I really wish I had the ability to be simple and write a nice one-shot.
But I don't.
I need to learn to like... not write so much.
Anywho, moving on!
I don't like doing Roxas/Axel because it's a major cliché but I decided for whatever reason (probably because I haven't slept all night and am a little delirious) that it's kinda cute.
So here goes!
God, I love the stuff
I come up with in the shower!
And actually, the shower revelations happen a lot more often than they should but whaddya do, right?
Description: When Roxas is expelled for getting in a fight, his parents send him to a private school on the outskirts of Twilight Town. Not only does Roxas have to give up his friends, he now has to deal with being the weird new kid. From day one, things get progressively worse until the universe decides to cut him a break in the most interesting way possible...
Disclaimer: I wish Kingdom Hearts was mine, so so much! Anyone wanna get me a nice, sexy Riku for Christmas/Hanukkah/ Kwanzaa/Anyotherrandomholiday? Pwease?
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"The last straw"
"Late!" the word ran through Roxas's head as he darted through a crowd of people on the sidewalk, waiting for the crosswalk signal to change. "Late late late late late!" Roxas could feel the back of his throat beginning to burn as he greedily sucked in the cool winter air around him. Roxas could see Twilight Town High looming in the distance, taunting him. His backpack bounced painfully against his back as he quickened his pace. He didn't even have to look down at his phone to know this was going to be the closest call yet. As his battered shoes began slapping against the asphalt of the parkinglot, Roxas heard the bell chiming, a high pitched artificial ringing sound that was enough to make anyone plug their ears and wince. He swore under his breath, running even faster, taking the stairs to the double doors two at a time. He dashed down the hall way, moving with the flow of students as they made their way to their classes.
"Made it!" he thought triumphantly, gripping the handle on the door of his Geometry class. Then he looked through the small glass window at the people settling into desks and a lead weight dropped into his stomach. Groaning out loud, Roxas broke into a run, desperately trying to reach the other side of campus before the final bell. He could see the end of the hall getting closer and closer, that huge wooden door propped open. The sunlight streaming in through the solid glass wall distorted Roxas's reflection on the tile as he panted, dreading the seconds as they ticked away. The hall was completely empty now, except for him. "Just a little bit longer... just a few more seconds!" he pleaded with a higher power. He was positive that he was in the clear when out of nowhere, a backpack slid across the smooth tile, right in his path. Clumsy by nature, Roxas wiped out on the backpack, his ankles caught in the straps. His chin hit the tile hard, as did his ribs which always seemed to stick out a bit, no matter how much he ate. Laughter erupted beside him.
"Ha ha... loser!" taunted an unmistakable voice. Roxas heard the final bell chime and he sighed, closing his eyes tightly. He rolled over onto his back and sat up, trying to pull the straps from his ankles.
"You're such an ass, Seifer." he groaned, tossing the backpack aside. He'd been tormented by Seifer and his odd bunch of flunkies for years, so random attacks like these didn't phase him much. It was almost part of his daily routine to be picked on by them. To be honest, Roxas wished that if they were going to insist on bullying him, that they get more creative than tripping him up constantly.
"Owned." Fuu's soft voice cut through Seifer's chuckling.
"Totally, y'know?" the great oaf Rai inputted. Roxas sighed, shaking his head at the bunch. Only Vivi, who stood at the back of the group as usual, remained silent. Roxas stood, brushing himself off. He turned on his heel without a word to the antagonists and crept down the hall to his Astronomy class. The door was still propped open and Roxas was thrilled to see that the teacher had his back to the class and was drawing an incredibly detailed model of the night sky on the chalkboard. Barely breathing, Roxas tiptoed through the rows of desks. Many of the students were asleep, or at the very least, had their head down. Some zoned out on random spots on the wall, and some where genuinely paying attention to the teacher's lesson. Olette was one of the goody goodies. As he crept up stealthily on his desk, she shot him a disapproving look, to which he only shrugged and mouthed 'I'll explain later'. He sat his backpack down gingerly next to his seat and lowered himself carefully into it. Only when his rear was safely in the plastic chair did he quietly let out the breath he'd been holding. He smiled triumphantly to himself.
"Third time this week, Roxas." the teacher said without even turning around. Roxas groaned and thumped his head on the desk. Class dragged on with it's usual monotony and Roxas was handed a detention slip as he left the room. He crumpled it and tossed it aside. Hayner was the principle's assistant and would certainly destroy any record of Roxas being assigned the detention, and would dummy up a behavior report to be sent to his Astronomy teacher. It would read something along the lines of "The student you referred to detention was well-behaved and completed many school assignments. I believe he has learned his lesson.", followed by an expertly forged signature. Olette walked beside him, glaring as she had been all during class.
"You know, Roxas, Hayner isn't going to be there to get you out of trouble forever." she scorned him. Roxas shrugged.
"I know that." he said defensively. "But I have an excuse."
"And what would that be?" Olette's eyes narrowed. They were nearing their next class, following a stream of students down the hall.
"First of all, when my alarm clock went off this morning, Sora came in and shut it off without me knowing, so I woke up 20 minutes late." he began, waving to a student he knew as she passed. "Then when I finally get to school, I'm thinkin' it's a Tuesday when it's a Wednesday and I wound up trying to go to Geometry." he said, glancing at Olette, who nodded, knowing that was a very 'Roxas-y' thing to do. "Then Seifer tripped me on my way to Astronomy." he finished. "I almost made it."
Olette sighed and held open the door for her friend, glaring at him.
"What have I told you about 'almost'?" Olette demanded.
"Horseshoes and hand grenades." Roxas mumbled, defeated. Olette nodded and pointed to the empty seat next to Pence. Roxas obeyed her silent command and went to sit beside his other friend, who had his head of black hair down on the desk.
"Tired?" he asked briskly. Pence didn't respond until Roxas poked him in the side. Jumping slightly, he stared at Roxas, then glared.
"Don't do that!" he cried. "I'm twitchy! You should know better than to poke a twitchy person!"
"You guys did your homework, didn't you?" Olette demanded of the two boys. Pence held up a blue folder marked "World History". Roxas blushed and shrugged, warranting another dirty look from Olette. Roxas had at first been thrilled that he had almost every single class with at least one of his friends, but that thrill faded when he realized that every single class with Olette meant having to do his homework every day or suffering one of her lectures. From World History (which today featured an especially boring discussion about the architect who designed Sunset Terrace), Roxas and Olette made their way to Alchemy. There was more boring discussions, more assignments and more dozing off as the day wore on. When the bell finally rang for lunch, Roxas sprang up out of his seat, not even waiting for Olette. He practically skipped down the hall to the cafeteria, happy to be out of class, even happier to be going to lunch. He took his spot in line behind a student who, surprisingly, he didn't know. Roxas bounced on his heels and waited as the line moved slowly. He could almost see her now...
"Roxas...would it kill you to wait for us?" demanded Hayner from behind him. Roxas waved him off, standing on his tiptoes, trying to seem nonchalant. Hayner grabbed his shoulder and pushed him back down. "Dude! Over here." he snapped in Roxas's ear. Finally, Roxas turned, looking Hayner in the face, a pleading look on his own.
"Come on, Hayner! Not today!" he begged. Hayner rolled his eyes and let go of Roxas who quickly stepped forward to reclaim his spot behind the unknown student.
"Hello, Roxas." smiled a girl with platinum hair and a dainty white dress. She stood behind the counter, next to the cash register, waiting to take his 6 munny for the slice of pizza and soda he'd grabbed.
"Hey Namine." he said sheepishly, pulling the coins from his pocket. A few of them dropped onto the metal counter in his haste, and he and Namine both began scrambling to pick them up. Roxas grabbed for one of the coins at the same time as Namine, and her hand gently closed over his for the briefest of moments, but it was enough to make them both flush deeply.
"Sorry." she smiled. Roxas only giggled nervously, forgetting to breathe. She placed the 6 munny in the register and handed Roxas a receipt. He was stealing one last glance at her when he felt someone shove him hard from behind.
"Outta my way, punk." grunted Seifer, pushing Roxas out from in front of the counter, nearly knocking the pizza off his plate. Roxas wanted to turn around and punch Seifer square in the face, but then remembered how Rai loved nothing more than throwing his considerable weight around as Seifer's unofficial bodyguard, and reconsidered. Sighing defeatedly, he took a seat next to Olette at the table with Pence and Hayner.
"What an asshole." Hayner scowled, his famous temper flaring. Roxas shrugged.
"Just forget about it." he mumbled. Pence ground his teeth angrily.
"We're not just gonna 'forget about it', Roxas!" he cried, drawing the attention of a few students from nearby tables. "He's a jerk!"
"Yeah but it's really okay. Just chill out, Pence." Roxas pleaded with him. Hayner stood, glowering at Seifer where he sat with Rai, Fuu and Vivi. Roxas stared in horror as his bullheaded friend crossed the cafeteria and tapped Seifer hard on the shoulder. He couldn't hear them from this distance, but Hayner must have said something very wrong, because Seifer stood from his seat and grabbed the smaller boy by the collar of his shirt, bringing his fist back menacingly. Olette gasped as Roxas sprang from his seat and ran for the two.
"Seifer, don't!" he called. The blond was distracted for only a second, but it was enough for Hayner to land a decent punch on the side of his face. Seifer cried out, more from anger than pain, a hand flying to his face. But instead of attacking Hayner, who'd fallen on his ass when Seifer dropped him, the bully turned and headed right for Roxas.
"You twerp!" he bellowed, grabbing Roxas by his spiked hair. Roxas winced and grabbed at Seifer's hands as he felt strands of light brown being torn from his scalp. "You did that on purpose!" bringing his fist back once more, he sent it sailing right into Roxas's stomach. The boy doubled over as Seifer released him from his grasp. Roxas felt as if he'd throw up, and was still gasping for air when Seifer kicked him in the back of his knees, causing him to collapse on the filthy tile in a heap. Roxas looked up just in time to see Hayner jump on Seifer's back and pull his hair, Fuu and Rai rising from their seats to join in the mayhem. By this time, the entire cafeteria was on it's feet, watching the one-sided battle as Rai used Hayner like a punching bag while Fuu held him, Vivi cowering under the table. Enraged, Roxas stood up and launched himself at Seifer, sending both of them sailing a good couple of feet, landing on a table and reducing the pressed wood to splinters right as the principle walked in. Two members of the school's security team pulled Roxas off of Seifer, who sat in the rubble, holding the side of his face, blood streaming in a slow trickle from his nose.
"Roxas!" cried the principle. The boy looked at his educational overlord and shook his head desperately.
"He started it!" he stammered, motioning with his head at Seifer, knowing full well that it was actually Hayner's fault. The man held up a hand to silence him.
"I don't want to hear it! I'm calling your parents!" he said furiously. "All of you!" Roxas swallowed dryly. His parents had absolutely no patience for him after he nearly got expelled for cheating on a test a few years earlier. "One more time..." his father had warned, not finishing his threat. Roxas wondered, terrified, what would happen after that 'one more time'.
"But... I didn't do anything!" he squirmed in the security guards' grip. The principle ignored him and began walking away, Seifer, Rai, Fuu, Hayner, Roxas and for whatever reason, Vivi were ordered to follow. They each were seated as far from each other as possible in the reception area of the main office. Roxas kept shooting Seifer dirty looks, but was pleased to see that the right side of his face was swelling up quite nicely. Roxas's stomach twisted itself into knots while he waited to be called into the principle's office. Rai, Fuu and Vivi had been called in first, then released back to class. Seifer had been called in next, and was in the office for about 30 minutes. He came out looking pale, but couldn't resist shooting Roxas a snide glare. Roxas held his breath and walked slowly to the principle's office, feeling like a condemned man walking to the gas chamber.
"Sit down, Roxas." his principle said without even glancing up from his desk. He sounded exasperated already, like the last thing he wanted to do today was talk to another riled up adolescent. Roxas obeyed, sitting in front of his principle's desk.
"Roxas..." he began. "I've called your parents. They're both exceptionally angry with you and I don't blame them." he said.
"What do you mean?!" cried Roxas. "I didn't do anything wrong!" His principle held up a hand angrily.
"Roxas!" he commanded. "Let me finish! As punishment for causing this fight, and of course taking into consideration all your other incidents, I've decided to expel you from Twilight Town High. I'm sorry." He turned back to his computer screen, dismissing the boy without words. Roxas's jaw fell slack. "Expelled?!" his mind screeched, but his mouth said nothing. Standing slowly, as if in a daze, Roxas walked out of the office to find his parents in the reception area. They wore twin scowls and Sora was standing behind them with the unmistakable "Busted!" look on his face. The distance from his house to the school was only a few blocks, but Roxas couldn't help feeling like it was the longest car ride of his life.
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Hooray for short chapters!
Naw, seriously, they're easier to work with.
I actually feel like this isn't one of my better works so far, but I like what I have planned.
And yes, I actually have a plan for this one!
Anyway...
rvws, yush?