Okay, well, at least it didn't take a full month for me to update... I decided to continue, since I felt yes, that first part did go to quick, and yes, Dem, Zex, Lux, and Xig seemed to be there just to be there. I'm gunna fix that. I decided I needed notes too, so I found some index cards, and totally organized my stuff. Yay.

Disclaimer: Once there was a girl who owned KH and all the characters within. Then she woke up. And cried.

Proving the Fact

Chapter 2: Coming out of the Closet

Roxas sighed again, slumping further down against the closet wall. He frowned and nudged Demyx's leg with his foot. Demyx whined and pulled his knees to his chest, pouting.

"You know, this is really not fair." Roxas complained.

"So you've said every thirty minutes since we got in here." Demyx sighed, letting go of his legs and stretching them out next to Roxas'. He brought his palms down to the floor next to his hips and tapped his fingers to a melody only he could hear. "Though it's really your fault we're stuck in here." Demyx accused. He stuck his tongue out at Roxas when he scoffed. "Hey, you're the one who was running. I happened to be the innocent bystander that tried to call out your name before you shoved me into the closet, hopped inside yourself, and shut the door, which, by the way, is one that locks automatically." Demyx then sniffed, eyes tearing up. "I don't wanna be stuck in the closet! No one's going to come by here. We're going to rot. It might be big for a closet, but there isn't enough room to stretch out and sleep! I'm going to die in here."

Roxas winced and let the back of his head hit the wall behind him. He closed his eyes and raised his chin. "Aw, Demyx, c'mon. I hate it when people cry."

Demyx sniffled again then took a deep breath. "I just don't wanna be stuck in here anymore. I wanna see Zexi." He gasped. "Zexi's going to be mad at me! I skipped class!" He brought his hands up to cradle his face, talking into them while Roxas sighed. "My phone has no reception, and the light in here is too bright. And I want Zexi..."

Roxas pushed off the floor and stood up, wobbling for a moment from sitting so long. He reached for the cord that controlled the light and pulled, surrounding the closet in darkness. "Better?" He asked Demyx as he sat back down. He saw Demyx's outline nod. "Look, I'm sorry you missed class, and it's not my fault the school was tired of people texting in class, so they got that anti-cell phone tower thing put up." Demyx didn't say anything, so he continued. "And I didn't mean to get you stuck in this closet. But if you had given away where I was, Axel would have jumped me."

Demyx raised his head to look at Roxas through the darkness. "I thought that you two were on lovey-dovey terms. What are you talking about?"

Roxas groaned. "This is so stupid. Why me?"

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Once again, we rewind to see how this poor boy got himself into his predicament.

Roxas woke up with a headache. Not a good sign. As he rolled over to his new alarm clock, he noticed he woke up before the alarm this time. Curious. Why would he do that? As he closed his eyes, planning on using that hour before he would be forced to rise, a blast of noise filled his sparse room. "Chaaaaaarlie Oh Chaaaaarlieeeeee" Roxas flinched as he reached to pick up his phone. Sora was going to get it for changing his ringtone again. Crazy unicorns... He flipped open his phone, not bothering to look at the number. That was mistake number one. "Mhello?" he answered, voice muffled with sleep still.

"Roxas! How dare you jump on top of another male just to pretend that you're gay so you don't have to go out with me! And pulling your innocent little cousin Sora into it all! Do you even know who you were kissing? I bet you don't even know his name. Who is he? I'm ashamed of you. If that man starts chasing after you, I'm not coming to your rescue. What do you think your mother would say about this? I have half a mind to call her up right now and tell her what you've been up to! She would most likely have a heart attack! The poor woman. And what about the guy? Stringing him along. And me! I thought we had something, even if we weren't going out yet! To think that you would rather molest another man in the hallway than hold hands with me. Am I really that revolting? Am I? Why aren't you answering me!"Namine's voice drifted from the phone that was now across the room. Roxas had listened for a moment, shock on his face, before he glared at the object in his hand, then thrown it towards the wall, underneath the dent from his alarm clock yesterday. That was mistake two: ignoring a scorned woman on the phone."ROXAS!" He pulled the covers over his head and went back to sleep.

Until about 10 minutes later, when a bang issued from his door. Roxas bolted up in his bed, staring wide-eyed at it. "What the-?"

"YOU OPEN THIS DOOR RIGHT NOW, ROXAS STRIFE. OR SO HELP ME, I WILL CALL YOUR MOTHER."

Squeaking, Roxas scrambled to the door, swinging it open to face a red-faced blond about his height, hair falling to her shoulders. Her blue eyes sparkling with rage. She was wearing a white night-dress and white slippers. "You." She simply stated, pushed him back into his room, following and slamming the door shut so hard the door-frame shook. "Sit." She shoved him back onto the bed, and Roxas clamped his mouth shut. "I called to talk to you, and you threw it at the wall." She glared at him while pointing to the phone she had seen next to the wall on her way in. Then her features softened and she sat next to the terrified Roxas on the bed. "Look." She placed her hand on his shoulder, and he tried not to shiver. "Can we talk about this? I want to know what's going on." She clasped her hands in her lap, looking at him expectantly.

Roxas ran his hand through his hair as he turned to face her."Namine, I think it would be cool for you and me to be friends. But I'm gay, and I don't like you more than a sister-ish figure. I thought you would have figured that out by now, since I've said 'no' about twenty times." He put a hand up to quiet her when she opened her mouth. "And if you call my mother, then you'll find out that Sora told her yesterday, about ten minutes after he told you. He figured if he let it slip to you, it would be okay to tell her. And she's so happy, it kinda scares me."

"Well, what about Axel?" She asked, waving her hand. "You don't know him at all. What if-"

"Hold on. Didn't you say that you didn't know who he was?" Roxas narrowed his eyes at the girl.

Namine froze. "Um. Heh. No I didn't. Everyone knows who Axel is. When did I say I didn't know him?" She laughed nervously.

Roxas stood up and pointed at her. "You said that on your rant this morning! You asked who he was! What the heck is going on!" Namine fidgeted and looked away. "Namine!"

She winced, sighed, then put a small smile on her face. "You might want to sit down." Roxas narrowed his eyes even more at this statement, yet fell back to his spot on the bed. He crossed his arms and waited. "Roxas, when I met you, did you know you were gay?" Roxas raised an eyebrow, but shook his head. "Exactly. Kairi and I figured it out right away, but knew that you were clueless yourself. So we devised a plan to get you to come to the conclusion we did." She ignored Roxas' jaw dropping and the sputters that followed. "We thought that if you had a girl constantly chasing after you, you'd realize you like men." When he gave her a 'WTF?' look, she shrugged. "Yeah, I know. But this is Kairi and me we're talking about. Don't ask. But to keep up the image of not knowing, when I 'found out,' I had to act pissed. But I really was surprised when I saw you with Axel. What's going on there?" Leaning backward on her palms, she kicked her feet back on forth, head still turned to him.

Roxas shook his head, trying to process this information. "Hold on. You knew, I didn't, you plotted? You haven't liked me these past two and a half years?" Namine giggled and nodded. "Women. I can't even be mad at you. That's just the craziest thing I've heard. So are we... friends?" Roxas asked, locking eyes, searching for a smile in them.

"Of course, dummy! We always were. I just had to pretend to be hopelessly in love with you." They both laughed and rolled their eyes. "But you didn't answer my question. Axel?"

Roxas rubbed the back of his neck with his hand. "Yeah... Well, I tried to think of something that would make you get that I was gay, and kissing a guy seemed to be my plan. Axel happened to be the guy in the conjoining hallway that I knew was gay. I didn't know who he was at first. But then..." Roxas brought his hand up to his face, covering his mouth and trying to hide his blush. "Well, one thing led to another, and I kinda asked him out. But then he tried to molest me in the hallway, and I bolted. I had to run back to Sora's room and hide out for a bit before I snuck back here." He shook his head again then threw his hands up in the air. "What am I going to do! I wasn't thinking straight! How are you supposed to do that when someone's tongue is shoved down your throat, or gliding down your neck, or-"

"Roxas!" Namine shrieked, bright red. "Okay, okay. I get it. But why are you asking me? Eventually you have to talk to him. But I gotta get back to the room, since Kairi is waiting for the results of this talk. She won't be happy I spilled." She grimaced. "Ugh. My sister is going to be pissed."

"You have fun with that." He went to show her out, and when she made to leave, he smirked in a way that made her shiver. "And don't think that this is over. I may not be mad at you, but I haven't forgiven you yet. I'll get you back for this plot you and Kairi cooked up. And you can tell her that."

Namine paled. "O-okay then... I'll...see you later. Heh heh." Then she bolted.

Roxas shut the door and went back to sleep, exhausted all over again. He woke up to his alarm a half hour later and got dressed. He had classes today, so he couldn't dally. He picked up his messenger bag with his books and slung it over his shoulder, looking out the eye-hole in the door before deeming the hallway safe. He opened the door and locked it behind him, walking the opposite way of Axel's room and out of the building. So far, things were going fine. He relaxed and smiled. As he entered the science building. He was almost there. That was mistake number three: letting his guard down.

"ROXIE!" A yell came from the hallway he was passing. He didn't even pause to look to his left, where he was sure a red-head was smiling and bounding toward him. He just ran. "HEY!" After weaving through two hallways, Roxas was sure he'd be safe, though he knew Axel was close by. He could slip into his class after he turned to the left...

Then Demyx spotted him. He waved from where he was leaning against the wall. It looked as if he were waiting for Zexion outside of his classroom. "Rox-!" Demyx didn't get any farther. Roxas, scared of being discovered, launched forward, covering Demyx's mouth with his hand and upon spotting and partially open door that looked to be a closet, shoved Demyx inside, followed him and shut the door. About ten seconds later, he heard a yell from what sounded like Axel, then some muffled speaking from Zexion. After Roxas was sure Axel was gone from the running footsteps past the door, he let go of Demyx, who gasped for air and whined at him.

"What the heck was that?" Demyx wheezed. Roxas didn't answer him, just stared at the handle that he just jiggled. Demyx looked up at him when he didn't get a response. "Hello? Earth to Roxie!" He followed Roxas' line of vision and saw the door was shut. "Oh my god. This is one of those automatic locking closets they have here, isn't it?" His eyes widened as he stood up all the way. "The ones they lock up so people won't steal the expensive chemicals?"

Roxas continued to stare at the handle, lips slightly parted. Demyx took a moment to stop whining about the door to look at Roxas. He waved a hand in front of the boy's face. "Hey. You okay?"

He jumped when Roxas spoke. "Locked in. We're locked in. I'm going to miss class. Professor Vexen already hates me." His shoulders slumped for a moment before he looked at Demyx. "We're going to be stuck in here until someone opens the door." Demyx met his gaze, and they started to pound on the door and yell.

After about fifteen minutes, they got tired, and only banged on the abused door and called for help when they heard someone walk by. It was hopeless. The door was too thick. Plus the only time people really walked close enough to the door to hear anything was when a class let out, which meant there we too many people in the hall. Roxas found the light cord and pulled it so they wouldn't be stuck in the dark, and Demyx almost knocked an eerie jar of green liquid onto the ground. After that, they decided to sit on the floor, since they didn't want to break anything and their legs were getting tired from standing.

"You know, this is really not fair." came Roxas' voice.

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"So," Demyx pressed, leaning forward a bit. "Tell me why you were running from Axel. You and him seemed quite close when we left you yesterday." He smirked, then shrunk back a bit at Roxas' glare. He was scary even in the dark. Maybe even more so in the dark...

"I made a mistake, okay? I wasn't thinking straight. After you guys left, yeah, I asked him out, but then he tried to rape me in the hallway! Okay, maybe not rape, but molest! And I just don't go along with that." He turned his head away from Demyx, now glaring at the wall.

"Um, this is Axel we're talking about. Of course he was going to try to do that." Demyx rolled his eyes. "That guy has no self control."

Roxas growled in frustration. "But I do! And I don't want him to jump on top of me before we even know each other! I thought We'd go out some place and talk before he'd try and get in my pants."

Demyx snickered. "You're a virgin, aren't you?" Then shut up when Roxas glared at him again.

"Demyx, I didn't even come out of the closet until two days ago." He let out a huff of air. "Axel said he holds relationships. So why can't he stay out of my pants until we start one?"

Demyx shrugged. "He hasn't been getting any for a while. Since he broke up with Marluxia. He feels deprived."

"Great." He frowned, bringing his legs up to his chest. "I'm tired, a sex-maniac is after me, and I'm stuck in a closet. Great"

Demyx shifted his body. "Hey, I know it'd be a little weird, but I think you're small enough, no offense, to lay down over here if you wanna sleep." Roxas just stared at him in the darkness. "Don't look at me like that! I've got Zexi. I just thought you could use my lap as a pillow, since you said you were tired. But fine." Demyx stuck out his lower lip.

Roxas relaxed. "Actually Demyx, that would be great. I'm just sorry I'm so tired."

Demyx couldn't contain his excitement. He made the 'XD' face, which caused Roxas to sweatdrop. "You're totally one of my best friends ever now, Roxie. So," Demyx shifted again so Roxas could lay down and be comfortable. "You want me to sing you a lullaby?" Demyx pursed his lips with anticipation.

"Can you actually sing, or are you joking? Because my cousin..." Roxas asked warily, trailing off with a wince.

"Hey! I'm a music major. I'm awesome. What do you want me to sing?" Demyx said, grinning from ear to ear.

"I don't care. Whatever you feel like singing..." Roxas yawned, resting the back of his head on Demyx's chest and closing his eyes.

"Aw, Roxie. Isn't that sweet." Demyx lowered his voice to an almost whisper, smiling a soft smile at the blond drifting off to sleep. He hummed a few quiet warm-up bars, then started to sing.

"You don't remember me, but I remember you. I lie awake and try so hard not to think of you. But who can decide what they dream, and dream I do..."

Demyx paused, noticing that Roxas was fully asleep now. He decided that he might as well too. Nothing better to do. He shut his eyes and relaxed into the door. He almost thought he could hear footsteps through it. But it was most likely after dinner time, and the science building was closed after dinner. Hmm. That's curious...

Suddenly, the door swung open, Demyx's head almost hitting the ground, before his hands snapped out to his sides, holding his and Roxas' weight. He bent his head backwards, looking up to see who rescued them from rotting in the closet. Professor Vexen, head of the Science Department, was standing with his hand on the door handle. Axel and Zexion stood next to him. Zexion and Axel took one look at the position Roxas was in, i.e., laying on Demyx, and eyes widened and jaws dropped, that is, before Axel screeched and Zexion shook his head violently. "SHH!" Demyx loud-whispered. "He just fell asleep!"

"Wha-" Roxas blinked, yawning before he realized the door was open. "We're free!" He pushed up from Demyx, oblivious to the horrendous sound that had just emitted from Axel. "Thanks, Prof. Vexen. I really appre-"

Vexen frowned. Not that he really had any other expression he used when talking to his students. "Don't thank me. Mr. Dodge and Mr. Takeshi have been bothering me for the last thirty minutes to open all the automatic-locking closets, saying that that was the reason you were absent at my class today. I guess I can't dock points off of your grade, but I would like to know the reason that I had to endure Mr. Dodge whining for half an hour."

Roxas scratched the back of his head while Zexion helped Demyx up. "Heh. Well, you see, I didn't know the door locked like that. It was open, so..." Roxas stopped, trying to avoid looking at Axel's face. He didn't know what kind of expression he would be making. And he didn't want to exactly say he was running from Axel either...

"Roxas was running from Axel, and wanted to hide in there. But then I was about to say hi, and he didn't want me telling where he was, so he shoved me into the closet, and came in after me. And shut the door. We've been stuck in there since this morning." Demyx hugged Zexion close to him as he said this, as if to make up for the time he missed during the day in the closet. A small smile crept onto Zexion's face.

"Running away from me?" Axel whined. "Why?"

"I'll leave you to your drama. Just don't go locking yourselves in closets anymore. Oh, and Axel, tell that pink-headed" shiver, "Mar-something-or-another to stop dropping into my classes. He.." He looked to the air, as if the words he were looking for were written there. "Creeps me out." With that, Vexen stalked off.

"Oh." Axel looked as if a light bulb went off in his head. "So that's the crazy scientist..." Then he looked at Roxas, eyes narrowing a bit as he kept his face calm. "You're coming with me." He grabbed Roxas' forearm and dragged him off.

Zexion stood with Demyx still hugging him. "We should bring Roxas' bag to him later. Let's go back to the room, okay? I missed you." He tried not to smirk.

"Oh Zexi, I missed you too!" Demyx cried, squeezing Zexion tighter as they made their way out of the building. He let go so they were holding hands. "But I do hope Roxas will be alright."

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Okay, that's chapter 2! I've started chapter 3, so don't worry. I won't take as long as last time. And does anyone know why the word "snuck" isn't considered a word by firefox? Hmm... Oh well. It's in the dictionary. I'd like to thank all those that reviewed on chapter 1, even if you said not to continue. I still am happy to get any feedback. XD

Sorry about using Evanescence. But Roxas and Axel really do fit perfectly with that song in the game version of themselves, and I had no idea what I wanted Demyx to sing. Nya. By the way, don't own that either.

Chapter 3 will most likely be up by the end of next week, if enough people nag. :D Thanks. Please review or flame!

-Axel-Seme