Can you keep my Secret? Axel X Riku, dedicated to KidaKama, The Lonely Blitz, and many many more!
Riku woke up, feeling confident, proud, and prepared. Today was the day where he'd tell the entire student body that he was going to run for reelection. He was the current President of TTA: Twilight Town Academy; an all-boys boarding school where half the boys were gay for each other. No other pair was more popular than the KidaKama twins. Not only were the twins nearly identical, the only difference being that Roxas had golden blonde hair while Sora had chocolate brown hair, but the two were also dating. NO one questioned it, since the two were each well-liked by all, and both served as student elected officials.
Sora was Riku's right hand man, his vice president in charge of meeting with other elected officials, and scheduling appointments on Riku's behalf. Roxas on the other hand, worked in the residential department under the responsibility of one of the most popular students, Axel, chair of the housing department.
That was Riku's main concern: Rumor had gotten around that Axel was going to run for class President, to be in charge of the entire boarding school. Riku knew that he was a successful president, and he felt like he could be even better if he was given another chance. Axel was just so popular, mainly because he knew most of the students on a personal level from working in the housing office. That was just one theory to his popularity. The other was that he was so famous because he was one of the captains of the renown soccer team of TTA.
The other captain? None other than Riku himself.
Riku sighed as he put on his baby blue school uniform jacket and left the dormitories and walked into his presidential office. He smirked as he caught a quick peek at his Vice President, Sora, making out with this twin and boyfriend, Roxas.
"OH, hi Riku!" Sora pushed Roxas away as Roxas rolled his eyes. Riku's office was very spacious and even allowed for Sora to have his own desk at the west wall.
"So, is it true?" Riku asked Roxas, who nodded.
"Yeah, Axel's running."
Riku exhaled, mentally preparing. "Alright. You know what this means Sora?" Riku asked with a sly grin, which scared the innocent brunette.
"Um, no?"
"It means that you and Roxas are now enemies." Riku smirked and Sora gasped.
"Nu-uh!"
Roxas chuckled and took Sora's hand. "Well, he is right, Sky. Axel already asked me to run as his VP, and I said yes. That means that we're running on opposite campaigns." Roxas explained as Riku nodded.
Riku knew that Axel and Roxas were close and would most likely run together, against him and Sora.
"And that means that I can't allow Roxas to be here while we discuss our plans. Nothing personal." Riku said and Roxas nodded.
"I have to go back and help Axel prepare for his speech. Good luck." Roxas said to Riku before he delicately kissed Sora's cheek and left.
"This is going to be really hard." Sora sighed, letting his cheek plop on a fist, his body slumped on his desk.
"Come on Sora, we have an election to win." Sora and Riku spent the next few hours making the final touches to Riku's advertising campaign, and when they had just finished, they hurried off to the auditorium where the five hundred male students under Riku's care were waiting.
"You got this." Sora gave Riku a thumbs up to cheer him up as Riku stood before the podium.
"One more year!" Some of the students chanted in the audience.
Riku lifted his hands to thank them and to silence them. "Thank you. For the past year I've had the wonderful privilege to serve as your President. Together we've accomplished a lot to improve an already amazing academy, but I'm not finished. With your help, I'd like to continue to make this school even better. Thank you." Riku bowed and the crowd cheered, making the silverrete smile confidently as he took a seat by Sora on the stage while Axel went to the podium.
"I'll give credit where it's due. Riku was a great president, and he made some nice progress. Now it's my turn to show you how much more progress we can make. My campaign is aimed towards every group! Athletes, band members, artists, new students, and upperclassmen, I'll make sure that you all get equal accommodations. Vote for Axel! Got it memorized?" Axel pointed to his temple as the crowd clapped and cheered.
Riku sighed calmly, he knew it would be a close race.
"Sora, I want a poll taken, stat. I want a survey going out: Who prefers Axel and why. I want a meeting scheduled with the chair of the treasury department, and a meeting with the band coordinator. Lastly, I'll take two aspirin." Riku ran off his list once he and Sora made it back to his office.
Sora nodded and scurried off, leaving Riku to worry on his own, until a knock came at his door.
"Hey Prez." Axel waltzed in.
"Axel." Riku nodded respectfully, still a bit unsure how he felt about his 'enemy' inviting himself into his office.
"Nice speech. Short. Simple."
Riku grinned. "I like your slogan."
"Thanks. Roxy came up with that one. He's a great secretary."
"So is Sora, but it makes sense, they are twins." Riku smiled; Sora was such a great help to him, not to mention his best friend.
"They're pretty cute together." Axel said and Riku cleared his throat. Despite how openly accepted it was at Twilight Town Academy, Riku had never come out as gay, and he didn't feel comfortable talking about it with Axel. True he had spent years at TTA with Axel as classmates and soccer teammates, but he was never that close with the lively redhead.
"Here's the aspirin, Ri….ku."Sora walked in and paused at the sight of the 'enemy'.
"Thanks Sora." Riku took the pills and drank some of his water while Sora starred at Axel.
"You miss your twin?" Axel asked and Sora nodded.
"But we're on opposing sides." Sora tried to understand and stay committed to his campaign. He was thankful that his twin was also his roommate, so that he didn't have to go months without seeing him.
"Well maybe Riku and I can combine forces." Axel shrugged.
"What?" Riku asked, shocked. He was still wondering why Axel was in his office, but perhaps he had a proposal.
"How would that work?" Sora wondered.
"Easy. Riku withdraws from the race and can join my team. As a gift, I'll even let you run as my VP." Axel shrugged, but Riku shook his head.
"I thought you let Roxas run as your VP?" Riku was still confused.
"When I asked him, he said he'd be ok with sacrificing that so that we can work together. Think about it Riku, together, we'll run the school until we graduate!" Axel smiled but Riku was still hesitant.
"I plan on running this school for as long as the student body is ok with it, with Sora as my VP." Riku stood proudly.
"You're going to lose Riku. I have so many connections, there's no way you'll get more votes."
"Then I'll thank the student body for letting me serve and resign." Riku said and Axel sighed.
"Riku, I'm trying to do you a favor. I know that you are skilled, and that your leadership skills are amazing. But I am best friends with the band coordinator, who is dating the chair of the treasury department, and I'm also a captain of the soccer team. I will get more votes than you." Axel remained persistent.
"We shall let the students decide that. If that is all, Sora will see you to the door." Riku waved Axel off, who growled.
"We shall see. If you wise up and change your mind, send your little errand boy to come find me. Tah." Axel waved as he left and Sora sighed.
"He's got a point Riku." Sora said after he shut the door behind Axel.
"I don't want to hear it Sora. Besides, he just called you a little errand boy!"
"Well, I do run a lot of errands." Sora shrugged happily.
"You…you don't think he's right…do you?" Riku asked, afraid to admit that he was afraid.
"I'm not sure, but either way, the question is to ask if it's worth asking. I mean, if he's right and he wins, then we're both out of jobs. Sure we can find other positions, but we'll be demoted. If we take his offer, then at least you still have a secure position. And I'm assuming that you'll keep me as your secretary." Sora placed his hands on his hips and Riku nodded with a smile.
"But what if we could win, and we took the offer? Is it really worth it?" Riku asked and Sora contemplated.
"I'm fine with whatever decision you make. As long as I get to work for you, then I don't care. If you want to join Axel's team, then I'll make it work. If not, then we better start working on our campaign."
Riku put a hand to his chin. "Then I guess we better get started. Come on, how are those meetings I asked for going?" Riku asked and Sora bubbled up.
"Let's do this!"
Author's Note: Alright, so that was just an introductory chapter to set up the story that I will start updating soon. This story is dedicated to ALL of my reviewers on my story A Taste of Loneliness. My 100th reviewer, KidaKama, chose the pairing, (Axel X Riku) while my other reviewers will be mentioned in here as well. Unless you know their fanfiction names, you may not get the references, but this is just one small way I'd like to show my appreciation for all the reviews I've been getting for that story. I'm nowhere near the ending of this story, or for A Taste of Loneliness, so if you read A Taste of Loneliness and review, you could get your fanfiction name in this story as well!
Thank you for reading, and thank you to ALL of my reviewers of A Taste of Loneliness!
P.S Sorry KidaKama for taking so long to post this, and for The Lonely Blitz, your surprise will be in a later chapter, so thank you for your patience!
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