For the first time in a long time, I didn't have a nightmare. No, I actually had a legit dream this time. I won't go into details though, because that may seem kinda wrong.

I like weekends. It's the only time where I can relax, and I don't have to worry about getting hurt. The only way I could really get hurt would be if I'm playing a video game and my character dies. But that still doesn't hurt me, obviously.

I heard my stomach grumble, so I somehow managed to wake up my legs and drag them out of bed, down the stairs, and into the kitchen where Mum was already seated, eating her cereal. "Morning Mum…" My voice was still thick and groggy, since I had only just woken up.

"Morning Roxy. Did you sleep well?"

I nodded. "Better than usual."

"That's good." There was an awkward kind of silence filling the atmosphere as we both sat and ate what was presented in our ceramic bowls. "You must miss him. You kept saying his name in your sleep last night."

I stopped eating for a minute, trying to think of who this 'him' may be. I eventually gave up and asked. "Who?"

"Axel. He never comes around anymore and you don't ever talk about him. How is he?"

I cringed at the emotional pain as soon as my mother had said his name. and I won't even go telling her why I was saying his name in my sleep last night. "He's uh... He's good. He doesn't come over much because you know, it's a new year. Gotta study for exams and stuff."

Mum laughed. "Axel? Study? You've got to be kidding me! That's the whole reason why he would come over in the first place."

"He's a fair bit different now, I guess. I don't really ever get to talk to him at school because he's always so busy…" My sentence trailed off at the end as my mother pulled her phone out of her pocket and dialled a number. "Who're ya calling?"

"Reno. I'm gonna see if Axel's not too busy to come over for a bit of a visit." Mum winked as she brought the small white device up to her ear, the pencil charm and diamante N charm swinging as it moved. Reno is Axel's older brother, and he is 21 years old. He and Axel live together, because their father had died in an accident 11 years ago, and their mother hated them, and wanted nothing to do with them so she left them to fend for themselves. Axel and I had been friends since kindergarten.

"Uh-huh, okay, see ya around Reno. Oh wait; do you want me to make something to send home with Axel? Okay, bye." Mum put her phone back down on the table, and looked up at me and smiled. "Axel's gonna be here in a few minutes. Run upstairs and get dressed, because I'm sure he doesn't want to see you in your black and white checked jammies."

I nodded and ran upstairs as fast as I could. Why did she have to do that? Axel's probably gonna tell Mum all about the secrets I've been keeping from her, and she'll kick me out onto the streets for sure! Or even worse, may send me to live with my father. I quickly found and pulled on a My Chemical Romance shirt, black skinny jeans, black and white checked Vans, and my signature X necklace and Checked Wristband. I quickly combed my hair, and finished just in time to hear the doorbell ring.

I raced back down the stairs, and ran straight into the front door. You see, in the layout of my house, when you open the front door, the stairs are about 5 metres in front of you. I guess I was running down the stairs so fast, I forgot how to stop. "Gah, fuck..." I muttered as I heard the door slowly open.

"Wow Roxy, I never knew that you liked the floor so much."

It was Axel. "Shut up you asswipe." He helped me sit up and examined my face.

"Welp, at least it's not broken. I think." The redhead helped me up, and took me to the bathroom where he started to clean up the mess called my face. "Long time no see, eh Blondie?"

"Mmhmm."

"How have you been?"

"I've been better."

"You've gotten thinner."

"Are you calling me fat?"

"No, you were already really thin. But now…"

"Yeah well I don't eat much anymore."

Axel sighed as he finished putting the disinfectant and Band-Aids back in their respectful places. "I've missed you, y'know."

"Sure."

"Why don't you hang around with us anymore?"

"I think it's pretty fucking obvious, genius." With that, I slid off the bathroom counter and made my way to the kitchen, where Mum was working on what looked to be a Shepard's Pie. Must be what she's sending home with Axel.

"Roxas, I want you to go outside today. Go to the mall or something with Axel." With that she casually handed me around a hundred dollars. I nodded and slipped the money into my wallet.

A hand ruffled my hair, which made me jump. "C'mon Roxy, let's go."

"Fine. And don't scare me like that."

We made our way out of the house and started walking down the street in silence. It may seem like Axel and I are the most bestest friends in the world at the moment, when in fact, I don't want him anywhere near me, and I most certainly do not want anything to do with him. I could easily blame Axel for everything that has happened over the past year or so. But I wouldn't really want to do that, since I love him so much. You see, about a year ago it was basically 'Hey Axel, I'm gay and I'm totally in love with you!' and somebody heard that and they told someone, who told someone, who told someone else, and as teenagers are, the chain of gossip just went on and on and on. And as soon as everyone found out, I guess that I found out that gays aren't accepted in society.

"Axel! Wait up a minute!" Axel and I stopped walking and turned around to where the voice was coming from, only to find a maroon-haired girl racing toward us. I recognized her from somewhere, but I don't quite know where… Anyway, she launched herself into Axel's arms, and casually started making out with him. Oh right, she was Axel's current play thing. Axel pulled away from the girl and looked over to me.

"Uh Roxas, this is Kairi." I waved a little at her, and in return she simply scowled at me and turned back to Axel.

"Why don't you ditch this retard and come with me instead, babe? I've got something for you." Kairi said the second part in a sing-song voice, as she waved a Pink and Black striped bag in front of Axel's face. I recognized that the logo said 'Victoria's Secret' in an elegant, swirly font. Real classy, girly.

"No way Kai. I'm spending some time with Roxas."

"Well, how about tomorrow?"

"Nope. I'm with him tomorrow too." Axel was probably lying, because in all seriousness, who would want to spend even five minutes around me? Reno must've forced him to come over to my place today.

Kairi was obviously annoyed by this. I could tell because her face was a bit redder than usual, and her knuckles were turning white from gripping her bags so tight. "Yeah well whatever. I was gonna leave you anyway!" She turned and ran away, probably to go cry and update her Facebook and Twitter saying how Axel is nothing but a bastard and left her. It's just the usual teenage girl routine.

"Don't worry Roxas. She was just a whore. I didn't even like her, and I knew she was cheating on me with Sora the whole time." I nodded and we kept walking in our original direction. It's amazing how fast Axel can just get over something like that. But, I guess he did say that he didn't like her.

"Well… if you didn't like her, why were you going out with her?" Axel hummed for a second, before answering.

"To fill a void."

"A void?" Maybe somebody that he really loved had turned him down. He'd been getting together with random chicks for a while now, so it only makes sense.

"Yeah. You know, when something is missing and you just want to fill it in."

"Ah… and may I ask what caused said void?"

The redhead went silent, and after a couple of minutes he answered. "I'd rather not say."

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Author's Note:

Yay, second chapter is finally done.

Honestly, I had no idea what to do for this one. Because like, my bed gives me ideas. Don't ask.
Anyway, around three weeks ago some asshole threw a brick through my window, so I couldn't sleep in my bed. Then we moved house around 5 days ago, and my brother and I finally put my bed back together last night so I could sleep in it. It may not be the most comfortable bed in the universe, but I love it.

That's beside the point. Last night I was laying there thinking about this Fanfic, when BAM TONS OF IDEAS.

So I am proud to bring you the second chapter of 'The Boy With A Thousand Scars'. It seems a little rushed for some reason, so sorry about that. I'm not very good at pacing out my writing, but I'm a lot better than I used to be.

-Flashback to 'Secret Vocal Warriors'- *shudders*

Thanks for putting up with my horrible writing skills!