Chapter One
It reminded him of red paint on a blank, white canvas. The color was vibrant against the blank background of his life. He had spiked blonde hair, electric, blue eyes, and his being was short, his frame thin. He was smaller than most boys his age, and at the same time he was ignored by all. His size made it possible for him to walk through school without attracting attention. His clothes were always too baggy, too big on his body. People stared less, forgot he existed unless he spoke or made a comment, but most of the time he enjoyed passing as invisible.
School was shortened today, one of those half days so that the older kids could finish their projects. Roxas was supposed to be one of those kids, but he had decided on skipping out today. He didn't want to look like an idiot for having an incomplete project, and honestly he just didn't have the time to deal with a project on top of work. He wouldn't be the first kid in his family to skip this part of school though; he knew for a fact that Demyx had skipped when he was in school. Roxas was the bright one, the smart one, and his parents had expected more from him then they ever had from his punk, older brother.
A small sigh escaped his lips before he ran into something. Falling back on his backside he let out a yelp and dropped his books with a curse. The something was not an object, but in fact, happened to be someone. Axel Rhodes, the most popular male in the entire school. Roxas cursed and scrambled to grab his stuff as Axel smirked down at him arrogantly. He was tall, really tall and thin. His hair spiked out, tattoos under his eyes, and the occasional piercing. Axel was the definition of punk; he was worse then Demyx because he was loud and arrogant. At least Demyx had the decency to keep his mouth shut, most of the time anyways.
"Sorry about that, I suppose I should be paying attention, huh?" His voice was soft, too cheerful though.
Roxas scowled as he snatched a book from the red head's hands. "What kind of idiot apologizes for something they didn't do?" He was already in a mood, and now he was being forced to have an almost conversation with someone who highly annoyed him.
His group laughed at the comment making Roxas burn with anger. "Oh man, looks like this one has a temper, Axe. I suppose you should let this one go." A brunette with short hair spoke first. He was well toned, from the football team, but his name slipped Roxas' name currently.
A girl with blond hair that looked kind of like an ant was next to talk. "I like this kid, he has some serious spunk." Roxas recognized her from the cheer leading squad, though she was not the typical cheerleader.
Roxas glared at the laughing group before grabbing his bag and taking off for the nearest door. Axel watched him go with sea foam, green eyes. His interest had been peaked. "Come on guys, let's get out of here." He beckoned the others in his group with a slight wave of his hand and they all paraded down the hall laughing at just about anything.
Roxas hid behind the classroom door with a huff of relief as the group left. The last thing he needed to do was to get mixed up with a group of jocks. Labels were mean, sometimes Roxas did what he could to avoid labeling people, but Axel was his exception. Axel, a feisty thing that had transferred from Twilight High not too long ago, had made his mark on Destiny High in less than a week. People referred to him as the God of Sex or Sex on Legs, but no one had actually slept with him yet. He was just that gorgeous.
Roxas shook the thoughts from his head and hurried to leave. He didn't need to be caught by any teachers lurking the halls. He was already going to get in some trouble at home for skipping, so why bother adding to his misery? Roxas lived on the other side of town with his brother Demyx and his younger sibling Sora. They owned a small, crap hole of a house left to them by their parents. Unfortunately for them, Demyx had the motivation of a sloth. They had just never moved out once they got settled in. Roxas didn't want to move Sora anyway, it would kill the boy. They lived to close to Riku for him to move willingly.
How is it he had never seen these idiots on his way home before now? Roxas would remember ant girl if not the small blond that reminded him of his close child-hood friend. Her eyes were almost as bold as Kairi's. They stopped talking as Roxas got closer, the more he tried to avoid him the worse the silence got. He thought he was free of their jokes until his phone began ringing. No, no way in hell. Roxas groaned slightly and tried to focus on walking, holding his books, and digging in his pocket for the phone. All three combinations didn't work for the natural clumsy male and he ended up dropping his books for the second time today. "Fuck me." Roxas hissed in grand irritation.
Flipping the phone open he growled at it, "What?" Silence, talking, it was Demyx again. "Riku did what? Hang on, I'm on my way!" Shoot, what was wrong with the temperamental twelve year old this time?
Riku was Zexion's younger brother, and Zexions was Roxas' best friend. Zexion had been watching over Riku since their mother left them at age six. The brothers were close, but sometimes Riku did things that Zexion had no way of handling. This, apparently, was one of those times.
If Roxas had been smart he would have grabbed the books he dropped before taking off, but he forgot about them entirely. Axel strode over to the discarded books and gathered them with a grin. "Hey guys, I'm going to catch up with you all later. I have something to return to our friend Roxas."
His name was on the inside of every book. Roxas Wilder. Axel nodded and waved at his friends with a smirk. Oh this was going to be fun.
A/N
First ever Fanfiction, hope this is okay. I'm going to try and update regularly! Thanks for the reviews I feel so much more confident for some reason! I changed some, edited some, I'm going to add the next chapter momentarily. I think I have a better hang on all of this slightly.
