Oye! Here it is and lets get some warnings. Of course language. That is a must in this story. Mean teachers. Lying. Roxas does it again. I swear I am so cruel to him. I Con't help it. And yes I man Con't not can't. So blood. Roxas gets sick…so yeah another dangerous chapter. I mean really the way I am Roxas won't live to be twenty. TTxTT. I'm sorry.
On with the story.
Chapter 6: Let's watch a movie
Sora was a wreck. It had been a whole week since they had been at the school. Roxas had just gotten over his fever. 'Rain' as he called himself was making regular visits and it was making the others suspicious of their relationship. Not only that but when he called Xehanort to get his brother an appointment Xehanort was never there and it seemed his secretary refused to tell him to call them back.
"Ora….Sora, wake up" Sora groaned and buried his head deeper in his arms as he continued to lay his head down on the desk. There was a sound of a loud crash and Sora shot up and instinctively lashed out at the first thing that he saw, which unfortunately was the teacher. The man cried out and grabbed his face as he nearly lost his balance.
"What is wrong with you, Mr. Blaydon? There will be no sleeping in this class." Sora put a hand to his head as he slumped back down into his chair.
"What do you want old man." He found it funny that he was afraid of nothing but three things: one: his father of course, two: the principal who was much like his father, and three: losing his brother. But this man he had just struck scared him not.
"I want you to stay awake in class." Sora rolled his eyes.
"Old man, I will kindly ask you to fuck off. I have an A in this class from not paying attention and I want to keep it that way." The man huffed.
"Fine, would you like to talk to the principal about why you can't stay awake in class?" Sora didn't say anything. He had met the principal exactly one week ago after tomorrow and he didn't plan on doing it again. All he had done was looked at Sora in the eye and said behave and that was it. Sora had made it a point since then not to go back. Hell just him glancing at him in the hall had him ready to crap his pants.
"Fine." The older man was shocked. Sora had actually agreed to listen just because he had threatened him with the principal, weird. He must have gotten on the principal's bad side. Which wasn't very hard, but he didn't have time for that now he had a class to teach. And teach he did. And Sora didn't once yawn for the rest of the period.
"Hey Sora, you ok?" Sora looked to see Demyx talking to him. Sora nodded as he gathered his things.
"Yeah, just tired. I guess I'll sleep in history since I already did my report." Demyx tilted his head.
"Yeah, back on Monday." Sora nodded.
"Yeah but he gave us another one since only a few people did this one. Axel not being one of them." Out of the corner of his eye, Sora saw Demyx cringed at the sound of his ex-boyfriend.
"I see." Sora felt slightly bad for bringing it up.
"Hey man, I'm sorry. Wasn't thinkin' straight." Demyx nodded.
"I best hurry." Sora nodded and watched as Demyx briskly walked away.
'He sure seemed in a hurry. I wonder…' Sora turned and saw Axel walking towards him. He knew his way to class now but they still walked together. Axel had the biggest smile on his face and Sora could only assume that he had just left Riku. Since Axel and Demyx had broken up it became very obvious that Riku had replaced him and the two lovers spent more time together then with their friends but it was still cool.
"Who was that who just ran off like a rabbit out of hell?" Sora snickered.
"You mean a bat?" Axel rolled his eyes.
"You know what I mean." Sora nodded.
"Yeah and that was Demyx." Axel's nose scrunched up as he made a face.
"I see. Let's get to class. I can't always be late to history." Sora shook his head as they made their way to Sora's best class. As soon as he sat down, he promptly laid his head down for the rest of the period. And of course since he was DiZ's new favorite student he was allowed to do as he pleased. This of course made the others slightly jealous. As he slept his mind was fully awake and buzzing with thoughts.
His brother had admitted that he was aware of another presence in himself. He told him he became fully aware the day he collapsed in the rain. Since then Sora had forced him to stay in bed. Aerith had been stopping by the room and checking up on him. Today was the first day she deemed him well enough to go to class. Sora wondered how his classes were going.
After history was Sora's free period. He was anxious when Roxas didn't come but calmed down when Cloud told him that he was in the library trying to catch up on his homework. Sora had tried to weasel his way into Mrs. Glazedcandi letting him go but no luck.
After his free period was math with Tifa. The teacher Mr. Joneses was still the bitch she was everyday. Her boyishly short red hair and green eyes were just as piercing as ever which made her just that much worse. I mean not only did she have the body of a man but she gave you the evil eye every five seconds. He was glad that Roxas hadn't met her yet. Oh wait, he had on their first day. As long as Roxas didn't say her name in the same sentence as something like she was so mean or she yelled at me, it was cool. Yes, for his brother he was willing to face the principal again.
Then after that was French. It was so annoying since Sora had no fucking clue half the words they were using. Hell he had come in after Christmas. They were talking about silverware or something like that. Unfortunately Tifa was no help just like in math period before. At least she would partner up with him so he could at least get some kind of explanation of what she was saying.
For lunch, Sora and half of the gang since the other half was still in class, sat under a big plum tree outside. By this time Roxas had joined them. He was silent as he tried to catch up on his work. The others were nice enough to tell him the answers that they remembered. Axel who gave him the answers that he had put on his paper, was shocked to find that they were all wrong. Sora snickered at this. Before lunch was over Sora pulled Roxas to the side and asked what was wrong.
He was pissed to find that Roxas' day had been really crappy. Tidus and his gang had been going at him all day when they saw him. He had a headache. Mrs. Johnson had literally yelled at him for asking to go to the bathroom. And he had a shit load of homework due tomorrow. Sora frowned. He was going to be doing a lot of yelling later. Oh well, what could be done?
He quickly released his brother to go to class as both heard the bell ring, of course that is after he gave him a feel better kiss. As Sora made his way to arts, he sat at his place by Leon. Namine was also there. She was some emo chick that liked to write her name in blood on all of her artworks so no one could claim it as theirs. A little over the top if you asked Sora. He just thought that she used it as an excuse to mutilate her skin. But hey he did that too so there was nothing he could say. Sora knew he was being nosy but still he turned to Leon and looked him in the face.
"Hey Leon?" Leon looked up at him. Sora muffled laugher at the face he was given. Well, Sora wasn't exactly given a face but Leon looked funny as hell with that blue paint on his cheek.
"What? Stop laughing." Sora nodded as he finally calmed down.
"Oh, one: you have paint on your face, and two: I was wondering if you think Axel and Demyx will be friends again. They've been mad at each other for almost a week." Leon shrugged.
"You can never tell with those two. Sometimes you think they are trying to kill each other but they are really just kidding around and vice versa. Why?" Sora shrugged his shoulders.
"Well I mean they share a room right? I don't want one of my friends to suddenly turn up dead or something." Leon shook his head.
"This isn't some horror movie where people just turn up dead. I mean it's so rare. Take that thing that happened not to long ago on Destiny Bay Island, when that man…um I can't remember his name. But he killed off some high school teacher and had his two kids chained to the wall in the basement. That is about as wrong as it gets." Sora's eyes widened. Leon was talking about him. All the way over here they had heard about him.
Leon went back to painted, taking Sora's silence as a sign that the conversation was over. Sora took Leon's silence the same way and looked back at his notepad. There was the outline of a few people but it was no where near finished.
"Hurry up! Class is over in nine minutes." Sora jumped and began to sketch his ass off. Out of the corner of his eye he saw Leon pick up his brush strokes. Both teens' hands flew elegantly across the paper and both finished with time to spare.
Finally it was time for the class Sora had been waiting for since lunch. It was seventh period, science with Mrs. Johnson. He sat his things down and quickly walked up to the teacher. Her black hair was still in an impeccable bun and her square glasses always looked dust-free.
"May I speak to you privately?" Sora asked sickly sweet. She looked down at him from behind her glasses.
"Wait till I get the class started." Sora nodded and made his way back to the seat. As soon as he sat down Rikku asked him what he wanted. Sora whispered back to her about what Roxas had told him earlier. She nodded and told him she had his back if he needed it. He snickered and told her not to worry. After she, the teacher that is, told the class to take notes from the book that were due at the end of class she nodded at Sora. Sora stood up. Before he left Rikku called out to him.
"I'll take your notes." Sora smiled and waved. He probably wouldn't be back in class. Mrs. Johnson snorted as they left the room. She closed the door and looked at him.
"Well Mr. Blaydon? You have gotten me out of my class what do you wish to discuss?" Sora smirked and stalked up to her. He was a pretty good height compared to the shorter woman and hell he was a man.
"About my brother Roxas, I hear you yelled at him earlier today." She could see where this was going.
"Do not think you can scare me Mr. Blaydon. Your brother has missed an exceptional amount of class and thinks that he can just go to the bathroom in the middle of a lecture. And if that wasn't enough, when I told him to wait he walked out of class." Sora studied her. His brother was not one to disrespect his elders, there was something he was missing.
"Who else walked out with him?" She shook her head.
"He talks to no one in the class." Sora tilted his head. That was strange. Who was in his first period, Sora vaguely remembered.
"Who does he sit next to?" The teacher thought about this for a moment.
"He sits next to Mrs. Annatto." Sora tilted his head.
"What's her first name?" It took her a little longer to think of this. My patience was wearing thin. To say the least after growing up in an abusive household all your life, you kind of pick up ways to get your way, tricks of the trade I believe they are called.
"Kairi Annatto is her name." I growled causing the teacher to jump and cower slightly. But she didn't let it show that she was scared other than that.
"You will move her away from him. And as for the bathroom you will allow him to go least we have this conversation again." She glared at me harshly. I jumped slightly as I saw blue hair in the corner of my vision. I turned and quickly my stomach clenched. It was principal Saix making his rounds. I quickly backed away.
"YOU WILL NOT TALK TO ME IN SUCH AN INSOLENT WAY WHELP." I narrowed my eyes. She would not get away with this. Just then a brilliant idea came to me. Sure it was childish as hell but it always worked. And it seemed luck was on my side. She didn't notice him. Softly I whispered to her.
"What are you gonna do bitch? Beat me? Rape me? I'm not some little pussy from this school I'll kick your ass." Her eye widened. She raised her hand to strike me. I flinched away making sure the man I wanted to see was watching.
"Ohh, I'm really scared, see me flinch?" This time she really did strike me. It didn't even hurt. But I really wanted to strike back but all in due time.
"YOU LITTLE BASTARD!" I chuckled softly. He still wasn't close enough to hear me but he would be in a few seconds.
"Oh no, DINO BITCH is angry. Should I be afraid?" I said adding some false shaking. She lashed out at me again. He was too close for me to say anything so I did what I could I prepared myself for fake tears and explanations.
"YOU DEMON CHILD! I'LL BEAT YOU SENSELESS!" I was hoping that he would move faster and he did. He ran up and pinned her to the wall.
"Mrs. Johnson, get a hold of yourself." As he said this I heard a slight knocking and turned to see Rikku and Riku in the window. She was looking worried. I smiled at her and gestured for her to watch. I turned back just as he looked at me. I allowed myself to shake and water to gather in my eyes.
"And you. What have you done?" I shook my head.
"I-I don't know." He wasn't falling for it.
"Don't play that shit with me!" He said sharply. I allowed myself to jump. Maybe I should stop lying. If I was caught, dad would surely….wait dad?
"I d-didn't do anything. I just a-asked if I could talk to her. You can ask the others in the class room." He really wasn't falling for it. He finally let her drop.
"He speaks the truth." I looked shocked at Mrs. Johnson as she said this…what the hell?
"I see. And why are you defending him." She quickly shook her head.
"I'm not defending that little bugger. I'm clearing my own name." He nodded.
"Well clear it some more because from where I stand you are in the wrong." She shivered under his dark gaze.
"H-he called me out here and began asking about his brother and why I yell at him for asking to go to the bathroom. And then he began threatening me and…then I became angry." I thought about my next move. Brilliant, before Saix could say anything I broke in.
"YOU-YOU'RE LYING. ALL I ASKED WAS IF THERE WAS A-ANY WAY FOR ME TO CATCH UP SINCE I JUST GOT HERE AND YOU STARTED TELLING ME HOW…HOW I'M JUST AS LAZY AS MY B-B-BROTHER ALWAYS TRYING TO FIND THE EASY WAY OUT. I HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN HERE LONG ENOUGH FOR YOU TO COME TO THAT KIND OF CONCLUSION." Ok that yelling was a brilliant idea if I do say so myself. No one knew but Roxas and I that I could fake having a very acute case of asthma and well, yeah. My face was red as a tomato and I pretended I couldn't breathe. I fell to the ground holding my throat as I attempted to get enough air in my lungs. Saix knelt down next to me.
"HE'S FAKING IT. LET THE LITTLE BASTARD ROT IN HELL!" At this Saix turned to her. When he did, I flipped her the bird. She gasped and pointed an accusing finger at me.
"SEE DID YOU SEE HE JUST FLIPPED ME OFF." I on the other hand had tears in my eyes from lack of oxygen and darkness was eating away at my vision. Well by this time I actually had to force my breathing to become irregular. I rarely did this since, hell when I did I really was having a freaking asthma attack. They sucked ice cubes if you ask me. He looked at me.
"I DON'T BELIEVE YOU." He said loudly. I heard a soft cheer from the room and knew they were still watching. Now for the coupe de résistance. I forced my stomach muscles to clench unbelievably tight which purged all food from my stomach all over the floor and I even managed to get some on Saix. Way to go me! Saix hesitated but leaned forward and scooped me up. I groaned as he did. He stood up and as he did I stuck my tongue out at Mrs. Johnson. This seemed the last straw since she ran at Saix and tried to grab me. Saix nearly dropped me and I pretended to attempt to cry out. Saix was not too happy.
"LEAVE NOW WOMAN! IF YOU DON'T I WILL GIVE YOU SOMETHING TO FEAR." I made myself breath harder. I looked and saw both Riku and Rikku with worried expression. I smirked at them and quickly pretended to gasp for air as if I was trying to calm myself down. In the end I found it too much work and just held my breath until I lost consciousness, which wasn't long since I had been forcing air to stay out of my lungs. I was slightly aware of Saix calling to me but it didn't matter.
"Bear?" I heard a sniffle. I let my eyes fluttered open. There was Roxas sitting next to me. His eyes were red as a tomato.
"Hey love." I said without thinking. Roxas jumped.
"Such affectionate nicknames." I gasped and looked around. I felt my heart drop when I saw cold gray eyes watching me.
"Leon?" He nodded.
"I stayed with Roxas so he would have something to do. Don't worry, the others are gone." Don't worry he said. He was a smart one I wouldn't be surprised if he already knew. The others knew about Roxas' split and thought his affectionate ways were because of Rain. But Leon was smart.
"How long?" Leon tilted his head.
"Since you first got here." I looked at him.
"How?" Leon thought about this for a bit.
"You had an air around you, an air that only lovers share. That and I thought you were a little too close for siblings." I nodded.
"Tell. No. One." I growled at him. He nodded.
"I wasn't going to." I nodded at this.
"So tell me what happened." Roxas nodded.
"I had been going to the bathroom during class when I say the principal carrying you. To say the least I freaked out." I nodded then turned to Leon.
"Then how did you get here?" Leon looked up at me.
"I'm always in here during this time. I help the nurse. It's considered a class." I nodded again we had those.
"So when can I leave?" Roxas looked at me as did Leon.
"Bear, you have to rest. I hear it was pretty bad." Leon then jumped in.
"Yeah, heard you spewed all over the principal and had an asthma attack." Roxas looked up at this.
"How is that possible, my brother doesn't have asthma that is….unless…YOU!" I smiled at him.
"Sorry for worrying you, babe." I didn't have to hide our love in front of Leon. Roxas punched me as hard as he could, which wasn't hard when he was in total control….man saying that made me feel like he was some kind of monster. Roxas noticed my sudden gloom.
"What?" I shook my head before pouting.
"I'm hungry." Roxas rolled his eyes.
"We had lunch a few hours ago." I pouted more.
"But I'm rwelly hungwey." I said in a baby voice. (ha for once my bad grammar is allowed since I have the grammar of a child. XP) Leon chuckled. Just then the nurse came in.
"I see you are well enough to laugh and have fun. Let me check your temperature before I throw you out." She said in a teasing voice. I smirked. I watched as she took my temperature and waited for her to tell me the results.
"So tell me nurse. Am I gonna make it? Or am I too far gone?" I laid back like I didn't want to hear. She giggled.
"You're fine Mr. Blaydon. You may leave. And please try to be more careful." I nodded and got out of bed and jumped in the air.
"I WILL LIVE!" Everyone was laughing at this. Little did I know that laughter was just the beginning and kinda the end.
When we left we found everyone. It seemed that thanks to me Mrs. Johnson was fired. About damned time if you asked any of them. We just hung around in the recreation building for a while and chatted about random things before I remembered that I was supposed to call the family. I called Seifer and waited till he answered. It was funny since he could barely hear me over the commotion on his end.
"Ok, who the hell are you, what the hell do you want and how did you get this number." The others on my side had watched to see what was going on. I put the phone on speaker as he said this.
"Aw. Love you too Seif." He growled in response.
"What the hell do you want?" He sounded farther away and I knew he had me on speaker. I looked at Roxas who nodded.
"I feel so unloved. You already forgot who we are." There was soft conversation.
"Um…yes." It was Seifer.
"Hey you don't tell them that!" It was obviously Rajin.
"Maybe they're lying. Stalkers." Vivi was the one who said this.
"Roxas…Sora." I smirked.
"At least someone knows who we are. Roxas, we are unloved." Roxas sniffed loudly. There was a gasp.
"HOLY COW YOU GUYS, TOOK YOU LONG ENOUGH TO CALL." Rajin yelled.
"SHUT UP ITS ROXAS AND SORA!" There was a brief silence before a loud sound that sounded much like when you herd cattle.
"HOLY SHIT DUDE, SWEET."
"HOW'S IT OUT THERE?"
"ANYONE PICKING ON YOU?" THERE WAS A SNICKER.
"PLEASE TELL SO WE CAN BEAT THEM AFTER THEY GET OUT OF THE HOSPITAL THAT SORA PUT THEM IN." There was laughter. Everyone on my end just watched.
"Um…who the hell?" It was Axel. Seifer was the only one who seemed to hear.
"WHO'S THAT?" He called out.
"New friend." I looked at him. "Tell them who you are."
"The name's Axel. That's A-X-E-L. Got it memorized." There was a lot of shouting at this.
"WHOTHEHELLISTHAT? WHATTHEHELLDIDHEJUSTSAY? NEWFRIENDSWHENDIDTHATHAPPEN? ROXAS,SORADIDYOUREPLACE US? HOWCOULDYOUTRAITORS?" Sweet and I were cracking up. The rest of the conversation was pretty much like that. That is until there was a loud growl from Riku's stomach. It was almost time for dinner.
"Hey we gotta go get something to eat." There was an ok from many people on the other end. Then Roxas spoke up.
"By the way it sounds as if you guys are having a party…what's going on?" There was silence before…
"SORRYGUYSWEGOTTAGOMOMISCALLING!" We laughed. They were horrible liars.
"Hey let's go eat!" it was Rikku who said this. Riku readily agreed. They both led the way to the dining area. It was them. Sora and Roxas then everyone else. No one paid it much attention…until Roxas and Sora heard their names. They became increasingly suspicious but hey, these were new friends. There was nothing scary going on.
All during dinner the same thing happened. It wasn't until Leon spoke and said softly 'do you think you should be talking about it right next to them?' and with that they became quiet when they were near the twins. It made them slightly uneasy. Sora watched as his older got some pasta that was swimming in some kind of white sauce. It smelled really good. Sora on the other hand wasn't that hungry when they got to the table and you could tell by the way he was twirling his spaghetti around.
Roxas sat down next to his brother he felt alone. The only ones who were oblivious were of course Rikku and Riku. They were to busy stuffing food down their throats. Roxas looked at Sora and Sora could tell that he felt it too. That unwanted feeling. By the end of dinner both brothers had eaten nothing and no one seemed to notice. As they stood up and left, no one waved goodbye. Had it been too good to be true? Yes it had.
"I'm tired." Roxas said as he closed he door. He felt really bad.
"Yeah, let's go to bed." Sora said as he made his way over to the bed. Roxas nodded and went to his own. They didn't even bother to turn off the light they just went to sleep hurt and abandoned.
Ok, so it was the next morning. Both Roxas and Sora looked like they had just seen a whole village of women and children get slaughtered and both still had their clothes on. So it was Friday and for some reason no one had waked them up. Lucky for them, they had brought an alarm clock. After trudging out of bed they gathered their clothes and went to take showers.
People watched them as they did and Sora became increasingly pissed off. After they left the bathroom, a few kids had bloody noses and Sora was out for blood. Roxas didn't even care that one of the boys had his arm twisted in an odd angle. When they finished in gathering their things for school they headed off. When Roxas suggested not going to breakfast, Sora agreed. Hell he couldn't make his brother eats when he wasn't.
So instead they went into the recreation hall and saw that there were quite a few people there. None of them the brothers knew. Except that one girl who was still playing resident evil, weirdo. They attempted to play DDR but it was no use. Roxas couldn't even concentrate. Hell he couldn't even get a perfect. Sora was fairly glad when the bell for school rang. He couldn't stand seeing his lover's crushed face.
To say the least the teachers were surprised. Both boys paid attention and stayed alert. Neither took their minds off their work even though the teacher for Sora was new he still kinda seemed to know who the problem kids were. Demyx noticed that his friend was down and tried to cheer him up, even If they didn't hang out as much anymore. It didn't work. Sora smiled weakly as the bell rang and he left class.
Roxas on the other hand sat and didn't care that Kairi was talking about him and tossing papers at him. It didn't seem very Kairi-ish but hell what could he do? As class ended he turned in his work and left the room. He waited for Cloud and when the older blonde didn't show when he did normally, Roxas was forced to walk to class alone and ended up being late, which in turn caused him to get yelled at by the teacher. Roxas was hurt to see that Cloud had already been in class. Cloud tried to talk to him but Roxas paid him no heed.
In history Sora finished his work as fast as he could and turned it in before Axel could ask to cheat. He then went to his desk and pulled out a sketch pad. Before he knew it he had drawn several pictures that, to him, looked horribly drawn and not planed out, damn. Axel became nervous when the bell rang and Sora left without him.
In third period Sora and Roxas sat away from everyone. They didn't really chat with each other they more like just sat and stared at random things with their heads laid down. Axel and Demyx were the only one to notice. Everyone else just seemed glad that the boys were keeping their distance.
Roxas was the first to break. In fourth period, Mr. Joneses' class, he slammed his hands into his desk and stormed out. Sora was about to follow but thought better of it. His brother needed to be alone much like he did. Leon, Cloud, and Tifa bugged him for info. Had he and his brother had a fight? Sora was mad that none of them thought it had to do with them giving the boys the cold shoulder.
In the end Sora went to fifth period but ended up leaving halfway thought that. And French was becoming so easy too. He had grabbed his brother's stuff and his and was stalking up to the locker they had been assigned. He had to maneuver a bit to open it.
"DAMN IT!" Sora said as he looked at the folded pink piece of paper. It was some kind of love letter. He didn't read them, they always ended up in the trash and this one being no different. Sora tossed his books in his brother's locker and closed it. As he walked down the hall he passed a trash can. He threw the now balled up paper inside and hurried to his room. To bad he didn't read it. It might have helped.
"Hey love, I'm back." Sora said as he closed the door. The blinds were closed blocking out all light. He flipped the light on and looked at his brother's bed to see his form sleeping peacefully. He smiled as he locked the door and went to his brother's side. His brother was a weird one, wanting blood red sheets. Sora studied the sheets, they seemed darker in some places, must be the light.
"Kiss." Sora leaned forward and kissed his brother. As he did he placed his hands on one of the darker spots.
'Wet?' He thought as he pulled back. He lifted his hand to see and his eyes grew wide. They were covered in blood….his brother's blood. Sora stood up quickly and pulled back the sheets. There were multiple new gashes on his brother and each was bleeding profusely.
"ROXAS, WAKE THE HELL UP!" Sora shouted, but received no response. He shook his brother and yelled again.
"LOVE WAKE UP!" Roxas moaned and cracked open his eyes.
"A-am I dead?" Sora shook his head and pulled his brother to him.
"Baby." Sora whispered against his brother.
'YOU DUMBASS STOP THE BLEEDING!' Sora jumped into action and ran to his side of the bed. On his bed was the still open blade with some of the crusty metallic liquid still attached to it. He paid it no mind as he grabbed some gauze. He looked around the room like a mad man but found no disinfectant.
"Shit, I have to improvise." Sora quickly wrapped his brother's arms as they wept their crimson tears.
"Bear?" Roxas whispered. Sora looked at him as his eyes began to water. He really didn't want to have to leave him but he had to. He gently brushed his hand along the baby soft skin of his lover's cheek.
"Hold on, baby, just hold on. I'll be right back." Roxas didn't even attempt to nod. Sora ran out of the room and down the dorm hall. As he did he prayed to anyone who would listen….please let the nurse be in her office. He ran as fast as his legs could take him. When he reached the office he proceeded to try and knock the door down.
"Who is it?" Sora didn't stop banging on the door.
"Hold up." Sora kept at it. Finally she opened the door.
"What is wrong with-…Oh it's you. What can I do for you?" Sora then told her how his brother had been walking and tripped. Also the reason he was so anxious was because he didn't want to get infected. She politely handed him the alcohol and he said he would bring it back. She smiled at him and said he might need the whole thing since he was fighting many infections.
Sora laughed at her attempt to be funny. He calmly walked out of the office and waved before turning as she closed the door. When she did he was off running again. The only time he stopped was when he found that he had slightly misplaced himself. The bell rang as he found his way. The courtyard was full of students. Sora found it strange that it was third lunch but he hadn't seen anyone at second. The kids crowded out of the buildings.
"SORA, WAIT UP." Sora looked back and saw Rikku. Why was it always him she called out to? Sora waved and continued on his way. He didn't apologize the people he ran into. He heard an angry shout as he collided with someone. Only this time they didn't fall over and get out of his way. Sora growled as he looked and saw a blue haired teen that he had never seen before.
"What the hell freshman!" Sora rolled his eyes as he looked into the deep blue eyes of the other. They weren't as blue as his and his brothers but they sparkled more he would admit.
"And who the hell are you? Some stick up the ass senior." The blue haired other scoffed at this.
"I'm a junior dumbass. The name's Zexion." He said as he shifted the hair that lay over the right half of his face so that he could see him better.
"You're one of those little bastards that hurt Dem aren't you!" It wasn't a question but a very brash statement. Sora stood up.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Just then Demyx came up.
"What's going on? I heard my name." Zexion looked at him.
"Is this one of the little fuckers that hurt you?" Demyx looked at Sora.
"You mean Sora? No, Sora didn't do anything." Zexion nodded and wrapped his arm around Demyx's middle. Demyx blushed as a goofy grin covered his face.
"Um…well if that's all I really must be going." Demyx nodded.
"SORA!" Sora turned and saw that Rikku was still giving chase. Sora rolled his eyes.
"Doesn't she give up?" Demyx shook his head.
"Since I've known her, she hasn't. We'll distract her for a bit go on." Sora smiled and nodded before running off.
"HEY SORA WAIT!" Demyx stepped forward.
"Hey Rikku!" Sora looked back and saw the blonde change directions. He sighed in relief. He really had somewhere to get to. He flew past everyone. Gasping he opened the door to his dorm. He looked at his brother's bed and was shocked to see that he wasn't on his bed. Fear began to eat at him.
"Mmm." Sora looked and saw a lump on his bed. Crossing the room he saw that it was his brother. Sora sighed and sat on the edge of the bed. Gently he shook his brother awake. Roxas tried to move from the unwanted touch.
"Hey love you have to wake up." Roxas slowly opened his eyes.
"…" Sora smiled at him.
"I have to disinfect your arms Koi." Roxas didn't seem to comprehend as he lay there in a mild stupor. Sora patted his brother on the arm.
"I have to look at your arms." He said again. His brother nodded and shifted so he was sitting up. Sora unwrapped his brother's arms and threw the soiled wrappings away. Just then there was a sharp knocking at the door. Sora looked up, who could it be? He didn't even think about answering it. His brother needed him now.
The knocking didn't stop. All as Sora attempted to heal his brother. He wasn't quite sure when his tears began to flow but he believes it was around the time Roxas heaved up everything in his stomach. He pulled his brother close and cried. He let go after a bit and went to get his brother's pajamas. When he turned back Roxas was crying into his hands.
"I'm sorry for causing you trouble." Sora walked over to his brother and sat down on the edge of the bed.
"You don't cause trouble for me."
"I ... just...How can you still watch out for me...all I do is causing you problems…I'm sorry..." Roxas couldn't go on, he broke down and cried. Sora couldn't take it anymore. He placed his hand under Roxas' chin and forced him to make eye contact.
"Roxas Blaydon! I told you not to talk like that. You are not a burden, bother, problem causer or any other thing along those lines and I don't want to hear you talking like that anymore." Roxas' blue eyes widened and filled with hurt. He began to struggle against his brother's hold. Sora's eyes filled with guilt as he crushed Roxas' frail frame close to his. He had not meant to hurt him, to snap at his poor baby. He just hated to see the poor boy so hurt and broken.
"Shhh…I'm sorry sweets. I didn't mean to snap really I didn't." Roxas nodded his head into Sora's chest. Sora sniffled and placed a placid kiss on Roxas matted hair. They stayed like this for hours. Sora was glad it was Friday. He didn't think neither of them could handle another day of school right now.
"I wonder what Hayner is doing." Sora looked at him as he tossed Roxas' used clothes in the corner.
"Why don't you call him?" Roxas smiled but his smile turned into a frown.
"I can't…he'll know he always does." Sora smirked.
"And? You might feel better after you talk to him. Or Olette, she always knew what to say." Roxas nodded.
"Yeah she did. You're right. I will." Sora watched his brother as he reached for their room phone and picked it up. As his nimble fingers dialed the number, Sora's stomach growled. Looking at the time he saw that dinner was almost over. He had better hurry.
"I'm going to get us something to eat." Roxas nodded as he waited for someone to answer.
"Hello…? Yes. May I speak with Olette…Yes." Sora waved at Roxas. 'Tell her I said hi' he mouthed before leaving the room. Locking it as he did.
Sora quickly made his way to the cafeteria. As he entered he saw Leon and the others on the other side of the large room. He prayed they didn't see him. His prayer was answered as he grabbed a little of this and a little of that and checked out of line. As he was leaving Quistis met his eye, she waved but he didn't wave back. He saw the hurt look and the stares of the others as he started leaving.
He picked up his pace when he saw Leon and Cloud, both looking ready to give chase. Once he was outside hall, he ran as best he could with the food. He didn't want to be caught. After he could no longer see the lights of the room he slowed down. He began humming an unknown tune as he walked to his and his brother's room. As he managed to open the door and Roxas' melodic voice filled his hears.
"Yeah….Of course I'll call you again. You got the number? Ok. Bye." Roxas looked up as Sora entered the room. He looked better than he had since they got to this shit hole school.
"Hey got you some food." Roxas beamed at him and happily accepted the food.
"Thanks." Roxas said, all the while stuffing food in his mouth.
"Calm down, don't choke on me now." Roxas laughed.
"I can't help it. It feels like it's been ages since I actually ate something proper." Sora was shocked to hear this. Just what had Olette said to his lover.
"What exactly happened while I was gone?" Roxas tilted his head.
"Nothing much. After you closed the door Olette picked up the phone. I told her everything that's been going on. Then she yelled at me like she always does." Sora frowned.
"What?" Roxas kept eating, only now he had a dream-like expression.
"She told me how I had to take better care of myself since I can't always depend on you. I have to assert myself and not be so sensitive. Especially since she can't kick everyone's ass for me." He smiled and I did too. That's what I like about Olette, she is straight forward. She tells you what she thinks and only if you a good friend will she try to comfort you.
As we were eating there was another knock at the door. Both boys looked up then looked at each other. Neither made a move to answer the door. The knocking continued. The two sat and waited as the door was pounded relentlessly. But neither gave in and finally the knocking died down then faded completely. Sora heard muffled voices before the sound of shuffling feet that quickly faded down the hall.
After they finished eating Sora threw away the wrappers since he didn't want his brother moving just yet. Then he changed into his PJs. Hell it was going to be ten o'clock. As his brother yawned and leaned back on his pillows, Sora turned off the light. He then got in the bed and snuggled closer to his brother.
"Ow." Sora cried out. Roxas quickly reached and felt for the lamp on the side of the bed. Sora sat up and tossed back the covers. His leg had a small, shallow cut. He saw metal peaking out and reached for it. He found the open blade and grabbed it. He stared at it a little while then he turned to his brother, just to turn back to the knife. Closing it without a word he placed it on the dresser and waited for Roxas to flip the switch. When it was off Sora pulled his brother close and they fell asleep just like that.
It was early but the sun was glaring stubbornly though the curtains. Roxas groaned and turned over. The sun always came in on Sora's side of the room first. It didn't work, it was still too bright. Moaning he pulled the cover over his head. Pain in his arm made him take in a sharp breath.
"Sweets?" Roxas opened his eyes as light managed to get under the cover and his brother called him. Roxas looked up and saw that his brother was sitting up and had lifted the blanket.
"Mmmm?" Sora looked at him intently.
"You ready to get up?" Roxas opened his mouth to answer but was cut off by a rough knocking on the door. Sora growled and looked at the door as if telling it to shut the hell up.
"Roxas, Sora!" Sora was very ready to ignore the damned thing but Roxas smiled at him. Sora rolled his eyes and got up. As he made his way to the door, Roxas rolled over and watched. Sora opened the door to reveal Cloud and Leon.
"Hey where have you guys been? It's already eleven o'clock." Sora looked at then and said in a flat voice.
"It is Saturday, Cloud. The weekend, there is no school today." Leon shook his head.
"Yeah we know. We're going to Tifa and Yuna's room. Didn't you read the note?" Sora raised and eyebrow.
"What note?" Cloud looked at him like he was stupid.
"The one Rikku left in your locker." Sora shook his head.
"There was no note….wait….you mean that pink thing?" Cloud and Leon shrugged.
"I guess so. She just said she would write it and give it to you. But she couldn't find you and left it in your locker." Sora's eyes went wide.
"I thought it was one of those annoying love letters and trashed it." Leon sighed.
"I see. So are you coming?" Sora looked back at his brother. Why should they go with someone who had practically ignored them the day before?
"No." Cloud, Leon, and Roxas were shocked.
"Huh? Why not?" Sora sneered at them.
"Why? Because on Friday you practically pretended we didn't exist. That and on Thursday we heard you talking about us at dinner." Both taller teens stood there, silent. Then recognition hit Cloud.
"That's because we didn't want you to find out. It was Rikku's idea. I guess we took it to far, sorry." Sora wasn't falling for it.
"Find what out." Leon shook his head.
"Can't tell you. It's a surprise, you have to come with us to find out." Sora didn't want to.
"No-" But Roxas cut in.
"What kind of surprise?" Sora cursed under his breath, Roxas loved surprises.
"A good one." Roxas was becoming excited.
"Really?" Oh great he was hooked.
"Yep, so get dressed." Roxas jumped out of bed and ran to his closet. Sora heard a gasp and looked at Cloud and Leon, they looked at him.
"Hey Sora, what should I wear?" Sora said nothing as all three of the teens watched each other. Neither knowing what the others were thinking. Sora's mind screamed at his stupidity. How had he let his brother's secret get out? Cloud and Leon's minds screamed more on the lines of not little Roxas.
When he received no answer he picked out an outfit and walked over to his brother. He looked at them as they watched each other. He saw Leon and Cloud look at him. He shuddered it was like….it was like they were studying him. He watched as their eyes scanned him. Then his breath hitched as they fell on his arms. He looked down. Yep, they saw his bloody bandages. Yep, they knew. Without thinking he slammed the door in their face.
"Please come out." Cloud pleaded through the door. Sora had his back to the door as if it would do something. He looked at his brother who had collapsed into a fit of sobs.
"No." Sora said flatly. He frowned down at his brother.
"Is it some sort of secret or something? I mean hell at least half of this dorm has the same…" Cloud thought carefully about his next word, "Addiction." He said with a little hesitation. Roxas nearly choked as he said this.
"AHHHH!" Sora ran to his brother and dropped down beside him. Cloud and Leon looked at each other. Leon knocked, when he did the door eased open. The two peaked in. Their heart tugged at the sight of Roxas crying as Sora tried his damndest to calm him down. The two slipped into the room all but unnoticed.
"What?" Sora asked as the door was locked and the others stood not to far away.
"Hey, Roxas, you ok?" Said teen whimpered.
"D-Don't tell…please don't tell." Leon watched them.
"You know I won't and you can trust Cloud." The brothers trusted Leon far more than any others at this school but there was some doubt. Now was the time to test that trust.
"Ok." Cloud settled down on the carpet and waited for Roxas to stop crying.
"Want to talk about it?" Roxas looked at him with blood shot eyes.
"What?"
"Want to talk about it?" Roxas pouted then nodded his head. Leon knew there shouldn't be too many people here for this.
"Sora you wanna go get something to eat or something while they talk." Sora looked at him with a do-you-think-I-will-leave-my-brother-alone look. Roxas sniffed he didn't want that many people here even Sora.
"Go on." Sora's eyes went wide. His brother had never asked him to leave before. Well he wasn't asking him but letting him know he could. What was going on? Sora didn't have time to think about it as Leon led him out of the room.
Roxas and Cloud stared at each other. Cloud waited as patiently as a fisherman who wanted to catch a really exotic fish. Roxas was thinking of something to tell him but was failing miserably. In the end they just sat there looking at each other. There was a kind of electricity flashing between them. Each taking comfort in the other's presence. Neither talking but feeling as if they were having the most soul shaking conversation.
"You want me to change them?" Roxas tilted his head.
"Huh?" Cloud gestured towards his bandages.
"Oh, well Sora usually…do you know how?" Cloud nodded.
"Yeah I used to change them for a really close friend." Roxas mind began to buzz. Who was this mysterious friend? He wanted to know. He contemplated this as Cloud set out doing his job. Roxas not being the wiser until when Leon and Sora came back and neither brunette said a word but they didn't know why. Sora was slightly shocked to see Cloud rewrapping his brother's arm. But he said nothing. Roxas was in some kind of trance like state.
"You ready to go?" Roxas looked up, the trance broken.
"Let me get dressed." As the petite blonde got dressed the three turned their backs. Leon looked at Cloud for answers to what had happened but his other's face was an emotionless mask.
"Let's go." Sora shook his head.
"Forgotten about me?" Roxas looked sheepish. Once again three backs were turned as one got dressed.
"Ok, now we can go." Roxas picked up the bedroom key and they locked the door. It didn't take too long to reach Tifa and Yuna's room. When they got there a loud crash sounded from the room followed by some yelling.
"COME HERE SO I CAN POUND YOU!" Leon pushed the door open. Axel and Rikku were rolling around on the ground. Rikku managed to get away.
"HA, CAN'T CATCH ME AXEL!" Axel chased the hyper blonde and tackled her to the ground only to be tackled by Paine. Tifa and Yuna looked up as the door opened.
"HEY ROXAS, SORA! SORRY ABOUT ALL THE NOISE, AXEL AND RIKKU ARE GOING AT IT." She had to yell to be heard over all the commotion. Rikku and Axel heard that the brothers were finally here and stopped almost immediately.
"What took you so long? I wrote to be here at ten on the note." Sora smiled sheepishly.
"I tossed it thinking it was another love note from one of the girls that follow me around." Axel smirked.
"You've only been here a week and you already have a fan club." Sora blushed ever so slightly at the teasing. He was always fairly popular. But that was nothing compared to how many people followed Roxas.
"So…So what's the surprise?" Only Leon and Cloud knew what Roxas was talking about.
"WE'RE WATCHING MOVIES ALL DAY!" Rikku shouted for no reason. Roxas' eyes grew wide. He rarely got to watch movies. He had only seen a handful in his life for obvious reasons.
"Really?" Rikku nodded.
"Yeah and Riku went with Quistis to get popcorn!" Just as she said this the heady scent of popcorn filled the room. The new comers came in and passed out bags to everyone, making sure to keep some for themselves.
"Well close the door and sit down." Everyone did jus that. Rikku ran up to the T.V. "What's first?" She asked herself aloud but apparently she wasn't running the show, hmm, who would have guessed.
"Put in something funny." Someone, who sounded much like Yuna called out.
"Please, it's all about the action duh." Sora nodded in agreement with Axel. Rikku looked back around pouting.
"But me and Roxas wanna watch a cartoon, huh Roxas?" Roxas shrugged but when he saw Rikku's expression he nodded his head.
"See!" Paine rolled her eyes.
"Close your eyes and pick one." Rikku did as she was told. In the end they ended up watching a Sci-fi movie. It was Twilight Zone the mega collection. The only ones interested seemed to be Quistis and Leon, but barely.
"I don't get it." Rikku said. A few people stretched. Sora sat up seeing as he had been resting his head on his brother's lap.
"What was there to get?" Rikku pouted.
"How did the doll become alive?" A few people groaned.
"How are we supposed to know? Really and you asked a question at the end of each episode." A goofy grin fell on Rikku's face.
"SO? It was only a five hour movie. Let's watch another." Roxas stood up.
"I'm gonna head to the bathroom while you pick another tape." As he said this Yuna and Axel ended up having to go too. As they headed to the bathroom they made small talk.
"Roxas you like watching movies?" Roxas smiled
"Yeah since we really didn't get a chance to at home, we didn't have a VCR." Axel looked at him.
"What? Your parents pay for you to go here but they can't afford a VCR? How backwards it that?" Roxas cringed.
"My parents aren't paying for us to be here. We are." Axel said nothing more on the matter, neither did Roxas.
"Took you guys long enough." Said Tifa as they entered the room. They had picked out a comedy this time. It was Rush Hour.
"Man, I am so hungry." Rikku said as her stomach growled. "What time is it?" Riku looked at the clock.
"Too late for lunch in the cafeteria." Rikku looked close to tears.
"Paine! You have a job, feed me!" She cried on her girlfriend. Paine rolled her eyes.
"I haven't gotten paid yet." Rikku jumped away.
"Damn you paycheck givers! You wish for me to starve!" Rikku sniffed. Just then Roxas cell phone went off. Roxas jumped and took it from his pocket. Looking at the name he saw that it was Hayner. What the hell did he want?
"Hello….hey Hayner…yeah….um….1429 Destiny Ave….why…WHAT!" Roxas said jumping up.
"YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS….GO BURN IN HELL SOMEWHERE….TALK TO SORA." Roxas said as he collapsed back on the ground. He handed Sora the phone defeated. Sora looked at his brother with a raised eyebrow.
"What. Did. You. Do? Oh is that all. Ok just remember next time I see you you're dead. Yep should be here soon? Got it. Later." Sora hung up the phone.
"I will kill him." Sora growled. Rikku of course was curious, her stomach forgotten.
"What happened?" Sora looked at him.
"My friend decided to order pizza. That I have to pay for." Rikku smiled.
"Pizza for us….please I can't live without food much longer." Sora nodded.
"Yeah they had it sent here. Bastards." Just as Sora said this there was a knock at the door. Yuna shook her head and went to the door. It was not one but two pizza men. One had at least six pizza boxes the other had refreshments and such.
"How much?" Sora asked as he walked over to the door.
"Two fifty ninety eight." Sora was seething.
"How they hell did Hayner order so fucking much. He reached for his wallet but remembered it was in his other pants. He sighed.
"What?" Rikku asked. She couldn't lose the pizza!
"I left my wallet. Hey sweets you got…" Roxas stood up pulled out his wallet and three hundred dollars.
"Here." The man nodded and retrieved his change.
"Thank you, sir." Leon and Cloud came and took the food. Roxas closed the door. As soon as he did Rikku tackled him.
"MYGODROXASYOUAREALIFESAVER! IWASSOHUNGRYTHATITHOUGHTIWOULDDIE! CANWEEATITNOW?" It took Roxas a minute to decipher what she had said but then he nodded. (A/N Rikku said "My God Roxas you are a real live saver! I was so hungry that I thought I would die! Can we eat it now?" Just for those of you who aren't fluent in little hyper kid speak.)
So here they were on yet another movie. The food was all but devoured. Rikku had eaten a whole pizza and a half while the others had just had a few slices. Sora was sleeping off his full stomach and Roxas was beginning to doze.
"Awwww, you have to stay up for this one Roxas! It's my favorite." Rikku smiled at him and giggled as she said this. Roxas smiled back and yawned. Damn, must sleep after meal urges. Well actually Roxas had never eaten that much and his stomach felt much like a water basketball (A/N balloon is too futuristic for my taste. I mean really have you ever seen one? They don't exist! Um….back to the story.) with all the food he had forced in there.
Roxas tried his best but he didn't make it through the credits and neither did Leon or Tifa. Roxas was deep in sleep without a care in his mind when something disturbed his sleep. He ignored it for a bit but it wouldn't go away. He had no clue what it was but he didn't like it. It made him scared. But why? It was so familiar. He had heard it before. It sounded like a belt or something. But what….his eyes flew open. He looked at the screen. Eyes growing wide as he soaked it all in.
"AIEEEEEEEEEEEE!" Roxas ran from the room and into the hall. He tried to run to the bathroom but it was no use. He heaved heavily right in the hall emptying the contents of his stomach. Tears were raining onto the carpet from his face. Sora had awoken with a start and sat dazed until Leon tugged at his arm telling him something was wrong with his brother. Sora ran out into the hall.
"What's wrong?" Sora asked anxiously. All Roxas did was whimper. Sora looked at Rikku.
"We were watching the movie and he just freaked out." Sora tilted his head.
"What movie." What kind of movie was it…don't tell him!
"We were watching Hostel." Sora narrowed his eyes as he thought about it. He had heard of the movie. But it couldn't be the one he was thinking about.
"Please don't tell me that's the one where the foreigners slaughter those Americans. And the people give them money for bringing them." Rikku smiled weakly and nodded. Roxas was near hysterics now.
"OMMFG! DAD'S GONNA KILL US THIS TIME!" Sora cursed. Damn it all.
"It's ok." Roxas shook his head and backed away from Sora.
"NO, YOU'RE LYING. HE'S GONNA DO IT AGAIN I KNOW HE IS! DON'T LET HIM DO IT AGAIN, SORA!" Sora shuddered, he knew what he was talking about. Roxas collapsed on the ground. Sora grabbed his brother and whispered sweet nothings in his ear. It was all he could do. He whispered just so his brother could hear. It was meant for his ears only after all.
"Shhhh, baby…he won't touch you again…I won't let him….don't cry." Roxas sniffed as Sora rocked him from side to side.
"S-Sora…" It was all Roxas said before his brother started up again.
"No one will let him harm you…Me, Olette, Hayner, Pence, even Seifer and the whole family. We won't let you down. Promise." He hoped Roxas believed him, and believe Roxas did. He fell for his brother's words hook line and sinker. After a few more moments, Sora decided it was time to take his brother back to the room.
"We are gonna head back to the room now." Rikku pouted. Roxas shook his head.
"Y-You should stay." Roxas stuttered. Sora shook his head.
"I wouldn't dream of leaving you." Roxas smiled faintly.
"Hey it's late, why not just spend the night? Everyone else here is. You can even have Yuna's bed!" Rikku quipped. Roxas smiled and looked at Sora. Sora nodded his head. As long as his brother was up to it. So they piled back into the room.
Roxas and Sora shared a bed while Tifa and Quistis shared the other. Everyone else was content sleeping on blankets and air mattresses. Sora was glad he didn't have to sleep on one since they squeaked way too much for his liking. But it was still all good. Sora sighed as he closed his eyes. Life was…ok for now.
"Night!" Rikku cried.
"G'night. Night. Hn. Yawn, night ya'll. Good night. Trying to sleep here." Everyone laughed.
"Night to you too Vincent." A few people called in Union. Sora smiled. Yep, ok for now.
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Well hope you liked it. Read and Review. And Phaz is a beta so she gets thanks. Lots and lots of thanks. So thank her dammit or no more story. o
