YES! Exams are freaking over, and as always, we both passed with flying colors. (99.9th percentile bitches!) Well, we found out something very interesting last night. It hurts when people throw printers at your boobs. Never would have thought. Well, anyways, we think we are getting this chapter up faster than the last one so that is good…right? So, might as well get on to the story then!

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Roxas looked at Zexion. "What do you mean you know about my father?" He asked as if there was nothing wrong, although he knew that it was far from.

Zexion walked up to the blonde so that he was right in his face. He wiped Roxas's cheek, washing away the makeup that was on his face. "I know that he hits you hard enough to make it bruise." Roxas turned his head.

"So you noticed…"

"How could I not? It is easier for others who have felt the pain to see it in others." (A/N: It really is, trust us.) "Namine knows too…But that is not really surprising. She knows everything. And…I am just throwing this out there, but it makes it a lot better if you talk about."

Roxas looked into the slate haired boys eyes. How could he say that! If people knew…then eventually everyone would…And everyone included Axel. "If you don't want to-"

"Tell me about you first." He said. Zexion nodded his head.

"Not surprising that you know, not that I try to hide it much. Well…let's see. Both of my parents died in a car crash when I was 12 and since Xemnas was still around, I decided to just stay with him instead of going into the foster care system. After about 2 months, he started to come into my room at night. And then over time, he would come in whenever he was home when I was. I started not coming home at all which made him worry that I was going to tell people, so he put a leash on me. I was not allowed to leave the house on school days."

Roxas looked at the boy, wondering why he was telling him all of this. He was a person that he had just met, yet he felt like the boy was trusting him with his deepest secrets.

"I became numb after a while, choosing to show no emotion at all. I don't remember much from the time I was 13 to the time I was 15. I remember this day very well though. It was Saturday and Xemnas was in my room with me. I will spare you the gory details of what he was doing, but trust me I think you can imagine. I didn't hear the front door open, but the next thing I know Demyx was opening my bedroom door. By the way, we were not going out when this happened. Anyways, what he saw must have scared the crap out of him; me, on a bed near tears and my brother on top of me. I remember him screaming bloody murder. "Get off of him you bastard!" That is what he said." Xemnas got off of me then and left. He just left without a word. I was crying and Demyx…he came over and he just hugged me. I didn't know why be he kept apologizing about something. He kept saying "I'm sorry I didn't know…I'm so freaking sorry…please don't cry Zexy." I have never felt alone since then. Trust me; it is not nearly as hard when you have someone by your side."

Roxas shook his head from side to side. "Easy for you to say. You have Demyx who loves you, I don't have anyone."

"What are you talking about?" Zexion asked "Of course you do. You have Axel, and trust me, as mean as he might look, he really does have a heart. He has probably seen about as much as either of us have in our lives. So…care to do your sharing?"

Roxas shook his head again. "I still don't really want to. But… I still love him, my father; because I know he doesn't mean it."

"You have a strong heart Roxas, to see the good in people when they have not done good to you." Zexion said, walking out the door. "Now, we better get back or they might start to worry. But remember Roxas, as long as you need me, I am here."

Roxas was back in the so called 'car' with his friends, feeling less awkward than he had on the way to the restaurant. "So where to now?" Oerba asked the four boys that sat in the back. They looked to one another and shrugged.

"Well." Axel said. "We could go the beach. It is nice enough out and the season will be ending soon enough. Zexion can borrow one of Demy's swim trunks and Roxas can borrow one of mine. You wouldn't mine that would you?" He asked looking to the small blonde. Roxas nodded his head coyly, blushing at the idea of wearing the red heads swim trunks. The two boys sat there for a while smiling at each other before Vincent's voice broke the silence.

"Well, sure, but work starts at 4 today, so me and your mother will be leaving right away. So you would be there by yourself. Zexion, you can stay the night if you want, but Roxas, your father will probably want you home before nightfall. Do you think he will be okay with this?" The raven haired man asked. Roxas could hear it in his tone of voice that he knew what would happen if his father was not okay with it. The blonde nodded his head.

"He said it was fine that I was over as long as I was home by 9. I would stay longer if I could, but I think that that would be enough time. We do have school tomorrow." Vincent gave him a knowing look and turned back to the road.

Roxas looked at Demyx, who had his head leaning on Zexion, who was reading a book that he had found on the floor of the car called "How to clean your engine parts". The blonde laughed at the sexual reference. Axel looked at him.

"What are you laughing at?" He asked, though inside he was thinking 'wow, Roxas has a pretty laugh'. Said boy pointed to the title of the book. When Axel saw it, he too let out a small laugh. "Wow, just…wow." They pulled up to the large house that belonged to the Valentine family and got out of the 'car'. They all entered the house and made their way up to the twin's bedroom. Demyx flopped down onto his bead and Zexion soon follow on top of him. Roxas watched this display of affection between them, wishing that he could have that with someone, that someone who was standing next to him.

"Here." The red head said handing him a pain of black swim trunks. "I know they are a little big, but they are the smallest I could find. " Axel threw another 2 pairs at the two boys lying on the bed.

Axel Removed his own shirt and then began to undo his belt before looking up. Roxas stared at the floor with wide eyes. "What?" He asked, honestly confused about what he had done wrong.

""Axel….I need a shirt...long sleeved…" Roxas said. He refused to even risk the fact that he may have some form of visible bruise of cut that Axel may see. While the red head was not sure why the boy wanted to wear a shirt to go to the beach, he tossed him the one that he had been wearing before anyways. Roxas caught it and turned it right side out before retreating to the bathroom that was attached to the twin's bedroom to change.

Roxas and Axel sat on the shore watching the others play happily. Demyx was in the water surfing and Zexion swam closer to shore, watching him.

"Hey um…Axel?" Roxas asked timidly. "I get that you got your red hair from your mom, but…how is Demyx…blonde?" Axel shook his head and laughed at the unimportant question, although his curiosity was perfectly understandable.

"If I tell you, you have to promise not to tell Demyx I told you. He…dyes it." Axel said, pausing for dramatic effect.

"Are you serious?" Roxas laughed. "So his hair is red?" This time axel shook his head, pressing his lips firmly together, attempting to hold back laughter. "Wait…his hair is BLACK!" The blonde boy burst into laughter at this new piece of apparently very secret information.

"So." Axel said. "You asked me a question, now I get to ask you one. Did you ever go out with anyone while you were at Diamond Ranch?" Roxas didn't know what to say to this. Did he admit that he had never gone out with anyone, or did he lie to Axel?

"Actually no, I have never gone out with anyone. I guess that is just what comes from having one of your parents die. You don't want to fall in love." He smiled as he finished. "What about you, Axel? Have you ever fallen in love?"

"I…I thought I was. In the end, I guess I was just lying to myself." The red head paused. "I have a problem with that you know? Lying to myself to make everything look better than it is." He shook his head, as if trying to shake away the memory. "Anyways, the more important question is if you like anyone at our school?"

Roxas looked away, towards the water. He saw Demyx and Zexion, further out in the water than before. Zexion was lying of the blue surfboard and Demyx was in the water, entertaining the slate haired boy with handstands and kisses in-between.

"Ya actually, I think I might." He said. Suddenly, the red head boy sat up straighter.

"Really! Do I know them?"

Roxas laughed. "Ya, you do." The red head was smiling and happy now, wanting to know the crush of the new boy, wanting to know so bad.

"And their name is?" Axel asked. Roxas moved his eyes from the ocean water to the boy beside him.

"It is you."

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