Chapter 4: Things happen for a reason

I haven't slept decently for a couple of days now, all because of what Axel and me were about to kiss until my brother got me I haven't gotten it out of my mind yet and it is really bothering me knowing that he likes me now and that I had nothing to prove by it. I sigh and look around my dark room for something to do until someone tells me to do something.

I sigh and get off of my bed and walk over to my door to see if I could silently walk downstairs to fix me something to eat without waking anyone else up in the house. I sigh and open my door slowly as to not make a lot of noise when it was opening. I successfully opened it with minimal noise reactions from the hinges on the door.

I begin to walk down the stairs as silently as I could because the stairs in my house are kind of squeaky. I yawn and open the door to my kitchen and see that Sora was in there heating something up in the microwave.

He looks at me with surprise and tiredness in his eyes, "Hi Roxas, why are you up so early?"

I yawn and sit on the counter, "I never really went to sleep. I haven't really been able to sleep ever since you picked me up on the beach while me and Axel were talking."

He smiles and rubs the back of his head, "Yea sorry about that bro, mom just really wanted to know where you were at the time and you really haven't been home for a couple of hours."

I sigh and look at the microwave and it went off. Sora got up to get whatever he put in there out and I saw that it was a hot pocket.

He sits down at the table and points to the freezer saying they are in there. I get one out quickly and put it in the microwave. I set the time to the appropriate amount and return to my seat on the counter.

"Riku is having a party next week if you want to go. He already invited Axel and he thinks it would be a great way for you and him to spend some time together, if you know what I mean" he says while nudging towards me.

I roll my eyes and look at the timer to see how much time was left on the timer. Not a lot was left and when it hit zero I got up and grabbed my breakfast item out of the microwave.

I look at Sora, "OK I will think about it, but don't think you can try anything to make us kiss."

Sora smiles, "Oh yea I forgot to mention that it's a pool party. You know the kind where Axel will have his shirt off and be all wet and everything."

I blush at the thought of that and hit him for saying that and putting it in my head. "Shut up, at least I don't moan his name in my sleep like some people in this room" I say to him.

He blushes and sighs, "OK Roxas, you win," he says getting up to throw his plate away.

I smile and throw my plate away and go back up to my rooms to try and get some extra sleep in before I do anything else.

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I wake up from my nap I took, after my chat with Sora, and yawn feeling a little more rested than I used to be. I walk over to my dresser and pull out some clothes to wear and throw them on my bed. I walk into my bathroom and start undressing myself for the shower I was about to take.

After my shower I walk over to my sink and start brushing my teeth with a towel around my waist. I spit out the remaining toothpaste when I was finished brushing my teeth and go into my room to get my clothes on after leaving my towel in the bathroom so I wouldn't get water all over my floor from how wet it was.

I get my clothes on quickly and see that I had a text from Axel. I open up my phone and he asked if I was going to Riku's pool party. I reply saying I was and for him to pick me up so I could buy something to wear at the party. He said he would pick me up after he got done with his morning things. I wait patiently on my bed until he texted me saying that he was outside of my house.

I grab my wallet, keys, and phone before leaving my house and get into his car. He smiles at me and says that we were going to the best place to buy clothing for swimming. I smile and he pulls out of my driveway and onto the road.

When we got to the store we looked all over the store. Axel decided on getting some swimming trunks with some red flames on them. I just got a plain t-shirt with some blue shorts that I didn't care if they got wet or not. I sigh and look at Axel as he was paying for his clothes. I couldn't help but think about what happened the other day at the beach. I sigh and pay for my clothes after Axel way done.

We grab our stuff, go to Axels' car, and start going somewhere to eat. He brought us to a fast food place so we could do something else a little bit faster before the day was over. He got a burger while I got a salad because I wasn't really hungry.

He looks at me after taking a bite out of his sandwich, "So Roxas, why do you want to go to Riku's party? You don't seem like the partying type."

I take a bite of my salad and think about his question for a second. "Well I'm not really a big fan of parties but Sora dragged me into it" I say looking out of the window we were sitting next to.

"Well I think you're just going so that you can see me without a shirt on" he says with a smug grin.

I blush, "No that's not it, why would I want to do that I mean we are just friends."

He chuckles, "If we're just friends than why didn't you stop me from attempting to kiss you at the beach?"

"I just had a lot on my mind and I'm pretty sure if I resisted you would have done it anyways."

He smiles and gets up t throw away his trash away along with mine. "Whatever" he says putting his hand on my shoulder, "but you and I both know that we're going to kiss soon."

I blush at how he was touching me and acting like nothing has happened to us in the past couple of days. "Whatever Axel, what happened at the beach was nothing. I had a lot on my mind and I was tired and you took advantage of that."

He smiles and we go out to his car and start going to my house. I sigh as we pull into my driveway and I get out of the car. I walk over to my front door and put my key into the keyhole to unlock the door.

I step into the living room and get attacked by Sora asking me tons of questions.

"Roxas how did it go? Did he say anything about what happened on the beach? Did he try to kiss you again? Did he do anything that made you uncomfortable?" Sora kept asking me questions that I didn't want to answer but knew I had to because he wouldn't leave me alone otherwise.

"No Sora, he didn't do anything wrong. The only thing we did was grabbing something to wear to the pool party and get some food OK?" I say a little frustrated for some reason.

He smiles, nods, and walks into his room like nothing happened. I sigh and go into my room and lay on my bed to try and get over what had happened today. I don't know why but Axel made me mad somehow and I couldn't get over it.

I decide to take a shower to try and clear my head. I walk into my bathroom, close the door, and begin to take my clothes off and let the warm water in the shower cascade down my bare skin as I think of ways of everything turning out the next day at the pool party.