The Shadows of Love

Love in a Hopeless Place

...Axel and Roxas, sitting on a bench, making out.

Sora snickered. Didn't Roxas say that he would punch Axel if he kissed him?

He approached them with caution. As he neared, neither of them took notice. They were probably too caught up with what they were doing anyway.

"Hey, didn't you say that you'd punch Axel if he kissed you?" Sora smiled as the two of them jumped and separated.

"Yeah, I did say that," Roxas had an oddly guilty look on his face.

"It was worth it." Axel laughed.

"Shut up, or I actually will punch you."

Sora laughed, saying, "are you two together now, or..?"

"No." Roxas said.

"Yes." Axel said.

The two boys stared at each other for a long, quiet moment.

"You're the one that kissed me," Axel rebutted.

"You're the one who just sat there."

"Well what else am I supposed to do when I'm being kissed by the person of my dreams?" Axel leaned closer to Roxas, who just looked away.

"You're supposed to do something, at least!"

"Okay, okay." Sora rolled his eyes. "I was joking, can we go now?"

Roxas nodded. "Sure. Axel, you can come along if you wanna."

"Sure, I guess. I got nothing better to do, my parents are probably still at work." The redhead stood up.

"I'll probably be sitting in my room, talking-"

"-with your crush, right?" Roxas laughed.

"I'll be talking with Riku, yes." Sora murmured.

"I'll be- talking with Axel in my room." Roxas smiled.

Sora fell back a bit and saw Roxas start reaching for Axel's hand, but then stopped and kept walking normally.

Sora sped his pace, wanting to get home fast.

"Calm down, our house isn't going anywhere!" Roxas shouted after him.

"Hurry up, I wanna get home!" Sora responded.

As Sora approached his house, he felt his phone vibrate. He grabbed it and saw a text.

Message: Sora, you better not have given me the wrong number. This is you, right?

Why had Riku texted him right after school ended?

S: yeah, this is me.

"Hey, he texted you already?" Sora jumped as he heard Axel's voice.

"Yeah." Sora smiled to himself before his face flushed a little. "Our home isn't that far from here, we should hurry."

The rest of the walk was quiet. Sora opened the door.

"I'll be in my room if you guys need me" Sora hung his backpack on a hook and walked up the stairs to his bedroom. As soon as he opened the door, he heard clattering downstairs, but didn't bother to check.

So, what are you doing right now?

Sora sat down on his bed.