Chapter 10: You Stalkers!
A/N: Back to the actual story! Enjoy and Review (next chapter is the Halloween chapter ten the time skip).
Warnings: I hope you don't freaked out too easily …
Disclaimer: … 'emit tsrif eht ekiL' ro 'elppA daB' uohuoT ro ysatnaF laniF ro straeH modgniK nwo t'nod I
Reviews were answered in the previous chapter.
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"They won't stop staring …" I whispered.
"I know, just ignore them," Axel mumbled back.
I wasn't expecting it to be this … calm actually. I somehow convinced Naminé not to have a party to celebrate me dating Axel and all of our friends didn't really care anymore now that the initial shock was gone. What I was wary about was that people would be against me and him being obvious about it (since I did get a ride from Axel this morning and he insisted we hold hands). So, everyone's lack of caring surprised me. What I definitely wasn't expecting was … fangirls.
…
It was terrifying.
And Xion knew it was going to happen too. How come Sora and Riku or Demyx and Zexion never went through this? Oh wait … they did. Well anyway, I think they were expecting this too because they're nowhere to be found.
"Hey, Roxas!"
I turned to see Olette running towards me with Hayner and Pence behind her.
"Hey, Olette, what's up? What's going on with everyone?" I asked, referring to the creepy fangirls with their creepy gazes.
"Oh, you should have been expecting this. I mean, look at you two; you're the new hot topic!" Olette giggled. I stared at her uncertainly.
"Basically she means you probably have a few stalkers now …" Hayner explained.
"Stalkers … are you serious?" I nearly shouted.
"Hey, the expression is 'are you for cereals?'!" Demyx shouted, running down the hall with Seifer and Rai on his heels.
"Get back here, chickenwuss, I wasn't finished talking to you!"
"Yeah, we need to have a conversation about you and your monster dog, y'know!"
Demyx just answered with a scream and ran faster.
"… Why's my cousin and his weird friend chasing some dude with a mullet down the hall?" Hayner asked.
"Because the dude with the mullet set my neighbor's dog on your cousin's weird friend on Saturday," Axel answered.
"Dude … that is awesome!" Hayner shouted, bumping fists with Axel. I rolled my eyes at both of them, Olette joining me while Pence just laughed.
"Well anyway, this stalker thing will last for about a month or so … So you might want to be careful," Olette warned. My eyes widened.
"A month?" I yelled. Axel squeezed my hand in reassurance.
"Don't worry, they won't bother you … maybe. For the most part they'll be like paparazzi, so try to avoid making out in school 'kay?" Olette laughed.
…
You wanna know how right she was?
I felt like Naminé or Marluxia. Axel was perfect at ignoring them, goodness knows how, but I felt extremely uncomfortable. Especially when they all pulled out their cell phones and took pictures every time Axel hugged me. 'Just ignore them' Axel kept telling me but damn if they weren't annoying! I swear they tried to follow me into the bathroom once. And they were outside during my gym period. For once I was glad I had Axel in that period, he was able to keep them from dragging me away. (I could see it in their eyes).
"I swear they going to!" I shouted.
"Roxy, no one's going to kidnap you," Axel sighed.
"Yes, they will! They'd never think about kidnapping you so I'm the next best bet!"
"Why? Because you're so shor—"
"Don't say the S word!"
Axel just laughed.
"Okay then … vertically challenged. Or how about fun sized?"
I just glared at Axel, despite the fact that I was glued to his side (which he was apparently enjoying).
"Roxas, don't worry. I'm not going to let anything happen to you," he smiled, wrapping his arms around me. At that exact moment, about fifteen flashes went off. Then Xigbar yelled at them to go stalk someone else and for our class to get inside and change.
"I don't see how you guys survive through that!" Hayner yelled, running up behind us. Yeah, when he's not skipping, Hayner's in my gym class.
"I feel like I'm going to get mobbed on the way home …" I mumbled.
"Unless they attack my car, I don't think that'll actually happen," Axel laughed as we walked to the locker room.
"You never know with the people in this school," Hayner joked.
"Thanks, that makes me feel so much better about coming here …" I grumbled sarcastically.
"Hey, I'm glad you came man! It was getting boring just having Olette to make fun of!" Hayner laughed. I shook my head at him.
"I have a feeling that at this moment Olette is plotting to kill you and has no idea why …" I told him.
"Holy crap, you can read her mind?"
…
" Hayner … just go away. And try not to hurt yourself," I groaned while Axel held his hand over his mouth trying not to laugh.
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"So, Mr. Akai … would you like to explain to me what happened this time?"
"Um, I would if I could but I really have no idea how this happened."
"Oh really? You really have no idea how a giant hole appeared in my desk? I'm sure nothing took a bite out of it so it had to have been you."
"Sorry Vex, I really don't know …"
"Do you know Mr. David?"
"Riku don't tell him anything!"
"Hush Akai! Well Mr. David …?"
"No sir."
"And how about you Mr. Shiroi? Or you Ms. Kisaragi?"
"Nope!"
"I never know what Axel's doing anyway …"
"Aww Roxy…"
"Don't 'aww Roxy' me!"
Well … Axel's pyromaniac tendencies haven't changed one bit. In other words he's still blowing shit up. That includes Vexen's desk. Though I was telling the truth when I said I didn't know how he did it. Because he himself doesn't even know how he did it. What a dork.
"Listen, Axel, whatever you did is now your problem. Detention."
"Aww."
"It's your own damn fault!" And with that, the ice man left us to our work. I stared at Axel and he stared back for a moment.
" … Good luck with that."
"Aww Roxy!"
"What did I just say?"
He pouted and bent down (shut up, I'm fun sized) to nuzzle his face into my neck in apology. Riku and Yuffie started laughing.
"Ax, he's got you wrapped around his little finger," Riku laughed alongside Yuffie. I looked straight into his eyes.
"Damn straight."
They both burst out laughing at that until Vexen told us to shut up before we all got detention.
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"Feels like a normal day …"
"Kairi, there's no such thing as normal for you. And why're you here anyway? Weren't you complaining that you were tired and needed your bed?"
"But Roxy, how can expect me to go home by myself?"
"Easy, you'll just beat the crap out of anyone who tries to touch you."
"I would neve—"
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Cheo cheoeum choere—
"Yep?"
…
"What do you mean 'can't get ou—"
…
"Just kick the fucking door down!"
…
"That's never stopped you before!"
!
"Fine, fine! Geez!"
Kairi snapped her phone shut and turned to stare at me.
"What?"
"Axel's stuck inside the gym."
"…"
"…"
…
"How'd he—"
"Don't ask."
…
"Why's your ringtone in Korean?"
"Cause I like Korean music …"
"… Weren't you obsessed with Japanese music before you left?" I asked.
"Reno complained that I listened to too much music so I switched to Korean to annoy him more."
"Why are you and your family so weird …" I sighed to myself.
"You're the one dating my older brother Roxy … who you should be going to rescue by now …"
…
…
I didn't budge.
…
"Nagareteku toki no naka de demo kedarusa ga hora guruguru mawatte—"
"Okay fine I'll go rescue your idiot brother! Just please shut up!"
She laughed as I stormed off. Damn the Akai family and their abilities of persuation! And the fact that they take up way too much of my brainspace (and in Axel's case, personal space)! I already have too much to worry about without worrying if Axel set something on fire or if Kairi ended up choking my cat to death from the way she hugs her.
"Oof!"
.. I think I just knocked someone over.
"Oh, Roxas?"
… I think I just knocked Olette over.
"What are you still doing here Olette? Last I checked, clubs are over …" I said as I helped the brunette back to her feet.
"I could ask you the same question …"
We stared at each other for a moment.
"Touché …"
She just laughed at that.
"Actually, I'm here waiting for someone. You?"
"Same," I sighed, "Except my idiot got himself locked in the gym."
"Wow, how'd he do that?"
"That's what I'm going to find out," I told her as I started to walk away. She stood for a moment before following.
"You sure got adjusted here really fast …"
"Oh really?" I looked at her in confusion.
"It took Hayner, Pence, and I forever to get use to this place," Olette said.
"You're not from here?"
"No, we all moved here from Twilight Town. Hayner moved in with his Seifer a few years ago. Then Pence and I, well our families, followed suit. It's so different here so … green. The most beautiful thing about Twilight Town was … it's Twilight. Other than that, it was just another town. I'm kind of glad I moved here. I got to start a new life, make new friends," she smiled, knocking her shoulder into mine to emphasize who she meant. I smiled with her. I actually agreed. As insane as the past week has been, I'm glad it happened. If I had stayed cooped up in Naminé's house … I never would have made the friends I had, I never would have experienced high school, I never would have fallen in love …
Speaking of the person I fell in love with …
"Hello? Is anyone out there? A janitor, administrator, mouse, someone? Jeez, why's this school so fucking empty? It's only four thirty!"
I rolled my eyes, listening to my idiot boyfriend rant about the disturbing emptiness of the school. Olette just laughed once again. I sighed.
"Axel."
"… Roxy?"
"Yeah, Kairi sent me since you apparently refuse to break down the door."
"Well it's not like I wanna get in more trouble. Just serving detention in the gym is enough for me. Damn that Vexen and his resourcefulness …"
Agh, this is going to be a headache.
And to make it worse, right at that moment the lights flickered out.
"What the hell? What happened?" Axel asked.
"I don't know, I can't see anything—"
The lights cut back on. And Olette … was gone.
This is getting creepy.
"O-Olette? Hey, Olette?"
No answer.
"Roxas, what's wrong?" Axel asked, concern leaking into his voice.
"I … I don't know. One minute Olette was right next to me and now she's … gone."
"Wha—"
The lights flickered off again as I felt something push me. I braced myself to hit the metal doors but instead found myself in familiar arms. There was a split second of eerie silence before a huge bang came from behind me. I think something pushed me inside the gym and locked the door.
"Axel …?"
"Yeah?"
"Do you know what's going on?" It was a stupid question, I know, but part of me was hoping it was all just a joke.
"Heh, I wish I could tell you but I have no idea myself," he laughed dryly.
Great.
I shrugged out of his grip and went to sit against the wall. He followed after a few seconds and for once just sat next to me. He was sitting close but our only points of contact were our knees, my right and his left. The silence of the room started to affect me more and more each second and I could hear myself and Axel breathing. Not to mention there was a serious temperature drop in the room.
"Roxy?"
I jumped a little at the noise but answered anyway.
"Yeah?"
"Y'think this place is haunted?" he whispered. I wanted to roll my eyes and tell him there's no possible way but right now that idea didn't seem so far-fetched. I just shrugged my shoulders as an answer. In turn, Axel scooted closer to me and I let him cling to me again. Though I was hoping he wasn't expecting me to the strong one because just watching horror movies with Nam gets me freaked to the point where I sleep under my bed instead of on it. I felt his breath ghost through my hair and lened into his touch. Then it occurred to me … I'm an idiot.
"Axel … did you ever try calling anyone else?" I asked.
"I called Reno once …"
"Anyone useful?"
He didn't say anything else so I sighed and pulled out my own phone.
… No service.
"What the hell?"
"I'm not getting any bars either," Axel said, checking his own phone.
"What about when you called Kairi and Reno?"
"The connection was already bad, that's why I never got a chance to call you!"
"Dammit! Well that's no help, we're going to have to find another way out of here. If the door won't open for you, it's not gonna open for me."
"I checked, there are no other useful exits. The locker rooms are chained, and I'm serious when I say there are fucking chains on the doors, and the vents are too small so that's a no-go."
"I guess the fans must be on too, it would explain why it's so cold in here," I sighed, leaning into Axel's warmth. He squeezed his arms tighter around me and exhaled slowly.
"Or it could be a ghost …" he mumbled.
"Shush! It's not a ghost and this place is not haunted!" I yelled, though it was easy to see that I was trying to convince myself more than him. My voice echoed off the walls for a moment before the eerie silence was back. Then the whispering started.
"Do you hear that?" I asked quietly, tensing slightly.
"Hear what?"
The whispering peaked then lowered back down again.
"That!"
"What?"
The sound was … coming from my left.
From the door.
I crawled over, Axel behind me asking me what was going on. I shushed him again and pressed my ear to the door.
"-Not doing anything-"
"-waste of time-"
"Think it's-"
"Worth – effort-"
"-what're they—"
"Can't hear—"
"Shh, shh, quiet!"
Oh.
My.
God.
…
Stalkers.
I turned to Axel with wide eyes just as the lights turned back on and he stared at me in equal surprise. The doors to the gym opened and there stood a mob of girls all staring hungrily at us. One of them was even holding poor Olette hostage. Axel and I stood and slowly inched our way towards the door, trying to think of a way out of this mess. One of them cleared her throat and started speaking.
"We'll give her back if you give us a show," she smirked.
I turned to Axel, at a loss for a plan of action, and was surprised to see him smirking as well.
"Well ladies, as interesting an offer as that sounds, I'm afraid we'll have to decline."
I felt myself being lifted and thrown over his shoulder as he sprinted out of the gym, the girls in his way smart enough to step aside. Olette was gone again; I guess she got away when Axel distracted them.
"And we're seriously going to have to deal with a month of this?" I grumbled in Axel's hair. He just laughed.
"Don't worry, I'll protect you!"
"I don't need protection, I need peace and quiet!"
"Can't help you there."
"… I blame you for this!"
"Ouch."
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A/N: I'd have to say one of the weirdest moments I've seen in my school is when one of the gay guys in my class got a yaoi fangirl stalker. Another strange thing … there are a lot of gays in my school … and they're all extremely awesome people. Whenever you need a hug, BAM they're there! Not to mention we have a yaoi queen (had, now that senpai has graduated) and she was always surrounded by her mafia made up of the most awesome people in existence. I love those guys.
Anyway, this chapter was kind of random but it gets the point across that this isn't going to be a super mushy romance. Axel and Roxas' relationship is more comical than anything because the things that happen to them are loosely based off many things that happen in my life. Except for Vexen; my chemistry teacher is completely different. He keeps getting told off by the fire dept. for teaching his students how to make bombs. Vexen doesn't like bombs … because they're usually from Axel. And yeah, Olette is pretty darn creepy. See ya next chapter!