Hi!!! Emily here again with, yet another, akuroku story!!! hope u all like and review

just so u kno, this is set in the next life, all the Nobodies i use now have hearts, yay 4 them

Roxas leaned against the brick wall dividing his high school from the park, scrolling through the songs on his ipod. The school day had been over for at least two hours and he didn't feel like going home just yet. Today was a kind of day to just sit and watch the clouds roll by. That, or watch your younger brother and his best friend chase each other all over the park. Roxas laughed as Riku tackled Sora to the ground. "Hey! Remember we're in public guys!" he shouted.

His brother looked up at him and scowled. "It's called a tickle fight! Get off me Riku!!"

Roxas rolled his eyes and thought, what can you do. "But I know you guys. A tickle fight will turn into-"

"SHUT UP!!" they yelled in unison.

Roxas laughed. Anything to get under his brother's skin. He turned his ipod off and draped the headphones around his neck. He walked over to his brother and said, "Come on Sora. We better get home. You know how mom gets if we're not home by dark."

Sora sighed and pushed Riku off of him. "I'll see you tomorrow, okay?"

Riku nodded and kissed the brunette gently. Roxas rolled his eyes and walked away from the two. He walked through the trees, scrolling through songs. He was about to put his headphones back in his ears when he heard shouting. Looking through the branches, he saw two men arguing.

One had choppy pinkish-brown hair. He was wearing a white collared shirt, three buttons un-done from the top. His faded blue jeans had holes in the knees and tattered hems. His black sneakers were so faded, they looked grey. There was a yellow daisy tucked behind his left ear. Spiky leather bracelets clung to his wrists. He looked like he was about twenty-five.

The other man was so skinny, he looked anorexic. His black tee-shirt was so skin tight, you could see his muscles through the fabric. His grey camouflage pants hung low on his waist, his hipbones jutting out above his studded belt. A chain hung from the belt loops on his right side. His black converses were barely visible beneath the bottom of his pants. Black fishnet gloves clung to his arms. What really made this guy stand out was his bright red hair that spiked out in all angles.

Roxas got a weird feeling that he'd seen these two before...but he hadn't.

"You know what? Fuck you Marluxia," the red head shouted turning away from the other, "Just go. I know you'd rather be with your manwhore than with me."

"Don't you dare call Vexen a manwhore!" Marluxia shouted balling his fists up.

"And you call me a fucking whore? At least I didn't cheat on you!"

"Axel, give me a break. This relationship has been falling apart for months."

Axel, Roxas thought. Where have I heard that name before?

"What relationship?! As far as I'm concerned, it was over three months ago!"

Roxas saw Marluxia bare his teeth. For a second, it looked like he was going to hit Axel, but he lowered his hand. "Fine. Vexen is better in bed than you are anyway." He stormed off.

Axel's jaw dropped. He kicked a nearby picnic table and sat down on the bench, fuming. Roxas could practically see steam coming from his fiery spikes. He looked back at his brother and saw he and Riku were still talking. He took a deep breath and thought, I must be out of my mind. He walked over to Axel. "You okay?"

"Considering me and my boyfriend of two years just broke up, I'm fine," he said sarcastically. He looked up and Roxas gasped. He had the most beautiful green eyes. A small triangle was tattooed under each eye. "What?"

"N-Nothing."

"What'd you care anyway? I don't even know you...or do I? You seem familiar-"

"I just heard shouting and saw that guy storm off. I'm sorry."

"Don't be. It's been over for months. This is just the first time we've actually said it was over. I don't really care. I was just getting so sick of seeing him and that manwhore...Sorry. I'm rambling on about shit you probably don't even care about," Axel said with a laugh.

"Well, anyway, I'm Roxas," he said offering a hand.

Axel shook it and said, "The name's Axel. Got it-"

"Memorized?" Roxas finished.

"Huh?! How'd you know I was going to say that?!"

"...I don't know. I've got this creepy feeling that I know you from somewhere. 'Got it memorized' just seems like something you'd say."

"Funny, I feel like I know you too."

"Roxas!! Where'd you go?"

Roxas looked up and saw Sora pulling tree branches out of his way. "There you are. Riku wants to know if I can hang out at his house tonight. Can you think of something to tell mom?"

"Uh, sure. You coming home later?"

"I dunno. Depends I guess."

Roxas smirked and said, "Well, if you're going to stay all night, call me before you do anything. I don't want to call you and be interrupting something."

Sora glared at his older brother then put on a smile and said, "Thanks Roxy!" and ran off.

"I told you not to call me that!!" Roxas shouted.

"Oh, I don't know," Axel said standing, "I think that's a cute nickname."

Roxas felt heat rise in his cheeks. "So, umm...where are you going?"

"Back to my apartment I guess...Why?"

"Just wondering."

"Just making sure I wasn't going to shoot myself?"Axel asked laughing, "Don't worry. I'm not that crazy. I may have been with Marluxia for two years, but I don't think I was ever really in love with him. Guess he was just a phase. Go figure, right?"

"Yeah."

"Come to think of it, I really don't want to go home yet. My cousin and his boyfriend are probably enjoying having the place to themselves." He smirked and shook his head. "So, you want to grab a coffee or something?"

"Huh?"

"I mean, I know we just met but-"

"Sure."

"Really? It's just, I didn't want to make you uncomfortable-"

"About what?"

"Me being gay. You seem like the kind of kid-"

"Are you kidding? My younger brother is gay. My older brother is bi. And to tell you the truth, I'm gay."

"Really?"

Roxas glared at him and said, "Don't go getting any ideas."

"I wasn't," Axel said innocently, "I mean, you're what, fourteen?"

"Sixteen!"

"Right. Sorry. Anyway, coffee?"

"Lead the way."

"My car is this way," Axel said walking toward a large clearing.

Roxas followed him.

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