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Suggested listening: �Potential Breakup Song� Aly & AJ
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Fool Me Twice�
Eavesdropping Kickstarts Initiative

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It was too fucking bright too fucking early.

That was the first thing Roxas�s brain registered, as he
rolled over with a groan, trying to block out the sun�s evil rays which
insisted upon shining right into his face.

But rolling over turned out to be more of an undertaking
than he would have imagined, and rather than being able to find a more
comfortable, sun-free position, he instead found himself in a world of pain.

�OW!� Roxas yelped, immediately awake, trying to figure out
why he was on the floor, feeling like his body was one giant cramp. �Ow ow ow
bitch shit balls OW!�

�Morning, sunshine.�

Roxas glared up at whoever was saying sappy things to him,
spotting Hayner in the kitchen, poking around at some bacon that was sizzling
in a pan on the stove.

Upon seeing Hayner, last night�s events came flooding back
to Roxas, and he groaned again, rubbing at his neck, which was sore from Roxas
having slept on the couch all night. For lazing around watching television it
was a fine piece of furniture, but for getting a good, full night�s sleep� not
so much.

Glancing to the clock affixed on the wall, Roxas discovered
that it was only a little past eight in the morning.

�Hayner.� He began. �Why the hell are you up so early? And
why are you wearing an apron?�

Hayner flashed a guilty smile. �Well, uh, I know it looks
kinda gay, but bacon splatters all over the place, you know? I don�t want oil
all over my clothes��

�Mmhmm.� Roxas vaguely replied, not really caring too much
about the apron. Mostly he had just tacked the apron comment on to get a dig in
at Hayner. Because if one of them ever saw the opportunity to make a fool out
of the other on a one on one basis, that was not something to be passed up.
After all, that�s what best friends were for.

�Alright, but so that doesn�t explain why you�re up so
early.� Roxas persisted, refusing to let the topic drop.

�Uh�� Hayner attempted the guilty smile again, but this time
it came out looking more on the guilty side than the smiley side. �Well, er,
actually� Seifer spent the night here, and uh, I figured, you know� I�d make
him some breakfast before his shift starts in a few hours?�

Now despite occasional evidence to the contrary, Roxas
wasn�t stupid. Even if he hadn�t walked in on the horribly compromising
Seifer/Hayner rendezvous that had gone on last night between the sheets, there
were still some gaping plot holes in Hayner�s excuse. Why had Seifer come over
in the first place? Why was he still here? Why was Hayner going out of his way
to make an early breakfast for someone he supposedly hated?

But Roxas wrote it off, deciding
that now was most certainly not the time to be discussing that particular
issue. Obviously Seifer and Hayner�s rivalry had ended up transferring over
from violent competition to� violent passion. Roxas really didn�t care to hear
the whole messy story. In fact, he was pretty sure he wanted to be done
thinking about this particular subject, period. Hadn�t he just last night sworn
to never think about guys or sex ever again?

Roxas became aware of the fact that
an awkward silence had settled itself between him and Hayner, and he
desperately wracked his mind for something to say that would clear it up.
However it seemed as though all he could think about, unfortunately, was
mansex. Which led to thoughts of last night. Which, in turn, led to thoughts of
Axel. Irritation at thoughts surrounding Axel made him think of Ven. Stupid
Ven. That guy was annoying. What made him so great anyways, huh? Did he think
he and Axel had a bond or something? Pfft, what did they have in common that
Roxas couldn�t match up to? What would Roxas have to do to prove that he was
better and more compatible to Axel than that Ven kid?

�Should I get a tattoo on my face?�

Roxas had blurted out the next
thing that came to mind, and Hayner gave him a strange look.

�Uh� I dunno, man? It�s your face.�

Deciding that he didn�t want to
deal with the awkwardness any longer � which would certainly only increase once
Seifer came down for breakfast � Roxas snagged a muffin and a bottle of juice
from the counter, grabbing a jacket and snowpants to pull on over the clothes
that he had fallen asleep in, before walking right out the door.

Intending to take a walk and clear
his mind, Roxas was not expecting to be accosted the moment he got out the
door.

�ROXAS!�

Looking down the hill, Roxas spied
Sora, who was waving at him and beaming brightly. He had some sort of
ridiculous knitted hat on, with his wild brunette spikes poking out all over
the place. Riku was with him, pulling on a rope handle that was attached to
some strange sort of sled that Sora was sitting on. Tracks in the snow all over
the hill led Roxas to guess they had been playing out there for quite a while
already. They were heading back up the hill, and Roxas shoved his hands into
his pockets, walking down the hill through the crunchy snow to meet them
halfway and see what they were up to.

�Hey Roxas!� Sora greeted, jumping
up off of the sled to greet Roxas with a happy morning hug. �You sure are out
and about early today!�

�Yeaaaah.� The blonde replied.
�Guess I just couldn�t sleep in this morning.�

Riku snickered as they continued up
the hill. �Sun wake you up, or did the two lovebirds decide to go for another
round?� Roxas made a face at the bluntness of Riku�s comment, and Sora giggled.

�Did they keep you up last night?
Me and Riku could hear them goin� at it for a looooong time. All those years of
rivalry bottling up must have finally exploded and morphed into some weird sort
of lust craze.�

Roxas was agape at Sora�s
perceptiveness and utterly direct assessment of the situation. Then again,
maybe it was easier to joke around and be casual when you weren�t the one who
had walked in on Seifer and Hayner in the sack!

�Anyways, we were just playing with
the sled I made, isn�t it awesome?� Sora informed him. Roxas was amazed at how
Sora could so easily make drastic mental skips in conversation topics. Deciding
to just go with it, Roxas had a look at Sora�s sled.

Blue eyes immediately widening in
shock, Roxas honestly didn�t know what to think of Sora�s �sled�. The thing was
a monstrosity. It had obviously been the unfortunate outcome of one of Sora�s
�do it yourself� crafts, and it appeared as though sled building was not one of
Sora�s many useless talents.

Reaching the top of the hill, Sora
excitedly made a grab for his sled, setting it down in the snow and clambering
on. �You wanna come, Roxas? It can fit two��

�Uh�� Roxas struggled to come up
with a response that wouldn�t be perceived as rude. �That�s okay. You have fun,
though.�

Shrugging, Sora did just that,
pushing off and gliding down the hill and attempting to steer his haphazard
sleigh. Nearing the bottom, he lost control, steering himself right into a
tree. Roxas started in concern, but Riku just rolled his eyes.

�I�m okay!� came the optimistic
shout from the bottom of the hill, along with a reassuring wave.

�So you left the springs pretty
early last night.�

Roxas�s attention snapped to the
side, but Riku wasn�t even looking at him. His focus remained on Sora as the
boy began his struggle up the hill, and if Roxas hadn�t known any better he�d
almost imagine that Riku hadn�t even spoken at all.

�Yeah, so what?� the blonde
retorted, realizing that he sounded defensive.

Riku shrugged, finally looking at
the other boy out of the corner of his eye. �Just asking. It seemed like you
and Axel were doing alright, catching up or whatever, and then you just split.
We were all a little confused.�

�Oh. Uh, well�� Roxas nervously
licked his lips. How much did Riku know? What had he seen? Oh God, what had
Axel told him?!

�Look, Roxas.� Riku cut in, when it
became obvious that Roxas was floundering in his mind and wasn�t going to offer
up an explanation. �I don�t know what�s up with you and Axel. By the end of
last summer�s trip you guys seemed� friendly. Pretty close, right?�

Riku was being indirect, but in his
sharp gaze it was obvious that he knew what had been going on, at least to an
extent. Roxas nodded, affirming his inquiry.

�So then what happened?� Riku
continued. �We all noticed that you guys didn�t really hang out anymore during
school, but we thought you were both just busy or something, so we didn�t ask.
Even Sora, and you know how hard it is for him to keep stuff in.�

Roxas shifted, looking down at his
feet. As much as he pretended that he felt nothing but annoyance over having to
spend time with Sora and Riku� they were his friends. He felt bad to make them
concerned over him.

�And now�� Riku cautiously went on.
�I dunno, it�s like something weird is going on with you guys. Neither of you
are acting normal, Axel especially. He�s� it�s weird, it�s almost like he�s
keeping himself contained. I�ve never seen him do that before. Care to explain
what�s going on?�

�Uh��

Honestly, as much as Roxas wanted
to tell Riku that it was none of his business, there was a sort of unspoken
rule around with groups of friends that everyone made everyone else�s business
their own, and they all worked together to sort things out. Usually the
dynamics were between Sora and Riku, or within Roxas�s usual
Hayner/Pence/Olette group, but seeing as how lately Sora had been making an
attempt to bring Roxas into their happy little family�

He almost felt like he owed Riku an
explanation. The elder teen wasn�t being forcefully intrusive or demanding. He
was just asking. Out of concern and interest in his friends. Darnit. It would
be so much easier to blow him off if he was being a jerk about it!

�I dunno�� Roxas began. �It just�
we drifted apart, I guess?�

Riku scrutinized the blonde, and
Roxas fidgeted under his gaze.

�Do you really mean �we�, or is it
more a matter of �I�?� he asked.

Okay now Roxas felt like
getting a little defensive. �Look, it just didn�t work out, okay? Sorry that me
and Axel couldn�t work out perfectly like some other people, but��

Sora quietly rejoined the little
group, keeping from interjecting even though he looked very curious about what
was going on. He had obviously seen that Riku and Roxas were involved in some
sort of important seeming conversation as he made his way up the hill, and it
was a good thing he didn�t interrupt, because Roxas was pretty sure he would
have gotten irritated and snapped something rude to him.

�Look, I just couldn�t do it,
okay?� he finished with a sigh.

�But did you tell him that?�
Riku pushed.

�Well�� Roxas paused. �No, but I
mean it became pretty obvious, right?�

Riku raised an elegant silver
eyebrow at Roxas. �You sure? Because you might wanna ask him about that. I
don�t think he gets what�s going on with you.�

�Um�� Sora suddenly spoke up,
nervously fidgeting with his hands. �I�m gonna go get some hot chocolate at the
lodge. I�ll be back in a little bit!�

Roxas and Riku watched Sora skutter
off down the slope. That kid was fast. He was a boy on a mission.
Roxas couldn�t think of why cocoa had suddenly become so important to him, but
he had learned to not question�s Sora�s� way of� doing� things�

Oh crap.

�Riku, I gotta go. I, um, need
something from the lodge too, I just remembered.� Roxas quickly explained,
already taking off.

�Uh, okay?� Riku replied, looking a
little confused. �Do you want me to come with ��

�No!� Roxas shouted back, before
offering up an alternate suggestion. �Go kick Seifer out of your house before
he defiles it anymore than he already has.�

He heard Riku�s vague affirmative
response, but in truth, he didn�t care much what Riku did at the moment.
Roxas needed to track Sora down, and he needed to do it fast and without
question.

At first Roxas had been perfectly
content with simply watching Sora scamper off to get his cocoa, no matter how
random the impulse had been, but as the gears turned and clicked in his head he
had noticed that even for Sora, there was some weird behaviour on. Sora had
just crept on up, listened in on Riku and Roxas�s conversation about Axel, and then
� with a weird little look in his oh so innocent appearing blue eyes � had made
up a hasty excuse to run off to the lodge.

More specifically, to the caf�.

Which was where Axel worked.

No, this didn�t sit well with Roxas
at all. Not one bit. Sora was up to something, he just knew it!

Sora was a quick little sneak,
Roxas soon discovered. Even though the brunette had only gotten about half a
minute�s head start, Sora was nowhere to be seen. His footprints in the snow,
however, were a dead giveaway, and led Roxas right to the lodge doors.
Stealthily slipping inside, Roxas glanced around, and saw Sora heading over to
the caf� counter on the other side of the room.

Oh crap!

Just as Roxas was about to call out
to Sora to get him to stop, the younger teen stopped, gasped, and made a sharp
turn into the gift shop. Thank God for shiny things, diverting Sora�s limited
attention span! Roxas hurried after him, preparing to sidle on up to Sora and
strike up a non-suspicious-but-still-information-gathering conversation when
someone else beat him to the punch.

�Sora?�

Roxas quickly ducked behind a
display rack as Axel appeared out of nowhere, a stack of boxes in his hands.
CURSES! His plan of interception was foiled! No way could Roxas just waltz on
over there now.

�Oh! Axel!� Sora exclaimed in
surprise. �I was actually just coming to look for you � �

�HA!� Roxas�s brain mentally
cheered in triumph at his skills of successful deduction. �I KNEW IT, SORA,
YOU LITTLE SNEAK!�

� � but I thought you worked at the
caf�!�

Axel raised an eyebrow in
amusement. �You thought I worked at the caf�, so you came looking for me in the
gift shop?�

The brunette looked a down with an
embarrassed smile. �Well� I saw a snowglobe with glitter in it, and I just
thought it would only take a minute��

With a fond smile and a roll of his
bright green eyes, Axel shifted the boxes in his arms. �Well gee, good to know
I was overruled by sparkles.�

�You�re probably not the first.� Roxas thought.

�Well anyways!� Sora continued. �I
was, uh, wondering if you had a minute? To talk?�

�Lucky you, I�m about to go on
break!� Axel informed him. The guy sure seemed to get a lot of breaks, in
Roxas�s opinion. These ski resort people sure weren�t working him very hard!

Roxas stealthily crept after them
as they walked down the hall so that Axel could put his boxes away in the
storage room. In a brief moment of panic, Roxas was sure they were going to
lock the door, and he wouldn�t be able to spy on them, but instead it was left
partway open, and if Roxas stood at just the right angle he could see Axel and
Sora sitting down on some crates, across from eachother as they geared up for
their conversation.

�So what is it?� Axel asked,
sounding interested, but a little confused.

�Oh.� Sora began. �Well, uh, I was
just wondering. About� about you and Roxas?�

�Damnit, Sora!� Roxas
mentally swore. �Have some tact!� He watched Axel carefully, trying to
gauge a reaction, and he saw the redhead tense up slightly, indicating that he
was uncomfortable with the question.

�Uh� what about us?� he hesitantly
asked. �Did Roxas say something?�

Oh crap. Oh crap oh crap damnit
crap fuck on a stick. Sora was going to tell Axel what he said and make him
look like a complete ass!

�Not really.� The brunette smoothly
answered. �It just kind of seems like something weird is going on with you
guys, and I wondered what it was.�

Well goddamn. Sora had gained the
powers of insight and discrepancy. Roxas was impressed. Not only that, but now
he had the ability to overhear what Axel�s assessment of the situation was with
no outside influence.

�Oh�� Axel responded, and Roxas
could see that he didn�t look overly enthused about the direction in which the
conversation was headed. �Well, uh� I�m not sure what�s up. I mean� it�s been a
while since I last saw him. I think he said he�s been busy with school?�

�Really?� Sora questioned, tilting
his head in a curiously thoughtful manner. �No, Sora, no!� Roxas
thought. �That�s weird, I didn�t think he seemed too interested in his homework
this year. Or, you know� ever.�

Well then. The cat was out of the
bag now. Roxas barely held in a groan, not wanting to alert Axel and Sora to
his presence, but needing to let out some of his frustration. All there was to
do now was see how Axel processed the information.

�Oh.� He responded, and Roxas could
have sworn he saw the redhead�s wild spikes droop a little. �Well I did think
it was a pretty weak excuse� But I mean, I�ve seen him pretty often here and he
seems� okay with me. Right?�

Sora smiled, getting up and joining
Axel on his crate, pulling the taller, lankier teen into an awkward sideways
hug. �I think Roxas is confused.� He told Axel.

Hey! Since when did Roxas give Sora
the privilege of speaking on his behalf? NEVER, that�s when!

�Confused?� Axel echoed.

�Yeah.� Sora assured him. �I think
he was talking about it with Riku a little, and he seemed kind of stressed out
about it. He�s never been very good at getting his deeper emotions out, and I
think you kind of� you kind of made him own up to the fact that he could
express feelings for someone, you know?�

�I�ve been trying to tone it down��
Axel admitted. �I mean, at first it was cool to just be annoying and get him
all flustered, but after he stopped calling� I mean, it was never like I got
any explanation or closure or anything so I really have no idea what�s up with
him. As long as he�s around, though, and not acting like he never wants to see
me again� I guess I�m just trying to lay off so I don�t overwhelm him.�

�And that�s good!� Sora assured
him, patting down Axel�s spikes like one would pet a dog who had just done
something biscuit-worthy. �As long as you don�t completely change yourself,
anyways.�

�Nah, I�m just taking it down a
notch.� Axel admitted with a sigh.

�Well don�t worry.� Sora assured
him. �Roxas will come around. He usually does. He�ll act like he doesn�t care,
but deep down. Or you know� really deep, deep down. Like really REALLY deep
deep deeeeep down��

Roxas glowered at Sora from his
hiding spot.

�Like really deep. Deep deep
down in the dark secret corners of his most deeply hidden ��

�Sora, I get it.� Axel cut in.

�Oh. Right. Anyways, deep down, I
know he cares. About me, and about Riku, and about all of his other friends,
and especially about you.�

There really was nothing quite like
hearing yourself being talked about and analyzed when the person doing it had
no idea you could hear them, Roxas realized. When people talked about other
people behind their back they felt like they could say anything that they
wanted about the person, whatever their truthful feelings and observations of
the other person was. And the crazy thing was, Sora wasn�t� he wasn�t gossiping
or anything, regardless of the fact that he was talking about Roxas behind his
back. He was being kind and insightful and helpful, and saying things that
Roxas really wanted to refute, but knew he couldn�t. Not if he was being honest
with himself.

�Alright.� Axel replied. �I�ll keep
that in mind, then.�

�Good!� Sora clipped, beaming
brightly. �He�ll come around, you�ll see.�

Axel stood then, brushing the front
of his pants off. �Well then, I think I gotta get going. I�ve got to meet up
with Ven � today�s his day off and I told him I�d hang with him. Hey, you
haven�t seen Demyx around, have you?�

Sora shook his head. �Nope, sorry.�

�Alright then, I�ll have to give
him a call. He said he wanted to hit the slopes with you and Riku later.�

�Oh cool!�

At this point Axel and Sora were
moving for the door, and the Axel/Roxas conversation seemed to be over so Roxas
made a hasty retreat. It certainly wouldn�t do to be caught spying.

He headed out through the back
entrance to the lodge, just to make sure Sora and Axel didn�t see that he had
been hanging around. Trudging through the snow, Roxas decided that a walk was
in order to process everything that he had just heard. As he wandered and
mulled things over, it became obvious that Axel didn�t realize the full extent
of Roxas�s, ah, extended absence from his life. Roxas had purposefully
cut him out, like a jerky, self-centered asshole who thought he wasn�t
obligated to hang around riffraff like Axel. And� there was more to it than
that, but essentially that was what it came down to, as far as how he had
treated Axel.

Slumping against a tree, Roxas let
out a long exhale. Axel wasn�t a bad person, he just� complicated things. Roxas
was going to have to decide if dealing with those complications was worth it or
not, sooner rather than later. He thought of Axel, wondering what he was
thinking, doing. He said he�d be heading off to spend a day doing
who-knows-what with Ven, right?

Argh. Ven. Roxas just couldn�t
stand him. He had no right to budge in and take away Axel�s attention while
Roxas was still trying to figure things out! Something had to be done about
that.

Plopping down in the snow, Roxas
drew his knees up to his chest, folding his arms over the knees and resting his
chin on them. Thinking pose: check. Now all he had to do was stay put and wrack
his little brain for a plan to figure things out with Axel.

Because� if he didn�t do it fast,
he might lose his chance forever.

Whoofah. It was going to be a
looooong day.

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What�s
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enjoyed this surprise treat!
Haha,
well you see� I realized that if I paced myself right I could make it so that
the last chapter was posted on the 29th of February, and a chance like that
only comes around once in every four years! I�m always really OCD about numbers
for my posting dates, sooo� yeah. XD I made a little list for myself of what my
posting schedule has to be like, so I�m planning on weekly updates (about),
starting now.
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�You�re probably not the first.� Roxas thought.