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Note 2 – Oblivion High
Zexion.
I leave my house after my music is turned back on, jamming down the deserted street towards my new school. I am about half way to school and really into my music when I do a little twirl in the middle of the sidewalk. I immediately halt all movement, slowly turning around to stare at the person behind me that I hadn't noticed before. How long have they been there? I think, slightly panicked. So naturally, curious as I am, I take a headphone out and take a good look at the guy.
Red spikes defying gravity a bit, but looking oh so soft as I stare in wonderment. Emerald orbs, teardrop tattoos are upside down under each, looking amused as thin lips quirk into a feral looking smirk. He's tall, skinny, wearing tight jeans and a baggy band tee, one chain across his hips, matching bracelet and a spike collar. My check of him didn't go unnoticed as he raised a fiery eyebrow at me. I don't know why, but he seems confused about something so I just ask one simple thing.
"Oblivion student?" I smirk as he nods and hold my headphone out to him, silently telling him to take it and he does. Popping it in, he jerks his head, a wide grin flashing his white teeth.
"I love this song! No wonder you were diddy boppin." He begins to bob his head and sticks out a hand to me, "Axel. A-X-E-L. Got it memorized?"
Nodding I take the hand and murmur softly, "Zexion."
"So you a new student or what?" He begins talking the second a different song starts playing. I nod again, humming all the while as he quirks his brow at me again. "Don't talk much?"
I shrug absently, not really paying attention to much of anything. "I don't know."
I almost laugh at how his eyes start bugging out like in cartoons, barely catching myself.
"What do you mean 'you don't know'? How do you NOT know how much you talk?" He's beginning to look a little weird and I have to fight the urge to snicker at him as he waves his hands around during his little speech.
"I've always been home schooled. I don't socialize with others much thus I do not know how much I talk." A look of understanding reigns across his sharp features as he hums lowly.
"Well, you're just going to have to stick to me then and I'll show you how to socialize." Axel winks and I can't help but feel a little awkward. I don't want to burden him after all, but he did offer... Is this what you call a new friend? "My clique's one of the chattiest, we'll get along great I'm sure and you'll definitely love my Roxy-kins." He almost sings the last part before explaining that his boyfriend's name is really Roxas.
He rambles a bit about the group, but I lose track as my mind wanders off, I've never had a very long attention span when it comes to things like this and I know we are getting closer with every step we take. I'm starting to get more nervous by the second.
"Zeeeex? Zexiiiiooooon? Zex!" I snap out of it as Axel yells and starts laughing when I jump a bit. I must have zoned out again. "We're here." He states dramatically, waving his arms in front of him.
I can't help it. I stare with wide eyes in childlike wonder, it's huge and there are students everywhere. I can feel myself slowly curling inwards, becoming a little shy as the boy next to me slings an arm over my shoulder. I inhale deeply as we begin to move forward with me shrugging his arm off. I take note that Axel smells basically like a bonfire. Heat, smoke, burning wood with a hint open air... But there is something sweeter mixed into the smell like an undertone that I can't quite pinpoint.
Axel shows me to the office and where my rooms are once I get my schedule. He explains to me that we have all our classes together with at least one other from his group, Demyx. I sigh with relief inwardly, most of the stress I hadn't realized was there going away. At least I'll know a few people throughout the day.
We walk around the school a little, making twists and turns until I know for sure I'm lost. Eventually, in reality only a couple minutes later, we make it to a studio room towards what I think is the back of the school. There are numerous people in the room already while I'm getting the rundown that this is first period for us. A class where all his friends are too, he says and I can't help but feel a little anxious as we make our way towards a large group of students who take up one of the corners of the room. All of them look quite strange to me, yet I find myself liking that quality of the group.
"Yo guys!" Axel says a little louder once we're a little closer to them. Suddenly there's a squeal and a blonde blur takes the redhead to the ground as I blink. "Dem! Off! Can't breathe!" He is obviously exaggerating but it seems to work as the bouncing bundle of energy jumps up, rambling about a new student joining their class according to the teacher after Axel demands to know who gave him sugar.
He suddenly seems to notice me as all attention falls on me from the entire group. I quietly gulp and look to Axel, "Guys this is our new student and groupie, Zexion! Zexion this is everybody!" I roll my eyes as he scratches his head, it wasn't very helpful. He starts to name everyone off as he points to them for better understanding, a different gravity defying blond with light blue eyes laying across him as he sits down with me next to him.
"This is Roxas," he motions to the boy crawling into his lap. "Sora, Roxas' twin." Same hair style but brown, same eyes with more childlike wonder in them. "That's Demyx," he points to the tackler with strange hair. It looks like a mix between a mullet and a mo-hawk with beautiful ocean eyes. I'm almost embarrassed to say I took a little longer peeling my orbs from his to another. "This is Namine, Demy's little sister." Long blond hair, light blue eyes. "Luxord, Marluxia, Riku is Sora's boyfriend," short platinum blond with side burns, ice blue eyes and a lot of piercings. Long pink hair with deep blue eyes makes up Marluxia. Brilliant silver hair at mid-shoulder length and piercing light greenish blue eyes for Riku. "Kairi's my cousin and Nami's girlfriend," short dark red hair with eyes like Namine's but more mischievous looking. "Saix," Moonlight blue hair with strangle golden eyes and an X shaped scar on his face. Wild looking, like an untamed animal.
"Over there is Xaldin, he teaches this class." There was a man with silver streaked black hair and an eye patch over one eye, the other a strange gold color, sitting at a desk with a sign that said 'Music Theory 101' on it, our current position. "He's a cool teacher."
I'm not really sure anything other than introduction to Axel's group was accomplished this class. Nothing really happened, the teacher was more like a surfer who wanted to be a pirate. He's funny and sarcastic, but seems a little lazy. He just assigned us to get to know our classmates better and introduced me to the class halfway through. I'm quite flustered as the rest of the class is suddenly around me, all talking at once. I just blink and stare before deciding I can't talk to that many people at once, physically impossible I deem it. Instead, I choose to ignore them and look down at my schedule. I smile as I see that my core science is chemistry with my dad.
The bell rings and everyone scrambles out of the classroom except most of our group who take their time. Axel explains the next class and teacher to me. Then he explains how the week is broken up into two types of days and that is why we must attend on Saturday's as well unlike in other schools. I'll have one set of classes today and a different set tomorrow and they'll continue to swap everyday like that.
The first half of the day is mostly uneventful, the core and base subjects taking up the first half of the day and the subjects like singing, dancing, etc all take up the afternoon with an hour lunch to break them up. I am more excited as it gets closer to the arts part of the day though I am getting tired of introductions and people crowding me like some interesting exhibit in a museum. School is a bit more taxing then I imagined, especially since I figured out that you have to ask to basically do anything and that no, you're not just allowed to walk out to get a cup of coffee or use the bathroom.
Demyx, Axel, and I walk into chemistry together, the last class before lunch. I began to feel relief rushing through me as I saw Dad, a small smile twisting the corners of my lips up.
"And then all you'll have to- Zex! Dude I was talking!" Axel yells as Demyx laughs at him, I run away from them and practically glomp Vexen as he is turning around to see who had just came into his class.
He catches me easily, smirking. "Woah! Careful. You have this class?" I nod vigorously, hugging tighter once I unwind my legs from Vexen and my feet are firmly planted on the ground. I haven't felt the need to do that in ages. "Great, I was hoping you'd have a class with me. I need someone to show these kids up so they'll work harder. They actually thought just because this was a core subject they wouldn't have any work to do 'since it's the first day with a new teach and semester'." We both roll our eyes and snicker silently, me forgetting my comrades momentarily.
"Well you know, I might just be able to do that. Lab today right?" I ask with a cocky smirk on my face as the others gawk at us. I cross my arms over my chest with a bored look as he nods with a similar one while we shake our heads in disappointment, "Kids these days."
We both snicker again as Axel interrupts, "Okay I dunno about Dem here, but I'm officially lost and kind of freaked out. What the hell Zex? You ditch my amazing story telling skills to hug the teacher and talk to him?" A red eyebrow shoots up in question.
At this point Demyx nods quickly and they both look weirded out, "Who're they?" Vexen raises a platinum blond brow delicately as his ice green eyes look them over.
"Axel, Demyx," I move my hand respectively in the direction of the owner's of the names as I turn slightly back towards my father. "I'd like you to meet Dr. Vexen. He's the new chemistry teacher and a judge of performances this year." They both give me a look that says 'what the hell does that explain?' Making my smirk get a little more apparent. I nonchalantly begin walking to the desks, speaking as I pass them with an air of intellect. "Dad, how many in a group and free sitting, yes?"
"Naturally and luckily there will be one group of three as we have an odd number this period. Why don't you guys take that one." The boys nod walking in Zexion's direction. Both of them stop suddenly halfway between the two other occupants of the room and stare at each other blankly.
"Good. It should be sufficient though I don't know what their skills are, it won't matter." I wave my hand dismissively as they run up to me.
"DAD?" They scream in shocked unison. I thought this would be an entertaining class.
An explosion and a few accidents later, while figuring out Axel has an obsession with fire and Demyx with water, it was decided I should handle any burners given as the pairing would be all semester.
We went to lunch and met up with the group. It's rather fun actually, so far we played cards with me watching to learn, they deemed me weird at one point thus worthy of being in the group. Strangely it was Sora who declared this. I learned more about everyone a bit so far such as most of the group is gay or bi, but they seemed to be a little frustrated only knowing the information Axel and Demyx could offer. That being home schooled, Vexen is my dad (which had everyone gaping for a few seconds except Roxas who said that it was cool and my dad's a fun teacher), and according to Demyx with an agreeing Axel that I had a cocky attitude when I wanted which none of them seemed to believe.
Which leads to now with lunch coming to a close and them asking me about my arts skills once they seem to decide they have the need for more information regarding me. I honestly don't understand how to answer them though.
"What proficiency are you in for dance?" Marluxia asks, I shrug.
"What about singing?" Demyx asks, I shrug again.
"What's your vocal range?" Sora cocks his head slightly, I just look at everyone blankly. I don't know exactly what they're talking about, but obviously I should so I do what anyone should do at a time like this. I blink a couple times and shrug again, earning looks from confusion to frustration around the semi circle we're in.
"What classes have you taken for the arts before?" Axel asks, I know how to answer that.
I brighten a little before curling a bit, a light blush dusting my cheeks that half of the group went 'aw he's so cute!' at and explain the truth to them with a slight glare. "I haven't ever... actually... taken any before..." I glance to the ground as several of them break into what's and why's after a short silence. I simply shrug, feeling a bit out of place suddenly.
"That's cool. I can help with the singing and dancing classes. Ax can help with the dance too and Roxy can help with vocals as well." I look up at Demyx, he's much taller than me I reach his chin at best I bet, in shock only to freeze when I find him far too close to me. Our noses are nearly touching and I can feel my blush deepening as my words catch in my throat.
After a short pause, I whip my eyes back to the ground and mumble a thank you to which he only smiles and winks at me while Axel complains about how he always gets thrown under the bus.
The bell rings and we make our way into the building from the courtyard, Axel and Roxas in front as Demyx speaks to me quietly explaining how the second half of the day works.
"You don't actually switch classes, the students are broken up into different studios and work on their interests. You'll be with a majority of the group since you picked vocal and dance classes. The one's who choose only one or another area in the arts are in different classes." I chew on my lower lip lightly as Demyx talks me through the schedule, suddenly he stops talking and I look up at him to see him smiling lightly at me. "Don't worry, you'll do fine. I'll help and I'm sure the others will too if you want us to. The class will pretty much consist of the group and maybe a couple oddball kids outside of it. So no worries okay?" I could only stare as he smiled the entire time he was speaking. He has a really cute smile and is quite attractive now that I really look. Yeah I'm gay by the way, note all the rainbow accessories.
I know we'd stopped talking a second ago, but when did we stop walking too? I suddenly found the ground very entertaining as Demyx laughs and it surprises me. It sounds so musical.
"Come on, we should get going. We need to change still, it'll probably just be small performances or something easy like that today anyways." I like the sounds of that, I might be able to pull that off.
I smile a little and he gasps as I look up at him, "thank you Demyx." A small blush lightly coming across his cheeks as he murmurs that it's no problem.
