Rabbits vs. Phoenix
Chapter six
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"Hey! Those are our sandwiches!"
Sora protested while Roxas only stared at the two dumbfounded. Had they been following him? And if they were, then why? Hadn't he clearly told Axel that no, he didn't want to eat with him? That fucking stalker!
And now he had brought his lapdog Riku along. Who, mind you, was totally staring at Sora, and Sora, like always, was the only one who didn't notice this. But he wasn't completely oblivious to the stare. Did he see a slight blush on Sora?
It was a good thing that Axel and Riku didn't know the members of Black Phoenix, otherwise they would have recognized Sora at once. But their gang was a very young one, so Roxas couldn't blame them for not knowing his gang.
"Leave us alone. And you are paying for those sandwiches."
Roxas stated and looked at Sora, beckoning him to state a price.
Sora smirked evilly, if that was even possible. But Roxas wanted it to look evil, so it did. For Riku it just looked incredibly cute and he had to hold himself back from cuddling Sora right then and there. But that would just scare the boy, and so he held back his desires.
"Weeeelllllll….. the two sandwiches you just took will cost you 20 euro, and the next ones will be 25 euros. Mind you, they are the best one you can get around here. But if you want to stay here, you are only allowed to if you eat those. So pay up."
Roxas had to hold in the laughter. There was no way they were paying this much for a sandwich. Axel and Riku looked at Sora like he was some kind of Alien as well.
"20 euro…. The hell? You want 20 euro for two scrawny sandwiches?"
Axel asked incredulous. Riku instead directed his answer clearly at Sora
"Sure, I'll pay. By the way, what is your name? I'm Riku. Nice to meet you."
Roxas, Axel and Sora stared at him unbelievingly while Riku handed Sora the money.
"Uhm, my name is Sora. Nice to meet you too?"
Sora answered a bit suspicious. Why did that guy just pay 20 euro for two sandwiches which cost him 10 euros at most and why was he this polite? Oh well, nothing he could do about this now. But damn was that Riku good-looking.
Riku sat down between Roxas and Sora, glaring at Roxas while doing so. Axel just smirked and sat down without letting his eyes stray from Roxas.
"So Roxy, what are you up to today? You and your friend here could come with Riku and me and we can go to the arcade or somewhere else? We can introduce some friends to you, we're all in the same gang. Maybe you've heard of them, they're called `Mad Rabbits´. But as I see it, Roxy, you probably don't go out much except for the library, right? We're going to show you the fun part of life!"
Axel rambled on, without pausing once. Roxas stared at him, then at Sora who was clearly trying to stop himself from bursting into laughter. He took a deep breath to calm down and then listed his answer
"Firstly, don't call me Roxy. Secondly, no I don't want to go anywhere with you and Riku, Sora and I already have plans. Thirdly, I've heard of Mad Rabbits but I have no desire to meet them tonight. And lastly, I don't even know where the library is in this town! And where do you think I have met Sora if I don't go out! Surely not in this school. I believe I already know the fun part of life better than you do, thank you."
He had gotten louder as he went on and was clearly angry.
"Sora, we're leaving. Come, we're going to get my things and go to your place. Axel, tell the teacher I wasn't feeling well, I think a bug was getting to me." (A/N.: A bug called Axel)
He flashed his brightest smile at Axel.
Hah you bastard, there you have it! But what if he pulls the same stunt I pulled with him before (A/N.: See chapter four). Well it doesn't matter either way, as long as I get away from him for now.
Axel looked a bit bewildered but clearly wanting to persuade him to change his mind. But before he could say anything, Sora already interrupted him.
"Yay! We can skip the rest of the day! My parents are home today but they won't care. Rather, they'll be totally happy to see you around and that we're having a good time. Let's go."
With that Roxas went to get his things while Sora went to the gates to fetch his bike.
Riku went after Sora and asked, almost shyly (A/N.: WTF Riku shy? Sorry forgive me for this, but in this story Riku doesn't have a lot of love experience, so he's shy=) )
"Are you coming again and would you give me you mobile number?"
Confused by this direct approach Sora gave Riku his number without thinking and added
"Yeah, I'll probably come again as long as Roxas is here… Why?"
"Oh, just because… no reason really… Well see you sometime again. Bye Sora."
With that Riku turned and went back to a droopy looking Axel. Then it dawned on Sora. He had just given Riku –the right hand man of their enemies' gang- his phone number! Was he stupid or something? But why did that guy have to look this good while asking questions? Who would be able to concentrate on his common-sense? Oh well, it wasn't like Riku was going to call him anyways, right? Right?
Please tell me won't call me. But that would't be so bad right? He is rather good-looking… No Sora, you are straight, you don't want him to call! But... but…
Slowly Sora was beginning to panic, but just then Roxas came back and sat down behind him on his bike. He hid his panicked face and chose to ignore what had happened this afternoon with Riku. He would just delete it from his memory.
"Let's go! I want to get away from here fast!"
And from them.
Roxas and Sora decided, that they were going to meet up with their gang tonight and to hear, if anything had happened to them after their little 'prank'.
Sora grinned at Roxas who was applying eye-liner.
"With the time you need in the bath one could assume you were a woman. No one I know needs one hour in the bath. One hour! Hurry up, we're late already and you don't want to run do you?"
"Fine, I'm almost finished! "
With that he went out of the bath and glared at Sora.
"But now I'm definitely the better-looking one of us."
Sora just grinned. He knew it was true. Styled and with eye-liner Roxas really looked breathtaking. If Sora were gay and Roxas weren't his best friend he might would have gone for him.
"Oh yeah, how should I call you in front of the others? They just know you as Saxor right? Don't you want to tell them the truth soon?"
"I know, I should do it, but not tonight, okay? I still don't know them as well as I know you so don't rush me. Call me Sax when we're with them. When we're alone you can call me Roxy like you always do. Even though I hate the name Roxy. "
Sora just nodded and grinned
"Of course Roxy."
They went out to their meeting-point in the park again. The others were already waiting there, discussing heatedly among themselves.
"And I said it's too soon to attack them head on! We haven't even started some big street fights, only small ones. So how are we supposed to win against one of the strongest gangs in town?"
That was Tidus talking. He and Hayner were the main ones shouting at each other.
"So what! We can't just hide like some gutter-rats all the time! We're going to fight them soon anyways. Why not today or to tomorrow?"
"A good reason not to fight today is that you surely don't want to go to school covered in bruises, right? The best day for the fight would be Friday night since we don't have school for the next two days and everyone should have time. Does anyone know how to contact one of the Mad Rabbits guys?"
The gang turned around and greeted Saxor and Sora. Suddenly they saw Zexion tensing up and hiding behind Hayner, the biggest one in their group.
"If that isn't Sora! I thought you had plans with little Roxy today?"
A voice behind Saxor and Sora chimed. Sax recognized it immediately and only turned aound halfway with his head lowered down. Sora had the same thought as him and positioned himself so that he stood a bit before Saxor before turning around to face Axel and Riku.
"So what. It's none of your business what Roxy and I do. Besides, I have a message for you: Friday night, at eleven p.m. at the river bank near the clock tower, your gang, our gang, a showdown. Understood?"
Riku stared at him incredulously.
"Your gang? So what you said that night when your friend bumped into Axel was true? You're with Black Phoenix? No way!"
"Oh, I see the one who smacked me down! There he is, standing behind him! Hello little one^^ Heh, fine, all the better! Then I have one more reason to win against this little gang. And I see that our little run-away Zexion is here with you too. "
Axel called and sniggered. Zexion just cringed.
"So you guys are Black Phoenix… Fine, Friday night at the river bank. Our gang against your gang. Be prepared to lose. See you! Come one Riku, the others are waiting!"
With that they were gone and the gang stared at Sora and Saxor like they were pink invincible pigs.
"What the fuck, Saxor? Why didn't you say anything to him and only Sora talked? Aren't you our leader?"
Olette asked and looked as confused as the others did.
"Well there's a reason for that. Axel and Riku can't see me right now. It's already bad enough if they see me Friday. I'll explain, but complain afterwards, okay? What I did I did because I had to. And I won't excuse myself for it.
First of all, my name isn't Saxor, it's Roxas, but please continue to call me Saxor. I can't let anyone find out what I'm doing at night, that would cause too much trouble. Especially with Axel and Riku. Axel is in my class in school and Riku in the one next to it. In school I act like a nerd so that I don't attract attention. I promised someone very important to me that I wouldn't cause trouble at school anymore."
Roxas looked at Sora who nodded at him encouragingly.
"Well anyways, Axel is in my class and already bothering me enough as it is. If he finds out my real self, I don't want to imagine what would happen. Oh and one more thing, the me you guys know is the true me. So that's it."
Everyone stared at him.
"So that means that every day in school you have to pretend to be someone else and to top that you are in the same class with that annoying red head? Poor Saxor! Come here."
Kairi cried and tried to hug Roxas. He nimbly evaded her before his attention was called back to the others.
"What the hell? How can you just pity him? He lied to all of us! How can you still trust him?"
Hayner yelled, as hot-headed as always.
"Hayner, could you do it? Be in one class with Axel and not blow up? I think it must be pretty hard on Roxas, no, Saxor. I believe it is admirable to honor a promise he made to this extend."
Zexion intervened and stared at Hayner with his ice-blue eyes.
"Well, that's true, but still…"
"Hayner, I do apologize for lying to you, but there's no way I would do anything different if the same thing would happen again. So believe me and come on Friday to fight with us or leave."
"… Fine. I'll come. I can somewhat understand you. Let's not talk about it anymore.
So that concludes this chapter^^ I hope you like it. And my poll to determinate which animal Roxas resembles is still open so feel free to vote!
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