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"Plus c'est la meme chose, plus ca change. - The more things remain the same, the more they change after all." -A Separate Peace

a/n: Here is my fourth story's second chappie!!! Yay!!! I decided to share some quotes, because I love them for one, and two they inspire stories sometimes, so maybe these will give you hints to new stories too!! Ooohh! This is fun. Happy Readings!

Sora's POV:

Beep...Beep...Beep...Beep...

My eyes fluttered open, gazing up at the little monster that had woken me up, and saw that it was 6:00am. I groaned and turned over trying to get back to sleep, but it's persistent beeping was keeping me awake. Groaning again, I flung the blankets off in a great flurry, stepping out into the cold air. I walked across my room, tripped over a few boxes, pulled open my door, and started walking down the stairs to the kitchen. Goofy was already awake, and was chewing on one of my old shoes in the corner. Glancing at the clock, I saw that I only had fifteen minutes to eat breakfast before I had to get ready for school. So, I hurredly grabbed a box of cereal, and poured out a bowl. Eating it quickly, I dashed up the stairs still chewing.

I was meeting Riku and Kairi at the corner of the street, and they said that if I was late (like I usually was), then they were going without me. I didn't want to be alone, so I was hurrying. I snatched my new uniform off the back of my desk chair, and began hurredly tugging them on. First, I pulled up the black pants, then came the white shirt, then the blue and gold striped tie, then lastly the silky blue jacket. I buttoned the front button, and took a look at myself in the mirror. I didn't even recognize myself. But, then I glanced at the clock and saw that I only had five minutes to get down to the corner before they'd leave without me. I grabbed my shoes, stepped into them, and ran out the door with Goofy at my heels. He barked after me and I remembered what I was forgetting. My bag!

I sprinted back, took up my duffel bag filled with the things I would need for the next few nights or so, and ran back out yelling, "Bye!"

Goofy and I got there just as I saw Riku and Kairi starting to walk off. I called after them, "Wait! I'm here!"

Turning around they saw me come running up like a madman. I starred up at them and saw that Riku hadn't bothered to wear the school jacket at all. Instead, he had it slung over his shoulder along with his bag, and his shirt wasn't even tucked in! Kairi had loosened her tie, didn't wear the school sweater she had gotten, or brought it with her at all. I looked down at myself, and immediatly began blushing. I was the perfect nerd. I had worn everything all nice and neat and trim.

"Ready Sora?" Kairi asked.

"Y-yeah." I said, still bright pink.

Well, it fit my personality. Feeling completely embarassed, I followed Riku and Kairi down the street towards the giant school off in the distance. It was a good thing that the three of us lived close by, I don't know how we would have gotten there otherwise. Trudging along, with Goofy at my side, felt odly like something was going to happen. It was an eerie feeling, like a great new adventure was starting. Smiling, I didn't even notice the 1937 Rolls Royce came careening out of nowhere. It flew wildly at the sidewalk and to where the three of us were strolling along. The other two noticed, and jumped down an alley we were passing, but I was off in daydream land. Only the screeching of tires, and Kairi's screams woke me out of my daze. But, I was too late. The car was too close. It started skidding sideways right at me, and I closed my eyes, throwing up my hands, but the squealing of rubber stopped.

I couldn't breathe for a momment. I was stopped in time, and then it all came rushing back. The sounds, the smells, everything came flooding back to me. My knees buckled, and I fell to the ground, sitting dazedly on the cement. A man came tumbling out of the driver's seat and started yelling, "I'm SO sorry! I don't know what happened! The car just lost control! Are you alright?!"

I couldn't speak. My lips seemed to be glued together. But, Kairi and Riku were doing all the talking for me. They screamed, "What the HELL so you think you're doing jackass?!" "What's your fucking problem?!" "You almost killed him!"

Finally, I was able to get to my feet, and said horsely, "It's alright...I'm fine."

"Of course you're not!" Kairi said sharply, glarring over at me in the corner of her eye.

I waved my hands around frantically, and said croakily, "No! Really! I'm alright! Just let him go!"

They all starred at me for a momment, before the driver said gratefully, "Thank you so much! I'm so glad that you're okay."

"Just go." I snapped.

He nodded, his eyes going wide. He ran back over to his humming vehicle, reversed, and then started driving away slowly. But, as it passed, the back window rolled down halfway, and and arm stuck out, waving appologetically. Who was that? I wondered as it dissapeared into the distance. That's when I caught sight of the liscence plate. It said, "Fujioka". That means that, Roxas Fujioka, the famous movie star heart-throb's car almost ran me over?! And I didn't even get to see him?!

I nearly fainted again, but I steadied myself on the wall of the building next to me. Riku and Kairi looked at each other worredly, but I shook my head and kept walking. We wern't that far from the school, only a few blocks, so I started up some conversation.

"So, today we don't have any classes yet, right?"

Kairi nodded, and said, "Yeah, but there's the welcoming ceremony for us."

"And the rest of the day we get settled in to our rooms?"

"Yep!" she replied, grinning widely.

We made it to the front gates, and had to give the security guard our Id numbers before we were allowed in. Trudging up the driveway, we found ourselves at the front of an undulating sea of blue clad teenagers. The school was overflowing with kids in the courtyard. It was difficult trying to maneuver our way through them. I held on tightly to Goofy, and when we made it into the halls, it seemed as though everyone had descided to spill out to the front, and make our welcome just a little more haphazardous. But, it started to thin out once we pushed our way deeper into the school.

Soon, there was no one in the halls, and it started getting a little creepy. Thankfully, we heard voices up ahead, and when we turned the corner, we saw that the dorm rooms were being searched for and found by a group of a hundred others. Again, we slipped through them. Desperatly trying not to bump into too many people. Kairi found her room, and told us that she would meet us out in the courtyard by the waterfountain. Riku and I kept going until he found his. He dissapeared inside, and I was left all alone to find mine. It was much further away than the other's, and I thought that maybe the school was trying to segregate me. Maybe they knew that I wasn't any ordinary boy. Homophobes.

I didn't mind though. I had Goofy with me. So, trudging along, I finally found it. And as soon as I opened the door, I took back what I said about the school being a bunch of homophobes. I must have had the prettiest view out of all the rooms. The sun shone down through the pink cherryblossom branches right next to my window, and I could see the ocean perfectly. Even Destiny Island stood out way in the distance. I hadn't realized how big this school was. The soccer fields, football fields, tennis courts, everything expanded out from where I stood.

My room wasn't half bad either. It was roomy, had a cushony twin bed, a side table next to the bed, a desk, a bookshelf, and some space left over, so not bad at all. Setting my duffel bag on the bed, I unzipped it, and pulled out the cage that held Mickey, and the little tub that held Donald. I set them both down carefully on the bookshelf, and started unpacking what little else I brought. Some clothes, an extra school uniform, my desk lamp, my sheets, and pictures. The rest I left in the bag, and tossed it in the corner. I tacked up all of my pictures above my desk carefully, and starred at the last one. It had captured Riku, Kairi, Mom, Dad, and me back when I was in the third grade. We were all smiling and laughing happily that day. It was my birthday, and I had just gotten Goofy as a present. He sat in the corner of the picture, a jumping hyper puppy.

Sighing, I placed it up next to the others on the wall, and went out the door, commanding, "Stay." to Goofy.

I met up with Riku and Kairi next to the waterfountain and hung out for a while before the speakers emmitted a man's dry voice, "Would all the freshman please report to the auditorium for your welcoming ceremony...thank you."

"This is going to be fun," I said sarcastically, trying hard to sound like the man from the announcement. "I can sense the excitement in the air."

Riku and Kairi laughed, and we made fun of the man all the way to the auditorium. There, we found seats, and waited for the room to fill. It was about ten minutes before the lights dimmed, and the loud humming of voices died off. On the stage, the spotlight shined, illuminating the saddest excuse of a man that I had ever seen. He shuffled out to center stage, grabbed a microphone, and cleared his throat dryly.

"Welcome students. I'm very glad to see you all on this fine day." he said in his monotone voice. "I am here to inform you of the rules of this fine establishment."

We looked at each other, and grimaced. This usually ment that we were in store, for a long winded, boring, information loaded lecture. And as soon as he began, I found out that I was correct. His voice nearly nocked me out, it was that effective in getting me tired. There were some things that interested me. Like, how pets were to be inspected for haveing good house skills, and wouldn't bother anyone. The tower room was off-limmits due to construction, the cafeteria food wasn't going to be the usual until two days from now, and that the fountain being filled with soap prank would be stricktly punnished. Also, what got me wondering was the 11:00pm curfew. How were we supposed to sneak out now? I mean, there was so much security in this place, and the party probably didn't start until later.

The assembly ended, and everyone stood up to stretch, and groan as though they had all taken a wonderful nap. I think they did too. I know I took a short one. We all piled out the doors, and went back to our rooms. It was late, around seven or so (that took a long time), and I was tired. Opening the door to my room, I saw that Goofy and the others had already fallen asleep. Goofy ontop of my bed, Mickey under some of his hay, and Donald amidst a little blanket I had stuffed in with him. My eyes began to droop, and I stumbled over to the bed, pushed Goofy to the side slightly, got under the covers and fell asleep instantly.

The next morning was rather uneventful, I woke up, got ready, and went to my first class after I met Riku and Kairi at the end of the hall. First class was math, so we got into the classroom, and found three empty seats in the back right next to each other. I sat next to the window, and daydreamed the whole time. Occasionally having to get a whispered answer to me from Kairi.

They looked like they were having a ball. Everytime I looked over, I saw that Riku or Kairi had a new note on their desks. Or, they were whisper-flirting with the people around them. I got notes too, it's just from the wrong sort of gender. Two girls sent me notes asking for my e-mail adress, and I gave it to them (I wasn't that mean). But, I scribbled next to that, 'You seem like a very nice person, but I'm afraid to tell you that we can only be friends. And, don't worry! It's not you! It's me, I'm gay.'

They read the notes, looking shocked at first, and then understanding. A little let down, and then understanding. One of them gave me a wink and a wave, the other one wrote back, 'Shame that. You're really cute. Oh well, you're gonna make some lucky guy extremely happy some day!'

I smiled, looking up and grinning over at her. She smiled back, and turned to look at the homework that was being assigned.

Some day...hopefully someday.

The next class was down the hall, and I sat one empty desk away from the window this time, determined to focus on the lesson of proper writing skills. It was again hard to concentrate in this class. Not because of the view out the window, but the view sitting three desks ahead, and two to the side. I found myself drooling over the guy that sat quietly up at the front of the class. Only speaking when called upon. When he did, even his voice seemed distant. Like he had better things to think about than some trivial writing. And he proved that by laying his bleach blond, curly headed self down on his arms, and falling asleep. I could only stare as this beautiful person breathed in slowly, and then exhaled equally as calmly.

"Yuri? Would you please tell me what this word is?" the teacher asked nonchalontly.

His head rose slowly, as though he had all the time in the world. He blinked blearily at the board once, and then mumbled softly, "It's a preposition..."

"Correct. A preposition is the-" the teacher started, ranting on and on.

I watched as the boy placed his head back down, and went back to his nap. How did he do it?! Was he even asleep? Was it just a ploy so no one would bother him? I watched him stupidly as his eyes fluttered open, looked straight into my own eyes, and then closed once more. I just gaped with my mouth wide open. How was I such a ditz?!

The class ended spectacularly with me trying desperately to shove everything in my bag. I was running late for P.E., and Kairi and Riku had already gone ahead. I quickly hurried out the door, and immediatly bumped into someone walking back in. Once I had opened my eyes from where I sat on the floor, I saw that the beautiful boy had fallen over as well.

I stuttered, "I-I'm so s-sory! L-let me h-help you!"

I got up and picked up his bag for him as he brushed off his pants. He looked over at me, and said slowly, "It's alright...I wasn't watching...where I was going..."

I just handed him his bag and flushed thouroughly. He started to walk past me and then mumbled, "What's your name...?"

"S-Sora!" I blurted out, gazing up into his deep amethyst eyes.

He just starred at me blankly for a momment and said softly, "Nice to meet you...Sora..."

Then he walked into the classroom, picked up a hankerchief lying on the ground, and walked back to where I stood, still in a daze.

"Where's your next class...? I could walk you there...if I can..." he droned, giving me that same vacant stare that I found so mysterious.

"Uh...P.E.! I have P.E. next!"

He nodded, and droned, "I have that class too..."

I was in luck! I get to have two classes with my first private school crush. We walked down the hall side by side in awkward silence. Well, awkward for me anyways, he looked perfectly content. Then he mumbled, "My sister told me that you're gay...is that true...?"

"Y-yeah!" I said flushing. Remembering the blond haired girl from before.

He looked over at me from the corner of his eye, and said, "She was right...when she said you were cute..."

I nearly keeled over, but just then, the doors to the gym opened, and I saw Riku and Kairi turn and look at who the newcommers were. They waved me over, and I unstuck myself from the floor to go talk with them, I turned back to Yuri and waved, smiling despite my utter embarassed state. When I got to them, Kairi grabbed my arm and whispered excitedly, "You were talking to Yuri wern't you?! Do you like him?"

I could only nodd. I was still in a daze from before. Kairi said excitedly, glancing over at him sitting on the floor with his head in his arms, "He's just your type, and get this, all the guys try to go after him! But he always turns them down, it's not that he isn't gay, it's just that he doesn't seem to like anyone."

"Really?!" I squeeked. "B-but before we got in here, h-he told me that he thought I was cute!"

"Oh my God! Are you serious?" she squealed back.

"Yeah..." I said dreamily.

"That's why they say he's so mysterious! You never know what he'll do."

We learned from the instructor that we were going to be doing swimming exercises for the next few weeks while te weather is still nice. And that we'd be starting tommorow. What? I went up to him after class, and said quietly, "I'm sorry sir, but I don't know how to swim."

The instructor just looked down and said kindly, "It's alright, I'll put you in the shallow end with Yuri. He can't either."

My eyes widened and I turned bright red. The man asked if I was alright and all I could whisper was, "Thank you..."

The rest of the day went by fairly quickly, of course the classes were boring, but I always managed to daydream long enough for it to feel like I had only been there for five minutes. I didn't see Yuri until the very last period of the day, and even then I didn't get a chance to see or talk to him. We were both sitting behind easels, and trying to think up a good piece of artwork. And I couldn't lean out three feet to see him, so I was having to sharpen my 'broken' pencil alot more than normal.

At the end of that class I decided to talk to him again, but he dissapeared out the door before I could get my jumble of stuff in my bag. Sighing, I walked down the sunset lit hallways to my dorm. It was breathtaking out there. The sun was floating ever so slowly down the sky to dip below the horizon just over the hills in the distance. I stopped my long lonely treck to my room to gaze out of a nearby window. I placed my bag on the hard tile floor, and starred out across the grounds. I could see the fountain illuminated with the dozens of colors that were splashing across the skies.

"Well, arn't you a pretty one?" a deep voice chuckled from behind me.

I wipped around to stare at the intruder. His red hair caught my eye first, and then they slowly moved down to gaze at piercing emerald green eyes. They scared me a little. It looked as though they wanted to do things to me, and not very sensible things either. I cringed away from him slightly, afraid of the momment when he'd go after me. But, just then, I heard a soft voice from down the, what I thought had been, empty hallway.

"Axel...stop it..."

My head turned slowly towards my savior, and I saw with great surprise, that Yuri was standing stifly only a few feet away. Axel chuckled, turned to me, and began stroking the side of my face, and down my neck. It made me shiver, and I really didn't like it. I whimpered slightly, shrinking against the wall even more. His hand stopped, and recoiled. He leaned down, so his lips were hovering just above my own.

"I can't help myself. You just remind me so much of him." he whispered, turning swiftly and stopping beside Yuri. "It's the same for you too then, right?"

Yuri didn't say anything, just looked down and stood silently. Axel's shoes clacked as he walked away, and as soon as I didn't hear them any more, my knees gave out. I gazed down at the floor, and heard Yuri come up next to me. He sat down, and mumbled, "Sorry...about him..."

I looked over at him, but he did not meet my gaze. Instead, he starred at a spot on the wall. I asked him horsely, "What was he talking about, 'You remind me so much of him'?"

He glanced at me, and said, "An old friend...that's all..."

I wanted to ask him for his side of the story, but the look on his face caused my lips to be sealed. He stood up then, brushing off his pants, and holding a hand out to me. I grasped it, and he pulled me to my feet. It was awkward as we were walking back to the dorms. I didn't know what to say, so I kept my mouth shut. It turned out that his room was just up the hall next to Riku's room. He mumbled a goodbye, and started closing his door, but just before it clicked shut, I said loudly, "Thank you!"

It faltered for a momment, and then shut. I walked back to my room smiling. And when I opened the door, I felt that same rush of sleepyness that I had felt the day before wash over me again. I climbed into bed hapily, pulled up the covers, and lie there contentedly. Then, my eyes fluttered, and I started dozing off. The last thing that I thought before I let the dream world overtake me, was that Yuri was really really cool.

a/n: I love me!! Arn't I the coolest?! Giggle. Well, see you in the next chappie, and don't forget to review.