"Roxas, Roxas, ROXY!" Axel cried while stumbling through the hallway.
Roxas suddenly stopped and turned around, causing Axel to crash into him. He quickly grabbed the blonde's arms to regain balance.
"Yeah, Axel?" Roxas asked looking up at his best friend. The height difference was called into play again. Currently his nose was almost pressed against the taller boy's chest.
"Rox, I can walk, thanks," the redhead laughed. His face was beginning to feel hot.
Roxas smiled sheepishly. It is kind of hard dragging the redhead from place-to-place. Imagine being dragged. "Sorry about that." He then looked back up at Axel's face. Was he... was he blushing? Roxas wondered.
Axel looked down at his smaller friend. He had seen Roxas blush enough times that he knew at the moment his cheeks would be tinged pink. Axel smiled gently and let go of Roxas' arms.
"C'mon, don't want to hug poor old stinky me, do you?" Axel smirked- his blush receding.
"Why were you blushing?" Roxas curiously asked. He was almost jogging trying to catch up to the redhead. Axel slowed down his walking so the blond could fall into step beside him.
"Roxy, Roxy, Roxy... I think you have forgotten you are the one who blushes and I am the one to cause it," Axel mocked, swinging his arm around the smaller blond.
Roxas quickly backed away from the half-embrace. "And you have forgotten that you stink," he teased.
Axel laughed and let his arm drop back to his side. "Your mom stinks!" he replied immaturely. He knew it wasn't true. Curse Aerith for being so nice!
Roxas' mouth fell open at the childish insult. "Your face stinks!"
Axel laughed when the blond decided to play along, "Your breath stinks!"
"Your hair stinks!"
"Your attitude stinks!"
"Your...uh, um... who cares? You stink!"
Axel tried to contain his laughter when the blond was searching for ideas, "You've already said that one Roxas."
Roxas looked at the ground for a second. His face then split into a grin and looked back up at the redhead.
"You're chances of ever getting a date stink."
Axel's eyes widened and his jaw dropped. His Roxas was fast with insults. Even playful, pathetic ones!
By now the two boys could not stop laughing at their own absurdity and drew stares as they continued to the locker room, laughing the entire time.
It was 2nd lunch time, so about a quarter of the school was out. When they walked into the gym a class was playing dodgeball so they quickly ran to the locker rooms.
Axel dug through his locker grabbing a 'Simple Plan' t-shirt and stonewash jeans. He always kept a spare set of clothes in his locker- just in case. Not so ridiculous now, was it?
"So Roxy..." Axel started.
Roxas interrupted, "Take a shower, man." Axel pouted but grabbed a towel and headed toward the shower room.
Roxas was about to follow but quickly stopped himself. Even if they were best friends he was NOT following him into the shower.
"Roxas! Come keep me company!" the redhead called.
"I am not following you into the shower, Axel, no matter how close we are!" Roxas called back.
"You don't have to come in the shower, you can just wait by the stall," Axel pointed out. Roxas paused. He realised what he had said could probably be taken the wrong way. Axel never actually said anything about being in the shower as well.
Swallowing his pride Roxas walked in and leant against the wall beside Axel. Said redhead smirked down at him. "Remember how you always say that I have a broken brain-to-mouth filter?" he asked.
Roxas nodded. It was a running joke between them.
"I'm not the only one~," Axel laughed at the look that appeared on the smaller boy's face.
"I don't see why you can't take a two minute shower by yourself," Roxas grumbled through his embarrassment.
Axel smiled and nuzzled his face into Roxas' golden blond hair. "I can, but I like to mess with you."
Roxas didn't bother to push the redhead away as he played with Roxas' hair. "Why?" he whined.
"Just because I can."
Roxas scowled at the reply but then turned away as he noticed Axel had already pulled his pants and shirt off and was left in his boxers.
Axel smirked at the blonde's shyness and stepped into the shower, but not before whispering in Roxas' ear, "No peeking."
"Why would I want to?" Roxas asked indignantly. Ah, the return of the blush. Well, you can hardly call it the return since it hardly left. It was one of the most blush-worthy moments in history. Any moment with Axel is blush-worthy, really.
That's what Roxas thinks anyway.
Axel answered as he turned the knob to turn the shower on. Cold water bombarded him since the school didn't bother to pay for hot water.
"You tell me."
He smiled when he heard the tell-tale spluttering of his favourite little blond.
xxXxx
"So Roxas, are you happy now that I'm having a shower?"Axel asked while- as he said-was in the shower.
Roxas glared at the wall opposite him. What evil had he done to deserve this fate? Oh that's right... he met Axel. "Could you really not go ten seconds without speaking?" he asked exasperated.
"I could. I don't want to but I could," Axel replied. There were no doors on the shower stalls so Roxas was able to hear his voice clearly. However that also meant if he turned around he could also SEE Axel clearly.
Hence he was glaring at the unoffending wall opposite.
"Axel, are you sure that you are okay? I mean, you're not actually flipping out but hiding it from me, right?" Roxas asked tensely. At the park he had hugged Axel, yelled at him and slapped him. How does that equate to Axel being so happy?
He could hear Axel sigh in the shower. "Roxas, you were right when you said that there are people who care about me. This whole time I kept telling myself that my mom was okay. I have to admit she's not. She's a messed up woman."
Roxas looked down guiltily. Axel noticed the silence and guessed the reason behind it. Time for some Roxy cheering up.
"If you feel guilty about it you could always shower with me." Roxas could literally hear the smirk in his best friend's voice.
"It isn't going to happen, Axel."
"What if we both wore boxers?"
"Then our boxers will get wet."
"It's not like you're a girl Roxas. Or are you?" the redhead joked.
"I'm not a girl but I'm still not going in the shower with you," Roxas defended.
"Why not?"
"Because it's weird."
"Why?"
"Because we would be showering together. TOGETHER!"
"It would be fine if we didn't look," Axel said feigning confusion.
"I'm leaving if you don't stop asking," Roxas deadpanned. Axel just laughed in response.
What they didn't know was how similar their thoughts were at that moment.
xxXxx
"To the cafeteria!" one over energetic blond said to his best friend, who was following a good 3 paces behind.
"Hey Rox? Why are you so happy?" a curious redhead asked his miniature friend.
Roxas abruptly stopped and turned to back to face Axel. He shuffled his feet nervously. Roxas knew why he was so excited but... the reason might seem a bit strange to Axel.
Instead Roxas just mumbled, "No reason."
After Roxas had deemed Axel clean enough to exit the locker room he insisted on dragging the reluctant redhead to the cafeteria for much-needed food.
Axel laughed at his friend's antics. Now he was determined to find out. "C'mon Roxas. You know you want to tell me~ Do I have to force it out of you?" he threatened.
"You wouldn't."
"..."
"..."
"..."
"Who am I kidding? We both know you would."
A smirk from the redhead and a scowl from the blond.
Roxas sighed. In a resigned voice he admitted, "Truthfully, I am just kind of excited about looking after you for a change. You're always looking after me, for no reason at all half the time. Besides, you were at sitting in a park for almost two days straight: You need food man!"
Axel smiled down at his friend. Awwwwww cute!
He said aloud exactly what he was thinking.
Roxas lifted his eyes from the floor to glare at the other boy. No one calls him cute and gets away with it!
Axel smiled.
Roxas rolled his eyes.
No one calls him cute and gets away with it.
...
Except Axel.
...
And any hot girl he would happen to meet.
...
But most of the time it's Axel.
Roxas turned away and continued to walk down the white tiled hallway. The cobalt blue painted walls passing by him as he stared ahead.
Axel quickly fell into step beside him.
It was still technically their lunch time so students were milling about the halls and occupying tables in the cafeteria.
Roxas made his way over to the canteen with the redhead in tow, all the while digging in his pocket for his money.
He stopped by the green counter on which lay an assortment of prepared food. The wall behind had a large gap from where you could peer into the school kitchen.
"What would you like sweetie?" the lunch lady asked. She was in her early thirties and had long black hair that was contained in a hair net. Despite all stereotypes, the lunch lady was actually rather pretty. It confused Roxas to no end.
Said blond boy smiled shyly. "Well what can I buy with," Roxas asked while looking down at the cash he had accumulated from his pockets, "$7.60 and a bottle cap?"
The lunch lady raised a slender eyebrow. A look of pure happiness then crossed her face. "Roxas! You remembered your lunch money for once! I'm so proud," she said while clasping her hands over her heart. Yes, everyone knew about Roxas' memory pertaining to lunch. Or lack there-of.
Roxas nodded happily. The older lady smiled back before continuing, "I'll get you the special of the day. So you get one very greasy cheeseburger and chips for $5."
Their cafeteria menu worked so that they had different sandwiches and snacks available everyday and a different meal. Not a good meal, mind you, but a meal none-the-less.
Roxas nodded and handed over the money. In return he received a paper plate with chips and a burger lumped on it. He then thanked the lunch lady and turned back to find Axel. When he found the redhead sitting at a table not too far away he headed over and plopped the plate in front of his friend.
The lunch lady gaped at the blond boy.
"The one day he buys lunch... It's for his friend?"
Author's Note: Teehee You lot thought you'd get an akuroku shower scene. You didn't :3 Aren't I evil?
And yes the dialogue about the "Your mom stinks", "So does your face!" that truly shows my maturity level. Which is over 9000! *pointless nerd quote*
And because I have no one else to rant to, the guy I have a crush on likes me back... but neither of us have the guts to ask out the other. Hahaha.
Anyway a Thank-you to bloodysword99, Kurai-hinote and Kirkysaurus who reviewed last chapter!
bloodysword99: Glad you liked the chapter =D
Kurai-hinote: You are automatically insanely cool for liking the Chronicles of Vladimir Tod. *gives you one cool point*
Kirkysaurus: Hahaha I'm now hooked on Twizzlers. I swear I could live off them and tea xD And you got an akuroku shower scene. Just y'know... less... yaoi-ish. Silly boys can only be in closet so long :3
This story is soooooo long D:
Thank-you for reading you awesome, awesome people! *gives out cool points*