Face Down

Chapter 5

-The Bitter Truth-

Everyday after school, I'd hang out with Axel. I'd just come home, throw my books on the couch, and leave before my parents could ask me, "How was school today?" I hadn't even told them about Axel and I, and I did NOT want to tell my siblings about us. Was it possible to keep it a secret forever? After school one day, I ran upstairs to put my books away, and when I came back down, I saw my parents standing in front of the front door and staring at me.

"Excuse me," I said, reaching for the door knob. My mother then grabbed my wrist. "Listen, Roxas, we need to talk," she said, her expression stern. My heart began beating really fast, and so loud that I think my parents heard it.

"Y-yeah?" I said with a gulp.

"Where are you going everyday after school?!" my father asked, sounding kind of angry.

"Yeah, we're really worried about you," my mother piped in. I glanced at the both of them nervously, then looked down.

"I've only been hanging out with my best friend," I tried explaining. My parents looked at eachother puzzlingly, and Sora, who was sitting on the couch and listening to the conversation, burst into a fit of laughter. I turned around and glared at him.

"Sorry!" Sora said, clutching his stomach and laughing in hysterics. I rolled my eyes at him and turned to my parents.

"Okay, so who is this 'friend'?" my mom asked suspiciously, making air quotations with her fingers on the word 'friend'.

"My friend, Axel. He lives next door."

"...oh. Him..." my parents said at the same time.

"Yeah..." I said, rolling my eyes, "Now buh-bye." I opened the door, and saw Axel standing there.

"Hii, Roxy-kun!!" he said, wrapping his arms around my neck and kissing my cheek. Sora had briefly stopped laughing, but then started up again.

"HII!!" Axel said to my parents, waving at them childishly. My parents just stared back at him, their mouths agape.

"Ummm...Roxas?" my mother said, "Can we see you in the kitchen?" I nodded with a sigh and followed my parents into the kitchen. Axel plopped down on the couch next to Sora, who was still laughing hysterically.

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After explaining everything in EXTREME DETAIL, my parents and I finally stepped out of the kitchen. Axel was giggling and bouncing up and down on the couch, and Sora stared at him the whole time like he was a retard.

"C'mon, Axel," I said, taking his hand.

"Bye, bye, Sora-kun!" Axel said, waving to Sora. Sora tried hard not to start laughing again. I dragged Axel out of the house and we walked towards the Ice Cream Shoppe.

"Axel, there's something I need to tell you," I said solemnly. Axel looked at me worriedly. "Yes?"

I looked down. "I don't think that we can stay together."

Axel gave his signature clueless stare. "What do you mean?"

"We can't be together. We can't associate with eachother anymore."

"Why?"

I sighed, sounding irritated. "Because! My parents don't approve of us, and yours won't either!"

Axel looked down. "Oh."

"I'm sorry, Axel."

Everytime something good happens to me, everytime I find something that makes me feel happy, it gets taken away from me. And everytime, I would just stand there and watch it leave. Axel was the most important thing to me; was I going to just stand there and watch him leave, too?

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After I had arrived home, my parents had told me that they told Axel's parents about everything. Oh, the joy I feel right now...

"Mom, you are being completely disrespective of my descisions!!" I yelled.

"Don't raise your voice at me, young man!" she snapped back.

I rolled my eyes at her and stomped to my room. Why is my life so unfair? I'd already lost all of my friends, now I'm losing Axel, too?! I laid back on my bed and stared at the ceiling. My cellphone then rang, the sudden sound making me jump. I picked up the phone and answered.

"Hello?"

"Hiii, Roxy-kun!"

"Hi, Axel."

"Well, my parents talked with me about...y'know, us..."

There was an awkward silence before Axel continued.

"And I just wanted to let you know that, even though our parents don't approve, I'm not going to let you go."

I felt myself blush. Here I was, about to give up everything, when all the while Axel was prepared for what was coming, and ready to fight back.

"Axel?"

"Yeah, Roxy-kun?"

"...I love you."

"I love you too, Roxas."

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DISCLAIMER:

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