The sound of loud banging brought Axel out of his REM cycle. He quickly opened his eyes and sat up. He immediately regretted it when he felt how stiff his muscles were after sleeping on the hard wood floor all night. He stretched his muscles and picked up his cell phone before heading for his door. As he was about to open the door, a loud bang came from the other side.

"Get up, Axel," the gruff voice belonging to Genesis Fineman, Axel's father, sounded.

Axel groaned and reluctantly opened the door to peek out. He saw the disappearing figure of his father down the hallway and headed to the room next to his. He knocked softly three times and heard a tiny voice inside greet him. He opened the door and saw that Kairi had slept on a mattress last night. Her blanket and a pillow were now strewn across the floor from when she had woken up. She was just finishing up tying her private school uniform when Axel walked in. Kairi's long blue and black plaid skirt came down to her knees accompanied by a pair of black knee-high socks. She wore a black sweater with a light blue dress shirt underneath. The whole ensemble brought attention to her maroon hair and Axel smiled at how grown up she looked being only a year younger than he.

"Why aren't you dressed, Axel?" Kairi asked. Axel looked down at himself and realized that he was still in his clothes from yesterday.

"I felt like being different," Axel shrugged. Kairi walked over and punched him in the arm then told him to go get dressed.

Once Axel had finished his morning duties, he went downstairs and saw only his father seated at the table. Being the last one there meant he was the one to clean up the dishes. Not that he minded. He sighed and joined the older man at the table.

"Good morning, Axel. Nice of you to join us," Axel's father said sarcastically as he flipped to the next page of the newspaper. His glasses hung low on his nose and he made no eye contact whatsoever.

"Have some toast, honey. Everyone is already finished," Axel's mom, Aerith Fineman, said as she bent down and gave him a kiss on the cheek. Axel accepted the toast and threw it in his mouth. He gathered up everyone's leftover breakfast and threw them in the sink. Not being familiar with the kitchen yet, it took him a couple of minutes to find the dishwasher and he was thankful that they had one. He quickly washed off the plates and put them in the machine. Once he was done, he headed out to school.

He grabbed a roughly drawn sketch of the area that his mother had drawn for him and saw that they lived practically right in the center of town. After bidding his mother goodbye, Axel ran down to the end of the street where he caught sight of Kairi and Reno walking next to each other. Their steps were slower than usual as to allow time for their brother to catch up to them. Axel ran towards them and jumped on Reno's back. Reno pushed him off and glared at him before playfully hitting his younger brother upside the head and continuing their walk to school.

As the group neared the entrance, the number of students walking around them increased. Although it looked like most came in cars, the ones that lived in town were walking to the local public school just like them. They all made their way into the school and decided to go to the office and get their schedule and see if there was a map of the school.

Axel led the group and walked into the office. Everyone in the room immediately stopped what they were doing at the entrance of the threesome. Axel and Reno's height, mixed with the unwonted hair color usually brought unneeded attention to them.

"We're new here. Our names are Reno, Axel, and Kairi Fineman," Reno said as he took hold of the situation.

One lady at the front desk began to move and soon gathered up all the needed paper work. She told them that Kairi would be in the Sophomores, Axel would be with the Juniors, and Reno would be in the Seniors. She gave them each a map of the school and pointed them in the direction of their classes. Axel yelled out a thank you before leaving, earning himself a look from Reno.

"You're planning to be yourself here?" Reno asked once they were out of hearing distance.

"Yup! 'Figured I don't have anything to lose and decided to just go for it," Axel said as he put his hands behind his head and leaned against them.

"What made you want to do this? You know what happened at—"

"Yes, Reno, I know what happened, Okay? I just… met some people, and they made me realize that I shouldn't hold myself back for the sake of other people," Axel clarified. He then stopped and looked into his older brother's eyes; their height perfectly matching. "I promise, nothing will happen."

"If you say so," Reno said as he shrugged and pushed Axel in the direction of his class. Not realizing where they were, Axel now found that Kairi had long since left and he pouted at the fact that he didn't get to say good luck to her. He waved goodbye to Reno and headed to his classroom. When he got to the right room, he gripped the knob and opened the door.

The classroom was silent and Axel figured it was because of his arrival. Not looking at any of the students, he walked up to the teacher who stood at the front of the classroom. The teacher's eyes were bent in irritation and his oily light blond hair hung down below his shoulders. He wore a lab coat and his hand was poised to some science equation on the board. The book he held in his other hand closed suddenly and he turned to face Axel.

"Ah, you must be the new student. Axel Fineman. Am I correct?" Axel nodded his head.

"My name is Mr. Vexen. Please make sure that you behave in my class. Go sit down next to Roxas. Roxas, please raise your hand."

Axel looked over the people in the classroom for the first time and was stunned at their appearance. While Axel wore the school uniform perfectly—not a crease in sight—the rest of them held lazy expressions and untidy clothes.

A hand suddenly caught Axel's attention and he looked at the person who had raised it. Axel's breath caught in his throat at the appearance of a boy who looked to be around sixteen. His light brown hair lay in a swirl atop the boy's head. His uniform was a blue blazer with an undershirt that was untucked from his black slacks. The last thing Axel angled in on was the boy's eyes. He caught them in a trance and the blue orbs widened as they met Axel's emerald ones.

The two quickly broke apart their connection when a student came running in the doorway. Axel looked away—a bit startled—and quickly headed to the desk next to the boy. Neither of the two looked at each other till the bell sounded for lunch.

Everyone in the classroom ran out; leaving the new student to fend for himself. Axel huffed at all the books he had been assigned and put them in his bag. He slung the bag over his shoulder and turned around to leave. Blond hair met his eyes and a bump to the chest forced him to take a step back.

The blond boy from earlier stood before him. Rubbing his now- bruised forehead, he motioned that he was fine. After a couple seconds, his eyes once again met Axel's surprised ones. The trance lasted only a few seconds this time because they were interrupted by the blue-eyed boy himself.

"My name's Roxas. I was wondering if you would like to come and sit with me and my friends at lunch."

Axel was stunned for a second before a smile flashed across his face and he remembered the conversation he had had with Reno earlier.

"Sure, kid," Axel answered in a smug tone.

"I'm not a kid!" Roxas yelled.

Roxas immediately flushed at his outburst and scratched behind his ear in embarrassment. He motioned for the taller redhead to follow, and he did just that. When the two boys walked into the lunchroom, the whole place got silent. Axel felt the weight of a hundred stares till he felt a nudge to his side. He looked down slightly and saw Roxas pointing a finger towards a table. As they made their way to the table, the voices of lunch soon became loud once again. They came to circular table where two people sat. Roxas plopped down and patted the seat next to him for Axel.

"Hey guys, this is Axel. He's a new student, as you can tell from his garb," Roxas laughed. The other two joined in and Axel looked to what he was wearing then back up to the others.

"Maybe I'm trying to make a new fashion statement," Axel smirked.

"And what fashion statement might that be?" Another boy with blond hair styled into a mullet said as he laughed at his question and whacked the slate haired boy next to him.

"The valley girl," Axel stated with wink.

"Where's your skirt?" Roxas asked. Axel quickly looked next to him and smiled at the boy's willingness to joke with him.

"Left it in my sister's closet." The whole table then roared with laughter.

"Might this sister be standing right behind you?"

Axel jumped and fell to the side of his chair, causing him to bump into Roxas. The smaller boy steadied him with his arms. The two shared another look and Axel noticed there were tears in the corner of his eyes and a smile still on his lips. Axel nodded before standing up and facing the girl.

"What are you doing here, Kai?" Axel asked as he unbuttoned a few of his shirt buttons.

"Sora and Riku wanted me to sit with them! Who knew you would be sitting with us?" Kairi said as she took a seat next to Axel, who followed her. Next to the girl now sat a boy with brown spiked hair and a short body like Roxas and another boy who was very muscular with silver hair. The two were looking at Axel with curiosity apparent in their eyes.

"I'm Sora! And this is Riku," the brunette boy now named Sora said as he pointed to the silverette next to him.

"Oh, oh my turn!" The blond mullet haired boy said from across the table. "My name's Demyx and I love music. Do you like music?"

"Demyx, I'm pretty sure everyone likes music. I'm Zexion, by the way," the slate haired boy— who now had a book set out on the table in front of him— rolled his eyes at the bouncy blond who was now pouting.

"Hello all. The name's Axel. Got it memorized?" Axel winked at them and Roxas laughed behind him. Axel looked and watched the boy laugh. Suddenly, Axel felt his ear be pulled and him being dragged out of his seat.

"Axel and I need to go to the bathroom. We'll be right back."

Everyone nodded and began their own conversations as they walked away and Kairi let go of Axel's ear. Axel none-too-willingly followed his sister but spared a look at the short blond boy and watched as he laughed at something the silver haired boy had said.

"You like him," Kairi deadpanned.

"I don't know what you're talking about."

"And you're acting like your normal self."

"I told you last ni—"

"I support you in all your decisions."

"…I know, Kairi."

"This school is good for you."

"What do you mean?" Axel looked up at his sister. The two had taken refuge in an empty classroom.

"I mean there are two gay couples sitting our lunch table and no one has a problem with them."

"What!" Axel screeched. He stared into his sister's eyes and said, "What do you mean? They aren't being bullied or anything? Who are the couples?"

"Sora and Riku told me all about it. They've been going out for a year and a half and none of the school really cares. Yeah, they are called names a few times and they have to keep it a secret from certain people, but that doesn't change the fact that they want to be together.

"What I'm trying to say is, I want you to go for Roxas—he's Sora's brother, you know? And I want you to be just like your old self here. Even if you can't tell any of this to mom and dad. You still won't be bullied or picked on as bad as you were… before." Kairi let the last bit drag on before she pulled her older brother into a hug.

"Who's the other couple?"

"Huh?" Kairi backed up from the hug and saw that Axel wouldn't meet her eyes.

"Who's the other couple?" Axel asked a bit louder.

"Zexion and Demyx. Why?"

Kairi never missed the satisfied smile and blush that were apparent on the other boy's face as he left the classroom. This was going to be a long year.


Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts or ummm... Super Junior? XDD

I'm so sorry this is... 7 months late! TT^TT I totally got like mindblocked on this story and I still kinda am but I didn's want to let you guys sit and not know anything... yeah. So I will try and get my shizz together and try to get this all set for you guys!

Yeah, so uniforms at a public school. Hey, it's possible! I bet there are quite a few of you that have this! yes!

With a Merry Christmas and a happy new years from IchiakiI.

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