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Say It Isn't So!
Chapter 7: Boy Who Cried Roxas
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Preparations were already underway, girls were screaming as new posters of possible "items" were posted up on the school walls in irresistible positions, and the one suffering most of all was in fact, yeah, you guessed it, Roxas.
"Put that over there! No! Not like that! Like- Gah! Lemme do it!"
A frantic little blond was seen scurrying through the school hallways endlessly during the past two weeks like he was the late rabbit in Alice in Wonderland. If he decided to carry around a pocket watch and grow some rabbit ears, he'd be perfect for the role.
Axel, being the real president would also be seen running after him, carrying a bunch of papers and bags that he was afraid the small boy couldn't handle himself. Just like a worried mother, he'd make sure that he was always in catching distance of Roxas whenever he climbed a ladder or be ready lift him up whenever he couldn't reach anything, much to Roxas' distaste.
It went on just like this. Roxas would be busy setting up the preparations and Axel would be there to help him, though it's a lot harder than it sounds. Roxas could standing perfectly still next to him one second and in the next, he'd already be halfway down the hallway yelling at some poor student to get the display right.
"Axel, lift me up." Roxas ordered, finally getting used to Axel's constant aid, his very constant and embarrassing aid.
The redhead grinned and complied with his wishes, placing his hands on the smaller boy's waist and lifted him into the air so that he could reach the top of the current poster. "Looks like you're getting used to me, Rox." He said once Roxas was back on the ground with a balanced weight.
The younger boy rolled his eyes and took a few steps back to examine the poster. "I think it looks good."
The poster was of Sora with an adorable grin on his face in a very Sora pose, which consisted of a goofy grin and a childish peace sign directed at the camera. At the upper right was Sora's name written in a downward fashion with cutesy lettering and at the bottom of poster was the word "Heartless," indicating that whoever was shown on this poster was to be auctioned off at the boy auction called "Heartless" later in the week.
"I think I'd like it better if you were on there." Axel smiled sweetly when Roxas became baffled at his sly teasing. "Why don't you join in Roxas? I'm sure you'd sell for a lot!"
Roxas let out a laugh, already seeing through the boy's facade. "Why do you think that? Maybe because you'd try to buy me?" When Axel decided to turn his eyes away with a little smile on his lips, Roxas affirmed this hypothesis. "No thanks. I'd rather die than be bought by you."
Axel pouted, crossing his arms across his chest in a cute huff.
"Come on, let's go, Prez," Roxas emphasized the status sarcastically, earning himself an even louder huff. He chuckled a bit and waved him over. "I'm serious, let's go, Axel."
"Yeah yeah." He waved off the blond's order, but as he did so, the rest of his world began to move along in tune with his hand. Axel began to totter back and forth, swaying from one foot to the other, keeping to his toes. "W-Wait... Roxas." He reached a hand out in the direction he thought Roxas was while the other pressed against his forehead gently.
He was burning up.
The heated skin was hot against his fingertips and only served to confirm that he probably should have stayed in bed this morning. Finally giving up on fighting the oncoming weakness, Axel collapsed onto his knees, startling the young boy. As he looked up, he caught Roxas' terrified eyes. Oh how he wish he didn't have to see those eyes again...
"Sorry." He mumbled before hitting the ground at last.
"Axel! Hey! What's wrong? -You're hot! How did- You have a fever? Shit! Ax-!"
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Roxas tapped his pencil impatiently as he sat unbearably still in his calculus class. He should probably be paying attention, but floating numbers and nonexistent planes aren't really interesting to him right now.
He just wanted to know if he was alright.
Just as the bell rang to signal the end of class and onto the next one, Roxas recognized the chime of his phone, telling him that he had just received a text message. He pulled it out hastily, to find that the sender was indeed Axel.
He opened the text and paled.
'Shit shit shit shit!' Roxas could only repeat the word in his head without ever thinking of another thought as he raced out of the classroom and out of the double doors that was meant to keep the students in during school hours. He was glad that he stole those keys from Axel earlier in the week; they certainly came in handy now.
He was also glad that he didn't really care about Axel because if he died...
'Shit! If he dies...' Roxas couldn't even think it. He remembered the text... The blond only knew one thing: find Axel.
Roxas burst through the front door of Axel's house, nearly tearing it out of its hinges and raced down the hall to his room, avoiding his guard dog which responsively growled and barked at him like he was an intruding rapist.
"AXEL!" His scream echoed off the walls as he stormed into the room out of breath and frazzled. He stopped in his tracks when he found a sight he was clearly not expecting. Never before had he thought that Axel would stoop this low... "'Roxas, save me, please. Come now!' ...What the hell was that?"
Axel was frozen on his bed, caught red-handed eating a small carton of chocolate ice cream with its complementary plastic spoon in between his fingers. "...I didn't think you'd come." His eyes were wide, looking as though he was a kid caught eating a cookie before dinner. He gulped down the bit of chocolate goodness already present in his mouth before smiling at his partner. "I didn't think you'd ditch school just to see if I was alright! Aww Roxas, I'm touched!"
"...You. Are. An. Asshole." Roxas growled, partially at Axel and partially at his dog who continued with its incessant barking. "Don't text me unless you really need something, damn it! I thought..." His anger subsided slightly as he brushed his fingers through his hair in aggravation. "Shit, I thought..." He sighed.
Axel tilted his head to the side, plastic spoon in mouth and caught between his lips. "Hm? Thought what?"
"...Nothing." The blond turned towards the door, ready to head back to school. He glanced over his shoulder and gave Axel the first sincere look he'd ever given the redhead, causing him to drop the spoon back into the carton subconsciously and gape at him. "Just don't do it again, 'kay?"
Axel nodded slowly and hesitantly, wondering if this was really the same Roxas. "Mm... hm... yeah, sure..."
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"SHIT, AXEL! WHAT HAPPENED?" The door to Axel's bedroom was kicked down once again, for probably the 5th time for the past 3 hours. And just like the four times before it, Roxas was staring at a more than okay Axel eating some kind of treat, which probably didn't help considering he still had a fever. "...Axel, I swear on my grades that if you do this one more time I will not rush home to 'save you'!"
Axel grinned at Roxas from his Snickers bar. "Okay!" He replied cheerfully.
And Roxas made his way back to school.
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"...AAAAAAxeeeeellll..." Roxas hissed, taking dark, ominous steps towards Axel's bedside. "Did I or did I not tell you not to do this again?"
"Did not!" Axel said cheekily, clicking his tongue like some smart aleck. "You said that you wouldn't come back, not that I shouldn't do it again." He grinned at Roxas and pulled the front of his shirt to bring him closer to the bed. "But here you are: back at my side because you're worried about me." If it were even possible, Roxas could already hear, yes, hear the heart at the end of his sentence like some manga scene.
"That's it! I'm going to strangle you!" Roxas lunged for the red-headed teen's neck and jumped onto the bed, straddling the boy under him, hands on neck and fingers laced at the back.
Axel choked back a fit of laughter as he grabbed onto Roxas' waist, trying to pull the boy frantically away from him. He probably should have been crying for dear mercy, but instead he only laughed and laughed. Perhaps it was the fever?
"R-Rox! Ch-Chill! You'll really kill me!"
Roxas let out a grunt as he retracted his hands from the boy's neck and agreed with his inner voice that he didn't need to go to jail on account of murder because of this stalker-like, lazy, too-sexy-for-his-own-good idiot. ...No, no, he didn't really mean that last part! It slipped! -Ah! No! It was never there! It's just... Just a new thought he acquired recently... Too much Axel exposure, y'know?
It's a disease.
He's still in the process of deliberating if it's contagious or not. More research is necessary. Good thing he has the real thing to do his research on.
"Fine." He mumbled, getting off Axel once he had calmed down. "Care to tell me why you've just caused me to ditch school about 5 times in one day?"
Axel's eyes wandered about the room, looking at everything except Roxas. If he knew how to, he'd probably be singing show tunes to try and change the subject or at least forget about the current one.
"Axel."
He took a quick glance at Roxas' stern eyes and broke down under the pressure. "Okay, okay." He pressed his fingers together, acting nervous and looking incredibly focused on keeping the fingertips in contact. "Well... It reassures me you care."
"Reassures?" Roxas snorted at the word. "When have you ever gotten the idea that I cared in the first place?" That's right. He absolutely did not care.
"...You're here aren't you?" Axel grinned, knowing that he was right and Roxas was just in denial. "You came every single time."
"..." Roxas turned slightly red before fumbling with the blankets that had been pushed to Axel's ankles. "G-Go to bed and get some sleep. You're still sick." He ordered and brought the covers over Axel, the odd shade still highlighting his face.
The redhead waited until Roxas was at the door to speak up again, his smile already giving away the fact that what was about to come out of his mouth was some cheesy and romantic line that made Roxas want to stuff a pillow into his mouth.
"Will you let me buy you now?"
...Or not.
Roxas leaned against the door frame of the door where Axel's dog had parked itself, finally getting used to the constant whirlwind Roxas brought whenever he ran into the room. He crossed his arms and stared at Axel's smile, reddening once the smile got bigger with every second he observed it.
"Yeah, yeah, sure."
The next day, Roxas, with the help of an all-too-happy pair of Sora and Demyx, posted up a new poster. It featured an unwilling blonde with arms crossed and an annoyed expression on his face, and yet it drew many pairs of eyes as the students passed by. On the bottom of the poster was the word "Heartless" and on the upper right hand corner, in a downward fashion, was the familiar name "Roxas."
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TA: Ohh the things the sick can make you do... It's terrifying. D: LoL Thanks to all my reviews everyone! It makes me want to keep on updating~! Oh and as a reply to InLoveWithASnakeboy...
I'm sure it's every fangirl's dream to have their own personal Axel locked up in a closet with a Roxas guard to make sure they stay in there. XD Cuz you know that Axel won't do anything to cross Roxas... Unless Roxas is locked in there with him... Then that's another story. LoL