Warning: Yaoi, several boy on boy parings. Be prepared.

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Authors Note: Wooooo another chapter. Sorry it took so long for me to update, life sucks. It's taken me a few months to get back on my feet, and get over a serious case of writer's block after finals. Which I assure was nothing BUT written work. Anyway, I hope you enjoy! Please read and review, I love it!

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Chapter 4

Ready Steady Go

"So Sora was it? And Roxas?"

Both sets of bright blue eyes looked up at their names. Axel and his silver haired friend were waiting at the door for the twins after class ended. Axel smirked at the brief identical looks of confusion, exchanging a quirked brow with his friend. Finally Roxas gave a slight nod as he pulled his bag over his shoulder, but his twin smirked widely and gave an enthusiastic nod of his own. "What classes do you have next?" Riku asked curiously, his smile was small, barely there, but warm.

Sora gave a thoughtful look, then his face fell dramatically, emitting a loud groan. "Algebra." he muttered, scratching his head.

Both taller teens laughed, even Roxas managed a soft chuckle, shaking his head. "Do you know where to go?" Riku followed up with a questioning glance.

At that Sora flushed and punched his twin weakly in the chest, as his chuckles turned into snickers. "I know the building, I can definitely find it from there." He stated confidently, standing up straighter, trying to seem utterly confident, yet somehow bitterly failing. Sad fact is, Sora knew it, so he just grinned awkwardly and clasped his hands behind his head.

"What about you Roxas?" Axel piped in, turning to lead the way out of the classroom.

"Ensemble." Roxas replied easily, pulling out a piece of paper from his pocket, his blue eyes skimming over the printed words a moment before being stuffed unceremoniously back into his pocket.

The red head paused, then gave a feral grin that would make anyone it was directed at blush. For Roxas's part, he managed fairly well to hide the warmth that rushed to his cheeks, enough so that only his twin noted the redness and that was only because Sora knew his twin better than anyone. "Tifa was right." Roxas glanced up with a cool, questioning gaze. Axel swung an arm around the shorter blonde's shoulders. "We have ensemble together, how's that for luck?"

Roxas shrugged his shoulders, a rather weak attempt to throw Axel's arm off of him, but covered it up by waving a hand. "No surprise really, you're main instrument is the bass right? Mine's just the guitar." he stated airily.

"And vocals!" Sora interjected cheerfully, grinning majestically at the glare his twin sent his way.

"Right point being, I don't specialize in your instrument." Roxas continued as if the glare-turned-death-threat had passed between the two blue eyes. "So it's really not that big of a deal."

Riku laughed under his breath, before nudging Sora with an elbow. "Come on kid, I'll show you to your classroom. I have Calculus." he told the brown headed teen, pointing to a short brick building the opposite direction Roxas and Axel had turned towards.

There was another groan, as Sora immediately latched onto his brother's arm. "Rox! Don't make me go!" he complained, a distinct pout forming on his face. The blonde quirked one fine brown, yet another threat passing between them though this time even Riku and Axel took note of it. "Gah don't have to get you're panties in a wad, I was just joking!" Sora exclaimed throwing his hands in the air turning to follow Riku. "See you after lunch bro! Oh and keep an eye out for Kairi and Namine, they said they'd tried to meet up with us today!" he voiced, trotting off after the silver haired man with a wave.

Kairi and Namine, or the other set of twins, as Roxas's mom liked to refer to the as were life time friends. Sora and Roxas had known the two girls since they were quite literally in diapers. Their mother's had taken Lamaze classes together and had apparently become fast friends. The two girls had moved away to Traverse Town the summer before their junior year of high school. Of course considering how close Kairi and Sora were, they heard from the other set of twins almost every day, twice on some occasions. As luck would have it (if you could consider female manipulation of parents to coerce them into attending a university far from home luck) both girls got accepted into Kingdom University.

Axel chuckled under his breath, turning as Roxas did to walk slowly towards the Commercial Music building where their class was going to be held. "So you said that you don't specialize in the bass, I take it that means while you don't play exclusively, that you do still play it." He asked curiously watching the blonde out of the corner of his eye.

Roxas nodded his head slowly. "Yeah, kinda, not the double bass though."

"Why not?" This time Roxas flushed quite visibly, murmuring something into his shoulder as he turned his head to hide the flush. "What's that?"

The blonde coughed, trying to look more dignified than he felt. "It's too big for me to handle."

Axel gave barking laughing, reaching over to ruffle the blonde's hair. "Oh well, no harm no foul, if you could play that too I have to admit I'd feel slightly intimidated." he proclaimed enthusiastically. Roxas swatted his hand away with a roll of his eyes, not bothering to hide the glare he sent the red head's way. Either Axel ignored it or he didn't bother to acknowledge it in favor of continuing on jovially. "So what other instruments do you play?"

Roxas winced he hated questions like that, because no matter how he answered them, it always sounded like he was bragging, and if this guy was in his music classes, he couldn't very well lie. He gave a one shouldered shrug, trying very hard to seem nonchalant. "Oh you know a few here and there."

The red head turned searching, yet oh so very deep, green eyes over to his walking partner, and once more, for what seemed like the hundredth time already, Roxas wondered what kind of drugs Axel took to make his green eyes so intense. "That's a very detailed answer." Axel replied sarcastically.

"I didn't know the question required details." Roxas countered easily.

There was a snort in reply. "Well usually a question like that asks for specifics. -I- was asking for specifics." Axel amended, almost seeming a bit too patient with the blonde. The Commercial Music building loomed before him, so Axel pulled the door open, pausing for Roxas to enter before him.

The blonde hesitated ever so slightly before standing up straighter and walking in. "Like what?" he asked glancing around him. He was familiar with the building on the outside from the tour a few days before, but the inside was new territory. While the inside of the building was professional, like someone would expect, it also had an oddly familiar warm and welcoming feeling, like he belonged there. The students loitering about were literally all ranges of stereotypes, including the tall kid with an equally tall bright green Mohawk that made Axel's vivid red hair look normal.

Axel sighed. "Like… the piano. Can you play the piano?"

Roxas nodded. "Oh yeah, technically the first thing I learned. Mom wouldn't let dad teach us the guitar until we had the basic piano knowledge." He stated rolling his eyes. "I think I remember her saying something along the lines of the piano being a instrument that would get you more brownie points with girls. And it'd get you farther in life… or something like that."

"Well then I have to say that you're mother is a very agreeable woman." A cool voice said, almost directly behind Roxas. The blonde squeaked slightly in surprise, turning around on the spot. The two guys standing behind him were definitely one of a kind. The man closest to him had oddly colored, long, gray hair, parted to the side, the long strands covering half of his face. One dark eye watched him carefully, Roxas had the distinct impression that he was watching and calculating Roxas's every move, including every blink. His arms were crossed over his chest, where he was wearing a purplish-blue shirt, a black jacket and black jeans.

The taller guy standing behind the gray haired one looked almost just as remarkable. He had blonde hair almost the same color as Roxas's if not a bit darker, but was cut sheered at the sides, the top and back, longer, and sticking up, despite a few long strands that hung into his light blue eyes. He wore a tan shirt, with a detailed tribal design at the side, centering around a vivid blue rose, and a pair of dark, faded jeans. There was a cloth guitar case swung casually over his shoulder as if it always belonged there. When Roxas's blue eyes turned to inspect him, he grinned and waved.

When Roxas didn't say anything, the gray haired quirked his one visible brow. "Who's you're friend Axel?" he asked in that same cool voice from before. Apparently he had been the one to speak, Roxas should have taken that for granted, that voice didn't sound like it could have belonged to the warmer young man behind him.

The red head propped his elbow on Roxas's shoulder, linking his ankles casually. "Oh right, Zexion, this is Roxas. Roxas this is Zexion," he pointed to the gray haired man, "and Demyx." his finger shifted to point towards the blonde.

The blonde, Demyx, laughed lightly and slapped Axel's hand. "It's not nice to point Axel." he voiced in an almost sing song air.

Zexion's attention however, -still- hadn't left Roxas, which made the blonde shift uncomfortably on his feet. It felt like he was being scrutinized for interrogation. "It's a pleasure meeting you Roxas." He stated with an ever so slight incline of his head.

Roxas ran a hand through his hair. "Likewise I think." he murmured, stepping sideways out from under the red head's elbow. Axel spluttered in surprise grabbing the wall next to him to keep from falling flat on his face.

Again that one visible brow raised. "Roxas is in ensemble with us!" Axel interrupted after he gained his bearings, running his hand through his hair.

At that Demyx's eyes light up, finally becoming curious in the boy standing before him. "Oh really? What do you play?" he asked, almost in the same tone as before. It took Roxas a moment to realize that it must have been the blonde mohawked kid's normal way of speaking.

"Guitar-" Roxas started before Axel's voice pierced through.

"And bass, and piano, sings too, But I haven't gotten anything else out of him, which was what I was trying to do when you to trapezed up." He stated, crossing his arms with a pointed stare.

Zexion gave a sophisticated roll of his eyes. "How do you know he plays anything else?"

"Cause his twin was mighty exaggerate on Roxas's talent."

It was Roxas's turn to roll his eyes, adding a wave of his hand. "You shouldn't believe everything Sora tells you."

Axel quirked one red brow with a slight smirk. "He didn't seem like the type to lie."

Roxas snorted internally, of course Axel would think that, Sora seemed to be the epitome of all things naïve and innocent. Roxas naturally knew better. His twin had a optimistic view on life, he was kind and highly gullible, would do anything for anyone he knew and trusted and was rather protective. Over all the kid had a typical good nature, but he also had his moments, his dark secrets, like every normal teenager. "Yeah, but Sora also likes to brag. A lot."

The red head rolled his eyes. "Point being, I know there's more."

Demyx eyed his fellow blonde curiously. "How?"

There was a shrug in response via Axel, while Roxas sighed, adverting his eyes. Here it goes, soon Axel would be bragging about how Roxas was the son of a famous musician, which ensured that he had every musical talent under the sun, which wasn't true. He couldn't play the flute, or trumpet, or any kind of wind instrument to be exact. "I just do." The red head stated knowingly. Roxas looked over, surprise evident on his face, Axel just winked and clapped the shorter blonde male on the back. "Well we're going to be late for class!" he exclaimed, grabbing Roxas's and Demyx's arm, pulling them down a long white hallway.

He stopped at a large, windowless purple door and unceremoniously kicked it open, pushing Roxas inside. The blonde stumbled forward, but caught himself, making it look like he strolled in with a sense of wayward graze. He froze though when he realized there were already two other people in the padded room. Not padded as in I'm-insane-and-am-now-in-a-padded-room-for-my-safety kind of padded room, but the simple sound proofing kind. There were a set of drums set up in one corner, a clear sound shield set up in front of it, as well as various guitars, mics, and other pieces of necessary sound equipment laying about. To the far side of the room there was a set of desks and a large white board set up in a mock-classroom setting.

There was a girl and another male already sitting in the room. The girl was sitting backwards in one of the desks, her arms crossed over the back of the chair, and her chin resting in her forearms. She had short light blonde hair, brushed back, except for her 'bangs' which didn't seem to want to be slicked back, and oddly reminded Roxas of antenna. Her intense gray eyes were sweeping idly over Roxas, to the three men standing behind him.

Roxas glanced at the taller guy behind her and felt his brow twitch ever so slightly, the first thing that his eyes were drawn to were the large sideburns at the side of his face. Over all the man was large muscular and almost intimidating, despite the huge sideburns. He had tan skin and long black dreaded hair pulled into a high ponytail. There was an almost emotionless, or was it bored, feel to the man's dark eyes as they watched the new comers. He was leaning back against the white board, his large muscular arms crossed over an equally muscular chest.

The tall man quirked one fuzzy dark brow. "New kid?"

Axel strolled past Roxas casually, his hands pushed into the pockets of his jeans. "Yep. Roxas, this is Larxene and Xaldin. Play nice!."

"You all already know each other?" Roxas asked, blinking as Zexion and Demyx followed Axel into the actual class room part of the room. Zexion sat down casually behind Larxene, who moved the desk so she could see everyone. Demyx gingerly set down his guitar before collapsing into the desk beside Zexion dramatically.

Light laughter followed Roxas's question. "Of course, we've been together for a year now Roxas, you quite literally are the new kid."

Roxas tilted his head slightly and then shrugged, turning to leaning against the wall, rubbing his neck. "So Cox-" Larxene began,

"Roxas." Axel and Roxas corrected at the same time.

"Right, Roxas, that's what I said. Anyway, Roxas, you're a freshman right?"

Roxas shifted his gaze away from the group sitting in front of him, all four consequently had their eyes on him. "Sophomore… technically." he muttered, scuffing his foot against the ground so he could miss the looks they exchanged.

"I thought Reno said you just graduated." Axel commented.

The short blonde shrugged. "I did… I took a lot of duel credit courses." he replied idly.

Demyx laughed. "Oh, so there's a smart one in our midst!" he exclaimed.

Roxas flushed in response. Man he hated it when he sounded like he was bragging, call him humble if you will, hell you could even call him submissive (thought it wouldn't be recommended, not to his face at any rate, not unless you wanted blunt key blades up your… well you get the drift) but he hated it when attention like that was turned on him. He supposed it was from a life time of having a famous father, having people on the streets who knew his name, but he didn't know them, ON top of having some of your father's talents. THEN expected to surpass your father? Of course, the meekness all came with that, it got tiring after the first ten years. "No not really, the classes at my high school were super easy." he stated.

The blonde thanked the stars above and whatever happened to be beyond them when the door opened, effectively stopping the conversation all together. He breathed a sigh of relief, but eyed the tall older man that had entered the room curiously. He assumed that this was Professor Ansem, from what his schedule said, the head professor of the Commercial Music department. Someone his father spoke highly of. The man had long white -blonde blonde hair, and a trim goatee of the same color. His face was fierce, but added a severe wizened look to him. He crossed his arms and eyed one of them in turn, the narrow gray orbs finally resting, and lingering on Roxas, who shifted slightly under the gaze. "Roxas right?"

The blonde nodded. "Nice to meet you sir. My father talks highly of you." Well there went not having a lot of questions. Roxas thought glancing over hat his classmates.

There was a deep chuckle in response. "I should expect so. We worked together for at least two years."

Roxas blinked. "Really? I didn't know that. He didn't really tell me."

Ansem's eyes seemed to bore deeper into Roxas then, which resulted in the boy uncharacteristically flushing (you might think it wasn't too characteristic at this point, but Axel had a strange effect on him that was unlike anything he had ever encountered before). "Night was always a harboring person. Something I imagine you and your brothers inherited. Especially what I have seen of Cloud." He stated. Roxas responded by simply shrugging, adverting his eyes again as Ansem finally turned to everyone else. "Well welcome to another year of ensemble. It's the same spew as last semester. We'll play covers, if you want to play one of your own songs, make sure it's good and everyone else likes it, then present it to me like you would any recording agency. Over the course of the semester you will learn ten songs, and perform five at the Christmas concert as your final in front of a panel of judges. Axel I'm assigning you to Roxas to show him the ropes. Roxas you have questions, you ask Axel, unless the idiot doesn't know then ask Zexion or Xemnas. Of course you can always come to me, but as a 'band' you need to get to know you're fellow members, I figure this will be the easiest way. Got it?"

Roxas glanced at Axel briefly, unsure if he should be nervous or not. Everyone else seemed perfectly at ease, Axel was grinning widely, so he turned and nodded. Ansem smirked slightly. "Great, alright, based on you're upbringing Roxas, as well as that so called audition that everyone goes through before they're placed in their respective ensemble, I assume that you can play pretty much every instrument in this room?" Ansem continued, now directing his complete attention to the short blonde.

"Yeah.." Roxas muttered, his opinion of the professor slowly going downhill. Was it really necessary for him to voice that to everyone else? Especially since he knew they were going into this already assigned to their individual parts.

"Good alright, Larxene you are vocals of course, Roxas you are Vocals and guitar, but Demyx is guitar vocals, understand? That means that Roxas and Larxene are lead vocals, while Demyx is lead guitar, but Demyx will back you in voice while Roxas you will back Demyx with the guitar." All three nodded when he paused briefly. "Xaldin drums. Axel you're on bass, and Zexion on piano." Again three nods. "Great, alright. Next time each of you pick a song, bring a sample disc and sheet music and you will vote on what song you're going to start learning. Now get out of my sight, I'll see you on Wednesday." And with that he turned and strolled out of the room without so much as another word.

Roxas blinked eyeing the door that swung shut behind the blonde man. "Is… Is he always like that?" he asked blandly.

All four laughed. "Yeah, he's kinda too the point. Patient though, you have to be really bad to get him frustrated." Axel explained stretching his arms above his head before fixing his piercing green gaze on Roxas. "So prodigy, are you going to give us an example?"

Roxas decidedly did not flush, from either that gaze or the sudden attention ONCE again on him. "No not today, I'd rather have my own things, I'm picky." He lied, rubbing his neck again.

"So what kind of upbringing DID you have?" Demyx asked curiously.

The other blonde shrugged, fidgeting with the bottom of his t-shirt. "Oh you know, a music family." he replied absently, trying to appear painfully apathetic. They would obviously find out eventually, and Roxas was completely intent drawing that out as long as possible.

"What kind-"

"SO Roxas, want to go get some coffee while we wait for Riku and Sora to get out of class?"

Roxas could have seriously kissed Axel for that interruption, of course he didn't voice that out loud, terrified that the thought crossed his mind and he genuinely meant it. Instead he settled for a grateful look and nodding vigorously. "Yeah, coffee sounds great!" he exclaimed, instantly turning towards the door.

Axel exchanged an amused glance with Demyx and Zexion and met the kid at the door. "See you guys later!" he waved. Roxas turned and gave a simple wave before bounding out of the door.

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Roxas and Axel spent the next hour and a half sitting at a round table in the café literally talking about nothing but music, drinking coffee and waiting for Sora and Riku to get out of their respective math classes. "What about Rumbling Rose." Axel questioned leaning forward curiously. They had been arguing over, and comparing favorite bands for the past hour. As it turned out, Axel worked in a local record store and knew his music business, almost as much as Roxas himself.

Roxas made a disgusted face. "Uh, no. I have a great dislike of them."

Axel looked like he was going to have an aneurism for a moment. "WHAT? How can you hate them? Their music is amazing. I swear that guitarist is like a magician the way he plays!" he exclaimed incredulously.

Roxas held up one finger so Axel paused. "I didn't say I hated them. They are good musicians, so there's one point, but only one. They're all a bunch of conceited jerks." he replied calmly.

Axel snorted. "You say that like you know them." He stated. Roxas just blinked at him quirking one blonde brow. "You know them?"

Roxas sighed and nodded, resting his chin in his hand. "Yeah, they're signed under my dad's label."

The red head flung himself back into his chair racking a hand through the crimson locks. "Man I'm so jealous of you, it's not even cool." He exclaimed with a breathy sigh.

Roxas chuckled. "It's not that great really, it kind of get's tiring after a while. The experience is nice though. Maybe you can come with me sometime when I go to work." He offered lazily, watching the red head under lidded eyes.

The excitement that flashed through those green eyes were like a five year olds on Christmas morning when Santa brought him a train set AND the latest video game console. "Really? Oh my Heart Roxas you're my hero!"

"Wow Rox, you havent even been at school a day, and already you have yourself an admirer. Don't tell me you're turning into me!"

Axel looked up at the voice with a wide grin, but Roxas didn't even bother. If he didn't recognize his older brother's patronizing voice, who would? "Heaven, I hope not!" Roxas exclaimed as Cloud sat down next to his brother, Cloud's friend, the stony silent Leon, sitting next on the other side. "I don't fancy being skilled at running around waving my sword." he replied sardonically.

Cloud snorted, unaffected by the obvious innuendo. "It's better than sitting around all day strumming my instrument." he countered, to which Roxas grinned and rolled his eyes. "Uh-oh, here comes Sora. He looks like a tornado hit, what happened?"

"Algebra class."

Cloud gave a groan and a knowing nod as the short brunette approached and dramatically flopped into one of the café's chairs, nearly knocking it on it's back, then slamming his head onto the table. Riku wasn't far behind, sitting gracefully down beside Axel with a wide grin. "Oh come off it Sora, it could not have been that bad."

"OH it was horrible! We already have two pages of homework to do! Professor Daisy actually lectured!" he complained slamming his head against the table again. "Rinoa extended my dead line to Wednesday! And I procrastinated!"

Rosas snorted. "Oh go figure." he muttered earning a glare from his twin who looked up briefly.

"Who's Rinoa and what deadline?" Axel questioned curiously.

"HEY Rox! Did you know that Riku's an artist too? How amazing is that?" Sora exclaimed suddenly cheerful again, giving no inclination to whether he heard Axel's question or not.

Roxas didn't bat an eye at the change of subject, far too used to it to care. Cloud however glanced at the three strangers with a slight grin. Axel and Riku exchanged curious glances, the glint in Axel's eye, if he was anything like his brother, meant that Axel would get down to the nitty gritty and find out exactly what had the brunette so jumpy, whether it killed him or not. They do say curiosity killed the cat. As odd as it was to compare Axel to a cat, it was a fitting metaphor. Leon looked rather bemused by the antics, but Cloud assumed that Leon knew Cloud would probably tell his fast friend eventually.

He had only met Leon last semester, and already Leon was becoming one of his best friends, not on Zack or Aerith's level of course, but pretty close. They just seemed to hit it off instantly, and within a week it was like they had known each other for years. What Cloud liked most about spending time with the scarred brunette was that they could sit for hours in comfortable silence, or the fact they could practically have an entire conversation without saying one word.

"That's cool. Are you an art major Riku?" Roxas asked tilting his head slightly.

The handsome silver haired boy shook his head. "Business actually. My dream is to own a gallery one day."

"Isnt that amazing?" Sora laughed. "MY dream is to have my art sold in a gallery one day!"

Both Roxas and Cloud laughed. "I thought your dream was to have your art known all over the world, and showcased in museums." Cloud asked with a grin.

Sora huffed slightly. "Well you have to start off small." he explained waving his hand.

Cloud leaned close to Roxas's ear, so that only the blonde boy could hear his whispered words. "I think Sora has a crush." he muttered under his breath.

Roxas gave his older brother a sharp look with a slight hiss. "Shush." he murmured waving Cloud's face away.

"Roxas?" Sora gave his brother's a worried glance but didn't get down to his interrogation when someone squealed in an awfully familiar high pitched voice and his mouth was covered by arms thrown around his neck, leaving the brunette to flail about with a loud "ARMPH!"

Sora's blonde twin laughed loudly in surprise as the red headed girl who attacked his brother squealed straight into Sora's ear once more. As far as he knew Kairi, their long time friend, wasn't quite THAT excitable, but he supposed it was about something seeing your best friend after what seemed like five lifetimes. The blonde boy turned to glance behind the struggling couple to see a quieter blonde girl standing not two feet from her twin sister. Namine's smile was excited but, she was of course the calmer of the two, like Roxas to Sora. Her blonde hair was twisted over her shoulder like he rembered, turquoise eyes shining in amusement. Of course she was wearing white, as always. Her white flowing skirt twirled around her legs as she moved was accompanied by a pale pink tank top. "Hey Namine!" he waved with an excited smile of his own.

Namine walked over, hugging him tightly, resting her sketch pad (something she never went ANYWHERE without) on the table. "How are you Roxas?"

"Great! I'm glad to see you. How are you?"

Namine laughed lightly. "The same." she replied, as Kairi finally released Roxas's struggling brother after at least the third 'Kairi I cant breath!' could be heard. Axel and Riku looked slightly surprised ,but more amused than anything. Cloud, far to used to it to be effected, crossed his arms and leaned his chair onto the two back legs as he watched. Leon again, looked bemused, though almost slightly annoyed.

"Leon!" Kairi suddenly started whining. "You didn't tell me that you knew Sora and Roxas!" She exclaimed, which made Sora blink in confusion.

The scarred brunette shrugged slightly. "I technically didn't until last weekend." he replied apathetically, ignoring the glare Kairi was sending his way.

"You know Leon Kairi?" Sora asked looking up at his best friend who still had a tight grip on his neck.

Kairi snorted. "Of course I know him, he's my brother silly! Didn't you ever pay attention? I thought that was Roxas's job." she explained squeezing Sora's shoulders slightly.

Sora still looked confused so Namine reached over to pat his head comfortingly. "Leon lived with dad a majority of the time, so it's no surprise you don't remember." she interpreted lightly. Kairi, Namine and Leon's mother and father had divorced when both sets of twins were only five, taking the eight year old Leon with him, practically across the country. Even back then Leon had been his stoic and quiet self.

"So big brother Leon is Cloud's friend Leon." Roxas stated before shrugging. "Small world. This university is full of ironies." He stated, taking a sip of his by now cold coffee. Axel coughed, quirking a brow at the blonde. Roxas blinked for a moment then grinned. "Oh right, sorry . Kari, Namine, these are our new friends, guys these two girls are-"

"My best friends!" Sora exclaimed happily when Kairi finally released him to plop down into his lap. Kairi looked a lot like Namine, the way Sora looked like Roxas. They had the same teal colored eyes and pale skin. Kairi's dark red hair, however, was shorter, with soft layers that framed her face gently. Kairi herself was wearing a pair of fitting jeans and a purple blouse, with a large, black stone, heart-shaped necklace.

Namine bowed her head. "It's nice to meet you. I'm Namine."

The red head put two fingers to his forehead in, what Roxas assumed was some kind of wayward salute. "My name's Axel. A-X-E-L. Got it Memorized?" he grinned.

Riku slapped his shoulder lightly and gave a wave of his own. "I'm Riku, pleased to meet you."

"Oh! I'm Kairi!" the red head exclaimed bouncing on Sora's lap with a grin.

The brunette groaned. "Ow Kairi, be still! Gee what'd you do? If I didn't know any better you touched the forbidden drink."

At that the red headed girl flushed and gave her best friend the best innocent look she could muster. "Why my dear Sora I don't know what you're talking about!"

Sora gaped. "YOU DID! You traitor, you had an espresso didn't you?"

"A double shot too." Namine offered.

Kairi shot her twin a glare. "Now who's the traitor."

A majority of the occupants of the table laughed, before Riku made a slow act of standing, stretching his arms above his head. Sora looked up at his new friend, pointedly trying to ignore the way the pale man's shirt road up and revealed fine tuned abs. "What's up Riku?"

"I have an art class to get to." He replied easily, picking up his backpack to swing over his shoulder.

Namine brightened. "Really? With Professor Minnie?" Riku nodded. "Me too!"

At that Sora swore loudly, earning a reproachful glare from several patrons sitting around them, as he pushed Kairi off his lap, making her squawk as he dug hurriedly through his bag. "Crap! I think I do too! Aw man… I didn't even realize that my classes were back to back today! UG!" he complained pulling a crumpled piece of paper out of it's refuge in his bag up to his eyes, scrutinizing it for a long moment before groaning again. "Yep I do." he sighed and stood. "Well there goes lunch." He muttered.

Namine laughed lightly, taking Sora's hand. "Oh come on Sora, this is art we're talking about, you know you've been looking forward to this!"

"Yeah, but I was looking forward to eating lunch too!"

Riku chuckled, clapping him on the back. "Well it looks like next time you'll have to be faster." he explained as Namine began to pull him out of the café.

"Bye guys! I'll see you after class!" he waved before looking at Riku who was following him with one hand pushed into the pockets of his jeans. "Wow Riku, that's like two classes we have together already, it's like fate or something!" The brunette's exclamation was heard as Sora's voice trailed off in his exit.

Kairi laughed as well, as she brushed her clothes off where Sora had pushed her onto the ground. "and I have a theatre class, I figured we'd stop in to see Leon. I'm glad we found you guys."

Roxas nodded with a warm smile. "Me too. We'll see you soon Kairi!" She grinned and waved running off, before Roxas groaned suddenly, hugging his face in his hands. "What's up Rox?" Cloud asked leaning forward to pat Roxas's shoulder.

"I'm done for the day… I just realized that that means I have to wait around for HOURS for you two to get out of class." he complained leaning back in his chair.

Cloud chuckled. "Yeah… My last class isn't for another thirty minutes." he stated glancing down at his watch. "Sorry Rox, well at least this means you have PLENTY of time to do you're studies. Mom would be happy."

Roxas rolled his eyes. "Like I wouldn't do it anyway. We really should have planned this better."

"You could walk home." Cloud replied quirking a brow.

"Cant you just let me complain without retaliation?"

Axel laughed loudly, reaching over to ruffle Roxas's hair. "Kid you're funny. I'm done for the day too, so how bout I keep you company?"

Roxas glanced up at him thoughtfully, again resisting the second confusing urge that day to kiss the red head with thanks, then shrugged, trying to seem nonchalant, and actually managing quite well. "Alright, sounds good."

"Sweet, I'll show you the town directly next to campus, you have to see my store!" he exclaimed standing, and grabbing Roxas's bag to thrust into the short blonde's lap.

Roxas laughed and glanced at his brother who was watching him with a wide grin. Roxas pointedly chose to ignore any meaning that Cloud's grin could have possibly meant. "Call me when you get out of class." Cloud nodded with a wave. "See you later." Roxas turned and followed the red head out of the café.

He was beginning to wonder if he could possibly consider Axel his Guardian angel.