Chapter 2

Roxas PoV

First 2 periods with Saix were called off because he was called for emergency by professor Xemnas. Guess what those two are doing right now.

I was sitting in the library with Hayner, Pence and Olette because we had nothing better to do for the coming hours.

We were chatting about completely random things when suddenly next to me was a loud yelp and a crash coming from Hayner who was now lying on the ground.

Pence and I burst out laughing and Olette stood up worried for her friend. "Hayner! I told you that you would fall if you kept doing that! But NO, you had to ignore my warning and-" She kept on lecturing Hayner but he stopped listening to her after her first sentence.

Pence looked up from Hayner "Oh! Hey, Sora!" It was just Sora, not a reason for turning around. I picked my book up from the table and continued reading.

I heard him chuckle. "Why are you on the GROUND of all places?"

"Well, I fell to the ground together with my chair and it's actually quite comfy here on the ground. So why bother to get up?"

"Who's your friend?"

"Oh! Sorry, forgot to introduce you guys!" I was too busy reading to notice the whole façade.

"Guys, Axel. Axel, this are Olette, Pence, Hayner and the guy sitting there being emo with his back turned to us is my twin." That I did hear because Sora purposely spoke up for me to hear. Ugh, why did he keep doing that.

I sighed "Sora, for the last time, I'm not emo. How many times do I have to tell you that?" I said calmly and turned around to face my brother.

I didn't even SEE my brother, all I saw was a tall person with a mane of bright red hair and piercing green eyes. Now, I know a lot of cute girls and a lot of handsome guys but this person was GORGEOUS.

I stretched out my hand and he hesitantly took it. Although his fingers were long and thin, he had a firm grasp, not like I had expected from such a skinny person.

"Roxas, I'm Sora's twin, as he just said. Nice to meet you." I smiled at him which I didn't do very often to a complete stranger.

He grinned which showed his with teeth, was it just me or were his canine teeth a bit sharper than usual? "Names Axel, got it memorized?" He poked a finger in his temple and leaned down smirking at me like a madman. My eyes widened. I was bewildered, the I became confused as I tried to grasp his meaning and then I burst out in laughter as I understood what he was just joking.

"You know, you seem fun." Probably his action had another meaning because that LOOK, it was just SCREAMING to be photographed.

I was still slightly chuckling when I asked or more like ordered "give me your schedule." He handed me the paper still looking bewildered by what just happened. ' seems like Mansex did have a brain.' "NICE, you have all your classes with us." I said and gave the paper back to him with a broad grin. My jaw muscles started to ache a bit, they weren't used to smiling all the time.

Sora rolled his eyes at me but I failed to notice. "Ugh, Roxas, if you are done flirting, could you take Axel to his locker? He's probably melting in that leather cloak of his and my next class is with Riku." He tucked his hands behind his head and strolled out of the library before he even gave me a damn change to reply.

'It is a good chance to get to know him a little better though. This whole day seemed to be win-win for me.'

I stood up to face the guy and put my hands on my hips. 'God, he's even taller than I first thought. How long was he? 1.90 or something?

"Seems like I'll be helping you then. Just let me get me my stuff and we can go." I said. Axel hadn't moved from his spot, still looking like he was frozen in place. Only his head followed me.

As I got my books from the table, Olette grabbed my shoulder "Please be careful Roxas, you know what happened last time, with Seifer, he beat you hard enough for a hospital visit of 2 WEEKS." She whispered into my ear.

' Say bye to my good mood if you begin about Seifer. Everybody still thinks he only beat me.'

I sighed "I will be ok 'Lette. I learned to defend myself, remember?" I smiled at her. "I bet I could kick his ass anyway, have you seen how skinny he is?" 'this was not true, I had felt his firm grip and already had a faint idea of how strong he could be.'

She sighed and let go of my shoulder " just want to be safe."

I walked back to Axel to find him staring at some point of the bookcases. "You ready?"

He shrieked and leapt up in the air. I cocked an eyebrow as I looked up into his green eyes. "You okay? You were spacing out." I stated a bit worried.

He slowly started to shook his head, still looking me in the eye. "No, I'm fine. You just startled me, is all." That wasn't a very satisfying answer but I shrugged it off and walked towards the exit.

I looked over my shoulder to see him standing in the same position where I had left him. " You coming or what?" I asked.

"Yeah, just wait up a bit will you?" He trudged after me and looked down and said " I haven't gotten a clue where to go so~" He held out a paper with something scribbled across it.

"You don't, but I do" I stated with a big grin and my hands in my pockets.

I grabbed the piece of paper. Locker number 152. I smiled even wider. ' Was it normal to be smiling so much?' I asked myself.

"What? Does it say something strange?" He asked worried.

I once again looked up smiling wide at Axel "No, just that your locker is right next to mine and also close to the others." I said or more like…chirped. When did I become so happy again?

He began to laugh "Well kid, you're much happier than your brother said you were." He was smiling down at me. His smile was beautiful.

"Well, first of all my name is not kid, it's Roxas. Second, actually it wasn't Sora who gave me the title but Riku, his boyfriend-" I stopped talking as I saw Axel's expression. 'Oh god, Sora didn't tell him yet. Shit! He should have warned him for me!'

"Whoa! Hold up! Boyfriend?!" He asked completely bewildered. I decided to play oblivious in this one. I looked at him confused. "You got a problem with it?" I asked as innocent as I could.

"NO! It's not that I just…Doesn't he get bothered for it or something?"

"Nope, it isn't very strange in this place. The principal is, so whenever someone gets picked on because of it, the person who did it gets in some serious trouble.

A lot of our friends are either bi or gay, but it's not like they wear pink and act like girls if that's what you think." I dropped the whole innocent thing and scowled at him with my hands on my hips.

Seemed like he calmed down because his voice sounded controlled again.

"Relax, I'm fine with it, heck, ------, but that's not the point. It's just that from where I come from, people would beat the living daylights out of you and afterwards neglect you for it." I missed a part of his sentence but let's just hope it wasn't something important.

I relaxed and tried to keep it cool. "Good, well then, I should tell you, Sora isn't the only one of my family who goes both ways. Me and my older brother Cloud also do."

I looked down at my feet, letting my arms dangle from my sides and sighed.

"I hope you don't hate me now but I just wanted to tell you before one of us would shock you by doing something strange."