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Well, this is exciting! We've got a third chapter up? Way to go, Lulu! pats self on back The more I think about this fanfic, the more I get that feeling it's not going to finish. I've got a lot of ideas for this, but I don't know if I'll be able to execute them correctly. That makes me sad, but every time I get a new review, I literally get out of my chair and start dancing until I calm down.
Yeah. I'm a little weird.
SO ANYWAYS. Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank SO much to the people who reviewed.
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO AcidTart, cherry, isabelle, DemmyandZexy, Darkest Soul of Sadness, and Erinicole12 for reviewing that last chapter! (cherry and isabelle are anonymous reviewers, so italic for them.)
I'm so glad I could continue this fanfic! It's all thanks to your support! I feel like I'm walking on a very thick cement road. (In other words, I feel very supported. Yeah… I suck at similes)
Just so you guys know - I try to work on this every night when I go to bed, so the chapters should come pretty fast, even if they are pretty short. I should probably get an editor…
Well, I edit my good friend raven.in.the.sky's fanfics. She writes SasuNaru, so if you're a fan of that, get your butt over to her FF page! I actually don't watch any Naruto… but since it's an AU, I figure I just need to get their personalities down, and I can edit all I want. I also do some co-writing for the story.
BUT ENOUGH ABOUT THAT! YOU GUYS WANT AKUROKU FANFIC! NOT SASUNARU!
So, let's get on with the show.
Title: Broken Clockwork
Chapter: 3; MegaOfficeMax
Summary: Roxas was always on top of things, following time down to the second. Until he met Axel, carefree and fun. What happens when you mix two opposite elements of life together?
This is mainly an AkuRoku fanfic, so let me tell you right off the bat:
IF YOU DON'T LIKE BOY-BOY LOVE, YAOI, ETC. DO NOT READ THIS.
IF YOU DO, IT IS OF YOUR OWN ACCORD AND IT IS NOT MY FAULT THAT YOU TOOK THAT RESPONSIBILITY UPON YOU.
PLEASE DO NOT FLAME IF YOU ARE NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THIS GENRE.
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Lovely Lulu
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Okay. Um. I was very confused at this point.
What is going on? Was the only thing running through my brain while sitting there, watching my brother exchange words with this… This… freak.
Okay. Okay. I know. It's a bad idea to call people freaks, even if it's in your head, when you have such a high position in the social ladder of life. Trust me, I don't do it often.
This guy, here, though… He had 'HOMOSEXUAL' written up and down his body, on his face, in his hair, on his shoes, on his belt, on his… his TONGUE! What was he doing over here? Why was he talking to Roxas? How could anyone be so blunt and straightforward and just come to another person's table?
This was very strange. None of this was computing in my brain.
Homos and Roxas and hair. Oh, my!
"Hi!" the tall man who went by the name of a car part said.
I didn't dare speak. Roxas could take care of this. And Kairi was definitely going to hear about this little incident. Mr. Xemnas was, too.
"So… What brings you to our humble little table?" Roxas asked uncertainly.
"Oh, not much. Just the joys of seeing your beautiful face."
Freak-man say what?
"…" Our whole table was silent.
"Freak-man say what?" I blurted out. Hey! Some thoughts can't stay bottled up inside you forever!
Shuffling quickly, a blonde with a Mohawk-Mullet thing of hair approached our 'humble little table'. He was staring at his shoes as he raised a hand slowly to tug on Axel's tee. Mohawk-Mullet man looked up slowly to see into Red-Hot-Porcupine-Inferno man's eyes. That's a long name. I better think of something easier. Hm…
"Axel…" he said meekly and hesitantly. "They're getting freaked out." He was whispering now and standing on his tippy-toes to talk into Axel's ear. All the while, he was tugging gently on Axel's sleeve.
Axel sighed and brushed the poor boy off his sleeve kindly. He then turned back to face Roxas.
"Are you getting freaked out?" he asked him.
I took this as an opportunity to get him AWAY FROM US!
"Yes," I replied surely and as firmly as I could manage. I think.
This caused Axel to look my way and bend his head down. I had thought it was finally over and he would now nicely back off of Roxas. Then he started to chuckle under his breath.
He looked up, smirked at me, then turned back, AGAIN, to Roxas. He licked his lips with his HOMO tongue thoughtfully.
"Hm… Alright. I'll back down, little bro. But first…" He reached over to the end of the table with a long, slender arm and drew out a napkin from the dispenser. He fished a standard black pen from his pocket with the words MegaOfficeMax written on it and quickly marked something on the paper.
"Here. This will come in handy in your time of need," he said as he folded it and handed it to my brother.
"My… Time of need?" Roxas was asking an awful lot of questions.
"Yep. Have fun kiddos. Wait…" He snatched back the napkin quickly, surprising Roxas and I. What now? "How old are you?"
"17…" he replied slowly.
"Oh, alright, then. That's good! That's really good!" He smiled broadly and handed the napkin back to him and took Mohawk-Mullet man's hand. "We'll meet again. Got it memorized?" He saluted lazily and turned to leave.
The only question that I wanted answered, now, was… What was on that napkin?
This was insane!
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"How old are you?" This caught me with my guard down, and let me tell you, I had a pretty high-up-there guard.
"17…" I replied hesitantly. This couldn't lead to anything good, but for some reason, I felt comfortable with telling this complete stranger my age and name. Was that a good thing? Mrs. Potterbee did say I needed to open up a little. Then again, what did she know?
"Oh, alright, then. That's good! That's really good!" He flashed a smile that was so pretty, that I just – Wait. Did I just call his smile pretty? Not good. NOT GOOD, Roxas. My mind was going hazy and I wanted to sleep. Before I knew it, Axel was walking away with Mullet Boy! Wait… I droned on in my head. Come back… Wait… No… Don't come back…!
My eyelids started to fall, but Sora shook me awake from my half-sleep. I was definitely not going to sleep at 4 am ever again. My brain couldn't handle it, as big as it was.
"Roxas! ROXAS!" Sora was shaking my shoulders violently from across the small white table.
"Wh-wh-wh-what?" I opened my eyes and looked Sora straight in the eye. Well, that was a very vulnerable time right there… Don't do that again, Roxas. Bad. Bad. I mentally reprimanded myself.
"What does the napkin say!?" He was sinking in a boat of curiosity. "What does it say, Roxas!?"
Oh, yeah. Axel, the green-eyed angel – I mean weirdo – gave me a napkin before he left!
"Hang on, Sora. Sheesh," I brought it up to the surface of the table and Sora sat back down in his seat, releasing his death grip on my shoulders.
"Numbers…" I looked at the paper, confused for moment. Then realization hit me like a rock falling off a cliff and falling directly on my head. "Fl-Wh-Bu-Hu-He-!" I blubbered out.
I looked up across the table at my twin. His eyes were wide with shock and his lips were parted slightly. We stared at each other for a little while longer before he spoke.
"HIS PHONE NUMBER?"
Well, I was pretty sure we already established that with our looks of surprise and my blubbering.
Before any further harm could be done, the waitress wandered back to our table.
Oh, thank goodness. Saved by the belle. (A/N: oh, ho, ho. Pun fully intended.)
"Are you boys ready to order?" she asked us.
Then, speaking of numbers… I quickly swiped my right arm up, pulling my sleeve back to look at my watch.
12:57:32 pm
My God! Time flies by so amazingly fast when you're confused.
"I'll just get a cappuccino and plain bagel."
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"Naminé," I heard a voice say from beside me. "Naminé, we're here."
I groaned a little and tried to blink open my eyes. Slowly, I began to sit up, exhausted as I was, and rubbed my eyes with pale, dainty hands. Even though I lived on an island, I just couldn't seem to tan.
"Where are we?" I asked as I prepared myself for a yawn and stretch.
"We're at Twilight Town, honey," the voice replied. It sounded very similar to my mother's voice.
"Oh," I replied. "What are we doing here again?" I didn't exactly like waking up in a car. When I did, I always needed to secure my surroundings and make sure of what was happening. I blinked and slowly started to comb my fingers through my hair.
"We're visiting the twins, remember? Sora? Roxas?"
Oh. That was right. We were coming back to Twilight Town to visit Roxas and all my other friends there. Sora, Kairi…
It had been 3 years since I moved to Destiny Islands. My father got a job transfer, so the whole family moved there with him. Ever since we left, I didn't have contact with anybody in the city, especially Roxas.
It didn't exactly work between us, but were still friends. The only thing he left me with was a suspicion, though. I felt kind of bad for never calling or sending a letter or showing any signs of my existence after I moved. Once I had moved, I decided it was time to start over. Start over with new friends, new faces, new weather.
Knowing Roxas, he'd probably be home… I looked at my watch. He would probably be home in about 2 minutes.
1:13 pm
I wondered what his reaction would be when he saw me again. After all, three years can do a lot to a person. Maybe he just wanted to forget about me. That sure was depressing.
I decided to get out of the car and get some fresh air. A 7 hour-long drive can do a lot to a person, too. Yawning again, I stretched and looked around the familiar subdivision. I had lived there ever since I was born, but then I left when I was 14 – three years ago.
As I looked around the subdivision, I noticed someone walking along on the sidewalk from a distance away. I turned to face 'someone', hoping it was someone I knew.
Blonde hair started approaching my area and I noticed 'someone' was a boy. He was only a teenager, though, wearing camouflage pants and a olive green tank top over it. He was sucking on a popsicle as he approached.
Wait! That was –
"Hayner!" I started to jog over to him. "Hayner!" I repeated as I started to wave my hand above my head at him. He stopped walking, suddenly, and dropped his popsicle on the sidewalk.
"Nami? That you?!" He pulled on his hair and opened his mouth nice and wide. "I can't believe it!" He ran towards me and filled the gap between us.
"Hello, Hayner," I put my hands behind my back and smiled sweetly at him, bouncing a little. This was great! I found somebody I knew as soon as I arrived.
"Nami! I can't believe it! What are you doing back in Twilight Town?" He looked so excited to see me. I was glad somebody was excited about my sudden appearance in my hometown.
"I came back to visit everyone," I told him.
"After 3 years…" He mumbled. "This is… surprising and totally unexpected, man." He chuckled and grinned at me. "You wanna get some ice cream or something? I mean, since I dropped mine and everything."
"Sure," I laughed. Things were still the same around here. Would Roxas be?
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luluNOTE:
I tried my best, you guys! I was having a bit of a slow-down on the fic since the last update. Gr. I kept getting interrupted every time I tried to write, so I couldn't get back to it for a while. Sorry. And I tried my best to make it a little longer. I think it might be even shorter than the last one though…
Well, at least two new characters are introduced to the story! Naminé and Hayner. They aren't my two favorite characters of all time, but Naminé does play a big part in the plot. Oh, my! Whatever could that mean?
Well… I was having a little bit of a writer's personality block. I just couldn't get into the mood to write in the character's voices… I don't think I did a very good job with this chapter. Pooey. And I got really mixed up with the verb tenses. Haha… That's not a very good thing. So a lot of the sentences sound kinda weird in the story.
I also changed the font to a smaller one in Word (Georgia size 11) So it would seem like I wrote less and it would motivate me to write more to fill up more pages. I'm not sure it worked… [insert a face here
I'm trying my best not to use faces in my Author's Notes, 'cause FF always deletes the underscores and the face looks really weird. I type faces without realizing it. They come to me naturally. [insert another face here
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR READING!
(possibly) Next Chapter: What was between Naminé and Roxas before she left Twilight Town? Sora discovers Roxas' hidden hobby. We meet the frequent visitor to the twin's mansion – as well as his intellectual friend.
I have no idea if I'll be able to stuff all that into one chapter, but wish me luck!
All this next time in Broken Clockwork!
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