Roxas opened his locker and placed his books inside. He heard a knocked on the metal door and looked up to find Leon standing there.
"Hey," Roxas greeted.
"End of the year's coming up," Leon commented.
"So it is."
"Ready for Christmas break?"
"Duh!" Roxas chuckled. "Who isn't?" Leon shrugged. The sound of laughter caught their attention. Aerith giggled as Cloud walked her to their next class.
"Hey guys!" Aerith called.
"Hey!" Roxas and Leon called with a wave. Cloud gave the pair a nod and he walked off with Aerith.
"I'm glad they finally decided to get together," Roxas stated.
"Didn't you fancy Aerith?" Leon pressed. Roxas shrugged.
"Eh, not so much anymore."
"Really?"
"Yeah. No particular reason. I'm just happy she's happy." The warning bell sounded and Leon took his leave. Roxas rummaged around in his locker and pulled out the books for his next class. His locker door shut with a slam.
"Freshman," a husky voice whispered in his ear. Roxas shivered.
"Give it a rest, Axel," Roxas snapped. The senior chuckled, leaning back from Roxas.
"You miss me?" the red head asked with a cocky smile.
"I rarely do." Axel frowned. Roxas turned to leave but Axel blocked his path. "Do you mind?" Axel smirked. The final bell rang and Roxas sighed. He was late for class again. "Axel, you're making me look bad."
"Nah because you always look so damn good." Roxas flushed. He quickly glanced around the hallway and found they were alone. "What are you planning over break?"
"Not much."
"You want to come to a party?"
"No. You shouldn't go to those. One of these days you're going to end up paying for it." Axel chuckled.
"Give me a reason not to go." Roxas scowled.
"I'm on vacation with my family until after Christmas." Axel arched his eyebrow. "I guess we could go clubbing…or something…" Roxas muttered. Axel grinned.
"That's more like it." Axel lifted Roxas chin. Then he pressed his lips to the freshman. Roxas felt his chest clench painfully. Every time Axel kissed him, it felt as if it wasn't the first time. His mind would think of Axel as a different person: kind, gentle, caring, and empty. Axel pulled away. Roxas noticed the familiar lack of spark to the senior's eyes. It was as if he was lost in thought, trying to remember something extremely important. It only lasted a brief moment. Then Axel gave Roxas a wave.
"See you around, Roxy!" Roxas blushed and chewed on his bottom lip.
"Axel!" he called. The red head turned, his hands buried in his pockets.
"Yes?"
"How did you ever pick me out?" Roxas wondered. Axel sighed and walked over to Roxas.
"It's not like that." Roxas stared up at Axel's face with his wide and searching eyes. "You found me," he corrected. He pressed his lips against Roxas's, feeling the strange sense of nostalgia flood his heart.
XxXxX
Roxas woke with a start. He ran a hand over his face.
'What a fucked up dream. I barely remember Axel from high school and we barely talked.' Roxas shivered at the memory of the Axel's lips against his. 'Like that would have ever happened anyway.' Roxas glanced over at Pence, who was reading.
"Tired of all that math?" Pence teased.
"Shut up," Roxas grumbled, climbing out of his bed. Pence left a short while later for his night class as Roxas fumed at his math homework. Finally he gave up in a huff. He packed his bed and headed for the library. As he walked there, he found himself feeling a very odd sense of déjà vu.
As he reached the tutor center, he cursed himself. It was 11pm. It closed at 9pm. Roxas mentally slapped himself and turned to leave. He caught a glance of a tall red head reading at a table. Roxas walked over and stood in front of the man. It took a minute before the man noticed Roxas was standing in front of him.
"Can I help you?" Roxas blinked.
"No." Roxas turned to leave, confused to why he had bothered to stop by the man's table.
"Alright. See you tomorrow then." Roxas paused.
"You know we're in the same class?"
"Well, duh. You sat behind me yesterday. Besides, you're not exactly a blend in kind of guy." Roxas frowned. He felt like he heard that line before but let it slide. "Did you read the chapters for tomorrow?"
"No shit." The man smirked.
"Just asking. My name's Axel by the way." Roxas was about to name some snide comment but he paused.
"Axel, from Hollow Bastion?" The man's eyebrows rose.
"Yeah. Got it memorized? Wait…how'd you know where I'm from?"
"Um, forget it. I'm Roxas. Got it memorized?" Roxas replied with a light smile. Axel chuckled.
"Sure do. I'll see you around then?"
"Yeah." Roxas turned to leave but paused. Axel tilted his head in confusion. "Hey, um, never mind." Axel chuckled.
"You're really weird, Roxas." The blonde smiled sheepishly and headed back to his room. His hand unconsciously went to his neck only to touch air in the space under his dog collar. Roxas's hand recoiled and dropped to his side.
A smile brushed against his lips.
"Haruka."
A/N: Ending! ^^ Hope you enjoyed it.