Excursions
"Roxyyy…" Sora whined loudly in the sleeping blondes' ear, "we have to get going today's our field trip, remember?"
"Mmmmm," the blonde mumbled pulling one of his pillows over his head in an attempt to muffle the annoying noise. Sora huffed, he hated having to wake up his twin, it was near impossible. He put his hands on his hips indignantly.
"Riku is coming to get us in 30 minutes and you're not even up yet." He said yanking a pillow out from under Roxas' head and hitting him with it.
"Sora stop!" the blonde squeaked squirming away from his non-relenting brother and his pillow "I'm up, I'm up!" He yelled jumping up from the bed.
"Good." Sora said standing up and smiling at his twin happily.
"You just don't want me to make you look bad in front of Riku, because you like him." Roxas grumbled to himself. Sora chucked the pillow that was still in his possession at the back of his brother's head.
"I heard that." He said crossly.
"It's true." Roxas defended using his newly acquired pillow as a shield against any probable objects his brother could chose to turn into a weapon.
"Is not," Sora fought back childishly.
Roxas lowered the pillow to look at his brother with disbelief in his eyes. "Are you trying to tell me that you no longer like Riku, the same Riku that has been your best friend and 'secret' crush for more years than you can even remember?"
Sora looked at the floor unwilling to meet his brother's intense gaze "Exactly. Now get out so I can change, and not make you look bad in front of your lover boy." Sora shot him a death glare but left silently anyway wondering why Roxas always seemed to win arguments like these ones.
Roxas watched his brother retreating form and closed the door behind him quietly sighing "I really hope this helps you Sora."
Roxas ran down the stairs at the thud he heard, flying through the living room and dining room coming to a skidding halt in the kitchen. Riku was laying sprawled eagle on the kitchen floor in a hysterical Sora's arms who was muttering apologies repeatedly in his ear. He looked over to Axel who was leaning against the wall, trying with all his might not to laugh.
"What happened here?" he asked the amused redhead. Axels gaze shifted from the two on the floor to the blonde for the first time that morning and instantly regretting it.
Roxas stood there his eyes confused looking at Axel in a questioning manner. His olive cheeks were slightly tinged with red and his breath was coming out in soft pants from the adrenaline of the crash. He hadn't had enough time to dress properly and his unzipped pants were hanging dangerously low on his hips at risk of falling off completely and worse even he wasn't wearing boxers, his barely sculpted chest rising and falling at a heightened rate.
The sight was erotic and it was all Axel could do to suppress a moan as the image traveled straight to his libido.
"Axel!" Roxas snapped "What happened?" he said sounding rather impatient.
'Damn that kid, getting me all worked up just over his looks' he thought shaking his head and trying to ignore his new problem using his hand discretely to try and hide it from Roxas. "Well Riku and I came early to come and get you, and Riku thought it would be funny to scare Sora." He said rolling his eyes, refusing to look at the blonde "So we snuck in the kitchen and when Sora came in Riku jumped out at him, but Sora freaked, grabbed a frying pan and hit him in the head with it."
They both looked down at the still sobbing Sora who was still holding a now rising Riku in a tight grip.
"Mhhhmmm…what happened." Riku asked rubbing his eyes "my head."
"Riku you're alive!" Sora cried relived "I thought I had killed you when I hit you with the pan. I was so worried." He said using one hand to wipe his tear stained face but still holding Riku tightly with the other one.
"No, I'm okay I just have a splitting headache." Riku assured him clutching his head.
"I'll get you some medicine just go sit at the table and wait." He said reluctantly letting go of Riku and scrambling to his feet.
"Thanks." Riku said gruffly getting to his feet and staggering to the table. "Is it just me or is your entire kitchen spinning?"
"I can see that my presence is not necessary here so I am going to go finish changing." Roxas said laughing as he walked out of the kitchen
Axel shrugged and went to join Riku at the table still contemplating how he was so affected by the blonde. "You okay?" he asked Riku sitting down.
"Yeah I'll live." He said still clutching his throbbing head.
Roxas walked down the stairs this time fully dressed in tight dark jeans and a snug black tee-shirt with Johnny Depp from Pirates of the Caribbean.
He walked into the kitchen finding Riku, Sora, and Axel all sitting around their small kitchen table eating what appeared to be a large stack of pancakes. He walked in silently taking a seat in the chair next to Axel not bothering to eat this early in the morning.
"Good morning boy,." came the cheerful voice of his mother who was now gliding into the kitchen. "Are you all enjoying the breakfast?
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"Yes, thank you, mom." Riku said smiling at her.
"Good I have to go run some errands so I'll see you boys when you get back she said kissing each of them atop the head "Don't forget to call when you get there." They nodded as she swept out of the kitchen.
Riku looked down at his watch "Well it looks like its time for us to go too." he said standing up with his plate in his hand.
"Right," Sora agreed standing up also and taking the plate from Riku's hands and setting it on his own before walking over to the sink and rinsing them off.
Riku walked behind him, "Where are your bags?" He asked leaning in closer so he didn't have to talk too loudly since his head was still throbbing.
"In the foyer," Sora replied shivering at the close proximity of Riku's mouth to his ear. Riku noticed and stepped back quickly and silently walked off to the foyer mistaking Sora's shiver as a sign of rejection.
Sora frowned as Riku left thinking he had made Riku uncomfortable. 'Maybe I'm being too obvious. Can he tell I like him?' he thought.
Roxas had stood up and moved to stand next to his brother comfortingly quickly noticing the worry that had dawned on Sora's face. "He's the only one who doesn't know." Roxas said comfortingly making Sora wonder briefly how Roxas had seemed to have read his mind.
"Are you sure?" he asked uncertainly.
"Positive," he said stretching.
"Oh my god Roxy you're pregnant?" Sora said in a fake voice of shock Roxas' hand came up to meet the back of the brunettes head but he smiled at his brother's childishness none the less.
"Lets go get this over with I'm still tiered and I plan on sleeping on the bus." Roxas said yawning.
"So your not going to entertain me?" Sora asked mimicking disappointment.
"Nope I'm leaving that up to Riku. Just remember Sora don't let him do anything to you that you don't want him to." He said pausing to see Sora blush and reach out for something to hit Roxas with.
"You know what scratch that, don't let him anything to you that mom wouldn't approve of since I know you're secretly dieing for him to touch you." He said teasingly ducking the fork that was thrown in his direction.
"Your mean Roxy," He said before turning to walk toward the foyer.
"Alright," he said sounding defeated. "Let him do what he wants but be safe and use protection." This time he had to doge a knife. He laughed and followed Sora into the foyer joining the other two boys who were discussing something. They went silent as the other two entered the room.
"Ready to go?" Riku asked Sora more so than Roxas who just rolled his eyes at their obliviousness.
"Yep," Sora replied happily all traces of sadness gone completely.
"Good." Riku said picking up Sora's sky blue duffel bag of the floor and slinging it over his shoulder. "Let's get going then." He said strode out the front door followed obediently by Sora.
Roxas hung back for a second with Axel. "We're still going to go through with this right?" he asked looking up at Axel.
"Of course, unless you don't want to that is."
"Good." was all he said as he bent down to pick up his own black duffel bag.
"Let me." Axel said with out thinking and bending down to pick it up for his friend.
"Thanks." He said going to open the door. 'This trip should be fun.' He thought to himself.
They all boarded the large Grey hound the school had rented for the trip and proceeded to a secluded part in the back of the bus.
Axel and Roxas seated themselves in the farther to seats leaving their other two confused friends to sit in the front to seats facing them. They waited for their teachers instructions in silence.
A few minutes later their teacher clambered on to the bus. "Alright students, quite down." She attempted meekly over the voices of her students.
It took their teacher a few more attempts and a loud whistle from the bus driver to get the students to finally quiet down. "I am going to be going around with information packets that have you room arrangements and key cards in them so we will be able to go right to our rooms, change quickly, and head out to the restaurant for dinner."
Sora and Riku were to busy watching the teacher to notice the smirk shared between Axel and Roxas at the mention of room arrangements. When they turned around in their seats they looked away quickly wiping the smirks from their faces.
"I wonder who I'll end up being roomed with." Sora said thoughtfully while looking out the window.
"Probably your brother." Said Riku in what he hoped had come out a obvious tone. Axel however was able to hint the slight sadness that had shown through and smirked.
"Then who will you be with Riku?" Sora asked looking back at him.
"Well It's a high probability that our teacher quite absentmindedly paired Axel and I together, which will in no doubt end up being he worst choice, because we will surely reek havoc the entire trip." He said nonchalantly as Axel nodded in agreement allowing himself to smirk seemingly thinking of said havoc that would occur.
"I can just picture the floor of your room coming down on top of the check in desk and you two smiling stupidly in the middle of the wreckage going lets do that again." Roxas said laughing slightly.
"We wouldn't destroy property." Axel said matter-of-factly "That would cost us money. We'd settle for permanently scarring our teacher and peers."
Roxas rolled his eyes and Sora giggled as the teacher came by them handing each of them a manila envelope before moving to the next set of students.
Sora slit the seal of his envelope and pulled out a white sheet of paper. His eyes scanned the paper as smile spread across Roxas face who quickly whipped it away.
He looked up at Riku. "I'm roomed with you." He said surprise in his voice.
Riku's eyes narrowed as he hastily opened his own envelope and pulled out an identical piece of paper and read it. "That's odd," he said "who are you two roomed with?" he asked.
Roxas pursed his lips to stop himself from laughing before opening his own envelope and retrieving his own piece of paper and pretending to scan it. "Him." He said casually pointing to Axel.
"Maybe she's smarter than we expected." Axel shrugged "Doesn't bother me, does it bother you Riku?" he asked in a sarcastic tone.
Riku sent a death glare in his best friend direction "Not at all." He said curtly.
"Good." Axel said smiling to counter Riku's tone. "Problem solved, nap time."
"Amen." Roxas said leaning his set back and curling up in a ball.
Sora and Riku just shook their heads. "Movie?" Riku asked Sora.
"Sure." He said happily. Riku turned to grab the portable DVD player and felt the corners of his mouth twitch upward. He pulled the DVD player out along with two sets of headphones and a bulging silver CD holder.
He handed the case to Sora. "Your choice," he said smiling and turning again to plug in the DVD player.
Sora absent mindedly unzipped the case thinking to himself 'If I chose a scary movie I can grab his hand, No he knows I don't like them. But if I chose a chick flick, if he has any, he'll laugh at me. Comedies are always good.'
He flipped open to a page towards the end as a smile crossed over his face 'perfect'. He slid the disk out of its page handing it to Riku.
"The notebook?" Riku asked taking it from Sora.
"It's funny." he said defending himself and his movie.
"And depressing," Riku added as he put the DVD in the player. Sora stuck his tongue out at him.
"Alright but I get to chose the next one."
"Fair enough," Sora said curling his legs up and using his jacket to cover himself before settling in to watch the movie.
Tears splashed down Sora's face as the end credits rolled down the screen. His tear streaked eyes wondered over to Riku whose own eyes were only slightly shimmering. "You're so heartless Riku." Sora accused. "This is the saddest movie ever made and you don't even shed a tear." He said sniffling.
Riku shook his head smiling slightly. "I've already seen this movie loads of times with you. And I did cry the first five times." He said defending himself.
Sora huffed he still remembered the first time he had seen Riku cry all too clearly. It was just the two of them going to the movies because, Roxas had gotten sick and Axel had been grounded.
When they got to the movies they realized they were the only two guys in the theater. One woman had even came up too them and told them what a cute couple they made, causing Sora to blush.
But as the movie ended Sora turned to look at Riku and his heart had stopped. Riku's though shield had dissolved completely leaving him looking unguarded. It was in that moment that Sora had realized for the first time, he loved his best friend.
He shuddered at the memory lapse as Riku spoke. "Well looks like we get to watch my movie now." He grabbed his CD case once ore and unzipped it. Sora vaguely wondered what Riku would choose silently hoping he wouldn't chose a horror flick as he turned to a page in the middle somewhere.
Sora's eyes fell upon the DVD closest to him and smiled. He knew it wasn't what Riku was going to choose but he smiled anyways knowing the only reason he carried it in his case was because Sora had asked him to.
Riku looked over at Sora wondering weather or not Sora would be able to handle The Ring. He noticed Sora smiling down at Finding Nemo and sighed as he felt his choice slip through his fingers.
'He'd be too afraid of The Ring anyways' he thought justifying it to himself in his head.
"How does Finding Nemo sound?" he asked smiling when he saw the look of surprise cover Sora's face.
In a second however surprise turned to excitement as a smile spread over his face "Good…but…" he paused looking concerned about something and Riku just smiled even more.
"We can skip the beginning if you want." He offered trying not to laugh as Sora looked up at him again relief on his face.
"Okay. Thanks, I don't like it when they kill his mom it's so sad."
"Me either." Riku said smiling glad that he was the one who was making Sora smile like that.
"I love that movie." Sora sighed as he stretched in his chair.
Riku shook his head trying not to laugh. "It's my favorite cartoon." He admitted smiling. 'Although it's probably only because you like it' he mused to himself.
Sora looked at Riku questioningly. "Was that the movie you really wanted to watch?" he asked.
Riku did some quick thinking and came up with an impressive lie. One look into Sora's eyes however made it vanish completely from his mind.
"No." he said truthfully wondering why he was unable to lie to his best friend. "Truthfully I wanted to watch The Ring but I knew you wouldn't like it ."
Sora blushed looking away from Riku. "Sorry." He muttered.
"Sora," Riku said felling bad for upsetting Sora. "If it would have bothered me I wouldn't have done it." He said reassuringly adding a smile to show he was being genuine.
Sora smiled softly. "It's normal to be afraid of scary movies right?" he asked looking intently at Riku.
"Of course Sora, Loads of people are." He said smiling at the brunette and ruffling his spikes in a comforting manner as a voice came over the PA.
"Students we are 10 minutes from the hotel, please gather your belongings and get ready to go to your rooms."
Sora and Riku looked over at the other two who were still sounding asleep. Sometime during the long ride Roxas had shifted over and now his head was rested on Axels shoulder, Axels head resting comfortably atop Roxas'.
They look so cute like that, we should take a picture!" he said happily pulling out his small digital camera and quickly snapping a picture without the flash.
"Good thing the lighting on the bus is good." He said looking at his picture and smiling. "I have to go to the bathroom Riku can you wake them up please?" he asked.
"Sure." Riku said smirking as an idea came to him.
"Great, be right back." He promised before leaving.
Riku moved stealthily over to the two sleeping boys smirk still firmly in place. Carefully he shifted Roxas' body so that it was facing Axle's and leaned him against his chest. He slowly unfurling Roxas' hand and placed it Directly on Axels Crotch smirking wider as Roxas' hand subconsciously clenched around it. He thanked the gods that the two were sound sleepers as Axel groaned. He moved Axel's arms so that they were draped around Roxas' small back putting his hands directly on Roxas' ass. Axel unintentionally pulled Roxas closer hands now firmly grasping him.
He stood back admiring his handy work before pulling out his own slightly larger digital camera. He took a picture not bothering to turn the flash off.
"Their still asleep man these two would sleep through a hurricane." He thought wondering the best way in which to wake them up when his prayers were answered.
Cotton Eye Joe came loudly over the speakers filling the bus with loud irritating music. Riku smirked at his good fortune as he saw the two slowly stir. He quickly left to go join Sora before the two could fully wake.