Summary: Roxas was just leading an ordinary life with his best friends. Lately he's been noticing that someone's been following him and then suddenly this (hot) new transfer student named Axel suddenly shows up claming that he knows him! If things weren't complicated enough his feelings start to grow until it's more than just friendship, memories start to return and even weirder stuff start happening. What's going on!?
A/N: So this is my first AxelxRoxas story so please be gentle. And if anything sounds wrong to you then just ignore it cause it's a fanfiction after all and my imagination is the only thing that'll keep it going… I hope. Don't flame me for this though I am open for criticism… just be gentle, heh. Enjoy and please find it in your hearts to review afterwards.
"How long does he plan on keeping him in here!?" "Kairi… Riku… I swear I'll find you!" "Remember, man! Can't you tell that this whole place is wrong for you!?" "I've been having these weird dreams…" "Wake up!" "I always dream of this boy, it's never myself."
I always found myself dreaming about that boy-what's his name-Sora. Ever since I could remember my dreams have always been about him. When was the last time I ever dreamt about 'myself'? All these dreams would be about him, but lately these dreams keep mixing into someone else's. Who were they calling out to? When this starting happening I always felt the strangest urge to always look over my shoulder. It felt awkward walking through Twilight Town now.
"Roxas you've gotta remember me!"
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"Roxas!" Hearing the light taps on his window disrupted his dream and he opened his eyes to the stinging of the morning sun. He cursed at the reality that it was morning already and rubbed his eyes only to stop to hear calling and the continuous taps on the window. The blond opened his window to look outside only to be hit by a pebble. Despite its size it was thrown pretty hard resulting in him falling off of his bed. The kids laughed outside and called for him again. When Roxas was able to look out his window again he saw that all three of his friends were in their school uniforms. He gasped, "Sorry! I'll be right down!"
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"Jeez Roxas! You sleep the longest out of everyone!" The blond laughed and scratched the back of his head helplessly, "At this rate, you'll be hopeless when we grow up!" Olette pointed out, holding her notebook to her chest.
Hayner agreed, "Yeah, what do you dream 'bout?" He smirked, "Is it a girl?"
Roxas' eyebrows creased, "What are you getting at?"
"Aren't those your dreams!?" Pence laughed. The blond laughed synthetically, not wanting to be on the topic about dreams. Every time he falls asleep he always dreams of that boy… And he's never dreamt about himself even once and if he happened to let it slip he knew his friends would find it odd. His friends went on until their very harsh teacher bolted into the room with her meter stick, slamming it onto her desk. The class immediately fell silent and every kid was facing the front, but Roxas who was once again lost in his thoughts.School, of course, was a bore and for some reason he knew all this stuff anyway. He wasn't an A student, but he scored enough to pass each grade. Getting a little too bored the blond started singing showtoons in his head. La-dee La-dee da, da-
"Ugh! I hate this song!" Roxas gasped and scooted back in his seat. He hadn't realized he made so much noise the whole class was interrupted. Seeing the blank faces of his fellow classmates and the confused look of his friends made him feel like he had a million thoughts going on inside his head. "I-I'm sorry!" He waved a hand to show that it was no big deal. His classmates might have been forgiving but his teacher sure as hell wasn't. She hated it when people disrupted her class even if it was an accident. With her skinny arm she pointed to the door where, for the rest of class, the poor boy had to stand outside holding two icepacks in his hands. He shivered when the bags touched his hands and it started hurting him after a while. (Ms. Binges way of punishment.) Oh-oh-oh so cold! And it didn't help that the air conditioner was right over his head.
The numbness and pain in his hands were too great for him to notice that the bell rang for lunch. His three friends ran outside and Hayner was the one to slap the bags out of his hands. Roxas sighed in relief and also looked up at his friend with satisfaction. "Come on Roxas, get your act together! We gotta go!"
"What? Where are we going?"
"We're going out to eat today!" Pence rubbed his stomach.
The blond rubbed his hands together, "But we're not even aloud to leave school grounds for lunch."
"Aw, don't worry! We'll be back before they even know we left!" Olette giggled, taking his hand and starting towards the stares. Oh how Roxas felt so relieved that a warm hand was gripping his.
It took them no time at all to leave the school grounds and when they thought they were far enough they stopped running. Olette ran into the ice-cream place across the street and the boys just sat and wait. "So Roxas, what was your deal in class?" Hayner replied, trying to seem cool by leaning against the wall with his arms crossed.
"Oh, uh, I just saw a bug."
"What are you talking about!?" Pence laughed, "You're not scared of bugs!" Before Roxas was able to make an excuse Olette came back with four ice pops. She handed them out cheerfully and they all sat in silence, just taking in the feel of a wonderful day. It made Roxas almost nervous to hold his popsicle considering he almost had to get his hands amputated if he had held on any longer. "Isn't it weird you guys? We're back in school already!" Olette almost always sounded cheerful.
"Yeah, what a bummer." Hayner sighed.
"What are you talking about? Schools fun!"
"How in the world do you find it fun?"
"Because… I get to spend it with you guys. Time keeps moving faster and soon we probably won't even get into a same college together. It's nice how we can be together everyday like this even if it is school."
Roxas laughed lightly. Always being together. It almost reminds me of Sora and his friends… I barely saw them apart. "It is nice."
"Wow Roxas! It's rare that we hear that from you!" Pence laughed, "Maybe we should ditch school more often!"
"And speaking of school…" The spiky haired sighed, sliding of the last piece of popsicle into his mouth, "We should start heading back." To all of their disappointment they started down the street, their school just close enough for them to see. Before he felt safe that they were almost on school grounds a figure in a dark coat walked in front of them. "Hey, dude, get out of the way!" Hayner replied rudely.
The figure of course did not move and in fact ignored him completely, facing Roxas. The blond looked up at him hesitantly, wondering if he should make a move or not, but he didn't have to. "I finally found you!" The masculine voice sounded relieved and as if he were in a rush. He pulled off his hood to reveal his red, spiky hair and his facial marks, "It's been a while."
He knows me? "Aaaand… who are you?"
The guy sighed, "It's me, Axel."
"You know this guy?" Pence replied; he and the other two backing up to see the whole situation.
"N-no I don't!" He looked back up at the awaiting red head, "Sorry, but you must have me confused with another Roxas." As if! A chance that there's another Roxas is one out of a billion! "Sorry, I have to get going."
His efforts to walk around him were fruitless. Axel quickly grabbed his arm and spun him around. Not being able to do anything the older kissed him and he felt the whole town grew silent. What the f-!? When he was finally released all he could do was stare in awe at the situation. But this feeling quickly turned into ones of anger, "What the hell!?" Roxas ran a hand across the man's face and judging from his friend's gasps he hit him pretty damn hard. He turned his back towards him and started running, "Let's go you guys. We'll be late." He ignored his friend's calls and kept speeding up in hopes that this event would soon disappear.
Back at school he would have hoped that the situation had been dropped, but it wasn't… He could feel the stares of his friends weighing him down so he just had to look up at them. "What?"
"You knew that guy?" Olette asked.
"No."
"Well it seemed like he knew you! I didn't know you were into that stuff, Roxas!" Hayner laughed.
"I-I'm not!" He objected.
The girl blushed, "I thought it-uh-looked kinda sexy. You know that 'forbidden love' stuff." She giggled as she was sucked into her own fantasies and Roxas almost felt sad that his friends were doing this to him. Having the thought run through his mind again made his face grow hot and he turned towards the window so his friends wouldn't see. Right when he did he saw another sight of the man in black staring up at him through his classroom window. He gasped and leaned over further to see if it was really him or if it was just his mind playing tricks on him. Go away! Go away! Axel smirked from his 'friend's' reaction and walked away. Damn him…
"Roxas!?" Said boy quickly looked back to once again see his friend's concerned faces, "What are you doing?"
"It was the-!" He sighed, "Nothing…" When he sat back in his seat class immediately started up again…
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Roxas said goodbyes to his friends and didn't take the time to walk with them. He wanted to run. He didn't want to see that weirdo on the street again. To his relief he didn't even see him for the rest of the night. But even if he did escape from him in real life he couldn't let the thought go. He threw his school bag on the floor and went straight to the shower. Who goes around kissing strangers!? The water was pretty hot though a sudden numbness in his body prevented him from feeling it. How does he know me? What if it has something to do with Sora…? "Uh… I don't know…"
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The next day, on the way to school, Roxas just couldn't help looking over his shoulder. What if that Axel guy was there? But he wasn't and they were able to make it to school without any interference. For some reason the class seemed to have started faster today even though they practically leave at the same time each day. What was going on? Ms. Binges left the door open when she entered which was unusual for her and she once again used her ruler to quiet everyone down. "Class. We have a new transfer student joining us today."
This caught Roxas' attention. A new student? We haven't had one in ages…
"Be polite and welcome-"
The boy walked in slyly and cool and raised a hand to the class, "The name's Axel." He smiled, "Nice to meet you."
Roxas' mouth dropped, and he quickly stood up from his chair and pointed, "I-it's you!"
"Huh? Roxas you know him?" His friends asked.
"What? Don't you guys remember? We saw him yesterday when we-," The facial expressions from his friends to stop from finishing his sentence, so they wouldn't get in trouble, made him stumble, "uh, saw him through the window…"
Ms. Binges smiled coldly, "Well perfect. You can sit in that empty seat by Roxas. And boy, I expect you to show the new student around the school and town in your free time."
The blond gulped. Oh no… The girls in class seemed to be taking a liking to him. Even Olette who wasn't really into boys and dating couldn't keep her eyes off him. Roxas sat down and watched as Axel traveled to his seat and sat beside him. "And Axel, since you don't have a book yet please scoot over and share with Roxas."
He's face grew a light red, "I-I can't! Why don't I give him my book and I'll share with Pence?" (Pence sat behind him.)
"Hm, and why would I do that?" She asked, crossing her arms.
Oh shit… "B-because! While you're giving your lecture he can look through all the pages h-he's missed since we've been in school. It'll be much easier for him to catch up when I'm not there to stop him from reading!" There was silence and he wasn't even sure if it worked until she nodded her head and turned back to face the board.
Roxas sighed in relief and handed Axel the book. The red head took this as a chance to put his hand over his. The blond's eyes widened and he quickly pulled his hand back, causing him to drop his book. Before it hit the ground Axel caught it and smiled brightly, "Careful there."
"D-don't touch me!" He whispered.
The older laughed and held his hands up, "Whoa, whoa." Roxas turned in his seat so that he could see Pence's book. Man why does he have to be here…? It was bad enough that my friends saw what happened yesterday, but now it's the perfect opportunity for them to laugh at me… He looked at the boy from the corner of his eye to see how strangely he was looking at the book. His eyebrows went from being creased to ones of confusion each time he went to a new sentence. It's as if he's never read a textbook before… This guy really did seem like he was from a foreign… place. What with his hair, facial markings, and ways to read a book… Or maybe this dude is just lying and he's just plain weird.
"Roxas."
Yeah, that's gotta be the one…
"Roxas!" The boy snapped back into reality and turned to the boy who dared to call his name, "Here," Axel held out the book and one eye was closed for a reason Roxas did not know until he found out that he was about to sleep, "I read the whole book so you can have it back."
"Wh-wha!? No you didn't." He whispered though he took the book back anyway.
"Oh? And how do you know that I didn't?"
There's no way! "Be-because I just know." He was surprised that no one else-even the teacher-didn't notice their conversation.
The red head smirked, resting his head on his hands, "I can read pretty fast… And I have a pretty good photographic memory."
"Oh yeah?" Roxas turned to some random page and pointed to the second paragraph that was written. "Then what the second paragraph on page 68 say?"
Axel looked up as if he were trying to turn the pages in his memory and then closed his eyes and started out loud-, "Page 68, 'And so the confused boy desired comfort from his sibling's hand only to see that there was no such comforting desire. In distress there was no one but the person who he despised so but has been with him all along. There was no one else, but he couldn't help but reach out his hand when he was about to fall and his 'friend' took refuge in it and…'" Axel paused and then chuckled to himself, "So… was I right?"
The blond didn't bother to look down in his book. His eyes were too fixed on Axel's and he could just tell that he wasn't making this up. "Um… yeah…" The whole class-well mostly the girls-applauded and even the teacher was impressed on how well it was portrayed.
"So, there y'go."
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The bell rang for lunch and before Roxas was able to even turn to face the boy a whole crowd of girls swarmed around him. They all talked at once and it was hard for him to even know what they were asking. And from Axel's expression he couldn't tell either. There were comments like, "You were so amazing" and "Are you a romantic regularly". Always such nonsense girls asked.
I bet it's all an act… "Hey Axel." He caught him in the middle of getting out of his seat, "So… where are you from?" His voice was so cold and he didn't even try to hide it. Why should he?
"I'm from-uh-Moonlight City. Yeah, one of the most romantic places in this world." He got more into his lie with each word. Axel leaned down to whisper in the blond's ear, "Would you like to go with me sometime?"
"N-no! Get away from me you-you stacker!"
The whole classroom fell silent. Stalker…?
Hayner laughed, "What are you talking about?"
"You guys! Don't you remember? We saw him yesterday on our way back to school!"
"Uh… no we didn't." Olette giggled, "Is this a joke or something 'cause it is pretty funny."
Roxas couldn't believe what he was hearing. They didn't remember? Or they just… didn't know? "You guys…?" He whined, feeling a sense of loneliness go through his body. Jeez! "Axel could I talk to you for a minute?"
Axel could not erase that smirk off his face, "Sure." They started out the classroom and the blond slammed the door behind them.
"What the hell are you doing here!? First you-you-"
"Kiss?"
He growled, "And now you go to my school as an exchange student?"
"Hey, I'm here to learn! I didn't come here to follow you!" Yes…
"Then what were you doing yesterday?"
The red head laughed, "My what ever are you talking about?"
Bastard… "Just stay away from me okay!?" Axel's smile faded which made the blond feel even sadder, "Just… what are you trying to do?"
"I swear I knew you before and-… What did they do to you to make you lose your memory? We used to be friends but now…"
Roxas' eyebrows creased, "Who's… they?"
He was about to say something until he saw something he didn't like outside. He turned his head quickly and started towards the classroom, "We'll talk later 'kay?"
What was that about? Roxas looked out the window but he didn't see anything completely out of the ordinary. Was he just being paranoid? He rolled his eyes. Whatever, like I care…
"There's not much time until I can tell him… I have to before he'll be out of my reach completely…"
Well… chapter one is-uh-over. I seriously planned for it to be longer but I guess that's not happening. This chapter is certainly not my best (I hate it actually) because I was so distracted on writing this and first I was eager, then I lost interest, I had nothing to write about, and then I rushed to put Axel in there so I could get this story going more. I hope it's not too disappointing and I hope to see you guys in the next chapter. Maybe it won't take too long for it to come out. I promise I'll be better. I think it will since Axel is now in it. And please review so I'll know that you guys are interested. I wanna know what you guys think. Thanks, sayonara.
P.S Yes, I made up that literacy paragraph… thing. I know, it's not all that great, but do you know my intentions on writing that? You guys get it right? If not I'll tell you some other time…
