Author's note: Hey guys! I knew I said there would be a lemon in this chapter… Just take a look for yourselves… sorry… and I didn't want to make this chapter longer then 3000 words but I did just for you guys!
Disclaimer: If I owned Kingdom Hearts… they wouldn't be allowed to publish KH III… But I DO Own Nexy (Nexanda)! She's my OC and you need permission to use her!
Not always a Fairy Tale… Chapter 2
Axel grabbed the cup and froze a moment, cocking his head to the side as he eyed his waiter. Nexanda and Demyx were still laughing and shaking their heads, and the redhead didn't snap out of it until his name was mention. "Um...thanks." He told the waiter boy, breaking the thought he had been in to enjoy the night with his friends again.
Roxas then left the trio in peace as their tea was being cooked for them but he was still able to hear their conversations. Then Demyx asked. "You STILL thinking about that girl you danced with? Come on man! You'll find her tomorrow... what colour eyes did she have?" He asked suddenly wanting to know some details so he could help his friend.
Axel nearly jumped at the sound of Demyx's voice before he sighed and looked up in thought. "It was hard to see through the mask. I believe they were blue. Like, and ocean or lake blue. They were odd. Never seen such a color around HERE before… besides Sora and Rox-Waiter boy's" He stated, trying to remember what he could of the girl.
"But still...the person that unlocks the phone MUST BE the person you're looking for I mean... only on person would know the combination!" Nexanda pointed out with that goofy grin still. Roxas soon came up to the jocks with their food. "Hope all that dancing made you all hungry!" Roxas truly smiled for once. "Hope you all enjoy your meals" He said leaning over to each one to place their food down.
Demyx and Nexanda just rolled their eyes and nodded, while Axel studied Roxas a bit more before shrugging and grabbing his own food. "Unless she has friends that know it. I just hope it's her. She...didn't seem to want to tell me her name. Like she was stalling."
"It's unlikely" Demyx said before Roxas walked away with a sigh, who then quickly packed that table away next to them, leaving just the trio left. His step mother then came in. "ROXAS!" She shirked "Where' is my Red dress? You know the one with the mask" She said walking up to the boy. "It's in your room, dry cleaned and ironed stepmother" He said and was read for a slap that usually happened.
Axel looked up at the loud yell, eyes wide until it quieted down. "Damn, harsh much? I'd hate to have a mother like THAT." The redhead murmured, shocked that someone could be THAT mean to their own kids, related or not. Nexanda and Demyx just shrugged, not really caring. "Not like it's our problem anyway." They stated
Three....Two...One... -SLAP- as if on queue she slapped Roxas and he didn't even flitch haven gotten used to it by now. "That's for disobeying my orders" She then snapped her stick like fingers "Let go up stairs boys, we have work to do" Once she left a hand print was left on his cheek. Sure it stringed but he didn't even let tears fall. And he DEFFENTLY did not want to cry in front of Axel and those jerks. "Go on, Make fun, like you always do..." He said to the jocks sitting down.
Demyx and Nexanda were laughing saying that woman had Roxas on a leash, but Axel just stared at him, not laughing, or doing much of anything. With a sigh, he grabbed a pen that was on the table and a napkin, scribbling down two words before finishing off his food. "C'mon guys, let's go." He chirped, standing up and heading to the door, leaving a napkin that simply read "I'm...sorry." on it.
After they left Roxas cried gently just wanting to get out of his stepmothers hell hole but he couldn't. She really did have him on a leash and it continued to strangle him. Roxas cried harder when he saw the napkin. "This is just half of it" He said pitifully between the sobs.
Axel sighed, piling back into the car as he drove off, feeling sort of bad for the guy, until a song that he like came on the radio and soon the feeling was gone. He sang along with his buddies, relaxing and forgetting his worries. But his mind never truly got away from thinking of that girl he'd met at the dance hoping she'd get her phone tomorrow.
Roxas worked into the early hours of that morning. He yawned and got dressed for school. He was lucky that he was able to walk out of the diner with only a red hand print on the side of his face from a new red slap that morning from his step mother. He smiled and got into Cloud's car passing him a can of coke. "Morning and how are you?" Cloud asked really wanting him phone more then anything but he knew that Axel had it on him.
"I think I should be asking how YOU are, Rox....she hurt you again, didn't she?" Cloud asked, seeing the red mark on Roxas' face while taking a drink. "But I'm good. Got a good night's sleep and finished my report I needed to do for english."
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Axel was already at school, having needed to be there for practice and tutoring. He sighed, watching the clock as he was meant to be working, but all he could think about was meeting that girl he'd met the other night. "I hope she comes to get her phone..."
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Roxas sighed and yawned. "I'm ok, really Cloud, I don't care any more, sure it stings a little but that's about all..." Roxas said taking a sip of his coke waking up a little more. "I just want my phone back from Axel more then anything... do you think... I should... speak with him?" He asked.
Cloud sighed and shrugged. "If you say so, Rox..." He looked up in thought for a moment before speaking again. "Does he know you were the one that danced with him? It could be a bit risky....if he doesn't know, then just play it off. Maybe he'll be dumb enough to not figure it out."
Roxas nodded "I don't think he knows it's me... He thinks it a girl coming to collect the phone. But still... maybe it won't be so bad if he knew it was my phone..." Roxas said at the slight possibility.
"He did seem to like dancing with you? Maybe...Maybe he wouldn't mind that you were a guy? I don't really know his sexuality, so I couldn't tell you. You could say you let "her" borrow your phone?" Cloud suggested, not really sure of what to do.
"Well we'll just have to see what happens... won't we?" He asked still looking for something to make him feel more confident but failing to do so.
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Mean while Roxas' step brothers tried to get Axel for themselves, hoping that they knew the code for the phone. They found Axel studying and walked over to him. "Axel! I hear you have my phone" They said to the jock with innocent smiles.
Axel looked up when his name was called and scoffed. "YOUR phone? Alright then, tell me, what's the password?" He asked, phone open and ready to type the numbers in.
"Four eights" Thy both replied seeing that was Roxas' favourite number well... kind of that and... They saw the pin code up on his pin bored but little did they knew that Roxas actually changed the code that night, before he dropped it because of boredom.
Axel chuckled and typed the code in, only to have it be denied. "Sorry guys, better luck next time!" He chirped before turning, packing up his stuff and leaving them.
"WHAT?!" They shrieked much like their mother before one of them followed Axel. "But Axel, I didn't want to tell you my name because well...I didn't know what you would think on me" One of them suddenly confessed while the other grew mad. "But Brother you KNOW I was the one wearing the red and black dress, why would you lie?" He asked with a grin, both of them competing against each other. "Axel, do you really want the owner of that phone?" They asked in unison after a bit of fighting.
Axel watched they siblings fight, chuckling a bit at just how silly they were. "Boys, Jesus, come on. Get in line! There are many others that want me right now!" He chirped up with a smirk, being his cocky self. That was before the redhead heard the question and he froze for a moment. "Do you know her? The real owner of the phone?"
"Umm, Not very well but we do know them" They answered in unison before they both got an idea and with smirks, one said. "But are you going out with that Larxene girl? She's quite a catch herself, and knowing you, your not one of cheat on the women" Akuarui said while the other brother Minro said "We can hook her up with you, if you really want to but your going to have to go along with out plan" They continued to smirk before holding out their hands. "Deal?"
Axel stared at the sibling's hands, question and excitement running through his boy as he tried to decide. He knew those two were trouble makers, but he also wanted to see that girl again. "You can REALLY have me meet her again? The girl I met at the dance? As long as I go with you?"
"Of course our dear captain, but the out come... might not be what you expect" They said in a sing-song like voice. "Deal?" They asked again holding out their hands with hidden smirks.
Axel stared at the hands and shrugged. Their just annoying classmates that want me. What's the worse they could do? Besides, maybe they really DO know the girl... He thought before sighing, sticking out his own two hands and shaking both of the brothers'.
"Pleasure doing business with you" They grinned before walking out with bright smiles having the 'best' plan in the world for Roxas while the said boy was walking into school with Cloud.
Axel just shook his head and rolled his eyes as he went to go find his locker. "Man, some people..." He muttered.
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"So, do you know what you're going to do about this whole "Axel" situation?" Cloud asked even giving air quotes at the name.
"Well I guess that I should just go to him and try and get my phone back... but I don't know what he'll do... he could make fun or... do something else" He the suddenly blushed at that thought. "I really don't know what to do" Roxas sighed walking to his locker within school.
"W-Well, you better think fast, because here he comes!" Cloud stated with eyes wide as he motioned down the hall. Roxas took a deep breath waiting for what ever the football captain wanted with him. It's not like his day could get any worse...
Axel walked up to Roxas and his friend, running a hand through his hair before speaking. "Listen, I'm sorry for how we treated you last night. And all the other times...I tried to calm down my buddies last night, but they wouldn't listen to me. I'm very sorry..." He apologized awkwardly. Cloud just raised an eyebrow leaning against the lockers.
"Yeah well it didn't sound like you were sorry, and you still don't" Roxas shot him down again. Well that would become a habit if every day you were hit, teased and abused. "But still... thank you for apologizing" Roxas couldn't help but sigh and smile a little looking up at the redhead. In the emerald eyes he could see that he was sorry and a little... Sympathy? But Roxas wasn't sure.
Axel blinked and stepped back at the remark before shaking his head and offering a small smile, wanting to show that he really was sorry. "Um, listen. If there's anything I could do to repay you, please, tell me! I really am sorry, and after last night, I realized just how bad we've been treating you...Oh! And I was wondering! A lot of people ate at the diner after the dance; did you happen to see a girl wearing a long red and black dress with short blond hair? I think I have her phone..."
"A girl with blond hair? Red and black dress? No sorry, can't say I have... but still if you come to the dinner more often you could try and met her when she comes in." Roxas smiled a little more for real for once. Cloud started to leave at this point knowing that Roxas was going to crack about his life so he left the pair in peace. Roxas started to whisper to Axel finally confessing to someone else about his home life. "But there isn't....actually this might be going too far but... do you have a spare room I could stay in? My stepmother really dose have me on a leash... it's strangling me... I just want to get out of that hell hole" His smile dropped looking down at the floor.
Axel sighed, running a hand through his hair. "Sorry, man. No extra room. Unless you want to bunk in my room, which I'm totally okay with! My parents wouldn't mind!" He stated, giving Roxas a small grin. "And...Does she go to the dinner often? Is that how i'll meet her?"
"So it's a deal? I'll help you find your date, if you let me bunk in with you?" He asked with hope filling his eyes and a true smile. After many years of torment he was finally allowed off the leash, being about to breath and be let free. Allowed to do anything he wanted without being shouted at or feeling like a slave.
Axel gave a true smile too and nodded. "Deal. I'll...pick you up after school, okay? Then you could help me find my date!" He stated, giving a nod before hearing the bell and rushing off to class. 'Why did we ever treat him so bad? He's rather nice and cute...'
Roxas made his way quickly though the halls to his first lesson, english. He sighed thankful for handing in his work early then other students and sitting down in his place waiting for the teacher.
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Axel dashed to his next class, Math, and quickly took the seat in the middle of the class room, with his so called "friends" circling around him and filling the room. Axel sighed, running a hand through his hair as he rolled his eyes at the gossip going around him during the lesson. 'Geese, people, stay out of others lives!'
"You know the person in the black and red dress from the dance yesterday?" One whispered behind Axel
"Yeah" The other replied and nodded listening to the partner intently.
"Well I heard that they worked at the Destiny restaurant or something like that"
Axel blinked, perking up a bit in order to find out more about the girl he was so fascinated with. He really wanted to see her again, know her better. He wanted to be her friend...and most likely more if she also wanted him.
"But what I heard she isn't a girl, she's a guy" They continued to gossip.
Axel blinked before his eyes went wide as he shook his head and turned to face the gossiping classmates. "How do you know she isn't a girl?" He asked quietly, suddenly drawn into the gossip he hates so much.
"Hello did you see the size of 'her' calf muscles? Not to forget 'she' has a Very flat chest!" One of them reasoned before the lesson came to a close.
"So? Some girls just don't have large chests! You shouldn't call her a guy because she just looks a bit like one!" Axel snapped quietly, glaring at the classmate.
"Why? Do you have a crush on them?" They asked with smirks turning to face the captain.
"Maybe I just want to be there friend. Geese." Axel stated, giving them a glare still packing up his stuff.
"Sure you do" They replied with a roll of their eyes, finally leaving the classroom.
Axel just huffed, standing up to leave the classroom himself. What is their problem? SO what if I have a crush on her? That's not a big deal, you know... He thought, holding his backpack on an arm as he walked through the halls.
Seeing as Axel didn't have a class in the after noon he decided to stay and work on an assignment for his AP english class. He found the steps that led to the second level of the school and sat down on a chair, pulling out work he had, Axel hummed a bit, to the same tune of the song he'd danced to with the girl. Tapping his foot a bit, he continued to write.
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Roxas sighed sitting alone as per normal in the canteen after getting an apple to quickly munch on. But he then decided to hunt down Axel wondering what he was doing and hoped he didn't mind if Roxas stuck to him for the a little bit. Roxas could hear a faint hum though the school halls once he reached the second floor. He followed his ears as the tune slowly grew louder, He smiled, standing at the door just watching the redhead and listening to the song.
Axel sighed, continuing to hum as he fished out the girl's phone from his pocket, gazing at it in wonder and want. It was the only think he even had to find out who she was, and that was enough for him. "Damn it, who IS she...?" He said not knowing Roxas was leaning against the door frame watching him with soft, admiring eyes.
She?... Oh that's me... Roxas thought sadly looking down. He sighed quietly and walked back the way he came letting his foot steps echo though out the quiet school.
Axel blinked at the sound of footsteps, wondering who it was. He stood up, leaving his stuff on the desk as he looked around the corner. "Roxas?" He asked, voice echoing as he watched the blond walk off.
To be continued… if you want me too, so review if you want me to continue! Thanks!
Nexanda xxx