Its been so long since I put up a chappy! DX sorry guys but hey I now have a deviantart account with several of my own pieces! It would be cool if you all could come check them out so please take a look. My account name is still the same so it should be easy to find :D
Chapter 10
Shiver
There are times in which you just want to go wild. Do something completely reckless. Why we do is the question. Maybe we just want to prove something or make another suffer from the damage, whatever the reason, all that matters in our minds at those moments is forgetting all our troubles and only thinking of what we're doing at that exact moment.
To Roxas the world was spinning rapidly in front of him. Something inside him had died and he felt for the first time that he just wanted to go and run around in dirt, do something completely forbidden in his nature. Maybe he would forget everything that was happening to him and he wouldn't have to suffer from the pain that his father brought him.
If only that man could understand him more. How come he couldn't get a hint that Roxas felt lonely without a dad around? Him not being around brought up more questions that Roxas wanted to leave unanswered. Was the reason he didn't come home often was because he didn't care about him? Maybe he only wanted to be surrounded by work? Or… is there another family he has and is keeping secret?
Roxas didn't want to know which was true, all he wanted was to forget. Maybe forget his own existence…
"Pst. Pst. Psssttt!"
Roxas rolled on his side facing the window in his bedroom, the bed creaked in return. To his surprise, Roxas found himself facing a person's face. They had red hair, emerald eyes, and two tattoos on their face. Axel…
Roxas got up and opened the window to let the other boy in. Why he was even here in the middle of the night Roxas didn't know, but it did strike his curiosity.
"What are you doing here Axel?" Roxas asked as he sat down on his bed quietly so he would wake up either of his parents…especially his father Cloud.
"I wanted to see you. After what happened, I... just. I couldn't help, but feel that it was my fault." Axel looked at his hands ashamed.
"You're a jerk Axel." Roxas said amused, rolling his eyes. "How can you come over here and start a sob story around me? Your horrible. And I thought we were getting close enough to understand that being ourselves is not a issue."
"Uh… Sorry?"
"You better be!" Roxas pouted his lip and pretended to look hurt. Axel was fun to mess with.
Axel chuckled and ran his fingers through his thick soft red hair that was a bit messier than usual. He hadn't made any time to brush it out when he left the house that he didn't really need to sneak out of since it was empty.
It was a short silence, but not awkward so that both boys felt uneasy. When Axel took a look at Roxas he couldn't help but feel a small tinge of excitement. After all he was with Roxas. Alone. In the dark. Inside a bedroom. What boy wouldn't be?
"So is there anything else you wanted besides that? I doubt that you came all the way here just for that." Roxas moved a bit closer to look in Axel's eyes which were blinking. A small dose of red began lighting up Axel's cheeks.
"Um, actually, yeah. I was wondering something. I wanted to ask you before, but those guys showed up before I could finish… heh. Um… I wanted to know if you would like to… um… you know uh…" Roxas waited patiently, whatever Axel wanted to ask must have took a lot of guts. "I wanted to know if you would like to go to the homecoming dance with me… but if you don't I can completely understa—"
Roxas leaned over and gave Axel a hug and a shy laugh. "Of course. I'd… love to go with you Axel."
"Oh? Well… um… that's great… I guess I'll have to um… get going now… don't want to keep you up all night. Heh." Axel got up from the bed and tiptoed to the window.
"Good night Axel." Roxas blushed.
"Night Roxas." Axel pushed his way through the window, only to have misplaced his footing.
Axel fell on the ground with a thump on top of the grassy lawn. The boy had to hold his breath to keep himself from screaming in pain… wouldn't want Roxas's parents to show up seeing him crawling out of their son's window at night.
…Of course if every story were to go that way there wouldn't be any fun.
Axel made a loud yelp once he realized his leg had been cut. That was the thing about cuts, you never actually feel the pain they bring until you see the blood.
Roxas started to panic… though he didn't know if it was for Axel being in pain or the fact that his parents would find Axel on the ground because he crawled out his window.
"Roxas?" Aerith became alert and had woken up from her slumber…that would mean that Cloud was awake too…
"I'm ok mom!" Roxas called. "I…um…" He needed to think of something.
"Roxas are you ok?" The sound of Cloud's voice made Roxas shake a bit.
"I…I'm fine."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah… I just fell out of bed." Good one Roxas!
Cloud opened the door and stared at Roxas. "You fell out of bed? All the way over there?"
"Uh yeah… it was a pretty big fall." Was it just Roxas or did it sound just like the conversation from the Chicken Little movie by Disney?
"Alright, if you say so." Cloud closed the door. Roxas hurried to the window in a flash.
"Are you ok?" Roxas whispered out the window.
"I've had worse." Axel moaned as he tried getting back on his feet.
Oh that Axel.
The days went by and Roxas couldn't help when he would ever get to hang out with Axel even once. It had already been a week since they last spoke and he was already starting to feel lonely without the red head bugging him up a storm. If only he could find some spare time then maybe they could go get some coffee… though Roxas didn't really care for the stuff… But none of that matters! All Roxas wanted was to have time to spend with Axel.
"Hey Roxas could you help me with this?" Demyx waved his hand over.
Roxas nodded and made his way over to the big papier-mâché robotic looking thing the Demyx had been working on. The homecoming theme this year was supposed to be techno style. Which involved a lot of silvery stuff like robots.
"So how's it going Demyx?" Roxas ripped a few sheets on newspaper and dipped them into the slimy paste.
"I am so behind right now! I still have to work on the stage and design the tables that were going to have out. Argh! I'm soooo frustrated." Demyx rolled his eyes and then set them on Roxas. "So… got any plans for homecoming?" Demyx asked with a sly smirk.
"Acually… yeah. I do!" Roxas grind widely. "Axel asked me to go with him."
"Oh. Well that's great. Though I'm a bit surprised that he's willing to be open like that. I wonder what sparked it."
"It's possible it has something to do with those guys… you know, the ones that attacked us." Roxas blushed at the thought of Axel protecting him that day.
"Could be. I still kind of wonder why they were after us in the first place. "
Demyx and Roxas worked for several hours and when it finally became late got ready to go home. It had been a long day and both were worn out.
"So I'll see you around." Demyx waved at Roxas before he left and walked to the parking lot to go away in his car.
Roxas waited outside the school building. His mom was late in picking him up. He wondered what was taking her so long.
"Hello. Your Roxas right?"
Roxas jumped and turned around to find a girl staring at him. She had blonde hair like his only it was combed back and two thick hairs stuck up from the top. She was stunning in a way, but had a dark aura that made Roxas's back feel chills run down it.
"Uh yeah. And you must be L—"
"Larxene. That's right. I'm the one and only girl in the school who even has a chance at becoming homecoming queen. Unlike those other sluts who can only dream. Am I right?" She smirked and leaned against the brick wall of the school building. Only the outside lights hit her face enough so that Roxas could see her. If there wasn't any light, the darkness would have swallowed them whole.
"Uh yeah, I guess." Roxas didn't know how to respond to her. She could do anything.
"Well anyway. Axel wanted me to tell you something." Larxene walked closer to Roxas and whispered in his ear. "He doesn't really like you the way you think he does. He just wanted to see the outcome of it all. It's over Roxas."
"You're lying." Roxas glared at her.
"Hey I'm only saying what he told me, I'm just his humble messenger." Larxene did a mock bow and made a small giggle. "Here's some advice Roxas, forget about Axel. He's too much out of your league. He'll get caught up in so much stuff that you, a regular guy, wouldn't be able to be a part of. You'll only get hurt Roxas. And the only way to avoid it is to forget him. It's not like he actually cares about you. I mean come on! How could Axel fall for a low life GUY like you? Do you really believe that Axel could even be gay anyways? Hee hee. Such low probability." Larxene walked down the concrete path out into the front school yard. She stopped once more. "And one more thing Roxas,"
Roxas looked up at her with watery eyes… even if she was lying, it hurt like hell to even think of such a thing… there was no way.
"You should probably start thinking about changing your name to Roxanne." Larxene disappeared into the darkness; leaving Roxas slouched on the ground his face covered in tears.
Please don't kill me for doing such a mean thing to Roxas, just trying to make things more interesting here :D
