A Transvestite Romance
Chapter 2: Friends and a Date
Zexion Cloak and Demyx Nocturne sat on the couch. Axel went to his room to get something. Demyx saw Reno in the kitchen, smoking a cigarette. "Hey, who are you? I'm Demyx and this is Zexion. We're your neighbors."
"That's nice," Reno drawled. "I'm Reno, Axel's big brother."
"The jerk?" Zexion asked.
Reno scratched his head. "What?"
"The jerk. Axel said that you made him move."
"Axel, what did you say at school?" Reno yelled, causing Zexion to jump.
"Oh, that you were a jerk and that I came from Midgar," Axel called back, carrying a laptop with him.
"So that's were my laptop went!" Reno groaned, hitting his head.
"Yup, I had it all along. You tore the place apart for nothing."
"So," Axel said, looking at Demyx and Zexion, "you live across the hall."
"In 815," Zexion said and Demyx added, "Yeah, we're fosters."
"Okay…Anyway, do you guys know Roxanne Strife?" The two fosters look at each other.
"Yeah, we know hi-"Demyx started.
"Her," Zexion interrupted. "Roxanne Strife, age 16. She's a sophomore, like us."
"Okay…" Axel said. "Anything else?"
Demyx thought. "She likes those bands where they scream."
"But not horror movies," Zexion added.
The boys talked until Reno said for them to get out, it's a school night. As Axel shut door 813, he thought about what he would do tomorrow.
Roxanne turned out to be in his Biology class, too. She wasn't there the day before because she had to go to the dentist.
"So, Roxanne, do you want to catch a movie tonight with me?" Axel asked the blonde. Her eyes lit up.
"Sure," she said. "What time?"
"Well, we could see what's playing after school and I'll pick you up about thirty minutes before it starts."
"Okay."
They walked to the AMC near the school. There was a brief consideration between Valkyrie and Mall Cop. They decided on Valkyrie, which was alright with Axel (he saw the trailer and really wanted to see it).
At 5:00, Axel stopped by the Strife household and rang the doorbell.
"Who is it?" asked a voice from inside the house intercom.
"Ummm…Axel Flurry. Got it memorized?"
"Oh! We've been expecting you. Come on in. The door's unlocked."
Axel tried the door and it opened. A boy around Roxanne's age bounced to the door. Great, another Demyx.
"Hey! I'm Sora," Sora said cheerfully, his chocolate-brown spikes bouncing.
"Sora, who is it?" asked a girl's voice.
"Axel," Sora called. He turned to Axel. "Come on, I'll introduce you. Rox is getting ready."
Rox?
In the living room there was a girl in a white dress. She introduced herself as Naminé and went right back to sketching.
"We're triplets," Sora explained. "Rox, Naminé and I. Nam's the eldest of us."
"Hey, Nam, where's Cloud?"
"In the kitchen, she replied."
"Kay. Cloud's our big brother. He's 21."
A man was sitting at the table, reading a newspaper. Wow, he looks like Naminé and Roxanne was Axel's first thought. His second was-this family likes emo-grunge clothes. Sora was dressed in skinny black pants and a white T-shirt. He had fingerless gloves and two belts. The man was wearing black baggy pants and a black tank top.
"Cloud, this is Axel." The man looked up; his blue eyes (so like his siblings) seemed tired.
"Hey, I'm Cloud."
"Nice to meet you," Axel replied and they shook hands.
"There's something I need to tell you," Cloud started.
"Hey, Axel," Roxanne said, sticking her head in the kitchen.
"Oh, hey, Roxy. Ready to go?"
"Yup."
"Then let's go."
They walked to the AMC. (A/N: Twilight Town is small so why waste the gas? And the Town has a mild winter.)
"You look nice," Axel said as they got popcorn and drinks.
"Thanks." She was wearing a My Chemical Romance black T-shirt, skinny pants, and black Converse. As always, her left arm had the black-and-white checkered wristband and one black and one white ring.
Yup, defiantly emo-grunge style, Axel thought. Naminé was the exception. As for Axel, he wore skinny black pants and a Nirvana T-Shirt.
They went into the theater and talked since they got there early.
"What's your family like?" asked Axel.
"Well," Roxanne said, "Cloud's the eldest. He's taken care of us since we were little. Our parents died when we were 5 and he was 10. We lived at our aunt's until he turned 20 and we moved out. He works at some security place."
"My brother does too," Axel laughed. "He's always tired."
"Yeah. Naminé is a great artiest. Her work is at school. Check them out.
"Sora is really cheerful and good at video games. He also is in the band. He plays the flute." (1)(2)
"And what about you?" Axel asked. Roxanne smiled shyly. "You'll have to find out."
Roxanne cried at the end when Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg and the rest of the men died. Axel patted her hand and wiped her tears away.
"It's so sad that those men died and there was less than a year before the war ended! It's unfair." Roxanne ranted.
"I know," Axel said, hugging Roxanne softly. "But life changes, that's what makes everything worth it."
At the Strife household, Roxanne stood on tiptoes and kissed Axel on the mouth.
"Good night, Axel. See you tomorrow." She started to walk towards the door.
"Wait," Axel said, grabbing her arm. She turned around. He angled his head right and kissed her on the lips. Roxanne kissed back.
When they pulled away, her eyes were shining. Axel guessed that his eyes were glowing too. "Night," he whispered.
"Night," Roxanne replied and went inside.
Axel turned and left. While he was walking, he touched his lips. He knew somehow that she was too.
A/N: Welcome back.
(1) Yes, it seems that I keep making Sora be a flute player. Whatever. He just seems like one.
(2) Edit: Thanks to Angel of Lavender for noticing my messed up time line.
By the way, Axel doesn't know that Roxanne is a boy.
On a side note, I beat Final Fantasy VII last night.
Thank you, smarterthanyouraveragetoddler, SarahXxUnlovedxX, Twilight Emo Wind Goddess 801, Violett-Violence, and Jayrin Paige, HalelovesCullen, FFTW Productions, and Crayola TicTac, and .Nobody for reviewing/alerting/faving this story. Some of you did 1 some of you did 2 some of you did all so I decided to thank all of you at the same time.
Next time (possibly, not sure): Meeting Riku, a discovery…
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