Author's Notes

Well, this is the first fanfic I've had the guts to post anywhere. I'm really quite inexperienced in writing fanfics so if you have any suggestions or constructive criticisms it would be much appreciated.

So, I don't own anything from the Kingdom Hearts franchise obviously. Also, I don't own any of the songs/albums/artists etc. that are mentioned.

Chapter 1

Demyx sighed as he exhaled a long ashen tendril of smoke. His group of friends at high school had abandoned him two months ago and since then everything had been going from bad to worse. His mother had become increasingly more alcoholic and as a result Demyx was in charge of caring for himself and his younger sister Rikku who had just hit puberty. His father hadn't contacted him for a whole year and apparently now had a new child with another woman. The only person Demyx could even think of going to was Axel, the one person who had ever piqued Demyx's interest sexually. Because of this Demyx had gone on to assume himself to be gay which just worsened his situation.

He sucked the cigarette smoke deep into his lungs, feeling the pleasant burn and savouring the taste of tobacco and whatever other poisons he was inhaling. Three months ago he would never have considered smoking. As far as he was concerned it was a filthy habit, but everything had happened too fast and one of the teachers at school, Mister Auron Dunbaton, had offered him one. Since then he hadn't stopped. One more deep breath and the cigarette was finished, so Demyx flicked it at the road and stood up from his comfortable spot on the curb. From the brief amount of time spent with Axel at school before Axel had started drifting from the group, Demyx had learned that Axel always went to Destiny Park on Saturday evenings.

As Demyx walked up the long dark streets to Destiny Park he hummed a tune to himself. He was a musical prodigy and always had a tune in his head. Lately they had all been in minor chords, depressingly beautiful. He ran a hand up through the spiked blonde top of his mullet, the tune reaching a climax as he reached the park.

It was huge; lush grass with a pine forest looking border. There was a playground in the centre of the park and next to it an ice cream vendor, famous for their Sea-Salt ice cream flavour. Sure enough, Axel's flaming red mane was there. He was swinging on one of the swings, a smaller blonde with a wave styled flick of hair on the swing next to him. Demyx took a deep breath, trying and failing to calm himself down. As a last resort he lit another cigarette and calmed himself through the nicotine as he started walking towards his last resort.

He was only about 15 meters from Axel and the blonde when the blonde got up and straddled Axel on the swing. They started making out in a matter of seconds and Demyx almost choked on smoke. He recognised the boy now; it was Roxas, the twin brother of Sora. The Sora who had started a fight with Demyx because Demyx had accidentally bumped into him in a corridor. The same Sora that had caused Demyx's group of friends (Organisation XIII), to throw Demyx out because he had lost against the younger boy. Demyx spluttered as the sight of his crush and his enemy's brother making out hit him hard in the chest, almost winding him. Axel glanced up from Roxas quickly and put his arms protectively around him. His arms relaxed when he saw who it was though.

"Dem? What are you doing out here? You never go out on Saturday nights." Demyx just stared blankly as Axel spoke, Roxas squirming around to look at the intruder. Axel frowned at Demyx's speechlessness. "Oh come over here Dem and talk wont you? It's annoying having you stare. Got it memorized? Didn't you know I was gay or something? I thought everyone knew about it."

"I... Uh... Sorry... I've gotta... Bye..." Demyx stuttered and turned around sucking madly at his cigarette. He had to go home to Rikku. He couldn't remember if he had given her dinner or not and it was nearing 7 pm.

"Who was that Axe?" Roxas muttered into Axel's ear. Axel stared after Demyx with a puzzled expression.

"One of the Orgy guys... He came in after me... I don't remember him smoking. He always hated me for it. Something must be up..."

"One of the Orgy guys? His name isn't Demyx is it? Sora got into a huge fight with the muso in the Orgy a couple of months ago. Beat him up pretty bad."

"He what?! What did he do that for?! Demyx is a musician not a fighter! Got it memorized? There is no way he would have provoked that! I'm gonna kick your brothers' ass when I take you home. He probably got Dem kicked out of the Orgy; they're such a stuck up group." Axel screeched, throwing Roxas off him as he stood. His spiked long red hair shook as he spoke. Roxas stared blankly up at his boyfriend from the floor, shocked at the sudden passion flaming from the pyromaniac.

"Uhm... I'm sorry?" Roxas muttered and Axel stared down at him, the anger blowing out quickly when he realised he had hurt Roxas.

"Shit babe, I'm sorry. That just got me a bit fired up" Axel said as he pulled Roxas up into a hug.

"It's alright. You didn't ever have a thing for him did you? Seeing as he didn't know you were gay I'm guessing you weren't together..."

"No, no... He's just a good kid. He wouldn't hurt a fly. We were friends in the Orgy, and I don't like the idea of someone hurting my friends is all. Got it memorized?" He replied quietly into Roxas' ear. He was lying through his teeth of course. For his time in the Orgy before Roxas came along, Axel had been infatuated with Demyx. There was something about the mullet hair style and amazing guitar riffs that had caught Axel's green eyes. Roxas smiled into Axel's shoulder, sufficiently comforted that Demyx wouldn't end up being a nuisance.