AN: I got FOUR reviews on the first day! It inspired me so much; I felt the need to begin writing right now. Oh and if anyone is confused if I write So, it is a nickname for Sora. Many know that, but I don't want to confuse anyone. The song that is untitled in here with only the lyrics is Hello by Evanescence. You should really listen to it as you read that part. It shows the mood. So here is chapter 2, enjoy. P.s. I love the lines fan fiction put up replacing the hundred *'s that I had.
DISCLAIMER: You know.
Just like a Freshman
By Teiraa Strikes Again
Chapter Two
"So are you going to the airport to meet me, or am I now unimportant to you?" A much-frazzled brunette yelled into the phone. He never could seem to keep his voice down; especially when he is rushing making sure every thing is packed. Unfortunately, his blond twin on the other line had to suffer the consequences.
"Yes, I told you yesterday that I would So." Roxas replied. "I haven't changed my mind in the last 14 hours." The blonde was attempting to multitask; talk to his insane brother and do some geometry homework.
"I was just checking and making that you and that sexy devil Axel didn't have any plans." Sora said, a laugh hanging on his words. He could almost feel the heat of Roxas' face over the phone 2000 miles away.
"FOR THE LAST TIME I DO NOT LIKE AXEL!!!" Roxas fumed into the phone and could hear Sora trying to suppress a laugh. That just got him angrier.
"I'm serious So, He's such a fucking dick! For two fucking weeks I've been here and he's barely acknowledged my existence other than to make asshole comments, or laugh at me, or boss me around in Biology." The west coast twin ranted, starting to feel more sad than angry. Emotions did not sit well with Roxas; he needed to change the subject.
"Calm down Roxas, it was only a joke." Sora said, sensing something was amiss with his brother.
Roxas checked the clock, hoping it was late enough to tell Sora he was going to sleep. Of course, he had no intention to close his eyes; every time he fell asleep, he was there. Luckily, it was almost midnight and Roxas said "Gatta go Sora, tired." Roxas replied.
"Alright Rox, can't wait to see you!" Sora said, unaware of anything wrong.
Roxas clicked end before even saying goodbye. He needed a distraction, something to keep him awake, but defiantly no talking to Sora. Music, that was a good start. He didn't feel like trying to cheer himself up tonight though, he was more in the mood to just sit and wallow in self pity.
Walking over to one of the only things he has unpacked, his stereo. He still hadn't set up the surround. He rifled through a couple boxes until he found his CD of favorite Evanescence songs and roughly showed it in the player. Bring me to life came on with a vengeance.
He still didn't understand Axel; he's been here for almost two weeks and Axel still barely speaks to him. Roxas didn't even know why he still hung out with him, well actually he did. If he wanted to get rid of Axel, he would have to get rid of Demyx too. In addition, the blonde wasn't willing to give up the only friend he'd made since moving.
The song changed and he realized he hadn't moved since putting the CD in. He was still kneeling in front of the stereo, just staring into space. He stood up stiffly and walked over to his bed, lying down again.
"Playground, school bell rings again, rain clouds come to play again, has no one told you she's not breathing, hello, I'm your mind giving you someone to talk to… Hello?"
'What's wrong with me?' The boy asked himself. He couldn't understand why Axel didn't like him, nonetheless couldn't even talk to him. And he was so bossy! Was Roxas his lackey now? Someone he could just walk all over? The blond rolled over onto his side. That was probably all he was worth. There is nothing fun or special about him at all. Who would want to be friends with someone like him?
All Roxas could think of was Axel, no matter how hard he tried to stop and tell himself that this flaming idiot isn't worth his time he couldn't.
The song ended and he got up to violently shut off the stereo. He kicked the wall, hard and left a dent. The blonde looked at his destruction for a moment, then crawling into bed, facing the wall, and fell asleep.
*Beep* *Beep* *Beep*
A groan was heard in the room, and then the slam of a hand turning off the alarm clock. Immediately following those sounds there was "Fucking alarm clock…"
A bit of red hair peeked out from underneath the covers along with the hand that had hit the alarm. Other than that, the teenager's 6'4" frame was hidden underneath a pile of blankets in his California King bed.
Slowly but surely one limb at a time escaped the sheets, and finally a tall redhead emerged looking very tired, scratching his head. He got up and walked over to his full length mirror, and surveyed himself.
He was losing a bit of muscle, and made a mental note to go to the gym today. His hair looked the same, still red, still unmanageable, but sexy in his opinion and he would never cut it.
He looked the same as he did everyday, but he felt different. Nothings been quite right since the Roxas kid moved into town. Axel couldn't figure it out. He leaned closer to the mirror staring himself deep in the eyes, hoping he could figure out what was so wrong with him.
After seeing nothing but green, black, and white, he mumbled some curse under his breath, and walked into his bathroom, set on taking a shower.
The redhead turned the water on full blast and stepped in, hoping the hot water would help him clear his head and stop feeling so… odd. That was the only way he could describe his feelings.
'It's all Roxas' fault' He thought as he felt the hot water run down his body. He couldn't control himself around the kid, I mean , he didn't try to be an asshole when he was around, it just sort of happened. He honestly had no problem with Roxas, but every time he was around him, he couldn't control himself.
It was tearing him apart on the inside, Roxas was so… adorable. The blond was so innocent and pure looking, but at the same time had a personality that defied the sweet look. HE was harsh, and determined. Axel liked this.
This is why he couldn't understand why he could never say one nice word to this kid that fascinated him so much. It was confusing and the redhead decided that he couldn't think about this anymore.
The same thing had happened for the past two weeks everyday. The short junior walked from his first period geometry to his locker to drop off him books and pick up his literature book and notebook.
It was one of Roxas' pet peeves, huge turtle like backpack. If he could help it, the blond would only carry the books he needed for his next class, but this proved or very frequent locker stops.
So anyways everyday, after he put minimal materials into his bag, he would walk to the complete opposite side of the school to Junior English, a class he'd learn to hate.
Axel. The cause of all his problems…
Today however was different, the blond walked with a new spring in his step, his lips for once not turned down into a frown. These were subtle changes and the blond hardly expected anyone to notice. Axel was not on his mind today. Today was the day Sora came, and then everything would be all right again.
Roxas never felt complete without Sora and he doubted he ever will. The blond guessed it was probably a twin thing.
After it seemed like forever, he reached his class. Surprisingly, Axel was already there. Usually he didn't show up till when the bell was actually ringing. The shorter boy raised an eyebrow at this, but continued to his seat.
Just like everyday, he pulled out his notebook and started to randomly doodle something on the cover of it. (It was almost half full).
Then the string of normalcy broke, and the blond was jolted out of his routine with surprise. The redhead seemed to have broken his string of silence.
"Hey." He spoke casually, as if they spoke everyday.
Roxas blinked, not once but twice, before turning to Axel giving him a 'wtf' look. Axel's smirk seemed to become just a tad more devilish.
When Roxas didn't reply Axel spoke again. "What's the matter Blondie, do I intimidate you?" He asked in a tone that made Roxas cheeks heat up like they do whenever he thinks about the redhead.
"No, I'm just curious why you've become a decent person all of the sudden." Roxas snapped back at him.
"Oh touchy,.." Axel replied leaning backwards away from the blond and putting both hands behind his head. "… I have many sides to me."
Roxas almost smiled at this, but decided to hold his ground. "Glad to see you've finally decided to stop being an ass." Roxas said, satisfied with Axels three different looks that happened almost simultaneously.
First was a look of pain, which Roxas liked the best, next was a look Roxas couldn't quite figure out, and the last was a look of someone accepting a challenge.
"So, you seem to be in a better mood than usually Roxy, what's the occasion, just happy to see me?" Axel inquired raising and eyebrow and crossing his arms in front of his chest whilst leaning forward.
"Well, if you feel like pestering me about it, my brother is finally coming to town today." Roxas said trying to seem annoyed with the redhead.
Axel genuinely looked surprised at this remark. "Brother?"
"Yes," Roxas replied, "My twin bother Sora, he stayed in Boston an extra two weeks to finish up all his honors exams and shit…" The blonde trailed off, annoyed again, but this time at Sora for leaving him alone.
"So is your brother as feisty as you are Roxy?" Axel asked, his eyes holding an unfamiliar glimmer in his eyes. The blonde just narrowed his own eyes.
"Don't call me Roxy." was all the shorter male replied before turning back to doodling for the rest of the period.
All Axel could think about was the fact that Blondie had a twin brother. The most concerning thing for the redhead though was he hoped he didn't have this 'issue' with the Roxas double that would soon enter his life.
The redhead sat across from the blond at lunch, listening to Demyx drag on and on about 'how come he didn't know about Roxas' brother' and asking the Roxas a bucket full of questions.
Roxas sat eating his lunch and answering Dem's questions quickly and simply, the same as he always talked to him.
So far Axel had learned that Sora and Roxas were nothing alike. Sora seemed to be very upbeat and social, where Roxas obviously wasn't. The blond also let on that this Sora had brown hair instead of blonde, but his eyes looked the exact same as Roxas', big and blue. Roxas also mumbled something about them both being shorter than midgets….
Axel thought this would explain why Roxas is so small and adorable looking. Well maybe not the adorable part, but usually twins are short because they are two split people. The redhead smiled and thanked freshman year physical science.
All this info was starting to calm Axel's nerves about a second Roxas. He defiantly sounded like Roxas' polar opposite.
The Shorter blond looked up at Axel and caught him staring again, but even when Roxas held eye contact with the redhead, he didn't look away. Roxas blushed and finally looked away, feeling the need to free himself from Axel's intense gaze.
Demyx looked between the two of them whilst their eyes where locked and smiled. He wondered when they'd figure out that they undoubtedly were desperately attracted to each other.
AN: AHHHH! *fan girl moment* I really dislike this 'they still don't know they like each other' This will be so much more fun to write when they do, plus I actually have an idea of where I'm going with the next chapter so that's exciting as well. AND SORA FINALLY COMING! I love writing Sora parts cause its always fun. Akuroku is a big pile of angst. So yeah, Please review I LOOOVE them and the more I get the faster I"ll write. I promise!