A/N: Ahhhhhhh! I just realized! I gave Demyx no last name in the chapter. So I need one… Umm… I need help with this because none of my friends gave me any suggestions. So… if you could possibly leave me one in a message or review, I'd love you forever. Because I really don't know what I could give him. Thanks.

(And thanks for the warm reception of this story. I feel greatly loved!)

Demyx was red in the face as he blew air into a rainbow beach ball. Axel rolled his eyes and took it from him. Quickly, the red-head blew it up. They were about to play one of the group's favorite party games that involved beach balls and kissing. Roxas reached into his bag and slipped a mint passed his lips quietly. Nobody noticed. They stood up with the newly inflated beach ball, Axel holding the rainbow in his hands.

"So, this is a game that we all made up," he said for tradition's sake. Besides, there were a couple of freshman in the group, and they needed to know the rules. Everybody was standing up, this time, even Zexion who was looking rather reluctant. "What we do, is we toss the ball around. You can't let it touch the sand. If you do, the person who tossed it to you and the person who dropped it have to kiss for at least twenty seconds. You can't have the ball in your hands for more than ten seconds, if you do, then you have to do ten push-ups while Zexion sits on you." The emo frowned a little bit, and shook his head.

Axel tossed the ball immediately to Roxas, who tossed it to Namine. The game continued for quite awhile until Lexeaus sailed the ball over Namine's head on accident. The small girl ran over to get it, and rejoined the circle, looking very very nervous. Axel chuckled, and made the motion for them to get together. Lexeaus walked over to Namine, towering over her. She had to crane her head to see him, her being extremely short and him being extremely tall. He bent nearly in half, and she rose on her toes to meet his lips. Surprisingly, it was a soft kiss and they stood like that while everybody else counted down from 20.

The game was almost easy to Roxas until Sora got distracted, and threw it at Roxas with all of his strength. For such a slight boy, Sora's ball hit Roxas' chest, and bounced off, landing somewhere near the right side of the circle. Sora turned back around, and blinked. He was quite surprised that Roxas hadn't caught it, even if the brunette hadn't been looking when he threw it. Riku frowned heavily.

"Rules are rules," Demyx said, giggling. Roxas made his way over to Sora slowly, a blush spread across both of their faces.

"Ummm, Riku? I'm sorry," Roxas said quietly to the tall man-boy that was looking dissatisfied with the outcome placed on his boyfriend. Riku scoffed.

"Just get it over." Roxas nodded, and leaned his face in. Sora met him halfway.

The brunette had lips that were surprisingly warm and soft as they melded themselves with Roxas'. He smelled of salt water from the ocean and tasted like salt and Coca-Cola, which he had been drinking earlier. To Roxas, the twenty seconds went by too fast. Slowly, he broke the kiss, and smiled. He ruffled Sora's hair, and walked back to his spot in the circle. Axel nudged him in the ribs.

"Riku's pissed," the red-head pointed out.

"Yes, I know. Shut up. I don't want to get killed," Roxas said back. Axel laughed a little bit, and the game continued.

Only a couple of people had to do push ups—Lexeaus included, even though he was given 20 instead of ten—and soon everyone retired to their umbrellas and towels. At the end, Roxas had kissed five people which were Sora, Axel, Demyx, Riku, and Kairi. Riku had dominated Roxas completely, sending waves of anger towards the blonde. Afterwards, Roxas had stumbled back. Axel didn't let Roxas go after their twenty seconds was up, it seemed, and he did the same with Demyx. Both blondes had resisted, and eventually the red-head had released. The sun was nearing sunset, and painted the sky bright reds, oranges, and pinks. It really took Roxas' breath away, and they admired the setting sun in true fashion by sitting back, talking quietly, and admiring the sky. Sora was sitting in Riku's lap, and they were talking quietly about something. Roxas picked up the word 'Paopu' a couple of times. Axel and Demyx were sitting next to him, lounging back on their hands.

"Thing we need is some Sea Salt Ice Cream," Roxas whispered to himself, also lounging back on his hands. Demyx hopped up, and went over to the cooler—which still had mounds of ice in it, surprisingly. He opened it, and grabbed three ice cream bars. He handed one to Roxas and the other to Axel. Both of them took it happily. It was the perfect thing for the hot, sultry air drifting around them. Looking around, Roxas realized he was around great looking people with great personalities. He was glad that this group had chosen him as a new friend. There were only two freshmen in the group. One's name was Xion and she was a petite girl that seemed pretty shy, and nearly always looked down. The other was an excitable girl named Selphie. Roxas held the ice cream in his mouth as he adjusted his butt from sitting on a rather hard sand mound.

Suddenly, Axel and Demyx and Sora leaped up.

"I think its bonfire time!" Demyx said happily, clapping his hands together. The sky was darkening and it was getting mildly hard to see. A couple of people went off to gather the wood from the back of Lexeaus' truck.

"Here's a shovel," Axel said, giving one to Roxas. He took it.

"What's this for?"

"For digging a small ditch for the fire, silly," Sora said, laughing a little bit. They dug out of the way of their stuff, to make sure they didn't burn anything down. People soon brought wood, and Lexeaus—being a boy scout—built the fire, and soon got it going with an effective newspaper ball. They all stepped back to admire their creation for a second. Axel had brought his towel, which is where he settled down with Demyx and Roxas on either side of him.

Soon, a bag of marshmallows, chocolate, and graham was pulled out of nowhere, and everyone was given a kabob stick. They were long and meant for what they were about to make. Riku and Axel set his on fire so that is was crunchy on the outside, and melted on the inside. Roxas, Demyx, Sora and Zexion held it just about so that the outside was a light grey. It made for a delicious melty/almost solid texture. Everyone else usually burned it just right. Loud conversations were held, mostly about their summer and what they did. Namine engaged Roxas in conversation about himself.

"What school did you come from?" she asked in a quiet voice.

"I came from Twilight Town Boarding." She nodded.

"The all boys school?" he nodded, smiling slightly.

"Yeah. I had three close friends, although one of them was a girl named Olette. I knew her since I was a small baby. We grew up together, and Hayner and Pence became close as well. I shared my dorm room with them. But then my dad had to come to Destiny Islands to take over this branch of the company from my uncle, Xehanort. So I had to come here because I have to follow my dad. My older sister, Larxene came here." Namine giggled. "I'm just glad that I don't have to deal that badly with being the new kid and having no friends to speak of. I'm surrounded by all of you, who seem to be very pleasant people." He smiled at the girl, and she giggled.

"We're very open to anyone who wishes to be our friend, although there had been some drama in the past." The two smiled at each other. "But now that's gone and over with, and we've gained three new people, replacing the one that had graduated last year, although it is probable that they will visit us again at lunch. It has become a tradition in our group, to meet back a year or two after you have graduated." She smiled warmly. Roxas nodded, knowing the feeling of seeing old friends again. Olette and he had separated for at least two years due to complications with her parents. He sighed a little bit, remembering the two years without his best friend. Fourth and fifth grade he had suffered without her or anybody to keep him company. Until Pence was in his sixth grade class, sitting next to him. Pence had introduced him to Hayner, and their friendship had continued from there. Then, Roxas introduced Olette, and the four became inseparable. Until Roxas had to move…. Now, he had more friends than ever before, and he had hoped that all of them accepted him for who he was.

The fire settled down around 10:15. Slowly, people started to leave with lots of hugs and lots of goodbyes. Axel stood, and stretched. Roxas and Demyx did the same. They gave a farewell hug to everyone, saying that they'd see them tomorrow, of which they would. The three piled into the car with Light, who was reluctant to go. She fell asleep next to Roxas in the back, her large head leaning on Roxas' thigh. Demyx was dropped off first, and he hugged the other two before leaping out of the Jeep and ran up to the front door of his house. Roxas vaulted himself into the passenger seat. Light wasn't bothered in anyway at all. The red-head pulled into Roxas' driveway. Warm light poured out of the windows, meaning everyone was home. Axel got out and opened Roxas' door for him, the blonde staring at him in shock. He held out his hand for Roxas to take—which he did—and helped him out of the vehicle. He closed the door behind Roxas, and suddenly pinned the shorter man to the car.

"Axel," Roxas managed out, struggling against the bonds that wouldn't let him go. Axel smirked, and kissed Roxas roughly. At first he had struggled—like he had during the beach ball game—but soon he surrendered to the other's lips.

"Will you go out with me?" Roxas hesitated.

"We don't know each other that well," he whispered back, looking in a panic towards the front door. If his dad found him like this… there'd be hell.

"We can learn," Axel responded, kissing Roxas again, only softer this time. The blonde sighed heavily, knowing Axel's type of personality. He would stop at nothing to get what he wanted, and in this case it was Roxas.

They stood like that for a bit of time, Roxas still quietly struggling, finally he gave up.

"Fine." Axel grinned suddenly, and kissed Roxas again.

"Good. Then how about we go on a date? Dinner and something before? A movie?" he nodded in a satisfied way. "What time and day?"

"I'll ask my dad," Roxas said, scoffing a little bit. Axel was extremely forceful. The weight and hands were gone from Roxas as Axel released him, and kissed his forehead.

"I'll see you tomorrow." He had the smile of someone who had won a battle. Roxas slumped against the metal door, and nodded. He got his stuff out of the back and slowly walked to the front door while the Jeep backed out of the driveway. He looked behind him to find a deserted street, and sighed, running his hand through his hair. It messed it up even more than usual. He opened the door, and tossed off his flip-flops. Xemnas was sitting on the couch, reading the latest report from one of his scientists. Roxas slowly walked forward after walking the front door. He walked upstairs, bringing back the syllabuses that his teachers had given him. He took the pieces of paper to his dad, and gave them to him. The man read over them quickly, and signed each one, giving the small stack of papers back to his son.

Roxas ran upstairs, and took off his clothes in the bathroom. He hung the towel up along with his bathing suit once he had washed it free of sand, and turned on the shower. Roxas stepped into the warm jet of water, immediately feeling relieved as the water washed over him. It loosened tense muscles in his shoulders. He showered quickly, drying himself off and walking into his room afterwards. He dressed in basketball shorts and a large shirt with the large word 'DEFENESTRATE!' across the chest. It was an inside joke among his old friends, and they had made shirts as pajamas. Roxas walked to the bathroom, and brushed his teeth thoroughly, frowning at himself in the still-foggy-around-the-edges mirror. All he could see was a blurry picture of himself due to the fact that he had wiped it off after the shower. He looked okay, but his lips were mildly swollen. Not that anybody would notice besides him, for the swell is so tiny the only reason he noticed was because he looked at those pair of lips each day. He rolled his eyes at himself, biting his lips softly. God damned red-heads and their god damned pushiness, he swore inside his head, remembering the first girlfriend he had. When he was straight, that is.

It was about second grade, and she had asked him to be her boyfriend. They were quite intense, playing tag on the playground and holding hands. She had even kissed him on the cheek a couple of times, much to his dismay. She didn't let him break up with her, no matter how hard he had persisted. She had killed the longing for girls in him, and found himself liking boys from then on. He shook his head. Girl or boy, red-heads are still pushy, he decided silently as he turned on the ball of his foot and left the bathroom, heading to his own bedroom.

Roxas collapsed on his bed, deciding it too hot to climb under the comforter, and stretched out on the full sized bed. His back cracked with a satisfying sound, and he sighed in contentment. Roxas looked at his bare light-green walls. The color reminded him of Key Lime Pie yogurt. He'd have to paint them a different color. Maybe blue? But a dark red is good as well, he contemplated, rolling over onto his right side. But then I'd have to get a different comforter. He ran his hand over the black and white checkered comforter. Maybe that'd be bad, though. What if I… his thoughts trailed off as he fell asleep.