Burning For You: Akuroku (Axel x Roxas)

One- Confusion

Roxas' POV

I walk into my new college with nervousness. I have social anxieties so school has never been my favorite. I've never had any friends. Only my childhood penpal- Xion. She lives here but is a bit younger. We've been the best of friends for years on end. I hope to bump into her sometime around the Island. I came from Disney Castle, where my adoptive parents Queen Minny and King Mickey reside. My parents died in the war of an unknown heartless when I was only a baby. I don't remember them much.

I pick up my schedule at the front desk and haul my tired self to my first lesson room. I'm 5 minutes early but for some reason only a few seats are left. I pick a seat by a girl with dark pink hair and a bright smile, because the other two seats left seemed reserved. I shrug at this seating arrangement and pull out my fighting techniques guidbook and study it for a good 10 minutes before the instructor arrives and begins with heartless vocabulary.

Halfway into class and a student barges in arrogantly and late. The teacher catches him up and tells him to sit. Swiftly, he turns around and his eyes land directly on me with a squint. I blush and scratch the back of my head nervously. Then he starts strutting up to my desk with great confidence in each stride. He stops directly in from of me and folds his arms across his chest. He stares at me for what feels like forever and moves closer so his face is literally inches from mine. "Uhhh.." I stutter and blush, staring into his emerald eyes. I then notice his fiery red hair. I blush even more.

"This is my seat, newb. In case you didnt know. Property of Axel. Got it memorized?" He says smugly and a few girls giggle.

"Uhh...erm...yeah. S-sorry." Clumsily, I grab my things and scramble to my feet.

I choose another spot to sit- on the floor in the back of the class, in the corner. The instructor seems to be oblivious to the whole thing.

School passes slowly and I end up having to walk home to uncle Goofy's house. He was supposed to pick me up but gawrsh he's so forgetful. I roll my eyes.

Uncle Goofy's house is only a few blocks away so it shouldn't be that bad.

An hour later and I've almost arrived until a bike flashes past me and stops me in my tracks when it blocks my path and stays still. I look up and notice the guy with red hair from class. "A-Axel?" I stutter nervously.

He simply smirks, inches closer on his bike and whispers, "I run the social activity of that college, and you will not defy me. Do you understand, newb?"

I nod quickly and try to scurry past him but he blocks my escape attempt with his extended leg that I stumble on. "Er...can I go home now? I glance up at him timidly. He frowns and squints at me with a sort of fire in his glare.

"No. Not yet. Let me get a good look at you. See if you're a worthy opponent or simply another wimp." He stands his ground. So do I.

He suddenly reaches his hand down and grabs my jaw, forcing me to look into his eyes. Once I start staring I can't stop. His eyes to me are my kryptonite. It hurts to stare, but it's such a beautiful sight. I shiver at the intensity of his strength and he lets go almost immediately. "Did...did I hurt you?" He suddenly seems worried.

"No, you more had the opposite effect on me.." I feel my cheeks blush and look away.

When I look back up, he's pedaling away without another word.