Chapter 7: Awkward Situations
So yeah. Sorry for the confusion... I did try to upload via Ipod using the copy/paste function. It apparently doesn't work well with my old geezer Ipod... so re-upload through my laptop! Once again, I do not own Kingdom Hearts. Or Riku. Because, if I did, I would own a keylade. And, Obviously, Riku.
Axel grinned at me, "Hey, Riri. What's up?" He asked, blatantly ignoring my previous question.
I sucked in a breath. He wanted something from me, I just knew he did, "The sky." I answered coldly, "What are you doing here? This is my house, you know?" I glanced at Sora, who was turning blue from an effort to not bust up laughing for some reason.
"Well, Sora and I are old pals, and Sora told me you guys were the bestest of friends." Axel said with a smirk, "So, he and I thought we'd stop by for a while."
I didn't like the sound of this... "Uh... okay..." I sighed, "I guess you can come in..."
Axel grinned and elbowed Sora, obviously hinting at some inside joke between the two.
Great... they get along. And they're laughing at me. Just perfect. I unlocked my front door with great hesitation and gestured for the pair to come in. My parents were gone for the day... which was perfect. I did not need to try to explain that both men were, in fact, my biological parents.
Sora smiled as he looked around, "Wow... I love your new house! It's so much better than the one back on the islands!" he gushed.
I nodded, "Yeah... it's big..." I tried to find something else positive to say... but no. That was all I could think of.
Axel chuckled softly, "Anything to drink in this place?"
I pointed to the fridge, "Help yourself."
Sora grinned, ran into the kitchen, and threw open the refrigerator gleefully, "Oooh! Look at all the sugar!" He pulled out a couple sodas, tossing one to Axel.
Axel grinned and plopped down on my couch in the living room. Sora plopped beside him, already buzzing from the overly sweet beverage.
"So uh... Riku... how was your day?" Sora asked, suddenly shy.
"Fine, I guess..." I shrugged.
"Anything... unusual happen?" Axel asked, suspiciously curious.
"No... why? Did I miss something?" I frowned in irritation.
Axel frowned and muttered under his breath.
"What was that?" I snapped.
"Oh... uh.." Axel blushed, "N-nothing..."
Sora elbowed Axel and shot a meaningful glance at me. Now what that meaning was, I didn't know. "Well? Are you gonna tell him?"
I was beginning to get frustrated. I hated situations like this, "Tell me what, exactly?"
Axel stood, "Just forget it... I have to go anyways." He pushed past me and walked out the front door, seething.
"Hey!" I chased after him, grabbing his arm to keep hostage, "Seriously, what's your problem?!"
"Let go of me, Riku. Now." Axel said in a dangerously low tone.
"No! I want to know what the fuck is going on here!" I demanded furiously, tightening my death grip.
Axel winced, "Just drop it already!" He wrenched himself free of my grasp and went running down the sidewalk.
I watched, utterly confused, as he disappeared from sight. "This just keeps getting worse..."
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For the next week, Axel acted as if I was poisonous or something, avoiding me as often as possible. The junior prom was coming up... I hate dancing, so you can see my lack of excitement. Nothing like a bunch of sweaty teenagers, gathered together and grinding on they're partners as a poor excuse for sex, in a barely air conditioned, if at all, gym that smelled of floor wax and atheletes. Delightful...
I was in the middle of chemistry class with professor Vexen when, suddenly, I was hit in the back of my head by a wad of notebook paper. "Hasn't anyone heard of paper airplanes?" I thought to myself as I opened the note.
Hey... it's Axel. What's up?
I frowned and scribbled furiously on the other side of the scrap.
Seriously? You want to talk to me right now? In the middle of class?
I passed the note back and gestured towards the redhead. No response. How convenient.
Vexen snapped his fingers. "Mr. Leonhart, are you going to answer the question?"
I fumbled for words, cursing under my breath.
"Excuse me?" Vexen demanded, "Detention. Now. Class, you are dismissed." I groaned mentally as the other students scrambled for freedom. Axel remained in the room with me.
"Now, both of you will be writing a five hundred word essay on covalent bonds. Due tomorrow." Vexen ordered, "for now, you may clean up the lab. When you are finished, you may leave." He walked out of the room, leaving me in an awkward situation with Axel.
We cleaned in silence for a bit before I decided to go ahead and get the torture over with. "Hey..." I said quietly.
"Hello." Axel said coldly and went back to organizing chemicals.
"Axel... can we just... talk?" I asked preparing for a signature outburst from Axel.
"Sure. What do you want to talk about?" Axel huffed, "How you won't even give me a chance to be a friend and get to know you? Or how you somehow manage to keep worming your way back into my life?" he said bitterly.
Somehow, I found myself thinking that he looked a bit like a puppy... not very intimidating at all... I chuckled softly.
"Is this funny to you?!" He demanded.
"Uh... no... I just thought... thought that you..."
"I what? Spit it out!" His eyes narrowed.
"You remind me of a puppy..." I laughed.
"Oh, now you have humor!" Axel facepalmed.
"Sorry..." I frowned at his tone, humor lost.
"N-no... Don't be... I overreacted, I guess..." Axel sighed. Thankfully, his fury never lasted long.
"Yeah, you did." I said bitterly.
"Riku, don't take it that way!" Axel begged, "Look, I've been wanting to ask you something..."
I looked up at him confused, "Shoot." I stated.
"Will you go to prom with me?" He asked in a rush.
"What?" I paled, "What the hell? Is he bipolar or something?!"
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Dun dun dun... yeah so... um, sorry for the lame cliffhanger. What will be Riku's answer? Will he finally admit to liking Axel? Or will Axel's hopes go up in flames like Vexen's lab when Axel plays with the chemicals?
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Haha! I'm glad you love the awkward xD
And yep. Bad luck. But there's more to come! And sorry for the long wait lol xD
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