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"Roxas, are you sure we're not lost?" Sora asked, an edge to his voice. His brother continued to pull him along the hallway.
"It's just your sense of direction that's off." He shot back over his shoulder. "You get lost more than I do, and anyways, look – we're here." He opened the door. "See?"
He gave a paper to the woman at the desk, who was busying herself with the attendance – they were a good ten minutes late.
"Sorry we're late." He simply said. She raised an eyebrow, reading the note.
"Why are you late?" She asked, putting the note aside. She didn't look mean, and she wasn't, which helped their case a little – she felt sorry for the two.
"We had to go deliver something." He shrugged. He had to wait for her to tell them to sit, as rules applied. Sora was busying himself glancing around the room, where a few students were doing the morning work.
"Why this morning?" She asked, a little curious. Roxas frowned, thinking she was asking a little too much.
"Because the hospital's visiting hours are only from nine to one today!" Sora supplied, smiling. Roxas sighed.
"Thank you, Sora." He muttered sarcastically, grabbing his brother by the wrist and pulling him to their desks.
"Ow, Roxas. That hurts!" The blond sighed again, letting go.
"Sorry." He sat down, staring out the window. His brother followed his lead, sitting at his own chair and meeting the gaze of the people looking at them, looking at them in return wide-eyed, curious. They quickly turned back around when the woman stood up, smiling.
"Okay, take out your creative writing journals, and write a poem. Something about an event you know." They all nodded, concentrating on their work. Sora had his face near his paper, the tip of his tongue sticking through his teeth, concentrating. Roxas just stared out the window. The woman, Jenny, as she asked all her students to call her, walked up to the bond and crouched on her toes beside his desk, her arms flat on it.
"You're not writing?" She asked him. He closed him eyes.
"It's already in my mind." He told her flatly. "Plus you'll make us all read it out loud, so why bother wasting paper?"
"Alright then, you'll be going first, okay?" She smiled, getting back up. He protested, but she listened to none of it.
Five minutes later she stood beside her desk again. Roxas groaned internally; he never liked the teachers who picked on him in this manner. He always managed to stick out like a sore thumb that way.
"Okay, everyone; Roxas has volunteered to go first in telling us his poem; you will all be going after him, don't worry." She smiled. "Roxas?"
Yeah, I didn't volunteer myself, you know. He sighed to himself, keeping his eyes closed.
"Seventeen petals fall down with the wind,
Counting the days left before the end.
Her life hanging by those fragile rose petals,
She pretends she's okay, but she's not.
Her eyes cloud over and dim over time,
Each day she says less and less.
He watches; he knows it's his doing,
And yet, he doesn't help her fight.
Five petals now stand,
And they slowly fall with the wind.
Her eyes fade; her fire dies,
She's lost to the world;
But she's just one small piece,
So it doesn't matter.
Since her rose has died out,
Falling to the hold of time."
He frowned, hating how he can never write something without using his heart.
My life is hell. He concluded.
"Excellent, Roxas. You seem to be on a class entirely of your own." Jenny said, clapping. "Who's next?"
"Roxas…" Sora whispered, trying to keep it down. "Was that about… mom?"
He didn't answer his brother's question.
They walked out of their English class silently, keeping to themselves. Someone pushed Sora's shoulder.
"Oh, hey, Sora! I've been looking for you!" He and Roxas turn to look at the teen who caught their attention. Roxas sighed inwardly.
"Hiya Riku!" Sora smiled. "What's up?"
"Axel was whining yesterday that he didn't get to meet you guys, so he's been at my- ow, damnit Axel!" He swiped at the tall teen's hand that had hit him behind the head.
"I wasn't whining." He frowned, his green eyes watching his friend accusingly.
"Hiya Axel!" Sora smiled, making Roxas wonder how his brother could always be so happy. "I'm Sora, and here's my older twin brother, Roxas!"
"Come on, Sora. We should get going." Roxas' eyes were flat, a little sad, maybe, or down, and he turned away from the two teens.
"Aw, come on, Roxas! Don't be such an anti-social." Sora pouted.
"I'm not, I'm just thinking that if we want to-" He stopped when he heard the tall redhead's sentence.
"Yeah, come on, shorty, keep up your end of the conversation."
A nerve snapped inside Roxas – the one thing he didn't stand when someone said something about him was when it was something about his height – he was shorter than his younger twin brother.
Sora's eyes were wide, his hands waving from side to side, his head shaking, telling the tall teen to stop, biting his lip when he saw the familiar look in Roxas' eyes.
Roxas punched the tall redhead in the stomach, making him fall to his knees. He brought his face close to the boy's ear.
"Don't call me short, damnit." He hissed, stalking off.
"Eh? Roxas, wait!" He turned briefly to Riku and Axel. "I'm sorry about that. Roxas is a really nice guy, really, he just – ah! Roxas! Wait!" He ran off after his brother before he got left behind.
"Damn that hurt. Kid's got a lot more strength in him than he lets on." Axel muttered, his face pale – well, it always was, really, but still. "You still want to be their friend?"
"Well, everyone needs a friend to rely on, especially in their position." Riku said silently, looking after them. "And by what I can see, they need the extra support; you can tell they're suffering about something through their eyes."
"If you insist – damn, why do I even put up with this?"
"Stop stalking us, damnit!" Roxas yelled, loosing his patience. "I can see you, so just stop fucking hiding and come on out before I come over there and beat both of you up!"
Sora's eyes widened at his brother's words, an eyebrow raised. They were in the middle of the town, on a frequented sidewalk, and a few people were staring at the blond.
"Temper, temper." Axel sighed, shaking his head. Both he and Riku walked on out from their 'hiding place' to stand a few feet from the brothers.
"Come back for more?" Roxas asked, his temper already thin. He didn't really like the redhead, for some reason.
"Can I say something?" Axel asked, smirking. "Your name sounds oddly like rocks mmf." Sora jumped in time, covering the redhead's mouth with his hand.
"Don't finish that." He hissed.
"No… let him finish it." Roxas smiled, his voice stretched. "I want to hear his opinion."
"You won't hurt him, right?" Sora asked. Riku just looked confused.
"Of course not. I'm just curious."
Sora let go hesitantly, keeping close.
"Please, do go on." Roxas smiled, gesturing with his hand.
"Like I said," Axel shot Sora a look of mild hatred for what he did. "Your name sounds like rocks ass."
"I see…"
He lunged within a second, lashing out with his foot and connecting with his stomach, sending him flying a good three feet onto the sidewalk. He slammed his foot on Axel's chest, his eyes gleaming dangerously.
"Don't ever say something like that, either." He hissed darkly. He took his foot off of him, stalking off.
"Roxas! Where are you going now?" Sora cried out, calling out after him.
"I'm going there. Come see me once you're done with that idiot and his friend." He walked off, fuming. Sora sighed, crouching on his toes next to Axel, poking the teen's chin.
"I tried to warn you." Axel groaned when Sora told him those words flatly. "He's off to burn some steam."
"Where does he go to do that?" Riku asked, poking Axel's chin too.
"Somewhere where no one really goes anymore, really." Sora sighed, closing his eyes. "It's really just a way to change the pain."
"The… pain?" Axel asked, looking at the teen with a green eye.
"How could I start? You wouldn't understand." He stopped poking Axel's chin altogether. "What my brother has lived through is more of a hell than I know."
"Can we… know?" Riku asked. Sora stood up.
"We'll go talk back at my place; I'm not really supposed to talk about it to anyone." He gestured with his hand, helping Axel up.
Hope you liked it! I'll add more in a bit