Chapter two for you!
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I woke up in the morning to find Demyx curled up next to me, his arms wrapped tightly around my waist and his hair tickling my nose as I breathed. I kissed his forehead lightly, not wanting to wake him, and slipped out of his grasp as quietly as I could. I picked up my discarded shirt, lying on the floor, and tiptoed downstairs hoping I might be able to find some coffee. Before I even made it to the kitchen, though, I found my prayers had been answered as I smelled the delicious aroma. Walking into the kitchen, I prepared myself to thank whoever had made it, but the kitchen was empty. I shrugged, and started looking around the cupboards for a coffee mug.
"Try above the dishwasher."
I didn't even need to turn around to know who that was; I could practically hear his smirk. I opened the recommended cupboard and grabbed a mug, then proceeded to fill it with coffee. After I'd taken a sip, and smiled at the thought of the caffeine it would supply me, I turned to the redhead to thank him. My words died in my throat though, at the sight of him smiling at me the way he was; as if Christmas had come early.
"What?"
He shrugged. "You stayed over."
"You thought I'd drive, being as drunk as I was?"
Axel pouted. "No I guess not. I didn't really think about it at all, but for some reason I just wasn't expecting you to stay."
I didn't have a response, so I just shrugged and sat down at the bar next to him.
"Where'd you stay?" He asked.
"With Dem."
An odd look crossed his face as he looked at me out of the corner of his eye. "With him, like…" He trailed off, leaving me to fill in the blanks.
I was pretty sure I knew what he was getting at though, and it angered me. "You want to know if I fucked him?" I asked a bit harsher than I meant to, but I was upset.
He looked a little shocked at the tone of my voice and gave me a noncommittal jerk of his head, like he wanted to drop the subject but couldn't bring find the words to say so.
I was far from letting the subject be dropped, though. "You think I would take advantage of him like that?" Axel blanched at my words but I wasn't done yet. "I don't know what impression you got of me, I know I'm not a very pleasant person, but I don't treat people I care about like they're trash." As I said it, I surprised even myself. People I care about? Did I care about Demyx? I suppose I did, probably because he reminded me so much of Sora. He was just very easy to befriend, and I couldn't deny how my blood boiled at what Axel was accusing me of. I wanted to continue arguing with him, but I didn't think it would make much of a difference. So instead I just stood up abruptly to tell Demyx good bye and to leave.
"Roxas," Axel called pleadingly.
I ignored him and continued my way up to Demyx's room.
"I'm sorry!" He yelled after me, but I didn't stop and he didn't follow.
I pushed open Demyx's door as quietly as I could, but I saw he was already awake and he was looking at me worriedly. "What's all the shouting about?"
"It's nothing, Dem." I shook my head. "I'm gonna leave now, I should probably be home soon."
He pouted so suddenly that it almost looked as if his hair was wilting. "You're leaving already? What happened?"
"It's really nothing," I repeated. "Axel and I just argued a bit."
Demyx's face went from utter disappointment to anger and annoyance so quickly that it was unsettling. "Axel!" He grumbled. "I told him to behave! What'd you argue about?"
I rubbed my neck, a little embarrassed, and said, "He accused me of sleeping with you."
"You mean like… he wanted to know if we had sex?" I nodded my head, unsure and a little nervous at how he was going to take that. "Oh," was all he said though, and he looked down at the blanket with a confused look. Then he looked back up at me with a smile. "That's nothing to worry about, he was probably just being protective! He's my best friend, after all. I'm sure he just wanted to make sure I didn't do anything that I'd regret."
"If he's your best friend, shouldn't he trust your judgment then? I dunno, Dem, I just got annoyed at him accusing me of that, because I don't do that to my friends." By "friends", I meant the people I truly cared about. Like Sora. I would never do anything to hurt him. And I could see Demyx being someone I might end up liking. Spilling my feelings to? Maybe not, but genuinely liking someone other than Sora was a pretty good start.
"You should stay!" He suggested energetically. "You should stay and talk to him about it. Find out what he really meant, instead of yelling."
I smiled at him. His good nature was so contagious, just like Sora. "I'll talk to him, Dem, but I should still be going. I didn't tell my dad I'd be out all night."
"Oh, I didn't know you still lived with your parents."
"Parent," I corrected. "And it's only for another month, until I move here."
"You're moving here?"
"Yeah, I go to TTCC right now, but after this term I'll be transferring to RGU. And I'll be moving here, so I don't have to deal with the commute."
"Then we'll get to hang out all the time!" He yelled excitedly.
"Yeah, so me leaving now isn't really a big deal."
He nodded thoughtfully. "I guess not, if you have to. I'll see you soon then, Roxas!"
I waved to him from the door and left. I was not looking forward to discussing things with Axel, but I had told Dem I would. It was very possible he was just looking out for his friend, and that I'd overreacted, but at the time what he'd said had just really bothered me. And still did, as a matter of fact. When I got to the kitchen, though, he was nowhere around. I figured he must have gone to his room or something, so I shrugged and left to walk down to my car. I wasn't in the mood to go searching through the house for him; I would just talk to him the next time I came by. That was probably a better idea anyway, because then we'd both have some time to cool down.
My thoughts came to a screeching halt as I approached my car and saw that I'd recently received a new hood ornament. Axel was sitting on the hood of my car, apparently waiting for me.
"What are you doing?" I asked incredulously as I neared the car.
"I wanted to explain myself and you weren't giving me a chance."
What was it about this guy that just made me so angry? Just a few minutes ago I'd been ready to accept that I'd overreacted at his comment, and now I wanted so badly to hit him for thinking I would just do whatever he wanted.
"You think sitting on my car is going to make me listen?"
"At least you can't drive off before you hear me out."
Ohhh, challenge accepted, asshole, I thought to myself as I unlocked my door and climbed in, slamming the door behind me. Axel's head turned to watch me, and I glared at him as I put the keys in and started the car. He swallowed visibly as I reached up for the parking brake, but he still didn't move. I released the brake and stepped lightly on the accelerator, causing the car to creep forward a few feet.
Axel gripped as well as he could onto the sides of the car. "Roxas, come on, just let me talk."
I stepped down on the accelerator again, a bit more forcefully, causing the car to lurch just a tiny bit. I had no intention of actually driving with Axel sitting on my car, because that could get me a ticket, but I sure as hell wasn't going to back down to this guy. I dropped the gear into neutral and revved the engine angrily, hoping he would get the point. He didn't move though, he just continued to sit there looking determined. And just a little nervous, too. I was not pleased. I revved the engine again, but when I saw it wasn't bothering him I put the parking brake back on and just slumped down on my steering wheel, effectively laying on the horn and not letting up until he moved.
I hadn't expected him to move so quickly, though, and he must have jumped at the chance of me not looking for a few seconds, because suddenly I heard my passenger door opening and I looked over to my right to see him jumping in.
"What the fuck are you doing?" I yelled.
"I told you, you're not leaving until you listen to me. It really won't take long."
I groaned and hugged my steering wheel. I hadn't felt hungover at all until I'd argued with Axel earlier, and now I felt like shit. I wanted more coffee, and it'd probably be a good idea to get some food in me just in case it got to the point of being sick, so that I didn't end up dry heaving.
"Where can I get something to eat?"
"What?" He asked, clearly not expecting that question.
"Breakfast," I emphasized. "Food. Where?"
"There's a Denny's just down the road. Is that alright?"
"I don't fucking care I just want coffee and some bacon."
"Turn around and take that right," he said, gesturing to the appropriate street. His sudden happiness reminded me so much of a puppy that if he had ears and a tail I swear his ears would have suddenly perked up and his tail would be wagging. "So, earlier -"
"No."
"… No?"
"I don't wanna talk until I get more coffee. You're already giving me a headache."
Axel sulked the rest of the way, which wasn't very far as Denny's really was just down the road. I parked the car and as Axel got out I was very tempted to just drive off and leave him there, but the pull of food and coffee finally won. I got out and followed Axel inside the small restaurant. I imagined Axel with puppy ears again, twitching at all the sounds as he turned his head to look at all the people they passed by on the way to their table. I shook my head, smiling to myself.
"Anything you want, Roxy baby. I'm paying."
I didn't even have the energy to correct him about my name. I barely even noticed it, really, as I looked through my menu and my mind was consumed with food. Oh, you're paying, are you? I quickly located the most expensive breakfast item on the menu that included bacon.
"Would you like some coffee?" A waitress asked us.
"Yes please," I said, sliding my mug over to her without looking up from my menu. She filled it with the steaming black liquid and I took a gulp as soon as she'd finished, sighing as the scalding fluid ran down my throat, burning my tongue just a bit.
In no time another waitress had come over to us to take our order. Axel looked at me curiously as I ordered mine, and then added an extra side of bacon. I avoided his gaze and acted as if it was the most common thing in the world, and he didn't question it. We sat in silence waiting for our food, but to me this was a positive thing. With the way Axel always managed to say something that set me off, I counted this as a blessing and just sipped at my coffee with my eyes closed. When our food arrived after a few minutes, I immediately devoured four pieces of thick-cut, juicy bacon before eyeing the rest of my plate. I wasn't very hungry, and probably shouldn't have ordered so much food, but Axel had been asking for it when he said he'd pay. Going at the rest of my food much slower, I looked up at Axel as a sign that he could talk now.
He seemed to be waiting for such a cue, because as I looked up at him he immediately set down his fork. "Alright, so first of all I wanna apologize."
"You already did."
"Yeah, well, not as well as I would like. I yelled it at you as you were going up the stairs. So, I'm sorry, Roxy -"
"Roxas," I corrected around a mouthful of egg.
"… Roxas. I didn't in any way mean to offend you. Demyx is… well, naïve is the best word, I guess. People can easily take advantage of him, and I'm sorry for assuming you did. I don't know you very well… well I guess I don't know you at all, really, but I'm protective of Dem. He's like a little brother to me."
I nodded, swallowing my bite of toast. "Yeah, Dem said as much."
"Did he?"
"Just before I left, he said you were probably just being protective." I stabbed a sausage viciously with my fork.
"Do you just not like me?"
I froze as I was about to take a bite of my sausage, my mouth partially open and my fork hovering near it. "What?"
"It's just that you seem annoyed every time I try to talk to you. I even give you headaches."
I put my sausage down, ignoring the imaginary puppy ears that would undoubtedly be flat against his head in disappointment right now. I sighed, not really knowing what to say. "It's not really you, Axel. I don't like anyone."
"You like Dem," he interjected quickly.
"Dem's… different. He's so carefree and friendly it's almost impossible not to like him. He reminds me of my brother."
"Your brother?"
I nodded. "I have a twin brother. He goes to Destiny Islands University. I only see him over the holidays, but I talk to him everyday, whether by text or phone call, or IM or whatever. But it's not the same, and I miss him. He's my best friend. He's my only friend."
Axel looked confused. "What do you mean, your only friend?"
"I don't have friends. Not people you would call my friends, anyway. I have people I hang out with, and party with, but I know I'm really just using them for an excuse to get out of my house." I had no idea why I was telling this clown all of this, but I thought that if Demyx was so close to him that he must have some redeeming qualities. Maybe they were hidden so far down that you had to take the time to get to know him before you noticed them. So, I guess that's what I was doing, though I'd never given anyone else such a chance before.
"What's wrong with you?"
I felt my temper start to rise and I had to bite back a retort. I could tell from the seriousness of his face and the concern in his tone that it was just a badly phrased question, and that he didn't mean any harm by it. I shrugged though, unwilling to answer such a question just yet. "It's a long story that I'd rather not get into right now."
He nodded and went back to his pancakes. "Fair enough."
I was a little surprised at him taking it so well, but he must be learning that I wasn't going to open up so quickly.
"So now what?" He asked.
"What do you mean?"
"What are we gonna do now? Since we're done eating."
I pushed my empty plate forward and glared at him. "I'm going home. I'll drop you off on my way."
"Aw come on, and here I thought we were bonding."
"Nope."
He frowned, obviously trying to think of something to say to extend their conversation. "So where's 'home'?"
"I live in Twilight Town."
He looked surprised. "What, really? What were you doing at Dem's party then? I thought he said he met you on campus."
"He did. I go to TTCC, but I'll be transferring to RGU after this term is over."
"So you'll be moving here then?"
"That's the plan."
"Do you have a place yet?"
I waved at the waitress for our check. "Not yet. I still need to look. I was gonna check out Thirteenth District when I came back over."
"Thirteenth?" He asked, taken aback.
"Yeah, why? Something wrong with that district?"
"No, it's a beautiful place, if you're rich."
I just looked at him blankly. "Yeah… and?"
He looked at me curiously. "If you're gonna rent a place over there, it's gonna be extremely expensive."
"I was hoping to buy one, actually."
"You want to buy a house… in Thirteenth District…" He repeated, shaking his head.
I rolled my eyes, not understanding the problem. "Yes, what's the big deal?"
"Come on," he said, standing up and throwing down some cash to pay the check. "I'll show you Thirteenth District. I don't think you know exactly what you're getting into."
I followed him out to my car, torn between wanting to be rid of him and my curiosity of what he was going to show me about this district. My curiosity ending up winning, though, because I thought it would probably be a good idea to know where I might be living. He directed me there, his directions being our only conversation.
"And take a right here… and now you're in Thirteenth. See what I was talking about?"
I looked around at the houses, and sure enough they were all pretty ritzy. Nothing compared to my house in Twilight Town, but I wasn't exactly planning on using daddy's money to buy me a mansion. These houses looked like they'd be just fine, and besides, dad said he would pay the down payment as long as I got a job to pay the mortgage.
"These are alright," I answered him. "A little small, but it'll be just me so I don't think it'll be a problem."
He looked flabbergasted. " 'A little small'?" He repeated. "What are you, the son of a millionaire?"
"Yeah," I answered simply. Was this what had been his problem all along? He didn't expect me to have money?
He blinked in surprise. "Oh…" He looked away, a little embarrassed. Then he smirked at me for the first time since we'd left their house. "So… on top of being surly, you're also spoiled?"
I rolled my eyes. "No I'm not. Having money and being spoiled are different. Being spoiled implies that I expect to get things handed to me, and I throw a tantrum when things don't go my way. I don't do that at all. Yeah, money's nice. It buys me the shit I want, like alcohol and this car. But I'm not some spoiled brat." I had no idea how Axel managed to find every one of my nerves and twist them into knots, but he was sure good at it. It was as if he couldn't open his mouth without me yelling at him.
"Sorry," he said as soon as I was done. He looked out the window, obviously upset. "I didn't mean anything like that, I was just teasing."
I stopped at the end of the road and sighed. I think the reason I was overreacting so much was because I just wasn't used to people teasing me, like Axel said he was doing. Everyone I hung out with knew not to fuck with me, so they stayed clear. Since Axel didn't know me, he was probably just acting the way that came natural to him, and I was just being an ass. Which normally I wouldn't care about, but for some reason I did. It was probably because he was such good friends with Demyx.
I sighed again and gripped the steering wheel in an effort to ask my question as calmly as possible. "So now what?" I echoed Axel's question from earlier.
"Take a left, that'll take you back the way we came," he answered monotonously. It seemed unnatural that a smirk wasn't present on his face.
"Will that take me to a mall?"
He looked over at me curiously. "You wanna go to the mall?"
"I wanna change my clothes if I'm gonna be in town for much longer," I said through gritted teeth. It just didn't feel right to be this nice.
"You decided to stay?" He asked, grinning gleefully. There were those damn ears again.
I shook my head and had to hide my own smirk as my stomach did that weird clenching thing again. "Only if we go somewhere where I can buy something else to wear."
"Okay, go left like I said, but you'll take a right after that."
I followed his directions to the mall. We still didn't really talk, but the mall wasn't too far away so it wasn't very awkward. I parked the car and got out, taking care to lock the doors. Axel looked like he was happy enough to skip up to the doors, and I don't think his tail could have been wagging any more frantically. If this keeps up I'll have to walk him on a leash, I thought, imagining him with a collar. My stomach clenched yet again, much more painfully this time, but I ignored it and just snickered at my thought.
"What's so funny?"
"Just imagining walking you on a leash."
Axel missed the step up to the curb and stumbled, nearly falling over. "Oh really? Did I have a collar as well?"
I nodded, catching his teasing tone this time. I was getting more used to him, just like Demyx said I would. "A black one with spikes."
"Me likey," he smirked. His eyes glinted mischievously as he threw his arm around my shoulders and leaned close to whisper in my ear. "Were you imagining me in some kind of sexy getup as well?"
I pulled away from his grasp and punched him in the shoulder, a little too painfully to be purely playful. "Pervert," I muttered.
He must have seen my grin, though, because he didn't seem too phased by my words or actions. "Come on, Roxy – er, Roxas," he corrected himself before I could interrupt, "I think I know just the store for you."
I didn't bother telling him that I'd been to this mall countless times, since Twilight Town didn't have a mall, but I followed him nonetheless. I was curious as to which store he thought would be the one I'd choose. Surprisingly, he led me straight to the one that practically resembled my entire closet. I had to admit, I was slightly impressed.
I looked up at him and saw he was wearing a proud smirk. Rolling my eyes, I grumbled, "Good guess," then I walked into the store and began browsing their selection. I grabbed a pair of black skinny jeans that I already owned, in fact I already owned two pairs, but they were my favorite jeans I had. I joined Axel over at the shirts and immediately found a white and black checkered tank that I liked. After that I grabbed a black belt with silver studs to replace my own because it had several of the studs missing. I paid for my clothes and then headed towards the fitting rooms to change. With my new clothes on, I dumped my other ones into my shopping bag and left.
"I feel kinda bad for sticking around." Axel looked at me with a question so explained. "I told Dem I was going home. D'you think we should go get him?"
Axel checked his phone. "Nah, he's at work. We can stop by and say hi."
"Where does he work?"
Axel pointed up ahead, at my favorite frozen yogurt place. Sure enough, even from this distance there was no mistaking that hair. As often as I came to this mall, though, I couldn't ever remember seeing him there before.
"He just started last week," Axel said. "He's really excited about it, I guess he loves this place."
Well, that explained why I'd never seen him. We walked into the shop and I headed towards the machines to get some of my favorite flavor. Grabbing a small dish, I filled it up with the light blue piece of heaven and walked up to the counter that Demyx was cashiering at. After the people in front of me paid and moved out of the way, I stepped up and set my dish on the scale.
"That'll be $4.39," Demyx said, not looking up from the register.
I handed over some cash, and when he held out his hand for it he finally looked up.
"Roxas!" He shouted cheerfully. "I thought you were going home!"
I shrugged. "Axel convinced me to stay." He hadn't done anything to convince me to stay, but it still made him grin happily. I couldn't help but smile a little.
Demyx nodded his head with a satisfied smile. "I told you he was a good guy when you got to know him."
I glanced at Axel and saw he was watching me, so I looked him up and down carefully, my head tilted slightly to the side. "I guess he's not too bad…"
Axel slumped his shoulders, pretending to be upset. "Gee, thanks, babe."
I know he just added that last bit to try to get at me, but I just smiled and winked at him. "Anytime, dear."
Axel suddenly had a coughing fit and had to leave the shop for a moment. Demyx snickered. "So, you did some shopping?"
"Yeah, I wanted to change my clothes if I was going to be here for much longer."
"You get those from the same store you got your shirt from? The one you were wearing last night?"
I looked at Dem curiously. "Yeah, how'd you know?"
Axel rejoined us, clearing his throat a little. Dem smiled before answering my question. "I forgot to mention it last night, but Axel has the same green shirt, and that's where he got it from so…" Demyx trailed off as I turned my head sharply to look at Axel.
So that's why he'd guessed that store! He'd recognized my shirt from last night because he owned the same one. I poked him in the ribs. "Some guess," I said, glaring at him. "You knew I already shopped there."
Axel blushed slightly, or maybe he was still a little flushed from coughing. "It was still just a guess…"
"And here you had me thinking you had analyzed me or some shit and actually knew which store I'd be most likely to shop at."
"If it means anything, I think the shirt looks much better on you."
"It doesn't mean anything, because that's obvious."
Demyx had to cover his mouth to stifle his giggle. Axel rounded on him. "What's so funny?" He demanded.
"You two," Demyx said in between laughs. "The way you're bickering like a couple, it's just so funny!"
I turned to look at Axel at the same time he turned to look at me, and I saw his cheeks darken as I felt a blush creep along my own cheeks. I turned back to Dem and Axel turned the other direction. "Thanks for that pleasant thought. See ya later, Dem." He waved as I left the shop, Axel following closely behind me. I took a bite of my frozen yogurt, which I had pretty much forgotten about while I talked to Demyx, and savored the salty-sweet flavor.
"What flavor did you get?" Axel asked.
"Sea-salt. It's my favorite. I used to get the popsicles when I was younger, and they've had it at that yogurt place ever since it was put in."
Axel hummed thoughtfully. "I've never tried it."
I stopped in my tracks, throwing out my arm to catch Axel's wrist and stop him too. He looked back at me with an eyebrow raised.
"You've… never tried it?"
He shrugged. "No. Is it really that big of a deal?"
I held the dish up to him. "Try it." He just shook his head and started to turn back around, but I dug out a spoonful and held it in his face. "Try it," I repeated, this time with more force. Axel looked at me strangely, but I held my ground, determined that he try my favorite flavor.
He complied, and took the spoon in his mouth. I watched his face for a reaction, wondering what he'd think. After a few seconds I saw him swallow and then he nodded. "Not bad. Actually, that's pretty good."
I took a bite of it. "Did you wanna go back and get some?"
"Nah, I think I'll just steal some of yours." He grabbed my wrist as I was bringing another bite up to my mouth and directed it into his own. I pulled my arm back, but too late, and he ended up getting the bite.
"Hey!" I said indignantly, scooping up another bite and facing away from him to eat it.
"You know…" He draped an arm around my shoulders again. "Since that spoon's been in your mouth, then mine, then yours again, it's kinda like we've kissed." He smirked. "We should just kiss for the hell of it, Roxy."
I snorted, unable to contain my laughter. Since I didn't have a hand free to hit him as I would have liked, I chose instead to elbow his side. Still laughing, I noticed how my stomach had clenched again at his words.
I suddenly remembered feeling the same thing when I'd kissed Demyx the night before. With everything that had happened afterward, I'd just completely forgotten. In the moment, though, I'd recognized it for what it was, and only now did I finally make the connection. It was attraction. That twisted, nervous feeling you get when you're very attracted to someone. Of course I'd been attracted to Dem when I was making out with him, but was I really attracted to Axel?
It would explain a lot, I suppose. Like if I was attracted to him, I obviously wouldn't want him to get the wrong impression of me, which would explain why I was always jumping down his throat to correct him. But was it even possible to be attracted to someone and not know it? I recalled Demyx's words from earlier, "You're bickering like a couple," and I found myself wondering what it would be like to kiss Axel.
My laughter died almost immediately and I felt my cheeks heat up at the thought. I sighed. There was no denying it: I was attracted to Axel. I looked him over, not caring that he was stealing more of my ice cream while I was preoccupied, and found that I had good reason to be attracted to him. His body was lean, almost too skinny but not quite, and I could tell he was strong despite lacking noticeable biceps. I let my imagination roam free for a minute, and pictured being pinned up against a wall by him, imagining how it would feel to have his body pressed up against mine…
I suddenly felt lightheaded and reached out to grip Axel's shoulder tightly. I saw him turn around and give me a concerned look before my eyelids fluttered closed.
"Roxas? Are you alright?"
"Yeah, I think I need to sit down." My head was spinning a little and it was difficult to think straight.
He led me over to a bench and sat me down carefully. When I felt his hand on my forehead my eyes shot open.
"You feel a little feverish, maybe you should come back to my place and rest for a bit."
I knew I wasn't feverish, that it was just my flustered state making me warm, but I couldn't find the words to say anything as I stared into his emerald eyes, full of nothing but concern. "I'm… I'm fine," I stammered. I gulped and took a deep breath. "Really, I am. It was just a dizzy spell or something. Can you, uh… get me some water?"
Axel nodded eagerly. "Yeah, I'll be right back, Roxy, just wait here." And he jumped up and left to find a vending machine.
As soon as he was around the corner I pulled out my cell phone, found my brother's name, and sent him a text.
Sora, 911
I waited impatiently for a response, hoping he would reply before Axel came back. Thankfully, he wasn't busy and I got a text back almost immediately.
Roxy what's up? Are you ok? Is it dad?
I bit my tongue, not really sure what to say.
I think I like someone… and I just nearly fainted when I came to that conclusion
I had just hit send when Axel sat back down next to me, holding out a bottle of water. I smiled graciously. "Thanks."
He waved his hand. "Don't worry about it. You sure you're okay?"
I nodded. "Yeah, it's nothing. It's happened a couple times before." Lie. I would not have just texted Sora "911" if anything like this had ever happened before. Speaking of which, my phone started to vibrate on the bench next to me with a new text from him. I put the cap back on the bottle of water and picked up my phone.
"Your brother?" Axel asked.
OMG ROXY THAT'S AWESOME! About you liking someone, not about you almost fainting. Sorry about you almost fainting…
I nodded. "He's just saying hello, asking how my day's going."
"Are you going to tell him what happened?"
"Nah, I told you it's nothing. There's no reason to get him worried." Another lie, what I meant was: there's no reason for you to worry. I held the water to my forehead, hoping to cool my face down a little, as I typed my reply one-handed. After I hit send I looked back up at Axel, only to see he still looked incredibly concerned. I picked my yogurt back up and shoved a spoonful into his mouth with a smile. "Will you please stop looking at me like I nearly died? I'm okay."
Axel swallowed the bite and narrowed his eyes. He reached his hand up and flicked my forehead. "Don't ever scare me like that again."
"What were you scared of? I was the one who nearly -" I cut off my sentence. The end of that was going to be: passed out on the floor, but I felt like that would have ruined my "it's nothing" story. "… wore frozen yogurt," I finished lamely.
Axel smirked. "Yeah, that would have been terrifying. You would have ruined your new shirt. We'd have to take it off, and clean any yogurt off you," I shivered as I imagined him licking the yogurt off me, "then you would have had to buy another one," he finished.
"Exactly, but… crisis averted."
"For now," he added, his smirk turning into a grin.
I felt my face start to heat up again and held the water bottle to my forehead again, hoping my face was mostly obscured by it.
You'll come to find that I like putting poor Roxy in difficult situations B|
Well, so there's chapter two! Did you like it? No? I wanna hear your thoughts! c:
Thanks for reading! Chapter three is on the way
