[Roxas' POV]
The next day I avoided Axel. I was feeling too awkward about the previous day to talk to him, so I
just pretended as if I forgot what happened and continued as if we didn't know each other. The problem was that I'm not a very good actor, so it was probably strange when he kept catching me staring.
I was also feeling sort of used. I had this nagging feeling that he was only befriending me to get rid of Larxene, though I didn't think that Axel would be the sort of person to do that.
Every time I thought of something, it would always link back to him. It sucked.
After an hour or two, the girls started to notice, and Olette cornered me with a strange look on her face, asking me what was up between me and Axel. I decided that if anyone knew what to do, it would probably be her, so I told her all about what had happened the day before.
"Oh. So you admit you like him, then?" She said with a smirk and a raised eyebrow.
"What? That's not what I said!" I said, a bit too fast to seem to be acting normal.
"I know, but you do, you can't deny it." She stated, triumphantly. Damn Olette and her girly senses...
Anyway, she managed to get the truth out of me, but the only advice she would give was that if I gave it time, it'd sort itself out. She wouldn't even tell me if she thought that he liked me or something, but she had that smile on her face – the sort of look that says 'I know something that you don't.'
She also told me that the Struggle competition would be coming up soon, so we could sign up and try out for the team, but that not many people actually got on. When I told her that I had never bothered doing it before because not all the schools in the area took part in the competition, she told me to talk to Hayner about it, since she thought that I could do well in it. So I did.
"Struggle, eh?" Hayner asked with a mischievous grin.
"Yeah, Olette said to ask you about it." I said sheepishly.
"Yeah, she told me that she thought you could do pretty well in it. I get in every year. I've won once, as well."
"Oh, really? You must be good, then." I already knew the rules, just not technique.
"Yep. You know what?"
"What?" I said, somewhat suspiciously. He looked as if he had a plan, and the plans that I had been involved in recently were not good. And damn, I was thinking about Axel again.
"The try outs for the team are next Wednesday. If you put your name down now, I bet I could train you really well in time for them." He said, then raised an eyebrow, "deal?"
"Sure." I said, letting a slow smile creep across my face as I shook his deal.
[Demyx's POV]
So, I was starting to go insane from all of Axel's whining. Two out of three sentences would be something along the lines of either, "oh, why did I agree to do something like that?" or "he hates me!"
I had been observing their sheepish glances all morning, so I knew it would be fine. And anyway, there were more important matters at hand.
Like that of Zexion. Zexy. Sexy Zexy. Sexion. Coincidence? I think not.
I had been spending a lot of my free time at the library, watching him through the shelves of the library. I felt like a bit of a stalker sometimes, but I was hoping he wouldn't have noticed.
This time, though, it would be different. I would talk to him, make him swoon, and then we'd live happily ever after like in the chick flicks! Yay!
But no. That's not how I achieved friendly terms with him.
I went to the library as usual at lunch, and walked up to him. It was only when he turned around and our eyes met, that my hands started sweating.
"Hi, Demyx..." He said, sort of shyly.
"Hi Zexion!" My reply came out as barely more than a whisper.
"What brings you here?" He asked, curiously after a moment of silence.
I hadn't planned this far into the conversation, though, so I panicked and blurted the first thing that came to my head.
"Do you like dogs?" I mentally slapped myself. I still can't believe I said that, but I did. It wasn't too bad, because a timid smile spread across his face as he gave his answer.
"Yes."
Success! But he wasn't swept off his feet yet. I would have to work up to that stage, but hopefully not by blurting out stupid things.
"So do I! I really want a dog." I kept rambling.
"Oh, cool. I have a terrier."
"Oh, that's really cool! I'd like to see your dog one day." I was speaking really quickly now, not really caring about what was coming out of my mouth. "Do you want to hang out with me after school? We could go to the Twilight Town shops or something, 'cause I was going to go to the library to try do some research for that biology project we got the other day."
"Oh, sure. I can help you out with that, I'm done already." He seemed to be getting more comfortable as the conversation continued, so that was a good sign.
"Thanks so much, Zexy!" I hugged him, then realised that, A: I was touching him; and B: I had just called him Zexy. I awkwardly released him from the embrace and apologised for making up a name for him. But you can't blame me for rhyming it with 'sexy'...
"That's okay. I'll see you after school." He said as the bell rung – typical – and we parted, me smiling like a rabid fan-girl, and him... well, he probably wasn't aware that he had just had his first real conversation with his future husband, of course.
And yeah, I was so the man in the relationship.
[Roxas' POV]
I ended up encountering Axel when not having talked to Axel until, when we were dismissed from our last classes, he cornered me as I was looking through my locker.
"Why won't you talk to me?" He sort of just appeared from behind the door as I closed it, and it took me a moment to realise what was happening.
"Um... You haven't exactly made any attempts to talk to me, either..." I tried to reason.
"That's 'cause you wouldn't talk to me!"
"Well, sorry..." I didn't know what else to say. "I have to go."
He grabbed my arm, making me spin around to face him, and said, "Don't keep avoiding me, Roxas."
He said it so sincerely with his eyes wide, and I was starting to feel guilty.
"No, I actually have to go, Axel. I'm meeting a friend at the Twilight Town shops." I mumbled, trying to avoid eye contact.
"Oh. Sorry." He said with a slight, apologetic smile.
"Yeah..."
"Who?"
"Just a friend that I used to go to school with. Tidus. I haven't seen him for a while. Got a lot of stuff to tell each other, you know."
He sighed, realised that he was still clutching my arm, and released it with a mumbled 'sorry.'
"How about on the weekend or something?" I asked.
"Oh... I don't think I can. I'm helping out my friend with his job."
"What's he do?"
"He's a clown." He seemed to lighten up at this and continued, "At birthday parties and stuff, you know. But something came up and he won't be able to go on Saturday, so he asked me to fill in for him. "
"Oh." I imagined Axel as a clown and smiled. "Well, good luck. But I really have to go, don't wanna be late. Sorry."
I left without another word and caught a bus to Twilight Town.
[Demyx's POV]
Hanging out at Twilight Town with Zexion made pretty much the best day ever.
We talked a lot – well, mostly me rambling about random stuff and him smiling as he added a bit of input. I talked a lot when I was nervous, but I completely calmed down after about half an hour, and we managed to talk about normal stuff.
I was right – he was a really nice person. Sort of introverted, but still quite pleasant to talk to. And he hated spiders, which automatically gave him a few awesome points.
He had never tried sea-salt ice cream, only heard of it, and I demanded that he try it. While eating it and walking around,
"Do you mind if I call you 'Zexy'?"
"Uhh... I guess. Yeah. It's fine." He gave me a smile, and I beamed back at him.
"It rhymes with sexy." I said, matter-of-factly.
"It does." He blushed slightly at this and
"With good reason, too." Ohshit. I realised after saying this that it was way too blunt to be taken normally. He said nothing, merely bowing his head down, and we continued to walk until small talk began again.
On the way to the library we saw Roxas and some other dude walking around, also eating sea-salt ice cream. They looked like they could have been brothers but I doubted they actually were, since no one had mentioned anyone of the sort and I hadn't seen him around the area.
We did eventually go to the library, and I was amazed that he managed to help me with the whole project. He was a genius. It took about 2 hours, since we talked in between. I could visualise this being a regular thing.
But eventually he had to go – he said he needed to be home by 7:30 to do something – and I was left to walk home. On the way there, I got an idea and entered the closest bookshop. I had a plan.
Hey, here's chapter four. I was meant to get it up earlier, but I had to write a speech for English and I had a huuuuge mental block on what to write haha. I'd love to know what you thought, thanks a lot for reading! And also if you have any suggestions, I'd love to hear them! :)