AN: This ones a bit shorter, but the next chapters school so I wanted to separate them. Hope you enjoy.
Axel POV
Hey, you know what I did yesterday?
I met the most beautiful boy that ever lived. And I think I sort of annoyed it.
First, let me tell you. He had blonde – no, GOLDEN hair, and the most startling blue eyes I have ever seen. Like piercing blue, just...whoa. I swear when I went nearer a halo formed around his head, his perfectly formed (and perfectly dressed) body just GLOWED. Or I'm exaggerating. But wow, that was one beautiful guy. Hey, I know that sounds weird and I guess I shouldn't talk about guys that way. But this kid was special.
So, I thought I should go talk to him. I mean you should take every opportunity you get. Seize the day and that. But, heh, I think I over did it. My plan was, go bump into Riku's friend (knows him through some younger kid he always hangs around with) and start chatting. You know, how's the weather. How are you. What shampoo do you use because it smells fricken awesome. (Or just keep it simple).
But what I ended up doing was KNOCKING THE KID OVER, and instead of saying sorry and whatever I just got total word vomit. Started spewing random questions way, way loudly. When there's an awkward silence, there's this voice in my head going 'No! No, Axel! Don't speak! You'll just make a fool of yourseeeeelf!'. But I guess I'm a lost cause. Hahah. Ha. Ohh...
Anyway, I had to, uh, 'scoot' if that's the correct term. I doubt it is. That's why I started hanging out with Riku – he's such a teachers pet. It's not that I don't like him...he's just a bit...cold. At first. He's really funny though, but he likes hanging around with that Sora kid. Oh, but I'm not here to talk about Riku. Actually, I'm not here. The second I got away from....oh.
Oh God.
Oh, My-
I didn't catch his name. The angels name.
Oh well, guess I have to speak to him tomorrow! Win win scenario, I believe (for me at least.)
Sorry, the second I got away from Mr. Mystery, I discovered a mountain of homework. A mountain, meaning my mom had actually piled all my books into one huge pile on my bed. Here's a tip – don't leave all your summer homework until the last day. Just don't. Not if you want to sleep the night before school. So, catch ya later, got it memorized?
Roxas POV
I just came up to tell them Mom had phoned and was going to be back late.
I did not expect-
No, I mean-
Ok, WHAT WERE THEY DOING UP THERE?
I considered backing out of the room. I considered just walking away. I considered yelling. Yeah. I chose yelling.
Sora POV
I feel like I have a story to tell. Oh, sorry, voice in my head here! I've just stopped time for a second to kind of, explain how things are.
When I was younger, like, a few years ago, I might've had the minutest crush on Kairi. You can't blame me! She was the only real girl on the island. I don't mean there were fake ones, I mean she hung around with us. Us, us being Riku and...it hurts to say it, but he might have ALSO had the tiniest crush. It was always like a competition between us. And you know what? Riku would ALWAYS win. He had brains, he had brawn, and heck, he had LOOKS. Roxas would always say no, Riku didn't like Kairi, he just didn't want me running off some girl. She's not some girl. She's the prettiest girl, and she was always really nice to me. I want people to like me.
But still, Riku is...the main person I hang out with now. It's a small island, but he knows all the other guys since he goes to the bigger school. Riku...he's like...he's like everyone I know.
Maybe I'm changing. One week he was some tough guy, and I felt really jealous of him. Cause I'm so small in comparison. And he's not mean about it, or anything.
Next week I was really sad and he was there for me. I was glad to have him there as a friend.
And then, he was like a whole different person. He was tall, with long, shining silver hair that kept falling in his eyes no matter how many times he brushed it out of the way. Mesmerizing aqua eyes and a beautiful laugh that just meant you had to join in. He was also...well, he worked out.
I was going to tell Roxas about this, but I decided not to. I mean, thoughts like this are weird. I don't want it to go even stranger – he's not a girl. But, how much do I like Riku? Am I..? I don't want to say it. I'm just going to squash these thoughts out of my head.
On with the story. Back to what actually happened. I might skip a few bits to save me the humiliation. I had all these pent up emotions and they all came out at once. Like, sort of tears, but I wasn't actually sobbing. Just kind of sniffling a bit. I mean, I shouldn't cry in front of Riku. It's not that I don't want him to see my cry but it's kinda mean to just spring that on someone. What are they meant to do? I kept sat down, debating whether to pull myself together, or escape the situation. But I felt the mattress move as he sat down on the bed behind me. That was better. Do you know the feeling when it's just right to be with someone? It's a good feeling, especially when you know they feel the same thing. I just went with the flow, stopped thinking. Not that my brain ever functions, Roxas would say. Haha. (No.)
I leant back into him, and he nudged his chin into my spiky hair. I closed me eyes, smiling....he felt so warm... Before I knew it his hands were around my waist, awakening a herd of butterflies in my stomach.
"Riku..." I moaned. Okay, I was officially melted. I let my feet dangle off the edge of my bed, and my face was moving closer and closer to his...
I've never felt like this before, I was about to say.
"Shh."
And then Roxas came in.
"Sora. Get out. Now."
It's not good when Roxas gets like this. All brotherly. What did I even do? Okay...it must have looked-
"....SOR-"
"Okay!"
His face was growing red like some kind of bullfighter so I leapt off the bed and hurried out the door. Riku was left on the bed with an odd blush and startled look on his face. Had he...felt something there?
"I hope I wasn't interrupting anything there."
"I...no."
"What were you even doing in there?"
"Why do YOU care? I wasn't doing anything" Roxas! I'm not-"
He wasn't convinced. But I was not having this conversation right now. Or ever. Was it his business? Would he...mind? If I was...
Okay, would Roxas mind if I was gay? That's a really scary question right now. Maybe it's all stress. School tomorrow. Agh. I threw a pillow over my head and drifted off to an uncomfortable sleep.
Riku POV
"Hey."
"Axel speaking. Who may I say is call-"
"Dumbass, you know it's me. And guess what."
"Eeeey, it's Riku! And what, what? Because, you do know it's nearly eleven and I might just stab you in the-"
"I got kicked out of Sora's house. By his brother."
"Oh my god! Did you try something!?"
"Shut-shut up. We're just friends. To him, anyway."
"You sure? Everyone knows you like him, Riku."
"What do you mean? Of course I like him! He's my best friend..."
"Y-eeah. Anyway..."
"...hmm."
"His brother you say? He who kicked you out?"
"Mmm. Twin actually."
"Oh. Ohh...OH! OH!"
"Uh, sorry to interrupt your epiphany?"
"RIKU! WHAT'S HIS NAME?!"
"Roxas. God, I don't know what's shoved up his-"
"ROXAS! THANK YOU! OH THANK YOU!"
"...uh....ok?"
"-Click."
That's Axel for you. Freak. Nah, I like him really. I guess.
School tomorrow. Huh. I guess I'll find out what Axel was on about. And get to see Sora again. That kinda lifted my heart a little. Roxas had just freaked. He's small, but he was practically shoving me out the door. Was he jealous or something? Is he against me? I've hung around Roxas a lot, but he's nothing to do with me. He was just with Sora. It was always him and Sora, and then me tagging along. Brothers, they'd ask. Twins? Wow! Goodness. That'd be Riku out of the picture.
You know, that made me angry sometimes. Maybe I'm selfish.
Maybe I just want Sora all to myself-
Gaah! God I should stop talking to myself like that, narrowly avoided crashing into a lamppost. Thank god its dark outside. Actually, it's pretty late.
Anyway, nothing I can do now. Tomorrow. Tomorrow, I thought as I trudged across the beach towards home.