"Okay, class. I have a teacher meeting to get to so you lucky losers get a free period," the oh-so-kind English teacher, Mrs Lockhart, declared.

The class immediately broke out into cheering.

"Oh yes, I love you guys too," Mrs Lockhart said sarcastically as she left the classroom.

Once the teacher was gone people dragged chairs and desks to sit with their friends, immediately breaking out into conversation.

"Up you get Roxas," Axel said, standing beside his best friend's chair. Roxas sighed and lifted both hands straight in the air. Axel leaned down and picked Roxas up bridal style, the blonde's hands wrapping around his neck.

Axel then plopped himself and Roxas in the chair the younger boy had recently been sitting in.

"Wait a sec..." Roxas complained squirming around to face the other way- to where Namine was sitting.

Axel winced. "Ow, Rox! Thanks for being gentle."

"Oh sorry," he apologized, lifting Axel's shirt and rubbing his stomach. What? Axel is vaguely cat-like? And that's what you do to cats? Oh, shut up.

"Yeah, not helping," the redhead laughed as batted away the blonde's hands and fixed his shirt. Roxas just grinned up at him.

"Hi Namine," the two boys chorused to the sweet blonde girl sitting beside them.

"Hi Roxas, Axel," Namine replied sweetly.

"OH! Roxy-chan! Wasn't there something you wanted to ask Namine?" Axel suddenly asked while bobbing his legs up and down so the blond on his lap bounced slightly. Namine looked over curiously.

Roxas hit his friend over the head before responding. "Not while you're here, jerkface."

"Oh, fine... I get it... Poor Axel left to fend for himself in a class of freshman," Axel replied in a mock hurt voice.

"Not my fault you got held back twice," Roxas laughed.
Axel's face took on a melodramatic surprised look, "Fine! I'm going to talk to Tidus."

With that said the redhead abruptly stood up and dropped Roxas back in the chair, walking over to where Tidus and Wakka sat talking.

Roxas waved to Axel. Axel immediately broke out in a grin and waved back.

"What was that about?" Namine asked.

"Um... Well, I was wondering if you maybe wanted to go out? With me?" Roxas stuttered.

Namine smiled sweetly and thought for a moment. Does he really want to go out? What about Axel?

In the end, Namine quashed the depressing thoughts and answered, "Yeah sounds great!"

"Awesome!"

No, it wasn't Roxas who answered, alas, it was Axel- who had somehow managed to squirm back underneath Roxas, replacing the blond on his lap.

"Axel," Roxas whined.

"But Roxas, I'm tired. I didn't sleep last night because Reno had a party," Axel whined back.

"You could sleep through half of the Great Marshmallow War of '08, why couldn't you sleep when Reno was having a party?" Roxas asked. He knew his friend was an extremely heavy sleeper.

"I couldn't sleep because it was an awesome party! There was a lot of dancing... It was so fun," Axel replied happily.

Roxas stared at his friend in disbelief. His excuse for being tired is because he was hanging around at his older brother's party. "Fine, you can rest," Roxas resigned.

"YAY! Thanks Roxas," Axel said happily before digging his head into Roxas' back. He was asleep in a minute flat.

Roxas ran a hand through Axel's crimson spikes and made sure Axel was comfortable before turning to Namine.

"You don't mind, do you?" Roxas asked nervously.

"Not so long as you still pay attention to me," Namine teased.

"Thanks. So what are you drawing?" Roxas tried to turn to see what Namine was drawing, but was burdened by the redhead who was clinging around his waist. Namine laughed and slid the paper so Roxas could see. "I'm drawing a tree for art class. We have to practise drawing foliage."

Roxas nodded, "You know using a couple different shades of green would help make the tree look more dimensional."

Namine looked down at the paper noticing that her new boyfriend was right.

"Thanks, that's actually really good." Namine smiled up at Roxas and he smiled back.

So that's how that class went.

Axel snoring.

Namine drawing.

Roxas watching.

Although his gaze would sometimes swivel to the sleeping redhead.

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The two blonds walked hand in hand to the movie theatre. It was the week-end after Roxas asked Namine out and now they were headed on their first date.

"Do you watch movies a lot?" Namine asked while wrapping her hand in Roxas'. A huge smile stretched from ear to ear.

"Axel loves movies," Roxas remarked absent-mindedly.

Namine's smile instantly dropped.

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"So bro, what are we doing?" Reno asked, collapsing on the couch beside his younger brother.
"Whatever you have planned," Axel shrugged.

"Then let's play that new racing game," Reno whipped out a video game from his blazer pocket.

"Roxas loves this game," Axel said while putting the disc in.

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"This is such a cute restaurant," Namine commented as she sat down across from Roxas, in a table at the very corner of the small restaurant.

"I know. I found it while walking with..." Roxas trailed off realising that it probably wasn't best to keep talking about his best friend on a second date with his girlfriend.

"With Axel?" Namine guessed.

"Yeah, he literally dragged me in here," Roxas laughed nervously. The waiter came to take their order and the couple enjoyed the rest of the meal without mentioning a certain redheaded pyromaniac.

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"Where's Roxas?" Reno asked while he and Axel were having dinner. Of course dinner for them consisted of take-out Chinese.

"On a date," Axel answered. He was glaring at his food, stabbing it with his chopsticks.

"Then why are you here?"

"Not with me! He's on a real date, with a girl," Axel said bitterly.

Reno gave him a disbelieving look until he noticed the mangled food that was sitting on his brother's plate. Death by chopstick... what a way to go, even for food.

Reno shrugged, "Huh... didn't see that one coming."

"I did, considering he hasn't sat with us at lunch for two weeks," Axel grumbled.

Reno smiled. Of course Axel was jealous. Some older brothers would offer support or advice. Yeah, Reno is NOT one of those older brothers. He knew that Axel could handle himself and nothing Reno could say would cheer him up or dissuade him from any crazy plan he conjures up.

Author's Note: Yehp short chapter today. 5 words: First day back at school. I'm a zombie, my soul was sucked out of me by the death eaters... I mean teachers... yeah... x_x

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