Feelings Revealed

Axel stared at him blankly, not knowing how to react. "What?" He blinked twice rapidly and slightly blushed at the question.

"You heard me. I want to know if you only think of me as a friend!"

Axel didn't reply. He turned his face away from Demyx as it turned even redder. "That would make you…"

"Gay!? It's just a stupid word, Axel. It doesn't change who I am or what I like. I've liked you since I came here afterall."

Axel's face continued to redden and he said, "Well…then that makes two of us…I just didn't know what I was feeling, because I had never felt this way before…about anyone."

Demyx blushed and smiled, "Not even a girl?"

The red head shook his head, "Never met one…really…not one that I liked anyway."

"So…I'm your first crush?" He giggled.

Axel nodded and rubbed the back of his head and looked up at the ceiling. "Is that bad?"

"No…I'm flattered."

"Flattered? Does that mean you just like me…you don't…" He was interrupted.

"Love you?" Demyx blushed more and giggled. "Of course I do…"

"But…?"

"But…what will people think if they hear about this?"

Axel shook his head, "Let's just keep it between the two of us for awhile, ok?"

"You would lie to your friends?"

He laughed maniacally, "Friends? Ha! That's a laugh. More like enemies that just happen to be my annoying neighbors that I have to put up with."

"Shouldn't you love your neighbors?"

"I love one of them…does that count?"

Demyx blushed and giggled, "I suppose so. Anyway we should both get our rest…I'm sure you've got a big day ahead of you."

"What about you? Take easy training classes or something?"

"I guess you could say that."

Axel chuckled and waved as he left the room. As he did he heard Demyx giggle happily behind the door and heard the sound of a spring like on a mattress. He's probably jumping for joy on his bed. Then he heard an 'oof' as something hard hit the ground. And now he fell off. Axel laughed to himself.

The next day, Axel woke up feeling cheery for once in his life. He had never felt so good. He unfortunately had no time to see Demyx, so he rushed off to his first class of the day which, that day, was Vexen's Science class. Axel rolled his eyes as he entered the room. Vexen looked over his shoulder as he held a vial in his hand.

"Oh, Axel, sit down over there."

He looked around, "Where's the rest of the class?"

"You're all there is."

"What about Zexion. He used to be in here."

"He was too smart for me."

He laughed, "You mean you two had too many arguments about who was right."

Vexen glared at the spiky red head, "Yes…well…he obviously forgot who the teacher was. But that is the past."

"So what are we doing today then?"

He thought for a moment and then asked, "Well…what would you like to do?" Axel smirked and walked over to Vexen. As he whispered in Vexen's ear, a smile crossed Vexen's face and he rubbed his gloved hands together. "Sounds interesting. You can use anything in here, just…don't burn the room down."

"I'll try not to."

Meanwhile, Demyx was busily studying with Zexion in the Organization library. He was reading some of the fire books he had previously taken and jotted down some notes. "Hmm…so fire is fueled by a massive amount of oxygen…"

Zexion walked over to Demyx, "Why are you so interested in fire? You Axel's boyfriend or something?"

"What does Axel have to do with anything?"

"He has fire power, hence the reading of fire books. It's not that hard to connect the dots." Demyx ignored him. "Your silence just confirms my thoughts."

The blonde boy glared intensely at him, "Please leave me alone. I am trying to concentrate."

"…Tfft. Whatever. Just watch your back. I'm not giving up on this."

A chill ran down his spine as Zexion said this and he tried to delve even deeper into his studies. He squeezed his eyes shut, Axel! Axel! Axel!

Axel had stayed in Vexen's lab all day and had been excused from the rest of his classes thanks to Vexen. He had finally finished his project and showed it to Vexen before he left.

The dark blonde scientist looked it over. "Well…it is…interesting…as I thought it would be…but…what is it?"

Axel sighed, "It's a ring."

"Well…yes…but a ring of what? It doesn't look like a ring of fire or even a wedding ring…so what kind of ring is it?"

"A special kind…"

"…Indeed…"

The red head shook his head and tried to explain, "Look at it again. You can see the small surfboard on it and the accentuated little blue waves on the side of it."

"Yes…but…how does this help science?"

"But showing how one can…surf on water without using water powers."

"Ah I see." He tried to sound like he completely understood everything.

Axel chuckled and left the room. "See ya!"

Vexen shook his head, "I don't get it at all. That's the last time I fall for his lies and let him skip his other classes."

The spiky red headed boy then headed towards Demyx's room, since the day was done and he was supposed to be safely concealed in his room like the treasure that he was to Axel.

He knocked on the door and it was answered by a silver haired person. "Oh…it's your boyfriend Demyx."

Demyx walked up and let Axel in, "Ha ha very funny."

The red head cocked his head to the side, "Why is he here?"

He whispered, "I'll tell you later…it's a long story."

He whispered back, "But I have something…I wanted to tell you."

"Can it wait?" He glanced at Zexion nervously.

"…yeah…" He looked at Zexion and glared, "It can…"

Demyx smiled and Axel walked in and sat next to Zexion. Zexion rolled a die and moved a game piece on a board. Axel looked up at Demyx and shrugged. Demyx sat down on his bed, "We were playing 'Detonator' before you came in."

"What kind of game is that?"

"It's kind of like Monopoly and Risk combined." Zexion explained.

"It's pretty fun." Demyx commented.

"Well…I'll let you two finish…" The red head sighed and went to the corner of the room.

"No that's okay. We were just finishing up anyway." Demyx said.

Zexion stared and Axel shook his head and started doodling on some scrap paper that was lying around. "Let's just finish our game, Demyx. He's obviously sulking."

A vein throbbed in Axel's head but he held his anger in. Zexion frowned after getting no reaction from Axel and went back to the game. Demyx and Zexion soon finished up, but Axel stayed in his slump. As Zexion left he said, "I'll leave to play some games with Axel now. Play nice."

Axel looked up and glared at him when he said this. Demyx closed the door after Zexion, so that Axel wouldn't chase after him and start a fist fight. He walked over to him, as the red head turned his head away from him. "What are you doing?"

Axel said nothing, but continued to draw with the red crayon he had in his hand. Demyx smiled and grabbed a blue crayon out of the box and doodled next to Axel's doodles. There was, at first, no reaction from the spiky red head, but eventually he smiled and drew himself and Demyx drew himself and then Demyx took a green crayon and drew a heart. Axel shook his head. "Ew, no. It should be a red heart. Green hearts look sickly. You trying to make us have a sour relationship?"

Demyx giggled, "Sorry Axel. I meant no offense."

He shook his head and crossed out the green heart and drew a red one in its place. "There…that's better."

Demyx nodded and smiled, "Much better."

Axel glanced at the clock on the wall and exclaimed, "Wow it's late. I'll drop by tomorrow, alright?"

"Wait…why did you stop by today though?"

"Axel reached into his pocket and felt the ring that he had made, but shook his head. Nothing important. Just wanted to see you."

"Oh…okay…"

"So…yeah…I'll see you tomorrow, right?"

Demyx nodded slowly, "…yeah…"

Axel placed his thumb and index finger on Demyx's face and lifted it to his, "Hey…keep that adorable smile on your face."

Demyx blushed, "…yes sir…"

Axel smirked and released him. "I'll be seeing you then." As he left the room he waved his right hand back and forth.

The blonde mullet haired boy watched the spiky red head leave. What was your real for coming tonight, Axel? And what am I going to do about Zexion?