Playing with Fire (AkuRoku)

by NobodynumberXV

Roxas' certainty of his world dimmed slowly as time kept passing him by. It'd been two years since he'd ran into Axel at the old bell tower, he could still remember that memory, though everything before that point wasn't any more clear than haze. He remembered Axel in a dark cloak staring out into the night, staring into luminescent green eyes of his, and being welcomed to his side. The sense of confusion and loneliness ceased to exist at that moment. He smiled at that memory, but now these times, after two years of doing what was asked of him- he couldn't say he felt one ounce of love from Axel.

"Hey Roxas! ten minutes okay? the client wants you ready" roxas heard his voice from down the hall and frowned but began to powder up, cleaning his face and applying a pale lip gloss that made his lips just a tone darker than his flawless skin. He came out of his room in a soft short and feminine cut black robe with a few minutes to spare.

"Hey Roxy," axel cooed with a charming smirk, walking towards him. "If I didn't know better I'd think you were a sassy young lady" he said only inches away from him now, he looked down at his young servant. Roxas gave an irritated glare, if he had any other place to live...or even knew anyone else, he wouldn't of held his tongue.

"Yes well, fortunate for you, you know better," he murmmered and played a coy smile he knew the other man liked so much. Just as Axel was about to make one of his moves on Roxas, a client was brought to them. He was more muscular than axel, and rigid looking with a scar on one side of his face, and an eye patch on the other. Roxas could tell he wasn't the very polite or friendly type.

"Don't you have anyone else...I'd break this brat" Xigbar muttered to Axel, though his words were clearly heard by Roxas, who still forced himself to hold his tongue.

"All of our other hosts are currently taking care of their clients," a tall man with long blue hair said quietly as he approached them from behind, he was completely void of emotion and wrote something into his clipboard, Xigbar looked at the x shaped scar across his face curiously.. "Our next available host is a woman tomarro afternoon," he notioned in case the man wanted to re-schedual. Xigbar gave a look of reluctancy and then to Roxas. "the kid'll do I guess" he said and signed his name out by Roxas' on the clipboard.

"Please...come with me," Roxas said looking to him with a forced blush, after all this time he was a wonderful actor.

Axel waited until they were around the corner before looking to Saix, a glint of sadness in his jade colored eyes. "Please...just let me take over his contract with the boss, I can't see him like this anymore," he pleaded as the man beside him revised his list of hosts and clients. Saix glared from over the clipboard.

"You know as well as I do that's not my call, Roxas brings in a lot of munny even though his attitude is horrible. I don't think the boss will let him off the contract this early... if he wanted him gone- he'd of killed him by now," he explained coldly and put his pen down. "If you wanted to protect him so bad you never should of brought him here, if you can afford it Axel, you could always rent him out for yourself" he said and left to go make the official records for the day. Axel frowned, Roxas would probably see him as a pig then, but it just might work if it meant he could keep Roxas from sleeping around.

"I can't promise that this won't hurt," the older, rougher man said as he closed the door to Roxas' room behind him. he eyed the boy up, there was no doubt he was attractive. "Undress for me," he said and sat on the chair cowboy style to watch him. Roxas hated being humiliated like that, but his contract forbid him from refusing the request of a client. He slowly disrobed, the black thin wool sliding off his pale shoulders gently to reveal himself nude to the other man. Xigbar felt the tugging in his pants and a small but still empty smirk crossed his lips as he stood and went to Roxas.

The blonde looked up at him with his gentle blue eyes and waited for him to say or do something and was caught off guard when a long still silence stayed, and was then interfered with a sharp tug on his shoulder, next thing he knew he was stumbling into the bed and forced onto his back.

"I got a headache, that means I don't want to hear any crying or whining, got it?" the battle-scarred man said in a gruff voice as he stripped himself of his own clothes, shortly after he fell on top of Roxas and started to nip and tease at the most sensitive places on his fragile body. There were moments where the nips turned into bites and he wanted to whimper or yelp but remembered what the man had said. When he felt Xigbar enter him without expecting his approach or size he couldn't help but give a startled and pain filled cry, it was returned with a stinging slap that silenced him, but encouraged the tears welled up in his eyes to slide down his flushed cheeks. What lasted an hour felt like days of torture, Roxas felt himself breath again after he felt the man pull out and release onto his body, he was exhausted and wanted to sleep.

"You weren't too bad...here's your munny," the client said quietly, tossing a sack full of the currency next to him on the bed. "Next time I'm here, you'd better be looser too," he said before dressing and leaving the room. Roxas shivered and curled in on himself, pulling the blankets up around himself, their warmth eased his pain mildly, but Xigbar's commentary during that awful hour wouldn't leave his mind. He fell asleep with the taunts in his dreams.

"Roxas...? it's time for dinner, you up?" Axel called through the door, knocking a few times. Roxas flinched awake. "I...I'm not eating..." he replied and buried himself further into the sheets, if it was possible at this point. Axel bit his lip and thought of what to say.

"Can I come in for a little bit...?" he asked quietly, not wanting to upset him. Roxas was angry and hurt, but if anyone could comfort him it was Axel...even though a part of him hated him, a part of him also loved him. He wrapped himself in the sheets and got up slowly, everything below the waist hurt like hell. He opened the door for him to come in and shrank back into the confides of his dark room.

Axel flipped the light switch on and gave a shocked look when he saw welts and bruises on Roxas' face and slightly exposed chest. "Oh no...Roxas- was this him that did this?" he asked and walked in front of him, gently touching his fingers to a bruise on his cheek. Roxas flinched at the contact. "Who else...I wasn't with anyone else today," he whispered and started to melt into the other's hand. Axel frowned and took his hand from his cheek, wrapping his arms around his waist, he pulled him into his chest.

"I can make him regret this you know...I will make him regret this," Axel vowed, Roxas felt his warmth and support and let himself turn to putty in his arms. "Why is it important to you...? you always act like you don't care..." he whispered into him, Axel was shocked by the comment.

"I do care Roxas...I had an easy time here before I brought you back with me...so I thought it would of been easy for you too...I see I never should of done that, but there isn't a whole lot I can do...I can be here for you and make this place less of a hell for you...that's about it," he said softly and held the back of his head. "But no one here will care about you as much as I do, got it memorized?" he said with a small smile as he pulled away slowly from him and wiped away the smaller boys tears. He was angry right now and would do away with Roxas' abuser later, but at the moment he needed to be there for him.

"I'm tired still...do you mind if I sleep?" Roxas whispered to him, moonlight filtered in from the window onto them.

"Not at all...but I'm not letting you be alone right now," he said and went over to the bed, fixing it up slightly, roxas waddled his way over to him and got into the bed awkwardly, trying not to lift his legs much. Axel got in on the other side of him, wrapping an arm around his waist gently and pulling him close. "Get some sleep Roxy...I'll be here if you need me" he said and yawned some himself, dealing with Saix and Xemnas was almost as unbearable as Roxas' job. He smiled when he felt Roxas turn in towards him, placing a hand on his back he soothed him until he fell asleep that night.

End. Chapter 1