"Roxas how did it go?" Axel asked as his best friend walked over to the table the usual group had occupied for lunch. The bell had rung to signal end of class after Namine's and Roxas' break up, so Roxas had immediately headed to the cafeteria to see his friends had already grabbed their lunch and their normal seats.
Roxas placed his bag on the floor beside Axel's chair. Axel saw the sadness that was affecting the blond and shuffled his chair out a bit, giving Roxas room to sit on his lap.
Roxas swung his legs over Axel's and sat down, so now his legs hung on Axel's left side while he leaned on Axel's shoulder.
"Are you wearing a shirt underneath this?" Roxas asked patting Axel's oversized hoodie.
Axel quirked an eyebrow at the strange question and abrupt change of subject, "Uhh... yeah?"
Roxas unzipped Axel's hoodie so the black shirt underneath was revealed. He then snuggled closer to Axel and re-zipped the hoodie around him. Since the long sleeved hoodie was oversized it fit them both perfectly. Now Roxas and Axel were both in the jacket- Roxas sitting sideways on the other's lap, his face and blond hair poking out of the jacket because he had pulled the zip up to just below his chin.
The others at the table exchanged curious looks between each other.
Axel smiled sadly, "What happened?"
"Naminé dumped me," Roxas explained in a soft voice.
"Did she say why?" Axel asked gently.
"She said it was because she would always be second in my life," Roxas' voice had raised a level in volume, but was still very soft.
"That's not a bad thing. Who did she say was first in your life?" Axel attempted to console his upset friend. The others at the table had been listening as well, feeling bad for Roxas. He and Naminé were getting in a pretty serious relationship.
"She didn't say, but I think she was thinking of you," Roxas said while burying his face in Axel's shoulder.
"Roxy, we've been best friends for 11 years. Of course we are close. I know you would be one of the most important people in my life. But, y'know have to include Reno somewhere," Axel reminded him.
"Ahem?" Demyx interrupted.
"No, not you Demyx. You are after Roxy and Reno and just about everybody else," Axel turned to his mohawked friend.
Roxas let out a small laugh at Demyx's cry of protest.
"I know, it's just I feel kind of bad because Naminé deserves better than that," Roxas explained.
"So do you Roxy! When you get a girlfriend she should be able to understand and deal with how close we are," Axel exclaimed.
Roxas smiled. "Yeah, thanks Axel. But can I stay sitting here? I still feel guilty."
"Of course Roxas," Axel smiled down at his hidden friend then looked back up at the table. The conversation continued the same as before Roxas' entrance. Then it sort of fell into an awkward silence with all of the friends staring at the two boys sharing a chair.
Axel had fries for lunch today, bought from the cafeteria, which isn't such a big deal. The thing is after popping a fry into his own mouth; he had grabbed another one and was now hovering it in front of Roxas' mouth. The boy hiding in his jacket opened his mouth and Axel immediately popped the fry into his friend's mouth.
Axel continued to alternately eat a fry himself and then feed one to the hidden blond. Roxas didn't complain or seem the slightest bit confused or weirded out. Considering Demyx, Hayner, Zexion, Olette and Pence were all staring with varying levels of bewilderment and awkwardness.
Axel didn't notice the lack of conversation around him but instead grabbed another fry and hold it out to Roxas. Roxas closed his mouth around the chip.
"Watch it Roxas, you almost bit me," Axel laughed. Roxas smiled and licked the salt off of his friend's finger in apology. Both boys felt butterflies in their stomachs when the younger one did that. Axel blushed and turned back to the table, eating another fry. Roxas dug his head into Axel's shirt, blushing as well, after realising what he did.
"So Demyx, I hear you have a gig at the prom tonight?" Axel asked after he went through the cycle of feeding himself and Roxas a few more times.
The group snapped out of their trance and turned to Demyx.
"Yeah, it's so great. Zexion's helping me out and it's an entire solo act!" Demyx exclaimed happily.
A round of congratulations passed, even from the slightly hidden blond.
"Who do you guys have for dates? I can't dance since I'm stuck helping this nut all night," the usually quiet Zexion asked.
"Olette and I are going together," Pence answered. Olette smiled and wrapped an arm around Pence. There was another awkward silence before Axel asked, "Are you two going out?"
Both teens nodded vigorously.
"Okay! Awesome! Who are you going with Hayner?" Demyx veered the conversation away from another awkward silence.
"I don't have a date yet even though I've asked like every girl!" Hayner complained.
"Kairi?" Olette asked.
"Going with Sora," Hayner told her.
"Selphie?"
"Wakka."
"Aqua?"
"Terra."
"Fuu?"
"Seifer."
"Yuna"
"Tidus."
"Yuffie?"
"Paine."
Another awkward silence. No one could imagine the bubbly, self proclaimed 'ninja' with dark and gloomy Paine.
"Wow you really are out of luck," Axel scoffed, feeding Roxas another chip.
"Like you're any better!" Hayner argued.
"I'm not going to Prom, Roxy and I are going to watch movies," Axel explained happily with a huge smile across his face.
"Since when?" Roxas piped up.
"Since now," Axel answered.
Roxas shrugged and leaned back onto Axel's chest.
"I KNOW! I'll ask Rikku!" Hayner suddenly yelled, jumping out of his seat and running to where he assumed she sat during lunch.
The rest of the group watched him leave, mildly surprised. That was random.
"At least he might get a date now," Zexion said before throwing away the remains of his lunch.
The group murmured their agreement before the bell rang signalling the start of 2nd period. Olette, Pence, Demyx and Zexion departed for their respective classes. Left alone at the table were Axel and Roxas.
"Now how to do this..." Axel wondered aloud as he attempted to stand up with Roxas still in his hoodie.
"I can stand on my own you know," Roxas said as he unzipped Axel's hoodie and stood up, grabbing his book bag.
"But it's so much more fun when we are cuddling," Axel whined grabbing his backpack as well.
"Tough luck for you," Roxas laughed as he and Axel started heading for their Science class.
"Thanks, Axel," Roxas whispered faintly.
Axel smiled. "You know I'm always there for you Roxas."
xxXxx
"Ow, I swear this was easier when I was younger."
Roxas laughed and rolled over on his bed, away from the incessant grumbling from outside his window.
"What? Why is the window closed? Roxy, you demon! You planned this!"
Roxas pretended not to hear as he continued to read his book, 'The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod.' A sudden tapping brought his attention to the window beside him. Red spikes filled his vision. He then saw Axel raise his head to smile at him.
Roxas was slightly amused by the turn of events. He had decided to read after finishing his homework. He also forgot that Axel would be coming over to watch movies.
He smirked through the window and at the boy clutching for dear life to the window sill. Axel smile drooped before he said, "Open the window, Roxas!"
"Hmmm?" Roxas cupped his ear, motioning that he could not hear the redhead outside his window. His 2nd story window.
Axel glared through the window. "Roxy..."
Roxas smirked again and repeated the gesture.
"I brought movies," Axel attempted to bargain.
Roxas laughed slightly and repeated the motion a last time. Axel's expression morphed into one of shock.
"Let's see how funny you are when I..." the rest of Axel's threat was drowned out when the evil blond inside pulled out his iPod and started to listen to loud rock music.
"You did not... just ignore me!" Axel stated indignantly. Roxas smiled slightly and turned back to his book.
"Oh it is on!"
Roxas enjoyed his relaxing time. Listening to music and reading a good book. Well, that didn't last long. It took Axel five minutes to grab a twig from the side of the building he climbed and use it pick the lock on Roxas' window. He was a master at all things that involve thievery and fire. He blamed Reno.
"What the?" Roxas exclaimed as Axel fell through the window and landed on the blonde's stomach.
"Axel!"
"Roxas?"
"There's a perfectly good door you could have used."
"This way is more fun."
"You did NOT climb the side of my house just because it is fun," Roxas said disbelievingly.
On the side of the house Roxas' room was situated his family had grown vines all along the wall. They curled around the blonde's window and stretched to the roof. If the vines were thick and grew close together it would be easy to climb, but the vines were thin and grown sparsely. It was almost inhuman to even attempt.
"Not JUST because it's fun... which it is. Also because your dad is home and I want to know how long it will take him to figure out I snuck in," Axel explained while hauling himself off of the bed.
"I should have seen that one coming," Roxas admitted.
"Great, now what movie do you want to watch?" Axel asked happily as he brought out the 3 movies he had hidden in his jacket pockets.
"Which ones did you bring?" Roxas asked as he glanced at the covers. He then did a double take, jaw dropping at the utter randomness his best friend had smuggled through his bedroom window.
"Twilight... Need for Speed... and Phantom of the Opera?" he read in disbelief.
"Classics!" Axel said proudly as he set up the television and DVD player, "so? Which one are we watching?"
"I can hardly believe you," Roxas laughed. After 11 years he should have been expecting this.
"Not that it matters! We can watch all three!" the redhead ignored his best friend's disbelief.
"Start with Twilight. Might as well see why so many people love it."
"Duh, most of them are girls. They could live off of vampire awesomeness," Axel scoffed.
"And how do you know that?" Roxas laughed.
"Reno."
Roxas stared in confusion. Then in slight disgust... More confusion.
Realization dawned on him just before the movie started.
=_= Time skip! *funny music*
"So what did you think?" Axel asked as he swapped the DVD's out.
"That was slightly pathetic," Roxas was dumbstruck. What had he just watched?
Axel laughed loudly before hitting the play button again. "You don't have a single romantic bone in your body, do you?"
"If that movie is the creation of overly-romantic people, I'm glad I don't."
The two boys settled back on the floor. Roxas was resting his head on Axel's shins and the redhead just continued to stare in a trance at the small screen.
Six hours later, once all the movies were finished, Cloud opened the door silently. He smirked at the two teens- currently lying on the bed with a blanket draped over them both. Halfway through the last movie Roxas had fallen asleep and unconsciously cuddled up to Axel's side.
The redhead, who thought that it was adorable, merely wrapped his arms around the other boy and proceeded to fall asleep himself.
Cloud- otherwise known as Roxas' father- quietly walked to stand beside the bed. He grabbed a sticky note from the desk pushed up against the far wall and scrawled a message on it. He then tore the sticky note off and planted it firmly on the sleeping 17-year-old's forehead.
He laughed quietly again before slipping out of the room again and returning to his own room.
Author's Note: This chapter right here was born of pure procrastination. Seriously! I'm sitting here with my GIANT pile of homework next to me... must resist urge to procrastinate more .
Forget it, I'll procrastinate as much as I want xD
Mmmkay, a giant Thank you to kate882, Akemi713 and bloodysword99! You guys have reviewed like so many chapters ^_^
Thanks for reading you awesome, aweso- *dies of tiredness*.
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