YAY second chapter! I have no life. I update too much. But in a way that's good…right? Umm ya…-nervous laugh-

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Anyways, thank you so much Tenshi and TheOptimisticPessemist for the Reviews! And thank you Orcadia, dark-spirit, and again TheOptimisticPessemist for the Alerts! People like you keep me going! And just to let you know in this chapter, and maybe some others, you'll hear a couple things repeat, but it has to do with the story.

I DON'T OWN KINGDOM HEARTS HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO SAY IT?!?!

Okay, now to the story!! -Sticks fist in air-

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Excruciating Ardor

Chapter 2

They're so Mesmerizing…

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"Wake up sleepy head its time for our first day of school!" Sora's big blue eyes stared into my sleepy ones. "It's already 5:30 the bus will be here in an hour and a half!"

I rubbed my eyes. "Are you joking me? Sora, it takes me 10 minutes to get ready

He looked at me with big puppy eyes. I took in a big sigh. "Just because you're my special little brother, I'll wake up early, see you in about 50 minutes."

"But Demmy I-!"

"But nothing Sora I want some sleep!" With that I dug my face back into my pillow.

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"Wake up Zexion, time to get up." My brother shook me a bit.

I opened my eyes to see Riku standing at the side of my bed. I jumped in surprise.

"Jesus you're jumpy."

"Whatever, what time is it?" I asked sleepily.

"5:34 why?"

"Cause, just wondering, not looking forward to school." I looked at my wall. I REALLY wasn't looking forward to school. More than usual. After yesterday, I didn't want to leave the room. I wanted to sit in a corner and die.

"Oh, well, when does that ever change?" he laughed and punched me on the arm. VERY gently might I add. Never the less I still flinched.

"Geez what's with you?"

"No-nothing…" I wouldn't dare tell him what happened. He'd go and do the same thing to them. And I didn't want to start anything else. Maybe they'd go farther and actually kill me.

"Okay? Just start getting ready. The bus gets here in an hour or so. And I know how long it takes you to get ready." He winked at me and left. I just sat there staring at him, whimpering ever so slightly. God why did I have feel so alone…

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"Uhh, didn't Sora tell you to get UP!?" Roxas ripped the covers off my warm body. I made a loud displeased groan. Roxas started to laugh, blanket still in hand. "You know, it's already 6: 40?" I shot up.

"What!?"

"Ya, I'd get dressed if I were you. Only 20 minutes. Sora pleaded me to wake you, but I knew you needed the rest." He tapped his watch and smirked at me. I gave him a sleepy glare and ran to my dresser, threw on my jeans and shirt, and then ran to my bathroom. He just sat and laughed at me. I hurriedly did my hair and brushed my teeth, and ran down to eat something. I wonder why people ate AFTER they brushed their teeth…anyways, that all took up 15 minutes. Soon after I scoffed down my muffin and chugged my orange juice I ran out the door to meet my brothers and a few other kids at the bus stop. I stood there panting.

"Nice to see you Demmy." Roxas smirked.

"Bleh bleh bleh." I mocked him. He just smiled.

I noticed the creepy kid from yesterday was there. Hmm up close he looked more like a dead person. He had a ton of cuts and bruises on his face and probably all over his arms and legs, but I couldn't see them. He glanced up at me. My eyes met his and I winced internally. He looked so sad and alone, it pulled at my heartstrings. All the same they were so beautiful and mesmerizing, I didn't want to look away.

"Umm, hi, my names Demyx."

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I walked to the bus stop slowly, so slowly I think a tortoise would have beaten me. I was dreading today. But I had to act normal so no one would suspect anything was wrong, not like anyone cared.

When I finally reached the bus stop, there were two new kids. One had weird spiky brunette hair. The other had blonde hair that looked like someone shoved his face against a fan and set it to full blast. They were kinda short, but then again so was I, but I was still taller than them.

"Hiya emo kid!" the brunette one said happily. The other boy punched him in the arm, and gave me an apologetic smile. All I did was glare at them. They glanced at each other, than back at me. I rolled my eyes and looked away. I heard them start to whisper. I strained to here what they were saying. But then they stopped.

"Nice to see you Demmy." I heard one say.

"Bleh bleh bleh." I heard another voice reply, and it didn't sound like the other boy that was with him. It was deeper. I glanced up and saw a blonde boy with a weird Mohawk mullet hairdo. He was…different, though his eyes were pretty, and he wasn't all that bad looking…

He was staring straight at me.

"Umm, hi, my names Demyx"

"…My names…uh…Zexion." He smiled at me.

"I just moved here, from Montana, with my two brothers here." He ruffled the two boy's hair. He glanced around. "It's a lot different here." he said laughing.

"Ya I guess, that's…cool." I looked back at my shoes. It was impossible for me to hold a civilized conversation at the moment. All I could think of was Landon and his 'gang'.

"Uh, are you ok? Your eyes are getting watery…" he was right, my eyes were sogging up.

"No actually im not."

"Can you tell me?"

"No."

"Please?"

"No…"

"Why not?"

"BECAUSE I SAID SO!" I growled.

"Geez okay, sorry!"

I sighed. "Its, okay…"

SCRRREEECCHH! The bus halted to a stop not but a few feet ahead of us.

"Wanna sit by me?" he asked me.

"Uhh…"

"Oh come on! Please? I don't wanna be alone!" well neither did I but did you hear me complaining.

"If you wanna make friends here you shouldn't really be seen with me…" I wanted him to say alright fine I'll leave you alone, but of course that didn't happen.

"Oh that's a bunch of bull! Just come on!" He grabbed my wrist and pulled me on to the bus. He pushed me into a seat towards the back. I fell noisily, face first, into the repulsive thing and Demyx giggled loudly. Everyone looked at us.

"Hiya everyone!" he yelled to the bus. Some people replied with a 'hey' as others just kept staring. What a weird kid… I slunk down in the seat a little bit and plugged my earphones…well, in my ears. One of my favorite songs came on.

I don't mind were you come from

As long as you come to me

I don't like illusions

I can't see them clearly

I don't care, no I wouldn't dare

To fix the twist in you

You've shown me eventually

What you'll do

I don't mind

I don't care

As long as you're here

Go ahead and tell me you'll leave again

You'll just come back runnin'

Holdin' your scared heart in hand

It's all the same

And I'll take you for who you are

If you take me for everything

You'll do it all over again

It's all the same

Hours slide and days go by

Till you decide to come

And in-between it always seems

To all of a sudden

I have the skill ya I have the will

To breathe you in while I can

However long you stay

Is all that I am…

I glanced up at Demyx. He looked down at me with question in his eyes. "Why aren't you talking to people?" I paused the music.

"People don't like 'emos'."

"Well I like you." I stared at him.

"What?"

"I mean as a friend!" he gave a nervous laugh. A blush ran across his face.

"Well, thanks, I guess. I like you too, as a friend. Sorta." His face lit up. We sat the rest of the way in awkward silence until…

"Were here!" he exclaimed.

"…were here." I repeated, obvious thrill in my voice.

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'This school year is great so far and I haven't even gotten to school!' I thought as the bus honked at a cat. The kid next to me was cooler than I had thought, although he was still a little strange. Too quiet. I had just kinda in a way told Zexion that I sorta kinda liked him. There was just something about him, I just liked. He was not all that bad looking, and nice, to an extent. I looked at him from the corner of my eye. He glanced at me and I looked away, blushing, because I blush at everything.

Then I saw the school. "Were here!" I yelled.

Zexion said something, but I didn't here him I was too excited. I ran down the bus isles and out the bus door. I stood there staring at the huge school. "Wow…" I said to myself.

"There's nothing special about this school. It's just a…school." Poor poor Zexion, just looking at the outside of things and not the inside.

"Hey there Zexy!" I heard someone say. I turned around to see who it was, and then I felt something attach itself to me like it was about to get murdered. I looked down to see Zexion balling.

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EDIT: I decided I needed to go over my last couple of chapters and touch them up a bit. So I did with this one and the next chapter.

Oh my who do you think THAT is? ;; I'll ball with poor Zexy.

So far this story is going really slow. It will go faster I promise k? And the chapters will get longer when the story goes along. I'm making it up as I go. I've already got chapter 3 started, so expect an update within a couple of days.

Well I hoped you enjoyed this chapter! R&R please!? I would like to know how you thought it went!