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A/N: Okay guys, I have a dilemma. I really need a new title for this fanfiction. At first the name I chose, "Music", fit, but I changed the plot up a bit and the title just seems meaningless now. So, any suggestions?
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Music
Chapter 6: The Beach?
"And so, I've decided that we're going to the beach!"
Demyx seemed very proud of this statement as he beamed in excitement, waiting for the ecstatic replies from the others sitting at the table. Hayner and Olette grinned and I crinkled my nose in disgust, while Zexion looked kind of indifferent about it, and I could already see Pence taking pictures of everything. I had come to realize, in the past...well, however many weeks I'd known him, that he was quite the photographer. And not just an amateur, he actually had some potential. He carried a camera around with him everywhere and took pictures of practically everything.
"Why the beach?" I asked, flicking a gross, little, green pea across the table at Hayner.
"Because the beach is fun!"
"The beach is not fun," I retorted, and Hayner flung a pea back at me, hitting me smack in the nose. I flung a small biscuit back at him more forcefully.
"Yes it is! What with the sky, the sand, the sea, the pretty shells, the birds that peck at you if you're eating food, the fat people who wear bikinis when they really shouldn't, little children making sand castles and peeing in the water, the sharp objects that get stuck in your feet because you can't see the sand underneath the ocean, the dead fish that get stuck on land--"
"And that all sounds fun to you?" I asked disbelievingly, and Demyx nodded enthusiastically.
"Yes! And you know what the best part is? The SEA!" Demyx took a small pause and sighed, staring up into space dreamily. "There's so much water, so many roughty waves to ride on and so many little sea creatures to share the joy of the ocean with!"
Everyone at the table just kind of stared at him for a moment, even Zexion, who, for the most part of Demyx's odd speech, had remained mostly unmoved. I suppose he was used to Demyx's strange outbursts by now.
"I hate the water." Demyx gasped dramatically and I raised one eyebrow, when suddenly something hit me in the face. Whatever landed in my face proceeded to fall into my lap and, growling, I stood up and flung myself across the table at Hayner, attempting to strangle him.
"Bitch!"
"How can you hate water? You have to drink it and shower in it..." Demyx continued, seemingly ignoring whatever it was that Hayner and I were doing. I somehow managed to get back on my feet and I got Hayner in a headlock. Demyx frowned and moved to split us up, and just as he reached us I saw familiar blue eyes staring at me. Only there were two pairs. So there were four eyes.
I let go of Hayner and he fell to the ground, quickly picking himself up afterwards. I stood straighter and looked down at the pair of boys who had just entered the cafeteria and came to sit with us. I recognized one, very easily, as Roxas, but I hadn't seen the other before. He was almost as cute, and had spiky brown hair and the same amazing eyes, body, and...
Realization hit me like a bomb and I grinned crookedly.
"Well, hey there, Roxas." My voice came out slick and sexy, just as I had intended it to, and Roxas smiled shyly, just like I had expected him to. I turned my gaze to his friend, who I was guessing was his twin. "Is this your brother?" The brunette I was speaking of grinned and before Roxas could answer me, he did.
"Yup! I'm his older twin, Sora." He waved cheerily and I waved slightly with two fingers, much like a salute.
"I'm Axel. A-X-E-L, got it memorized?" Sora giggled and nodded, then sat down at the table. Roxas took a seat next to him and I sat across from Roxas, leaning with my elbows on the table. A sudden look of realization came across Sora's face and he stood up abruptly, pointing at me with his arm fully outstretched.
"You're Axel?!" he asked in astonishment, and everyone else at the table, including me, looked at him like he was crazy.
"Uh, yeah, I'm Axel...what's the big deal?"
"I know you!" he exclaimed, a bright grin on his face. I gave him a confused look.
Now, I knew I had met Roxas, but I didn't remember ever meeting Sora. I had heard about Sora, yes, but I don't remember ever even seeing him around the school...although, right then that seemed highly impossible since he was being so...well, noticeable.
The perky brunette seemed to notice my confusion and he laughed. "I mean, I know who you are! Riku's told me about you, and the rest of your siblings!" I raised one eyebrow in suspicion. So, Riku had been telling people about me, huh?
"And what exactly has Riku been saying about me?"
"Oh, not much," Sora paused, looking up into space and tapping a finger on his chin, "he doesn't talk about you much. Although I've heard you're an insensitive, obnoxious bastard." He giggled and my eyes widened in fury. How dare Riku say those things about me to some kid I didn't even know!
Sora seemed to notice my anger and he looked worried, but lucky for him Demyx jumped back in. "Wow, your brother sounds like a charm," he joked, patting me on the back and laughing. I rolled my eyes.
"Yeah, right. He's the most self-centered asshole I've ever met." Sora frowned at my crude remark.
"No he's not! I think he's nice..."
I snorted. "Nice to you, maybe. But that's just because you're cute." Sora blushed.
"I wanna meet im'," Demyx whined, a pout growing on his face. He suddenly beemed with excitement though, and he grinned like a mad man. "Oh, I know! He can come to the beach with us!" Sora's face beamed then, too, and I groaned.
"Fine, he can go and I won't."
"Oh, come on, Axel! Look, you don't even have to go in the water! There are other things to do on the beach." Damnit. I really didn't want to go to the beach, but when Demyx was looking at me like that and trying so hard to get me to go...I just couldn't refuse.
"Okay, okay! Fine! I'll go to the stupid beach..." Demyx and Sora cheered and even Roxas looked happier.
"And you tell Riku about it, too, alright?" I gave Demyx a look that said "yeah right", and he placed a hand on his hip and sighed. "And just in case he doesn't, ask him about it, Sora." Sora grinned and nodded.
"How about we go Saturday?" Demyx, Roxas, Hayner, Pence, and Olette all agreed, and Zexion shrugged. "Then it's settled; we'll all meet at the train station Saturday morning."
"Morning? What ever happened to sleeping in on Saturday?" I asked, crinkling my nose in distaste. Demyx and Sora laughed, but, telling by their expressions, Hayner and Pence agreed with me.
"You guys better get used to it. Summer is almost here." A majority of the teens at the table let out a dreamy sigh after Roxas pointed this out to us, and Hayner was the next to speak after him.
"Man, I can't believe Summer break is already here!"
"Almost here," Olette corrected, and Hayner rolled his eyes.
"Whatever."
"We'll have to make more than one trip to the beach this Summer, unlike last year." Hayner nodded in agreement with Demyx and I grimaced.
"Aren't there better things to do during Summertime then going swimming?" I urged, desperate to hear about some other activity that we would be doing that Summer.
"Pfft, swimming is the best thing about Summer!" Sora exclaimed, stuffing food in his mouth and quickly chewing, barely having time to swallow before stuffing his mouth with more.
"Is not! That has to be the worst thing about it! The heat is the best thing about Summer," I argued.
"I agree with Sora," Demyx stated. "What do you think, Zexy?" he asked, turning to his boyfriend.
"I do not like water much...I suppose I would have to agree with Axel." I grinned victoriously.
"Ha! So there, water guppy!" Demyx pouted at being called "water guppy" and I smirked.
"But that's two against five, Axel," Roxas pointed out, and I frowned frustratedly.
"Two against six, actually," Olette corrected.
"Okay, we get the point," I snapped, and Olette and Roxas both giggled.
Just then the bell rang and we all headed to class. Saturday was only three days away. Great. I had only been living in Twilight Town for about a month and already people were forcing me to go to my least favorite place.
xxxXxXxxx
When I got home on Thursday I was immediately attacked by Axel. He was sitting on the couch, facing the door, arms crossed and leaning back into the couch. He looked kinda pissed, so I walked in cautiously, one brow raised suspiciously.
"Is everything...alright?"
"So, you've been going around telling people that I'm an insensitive bastard?" I furrowed my brow in confusion.
"What are you talking about?"
"Your little friend had lunch with us today. You know, Sora." It took me a moment to understand what he was trying to say, but when I did I rolled my eyes. That's what this was about? I shouldn've known it was something stupid. Axel could get totally pissed about the smallest things.
I walked past the couch and set my bag down, then proceeded to search through all of the cabinets in our small kitchen, trying to find something to eat. I was positively starving.
"Don't just walk pass me! You have no right to be talking about me like that!" I snorted and turned to face him, a bit annoyed now.
"Why do you even care so much? It's not that big of a deal."
"Yes it is, because if you tell Sora that then chances are he'll tell everybody else that, and then everyone will think that I'm an asshole!" I rolled my eyes. What great logic.
"Oh, brother. Don't you already have friends at the school? Why should it matter if some people think you're an ass...even though they would be right in thinking so." Axel stood up and walked towards me angrily, his hands in fists.
"Oh, really? Well then, why don't I just tell Sora the truth about you!"
"Me? There's nothing to tell!"
"I can think of several stories to tell Sora...he'll never lok at you the same way once I'm done telling him about your little stunts!"
"What little stunts?"
"Oh, don't play dumb, Riku. Do you remember all of your one-nighters?" I blushed slightly and gritted my teeth. Axel smirked evilly. He knew he had me trapped, now.
So what I'd had more experience than most teenagers my age? That didn't matter! I mean, that was in the past, and...who didn't have hormones?
"That was a long time ago!" I argued, but Axel seemed unconvinced.
"Are you sure about that? You've probably been having sex with plenty of people around here!"
"I have not!"
"Then why have you been coming home so late? I know your job ends earlier then when you've been coming home."
"I've been hanging out with Sora! Besides, I haven't even been coming home that late, jackass!" At this point we were yelling pretty loudly and I could hear Ven crying from the other room.
"So then, Sora's your new little whore?" That last comment made me really mad. Before I knew what it I punched Axel square in the face. I froze afterwards, and he seemed pretty shocked as well.
"I--" But Axel gave me a good kick in the jaw before I had time to finish. I almost fell over, stumbling backwards and into the counter behind me. I received another kick in the gut and I caught hold of his foot this time, twisting his leg so that he got flipped over and fell to the floor. Kairi entered the room just as I was tackling Axel and then he flipped me over so that he was on top of me, punching me in the face.
"Axel! Riku! What the hell are you doing?!" Kairi asked panickingly, running over to us in a hurry. Once she got there, however, she didn't seem to know what to do. "Cut it out! Both of you!" Axel just ignored her and continued, though, so I did as well. Namine came out of the bedroom, cradling Ven in her arms, and gasped when she saw us. Terra and Aqua followed quickly after her; Aqua looked terrified and hid behind Namine while Terra ran over to us with an excited look on his face and began cheering us on. Kairi scolded him but he didn't stop, and she went back to trying to get us to stop.
I punched Axel again and then a third time, knocking him off of me. I stood to kick him but Kairi grabbed me and held me back. Axel stood up and was about to pounce on me when Kairi swiftly put herself inbetween us.
"Stop it already!" she screamed, and we both stopped, panting and staring angrily at each other. I could feel blood trickling down my chin and Axel's nose was bleeding. "What is wrong with you two?!"
Neither one of us answered, but finally I stepped back and wiped the blood from my lips, closing my eyes and "hmmph"ing. Great. Now I was probably going to have a black eye on Saturday. Kairi, who was very frustrated at this point and seemed very tired, as well, huffed and crossed her arms.
"What is this all about?"
"Riku's been telling people that I'm a complete bastard and making me sound like--"
"I have not! I hardly even talk about you! Why would I want to?"
"HEY!" Kairi yelled, getting our attention back. "Whatever the hell you guys's problems are, sort them out and get over yourselves! You're scaring Ven and you've probably woke up everyone in this entire neighborhood by now!"
Axel growled--or yelled, I'm not quite sure which one it was. Perhaps a mixture of both--and stomped off into the bedroom, nearly knocking Namine over in the process. Kairi yelled at him and followed him into the bedroom, and although they argued for a while I didn't think I would have to worry about him getting violent with her. Axel had one hell of a temper but he didn't hit girls.
I huffed and stormed out of the small apartment, grabbing my jacket on the way.
--
I wasn't sure where I was going, but I walked quickly, an angry glare plastered on my face. What was wrong with him? And just who the hell did he think he was? He had no right to talk about Sora that way! Sora wasn't just some guy I had met on the streets, he was--
I stopped mid-walk, my brow knotted and my fists clenched together. What exactly was Sora to me, anyway? Why was I getting so worked up about all of this? I wasn't sure what to make of it at the time. Had I always felt this way about Sora? From the very first time we met, which was really only a month ago, we had gotten along perfectly and he made me...happy. Really happy. I loved spending time with him, and I couldn't stand it when someone insulted him or threatened him. The other day when I found Seifer bullying him I wanted to slug the belly-buttoned shirt punk so bad...and, obviously, I wasn't reluctant at all in defending him against Axel.
I sighed. This was only natural, right? I mean, who didn't want to defend their friend?
"Riku?" I turned abruptly when I heard my name, but when I saw who it was I sighed in relief. Sora stood there, a curious and worried look on his face. "Are you okay? You look pretty tense." I bit my lip and then sighed again, forcing a small smile onto my lips.
"Nah, I'm fine." Sora didn't seem convinced and he still looked worried. "What's wrong?"
"Your face...what happened?" I sighed and could have smacked myself. Duh.
"I just, um, fell." Wow. Lamest excuse ever? I think so.
But it seemed to do the job, because he giggled and began walking.
"Boy do I know how that goes. I'm so clumsy sometimes." I smiled and we walked side by side at a slow-ish pace. It was getting darker, and we were headed in the opposite direction of my house, but I didn't really care. "Man," he began, stretching and causing his shirt to go up and show a little bit of his belly, "I can't wait for Saturday!" I blushed lightly and looked away, focusing on my feet instead of his body. Surely that wasn't normal.
"What's so special about Saturday?" I asked. Sora looked at me with a blank expression on his face for a moment before he spoke.
"Didn't Axel tell you?" I frowned immediately at the mention of the redhead's name and shook my head. Sora chuckled. "Figures. We're all going to the beach on Saturday!"
"The beach?" I asked, surprised.
"Yeah! We would have waited for Summer vacation to start, but..." Sora paused, seeming confused himself as to why they weren't waiting. "Actually, I'm not sure why we have to go on Saturday. Just because we want to, I guess," he laughed brightly and I grinned.
"Well, alright, sounds fun." Confusion spread across Sora's face for a moment but then a look of realization came over him.
"OH YEAH! You came here from Destiny Islands, right?" I nodded slowly and he laughed, blushing lightly. "No wonder you're not that excited. I only got to go to the beach once last year, so I'm really looking forward to it this year!"
"I am to excited!" I retorted playfully, and he stuck his tongue out at me and laughed, then began running when I tried to grab him. "Hey, get back here!" He laughed some more and eventually led us to an odd, seemingly remote place of Twilight Town. I had never been there before. There were brick walls surrounding us and where we were it looked more like a weird alleyway then anything else.
Sora came to a stop and I did right behind him, both of us laughing and out of breath. "You know, you're a really fast runner for someone so short," I remarked, and he grinned, leaning against one of the walls, still panting.
"I bet I could beat you in a race any day," he said, smirking. I raised my eyebrows in amusement and grinned crookedly, coming to stand right in front of him.
"Oh really? We'll see about that Saturday." His grin widened.
"You're on."
It was then I realized how close we were and, as my face slowly turned more serious, I think Sora realized it, too. We stared at each other for a moment, both of us silent. My breathing was still a bit heavy and I was finding it difficult to catch my breath. We were standing so close. I basically had him trapped against the wall, and I could practically feel his breath on my face.
I could feel my heart pounding and my blood racing. I knew I was blushing again, and I cursed myself for doing so. What was wrong with me? I felt the uncontrollable need to close the space inbetween us, but I knew I shouldn't.
Finally he chuckled nervously and moved to the side, then began walking out of the alley. "We should, uh, head back. It's getting late."
"Uhh...yeah," I agreed, nodding and following after him.
We parted and went our seperate ways half way to my house, and I continued the rest of the way deep in thought. Okay...this was kind of weird. Why was I feeling like this? This was not normal. You don't feel this way about everyone. Especially not just "friends".
I approached the front of our apartment and sighed, shaking my head. I entered the hellhouse, brushing those thoughts aside. Just to my luck, no one was in the living room and by this time everyone had quieted down. Ven wasn't crying anymore and I didn't hear anyone arguing. But our apartment only had two rooms; the living room/kitchen and the bedroom. Either Axel was in the bedroom and was somehow not causing strife, or he had stepped out. At that point I didn't really care. I was tired and my face was throbbing. I went to the freezer and pulled out a pack of ice, wrapping it in a cloth and putting it to my eye. I then flopped onto the couch and slowly fell asleep.
xxxXxXxxx
I opened the door and took in a deep breath, smiling when I smelled something good. When I walked further into our apartment room I saw him standing in front of the stove, stirring something that was in a big pot. I set my instrument down and walked over to him, coming up behind him and wrapping my arms around his waist.
"Hey, sweetheart. Whatcha cookin'"? I asked, kissing his neck tenderly. He didn't say anything but gestured to the large pot, and I looked inside and grinned, licking my lips. It appeared to be some sort of soup. "It smells amazing," I said, hugging him tighter. I was sooo hungry, and I could definitely use some of Zexion's cooking. He cooked like a god.
"Do I have to go Saturday?" he asked suddenly, and I chuckled.
"Yes."
"But I was going to go to the library...besides, I would not do anything at the beach, anyway." I pouted and turned him around to face me.
"Oh, come on. Don't try to get out of it now," I whined, and he frowned.
"But there is no reason for me to go."
"Yes there is! I want you to go," I said, smiling and tracing kisses along his jawline.
"But I do not want to go," he argued, and I sighed.
"Well...why don't you just bring ten books from the library?" He looked amused and I put on the puppy dog face. "Pretty please?" He sighed and crossed his arms.
"Fine." I grinned and kissed him until he pulled away and turned back to the soup he was cooking. I hugged him and kissed his neck again.
"Thank you, Zexy!" He turned back to me with a small spoonful of soup and held it to my mouth.
"Taste." I obeyed and quickly ate the spoonful, moaning at how good it was.
"It tastes great!" I exclaimed, and he turned, once again, back to the soup pot and took it off of the burner and turned the burner off. I reached over to one of the cabinets and pulled out two bowls, holding them out to Zexion. He spooned soup into both of them and, after grabbing two spoons, I walked over to the couch and sat down. He joined me shortly after and we ate while watching T.V. The movie we were watching didn't end until a couple hours later, and by that time I was getting pretty tired.
"Come on, let's go," Zexion said once the movie was over, standing up and tugging on my arm to get me up, too. I complied and we went into our bedroom. I immediately hopped into bed and Zexion crossed his arms, looking at me scoldingly. "Don't you think you should change into some pajamas before you go to sleep?"
I thought about it for a moment before sitting up and looking at him. "Why should I?"
"Because it is hygienic." I sighed and stood up, walking over to my dresser and pulling out a pair of PJ's. I changed into some sweat pants and he put on a huge T-shirt and some shorts. We both crawled into bed and snuggled up together.
"You know, I think Roxas has a thing for Axel," I said, yawning and tracing small circles on his back.
"Really?"
"Yeah...he's always staring at him and I keep seeing him trying to talk to him. But you know how shy he is."
"Mmhmm."
"I think Axel's starting to like Roxas, too. I think he was interested in him from the start, actually."
"Sure."
"I can't wait to see what they're like on the beach! I mean, cuz', y'know, you have to wear bathing suits and everything." Zexion didn't reply, so I just continued. "But actually...if Axel's planning on not swimming, then he probably won't wear a bathing suit, right?"
"Mmm."
"Aw, darn it." I pouted, and Zexion looked up at me, raising one brow in suspicion.
"Why do you care?" I laughed and kissed Zexion deeply. He melted into it but we parted moments later, and I smiled at him, cupping his cheek gently.
"I don't, except that I think it would be very amusing to see Axel and Roxas both half naked in front of each other." I chuckled and he rolled his eyes, smiling at the same time.
"Well, good then. Although I still do not understand why you would get so much amusement from that." I laughed and he laid his head back down, nuzzling his face into my chest.
"I don't think you ever will, Zexy. So--"
"Hey, Demyx," he interrupted, looking back up at me. "Shut up." I laughed and kissed him.
"Sure thing."
A/N: This is the second chapter in a row that I've ended with random Zemyx...xD. But, um, there will probably be more Zemyx in these chapters from now on, since this story has changed it's course and is now more about them...of course there will be Soriku and Akuroku, as well. And side DemAku, of course.
Anywho, hope you liked it! I originally intended for them to go to the beach in this chapter, but as you can see it changed. They'll go in the next chapter.
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