Into the fire
Chapter 1
Meeting
Roxas groaned as he hit his head off the massive pile of homework the faced him… Sora rubbed his friends back affectionately
"Don't. Touch. Me" Roxas growled through his maths homework… Olette smiled and handed the two of them a sea salt ice lolly… the two sat up and smiled at the brunette…
"cheer up guys" she smiled "once we hand these in we're free, the holidays are soon remember" the two boys looked at each other… they seriously couldn't wait until they herd the sweet sound of the teachers saying "class dismissed" then they could laze on the beach… suddenly Pence walked into the club house
"Yeah and along comes the summer projects and all the other things we have to do, buying new uniforms… more equipment" the two boys hit their heads against the table again…
In school the next day Roxas and Sora shuffled slowly to their maths class… they were so caught up with holiday planning that they forgot all about their homework… they walked in and jumped as they saw a tall figure with their back to them.. They were shuffling a stack of papers… their long claret hair trailing down their back like flames… the two boys walked into the class amazed, they look around; they were the first two to class despite how slow they had walked… the tall figure suddenly turned…
"Good morning boys, good to see at least someone has decided to attend my class…" he sighed… his emerald eyes glowed… his tear drop tattoo's set under his eyes were contrasted against his snow white skin…
"Are we in the wrong room sir?" asked Roxas
"fourth year maths?" asked the teacher, the two boys nodded "no you're not in the wrong room… your last teacher has retired early for some unknown reason… and I was on the waiting list to become the next teacher" he smiled… they two boys couldn't believe how stunning he was… suddenly a small red haired girl wandered into the room…
"Oh, sorry sir, am I in the wrong room?" she asked
"Oh for the love of lollipops" the teacher sighed, he pulled a small purple chalk out of his pocket and wrote on the board
IF YOU ARE IN 4TH YEAR MATHS WITH MR DANI THEN I AM YOUR NEW TEACHER
Roxas and Sora smiled at the girl
"Good morning Kairi" said Roxas
"Good morning boys" she smiled back
"Right… I am going to count the rest of the class as late, please sit class and I will begin" said the red haired man; the children took their seats… Kairi raised her hand
"Sir" she said "what's your name?"
"My name?" he asked, he dramatically placed a hand on his chest "my name is Axel"
"What should we call you?" asked Sora
"I think second names are so boring, Axel is fine, you can call me whatever you like just as long as it isn't rude" he smiled… Sora felt something inside him stir… little did he know, the small blond boy beside him felt the same feeling
"Sir…" tried Roxas
"Yes" Axel smiled…
"Where is the class?" he asked
"I have no idea…" he paused
"Roxas" he said quietly
"I have no idea Roxas" said sir as he finished his sentence "and your name is?" he looked over at Sora, Sora blushed
"Sora" he said quietly
"Good" Axel smiled
Suddenly the class wandered in, clueless about the time… the teacher frowned and folded his arms, he walked over to the board and wrote
I'M NOT GOING TO BOTHER SHOUTING JUST COME AND SEE ME AFTER SCHOOL
He shoved the chalk into his pocket and sat on the edge of the desk… he looked over at the two boys… he winked and then glared back at the class, Sora and Roxas blushed deeply and looked away, they didn't understand the sudden rush they got when Axel was looking at them… was this a crush?
The class spent most of the lesson chatting and shouting, the teacher just leant coolly against the black board and stayed silent, what was he planning for their detention?
"sir" said a small blonde girl, everyone turned "can you explain something to us or are you just a mathematics teacher?" Roxas stared at his friend Naminé, she sat quietly behind everyone drawing… Axel blinked as he noticed her
"what's your question?" he asked
"what are your views on homosexuality?" she asked, the class began to whisper "only we all find it a touchy subject… and we are studying it for social studies" Axel blinked… he walked over to the board…
"seeing as this is one of the lst days of term and this will get you more ingaged than algebra" he rubbed off the words on the board… he then wrote
HOMOSEXUALITY
He drew a massive bubble around it
"what can you tell me?" he asked… Seifer saw his chance to joke around
"when you're a screaming poof" he sniggered, he gained a cheap laugh
"very good, thirty minutes extra on your detention" the teacher smirked… he put a label next to the bubble
WHEN SOMEONE IS ATTRACTED TO SOMEONE OF THE SAME GENDER
He then turned
"anything else?" he asked, Naminé raised a hand
"homosexuality was against the law until the mid 60s?" she asked… the teacher smiled
"that's right" he smiled, he took note… the class looked around
"now would anyone like to state their views?" he asked… the entire class shook their heads… he pinched the bridge of his nose between his fingers "okay… the way I see it is… some one is free to love anyone, it doesn't matter if they're light or dark… blue eyed or brown… so why should gender matter?" he asked rhetorically… "if you love someone that much… and they love you back… why should anything else matter?" Sora was mesmorised by his speech… his big blue eyes stared at Axel's angel face… Axel met his gaze and smiled softly… the class was silent… suddenly the bell buzzed and most of the class stood and hurried out of the room… he turned and rubbed the words off the board…
Naminé walked over and touched the teachers shoulder
"that was beautiful" she smiled… then she skipped out of the room… he turned and noticed Sora and Roxas slowly packing their things away…
"do you boys mind helping me with the class after school?" he asked… the two of them looked up, they both eagerly nodded… they hurried to art, then after school they ran to the maths room to find almost a full class in detention…
"ah good, my assistants are here" he smiled… the two boys took their seats… they noticed Naminé was sitting at the back of the room… she was drawing something… the two boys craned their necks to see but couldn't quite manage…
"boys, could you hand these around?" asked sir, the two boys faught over the pile of textbooks… sir sighed and sat on his desk…
The entire class was almost asleep towards the end of the detention… finally sir stood up and hit the desk with enough force to wake the class
"right class, I hope in future you will not be late to my classes again" he said sternly… the class all nodded and ran out of the room… he rubbed the board and turned… the two boys still remained
"thank you guys" he smiled… the two disappointed boys had almost reached the door then suddenly sir looked up
"oh erm… Sora can you come here for a moment?" he asked… Sora turned with a briht look in his eyes… rozas looked heartbroken as Sora skipped o the teachers desk… Axel quickly caught Roxas' face, he quickly winked without Sora seeing… Roxas smiled and ran down the hall…