Xemnas and Larxene sat in their science class, giggle over an anatomy book. Down the table, Zexion was working on his project with chemicals. He looked up, a look of annoyance shown on his face as Demyx walked by, wearing the class skeleton model.
"Boy am I parched!" He said, the Skeletons feet dragging along the ground. Luxord followed behind, chuckling.
"Man are you gonna get in trouble!"
Zexion sighed, looking at Luxord. "Some of us are here to LEARN, thank you." He stated, looking back at his book. He didn't notice Marluxia float (yes, float) up behind him.
"Hiya Zexion!" Zexion jumped a little, not looking up from his book yet.
"Ah, feeling better Marluxia?" He finished reading the sentence he was on and looked up. Marluxia said nothing. 'Why is he… floating?' "Well, nice talking to you! So much work to do, yes, work work work!" He scribbled random scientific words into his notebook. "I heard this assignment is worth forty percent of our term."
Marluxia leaned in close and whispered oh so quietly into his ear… "Can I be your partner?"
'How do I… Wait… Oh for the love of all things…' "Marluxia," he started slowly. "I wo-" Suddenly an explosion knocked his forward, and he banged his face into the table.
"Oh, waita go numbskull!" Luxord shouted. "you ruined my shirt!" Zexion rubbed his forehead and looked behind him. His friends were quarreling about the damage done to Luxord's clothing.
'What a mess…' Zexion thought. He turned his attention back to Marluxia, who was glaring at Luxord and Demyx.
"Stupid!" He yelled. "Don't you know never to mix Thoric Acid with Aquiess Benzin?"
"Marluxia!?" Zexion exclaimed "I've never seen that side of you!" That was true. He'd never seen anyone in his class act so smart.
"I've developed a mean bathroom deodorizer too!" He giggled nervously as he hovered over Zexion again.
'How does he do that?' "Well, perhaps it's a conversation best held in a very busy public area, yes?" He said, sliding around Marluxia. As he backed away, he felt something prick his skin. A feeling of pure joy welled up inside him. He was so happy, he nearly did a back flip and sang aloud. Suddenly, he wasn't sure why he was backing way. He wanted to get closer…
"Now that Zexion's been stricken by the course of Cupid's will," the black haired fairy sang, lifting the now floating Zexion in the air.
"Now there shall a note be written, as the plot gets thicker still!" The blonde one finished, lifting Marluxia the same way and dropping a paper and pen in his hand. They flew off in different directions, the love-struck teens in hand.
Saix snapped up, straight as a board, as the giggles reached his ears. "AGAIN!?" He exclaimed to Kairi, who's locker was just across the hall from his. "These mountain nymphs haunt Saix NO MORE!"
Kairi and Sora gave him odd looks. "You're whack, dude." Sora laughed, slamming his locker.
The black haired fairy giggled, letting go of Zexion, who floated to his locker. With a sigh, he set to work on the combination, thinking of Marluxia the whole time. Suddenly, he noticed something sticking out of the top. A white paper with a heart drawn on it
"To my sweet lamb chop, won't you be my Valentine? Love, Marluxia" he read aloud, sighing. He didn't care about the look Luxord and Demyx exchanged, or the way Luxord laughed.
"Marluxia is so stupid! He put your Valentine on Zexion's locker!" He snatched the card from Zexion and held it in front of Demyx's face.
"Yuck! Mushy!" Demyx exclaimed, sticking his head through the floor. (Don't ask how, he just did it.)
Luxord stuffed his book in his mouth, distorting his words and making his lip stick out. "Oh Demyx! I'm Marluxia Kanker! Won't you be my Valentine?" He imitated.
"That's not funny Luxord." Demyx complained, His voiced echoed under the flooring.
"Aw, what are you scared of?" Luxord spit the book out. "Girls don't bite stupid. They'll just slowly nag you to death." He crumpled the card into a ball and tossed it at the trashcan. The bell rang just as it landed inside. Zexion jumped in the can, searching for the card.
Luxord and Demyx now had their gym cloths in hand. An odd green smoke was emitting from Demyx's.
Luxord rolled his eyes. "Look at him! Not only is he the teachers pet, now he's kissing up to the janitor!" He frowned. "Hey! We're gonna be late for class Zexion."
Zexion still searched the trashcan.
Luxord whacked Demyx on the back of the head. "Demyx! Fetch." Demyx shrugged and tossed Zexion over his shoulder, running after Luxord.
"Turtledove…" Zexion sighed lovingly. "Till whence we meet again…" He neatly folded it in two and tucked it in his pocket.
Sora examined his clipboard intently. Checking to make sure everyone was in class, of course. That's what his job was as gym assistant. He didn't notice as Saix slowly snuck by, muttering nervously to himself.
"Gym assistamt sir, watch me!" Axel said, doing pushups at twice his normal speed. Sora looked for a moment. "Look sharp Roxas, he's working us!" He said with a smile to a wooden board face down on the ground. Sora rolled his eyes.
Just then Luxord walked in. "What, you again?" Sora sighed. Luxord was glaring at him.
"The things I do for extra credit…" He stared back at Luxord, glaring just as fiercely.
"Here, present, chip, yo, ready when you are!" Demyx was running over while gently pulling on the floating Zexion by the back of his shirt. Moments after he stopped, he put his hand in the air and said "May I be excused?"
Zexion landed on his feet. "No. Today, you're going to be climbing rope." Sora couldn't take his eyes of Zexion. There was something odd about him… Were those hearts floating over his had? Axel jumped up with Roxas in hand.
"Right on!" Axel lunged for the rope, climbing faster than Sora had ever seen anyone climb before. He rang the bell at the top in no time.
On the other side of the gym, Kairi was leading the Kankers to the badminton net.
"All right you guys," she started, jogging in place. "Today's class is going to be like, so much fun!"
"Sounds like a dare, huh, Marluxia?" Xemnas said.
'Marluxia!' Zexion turned quickly to search for his pink haired turtledove. There he was! Staring right back at Zexion. He sighed, wishing he were on the iother side of the gym today… All he could do right now was wave.
"Okay," Kairi said, "That's not cool!" Xemnas and Larxene were sword fighting with badminton racquets. Marluxia was leaning against the net. He too his racquet and bent it to resemble a heart. He held it up, Zexion right in the middle…
He giggled as Zexion blew him three kisses.
Luxord stared at Zexion, then across the gym. "Hey, no neck!" Sora called, interrupting his thoughts. "Your go." Just as Luxord turned, the rope slammed into his face.
He growled. "I ain't climbing no stupid rope!" He swung the rope back to its original place.
Sora took the rope. "Oh you're climbing it, or I'm telling the teacher." He swung the rope back, and this time Luxord caught it with his hands.
Grumbling, he started to climb. Just as he reached for the bell at the top, he slipped, sliding down the rope.
"ROPE BURN!" He shrieked.
"Zexion!"
Demyx looked at Zexion, who was still stareing across the gym. He pulled him around to face Sora. "Wakey wakey!" Zexion skipped around Sora once."
"Um, you're up."
Zexion sighed, skipping around the rope once as well, talking a contraption made of an egg beater and other various parts from seemingly no where. He attached it to the rope, flicked the on switch, and rang the bell when it pulled him to the top.
Sora stared.
"I wanna wear his hair…" Marluxia sighed lovingly.
Xemnas examined his brother, turned to Larxene, and said "What the heck's she talking about?"
"Look at her face, she's probably contemplating again."
Suddenly, kairi blew a whistle. "A little less talk and a little more badminton please." She threw the birdie to Larxene, who hot it back at her in annoyance. Larxene and Xemnas collapsed with laughter.
