Vestet All Boys Academy
A/N: You guys... You guys made me have to do a double take when I saw the number of reviews, in a good way, of course... More at the bottom, as usual.
DISCLAIMER: I, Demsa, do not own Kingdom Hearts. Got it? Got it. Good.
Chapter Seven: Late Afternoon Walks
"Okay, now, Mar, don't eat or drink anything that you haven't checked. Got it memorized?" Axel asked from his branch. The three resumed their spot at their tree, yes; they pretty much have the large tree to themselves, to talk about anything that came to mind. Current topic, how to watch out for their next prank, mainly for Marluxia's sake.
"Hey, I didn't know that something from Zexy would be that bad! Besides, it's Demyx's fault for making poor Zexion do it, Zexion didn't even know what he was doing." Marluxia said in his defense. He was once again sitting at the base of the tree, combing his hair.
"It was still pretty stupid, Marluxia." Riku said.
Marluxia just snorted and focused more attention on his hair.
"Hey, Marluxia, you better listen or else you'll fall for another one of their food pranks. It's Sora's specialty." Axel stated.
"Dang, you sure know a lot about Sora and pranks. Mind telling us how?" Riku asked, looking up at Axel.
"Eh, when we were kids, we made this up since both our parents were gone at work so much. We used to always do pranks together. That's all..."
"You sure that's it?" Riku said, regaining his teasing voice.
"Yes, that's it, now lay off." Axel snapped at Riku. The sudden anger in Axel's voice surprised Riku, Axel was the laid back one.
"All right, didn't know you were so touchy about it."
"I am not touchy about it!"
"Hey, Ax," Marluxia said, "no need to get ticked off about this. Riku didn't know."
"Since when did you start defending anyone?" Axel almost shouted from his perch.
"Just calm down, Axel. You're such a drama queen..." Riku said, afraid of what Axel would do when he would start to get seriously pissed. Axel might have been the easy going one, but when he got angry, he didn't hold back.
Clenching his fists tightly, he jumped down from the tree and walked off, not bothering to say good bye.
"Whoa, be sure not to bring that up again, Ri." Marluxia said, half teasing, but half serious as well.
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"Yay! It's our turn now!" Demyx happily said.
"Yeah, yay! Another thing that needs a 'yay' is us! 'Cause we actually cleaned up our dorm so quickly." Sora said, wiping some excess sweat from his forehead. The four had spent a good two hours cleaning the dorm. The cleaning included, vacuuming the whole room, beating some powder out of the beds, and wiping the desks, bed stand, and some of the bathroom floor. Luckily, the closet containing their clothes was spared, since their duffel bags had blocked the crack of the closet door.
"Hey, Roxas, Sora," Zexion asked as he threw away a used paper towel, "what took you two so long? It doesn't take that long to get the vacuum nor does it take long to put the laundry in the washer."
Roxas and Sora looked down and both wondered what they should do, both didn't want to tell who they had encountered.
"Uh... Um..." Roxas and Sora stuttered together.
"Well, come on, you can tell us!" Demyx reassured them.
"You see..." Roxas started, trying to think of something believable, but sort of true at the same time. He didn't like to fully lie, but telling a lie with some truth sprinkled on it didn't hurt anyone, that was Roxas's little philosophy. "Um... This... tenth grader... volunteered to help me do the laundry and we chatted for a bit, and he said that he would have it ready by nine, I just had to go pick it up!" Well, at least the nine part was true.
"Uh, I just kinda kept missing it." Sora said sheepishly.
Demyx and Zexion looked at Roxas and Sora and settled on believing him. Most students were always willing to help freshmen, especially tenth graders since most could still remember how being a freshmen felt like. Eleventh graders were pretty neutral about it, while twelfth graders just want to pick on them. Sora was never one to pay attention to detail, so his was very believable also.
Sighing quietly, Roxas and Sora relaxed, glad that Zexion and Demyx believed them.
"So, what's the plan of attack, Sora?" Demyx asked, curious to see what their prank leader had in mind.
"Hey, Dem, that Riku guy, does he like apples?"
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Axel calmed himself down by heading to where the apple trees resided. Plucking one of the ripe apples, he sighed to himself.
"Maybe Riku's right..." He said right before he took a huge bite out of the apple. "I am a bit over dramatic... Ah, screw it..."
The apple trees were a good ten minute walk from the school. And since it was break and students are lazy, no one usually came to the apple tree area. Except for Axel, who loved going there to calm himself down. He favored this place for its shade and the apples. Apples were his second favorite fruit, strawberries placed first, since they were red and delicious.
With the apple in his mouth, Axel climbed up one the largest apple trees and sat on a sturdy branch near the middle. A nice, gentle breeze softly made his flame red spikes waver along with it. The sun had started to set, meaning that it was probably around six. Maybe seven, Axel was never good at estimating anything.
Lying down on the rough branch, he watched the leaves sway to and fro, making him a bit sleepy. He was about to doze off until he heard a yell of fury not too far from where he was.
"Damn it!" The voice screamed again. After the second hearing of it, he immediately recognized it. Smirking, he waited in his spot up in the apple tree, now hearing the foot steps getting closer and closer.
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Sora was now left all alone. They had got their prank planned out, now all they needed were the materials, but decided to take a break for a bit since two of the four had to leave. Zexion had to leave for some club meeting he had, while Demyx remembered that it was his turn to clean up his dorm. Last time Demyx forgot to clean up when it was his turn, Marluxia made sure that he smelled very strongly of roses. Roxas left also, but Sora knew where he was going.
"Might as well take a walk around." Sora said as he walked out of his dorm. He had never really explored the school. Sora only went to where his class was, the cafeteria and wherever Demyx dragged him to. So, being absolutely bored, he decided to venture to the school's roof.
As Sora headed up, he began to see less and less students go by him. He was curious as to why the students weren't as abundant, but not curious enough to keep dwelling on it.
"Maybe the student's get tired from walking all the way up here." Sora wondered aloud to himself. The walk was long, but being in the Dean's keyblade class, that kept you seriously running for your life. The Dean was one crazy man. So Sora's leg thought that a walk to the roof was child's play.
It probably took about twenty minutes to get all the way to the door that lead to the roof, Sora sighed happily. He had almost tripped more than he could keep up with, so reaching his destination made him happy. He still couldn't believe it took that long, he knew the school was large, but not that large.
'Just goes to show me that I really don't know my way around the school yet.' Sora thought. He gently placed his hand on the doorknob and opened it.
"Wow!" Sora gasped immediately as he saw the beautiful sight before him. Running to the railing, he pressed up against it, trying to absorb as much as the breath taking scenery as possible.
The sun was setting, illuminating the swaying treetops with an orange hue. Some stars were already visible and twinkled impatiently, waiting for the sun to go away so they could shine brighter. The wind, not caring about the sun or stars, kept going on its merry way, gently caressing anything that it came in contact with. Sora stared with wide, sky blue eyes, loving his view. Letting go of the railing that he was previously gripping tightly, he laid down on his back, hands behind his head, and stared at the stars that had already started to show up.
The stars above his brown, spiky head shown with a bright, almost silver, light.
'Silver... Like that Riku guy's hair...' Sora then remembered what had happened not too long ago, when he had to get the vacuum. He frowned, feeling bad that he just rudely left.
"I should apologize the next time I see him." Sora promised himself.
"Well, I'm waiting."
Sora sat up and looked to his left and right, not seeing anyone.
"W-who said that?" Sora nervously asked. He double checked, but still saw no one.
"I'm behind you." The voice said playfully, tugging on one of Sora's spikes to show him that he really was behind him.
Sora turned his head, seeing that he was eye level with someone's knee. Looking up, he let out an involuntary gasp.
"Remember me?" the teen said as he crouched down.
"I-I'm sorry about earlier!" Sora nearly shouted. He was surprised that Riku had snuck up on him so quietly.
Pushing back a stray strand of silver hair, Riku playfully smiled. "Are you? And how do you plan to make it up to me? That fall wasn't exactly pleasant."
"Uh... Um..." Sora stuttered as he turned his whole body around to face Riku, who now decided to just sit down instead of kneel.
"If you don't know," Riku said, "I can always help you choose."
"N-no thanks! I can think of something... Uh..."
"You sure? Your 'uh' and 'um' answers aren't exactly convincing me."
Sora blushed out of embarrassment. "Well, uh..." Sora looked down, thinking about what he should say. "Hm... I got it!" Sora's sky blue eyes lit up in happiness.
Riku lifted an eyebrow and smirked. "Oh, did you now? Well, c'mon, out with it."
Sora's wide smile turned coy. "Well... You see... I'm not sure if you'll like it, but..."
"What it is?"
"Well..." Sora blushed a bit more. "Wanna, I don't know, hang out?" Sora looked at Riku with hopeful eyes.
Riku stared at those round, blue eyes, mesmerized. Riku unconsciously leaned forward to get a better look at those very eyes, noticing that Sora's eyelashes were short but slightly curved upwards.
"Uh, Riku?" Sora asked, uncomfortable with how close he was getting.
Riku blinked, realizing that Sora had spoken, but he didn't back away. Instead, he moved in even closer. Riku grabbed Sora's shoulder with one hand and roughly pinned him down, using his other hand to play with Sora's brunette hair.
"R-Riku, what are you doing?" Sora asked with very wide eyes, but got no verbal response. Riku's lips crashed down on Sora's, causing Sora to stiffen. Slowly, Riku moved his mouth over Sora, waiting for Sora to open up so he could explore more of him. Sora, however, did not dare open his mouth. Instead, he struggled to get free, flustered by all of this.
Riku wouldn't let his small prey get away so easily. He withdrew his hand from Sora's soft hair, using it to forcibly open Sora's mouth. Sora tried to stop him, but Riku was too quick and managed to open his mouth. As soon as he did so, he slipped his tongue inside Sora's mouth, letting his hand go back to playing with Sora's hair.
Sora's wide eyes grew even larger once Riku had gained access to his mouth. He could feel Riku's wet, hot tongue exploring his mouth and could not deny that it did feel...nice. The strong, demanding muscle inside his mouth, wanting more with each passing second. Though, Sora knew he shouldn't be doing this. So, he did the only thing that came to mind, which he didn't want to do since he did like it. Closing his eyes, Sora bit the wandering tongue that belonged to Riku.
Riku winced and withdrew, giving Sora a chance to sit up once again.
"S-sorry..." Sora apologized, turning away.
Riku just waved his hand, dismissing the matter. "No worries, didn't know you were so...kinky." Riku smirked as he said the final word, enjoying the blushing boy sitting in front of him.
Sora stood up, embarrassed. He didn't like how things were progressing, it wasn't what he had planned. He proceeded to walk away until he felt something strong grip his hand. Looking down, he saw Riku was grabbing his hand, making him blush again, and smirking like a mad man.
"So, when do you wanna hang out?" He smoothly asked.
Sora thought about when he should come over. "Uh... How about... Nine, tonight? At my dorm."
"Sounds like a plan." Riku said contently.
"Uh, okay then. See ya later! I gotta take care of some things." He said, waving back at Riku.
As soon as he heard the door shut, Riku grinned to himself, feeling quite happy that he had made some progress.
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"DAMN IT!" Roxas shouted as he jumped up again, but not high enough. The apple was still out of reach. Stomping, he looked at the apple trees, looking for one that had low enough apples for him to reach. But it was all in vain since all the trees were too tall for him.
' "Hey, Roxas?" asked Sora once Demyx and Zexion had left. He was sitting on his bed, wearing his regular clothes, a red T-shirt and khaki shorts.
"Yeah?" Roxas responded as he slipped on his bed clothes. It was just a large, loose white shirt with simple design on the end of it in black and tan shorts. It was pretty early, but Roxas wanted to take a quick cat nap.
"Mind doing something for me?"
"I don't mind, I was just gonna sleep. What do you want me to do?"
"Can you go get some apples?"
"Sure"...'
Roxas replayed that back in his mind over and over again, regretting that he did. He forgot that he wasn't tall enough to reach them. Sighing, he slumped down next to the trunk of one of the larger apple trees.
"Man, how am I going to ge-OW!" Roxas exclaimed as his head was hit with something small yet hard. It was an apple. A perfectly ripe red apple. Eyeing it suspiciously, he tossed it aside. 'It probably fell 'cause it was rotten. Shouldn't judge by looks alone.'
Rubbing where the apple had landed, he once again slumped back down, tired. He had been jumping up and down with no results for awhile. The sun had already set, leaving only the stars and the moon to light up the dark sky.
"I should head back..." Roxas muttered in defeat. As he stood up, another apple fell right next to him, another perfectly ripe red apple. Roxas still didn't trust the apple, it was probably bad since it had fallen. Another perfectly good looking apple fell, this time hitting Roxas's shoulder. Then another, hitting his head, though in a different spot then before. Soon, Roxas found himself being bombarded with ripe red apples.
"W-what the hell!" Roxas exclaimed as he jumped around, trying to dodge the falling apples. In a way, his dodges looked as though he was dancing in an awkward way. The apples soon started to decrease in their amounts, which made Roxas sigh in relief.
"Cursed apple tree..." He muttered, kicking the tree. Roxas turned around, heading back to his dorm, but was again hit with an apple. He angrily turned around at the tree, but his angry expression was soon replaced with a confused one when he heard laughing from the tree. Not just any old laughing, his laughing.
"Axel?" Roxas asked as he looked up at the tree. He heard some rustles from the tree and then a bunch of red spikes popped out of the tree.
"Hey there, Roxas." Even though it was dark, Roxas could still see his smile.
"What are you doing here? And were you the one throwing those apples at me?"
Axel rolled his eyes. "No, it wasn't me." He jumped down from the tree and playfully pushed Roxas, causing him to stumble. "Of course it was me. Did you think the tree was tossing those apples at you?"
Roxas decided not to answer because a very small part of him, the irrational part of him, really did think that it was the tree's doing.
"So, I assume you were trying to get some apples?" asked Axel, picking up one of the apples he had thrown.
"Yeah, but I couldn't reach..."
"Heh, I know. I could hear your yelling from here. Once you came into view, with all of your jumping, it just made everything a whole lot funnier."
Roxas's face got red from embarrassment. "H-hey! I was not funny!"
"It was to me. And when I tried to help you, you ignored it. I even made sure to pick the best apples for you." Axel said sincerely, showing Roxas the apple he held.
"Well, I didn't know you were the one doing that... I thought that the apples fell because they were rotten on the inside." Ha! Rational side taking over now.
"You thought that a bunch of good looking apples went rotten all at the same time?" Axel teasingly asked.
Roxas's rational side just taken a hit, he had a point. "Well... Uh... I guess I should... Get these apples..." Roxas started to pick up the apples and place them in the bag Sora gave him.
Axel began to help Roxas, which made Roxas feel a bit uncomfortable. It only took two minutes with the two of them both picking up the apples, plus the bag wasn't exactly large. Once the bag was filled, Roxas thought it would be good to go, but Axel had a different plan.
"Where are you going, Roxas?"
Roxas slowly turned around, blushing slightly when he heard Axel say his name. "Well, I thought I would go back to my dorm..."
"Why don't you stay with me for awhile?" Axel bluntly asked, no time to sugar it. He still had to get the sheets that he promised he'd do for Roxas, they were already in the dryer and probably finished.
"Why?"
Axel didn't expect this question. He thought the answer was quite obvious, but apparently not to Roxas. Scratching his head, he answered, "You know, I just wanna talk to you."
"Why here?"
Roxas wasn't going to make this easy for Axel.
"Because it's nice here. No one except us are here. And besides..." Axel paused. "I like being with you."
Roxas stared at the redheaded senior, shocked that he had practically admitted that he liked him. "Uh..." Was all Roxas managed to say.
"So, you wanna stay with me for awhile?" Axel asked eagerly.
"Uh... Sure..." Roxas answered.
"Really? Great!" Axel happily exclaimed. He bounced up to Roxas's and pointed to his back. "Hop on."
Roxas gave him a look of bewilderment. "W-what? Why would I want to get on your back!"
"Then you can climb the tree your self?"
"Climb? Wha?"
"Just come on." He said, crouching down so Roxas could get on.
Roxas's rational side apparently died or something for Roxas got on Axel back, leaving the bag next to the trunk of the tree. Blushing as he did so, he wrapped his arms around his neck and did the same with his legs around Axel's thin waist.
Pleased with himself, Axel skillfully climbed the apple tree with ease, even with the extra weight. Pushing some branches aside, he finally found a nice, large branch and settled down on it.
Roxas, seeing that Axel found a place, immediately let go and sat next to Axel, regretting that because he liked how Axel felt.
"So, what are the apples for?" Axel asked as he plucked two apples from above his head, handing one to Roxas.
Taking the apple, Roxas shrugged. "I don't know. Sora just asked me if I would and I said 'yes' since I didn't have anything else to do but sleep."
Axel thought about Roxas's answer, trying to ignore his thoughts of Roxas sleeping cutely, and was glad that Roxas had told him. "So that's why you got the apples. Well, I was just relaxing here. It feels nice here, doesn't it?" Axel asked softly, staring at Roxas.
Roxas was quiet for a moment, soaking up the calmness and relaxing feel this place had. "Yeah, it does." Roxas agreed. He turned to face Axel, who was still staring at him, and stared back.
Both boys just kept studying each other, memorizing every detail of each other, dropping the apples they didn't even bother to eat. Slowly, without really knowing why, they leaned in, closing the gap between them with their lips. Their chaste kiss only lasted a second, but felt wonderful to them.
Axel, wanting more, pulled Roxas into a more deeper kiss. He pressed his hand against the back of Roxas's neck, letting his other hand rest on Roxas's leg. Roxas wrapped his arms around Axel's neck, opening his mouth to let Axel's tongue in. The two sat there for a few minutes, playfully teasing each other with their tongues. They only stopped for a quick breath and then quickly resumed playing with each other's tongue.
Roxas was the one to break the kiss, not for a breath, but because he suddenly felt embarrassed.
"I should really get going..." Roxas quickly said. "Sora probably wants the apples..."
"How do you plan to get down?"
Roxas had forgotten about that part. Not wanting to break a limb, he grabbed onto Axel's back.
Axel, feeling the familiar warm weight on his back, climbed back down the tree.
"Thanks..." Roxas muttered once Axel had got down and he had let go, again unwillingly. He picked up the bag of apples and stared at Axel, who was staring at him.
"Heh, you're so cute, Roxas." Axel said smiling.
Roxas blushed, "Oh, shut up."
"Aw, so cute!" Axel teased, poking Roxas's cheek.
"No! I'm not cute!" Roxas said, pouting, which just made him look even cuter in Axel's eyes.
Leaning down, Axel quietly said, "Yes. Yes you are." Axel's lips met Roxas's once more, he grabbed onto Roxas's shoulder's making sure he wouldn't get away. Roxas, though, didn't want to get away, he returned the kiss as soon as Axel had started it.
Breaking the kiss, Axel whispered, "This'll be our spot. No one will come here, but us. And the occasional the squirrel."
Roxas laughed and nodded. "Y-yeah... Well, see you later..." He mumbled as he walked back to his dorm.
"Yeah, later." Axel said, watching the cute blonde boy walk away. Axel felt wonderful now, he had kissed Roxas and Roxas kissed him back! Life was good.
Humming, Axel headed back to the school, remembering that he still needed to get the sheets and stuff from the school's dryer.
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"You look very happy, Roxas." Sora observed as the blonde walked into his dorm.
Roxas did his best to keep a blush-free face, but a bit of pink appeared on his ears. "I'm just happy that I actually got the apples, they were higher then I thought they were."
"You got them? Great! While you were out, I managed to get some melted caramel, onions and plates. Those cafeteria ladies sure are nice!" Sora motioned towards a pot, some onions, and a few sticks.
"They gave you a pot of melted caramel?" Roxas asked surprised.
"Yeah, like I said, they sure are nice! I just gotta give it back once I'm done. Gimme some apples." Sora commanded.
Roxas did as he was told and handed him the bag full of apples.
"Whoa, that's a lot of apples! I guess we'll have some extra for ourselves!" Sora happily said as he stabbed an apple with a stick. Roxas found his apple-stabbing method amusing and wondered what he was planning. His curiosity increased when Sora started to do the same with the onions.
"What're you doing?"
"You'll see!" He answered in a sing-song voice. Once he had enough apples and onions on a stick, he stuck them in the pot of melted caramel.
Roxas glanced at the clock, it was half past seven. 'Whoa, was I out there that long?'
"Hey, Roxas, you're going to need to do some delivery for me." Sora said, as he pulled out some of the apples... Or were they onions? Roxas couldn't tell anymore, the caramel covered them up so they looked the same.
Sora could tell which were which though, he placed three of the caramel apples/onions on a plate, and then put the other five on a separate plate. "Can you help me with these? I need to make them look nice."
Roxas shrugged and walked over, copying what Sora was doing. The caramel had dried nicely and on some of them, you could see a bit of red on the bottom, but others were completely covered. Sora told Roxas that the ones completely covered were the caramel onions, while the other three were the apples. Sora picked up one of the caramel onions and started putting some ribbons on them and tied them in a pretty knot. Roxas did the same, just with the caramel apples and a different color ribbon.
"There! Now, go bring these to Demyx and tell him to give them to Riku." Sora said as he placed the caramel onions and an apple one in a frilly basket. "Also, you gotta tell him to eat the one with the blue ribbon, that way Riku won't be suspicious." Pinning a note on the basket, he placed it in Roxas's arms and shoved him out the door, telling him to hurry.
Roxas, turning around to a closed door, sighed and headed to Demyx's dorm.
"Sora, you really wanna win, don't you?" Roxas said as he walked.
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A/N: Oh my gosh, I did my first ever kissing scenes. D: I hope I did all right. It was very hard to do, since my little bro and sis were yelling. (They're five and four respectively.) Bro was yelling about me not beating Kingdom Hearts II part he was playing for him. Sis was not yelling, but laughing loudly while watching Spongebob. It's not exactly easy to write a semi-intimate kissing scene with that going on, plus bro was in the same room. DD: But I digress.
Thank you all for your reviews! I stopped breathing for a second when I saw my inbox...
Oh, when I read the reviews, I noticed that someone, LiuBarrowin, said that they were going to remember the prank I used in chapter six that for later. Just so you know, if you do want to do that prank, you'll have to use a leaf blower or something like that since you don't have a keyblade and can't perform magic spells like Aero. I know Aero is a defense spell, but its wind too and I needed some kind of wind in order for Riku to do that prank. I couldn't think of a way for them to get a leaf blower. D:
I hope you enjoyed the chapter! I struggled a bit with this chapter, not sure how to begin it. Sorry, Marly, Zexy, and Demy fans. I couldn't fit them into this chapter. D: I feel bad about it, 'cause I love them so. I hope you review 'cause I love seeing and reading them:3 It makes me so happy, even more happier than Gaia makes me. Which is saying quite a lot since I almost live on Gaia.
Until next chapter! ;D