After a long wait, the next chapter for this abomination against all that is holy is finally here. It's a bit shorter than the rest, in my opinion, but that's only because there is a lot of things I'm planning on putting in this thing. So, look out for that!

Took me a month to do, but I am finally finished and working on chapter 7!

THANK YOU TAMER OF THE FRIDGE MONSTERS Chocola Emo Shizzel for Beta'ing!

Any mistakes seen are mine, and mine alone.

Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts. It saddens me.

Chapter 6

Roxas could hardly believe what he had seen. For a good moment he just stared at them as they continued kissing, unaware of his presence before he spoke. It was just such a bizarre thing to come across. His ex with one of the first people he had become friend's with when he moved.

"Holy crap," said Roxas in awe. The two quickly separated and a look of shock came across their faces.

"Roxas!" they both yelped, Kadaj pushing Hayner away from him and ran his hand through his slivery hair, trying to fix it as he went. Hayner blushed red and looked away from the blond.

"Uh…sorry for interrupting. I'll just, be going now." Roxas muttered and ran out, leaving the two boys in the bathroom stall embarrassed for what had just happened.

Roxas ran out and climbed up the stairs after remembering that he still needed to use the bathroom. All things considered he wasn't at all surprised that he forget about it. He closed and locked the stall door on the floor above them before he unzipped his pants and let out a breath.

They were actually making-out! In the school bathroom! How ninth-grade. Roxas thought slightly bitterly.

Aw crap. Hayner and Kadaj? I didn't even know that they knew each other! They must've met earlier in the year as the struggle battle competition began. Roxas rolled his eyes after finishing in the stall and washed his hands.

Of course they met each other. They were bound too eventually. Hayner was a good looking guy and Kadaj was pretty cute in his Goth-like way. If he remembered correctly he could recall Hayner being attracted to Roxas because of his slight emo style when they first started dating.

Roxas shook his head and sighed. He guessed that they were probably good for each other. But there was just something nagging in the back of his head. Something he just could not put his finger on. He felt a little strange sensation in his chest when he thought back to the image of Kadaj and Hayner. A small heat was building up.

Could it have been jealousy?

Before Roxas could further think about this strange new feeling the bell singling the new period had shook him from his thoughts. His eyes widened when he realized that he had been in the bathroom for at least ten minutes since running into those two.

"Aw fuck!" he cursed and ran back to his class. He opened the classroom door, blushed lightly at the glare that Professor Donald gave him and grabbed his bag as he left. Again he sighed and pressed the button for the elevator. His elevator pass in his hand.

"Hey, Roxas," Sora said, causing Roxas to nearly jump out of his skin.

"Sora!"

"They gave you an elevator pass?" he asked, pointing his thumb at the closed doors.

"Yeah. Since I'm pretty early in the pregnancy and everything the school doesn't want me to do anything that could possibly stress my body physically. Yazoo talked to the Principal said that because I'm a guy there could be a higher chance of a miscarriage so they gave me a pass." Roxas said with a shrug.

"Lucky you. Unfortunately for me I have to walk downstairs and show these people my timetable just to go and eat Lunch!"

Roxas chuckled at his cousin's whining. "It's amazing how many kids cut classes just to hang out in the cafeteria." Roxas then paled when he saw Kadaj pass the two. A blush on his face when he caught Roxas' eye. Sora raised a brow in question and smiled when Roxas shook his head.

"You don't want to know," Roxas answered the unspoken question.

"That bad, huh?"

"well, not really bad, as it is awkward," Roxas admitted as he pressed the elevator button repeatedly, wondering what was taking it so long. The ding that rang his ears made him smirk. "I'll tell you later," he said as the doors opened and he stepped in, eyeing the elevator monitor up and down. He sneered and turned to Sora. "After school okay? I'll be in your room."

Sora nodded and waved when the doors closed. Roxas looked back at the man who pressed his floor and surveyed for other students in the elevator. Normally student council members used the elevator due to the fact that they were usually the ones to break up fights or help extinguish life threatening situations that were the faults of inexperienced students. Today only one other student was there. And said student made his heart skip for the first time that day.

"Olette?"

The brunette looked up when her name was said and smiled wide at Roxas.

"Hello Roxas!" she said cheerfully. "How are you? We've been looking for you for the last couple weeks but every time we were about to approach you'd leave,"

Roxas shrugged sheepishly, for once glad to see the girl and happy not to see her with Hayner around. "Sorry. I've…been busy. You know, T.T.A. isn't exactly like a normal school. A lot of the students have activities and training schedules to help develop their abilities." Not a lie, but not completely the truth. While a lot of the students did have to do those things after and during school it didn't mean that they had no time. Most of them were free to do whatever and only had to stay after school to better hone their skills twice a week. And due to Roxas' condition he had more free time to whatever he wanted.

Olette nodded. "Yeah, I guess that's true. But…I've missed you." she said quietly.

"Really?"

"Yeah. It's been so long since we've just talked and hung out." she mumbled but perked up when she felt his hand on her shoulder. "Hey, remember when we went to the beach?"

Roxas grinned. "You mean when we tried to go to the beach and I got pick pocketed."

"Yes! Oh, it was a shame that we weren't able to go that day," she giggled. "But even if we did I don't think Hayner would've liked it very much."

The elevator door opened and the two teens walked out, Roxas' arm wrapped around Olette in a friendly gesture. "He wouldn't! not after stepping on that crab the year before," Roxas said with a smirk as they walked out into the warm Twilight Town air.

"Roxas!" someone called, and he looked behind him to see Kadaj walking towards him. Roxas blushed a bit and walked with Olette to an empty table where Kadaj met up with them.

"Olette, this is Kadaj. Kadaj, this is Olette, an old friend of mine from my home town."

Kadaj smiled in greeting and motioned for Roxas to follow him. After reassuring Olette that he would return Roxas followed Kadaj to a remote part of the school lunch area. They were silent for a moment and Roxas couldn't help but feel a small amount of tension around them. Awkward tension. Deciding to break it Roxas thought it would be best if he broke the ice in a subtle manner.

"You were with him on Thanksgiving weren't you?" Okay, not so subtle.

"Yes," Kadaj admitted reluctantly. "Look, about what happened, I--I wanted to tell you. And I was going too, I just--I didn't think that you would find out like that,"

"Don't worry about it. I'm not mad or anything I'm just…a little worried I guess," Roxas confessed, feeling a bit silly about the entire thing.

"Worried? Why?"

"Because," Roxas sighed. "He cheated on me before I moved here. It was going on for months before then and, on the day I was about to move well…let's just say that we didn't break up on good terms."

Kadaj glared lightly at nothing in particular. "You're worried he'll cheat on me aren't you?"

Roxas said nothing. But the silence was enough of an answer for him.

"Why didn't you ever tell me that he did that to you?" Kadaj asked in a whisper. "Why wait until now to tell me?"

Roxas looked away from his mako cat-like green eyes and stared out, watching the students talk and laugh around them. "I didn't tell you because I didn't think it was important. I never knew you would ever meet him let alone hook up with him."

Kadaj stiffened at that. "Well I did. You know him more than anyone, you dated him for a time didn't you? Are you afraid he'll cheat on me?"

"No. Yes…maybe. I don't know. It's been years since I've seen him. What I knew about him then is probably different from now. People change and maybe he's changed, maybe he didn't. I just…" Roxas paused and looked into Kadaj's eyes and pushed back a lock of his sliver hair. "I don't want to see you hurt."

The sliver haired teen smiled lovingly at the blond and cupped his hand. "You forget who you're talking too, Roxas. I don't let anyone in who isn't worthy of me to care for. He won't hurt me."

Roxas leaned in and rested his forehead against Kadaj's. "Don't let him." he lightly pleaded, kissing him on the forehead and walked away from him. Kadaj's smile never wavered.

"I won't let him,"

Roxas returned to Olette with a smile on his face that didn't quite reach his eyes. His old friend noticed this but didn't question. Obviously something happened when he was with Kadaj that seemed to have made him a little unhappy.

"So, how have things been with your new boyfriend?" She asked, thankfully taking Roxas' mind off of what had just happened.

"He's great! I should introduce you to him. When are you free?"

"I'm free today. Hayner and Pence are going to be practicing for their up and coming Struggle battle this weekend so…" she let the sentence drag.

Roxas smiled and this time it did reach his eyes. "Cool."

"What's he like?"

"Well, that's a toughie. Axel is…unlike anyone I've ever met," Said Roxas with a nostalgic air about him. "He's a pyrokinetic and he's able to summon these Chakrams that he can use in combat. He's very well skilled in fighting and with his power. The first few nights I moved here he made a dragon completely out of fire. He's kind and funny…a little idiotic at times, but, hey, gotta have some flaws right?"

Olette gave him a warm smile and tilted her head. She could hear the love in his voice when he talked about him. He sounded a lot like her when she spoke of Pence.

"He's smart too. Just yesterday, for example, we were talking about the technological advices society would have made if Christianity never existed. I don't really know what brought that conversation on though. It sometimes makes me wonder if Axel has A.D.D."

Olette blinked at that statement. Lost in her own thoughts she had just caught the end of his sentence. "A.D.D.? Roxas are you still going on about that?"

"What?" he asked confused.

"I thought you would out grow your whole A.D.D. thing. I mean, yeah you had the signs and whatever but do you really think you have it after all this time?"

Roxas scratched at his face and looked quizzically at the girl next to him. Why the topic change all of a sudden? It wasn't normally like Olette to do that out of nowhere. But he shrugged, thinking it was probably just her way of telling him that he was talking about Axel too much. Which could have been a good thing. If he had continued on talking about him he might have let it slip that he was pregnant and he couldn't have that. At least, not yet anyway.

"Yeah." he said carefully, knowing fully that it was because of his "A.D.D." that he was in the situation he was in. "Sort of. I mean, I still have those weird random thought patterns and I do still continue to start things before I finish what it is that I previously started even after all this time. In fact, I think it might have gotten worse but it's not like it's affecting my school work." he said with thoughtful face and continued.. "I have to concentrate on at least that or I'll fail. I've got a three point five GPA, there's no way I can afford to fail."

"That's true I suppose. The classes here are challenging if you don't pay attention." she grinned. "three point five? What happened? Last I remembered you were scoring the maximum." Olette giggled.

Roxas blushed at that. Yes, he did have the maximum in middle school and throughout most of his time at T.T.A. his grade was basically the same. But, of course, due to his situation he had to cut back on a few of his classes which lead to his slightly lower grade. It might have annoyed him to know that, but it's not like he had a choice. He sighed. At least the principal was allowing him to do extra credit and a pass because of this or else his grade would've been lower. He shuddered at the thought. For if there was one thing he prided himself in it was his grades .

"Yeah, well, they…uh, thought it would be better if I take some more advanced classes. Apparently my A.D.D. was getting the best of me due to the easy work I was getting. I guess some of the new work they give me is a little too advanced," he lied easily. Olette looked at him critically, but seemed to buy that explanation.

"Are you ever going to talk to Hayner?" she asked, once again changing the subject.

Roxas looked away from her and grimaced. He had a feeling that she was going to ask him something along those lines.

"I haven't spoken to him in the last two and a half years, I don't know why I should start now," he said firmly. Olette sighed, reached her hand out to his and laced their fingers.

"Roxas, you can't keep punishing him for this. You were both young. Only fifteen."

"Yeah, fifteen. We were both fifteen yet I somehow managed to keep it in my pants unlike him. Damn it 'Lette I loved him. I really did. And he hurt me…too this day it leaves a dull ache to know that he, or anyone for that matter could do something like that to someone they supposedly 'love.'"

"He was wrong for what he did. It was stupid, I know. But it's been years since then. Don't you think it's time you get over it?"

Roxas sighed. It was questions like those that kept popping up in his head ever since he found out that Hayner was attending T.T.A. and it was more than annoying. Not only did he have that whole baby thing to worry about, but there was also all the classes he would have to take just to make sure he'd be able to graduate on time, moving preparations…the last thing he needed was to think about Hayner. Yet he continued to do so.

In a way Roxas could say that he was over it. It happened so long ago that the pain he felt from that experience was more like an annoying dull ache. Almost as if it were more embarrassing than traumatic. But there was still a little something holding him back from forgiving Hayner completely. Roxas had no idea what it was and he didn't like it. So, he gave Olette the only answer he could.

"I'll…try to forgive him."

Olette smiled.

Try. That really was all he could do, at least, until he figured out what it was that was keeping him from completely getting over the whole thing.

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It was about seven in the morning when Roxas looked into the full length mirror in his bathroom. He lifted his shirt and inspected his stomach. He was about eighteen or nineteen weeks pregnant already and he stomach was really starting to show. It was still a little small, but it was definitely noticeable. No longer did you have to squint or be really close to see it.

He bit at his bottom lip in worry. He had no idea what would happen when the entire school found out that he was pregnant. Or better yet, he had no idea how his old friends would react. Would they be happy? Sad? Angry? Disgusted?

Roxas gulped.

The last thing he wanted was for his friends to think he was some kind of freak. Even though, technically, what was happening to him wasn't exactly normal and freakish to some extent.

He felt at the soft yet hard mound against his hand. Something was growing in there. Something that was his and Axel's. A little human being that no matter what he would fuck up it's life.

He gasped, trying to keep the tears at bay as his mind was riddled with curses about how much he hated being pregnant and how much he hated pregnancy hormones. He was a boy for a reason, he shouldn't go through things like pregnancy and lactation.

Roxas sighed to himself and looked at the clock.

Seven fifty-three. It was Seven fifty-three in the morning. He had exactly twenty minutes before he had to be in class and he wasn't even dressed yet. Moving quickly Roxas threw on his clothes and sent a quick text to Axel, telling him to drop him off to school on his way to his classes.

Once dressed he raced upstairs, grabbed a Yogurt, an apple, a pudding cup, and a thermos filled with fruity pebbles and climbed in Axel's old Toyota.

"Good morning, Roxie," Axel said cheerfully.

"memo afu," said Roxas with his mouth full.

"Running a little late?"

Roxas swallowed the rest of his cereal quickly before turning and glaring at the redhead.

"Yes, I am." he mumbled, ripping the plastic covering of his pudding cup and inhaling it. "I woke up to find myself staring at the mirror for almost twenty minutes,"

Axel chucked. "I didn't think you were so vain, Roxie,"

The blond ruffled at the statement and nearly threw his apple at him. "I am not vain! I just--you know what, let me show you," he said, grabbing hold of Axel's arm and placing his hand on his stomach. When Axel felt something move he squeaked and nearly lost control of the car.

"Holy shit! It moved!"

"Of course it moved! It's alive you know." Roxas paused to drink his yogurt and gave a critical eye in Axel's direction. "I'm really starting to show. I no longer look like I'm getting fat but that I'm actually housing something inside my body."

Axel sighed and slowed the car to a stop when they neared Twilight Town Academy. "You could always tell them it's a tapeworm,"

"A tapeworm?"

"Look, I know your nervous about showing. Hell I didn't think you would start showing so soon. But you are and eventually people are going to find out. I know you're scared and even though this is a very strange circumstance, you shouldn't think that everyone is going to loose their mind over this. I mean, this T.T.A., half of what the students do here should be damn near impossible." Axel said reasonably.

Roxas smirked. Axel was right. He really had no reason to scared of their reactions. He remembered fondly when his old friends found him summoning his Keyblades. They were shocked about it, but it wasn't as if they were surprised about it. They knew that weapon summoning and magic was inherited by his family. So why would they be shocked or otherwise disgusted by this unexpected occurrence?

Roxas smiled fondly at Axel before reaching out and kissing him on the lips. "You're right, Axel,"

Axel smirked. "Aren't I always?"

"No,"

The redhead shrugged but didn't argue He simply planted a soft kiss on Roxas' mouth before opening the door to let his pregnant lover out. "See you later, Roxie. Love you,"

"Love you more." Said Roxas, as he got out of the car and looked at the building with a small feeling of dread in his stomach. Just because the students and staff probably wouldn't care about his pregnancy, didn't make it any less nerve racking on the blond.

"Have a fun day at school dear!" Laughed Axel, the engine roaring as he sped down the street.

Roxas glared at the school. His every step as he got closer to it filled him with a sense of determination. Today was the day that he would go to Nurse Mini and tell her that he was pregnant. Yazoo had advised him on talking with the school nurse in the event that anything happened. But not only was he going to tell the school nurse; he was also going to tell Pence, Olette and Hayner. They had a right to know and better it be from him now than have them find out a couple weeks down the line.

"Hey Roxas!" Sora cheerfully greeted from the entrance. "It's about time you got here! I was starting to think you weren't going to show. What kept you?"

Roxas didn't answer, he just rubbed at his stomach and made a sick face. Sora's lips made an 'o' shape, understanding the unspoken reason. "Sorry. I should've known."

"It's okay. It's just one of the many wonderful things that come with it," he said sarcastically with a roll of his eyes. Sora giggled.

"You ready for today's Math Mid-term?" Sora asked, changing the subject when they got to their lockers. Roxas sighed.

"No. But I'm not too worried about it. The stuff we went over these last couple days were pretty simple enough. It shouldn't be too much of a problem. Are you ready?"

Sora made a face. "No. I tried studying with Riku last week but all he wanted to do was make-out,"

Roxas snorted. "I am so sorry. Do you think you'll do okay?"

The brunette nodded as he put his book bag and books away. "Yeah, I'm sure I'll pass with at least a B minus. Even with Riku trying to cop a feel, we still managed to get some work done."

"Cop a feel?" Roxas quoted with a raised brow. "That's an interesting way of putting it,"

Sora grinned at the blond and slammed his locker closed. "I know, right? I heard that's what their calling willing molestation nowadays on that Music Television Network,"

A giggle bubbled up from Roxas and he gently shoved Sora. "You're such a cornball,"

Sora's grin widened at his cousin's smile. It had been a while since he'd seen Roxas smiling without running to the bathroom to barf.

Before long the two Strife's reached their class and sighed. If their was once thing they hated it was midterms week. And Twilight Town Academy was very strict when it came to their students grades. If they ever got below a D they would be forced to take remedial classes. And with the stories some of the Professors told about said classes, none of the students wanted to experience it.

Roxas opened the door, collected his test paper, and sat at his seat. He watched Sora do the same before he scanned the room and noticed the other students settling down with their pens and pencils in their hands. Some looking apprehensive while others looked comfortable and bored. Roxas turned back to his own paper and quickly started. It wasn't as simple as he thought it would be. In fact, a number of the problems they hadn't even gone over in class. But he managed to answer all of them with the best of his ability. A little disappointed that his grade might slip, but he was fairly certain that most if not all of the students would have a lower grade than they thought.

It took him almost the entire duel-period to finish his exam, but once he was done he looked over everything, corrected or redid what had to be shown and handed the paper in. When he turned he saw that only a few of the students were finished. The rest, one of them being Sora, on the other hand, was not.

Sora looked up and threw a gentle smile Roxas way before returning to his own paper.

Roxas, knowing that meant that it wouldn't be long before Sora was finished with his exam decided to that it would be the best time to go to the nurses' office before the other students got out. So once Roxas gave his excuse he took his time getting to the nurses' office. Once their, Roxas was greeted with a warm smile by Nurse Mini.

"Hello, Roxas," came the high-pitched welcome.

"Hello, Nurse Mini,"

The Nurse made a motion for Roxas to sit at the nearest bed to her and picked up his file.

"I got an E-mail from Yazoo saying that you'll be needing me to keep an eye on you. But he didn't say as to why. Would you mind telling me?" She asked politely, taking down some notes as she checked his vitals.

Roxas nodded and gulped. He didn't exactly know how to explain it scientifically. But he thought it was best to tell her what he knew at least.

"Well, Nurse Mini, I'm,…I'm pregnant,"

Mini's pen stilled over the paper. A look of shock on her face, but it was soon replaced with a look of professionalism. "Mickey told me it was something serious," she mumbled, before looking Roxas in the eyes. "How far along are you, Roxas?"

The question made a flood of relief wash over him. "Um…I'm in my second trimester. About eighteen to nineteen weeks I think,"

Mini smiled. "Well that's wonderful. In a little while you should be able to tell the sex. Tell me, how has this been effecting you physically? Any complications I should know about?"

Roxas shook his head. "No. Nothing out of the ordinary. At least, what I think would be ordinary. I'm not exactly an expert on this but from Yazoo and my doctor has told me everything is as it should be."

Mini nodded and jotted down some notes and turned to him fully. "Roxas, I need you to lie down on your back. I need to feel your stomach and test your weight to make sure that the baby isn't causing too much pressure on your pelvis."

Roxas complied and nearly giggled at Mini's warm, gloved hands. She, like Yazoo had very warm hands and it was nice to feel it against his skin. It made him relax, unlike many doctors whose hands were ice cold.

Bump.

"Oh!" Said Mini in surprise. Roxas blinked at the odd sensation.

"What's wrong?" he asked, wondering what he had just felt.

Bump.

"You're baby is kicking!" she said excitedly.

Roxas felt at his stomach, the small fluttering feeling of something pressing lightly against his stomach made him smile big. He had felt it move before, but this was the first time he felt it as strong as he did.

"Wow…" he gasped. The feeling of his baby kicking surprising him and making him feel excited and completed all at once. For the first time since Roxas became pregnant he could actually feel like something was alive and growing inside him. The happiness that exploded stung his eyes and caused tears to run down the sides of his temples and into his hair. "That's it, huh?"

Mini giggled. "Yes. That's your baby," she said, he hands moving down. She nodded and let go. "Your hips seem to be a bit wider for a boy. Am I safe to assume that Yazoo gave you something to help with this?"

Roxas wiped at his tears before answering. "Yeah. He gave me some form of estrogen to help." he said while getting up. "Can't say I'm complaining too much, except that it's kind of making my chest sore,"

Nurse Mini wrote something in his file and got up from her desk. "Yes, well, that is quite natural in pregnancy. I'm thinking that the estrogen that Yazoo gave you is speeding up the lactation process."

Roxas nearly choked. "L-lactation?!"

"That's right. For breast feeding. Now, I'm pretty sure that you were showing signs before this, right?"

Roxas nodded dumbly.

"Than it shouldn't be a surprise to you. The hormone is just making it more…noticeable," She said as she walked to the door. "Now, I have to go and give Mickey a copy of this file. I'll be right back with a list of what you should do incase something happens during school hours," And with that the Nurse left, leaving Roxas with his thoughts.

He was lactating. Or rather, he body was preparing for it. Good lord he already leaked through his favorite tee-shirt when he got that ultrasound! The very thought of his chest getting tits was horrifying. More horrifying than him getting bigger. He was a boy! Even if he is pregnant he shouldn't be getting tits!

But he was, sort of.

Breast-feeding.

Could he even go through with that? The thought was gross enough. Sure he was used to Axel playing and sucking on his nipples and for the most part he enjoyed that. But the fact that they would get bigger and milk would come out of them…he just didn't want to think about it.

Roxas felt at his chest and winced at the small sting. Memories of his mother vaguely telling him that a girls' chest is sensitive during puberty crossed his mind.

Was this what women dealt with when they were growing up? Was this what they dealt with when they were expecting? Why would women even want to have kids knowing that they would go through all of this?

Roxas didn't have time to ponder before the door leading in was opened and the one person he didn't want to see locked eyes with him.

"Roxas?"

"Hayner?"

Hayner's brown eyes widened a bit in surprise. A small blush graced his cheeks. "What are you doing here?" He asked.

"I…uh…well---"

Nurse Mini appeared after Hayner, apparently not seeing the other blond boy before she spoke. "Well Roxas, Mickey told me all the preparations that he took to make your pregnancy easier,"

"Oh shit…" Mumbled Roxas.

"P-pregnancy?!" Yelled Hayner.

"Oh dear," whispered Nurse Mini.

"You're Pregnant?!" Yelled Hayner once again. The shock settling on his face as he turned sharply to stare at Roxas.

"oh, fuck my life," Roxas whispered under his breath. Why was it that whenever things started to get a little easier, life would always find a way to make it completely shitty?

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