Phew…I must now listen to my music to get my muse going…If I had one…Not that I have one…I don't think…Anyways, moving on…
You guys are so lucky! Lol, maybe not but I like to think you are. I'm doubling the lengths of the chapters again. Some of you will be going 'about time!' and some others will be going 'YES!' It's my own personal goal, because…I must move on…Get to the point, ya get me? That's fucktastic…
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"Axel! How much more can you fit in your trunk?" the guy with the short brown hair called out as he stuffed in one last bag into the trailer.
The red head looked inside his boot and estimated, "About two or three more Matt." He called out and walked over to him.
"The back seat of your car is filled up too right?" he asked as he squeezed shut the trailer door.
"Yeah, can't pile up anymore or else the rearview mirror would be blocked." He reasoned as he picked up a couple more bags and tossed them in the trunk.
"Yeah," he nodded his head and looked at the bags lying on the floor. "Well, there's not much left, I'll just ask them to either hold it or put it on the floor." He laughed as he picked them up. "We should be good to go now."
"Cool." He closed the trunk and walked up to the passenger side and opened the door. "Yo Roxas. We're gonna leave soon."
The blond looked at the time displayed by the radio then turned back to the red head. "Ok."
"I'm just gonna check back with Geoff one more time." He nudged his head towards where the man was as he spoke.
"Ok." He smiled as the red head closed the door then walked away.
Roxas sat back in the chair as he waited, the bad thing about camps are…the long trip it takes to get from point a to point b. He hated sitting in the van or car for long periods of time. It got nauseating sometimes.
He sighed as he looked out the window and saw a couple of sparrows sitting in a tree. Hopping from one branch to another. The next thing he knew was that he was slowly drifting to sleep and he vaguely noticed that Axel got in the car and started the engine.
He opened his eyes and he saw nothing but green, lots of green. Green trees, green grass…green hills. At least the sky was still blue and road was still grey.
"Good morning Roxas." A voice to his right sounded.
"I fell asleep…" he replied intelligently as he rubbed his eyes and yawned.
"Yes indeed you did." He chuckled, "Did you have a nice dream?"
"I don't know." He shrugged weakly as he tried to stretch in his seat.
"Do you want me to pull over for a while?" he asked as he glanced at the blond.
"No it's ok. How far along are we?" his mouth felt dry and he found that he couldn't swallow properly.
"About two hours into the drive." He spoke as he reached over to the back seat and fumbled around for something.
"Wow…" he was actually pretty shocked with himself for sleeping for over half of the trip then noticed the red head rummaging around the back seat. "What are you looking for?" he asked as he turned his head around.
"Got it." He pulled out a bottle and handed it over to the blond. "We had a pit stop about half and hour ago. So I got us a couple of drinks."
"Thanks." He took it and looked at the label. "Green tea honey lemon…" he quirked up an eyebrow.
"Or do you prefer the passion-fruit one?" he smirked as he continued driving.
"No, this is fine." With a sharp twist, he got the cap off and took a sip from it. "Mmm, quite nice." He commented and took another sip.
"Sure is." He chuckled, "From my favorite brand."
Roxas looked at the logo located at the top of the label. "Mish…mash?" he held back a snort of laughter.
"Do you know what it means?"
"No, but it sounds like potatoes."
"It's like a mixture. They sell all sorts of drinks, like coffee or tea, juices and what else?" he jutted his lower lip out as he thought, "Oh yeah, and power drinks and milk beverages."
"You do realize that you're giving free advertisement right?" he laughed and took another sip.
"Who cares?!" he laughed, "I'm just saying that they're good."
"Mmhmm." He looked outside the window and noticed that the scenery wasn't as green as it was before. "So, what have you been doing for two hours?" he asked as he placed the cap back on the bottle.
'Watching you sleep like an angel.' He thought to himself with a smile. "Nothing, you know, just driving." He waved his hand in a circular motion.
"Man…you must've been bored. Why didn't you switch on the radio?"
"I wasn't sure if you were a light sleeper or not." He reasoned.
"Ah well, I'm not a light sleeper. But I'm not a heavy sleeper either." He pointed out.
"I'll keep that in my head for future reference." He smiled as he turned on the radio. "Feel free to surf around."
"Cool." He started playing around with the buttons, listening in for good songs or his favorite ones. "Oh, I haven't heard this song in a while."
"What is it?"
"Predictable by Good Charlotte. What a coincidence." He laughed and then switched to a different channel.
Axel scoffed as he listened to the music, "Tell me about it." He made a mental note to download it after the trip was over.
Just as the blond was surfing the stations, Axel's ears managed to pick up a familiar piece of music and some key words "Oi, oi. Go back to that station. I heard something emo."
Roxas scoffed but complied none the less and managed to find the station that the red head was talking about.
"-on the music list of 'That's so Emo', we'll be playing 'Slit your own Throat by The used'. Damn, they're so fucking emo, they make me feel normal." The speaker laughed. "We're still taking requests, so phone us on 325 4366, or text us your request on 325 4367."
"Did you get that??" Axel smirked as he eyed the radio while driving.
"What? The number or the song name?" he asked curiously.
"Both, it sounds awesome." The music started playing and he immediately liked it. "Oh yup, I'll be phoning them somewhere in the near future."
Roxas wasn't sure if he should download a song with the words 'slit' and 'throat' in the same sentence. But he slowly changed his mind as the song progressed. It was still a little too 'emo' for his liking.
"Not gonna take this, not gonna take this." Axel nodded his head and sang with the music and the blond stared at him.
"You've heard this song before?" he asked as he pointed to the radio.
"Nah, but they normally repeat a few words in their lyrics. It's easy to pick up on their trends after listening to a few of their songs." He reasoned as he started tapping on the steering wheel while nodding to the beat.
Once the song was over, Axel whined. "Aww damn, that was a good song."
"And next up, we've got a request from Michael who wants to listen to 'Welcome to the Black Parade' by My Chemical Romance." There was a fluttering of what Roxas could only guess to be papers, "I don't know if the lead singer looks better with black hair or bleached hair. He looks hot in both." The speaker laughed again.
"Total emo." The red head chuckled.
"Anyways, on with the show. And you're tuning into 'That's so Emo' on 96.9 FM."
"The CD we're giving away is from latest album by The Used, totally awesome prize if you're an emo like me. Anyways, if you're caller number nine and you answer the question correctly, you'll instantly win the CD! How fucking awesome is that?" the speaker cried out.
"Roxas, here." The red head tossed the phone to the said person. "Use your phone too, I want that CD!!! They're the best emo band in the whole world!!"
"Woah, ok, ok." He fumbled his hold on his phone as he tried to catch the one that the red head threw to him. "Calm down Axel."
"Like fuck yeah I'm calm!" he cried out with a menacing smile as he continued driving. "Dial in the number first."
"Ok, the question is," Roxas dialed as fast as his hands could allow on one phone and quickly did it for the next, "What's the lead singer's name in The Used? You can start calling in now."
"Go, go, go!!" Axel cried out and for the first time, he actually prayed that Roxas would get it. The blond had a phone to each ear and he felt extremely ridiculous.
"Oh man, would you look at that? All them red lights flashing. And here we go caller number nine. Hello caller number nine. What's your name?"
"Uh…" the blond widened his eyes when he heard his own voice on the radio. "Oh wow…I got it. Um…uh…I'm Roxas." He numbly hung up on the other phone.
"Sexy name you've got there." The speaker laughed and Axel looked as though he was having difficulty holding it back. "So, tell me. Are you taken?"
The blond looked taken aback. "Er…Yeah, too bad for you." He replied as he made a face to Axel.
"Aw damn, so if I told you to dump whoever you're going out with in exchange for the CD, would you do it?"
"Sorry no, I'm not the kind of guy to do something like that."
"Good to hear, good to hear. Sucks for me though. Anyways, what's the lead singer's name in The Used?"
Roxas widened his eyes and quickly turned to the red head in panic. Axel snatched the phone away and cleared his throat, "Bert McCracken." He spoke in the best impersonation he could make and gave it back to the blond.
"Congratulations! You are now the proud owner of The Used CD, how do you feel?"
"Speechless." He managed a smile on his face.
"Damn, I wonder what you look like in person." The speaker chuckled, "Anyways, hold the line and I'll get your number and address and maybe stalk you in the future. Next up is 'We were meant to live by Switchfoot'." the song immediately started playing and Axel hastily switched off the radio. "So Roxas, what's your address so I can personally send in the CD hm?"
Axel stared with mild interest from the corner of his eye as he drove on, he hated being left out of the loop, he had absolutely no idea what that guy was saying to the blond.
"I might not be at home if you do, considering that I have work and what not." He furrowed his eyebrows as he lied while the red head snatched the other unused phone back and started texting.
"Oh damn, maybe I'll just stay outside and wait for you to show up huh?"
"If you wanna waste your time doing that, then sure." He looked at the phone that the red head shoved in front of his face. It had his address on it. "You wanted to know where I live?"
"Yeah, pen and paper on the ready."
"It's Dusk Apartments at the corner of Evince Road, fourth floor, apartment D. Or 4D in other words."
"Cool, cool. So tell me, are you gay, bi, or straight?"
"I'm…" there was a slight pause, "Straight."
"You sure? You hesitated for a second."
"Yeah, I'm straight. Do you need to know anything else?"
"Nah, if you ever decided to bat for the other team, gimme a call yeah? See ya Roxas, my name is Noah by the way."
"See ya."
"Damn, I got burned by a sexy voice."
"Bye Noah." He finally hung up and sank in his chair and buried his head in his hands. "That's the first time I have ever lied so much in one conversation."
"You ok?" the red head smirked as he eyed the blond.
"I'll live…Although my conscience might die on me soon." He mumbled out as he handed back the phone. "Thanks by the way."
"No worries." He took his phone and stuck it in his pocket, 'No way in hell will I ever let some stranger stalk you…' the red head thought to himself and glanced back at the blond. "What did he say?"
"He wanted to personally send in the CD, I made up some excuse so that he wouldn't…And then he asked me if I was-"
"Yeah, I got that part." He looked worriedly at the blond who let out a soft sigh.
"He's weird." He finally managed to say out.
"The part about you having a sexy voice was a total crack up." He chuckled.
"Let me repeat myself, he's weird." The blond smirked a little as he sank lower into his seat.
"Sit up straight, you're gonna get a sore back like that. And don't go complaining to me if you do end up getting a sore back." He warned.
They stopped for lunch shortly after the whole 'emo' incident and managed to get a lot of tables moved together to make one huge long table instead.
The business was extremely happy that they're gonna make a lot of money and profit, not to mention good advertising, but over half of the restaurant was completely taken over by them and there weren't enough chairs to go around.
By the time they finished eating and got out of the restaurant, it was already 12.30pm.
"Alright people, one more hour to go before we get there!" Geoff called out as he ushered a few of the teenagers towards the van as they groaned out their misery.
"One more hour? No problem." Axel smirked as he got into his own car and started the engine.
"This is so tiring. I'll never get use to this." The blond grumbled as he opened the door to the passenger side and got in as well.
"Hey, you're not the one that's driving. Plus, you slept for over half the trip, so if anybody gets to complain, it should be me." He pointed out as he shifted gears and followed the other vans out of the car park area.
Roxas smirked, "Do you wanna complain? I'll listen for free the first time."
The red head laughed, "Nah, I'll save it for later when I need it."
They managed to get to their destination within the hour and when they got there, they were somewhat surprised to see two tour buses parked in front of the cabins.
"Uh…" Axel started as he slowed to a stop. "The other churches?"
"Yeah, but they use to come in vans like we did. Looks like they've expanded a lot in the last year." Roxas watched as the people scurried around with their bags looking for their rooms and possibly trying to switch into one where their friends were sleeping in.
The red head noticed the pastor from the blonds' church come towards him and he immediately pushed a button for the window to slide down.
"Hey Axel, why don't you park your car at the far end? There's a space over there where the apartments are." He pointed to the end where the road ended and the gravel began.
"Ok, sure. Thanks Geoff." He thanked him and slowly drove in the pointed direction, trying very hard not to accidentally crash and bump into people.
Once he settled into the park, he switched off the engine and opened up the boot. "Shall we?" he looked over at the blond and smirked.
"Way ahead of you." He returned the smirk as he opened the door and stepped out, pulling at the slot to make the seat come forward so that the luggage in the back seat could be claimed.
After every bag except their own has been retrieved, Axel took out his own bags and pillow and Roxas' then closed the trunk. "Ok, where to?" he asked as he looked around the new area.
"We find our cabins." He smiled as he reached for his bags and pillow that the red head was holding.
"Would they put us in separate rooms?" he asked as he ignored the looks that a few kids were giving him.
"Probably not, since you're new to the church. They'll probably stick you with me." He spoke as he walked around the corner and started reading the list posted by the cabin doors.
"That's cool." He smiled in relief as he followed the blond.
"Not in cabin ten." He moved straight to the next one.
"So uh…After this, what do we do?" he asked as he re-adjusted the bag strap on his shoulder while the blond scanned the names on the list.
"Get settled into the cabin, claim a bunk, introduce yourself to the other people and wait." He moved to the next room.
"Wait?" he quirked up an eyebrow at the blond.
"We're in cabin eight." He pointed out as he walked through the opened doors.
There was already a group of boys inside and none of them belonged to the church he goes to. He felt instantly out of place, but as long as Axel was with him, he didn't mind so much.
He tossed his bags and pillow to the empty bunk on top, horizontal to the wall, by the door, "My bunk."
"Hey!" the red head cried out and everybody immediately turned to him. "I wanna gonna grab that bunk."
"Too late." He smirked as he climbed the steps up to the bunk. "You snooze, you lose."
"Fine, I'll grab the one over there then." He walked past the blonds' bunk to the one horizontal to the other wall and threw his bags and pillow up to the bed. "Never knew you could have a triple bunk." He spoke as he stared at the empty bunk with no mattress above him.
"You learn something new everyday." He smiled as he watched Axel climb up the steps.
"So, who're you guys?" a boy with short brown hair and blue eyes asked as he looked from Roxas to Axel.
"I'm Roxas from TBC."
They turned to the red head for an answet, "I don't err, belong to any church." Axel spoke as he leaned back on the wall, in an attempt to avoid their eyes and gazes.
"Twilight Baptist church huh? Cool. I'm Josh from HBBC, so are Chris and Jake." He nudged his head towards the two boys behind him. One boy had short, spiked up black hair and dark eyes while the other had slightly long black hair with highlights of brown and hazel eyes. "What's your name?" he tilted his head up to get a better view of the red head.
"Axel." He replied curtly, he didn't feel like socializing.
"Cool name."
The red head merely grunted his thanks and listened as Josh spoke to Roxas.
"So Roxas, I think I've seen you around here last year."
"Yeah, I come ever year for church camp with my brother."
"He's your brother?" Jake asked incredulously as he pointed towards the red head.
"Does he look like my brother?" Roxas suppressed the urge to roll his eyes at them, "My brother is with his friend somewhere around here."
"Oh ok then." He turned away and scratched his cheek.
The door on the other side suddenly burst open and somebody stepped in, "Hey Josh! We're gonna go to the basketball court, wanna come with?" some random guy ask as he looked at the new faces but ignored them none the less.
"Sweet, we'll be right there." He waved then turned back to the blond. "You guys wanna join us? Axel can come too."
Roxas looked at the red head who merely shrugged, then he turned back to him. "Nah, gotta set up the sleeping bags and whatever's." He reasoned as he shook his head in refusal.
"Alright then, your choice." He shrugged then headed out the other door and the two other boys followed.
Once they were out of the door, the blond let out a low sigh then proceeded to take out his sleeping bag from its holder and spread it across the mattress. He sneezed once as he did so.
The red head copied what the blond was doing (except the sneezing part) and placed a pillow at the head of the bunk, closest to Roxas'. After they were done, they stared at each other.
"What now?" Axel asked as he quirked up an eyebrow.
"We wait."
"That's what you said last time." His face faltered as he watched the blond put his bag over the small plank of wood hanging in between their bunks.
"Do you wanna go outside instead?" he asked as he took off the white scarf he wore. It was starting to get a little warm now it was the afternoon.
"Sure," he shrugged as he jumped off his bunk to the ground below. "What are we suppose to be doing on the first day anyway?" he asked as he watched the blond climb down from the steps. He smirked a little at the view he was getting.
"Dunno, that's why I said we wait." He unzipped his jacket a little as he walked towards the door. "The first day is usually 'settling in' day." He spoke with quotations.
"Ah, ok." He nodded his head and followed the blond out. Almost immediately, other people were already crowding around the both of them. But they all chatted to the blond instead.
Everywhere they went, everybody that wasn't from their church approached the blond. And Axel wasn't happy with the way Roxas was making friends left and right. It made him feel horribly forgotten. He turned his head to the bubbly voice that belonged to the blonds' brother and noticed him with his silver haired friend.
Sora kept to Riku, so why can't Roxas do the same? But then again, that might be asking for too much. The blond didn't even notice the red head walking away as he continued to talk to the other people.
Shortly, the red head came out of their cabin with a sketchbook and pencil case in hand and moved across the large playing field where some teenagers were playing soccer towards the playground at the far end, away from the chattering people in an attempt to find himself some privacy. He knew coming to camp was a bad idea. There were just too many people around.
Made him feel claustrophobic.
But he came for Roxas.
Axel settled himself on one of the unoccupied swings and opened his sketchbook to a new page and started drawing as Roxas socialized by the cabins. Not five minutes later, he heard footsteps come closer and he instinctively closed his sketchbook.
He never did like people poking their noses into his business. Even if it was just a sketchbook.
"Hey Axel, what's up?" Josh asked as he stood in front of the red head with his hands in his pockets.
"Nothing much." He shrugged as he twirled the pencil he had in his fingers.
"What's that you're holding?" he pointed to the item in Axel's hand. "A book?"
"A sketchbook actually." He said in an all-knowing voice.
He scoffed, "What are you exactly?" he had been tempted to ask this in the cabin. "Emo?" Josh laughed and his other friends laughed along with him.
Axel ignored him as he shifted his eyes to a spot just behind the boy's shoulder and noticed the blond coming closer with a look of curiosity.
Noticing that the red head was no longer paying attention to him, he turned his head around and saw the blond closer to them. "Hey Roxas! Don't you think that Axel is a bit of an emo?"
The blond smiled and suddenly, the red head felt betrayed as he shifted his eyes away from them.
Roxas stopped just behind the three boys and placed his hands in the pockets of his jacket, "I like your honesty Josh, but I rather you keep those comments to yourself thanks."
He scoffed and started walking back towards the cabin, the boys following close behind. "Great, you've been converted as well. I wouldn't be surprised if you're gay too."
"HEY!" Axel stood up from the swing, ignoring the noise that the book and pencil case made when they fell to the ground as he stalked towards the three boys. But before he could get to them and give them a piece of his mind, Roxas grabbed his arm and shook his head.
The red head stared at the blond then turned back to the retreating boys. Letting out a scoff of displeasure, "This sucks," he started, finally realizing that he broke the pencil that he had been holding. "This place is exactly the same as the outside world." He scoffed again as he glared at the back of the boys, hoping it would be enough to stab them to death.
"We're human after all." Roxas laughed, although there was no mirth in it as he released the hold he had on the red head and walked towards the swing and started picking up the
pencils, pen and eraser from the ground and placing it back in the pencil case.
"I guess…" he finished lamely as he walked towards the blond and picked up the sketchbook that was lying half open on the ground.
"I'm sorry for leaving you behind." The blond suddenly apologized as he handed the closed pencil case over to the red head. "But don't worry. I'll stick with you from now on." He smiled a little as he sat on the swing.
"Ah, you don't have to do that." He offered as he looked away. In truth he felt really happy that Roxas would do that. But at the same time, he felt a little guilty for wishing something like that just before.
"I want to." He pushed the ground lightly with the soles of his shoes, letting him swing back and forth in a slow, steady motion.
"If you insist." Axel sat by the blond on the next swing over and opened up the pencil case then placed in the broken pieces before closing it again.
"Oh, and I found out what we're doing next."
"What's that?" he looked at the blond curiously.
Roxas smirked as he looked at the red head, "Free time until 3pm."
Axel laughed.
A barely noticeable electric guitar solo started playing throughout the crowded food hall of the camp site. The red head leisurely took out his phone from his pocket as he took another bite from his macaroni and cheese dinner.
"Yo."
"Axel! What do you mean you won't be home for a week?!" a familiar voice screamed from the other side and he had to hold it a short distance away from his ear.
"I just won't." he shrugged as he stabbed at the green salad on his plate and stuffed it in his mouth.
"Why?!" Reno cried out and the red head resisted the urge to roll his eyes as somebody poked his shoulder.
"Hey Axel, could you pass me the water jug?" the blond sitting on the left of him asked as he pointed to the item to the said person's right.
"Sure Rox." He smiled as he picked up the jug and poured some water into the blonds' empty cup then placed it in front of him.
As the blond thanked him, he heard a chuckle from the other side of the phone, "Ah…eloping with Roxas eh?"
"No, it's not like that." He suppressed the need to suddenly slap his forehead when a hand was placed on the red head's shoulder, he turned his head back to a familiar person.
"Hey Axel, you wanna join us for band practice later?" he was holding an empty plate.
"No thanks Matt." He refused politely as he heard his brother gasped.
"Alrighty then. See ya later." He waved and walked towards the kitchen area to put away his dirty dishes.
"A threesome? Axel, you naughty…" he could hear his brother smirking away.
"Whatever Reno." This time, he really did roll his eyes.
"Oi, did you have to take the mouthwash with you? I use it too you know?" the voice on the other side sounded rather miffed.
"I'll return it in a week."
"Aww but-!" he hung up before the older red head could say anything else.
"What did he say?" the blond asked as he started eating his vegetables while looking at the phone that the red head was still holding.
"Just asking why I wouldn't be home for a week." He tucked his phone back into his pocket and continued on eating.
"Didn't you leave him a note?" he quirked up an eyebrow at Axel.
"I did, but he's not normally this nosy about where I'm going." He reasoned as he picked up his glass and drank half of it.
"You didn't tell him where you were going, did you?" he smirked.
"Why should I?" he grinned as he went back to his macaroni and cheese.
The brunet grunted as he ate in gusto. "Mm!! This is so good! I'm going up for seconds!!" he cried out happily.
The blond smacked his forehead, "You didn't even eat the packet ones you bought!"
"But Roxas! This is homemade! It's so good!!" he stuffed another mouthful in.
"Sora, could you chew first before you stuff another spoon in?" the silver haired boy beside him asked as he watched his friend in amazement. He knew Sora liked food, but this seems more like an obsession.
"I'm done!!" he dropped his spoon and fork on the plate and waited for the next round.
"Sora, eat your veges." Roxas demanded as he pointed at the meager amount of salad on the brunet's plate.
"Aww…But Roxas, I don't like radishes…"
"Then pick it off."
"I don't like onions either." He picked up his fork and started pushing the radishes off to another side of the plate.
"Pick it off too."
"I don't like capsicums as well…"
"…" the blond stared at his brother. "And then the next thing you say is that you don't like cabbages or lettuces either right?"
The brunet smiled sheepishly.
"Ok fine, but could you at least eat a fruit or something?" he sighed.
"Yes!" he cried out in triumph. "I can totally do that." He noticed somebody from the adult table standing up with a microphone in his hands.
"Ok, anybody wanting seconds? Here's your chance."
"After seconds!" Sora jumped off his seat and joined the rush of teenagers towards the food.
Once the brunet was out of ear-shot, the blond shook his head in disbelief. "He acts like we never feed him or something."
"Well, I'm going up for more food," Axel spoke as he stood up from his seat then turned to the blond, "What about you?"
"No, I'm fine." He pushed his plate away and took out the booklet that they received earlier in the day from his pocket.
"Ok then." He walked away and left the blond to go over the timetables for the next few days of camp.
'Night service at 8…tea time at 10…in the cabins by 10.30…lights out at 11…' Roxas thought to himself as he scanned the timetable for Monday. He took out a pencil from the red head's pencil case and quickly made a note for Wednesday morning to get up in time to help out for kitchen duties.
Roxas looked up momentarily when his brother came back with a plate full of macaroni goodness and an apple. Sora waved the fruit at the blond then started eating his second dinner. He shook his head with a smile and looked back in the booklet, 'I'm sure I can get up by 7.15…Not sure about Axel though…' he furrowed his eyebrows slightly, 'Seriously, 7.30 for kitchen duty? That sucks.'
"Tell me about it." Axel laughed as he placed a bowl of dessert in front of the blond, his dessert bowl and the plate perched precariously on his arm on the table and sat back down in the seat. The blond was unaware that he had spoken the last part out loud. "And what's this about being 'the Spell Casters'?" he spoke in quotes.
"It's our group name. It changes every year." He smiled as he closed the booklet and placed the pencil back in the pencil case. "Last year I was in the Hulks." Almost immediately, the red head burst out in laughter. The blond blushed slightly in embarrassment. He should've expected this kind of reaction from the red head.
"The hulks?! Oh, what a total crack up." He wiped a tear away and sighed as he started eating his food. "The hulks…Hahh…Good one."
"Whatever." He grated out as he stared at the bowl in front of him. "What is this by the way?"
"It's dessert. Duh." He spoke as he took another bite of the macaroni.
"What kind of dessert?" he looked at the square block of white in question but at least the syrup looked familiar, "Passion fruit…something."
"Passion fruit cheesecake. It's written on the board silly." He pointed out and the blond blushed again in embarrassment.
"Whatever…" he picked up the spoon that was in the bowl and started eating and widened his eyes in surprise.
It was good…Surprisingly good. Especially for a home made one. The texture was smooth and creamy and the passion fruit provided just the right amount of tanginess. It practically melted in his mouth.
"That good huh?" the red head chuckled as he finished up his meal and drank the rest of the water in the cup and refilling it up. "I'll be the judge of that." He placed the jug back down and picked up the spoon and took a bite out of his own dessert.
He was silent for a good half a minute before he finally swallowed. Roxas smirked with a satisfied look as he watched Axel.
"Uh…I think Kupo Kafe is gonna have some competition with the cheesecake…"
Roxas laughed, ignoring the looks of confusion from his brother and Riku who have absolutely no idea what a Kupo Kafe was.
They were now sitting restlessly (on the red head's part) in the church hall located at the far end of the cabins, listening to the last few words from the pastor before the end of service.
"We should love our fellow man and treat each other with equal respect."
The red head smirked as he turned his head to the blond who was sitting beside him, "Yeah Roxas, you should love me." He whispered and held back a chuckle when the blonds' writing suddenly went slack due to the effect of his words.
"Shut up Axel." The blond managed to say out and continued writing in the booklet.
The said person merely smirked and turned his head back to the front.
"Let's end our service in prayer." He closed his eyes while everybody stood up and followed suit. Axel stood up and hesitated for a moment before closing his eyes as well. "Dear Father in heaven. Thank you for watching over us during the trip and guiding us safely. Thank you for the wonderful weather we've had today and may the other days be sunny as well." A few people murmured out their agreement.
As the pastor continued the prayer, Axel peeked at the blond and noticed he was very still. He quickly closed his eyes again.
"Thank you for everybody who decided to join us in our camp and may they seek to you for help. In Jesus' name, amen."
The red head opened his eyes again and noticed the band members getting up to the front to get ready for songs and singing.
As the music started and then the singing, he felt a little out of place and wondered if anybody noticed that he wasn't singing. He curiously looked around the hall, but nobody was looking his way.
He placed his hands in his pockets as he looked at the screen projector, reading the words that were being displayed on the wall.
It was one song after another and after four or five songs, they were dismissed to grab some snacks in the food hall. "Help yourself to hot chocolate. Hands off the coffee machine if you're not over 18." Geoff called out with a smile as the teenagers started leaving for cookies and biscuits.
"Do you think I look 18?" Axel asked as he nudged the blond.
"Which answer do you wanna hear?" he looked at his watch as they walked out of the church hall. '9.48…about an hour left before we have to be back in the cabin.'
"Huh…Good point, either you're young and immature, or you're old and in your prime." They continued walking towards the food hall that was at the other end of the cabins.
Roxas snorted and ignored his brother who zoomed past him to get more food with Riku following close behind. The red head beside him yawned loudly and cleared his throat as he walked by the blond.
"Are you tired?" Roxas asked as he looked at Axel.
"Uh…kinda." He scratched his cheek.
"Do you want snacks?"
"Uh…not really."
"Hot chocolate?" they just walked past their cabin and noticed that the lights were still off.
The red head quirked up an eyebrow at the blond, "Er…where's this conversation going?"
"Nowhere, I was just wondering that if you don't want anything to eat or drink, you can go to bed earlier if you wanted." He reasoned as he shrugged his shoulders.
"Ah, good idea." He back tracked and walked back towards the cabin. "I'm not that hungry for snacks anyways. What about you?"
"Me neither." He followed the red head and watched as Axel opened the door and fumbled around for the light switch.
Once the lights were on, the red head immediately climbed up the steps to his bunk and collapsed with his face in the pillow and let out a sigh of relief. "Finally! Some relaxation!"
"You sound like we've been working you to death the whole day." He laughed as he dragged his bag from across his bunk and looked inside it for his toothpaste and toothbrush.
"No, but I feel so tired." He rolled over so that he was lying on his back instead, "I feel as though I could drop dead any second now."
"Then get off your butt and brush your teeth before you fall asleep." He stepped out of the door.
"Gimme five more minutes to relax." He called out as he waved his hand lazily.
"You'll be off to dream land in less than five minutes." He rolled his eyes and walked off, "I'm not waking you up if you fall asleep." He called back.
"You will!! I'm sure you will!!" he shouted from his bunk.
Roxas laughed as he walked towards the toilets located in between cabin five and cabin six. He shivered at the cold wind that blew gently as he walked closer to his destination. His feet suddenly made contact with the tile floor when he stepped inside and moved towards the sink. He turned on the tap and proceeded to squeeze a little toothpaste out of the tube onto his toothbrush.
By the time he got back to the cabin, not even five minutes later, Axel was already in the land of dreams. Roxas closed the doors from both sides and used this small window of opportunity to quickly get changed into his pajamas.
He kicked off his shoes and tugged his socks off and looked into his bag for his night clothes.
While changing and already in his night pants, he froze halfway of putting his pajama top on over his head when Axel shifted on his bunk bed. He let out a small sigh of relief when the red head didn't wake up and quickly pulled it over his head. After putting his other clothes and items back into his bag, he climbed up the steps that led to the red head's bunk and gently shook him.
"Axel, wake up and brush your teeth."
He merely snorted and mumbled something incoherent.
"Axel, get up now." He gave the red head another gentle shake.
The red head forced his eyes opened and peered at the blond through sleepy eyes and smiled, "See? I told you you'd wake me up…" he grinned lazily as he rolled onto his side and faced the blond.
"Yeah, yeah. Now get up and brush your teeth." He smiled a little and was about to jump off the steps when the red head grunted in disapproval.
"Can I just skip that part out and go straight to sleep?"
"Sure."
"Really?" he raised his head from the pillow as he stared at the blond.
"No, now get up and brush your teeth." He laughed a little when Axel groaned and dropped his head back to the pillow.
As soon as the blond got back up on his own bunk, the red head was rummaging around his bag with a scowl while Roxas pulled on a pair of socks for extra warmth.
The red head grunted his discomfort as he stepped out of his bunk and accidentally missed the last step, "Woah, Jesus-!" he cried out in shock as he tumbled down but regained his balance. "Er…Sorry, I didn't mean that." He laughed nervously as he scratched his cheek.
Roxas merely stared at him.
"Right…I'll be er…right back." He pointed to the door and walked out.
Roxas sneezed once, then twice then quickly got into his sleeping bag to conserve some warmth. It was getting colder.
When the red head returned a few minutes later, the blond sneezed three more times in succession. Axel laughed.
"Are you cold?" he asked with a smirk as he closed the door.
"Yes…" his voice sounded nasally. "Could you switch on the heater please?" he pointed in the general direction of the equipment without getting up from his bed.
"Sure." He followed where the blond was pointing to and switched on the item at the wall. "Looks pretty old…" he looked at the small circular tube with other pipes coming out of it and leading into the wall. "Very old."
"Well," the blond began as he sneezed again, "This camp has been around for a long time," then he suddenly sat up and stared blankly ahead. "Ah…"
"Ah?" Axel quirked up an eyebrow at the blond.
"I'm sneezing because," he sneezed again, "the whole room is dusty. And the fact that I'm sleeping by the window isn't helpful either." He turned around and dug into his bag and finally revealed a box of tissues.
"You brought a box of tissues?" the red head almost laughed while the blond pulled out a tissue.
"It doesn't hurt to bring some." He shrugged as he sneezed again and blew into it.
"Maybe you should sleep away from the window." He suggested. "I'll move my bunk over there." Axel pointed to the unoccupied mattress at the foot of his bunk.
"No." he shook his head, "You stay, I'll move." He proceeded to get out of his sleeping bag.
"No, no I insist." He smirked as he climbed up the stairs that led to the other bunk and walked over the mattress towards his bed and pulled his sleeping bag over the small plank of wood in between the two bunks. "Less work for you." He then crawled over his sleeping bag, over the plank, over the now empty mattress and dragged both of their bags over to the other plank so that it would be in the middle of them.
Begrudgingly and very slowly, (due to the fact that the blond sneezed once every thirty seconds), Roxas managed to moved his sleeping bag over and when he was finally done, he sneezed three more times in rapid succession then collapsed on top of his pillow with a muffled groan.
The red head let out a soft chuckle as he hopped off the second bunk on the floor and switched off the lights. "Good night."
"G'night…" he groaned again and quickly flipped over to his back when he felt the sudden urge to sneeze again. "Guh…"
Axel laughed and somehow managed to get changed in the dark. It wasn't quite that dark though, there was still some light shining through the curtains from the outside. Once he was done, he climbed onto his bunk.
"Hey Roxas. Are you getting better? You haven't sneezed in the last-" his sentence was abruptly cut off by a sneeze.
"Gee…thanks a lot Axel." He blew his nose into another tissue.
The red head laughed as he walked on his mattress and carefully tested the strength of the small wooden plank with one foot, then the other. He lifted himself off the plank with the help of the bunk handle and hoisted himself over.
"Axel, what are you doing?" he stared at the said person through the wooden bars going from left to right of the empty bunk. "There's no mattress." He realized shortly.
"I know." He gripped the wood in front of him and smirked as he stared at the blond through the gaps, his speech slightly muffled due to the obstruction of wood over his mouth.
"You look like you're in jail." He felt another sneeze coming and got ready for it by putting a tissue over his nose.
"Would you come see me if I was?" he grinned as he wiggled his fingers.
"It depends." He managed quickly and turned his head away to sneeze.
"Come on, say you'll come and see me."
"Goodnight Axel." He grinned and rolled over to his side.
"Aw Roxas, you hurt me so." He chuckled as he slowly got off the top bunk above the blonds' and climbed onto his own bunk bed. "Goodnight Roxy." He said with a smile as he zipped up his sleeping bag and snuggled into it.
"Goodnight."
They were already asleep by the time the other cabin members came back. Not even the unexpected lighting up of the room awoke them from their slumber.
Roxas and everybody else in the cabin abruptly woke up to the sound of banging doors and a deep voice calling out to them.
"Ground Shakers! Kitchen duty!" That was for cabin 10. The same thing happened for cabin 9, and then eventually, the person started banging on their door and repeated the same words, "Ground Shakers! Kitchen Duty!"
The blond merely groaned and buried himself deeper into his sleeping bag. It was too cold and it was too early. He decided to just rest his eyes for a little longer before getting up.
The red head rolled onto his stomach and blindly groped around the small plank of wood hanging in between their bunks for his phone and when he found it, he groaned at the time that blinked at him.
'7.21…7.21 in the fucking morning.' He went face down into his pillow again.
A couple of the cabin members grumbled out their misery and clumsily got out of bed and exited the room while dragging their feet behind them. When the doors closed behind them, Axel raised his head and peered at the sleeping figure ahead of him and smirked.
He did a little stretch before fully waking up and crawling over just a little until he was at the very foot of the blonds' bunk. He grabbed the corners of Roxas' sleeping bag and was about to pull him across his bunk when he realized that the blond might actually scream out in terror.
It was too early in the morning for any screaming or shouting. So he decided, 'Maybe next time.' He shrugged and chose to wiggle the blonds' sleeping bag instead. "Roxas, wakey, wakey." He crooned gently as he continued moving the said person's sleeping bag left to right.
"Axel, stop it." He groaned and tried to reclaim sleep, but it was already too late.
"Not until you wake up." He grinned.
Finally, the blond sat up and glared at the red head.
"Woah, you're not much of a morning person, are you?" He chuckled nervously as he held his hands up in defense.
"Only because you disturbed my sleep." He reasoned as he unzipped his sleeping and sat crossed legged on the mattress.
"I'm sure you were already awake three minutes ago." He reasoned as he sat on the bunk.
"Yeah, and I was trying to go back to sleep." He replied as he rubbed his eyes and yawned.
Somebody scowled at them, "Would you shut up? Some people are still trying to sleep here." Somebody muttered from their mattress.
"Hm…Wait, now that I think about it, aren't you in Ground Shakers too Josh?" Axel smirked when the said person suddenly remembered and ran out of the room, ignoring the snickers coming from both blond and red head.
Anyways, does the layout of the cabin rooms confuse you? I think it would, I found it very hard to explain clearly…
And also, thank you everybody for helping me reach this large milestone of 800 reviews. You have no idea how much it means to me and how much you've all taken up a piece of my life. Believe me, that's not a bad thing, really.
