Faded: Well, here's chapter 8. Poor Roxas, I'm really starting to feel sorry for the little guy. Why? Well, you'll just have to wait and see.

Riane: Oooh!! I know! It's cause--

Faded: -covers Riane's mouth- It's not important.

Riane: Fiiine...anyway The Faded Guardian doesn't own any of the characters/songs/places in this story except for the OCs. All of that stuff belongs to their rightful owners. -nods-

Faded: And now, I give you...CHAPTER 8!!

Bleh. I thought to myself. I seriously hope I passed that history test. I was so nervous about my grade I hardly ate any of my dinner. But why shouldn't I have been? That test was worth like, 200 points in the grade book! But whatever…it'll be fine. Hopefully… Then, I couldn't take the stress anymore, and 20 minutes before dinner was over, I got up and said, "I'm going back to the dorm."

"I'll come with you," Axel said, getting up as well.

I nodded blankly and waved goodbye. I heard Naomi say goodbye and saw Roxas wave to us. Wonder if he's ok. He's so distant these days…

As Axel and I trooped up the stairs to the dorm, I felt like something was going to happen. Something big. A thousand and one possibilities raced through my head, but none of them seemed right. What, what, WHAT was going to happen? It was driving me to the brink of fucking insanity. When Axel opened the door, I was a bit nervous about going in. "Come on," Axel said gently. "Aren't you going to come in?"

"Yea, I'm coming…" I replied, nodding.

I walked in and sat down on my bed, kicking my feet back and forth. Axel came over and sat next to me and asked, "Anything wrong? You seem kinda out of it."

Yes! My mind screamed. Everything is wrong! No matter how hard I try, my thoughts always, ALWAYS go back to Marluxia! But instead of that, I said, "No. I'm fine."

"Alright. If you say so…" He scooted closer and slid his hand on top of mine. The hunger and lust that filled me was unimaginable. I wanted him. My whole body screamed for him. Just kiss him! My mind shrieked, just do it! Unable to resist my body's commands any longer, I leaned towards him. Before I knew it, our lips were sorta smashed together. And this time, instead of hearing a Naomi, part of a song danced through my head.

Let's get these teen hearts beating. Faster, faster!

Naomi's POV

As Roxas and I came back from dinner, I could tell he was very tense. But after all, why wouldn't he be? The two love birds had left dinner 20 minutes before us. As I unlocked the door and walked in, something seemed out of place. I'm really not sure what it was but it may have been because Axel and Riena were freaking making-out on her bed! I, being the collected person that I was, just ignored them and went to my bed to start my homework. Roxas, on the other hand, just stayed put, feet glued to the floor, and wide blue eyes fixed on the couple. I sighed and shook my head. The poor boy was a lost cause! I walked over and poked him in the side and said, "Aww. Isn't that sooo cute?" Silence was my only response. "Roxas?" More silence. "Roxas??" Even more silence. I waved my hand in front of his face and said, "ROXAS!!"

"Huh? What? Whaddaya want?" He asked, breaking out of his trance.

"Don't you think that's cute?"

"Yea, sure. Whatever."

"Or are you jealous?" I whispered.

"Wh-what are you talking about?! Where did you get that idea??"

I felt like being mean to Riena, so I walked up to her and Axel and said in a really annoyed voice, "Didn't I stop you two from doing this last time?"

Riena's POV

I heard someone say something and realized that Axel and I were no longer alone in the room. "Didn't I stop you two from doing this last time?" It was Naomi's voice. Shit… I thought. I detached from Axel and pulled the covers over my head. "I will disappear now!" I cried.

She reached over and pulled the covers off of me and said, "Looks like your little disappearing act didn't work."

"Eheheheh…sorry." I said, super embarrassed.

She shook her head and laughed. "S'okay. We're fine with it, right Roxas?"

"What? Oh, yea…" he said, looking away.

"What? You're not gonna kill me?" I asked.

"No…why would I?" Naomi asked.

"Well……cause you seemed to not want Axel and I to, y'know."

"Ohh. Well, it's fine now. You guys just do whatever you want. Just don't take her virginity, Axel."

"Darn. Ruin all my plans why don't you." Axel teased. "But I wouldn't do that. I know better."

"Sure you do."

I laughed. They pretended to hate each other, but Naomi and Axel had that friendly-hate thing going on.

"Hey, Naomi, Riena," Roxas said, "Can you two go somewhere?"

"Why?" I asked.

"Axel and I need to talk about some things," he replied.

"What kinda things?" Naomi asked.

"Guy stuff."

"Ok."

I bounded up from the bed and motioned for Naomi to follow. She walked over and opened the door, with me following behind her.

Roxas' POV

I waited until the door clicked shut, then turned to face Axel. "You have a lot of explaining to do." I told him bitterly.

"I know, I know," he said. "I didn't mean to take her from you."

"Well, you did." I crossed my arms. Yes, I know it's childish, but still! When I'm upset, that's how I get.

"Look, if I break up with her, will that make you happy?" he asked.

"No, 'cause then she'll be upset. And if there's one thing I hate more than you taking her, it would be seeing her upset."

"You didn't seem too pissed when she got her heart broken by Marluxia."

Riena's POV

Naomi and I were out walking around the school gardens. I had told her that the gardens brought back bad memories. But nooooo. She said I needed to, "get over my memories." Whatever.

As we walked along, Naomi tried to get me to talk, but I refused. Then, I saw it; that pink-brown hair that I would recognize anywhere. I yelped slightly and ducked behind her. "What is it?" she asked.

"It's him! He's stalking me!"

Roxas' POV

Shit… I thought. "Wh-what are you talking about?" I asked.

"When she came back from Homecoming in tears." Axel replied. "You ignored her and I went to comfort her."

"Well…I didn't want to see her like that. And I wouldn't know what to do!"

"Excuses, excuses. Why don't you just say that you didn't care?"

"I did, and still do, care!"

"Then why don't you do anything?"

"Because…" Why hadn't I done anything? Was I too busy being happy they were over to notice? "I don't know."

"Then try to get her mind off of it. She only wants to forget."

Riena's POV

When I looked out from behind Naomi, I saw him walking right toward us. Not again! I thought to myself. But this time, he stopped by Naomi. "Hey Naomi." He said casually.

"Hello Marluxia." She replied, boredly.

"Can I ask you something?"

"Here it comes…" I muttered.

Naomi snickered, and then said, "Sure."

"Would you go out with me?" he asked.

"No."

"Please?"

"No."

"Why?"

"No."

"Gimme a reason!"

"No."

"Think about it at least."

Naomi was silent for a few moments.

"Well?"

"No."

"Aw, c'mon!"

She sighed irritatdedly and said, "What part of 'no' don't you get?"

"All of it!" He said angrily.

"Wow. You must be dumber than you look. And you already look dumb to begin with." Naomi and I laughed and high-fived. "C'mon." I said. "They should be done by now."

"Alright," she said, wiping away tears from laughing too much.

As we walked back, I quite literally almost ran into Roxas. "Whoa." I backed up and looked up. "Oh, hey Roxas." I said.

"Oh, hey," he replied.

Then I back-tracked. "Wait a sec, why aren't you with Axel?"

He shrugged. "I was sent to go get you guys."

"Well you got us," Naomi said. "Now let's go."

We walked back to the room in silence. Roxas was being strangely quiet, and seemed slightly spaced out. I was going to ask him is he was ok, but decided against it in case I just made things worse. The rest of the day was also pretty uneventful, and by the time we got back from dinner, everyone basically went straight to sleep.

Axel's POV

As soon as I was sure everyone else was asleep, I quietly crept out of bed. I had to know what Riena was hiding under that wristband of her's. I tip-toed over to the side of her bunk. Fortunately for me, her bunk was on the bottom. She turned over in her sleep, and one arm dangled off the side of her bed. Luckily enough for me, I was the one with her wristband on it. Score! I thought to myself. I reached out and in one swift motion, pulled off her wristband. I gently grabbed her wrist to see what she might have been hiding. Then I saw it.

Scars.

At least ten of them, slashed every which-way along the area that was covered by her wristband. I quickly put her wristband back on. I couldn't look; it was too…upsetting. I went back to bed and decided to talk to her about it tomorrow.

Faded: dun dun dun!! Well, Axel finally knows what was under her wristband, but what's he going to do about it? I could tell you, but that would just ruin it, wouldn't it? Stay tuned for the next chapter!

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