Disclaimer: All characters of Kingdom Hearts is property of Square-Enix and Disney.
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'They're late. So late! Where did he go? Where did that stupid Riku bring Sora to!? He has never brought me this late before!' Roxas frowned as he remembered about his past then cursed. 'Roxas, stop thinking about him. He's not your lover anymore. He broke up with you already. All because of that stupid guy…' Roxas hissed, did not realize that Axel had entered his room.
"Roxas?" Axel patted the blonde's shoulder, shrieked when Roxas swung his fist around. "Whoa! Whoa! It's me!" Axel carefully approached the blonde who was showing his clenched fist towards him. When Roxas realized it was Axel, he lowered his guard and sighed.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Roxas asked.
"I'm worried," Axel said. "About you," he added. Roxas arched his eyebrow at Axel.
"I'm fine. No more fever," Roxas said. The redhead chuckled then flopped down on the bed next to Roxas.
"I know that. I'm just worried you might lose your control because your brother is currently dating with Riku," Axel said. Roxas glared at him.
"Sora's not dating with Riku," he hissed. Axel smirked.
"Of course. Riku is not gay," Axel said. Roxas frowned, suddenly feeling uneasy especially the way Axel looked at him.
"Yes…he hates gay people," Roxas said.
"Does that include you?" Axel asked. The blonde stared at the redhead in surprise. Then he blushingly looked elsewhere.
"It's none of your concern," Roxas said softly.
"So, you are gay," Axel said and watched as the blonde's face turned redder than before. "So…Riku was your boyfriend?"
"…Why are you asking me this?" Roxas asked as he looked intently at Axel. "My life is not your concern, Axel."
"It is," Axel said as he leaned closer to Roxas until their face just inches close. Roxas could hear his heart beat fast and loud in his head. His breathe hitched as he held them and his hands started to sweat. Staring at those intense and deep emerald eyes made his face turned red. For a moment, he thought they were going to kiss and funny, he would not mind if they were to kiss each other. "If you're to become my manager someday."
"Eh?"
"You're going to become my manager someday," Axel said. Roxas blinked, feeling heavyhearted when Axel slowly retreated away.
"What do you mean by that?" Roxas asked. Axel smirked handsomely.
"Zexion said Sora has a talent of becoming our second vocalist," Axel said. Roxas' eyes widened. "I believe in Zexion. Whatever he said usually comes true."
"Really? Does that mean Sora would win?" Roxas asked.
"Who knows? That depends on how hard he will practice to improve his singing," Axel said then smiled weakly. "Because I don't really think he has the voice at the moment." Roxas frowned, crossed his arms.
"And what? You're going to help him?" Roxas asked, surprised when Axel nodded. "Why?"
"Because I want him to become our second vocalist," Axel replied.
"Isn't that a bit unfair to the other participants?" Roxas asked.
"Teaching someone isn't a sin, Roxas," Axel said. "Besides, I heard each participant has their own teacher and as far as I could remember, Sora does not have one yet."
"So you're going to become his teacher?" Roxas asked. Axel shook his head. "Then who?"
"Oh, someone I know who is as good as me," Axel said, smirking. Roxas silent. "Of course, I need your permission to teach Sora about singing."
"I need to know who this person is first," Roxas said. Axel smirked.
"Of course. We'll meet tomorrow, how's that?"
"Where?"
"YRP Restaurant."
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The next day, Sora woke up late. Lucky for him, it was Sunday so that's mean no school. As soon as he woke up, he went to bathroom and took a hot and warm bath before he went to have breakfast. Various type of breakfast was served as well as frowns from his brother. Sora nervously sat on his chair and tried not to look at frowning Roxas. "Morning," Roxas greeted.
"Morning," Sora greeted back.
"What time did you get home last night?" Roxas asked, not wasting time.
"E-Eleven o'clock," Sora replied, nervous and scared. Roxas twitched.
"That stupid redhead…" he cursed. Sora blinked. "Did he do anything stupid towards you?" Roxas asked. Sora quickly shook his head and smiled.
"No. No. Riku didn't do anything. We're just watching dolphins at the pier," Sora said. Roxas frowned, which is not a good thing for Sora.
"Pier?"
"Yeah. Near Jack Sparrow Port," Sora said. Of course, Roxas knew which pier Sora was talking about. Who would not know when the famous young man used to bring him there? Roxas did not like this one bit. He never thought Riku would bring his brother to the place.
"Are you sure he didn't do anything at all? Maybe you didn't realize it," Roxas said. Sora sweatdropped.
"No, he didn't do anything. Maybe just hold my hand but that's because I was…" Sora trailed off as Roxas stared at him intently. The blonde waited impatient for what Sora said next.
"You were…?"
"Um…cold?" Sora replied, unsure. Roxas blinked.
"What do you mean by cold---" His question was cut when the brunet coughed. Roxas frowned. He rose from his chair and walked over to Sora's side. Pressing his hand on Sora's forehead, he twitched when he realized the brunet is burning up. "Sora…did something happen last night?" Sora pushed Roxas's hand away gently and grinned widely.
"I…uh…fell off the pier," Sora said.
"SORA!" Roxas shouted in anger, making the brunet squeak in fear. "I thought I told you not to do anything stupid!"
"I-I was trying to reach for the dolphins!"
"And you fell which cause you to get a cold now! You do realize that you're going to have the contest on next two weeks!?" Sora gulped and bowed in guilt.
"I'm…I'm sorry," Sora said softly. Roxas glanced at his brother before he sighed. He pulled him and hugged him tightly. "I'm sorry, Roxas. I didn't mean to cause a trouble."
"It's okay. It's not your fault. It's that stupid Riku's fault," Roxas said. Sora pushed Roxas and frowned.
"It's not Riku's fault! It's my fault! I was trying to touch the dolphins but they swam away s-so I---"
"Why are you defending him?" Roxas asked, frowning. Sora blinked then blushed red.
"I'm not…"
"Yes you are.
"But it's true. It's not Riku's fault. He was trying to save me," Sora said. Roxas frowned more.
"Whatever," Roxas said and returned back to his chair, feeling angrier than before. For the whole breakfast, none of them said anything. Occasionally, the brunet will look at his younger brother to find he is still frowning. He felt guilty, somehow but he was telling the truth. Nothing happened last night except that he fell off the pier, were rescued by the dolphins and spent time with Riku for longer until he started to feel dizzy and Riku sent him home quickly.
Remembering the moment he had with Riku last night made him smile. Roxas did not miss the smile and could not help but to wonder what the brunet was thinking. When he thought that Sora was probably thinking about a certain silver-haired young man, Roxas frowned. Anger and jealousy building up inside of him.
"I almost forgot. You're going to come with me to YRP Restaurant today," Roxas said. Sora blinked.
"What for?"
"We're going to meet Axel and the rest," Roxas said. Sora's eyes widened.
"Really!?" Roxas nodded. "O-Oh my god. That's mean I'm going to meet Zexion, Larxene, Demyx and Saix!"
"And your teacher," Roxas added.
"Teacher?"
"Yes. A teacher to teach you how to sing right," Roxas said.
"I don't need one…" Sora mumbled.
"Everyone needs one," Roxas said. Sora pouted. "Anyway, finish the breakfast quickly. I don't want him to whine about our lateness."
"Okay…"
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"Why am I here?" Riku asked as he stared at the famous band in front of him.
"Chill Riku. I just want to spend some time with you," Axel said. Riku snorted. He looked around the restaurant to find no customers are there except them six. "I booked the whole tables for today."
"What for?" Riku asked, startled.
"I have a meeting with someone here," Axel said. Riku arched his eyebrow. "Oh, here they come!" Riku turned to the entrance of the restaurant and saw Roxas and Sora. The memories of last night suddenly played inside his head. A handsome smile formed over his face as Roxas and Sora approached them. The blonde, no doubt, frowned upon seeing him while the brunet smiled.
"Hey," Riku greeted as he stood up.
"Morning Riku," Sora greeted. Roxas is still frowning. Riku ignored the blonde completely.
"How are you?" Riku asked.
"I'm good…" Sora glanced at Roxas and bowed. "Better than last night," he whispered. Riku nodded, smiled.
"Glad to know that," Riku whispered back. Sora giggled.
"All right, all right. Riku, stop flirting Sora," Axel said. Riku shot a glare at his best friend.
"I'll kill you if you say that again," Riku hissed. Axel laughed then turned his attention to Roxas.
"Well then, shall we start our meeting?" Axel asked.
"Yeah, we should. I don't want to waste more time," Roxas said. Axel smiled. The four of them then sat down on their seats and none said anything for a few seconds. "Can we start?" Roxas asked, annoyed with the waiting.
"Let's have breakfast first," Axel said.
"We already have," Roxas said.
"Well we haven't," Demyx said. "Yuna! I want two half-cooked eggs and three hams!"
"Okay!" So the others started to order their breakfast excluding Sora and Roxas. While everyone, except the two brothers, was having breakfast, Roxas was frowning and cursing at the redhead silently for wasting his time here. While Sora stayed silent for the whole time. Occasionally he rubbed his itchy throat and coughed quietly. "Here a glass of green herb for Sora," Yuna said as she places the glass in front of Sora.
"Eh?"
"Did you order it?" Roxas asked Sora.
"No..."
"I did," Riku said then smiled. "Green herb is good for throat."
"Really?" Sora picked the glass and sipped it. "Thanks." Riku smiled. Roxas frowned.
"Okay, I'm done!" Axel exclaimed after he wiped his mouth with cloth. "Now we can start."
"Imme nyot finish yek," Demyx said with full mouth. Roxas grunted.
"We'll start without you. You can enjoy your breakfast," Axel said. Demyx nodded.
"Finally. So, who is Sora's teacher?" Roxas asked. Axel chuckled.
"Straight to the point eh? Oh well, I don't want to waste time either." Axel looked at Yuna. "Yuna, if you may."
"Right!" Yuna said then bowed before them. "Nice to meet you all! I'm Yuna!" she said then looked at Sora and smiled widely. "And I'm going to be your teacher, Sora."
"…Eh?" Sora blinked.
"Yuna is a solo singer," Axel said. "She has a very nice voice and she can sing well. Starting now, she'll be your teacher and she will use all of her knowledge to correct you until your can sing very well."
"Yeah. We believe that you have a talent to become our second vocalist but you're still green. So Axel here thought you might need a teacher," Demyx said.
"It's for the best, Sora," Roxas said. Sora gulped. He looked at Yuna for a very long time while thinking about something. Then he shook his head, stood up and bowed.
"I'm sorry!" he said. Everyone blinked. "I…I don't need a teacher."
"…EHH!??" Demyx startled. "Why not!?"
"I…I want to improve myself with my own power," Sora said. Everyone stunned. "I know I don't have a very perfect voice…but I want to improve myself…with my own, without anyone else's help." Everyone stared at the brunet standing before them in either amuse or amaze. For Riku, he was amazed and surprised that Sora had declined the kindness Axel had offered for him. He never thought the brunet would push away his luck. He wanted to think that the brunet is stupid but somehow he could not.
"All right," Axel said. "Then you have to work hard to become the number one."
"Okay," Sora said then smiled with determination. "I will work hard." Axel could not but to smirk.
"Well then, let's go," Axel said and after bidding farewell to Roxas, he and his friends left. Except Riku.
"I'll see you tomorrow?"
"Okay," Sora replied. Riku smiled then quickly left as Roxas sent him a glare. The blonde sighed.
"Sora, you're so stupid," Roxas said. Sora chuckled.
"I don't mind being stupid. I just don't want to have debt to anyone," Sora said. Roxas shook his head then hugged Sora from behind.
"That's what I like about you," Roxas said as he whispered into Sora's ear.
"Roxas…"
"Come. Let's go home."
"Em."
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