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Hello folks, it's KH's beta, Mee-Yuu Kobayashi, but you can call me MY. I just wanted to introduce myself to you are. Plus, I want to tell you all to please review, so we know that you appreciate all our hard work, give most of it to KH.
AXEL POV
Demyx and I walked away from Roxas and his friends. Demyx must have noticed that I looked slightly sad.
"What's wrong?"
"…"
"Please tell me!"
"…"
"Oh. My. God." !
"Wha-?" But he cut me off.
"YOU LIKE HIM!" It wouldn't have been that bad, except that Roxas was still there. All heads turned our way.
"Demyx!" I then turned and ran towards the restrooms.
x-X-x
Someone followed me.
"Go Away!" I said knowing it was Demyx.
"Fine! I just wanted to make sure you were OK, but obviously I won't. Later!" That was not the voice I was expecting. It was defiantly not Demyx's. Roxas. He was all I thought about nowadays. I unlocked the restroom stall door.
"Roxas?" I asked quietly. I need to check it was him.
"Mhmm?" He was still walking out the door.
"WAIT!" He stopped. Turned towards me. I was lost in his blue eyes. He cleared his throat, bringing me crashing back down to earth from heaven. "urrrr…. Hi…"
"So, are you okay?" He asked. "It's just, you got outta there pretty quick. And obviously I heard what Demyx said and I s'pose I was a 'lil curious, but you don't have to tell me. I just wanted to check you were ok…" He looked to the floor. I stood up and walked over to him.
"I'm fine" He nodded at me. I thought he was going to turn back around and leave, but, he didn't. Instead he sat where the sinks are and just looked at me. I walked to sit next to him. "It's just this guy I met. DAMNIT!" I instantly covered my mouth with my hand. I hadn't told him I was gay yet…. "Sorry! Didn't mean to say that."
"It's fine. My twin's gay. I kinda figured you were gay anyway." He shrugged. I was stunned! My jaw must have dropped to the ground because next he said "You might want to close your mouth." He chuckled. I closed it.
"Wha-? How?"
"Well, first, you act differently towards guys than you do towards girls. Second, I heard that the hottest girl in school asked you out and you said no. Third, I've seen you hit on quite a few guys but no girls. And finally, Namine told me." My shock was lost. Instead I was scowling. It was so not her business. He just laughed at my expression. "I also wanted to ask why?"
"Why what?" I was rather confused. He looked at my face and just laughed.
"Why don't you want to be friends with Xion? It made her cry ya know. She doesn't make friends very easily so she gets upset."
"…"
"Fine. I knew this was a waste of time. Tell Demyx, … nevermind.. I see him first." And with that he walked out the door. Demyx! He set this up so I could just talk to him. Well, that didn't help. He doesn't like me because I don't want to be friends with his friend and because I didn't answer him. Well, I think I've just fallen even harder for him …
ROXAS POV
As I walked out the restroom, I had this feeling, I've never had before. I ditched my last class. I said bye to Namine and Xion. We all hugged as Axel was walking back to his friends. He looked sorta sad. I didn't care. Okay, well, maybe that was a lie. Walking home I decided when I got in I would call Sora. I wanted to know what this feeling was and how to get rid of it.
(Phone conversation between Roxas and Sora, with Riku in background(R-Roxas, S-Sora, Ri-Riku))
Ring! Ring! Ring!
S-Hello?
R-Sora?
S-ROXAS! You promised me you would call me yesterday.
R-Sorry…
S-Its okay.
(IN THE BACKGROUND) Ri- NO IT'S NOT OK!
S- Ri-Riku! Give me back the phone!
Ri- no!
R-Urrrr, guys?
Ri-Roxas! Your brother worried non-stop until just now!
R-I said sorry! I … was just … ummm… busy…
Ri-Bullshit! You just forgot!
S-PASS ME BACK ROXAS!
Ri-Ok okay
S-Sorry about that. How are you?
R-Um … I'm good. I have two great friends.
S-What are their names?
R-Namine and Xion. And I s'pose you could call a guy called Demyx my friend… sort of
Ri-Did he say Demyx?
S-umm, yeah
Ri-ROXAS! DO YOU KNOW AXEL?
R-You don't need to shout Riku. Yeah, I know Axel? Why?
Ri-He used to live in Twilight Town about 10 years ago. We've kept in touch.
R-O-okay… I better go, I'm at home.
S-Okay Roxas, I-I miss you.
R-I miss you too Sora.
S-Bye!
R-Bye!
(Phone conversation end)
I hung up and then realized I never asked what I wanted to know. I suppose it was a good thing I didn't ask because I don't really like Riku much, even before he started going out with Sora.
Riku has silvery hair down to his shoulders and baby blue eyes. He's always very serious but whenever Sora's around he has this glint of happiness in, but, I mean, to be honest I don't see what Sora sees in him, but it doesn't matter to me, as long as Sora's happy.
I walked over to the sofa and pulled out Namine and Xion's numbers from my pocket and put them into my phone (which I had left behind) and just sat there. Nothing else interesting came to mind.
My mind kept wandering back to the redhead – Axel – and that sort of sad look in his eye when I hugged my two friends. It kept wandering to his facial features, those breathtaking jade green eyes, the spiky fiery red head and the two upside down triangles under his eyes. I wonder what it would be like to kiss him … I mentally and physically slapped myself for that.
Ring! Ring! Ring!
I picked up my phone to see 'Namine' come up on the called ID. I hit accept.
"Hello?
"Hi Roxas. You okay?" She sounded slightly worried. I racked my brain to try and think why. Oh yeah, I told them I wasn't feeling well.
"Yeah, I'm feeling fine now. Thanks for asking. How was last lesson?" I wanted to get the subject away from me and onto something else. School was the only thing I could think of … well, ok, that's a lie. I also thought of Axel but I didn't want him occupying my mind, and mine and Nami's conversation.
"You didn't miss much. Although, that redhead kept asking why you left… I'm not sure why though. Any ideas?" I could tell she knew something I didn't. I wanted to ask her what she knew but I don't think she'll tell me though. So I stuck to answering her question.
"Um, he was the guy I wanted to check was OK when he ran out of the cafeteria. He was fine though. Are you still at school?"
"That doesn't explain why he was asking about you though? And yes I am."
"Umm, he just … umm… nothing happened ok? He always zoned out whenever he made eye contact. That was all. Namine? NAMINE! You still there?" I couldn't hear anything on the other end.
" … yeah. Sorry Roxas, I've got to go. Bye." She talked so quickly I didn't get to say bye before she hung up.
NAMINE POV
"Umm, he just … umm… nothing happened ok? He always zoned out whenever he made eye contact. That was all. Namine? NAMINE! You still there?" I could hear Roxas on the other line, but something just clicked in my head. Why was Axel always looking at Rox whenever he was sitting with us or whenever he saw him? I needed to talk to him about it. I needed to know if Axel did feel that way about Rox.
" … yeah. Sorry Rox, I've got to go. Bye." I said very quickly I didn't let him say bye before I hung up and ran over to where Axel and his friends hang out after school.
I ran straight to little garage that they usually hang out at. I immediately noticed them and walked over. I didn't realize there were so many. Six pairs of eyes turned to face me. Axel automatically turned away when he saw me.
"urrrr… Axel, can I speak to you a second?" I admit I was slightly nervous. These six people are the toughest in the school. Axel looked back up to me and silently nodded at me and followed until we were outside of earshot.
"What?" Uh-oh. He didn't sound to happy.
"It's about Roxas." He nodded, signaling me to carry on. "How exactly do you feel about him?" I added emphasis onto the 'exactly', because I had a pretty good idea how he felt.
"Why should I tell you?" This was turning out to be harder than I thought.
"Well, for one, nothing will ever go anywhere if you don't tell me. I don't think you understand, I want to help you with him. But, in order to do that I need to know if you like him that way, or, just as a friend." I put a slight smile on my face to show it was a genuine offer.
"Well … " He hesitated. "I don't know how I feel about him really. Wait! Why am I telling YOU this?"
"Because, as I said, I wanted to help."
"Why would you want to help me get together with Roxas anyway? After all I did to you when you first started … I guess, I do like Roxas in that way but he hates me." When he finished I looked at him and smiled.
"Well, I was right. Hate is a very strong word. I would say, strongly dislike."
"Thanks, that makes me feel sooo much better." I could hear the sarcasm dripping from his words.
"I still remember what you did to me and I still haven't forgiven you for that by the way. But, I need to help my best friend. Don't worry about a thing. I have a plan. We need you and Roxas on speaking terms … this is how we'll do it." I smiled and looked up at him. He had that gleam in his eye whenever he sees Roxas smiling or laughing. Or even when he looks at him. "Now, we have work to do."
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NEXT CHAPTER: Namine's plan. What did Axel do to Namine? And how does the first step of the plan go with Roxas and Axel? Find out next week (I sound like a show host) xxx
