Chapter Four

Odds Are Against Our Love

"Is he gonna live Mrs.Gainsborough?" Sora was holding Roxas' hand while they sat in the nurses office.

"Of course Sora, it's only a few cuts and bruises. He will be fine in about a week" The nurse walked over to her medicine drawer and got some bandages out of it to apply to Roxas' cuts.

"But he isn't moving!" Sora walked in front of Aerith and shook her slightly.

"Sora, he isn't moving because he is asleep, the pain was too much for him, so I let him sleep." She walked back over to the sleeping heap on the couch.

"Sora, go back to class, he will be fine." The nurse wrote an excuse slip for him and ushered him on his way.

"If I come back and he is dead, I won't be happy Mrs.Gainsborough!" Sora walked off down the hall and went into his class.

Aerith chuckled and put some medicine on Roxas' face along with band-aids. She turned her back to answer the ringing phone when a certain red head snuck in.

"Rox? Are you in --" Axel paused as he saw the blond laying on a couch with bandages all over his bruised face."Oh my God... Roxas? Are you awake?" He walked up to him and bent down on one knee to reach him better. "Rox? Wake up buddy"

Axel shook his old friend slightly until he saw the azure orbs looking at him, they were filled with pain.

"Awww...Rox!"

"Hmm? Axel is that you?"

"Yes I'm here Rox, its gonna be okay" Axel took the blond in a caring embrace and ran his hands through his friends spikey locks.

"I have missed you so much Axel ... " Roxas slowly sat up on the couch. "Do you think I could stay at your place for a while so you can take care of me? My parents are out of town so I have been staying at Sora's but I would rather stay with you..."

"Shhhhhh, Rox...of course you can" Axel jumped up immediately as a soft hand was felt on his shoulder.

"Axel...you should be in class, you can speak with Roxas after school." The nurse gave Axel a sympathetic smile and took Roxas' hand to lead him to her office.

"Okay...yeah sure..." Axel walked away to his own class.

- o - End Of School - o -

"Get out of my way!" The red head was pushing everyone to his left and right, getting them out of his way to the office.

He reached the nurses office and immediatly sat down, out of breath. He might be tall but he was extremely skinny and couldn't really handle that much running... expecially since he did smoke a little...

"-- Is -- Roxas -- ready -- to -- go? --" Axel managed to get the words out with deep breaths after each one.

"Yes, one moment. Roxas? Your ride is here." Aerith gave Roxas a hug and walked away.

"Come on Rox, we've got to be quick or Sora will find you." Axel took the smaller teens hand and jumped into a small jog.

"Hmmm...yeah, Sora...I need to call him when I get to your house."

They reached a red mustang convertable and jumped in. Roxas buckled himself in and turned around immediately when he saw Sora run out of the school building yelling for him.

"Maybe we should stop?"

"No time Rox... got to get home..."

"Oh, well... Okay then..."

Roxas looked at Sora one more time and closed his eyes. What am I doing? I'm dating Sora, and yet I'm in a car with Axel? I can't do this... Awww look at him, he is so lost looking for me in that crowd of people... I need to get out of here ...

"Axel I..."

"What Roxy?"

"Umm... I can't..."

"Can't what?"

" ...Stop the car!"

Axel stopped the car and pulled over, looking at Roxas with a confused expression.

"What's wrong Rox?" Axel put his hand on Roxas' shoulder.

"I... I'm with somebody else, so I can't go home with you, he really loves me unlike you, who only wanted sex when we dated."

Axel's expression turned to anger as he watched Roxas get out of his car. When he was about to close the car door, Axel put the car it reverse and the car door slammed into Roxas' side, causing him to fall into the road. Axel drove off in anger, leaving confuseed and shocked students outside of the school.

"Roxas!"

Sora ran quickly over to his boyfriend and held him in a tight embrace as he picked him up and carried him to the nurse's office once more.

"Mrs. Gainborough, Roxas is hurt worse this time, Please Help Him!" Sora put Roxas' limp body on a couch and looked at him sadly.

"Oh my, what happened this time, Sora?" She ran up to Roxas and took his shirt off, looking at the damage on his side and back.

"He was getting out of a car and the driver put it in reverse and the car door slammed into him." Sora took a seat beside the couch and suddenly realized he had tears running down his red tinted cheeks.

"Are you okay Sora?" The nurse handed Sora a tissue box and turned her attention back to Roxas.

"Yeah... I just hate this day... first dodgeball and now a car accident... " He wiped his tears away with a tissue and shifted his eyes to the ground, thinking.

"I understand, you really care about him, don't you?" Aerith touched the damaged area on Roxas and found nothing was broken thankfully, but it was badly bruised.

"Yes I do, I think I might love him actually.." Sora looked at the nurse with a serious expression, azure eyes filled with emotion.

"I see... " She wrapped a body bandage around Roxas' stomach to stop some of the cuts from bleeding after she put medicine on it.

"Honey are you ready to go?" Squall Leonheart walked in the room, fixing some cuff-links on his sleeves, but stopped as he saw the two boys and his girlfriend.

"I guess not ..." He walked over to a chair and took a seat, still looking at the two troublemakers from the bus.

"No, I'm ready Squall, I just now finished up Roxas. Sora, do you have a car to take him home in?" Aerith got up and gave Squall a kiss.

"No, we rode the bus here... " Sora picked up Roxas bridal style and walked out the door. The nurse ran after them quickly.

"Wait, here take my car, Squall and me are taking his to the movies so I will just have him drop me off at your house after the movie to pick up my car." She gave Sora the keys and walked back inside the building.

It's going to be okay Roxas... you just wait.. I will take good care of you...

He walked to the light blue voltswagon bug and gently layed Roxas down in the passenger side. He was still unconcsious.

About fifteen minutes later they reached home, he turned off the car and picked up Roxas once again to carry him inside. "I love you Roxas... " Sora sat him down on his bed and smiled as one eye opened.

Midnights Heart

To Be Continued