Chapter 1
Axel's POV
"Dude, walk slower, we wanna miss as much class time as possible." Said Deymx, my "tour guide" type person for the day.
"Ya know, I think I'm gonna like you." I replied with a slight chuckle. Then I looked across the hall and saw him. Roxas.
"Hey, take a picture, it'll last longer." He snapped, breaking me out of a trance. I realized I had been staring and felt my cheeks heat up a bit.
"Sorry," I choked out, "Hi. I'm Axel. And you?"
"Roxas. Aren't you the American?" He asked, adorably cocking his head slightly to one side. God, If he keeps being so cute... I let me thoughts trail off
"Yup. That's me." I answered. "Nice to meet you." Roxas then tried to hold in a giggle but couldn't. I looked at him, confused.
"Sorry, your accent is just so funny." He said, noticing my confused expression. I chuckled.
"You may think that, but you have a funny accent to me." I smiled.
"Well, I should go to class. Bye for now, see ya around!" He waved as he walked off. Damn. Not again Axel. You promised yourself you would never like anybody ever again. Not after him. Not after Sora. You see, I had a boyfriend named Sora. Long story, not the time for it. All that matters is it ended badly. VERY badly. I promised myself never to get romanticly involved with another person because I couldn't bear that pain again. But how could I resist that cute smile; that spiky blonde hair; those emerald eyes. And then it hit me. He reminded me of Sora. That was why I liked him. Sora had brown spiky hair; The same smile; blue eyes that were the very same could I have not noticed that? Man, did I feel stupid. They were the same person, just with different colors. Now I defenintly couldn't fall in love with him. My god, this was going to be a long year.

The next day, I decided to skip, for fear of seeing roxas again and falling deeper into the endless, moody, and scary pit of love. I walked into the woods in the back of my new house and pulled out a cigarette. As I lit it up, I saw something walking through the woods.
"Hey! Who's there?" I called to the other being, knowing that I was not stealthy enough to sneak away.
"Axel?" The figurer asked. It was Roxas. I skipped school just to avoid him! Why did stuff like that always happen to me? Well, there was not much else I could do other than reply.
"Hey, what's up?" I said walking toward him, taking a quick drag.
"Nothin' much. Funny how we both skipped on the same day." He said, walking towards me and stopping when there was only three feet left between us.
"Yeah" I replied with a slight chuckle.
"You know smoking is incredibly bad for you and can give you lung cancer, right?"
"Eh. The quicker I die the better. I'm just wasted space. I wanna give someone else a chance to live; To actually make something of their life." He stared at me in shock.
"Well... Well... Well I would miss you! There. Now you have a reason to stay." He said, nodding.
"Yeah right. You don't even know me kid." I replied, taking another drag.
"Well then I can get to know you better today. Then we'll become friends and you won't be allowed to die."In reply, I rolled my eyes.
"Whatever, kid. What if I'm the bad guy? I could be a murderer for all you know." After I said this, he walked toward me and stole the cigarette from my hand. Without hesitation, he took a drag.
"Well, then I'll be a bad guy too. If you die early, I'm coming with you." I gawked at him.
"But you have people to live for! Your death would cause suicided! And if you are gonna smoke, don't use mine. These thing coast a lot of money." I scolded, snatching the cigarette from his hand.
After school had ended, we walked home together, finding out that we only lived a block away from each other. Right before we had to go separate ways, he stopped.
"Axel, don't be freaked out, but I really like you. But don't let that change our friendship! It's cool to stay friends for me." He said as fast as he could. He started to run towards his house when I grabbed his arm, pulling him into my arms and hugging him.
"I like you too." I mumbled into his hair. "I really like you."
"So, do you want to be my boyfriend?" He asked, looking up at me with sparkling eyes. I just chuckled and nodded. I told myself I wouldn't do this, but I couldn't help it. He was perfect.