Axel couldn't sleep. Usually he went to Roxas when a case of insomnia struck, but Roxas was on a mission and Axel could hardly follow him and risk ruining the mission. Xemnas would kill him if he did. So instead, Axel lay still, staring at the ceiling light and willing himself to fall asleep for over an hour before he gave up on it.
There was a light, tentative knock on the door.
"Who is it?" Axel asked, not bothering himself to move. "It's me, Roxas," Axel sat upright suddenly and kicked the blankets off his legs. He somehow got one of his feet tangled in his sheet and stumbled when he leaped out of bed.
"Coming!" Axel said, then growled,"Gerroff me, you stupid-"he shook his foot violently to try and free himself from the stubborn bedcover still wrapped around his ankle. It fell off and Axel flung the door open to welcome the other Nobody.
" I thought you were on a mission,"Axel told the blonde as he stepped inside Axel's semi-neat room.
"I got back a couple of hours ago, but I couldn't sleep," Roxas replied. Axel noticed he was wearing his red boxers with the keyblades.
"How'd the mission go?" Axel asked, shutting the door quietly after checking the hallway to see if anyone was around.
"Really well, Ursula was only too happy to help Xemnas with his plots." Roxas flopped down on Axel's bed, "What'd you do, get in a fight with your covers?"he glanced meaningfully at the sheet from whose clutches Axel had had to free his ankle from.
"No," the man retorted,"and I didn't let you in so you could criticize my bed-making skills, either." He threw the sheet over the teen like a fishing net then leaped onto the bed and began tickling the flailing lump underneath.
"Augh! Mercy! Uncle!" Roxas yelled,"I give! I give!" Axel gave him a few last tickles and pulled the sheet off Roxas, who was redfaced and breathing heavily from laughing. He giggled to get it out of his system and said, "I really didn't expect you to be awake, you know. I just wanted to check on you." I must sound like such a baby, he thought to himself.
"I couldn't sleep either, if it makes you feel any better." Axel reassured him, wrapping an arm around the younger Nobody's shoulders.
Normally, Roxas would have shied away from such an intimate touch, but he was exhausted from his mission, and he leaned his head on the red-head's bare chest, eyes fluttering closed. Axel held the teen to his chest and lay down on his pillows slowly so he didn't wake him. Then he too fell asleep, the insomnia scared away by Roxas' company.