Are you guys ready for chapter 2?
Tily: I know I am!
Kit: You always are. -_-
So Roxas is back at school, lets see how his friends react and who he sees (:
Enjoy!
Disclaimer: We discovered Ansem's pretty awesome... so I'm going to try and kidnap him for a while instead of Axel. But for now Square owns all characters and I own the story.
His nerves had done nothing to help him sleep last night leaving a groggy Roxas to be alerted by the loud, dreaded ringing of his alarm the next morning that he had to get up, when he was actually already awake. This really wasn't a good start to the blonde's day.
Though wishing he could curl into a ball and sleep the day away the young blond decided to get himself out of bed, Cloud would be up and tormenting him if he didn't anyway, why give his brother the pleasure?
Roxas made his way downstairs once dressed and headed straight for the coffee machine, pouring himself a hefty cup full of the stuff and sitting down next to his brother who was way too cheerful for so early in the morning. "Morning kiddo," his sibling grinned and Roxas gave his own tired, weak smile in return. "Oh Roxas wipe that depressed look of your face, you're home you should be happy."
"I am happy," the younger blond replied, "I didn't get enough sleep last night to smile."
"You know I wish I was back in school just to see what everyone's going to say, especially Demyx," Cloud smirked.
"Don't remind me."
Cloud laughed before, "well I have to get to work and you should be getting to school to see Xemnas before classes start," Roxas rolled his eyes at his brother.
"Yes mam," he scoffed, unable to then avoid the headlock his brother put him in.
"Shut up and grab your keys."
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Roxas looked up at the looming building from the mostly empty car park. This was going to be an eventful day that's for sure.
Taking a deep breath to calm his nerves a little the blond took his first steps towards his old school. He'd missed being here, contrary to everyone always saying they'd never miss the place when they leave, Roxas really had. Once inside he made his way to the principles office. He felt like a kid going for detention or something, then again he did feel guilty for not saying anything to Xemnas about leaving. Not that he could have, the whole thing was pretty abrupt.
"Come in," Roxas heard the hard voice of his principle command as he knocked on the door, opening it to see everything exactly the same as it had been the last time he was here after his fight in the library with Sora.
"Good morning sir," Roxas greeted as he closed the door and the grey haired man looked up from his papers at the blond.
"Roxas, take a seat," the blond did as he was asked as Xemnas sat upright to address the boy. "Are you back for good this time?" Roxas winced a little but he was rather offended by the comment, he hadn't chosen to leave in the first place.
"Yes sir," he answered.
"Your grandfather told me about your previous circumstances so I am willing to let you return to school to finish your senior year, I expect you to achieve well, don't let me down."
"Of course not sir, thank you."
"Very well, your timetable and signing sheet will be in the school office, make sure you have every teacher's signature and return it at the end of the week." With that Xemnas shooed the boy who went in search of the office, just like his first day here.
It was strange being back here but not unpleasant, he had so many memories walking through these halls with his friends, he passed a number of memorable places and even blushed when he saw the very same wall Axel had pinned him against after science on his second day here.
The bombardment of memories made the blonde's chest tighten again and Roxas shook his head to rid himself of the thoughts just as he reached the door he needed. Once he entered he smiled, here was another familiar face and she looked exactly the same. "Good morning," he greeted to grab her attention and the brunette lifted her head to see the boy and as realisation struck she smiled brightly.
"Roxas, you're back," she said happily, moving from her place behind her desk to hug the boy. "No one's around so I'm allowed to do this," she giggled.
"It's good to see you Aerith," he grinned at her.
"You must be here for your timetable and signing sheet," the blond nodded and the girl turned to retrieve the two sheets from a set of draws. "Xemnas told me there would be a student coming to pick these up but he didn't say who," she said as she handed Roxas the papers.
"Thank you Aerith."
"Anytime Roxas, don't forget to come visit me in the library when you have time." The brunette waved as Roxas left the room and looked down at his timetable. His immediate reaction was a grimace. It was his first day back and his first lesson was Maths.
"You did that on purpose Xemnas," Roxas mumbled and sighed. He'd be early but he might as well get to class now, he might even make a good impression on Vexen… Or not.
The blond finally reached the classroom door with a dejected sigh but forced himself to open it, Vexen wouldn't be doing anything anyway.
Once Roxas opened the door and looked up he immediately stopped, his face passive as he stared at the scene in front of him. He wasn't exactly expecting to see this. Actually, he wished he hadn't seen it, especially not on his first day back to school… which makes it all the worse really, they were at school. Was this even allowed?
The look on Vexen's face was priceless, and a surprise to Roxas since he didn't think the man could do anything other than scowl. The other person's reaction, however, was predictable, a triumphant smirk like he'd just won a prize and the blond wondered if he'd been hoping something like this would happen eventually. "Roxas long time no see," the boy grinned, unmoving from his position, hand resting on Vexen's bare chest and other hand pinning the mans arms to the wall behind them.
"I can't believe the first time I see you in almost a year you're sexually harassing my teacher," the blond said as he closed the door and walked past the pair to sit in his seat. "Not like I didn't already know about you two but this isn't what I want to see Marly."
The pink haired boy pouted, moving away from Vexen so the man could hurriedly button his shirt again and Roxas couldn't hide his smirk. "How did you know?" Marluxia asked, raising a questioning eyebrow and the blond rolled his eyes.
"The amount of times it was almost said last year it was obvious I just didn't bring it up. Student teacher relationships and all that," Roxas shrugged, "obviously it doesn't matter now since you're not a student anymore and you're taking advantage of that by coming to school early and harassing my teacher."
Marluxia's expression was blank as Roxas smirked and the pink haired boy finally spoke, "you haven't changed one bit have you Rox?" he grinned and the pair laughed. "It's great to have you back have you told anyone yet? Can I tell them?" the blond rolled his eyes again. Yeah, this was the same Marluxia alright.
"No and no, it's going to be a surprise so keep your mouth zipped ok?" Roxas warned at the other boy crossed his heart.
"Well, time to get to work, see you later," Marluxia waved goodbye and left the room.
Silence followed as Vexen's hostility finally reached Roxas and he shifted his blue eyes to the man who looked extremely nervous. "Vexen?" the blond said making the man's attention snap to him. "I won't tell anyone if that's what you're thinking," he explained.
"No you won't, because I could fail you right here and now," the teacher snapped back and Roxas sighed. He couldn't win.
He decided against saying anything back and walked over to hand the man a sheet for him to sign before sitting back down in silence until class began.
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Roxas couldn't imagine his day getting anymore boring after Vexen had finished his class, the blond almost wondered why he'd missed it here. Leaving the classroom Roxas took out his timetable again to check his second lesson. Chemistry. His stomach jerked slightly with nerves, all of the memories from last year flooding back and he suddenly didn't want to go. Still he might not see anyone in his class this year and that might take his mind off things.
Roxas followed the crowds to his Chemistry classroom and he was happy to see it was still Xaldin teaching the class. "Welcome back," the man greeted as Roxas walked to his desk and finally turned to face into the class.
The first thing Roxas saw was a pair of bright blue eyes staring at him, the body attached immediately then removing itself from its' seat and running towards the boy. In the middle of their chemistry class… This wasn't going to end well.
The blond braced himself as he was pounced on, the attacked letting out a high pitched squeal as he hugged Roxas. "Roxas! YOU'RE BACK!!" the smaller blond blushed, undoubtedly all eyes in the class were on him now and the only person who could possibly think jumping on someone in the middle of a classroom was a good idea.
"It's good to see you Demyx," the blond said in a muffle, his face pressed tightly against Demyx's chest, "but I can't breath."
"That's quite enough of that Demyx," Xaldin scolded the boy who finally let go of Roxas, the blond taking in some well needed oxygen. "Both of you take your seats."
The blond dropped his head as he scurried to his seat with his friend, finally lifting his head to see another familiar face. "Good to see you Roxas," the new voice gave a small, genuine smile and Roxas couldn't help but smile back.
"You too Zexion."
"I'm glad you're here, Demyx has missed you and it was starting to depress everyone." the boy smirked.
"Well you left without saying goodbye and I couldn't believe you were gone."
"He cried for two days straight," Zexion explained and the sandy blond blushed receiving a smile and quiet laugh from his friend.
"I've missed you guys," he admitted and they all grinned.
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"Well at least this hasn't changed," Roxas smiled as he met up with his friends again after Art, the pair holding hands as they all walked to the cafeteria.
"Nothing can break us up," Demyx grinned widely and though Roxas smiled back he felt a sting of pain. What about him and Axel? What were they now? "How was Art with Setzer?"
The smaller blond gave an exasperated sigh. It had been eventful that's for sure. "He put his drama skills to good use, even convinced everyone I'd escaped from the country because I committed murder and moved to England for refuge because my family are a powerful English mafia. I don't even know how he gets away with stories that bizarre."
Demyx burst into fits of laughter from beside him. "Setzer needs an award or something," he breathed through his laughter as the trio finally sat down.
"It's not funny," Roxas claimed but even Zexion was having a hard time keeping a straight face. "You guys are cruel."
"Um.. Roxas, you might want to-" but it was too late. Before Zexion could finish his sentence déjà vu hit as Roxas was tackled for the second time today, but this time completely off his seat and sent crashing to the floor, a mass of brown hair invading his sight and the blond had no doubts about who this was.
"You're back! You're back! You're back!" the brunet cheered as he crushed Roxas in a death grip hug.
"Sora you're going to kill him!" Demyx called in panic as he pried the boy away. "You don't want to do that when we just got him back."
"Sorry Roxas I just can't believe you're back, I knew you'd come back," the boy hugged Roxas again with less force and laughed. "I'm so happy you're here," he sniffed and the blond rolled his eyes.
"Don't you dare cry Sora," he warned but Roxas already knew it was too late. "It's alright Sora, I'm not going anywhere again I promise."
"You promise?"
"I promise," the blond said with a laugh and Sora finally let go to grin at his best friend. "I've missed you Sora," Roxas admitted and laughed again as the brunet started crying again.
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"I'm guessing you haven't told Axel yet?" the question made Roxas wince as he and his friend walked towards the school entrance at the end of the day. It was the first time anyone had brought it up since Cloud but now he knew he had to talk about it with Sora.
"No, not yet," he admitted.
"Makes sense why he hasn't been home yet," the brunet said, squinting up at the clear sky once they were out of the building.
"What?" Roxas questioned worriedly. Axel hadn't been going home?
Sora ignored the question, taking Roxas' wrist and giving a small smile. "Come on, there's someone I know you'll want to see," he said, pulling the boy towards the car park before Roxas could say anything. "Riku!" Sora called, snapping the blonde's attention in the direction his friend was waving. "Look who I found!" he laughed.
Riku's eyes grew wide as he took in the blond, unable to believe that he was really there "R-Roxas? Is that really you?"
"Hey Riku," the blond greeted and the silverette hugged him uncharacteristically, the blond taken aback by the action but he happily hugged him back.
"When did you get back?" Riku asked once he let go.
"Yesterday, I was going to come see you guys but I knew I'd see Sora at school so I waited."
"Have you seen Axel?" the boy questioned and Roxas' smile wavered.
"No." Riku and Sora exchanged looks before the silverette nodded.
"You should come home with us," Sora started, taking the blonde's shoulders.
"We need to talk to you, about Axel."
A/N: Lol MarVex XDDD I rather love Roxas' reaction. Also, Sora made me so happy : DD
Tily: Going to talk about Axel? What? What happens!?
Kit: Relax already we'll find out soon.
Tily: For the sake of the chapter, please review!!!
Kit: Thanks for reading. (: