Face Down

Chapter 4

-Never Again-

My alarm clock went off, the annoying yet sudden noise startling me so badly that I fell off my bed. I groaned and slowly got up.

"Roxas! C'mon, wake up, we're gonna be late!" Sora hollered at me from downstairs. I rolled my eyes. It was obvious that I was going to be in a bad mood today.

After finally getting to school, I immediatly began looking for Axel. I spotted him at his locker, talking to our math teacher. She handed him a piece of paper and walked off. After he closely examined it, he cheered and clapped his hands.

"What's that?" I asked, walking up to him. He quickly handed me the paper.

"It's my math quiz from last week! I begged the teacher to change my grade from an A to an A+, and she did!" he said happily, "What grade did you get on it?"

I had really gotten an F, but I lied to him and said I got a B. He didn't act very smart, and yet he was. This guy is a complete mystery, I tell ya...

"Roxas!" someone called from behind me. I quickly whirled around and saw my friends. Demyx bent down so our faces were level, which reminded me of my shortness, and whispered, "Rox, why are you hanging around with this dork?"

I glared at him. "He is not a dork!" I yelled in a whisper. Demyx quirked up an eyebrow and stood up straight.

"Oh? Then what is he?"

They all started to snicker, and Axel just stared cluelessly with his head cocked to the side. I grabbed Axel's wrist and dragged him with me to the classroom.

"C'mon, Axel. We need to get to class," I said, glaring back at my friends.

"Bye, bye, Roxy!" Demyx teased, waving his hand at me and Axel childishly. I rolled my eyes and kept on walking, Axel following close behind. This has been the worst beginning of the school year EVER.

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After school, Axel and I walked to my house together. As we walked inside, Sora gave us a look, and then let out a laugh.

"Sheesh, Roxas! Since when do you hang out with people like him?!" he snickered. I glared at him.

"Since I got tired of preppy fucks like you!" I snapped back angrily.

"Both of you, shut up!! I'm trying to watch a movie!" our mother yelled from the couch. Sora smirked, and I rolled my eyes at him.

"Whatever," I said, dragging Axel upstairs with me. I sat up against the wall, and Axel sat next to me.

"No offense, Roxy, but it seems that everyone around you is so mean," he said with a worried look on his face.

"Nah, it's just Sora and my friends," I explained, "Siblings are always mean, but I'm sure your friends were fucky sometimes, too"

"I've never had any friends," he said, nonchalantly. I looked down. I felt really bad for him. I was the only one he had, and I was determined to make the best of it. I sat on my knees in front of him and leaned over him. I leaned in and pressed my lips against his. I pulled away, and he looked up at me with his gorgeous green eyes.

"Don't worry, Axel, I'll be your best friend," I whispered.

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I walked across the hallway to my locker, hoping to find Axel there.

"Axel!" I called to him happily, and ran towards him. Wow, I actually seemed happy for once...

Axel looked over at me and smiled. "Hey, Roxy-kun!" he said, waving at me. Demyx walked over and shoved a piece of paper at me.

"What's this?" I asked him, examining the paper.

"It's an invite to Marluxia's party on Saturday, what does it look like?" Demyx said sarcastically. I rolled my eyes.

"Don't I get one?" Axel asked. Demyx snorted and laughed aloud.

"You? Are you serious?" he said, again with sarcasm, "Why in the hell would we invite you?"

Axel looked down, and I shoved the paper back at Demyx.

"Then I'm not coming either," I said, crossing my arms.

"Sheesh, Rox, I think we've lost you," Demyx said, shaking his head. I rolled my eyes again.

"I just care about him, is all. And you guys are being so mean!" I explained. Demyx let out a fake gasp and pretended to be shocked.

"You mean, Roxy is gay for Axel?!" Demyx said, putting a hand to his heart dramatically and backing away. I punched him in the face, which caused a huge black bruise to appear over his eye.

"What the hell was that for?!" Demyx snapped, holding the side of his face in agony. I crossed my arms and rolled my eyes.

"Your such a baby, Demyx!" I said, walking away from him and dragging Axel along with me.

"Don't you think that was a little harsh, Roxy-kun?" he asked worriedly. I shook my head.

"That bastard deserved it."

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As I began to walk towards my house, I heard a strange noise coming from the back of the school. I poked my head around the corner and saw something I thought I'd never have to experience. My friends, or should I say the people who I thought were my friends, were beating up Axel. My eyes grew wide. Why were they doing this?! Axel never did anything!!

"You're taking Roxas away from us, you gay-ass, mother fucking, sonuvva bitch!" I heard Marluxia yell. Just as he was about to land another punch, I ran in front of Axel and caught his fist. Marluxia glared at me, and then growled.

"Get away, Roxas!" he said, shoving me backwards. I almost fell back into Axel, but managed to keep my balance.

"How can you do this to him?! He never did anything to you!!" I yelled.

"Never did anything to us?! He's stealing our best friend away!!" Demyx yelled. My jaw dropped. Best friend? Puh-lease! If they were my 'best friends' they would've supported my relationship with Axel instead of trying to kill the poor guy!!

"Forget it! I don't want to have anything to do with you guys anymore!! So get lost!" I snapped back angrily, "And if you pick on Axel again, I swear you'll wish you were never even born!!"

They glared at me and Axel, and walked away. I turned to look at a confused Axel, who was sitting in a small pool of blood.

"Are you okay, Axel?" I said, bending down in front of him. He just looked at me, his cheeks bruised and cut, and his eyes filled with sadness.

"Why, Roxas? Why'd you leave your friends for me?" he asked solemnly. I smiled softly at him and put a hand to his cheek.

"Because, Axel, I love you," I said, leaning in to kiss him.

"I love you too, Roxas," he said softly. Never again will I judge someone before I get to know them better...

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CloudsGirl: And chapter 4 is done!!

I am not sure when I'm going to end this story; I'm thinking when I run out of ideas, which may be either chap.5 or 6, depending on how good my brain desides to work tomorrow. XD

I don't really like this chapter all that much. I think the ending is nice, but yeah...

Anyways, please give my story a GOOD review! And let me know anything I should work on if there is anything.

DISCLAIMER:

I DO NOT own Kingdom Hearts or any of their characters. Short, sweet, and to the point.