Hey! First story on here in a while... It's an AkuRoku one-shot! I hope you guys enjoy! I'm kind of just getting used to this editor again. xD But yes.
Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts. (If I did, there would be a lot more yaoi.)
The blonde never found his feelings towards his best friend odd. Roxas had come to terms of liking Axel a long time ago. Though, Roxas couldn't seem to get the thoughts of the red-head out of his head. Being sixteen, Roxas thought these middle-school girl thoughts were downright stupid. How Axel's hair was always perfectly spiked, how his acid-green eyes shimmered in the sunlight... How he towered over Roxas.
Roxas's twin brother, Sora was no help either. The brunette was too involved with his own boyfriend, Riku to really care about Roxas's thoughts about the redhead. Roxas had to admit, these thoughts about Axel were kind of pathetic. How nice Axel's pale, slender body looked in his orange swim trunks that one day in the summer when Roxas and him went to the beach...
Roxas was sitting in the middle of his boring English class. The teacher was rambling on and on about the use of a semi-colon; which Roxas really never used anyways. The blonde just chewed on the end of his pen, staring down at the note-sheet the teacher handed out at the beginning of class.
Roxas looked over to his brother who was texting underneath his desk across the room. Sora could be really stupid at times, Roxas thought as Sora looked quickly. The teacher was too blind to notice.
Roxas almost envied his twin brother... Sora was so confident with everything. He had the guts to tell Riku he liked him, and now they've been dating for almost a year! Roxas never had courage like that. He was too shy and insecure to really do anything. The brothers were polar-opposites, almost.
By the end of class, Roxas had as much knowledge about semi-colons that he did when he walked into the room. About none. Roxas trudged down to his Health class. His grey backpack was slung over his shoulder. "Roxas!" He heard behind him. It was a girl's voice. Roxas smirked as he turned around, seeing his friend, Naminé.
Roxas and Naminé went way back. The blonde girl had been friends with him since about kindergarden when Roxas caught Naminé drawing him during recess. The small girl jogged over to Roxas's side and smiled up at the blonde.
"So Roxy, have you told Axel yet?" Naminé asked. Roxas blushed as the blonde girl used Axel's nickname for him. Roxas only shook his head. Naminé groaned. "Roxas, you're going to have to tell him sometime! You know how many girls want to date him! And how many girls he'd be happy to be with!"
That was the sad truth. Axel was completely straight. The redhead was totally accepting to the gay community though, having his older brother, Reno being gay himself. Though, the thought of Axel being straight dampened Roxas's hopes of ever being able to have a romantic relationship with the pyro.
"That's exactly it, Naminé. He's straight. That's the problem," Roxas sighed. "Not like I'd have the guts to tell him anyways..."
"Oh, does Roxy have a little crushy?" Roxas's eyes widened as he heard the deep voice behind him as he walked through the hallways. The blonde turned his head to see the tall redhead walking behind the two. A sly smirk was plastered on his face. "Why didn't you tell me you liked someone! I thought you were my best friend!" Axel pouted.
Roxas rolled his ocean-blue eyes. It's you, idiot, Roxas thought. Naminé and Roxas got to the Health class they shared. "Tell me later, okay Roxas?" Axel said as he continued walking down the hallway. Roxas only sighed as he got into the classroom and took his normal seat next to the small blonde girl.
"He's so blind..." Naminé whispered as the bell rang for class to start. Roxas could only chuckle.
By the end of the school day, Roxas's mind was completely exhausted from all of his thoughts trying to be processed at once. His plans for the weekend, his conversation with Naminé, his schoolwork, Axel... Axel was the main thing on his mind. The blonde didn't know why he effected him so much. How Roxas's heart raced by just the sound of his voice. The butterflies that fluttered in his stomach with the simple thought of Axel's emerald eyes. Roxas felt like a downright love-struck teenage girl.
Roxas flopped on his twin bed, dropping his backpack on the ground. He groaned into the pillow, rolling onto his back. Roxas just stared up at the ceiling for a while. He tried connecting the invisible dots on the ceiling to make pictures of his imagination. A horse, a heart, a stick-figure. Roxas was surprised he couldn't find Axel's dramatic spikes in the mix.
Sora burst into the room they shared after a while. Riku was over. The silver-haired boy was too good for Sora, honestly. Though Roxas could see how much the two truly loved each other, and he was happy his brother found his love.
Roxas stood up as Sora and Riku started a tickle-fight. The blonde did not want to be in the room when that evolved into something other than tickling... Roxas slowly left the room, closing the door behind him. His parents wouldn't be home for another hour or two...
The blonde found himself staring off into space, being brought back to reality when the doorbell rang. Roxas jogged down the stairs, racing to the door. He looked through the peep-hole, seeing the vibrant red spikes of his best friend. He could already feel the butterflies.
Roxas opened the door quickly, letting his friend in. "Tell me everything about this little crushie of yours!" Axel said playfully as Roxas led his friend into the living room. Roxas could feel his face heat up as he sat on the couch.
"There's not much to say, Ax..." Roxas mumbled, staring down into his lap.
"What does he look like?" Axel said, a giant smile on his face. Roxas smirked as he scratched the back of his neck. "We can play the guessing-game if you'd like!"
Roxas nodded and sighed, his blush spreading down his neck. "W-Well... He's tall... Thin, pale... He's funny and smart..." Roxas smiled, biting his bottom lip as he rambled on. "He's rebellious, but he totally has a soft-side."
Axel pouted as he thought, his eyebrows scrunched together. "Do I know this kid?" Axel's eyes met Roxas's.
"You know him better than you think..." Roxas said softly. Axel thought for another moment, still confused. Roxas sighed as he continued to describe the boy he liked, trying not to make it obvious that it was actually the boy in front of him. "He has tattoos... He wants to get his ears pierced, but his mom won't let him... He's protective, but not too over-protective." Axel still seemed lost.
Roxas rolled his eyes as he brought his legs up to his chest. "He's got these beautiful eyes... I could stare into them for hours... He always gives me piggy-back rides whenever I don't feel like walking around when we go places... He's a year older than me, too." Roxas looked over at Axel, who has a small smirk on his face. Roxas sighed. "And he just so happens to be sitting right next to me." Axel smiled, looking down at his lap.
"Since you told me about your crush, I thought it'd only be fair for you to guess mine..." Axel looked up and smirked. Roxas only nodded. "Well, he's a lot shorter than me, and I tend to pick on him for that a lot. He's got this annoying brother who thinks he's like, all that. But this kid's really shy and he doesn't talk much..." Roxas's heart started to race, a smile spreading across his face.
"The two of us like to go up on the abandoned clock-tower and eat sea-salt ice cream. Though he always makes me buy him one, 'cause he never has his own munny..." Roxas laughed. "He's really the only guy I've ever really liked... Well, the only person I've really liked other than that Larxene girl who cheated on my ass back when I was a Freshman... Anyways, his eyes are like the oceans at Destiny Islands... They're so blue and beautiful... Makes me jealous sometimes... And he makes me give him piggy-back rides because he doesn't like walking."
Axel pulled Roxas onto his lap and whispered, "And his name just so happens to be Roxas..." into the blonde's ear. Roxas was overjoyed as the words came out of the redhead's mouth.
"R-Really?" Roxas gasped out. Axel bit his bottom lip and nodded. "I-I thought you were straight!" Roxas said in total disbelief.
Axel shrugged. "Like I said... You're really the only person other than Larxene that I actually have strong feelings for..." Larxene was this total bitch Axel had dated for most of his Freshman year. She ended up cheating on Axel with his friend, Demyx. It was odd to Roxas, though, seeing that Axel seemed more relieved than totally devastated. Though, they were so young, then.
Roxas only smiled, wrapping his arms around Axel's neck and pulling him into a hug. Axel slowly rubbed little circles on Roxas's back. The blonde was in pure bliss, sitting in Axel's lap. "How long have you known that you liked me...?" Axel asked. Roxas pulled away so that he could look into Axel's green eyes.
The small blonde only shrugged. "Maybe since you and Larxene broke up... I don't know..." Roxas blushed. Axel sighed, bringing one of his hands up to play with Roxas's blonde spikes. "What about you...?"
Axel shrugged. "Well, I don't really know. It could have been before Larxene and I even broke up... Maybe when Riku and Sora got together... Maybe even today? I don't think it really matters..." Axel said. Roxas always found that Axel could be totally simplistic and never give any sort of needed information out, but on other occasions he could be really deep and meaningful, putting his meaning into metaphors for people to think about.
The two sat in silence for what seemed like minutes. Roxas stared into Axel's green eyes, as Axel did into Roxas's blue ones. "Can I kiss you?" Axel asked softly, breaking the silence. Roxas's eyes widened as he nodded a little bit too eagerly. Axel smiled as he leaned in. Roxas leaned in as well, meeting the two's lips.
Roxas was in total bliss, feeling the feeling he wanted to have for a while... The feeling of Axel's soft lips on his own. It was magical to the blonde, how the two's lips blended together perfectly. Roxas was in love with the redhead, no doubt about that, now.
Roxas pulled away slowly, letting oxygen into his lungs. Axel pressed their foreheads together as they breathed heavily. Axel slowly brought his hand up to Roxas's cheek, rubbing his thumb on the soft skin.
"Finally!" Roxas's eyes widened as he pulled away from Axel, seeing his brunette twin standing next to the couch, his hands on his hips. "My goodness, Roxas! I thought you'd never have the guts to tell Axel about how deeply in love you are!" Sora teased. Riku walked into the living room.
Roxas only groaned, getting off of Axel's lap. "Sora, I'm not deeply in love!" Sora pulled Riku into an embrace. "Go suck off your boyfriend, Sora," Roxas said bitterly, making his way up into his room. Roxas didn't know why he got so angry so fast... Probably just Sora's teasing about love. To Roxas, love wasn't something you'd just joke about.
Roxas sat on his bed, going through his phone pictures, trying to calm himself down. The blonde sighed, seeing stupid pictures of Riku trying to do back-flips off of the dock at the islands, or Axel doing cartwheels in the sand. We have to go back to the islands soon, Roxas thought.
The boy heard a knock at the door, which soon slowly opened. The redhead Roxas learned to love walked in, hands shoved in his pockets. "You okay?" Axel asked, sitting down at the foot of Roxas's bed. The blonde only nodded. "Why did you get so mad with Sora? I mean, he was only joking..."
Roxas looked up from his phone. "I just don't think love is something people should joke about, Axel," Roxas said simply. Axel didn't respond. Roxas played with his navy sheets, tugging them a bit.
"I can see why you think that, Roxy..." Axel said. The blonde met Axel's eyes again. The redhead reached for Roxas's hand, lacing their fingers together.
"I just have trust issues, Axel. You know that..." Roxas said as Axel started to slide up next to the blonde. Axel nodded.
"You know i'd never do anything to intentionally hurt you, Roxas..." Axel said as he lied down. Roxas rested next to him, as the too started to cuddle. "I mean, I know how it feels to be lied to. And I'm not lying when I tell you this..."
Roxas looked at Axel, his tear-shaped tattoos under his eyes looked so captivating at the moment. "Tell me what?" Roxas said, nothing above a whisper.
Axel lightly pecked Roxas's pink lips. "That I love you."
- End -
Hope you guys enjoyed! c: I don't think I'll ever make this anything above T... xD I suck at steamy-scenes. xD Love you guys! (: