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o.O' sorry about that...lol, you're probably all wondering why i'm uploading so fast...or you just don't care and are just grateful for my strange habit...XD which is fine by me...truth is, i'm just sitting here at home, bored out of my mind because i have no life...so i'm writing to pass the time. Lucky for you all, huh? Like I said before, I'm going to start skipping around and picking up the pace of the story, because I'm just as anxious as the rest of you for the yaoi to start...plus, there's a big conflict to come and I wanna write it! WAAAHHH! ahem...
I'd like to put aside some time and space to thank all of you who've reviewed, you all make me so happeh...(sniffs) and I can't thank you all enough for liking my story! Hugs and Chocolates for everybody!! (showers reviewers in hugs and candy)
Kanta: (stumbles into the room, panting for breath) okay...i give up...you can just do whatever the hell you want...
Ramen: heheh, glad we could agree on something
Disclaimer: I don't own Kindgom Hearts or its characters...i just have wild fantasies about them and, fourtunately for you who enjoy my story, i put those fantasies on...er...documents, since it's not really paper on the computer...but if you wanted to keep with the original saying, the whole "putting pen to paper" dealio then...(starts randomly rambling)
Roxas: I really wish she would die... (glares at Ramen)
Demyx: (sweatdrops) heh...you guys should just read...Ramen will be a while...
Days passed, then weeks closely followed. The group attended classes and spent every Friday evening with Asmara. They'd gather somewhere and stay up watching movies, playing games and just getting to know each other better.
Riku came by every afternoon to see Sora, and more often than not, he was turned away by the ever vigilant Roxas, who still hadn't forgiven Riku for stalking his brother and thinking dirty thoughts about the brunet, although Riku had given no indication that he had…but of course, he did have those thoughts…
They now sat in their anatomy class, the only class the entire group: Demyx, Zexion, Sora, Roxas, Axel and Asmara, had together.
Roxas paled as he heard the assignment for the day.
"Today, we're dissecting fetal pigs, class. Sit with your lab partner and record the data required that I've written up on the board. This will affect your mid-term grade, so don't dawdle, just get it done. And do it right." The professor, dressed in an ankle-length, white lab coat and latex gloves wandered up and down the rows of black-top counters trios of students sat at.
Axel poked Roxas' forehead. "You okay, champ? You ain't looking too hot…"
He couldn't even muster the irritation to snap at the redhead for calling him 'champ'…oh, this was not good. Roxas wasn't the dissection type. He got faint from a bloody nose for fuck's sake…
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Axel leaned over to Sora and whispered, "Psst, Sora, what's up with Roxas? Why does he look like he's about to pass out?"
Sora made a face at Axel. "Duh, isn't it obvious? He's got a weak stomach."
Axel looked Roxas over carefully. The blond was sitting ram-rod straight on his stool, his hands clenched tightly on the counter top. His face was white as chalk and he had that half surprised, half ill look every person sported seconds before they lost their lunch.
"Roxas?" Axel gently laid his hand on Roxas' fist. The boy jumped a bit and blinked rapidly, staring at Axel. "It's okay, dude. You'll be fine. We're lab partners and I won't make you touch anything, mkay?"
Roxas covered his mouth with both hands, gagging.
Okay…maybe not the best thing to say… Axel thought wryly. Heh, he could have fun with this. He was tired of longing for Roxas from afar, day after day, night after night. It had been weeks and Roxas still wasn't warming up to him past companionship. Axel was sick of waiting…maybe he could torture Roxas…just a little bit…so the blond could share in the suffering Axel had been enduring for the past five weeks.
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Demyx leaned over Zexion in a totally unnecessary move to reach for the box of gloves on the other side of the table. Asmara, sitting across from the boys, hid a smile behind her hand at the action. It was painfully obvious that Axel wasn't the only one pining for a special someone…
Even funnier…or sadder…was that, even though Demyx was anything but subtle, Zexion was still blissfully unaware. Seriously, how dense could a person get? Asmara sighed. Did she have to do everything?
"Hey, Zex, can I cut it open?" Demyx asked with fake enthusiasm. He just wanted to have Zexion talk to him.
Zexion pulled his gloves on with a snap. "I don't care, Demyx. Just don't ruin the specimen…unlike you, my scholarship isn't music based, and if I fail this class, I'm out."
"I promise I'll be careful…" Demyx pouted. The professor passed by their counter and set down a tray in the center along with a kit filled with gleaming, surgical sharp instruments.
Lying on its side in the middle of the tray, was the tiny pig body they were supposed to cut and pin open.
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Roxas gagged again, hacking behind his gloved hand as he saw the pig. Sora patted his back comfortingly even as he reached for the dissection kit.
"It'll be okay, Rox." He assured as he pulled out the scalpel and began to carefully cut open the pig's stomach.
Roxas turned his face away, trying not to inhale too deeply the sickly heavy smell of formaldehyde. Oh dear god…it stinks…and I can…I can hear Sora cutting…he's….sawing it? Wha..?
"Sora, knock it off! You'll ruin it!" Axel took the scalpel from the brunet who stuck his tongue out at the redhead. "Why don't you just copy down the instructions?" Axel suggested with a sigh.
"Fine, I WILL!" Sora took out a pencil and started to jot down what was written on the board at the front of the room.
"Hey…Roxas,"
Roxas carefully turned his head back to look over at Axel without having to see the pig. "Y-yeah?"
"Watch this." Axel held up the scalpel then slowly lowered it to the pig that lay on its back, its middle cut open and pinned in place, exposing the organs. Roxas couldn't help it, his eyes followed the blade. Axel grinned like a psycho and stuck the scalpel up the pig's anus. "OBJECT RAPE!" he giggled madly.
Roxas couldn't take it anymore…he threw up.
"EEWWW!" everyone in the room shouted together as Roxas hurled. He covered his mouth with one hand and wrapped the other around his stomach as he ran from the room, coughing.
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"Whoa! Did you guys see Roxas?" Demyx shouted in amazement as he stared at the counter table next to theirs.
"As a matter of fact, I did, Demyx." Asmara answered with a dark scowl. Axel was sitting on his stool and looking far too self-satisfied. He truly is impossible…
"I wish I hadn't seen it, Demyx," Zexion said, looking a little pale himself. "But why don't we stop dwelling on that and just finish our own?"
Asmara stood and stalked over to Axel, stabbing the redhead in the head with her gloved, fluid covered finger.
"GAH, WOMAN! DON'T TOUCH THE HAIR!" Axel growled up at her, glaring.
"Axel Utada, if you don't go after him and apologize, I swear to god YOU will be the next thing we dissect."
Axel raised an eyebrow at Asmara, but stood and left anyways.
"Wha? What happened? Where did Roxas and Axel go?" Sora asked as he looked around at the empty stools around him. Asmara rolled her eyes and couldn't help but laugh.
"Oh, Sora," Asmara shook her head, smiling at the brunet. "Just come over to our table and finish the assignment with us."
Sora smiled wide. "OKAY!"
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Roxas leaned over the toilet again. He couldn't stop throwing up, it just kept coming back. Ugh, if he survived this, he swore on his life that Axel would pay. He knew the redhead had done that on purpose to freak Roxas out. Maybe he hadn't meant for it to go this far, but that didn't change the fact that Axel had done that on purpose.
"Roxas? You still in here?" speak of the devil, there he was. Roxas flushed the toilet and stood, leaving the stall and going to a sink. He completely ignored Axel as he rinsed out his mouth and hung his head, trying to stave off the urge to blow chunks yet again.
Axel's face appeared next to his and Roxas groaned, turning away. "What do you want?"
"I came after you. You okay?" he didn't sound all that concerned. In fact, Axel sounded almost…satisfied. His words were kind, but the tone was more along the lines of: "ha, got ya, you sooo deserved that, nana nana boo boo".
Roxas snorted and instantly regretted doing so as his gorge rose in his throat again. He swallowed hard to get rid of it, another bad move, as the convulsive swallowing made his stomach churn and cramp.
"Oh, come on, it was just a joke. Lighten up already."
"Axel…shut…up…" Roxas threatened in a pathetic, thready voice.
Axel turned him around and forced his head up with a hand on Roxas' chin. The smile on his face was entirely unpleasant. "So…I guess this would be a bad time to kiss you, huh?"
Roxas' answer was to vomit again…all over Axel.
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Demyx sat in the empty music room, strumming his sitar and humming sadly along with the achy melody. Anatomy had been rather odd, but fun nonetheless. Demyx sighed. He just wished that Zexion had noticed him. He only ever noticed the musician when Demyx was hurt or doing something bad.
Why can't he just notice me for me?
It wasn't fair. He'd had feelings for Zexion for practically his whole life, and Zexion only ever saw him as his best friend. Sure, it was great being friends, and maybe it was best to just stay that way, since a confession of feeling could only make that great companionship awkward.
Asmara had told him to stop being a coward and just admit how he felt…but Demyx was just that…a coward, and never would.
"Hey, Dem, you ready to go?" Zexion asked as he slipped into the room. Demyx stared up at the slate-haired boy from where he sat for a moment, knowing that his longing was plainly written on his face. But Zexion didn't so much as look at him. He kept staring around the room at the walls, up at the ceiling, anywhere but Demyx.
Demyx sighed and set his sitar back in its case. Zipping it shut and swinging it smoothly onto his shoulder, he stood and nodded. He took Zexion's hand, but it wasn't anything romantic or sweet…it was a 'just friends' kind of thing. Zexion only put up with it because Demyx insisted.
Maybe I'm just a dreamer after all…
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Sora sat in the park, swinging his legs and whistling. He glanced up at the clouds and grinned, pointing at one. "That one looks like the pig we dissected in Anatomy!"
He looked around the skyscape before pointing again. "And that one looks like what Roxas left on the counter after he got sick!" Sora giggled, still pointing at the large, shapeless blob of a fluffy cloud.
Riku came up behind the brunet and covered his eyes. Sora stiffened but relaxed when the silver-haired boy leaned over his shoulder and whispered, "Guess who?"
"Riku!" Sora laughed. "Let go!" Riku did and Sora whirled around, hugging him hard.
"I heard something about a pig and Roxas…those two wouldn't happen to be one in the same, would they?" Riku asked in a teasing voice, although on the inside he was secretly hoping that that was the case. He had found that he didn't care that much for Roxas…
Sora punched Riku's arm playfully. "No, silly! We were dissecting pigs in Anatomy and Roxas got sick. I was just pointing out the clouds that looked like it!"
Riku made a face. "Sora…that's kind of gross."
"Oh, I know, but I couldn't help it." Sora bounced up and down happily. "So, where are we gonna go today, Riku? Huh? Huhh?"
Riku smiled and took Sora's hand. "I'm going to take you for a ride…"
"Ooo, what kind of ride, Riku?" Sora asked innocently, his blue eyes wide and glowing.
So innocent…so unknowing…if he knew what kind of ride I really wanted to take him on…would he be so sweet and trusting then? Riku wondered as he gazed down into that beautiful face that haunted his dreams.
"Riku?"
"Oh, right," Riku cleared his throat, shaking off images of Sora and him doing…ahem…things… "Um, ever ridden in a limousine, Sora?"
Sora's eyes nearly popped out of his head they went so wide. "WE'RE GONNA RIDE IN A LIMO?!"
Riku laughed, "Yes, we are, Sora."
"COOL!" Sora let go of Riku's hand and hopped up on the silver-haired boy's back. "YOU'RE THE BEST, RIKU!"
Without protest, Riku carried Sora through the park to the front of the campus. Waiting for them there was the anticipated limo, gleaming black in the sunlight. The diver, dressed in a charcoal suit, bowed and opened the back door.
"Master Riku."
"Thanks, Jackson." Sora pouted when Riku put him down, but brightened up instantly when Riku gently pushed him into the limo.
The driver, Jackson, closed the door behind Riku and walked around to the front of the vehicle. Sora sat in the plush leather seats, pressing random buttons and looking like he'd just won a life-time supply of ice-cream.
"This is sooo cool, Riku…is this your limo?" when Riku nodded, smiling modestly, Sora gaped and pointed. "WAIT A MINUTE! YOU AREN'T THE RIKU TANAKA ARE YOU?! THE BILLIONAIRE'S SON?!"
Riku blinked at Sora. "I thought you already knew that…"
"OHMYGOD! I'M FRIENDS WITH RIKU TANAKA!!!" Sora cried in joy out the window as they started down the street.
Though his heart sank at the word 'friend', Riku laughed and pulled Sora's head back into the limo. "Alright, that'll do, Sora."
Sora grinned sheepishly. "Sorry…I'm just…wow…"
"You, ah, wanna get some ice-cream or something?" Riku asked, trying to change the subject.
That pouty mouth fell open and Sora drooled a bit. Taking that as a yes, Riku leaned forward and told the driver their destination.
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"Well, what did you want me to do? Be nice when he's been torturing me for weeks?" Axel asked defensively as he stomped into the common room where Asmara sat on the couch, arms crossed.
"Axel, he's just being himself. I thought you liked who he was."
"I DO!" Axel shouted, throwing his towel at Asmara's head. "I just wish…wish he would give me a chance…you know? Let me in…just a little…"
Asmara sighed and pulled the towel off her head. She gazed up at the sulking redhead sympathetically. "Then just ask him out already, Axel."
"Are you insane? I can't ask him out!"
"Why not?"
"Because I like him too much!"
"Axel…that doesn't make any sense."
"It does to me!" Axel ran both hands through his damp hair, sighing.
Asmara stood and patted his back. "Axel…you're a great guy eighty percent of the time…but sometimes, you can be a real pain in the ass."
"Something he prides himself on, I'm sure." Roxas snapped as he came through the room.
Asmara jerked her head over at the retreating blond, looking pointedly at Axel. "This is your chance, go apologize and ask him out." She said with her eyes.
"Aw man…" Axel groaned before taking off after Roxas.
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"Roxas! Wait up!"
Roxas stopped, though why, he couldn't figure out, and turned back to Axel. "What? Haven't you humiliated me enough?"
"Roxas…look, about that thing in Anatomy…I'm real sorry…I just wanted to mess with you."
"Why? What did I ever do to you?" Roxas demanded heatedly.
Besides make me want you every second of every day while not even letting me near? Axel placed his hands on Roxas' shoulders and hung his head. "You've been hurting me for a while now, Roxas…"
"Eh?"
"Never mind…it was dumb of me to try and get petty revenge…" Axel straightened and looked Roxas right in the eye. "You remember a few weeks back when we had that staring contest?"
"Yeah…" Roxas said uncertainly, leaning away from Axel a bit.
"I won and the deal was I got to ask you a question…remember?"
Roxas stared at Axel incredulously. "You're seriously going to ask me that question NOW?!"
"Yes, because I've finally thought of the perfect question to ask." Axel replied. He shifted a bit uncertainly. Gah, come on, Axel, get in the game. You've asked guys out before, why should this be any different?
….because it was Roxas he was asking….
"Well?" Roxas asked impatiently tapping his foot. He couldn't believe he was actually forgiving Axel for what he'd done and was standing here, listening to him.
"Will you…uh…" Axel paused but the reply was instantaneous.
"No."
Axel glared at the shorter blond. "You didn't even know what I was going to ask!"
"You were going to ask me out, right?"
"Well…"
"The answer is still no."
"And why the hell not?!" Axel demanded, giving Roxas a small shake. Roxas just laughed and pushed the redhead away.
"Because I'm busy." Roxas started to walk away, but he paused after only a few feet. He tossed Axel a teasing grin over his shoulder, "But I'm free Saturday."
Axel stood dumbstruck in the hallway as Roxas continued walking away.
He…he said yes…
"YES!!"
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Sitting on the couch in the common room, a certain pink-haired girl smiled in satisfaction to herself as she heard Axel's victory cry.
Two down, two to go…
XD HA! How ya'll like THEM apples?! Meheheheheh, Riku and Sora ride in a limo (when my family went to Vegas, we rode in a limo...and the driver's name was Jackson...lol, don't you just love my originality?) and you find out more about Riku's backround, Axel is naughty with the dead pig (yeah, when my bio class dissected rats...i did the same thing Axel did...XD bad, i know), Roxas gets sick, Demyx pines, Asmara plots and...what's this? ROXAS SAID YES?! WOOOOT!
Axel: (hugs Roxas) It'll be a date you'll never forget Roxy...
Roxas: (groans and fends Axel off) I REALLY wish you would just DIE, Ramen!
Ramen: Oh...I don't think I will, Roxas...that would make these amazing people who read and review my story very, very sad. (grins suggestively) besides, Axel's right...it WILL be an epic date..just wait. O.o lol, that's right...it will rhyme too!
Kanta: (sighs) ... ... ...
Review plz! X3 oh, and before I forget...I've got the Zemyx pairing planned out...and I clearly have the AkuRoku going...but I'm still a bit off on the SoRiku...nothing seems to WORK!! gah...so, I am asking you, my readers, for any suggestions on how those two will get together. (winks) thanks again.