Axel sat in his car smoking his cigarette lightly holding it in between his lips, as he waited.

"Bye Sora!" Riku called as he ran outside the school building to the black jaguar.

"What took ya so long Ri?"Axel asked as he finally took a last drag and flicked the cigarette out the car window.

"Saying good bye to Sora and Kairi." Riku smiled as he pulled open the car door and flopped down into the passenger seat.

"Oh," Axel sounded sad,

"What's wrong Axe?"Riku asked his face full of concern.

"Nothing Ri." Axel smiled as he started the car and Riku buckled up.

Later at Axel's place after dropping Riku off at his and hanging out,

"No Dad I wasn't smoking pot again!" Axel held up his arms as the bottles flew at him.

"You Damn were! You ungrateful little bastard!" His dad howled in his drunken rage and slapped Axel across the face.

"Ahh!" Axel fell to the floor, bad mistake.

"You gay bastard of a son! Your mother and I never fucking wanted you!" Axel's dad howled as he kicked Axel in the ribs and the face.

"You deserve to die! Why do you fucking come home every fucking day and back talk me! Show some fucking respect!" Axel's dad spit on him.

"D-dad s-stop!" Axel cried gently holding his arms in front of his face for defense.

His dad grabbed his arm and picked him up and looked him in the eyes.

"Your a worthless peice of shit Axel! You dont deserve to live another fucking day." His dad spit in his face and threw him on the stairs.

"Get outta my fucking sight, before I kill you bitch." His dad howled as walked over passed out on the couch.

Axel without the need of thought picked himself up and ran to his room and locked the door.

"Riku." he cried as he crashed into his pillow.

Suddenly as if a god send Axel's cell rang.

"Hello." Axel mumbled into the phone not bothering checking the caller I.D.

"Hey Axe its Riku whats up?" Riku smiled on the other end.

"Riku, you shouldn't have called me." Axel sighed.

"I know I know you say dont call you untill after 9." Riku smiled. "I just wanted to talk to you,"

Axel smiled, Riku the greatest person in the whole freakin world called him and some how was always there when he needed him.

"I love you Ri." Axel smiled for the first time that night.

"I know i know, but look i wanted to know since its friday night if you wanted to hang out at your place?" Riku smiled biting his lip nervously,

"Uhm..Tonight..not a good idea Ri." Axel sighed.

Axel could hear Riku sigh on the other end, "You never let me come over Ax you been to my place a ton of times!" Riku argued.

"You can't Riku its for the best you stay away from here."Axel attempted to explain.

"Why Axel?" Riku was getting angry was Axel trying to hide something from him.

"I cant tell you!" Axel barked.

"Why Axel we're together and I love you.. your suppose to be able to tell me anything!" Riku argued and won.

"This is just something I can't share with you cause its not safe." Axel explained. "I love you too much to see you hurt Ri." Axel hung up.

Riku's Place

"Axel." Riku tried no answer. "Axel." a little louder. "Axel! Answer Dammit!" Riku slammed the phone down on the reciever.

Recieving a werid look from his brother Kadaj.

"Sorry Kaj." Riku apologized.

"Dont bother, whats wrong with Axel?" Kadaj asked intrested in his younger brother's fight.

"He's not feeling well." Riku lied.

"You're a terrible liar what it is?" Kadaj crossed his arms.

"I asked if he wanted to hang out at his place and he started going off about how he cant let me and wouldnt tell me why." Riku got angier.

"Why not go anyway?" Kadaj suggested shrugging and walking away towards the kitchen.

"That would be rude." Riku looked at Kadaj.

"If Lenne told me not to come to her house cause it wasnt safe I'd still show up." Kadaj explained.

His girlfriend Lenne was one of his best choices.

"Well maybe I should." Riku tucked a strand of silver hair behind his ear before he decided.

"I'm going." he stated firmly as he grabbed his jacket and headed out towards Axel's house.

Meanwhile back at Axel's house.

"Fucking open the Door Axel!" his dad howled banging on the door.

"Come on you worthless peice-a shit." Axel's dad slurred.

Axel held his knees to his chest staring at the floor his back against his closet door rocking back and forth.

"God please just fuckin take him away." Axel prayed, he prayed alot sometimes things happened but mostly not.

Axel's dad continually banged on the door saying sexual innuendos, "Come out and play Axel." his dad cooed.

Axel had his dad mess with him like this in his druken stupor before but usally a guilt trip follows and his dad buys Axel a really nice car.

Suddenly Axel's door opened in the living room, "Mom not suppose to be home till tommarow." Axel thought as he got up.

His dad's heavy foot steps thundered down the stairs, "Laura." he called suddenly he came face to face with the silver haired male.

"You must be Riku." Axel's dad smiled evily.

"Uhm..yes sir I am." Riku smiled charmingly. "You must be Axel's father, its a pleasure to meet you." Riku smiled.

"No the pleasure is all mine." Axel's dad grin grew wider. "Axel probably didn't tell you about me."

Riku smiled and shook his head, "Uhm no sir."

"Good." Axel's dad moved in closer to Riku when a voice called out.

"Stay the hell away from him dad!" Axel, warned his emerald eyes fierce.

Axel's father smirked touching Riku's face stroking it.

"Get your hands off him!" Axel howled, eyes blazing with hatred he lunged at his father.

A glimmer of silver caught Riku's eye as he noticed the knife in Axel's father's hand.

Riku's eye shot open wide as he saw Axel lunging forward to the knife, his dad had planned to provoke his son.

"Axel no don't!" Riku screamed, Axel paused his eyes on Riku.

Riku jumped on Axel's dad's back. "No you don't!" Riku's arms wrapped around his neck in a strangle hold.

"Riku!" Axel called. "Don't he'll hurt you!" just as Axel words reached Riku's ears his father slung him across the room and straight into a wall.

"No!" Axel cried running after Riku.

Axel's father smirked and he took the knife and held it out for a clean slice.

"Axel, Axel,Axel." his father shook his head as he feigned sadness.

"Axel, run." Riku breathed before his eye's closed.

"Riku." Axel panted.

"Here's to ease your suffering son." Axel's dad raised the knife ready to strike.

Axel's teary emerald eye's look up into his fathers enraged bolt grey ones.

"Kill me if you want but leave Riku out of this." Axel cried.

"I don't think so." Axel's dad aimed his knife at Riku.

"Don't you dare!" Axel grabbed the knife and ripped it out of his dad's hands and threw it across the room.

Axel decked his father right in the face, "I shoulda done that long ago old man!" Axel growled out in rage.

Axel scooped up Riku and carried him outside to his car and layed him down in the backseat.

Axel scrambled into the drivers seat and started the igniton, backing out of the driveway and heading to Cresent Residents.

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Dum Dum DAAAA! Cliffhanger! Oooh whats Axel's dad gonna do now? Whats Riku gonna think when he wakes up? What will Kadaj think when Axel shows up with his little brother passed out in his arms? When's Lenne gonna appear? Whens Roxas gonna show up? Man there's alot of questions? IT ALL WILL BE ANSWERED in Chapter 2!