My name is Roxas Richards. I'm eighteen, going on nineteen, and live a pretty normal life as a aimless middle-class teenager. I live with my parents and twin brother, Sora in a town called Twilight Town.
When I was twelve, my parents got me and my brother, Sora, into a penpal program. We were both given the names of a boy in our age group from another town. And, well, I guess I never really got bored with it. It's fun to write letters to someone who lives a different life.
Over the years, we grew to be very close with our penpals, me and Sora. Hell, Sora even met his.
Yeah, I know, sounds like it could be dangerous, right? What if our penpal is some crazed rapist murderer? Well, Sora's wasn't.
Sora's penpal was a boy a year or two older than him. His name was Riku Jones...we don't get along too well. But Sora likes him, so I deal.
My penpal? Well...we never met. All I have is a name and an address. His name is Axel Ethon, and he's from Radiant Garden.
Radiant Garden isn't too far away...but I've never been there. I've only been to a few places: Destiny Island, and Traverse Town. I know, lame. The worst part? We went by plane. Oh well.
"Hey, Rox! You got a letter from Axel!"
Roxas looked up from his book with a smile. He loved it when he got letters. He took the thick letter from his twin, eagerly ripping it open.
"Dear Roxas,
I'M ON A BOAT, BITCHES!
Uhh, yeah, I'm not sure how this happened, but my buddy Demyx decided I was going fishing with him. Yeah, I don't know. He's weird.
Anywho, that's pretty cool that your brother met his penpal. Didn't know it was Riku, either. I know that guy. xD He's my, uh, how do I say this?
Riku's my ex-neighbor, ex-roomate, and an old buddy of mine. Guess I didn't know him so well if I didn't know about him being penpals with your brother...I'd been wondering where that kid disappeared to. Heh. Oh well.
I haven't really been doing much. Just kicking back and playing my guitar, messin' with Demyx's stuff, you know. The usual.
Hey, you know what? We've never so much as exchanged pictures. Weeeeiiiirrrd. So yeah, I'll enclose a few pictures. I'm the red haired sexy one, by the way. And yes, it is totally natural.
Much love,
Axel Ethons.
P.S. Demyx said he's going to be going to Twilight Town to visit his cousins on the 18th, so I'm gunna bum a ride off him. So uh, if you wanna hang, or whatever, hit me up! My number is on the back of one of the pictures, kay? Or if you don't, that's chill. Anyways, write me back, lover-boy!"
Roxas grinned. Axel was coming to Twilight Town! He looked up to see Sora raising an eyebrow at him. He shook his head at Sora and pulled out the extra.
The first picture was of a tall, lanky red head standing on top of a rather large looking rock, the sun setting behind him, striking a super-hero pose. The next one was him and two other guys, one with a blond mo-hawk mullet thing, and the other being... Riku. All three were in Captain Morgan stance, grinning like fools.
And the last picture, Roxas noted, was a candid shot. It was a picture of the red-head with his guitar case on his back, looking to the side. He was dressed in an open black jacket and black jeans with red suspenders hanging down. Beneath the jacket was a torn up red shirt, revealing pale yet olive skin.
To say the least, Roxas was blown away. Axel was downright sexy. It kind of made Roxas feel inferior, since the most he could get was 'cute.' He flipped the picture over, and found a phone number scrawled on the back.
"Let's see...well, I guess I ought to call today since the eighteenth is tomorrow, huh?" Roxas asked himself out loud. "Here goes nothing..."
On the third ring, he picked up. "Hello?" Came the groggy sounding response.
"Oh god, I didn't think you'd be sleeping, oh my god, Axel, I'm so sorry-"
"Who the fuck is this?"
Roxas blinked. "Oh, uh," he coughed. "This is uh, Roxas..."
"Oh! Hey buddy! I was wondering if you'd call."
"I, uh, I'm sorry I woke you up..."
"Don't worry bout it. It's kinda late to be sleeping anyways...heh, you sound like a little kid," he said, chuckling.
And you sound like a sex god, Roxas retorted in his head. "I do not! Jerk."
"Hey, I was just kidding! Don't take it so seriously..." Axel said, and sighed. "So, uh, I'll be there in...six hours, according to Demyx. I have no idea why we're going to get there at eleven tonight, since it's only two hours away, but whatever. The guy is weird."
Roxas laughed a little. "Well, you wanna meet up somewhere tomorrow, Axel?"
"Sure, buddy. Demyx and I are staying at..." Axel paused. "31 Wicker Avenue...you know where that is?"
Roxas paused.
"Rox? You still there?"
"Uh, yeah, it's just that..."
"What?"
"What'd you say your friend's name was?"
"Demyx."
Roxas swallowed. "Demyx Ackerfield?"
"Uh...yeah? You know 'im?"
"Shit."
"Rox?"
"DAMN IT SORA, WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME DEMYX WAS COMING?"
"Sorry, guess it slipped my mind..." Sora called from down the hallway.
Roxas grumbled something unintelligible and went back to the phone. "Uh, sorry about that...Demyx is my... cousin."
"No shit?"
"No shit."
"Damnnnnnn. Guess I'll see you when I get there, eh, cutie?"
"I. Am. Not. Cute." Roxas growled.
Axel chuckled. "I wouldn't know, I haven't seen you before...but your voice tells me you're cute and cuddly. Like a kitten."
"Fuck no," Roxas said, frowning.
"You got picturemail on your phone?"
Roxas squinted in thought. "Uh, yeah, why?"
"Then prove you're not cute, and I won't call you cutie anymore, got it Roxy?"
Roxas sighed. "Fine. I guess I'll uh, see you tonight?"
"Yeah! Send me that picture."
"Whatever," Roxas groaned. "Bye."
Roxas sighed, ending the call and pulling up his pictures. He scrolled through and selected a picture of him that Sora took when he stole Roxas's phone. His blond hair was spiked to perfection, his head tilted towards the sky, arms spread. He was in a long-sleeved ripped up black shirt with a white one showing underneath and black jeans weighed down by chains. He looked...reasonably sexy in that picture. Sora had always been pretty good at taking pictures. Roxas had always been good at getting his picture taken.
Roxas smirked, typing out "I'm not cute, see?" in the message before sending it to Axel's phone.
His phone buzzed a few minutes later. Damn, you're pretty, Roxy. You sure you're a guy?
Yeah, pretty sure I'd know the difference.
I dunno. Demyx can't.
That's because he's a dumb ass. You can check tonight if you don't believe me.
Oh bby.
Whatever, perv.
You know you love me. Demyx says hi.
Fuck that shit. Tell Demyx that there's no sugar in Twilight Town.
...Demyx just ran out of the room crying hysterically. Should I be worried?
Nah. He'll get over it.
...why did I never think of this before? God, Roxy, you're a genius.
I know. :]
"Roxas, Sora, Demyx is here!"
Roxas shot out of bed, scrambling down the hall and sliding down the railing of the stairs, much to his mother's dismay. Sora was right behind him.
"DEMYX!" Sora screeched, as soon as he saw the dirty blond haired man. The brunette threw himself at him, and Demyx crashed into the wall with a thud and a girlish squeak.
"Nice boxers, bro," Sora said after he finished his attack on their cousin.
Roxas looked down. "Aw, shit," he muttered, looking down at his rainbow boxers. He shrugged. Too late now.
"Ohhhh my god, oh my god... Roxas, pleaaaseee tell me you weren't serious about the sugar thing earlier!" Demyx said, shaking.
Roxas blinked, and looked at his cousin. "Oh, I was completely serious, Demyx."
Demyx let out a high-pitched sob.
"Chill out, Demyx, you can survive without sugar for two weeks," a voice said from behind Roxas, causing the blond haired boy to jump in surprise.
"A—Axel!"
"Wow, Roxy. You're really short."
"I'm not short!"
"Ugh, hate to break it to you buddy, but you and Sora are both kinda like midgets," Demyx said, cringing as Sora and Roxas both glared at him.
"Okay, okay, boys. I'm sure our guests are tired, so let's figure out how this is going to work..." Sora and Roxas's mother, Yuna said. She turned to Demyx. "Well, since you and Sora get along, and he's less likely to torture you than Roxas is, go ahead and sleep in his room," she said, shooting Sora a look. She turned to Roxas. "Roxas, Axel is going to sleep in your room, okay? Try to be nice to him for me."
"Yes ma'am," Roxas and Sora said in unison, Sora saluting and Roxas yawning.
"C'mon, Ax, let's get you settled in..." Roxas said, grabbing Axel's hand as he sleepily led the taller man up the stairs.
"Hey Roxas?"
"Yeah?"
"I'm diggin' the boxers."
Roxas yawned and grunted something unintelligible. He shoved the door to his room open with one hand, the other still holding Axel's as he led him into the room and collapsed on the bed, pulling the taller man down with him.
"Er, Rox?"
"hnggrg."
"Um...can I have my hand back?"
Roxas's eyes opened and he released the hand in his own, before he groaned and buried his face in his pillow.
"God, you sound like you're hungover or something, Rox."
"Mrrggg."
Axel sighed, and rolled over so he faced away from Roxas.
The first thing he noticed was the warmth. The second thing he noticed was the rhythmic movement of his pillow. Roxas opened his eyes slowly, noticing that he was, in fact, pressed into someone's t-shirt clad chest.
"Why're you in my bed, Sor?" Roxas mumbled, sitting up and rubbing his eyes. He glanced back at the sleeping figure. "Oh shit! What did I do last night?" He groaned, rather loudly.
Green eyes opened slowly as the person Roxas soon realized was Axel woke up. "Rox?"
"What?"
Axel smiled sleepily. "I like waking up next to you," he said, wrapping his arms around the blond boy as he pulled them back to bed. "Stay with me a while..."
"Uh, okay..."
"DEMYX, QUIT KICKING ME!"
"GET OUT OF MY BED!"
"YOU'RE IN MY BED, DAMMIT!"
Axel sighed. "What a rude awakening..."
"Classic Sora..."
"Classic Demyx..."
"I really don't know how anyone could sleep next to Demyx."
"They don't. He just kicks them unconscious."
Roxas laughed. "You're probably right," he said, grinning.
"I feel sorry for whoever ends up marrying that guy."
Roxas frowned. "Demyx is gay."
"Yeah, so are you."
Roxas's frown grew. "You don't know that," he said.
"Rainbow boxers? Kinda obvious."
"Tell that to my girlfriend."
Axel blinked. "Didn't I say you were a girl?"
Roxas full out scowled. "You really want to go there, firecrotch?"
Axel grinned, and suddenly Roxas was reminded of the chesire cat. "Sorry dude, I don't fly that way."
"Roxassssss!" Sora called from outside the door. "Are you up yet?"
Roxas looked at Axel and let out a girlish moan.
"Ohhh kay then. I'll, uh, come back later..." Sora said, sounding rather disturbed. "Didn't really need to hear that..."
Roxas snickered, not noticing the raised eyebrow Axel was giving him. He jumped out of bed and pulled open his dresser drawer, pulling out a pair of ripped up hot-pink skinny jeans and putting them on. He glanced over at Axel. "The door across from you is a bathroom, go ahead and take a shower if you need to." With that, Roxas tore off his shirt, replacing it with a black shirt that said 'heartless' in big red letters.
Axel blinked and muttered a thanks before pulling out a few things from his suitcase and closing himself in the bathroom.
A/N: So yeah, first chapter. I've already got the second chapter written up, though I may want to divide it as it's currently 14 pages and I'm not done with it. (pretty sure I left off in the middle of a word.)