Sora arrived home after a long walk, and when he glanced at his driveway to his relief his mom was not home, yet. She was probably working late, so that would give Sora enough time to clean up his face and change his shirt. But he does have some explaining to do when his nose starts to form a nasty bruise.
Grabbing the doorknob he entered into his house. Sora immediately saw Cloud, who was lying on the couch playing with his phone. He either didn't seem to notice or care that Sora was in the same room as he was.
"Hey, Cloud," Sora greeted, smiling, closing the door. Cloud didn't even glance at Sora, or even replied to him, he just continued to text.
Cloud was Sora's older cousin, he was a freshman in a small community college and he hated every minute of it. He hated school with passion, the only reason he's in school was because his parents forced him. Cloud was a troublemaker, and would always skip and get into trouble. Until one day his parents had enough and ship him off to Sora's mother, which was another place where Cloud knew no one.
"Okay.. We'll I'll be in my room then." Sora frowned as he sighed and went to his room, disappointed.
It's not that Cloud hated Sora, it's just that they have absolutely nothing in common. But, mostly because of their age difference, Cloud would never hear the end of it if he was hanging with a sixteen year boy. That's just lame. He certainly would be the laughing stock from where he came from. Cloud was twenty-one and he wanted to maintain popularity, and hanging out with his baby cousin wasn't it.
Sora took off his messenger bag and hanged it by the back of his door. He was exhausted, every day was a nightmare. Sora went to the bathroom that was connected to his room, and washed his face.
Turning the knob, water flowed down. Sora grabbed a hand full of water and ran it across his face. Pouring warm water gently as he scrub his face with a towel. Dried blood bits coming off his face as he scrubs his face harder.
Tears soon mix with the running water as Sora leaned down near the sink, crying. "I hate this, it hurts. Being pushed around and beaten up. Why me? What did I do to deserve this?" He sobbed.
"I wish it could change... I wish I wasn't bully anymore..." Sora sniffled, leaned up to look at himself in the mirror that was above his sink. He wiped his tears away then continued looking at himself.
He looked awful. Even though his face was clean by now that didn't stop his face features from showing everything. Bags under his eyes, strained red eyes and lastly, the tinted purple/blue finally showing at the tip of his nose. Sora can just imagine how his nose will look tomorrow morning.
Sora put the towel down and left the bathroom. Slowly taking off his shirt as he carelessly tossed it to the corner of the room, then put on a simple generic t-shirt. Sora then tumbled onto his bed.
"At least I can rest now," Sora groaned. Hoping tomorrow would be a good day. "On the bright side, I can see Namine tomorrow. She's only one that brightens my day," Sora softly smiled.
Then remembered the dream he had early when he was unconscious. Sora was kissing Namine and it was the best feeling ever, it was almost too real. He actually felt the plumped, soft lips against his own. Weird.
"I wish I could have that dream again," Sora muttered as his eyes began to droop down. He got comfortable and rested onto his pillow, once he closed his eyes, Sora easily passed out.
The next day went by quickly, and Sora managed to avoid the gang. It was almost lunchtime, but sadly, Sora was going to skip it. Most likely, Riku was going to find him and try to take away his money that he didn't have any more of.
Sora walked around the hall, peeking near the corners to see if anyone was there. Making sure to hide from Riku and his gang, so far no one was around. Good sign.
He continued walking forward; Sora thought he would hang out with Namine in the art room instead of going to lunch. Sora thought he would surprise her. So, he could see her face when she is focusing on her drawings and also keep her company.
Sora closed his eyes as he kept walking, happily smiling. Suddenly he bumped to someone, "Oh I'm sor-" Sora gasped when he saw Roxas, who just raised an eyebrow to Sora, confused.
"Crap..." Sora stepped back ready to make a run for it. Roxas rolled his eyes now realizing why Sora was so afraid.
"Look I'm not go-" Roxas halted as he heard familiar voices coming from the hall, Vanitas and Riku. 'Great, if they see Sora he'll be beaten up again,' Roxas thought. He already felt bad for Sora yesterday; he didn't want to see that right now. Was it sympathy? Maybe.
Roxas grabbed Sora's arm. "What are you doing!?" Sora yelped, trying to pry away from Roxas, unaware that Riku was nearby.
Roxas looked around trying to think of something. His eyes widened when he saw the janitor's closet. Perfect! He rushed towards the door while still holding onto Sora.
Sora was scared, was Roxas going to hurt him? He was even more terrified when Roxas was leading him to the janitor's closet. Roxas opened the door and pushed Sora in first before he got in as well, quickly. Hearing Vanitas' and Riku's voices louder.
Closing the door, Roxas sighed. But, Sora freaked out, trying to reach for the door knob to get out of the closet. "Get me out! Help!" He shouted. "Someone hel-" Sora shut up as Roxas covered his mouth with his hand.
"Be quiet! Riku is out there," Roxas shortly explained. Narrowing his eyes to him, in a way trying to threatening Sora if he doesn't be quiet.
Now Sora was confused. Was Roxas helping him? He stared at Roxas with a dumbfound expression, and then he heard Riku from the other side of the door.
Roxas simply put his finger in front of his lips, gesturing to be quiet. "Shuush," He whispered, quietly. Sora nodded, and Roxas moved away his hand from Sora's mouth.
As promised Sora was quiet. Trying to hear what Riku was saying.
"Where the fuck is Roxas?" Riku questioned annoyed.
"He said he was around here, supposedly he was doing late work from a teacher." Vanitas replied, walking alongside Riku as they were looking through the classrooms when they walked passed them. "Let's just go to lunch, maybe he's there."
"Fine. Hopefully we can find my target," Riku smirked, "I'm a little bored."
Vanitas stiffed, he tried so hard to forget yesterday's incident with Sora. The damn kiss. Yuck! But when Riku mentioned Sora he couldn't help but remember yesterday.
"Aren't we all?" Vanitas muttered, groaning. He was really hoping he wouldn't see Sora today.
Both teens passed by the closet, which made Sora happy, sighing in relief. Good thing he was skipping lunch, otherwise he would have been ambushed.
Sora moved his hand causing a broom to fall onto the floor, the loud noise echoing the little room.
Riku stopped walking, "Did you hear that?" He turned around, "I heard something over here." Riku walked closer trying to see where the noise came from. It was coming from the closet.
Roxas growled as he glared at Sora, who gulped. "Sorry..." He whispered. Now they're screwed.
Just as Riku was about to open the door. "Hey, Seifer texted me! He said Reno is starting a fight with Axel!" Vanitas said, reading his text out loud. Riku stopped what he was doing.
'Who's Reno?' Sora wondered.
Riku let go of the door knob, and narrowed his eyes to Vanitas. "What? He's here? This isn't good. Let's go back him up," Riku answered, both rushing out of the hall.
Once there footsteps could no longer be heard, it was safe to come out. Roxas stepped out, followed by Sora. They were so close to getting caught.
"Thank you." Sora said, gripping onto the strap of his messenger bag, nervously. He was beyond grateful that Roxas helped him out.
Roxas faintly smiled, "You're welcome." Roxas turned around ready to leave.
"Why- why did you help me?" Sora stammered, wanting to desperately know why Roxas, the second strongest gang member helped him out.
Roxas glanced at Sora with a solemn expression. "I'm not like the others, I don't like hurting people. It's not in my nature. And, I'm truly sorry when you get hurt but I can't do anything about it. But, since you took a harsh beating yesterday I couldn't help, but protect you because you reminded me of an old friend. I'll never hurt you, even if they force me. I can't do that."
Sora was awed; at least Roxas doesn't like hurting him. Not like the other vicious gang members.
"I understand. Thanks, Roxas. At least you're not like others. You are you, a thoughtful person." Sora made the goofiest smile to the blonde, and then left off the opposite direction of the hall.
Roxas was actually surprised; he blinked, not believing what just happened. Sora told him he was thoughtful and happily smiled at him. This day already started off. Roxas watched Sora leave, still shocked. No one ever told him that not even Vanitas. But Sora did.
"You are you, huh?" Roxas said out loud. "He's not so bad..." With that being said Roxas left outside to join the others.
Author's Note... Hope you guys enjoyed the chapter! Also the gang have a rival gang that they often fight with! Guess who they are? One of them is Reno! His rival is Axel. And its almost near guys, two more chapters and the confession shall be said! I'm not trying to drag on but I really want the story to flow nicely, you know, not to fast paced. Anyways, I wanted to write that Roxas' sympathy for Sora in a way. sadness
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