A/N: okay, chapter 4. Again, thank you so much for SoRikuRox who kindly took his time to correct my disastrous writing skill! *bro hug* I hope it's entertaining and if you like Axel/Roxas, check my new fic called You Are Oblivion, I am Oathkeeper that I just uploaded yesterday. Enjoy! -Anwy

edit: one more thing, I did a cover of "Simple and Clean" on youtube. If you want to hear it, PM me or say something on the review! I will PM the link :)

Chapter IV –Single Gesture

"Never thought I'd get to tutor such a hot blondie."

Both Sora and Roxas froze, silence bursting among them. The redhead pouted.

"So, are you guys coming in or not?" He was still leaning his body against the door side, actually blocking the way to get into the room. He realized that and took a step back so the brunet and the 'hot blonde' could get in.

Sora hesitantly walked in, but Roxas stood still, his shoulders stiffened and his lips trembling. And he suddenly yelled: "CHIMO!"

The crimson haired guy jumped in shock, so did Sora. "'Chimo'? As in... Child molest—w-wait I'm not a chimo!" He threw his hands in the air out of frustation.

"YOU ARE!" Roxas protested with a hoarse voice.

"C'mon, take a joke, blondie. You are hot-I have to admit it- but it was only—"

"CHI—"

"Alright, alright! I'm done." The redhead swept his sweaty forehead.

Seeing that the blonde boy didn't respond anymore, he let out an annoyed grunt out from his throat and grabbed Roxas' wrist and guiding him in as he pushed Sora's back gently, gesturing him so he'd move. He then closed the door.

"Okay. You guys sit there," The oldest guy pointed a couch, "I'll take some stuff first." Then he went inside a room, slamming the door shut behind him.

At the moment Sora walked in, he swept his gaze trough the place. The apartment was divided into a room –he guessed it was the bedroom—a bathroom right next to it and a kitchen was placed on the far side over the counter that separated it from the living room. A tiny coffee table near the kitchen had been knocked over and few empty cans were scattered across the floor. A blanket had been thrown over a dull-green colored couch and some books that Sora recognized immediately as part of one of his favorite series laying down on the end of the couch. A glass table stood in front of the couch and, far across it, an old TV on a plywood drawer put against the wall. it was messy, but it seemed like the place had been cleaned recently. There was one thing that bothered Sora, though: the place was big. Way too big for one person. 'Maybe he has a roommate' he he could walk any further, a trembling hand jerked his own back, asking him to stop.

"Sora! Th-this is our tutor?" Roxas whispered. Sora turned his body so he could get a good look on his friend's expression: a bright pink blush was running across Roxas' face. His ears were red and he was biting his lips.

"Mhm. Roxas, you're overreacting, you know?" Well, for as long as Sora had know him, Roxas had never taken a compliment nicely. But this time he had crossed the line. "Why? He's just joking." He wasn't really sure about that as well, but he was just trying to calm his friend down.

"Yeah, overreacting, says the one who wouldn't stop bragging about an extra class with Mr. Volk." He replied with an acute sarcasm. "But, NO! You don't get it, Sor!" Roxas pulled him closer. "I've met this man before at a cafe."

"And?" Sora couldn't figure the blonde's point.

"He was staring at me. Smirking! Just like the way he did earlier. And, and—"

"So it's legit enough to call him a chimo? Well, it is creepy, but not exactly a chimo." Sora cut him and patted Roxas' arm. "Anyway, I'll make sure he won't do any harm to you, so stop your paranoid mind. We have to pass chem, remember? "

"But—" Roxas was interrupted by the sudden slam of an opened door. The redhead walked in with some books on his hands. A pencil was stuck between his temple and his left ear. The boys put their bags down and sat on the intended couch, while the slender man put his books down on the table and grabbed a chair to sit in front of it.

"So, a guy called me and offered me to tutor you guys for some good money. He said that he knew my number from one of his worker." He offered a friendly smile while his green eyes were scanning at the high school students.

"That must be my father." Sora answered.

"Oh, I see. Well, I guess we can start with some introduction?" He sounded unsure about his own words but Sora and Roxas nodded without any further question. "I'll start then. The name's Axel, I'm 22. I'm actually working on a cafe, but due the high living cost in this goddamn city, I decided to be a tutor of my favorite subject as well. Oh, and another thing," he sent Roxas a playful smile and continued. "I'm not a chimo. Got it memorized?" Another nod was given by Sora, but a grimace was plastered on Roxas' face.

"My name is Sora," he glanced at Roxas who seemed to refuse talking, "and this is Roxas. Uh, by the way..." he hesitated. "Do you like reading?"

"Why?" Axel arched his eyebrows, clearly not expecting that question at all.

"You see, those books," Sora pointed them with his finger, "they're my favorite series!" Sora was eager: he might have finally found another fan of the series that he liked called 'Kingdom Hearts'.

"Oh, that." He blinked a few times, thinking for a while. "I don't like reading. They belong to my roomie." Sora was right, this guy didn't live by his own. "He is a nice guy, saved my sorry ass few times. But he's away right now." He shrugged.

"Can we just start?" Roxas' sudden question startled both Axel and Sora.

"Right. Sorry." Axel quickly apologized, scratching his head.

He took a book that he had brought earlier, opened the first page and started to teach them from the basic, since both guys hadn't understand anything. Part of it was probably due to the fact that Larxene had been blabbering a lot in her class. Blabbering about her personal life, to be exact, so it wasn't surprising that most of the students didn't pass her test. They could only guess why a teacher like her was allowed to work. But Axel was different from Larxene. At first Sora and –especially- Roxas had been highly doubtful of that red haired tutor, but when they went through their lesson, they were surprised: he had taught them every important thing straight to the point, and he had been really helpful; after some exercises, the boys had grasped the basics easily. They were both thankful. Roxas had been quiet most of the time, while Sora had aggressively asked everything he needed to know. After 2 hours, they had understood all that Larxene had been teaching for 2 weeks.

"I think both of you have mastered the basics now." Axel smirked, satisfied by his teaching skills. "That's enough for today."

"Yeah. Thanks a lot, Axel, you're a great tutor." Sora grinned. He was relieved to finally be able to understand chemistry. It wasn't as difficult as it used to be.

Axel nodded while glancing at Roxas who was still in silence. "Take off that gloomy face of yours, will ya?" Roxas glared at him. "Wow, you look like a hot emo now." He kept glaring at him, just now a deadly one. And a light blush on his cheeks. Axel laughed, without giving the blonde the time to scream 'chimo' again, put his hands in the air, surrenderring. "Alright, got it, Roxy doesn't like to be called 'hot'."

He flinched at the nickname. "Just quit messing with me." Roxas sighed covering his face with his palm, embarrassed by the heat on his cheeks. Suddenly Roxas' phone rung, playing 'Simple and Clean'. Axel mumbled something about Utada Hikaru, but he ignored it. He quickly dug into his trousers and answered the phone. "Hey, Dem."

"Yo,Roxas. I'm on the parking lot." A familiar voice replied from his phone. He was supposed to pick his brother and Sora after their course with Axel.

"Okay, we'll be there in a second." He ended the call and grabbed his bag that had been lying on the floor for the whole time. The blonde stood up, followed by Sora and then Axel.

"Thanks, Axel. We'll get going, then." Sora smiled at the man. Roxas just nodded and gave a grateful glance at Axel. He grabbed the brunet's wrist, pulling him: he had been waiting to get out from that room since the beginning. Away from that chimo.

"Yeah. See you next week, boys. I'll miss ya." Axel put a wide grin as he walked toward the door to open it for the boys. His eyes followed Roxas as he got out from his apartment. After they left him alone, he closed the door. "Roxas." He mumbled, chuckling.

It was around 5 pm and the sky had been painted with a mixture of crimson red and orange. Two boys got off the elevator and started marching towards the parking spot, looking for Roxas' older brother. When they heard a honk from their right, both of them turned their faces that way. Demyx was there, poking his head out if the window of his baby blue colored car, waving his hand at them. Another guy was sitting next to him. As they walked closer, Sora realized it was Zexion. The boys took the back seat.

"How was it?" Demyx asked with a cheerful voice as he started his car.

Roxas didn't say a single word, so Sora decided to answer. "That tutor was awesome! He's good at teaching, we should replace Larxene with him!" The older blonde laughed at Sora's answer.

"We've been waiting for her to be replaced. Too bad you have to face your sophomore year with her." Letting out another laugh, he drove the car out of the parking lot and started to accelerate.

"Yeah. But, the tutor acts weird. He's been hitting Ro—mmph." Roxas' palm had already made its way to Sora's mouth, covering it. Roxas shook his head in panic, telling Sora not to talk about their tutor furthermore.

"He's been hitting my head. A lot. On a table." Roxas couldn't find any better way to cover it. Sora was confused. He elbowed Roxas and mouthed 'what's wrong?' Roxas didn't answer.

"Huh. That's weird." Demyx snorted, not buying it of course but not caring about it anyway. "Oh, by the way, I hope you don't mind Zexy coming along. I just picked him up from your bookstore, Sora." He changed the subject and glanced at Zexion who hadn't made any sound at all, lost in his thoughts.

"My father's." He corrected him. Actually, Sora never went to Cloud's bookstore. He didn't have to, because everytime he needed a book, Cloud would simply take it home with him.

The trip was short and quiet. After Sora reached his 'home sweet home', he finished his day with the usual shower-dinner-homework-sleep routine.

One day had passed since Sora's first meeting with his chemistry tutor. The youngest Strife had been waiting for that day: the day where he would have had his first extra class with his favorite teacher! He had showed his grin to every single person he had met at school: he simply couldn't keep his lips from grinning, or at least smiling. After he had gone through some lessons, the lunch break bell rung in excitement. Sora and Roxas marched to the cafeteria and sat with Demyx and Zexion as usual.

"You've been smiling all day, Sora. You'd rip your mouth apart pretty soon." Demyx stared at the brunet in amazement, as he had no idea how he could kept his mouth in an 'u' shape for such a long period of time. "What happened?"

"This doofus is having an extra class with his Mr. Volk." Roxas massaged his temple: maybe he had gotten a migraine from his smiling friend who couldn't stop talking about his "perfect, gorgeus, amazing, -did I mention 'perfect'?- biology teacher".

"Extra class with Mr. Volk?" The quiet man asked, which made 2 pair of blue eyes and a pair of green ones looking at him in a second. Zexion looked away, embarrassed by the sudden attention to him.

"Yep." Sora answered quickly, not letting them distract him from his lunch.

"I see. He's kind enough for that, isn't he?" Zexion shrugged and swept his bangs with his slender fingers. Sora nodded, but Zexion was already focusing again to his lunch.

"Now, now, Sora. You really like that guy? You can't be serious. Not to be an asshole, but he's a teacher. Like, male teacher." Demyx scrathed his nose.

"Demyx, what's wrong with you and gay love?" Zexion asked slowly. He was offended of course, clearly shown by the expression on his face. Demyx panicked at the dark blue haired man's reaction.

"Wait, sorry Zexy. I didn't mean to offend you or Roxas, but as a straight male, I just want to tell Sora that there are plenty of boobs to be seen before choosing a dick instead."

"I'm 16, Dem. I can choose who I want to be with." Sora didn't mind at all. He knew that with him having a crush on Riku, Demyx would have been the only straight male between the four of them.

After a while, the bell rung again, telling the students to get back to where they belonged and the lessons continued. They passed the rest of the lesson impatiently waiting, especially Sora. Of course he couldn't wait and Kairi could only wonder why; she knew that Sora was a package of smiles and laughs, but that time he was really breaking his record. Sora wouldn't tell her a thing, though: even if kind of selfish, he was afraid that by telling Kairi about his rendez-vous with Riku, she'd ask to join their extra class. When the final bell screamed, Sora packed his bag quickly. He couldn't be more excited than that. After zipping his bag, he ran through the door to leave, but he stopped at the last step and turned back to Roxas to yell: "Adios, Roxas! Wish me luck!". Roxas shrugged, but in the end he laughed. It was funny to see his friend in such spirit; he had never thought Sora could be happier than usual. The brunet rushed to the teacher room where he could find Riku that, as expected, was in his desk. He noticed Sora through the window and waved at him, smiling. Sora opened the door and slipped in, making his way to his crush's desk. Riku pulled a chair near him and motioned Sora to sit on it. The brunet laid his bag on the floor and sat: he was panting, and Riku smiled at him.

"You don't have to run, Sora. I'm not going anywhere." He gave Sora a crooked smile. 'That was one sexy smile, teacher.' Still gasping for breath eagerly, he only gave a quick nod. "Okay, let's start, then."

Sora had been looking at Riku for the whole time. After all he had to pay his attention to the teacher, even though 'attention' in Sora's mind was quite different with 'attention' students usually give to their teachers. Sometimes he nodded to make Riku sure that he had been listening at him. Trying not to be distracted by the teacher and focused on his words instead, but sometimes he failed and ending up with Riku asking him if he was still listening having to repeat his last sentence to make sure Sora didn't miss anything. The fourth time Sora's mind started to trail off from its focus, Riku snapped his fingers in front of him, making the brunet flinch.

"Focus, Sora." The teacher sighed. "Your eyes are staring at me, but your mind is nowhere to be found."

"I'm sorry, sir." He rubbed the back of his neck guiltily and looked down at his lap.

"Something is bothering you?" Riku asked him, suddenly lifted Sora's chin in a gentle movement. Riku leaned his body forward, shortening the gap between them. Their eyes met. "Or perhaps someone?" His voice was quiet enough to be considered as a whisper, emphasizing the last word.

Sora's heart was thumping so hard that he felt like all of his blood was being pumped to his face. He gaped for a few second, trying to find an answer to the teacher's question. Well, it wasn't like he would have answered that it was him who had been in his mind, of course. "N-no, sir." All of Sora's ability to speak had been wiped away in a single gesture of Riku. The teacher stared at him deeply, in an expression that Sora couldn't figure.

"Good." Riku's fingers left Sora's chin. He drew his body back, relaxed it on his chair and then crossed his hands in front of his chest. "Anyway, we're done. Come again next week, Sora."

The small boy couldn't make any word, still surprised by what had just happened. He nodded and marched out of the teacher's room. After leaving, he mumbled something, slightly smiling: "Of course I will come."

A/N: More Riku! And hey, Demyx was straight? Don't worry at the end he will be with Zexion because I want to. Also, I just want to say that this story might end in 2 more chapters. BUT I will write some side story about what happened between Axel and Roxas PLUS Zexion and Demyx (so there will be 2 more extra chapters). Thank you for reading, see you on the next chapter, and leave a review if you can! -Anwy