A/N: Hiya! Thank you for all the reviews! They were amazing! And some people are finally getting mad at me! Yay! I know, i'm probably one of the few people who would be happy about tha but...i kinda wanted someone to be, just to show that i could stir up more emotions than just pity, saddness, and happiness and all that jazz...if any of you understood that, i congratulate you, because i sure didn't...anyways, on with the story!

Axel's POV

The next day

I was busy ignoring Xemnas and trying not to notice headache that was lurking right behind my eyes. It hadn't disappeared last night. Oh no. It had decided to move in. And invite a few friends.

Probably the reason it took me till lunch to notice what Roxas was wearing. It wasn't…different per say. Oh no. I had seen him in it before.

It was his outfit from the concert thing. (I checked his arms and he was wearing cover up again.) The bruise couldn't be seen on his face, but a ton of cover up couldn't hide the dark circles beneath his eyes.

Needless to say, despite the dark circles, he was attracting a lot of attention. From guys and girls. Just a little bit more discreetly on the formers' part. Not that any guy in our school was afraid of being gay…they had just heard what happened to Riku, that's all.

"Roxas? Hello? You zoney midget!" Larxene had finally dropped the snowman nickname, but was now desperately trying to find another one.

She snapped her fingers in front of his face. He winced before his eyes came back into focus.

"Sorry…" He probably would have said more…if a hand hadn't slipped around his shoulders.

I didn't wonder who the guy was. Heck I still had his poster (I am lazy but the thing is coming down tonight…I'll probably stick it in the microwave for good measure too…)

His blonde hair looked weird without that beanie thing I had always seen him wear. But you know what? I could really care less. All that I really noticed was how Roxas' skin seemed to be a breeding ground for goose bumps…most prominently where Seifer was touching him.

"Roxy! Aren't you going to introduce me?" I just stared at him. The voice I had heard through the door yesterday came back in my mind. Complete switch. Damn…he was…good.

"S-sorry. Everyone this is Seifer," Said son of a bitch must've done something because Roxas flinched again and quickly added something, "my boyfriend. Seifer, that's Axel, Larxene, Zexion, and Demyx…" His voice had grown quiet, completely breaking off at the end.

"Nice to meet you. Sorry guys but I've got to borrow my ikeike here for a few minutes." I resisted letting my jaw drop. I saw the other three fighting similar urges, including Zexion. All of us had heard enough Japanese cussing, and had looked up plenty more.

He had just called Roxas his…bitch.

He must have assumed that since Japanese music wasn't popular up here, no one would be able to understand him. I clenched my hand and nodded. Everyone else did the same.

When they were gone, Demyx, yes Demyx was the first to speak, beating me by a second…a fraction of a second…

"What the fuck?!" The surrounding tables went quiet for a second. Let me make this clear. Demyx doesn't cuss. Demyx doesn't get mad. Or when he does get mad, he hides it until Zexion (or me and Larxene occasionally) can calm him down.

"Demyx. Quiet." I told them what I had heard yesterday. They just stared at me.

"Goddamit!" That would be Larxene. What I wanted to say would most likely put me on three most wanted lists and have my house monitored by the FBI. What I wanted to do…let's just say it would most likely make me public enemy number one.

"No wonder that song had so much emotion in it." We stared at Zexion blankly.

"His song for the concert idiots. Not many people can write emotion without experience." Holy shit…he was right…

We had only seen a little part of Roxas, me more than them and yet…is it possible to feel this much for someone after only knowing their shadow for two weeks?

Roxas came back right before the bell rang for us to get our asses moving to our next class.

He was even paler and his hair was messed up. Not like…tornado messed up…more like, it was just ruffled and I tried to fix it, messed up. If that makes any sense whatsoever.

We had agreed to say nothing and do nothing, for the time being. Zexion had to kick me in the face twice (notice the new bruise on my cheek?!) and Larxene had to threaten to tell Reno everything she knew.

It wasn't the threats I cared about. Hell no. It was the fact that if I acted to recklessly, I might screw up and just make it worse. I felt my heart tear every time I told myself that.

Roxas noticed my new bruise, courtesy of an annoyed Zexion, and was by my side immediately, jerking my face towards the light.

"What happened?" I think only I could hear him, his voice was so quiet. Hoarse.

"Zexion had a spaz attack?" I smiled and twitched. That hurt… I tried to look at his eyes…

There's a look I haven't seen before.

It looked like…worry? What the hell... it was just a tiny…and painful bruise.

"And why would Zexion of all people be having a spaz attack?" he did have a point.

"I was being too loud and interrupting the vampire's beauty sleep." I dodged something. I don't know what it was, but something whizzed past my head. Ya missed, nya nya nya. I hissed.

"Ow Roxas!"

"Oh quit being a baby. If he hit the bone that's gonna hurt a lot longer and there will be so many things that could irritate it and make it last longer not even you could laugh at it." I shut up, remembering the bruise on his face. How many times has he had to deal with this?

"Lucky. He missed the bone. But I believe it would be in your best interests to not interrupt the…vampire's…beauty sleep anymore." The bell rang.

Ms. Kotta was still gone. Something about something or another…ah well. Most of the class decided to skip…and by most, I mean all but me and Roxas.

"Do you need any help before I start on mine again Rox?" He nodded and handed me a couple of containers of charcoal pencils. Okay then.

(No accidents this time.)

I just stared at the canvas. Even with only shadows of colors in the lines it was still…beautiful.

The central object was coming into focus now. A heart. Simple right? Not. There were actually three hearts. Each one inside the other.

He had just started coloring in the outer and biggest one. Black with random lines of silver…chains over a black heart.

Yes it was creepy, but so had that angel been. But they were both beautiful.

He didn't even seem to notice I was still in the room as he took a dark blue pencil to a corner.

And that's my cue to leave.

…and by leave I mean bump into someone right outside the door. Literally. But hey, guess what? I didn't fall on my ass again! Yay me!

…and there goes my happiness. If you can't guess who I bumped into by that one statement, I'll give you another. The bastard in front of me needed to have five inch wide stakes driven into his skull. You get it now?

Seifer stared at me coolly. Hatefully cold.

"Axel, right?" I nodded. This bastard was lucky to get that from me. "I was just wondering if you could tell me something." It took all my will (and that just barely covered it) to not just punch him in the face.

I shrugged.

"What's Roxas to you?" He said it so…calmly. Anyone who hadn't heard his other voice might have been lured to tell him everything. Not me loser. My brain had another thing in mind though…dammit…

"He's my friend. Why?" I tried to recover my stupidity by acting calm and innocent. But…I knew just by looking in Seifer's eyes that my statement was more than enough. I had blown it.

Seifer was the territorial kind. The one that denies their partner any human contact that they can.

And I had just invaded that space.

I kicked myself in the mind. Hard. Hard enough to make Zexion's kick look like a toddler trying to be a wrestler.

Seifer was going to hurt Roxas. And all because I had said I was his friend.

That's it. I may not have known Roxas well, but no one deserves that much hate in their supposed lover's eyes. I could care less if I messed up.

Because I can assure you. I won't.

Discalimer: me own nothing as usual...oh wait...i do! I own the picture Roxy is drawing! THe idea was mine...i know it's not alot to claim righ tnow, but it will be! Soon, very very soon...-evil cackle-

A/N: Hi people! My writer's block has dissapeared!! And if your asking then why the hell is this chapter so short? well...heh, i blame my mind again. If it get's an idea for an ending to a chapter it will do all in its power to make sure that that's what happens. I've tried to go against it ONCE...-shiver- never again man...anyway, thanx again for all the lovely reviews! They're what keep my ass in this chair for hours on end...literally (what you think i can write this much in under an hour? Psh...i wish...you guys are lucky i have no life)! Please continue doing what you have been so great at and review!