Music in Me: Chap.1

"MUSIC IN ME"

Chapter 1: Precious Little Life


TONIGHT!
FLAME ROSE WANTS YOU!
DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES?!
BRING YOUR BASS! BRING YOUR ELECTRIC!
BRING YOUR SKILLS!
PLACE: 813 PINWHEEL CIRCLE
16TH - 21ST! 5P.M.-10P.M. !

Zexion sighed as he tore the bright red flier off his locker, watching it flow into the busy hallway center before turning to grab his books.

Honestly, what was Axel thinking? Posting fliers like that was never going to get Larxene back; not all women cracked under jealousy. If anything, it would make her more stubborn...

Still, it wasn't any of his  business. Personally, he'd never actually listened to his 'friends' music, mostly out of fear of losing an eardrum he just couldn't bear to part with yet. He knew Axel; and everything Axel did, he did loud. Half the time he only ever went over to the band practices to help Roxas with homework, and remind Axel to do his own. The other half was to help Roxas work the computer's editing software so there was hope that their songs weren't total shit.

"Hey Zexion." Deep eyes looked up as the owner forced the locker shut, books in hand.

'Ah yes, speak of the devil and his little imp will appear. Must be a busy day if he can't come himself. He'll be answering to many if he's spoken of all around school.'

"Roxas," He greeted, nodding slightly.

"Oh, sorry about that," He saw the crumbled flier on the floor, now stomped upon. "He kind of just put them everywhere..."

"It's no trouble. I'm just not looking forward to gym anymore."

"Were you ever?" He teased lightly, falling in step with the Junior. "You think she'll go off?"

"Sadly, no. I know for a fact she'll start going off before I can even get changed."

"You know, you're really good at not picking sides." The blond looked off.

"Oh no, I pick sides." Zexion interrupted. "I just don't get involved. Axel was wrong."

"He was not, Larxene-!"

"You have to be on Axels side, you're dating."

"Hold on a minute, that's not true! I disagree on some of the things he does!"

"Yes, but that's because he's an idiot." Well, the younger didn't really argue against that, instead he stayed quiet for a bit as if trying to think of what to say next.

"Oh yea, hey, do you think you can come to the try-outs tonight?"

"Me? Why? I'm not in the band."

"Well, no, but you do help. Axel says you'll get a vote."

"I don't even like your music," The older boy said bluntly.

"Gee, thanks. Look, there are three of us, and Axels vote sadly counts as two. We need a tie-breaker."

"...So you're asking me to vote against Axel?"

"If necessary."

"...Well, I suppose I have nothing better to do," He sighed heavily. "I might as well. Are you going to try out?"

"No," The blond answered quickly. It was a real shame; Roxas could have solved all the bands problems on his own. "B-Besides, we need a more effeminate voice."

"I think your voice is rather womanly, and it would complement Riku's just fine. I already know it's a perfect combination with Axel's." Zexion jabbed, shooting a knowing look.

"You're never going to let me live that down, are you?"

"Not in a million years," Zexion nodded.

"Hey guys!" This guy.

Both froze in the hall, cringing a bit in annoyance.

Zexion and Roxas usually took this route to avoid running into the tall blond. Neither had really ever learned his name, though the stranger knew both of theirs, and seemed insistent on being one of their friends.

"Um... Hey... Well, I gotta go, see ya later Zexion." With that the blond hurried to Physics, leaving the two to AP Psych.

'Damn you Roxas.'

The shorter boy allowed himself to turn off his senses, simply nodding when he noticed the taller pause.


*I can't wait to see you! I've liked you for a thousand years!*


"Hey Zex, you ready?" The pale teen looked up from his tray of what the school called food. It never really tasted bad, but it really couldn't be healthy for you either.

"Ready for what?"

"The auditions tonight! Roxy said you'd be coming."

"I guess. It's not that exciting..."

"It's going to be great! Really scope out the talent!" The taller smirked, sitting next to him.

"You mean a bunch of tone-deaf teenagers with instruments? I can't wait." He rolled his eyes sarcastically, watching the red head open the soda he'd hidden away. "Is Riku at least coming too?"

"Yea, of course. Why?"

"Riku and Roxas' sanity evens out your 'annoying' to 'tolerable'."

"Was that an 'insane' joke or an 'annoying' joke?"

"Well, you caught on to both so it's not a joke on your stupidity."

"Who are we making a stupid joke about?" Riku moved over to the table, sitting across from the red and lilac haired teens.

"Don' worry, we're leaving your girlfriend alone." Axel snickered.

"Did your girlfriend finally break you of that nasty habit?"

The two were interrupted as the twins came up, the blond sitting on the other side of Axel, the brunette next to Riku, across from Zexion.

"Hey Zexion!" As much as the shorter could get along with Riku and Roxas, he had a dangerously low tolerance of... well, stupid people. Sora he couldn't stand, but he was civil in distancing himself.

"Sora."

"I'm going to watch the band try-outs with you guys!" He beamed.

"I don't remember invit-" 'inviting you' was knocked out of Axel's mind as the jab hit against his side.

"One of his friends is trying out, and my house is going to be empty for awhile, so he's coming with us," Roxas insisted.

"Oh great..."

Riku on the other hand didn't seem to mind, wrapping an arm around the thin brunettes waist.

"You know... I think I'm going to get some work done before lunch is over. I'll see you all after school," Zexion excused himself. He could only take so much Axel- now he had to double-dose with a side of Sora along with it?

Five hours... a day... for an entire school week... He would have to do some serious avoiding maneuvers during school for the next month to make up for all the brain cells that would be lost.


*No matter what I do, no matter what I say!*


"I mean shit, if he was fucking gay that's all he had to say!"

"Mh-hm..." Zexion answered tiredly, glancing up from his book and over his glasses to check up on the field, sighing as they started praising who ever made that last kick.

"He just kept leading me on and hitting on me after all!"

"Yea..." He wasn't even really paying attention anymore. She'd been going at this for the past twenty minutes...

"Not to mention, uh, ya know, isn't inner-band-dating bad for the group!"

"Roxas isn't in the band," He corrected, taking his glasses off to clean a smudge. "Besides, weren't you the one hitting on Axel the whole time?"

"He never denied me or stopped me! I thought you said I was right?"

"I said Axel was wrong."

"Same thing!"

"Incorrect, you're wrong too," He sighed, glancing back to his books once the glasses were replaced.

"Excuse me?" Larxene turned on him, glaring.

"Yes, Axel was wrong. He shouldn't have encouraged you by ignoring you instead of fixing it and confronting you. Not to mention pushing you into Riku's drum set was an awful idea. However, you're wrong for harassing him."

"I did not-!"

"Pressing against him and trying to get your hand down his pants is sexual harassment."

"Whose side are you on anyway?"

"My side. I'm always right." Zexion smirked lightly, the book moved closer to his face.

"Hey, are you guys not gonna play?"

Zexion sighed heavily, pinching the bridge of his nose to fight off a headache.

"Go away moron! Football's such a stupid game!" The pale blond hissed.

"You're just not that good at it yet. I can teach you."

"Move along idiot!"

"...What about you Zexion?"

"I have a doctor's note."

"Oh, what's wrong...?"

"I need to stay away from idiots, or I'll lose my sanity."

The hurt on the strawberry-blonde's face went ignored as he walked away, the black and white ball under his arm.