Axel was going to sit at the lunch table with the rest of the Organization at lunch the next day when he saw that Demyx had moved from his usual seat next to Axel. Instead, he had moved right down the table to sit next to Larxene, a brave feat, and opposite Zexion. Axel sat down in his usual seat, feeling strange having an empty seat next to him. No-one greeted or even looked at the redhead and for a second he wondered if Demyx had told on him. But if Demyx had, they'd probably be murdering him by now. He glanced over at the nerds table to see Roxas smiling at him and Sora not looking too pleased about it. He smiled back and got to eating his lunch.

Demyx barely spoke to Axel during French even though they were partnered up doing a speaking activity.

"Bonjour Demyx! Ça va?"

Demyx nodded. Axel rolled his eyes but continued.

"Uh… Comment tu s'appelle?

It was Demyx's turn for the eye rolling. "Demyx, you knew that already."

"Yeah, but I don't know how to say anything else!" The redhead laughed but stopped when Demyx didn't join in.

Axel waited for Roxas outside his locker after Maths while he asked the teacher something. When Saïx and Xigbar came out, they had assumed Axel was waiting to bully Roxas or something, and had gone off together to buy pot. Roxas came out grinning and looked slightly surprised when he saw Axel leaning against his locker.

"Axel?"

Said boy jumped and blushed slightly.

"What are you doing? I thought you were picking me up at 4:30 for our da-... um, the movie." He turned a little pink.

"Yeah…but I wanted to wait for you." He quickly glanced behind him and turned back to Roxas.

"Yeah, so you'd better do my homework Donovan! And don't get it all right. I don't wanna look as nerdy as YOU." Roxas's eyes widened and he mouthed the word "What?"

"Good idea, Ax! Get him to do ours too!" It was Xigbar and Saïx again. They came running up to the pair and handed Roxas their sheets.

"Just don't make it TOO good. Like Ax said, we don't wanna look like complete losers." Saïx turned to Axel. "You coming to get pot with us?"

Axel saw the shocked look on Roxas's face and shook his head.

"No thanks. I've umm…got enough already."

Saïx and Xigbar went off for real and Axel checked they were really gone before speaking.

"Rox, I am so sorry about that. Of course you don't have to do my homework for me, though I would appreciate some help with it."

Roxas sighed and shook his head.

"I forgive you. But I'm not so keen on your friends. And I don't like it that whenever they're around, you have to pretend to hate me."

"Trust me, neither do I. But uh…I'm working on it. So, I'll pick you up later?"

Roxas nodded and smiled with a faint blush before walking away.

Axel and Roxas arrived at the cinema, after spending the journey talking about school (Roxas was more excited by this topic than Axel), Roxas's upcoming driving lessons (he turned down Axel's offer to teach him), and their similar taste in music. There was a Linkin Park gig in a couple of weeks and Axel had two tickets. The second one had been meant to be for Demyx, but as it looked like Demyx was no longer speaking to the redhead, he let Roxas have the second ticket. This earned an excited squeak and a friendly hug from the blonde. Definitely worth the $30 for the ticket.

After getting nachos, popcorn and cokes, they went in and sat in the middle row. The trailers were pretty boring, and the redhead had just gotten his phone out to browse Facebook when he noticed a text from Saïx.

yo ax wuu2?

He quickly texted back: in cinema wtchin dball aint strtd yt

who wiv? Shit. He couldn't tell him the truth.

jst cusins, my aunt mde me tke em out

lol have fun

Phew.

"Can't tell him it's me, huh?" asked Roxas, an amused smile on his face.

"Nosy, don't read my texts!" Axel laughed. "Shhh, it's starting."

They watched as Goku successfully beat people up without touching them, Axel insisting he could do it better. Roxas just laughed and pretended to go along with it, it was more entertaining than the movie.

When Goku and Chi Chi had their first kiss, Axel glanced sideways at Roxas, just in time to see him quickly look away from Axel. The redhead smiled and looked back at the screen, jealous that Goku was getting more action in than him.

Wait, he thought. This is the movies, the perfect place to make out!

Axel's mobile beeped and everyone looked at him. Some old lady shhhed him and he grinned sheepishly. It was just a bullshit text from his service provider and he ignored it, putting his phone back in his pocket.

Instead, he turned towards Roxas. The younger boy looked at him curiously, but got the message when Axel leaned in closer to him. His face coloured and he closed his eyes. Axel's heart was pounding as he was only millimetres from Roxas's cute flushed face and perfect, soft looking pink lips. He took a deep breath and closed the gap.

Sora and Riku were sitting at the back of the cinema with Riku's arm around the smaller brunette.

"Bulma's pretty sexy, huh?" Riku asked Sora.

Sora looked up at Riku with puppy dog eyes. "And I'm not?"

Riku laughed and kissed Sora gently on the lips. "Yeah, you're still hotter." Sora giggled and kissed him again.

They leaned back in the seats, enjoying the movie, when a loud beeping came from in front of them. They both looked down to see the cause and saw a guy with red hair take out his mobile from his pocket. Red hair that was styled the same as Axel Sakuraba. Wait. It was Axel! And the blonde next to him was Roxas?

"That's Axel and Roxas!"