It's a cold, cold night tonight…Can you feel the cold tonight?!
X fuji X – Ack! Noo!! My black crayons!!! (Cries!) Here! An update! Just don't hurt the black crayons!!
Jymac – Whee! You're a kiwi like me!! Lol. I dunno, I just go with whatever. Since I'm an asian, I call my mother, Mama…Lol. I feel so honored that you re-read the story again. (Cries a river of happiness.)
TheDarkTraveller – All good things must come to an end…Nah, I'm just joking with you. Lol. Things will get better for Roxas, or it could get worse. Who knows eh? Muahaha!
pride1289 – Viruses are EBIL! EBIL TO THE CORE!! I've lost my baby so many times because of it…(My baby meaning my beloved computer…)
Aryna.Tahashi – Lol, Axel is a loveable, huggable guy…He makes me wanna hug him too.
LupinandHarry – I've always thought that Hayner is a guy who's on the aggressive side. If you're not on his side, he'll think you're on Seifer's side, who Hayner thinks is out to get him…I dunno eh?
-Sinister.Soul- - Ack! That's still way cheaper than mine! Lol!
Dark Firesong – Ooo! Interesting idea. I must say. Lol. I feel another plot bunny coming up…Don't worry about Pence and Olette…Even though they're not there, they'll always be in our hearts…Cliché? I know…Haha!
Ranchdressing – Oh noes! You're leaving to vegas?! Don't get hitched now! Lol. Be safe and come back real soon. I wonder when that'll be….Hmmm…
Launch shinra – What?! Partially crippled?! That's terrible!! Get lots of rest and sleep!! As for your reasons of why Hayner is being such a bitch, I will not reveal why…Muahaha! (Ahem…) I think the reason why people hate emo's is mainly because the emo's are willing to be different, if you know what I mean. They are willing to be something that's out of the ordinary than what 'normal' people are. But seriously, whatIS normal? If they think they're normal, then fine! They're normal. Some people just aren't willing to face something that's out of their comfort zone or accept the change. So yeah, I feel for ya. Some of my friends bitch about emo's too, but fuck man…I'm half an emo!! Lol. I hope you'll have patience for your brothers. It'll be hilarious if your brothers end up dating an emo girl…Lol. No offence meant dude.
Conductor of Darkness – WHAT?! You don't know how to upload?! OK! LET ME ASSIST YOU! First, you go into 'Documents' by the left hand side, then you upload a story, make sure it's the right format. And then you edit it to however way you want it to be, and after that you upload the chapter by going into 'Stories' and then you look at the top and choose 'New Story' and ta-da! Pick the category, and so on and so on, and then voila! You're done! Congratulations, you have uploaded a story! I hope I answered your question. Lol. If not, feel free to email me.
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To say that English period went by smoothly was a complete understatement. The tension was so thick between Hayner and Roxas, you could practically 'slice it with a keyblade', said by Sora of course.
Olette and Pence would continue to glance worriedly at Roxas who sat at the back with the 'emo' until Hayner snapped at them and told them to 'quit it'.
Roxas noticed that his former best friend was doing everything he could to avoid his eyes and any form of contact. Notes that Roxas wrote would be ripped up and left to shreds at a little corner of his desk without being read.
To say the least, Hayner was in a very sour mood.
After attempting to pass one more note, he received a reply.
'Stop your bullshit.'
"My, my…your friend has a very colorful vocabulary." Axel spoke sarcastically when he read over the blonds' shoulder.
He quickly scrunched up the note and tossed it into his bag, deciding to stop coaxing Hayner into talking to him and opting to continue to work for the rest of the period. "So Axel, let's continue from where we left off yesterday."
When English period was over, Roxas quickly packed his bags and ran out after Hayner. He passed by Olette and Pence and he waved to them before continuing his chase.
"Hayner! Could you wait-" he had to brake suddenly when the dirty blond stopped and twisted around to glare at him.
"I don't know what you're playing at, but I'm not in the mood for your bullshit. So fuck off." He spoke darkly before disappearing down the hallway into his next class.
Axel walked up to the blond and stood beside him, a hand on his chin. "Yup, that's a very colorful vocab he's got there." He nodded his head as if he was assessing something.
Roxas rolled his eyes at the red head. "I can always count on you to make the situation less awkward." He spoke with a hint of sarcasm in his voice, but either Axel didn't pick it up or he was completely ignoring it.
"Aww, I'm glad you feel that way."
The blond mentally slapped himself on the forehead before walking down the opposite way towards the gym. "Anyways, I hope we're not joining classes again today."
"Keep your head in the game."
"Was that a cheer or an insult." He raised an eyebrow in question.
"A bit of both?" he laughed. "Just don't get distracted ok?" he ruffled the blonds' hair, ignoring the wails of protest. "Wouldn't want you to faint now."
"I didn't faint! I blacked out! There's a huge difference!" he reasoned as he tried to sculpt his hair back to normal.
"Have you looked into a thesaurus lately? You could also use pass out, collapse, and to lose consciousness." He smirked.
"Honestly, you're a-"
"Smart-ass?"
"I was gonna say dork or nerd." He returned the smirk.
"Hah, my way is better."
"You do realize that you just insulted yourself yes?"
"Of course." Axel held his head up high. "Wait…" he stopped walking, looking rather dumbfounded, making Roxas laugh.
"Nice one Axel. Nice."
The day's lesson for physical education was dodging. And there's no better teacher than a friendly game of dodge ball. Of course, it didn't help Roxas much that he was distracted half of the time. So, it was safe to say that he was one of the first people to get out of the game.
"Hey Roxas. What's with you today? I know you and Hayner had a row but you're not normally this sucky at sports." Another blond haired friend came over once he got knocked on the back by none other than Seifer. He would've blown his head off, but there wasn't a good enough reason for it. After all, it is dodge ball. But Seifer just couldn't help but throw to his heart's content. Henceforth, throwing a good ball or two in Tidus' direction and then getting a ruffled looking Tidus as an end result.
"It wasn't just a row." He sighed, taking a sip from his drink bottle. "He really means it. I think."
"Come on, we both know that Hayner is a bit of a hot head, but it'll all blow over within the week. I promise."
"I hope so." He sighed again and looked up.
"Dude, I know so. You guys would be laughing about it by Friday." He leaned back on the bleachers and watched the others continue the game of dodge ball. "You know…That guy ain't half bad." He nudged his head over towards another player.
"Hmm? You mean Axel?"
"Yup, that guy. He's practically the last one left standing." He watched in awe as Axel jumped up to dodge one ball and skidded to the right to dodge another. When the teacher was about to call the end of the game, Seifer and his cronies decided to chuck the balls at him at the same time. Which was unfair, but hey, it's dodge ball. You win some, you lose some.
But Axel did the unpredictable, he took off his shoes and threw it at Rai and Fuu before they managed to get in a good toss. Seifer gave in a good throw, but the red head dodged it effortlessly.
"Axel, this is a game of dodge ball. Not shoe toss." Xaldin criticized after he blew the whistle. "Although I must give you credit for creativity." Lexaeus nodded his head in agreement.
"Oh yeah! Did you hear that Roxas?!" Axel shouted as he walked over to his shoes and picked them up, jumping up and down as he tried to put them back on.
Roxas and Tidus had bowled over laughing their heads off when Axel threw his shoes at the unfortunate followers but they had it coming.
"That was a good one! What's your name again? I'm Tidus." He wiped away a tear from his eye and held out a hand to the red head.
"Thanks, I'm Axel. Got it memorized?" he raised an eyebrow at the outstretched hand but shook it anyway.
"Cool, cool. You ever want to sign up for the Blitz team?" he asked. "You'd be a great player."
"No thanks, I'm not into sports teams and what not." He reasoned as he sat by the blond and took a swig from his bottle, earning a protest from Roxas. "Hey! That was my bottle!"
"Aww, too bad. I reckon you'd make a HUGE difference to our team." Tidus spoke as he waved his arms about and made a big motion with them.
"Thanks kid, but no thanks. I'm just not into it." He was nonchalant about it. Ignoring whatever Xaldin was talking about.
"Oh well, if you ever change your mind, feel free to tell me about it ok?" he started to jog into the direction of their teachers. "See you guys later!" he waved at them before gathering around Xaldin and Lexaeus with a couple of other people he could assume were his 'sports buddies'.
"You did good Axel." Roxas commented.
"Means a lot to me, coming from you." He smirked and drank from the blonds' bottle again, despite his protests. Once he was done with it, he offered it back.
"Eh…you know what? You can keep it." He recoiled slightly, after remembering one of his health classes from the year before. 'Don't share spit.' But another kid retorted with, 'But we saw you kissing your boyfriend.' The lady blushed and quickly changed the subject.
"Cool, score one for me." He waved the bottle around before taking another drink from it.
Once their teachers dismissed their class, Seifer, Rai and Fuu came up to Roxas.
"Heard that you fought with your boyfriend." The beanie wearing boy spoke smugly.
"Get lost Seifer." Roxas retorted, not in the mood to deal with anybody the likes of Seifer and his gang.
"This is a free country, I can be anywhere I wanna be." He smirked as he regarded Roxas with his calculating eyes before raising his head slightly.
"Yeah, it's a free country, ya know?" Rai took a step forward.
"Likewise." The silver haired girl folded her arms as she spoke.
He took a deep breath. 'Just walk away…' he thought to himself. "Likewise…I don't have to listen or talk to you." He spoke before turning his heels and walking in the direction of the changing rooms.
Seifer frowned before deciding to relax. "Sure ya don't, but that doesn't mean I have to stop talking." He shrugged and continued to smirk. "But then again, who would wanna waste their breath on you? For once, Hayner did the right thing." His smirk grew wider when he noticed that Roxas stopped in his tracks.
Axel who had been beside him the whole time decided it was time to interfere, he placed a hand on Roxas' shoulders and whispered, "Let it go, just forget about him."
"It's a little hard." The blond reasoned before he took another step towards the lockers.
Not one to back away, Seifer continued his taunts. "Looks like you found yourself another boyfriend. I guess Hayner caught you cheating on him for that." He spat out the last word while Rai laughing behind him, making Roxas halt in his steps again.
Axel tightened his grip on Roxas' shoulder. "Let it go. Block them out." He tried to guide him towards the locker, but he seemed to be stuck in his tracks. "Come on Roxas."
"What is he saying to you huh? Whispering into your ears? You like that don't you? Bet you left Hayner for him because he whispered to you sweet nothings." He continued goading him, knowing that Roxas would blow up any second.
"You don't know anything." Roxas growled out, his fists tightening into a ball.
"What's that? I can't hear you." He leaned forward and raised a hand to his ear.
"Yeah, speak up, ya know?" Rai jeered him on.
"Preach." she spoke as she stepped just behind Seifer.
"You don't know anything." He spoke a little louder, trying to turn to face him head on, but Axel's grip on his shoulder prevented him from doing so.
"Come on Roxas. Just ignore them. You're better than this." He tried to coax him to walk away, but the blond remained rooted to the spot.
"Hah, you're getting boring. But I knew you never had it in you to speak up. Hayner probably ditched you because of that. Because you're nothing but a shadow that's dragging him down."
"Shut up!"
Surprisingly, it wasn't Roxas who shouted those words. All eyes turned to the red head, including blue eyes that belonged to Roxas.
"Geez, you're one hell of a talker." He grumbled as he forcefully pushed the blond into the lockers with unforeseen strength.
Once they got into their locker space, he made Roxas sit down while he paced in front of him. "Ok, ok. I'm sorry I did that. But before you yell at me, as my way of saying I'm sorry, I got a song for you." He looked over at the blond who continued to stare at the ground. "Hold on by Good Charlotte. You got that?"
Silence filled the room and the ringing in his ear was starting to get unbearable. Everybody else had already left for lunch. As for Seifer and his gang, he could care less, but as long as they're not in the locker room, it would be fine. Or close enough to it.
Axel was about to sigh when Roxas filled the silence with two simple words. "Thank you." He spoke softly.
"Hey, it's what friends are for." He tried to smile but failed. His expression was filled with worry.
"I got a song for you too."
"I hope it's not a boy band." He rolled his eyes and smirked.
Roxas made a noise that sounded like laughter, but it was too short and too quiet to be heard. "Rooftops by the Lost Prophets."
Upon hearing the song, Axel chuckled, making Roxas raise his head in question.
"You wanna scream your heart out?"
"So you've heard of it then." He looked away, not exactly embarrassed, but he didn't think that maybe Axel already had the song to begin with. "Forget about it then. It doesn't count."
"It's all good. Maybe you can think of another one."
"I like 'Predictable' by Good Charlotte. Maybe you've got it already." He stood up and walked over to his locker.
"Nope, I haven't got it yet." He walked over to his own locker and opened it up. "I'll download it when I get home."
"Cool." He smiled before it became uncontrollable, especially when Axel kicked off his shoes. "Nice aim with the shoes by the way."
"Heh, they had it coming."
Ehhh…there's still not much romance…(Notices a mob of readers holding pitchforks and torches…) BUT IT WILL COME! Just cool your jets for a second, would you? (Angry mob shots arrows at author…) Oh for the love of-