Disclaimer: Yeah I don't own Kingdom Hearts. If I did there would be a lot of yaoi. A LOT.

Author's Note: Well, here's the first half of chapter two. I'm doing it in two parts because i'm pretty short on time today...I just want this day in the story to end! This'll make like, three chapters of one day. Ah, well. This one is kind of short, about three pages on MSWord. But, there's little snippets of fluff! Not much, but it gets us through the day, ne? Anyway, it introduces a little bit of plot i've been...plotting! Oh, and thank you to everyone who read the first chapter, and to those of you that reviewed!

So with that, here's chapter two, part one.

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Chemical Kisses

Chapter 2: Freeze-Frame (Part One)

It was lunchtime, and the six boys were sitting out behind the school, beneath one of the three willow trees that ran along the fence separating the schoolyard from the beach. This was a classic scene, and most of the local fangirls had at least one copy of a picture someone took of the group in this setting; Tidus and Roxas passing the blitzball back and forth, Axel sitting against the bottom of the worn tree with his headphones on, watching Roxas fool around...Zexion was leaning against the tree trunk too, talking and joking with Riku and Sora, who were sitting among the sturdy willow branches.

While Riku and Zexion were deep in discussion about 'What was that on Mr. Highwind's head', Sora heard the shuffle of two of three pairs of feet coming towards them. He turned to see Selphie, Kairi and Yuffie heading closer from the front of the school. They were walking quickly and close together, and their giggles could be heard from across campus. These were, as Sora had learned, signs of excited fangirls.

"Um, guys?" Sora started, pointing towards the girls, "Incoming."

Roxas and Tidus stopped playing their game and turned towards the visitors, which caused Axel to pull off his headphones with a mischievous look and stand up. He moved behind Roxas and slowly snaked his arms around the blonde's waist, pulling him close and whispering something in his ear, too quiet for the others to hear. A blush rose furiously on Roxas' face as he murmured, "N-no..." Axel grinned but didn't let go, instead sending a smirk in Riku's direction, who had been watching the whole scene. It was a silent challenge: 'Your turn.'

Riku looked down at Sora, who was still perched on the branch below; he had been talking to the three girls until they had seen Axel and Roxas' display, and Kairi swooned. The two others were bent down beside her, trying to revive their friend, while Sora looked on, slight concern etched into his expression. Riku saw his chance, and took it.

He swung gracefully down to sit close to Sora--very close, indeed. "Sora..." he said quietly, his silver bangs gently falling to cover his eyes, "You don't like those girls, do you?" Pitching the exact right amount of jealousy into his voice, he looked up at Sora, aqua eyes gleaming while he brushed his hair back. He waited anxiously for a response.

Sora could feel his face heating up. How was he supposed to respond to that? And that look in Riku's eyes... "N-no..." he managed to get out, much like Roxas a moment earlier. Riku grinned, and nuzzled Sora's shoulder for a few seconds, before stopping to look down at the ground.

The other boys looked too, to see three unconscious fangirls. "Oh," Axel said lightly, "Guess they got overloaded." he pulled Roxas to sit with him at the base of the willow; Roxas did so quite willingly.

Tidus, who had been standing with the girls after Kairi collapsed, crouched down to poke the three unconscious females lightly. They twitched slightly, so he laughed and sat down, waiting for them to come around. Zexion, however, had been watching the entire thing transpire. These sudden bursts of affection from Riku and Axel couldn't have just been a coincidence.

"Hm..." he mused to himself, "This is interesting..."

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A few minutes later, Kairi, Selphie and Yuffie woke up simultaneously. Whoa, thought Tidus, Are they all on the same frequency or something? He shuffled back a few feet as they sat up. Yuffie squeaked as they saw who they were with; Tidus, sitting with them, Sora and Riku, talking normally again, though still sitting close together, Roxas and Axel at the base of the tree leaning against one another, though not saying a word, and finally Zexion, propped up against the tree, watching everything. Sora noticed they were awake, and to Riku's dismay, jumped down to ground level.

"Oh, um...about what you said before, Yuffie? I don't know if the other guys would want to..." he put his hands behind his head and smiled apologetically, trying to not look at the three crestfallen faces before him.

"Want to do what?" Tidus asked, standing up and dusting off his shorts.

"This!" Yuffie exclaimed, pushing a folded paper into the blonde's face. He took it, and the other boys gathered around to read it.

it was a letter, addressed to the "Destiny Island High Fangirls Society". Ignoring the slightly ominous fact that there was a whole society of these people, Zexion read it out loud. "Dear 'Fangirls': Thank you for sending in your picture. We would love to feature the subjects in the next magazine issue. If it would be convenient, please..." It went on to mention dates and locations, "...signed, S&L Studios." The six of them reading the letter looked up, dumbfounded. "You sent in a photo of us?"

Selphie chirped out something along the lines of "Yes!" and then proceeded into a very fast-paced explanation.

"So basically," Axel deducted after she stopped to take a breath, "You sent in our photo, and now they want to feature us in their magazine?" The girls nodded in unison. "Which magazine?" he asked, skeptical.

"Teen Heartthrob!" the three cheered, earning blank stares from all except one.

"Ah, that one that just features pictures of hot guys?" Tidus asked, but it dawned on him what he had said. "No, no! It's not like that!" he waved his hands frantically, explaining to his friends as they gave him strange looks, "Larxene was reading one! My sister!"

"Oh...okay. Um, can you girls hold on a sec?" Riku stated more than asked, and shuffled the other five off to the side. "So, you guys don't actually want to do this, do you?" he asked, once they were out of hearing distance.

"I do!" Sora chirped up, causing everyone to look at him. He stuttered, 'I-I mean, it could be fun, you know?"

"I think so too," Tidus added a moment later, "It'd be cool."

Riku signed, "Fine. I suppose Zex and I will go too..." He nudged the blue-haired boy to his left.

"Hey, don't volunteer other people!" Zexion began to protest, before being cut off by Roxas.

"Count me in, too." The five turned to Axel, waiting for him to join in.

"Well, of course I'm going if Roxas is!" The redhead laughed, swinging an arm around Roxas' shoulder. "Hey, girls!" he called over, waving to them, "We'll do it!"

The three girls cheered, and ran over. Yuffie handed Zexion the letter again. "The time and place are on there," she giggled, "Have fun!"

"We can't wait to see the result!" Kairi called back as they walked away.

The six stood in silence for a moment, before Roxas spoke up. "So...we should get to class."

With that, the boys walked back to the school.

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