The Results of Boredom
A fic a friend made between my OC and Axel inspired this one. I
Axel lay on his bed, eyes boring holes in his wall as his thoughts wandered. It had been quiet in the castle lately, which translated to him causing general mayhem and destruction out of sheer boredom. Mostly he'd occupied his time by trying to see under Xigbar's eye patch (just a hint, he'll shoot you if you take it and run), and poking Xaldin in the butt with one of his own lances. When that got boring, (aka, got too dangerous to continue), he'd started picking at Demyx until the boy ended up chasing him with his sitar (not realizing that he could just spray Axel with water from a distance). Then he began hiding each and every one of Luxord's cards until the Brit summoned said cards and punished him with a notorious round of strip poker. After that, he began attempting several break-ins to Larxene's room (who did use her power to attack Axel as he was fleeing), poking Zexion on the back of the head for HOURS while he was reading to get a reaction, and trying to shoot Saix's scar with rubber darts. The Berserker had gone ballistic when one of the darts actually hit him in the face, and Axel had had to fight him to keep from being murdered. That, of course, had somehow rubbed the Superior the wrong way. After escaping both Saix and Xemnas's wrath, he'd tried to convince Marluxia and Vexen that they were both secretly crushing on each other, which ended with both the botanist and the academic trying to kill him as well. The Superior had finally intervened, sending Axel to his room indefinitely.
"Consider yourself 'grounded' until you decide to stop this childish nonsense."
"But, I'm bored!" He'd protested, only to have Lexeaus boot him into the dark portal.
Throwing an arm over his eyes melodramatically, Axel sighed. Now there was nothing to distract him from his thoughts. What thoughts they were! Everywhere he looked, he saw Roxas. He'd been in all of the places Axel had gone for entertainment and the boy had been in the corner laughing hysterically at Axel's face when Xemnas had "grounded" the pyro. Those blue eyes had caught his own every time he looked his way. How could he get what he wanted? What could he possibly do…
Sighing, Axel sat up and looked over to the window. It was dark now, and most of the Organization members would be in their personal rooms. The red head jumped as his stomach gurgled suddenly, placing a hand on his abdomen. He nodded decisively and opened a black portal, walking through it confidently. As soon as he emerged in the kitchen, Axel dropped to all fours, crawling silently to the cupboards and snagging the snacks he wanted.
"Axel? What the hell are you doing?"
He jumped, nearly dropping his spoils at the sudden vocalization in the near silent room. Axel tried to stabilize himself quickly, but failed, falling ungracefully onto his rump. He looked around defensively, spotting Roxas looking at him incredulously on the counter.
"What are YOU doing Roxy?" Axel asked, arms still hugging various bags and boxes to his chest, creating a rather comical figure.
"I'm eating ice cream. I've been in here for about half an hour. What're you crawling around on the floor for?"
Axel hugged the snacks tighter to his chest. "I was hungry! Xemnas grounded me so I had to sneak out to get something to eat."
Roxas laughed, clutching his sides and nearly falling off of the high, cold countertops. "Axel, you know, Xemnas was never serious about you actually staying in your room. We all thought you were going to come right back out and tackle Lexeaus for kicking you in the ass like 3 seconds later. They just wanted to get you back for aggravating everyone today."
Axel 's eyes widened in surprise. "Then why didn't you tell me earlier?!"
Roxas shrugged. "You followed me throughout the castle all day and annoyed everyone I was trying to talk to. Why should I have helped you?"
"I wasn't following you!" Axel snapped defensively. He paused, thinking carefully. Roxas was in all of the rooms he'd gone to, and he had annoyed all the occupants except for the smaller teen. He looked up at Roxas, brows furrowed in confusion. "Was I?"
Roxas just sighed and chuckled a little, patting the counter beside him. Axel stood up slowly, making his way over to where he sat. He'd gotten within two feet of the counter when he stepped on a bag of snacks, dropping all the snacks as he struggled to regain his balance. The pyro fell forward, hands landing on either side of Roxas's hips, faces mere inches apart.
Roxas blushed and tried to back away, averting his eyes quickly. Axel noticed the boy's actions and smiled. "Maybe," he murmured, bringing his face closer to Roxas's, leaning close enough to brush noses, "you're the one following me."
Roxas gulped, shaking his head frantically. "N-no! Why would I follow you?"
Axel shrugged. "At this point, I really don't care. Life's too short not to have fun." He pressed his lips closer to the teen's with every word.
"Axel?"
"Hmmm?"
"…Are you going to kiss me?"
Axel sat up, roaring with laughter. "No of course not! This is just the prank I was planning on pulling on you. Didn't plan on having it work so well, but hey! I'll take it where I can get it! At least now I know why you have to change your sheets so often, eh Roxy?"
The pyro strode out of the kitchen, still laughing uproariously, leaving a fuming and very embarrassed Roxas on the high stone counters.
"Bastard. You're not the only one who can pull a good prank!" Roxas jumped off the counter, plotting his revenge while he picked up the mess Axel had left behind.
