Me: It's alive!!!!!! So I'm finally updated after like…nine months. I could've had a kid in that amount of time (shudders) anyway, so I'm a Highschooler now and it's…kinda boring actually
Roxas: So after rereading this, she decided there wasn't really even a plot except to get me and Riku together but even that didn't work out so we're trying to formulate a plot but…well
Zack: No such luck, so it'll just be randomness till we figure something out
Kitty: Enjoy the long awaited chapter five
Chapter Five
Roxas fidgeted in his seat as Axel was about to be released from the hospital. He heard from Sora that Axel wanted him to date Riku but…he wanted to confirm it in person and he was eager to regain his best friend at least.
"Good riddance!" Axel shouted at the nurse, sticking out his tongue childishly and walking out the doors to see Roxas sitting on a bench. "Roxie! Wha'sup little man?"
"The sky…" Roxas offered a small smile.
Axel grinned. "Glad to see you in a good mood."
"How are you?" Roxas asked.
"I'm free!! And that's good enough for me! Hey…that rhymes…"
"Well…what all do you remember?" Roxas asked tentatively.
Axel leaned in closed and whispered into Rox's ear. "Everything."
"Then…why do you want me to date Riku instead?"
"Well it's not that I want you to it's just…if you want to date him then date him. I have no say in that." Axel said, in a more serious voice than he would normally use.
Roxas sighed and rubbed his temples. "You do have a say in it. You're my boyfriend."
"But…do you want me to be? Even more than that, do you want to be my boyfriend or Riku's. I'd be willing to share but that's a little weird."
Roxas refused to meet the viridian gaze.
Axel put his hands on Roxas' shoulders. "Rox…" the blonde looked up. "I'm not trying to rush you. Take as much time as you want. Just don't think yourself to death." Axel kissed his forehead and hugged him.
Roxas gripped onto Axel's shirt, not quite willing to let him go yet.
"I don't know what to do…" Roxas cried softly.
"Shhh…you'll be alright."
"But what about you?" Roxas asked looking up at him brokenly.
Axel understood by what Roxas said that Riku would be chosen over him, even if Roxas hadn't decided yet.
"I'll be fine. If you choose me then we're meant to be, that's that. But…"
"If I don't…"
"Then we weren't meant to be. That means someone out there is waiting for me to be their shining in knight armor…or something like that." Axel smirked, though he was hurting inside.
"Knight in shining armor, Ax."
"That too."
"Well…I'll see you at school. Cloud wants me home early, knowing him he's just worried about me." Roxas said. "Bye." Roxas pecked Axel on the lips and ran off.
Axel sighed and ran a hand through his hair. 'Yeah, I'll survive…easier said than done…' Shoving his hands in his pockets he went to Starbucks to see who was working right now.
It was rather empty there for the early morning but seeing as everyone's either at church or the mall on Sundays, it made sense.
"Hiya, can I help you?" a blonde with a mull-hawk said cheerily.
"Can I have a life, please?" Axel mumbled.
"Bad morning?" the blonde asked.
Axel nodded.
"Wanna talk about it? There won't be customers for awhile."
"Sure. I'm Axel. A-X-E-L. Got it memorized?" Axel taped his forehead to emphasize his point.
The blonde grinned. "Demyx. So…you're Roxas' boyfriend then. I've been dying to meet you. What's got you so in the dumps?"
"Oh, so you're Demyx…Well it's Roxas…really… I want him to be happy so if he wants Riku over me than so be it…but that doesn't stop the pain, ya know?" Axel said.
"I actually know how you feel. Zexion, my boyfriend, was dating his really smart booky kind of guy. So I figured Zex would like him better cuz they're into the same things…but he chose me in the end. The obnoxious and hyper sitar-player who can't sing for the life of him, let alone read books." Demyx said.
"Well…as much as I hope he'll come back to me…I don't want Riku to hurt more either. After what my sister did to him you'd think he'd be all emo and like but he's still Riku." Axel said.
"Yeah. Riku's pretty cool. He taught me how to paint." Demyx said.
The bells over the door rang as someone entered the shop. "Hiya, how can I help you?" Demyx asked.
Axel mused silently. 'he doesn't even have to fake cheerfulness.' Then he saw who walked in. "Leon???!!!"
"Axel?! You're okay. I heard what happened. I'm so sorry." Leon said.
"Everyone was worried about you." Axel said.
"Yeah…Zack, come on!" Leon yelled out the door. "They knew where I was but you know Cloud."
Axel nodded and then was stunned by the boy who came in with a scowl on his face. "Squall, I don't like coffee. I live off natural caffeine, not this crap."
He looked like Cloud only with black and slightly longer hair. But his eyes held a certain purple tint that draws even the most stubborn people in.
"Fine, but I wanted you to meet Axel."
"Oh, the one with the punch line? 'Got it memorized'?" Zack asked, uninterested.
"Yeah, Ax, this is Zack. He's a friend of mine and Cloud', I'm sure you've heard of him." Leon said.
Axel nodded numbly, too busy starring at the beauty in front of him to form a real answer.
Zack still looked uninterested until he saw Axel's face. His uniquely bright green eyes and diamond shaped tattoos? under them made Zack curious.
"Those tattoos?" Zack asked.
Axel shook his head. "Abusive father. He was convinced he was a cooler version of the joker from batman."
"Oh…do you wear contacts?"
"No…You?" Axel asked.
Zack shook his head. "Mako experiments way back when. Didn't work out too well."
"Oh…nice to meet you…Zack."
"You too…"
When Zack's eyes finally left his, Axel heaved a sigh.
"How old is this kid?" Zack asked Leon quietly.
"He's a senior but he was held back twice. He'll be twenty in March." Leon grinned, seeing his friend's face light up.
Zack pumped his fist. 'Yeah! He ain't illegal!'
"Someone's excited. Wacha want?" Demyx asked.
"Carmel Latte, lots of sugar." Leon said.
"Oh? The great Leon has finally cracked and wants sugar?" Axel asked.
"Yeah…Cloud's making scrapbooks again." Leon sighed. Zack stifled a giggle.
"Oh, gotcha." Axel said, quieting his own laughter.
"I never did know why they were bad." Demyx said.
"It's of their 'nightly excursions'." Zack said, choking on laughter.
Leon hit Zack upside his head.
"Ow!!!" Zack ran and hid behind Axel. "Save me!"
Yeah, Axel definitely liked this guy…
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Me: Well it wasn't obnoxious but…it works, right?
Roxas: (yawns) sure
Zack: Well, tootles we're off to see Junjou Romantica!!
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