Note: Axel is now 24 and Roxas is 12 years old. Also, it's going to start going into a bit of Roxas' POV too. Oh, and Axel teaches English class for the high school sophmores.

Chapter 5

"Hello class," I started while setting my books on the desk, "You can all just call me Axel. No need to be formal here." The class of high school sophmores just stared back at me blankely. None of them seemed ready to learn. They all seemed like they were ready to die.

"Anyone want to pass these adjective papers out?" I asked. A hand rose and a girl stood up. She had had silverish blue hair and seemed kinda tall for her age.

"I will." She said while walking up to the front of the room and taking the papers out of my hand.

"Why, thank you..." I trailed off because I didn't really know any of their names yet.

"Aqua." She finished for me before turning and passing the papers down the rows.

"Thank you, Aqua."

"So, I heard you're a teacher at Key Heart High School." Roxas said as we walked around outside.

"Yeah." I said as I pulled out my pack of cigarrettes and put one in my mouth and lit it. I sucked in and pulled it out of my mouth to let out a puff of smoke.

"Don't smoke," Roxas ordered, "It's bad for you."

"It's my life, Roxas," I sighed, "I can do whatever I want. How was your first day of seventh grade, by the way?"

"It was okay." He muttered while kicking a pepple across the street. "I made a new friend."

"Really?" I was surprised. Roxas never really made any friends. The only one he really had was Hayner.

"Yeah. He was getting bullied for confessing his love to the student teacher in math class."

"Wait," I said while stopping in my tracks, "Isn't your student teacher a guy?"

He turned towards me and said, "Yeah. Why? What's wrong with that?"

"Nothing," I replied, "I was just a little surprised that your friend would know that he's gay already."

"Oh," Roxas said before continuing to walk, "Personally, I don't see what the problem is. I mean, I'm in love with y-" Roxas paused and his eyes seemed to widen for a second before he looked down at the ground.

~Roxas' POV~

I couldn't believe on what I was about to say. My face turned red as I stared down at the ground. I was about to tell him I loved him!

Just recently, I started to have these weird dreams about me and Axel. It was never anything too bad, though. Mainly, it was us being in love and kissing. Just childish things. The dreams, though, started to make me wonder on how I really felt about him.

"So, how are you and Demyx?" I decided to change the subject quickly before he had any time to react. I knew that if I brought up Demyx, he'd forget everything and he'd never shut up. Usually, I don't like to do that, but this was a special case.

And almost as quickly as I called it, his eyes lit up with joy and love as he said, "I'm thinking of proposing to him once we get settled into oukr new house."

"Really?" I asked while noticing that I didn't sound as happy for him as I wanted to. Luckily, he was too lost in his own little world, so he didn't even notice.

"Yep." He replied with that smug grin that I always loved. It just looked so perfect on his face. "Oh! I have to get home! It's my turn to make dinner tonight. Bye, Rox." He gave me a quick hug and I almost didn't want to let go, but I had to. He ran off towards the opposite direction to where his mom lived.

Him and Demyx still lived with his mom. They've been saving up to buy their own house and now they've gotten really close. Luckily, they found a house really near mine. Closer than Axel's mom's house was, which made me feel really good inside. They just have to fill out papers and junk and then pay for it and move in. Axel said that it would take about a year to do so.

I was so happy to find out that soon, Axel and I would be neighbors and I could go to his house every day and hang out with him. I blushed just thinking about it.

"Hey, Roxas!" Sora shouted while running up to me in the hallway of the middle school. "Thanks for helping me out yesterday. You're my hero." He lightly patted me on the back before we continued to walk.

"You're welcome." I said with a smile. "I know how you feel, so I decided to help. It's not right for people to make fun of you for being in love with someone. That's just wrong."

"You know how I feel?" Sora asked happily, his blue eyes gleaming. Sora had the same eyes as mine and, to tell you the truth, we look a lot alike. We could pass off as brothers.

"Yeah," I said as I started to open my locker. It felt so weird to finally say that out loud. "He's a teacher too. I've known him for almost my whole life."

"Does he teach here?" Sora seemed really interested.

"No. He teaches at the High School."

"Seriously?! That's awesome!! I wish we could see him!" I closed my locker and started to walk down the hallway with Sora following close behind.

"Well, if you want, Hayner and I were thinking of having a sleep over. You can join us. It'll be fun."

"That would be so cool!! We could play truth or dare and seven minutes in heaven!"

"Maybe not seven minutes in heaven, but we can play truth or dare."

"Okay!" We got to our first class, which was math, and Sora sat in a desk near where the student teacher, Riku, usually sat. He had his usual shoulder-length silver hair tied back in a pony tail today which made it so you could see his eyes better. They were a sea green which were unique and I think that's one of the reasons Sora liked him.

"Hello, Riku." Sora said shyly. He just nodded his head towards him and returned to typing on the computer. I noticed that our teacher wasn't there and that Riku was now walking towards the front of the classroom to hand out math problems.

Sora turned towards me and whispered, "Roxas, look! Riku's our teacher for the day! I get to hear him talk some more!"

"Cool." Was all I could say. It made me kind of hope that when I get to high school, that I get Axel for my english teacher.

After school, I walked over to the high school to meet up with Axel. Sora really wanted to tag along so I let him. "Wow," Sora said like he was in shock, "The high school is huge!!"

"Yeah," I said, "It is." We walked into the school and both took visitor passes and found Axel's classroom where he was grading papers at his desk.

"Hi, Axel." I said in a shy voice. I don't know why I was so shy around him all of the sudden. Maybe it was because I was starting to realize our age difference.

"Hey, Rox....Who's that?" He looked over at Sora who smiled a really big smile.

"Oh," I said, pointing towards Sora, "That's the friend I told you about yesterday. He wanted to meet you."

"You were right," Sora said happily, "He is hot!"

"Sora!" I shouted out of embarrassment. I could feel my face get real hot as I blushed.

Axel just laughed. It wasn't a cruel laugh, but a happy laugh, if that made any sense at all. I turned towards him and he said, "Why thank you, Roxas. I'm glad you think so." It was hard to look at him on the way home. I still too embarrassed.

"So," I started as we walked away from Sora's house after dropping him off, "Hayner, Sora, and I were thinking of having a sleep over on Friday night and we want to know if you want to come.....It'll be lonely there because mom won't be home and she wouldn't want us home alone with out an adult."

"Sure," He said, "Where's your mom going anyway?"

"Out on a date with her boyfriend." My mom just got a new boyfriend which made her barely ever home. Which made me home alone...A lot.

"Again?" He sighed. "Your mom's always gone nowadays."

"I know." We turned the corner and were by my house. "Well, I'll see you later, Axel."

"Okay," He said. "See you tomorrow." I couldn't help it but I kissed him on the cheek before running off into the house. My face looked so red when I looked in the hallway mirror. I couldn't believe. He made my heart beat so fast. This could be dangerous.

~Axel's POV~

I couldn't believe it. Roxas just kissed me. On the cheek. Not that bad, right? It was still akward. I felt a little dizzy after it, which also freaked me out. I couldn't have feelings for a kid. That would make me a pedophile. I am not a pedophile! I love Demyx. Demyx is the one I love. I kept saying that in my head as I continued on my way home. I love Demyx. I love him. No one else. I walked in the door and saw Demyx sitting on the couch with his sitar and playing a song for my mom. He looked over and smiled at me. For once in my life, I felt to guilty to be in his presense. I was just letting that get to my head. It wasn't my fault, right? The kid did it. Not me. This could be dangerous.

Okay, so this chapter was just a little fluffy. It's starting to become more easier to write with both Roxas and Axel getting older. No more time skips until a couple more chapters yet. Please review. I'll try to get the next chapter up ASAP. Your reviews keep me writing :D

Random Note: I was listening to Dangerous by Cascada while writing this chapter. It's a good song. Look it up if you get a chance.