Chapter Three
The sound of the doorbell made Sora come running to the front door. "Coming!" Sora shouted. He opened the door and greeted the blonde boy in front of him. "Ye-llo!"
"Morning." Roxas smiled.
"Mornin'!" Sora said cheerfully.
"So, you ready to go?" Roxas asked.
"Just give me one second." Sora said. He went over to their center table and grabbed his bag. He slung it over his shoulder and called for his mom. "Mom! Roxas and I go now."
Aerith went to the living, wearing her trademark pink dress and a white apron with ruffles on the side. "Alright dear." Aerith smiled. "Just be careful, okay?"
"I will mom." Sora smiled and kissed his mother's cheek. He went over to Roxas and stepped out of the house. "Bye mom!" Sora waved back. "Goodbye sweetie." Aerith said sweetly.
"Bye Mrs. Hikari." Roxas bowed down.
"Goodbye Roxas." Aerith smiled. Roxas smiled back and left with the brunette.
"Dude where's your skateboard?" Roxas asked. Sora looked at Roxas and saw that the blonde was holding a skateboard on his left hand. "Oh yeah!" Sora mentally slapped himself in the head. "I almost forgot about that." Sora laughed. He quickly went back at his house and grabbed his skateboard.
"Okay. I'm here." Sora announced. He placed his skateboard down and jumped on it. Roxas did the same. "Do you wanna race?" Roxas asked.
"Well… not exactly." Sora said truthfully. "I not yet familiar with the routes here so might as well have a slow ride instead."
"Okay." Roxas said. "But next time, I'm gonna race ya and beat you to school."
Sora smirked. "You sure about that?"
"Positive." Roxas said proudly.
"We'll see." Sora laughed as began to roll away.
"Wait for me, Sora." The brunette just laughed.
"Hey Roxas…" Sora asked as Roxas caught up with him.
"Yeah?"
"I was wondering why your dad wasn't home last night?" He tilted his head to the side so that he could look at Roxas properly.
"My dad's on business trip." Roxas stated. "But don't worry, my dad said that he'll be back this weekend."
"Oh." Sora said.
"My mom said that she'll even invite you for dinner on Saturday for dad's arrival."
"Really?" Sora's eyes shone with happiness.
Roxas chuckled. "What are you getting excited about?" Roxas asked. "It not like it's the first time you'll be going to my house."
Sora pouted. "I know. But we're going to your house again." Sora stated. "And this time, I get to meet your dad." Roxas shook his head but then continued to 'skate' towards school.
As the two reached Twilight High, they immediately went to their lockers.
"So this is your locker." Roxas commented as they reached locker 158. "Mine's over there." Roxas pointed at the locker five spaces away from Sora's. He looked back at Sora and said, "Well at least your locker's close to me."
"Eh? Why's that?" Sora asked.
"That way, you wouldn't be lost in case you need to look for me." Roxas poked Sora's nose ands laughed.
"Hey!" Sora pouted. Roxas laughed again and went to his locker.
Sora closed his locker door and zipped his bag. "I've got my things, Roxas." He said as he walked towards the blonde.
"Me too." Roxas smiled and closed his locker.
"Let's go?" Sora asked.
"Yup, and I'll race you." Roxas said as he ran.
"Roxas!" Sora whined. "You cheater!"
"No I'm not. You're just a slow poke." Roxas laughed as he continued to run towards their classroom.
"Roxas…" Sora shook his head and chased after the blonde. When Sora reached their classroom, Roxas was already in his seat, doodling something in his notebook. Roxas looked up from his notebook and said, "Oh hey!" Roxas grinned. "Took you long enough to get here."
Sora grunted. "Don't gloat." Sora commanded. "If I'm not mistaken, you just arrived here as well."
"Do you have any proof?" Roxas raised a brow.
"No." Sora fumed. Roxas just laughed. Sora shook his head. He took his seat next to Roxas and placed his bag beside his desk.
"Hey guys!" Sora and Roxas looked up and saw one of their energetic friends, Kairi.
"Hello?" Roxas said unsure.
"Hey Kairi!" Sora greeted cheerfully.
"Hey Sora!" Kairi smiled. Sora smiled back. "Anyway, the reason I came here is because I wanted to know if you guys wanted to come with us later this afternoon?"
"Where?" Roxas asked.
"Well… Since Sora is new here, I've decided to show him around!" Kairi stated, cheerfully.
"That's great, Kairi!" Sora exclaimed. "I'll come."
"Really?" Kairi asked, excitedly. Sora nodded. Kairi smiled.
"You'll come too, right?" Sora looked at Roxas, pleadingly.
"Of course." Roxas sighed then smiled.
"Great!" Sora squeezed Roxas's cheek.
"Ow!" Roxas pouted as he rubbed his injured cheek.
Sora laughed. "You know, you look cute when you pout." Sora giggled. Roxas, however, blushed at this. Sora looked at Roxas and saw the tint of red in Roxas's cheeks. Sora blushed as he realized what he just said.
"Roxas… I didn't mean it that way." Sora said. "But the thing is, it's true."
"I know." Roxas said. "I'm just not used to getting compliments." Roxas half-lied. Well, technically, I know how to handle compliments, but from you? I don't think so.
Sora smiled. The bell finally rang and Sir Demyx entered the classroom.
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"So you boys ready to go?" Kairi asked Sora and Roxas as she and Axel reached the main gate.
"Yeah." Sora nodded.
"What about Riku and Xion?" Roxas asked.
"Xion and Riku wouldn't be able to come 'cause they have a date tonight." Axel stated.
"Aww…" Sora cooed. " Now I really wish I DO have someone to date."
"You do." Axel said. " Like I've told you before, you just need to look on you si— OW!" Axel looked at Roxas.
"What?" Roxas asked innocently
"You thumped me!" Axel said.
"No I didn't." Roxas said.
"Yes you…" Axel sighed. "…Never mind."
Roxas smiled.
"C'mon guys." Kairi said. "We better get going if wanted to show Sora every corner of Twilight Town." Kairi grabbed Axel's hand and intertwined them as they began to walk.
"C'mon Roxas." Sora said cheerfully. "You'll can be my tour guide this afternoon."
"Tour guide?" Roxas raised a brow.
Sora laughed. He took Roxas's hand, making the latter blush, and dragged him towards their friends.
The four friends spent their time roaming around Twilight Town, showing Sora different places and their favorite hang-out spots.
"Whew! Some town you got here, huh?" Sora said as they reached the park.
"Sure is dude." Axel said.
Sora laughed. "Hey Roxas…" Sora looked at the said blonde. "Do you wanna ride the swings with me?"
"Err… Sora…" Roxas began. "Don't you think we're a little too old for that?"
Sora pouted. "You're no fun." Roxas just rolled his eyes.
"C'mon Sora, Axel and I will 'swing'…" Kairi quoted with her fingers. "…With you."
"Okay!" Sora smiled.
Sora and Kairi sat on the swings while Axel pushed them.
"C'mon Roxas…" Sora shouted as his swing went up. "You're missin' out the fun."
Roxas shook his head. "I'd rather watch you instead."
"What?" Sora asked as Axel pushed him.
"N-nothing." Roxas blushed as he realized what he said.
"If you say so." Sora laughed.
Roxas smiled. He went under a nearby by tree and leaned against it. He crossed his arms in front of his chest and rested his head on the tree. He looked at the brunette and sighed heavily. "I wonder if I could ever tell you my feelings, Sora."
"Sure you can." A voice startled Roxas. Roxas looked at his right and saw Kairi, smiling.
"K-Kairi!" Roxas looked alarmed.
"What's wrong, Roxas?" Kairi laughed.
"How long have you been standing there?" Roxas asked, terrified.
"Long enough to hear your 'feelings' for Sora." Kairi giggled.
Roxas blushed. "What are you gonna do about it?"
"Nothing." Kairi said.
"Nothing?" Roxas repeated. "What do you mean nothing?"
"Exactly that."
"But… don't you usually help out when two people… well in this case me… are in love?" Roxas asked.
"Yeah… but the confession part is not my problem." Kairi stated.
Roxas sighed heavily. "But how am I gonna do that?" Roxas asked. "I mean first of all, I don't know a thing or two about love and—"
"You're bluffing, Roxas." Kairi crossed her arms.
"Kairi, have you seen me in love before?" Roxas raised a brow.
"No…" Kairi said softly.
"See… that's why this is important to me." Roxas fumed. "It's the first time I've actually felt this and I know for sure that this is love."
Kairi smiled. "So you really think Sora's the one?"
"Yes!" Roxas exclaimed. Kairi laughed. "Well, I don't really need to help you with your confession to Sora." She said. "All you need to do is to be true to yourself and tell him everything you wanted to say."
"What if I mess up?" Roxas asked, worried.
"That's okay." Kairi said. "It's part of the loving process." Roxas sighed. "But when that happens, I'm sure something good will happen and it'll all be better again."
"If you say so." Roxas said. "Thanks Kai—"
"SORA!" They heard Axel shouted.
Kairi and Roxas immediately brought their attention to the two boys and saw Sora lying on the ground with his face buried in the sand. Roxas rushed to Sora's side and lifted him. He sat him up and said, "Sora, are you okay?" Sora nodded slowly.
Roxas looked over shoulder and asked Axel. "What happened?"
"Well… Sora asked me to push him higher, so I did." Axel said. "But then I kinda lost control of the swing which made Sora fall." He finished in a sad tone.
"It's okay, Axel." Sora said. "It's not your fault." He smiled. "And Roxas…" He looked at the said blonde. "I'm alright. I promise." Roxas sighed. "That's good." He said and hugged Sora. Sora blushed at the sudden movement. Roxas blushed as well but he didn'tn't care about that right now. What's important is that Sora's not hurt.
He stood up and helped Sora up as well.
"I'm sorry if I made you worry, Roxas." Sora said, sheepishly. "But you know, the reason I was so childish back there is because I have you guys." Sora smiled, enthusiastically. "You guys were my first real friends that's why when you said we would hang-out, I got so excited in trying different things with you."
Roxas sighed. He looked at his bestfriend and said, "Its okay to be childish sometimes, Sora." He placed his hands on the brunette's shoulders and said, "But promise me, next time you wouldn't do reckless things again that might make me worry, okay?"
"Alright." Sora smiled. "So does that mean my bestfriend really cares about me?"
Roxas blushed. "Y-yeah."
"Aww… thank you, Roxie." Sora cooed and hugged his bestfriend which made Roxas blush harder.
Axel and Kairi just laughed at this.
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A/N: Hehehe… that's chapter three… Hehehe… Don't forget to leave your reviews… Thank you… xD