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Roxas bit his lip to keep from laughing. "Klein? Axel Klein? ….Like the underwear?" Now it was the redhead's turn to frown.
"Yes. Like the underwear. Do you have a problem with that?" Axel asked seriously.
"Heh...nope. No problem at all" Roxas said waving his hands in front of his body, ready to run if he needed to. Despite how skinny Axel was, he was tall enough and strong enough to beat Roxas up. Roxas looked down at his black and white Converse. He scraped one against the floor. He couldn't look at the redhead anymore. He was just too attractive, and it was making Roxas blush.
Axel's smirk returned. He tapped Roxas' chin with his index finger so that the blonde would look him in the eyes. Roxas blushed a slightly darker shade of pink. Axel then slung an arm around Roxas' shoulder, and started to lead him down the hall. "Say, what and when is your next class, blondie?" he asked in a casual tone.
"Um…English at 1:00" Roxas answered nervously.
Axel grinned. "Good." Taking his arm off around Roxas' shoulder, Axel instead grabbed Roxas' wrist, and broke into a sprint, dragging Roxas behind him.
Confused, and a little scared, Roxas tried keeping up with the fast redhead. "WHAT THE...? Where are you taking me?"
Axel's head turned slightly to look at the boy he was dragging behind him. "You'll see." Roxas noticed the mischievous twinkle in the redhead's dark green eyes. Roxas hadn't noticed the taller man's eyes before. The dark green irises resembled a calm forest. They stood out greatly in contrast to the man's bright red hair. Roxas couldn't respond to the redhead. He was too lost in the dark orbs of gre- "OW!"
Not noticing that Axel had stopped running, Roxas had kept on going, until Axel was forced to gently yank Roxas' arm…or not so gently. "Oh. Oops. Sorry kid."
Roxas grumbled to himself as he rubbed his shoulder. "That really hurt…and I'm not a kid."
Only hearing the last part, Axel ruffled Roxas' hair. "How old are you blondie? 18?"
Roxas looked at Axel with a slight frown in his expression. "I'm 19."
Axel smiled. "And what are you wanting to major in?"
"English." Roxas replied. They started walking again. They walked in an uncomfortable silence for a few moments. "What about yo-"
"We're here!" Axel exclaimed over-enthusiastically.
"We're where?" Roxas looked around, only to find that they were in the school cafeteria. "…The cafeteria? You're just full of surprises. Aren't you?" Roxas said, his voice overflowing with sarcasm.
"What can I say, I'm hungry. And this is convenient." Axel led Roxas over to a table already occupied by three guys. "Friends, this is Roxas. Roxas this is friends. I'm going to go get some food. You guys play nice now." Axel winked and left in his search for food.
Roxas looked at the table of three guys, wondering how he was thrown into this extremely awkward situation. "So um…I'm Roxas."
Two out of the three men laughed. The one who didn't laugh, was reading a book. He was the first to introduce himself. "Zexion. Pleased to meet you." He said without looking up. Roxas could have sworn that he saw a glimpse of a smile behind the book.
"And I'm Demyx!" said the one sitting next to Zexion. Roxas looked at him with an eyebrow raised. Demyx had a blonde mullet. "What is this? The 80s?" Roxas almost said, but smiled and nodded at Demyx instead.
"Hey Roxas! My name's Riku." said the last guy. He had long silver hair, with light green eyes, and a playful tone in his voice. Roxas could already tell that Riku was definitely Sora's type.
"Have a seat Roxas!" Demyx said. "You new around here? What are you majoring in? Do you have any siblings? How do you know Axel?"
Zexion looked up from his book. "Slow down Demyx. Don't overwhelm the kid."
"Awww, but Zexy…" Demyx pouted.
Zexion glared at Demyx. "I told you never to call me that…"
"It's okay, I don't mind," said Roxas before sitting down next to the guy named Riku, making sure not to seat himself between the hissy fit of Zexion and Demyx. "It's my first day of college, so yes I'm new. I'm planning to major in English, specifically with Shakespearian works."
"Hey! You and Zexy will become great friends then! Zexy loves Shakespeare!" Demyx exclaimed.
Zexion only nodded. Roxas could see the daggers in Zexion's eyes that were shooting at Demyx.
"Heh….anyway continue…" Demyx said while scooting away from Zexion a little.
"Oh…well, I have one sibling, Sora. He's my twin brother." Roxas said sadly, a sudden feeling of loneliness washed over him.
"Ooooooo! That's awesome! Do you guys look alike!" Demyx asked bouncing up and down with excitement.
"We're fraternal twins…but we have many similarities." Roxas got out his phone, and scrolled through his pictures, looking for one of Sora. He found one of both of them together at their 19th birthday party. They were standing together, in front of their birthday cake, which was shaped into a big key. Sora and Roxas did look very similar. The only difference was that Sora's hair was brown while Roxas' was blonde. They both had the same bright blue orbs for eyes. Roxas showed the picture to the three guys.
"AWWWWWW! You two are so cute!" exclaimed Demyx. He elbowed Riku in the side. "That Sora's pretty HOT isn't he RIKU?"
"Demyx. Shut up, you're going to get us kicked out of the cafeteria." Said Zexion, while Riku only blushed.
"Oh, sorry Zexy" said Demyx in a quieter tone. "You two are so cute!"
Roxas blushed. "Um…thanks?"
"So how do you know Axel again?" Demyx asked.
"Oh. Um, I actually just met him today…in physics….and then he dragged me here…." Roxas said. "Literally."
Riku chuckled. "That's Axel for you."
Demyx grinned. "It looks like you'll probably end up his new boy toy. He always goes for the blue-eyed ones."
Riku elbowed Demyx in the side, smirking. "You should know"
Demyx blushed slightly. "I don't know what' you're talking about." Demyx turned his head away from Riku. "Hey look! Axel's back!" Demyx exclaimed.
Roxas turned his head to see that Axel was indeed walking towards them with a plate of French toast. Roxas couldn't help but let his gaze wander over the redhead's body, locking eyes on the hips that were swaying back and forth. The low ride skinny jeans swayed with every step he took. They fit him perfectly.
Axel grinned at the group of guys and sat down. "Miss me?"
Roxas quickly snapped out of his staring. "No. Not at all. In fact, we were having a stimulating conversation."
Axel smirked." Stimulating? How stimulating was is Roxas?" Axel purred, making sure to put the emphasis on 'stimulating.'
The group of friends laughed, and Roxas found himself laughing along with them.
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Roxas picked up his books and started walking back to his apartment, "Phew. I got through my first day of college alive." He said smiling to himself.
As Roxas was walking down the street, he passed by a coffee shop named "Kingdom Hearts." Roxas stopped and looked in the window. It was a small place, but it had style. The color scheme lime green and black, and it was full of different geometric shapes. Roxas decided that this would be the perfect place to spend time doing work…plus he loved coffee. He walked in the door and up to the counter, taking out a ten-dollar bill. "Can I have a 16 ounce nonfat caramel macchiato upside down, please?" He said without looking up from his wallet.
"You sure can, blondie" a smooth silky voice answered from behind the counter. Roxas knew that voice. Roxas' eyes slowly trailed upward until he locked eyes with those of a certain redhead he met earlier today. The man behind the counter was grinning at him.
"A-axel! What are you doing here?" exclaimed Roxas, caught off guard.
"Well, I happen to work here…hence why I'm behind the counter...and wearing an apron." Axel chuckled, gesturing to the apron that had the words "Kingdom Hearts Coffee" written across it.
"Oh…right." Said Roxas quietly, embarrassed.
Axel chuckled again. "That'll be six dollars and twelve cents please." Roxas quickly handed him the ten-dollar bill. "And three dollars and eighty-eight cents is your change. I'll bring your coffee right out to you, so please have a seat, blondie."
Roxas nodded silently, and hurried to a lime green pod-like seat, hoping that Axel hadn't seen his blush. Roxas got out his books and started working on the homework that he had gotten earlier that day. However, his concentration was interrupted when he heard a small clank from a cup being set down on the glass table in front of him. Roxas looked up to see Axel smiling at him. "Here's your coffee, blondie."
"I told you it's Roxas." He said, slightly annoyed.
"Yea, yea I know, but I prefer blondie." Axel replied, sitting down in another pod-like chair across from Roxas. Roxas looked back down at his books and tried to concentrate on his homework again. He was going to ignore the redhead's last statement. Axel crossed his legs and looked Roxas up and down, taking in the gentle vibe that the blonde gave off.
Knowing that Axel was watching him, Roxas looked up from his book and glared at the redhead. "Don't you have to work or something?" Roxas said, pursing his lips.
"Have you seen the place?" Axel gestured around him. "Nobody ever comes here."
"I did." Roxas countered.
"Touché, blondie. Still, nobody else is here, so why don't we chat a little? You'll have plenty of time for homework later." Axel leaned forward, resting his elbow on the table, and his chin in his hand.
"I guess…" said Roxas. He looked around and shut his book. "How'd you end up working in a place like this?"
"Well, a college student needs money you know, and this place is quiet. It's somewhere I can think, and be paid at the same time."
"What do you think about?" Roxas asked curiously.
Axel grinned, leaning a little further into his arm. "Wouldn't you like to know."
Roxas retreated into his pod chair, trying to hide the second blush that had creeped onto his cheeks since he walked into the coffee shop.
"What were the chances that the one coffee shop he decided to go into, had the one person he was mildly attracted to?" Roxas thought to himself.
"It's funny that we keep running into each other huh?" Axel chuckled.
"Yea…it's kind of weird" agreed Roxas.
They sat in silence for a few moments.
"Awwwwwwwwwkwaaaaaaaard" thought Roxas.
"Well…this is awkward" Axel stated.
"That's what I was thinking!" exclaimed Roxas. Axel raised an eyebrow at Roxas' sudden enthusiasm. They stared at each other until they both erupted with laughter.
After calming down from their fit of laughter, Axel grinned. "I get off of work at six. Wait for me?"
"You mean, you're not just going to drag me with you this time?" Roxas said sarcastically.
Axel leaned over the table and flicked Roxas' forehead. "I will if you say no."
Roxas flinched. "Okay, fine. I'll wait for you."
"Well, good. I look forward to it." Axel smirked.
Roxas opened up his book again and started studying.
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When six o'clock rolled around, Axel came from behind the counter, hanging up his apron. He walked over to the table Roxas was studying at, and sat down in the pod chair across from Roxas. He took a moment to admire the blonde so deep in thought. The blonde hair framing his thin face, and the bright blue eyes that were lazily moving from one page to the next. Axel smiled at Roxas' hard work. Roxas was too involved in his work to notice. Finally, Axel cleared his throat. "Ahem." Roxas still didn't look up. "Hey blondie, it's six. Let's go!" Axel was smiling when Roxas lifted his head.
"Oh. Okay. I'm ready." Roxas said, while packing up his stuff.
Before they left, Roxas asked Axel, "Shouldn't you close up or something?"
"Nah, the boss will get it." Axel answered walking out the door.
"Oh okay." Roxas replied.
Before Roxas walked out the door, he noticed that Ricky Astley's song "Never Going to Give You Up" was playing. "Why would a chic coffee shop like this be playing this song?" he thought to himself. Roxas disregarded the thought and continued to follow Axel out the door.
I know, there wasn't a lot of sexiness in this chapter. I promise you there will be in the next! I'm going to try to write it tomorrow and have it published by Thursday (or even tomorrow night if you're lucky!) PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE review! They make me happy and I want to know if people like the story. :3