Rabbits vs. Phoenix
Chapter five
Disclaimer: They sadly don't belong to me.
In this chapter you get a bit more background knowledge about Roxas past! Hope you like it.
"I'm home!" Roxas called into his house when he entered.
He ushered Sora inside and closed the door. Roxas uncle came and smiled at the two boys.
"Welcome back. Nice to meet you Sora"
"Nice to meet you too Mr. Strife."
"Cloud is enough. Food is ready soon. Why don't you go change in the meantime?"
"Food" Sora squealed. Cloud grinned.
"It's really great! When you come home Roxas, there's food waiting for you! I almost always have to make my own food, since both Tifa and Zack are working the whole day. You know, expensive hobbies and so on." Tifa and Zack, that were Soras' parents. Sora somehow always called them by name, even he himself didn't know why.
"Yeah, that's right. It really is great, but sometimes it can get annoying when someone is always home. Now come on, my room is upstairs, the first one on the right side. The second door leads to the bathroom and the two doors on the left lead to Cloud's room and his work-study"
Roxas led Sora to his room and told him to do what he wanted while he was going to get changed in the bathroom.
Sora was surprised. He had expected Roxas room to be sparse and full of boxes, since it hadn't been long since he moved in. Around three or four weeks. And Roxas seemed a bit too lazy to actually unpack his things. But what he saw was awesome! The wall opposite of his window (the wall with the door) was painted a dark aquamarine blue, the one with the window and his right one were painted a very light blue, almost white. But the last one… It seemed like he was standing on a stage! in the middle of the wall was an enormous picture of a concert, shot of the view of the singer. Right and left of that was something like a pin board. A lot of pieces of paper with names and numbers, pictures and several tickets to various concerts were already pinned to the left half. The right half only had few pieces of paper and Sora recognized his and the other gang members' numbers and names. But it was the photo of the crowd that captivated him the most.
He tried to read some of the banners or the names on the peoples' clothes but much to his chagrin the name of the band was always painted over.
"You won't find out which band was playing there only by looking at it. And please don't touch it, it's an unicum. For me, it's priceless."
A voice said behind him. When Sora turned around, he saw Roxas, in normal clothes, his uniform lying in a heap in the corner.
"Roxas! Your room is awesome! And why is it a unicum? And which band was playing there? The people seem really excited and there're so many!"
Sora asked, genuinely curious.
"Well, those two questions can only be answered together. It's unique because I was the one who made the photo and the band playing there was called "Black Phoenix". And yes, our gang is called that too because it reminds me of back then. It was my band with me as the lead singer who was playing on the concert. That was our last one."
Sora gaped at him. It was true, Roxas had a great voice, but a lead singer with his own band? Whoa.
"Why are you here then and not with your band? And why doesn't anyone recognize you, even at night?"
"Ok, I see. You want to know the whole story. But please listen quietly, ok? I won't tell you this twice. The reason I'm here I told you last time isn't the only one. The band, consisting of five people including me, was touring back then. We were really popular, mainly in the underground, but it was enough to hold some concerts. I called myself Roxas, but my last name wasn't Strife but Gainsborough. Strife is Clouds' last name. Everything went well, until some fans decided they wanted to break into our tour-bus and we had a lot of trouble. They even tried to steal our underwear! We ended the tour, but people came and bothered me and my band even in school. Finally we couldn't take it anymore and left. I don't know where the others went but I landed here after the episode with my mom. And it's from my bassist that I learned to shoot. Her parents were similar to yours and so… yeah… That's about it. Any other questions?"
Sora stared at him silent.
"Sora?" A quiet Sora was rare, and not normal.
"Whoa, that is sooo awesome!" the brunette suddenly yelled.
"I can't believe this! I knew you had a great voice! And those fans were really stupid! They loved your band but because of them it is destroyed now! How stupid can they be?"
His tirade was suddenly interrupted by Cloud yelling
"Hey boys, dinner is ready. Come down!"
"Oh food! What is dinner today Roxas? I'm really hungry! Come on, hurry!"
Roxas smiled. That was the Sora he knew. He followed after his friend downstairs and was assaulted by the smell of veal cutlet filled with boiled ham and cheese and covered in breadcrumbs (A/N.: In my country it is called ,Cordon Bleu') with pommes.
Sora was already seated happily at the table and was chatting with Cloud.
"Did you really make this all by yourself Cloud? That's awesome! I bet it tastes as good as it smells."
Cloud laughed and replied
" It's nice seeing someone this excited over food. I'm always worried if Roxas eats enough because he looks like food is just an annoying necessity for him. You mind looking out for him a bit?"
"Sure."
"Cloud!" Roxas fumed
"I am eating enough and I enjoy eating! But I just forget it sometimes!"
"See?" Cloud winked at Sora.
"Fine, fine. Let's just eat!" Roxas mumbled exasperated.
Sora stayed the night and went home the next day before school began. Roxas already dreaded going to school and meeting Axel after his going ape-shit yesterday.
Why oh why couldn't Axel leave him alone.
When he arrieved in the classroom it immediately began.
"Hey Roxy" Glare "Come on, I know you like this name. Anyways, you are going to the cafeteria with me in the break. I recently noticed that you don't eat at all in school. Maybe that's the reason you are this small. And if you don't have money you can repay it to me. Maybe I even accept it if you want to pay it back with your body."
Axel said suggestively and wiggled his eyebrows.
God, he's getting more and more obnoxious each day. And paying back with my body, who does he think he is? Roxas frowned.
"No thank you, I don't think I would want to go to the cafeteria with you. And besides, I have somewhere I have to be during lunch break so please don't bother me." He answered as civilized as he could. Even if it was a lie that he had something to do during lunch break, he could just sneak out with his books and hide from Axel.
"Mooaa, don't be this cold again. Your rejection from yesterday is still hurting. I bet you don't have something to do! And your smile really is nice. You should smile more often, not just around that guy. Oh, while we're at it, who was that guy yesterday?"
Roxas was saved from answering by the teacher stepping in and addressing the class.
"Listen, on Thursday we're going on a class excursion to exhibition on history. There are mostly weapons but they tell you a lot about the humans at that time and the wars which you'll be discussing in history this year. I expect you at nine in the morning in front of the Central station."
Everyone groaned. History, how boring. Only Roxas seemed exited at the prospect of leaning something about weapons.
Ten minutes before lunchbreak his phone vibrated quietly in his bag. Hoping that no one noticed, he opened his new message and read a message from Sora.
Standing outside your school r8 now. Have food for lunch. Eat with me?
He stared at it incredulous. Why was Sora here? Didn't he have school? It seemed that he had taken to heart what Cloud had told him and was getting him to eat.
Why aren't you at school? Gonna be out in 10 minutes, w8 at the g8 for me.
Roxas answered and waited quietly for a reply.
Well, skipped 3rd period =) Am waiting already=D
He send back and waited for the last ten minutes before hurrying out, avoiding Axel and heading to meet Sora. He didn't notice Axel and soon after Riku as well following him.
"Sor!" Roxas exclaimed.
"You can't just skip school to come and eat with me! I'm sure that's not what Cloud meant. But thanks anyway."
The last sentence he added hastily when he saw the slightly hurt look on Soras' face.
That was enough for Sora to be his usual and bubbly self again.
"Well I didn't know what to get you so I bought about ten different sandwiches. I'm eating the rest and I like all of them, so choose what you like!" he beamed at him.
They wandered to an old tree ant sat down in his shadow. Sora unpacked the sandwiches and Roxas took his favorite ham and cheese one first.
"Oh, I love chilli sandwiches! And you're taking a tuna one right?"
Someone said and suddenly two sandwiches were gone. He turned around only to find a smirking Axel taking a bite of a chilli sandwich and Riku looking hungry at his tuna sandwich and ... Sora?
What the hell?What does this guy want from Sora?
Well, here's the next chapter. Hope you like it. I know there isn't much happening but it also reveals a bit of Roxas past. Who do you think were the members of his band? I'll only say that there were three girls and one other boy.=) And Riku's not really subtle is he? Hehe…=)
And have you noticed that the chapters are getting longer a bit? not much but at least a bit =)
Oh and I have a new poll open, which animal suits Roxas the most^^ If you have time, please vote for it.
Love Ghazalia