hearts engraved into it. They sat in rows and columns and, thanks to Sora's paranoia, he started to count exactly how many hearts there were. Until Axel interrupted him, however.
"So....kid. Where do ya wanna go?" the redhead asked, looking at Sora from the corner of his eyes. The brunette jumped at the suddenness of Axel's booming voice in the quietude of the large car. It almost seemed to echo throughout the truck. Sora crossed his arms slightly, giving an absent shrug. Axel glanced at him quickly, before looking at the road and making a sharp turn. Sora instinctively braced for impact, holding tightly onto the holder on the ceiling, and the seat belt that was strapped tightly around his slim body. The truck nearly leaned over onto two wheels, and the loud skidding sound it made when Axel came to an abrupt stop. Sora was sure that even someone as blind as a bat could see how violently he was shaking. He looked at Axel with wide, terrified eyes.
"Chill," Axel soothed. "I've done this tons of times. Completely safe." The words seemed to calm Sora's nerves, though only a bit. Axel's reckless driving calmed for the rest of the trip that seemed to last forever. Sora couldn't help but fall asleep, his forehead resting against the window as some drool fell from the corner of his mouth. He looked adorable, in Axel's opinion. The redhead stopped at their destination and leaned across the seat, lightly wiping the drool up with his sleeve, then kissing the corner of the brunette's lips. He held his breath when Sora shifted.
Sora was roused from sleep, he wasn't sure what it was that roused him, but nonetheless he was roused. He stretched, and yawned, looking to the side, only to see that Axel wasn't in the driver's seat. He looked out the window. He was in the middle of nowhere. Axel was leaning against the metallic red sides of his truck, smoking a cigarette. Thick, dark clouds were rolling in, and Axel only watched them. Sora jumped out of the truck, almost falling as he landed hard against the dirt road, stumbling slightly. He caught himself, and balanced, smiling.
"I'm good," he assured the redhead that had watched his feat. Axel laughed, Sora really was adorable, maybe even as adorable as Roxas or Namine, and they were pretty adorable. Axel walked over to Sora and smiled, petting his hair, and offering him a cigarette. Sora refused it.
"I don't smoke," he said softly, pushing Axel's hand away. Axel looked at him, shocked and blinking as if Sora had just said the strangest thing in the world. He shrugged and stuck the cigarette back into the pack. He smiled softly, and petted Sora again, "You're so cute."
Sora laughed weakly, and stretched. "Thanks?" He walked to the car, pulling the handle to the passenger's seat. Locked. He shrugged and walked to the driver's side, pulling the handle. Locked. "Axel, can I have the keys to the car?" he asked softly.
"Sure, just don't drive off without me," Axel chuckled. "They're in the ignition." Sora's head whipped around to look at Axel, eyes wide. He pulled harder on the door, trying hard to pry open the door. He looked at Axel again, whimpering like a lost puppy dog, causing Axel to raise a short red eyebrow.
"You locked the keys in!" Sora whined. Axel rose his eyebrows, and speed walked over jiggling the handle. He bit his lip, and multiple thoughts shot through his mind. Droplets of rain began to fall upon them, making Axel's mouth open, cigarette dropping onto the ground, instantly put out by the rapidly falling rain. The droplets became more aggressive until they felt like hail.
Sora squeaked audibly when Axel grabbed his hand and started running down the field. "Where're we going!?" he gasped, receiving no answer in return. Sora was confused until they reached a small, quaint cave. Axel wasted no time pulling them into it, pulling Sora into a protective hug.
"Are you alright?" he asked quickly. Sora smiled, and nodded, barely realizing exactly how wet he had gotten. "Sora...I'm sorry. Your first ditch day and it turned out horrible," the redhead frowned, reaching up to stroke Sora's cheek. He sighed, and looked down shaking his head. Sora stood up, shaking himself off. "It's fine, I really appreciate it, Axel! But now my clothes are all wet...I don't want to get a cold," he said softly.
AN: Sooo....what do you people think? Review Review Review! It'd make me happy :3
