Chapter One: Alarm.
I stared at the back of Demyx's head; hoping to burn holes or maybe just catch his hair on fire. Something to get his damn attention.
"Demyx. Demyx." I hissed in a hushed tone. The big-headed blonde ignored me and kept babbling on to Zexion, who obviously was irritated, because this was cutting into his reading time.
For once in my damn life I was actually trying to talk to Demyx, and he wasn't paying attention. What I was trying to tell him? Well, that I had an extra ticket to a haunted house downtown, since Sora couldn't come with. I was going to invite him until his fat-head inflated and he was 'too good' to pay attention to me.
I finally gave up on him after whispering his named for the billionth and leaned back into my desk with a sigh. I glanced at the clock and noticed that there was only 10 minutes left until lunch. The thought of food made my stomach rumble loudly.
"Woah, Roxas, hungry much?" Demyx laughed and I glared at him. So me calling his name a thousand times won't get his attention but my stomach making noise will? What the hell?
He noticed my glare and he froze, making a frowning face. "Uh, did I do something wrong, buddy?" He asked and I rolled my eyes. Now it was my turn to ignore him.
Demyx opened his mouth to speak when a shrill noise filled the room. All of the students rushed to the door, while Zexion and I followed after. (Demyx squealed like a little girl and ran out the door right when he heard the noise. Big baby.)
We followed the crowd of students to the student parking lot, where we swept away into the ocean of bodies. I quickly lost sight of Zexion and sighed. Curse me and my short height of hardly 5 foot 2.
I attempt to search from my periwinkle haired friend but instead I am greeted by brown spikes and glowing blue eyes. "Is this a fire drill?" Sora asks and I shrug. He crosses his arms over his chest and stares at the brick building. "I don't see any smoke. So it must be a drill." He says and again I just shrug.
We are met by a tall, silverette named Riku who has that 'I give no fucks' expression on his face. "It isn't a drill. Some asshole pulled the fucking fire alarm again. Stupid bastard. It was probably Reno or Axel." He said nonchalantly. Sora just stared at Riku in amazement while I raised an eyebrow at the silver haired boy. "Axel? Reno? Who the hell is that?" I ask and Riku just chuckles and shakes his head.
"The Flynn Brothers, of course. They cause chaos all over the school. I forgot to mention them to you last time I was over your house. Whoops." Riku chuckles again and I wanna smack that snooty grin right off his face.
"Yeah, telling me some info about the people Sora and I would have to be dealing with would have been nice Riku." I grumble unhappily and yank my heavy messenger bag up higher on my shoulder. Riku just lets out another healthy chuckle and I groan. What the hell is wrong with this guy? Isn't he supposed to be our friend?
"Okay, everyone back to class!" Our vice principal, Xaldin calls and we all hurriedly go back into the school building.
Our school isn't very large. Probably because theres only 45 students in total. There aren't many people living on Destiny Islands these days, but hey, it makes a shorter line at lunch.
Lunch, (my stomach reminds me with a loud growl) is what I was waiting for earlier. I basically ran to the cafeteria at full speed; not waiting for Sora or Riku to catch up to me. I was hungry, and I wanted food now. No matter how bad the cafeteria food tasted, as long as it filled my gullet, I was happy.
I was probably the 3rd person in line, which means I was one of the first to sit down at the usual circular table at the back. Demyx was next to me soon after with his tray over-flowing with cafeteria mashed potatoes, corn, and three slices of the shitty pizza they serve here.
"You really gonna eat all that, Demyx?" I asked and he smiled and nodded while he quickly downed all of his mashed potatoes. I swear the dude is like a fucking garbage disposal. Hes skinny as a twig yet he eats like a fat guy at a buffet.
"Demyx, you're a sophomore, so you should be able to answer this for me." I said and notice that his face went into complete shock, like I was about to ask him about some theory on telekinesis or some shit.
"Umm, Roxas, I don't think you're asking the right person, "He said nervously and rubbed the back of his head with his hand. "I need to know about someone… at this school." I said then all of his nervousness washed away and he perked up immensely. "Ohh, who is it?" he asked.
"Uhm. Do you know anything about a Reno and Axel Flynn?"
Demyx's face dropped.
"Oh. Um. Yeah. Why?" he asked and I raised an eyebrow cursiously. If this was Demyx's reaction to them, there had to be something good about them.
"Well? Who are they? What about them makes them so bad?"
Demyx sat there for a while, tapping one of his fingers against his chin in thought. "Hmm,"
C'mon Demyx. Tell papa Roxy. It isn't that hard. Just tell me something. You're a good boy, you can do this. Wait- why am I thinking like this? Papa Roxy? What the hell is wrong with me.
"Well, Reno's a huge flirt, and he always says 'yo' after everything. Its kind of annoying. He has this weird spikey hair in the front that goes into a straight pony-tail. He also has these red tattoos under his eyes. I don't know why. I think they're kind of tacky if ya ask me."
Knowing Demyx, he could have babbled on forever about Reno, so I shut him up and asked him as nicely as possible to move onto the other guy. Axel.
"Axel. Hm. Well, Axel is a bit more to himself. Scary, I guess. He wears black a lot, and hides away in corners. He's supposed to be a senior, but he flunked twice, so he's a sophomore, like me. No one really knows him to well. He's got weird tattoos under his eyes too, but his are a purplish color. He has cherry-red hair, the same as Reno." Demyx would have continued his speech about Axel if I wouldn't have stopped him yet again.
"Okay, so, what makes them so horrible?" I asked and Demyx cocks his head slightly to the side, before leaning in about two inches closer to me. "They don't call them the Flynn Brothers for nothing, Roxas. They're bad people. Rumor has it that if someone looks at them wrong, they'll go apeshit and beat you down until you scream bloody murder. Stay away from them." He warned.
And when Demyx warns you something's bad. Something must be bad.
I stuffed some of the gross mashed potatoes that were on my plate into my mouth and chewed (even though you really don't have to with how watery this shit is) slowly while I thought. They can't be that bad, can they? I mean, I'm sure no one has even taken the time to get to know the guys before they started all these nasty rumors about them. Hell, even I would go a little ballistic if everyone thought of me so terribly.
I swallowed the watery potatoes as I glanced around the cafeteria. I didn't see any redheads lurking about, so I figured the two had first lunch shift. But then I remembered Demyx saying something about how Axel hid away in corners, and there he was; red hair and everything. He didn't look too bad, to be honest. In fact, he was quite handsome. Demyx made him sound like some psychopathic killer, that hid away until he decided it was time to come out a shoot everyone.
So, I made a move. I got up and began striding over to him. I ignored the calls from Demyx to 'get my ass back to the table before I get hurt.' And kept walking towards the redhead.
Once I reached him, he stared at me with a confused expression. I stuck my hand out and gave him the best smile I could manage. "Hey, I'm Roxas Strife. It's nice to meet you."
He looked at my hand like it was some foreign object. After a minute of standing there awkwardly, I put my hand down and furrowed my eyebrows.
"Do you not like introductions?" I ask.
He shook his head with a slight smirk. "Nah, I prefer fire alarms."
Then a second shrill noised filled the room a second fucking time. What was this guy? Fucking Houdini? He began walking towards the exit and I stomped close behind him, trying to ask him how the hell he did that, but he paid me no attention. All he did was slap hands with another redhead whom I assume was Reno.
"Excuse me! Don't fucking ignore me!" I yelled which caused Reno to look back with a creepy grin spread across his lips.
"Look Ax, you got a little shrimp followin' ya. Don't be rude to the cutie." He winked and I felt my stomach swirl with disgust. I can't believe he just called me a cutie.
Axel groaned and stopped, which caused me to collide with his back. "How are you not… scared of me?" He asked, and then I backed up so he'd be able to turn and face me.
"Why would I be scared of you? All I am is irritated that you won't answer my questions!" I seethed which caused him to chuckle.
"Yeah, Reno's right. You are pretty cute. Okay kid, what're your questions?" he asked and I glared. I can't believe he called me cute too!
"Don't call me kid, or cute. My name is Roxas. And my questions are… well.." Shit, I hadden't thought of any questions to ask. He just stared down at me with that stupid cocky grin of his while I waited to think up a question to ask.
"How the hell did you do that fire alarm thing?" I asked, which caused him to cock an eyebrow.
"Easy, really. Alas, a pyro's job is never done." He said with fake sadness as his hand found its way over his heart.
"Whatever." I grumbled out and headed over towards the opposite end of the sea(more like pond) of students and met up with Demyx.
He studied me and held onto my shoulders. "Roxas! Are you okay? What did he do to you! How many fingers am I holding up!" He said in a rush, and removed one hand to hold up two perfectly visable fingers. "Two Demyx, I'm fine. He didn't do anything to me." I said and Demyx let out a sigh of relief.
"Woo, good. If I let anything bad happen to you, Cloud would wring my neck." He wiped off some fake sweat from his forehead and I sighed.
What the hell is up with that Axel guy? I will find out. Even if it does kill me, but I highly doubt it will.
