Well hello there, it's been a while :3 Far too long but I got my lazy ass in gear and look! A chapter! 8DD

Tily: I never thought I'd see this.

Kit: Me either... I hate it anyway.

Luxord: Did that rum make you feel better? *hic*

Kit and Tily: ...

Kit: *Points at Luxord* This is who I get? Damn you Square!

Luxord: *Hic* ... *passes out.

Kit: For the love of -!

Tily: Um yeah... you guys read the story, we'll handle this. Square owns the characters including drunk Luxord here. Kit owns the story. Enjoy! ^^

Roxas let Sunday go by without much drive to do anything. For the first time in a long time he had a day to himself, to stay in, though it wasn't as relaxing as he'd always wanted it to be. It was far from it. A day of absolute depression, and the blond decided not to remove himself from his bed - and thankfully everyone left him alone for the most part.

He dreaded Monday, the thought of having to go back to school only dampened his already crushed spirits as he got up, extremely reluctant. After all, even though he confined himself to his room, Roxas had barely slept at all the past couple of days. His insomnia had made him used to having no sleep, but he got up even more drained than normal.

"You okay Rox?" Cloud asked the boy early Monday morning and the blond didn't answer, making his way to the fridge to remove a carton of orange juice that he didn't even want to drink. "Guess that was a stupid question," the older boy said, more to himself than his brother. "You know kiddo, I'm sure gramps will let you take the day off school, if you need it."

Roxas shook his head, he needed to be strong, and skipping school wasn't a way to do that. "I'll be ok," the younger blond promised weakly. Besides, there was someone he really needed to talk to. "I've got to get going, I want to catch Sora before school starts," the boy admitted and drank the juice he'd poured quickly, making his empty stomach churn uncomfortably, though he didn't care. He gave a small wave to Cloud before finally leaving.

The school was really quiet when Roxas arrived. The blond had not realised just how early it was when he'd left the house, as he was now standing in a practically empty school yard. He sighed, deciding to make his way to the cafeteria; no one would be there this early in the morning. The room was set out in it's usual lunch attire for the stressed senior students who -like Roxas- arrived just a little bit too early.

The blond sighed as he sat at an empty table and flipped his phone open, texting his brunet friend to see if he would be around early. Once that was done, he laid his head on his arms on the cold, plastic table. He just wanted to sleep. "Morning Roxas, didn't expect to see you here."

The boy in question looked up at his greeter and smiled weakly at Zexion, who took a seat across the table. "Morning," he mumbled back, he wasn't in the mood to put up any sort of façade, and in front of Zexion it wouldn't matter all that much anyway, the guy was too smart to believe Roxas' poor attempts at looking "ok."

"Is something bothering you?" the slate haired boy asked and the blond could have rolled his eyes, he knew Zexion was trying to act oblivious on Roxas' account.

"You could say that," he admitted, moving to sit up properly again to look at his friend.

"Well… even if it's just for the gesture, according to Demyx I'm a good listener; if you need me."

Roxas gave another weak smile. "Thanks Zexion," the blond sighed, rubbing his hands over his face in an attempt to rid some of his depression, sadly, it wasn't working, much to the boy's dismay. "It's… Axel," Roxas finally admitted, and the confession made his heart clench.

"Ah, well, that was unexpected. I presumed that after meeting again, the both of you would be happy. So something didn't go as planned?" Roxas shook his head. Nothing had gone as planned. "You shouldn't worry," Zexion continued, "you're the most loving couple I've ever seen, I'm sure whatever happened can be worked out."

Oh, how Roxas wished that was the case, even this would probably shock Zexion. "I think he's with someone else." The blond looked up and was met with a blank expression. Evidently, the slate haired boy was shocked, but before Roxas could continue his phone began to ring. He looked at the device to see a text from Sora. "I have to meet Sora; you can come with me, if you'd like."

Zexion shook his head no, "I have to wait here for Demyx otherwise… well… his imagination runs wild with paranoia," the boy smirked, amused, as Roxas said goodbye before leaving.

"Morning Rox!" Sora called from beside Riku's car, said silverette standing with his boyfriend as they waited for their friend. "What's going on?" he asked.

'Too much,' the blond thought with a sigh, his expression somewhat grim. "I, uh… I went to see Axel," Roxas answered, getting straight into the subject and his friends' expressions became shocked.

"Really? That's great!" Sora cheered but was stopped as Riku rested his hand on the brunet's shoulder.

"Sora," he said, gaining his boyfriend's attention and shook his head. Obviously that wasn't the reaction Roxas was going for right now. "Roxas, what happened?" Riku went on, said blond sighing glumly, knowing he had to tell them. Maybe they could help.

"I actually went to see Reno to find out if he knew anything about where Axel had been but… Axel turned up unexpectedly with-" Roxas swallowed the lump forming in his throat, just thinking about the whole thing was killing him inside. "W-with a girl," he admitted and the pair blanched, obviously they could think up the rest themselves.

"Roxas," Riku breathed out sympathetically but Sora shook his head in disbelief.

"Nope," he gave an incredulous shake of his head, "no way, I won't accept it. Roxas," the brunet placed his hands on his best friend's shoulders with absolution burning in his eyes. "There's got to be a reason and we'll find out what it is. Axel loves you, I know it!"

Roxas gave a small, shaky smile. He wasn't so sure about that. "Trust us," Riku joined in reassuringly and the blond nodded. He would always trust them. And hopefully… they were right.

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The rest of the morning was uneventful, Roxas spent most of his time trying to keep himself awake -especially through Vexen's class, which the blond found almost impossible with the man's horrid drone.- Roxas finally gave a relieved sigh as he dropped himself into a seat across from Sora in the cafeteria at lunch, letting himself relax a little. "Rough morning?" Sora questioned around a mouth full of sandwich, receiving a tired nod in response. The brunet didn't even know the half of it. "Riku called," he continued, gaining Roxas' full attention and Sora placed his food back on the plate in front of him. "Axel came home today and took a bit of a hissy fit when he found out the two of us had seen you before him," he chuckled, though Roxas' stomach churned at the thought. "Riku asked him about this girl but Axel wouldn't say anything about her, just said he really wants to see you." Sora's eyes were encouraging but the blond only paled. He couldn't take seeing Axel right now. There was just no way. "You need to see him Rox, you can't go on like this," Sora tried to convince his friend, whom only shook his head.

"I can't Sora," the blond answered and the heartbreak in his voice made Sora wince. Roxas was hurting bad, that much was obvious. "I can't see him yet."

The brunet nodded his understanding sadly. "Just… promise me you will talk to him eventually. You know things can't stay like this," Roxas nodded a silent promise and Sora smiled encouragingly.

Though none of this made Roxas feel any better, he knew he had to see Axel again and get this over and done with but… to think they might not be together was terrifying. Roxas always knew the redhead deserved to be happy, and if this was the only way that it could happen then he would let him go… But...

Roxas could only think 'but'. But, he still loved Axel. But, he didn't want the redhead to be with anyone else, and he could only admit his selfishness to himself. And he would be selfish. Because, no matter what, he wanted to be with Axel, and that would never change.

A/N: This chapter was pointless, time consuming and just... blah B|

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