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Roxas POV
Two young boys ran across the beach, hand in hand. The sun was shining, the golden haired boy was smiling and his brother was laughing happily. Their mother sat apart from them, reminiscing of the old days. How the years had flown by...the twins would be starting their first day of school only tomorrow...
Beep Beep- Beep Beep-
Ugh. Once again interrupted by that stupid Mickey Mouse alarm clock. Sora got it for me as a joke, and I haven't got round to replacing. Groggily I got out of bed and started to get dressed.
What a weird dream...fitting I suppose – tomorrow was the first day of school. Not first ever, of course, but it was the start of the new school year. Which meant today-
"ROXAS!"
"YES, SORA?"
"ARE YOU AWAKE?"
I snorted. No, I'm obviously still sleeping, Sora. He's not exactly the brightest crayon in the box.
"Yes," I answered, jogging downstairs, "I am awake Sora."
"Oh. Oh! Do you know what day it is today?"
"Mmm......Sunday?"
"No, stupid! Today's SHOPPING daaaaay!"
To tell you the truth I hadn't forgotten about that, I just don't see the excitement in shopping for school supplies. Ballpoint pens....joy. I poured out some cereal and was going to respond but the doorbell got there first.
"That'll be Riku!"
Even better, Riku was joining us. It's not that I dislike Riku, we're friends I suppose, but when I'm there I'm like the third wheel of emo. I sometimes feel they'd have a lot more fun without me, I'm just there...because there's no-one else, I guess. They can tell when I'm having depressing thoughts like this and try to stop me. Like now.
"Roxas, come back to us!" Sora moaned, clunking me on the head with a cereal box.
"You're thinking too much!"
"Yeah, Sora, you should try it some time..." Riku joked.
I laughed and watched Sora protest. That never gets old.
"Anyway, finish your food and then we're going to the...station...paper.."
"Stationers." Riku helped.
"Yeah. Mom left you a list on the counter. Riku's already got his stuff."
Bet he has. Smartass.
"Then why is he here?" I asked through a mouthful of cereal.
"To make sure Sora's head stays screwed on, I think."
Sora laughed loudly while shooting me a look that said 'Don't start that again.'
Sora POV
"Come on, lets get going!"
"Come on, Roxaaas!"
Why is my stupid brother so slow! Some people call me ADHD, but I say everyone else is just severely UN-hyper. I started to bounce up and down irritatedly, willing him to hurry up in case I burst. I say I started to bounce up and down, because there was this sudden weight on the top of head preventing me from moving.
"Riku!"
He laughed, while I pushed against his hand (with my forehead). It was no use, but seeing him laugh made me want to laugh too, which didn't help my escaping his clutches (Roxas says I talk weirdly sometimes...).
"Sora, I think you dropped something." He said, smirking.
"What? I don't..."
"Your dignity."
It took me a minute to get this, which only made him laugh harder.
"God, you are so-"
"I am NOT dense!" I shouted.
"Hey, I didn't say anything-"
He tried to hug me, but I did my famous pout and crossed my arms. I wasn't really mad, I was just desperately trying not to laugh. Riku was much better at hiding it, but I could see his shoulders shaking and eventually we were both laughing like maniacs.
Our laughter transcended into us giggling like schoolgirls. What were we even laughing at? Me, I think. Pssshfh.
Still in some kind of high, I stumbled over the barstool, intending to climb on to it but instead both me and the stool tumbled over. And Riku.
When I opened my eyes again after the noise, I noticed I was incredibly close to something. Riku's face, to be precise. I appeared to have fallen on him, my knees dangerously close to somewhere they shouldn't be. We stayed silent for a few minutes, allowing my face to grow red and Riku to blush faintly. Shit. Shit. What have you done now, Sora!
Hastily I pushed myself off him, turning away to let him get up and to hide my red face. I hate blushing, but it runs in my family. Always at the worst time, I can feel my face burning and everyone starts looking at me. Riku teases me about it, cause people say it makes me look cute. Ugh.
"Guys, I hope you didn't break anything again, cause Mom'll be so pissed if you-"
"Roxas!" I said a bit too loudly, "Finally, lets go!"
"What was that bang?"
"What? Nothing! Have you got the list?" I said, practically shoving him out the door.
Roxas POV (again)
"Okay, I'll take pages one and two, and you and Riku can take the third page."
"Hey!" Sora said, "We're two people, shouldn't we get more?"
"It's not that I don't trust you Sora, but..." There wasn't really a proper way to finish that sentence.
"Where is Riku, anyway?" There. Distract him. It's easy.
"Oh, he.. I think he founds some friends from school. He's back there."
"Yeah, speaking of friends, who's that over there?"
"What?" he turned round. "Who?"
Kairi was over at the café with some friends, wearing the shortest skirt I have ever seen. I mean, is it legal to sell clothes like that? I don't know where they cross the line between 'short skirt' and 'belt'.
"There's Kairi, Sora. Maybe you should go talk to her." I added in a wink just to embarrass him.
"Rox-aaas! I don't fancy her!"
"Hm?" I said innocently, "I never said anything about you-"
"I don't, I swear!"
"Hey, I'm back. What're you talking about?" Riku materialized beside us.
Then I swear Sora turned even redder and wouldn't look either of us in the eyes.
"Nothing!" he said, incredibly unconvincingly, then took the list and stormed off.
I noticed Riku wasn't looking at me either.
"Right, protractors..." I said to myself, reading the list aloud. " Get 4, Roxas, I know you will break them." Thanks Mom. That was just one time! I don't snap maths implements as a hobby (...anymore.).
"So..." Man, I hated this shop. It's huge! They sell stationary, clothes, and some garden furniture but that's it. I bet they switch the stalls around every day so you HAVE to get lost. You can't find anything in here.
I didn't really get around to looking for protractors because I bumped into something rather tall, and solid.
"Um, ow." I said from the ground, hoping for a 'sorry'. That wasn't what I got.
"HEEEEEY!"
Um, ow. My eardrums.
"You're Sora's friend, aren't you! Nice to meet you, dude."
Dude!? Where was this guy from?
"Uh, yeah. His twin, actually. Little help?"
"No shit!" he said, and pulled me up. He was about as ADHD as Sora. "You two look exactly alike."
"A-and you are?" This guy was beginning to annoy the hell out of me. Wow, twins looking exactly alike, hadn't heard that one before. Even though we're not identical, just our hair is different. And our personality, of course.
"Me?" (Yes, you!) "I'm Axel, got it memorized?"
That was when I got a proper look at his face. No, no, his face was fine. But his HAIR? Okay, it was a nice shade of red. But if that was his natural hair colour I'll eat my boxers. And it was waaay spiky. I mean, my hair is spiky, but compared to his it was like...salad dressing.
I'm obviously not making sense. Let's carry on.
"So whatcha doing here?" 'Axel' asked me.
"Uh, shopping?"
"Cool."
This was becoming the stupidest conversation I'd ever had.
"Well, I gotta go, see you at school! You are going to Destiny High, right?"
"Yeah, I-"
"But you and Sora are in the year below, right, so we'll only have a few classes together...."
"Hey! What makes you think I'm in the year below!?"
"Well, excuse me princess, but your HEIGHT may have something to do with it..."
Heck this guy was getting on my nerves. I'll try the Sora Technique, distraction.
"What are those on your face?"
"What?" he said, lifting his hands to his cheeks, "These?"
He laughed.
"Tattoos, kid."
"Really?" I gaped.
"Haha, nah. Biro. But I'll get tattoos someday."
"Don't call me kid."
"Ha, whatever! See ya, shorty!"
And off he went. Maybe I'll see him around. And if he does, I don't think I'll be able to stop myself from punching him. Repeatedly.
"Hey, Roxas, you done?"
Riku POV
I don't have any brothers or sisters.
Yeah, it suddenly hit me, right in the middle of the store. Sora wasn't talking to me, but that was partly because it took so much of concentration to read AND find things AND put them in a basket. Heehee. And partly cause of something awkward.
But from what Sora tells me, it's not always great having a brother. But you're never lonely, I said. He just laughed and said that's not always a bad thing.
It is to me, I hate being lonely. Which is weird because people tell me I'm quiet. If you asked Roxas he would say yes, because Riku is a robot. I'm not quiet around Sora though. He's practically like a brother.
Which is way wrong. He's nothing like a brother, he's like a friend. But much more than a friend. Woah, that's not what I-
"Riku, come on."
Eep. Hurrying (ever so gracefully) to catch up with Sora, who's basket was nearly full, I saw Axel at the other side of the store. He seemed to be talking to the floor. Oh well. He's like that.
"Kay, we're done!"
"Got everything?"
"Yup! Riku, that's what I meant when I said 'done'.
"Got a ring binder?"
"....."
Five minutes later, we were done. And heading back to Sora's house. Roxas had gone shopping in something he called 'Topshop' while making us carry all the school stuff home. Sora bounded upstairs, so I guessed we were going to play videogames or something. What I didn't expect was to see him crying his eyes out.
"What if the teachers hate me? Or if everybody else hates me? What if I just fail at everything!?"
Whoa. What do you do when someone's upset like that? I just stood still, running through my head what not to say. Don't say it'll all be fine....don't tell him to calm down, don't try to hug him. Wait, do try to hug him! No, if I do he'll think I'm treating him like a girl!
"What should I doooo?"
Stay calm Riku. Maybe he's not talking to you. Maybe he's just talking to himself, everything's rhetorical.
"Riku, answer me!"
Crap.
"Uh, look, it'll all be fine..."
"NO IT WON'T!"
See?! What did I tell you Riku.
"Mmmrhmm." He mumbled.
I just sat down on the bed behind him, and snaked my arms round his waist. He seemed to calm down.
"Riku..." he said.
"Shh."
"Hm."
It all felt perfectly natural.
Until Roxas walked in.
