"Hey Roxas?"
"Hmm?" said blond responded. The two boys had decided that they had probably better head back to school. When the younger had told Axel about running out of school in the middle of the teacher's scolding Axel had whistled in awe. Mrs Lockhart was going to skin him alive!
Since they had probably already missed half the day they thought that a couple more minutes of cloud watching wouldn't make a difference.
So half an hour later, here they were, lying on their backs staring at the fluffy white entities that passed through the bright blue sky.
Axel continued his question, still staring at the sky, "Let's say, hypothetically, that someone who was hypothetically close to you hypothetically said that you were the best thing in their life. Would you return the hypothetical feeling?"
"Want to hypothetically say hypothetically one more time?" Roxas joked.
"In theory."
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Should have seen that one coming.
Roxas thought it through before answering. "I guess so. I-well I'm a teenage boy. I am pretty sure one of the best things in life is food. But you're always caring for me so you are really important."
Axel laughed genuinely before replying, "I think I'm lost in a field of corny!"
"Would you like some cheese-y with your nachos?" Roxas drawled lazily. (A/N Actual conversation I had this week. Don't ask xD)
Axel flashed a blinding smile at Roxas.
Roxas returned the smile.
Who needs clichéd moments when you can just laugh?
"Hey Roxas! Have a guess what that cloud looks like!" Axel suddenly said, pointing at a large cloud. His tone was similar to a child on Christmas.
Roxas examined the cloud for couple of seconds. "A dragon?"
Axel chuckled. "Close! It's your dad! Cloud! Get it?" Roxas burst into uncontrollable giggles. Yes, he was a man who giggled. But he was still manly! ... You know... compared to Pence... sometimes. Okay, never! It didn't mean he wasn't manly though!
"You are a bonehead!" Roxas choked out between his giggles.
"At least I don't giggle," Axel shot back smirking. Roxas' face dropped into a glare.
"Better?"
Axel raised a hand to his chin, stroking it.
Roxas broke into a smile at that.
"What?" the redhead laughed, still stroking his chin.
"You're stealing Reno's thinking pose," Roxas replied.
Axel gently hit the blond on the head. His voice was chastising as he said, "Roxy! When you say 'Thinking Pose', you have to make it sound as if it is capitalised!"
To this, Roxas just laughed. Axel pouted at the reaction he received.
Roxas rolled his eyes, "Now you look like Reno."
Axel narrowed his eyes playfully. "Now THAT was just uncalled for."
"It's true! You guys are practically twins," Roxas continued to taunt the redhead.
"Take that back," Axel demanded.
Roxas did the most mature response universally acknowledged as 'forget you!' He poked his tongue out while declaring, "Make me!"
"Roxy," Axel growled.
"No!"
With that, the redhead pounced, attempting to tackle his younger friend. Roxas was faster though. He rolled out of the way and jumped to his feet before Axel could touch him.
Axel flicked his gaze up to the blond who was standing with a smirk that just screamed, 'TRIUMPH!'
Axel jumped to his feet and chased after the fleeing boy.
They ran for fifteen minutes before arriving at the school gate out of breath. Even if Axel was the fastest runner in class, Roxas had run for his life enough to pick up some tricks.
"I... will... get you... yet, Roxy!" Axel panted, almost doubled over -his hands on his knees while he struggled to get his breath back.
Roxas was in much the same position. "Ha!... and Reno... will... become a... brain surgeon."
Axel scoffed at the thought. Reno was smart. Just not serious! He would rather be behind the controls of a helicopter than be in an operating room.
"ROXAS! AXEL!"
Both boys stiffened when their names were called. Roxas glanced at his watch, 1:28. It was their lunch time. Which means that they couldn't sneak into their class without being noticed. Even worse, a teacher was on break and had caught them red handed.
They both nervously lifted their heads to see their future executioner. Oh no. The same thought ran through both of their minds.
Mrs Lockhart was standing at the front doors of the school, arms crossed across her chest and levelling them both with a glare that just spelled 'DEATH.'
Axel chuckled nervously. "Hey Mrs Lockha..."
"Inside. Now," her stern voice cut in.
Both boys glanced at each other before resigning to their fate and following the teacher to the principal's office.
xxXxx
"What were you two thinking? Especially you Roxas!" the head master, Mr Highwind yelled.
Roxas opened his mouth to reply before he was interrupted. "Don't answer that, boy! It was a rhetorical question!" the principal elaborated.
Roxas' mouth immediately snapped shut. Axel gave him a small smile. The smile quickly vanished when Mr Highwind slowly swivelled his steely gaze to the lanky redhead.
"And what are you smiling about?"
Axel scratched the back of his neck nervously before responding, "Is that a rhetorical question too, sir?"
Cid Highwind blinked a couple of times, as if to process what the teen had just asked. Once Tifa had shown the two boys to the principal's office she explained the situation to him and left to return to class. She had already informed him that Roxas had run off in the middle of 2nd period looking for Axel.
"No... No it was not a rhetorical question," Mr Highwind said slowly.
Axel grinned faintly. "Oh, sorry, then. I was smiling because Roxas is so cute when he's jumpy."
Roxas' hand met his forehead violently. Face palm moment.
When his hand lowered back to his side he finally processed what his friend had said. Of course the inevitable blush exploded across his face.
He thinks I'm cute?
Well, accurately, he thinks I'm cute when I'm jumpy.
Why did he just say that to Mr Highwind of all people?
Said principal stared disbelievingly at the redhead boy who just smiled back. He then turned to look at the smaller blond. The enormous blush was impossible to miss. Cid smirked on the inside. Oh so THAT'S what's going on...
"So let me get this straight, for some reason you," Cid said pointing at Axel, "skipped school."
Axel nodded. No one, except Roxas, Reno and Aerith knew why he skipped school. If he had it his way Roxas probably wouldn't know.
"And you," Mr Highwind continued pointing at the Roxas- whose cheeks were still stained pink, "freaked out during class and decided to find him."
Roxas squeak of protest at the term 'freaked out' went unnoticed by the principal. Or just ignored. Probably the latter though.
The blond principal switched his gaze between the pair a couple of times.
"Why?" was all he asked.
"Well I didn't mean to skip school, I was sitting at the park all emo and whatnot until Roxas came to find me," Axel answered honestly.
"How long were you at the park?" Mr Highwind asked.
Axel glanced at his wrist until he realised he wasn't wearing a watch. He grabbed Roxas' wrist and raised it to eye level. The blond boy blushed even more at the look the principal pegged him with.
"Uh... um... 16 hours," Axel figured still staring at his friends watch.
"Sixteen hours?" the two blonds exclaimed in unison.
"No.. wait... 29 hours," Axel wasn't even fazed by their disbelief.
"Why were you in the park for 29 hours?" Cid asked incredulity evident in his voice.
Axel glanced at the floor. Well, why not? This was not the answer he gave his teacher.
"My mom's in town for a little while," he explained quietly.
Mr Highwind's face automatically morphed into one of understanding. It was mentioned in Axel's profile that his mother was not at home. They also knew the circumstances behind it. But by the look on the redhead's face he knew that sympathy was unnecessary.
He also took a look at the small blonde's face. Roxas had worry practically etched into his features.
"I understand Axel. You two must still be punished though," Mr Highwind continued. The two boys looked up and groaned. Hurrah! Detention! *sarcasm*
"What time's our detention then?" Axel asked reluctantly.
Mr Highwind opened his mouth to reply but was interrupted by an anxious blond.
"Who cares about that right now? You haven't eaten or drank or showered or changed in two days! I actually have money for the cafeteria and you have clean gym clothes, right? No offence but you're kind of smelly and I'm not going to hug you while..." the blond was interrupted by a long, pale finger being held in a shushing manner against his mouth.
Of course it was Axel who interrupted the blond mid-word vomit.
"Rox, chill. Deep breaths, okay?" Axel laughed before turning his attention back to the older man, "so detention?"
Axel swore he saw a smirk pass on the principal's face. There was definitely no denying the glimmer of amusement in his eyes though.
"I didn't say detention, now did I?" Cid pointed out.
Axel raised an eyebrow, until pressure on his left hand drew his attention. Roxas was gently biting on Axel's hand.
"Roxas!" the redhead laughed, drawing back his hand.
"Urrgh hamnd uhhs uhn mah wau," was the intelligent response. Roxas was busy wiping his mouth on his sleeve. The fact that Axel hadn't bathed or washed his hands in two days kind of reared its head now.
The two older people in the room shared a questioning look. "What? Cooouldn't quite catch that," Axel asked curiously.
"You're hand was in my way," Roxas responded, having successfully cleaned the dirt taste from his mouth.
Axel laughed in reply.
Roxas turned to Mr Highwind, "Well, if we're not doing detention what are we doing?"
Mr Highwind full out smirked on this one, "You'll see... tomorrow."
Roxas just smiled, "Okay sir I'm going to go clean Axel up now BYE!"
Axel didn't even have time to blink before he was dragged out of the room by his hand. The door swung slowly shut behind them.
Mr Highwind laughed. "Well if that wasn't the weirdest thing I've ever seen!"
Author's Note: Yes, even Cid is laughing at how gay Roxas and Axel are xD. But ahjgahuhygdf Today I looked at this story's stats. \(^o\) (/o^)/ Dance, Smileys, Dance! *hugs all readers*
Again a gigantic thank-you to bloodysword99, Akemi713, kate882 and Kirkysaurus who reviewed!
And Kirkysaurus, I found out what Twizzlers were! xD There's only one candy store in my town (I live in literal Middle-of-Nowhere, Australia) And they only had one pack haha *so proud of herself* lol I'm a nerd
Thank-you for reading you awesome, awesome people! *gives out Twizzlers* :3