A/N: I'm back! Trying my luck at a new pairing this time, AkuRoku! I hope you enjoy this fanfic just as much as all of you loved He Will Be Loved. Enjoy!

Roxas's POV

I sighed, staring up through the trees. I grunted, hefting my backpack up and slinging it over my shoulder. "Hayner, Pence, Olette! Wait up!" he called out to his friends and they turned to look at him.

"Stop being a slowpoke, Roxas. We'll never make it to the campsite in time if we keep walking this slow." Hayner complained. Olette giggled.

"Hayner, we have time. You did make us wake up extra early. It's just about noon."

"But you know, we could get lost, especially with Hayner leading us." Pence chuckled. I laughed and Olette joined in. Hayner glared at us.

"I'm serious guys! This place is really far."

"How far exactly?" Pence questioned. Hayner sighed.

"Base of the mountains."

"Hayner! You've got to be kidding us. A campsite at the base of the mountains?" Olette said angrily.

"It seemed pretty cool when I first thought of it."

"So have all of your other schemes. But we all know how those ended." I added, rolling my eyes.

"Hey! Give me one time I messed up." he asked us.

"When you decided to get drunk and dump yourself on us to take care of you."

"When you decided that the dolphin at the beach most certainly wasn't a shark."

"When you decided you could eat ten sea-salt ice creams in a row without stopping."

"Alright! I get it." he said and turned to continue walking. The rest of us rolled our eyes.

"Come on Hayner, we all know this is going to be an awesome camping trip, no matter how far the campsite is." Olette confirmed, trying to lift Hayner's spirits.

"Really?"

"Of course. Even though you've had your schemes-gone-wrong, I know this is going to be fun. Right Pence, Roxas?"

"Right."

"Yep."

I looked at my friends, marveling at how they could stay so cheerful in such a dreary situation. We continued walking for a couple more hours, stopping occasionally for breaks. We continued going though, until it was almost dark.

"Hayner. I'm started to not like this." Olette said, grasping hold of his arm.

"How much longer?" Pence asked, and Hayner looked up. There were hills up ahead of us.

"Soon?" he said, but it was clear he was questioning himself. I had fallen back a bit.

"Hayner. Don't tell me. We're lost aren't we?"

"No, we're not lost. We're almost there."

"Are you sure?"

"No."

I ran fingers through my hair. "We should just set up camp here while we've still got some light to work with. We can find the official campsite in the morning."

"Yeah Hayner. Please can we stop?" Olette asked.

"Alright. Roxas is right, we should make do with what we have. We'll find the campsite tomorrow."

Axel's POV

I sighed and laid back. It had taken a while to get to this specific spot in the woods, but it was perfect for watching the stars. I glanced to my dying fire, knowing I should put it out before I actually fell asleep. I closed my eyes though, and before long I was almost asleep.

Crack

I sat up, looking around. Was there some large animal out there? It was a rather large crack. I glanced around, trying to find the source of the noise.

Crack.

My head whipped around. I spotted two frightened blue eyes staring back at me. "Are you alright?" I asked the boy. He seemed a few years younger than my twenty-seven.

"No. I think I'm lost."

"Well, what are you doing all the way out here?"

"Camping. With my friends."

"Got separated?"

He nodded. "Firewood."

"Ah." I said, and glanced back up at the sky. "How long you been lost?"

"Few hours."

"That sucks. You hungry?"

The boy narrowed his eyes and walked closer. "Yeah. A little."

"Don't lie. I've been lost before. You're probably starving."

To prove my point, his stomach grumbled. I laughed. "See?"

"Yeah, I guess I am hungry then."

I pulled out a couple granola bars and a bottle of water from my backpack. He took them eagerly.

"You got a name?" I asked after a few minutes of silence.

"Roxas."

"Well that's an interesting name. My name's Axel."

"Well that's a weird name." he said, biting into another of the granola bars. I chuckled.

"I suppose it is."

There was another silence. "Hayner, Pence, and Olette must be worried sick." he mumbled, leaning back.

"Your friends?"

"Yeah. Hayner had the crazy idea we should camp at the base of the mountains. We got lost though."

"And now you're lost?"

"Yeah."

"Well I can tell you one thing. You're far from the mountains."

"I sort of figured that when everything started to flatten out."

"You're friends in the hills?"

"Yeah."

"You're almost to the base then."

"Well they are, I'm not so sure about myself."

"Not too far from them, but you can stay with me for the night. I don't think you'd last very long on your own, especially in the dark."

"I'd be fine." he told me stubbornly.

"Sure you would, especially with the bears."

"B-b-b-bears?"

"Yep. Big grizzlies."

Roxas glanced around the campsite and I laughed.

"Don't worry. When I go camping, I only bring small food items."

"It's not us I'm worried about."

"Your friends again?"

Roxas nodded. "I'm sure they'll be fine, but they'll probably freak out if they see a bear."

"Get your video camera ready?"

"I do have one. Get this on tape and I'll have blackmail when Hayner wants to lead us on some weird trip."

"I suppose this Hayner is the one who decided you should go camping in the woods?"

"Yeah. He's also decided we should go to the beach and play with dolphins that weren't dolphins."

"Sharks?"

"Dinner."

I laughed, holding my stomach. "Now I really want to see that kid's face when he runs into a bear."

Roxas laughed too. "I did bring a camera."

"Seriously? You should get a video if he happens to run into one."

"If I get back by then."

I shrugged. "I'll help you find them tomorrow morning. It's too dark to do anything now."

"Don't you have a flashlight?"

"Nope. I don't like those. You always have to have batteries for them."

"Then what do you do at home when the lights go out?"

"Lights? I don't use those." It was true. I hadn't used an artifical light since I waw little.

"Don't use lights? How do you see at night then?"

"Candles." I said plainly, yawning.

"Candles? Are you some sort of amish person?"

I chuckled. "No. I have a television and a car. I use a microwave and a fridge and I listen to the radio. I just prefer firelight to artifical light."

"Fire?"

"Yep. There's something mesmerizing about it. It's wonderful."

"And destructive. Fire can kill people."

"Not if it's used the right way."

We sat in silence for a while, and I watched my little campfire slowly die out.

"Hey Roxas?" I asked, poking the smoldering sticks with another stick.

"Yeah?"

"How old are you?"

Roxas looked at my curiously. "Twenty-two. How old are you, Axel?"

"Twenty-seven."

"And I figure you're still single?"

"Yeah. Is that a problem?" I asked the blonde, narrowing my eyes.

"Of course not! I'm still single too."

"Yeah, but you're younger. In a few years I bet you'll find someone."

"You never did?"

I chuckled, giving up trying to revive the fire. I threw the stick onto the pile of cinder. "It's sort of hard to find someone to share your life with when you're homosexual." I told him, and stood up. I grabbed my sleeping bag and walked off a couple of feet to lay it down.

"Wait. Homosexual?"

"Yeah. I've never had an interest in the other sex. I figured that out when I was in high school."

Roxas shrugged. "I don't think I've ever had an interest in either sex. Not girls, not guys."

"Really? So no girlfriends?"

"I've had a few, but they never lasted long. It was usually the girl forcing herself onto me, then she'd leave when she realized I had no interest in her."

"Sounds like fun." I said sarcastically.

"Totally."

I sat down on my sleeping bag and looked over at Roxas. "I don't have another sleeping bag." I told him. "And I suppose sleeping with me would be awkward."

Roxas shrugged. "I don't care. I can sleep on the ground." he said, and moved to the ground to make his point.

"You're not going to be cold?"

"Nah. I'll be fine."

Roxas's POV

I glared up at the sky. I couldn't fall asleep at all. It was freezing, and the ground was super uncomfortable. I sighed and closed my eyes, trying my best to get whatever rest I could. I could hear Axel snoring off to one side, and I suddenly wished I had taken him up in his offer of sharing the sleeping bag. I growled, sat up and glanced at Axel. I wouldn't let him being homosexual ruin my chance at getting a good sleep. In my mind I knew that had been the reason I rejected his offer the first time.

"Hey Axel?" I asked, having gotten up and walked over to the red head. I had kneeled down and prodded him in the shoulder.

"Hmm?"

"Can I sleep with you?"

"Huh? Oh, sure." he moved over and I unzipped the sleeping bag and crawled in, zipping it back closed once I was in.

"Goodnight." I told him, warm and comfortable.

"Goodnight." he mumbled and fell back asleep.